Topic: "What's Upsetting You Right Now?"

[Quickman]

Well, still a couple things I need to hammer out, first... like a plot.  And my brother is working on a dice roller and character sheet generator.

[Protoman Blues]

Well, still a couple things I need to hammer out, first... like a plot.  And my brother is working on a dice roller and character sheet generator.

Perhaps I could help with the plot? I like plots! Maybe we can stroke our plot pleasure centers together tonight over Skype? 

[Quickman]

In other news, my head is clogged up, my eyes are heavy, and my voice is raspy.  Methinks all those displays of hubris have finally come back to bite me in the ass.

I think I may have finally gotten it.  That four-letter word.  That horrible four-letter word that I vowed would never trouble me again.  That I had the gall to say "Oh, look at me!  I'm unaffected!"  That my flu shot and pneumonia shot would surely thwart.

I think I'm sick.

[Fxeni]

To be honest, Wushu sounds pretty awesome. I'd gladly join that.

[Sakura Leic]

I might be interested in that, what sort of dice do you need?

[Quickman]

Just regular d6, and there can be a cap on the number of dice you need (for example, five dice in your pool).  I'm beta-testing a character sheet and roller, and so far...  For this first free-play learn-as-you-go, we may end up using pen and paper and how many dice you can snatch from your board games. 

I haven't played this regularly enough to know it by heart, so I'd be learning to DM it as I go.

[Sakura Leic]

Well it's a good thing I have a cabinet full of board games.

[Quickman]

So far, the program doesn't have an option to save the characters, but really, all the program does is do all the dice rolling and comparisons.  You would need to copy/paste the actions from the program into the post yourself, and copy/paste the character data into a document.  All the program's job is to do all the tedious rolling and calculating for you.

I'm going to run it by Vixy, as the executable will need a place to go so everyone can have access.  For the time being, my brother can put it on his server, but that may not always be there.

[Sakura Leic]

Sounds like that time my ex boyfriend tried to get me into a Warhammer 40K table top RPG....that did not end well.

[Quickman]

The program is self-explanatory and will make sense once I condense the rules to bullet points.  This is a very easy system to learn.  It's playing Pretend with basic rules and some dice arbitrarily thrown in.  It wouldn't take much to nix the dice entirely and replace it with a coin.  But, for forum roleplaying, Wushu works very well.  It's all about the storytelling.  No leveling, no item gathering (unless you say your character loots a mook's unconscious form), no getting stuck on doors because your thief can't pick a damn lock due to bad roles (if you say "I kick this door in, snapping the knob and busting the wood clear off its hinges," that is exactly what happens).  You start the game as a badass and stay there.

[White-Jet]

If everyone has to use their own dice, I may as well use a site that generates digital dice if I ever decide to join.

This would be my first choice when searching for it on google.  Just choose a number of 6d and it'll roll a random number.  I'll probably look for other sites that have the same features.

Also, although I'm not sure you're aware of this, but I am pretty loyal to rules being set up, so I have no problem not being able to control other people's characters (After all, that same rule has been thrown into every other major RP section I've joined in X9.com and other sides dedicated to its RP section) if the rule is written on the first post.

[Quickman]

I'll outline the whole thing in a free-play topic where you guys can either DM yourselves or just socialize.  In the actual game topics, though, there will be signup periods, then character creation (and sheet submission so I or whoever is DMing has them on file), then the setup, then the game.  I'm not sure if I'll have anything concrete set up tonight, but I'll be reviewing the rules again and at least condensing them to bullet points and setting up a social/sandbox topic.

[Sakura Leic]

What does DM mean?

[Protoman Blues]

Dungeon Master, young one!

[Sakura Leic]

I should have figured, then again I never played D&D despite the second floor of the dorm I was in supposedly having a thing for that.  Guess I'll never know since I'm never coming back to the dorms.

[Quickman]

The DM's role would be very small.  Almost all of the narrative would be handled by the players.  Once the boss enters the scene, the DM handles that and any necessary scene bits, or to veto an action that is either out of place, came out of left field, or otherwise is something that will conflict too much with the game.  Meaning, you can't pull a nuke out of your ass.  Your character can be awesome, but there are checks and balances in place to keep it from being a god-mode fest.

[Protoman Blues]

The DM's role would be very small.  Almost all of the narrative would be handled by the players.  Once the boss enters the scene, the DM handles that and any necessary scene bits, or to veto an action that is either out of place, came out of left field, or otherwise is something that will conflict too much with the game.  Meaning, you can't pull a nuke out of your ass.  Your character can be awesome, but there are checks and balances in place to keep it from being a god-mode fest.

Sooooooo you're not going to be a sadistic, evil, cruel, demonic control freak then, Quickie? 

[Quickman]

Heck no!  I won't be evil, and the players will have more control over the storyline.  But, if someone doesn't like a player's action, they can vote to have the DM veto it.  The players are given a basic plot outline.  They come up with everything else.  The DM is just a referee.

[Protoman Blues]

You'd look hot in a Dungeon Master robe though. Just throwing that out there! 

[Sakura Leic]

Does it come with a silly hat?

[Protoman Blues]

Not to my knowledge!

[Sakura Leic]

Aw I like silly hats.

[Quickman]

And with that upset statement, we have returned to the topic!

I have the beginnings of a sore throat.  So, I ate a hot pepper to thwart it.

[Protoman Blues]

Aw I like silly hats.

I have an abundance of silly hats!

[Pyro]

Color me interested in this Washu business, though is there any room for shenanigans?