Awesome new RPG discussion thread

[Lord Doom]

Okay. I'm working on a brand new RPG. It's sort of like the "Gods and Men" RPG, except it has the future as it's basis. That's right, you can be ANYTHING future-related. A robot, a Space-marine, an alien, anything (future or space related, of course) Now, since the universe is unlimited, you can create and play as any alien race you desire. You can even create factions and groups. I WILL have several races for people to choose from in the beginning, and will add the races of aliens people create themselves. Since it takes place VERY far into the future, Space travel will be almost instantaneous. The universe is HUGE, so there will be a LOT of freedom. First, before I take an incredible chunk of time out of my life in order to properly create this RPG, I want to know how many people would be interested. Hence the thread. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask.

 

[Obi-John-Kenobi]

I think it sounds pretty cool.

 

[Lord Doom]

Thanks. It's gonna take me a little bit to make, so I wanna know who would be interested first.

 

[Obi-John-Kenobi]

I gotcha.

 

[Lord Doom]

Anyone else?

 

[Obi-John-Kenobi]

I might be able to help you spread the word.

 

[Lord Doom]

That would be really helpful, thanks.

 

[twylight]

First of all LD, Kudos on the thread ^_^

To be honest I would have liked to have seen more of the RPG's do this before they actually went into the application stage, since this way the interest is drummed up from the very beginning ^_^

Secondly, I love your idea, since we don't have any futuristic RPG's, and while I won't be able to play in it I do have a suggestion to offer.
Create a backstory to the RPG, for instance what's happened to earth *should you chose to start it on earth* or if it's more of a Sci-Fi Futuristic, the worlds and space etc that it's set on. Make it a story, ^_^ Just a suggestion and a note to encourage you.

 

[Lord Doom]

First of all LD, Kudos on the thread ^_^

To be honest I would have liked to have seen more of the RPG's do this before they actually went into the application stage, since this way the interest is drummed up from the very beginning ^_^

Secondly, I love your idea, since we don't have any futuristic RPG's, and while I won't be able to play in it I do have a suggestion to offer.
Create a backstory to the RPG, for instance what's happened to earth *should you chose to start it on earth* or if it's more of a Sci-Fi Futuristic, the worlds and space etc that it's set on. Make it a story, ^_^ Just a suggestion and a note to encourage you.

Thank you, twy, you're a sweetheart. I actually DO have a background for it:

It is the year 7599A.D. Earth has greatly advanced technologically. The average Earth space-craft can travel 1 lightyear in 2.5 hours The United Front leads the people of Earth as we attempt to progress mankind. Earth's Solar Gaurdians protect our planet from alien threats. Over the years, we have made contact with many alien races and have formed The Universal Alliance: A large and diverse group of politicians and leaders from many different planets throughout the universe. However, all is not well within the universe. Several races do not wish to socialize or have anything to do with Earth or the human race. They attempt to impede on the peace of our universe with space piracy and terrorist attacks.
There is even corruption within our own race. Lord Adamus, leader of the Dread Republic, believes that only the human race has the right to rule the universe, and he will stop at nothing to ensure that mankind becomes the dominant race in the universe. Then, there are The Mold. The Mold are a group of dangerous robotic creatures who believe that organic matter is obsolete. They desire the destruction or assimilation of every organic planet, object, and creature in the universe, and are considered to be extremely dangerous. Then you have the Insectors. Like their namesake suggests, they are a race of insect-like beings who feed on the flesh of the other races of the universe.
Finally, there are the Varnors. They are a race of powerful beings who are shrouded in darkness. They have formed their own alliance with other different races (all evil) throughout the universe, and they have formed Sel'Da-Silnir, or the Warlocks of Pluto. They make their base of operations on (of course) Pluto. There are many other factions, races, treasures, galaxies, planets, and dangers to explore throughout the galaxy, and it's YOURS to explore. Feel free to create your own planets, races, artifacts, etc. (just run it by the Gamemaster or his assistants first).

Any other questions or comments?

 

[Lord Doom]

double post

 

[Obi-John-Kenobi]

Thank you, twy, you're a sweetheart. I actually DO have a background for it:

It is the year 7599A.D. Earth has greatly advanced technologically. The average Earth space-craft can travel 1 lightyear in 2.5 hours The United Front leads the people of Earth as we attempt to progress mankind. Earth's Solar Gaurdians protect our planet from alien threats. Over the years, we have made contact with many alien races and have formed The Universal Alliance: A large and diverse group of politicians and leaders from many different planets throughout the universe. However, all is not well within the universe. Several races do not wish to socialize or have anything to do with Earth or the human race. They attempt to impede on the peace of our universe with space piracy and terrorist attacks.
There is even corruption within our own race. Lord Adamus, leader of the Dread Republic, believes that only the human race has the right to rule the universe, and he will stop at nothing to ensure that mankind becomes the dominant race in the universe. Then, there are The Mold. The Mold are a group of dangerous robotic creatures who believe that organic matter is obsolete. They desire the destruction or assimilation of every organic planet, object, and creature in the universe, and are considered to be extremely dangerous. Then you have the Insectors. Like their namesake suggests, they are a race of insect-like beings who feed on the flesh of the other races of the universe.
Finally, there are the Varnors. They are a race of powerful beings who are shrouded in darkness. They have formed their own alliance with other different races (all evil) throughout the universe, and they have formed Sel'Da-Silnir, or the Warlocks of Pluto. They make their base of operations on (of course) Pluto. There are many other factions, races, treasures, galaxies, planets, and dangers to explore throughout the galaxy, and it's YOURS to explore. Feel free to create your own planets, races, artifacts, etc. (just run it by the Gamemaster or his assistants first).

