Author Topic: Would you be interested in a Play-By-Post RP? (Read 4122 times)

JoonasTo · « **on:** February 24, 2011, 04:11:13 PM »

I was wondering if people on the forums had interest in a forum RP and if so, what kind.

Heavy game mechanics means strict rules and the GM will be throwing dices and doing a lot of number crunching and you will have lots of stats skills and abilities ala DnD or Pokemon or such.

Slight mechanics but strong GM means there will be only a little numbers and limited skills and abilities(you won't need skill checks for cutting wood, no critical hits, etc) but GM will be ruling out or in most of the builds, options and such.

Slight mechanics, weak GM is practically giving you a set of rules, throwing in the middle of something and saying succeed. You can and probably will have over the top options, ideas and builds. GM is mostly there to do the rough boring stuff no one wants to do.

Freeform with strong GM means no game mechanics at all, just RP with GM deciding if you fail or succeed based on his own ideas, humour or logic and advances the critical points in the story, outside of that you're free to build the story on your own.

True freeform is more RP with very weak GM control or no GM control at all. You're given a setting and you make yourself a character(s) embark on an epic journey of writing page long posts with other players and GM just watches by or is just another player among the rest, maybe doing the calls if someone is trying to go overboard or the story gets stuck somewhere.

Scudworth · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2011, 06:18:13 PM »

I selected yes and no... I'm not sure what to make of that

did I win the game?

rostheferret · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2011, 08:48:28 PM »

Freeform/Strong GM could be fun simply because we could end up with ridiculous situations solved MacGyver style.

Meomix · « **Reply #3 on:** February 24, 2011, 09:00:28 PM »

Freeform/Strong GM for the sake of not waking up one night to find that your house has been pwned by a drunk passerby.

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #4 on:** February 25, 2011, 01:17:40 AM »

If you are making a Gundam RPG like Gundam Gates back in the day (one of my favorite RP forums)... I will join... become a mod... and dedicate my life to that RPG forums. I was in love with a Gundam RP forums and sadly, have not been able to find one that is good enough.

JoonasTo · « **Reply #5 on:** February 25, 2011, 02:43:35 PM »

It seems there would be enough interest in running a freeform with a strong GM here.

I won't have time to run one at least before my exams are over and that's currently 3 weeks away but if someone's ready to GM one I think I can spare the time to take part.

So what kind of world are you interested in?
Sci-fi, fantasy, history, steampunk?
Save the world, get rich, unlimited power, survival?
Team, competition, war, life, commanding?
With each other, against each other, teams, solo, single team?

Meomix · « **Reply #6 on:** February 25, 2011, 02:47:44 PM »

Quote from: JoonasTo on February 25, 2011, 02:43:35 PM

It seems there would be enough interest in running a freeform with a strong GM here.

I won't have time to run one at least before my exams are over and that's currently 3 weeks away but if someone's ready to GM one I think I can spare the time to take part.

So what kind of world are you interested in?
Sci-fi, fantasy, history, steampunk?
Save the world, get rich, unlimited power, survival?
Team, competition, war, life, commanding?
With each other, against each other, teams, solo, single team?

Done.

keviny1 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2011, 02:48:24 PM »

I never actually participated in one before. But I certainly would like to

Scudworth · « **Reply #8 on:** February 25, 2011, 03:28:59 PM »

Can my player class be a LandStander?

Fool010 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 25, 2011, 03:36:54 PM »

Quote from: Meomix on February 25, 2011, 02:47:44 PM

Quote from: JoonasTo on February 25, 2011, 02:43:35 PM
Sci-fi, fantasy, history, steampunk?

Done.

God, no. Not fantasy again.

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #10 on:** February 25, 2011, 04:46:29 PM »

Gundams, duels, warzones, NPC Space Battleships and stations, Earth, moon, mars, Prototypes and Mass Production, and the use of ANY Gundam universe (excluding nukes in Gundam X)

undetz · « **Reply #11 on:** February 25, 2011, 07:13:15 PM »

How about fantasypunk?

Meomix · « **Reply #12 on:** February 25, 2011, 08:03:53 PM »

Quote from: Fool010 on February 25, 2011, 03:36:54 PM

Quote from: Meomix on February 25, 2011, 02:47:44 PM
Quote from: JoonasTo on February 25, 2011, 02:43:35 PM
Sci-fi, fantasy, history, steampunk?

Done.

God, no. Not fantasy again.

FINALFANTASY! _*cough* i love steampunk but not enough CGs.

Scudworth · « **Reply #13 on:** February 25, 2011, 08:43:50 PM »

I like swords!

rostheferret · « **Reply #14 on:** February 26, 2011, 10:20:30 AM »

I'm imagining a Gintama type world - swords and samurai amidst aliens and sci-fi weapons - but with strong incestuous undertones. Just to keep things entertaining.

Scudworth · « **Reply #15 on:** February 26, 2011, 05:41:47 PM »

also fireballs and necromancy!

JoonasTo · « **Reply #16 on:** February 26, 2011, 05:48:35 PM »

I've taken part in a game where there were people swinging swords, having telekinesis, flying gundamns, having battleships, being gods, being superheroes, playing billy the kid, angels, devils, demons, aliens, the 4 horsemen, timewarps, and god knows what else.

ANYTHING is possible if the world is done well enough but it's not always so desirable to have people with runegods in the same rp as someone trying to be a realistic swordsman. Covenant invasion in CnC universe is not desirable progress.

Oh yeah, one pretty important thing to decide before starting a game is if it's going to be serious or humour. If there's people playing seriously and people who taking it lightly the people wishing for a serious one are going to feel bad.

dariofr · « **Reply #17 on:** February 26, 2011, 05:58:11 PM »

Sounds interesting. It's been a long time since i played DnD last time, i have no real preference on the game style. I'll be watching and see what comes out of this.

Scudworth · « **Reply #18 on:** February 26, 2011, 08:04:45 PM »

Quote from: JoonasTo on February 26, 2011, 05:48:35 PM

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Oh yeah, one pretty important thing to decide before starting a game is if it's going to be serious or humour. If there's people playing seriously and people who taking it lightly the people wishing for a serious one are going to feel bad.

I have no idea what's going on but I vote for taking it lightly.

JoonasTo · « **Reply #19 on:** February 26, 2011, 08:12:50 PM »

I mean if other people are going on saving the world, there's this one guy who hunts rabbits for taking over the world or conjures rainbows out of his fingertips to turn all of them gay.