[QUOTE=doomkiwi;44514541]The phrase "cycling DM" brings up painful fucking memories. BE WARNED: If you have a That Guy he will have a turn, and since he will get to play later he will use it to his BS advantages or to make you squirm for doing the most minute thing to them.[/QUOTE]
Then collectively throw him out and play without him.
[QUOTE=Axznma;44514967]Then collectively throw him out and play without him.[/QUOTE]
The group I was in really didn't like confrontation, and that's something I've found from a lot of reasonably stable groups.
So, would any of you be interested in a text-based forum D&D-based STALKER game?
I think I pitched this idea maybe a year and a half ago or more. Last Summer but I have this, sudden desire to make that sort of setting. But in this case the Fukushima Zone in Japan.
I mentioned how fitting it would be in the STALKER universe or some version of it in the STALKER thread and pitched some ideas and settings:
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1261781&p=44510424&viewfull=1#post44510424[/url]
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1261781&p=44510557&viewfull=1#post44510557[/url]
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;44515469]So, would any of you be interested in a text-based forum D&D-based STALKER game?
I think I pitched this idea maybe a year and a half ago or more. Last Summer but I have this, sudden desire to make that sort of setting. But in this case the Fukushima Zone in Japan.
I mentioned how fitting it would be in the STALKER universe or some version of it in the STALKER thread and pitched some ideas and settings:
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1261781&p=44510424&viewfull=1#post44510424[/url]
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1261781&p=44510557&viewfull=1#post44510557[/url][/QUOTE]
I actually made a d100 version inspired by your plan, but I never really got feedback from you.
Team up would be totally rad though. I need to work on some finer aspects and I can't do it alone.
[QUOTE=croguy;44515590]I actually made a d100 version inspired by your plan, but I never really got feedback from you.
Team up would be totally rad though. I need to work on some finer aspects and I can't do it alone.[/QUOTE]
You want to exchange steam info or something PM me.
I have the most bare-bones experience with true D&D but I have years of experience in text-based Roleplay and 'post-by-post tabletop' So I'm not so good on mechanics but plot, settings and and 'tedious' work like creating items, mutants and stats like that I have done before.
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;44515868]You want to exchange steam info or something PM me.
I have the most bare-bones experience with true D&D but I have years of experience in text-based Roleplay and 'post-by-post tabletop' So I'm not so good on mechanics but plot, settings and so on I can do easy.[/QUOTE]
And that makes you the the exact type of person who I am looking for.
I actually have some fanmade tabletop stalker game already on my computer, if you want it.
I made one from scratch too but it's pretty meh.
I'll take whatever you guys have and we can make a group on Steam or something like that.
Today, on Eclipse Phase: The quest-giver is actually the BBEG and he wants me dead for some reason.
Also Hatsune Miku gets mind raped by a plague doctor and deathstroke carries her to safety while Donnie Yen punches a detective and a hacker chats up an anarchist woman.
So I started to write up some ideas. Let me know if you want me to remove this post if it starts to get cluttered in the thread.
Possible Locations:
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[u][b]The Owari - 終わり[/b][/u]
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Literally translated as "The End" this is the border to the Fukushima Exclusion Zone. Initially during the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station the spread of radioactive material was partially halted at the Western Aizu mountains. The border of the Zone begins just East of these mountains and the towns of Fukushima and Koriyama. The Exclusion Zone encompasses 12 Miles around the NPP which is significantly smaller than the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Owari marks the limits of the Exclusion Zone where the National Police Agency and Japanese Defense Forces barricades and roadblocks begin. During the first meltdown event security along The Owari was notoriously light, after the second meltdown the cordon was reinforced with more personal and material. Many roads that were once passable in the early days of the Exclusion Zone are now impassable checkpoints of chain-link fence and razor wired patrolled by the Defense Forces. Officially the new defensive posture was adopted to keep people out of the Exclusion Zone to prevent looting. The response is rumored in reaction to a demographic of people trespassing into the Zone as adventurers and treasure hunters. Even more unsettling still is the rumors that perhaps the Owari was restructured to keep something inside the Exclusion Zone.
[b][u]Kawamata - 川俣町 [/b][/u]
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Kawamata is a town located in the Date District and is the Western Most territory of The Zone with a population of 15,010 in 2011 and was not evacuated following the first meltdown event at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Station as it was considered a 'Green Zone' where radiation was within acceptable limits, certain districts of the town were evacuated but largely remained in operation up until the 2014 meltdown when the local rivers Hirose and the Isazawa became contaminated by radioactive debris, compromising the water supply.