Any other questions or comments?

Wow. That actually sounds pretty cool.

 

[Lord Doom]

Thank you.

 

[twylight]

Genius!

^_^

 

[Blacklight]

First of all LD, Kudos on the thread ^_^

To be honest I would have liked to have seen more of the RPG's do this before they actually went into the application stage, since this way the interest is drummed up from the very beginning ^_^

Lesson learned!

 

[twylight]

Lesson learned!

I add the addendum that this doesn't not mean *every* RPG idea should do it. >.<

However this is a user created one and for these types it's a good idea, this way its already planned out before the application and doesn't change in the actual application thread.

 

[SenseiofCheese]

Not that it counts for much, but I think it sounds great and I would most definitely play.
I've played some RPG's here and there across the net, and this one sounds like it'd be a blast to take part in.

 

[Obi-John-Kenobi]

Not that it counts for much, but I think it sounds great and I would most definitely play.
I've played some RPG's here and there across the net, and this one sounds like it'd be a blast to take part in.

Well, if we can get more people interested, I'm sure LD would put this thing into the approval stage.

 

[The Question]

Thank you, twy, you're a sweetheart. I actually DO have a background for it:

It is the year 7599A.D. Earth has greatly advanced technologically. The average Earth space-craft can travel 1 lightyear in 2.5 hours The United Front leads the people of Earth as we attempt to progress mankind. Earth's Solar Gaurdians protect our planet from alien threats. Over the years, we have made contact with many alien races and have formed The Universal Alliance: A large and diverse group of politicians and leaders from many different planets throughout the universe. However, all is not well within the universe. Several races do not wish to socialize or have anything to do with Earth or the human race. They attempt to impede on the peace of our universe with space piracy and terrorist attacks.
There is even corruption within our own race. Lord Adamus, leader of the Dread Republic, believes that only the human race has the right to rule the universe, and he will stop at nothing to ensure that mankind becomes the dominant race in the universe. Then, there are The Mold. The Mold are a group of dangerous robotic creatures who believe that organic matter is obsolete. They desire the destruction or assimilation of every organic planet, object, and creature in the universe, and are considered to be extremely dangerous. Then you have the Insectors. Like their namesake suggests, they are a race of insect-like beings who feed on the flesh of the other races of the universe.
Finally, there are the Varnors. They are a race of powerful beings who are shrouded in darkness. They have formed their own alliance with other different races (all evil) throughout the universe, and they have formed Sel'Da-Silnir, or the Warlocks of Pluto. They make their base of operations on (of course) Pluto. There are many other factions, races, treasures, galaxies, planets, and dangers to explore throughout the galaxy, and it's YOURS to explore. Feel free to create your own planets, races, artifacts, etc. (just run it by the Gamemaster or his assistants first).

Any other questions or comments?

Sounds like a pretty cool set up. If you want any help coming up with more planets and races and backstory and the such, as well as the overall set up of the game, I have some ideas.

 

[JinnSato]

Woo!!! I love the idea!
I would take part in this baby.
And I would offer any help you needed.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

This RPG idea is definitely promising, and after some fleshing out it could be a good'n.

Though I am interested, I'll wait until the app goes up for it to commit either way.

 

[Lord Doom]

This RPG idea is definitely promising, and after some fleshing out it could be a good'n.

Though I am interested, I'll wait until the app goes up for it to commit either way.

Take all the time you need.

I've been thinking about the rules (I had a lot of time to think yesterday since I was in the hospital all day) and I think I'm going to allow two characters in the beginning. See, I've noticed that there are a few RPGs that don't allow more than one character since people would pickup two or three, then realize that they didn't have time for tha many, and dropped out of the RPG completely. But RPGs like Dawn of Marvels and One Universe allow multiple characters, even when there are a finite amount of characters to choose from.
If you make a game where the players create their own characters, then you shouldn't have a limit of one character per player since there is an infinite amount of characters to choose from (after all, your creating them). So this is what I've decided to do: I am going to allow more tham one character ONLY if the player believes they can handle more than one. If you decide that you want another character and I (or one of the GMs) approves it, and then you realize "Oh, wait, I don't have time for another character so I've gotta drop him," then you may not be illigible to have the option of multiple characters again.
Now, if somebody is playing as three or four characters, and they are on the roster (I'm going to wait until the player makes their first post as a character before I put them on the roster), but then they suddenly drop all their characters and drop out of the game completely, they're gonna have to do some MAJOR ass-kissing if they wanna get back in.

 

[JinnSato]

Sounds good to me.

 

[Lord Doom]

Sounds good to me.

Yeah, I'm probably gonna make Question one of my GMs.

 

[JinnSato]

It be cool if I was one..... considering I saved your life from the British Guy that one time.

 

[JinnSato]

And let us not forget about Hugh Guy