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I have decided to see if anyone would be interested if I did this.
This is slightly similar to the "The Hill RP" but quite different.


This is, in a way, my world.
Your character can have any abilities that you wish.
(NO SEX POWERS!)

You can respawn as many times as you want.

You can make alliances with other players.


An example of this would be the "Team Ninja" thread in the OldForum.
But it's no longer a good example.

You should read my other comments on this thread for a better understanding of this RP.


If you have any (NON-SPAM!) questions, comments, ideas, ect, I will gladly listen.

This post has been edited by TheLightorTheDark: 20 January 2011 - 09:55 PM

Hmm... I don`t think will work but is a good idea

it would take for ever
i think i would get bored

Could you explain a bit more? I mean, most of us did not play the Hill. ^_^

bigdogstan, on 20 January 2011 - 03:32 PM, said:

The game would last forever?
That's a bad thing?

How interesting the game becomes depends on the strength of your imagination.

Well, this sounds interesting

How would this work? Everyone would just god-mod all the time and nothing would get done. People would just argue over who wins which fight.

Oops! Sorry ILB. I didn't notice your comment.



I'll put it like this.
First. The way the game works:

Player 1:
*Constructs tower.*
Perfect.

Player 2:
*Climbs up side of tower.*

Player 3:
I don't think so....
*Fires arrow at Player 2.*

Player 2:
*Falls.*
Aaaahhhhh!

Player 1:
Nice shot!

As you can see. We would take turns and type our actions/responses to how things unfold.


In my experience there are two ways to play as well:

1: Taking turns in an order. No undoing someones creation in one go. Is set up in a story-like form which can sometimes be confusing. (See: The Hill.)

Or 2: Each player can post whenever they wish. Undoing work in one go is allowed. Does not have as much of a story-like form. (See: Team Ninja.)
This is how my RP shall be played.



Second.

If there are six more votes for "Good idea" than "Bad idea" I will post a "Player's Form" thread.

Once I get Six players I will create a thread for the RP. Some of you will recognise the name.


Is that clear enough?

I will play as Augustus as the Cheif Demon of Lust, Asmodai. He has sex powers and devil powers.

I could join I guess. I participated in stuff like this a long time ago.

@Sammy.
Hmm. Good point.

Got it!


Starting Out:

Each player shall start with 100 HP (Heart Points, Hit Points, etc.), 80 Agility, 80 Accuracy, 80 Power, 80 Magic, and a weapon and/or power of their choosing.


Leveling Up:

Each time you Level Up you gain:
+10 Accuracy.
+10 Power.
+10 Magic.
+10 Agility.
+10 HP.

If you wish you can remove points from one Level Up section to another.

There shall be one way to Level Up:

I shall create a creature each day (If I can.) for the players to fight. The winning player gets the Level Up.
If the player is in a Team the whole Team gets to Level Up.


Taking Damage:

Each time a player or creature is hit they receive Damage.
When a player runs out of health they will respawn.


Healing:
Each player is allowed to heal 10 times a day.


Teams/Groups:

Each Team shall be made up of four players at max.

Each Group can have Three Teams at max.

When fighting you can send out one, or two Teams at a time or the whole Group.



How's this?

@Kaxbe
Hehehe.
Look at my first post here.
NO SEXUAL POWERS!

Good planning. I would hope that there would be some form of story to this and not just monster slaying though.

Kabe was trollin lod.

This post has been edited by Craft aids: 20 January 2011 - 07:13 PM

I realise that Craft.
I just hate it as that's exactly what happened last time I tried this.


Lemme think a bit for a story.
It's already forming......

What happend? someone brought in sex powers and everything zoomed past pg in a heart beat?

What I mean is that people will be like

Player 1: *creates tower*

Player 2: *Nukes tower and kills player 1*

And so on.
And you can't stop people from doing this if there's hardly any rules, as that would mean making rules against it.

This post has been edited by Sammy: 20 January 2011 - 07:29 PM

Isn't is a bit odd to just suddenly *make tower* and then have a tower?

Is there going to be.. like.. an irc or something for this.. because doing it on a forum requires lots of refreshing...

Yes.... Yes
I've got it!



