RPG "Shadow's Fool" - CLOSED

[admin]

Greetings travelers and returning veterans! There have been some requests about beginning a new role play. Though the title of this role play is subject to change - authors can decide on what they wish to call the RPG as they begin developing characters and conflicts - it is time to recruit interested writers: beginners and especially experienced and mature writers.

PREREQUISITES
1. You must register as the member of this forum with a valid email & birthday (you have the option after registration to 'hide' these from other members)
2. Reply to this message. Include any writing and/or RPG experience you've had.
3. Read the Rules & Regulations
4. If you have any questions, you are welcome to IM me privately and I will get back to you shortly. If you are ready, copy the 'Format' at the end of the rules & regulations. Return to the sub-menu featuring all current roleplays and click on "Shadow's Fool." Paste and complete your Character Profile under the 'Characters' topic.
5. Each character profile must be approved by me. I may make a few suggestions, especially if you are a newbie writer who asks for some friendly help. Then again, I may approve without making any suggestions at all.

DEADLINE (to complete these steps and have your character approved) September 5th, 2007.

ROLE PLAYING will begin September 7th, 2007.
AUTHOR REQUIREMENTS
+ Try logging in at least once a day to catch up on the story, and post if necessary. Keep the story going!
+ Put some thought into each entry. Neither your character or your ideas will stand out in the story if all you are posting are one-liners.
+ Be mindful of each other's posts and their own characters' developments. Do not take a drastic turn if the story is going elsewhere...unless, of course, that's just how your character is. Stay in character. If you feel that an aspect of the storytelling is lacking in setting or plot or action, introduce something that changes the mood - you're a writer, create!
+ Proper grammar, please. Don't forget the little things:"Put dialogue in quotations" and a period at the end of each sentence. Proofread your post out loud before you post it.
+ If you are going on vacation, and you know it ahead of time, be courteous and IM your co-writers ahead of time. As for your character, be creative and improvise a little. Send your character on a quest by his/her lonesome.
+ It's sooo cliche, but Have Fun! anyway!

dAmn CHAT
chat.deviantart.com/chat/ChiStyleFantasyRPG

[Seven-Weasels]

Hello all! Name's Anhaewk, I've been rpging fantasy/adventure on and off since October 2003 - I've helped write to completion 3 stories playing as...All elves, I just realized...fancy that!

Xyi Umbartao (f) - wanderer/warrior
Aysto Umbartao (f) - servant/spy
Kerna Umbartao (m) - rogue/assassin
Gabraile Umbartao (m) - wanderer/ranger

I would like to try a completely different approach on a character this round:

Amaterasu
Female Centaur
Healer/Summoner

~See you in the Mind!

[jadewillow]

Hmm, well I can't beat that experience! I've written a few "short" stories - short as in I can never finish them. Maybe its because I just can never find the motivation to sit down and write. I'm hoping this will help me get out of my hole - Anhaewk, its your butt on the line, girl! ;D I'll do my best in coming everyday to do some rpg. How is it going to work? Everyone just takes turns? Looks like a basic race/class list. I like simple. I'll play a Human, not sure quite yet on a class.

[jadewillow]

I want a signature like that!!!! Where do I load one??

[phoenix]

I'd be interested in playing in this game, if it ends up with enough players to get off the ground. I'm an experienced online roleplayer and a serious writer.

Most of my roleplaying experience has been done in games with rules - the White Wolf franchise's Aeonverse, to be precise. I've played in many games on EurOpNet, with one or two lasting around five years. I am a moderator there [under the same screen name] and have been a member there for five years this month.

I'm a Creative Writing major at Vanderbilt, an American university. I work on a lot of non-fantasy stuff there and, since I'm not playing in any games at the moment, am exploring other options, like here.

So, how does the no-rules thing work? Don't you get characters that are too powerful and/or poorly thought out?

[Seven-Weasels]

We play under a few rules. If you have not checked these out, please do.
daystormmage.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=rpging&action=display&thread=1094953403

There's only been one player who tried to enter a roleplay being "abnormally powerful," and it was probably one if not the best rpgs I've ever played, strangely enough: "The Cataclysm." My co-author actually developed his character quite thoroughly and we had a very strong storyline with multiple conflicts. It took us two and a half years to complete its first draft of 71,000 words.

For the new rpg, there are 3 "for sure" writers so far. Myself, Mira, & Hikari the Dark - the three of us are at different levels in terms of fantasy writing and rpg experience. I'm not sure about jadewillow's plans, I haven't heard from him lately, but his experience seems to lean towards the beginning stage as well. And digitalpotato registered but hasn't posted anything yet.

I would be most honored to work with a more experienced rpger and hope you decide to stay.

[jadewillow]

Yeah, another writer to join the campaign? Welcome, phoenix!
BTW people, I'm in. Just posted my character profile. Im going to play Arbortera Windwalker. She is a 17 yr old human who is both wanderer and bard.

[phoenix]

Then let me ask this, before I submit a character. What will be the general setting of the game? Clearly this impacts the type of character I'll be playing.

[Seven-Weasels]

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[arbee]

This sounds like fun, I'd like to give it a try.

I've RPed in fandom-based PBEM RPGs for 5 years, and I have an ongoing one-on-one fantasy RP over MSN. (But not in script format.)

I've got one or two half-formed characters floating in my head I'd like to get to know better. As soon as I've decided on one I'll post a bio.

Nice to meet everyone!