Like the Tavern but Not.

[Galthol]

Is anyone intrested in doing some interactive story writing? It involes just writing out the adventure and assuming your character wins most of their battles. A few rules.
1)No out of Game thinking
2)No God Characters
3)No taking control of PC (PM to ask premission)
4)No killing of PC's
Well that's about it. Any one interseted?

[Geosgaeno]

yeah, this could be a hit or miss, but ill give it a shot. and also what do you mean about no killing PC's???

well whenever your ready you can begin the story, im sure people will write once it gets underway.

[eViL bAz]

Im in too, what do I have to do???? hehehehehe just post when you are ready

[Lord Draud]

will i have to make a char sheet? i can if you want. i can even post it so that people can see what's up

[Galthol]

No No No. This won't be pens and dice RPG. It's more of a collabritive story writing event.
Umm when you write you will write 3rd person to you PC. We will see their thoughts and no one elses. I'm trying to keep this as a serious thing so please keep that in mind

and also what do you mean about no killing PC's???
Not killing the Player Characters. If I am writing then I will try allow you to contorl your own character. Also I won't bring in a horde of raving orcs and kill you. If theirs is a horde of orcs then all PC will survive. Not so for the NPC's
(Non-Player Characers)

[Lord Draud]

...what style will it be what system will we use?

[tanisthalon]

I am interested, I eagerly await more info!

[Galthol]

...what style will it be what system will we use?
For the First I think a medi-evil fantsy style, you know traditional. All you really need to make clear is race and class. I will post a staring story and example character post later if there is intrest

[Charon]

Possibly interested.

[Lord Draud]

Lich Necromancer 11/Cleric 11 to velsharoon/True Necromancer 14

[Galthol]

Come on people write join in. And to adress something that was asked of me:

You do not I repeat do not continue to write Ruiths Story your write in your own character, if you want to meet up with him sure, just don't majorly injure him, make any major caracter trait changes, and for the love of what ever god you choose to worship DO NOT KILL HIM OFF.

[Geosgaeno]

id love tio join in but im useless at writing such items of litrature, i know i could do it if i wanted, but sometimes my stories can sound rather crapy or fantastic.

ill think about what i should write and then i may write a post.

[Leto]

Hey Galthol, lemme in on this, it kinda reminds me of the simms I used to participate in.

[Geosgaeno]

Leto you can post your reply now if ya want, you dont need permission io dont thinkhttp://www.rpgamers.info/images/smilies/confused.gif, just post your little story text thing into 'the RPGN RPG'

[Galthol]

Yes every one join it. It's free to do. Just remember it's supposed to be more serious than the Tavern, like a real swords and sorcery novel prehaps?

[Geosgaeno]

im still thinking on what to write, man i hope an idea pops along soon, maybe it will after a few more people begin to write.

[Leto]

k I think I'll start off the story in a bit, but first here's some of my character information:

Name: Nerevar (yes, from Morrowind)
Class: Nightblade (sort of an Assassin Mage)
Race: Human

Abilities:



Can make himself completely invisible for a major drain on mana
Can slightly blend in with the surroundings for a lesser drain
Can summon a shadow spirit called Ratain but it drains a full mana supply
Speed: Very Fast
Agility: Quite lithe and agile
Dress: Black Gei with open face

Weapons:


Throwing Stars/Knives
Jitte
Wakizashi
That's all I think I need to say for now. Look for the post soon.

[TheDragonKnight]

i think im going to pass on the chance to actualy play, however, mabey i can help out. i help run a simm like this, druad you rmissing the point, its not about your character level, its about your cahracter as a person, imagine your writing a novel, in third person, i can provide something ive written as an example if you like.

Combat is typily symplisting, since rules of common courtsy mean you only the owner of a character can kill it, you typicaly always win, teh goal here is to delovpe a good stroy, and to make your character come to life, adding small quirks and traits (for example my character is lerris he drinks weapons grade coffee, you know coffee that would fight you for the spoon if it got much stronger, Lerris is also a master of the slight of hand, so he frequently is suddenly holding an object noones seen untill just then (usaly a tool, or some paperwork, though it does have some combat abilities. fianly twist in his character, he used to do black ops, but he quit (a story in it self) so while hes usualy cheerfull and seeming carefree, he sometimes has black moods or will show insight into something you woudlnt expect him to)

the goal here is pure RP (assuming ive got the correct intent here), when your done you should be able to take all the assembled posts and make a small novel that (hopfully) reads decently. my subject of choice is Startrek, but regardless, the principal is the same, you want a good story not a pissing contest (which it can easily become)

sorry for the lecture, but ive had to teach countless n00bs on the subject, sort of fall into teacher mode. if your looking to join and established simm, PM me im the second officer for my group, otherwise, ENJOY!

[Galthol]

Thank you very that post. You really got what I was trying to do across. Any one looking to join read TheDragonknight's post please.

[Astrolounge]

Im told I am good at writing stories, and developing characters; However, I SUCK at coming up with names for them.
I mean really suck. They all either get a really stupid name like Dave, Steve or Roger, or a really weird name, like Nall, Jaya, or Larissa. It's a serious problem...