Ahhh yes.
{A unknown man is walking around a large pool of an unknown substance.}
Finally. I can finally create a home for my creations.

Yes. This will do perfectly! I can put those mortals in here to be ripped to shreds!

No Dark no! This is for the humans to enjoy and converse with the creations. Not to fight them.

Grrrr. Do what you want Glow-boy. Just wait till I escape from this body.

*Sigh.*


{This world is created by me, TheLightorTheDark as a place for my creations to live and for other sentient races to interact with them. But things don't always go according to plan.....}

*Steals unknown substance* YOINK
*Runs off*

It's a pool ant there are unholy monsters in it. Do you really want that?

My power is to make people's heads explode.

This is what sammy ment.

*Opens bag and shoves unknown substance* good thing I stole a bag of holding from one of those RPG things....... hm... do you want something?
(My power is... fuck it I just do random shit and see what happens... probably stealing shit though)

This post has been edited by DangerIce: 20 January 2011 - 07:46 PM

Face it, this game is really badly thought out.

I know, but I'm boreddddd

@Craft.
No.
People (Two I believe.) kept creating sexual characters (Phallac man, STD boy.) despite me telling them not to.
Which pissed me off.


@DangerIce
Unfortunately my main link to the internet is my Wii which is incompatible with the IRC.
Sorry.


@Sammy
That was an example.
Most buildings will be pre-created.
Weapons, armor, temporary bases, etc can only be made by, or with the help of, players with specific powers.

EX: Electricity Powers + Fire Powers + Metal Powers.
These can make guns and vehicles. But making one will cost 10 Magic from each player who is helping to form the object.

Someone with Nature Powers could form a temporary home with trees by altering the tree into a house-like form.
But this would cost them 10 Magic.

Just watch them go!
you could make the game anyway but I demand you name it the troll olimpics.

From 20 January 2011 - 07:55 PM:

This better have a waiting period. The inside of that house would be an oven. A very very efective oven.

This post has been edited by Craft aids: 20 January 2011 - 07:58 PM

@DangerIce

No!
No stealing the Creation Substance.

TheLightorTheDark, on 20 January 2011 - 08:06 PM, said:

He did it in a duche manner but having a bag of that running around woudn't be half bad would it? idk

@Craft
That stuff is unstable.

*Grabs the bag and pulls put the Creation Substance. Returns the Substance to the pool.*

Where do you think Narnia came from?
Someone decided to play with some of this and BOOM a parallel world.

@Those who voted "Bad Idea.".
Why is this a bad idea?

Some people don't like RPing.

Well, this seems planned and thought out, but the main issue is exactly as Sammy said; it just seems too easy to run rampant and just be a massive jerk to everyone. The best piece of advice I could give for planning a campaign or writing a rule set is "Invite friends and expect assholes." In your example, why would Player 2 ever willingly accept the idea that he has taken damage and fallen from a great hight? He would just make something up, which would have retaliation, which would have retaliation in and of it's self in a never ending cycle.

Also, if I could be so inclined; why make this in the first place? Why not another already well established RPG system? Or were you trying to create something new in the first place, because I could understand that.

In addition to that, the team system seems a little wonky. The benefit to doing something by yourself is always getting to keep the spoils to yourself, but if everyone shares by doing it together, who gains by going it alone? Why would the teams be limited in a role playing sense?

For the character's statistics themselves, why did you pick those specific stats?

Why would a player want to avoid dying? What negative effect is incurred?

Why wouldn't everyone be in the same Group if they can't be in the same team? Why not send the whole group?

What is the overarching story? Just that there is monsters and you want to kill them for Levels?

I'm just asking questions at this point, and basically lining the left side of the screen with Ws, but you catch my drift. There are a ton of questions that need answers when you're making an RPG system or game, but I can see the skeleton you've laid out here. It just needs some time and some work before you can hit the nail on the head.

As a quick aside, I've never made an RPG system before, but writing a campaign normally takes me a month, as long as two, to give you a good time frame. But it could be played for far longer than that, so it's a trade off. I'm sorry this is so serious, but you wanted my opinion, so... yea. I'm really sorry if it sounds mean.

The Narnia line made me chuckle a little.

