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Creative Arts and Media => Roleplay => Topic started by: Jinx Leven on December 16, 2011, 11:06:32 PM
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please keep in mind that im new and that i not really creative when it comes to stories. well anyway i wanna start a rp and i need help with what it should be about. im not sure where i shoulld put the rp since i haven made it yet so if u guys can help me out that would be great and i would like it to have at least 6 spots with no predetermined names ok reply to this thread or pm me if you have any questions. thanks!
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i can bounce some ideas around with you if you wish. :)
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use that would be great! what exactly were u thinking of?
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mmm i was actually thinking something around the lines of a possible futuristic one. with teleportation, hover cars, and a whole town of us and the humans are in minority. :) you have got to have some ideas as well. :)
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i like your idea and i'll think about it for a bit.
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glad to be of help. :)
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i think we could do something about a giant ship wreck on an island but that has been a little over done in my opinion :S
Post Merge: December 16, 2011, 11:45:38 PM
let see if anyone else has any ideas
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mm that is always a really cool one to do as wel though. :)
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true mabey we could do some kind of merge of ur idea and mine and there could be a crash landing on an alien planet filled with dangerous aliens
Post Merge: December 16, 2011, 11:59:44 PM
it cant be just us two with ideas come on people i dont care about wether it is stupid or not i would just like to hear your ideas!
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mm that would work. and i can see if Aldrea will post in here as well.. she also comes up with a lot of ideas. :)
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ok thanks! :)
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it may take a bit because she is not home atm. i will send he r a message. :)
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ok thanks
Post Merge: December 17, 2011, 12:29:47 AM
im still amazed that you're the only person that replied to this.
Post Merge: December 17, 2011, 12:48:12 AM
i guess i'll play around idea
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Well, to be honest, this has only been up for a few hours. This is the internet Sad Guy, patience is loading...
As to your ideas, I have some ideas...
It's your story, I don't wish to intrude. As the author of an RP, you have final say, so go with what you want to do. That being said, I am a bit of a writer and would love to be a resounding board for ideas.
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i would be glad to hear your ideas and take them into consideration i know this thing has not been up long but im used to games like rs were u get an immediate respons
Post Merge: December 17, 2011, 03:01:56 AM
Otebon what do think you can do with a crash landing on a planet full of aliens?
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What kind of a story are you looking to tell?
A crash landing only tells me, the reader, where. Why is the important question. Was the ship carrying something important (are we scientists / military escorting something dangerous, like a virus)? Is it a colony ship and we are the only survivors? Do we even know (the point is to discover why)?
That's the important part, all else is superficial details.
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sorry im not good at ideas in this kind of area i would say we were flying to a space colony to resupply when we crash landed on a planet filled with hostile and dangerous aliens and that we have no way of contacting anyone due to the ship nearly exploding does that help specify it Otebon
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Oh, I'm sorry. I've done it again....
I was trying to give ideas. What you have is a good basis for a story, no problems there. An average mission going wrong is a wonderful impetus to a story. What plot do you wish to tell though?
Do you wish to have a survival story where the only purpose is to live for as long as possible? It's a bit dry and needs lots of opportunities to "cull the flock" as it were.
Do you want to see a story-based mission occur. What if the crash was engineered by something? A pirate colony or weapon that the players need to destroy?
There are countless opportunities.
If you really can't think of what you want to do though, try telling it to someone that does run RPs (like me) and have them tell the story for you. If they accept, you can play in your own story without ruining the ending.
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lets say they are trying to survive and get off the planet
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You say a survival story...
trying to get off the planet implies that there is someway to do that. This would also imply that the reason the ship crashed is reversible, so how and why did it crash? (I am just trying to show you my train of thought when I build a story)
Several options off the top of my head...
-Electro-magnetic field that caused the ship's instruments to malfunction. Fixing it may require destroying the field or discovering what it is so that the instruments can be recalibrated.
-Damage from anything. Could be natural (meteor shower, solar wind, gravity wells, etc.) to synthetic (sabotage, attack, mistaken identity as a military vessel in protected space, etc.). To "fix" this is obvious as the ship will not be ready to fly until fixed, but the cause of the crash must be dealt with. In the natural case, time may be the answer. The synthetic is more difficult to deal with as it doesn't just go away. Perhaps they need to find a working radio to call in someone to eliminate the pirate outpost and pick them up.
-Miscalculation of flight time led to lack of resources necessary to reach the destination. In short, we ran out of fuel...
-The crash was on purpose. The ship was actually programmed to crash land on the planet for some reason (escape pod, experiment and we are the subjects, exile, etc.).
Hope this helps!
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ok i think i got it figured out. we were flying to a space colony to resupply when a band of space pirates attack us and we crash and when the pirates tried to land they also crash leaving us stranded with no way to communicate with the outside world and we must scavenge for parts and materials so we can live and get off the planet we have very limited resources since we crashed and we had almost nothing and the pirates barely had anything so we must find a way to fix a radio to get off this planet and there are hostile aliens attacking us so we must be careful. is that better Otebon
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"Better" is up to you, it's your story.
Forgive me, I am trying to help you build your story. My opinion doesn't matter (or at least it shouldn't).
It's a great outline for a story. Now you just need to fill in a few details like...
-what caused the pirates to crash?
-what is on the planet that leads the survivors from both ships to believe that parts can be scavenged to rebuild a radio?
-why are aliens attacking?
Give it a little bit more work, and a great RP is in the works!
