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Festive's 1x1 Search

@Festive Sounds like I'd better keep an eye on this thread, then!

Do You Have RP Pet Peeves?

@BrokenPromise Ah, yes, Discord. Where partners-to-be spend three weeks posting images, music, and quotes for the "aesthetic," then by the time they're obligated to sit down and write the first post they've already lost interest because they've already constructed the entire rp as a movie in their heads.

(Not that a 2,000 character word limit would have allowed for detailed, thoughtful posts anyway, but you were at least hoping to be disappointed in style, you know?)

"I'm ghost friendly!"	I'm going to ghost, so be friendly.

LMAO

Crucible (Post Apocalyptic Scavengers RP)

@Paradoxial Thank you.

To clarify, I didn't want to be a "ghoul" in the Fallout sense, with incredible longevity, reflexes, hardiness, or whatever. I mostly wanted to riff off the social elements of being hideous, mistrusted, and despised. And I'm willing to take any physiological penalties which come along with that, too.

I'm also willing to collaborate on why that dynamic exists in the first place, like, maybe the Cult of Scales has this superstition going on that the Scrap either accepts a ripper or rejects him; and people who are "rejected" and yet for whatever reason do not die walk some kind of spiritual limbo that makes them not-quite-human anymore, like they cheated the Scavenge God or something. Or ghouls are usually a shoot-on-sight phenomenon and a sentient, peaceful one is incomprehensible to most.

Basically, I wanna be a ghoul more for the interesting roleplay than for any perceptible stat boosts or benefits (preposterous to expect positive mutations from radiation anyway).

Crucible (Post Apocalyptic Scavengers RP)

roleplayerguild.com/posts/5601490

Additionally:

☢ What was the approximate tech level pre-End of the World? What is the approximate tech level now? Did any advancement at all happen during the underground epoch? Has the entire timeline been a gradual backslide into barbarism as machinery fails and science stagnates?

Like, using firearms as an example......if we no longer know how to charge the cell batteries for a plasma rifle or how to maintain or power the electromagnetic coils on a coilgun, just how far has humanity retrograded? Smokeless powder? Crude, homemade black powder handloaded into spent brass cartridges? Flintlocks? Beyond?

☢ What motivated people to leave the relative safety and sustainability of underground bunkers which were evidently able to support 5+ billion people for 100 years? Especially if "rural communities based around subsistence and communal farming ... could only eke out a miserable existence for their few members"

☢ What do religion and spirituality look like on the macro? Is the "scavenge god" a real belief in something sublime, or is that, like, a metaphor?

Crucible (Post Apocalyptic Scavengers RP)

Looking into playing a "ghoul"—or this setting's equivalent—with fucked-up skin, social leper status, maybe a physical dependency on a homeostatic drug, the works. So I gotta know more about how radiation is gonna function in this setting. Is there a way to cure it so that our character isn't doomed the moment he rounds a corner and stares at an elephant's-foot for two seconds too long, or is a single mistake a one-way ticket to getting the Hisashi Ouchi ouchies? Are there ever positive mutations in addition to the multitudes negative ones? How video-gamey will this be, and how fucked are we the moment we catch a dose?

@Paradoxial

Do You Have RP Pet Peeves?

Probably my biggest pet peeve is the roleplayer who always gives their characters the tools to succeed.

While it's good to make sure that characters don't have kryptonite style weaknesses that can be introduced to completely write them out of the story when they become relevant, more often than not people have the opposite issue. Many people struggle to show restraint with characters succeeding too quickly at tasks that should be challenging, or give themselves downsides that effectively aren't actually downsides.

It's the classic blind monk who can still see with sound. Like the downside could theoretically be relevant, but they already have such robust tools for dealing with their weakness that the weakness might as well not exist. Being able to create meaningful tension means creating situations where sometimes things go wrong, and the character must persist, invent, trust in the abilities of their allies, and maybe even have a bit of good fortune.

So, it really irks me when a writer cannot help themselves but resolve all that tension before the set-up can be paid off. Because it's not even like they have done something against the rules. It's ptp roleplay where anything we say happened can happen. There's nothing stopping you from merely deciding that your character is up to any challenge. But that's precisely why Axis wants to take the time to find people who enjoy sitting with the struggles, and characters using their strengths to get not everything they want.

@LittleAxis

Contrarily: when the character's "flaws" are irrelevant trivia which will never create meaningful (if any) conflict over the course of the story. "Scared of [animal that will never be encountered in this setting]" and "can't swim" being the classics

Crucible (Post Apocalyptic Scavengers RP)

Oh, I can smell the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. comin offa this

Festive's 1x1 Search

Good luck to this. Our tastes couldn't be more different but the OP's posts in the group RP that we've been in together have been superb.

Book Quotes

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

— H.L. Mencken

Do You Have RP Pet Peeves?

trying to get back into 1x1 (i know, joke's on me) and it's getting irritating how much of a document purportedly setting out to establish honest and explicit expectations and network compatible writers together is written in code, jargon, euphemism, and often just, lies? to wit

What the interest check says	What it actually means apparently
"I like a ratio of around 70:30 story to smut"	Our characters need to be rutting like dogs in heat from page 2 or I will ghost your ass so fucking hard.
"I like dark games with flawed, broken characters fighting insurmountable odds in a gritty, tragic world full of horrible people."	I want the page-2 sex scene to have some extremely tame BDSM in it.
"If you're busy, stuck, or just losing interest, please let me know! I promise I'm easy to communicate with and I won't take it personally!"	Trying to communicate with me will make you want to kill yourself.
"I'm a novella-level roleplayer"	I will write two of the best posts you've ever read and then never log in again.
"I'm looking for a GM for this plot I have."	I'm the idea guy. You do all the mental, temporal, and emotional labor of bringing my ideas to life. Asking me for input/insight/opinions/preferences breaches the social contract and will incur a penalty of twenty lashes.
"Dark, mature themes"	Tiddies and ass. Drugs and swearing and butts and balls. Mom lets me sneak sips from her chardonnay during family barbecues so yeah, you could say I'm something of a grownup.
"As for characters, I'd love to play against a gruff, older man with darkness in his heart and a checkered past. A real bad boy, if you will, someone with real flaws, real trauma."	I'll have shadowdaddy #30,267. Easy on the darkness powers, extra angst on the side please.
"I am currently craving [X] genre"	It is three months later and I have lost all interest in writing [X]. But you were a great partner, so would you like to try a game about my new craving, [Y]?
"Feel free to suggest your own ideas in addition to the plots I've posted below!"	I only said that to seem more accommodating and open-minded. Absolutely do not send me your ideas. I am here for One Piece and only One Piece.
"I am only accepting partners aged 18+ for this slice-of-life game about Japanese high school girls. Please DM me for details."	I am a pedophile.