One way I'm thinking about your suggestion for post rate -- we'd have to have everyone buying into this idea, because it's admittedly outside the norms for PbP, is to think of each post as a POV chapter like in a Game of the Thrones book -- you'd try to tell a little, self-contained episode; shorter than real chapter, but something between a post and an interlude (thinking of the interludes in Stormlight Archive). That'd, again, have to be worked out in terms of player agency so this is possible -- and you'd have to have some rules adjustments to accomodate that. But I think it'd work if we did a sort of round robin where everyone contributed in a specific order, so you'd have a couple weeks to work on your next section. Maybe there could be side chatter and worldbuilding going on around the official next POV section. I'm just brainstorming here.
Hey, hey, I'm interested in this sort of thing. As far as experience in pbp, well I'd say I have almost 8 years of experience playing. I got a feel of sorts in playing the platform, not like how I was used to when I first started but I'm somewhat competent with a few mistakes here and there.
I was thinking of making a wildfire druid, thinking their a worshipper of a fire/heat/sun God, also thinking their an animorph that's more of a trickster though I don't know which one would fit that personality. It's mostly just conning people and using various fursonas, ahem, personas, excuse me.
For those long and detailed post, uhm, I'm not sure if I got those in this site. But, I do have a pretty long one from a different site, here's the example:
Paige simply hums to herself at having made first purchase from the outside, though she stops herself as Mexha speaks to her in a disappointing tone, similar to how her grandma does it. Though the topic is probably one a rich aunt would say, "Ah, sorry, I'm just not used to buying a lot, my grandparents tend to be more conservative in their purchase." she says in her normal voice, but then caught herself as she realized she broke character for a bit,"Gah, I mean, oh, silly me, my tendency to collect books seem to have maneuvered my survivability skills. Next time, I won't hold back. I'll released the shopaholic within me and rub the stores dry, within reason." she says that last part in a whisper so that Mexha doesn't here it.
Once the service bot arrived, Paige gave it her kit but not before she took a picture of it, Woah, not only does this fair have the sci-fi theme down, they even have actual robots. she thought, but her previous theory started flashing back again and once more she started doubting her original thought. She then snapped out of her conflicting thoughts as Mexha just keeps talking about her very extensive and detailed backstory on elves, she even said that she was sixty, "Heh, bet you say that to make a lot of girls act jealous at your youth." she says, though she can't help feeling just a little bit jealous.
Thankfully the topic changed to Port, though the little hamster looks rather angry at the star elf, "Mmhmm, Port here is the most adorable creature in all of the galaxies I reckon. No one can compare to his fluffy physique. But it's best no to call him a pet, it hurts his ego. I like to call him my emotional support companion. For those tough nights in the slammer." she says as they head to another store which is impressive. It practically beats the clothes department her mother would take her by a mile.
Their were just so many choices to pick, some looked exotic and strange, others ridiculous but comfortable. The designs are just all over the place, it was a good thing that the person she's with is more of a fashionista expert than her otherwise she might have just picked a random piece of clothing from a bargain bin and look ridiculous. She then look towards Mexha, who in a flash is already on the aisles foraging some outfits, she even asked her to participate once she manages to wear the ones she chose, "Uhm, alright, I'll try my best. Though don't expect much." she says and waits for the first rows of outfits.
After a few minutes of searching for clothes, Paige was now wearing the first outfit, a baggy jacket with yoga pants, "Woah, I've never felt... So comfortable." she says, embarrassing the soft and fluffy exterior of the jacket's and yoga pant's design, "I bet if I fall right here, I'd just land softly like I landed on the softest bed." she says and does so, not suffering from any impact. Just a soft cushion on her body, "Hm, hm, hm, this is certainly a reliable piece of clothing. Even Port has given is certified approval." she says as she looks at her hamster that's snuggled under her jacket, "Buying this!"