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The cause of the crash is unknown. The colony is not far away so that is what causes the survivors to believe they can make a radio. The aliens are attacking because one of the ships hit the alien nest so the aliens are furious and are attacking anything they see.
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Alright, there you go.
Now that you have a basis for the story, you can begin to do the grunt work for the story. This is the names, places, reasoning, and intro to the RP. It's really the difference between introducing your RP like this...
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Alright guys, this is an alien survival RP. We have all crash landed on a planet and have to run from aliens. We have to make a radio and ...
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and this...
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The year is 4056 and Furkind has finally done what pups have dreamed of for centuries: colonize the Outer Rim. You were selected to be on the Takinai, a colony resupply vessel carrying vital resources for Clarion 9. En route however, your ship was attacked by...
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It just makes everything... better in my opinion.
Have fun!
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thanks for the help and you are welcome to join the rp if ou would like
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I'll keep my eyes open for an OOC.
If you need any more help, feel free to PM me or keep posting here. I have it set up so I get notifications.
Good luck!
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Here is a link to it http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=18769.msg813877#new (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=18769.msg813877#new)
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I'm curious as to the location. It's in the Training Grounds section. Are you just testing it out before building a full RP?
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It's in the training grounds
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You know what, I had an idea. Here is an RP that I set up a little bit ago. I'm sorry that I can't offer you a space, all spots are filled already, but feel free to use it as a form for your own RP.
http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=18563.0 (http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=18563.0)
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I've had a few ideas in the past I'd never be able to pull off. Maybe you can. :)
Genre: General
Rating: T
Idea: Humans and Furries have never been at peace. Recently though, after the assassination of a prominant human, war has broken out. There can be no good to come from this, and losing the war will mean an entire species will be gone.
Genre: General
Rating: N/A
Idea: Role reversal! Humans and most prey furries are hunted like animals and displayed through taxedermy. Only the best survive. Are you one of them?
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I apologize.
Are you asking for people like me to help you build the story so you can run it yourself, are you looking for someone else to run your story, or is there another option you are trying to explore?
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Just giving ideas.
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Well then. In response to the first one.
Genre: General
Rating: T
Idea: Humans and Furries have never been at peace. Recently though, after the assassination of a prominant human, war has broken out. There can be no good to come from this, and losing the war will mean an entire species will be gone.
I am actually running an RP like this right now in the adult section. You are free to join if you wish and can reach it (sorry, your age isn't listed in your profile), but if you wanted to write your own then here are the questions that I feel you need to answer.
-What is the nature of the problem? I began with Furries being the result of a disease that turned humans into Furs. If Furs have always existed, then there needs to be another source of conflict. Perhaps it is a territorial or resource based dispute.
-What was the cause of the death of the "prominent human"? This doesn't need to be revealed to your players immediately or even at all. It does need to exist however as it determines the reactions of people in the world. If it was natural, albeit suspicious, causes (like a car crash or a heart attack in an otherwise healthy human) then it is played like Pre-WWI diplomacy where everything is reactionary. If it is purposeful / an assassination (which is what you've written, but I like to explore every path), then it could be retaliatory.
-What / Why are the Players together? Are they the Spec Op group of the Furry nation? Are they just people thrown together by war and figuring it out by themselves? Are they prisoners being interrogated as spies?
For the second one...
Genre: General
Rating: N/A
Idea: Role reversal! Humans and most prey furries are hunted like animals and displayed through taxedermy. Only the best survive. Are you one of them?
... very similar questions need to be answered. Focus however on the "What is the nature of the relationship between Humans and Furs?" question. Is this a new thing for humans to do, or has this been happening since the dawn of time? If this is common, why is it a problem worthy of an RP?
RPs are (in my humble opinion) a story told through the narrative of the players. You don't have to worry about characters. The premise of the story, the WHY, needs to be there though. Without that, there is no RP.
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I know what you mean. I tend to keep things vague at first to let the story work itself most of the time (That, and I don't always think things through). Anytime I've tried to get too specific, it's back fired on me with little interest, like New Life or Bred to Serve.
1. I wish I was old enough to join yours. It certainly sounds interesting. Being sixteen backfires a lot.
*Furries are entirely separate from humans, with different genes and such.
*Currently, not released. I had poison in mind though, usually by a servant furry.
*They have not been brought together by anything but circumstances. They have never met, and if they have, it's only between a small group of them.
2. This one has many of the same circumstances as above, and could be viewed as a prequel. The only thing worth specifically noting is that Furries are, by our vocabulary, game in a world of hunters. They are seen as animals, with no defining traits in the eyes of humans besides being good for leather.
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I love the idea of combining the two. It makes the story that much more interesting!!!
In a world where Furries are hunted and thrown into the gutter of a "pure" human society, there are so many opportunities for a good story. How about this...
Humans dominate the world. Furries are the lowest of the low in society as they fulfill one of 3 roles: game for hunters, servants for the rich, or menial labor. A revolution is on the horizon however as the slave of (Insert important person here) murdered their master.
The players are part of a resistance group. For ideas of specific situations, look at similar historical events (Pre-Soviet Russia, the history of South America, etc.) and various movies / video games / books.
It could be huge.
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hehe that's why you're my friend Aldrea.. XD you come up with the most epic sens, when i am only rather good with dialog and the gore description.. XD
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I love that idea! :D This would be so fun to do. :*
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indeed. :)
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So should I now be on the look out for an OOC?
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I'll do my best. :)