PS: What do you mean by "no out of game thinking?" So I can't think about non story stuff here? Because that could be a monkey wrench in the gears so to speak. Or are we just not alowed to type things other than from the PC's point of view?

[TheDragonKnight]

commny called metagaming in oter forms of RPG's, this is the difference between what you know and what your character knows, now heres the important part, THEY NEED TO BE SEPERATE, you as the player are in possession of much knowledge (ie the posts of others actions and speech, though your CHARACTER may not have witnessed it, its very important that your character only acts on knowledge hes in possiesion of and not all the info you have.

this is by far the trickiest part of a good simm but if doen correctly increases the fun you have, though when attempting to discuss plot elements it can get tricky; i, me, lerris, he, ive never quite managed to get that down my self consistently, i frequently jump from talking about lerris in first and third person.

post to post, should flow like pages from a novel, OOC (out of character) comments would disrupt the flow of your story, however you may want to use them to specify specifcs on your actions, for example im the Cheif Engineer on my simm and i frequently use alot of techno babble and doubletalk, i usualy add in littel notes explaing WTF im talking about an example might go something like this

Lerris checked the MSD (Master Systems Display) it was lighting up like a christams tree, once again somebody was pissed at them and it was gonna be his job to fix it "Wilkens, you got those systems locked down yet?" The man Lerris had adressed Shook his head "Cant sir, EPS (Electro-Plasmic System) conduit blew out, whole sections flooded" Lerris cursed and replied "Well get a man up to DCC (Damage Control Central), find out why we werent informed of that" Wilkens returned a quick "yessir" and was on his way.

What you actualy enclose OOC information in is uauly up to the person or group, ive seen lots of stuff used .: OOC :. <OOC> ((OOC)) *OOC* its mainly prefernce what ever it is it should be consitant so people can easily spot it.

I help to run the simm im on, so i can appreacite the diffuculties in keeping you IC and OOC knowledge seperate, as one of teh people orginazing it i have forknowledge of the plot of missions and im privvy to and major changes, this is usefull when the story starts lagging i can help give it a push forward, however it can be difficult, ive deleted or edited sections of my post before posting them after considering and decideing that i woudlnt have done or said something if i hadent known what was coming up.

all you can do is try, good luck to you.

and next week professor harrington will discuss the joint post or JP, stay tuned :D

[Astrolounge]

Understood.
So who is going to start off the story?

[Geosgaeno]

the story has already begun Astro, check the "RPGN RPG" in this section and you will seehttp://www.rpgamers.info/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Razgriz]

Seems interesting so far. I will keep an eye on it.

[Galthol]

I know that's why you should create a character and join. Just don't break my flute.

[Razgriz]

I would join in but I am not a good story writer. So, I wouldn't exactly be an addition.

Is there any background info of the world it takes place in or is it just create as you go?

[Galthol]

Just create as you go. Just try rember all the stuff that has already happened

[Razgriz]

Well. I guess I will get prepared to play. But I won't jump in for a bit, busy with school, backyard work (adding a pond and just totally revamping it.) then I also have a part time job and about four dnd sessions to attend weekly.

So we will see when I get my post up. But here is my character.

Name: Xero Skyrift
Class: Ranger
Occupation: Bounty Hunter / Mercenary
Race: Wild Elf
Age: 14 (Yes, very young for an elf adventurer, however he has his reasons.)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: White
Height: 4'6"

Abilities:

Has sleight of hand ability.
Proficient with bows and long swords.
Always moves silently even when running; reason unknown.
Infra-vision; 60ft
Resistance to sleep and all charm-related spells; 90%
Physical Traits: His strength is strong for his age and size; he is fast and agile and quite skilled with a blade.

Attire: White shirt and pants, the belt holding the pants up is brown. His trench coat is white and tattered at the bottom and arm sleeves with a blue inner-lining. He has a necklace that is steel with a dragon holding a sword as its design. On his right waist rests his long sword and quiver and on the left is a few pouches, one has meat, the other dry food. Beside the two pouches is a flask containing ale.

Weapons:

Short bow (normally slung around his left; over the coat)
Long sword (A bit long for him, but he is proficient with it.)
Quiver (His quiver is on his right side hanging right beside and a bit lower than the hilt; twenty-five arrow capcacity.)
Info: Exiled from the tribe he had come from he has little respect for those that don't earn it and no respect for any law or government. He simply sees them as being in place to control those that are too weak to walk on their own. He may seem unaccepting of others at first but though he can come over rather cold and hateful he isn't actually that way. Its a bit of an act he puts on naturally; he no doubt has become this way due to the rough deck he has been delt so far in life.

Thats a bit more than I expected. But oh well. This is my first time doing something like this online so, who knows what will occure.

EDIT: I decided to take after Leto and add the bullets to make it look a bit nicer.

[Galthol]

Well I guess I should outline Mog Ruith.


Race: Half-Elf
Class: Bard
Weapon: ???
That's all you really need to know. Read the story to find out more.