TheLastOfTheFallen
2006-03-06, 06:58 AM
And hopefully, no babies will be eaten. (Cookie for whoever gets the reference.)
My proposal is one for an entirely new board, one focused on community role-playing. Yes, I know we already have the IC boards, but those are still too narrow for what I have in mind. See, each thread can only have a limited number of people, who can do a limited number of things in a finite amount of time. It is, by necessity, narrow in scope. I envision something broader.
Here it is: A forum that is a city. That’s right, the entire forum would be one giant city. People could make their houses, bars, citadels, shops, guilds, their whatever there.
It would be in the spirit of OOTS, which to me means it would be somewhat goofy, and not defined by rules, but by convenience. Posters would not have to adhere to DnD rules, though the forum should be fantasy oriented, and characters would have to be as such. Defining your characters history before posting would not be required, since it could evolve as you post. The entire thing would be the ultimate expression of free-form: no maps to define the city, since geography would be somewhat subjective, no rules to define your character, since his abilities would also be somewhat subjective.
I know there are issues associated with free-form roleplay, but they tend to work themselves out. Combat, for example, should be handled by the posters who are engaged in it. If things got out of hand, and it became a “I swing my sword and kill you.” “nuh-uh! I kill you first with MY sword!” “Well, before that, I cast a spell so your sword kills you, so HA!” situation, then the mods would step in, but that kind of crap happens very rarely in my experience.
So this post is here to gauge interest, and to see if the moderators like the idea. I hope this goes though – it would be a lot of fun, and have great potential. Now, I ask for your thoughts, to see what the community thinks of this simple proposal.
(I am also posting this in the OOC area. I wasn't sure where it fit best, so if one of those areas is wrong, moderators, feel free to lock the thread that is misplaced, and redirect people to the correct thread.)
My proposal is one for an entirely new board, one focused on community role-playing. Yes, I know we already have the IC boards, but those are still too narrow for what I have in mind. See, each thread can only have a limited number of people, who can do a limited number of things in a finite amount of time. It is, by necessity, narrow in scope. I envision something broader.
Here it is: A forum that is a city. That’s right, the entire forum would be one giant city. People could make their houses, bars, citadels, shops, guilds, their whatever there.
It would be in the spirit of OOTS, which to me means it would be somewhat goofy, and not defined by rules, but by convenience. Posters would not have to adhere to DnD rules, though the forum should be fantasy oriented, and characters would have to be as such. Defining your characters history before posting would not be required, since it could evolve as you post. The entire thing would be the ultimate expression of free-form: no maps to define the city, since geography would be somewhat subjective, no rules to define your character, since his abilities would also be somewhat subjective.
I know there are issues associated with free-form roleplay, but they tend to work themselves out. Combat, for example, should be handled by the posters who are engaged in it. If things got out of hand, and it became a “I swing my sword and kill you.” “nuh-uh! I kill you first with MY sword!” “Well, before that, I cast a spell so your sword kills you, so HA!” situation, then the mods would step in, but that kind of crap happens very rarely in my experience.
So this post is here to gauge interest, and to see if the moderators like the idea. I hope this goes though – it would be a lot of fun, and have great potential. Now, I ask for your thoughts, to see what the community thinks of this simple proposal.
(I am also posting this in the OOC area. I wasn't sure where it fit best, so if one of those areas is wrong, moderators, feel free to lock the thread that is misplaced, and redirect people to the correct thread.)