She regretfully took out her first outfit and change into the second. It was a space pirate type of outfit and she felt shy wearing it. As she looked at her phone's camera, she looked cool and certainly fit her aesthetic but she wasn't sure if she was fit to wear something like this, "I don't know about this one, it's something that I don't usually wear..." she stopped herself as Mexha added a brooch on her hair. She looked at her phone and smiled a bit to see how cute and cool she looked, "Hah, forgot what I said. I think this fits me like a glove. Maybe I'll wear this for my first voyage across the stars itself." she says as she makes a pose, a flow of confidence surged thanks to that elf's gesture. For some reason, she thinks of Mexha as a good friend, even though she's somewhat older than her and they just met only moments ago.
Paige then switched second for third, and it was somewhat refreshing. It was a beautiful and vibrant dress that screamed adventure, "Hey, this one's not so bad. It's not a comfortable or imposing as the last too, but I feel like myself when I'm wearing something like this. Plus, these pockets are pretty nice, Port will certainly have some fun rummaging through these." she says, putting both her hands on her pockets.
It was now her turn to find some clothes for her to wear. She wasn't confident in her design choice but she might as well just for the fun of it. For next few minutes, Paige returns with her own stack of clothes, "Alright, I don't have much of an eye for fashion like you Mexha, but here are my top 3 picks." she says and pulls out her first outfit. It was a black jacket with orange linings and a pair of white shorts. She replaced her glasses with a holographic visor giving her a sort of cyberpunk kind of feel, "I call this one street casual. Downside is that I'm pretty sure these visors aren't a good substitute for my glasses, so I can't move around much." she says with a straight face but keeps her cool. It her a bit of a while to change back as she had a hard time stumbling around as she misplaced her glasses.
She manages to change to her second outfit which was revealed to be a skintight suit with a shade of blue. Paige is visibly blushing from wearing this outfit, "Uhm, I thought this outfit looked kind of cool and I saw a character wear something similar, so I thought I'd try it out. I wasn't expecting it to be... risque." she says, she remembered when she worn it, she wasn't expecting to suit to be so form fitted to her petite frame... and also somewhat tight around places. She shook her head on the thought and looked toward Mexha,"W-With this outfit I'm much more quicker and agile. Laser rifles and sword better wish that they hit me... It's just one small caveat, I'LL NEVER WEAR THIS IN PUBLIC." she screams and immediately runs back to the changing room out of embarrassment.
After that fiasco, Paige changed into her final outfit. She looked to have worn a simple white overcoat that looked similar to a uniform, accompanied with white pants and a gloves, "Heh, with this I was going for a space admiral kind of vibe. Behold, for I have found a way to make a disguise to fool my pursuers, all I need is a hat and I'm set." she says, on closer inspection it looks like the clothes she got this from was from the men's section. She certainly looked rather suave in her appearance, her confidence helps in that regard.
Not sure if that meets your demand, I don't usually write long post as of late unless it's a solo game. My posts tend to get real long when I make conversations though. Like this one below:
"Hmm, that makes sense, I'll at least try not to think about it much." Mulan says on the topic of the versions of herself. The soldier did not leave her eyes from Cass, but she too did not want to be hostile. She smiled as Cass decided to tell her a bit of the romantic options that her fellow comrades would have received if fate was a little bit more experimentative then her,"Huh? I've heard of this so-called Persephone before from my research of this world. I did not nor would even imagine Hades to have a lover, he looks too cranky as the saying goes." she says, though she looked toward Cass with surprise as she mentions her attraction towards him,"Ooh, I would have certainly expected Ariel and maybe Elsa to be 'shipped', as the internet coined it, but you. Is this what's called the bad boy trope? Frankly, I do not understand the appeal. Maybe it is the century gap, or my own concept of love, but I certainly can't see any sort of reason why any girl would go for him." she says in a gossiping tone, this is certainly a nice reprieve. Much better to the conversation they had moments ago,"Still, it is rather disappointing to her that Merida wasn't explored as often as I would have hoped. Though, I certainly agree with your pairing, I can certainly imagine how humorous her reaction would be, especially with Prince Charming. It would he an amusing circumstance to say the least." she says on the topic of Merida, but was surprised when Cass mentioned her own ship with Moana. She's met with the Polynesian girl before back in that Princess Slumber Party. She was certainly a girl choke full of adventures across the seas, though she doesn't know much about her then her stories she told, though Mushu certainly liked hanging out with her chicken,"... Ergh, so it seems that even in this day and age, woman still find me attractive." she says with a sigh,"That too is something I won't understand. I am thankful that they choose to not implement such programming. Otherwise I would feel bad for Kristoff if that ever happened." she says with a smirk, she then looks toward the door,"I believe we've left Rapunzel well enough alone, let us visit her again." she says, about to head back to Medbay to see what progress she made.
