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Weird Plots

@Spambot well... That actually sounds interesting

@BrokenPromise the former one would've been fun. Heave you thought of trying to start it again here? On the other hand, the second one sounds interesting

Weird Plots

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Weird Plots

I've been playing with an odd roleplaying plot in my head. So, I decided to share with everyone here: What's an unusual plot that you've come up with and wanted to try out.

For the sake of sharing I'll share one of mine:

It involves various male characters from different canons locked up in what appears to be the love child of a love hotel, and a maximum security prison. These men, often taken as couples are brought here by a bunch of strange people calling themselves "Foojoeshee" with the express purpose of watching their guests engaging in homoerotic activities for their voyeuristic enjoyment.

What they didn't count on is these men are straight, and don't want to engage in these activities, and have instead banded together to escape. However, the prison is guarded by heavily armed minions (yes, these minions), and our heroes have been stripped of their weapons/equipment and/or find their powers being suppressed.

The whole thing is actually based on the episdoe "Read My Bullets" from the Machinama show Sanity Not Included, in which Lyle and Dex (and their girlfriends) bust out of a maximum security prison run by a guy obsessed with make people listen to his crappy novels. Obviously, it's meant to be played for laughs and an excuse to have some epic action scenes.

So, what are some of yours?

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

Slow as molasses

The Zea of Worlds

Fred Hill had been roaming about the forest, for what seemed liked hours. The intense volume and variety of metaphysical power being thrown around, coupled with the hangover-like dizziness, made traversing a dense forest in the middle of the night difficult. Eventually, Fred would come upon a lake, with a land bridge that led to a cottage.

Once arriving at the door, Fred knocked on the door... Well, okay, more like punch the door into tinder.

"Oops..." Fred grumbled. He shrugged, making another attempt at announcing his presence. "DING DONG!" He shouted into the living room. "... DING-DONG....! DING-DONG....!"

Once the owner of the cottage eventually arrived, they would be greeted by the sight of a huge young man. He was about 6'5", whose clothes strained to contain his rippling wrestler's physique. Pale eyes pierced the darkness, as he continued his impression of a doorbell.

YTP-Style rp?

Anyone else wanna weigh in?

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

Go on without me!

YTP-Style rp?

@BrokenPromise

Yeah, I get what you mean. The rp community I was part of had similar problems in the past: One of the players decided to act like a d-bag, caused a schism in the community which led to its falling out. Beyond that, things like power-scaling was never really a problem, since everyone just respected each other's abilities in that regard, and made sure the characters had something sufficient to challenge them.

I think a good way to deal with things getting out of hand, is to keep the group small, initially. Like, have a group of 4-5 players and run through a few scenarios/plots that wouldn't take too long to complete. I think something like the characters moving in, or just roaming around the setting for a while during some event, or even an Avengers-styled assembling against a common enemy.

After that, we can gradually include more people. I think I'll make that bit more invitation-based. Like say one of us playing could invite someone we know to join us, and go from there?

YTP-Style rp?

I'm looking more to discuss this idea, as opposed to look for players, since I want to work out some kinks. In the meantime:

I'm part of a rping community of a few friends that... Has been dead for a good number of years. The idea was that we played as OCs in a world mixing canon and original elements. For example, our characters would be shipped with a canon character (say someone from Dead Or Alive, etc), and battled an original villain.

Having seen a lot of YTP (youtube poop), especially the story-driven ones by MosBros, I've been wanting to set up a rp that worked with that premise: A mash-up of various canons, original ideas, etc, to create a fun sandbox for players to play with their imagination.

For example: Always wanted to make a self-insert super saiyan with a hot anime harem? Go for it? Wanna be a squishy little ant that surfs sewers for a living? JUST. DO IT!

I'm here to ask if anyone's ever tried writing something like this. How did things go? Is this a feasible idea? Any tips about running such a rp? What are your general thoughts?

The Zea of Worlds

Escotto's Equestrian Adventure

Part 5: Hungry, Hungry Horsey!

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@RangingWolf

"FUUUUUCK!"

With the apparent equine nearly taking Escotto's arm off, and taking him for a ride instead, it gave him a moment to wonder what went wrong.

"Let's see... I was able to put myself into the mindset of a retard, so that means I should've been able to disconnect myself from common sense enough to infer a solution based on what is known about horses, or similar creatures. But, I at least got it's attention, so what I must do now is use it's sudden lust for carrots -or maybe this thing swings that way, but I don't- to leverage my advantage in order to garner more information...."

His new vantage at least gave Escotto a look at the exchange. Apparently fire was bad. But, there was something about the last doodle that made him wonder... Perhaps the sun has an effect on the forest? Where was Antonio when he was actually needed?!

"Probably off somewhere crying about Maria, again." Escotto answered. "But, don't tell him I said that!"

Antonio can't hear me.

"Which is why you won't tell him!"

Huh....

"Anyway, for Escotto to join the conversation, he must find a way to get down!"

He pulled out a... Oh, wait. No. Where did he get another carrot?!

"From tu madre!" Escotto answered, before holding the carrot up to the pegasus -if the appearance of the others were any indication- before yanking it away and using it to point to the ground. "Heel! Heeeel!" Escotto commanded. "Down. Doooowwwwnnnnn!"