http://mwomercs.com/...0-rp-game-idea/
This is the SIGN UP thread for the "The Eye of God" is Upon You Role Play Thread
Starting point: it is the 1st of January 3015 on the Planet of Galatea. You are down on luck and there is rumor circulating that some financial guru has decided to put together a group of dispossessed and go salvaging at some lost BattleMech graveyard.
[Imagine if you will a kind of "Treasure Island" type deal to start out with. So your initial start is going to be akin to 20 year old information or rumors that have been gather by your employer.]
To join the Role Play, please send me a personal message with your interest and some personal goals you might like to achieve for your character (I.E his or her Hopes and Dreams) also include in this at least one major and minor fear (example: loosing your family or a fear of fire etc) you are welcome to go ahead and post a BIO here, but please wait until you get approved and the go ahead before posting to the Role Play thread.
This story will be heavily Role Play based, especially starting out. There will opportunities that arise that might allow the characters chances at great success for sna-tch and grab type actions, but please be aware Character Death is very possible as you'll be stuck without much more than wits, a sidearm, and companions to rely on. 'Mech to 'Mech combat will be rare and all characters start out within the ranks of the Dispossessed, please include how you lost your ride in your BIO. Combats will all be resolved hopefully fairly quickly and without dice interaction. Example: Reese dove quickly behind the over turned table and let off a few shots at his assailants trying desperately to aim at center mass of the one in the lead.
Depending on the time and interest of other GMs the reins will be passed off from time to time, and perhaps from planet to planet. [Yes that's right boys and girls, if we are headed to a planet along the journey, it'll be posted ahead of time and if one of are many and various GM forums gurus here decides "Hey I always wanted to do something at that locale", they can PM me and there is all likely hood they will take over and describe most of the events on that world.] It's Grand New Experiment, with the chance to be a gaming style that is Hopefully eternal. I'll drop in small bits of info or items to be found but each planet if so chosen by a GM is theirs to do with as they see fit as long as our scheduled time frame to the next jump stays within reason. Say about two months of RL at most. Which should carry out to about 8 or 9 days of game time. Once you guys finally get to your prizes and decide which routes you may take. I plan on hopefully washing my hands of most of it and letting the Unit you all form go from there and be picked up and passed about from GM to GM and campaign to campaign. Hope this clears up any confusion.
Warning this Role Play may take awhile as it's going to be more about the journey to get there and the things that are learned on the way both about the characters and about the political situation they are going into. I expect the players to be more of investigators, trying to find out the truths and reasons of what is going on here and the how's and whys. Not a bunch of "lets blast em!" types. There will be be a strong roleplay element as both interacting with one other and various peoples across numerous planets will be required. Government officials, guides, bartenders, locals, merchants, wenches, gigolos, etc.will all need to be reasoned with or interrogated from time to time. This an info gathering campaign as it will be needed to get to the cache and find out exactly how, why, and who knows about it being there.
So get your butts in gear, come up with character concepts round up the gang from our other thread and point them this way, then they can decide for themselves wither to start off on this new grand adventure or not. All characters will start off as Dispossessed Pilots, any other skills are up to you. The start date is January 1st 3015 the start of a new year and new hope for you all.
BIO Requirements - ...continued
Please post BIO in the form of a resume and interview. List your skills what you last piloted, how you lost your ride and why we should hire you. Example questions to think about.
"What can you bring to the team?"
"What do you have to offer us that someone else can't?"
"How far are you willing to go to get a new ride?"
"Aside from a 'Mech what do you personally think we need to do to achieve the goal of putting you back in a saddle again?"
"What other types of employees do you enjoy working worth?"
"If you were hiring for a recovery operation, what type of people would you look for?"
Rules:
- No clan characters, no spies or any affiliations with said clanners will be tolerated at character creation.
- Use [square brackets] to post Out if Character stuff. If it's short. If you care to elaborate in detail on it please use the tread here to expand on it. Example: Harley couldn't help but think back to that time on the Tharkad with Maj. Cruz [please see "a night to remember" in the Sign Up section]
- No making oneself over powered or grandstanding (This Role Play is about people having fun and being put in sometimes hard and sometimes whimsical moral dilemmas and hopefully come together as a team)
- MOST IMPORTANTLY just have fun, think outside the box and remember it's not real so don't take any or it too seriously, you can always make another character if the worse case happens but please don't rage.
FINAL DISCLAIMER- Also note that there is a slim possibly that the actions and posts herein might later be altered and used as source for an online novel (though chances of such are slimmer than winning the lottery) so all posts will be considered open property in regards to any legal actions against the writer now or future, this also covers the players if they decide to publish works based on the content here-in.
Also Also Note: The Role Play is named after the system and has nothing to do with religion or religious beliefs or lack there of, it is simply the setting.
I present you the Gaul system, in the heart of the "Eye of God" Nebula; Milky Way Galaxy
http://www.globalpos...ed-photos-video
Edited by Oni Storm, 29 November 2012 - 10:08 PM.