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Lights... Camera... ACTION! [Action Movie World: First Blood] Beginners welcome!
Last edited by Pseudonymous; Oct 10th, 2024 at 02:58 PM. |
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What's the feel for me trying out playing one of the villains for this movie? (Thinking Count Dooku or someone similar)
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The game system is more designed to be a team effort rather than PVP, so I'm leaning towards no. You can, however, make an anti-hero type character though.
And that brings up a few good points about the game mechanics: Action Movie World is designed to behave like a movie. The villain either dies at the end or maybe gets away to set up for a sequel, and the big bad villain is only truly defeated by the main character. Once players are selected, we'll have a big session zero to decide how your characters relate to each other, what kind of sci-fi scenario we want to do, and who will be the main character. This is an actual mechanic in the game system: Every movie needs a main character, and this sets up rules for all players. The Main Character: - The Main Character cannot die. They can be hurt, temporarily defeated, etc, but it would be a pretty lame film if the lead character died halfway through the movie. So you gotta stay alive for the plot's sake. - The Main Character must land the final blow on the main villain in order to truly defeat them. Everybody on the team has to chip in, but only you can push that detonator/land the final punch/fire the last missile. Preferably while giving a one-liner. Everyone Else: - Your characters can potentially die, but that's not the end! In addition to being a dramatic moment in the film to spur the other characters to avenge you, your actor will stop being a character and instead become assistant director on the film! That means you become like a secondary DM-- You get to pick an area of expertise from a list and can then chime in to give the other actors suggestions for actions. If they take your suggestion, they can make their next dice roll with advantage. |
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Hmmm. I'm thinking of a "Funny" Sidekick. A guy who is GOING TO DIE. He's the main hero's friend. They served in THE WAR (Do not use any real wars as it would date the movie!). He's a decent solider, (not as good as the main hero of course) and he's always making with the ha ha's! He is getting pretty close to 'giving this whole job up and retiring with his beloved girlfriend, "Mindy". He will not shut up about her. The hero may meet Mindy during the Sidekick's funeral. And they will enjoy a bit of PG13 love-making (all in the shadows where the two will be played by uncredited extras!) with a slow saxxy sax music playing in the background.
When he dies (not if), he will provide a few bonuses to the main hero. When the hero is about to be defeated by the main villain (or second in command heavy), the hero will remember his dead friend and maybe a random quote he once said and that will give him just enough strength to defeat his foe! Working on a sheet soon..Just throwing ideas around..I want to see who the main will be. He might look like this: Sax music - > https://youtu.be/atkAOjx7kh8?si=tu3uZaTigQlBzwul Last edited by Tacobob; Sep 27th, 2024 at 08:13 PM. |
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Pivoting character ideaaaaa
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"You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should you have your pride in the morning and your resignation in the evening? Life is hard to bear: but do not pretend to be so tender!" -Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra |
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@TacoBob: Heck yeah, that's totally a doable character for this system. I'll have to double-check when I have the rulebook in front of me, but I'm pretty sure the Smartass playbook has a feature called Smiling Through the Pain that would suit the character well.
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I'm going to see The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the Eighth Dimension this weekend to get inspiration, but I'm envisioning a Thespian who's giving the performance of their life because their kid is a big fan of the source material/franchise/genre, shades of Raul Julia doing Street Fighter.
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This sounds amazing! Definitely color me interested. But I must object to one thing: why is there no playbook for “the Mary-Sue”?
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XD XD The most powerful hero of all!!!
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Last edited by Mitsubachi; Oct 13th, 2024 at 08:28 AM. Reason: Completed audition |
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Here is what I have so far. Everything is suited to change.
