by Spleen » Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:20 pm
Welcome to RPGWW, and congratulations on your first attempt at an RP. My name is Spleen, and I really ought to have made this post the day I saw this topic, but am lazy and too busy playing Kingdom of Loathing.
The first point I ought to make is this: We don't RP in the RPG World (as in the comic) setting. We have our own world, Gaera. In fact, RPGWW is essentially a seperate entity from the RPG World comic - the only things linking the two are the name and a link from one to the other and another back. This doesn't mean, of course, that you can't set an RP in the RPGW universe if you really want to. Go right ahead. I was just making a sidenote.
Secondly, the only things you've given us that any sheds light at all on what this RP will entail are basically "you're all demons" and "there might be a war". Even if you're operating from a well-defined setting (and you aren't, really...all we know of the setting of RPG World is seen in the travels of hero and friends, and they don't go everywhere), we need more information. Where will our characters be starting from? What is their motivation? As demons, are they evil? Will you be using a system, or will this be freestyle?
And thirdly, you shouldn't have to compel the players with death threats to stay with your RP. If you're a good GM, and you're involving the players well, they'll stay. If you're not, and it's not moving, they'll get bored and stop trying.
And finally, the RPGWW FAQ is linked from the main page and every subforum on the board. Reading it straight through is recommended for anyone who wants to be part of this community.
Happy RPing!
-Spleen <p>-_-___-___-___-_-
"Even if you have lots of hit points, a dagger through the eye is a dagger through the eye."
-Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook v3.5, page 145
"I don't know who's a bigger fool: Him for going, you for following, or me for not leaving you both."
-Demona, Gargoyles (Episode 11: Long Way to Morning)</p>