RPG Requests

[Galaxia]

Hm I'll take note of that G4E,now what exactly would they be fighting for?

[C S]

...How about you make characters that don't have powers but gain them later?

Ya that seems a better alternative than a bloody war

no pun intended

[Galaxia]

A good idea CS,and they have the option of when to get powers? Or would they have to get it within the first few posts?

Really I'm just asking questions to be sure these ideas have any ground underneath them

[C S]

Didn't we just say that a page ago

[Galaxia]

Really? I checked the last two pages and can't seem to find it,though I'm probably not looking hard enough

[C S]

if you guys restrict it to anything but the individual player's choice. There were aliens, mutants, supermen, etc in the old SHRPG. There was no standard on how they got their powers, and it should stay that way.

As in, if it is someone's choice to start with powers they can.

[Galaxia]

Well it's been said before give the players choice,it's their rpg they should be able to play it the way they want

[C S]

...That's what I just said. Do you have a reason to post or are you just posting just for the sake of posting?

[The Kingpin]

whhhhy would we need to have a random bloody WAR just to have activity?

I already explained the solution to your activity problems in my last post. in addition to your interaction with the other RPers and the world the RPG is set in, you have backstory. in fact, if I had to make a chart on percentage of material in your posts in general, the ideal would be: 20% RP world, 35% backstory and 45% Other RPers. That way you get 60% of your activity as feedback from the RPG itself, while you have 40% in reserve to develop your character as a real, believable and enjoyable entity in the RPG [which in turn feeds people's interest and brings them to you, creating more activity for yourself].

the RPG world having an interesting setting is important, yes. but even the best RP world imaginable isn't much use if you rely entirely on it and not enough on your own creativity and that of other RPers. if that were the case, you could do just fine writing your own private story, without having other RPers to operate characters alongside you. the fun of RPGs is that they're unpredictable. because you can't predict what'll happen next as a result of another RPer's actions. I'll take an example several of you may recognise: the attack on Gira's city in FRPG. TT attacked them with a swarm of nocturnal monsters. Gira couldn't've predicted that two different RPers would also be lured to the area as a result. that set up a very good field for activity. the only thing inhibiting it was the RPers themselves not being free [Gira being short on time, Dm being away, and myself studying for an exam]. and in spite of it, it STILL worked.

[Giratina93]

Kingpin, you should know better than anyone that I can't predict squat. That, and I suck when it comes to surprise attacks on my characters/cities...

SHRPG will be up and running within a few days...

Also, the main event that sparks off the giant explosion that wiped out TOkyo isn't nuclear... instead, it was caused by experimentation on...

Wait, I ain't going to spoil the plot so easilly, now am I? Oh, and I will allow complete freedom on how character's get their superpowers... boy is this going to be alot of fun...

And indeed G4E, the fact that mutants have always existed is going to be... wait, that would jus tbe spilling out more of the plot!

[InfernalAngel]

Sounds really cool to me, this is just an idea, but could my hero/villian somehow be mutated while on the International Space Station?

[Galaxia]

I suppose if it's not too fanatical,and you have a good enough reason I can't see why not

[raptor titanus3]

Well I can think of several locations and ways for character generation: Places like Miami, Chicago, Boston are all places where generally Superheros haven't been completely based well except chicago I think, anyway as for character improvision my two old characters were Russian immigrants and one was former Spetznaz who underwent restricited scientific reaserch that produced a Soldier with skin as tough a wrought iron but it also had... reprocussions for one he accepted this testing despite knowing it was illegal and only survived due to goverment tests coming back negative, the powers were latent and diddn't become active until he moved to America to go live with his arsonist brother and yes I took some of that from GTA IV despite never playing it you may not notice it at first but alot of what we make up tends to have some connection to something we've seen in movies, video games, etc. and if you use too much of that your character goes stale because it's not really your idea and you can't generally plan for them because you don't know they go about doing things. By trying hard not to use unorginal characters and making your own you get much more interesting and diverse characters. Once again these are only theories and may dismissed at your whim or you can read it and gleam some good from it all.

[Godzilla Forever]

@ KP: They wanted an idea, and I'm not good at superhero stuff...

And it seems like a plot really is only important bto explain why the city is how it is. That's fine, it works better anyways.

[C S]

I'm still against the RPG back story. It would be better if the RPG was just set in a regular city at a familiar age and let it go off from there. Having a back story just limits what players can do off the bat, such as with the original FRPG.

[TyrannoTitan]

I'm still against the RPG back story. It would be better if the RPG was just set in a regular city at a familiar age and let it go off from there. Having a back story just limits what players can do off the bat, such as with the original FRPG.

Agreed.

[Giratina93]

The backstory is necessary, however... I would explain why, but that would be just throwing spoilers into the air... spoilers I don't want to give away... I literally had to sit down and think for several hours on a good backstory that would offer the users plenty of freedom while accomplishing my wants, and this one fit most...

[TyrannoTitan]

Backstories also limit what people can do. Its better to have a plot people can participate in if they want to, rather then FORCING them to conform to whatever this is.

[Godzilla Forever]

I'm fine with whatever you guys think. A backstory's cool, but then again that's why we have the SWF section.

[Giratina93]

Don't worry, TT. The Plot is very, very flexible, and will offer people quite abit of freedom, while giving me what I desire... Plus, certain... ah, "Elements" to the backstory I have in mind will ensure that it doesn't limit what people can do...