Actor's Name and Short Bio: Grampton “Grampy” St. Rumpterfrabble. Grampton, or “Grampy” as his fans call him, was born to the famous Rumpterfrabble family located in Manchester England. Grampton's life changed when he watched Saunterblugget Hampterfuppinshire play all the characters in “Make Our Garden Grow” at Whimpley Town Theater. Grampton decided he would become an beloved stage actor! When he was of age, he attended and graduated the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Roles for all the great plays fell his way along with all the great awards, like the Laurence Olivier Award, The Stage Award, and even an 'Tosser', which was awarded to the actor best able to 'toss themselves into a role'. Grampton later found out, it was a fake award made to make fun of him. His friends set up a rather complex and expensive award show just to “Take The Mickey Out Of Him”. After conquering the British stage, Grampton looked to America to become a great Hollywood actor! This was harder than he had expected. Grampton was not the most handsomest of men. He had already started balding when he turned 21. He soon found himself playing butlers, irascible coxswains and that time he played an Indian Chief for a movie he managed to get flack over for reasons. Thankfully he soon would find the role of a lifetime! He would play jokey sidekick P.J. “Chuckles” Rickenbacker, the goofy sidekick for an upcoming action/romance/comedy movie! This will get him the fame he wanted! This will lead to more proper rolls! Ones that will give him awards! So Grampton took a class to learn the same Southern accents all British actors use when playing a American! This fame he would gain in this movie would open up doors to movies better suited for his skills! Character's Name: P.J. “Chuckles” Rickenbacker, Character's Appearance: P.J has curly red hair, a rocking mustache and a pair of sunglasses he wears ALL THE TIME. (Please note, the actor wears a wig to portray this character. This wig will sometimes fall off in random parts of the movie and this will never be edited out as the director ONLY DOES ONE TAKE! This not not be 'noticed' by the other characters who will all wait patiently as P.J. picks up his wig and puts it back on.) P.J usually wears a pair of jeans, jean shirt, and jean jacket. His pajamas are also jeans. Playbook: The SMARTASS. His jokes hide his pain! Character Overview: P.J. Served with (insert hero or side hero) during the WAR. After saving (insert hero or side hero)'s life during a rather epic fight scene, the pair became instant best friends! They later joined forces in more epic jobs and wars! P.J. Is known for cracking both the wise and jokes during the least suitable moments. At the time of the movie, he was dating Mindy Darling, and he would swear that he was going to marry that girl and raise a family with her! He suffers from ptsd. The director decided they would portray this with grainy B/W footage from WWII for some reason. While P.J. groans in the background ever so dramatically. Sometimes P.J. slips into an British accent when he forgets to maintain his 'southern' accent. He will say "Go To Hospital" like an polite caveman. Side Note, when dealing with Kristina Chang, he will sometimes say, "Well, EXCUSE ME PRINCESS" and turn and face the camera with a goofy smile as this may have been funny at one time. I don't believe it, but people tell me it was. Audition Tape: “P.J.”, growled a rugged and very handsome man evil men called “Danger”, and the babes called, "Yes, please.”. It was Jimmy “Savage” Townhastle and he was sitting in the back seat of his 1989 Turbo Trans Am. “Stop admiring yourself and cool shades in the rear view mirror and keep your eye on the road! If we don't rescue the President's DNA before noon, the whole planet is going to explode!” P.J. “Chuckles” Rickenbacker stopped running his comb through his incredible head of hair only to shout out in alarm. “Watch out Jimmy! Ninjas!” Sure enough, at the bus stop, there were evil ninjas! B.J. Let out a gasp when he saw that the leader Ninja was holding a small, glowing green flask! “It's the president's DNA! Look Jimmy!” P.J. Slammed on his breaks, which ejected Jimmy into the crowd of ninjas! Thankfully both he and his fists were ready for Ninja face! And in seconds, nearly all of the ninjas were knocked out. “Watch out Jimmy!”, P.J. Called out. The leader ninja was not completely defeated. Unforgettably for the Ninja Boss, Jimmy “Savage” Townhastle was NEVER surprised. And after a roundhouse kick, the Ninja leader found himself. TOWNHASTLED! “You also saved us!”, it was a group of bodacious babes, the Swedish Bikini Team! They surrounded Jimmy and covered him in kisses. “But what about the president's DNA!”, P.J. Whined. “What about it?”, Jimmy quipped as the babes continued to kiss him. This caused the whole group to break out in laughter! Last edited by Tacobob; Oct 1st, 2024 at 06:39 PM. |
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There’s 7 playbooks, how many people are getting in?
I have some ideas for a few different actors and characters,
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I'll be taking 4 to 5 players depending on interest, and I don't mind if we have different characters using the same Playbook if that's how things turn out. "Party balance" really isn't a thing in AMW, and there are enough abilities per playbook that they won't be exact duplicates of each other. In this game system, think less about "is this idea mechanically-sound and logical," and more about "is this idea stupid enough to be awesome?"
I'm loving what I'm seeing so far for apps and character ideas! As a side note, I'm sure everyone already knows this, but any romantic relationships between PCs will need to be Ok'd by all players involved. We can also have a Lines and Veils checklist in the Session Zero in case anyone has any other content concerns. |
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