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[Gatleos]

I know that these RPs can go south fast (and have seen it happen,) and this usually happens when newcomers barge in and try to change the whole tone of things. So, if there were a "Bay12 Forum members on the road heading for this year's meetup and encountering a series of hilarious events and situations along the way" RP, what would you like the focus to be on?

[lawastooshort]

I know that these RPs can go south fast (and have seen it happen,) and this usually happens when newcomers barge in and try to change the whole tone of things. So, if there were a "Bay12 Forum members on the road heading for this year's meetup and encountering a series of hilarious events and situations along the way" RP, what would you like the focus to be on?

Helping old ladies!

Sorry. First thing that came to me.

[Dermonster]

I suddenly have the image of a bunch of random douchbags driving out of a rift in space in an old RV right in the middle of some Big Bads final speech.

[Darvi]

So I was thinking about a game that would rely more on teamwork than usually. Often when a player is disabled or otherwise removed from play, it doesn't directly hinder the others except maybe by making combat harder due to a lack of firepower, and in fact often enough a given situation can be resolved by almost any character (if only with high enough rolls).

However there are many different games that cannot be played with simply one character, either because every character has a unique ability that is required to advance (Lost Vikings, Trine, Problem Sleuth), some puzzles can only be solved with several people (LoZ:4 Swords) or the game mechanics simply doesn't allow any progress with one character gone or plain game overs (The World Ends With You).

All but maybe the last have a tiny flaw in that the amount of players is kinda restricted, unless maybe they engage in some massive team splitting that would require some pretty good storytelling on the GM's part to be believable.

I suddenly have the image of a bunch of random douchbags driving out of a rift in space in an old RV right in the middle of some Big Bads final speech.

Even better, they kill the BB entirely by accident.

[Bdthemag]

I know that these RPs can go south fast (and have seen it happen,) and this usually happens when newcomers barge in and try to change the whole tone of things. So, if there were a "Bay12 Forum members on the road heading for this year's meetup and encountering a series of hilarious events and situations along the way" RP, what would you like the focus to be on?

Social Roleplaying, so we focus on wacky shenanigans and how everyone is always arguing with someone else. We'll always have to do some overly difficult/complex task to get to the next stop on the roadtrip.

Oh and combat is a no no, since people can go pretty over board with combat in a freeform RP. If you want a clear example of that, go re-read parts of Keeping up with Bay12.

[Darvi]

Not even slapstick-style whacking on people's heads?

[Bdthemag]

Not even slapstick-style whacking on people's heads?

That's not really combat is it? I mean stuff like "Okay guys, I have my twenty three machine guns lets go shoot all of these demons now."

[adwarf]

I recently started reading the Ranger's Apprentice, and I thought it might make a really interesting game. It would be more focused on stealth, and intelligence gathering with actual combat being an optional thing as you could just slit the opponent's throat then disappear into the shadows. What do you guys think?

[Darvi]

The only game I remember going into that direction was the MGS game that quickly ended. I would take a shot at that if I could.

[Gatleos]

I know that these RPs can go south fast (and have seen it happen,) and this usually happens when newcomers barge in and try to change the whole tone of things. So, if there were a "Bay12 Forum members on the road heading for this year's meetup and encountering a series of hilarious events and situations along the way" RP, what would you like the focus to be on?

Social Roleplaying, so we focus on wacky shenanigans and how everyone is always arguing with someone else. We'll always have to do some overly difficult/complex task to get to the next stop on the roadtrip.

Oh and combat is a no no, since people can go pretty over board with combat in a freeform RP. If you want a clear example of that, go re-read parts of Keeping up with Bay12.

"Guys, the bridge is out! We can't make it out of town!"
"Uh... remember that biker gang back in Iowa?"
"...Yes?"
"They found us."
"HEY GUYS I stole this RV! Let's jump the bridge!"
*police sirens in distance*
"DAMMIT DARVI"

[Bdthemag]

Darvi shenanigans are the best kind of shenanigans.

[Dermonster]

What about my shennannigans ;.;?

[Bdthemag]

What about my shennannigans ;.;?

You are somewhere in the top ten best shenanigans list. But Darvi is at the top spot.

[Dermonster]

We need a list and blurbs next to the names.

[Darvi]

People seem to have overseen my post.

Can't blame them really since this is a pretty entertaining subject we're talking about.