Even with that, I know it's not that big enough to be long post material. But who knows, this campaign sounds like it'll be my chance to go super detailed like never before, I think.
Ok, I wasn't thinking of going too far out of the box in regards to races. What do you think about dhampir? They can pretty much fit in any world, old or modern, and the race is pretty tame compared to pathfinder version.
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Leaning against the wall, watching the others rush by him, he grins. "Go ahead, go get that treasure that's laying there. Be more for me after you die."
Hey, hey, I'm interested in this sort of thing. As far as experience in pbp, well I'd say I have almost 8 years of experience playing. I got a feel of sorts in playing the platform, not like how I was used to when I first started but I'm somewhat competent with a few mistakes here and there.
I was thinking of making a wildfire druid, thinking their a worshipper of a fire/heat/sun God, also thinking their an animorph that's more of a trickster though I don't know which one would fit that personality. It's mostly just conning people and using various fursonas, ahem, personas, excuse me.
For those long and detailed post, uhm, I'm not sure if I got those in this site. But, I do have a pretty long one from a different site, here's the example:
Paige simply hums to herself at having made first purchase from the outside, though she stops herself as Mexha speaks to her in a disappointing tone, similar to how her grandma does it. Though the topic is probably one a rich aunt would say, "Ah, sorry, I'm just not used to buying a lot, my grandparents tend to be more conservative in their purchase." she says in her normal voice, but then caught herself as she realized she broke character for a bit,"Gah, I mean, oh, silly me, my tendency to collect books seem to have maneuvered my survivability skills. Next time, I won't hold back. I'll released the shopaholic within me and rub the stores dry, within reason." she says that last part in a whisper so that Mexha doesn't here it.
Once the service bot arrived, Paige gave it her kit but not before she took a picture of it, Woah, not only does this fair have the sci-fi theme down, they even have actual robots. she thought, but her previous theory started flashing back again and once more she started doubting her original thought. She then snapped out of her conflicting thoughts as Mexha just keeps talking about her very extensive and detailed backstory on elves, she even said that she was sixty, "Heh, bet you say that to make a lot of girls act jealous at your youth." she says, though she can't help feeling just a little bit jealous.
Thankfully the topic changed to Port, though the little hamster looks rather angry at the star elf, "Mmhmm, Port here is the most adorable creature in all of the galaxies I reckon. No one can compare to his fluffy physique. But it's best no to call him a pet, it hurts his ego. I like to call him my emotional support companion. For those tough nights in the slammer." she says as they head to another store which is impressive. It practically beats the clothes department her mother would take her by a mile.
Their were just so many choices to pick, some looked exotic and strange, others ridiculous but comfortable. The designs are just all over the place, it was a good thing that the person she's with is more of a fashionista expert than her otherwise she might have just picked a random piece of clothing from a bargain bin and look ridiculous. She then look towards Mexha, who in a flash is already on the aisles foraging some outfits, she even asked her to participate once she manages to wear the ones she chose, "Uhm, alright, I'll try my best. Though don't expect much." she says and waits for the first rows of outfits.