This post has been edited by Gameking218: 20 January 2011 - 10:59 PM

Those who don't like RPs don't need to play.
What part of my idea do you dislike?

Those who don't like RPs don't need to play.
What part of my idea do you dislike?

Those who don't like RPs don't need to play.
What part of my idea do you dislike?

Those who don't like RPs don't need to play.
What part of my idea do you dislike?

Those who don't like RPs don't need to play.
What part of my idea do you dislike?

laaaaaaaa aaa laaaaaag

Why did you post the same sentence multiple times? That's not an answer, that's being Lucy.

It has to do with him using a Wii. They tend to problematise posting quite a bit.

It's like Random chat for role players. Side effects may include suicidal tendencies.

It is the sad but shameful truth

Pain in the but Wii.

If your post was towards me, then it's not that I don't like your idea. Hell, I play D&D sometimes with a few friends. I was referring to people who don't actually like it.

Just putting this out there but some of us in the RC my be running an RPG soon(Probably D&D). We've got some open spaces if anyone wants to join, but please don't say your joining just to dick around with everybody.

*Reads Games post.*
That's a lot.

1: That would be called a dodge or miss. It can only be used once every two times you are attacked. (Hit, hit, dodge.) If you allow yourself to be hit when you can dodge you will be able to use that dodge at a different time.


2: I've wanted to make an actual RP for a while. This has had the most real responses yet.


3: True. Curse my OCD. Gotta be even.....
Got it! Teams will be made up of 5 players. Each Player can get one of the Skill bonuses and the Team must decide who gets which.
When playing by yourself you get to keep all the Skill bonuses.


4: Why those levels? Dunno. Seemed to work well. The're all even because I have an equality OCD.


5: When you die it will go on a death counter. You will also go down one level.


6: I need some clarification for this one.


7: That little story I posted here earlier hinted at the plot.


This was fun for me!

See? You actually take time to think over it and it instantly becomes two hundred percent better.

You said 5 players to a team and three teams to a group, and a group can send two teams max. Why not send everyone, and by that I mean every single team?

That dodge or miss thing seems a little simplistic, but it gets the job done I suppose.

Yes, but how does one person and or team and or group win the entire kit and caboodle?

De-leveling seems a tad harsh for death, but since the starting health is so high, I suppose.

Question, though; could someone Min-Max and break your system? This is a real issue that might get missed.

Do you have someone to play test this or are you gonna try and run it and make adjustments on the fly?

HINT 2: Write the whole thing out on paper. It helps catch anything that seems good in your mind but when you're forced to explain it gets worse, or inconstancies.
I always find plenty when I do it.

This post has been edited by Gameking218: 21 January 2011 - 12:19 AM

I have a habit of not noticing some things till the're pointed out to me.

TheLightorTheDark, on 21 January 2011 - 12:17 AM, said:

Your name here is TheLightorTheDark.

1: I said that you can send out 1 or 2 teams, or the whole group.


2: It is pretty simple. But that allows it to be easily understood.


3: There will be Two lower bosses and one main boss for each side. The side of Good must:
Defeat Dark. Do that you win the game. And you return things to "Normal". To do so you must first defeat Insanity and Anger.

On the side of Evil:
You must defeat Light. Do so and you beat the game. All Humans will be captured. (If they don't give resistance they will be treated well.) To do so you must first defeat Sanity and Sadness.


4: It's just one Level. If you are at the starting Level you don't lose a Level but your death count will still go up.


5: More clarification please.


6: Tests? No. This is only for these forums and this is to help iron out what I missed and improve.

Sorry, I missed that originally.

Ok, ok, ok...

You don't know what Min-Maxing is? Say I take my Level Up and do it all in HP. Now I'm 50 points more resilient. Say I do that for 10 straight levels in a row. I am Minimizing my other skills in order to Max out one. Soon enough I am just as powerful as someone level 1 but with such ludicrous health that all challenges are moot because no one can injury me enough to kill. Potentially game breaking. It happens sometimes with smart players.

Very good point.....
I could set the rule so as that each player would get an even +2 for each skill but that would make Leveling Up go too slowly.....

Let me think for a bit.