Recruitment and OOC: Escape from Enochus Beta!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 9:30 amRisus.
MechanistoX ran an RP using this system at the RP Bootcamp to test his GMing skills.
So he did... so he did.
...do over.
*throws up the horns to a background of explosions and Nine Inch Nails*
I always regret the loss of this original RP, and have decided to try running it again. I'll be whipping up a replacement introductory post as soon as I can, but all you really need to know is that it'll use Risus, and all players, old and new, are welcome.
I'll be taking in a party of no less than four and no more than six people. I'll accept character sheets based on their quality, not how soon they get posted. People who were in the original RP are automagically accepted, should they choose to re-apply.
For those of you not in the know:
The setting is an unholy union between cyberpunk, space opera, and high fantasy, where magic and technology collide violently as often as they harmoniously coexist. Characters can be any race, class, and alignment imaginable; dwarven asteroid miners, file sharing bards, Knights in shining mecha, Elven Gunboat Captains, lycanthropic cyborgs... the list goes on. Feel free to take inspiration from star wars/trek/craft, Gears/God of War, LOTR, DnD, WoW, Halo, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Unreal Tournament, World of Darkness, Fallout, Diablo, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and just about any other Sci Fi or Fantasy setting imaginable. The setting will borrow (or parody) from any and all of these mythos, but all official cannon goes out the window.
General rule of thumb is to be at least partly original. The DnD races are generic enough to be used whole, but races like Vulcans, Cylons, Protoss, and Hutts are too canon specific. If you really want to play one, go ahead... but give them an original twist that makes them fresh and unique! Or better yet, meld them a bit with some other race that you also like, give their culture a unique new flavor, and slap a new name on'em. That said, I WILL disallow specific parodies of actual named characters in established series. You can make a protoss-like character... but making a "Praetor Fenix"-like character will be considered BFOC.* Ours is to parody or pay homage... not to copy whole cloth.
*Bad Form, Old Chap
Also! I'll be making a simple homebrewed rules addition to allow characters to have vehicles or flunkies. This can include spaceships, mecha, familiars, robot servants, heavily-armed drinking pals, plucky sidekicks, and subordinate soldiers or mercenaries. Details to follow.
MechanistoX ran an RP using this system at the RP Bootcamp to test his GMing skills.
So he did... so he did.
...do over.
*throws up the horns to a background of explosions and Nine Inch Nails*
I always regret the loss of this original RP, and have decided to try running it again. I'll be whipping up a replacement introductory post as soon as I can, but all you really need to know is that it'll use Risus, and all players, old and new, are welcome.
I'll be taking in a party of no less than four and no more than six people. I'll accept character sheets based on their quality, not how soon they get posted. People who were in the original RP are automagically accepted, should they choose to re-apply.
For those of you not in the know:
The setting is an unholy union between cyberpunk, space opera, and high fantasy, where magic and technology collide violently as often as they harmoniously coexist. Characters can be any race, class, and alignment imaginable; dwarven asteroid miners, file sharing bards, Knights in shining mecha, Elven Gunboat Captains, lycanthropic cyborgs... the list goes on. Feel free to take inspiration from star wars/trek/craft, Gears/God of War, LOTR, DnD, WoW, Halo, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Unreal Tournament, World of Darkness, Fallout, Diablo, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and just about any other Sci Fi or Fantasy setting imaginable. The setting will borrow (or parody) from any and all of these mythos, but all official cannon goes out the window.
General rule of thumb is to be at least partly original. The DnD races are generic enough to be used whole, but races like Vulcans, Cylons, Protoss, and Hutts are too canon specific. If you really want to play one, go ahead... but give them an original twist that makes them fresh and unique! Or better yet, meld them a bit with some other race that you also like, give their culture a unique new flavor, and slap a new name on'em. That said, I WILL disallow specific parodies of actual named characters in established series. You can make a protoss-like character... but making a "Praetor Fenix"-like character will be considered BFOC.* Ours is to parody or pay homage... not to copy whole cloth.
*Bad Form, Old Chap
Also! I'll be making a simple homebrewed rules addition to allow characters to have vehicles or flunkies. This can include spaceships, mecha, familiars, robot servants, heavily-armed drinking pals, plucky sidekicks, and subordinate soldiers or mercenaries. Details to follow.