[u][b]Iitate Village - 飯舘村[/b][/u]
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Located in the Sōma District it is the Northern most territory of the Exclusion Zone. Iitate previously hosted a population of 6,858 people. On 22 April 2011 the worsening conditions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station prompted the Japanese Government to permanently evacuate the area. Unlike residents closer to the coast the Tsunami did not reach this far inland leaving the infrastructure mostly intact with the biggest damages resulting from Earthquake damage. Citizens of this territory had enough time to perform a proper evacuation.
[b]Namie Town - 浪江町[/b]
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Located in the Futaba District, Namie is a large territory in the center of the Exclusion Zone. The area and it's 22,068 residents were hastily evacuated during the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami. This is the where severe Tsunami damage begins, with approximately half of the district having been directly impacted by the wave.
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[b][u]National Police Agency[/b][/u]
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The Japanese Police work in cooperation with the Defense Forces to maintain the Owari. They're not particularly well-armed under normal circumstances and will not usually venture very far into the Zone. The only exception of this is the Criminal Investigation Bureau which recently has been taken in active part in trying to curb the recent influx of trespassers in The Zone by conducting undercover operations to infiltrate the larger Sutoka groups which have begun to become an ever increasing presence inside the Zone. It's not uncommon for new Sutoka's to meet their contact hoping for safe and discreet passage past the Owari only to find themselves being arrested by an undercover detective.
[b][u]Japanese Defense Force:[/b][/u]
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The Defense Forces are the military forces of Japan. In the Fukushima Zone they're primarily responsible for maintaining the Owari. In certain instances they may be seen entering the Exclusion Zone to provide armed security and transport for various other organizations such as The United Nations Nuclear Energy Commission or to support the small presence of Japanese Scientists inside the Zone. The prior attempts following the 2014 meltdown to reestablish control over the Nuclear Daiichi Nuclear Power Station all ended in disastrous failure and at the cost of human lives and has since been abandoned. On rare occasions they have been known to enter The Zone to participate in anit-Sutoka raids and operations.
[b][u]Stuoka - ストーカー[/b][/u]
After the 2011 meltdown there has always been a group drawn to the Exclusion Zone. The curious, the journalists, scientists, tourists and thrill seekers, prior to the 2014 they had been mostly tolerated and found access to the Exclusion Zone easy as travel restrictions were nearly non-existent at the time. The second meltdown changed the demographic. More than ever people are drawn by The Zone. Some feel unexplained, spiritual connections that compel them to enter The Zone. Others are explorers, adventurers who want to explore the Fukushima Zone as it's landscape begins to change. Some outlaws find sanctuary inside The Zone such as the infamous Yakuza. The most common type of Stuoka are the treasure hunters. The rumored priceless artifacts being discovered in the Zone draw them in, venturing deep into the Zone to find increasingly more valuable and rare artifacts. The most valuable artifacts are said to be in the Fukushima Daiichi Plant it's self, though no Stuoka has ever successfully made the journey to return.
I'd totally be down for it if it was VOIP and Roll20. Problem is PbP games feel reeeeeeaaaally slow for me.
Like, I'm not asking you to make it VOIP, just saying I'd be down if it was VOIP. It sounds like a REALLY cool setting.
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;44523738]I'd totally be down for it if it was VOIP and Roll20. Problem is PbP games feel reeeeeeaaaally slow for me.[/QUOTE]
PbP should be reserved for extreme role-playing I feel. If you're not making multiple paragraphs per-post then you're just wasting play time. The benefit of PbP is supposed to be the ability to take time and craft detailed role-playing experiences. If you're literally just gonna post [I]"I move here, do a little of this fluff here, and roll some dice"[/I] then I can't see the point in dragging it down to that snails pace.
PbP seems like roleplay-masturbation/might-as-well-just-write-a-book-thing to me...
[QUOTE=Axznma;44523803]PbP should be reserved for extreme role-playing I feel. If you're not making multiple paragraphs per-post then you're just wasting play time. The benefit of PbP is supposed to be the ability to take time and craft detailed role-playing experiences. If you're literally just gonna post [I]"I move here, do a little of this fluff here, and roll some dice"[/I] then I can't see the point in dragging it down to that snails pace.[/QUOTE]
The prior is where I have all my experience. Long, detailed posts and players reacting likewise with a couple of paragraphs in reaction.
PbP is basically writing book by multiple members. I kind of like it for that reason though. I cannot think fast enough on my feet to verbally describe locations or events with any detail. I also can't get an atmosphere going the same way as I can through a long well composed post.