After a few minutes of searching for clothes, Paige was now wearing the first outfit, a baggy jacket with yoga pants, "Woah, I've never felt... So comfortable." she says, embarrassing the soft and fluffy exterior of the jacket's and yoga pant's design, "I bet if I fall right here, I'd just land softly like I landed on the softest bed." she says and does so, not suffering from any impact. Just a soft cushion on her body, "Hm, hm, hm, this is certainly a reliable piece of clothing. Even Port has given is certified approval." she says as she looks at her hamster that's snuggled under her jacket, "Buying this!"
She regretfully took out her first outfit and change into the second. It was a space pirate type of outfit and she felt shy wearing it. As she looked at her phone's camera, she looked cool and certainly fit her aesthetic but she wasn't sure if she was fit to wear something like this, "I don't know about this one, it's something that I don't usually wear..." she stopped herself as Mexha added a brooch on her hair. She looked at her phone and smiled a bit to see how cute and cool she looked, "Hah, forgot what I said. I think this fits me like a glove. Maybe I'll wear this for my first voyage across the stars itself." she says as she makes a pose, a flow of confidence surged thanks to that elf's gesture. For some reason, she thinks of Mexha as a good friend, even though she's somewhat older than her and they just met only moments ago.
Paige then switched second for third, and it was somewhat refreshing. It was a beautiful and vibrant dress that screamed adventure, "Hey, this one's not so bad. It's not a comfortable or imposing as the last too, but I feel like myself when I'm wearing something like this. Plus, these pockets are pretty nice, Port will certainly have some fun rummaging through these." she says, putting both her hands on her pockets.
It was now her turn to find some clothes for her to wear. She wasn't confident in her design choice but she might as well just for the fun of it. For next few minutes, Paige returns with her own stack of clothes, "Alright, I don't have much of an eye for fashion like you Mexha, but here are my top 3 picks." she says and pulls out her first outfit. It was a black jacket with orange linings and a pair of white shorts. She replaced her glasses with a holographic visor giving her a sort of cyberpunk kind of feel, "I call this one street casual. Downside is that I'm pretty sure these visors aren't a good substitute for my glasses, so I can't move around much." she says with a straight face but keeps her cool. It her a bit of a while to change back as she had a hard time stumbling around as she misplaced her glasses.
She manages to change to her second outfit which was revealed to be a skintight suit with a shade of blue. Paige is visibly blushing from wearing this outfit, "Uhm, I thought this outfit looked kind of cool and I saw a character wear something similar, so I thought I'd try it out. I wasn't expecting it to be... risque." she says, she remembered when she worn it, she wasn't expecting to suit to be so form fitted to her petite frame... and also somewhat tight around places. She shook her head on the thought and looked toward Mexha,"W-With this outfit I'm much more quicker and agile. Laser rifles and sword better wish that they hit me... It's just one small caveat, I'LL NEVER WEAR THIS IN PUBLIC." she screams and immediately runs back to the changing room out of embarrassment.
After that fiasco, Paige changed into her final outfit. She looked to have worn a simple white overcoat that looked similar to a uniform, accompanied with white pants and a gloves, "Heh, with this I was going for a space admiral kind of vibe. Behold, for I have found a way to make a disguise to fool my pursuers, all I need is a hat and I'm set." she says, on closer inspection it looks like the clothes she got this from was from the men's section. She certainly looked rather suave in her appearance, her confidence helps in that regard.
