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Freeform RP: The Open Door Inn [Setup]

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Elven Doritos

September 18, 2006, 09:06:01 AM Last Edit: September 18, 2006, 09:14:42 AM by Darkxarth
Alrighty. I think we could use some good ol' fashioned freeform roleplaying to spice things up around here. Allow me to explain.

In a freeform RP, there aren't any (or are, such as in this case, only a few) major rules when it comes to character creation, powers, and personality. There aren't any hard-and-fast game stats, only the character as the author sees in his minds eye.

To prevent this from descending into chaos (and to help serve the purposes of the Guild), however, I'm going to institute a few rules:

1) The Open Door Inn is an interplanar tavern which has special ties to other planes-- it can even touch planes that believe themselves isolated. As such, your character can be from any CBG campaign setting except your own[/i]. It might be a good idea to get into contact with setting writers about questions for unclear information or character details that you need. Think of it as a small-scale review. It might also be good to ask them for permission, some folks are posessive about their intellectual property.

2) All the typical rules are in place. No harassment, no out-and-out hatred, and keep the sillyness to a *reasonable* level (i.e., dropping anvils on somebody might be a bit much).

3) Conflict resolution. There is a simple system of conflict resolution. No modifiers, no complex rules, etc, just roll between 1 and 20. That being said, be sure you write things in a conflict resolution manner, not a definitive one:
[ic=Correct]
Feldorn attempts to trip Gorbin.
[dice]1d20[/dice][/ic]
[ic=Incorrect]
Feldorn trips Gorbin and laughs.[/ic]

4)The Inn closes from time to time. During long periods where the innkeeper is not available to at least monitor his business (or a responsible employee of the innkeep), it will close for a few hours (meaning a temporary lock on the thread). Posting can resume when the thread is unlocked.


So, with those four rules out of the way, who's interested?
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Xathan

#2
September 18, 2006, 12:18:56 PM
Ok, here's my thing. I am very, very interested, but having done Inn RP before, I have some suggestions.

A) APC Bartender/Barmaid. An APC is an all player character. Having a Bartender and Barmaid be APCs means someone can post something like this.

[ic=Mr. PC]I walk in and order a Cabbage Delight.[/ic]

If no bartender replies to give him a drink, he can then edit his post to say:

[ic=Mr. PC]I walk in and order a Cabbage Delight.

As Bob serves the Cabbage Delight, I scan the room.[/ic]

Keeping it flowing smoothly when there are no bartenders online, but multiple people want to do stuff. This model has worked before in four different tavern based freeform RPs I've played in, so I'm reasonably certian it will work here.

B) Don't ban people from playing characters from their own setting. Playing a character from you setting can help you promote an relatively unknown setting and allow you to experiment with a homebrew race, class, or idea unique to your setting. However, we do want to encourage people to play other peoples setting, so I think people who play characters from other settings should get to add 1 or 2 to their conflict resolution rolls. (BTW, the conflict resolution rolls is the best idea I have seen for keeping freeform RP fair and fun. I'm reserving full judgement until I see it in action, but otherwise Kudos on it!)

3) Voluntary failure. While someone can't claim an action hits or succedes, they should be able to forgoe their conflict roll to fail at an action. Just a thought.

That's all that I have for now. More thoughts coming later, and I want to talk to you about general Inn setup over AIM to share some ideas I have if you're interested.

Also, anyone interested in playing a character from one of my worlds is more than welcome to, just PM me with the race/concept you have so I can give you some feedback. :)

One other question we need to adress - on these boards we have two super-hero settings and at least two future/modern tech settings. Are people going to be allowed to play characters from these settings with their superpowers or advanced technology, or not?    
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#3
September 18, 2006, 02:16:36 PM
If I can play someone from my own setting, I'm in.  Otherwise, I'll have to do that thing... what's it called?  Oh yeah... "work".

Elven Doritos

#4
September 18, 2006, 08:53:56 PM
Quote from: limetomIf I can play someone from my own setting, I'm in.  Otherwise, I'll have to do that thing... what's it called?  Oh yeah... "work".

Well, one of the points of the project is to stimulate some feedback on settings, in addition to having something to spend "downtime" on.
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Endless_Helix

#5
September 18, 2006, 10:43:19 PM
I am totally in. I'm going to be a.... hmm... I'll have to think about it.
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October 13, 2006, 07:40:57 PM
I've done extensive freeform/collective storytelling on the Wizards boards (look up the Forgotten Freedom if your curious).  This'll have more actual rules than I'm used to, but I think I can manage it.
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October 13, 2006, 09:46:26 PM
I haven't tried any kind of PbP before, but this sounds really cool. If there's space, i'd like to join.
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#8
October 15, 2006, 02:08:22 AM
When is this going to start? I've been wanting to play someone from JS all this time! @_@

Also, you talk about how conflict resolution occurs, but how do you tell if you've succeeded? I mean, you got a 7. Good for you. Did you trip me? I don't know.

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October 15, 2006, 10:05:07 AM
Opposed rolls, obviously. Or 11+ succeeds.
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#10
October 15, 2006, 10:57:39 AM
Kay, I see interest has picked up in this, so let's go ahead and consolidate initial character ideas here-- everyone has until Tuesday to get their character concept thought of.

And Rael-- the way it goes is this.

You want to trip me, you roll a seven. I roll a twelve. Since you don't beat me, you did not trip me-- it's that simple.

We'll go ahead and use a 100 dice, just to decrease the likelihood of ties. (Ties mean that the defending action wins)
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Wensleydale

#11
October 15, 2006, 10:59:04 AM
I'm so playing something from the Jade Stage...

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#12
October 15, 2006, 11:37:12 AM
Since I got a lot of interest in them on their setting thread, I think I'll be one of my drasil, plant creatures resembling the other races of my setting.  Since I also put a lot of my personal views into elves, this will be a female elf-drasil with leaves instead of hair, from the dragon empire of Horun.
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#13
October 15, 2006, 11:38:03 AM
I'd like to join too.  I want to be an Umady Taer Sorcerer from Kahtar.  Hmm... details...
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Yay! :) You want any info, I'll give it you...
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