I like the idea of roleplay masturbation, I just don't like that some amount of power play seems necessary when each person is writing paragraphs.
Maybe it's done differently by different people but the ones I've looked at have all had that, and it seems difficult to go that in-depth without touching each other's characters etc
No, you're right that's a pretty valid concern.
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;44523941]I like the idea of roleplay masturbation, I just don't like that some amount of power play seems necessary when each person is writing paragraphs.
Maybe it's done differently by different people but the ones I've looked at have all had that, and it seems difficult to go that in-depth without touching each other's characters etc[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but masturbation is selfish when there's people available to share the fun.
Else I just have slaves take care of it for me.
Though on the one hand you're full of shit, you do make a point in that pbp is kind of a solitary experience
What does voip mean anyway
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;44524191]Yeah, but masturbation is selfish when there's people available to share the fun.
Else I just have slaves take care of it for me.[/QUOTE]
did i ever mention that you're weird as fuck
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;44524675]Though on the one hand you're full of shit, you do make a point in that pbp is kind of a solitary experience
What does voip mean anyway[/QUOTE]
Voice Over IP I think. Which means like, Skype, Mumble and Teamspeak as far as I'm concerned.
[QUOTE=elowin;44524682]did i ever mention that you're weird as fuck[/QUOTE]
The years of isolation have taken their toll.
It's kind of funny. I spent like four sessions covertly researching how best to separate a familiar from its master without harming the master and retrieving the magic bound to their fragment of the soul. I consulted magical academies over several continents, rubbed shoulders at a necromantic masquerade ball full of liches, called on my mother to help with the spellcasting, and in the end?
"I was interested in examining the link on the creation magic between your souls, may I cast a spell on you?" "Sure?"
Trap the imp's soul in a gem and place my husband in temporal stasis to protect him from any harm. Kill the imp, end the stasis, and destroy the gem.
Twelve seconds tops, and that scheming bastard is finally gone. We had some lovely tea afterwards.
Though now Asmodeus and Glasya's pit fiend lawyers are squabbling over who gets his soul and his player and the dm have been having intense secret discussions so I'm kind of terrified ooc.
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;44523941]Maybe it's done differently by different people but the ones I've looked at have all had that, and it seems difficult to go that in-depth without touching each other's characters etc[/QUOTE]
That's a problem and lack of ability with the group, not the method.
[editline]12th April 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;44524191]Yeah, but masturbation is selfish when there's people available to share the fun.[/QUOTE]
Masturbation can be fun for everyone if you're good at presenting it. PbP role playing is no different. The whole fun of it is reading other peoples short stories and adding your own to the narrative. If everyone is shit at writing then it becomes a slog to read their boring posts, and the entire point is now lost.
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;44524675]Though on the one hand you're full of shit, you do make a point in that pbp is kind of a solitary experience
What does voip mean anyway[/QUOTE]
Voice Over Internet Protocol.
AKA Mumble, Skype, Teamspeak, Steam chat, etc. Anything where you can use a mic.
[QUOTE=Axznma;44527144]Masturbation can be fun for everyone if you're good at presenting it.[/QUOTE]
i'm pretty good at presenting it
8====D
[QUOTE=40kplayer;44504888]Well, alrighty. I thought since he wasn't from Scintilla, he couldn't judge on Scintilla. He probably won't investigate the Assassin's killing, seeing as he killed a ganger.[/QUOTE]
As an Arbitrator, on paper your authority is boundless. In reality, you have limits and you may well clash with local Arbitrators who would rather some snooty off-worlder stay the hell out of their investigation.
Who cares if a gangbanger gets a bullet in his head? He'd probably put a knife in some imperial citizen if he hadn't met such an end, life goes on for the lucky few. Your character can do whatever he wants in his downtime, your career doesn't limit you as a character. You're more than an Arbitrator, if the assassin only kills and the Guardsman only gets into fights then that's fine. But you don't have to judge, take time aside and read. Pick up a scholastic lore and read Imperial History, learn an instrument. Everything you do speaks volumes for your character.
Like if you spend your downtime drinking alcoholic substances.
[QUOTE=Axznma;44527144]Masturbation can be fun for everyone if you're good at presenting it. PbP role playing is no different. The whole fun of it is reading other peoples short stories and adding your own to the narrative. If everyone is shit at writing then it becomes a slog to read their boring posts, and the entire point is now lost.[/QUOTE]
Ahh, the critical mistake you made there is assuming I care about other people.
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