Not sure if that meets your demand, I don't usually write long post as of late unless it's a solo game. My posts tend to get real long when I make conversations though. Like this one below:
"Hmm, that makes sense, I'll at least try not to think about it much." Mulan says on the topic of the versions of herself. The soldier did not leave her eyes from Cass, but she too did not want to be hostile. She smiled as Cass decided to tell her a bit of the romantic options that her fellow comrades would have received if fate was a little bit more experimentative then her,"Huh? I've heard of this so-called Persephone before from my research of this world. I did not nor would even imagine Hades to have a lover, he looks too cranky as the saying goes." she says, though she looked toward Cass with surprise as she mentions her attraction towards him,"Ooh, I would have certainly expected Ariel and maybe Elsa to be 'shipped', as the internet coined it, but you. Is this what's called the bad boy trope? Frankly, I do not understand the appeal. Maybe it is the century gap, or my own concept of love, but I certainly can't see any sort of reason why any girl would go for him." she says in a gossiping tone, this is certainly a nice reprieve. Much better to the conversation they had moments ago,"Still, it is rather disappointing to her that Merida wasn't explored as often as I would have hoped. Though, I certainly agree with your pairing, I can certainly imagine how humorous her reaction would be, especially with Prince Charming. It would he an amusing circumstance to say the least." she says on the topic of Merida, but was surprised when Cass mentioned her own ship with Moana. She's met with the Polynesian girl before back in that Princess Slumber Party. She was certainly a girl choke full of adventures across the seas, though she doesn't know much about her then her stories she told, though Mushu certainly liked hanging out with her chicken,"... Ergh, so it seems that even in this day and age, woman still find me attractive." she says with a sigh,"That too is something I won't understand. I am thankful that they choose to not implement such programming. Otherwise I would feel bad for Kristoff if that ever happened." she says with a smirk, she then looks toward the door,"I believe we've left Rapunzel well enough alone, let us visit her again." she says, about to head back to Medbay to see what progress she made.
Even with that, I know it's not that big enough to be long post material. But who knows, this campaign sounds like it'll be my chance to go super detailed like never before, I think.
I think a mongoose, and otter, a racoon, or a fox would be good animorph races for that kind of concept. Most of the mammilian animal races come from territories to the east, and the kobolds and reptilian races come from territories to the west, and that consist of 5 elemental kingdoms on a large peninsula.
Ok, I wasn't thinking of going too far out of the box in regards to races. What do you think about dhampir? They can pretty much fit in any world, old or modern, and the race is pretty tame compared to pathfinder version.
I'd rather do anthropomorphic bat for that concept than a vampire.
Ahh, well, it's only half vampire, but no problem, I'll come up with another character
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Leaning against the wall, watching the others rush by him, he grins. "Go ahead, go get that treasure that's laying there. Be more for me after you die."
Hmm, those elemental kingdoms sound interesting, though it sounds like I'm making an anthropomorphic dragon if I go that route. I'm going with fox. Is there any details on Gods, specifically fire-based ones? Like the phoenix that you've mentioned. Or since there is an elemental kingdom, some sort of Fire Lord? Just a brief description I guess.
Also, do Animorphs have their own society or are they nomadic? I imagine foxes to be nomadic drifters living in more rural areas and some city based areas too. And maybe there not well like by the people, though I am curious on what other races view these anthropomorphic races? Does it vary with each animal or do they all fall in the same stigma?
And is it alright of me to ask these questions or should I focus more on my character?
Hmm, those elemental kingdoms sound interesting, though it sounds like I'm making an anthropomorphic dragon if I go that route. I'm going with fox. Is there any details on Gods, specifically fire-based ones? Like the phoenix that you've mentioned. Or since there is an elemental kingdom, some sort of Fire Lord? Just a brief description I guess.
Also, do Animorphs have their own society or are they nomadic? I imagine foxes to be nomadic drifters living in more rural areas and some city based areas too. And maybe there not well like by the people, though I am curious on what other races view these anthropomorphic races? Does it vary with each animal or do they all fall in the same stigma?
And is it alright of me to ask these questions or should I focus more on my character?
The Phoenix is only one deity that exists in dozens of forms. There are also other fire gods -- you're welcome to make something up if you have a specific proposal. Another fire god is a pack of foxes made out of fire who is mostly worshipped in the eastern lands. The phoenix is more of a creator and solar deity -- this fire god is more of a trickster and hermes/prometheus figure who gives fire to mortals as a tool and weapon. Some stories depict it as the son of the phoenix, but that's mostly in border territories where both deities are widely known. Most of the heartlands of both communities aren't really aware of the other, and don't address the other's existence in their mythology or philosophical writings.
Hi! I'm very much interested in this type of world building campaign, and am very interested in both this type of wordier writing style and in storytelling in general.
My caveats however, are that I am not likely to be able to put up that much writing once per day. Once per week is more likely, though still potentially a stretch. I will also say that I'm not a very good writer in my own opinion, though I'd like to be. If these flaws preclude me from the game I would certainly understand. But I'm here to express interest and provide an example of my writing. I haven't been on the site long or done very much PbP at all. But here is an example of what I can do.
If @Sebecloki thinks it is worth while, I will then try to come up with some kind of character idea.
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Hi! I'm very much interested in this type of world building campaign, and am very interested in both this type of wordier writing style and in storytelling in general.
My caveats however, are that I am not likely to be able to put up that much writing once per day. Once per week is more likely, though still potentially a stretch. I will also say that I'm not a very good writer in my own opinion, though I'd like to be. If these flaws preclude me from the game I would certainly understand. But I'm here to express interest and provide an example of my writing. I haven't been on the site long or done very much PbP at all. But here is an example of what I can do.
If @Sebecloki thinks it is worth while, I will then try to come up with some kind of character idea.
It sounds like more than 1 person is interested in exploring a 1/week post format; I'm certainly open to that, though, again, I think it needs to be clear how we'd modify the rules and expectations around that; it's also not going to work at all if the initial concept is to spend a week writing a page reply, but in actuality it ends up being more like "Biff agrees with what the others said, and walks towards the door"; the story will never progress at 1/week with that kind of post.
I can certainly understand that. I think your idea of the modified style, more of a novel style game with several self contained 'chapters' going on at once is very interesting. It doesn't necessarily preclude PC interactions, but means that there may be much more GM/NPC to individual player interactions. Like several solo games rolled into one. An interesting concept. And would allow you the freedom to do much more writing and world building with each individual.
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One way I'm thinking about your suggestion for post rate -- we'd have to have everyone buying into this idea, because it's admittedly outside the norms for PbP, is to think of each post as a POV chapter like in a Game of the Thrones book -- you'd try to tell a little, self-contained episode; shorter than real chapter, but something between a post and an interlude (thinking of the interludes in Stormlight Archive). That'd, again, have to be worked out in terms of player agency so this is possible -- and you'd have to have some rules adjustments to accomodate that. But I think it'd work if we did a sort of round robin where everyone contributed in a specific order, so you'd have a couple weeks to work on your next section. Maybe there could be side chatter and worldbuilding going on around the official next POV section. I'm just brainstorming here.
This actually sounds very good. So here are some examples from my posts:
Welcome to Heldren.
So Arngrim, Arcos, Shara and Gwyllim are in the town square. If you carry the rider, please make a DC 15 STR and a DC 14 DEX check.
Daxis and Balthazar can start fighting in the apothecary.
Hi! I'm very much interested in this type of world building campaign, and am very interested in both this type of wordier writing style and in storytelling in general.
My caveats however, are that I am not likely to be able to put up that much writing once per day. Once per week is more likely, though still potentially a stretch. I will also say that I'm not a very good writer in my own opinion, though I'd like to be. If these flaws preclude me from the game I would certainly understand. But I'm here to express interest and provide an example of my writing. I haven't been on the site long or done very much PbP at all. But here is an example of what I can do.
If @Sebecloki thinks it is worth while, I will then try to come up with some kind of character idea.
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That is another consideration -- I think this might work well if everyone was on board with it as a midway point between a worldbuilding project and a game; the ooc could go to hundreds of brief posts discussing worldbuilding concepts around the game. For instance, someone might mention a book, and someone else might suggest some history for that book, and someone else might create a revised edition of the book, and why it was revised, and so forth. That kind of chatter might help keep the game together even if the actual positing rate is pretty slow.
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