Hmm... Maybe?

I don't know about you guys, but I've seen/heard about other forums that dedicate themselves to RPing as a whole group. Like they'll take a theme -in this case KH- and give stat sheets, technique lists, etc. and RP as a site.

So I was wondering if we could do something like that. What would happen is that we would need an application staff to look over submitted characters and help make new character realistic and unique as well as.

We would need a list of techniques -such as spells or keyblade feats. We would also need to dived people into factions -as we already have with the Heartless, Keyblade wielders and such.

The thought came to me because of this other site I'm on and I know a lot of people try and incorporate ideas from other sites that seem to work. I asked myself: "All these single RPs are great and creative, but what if we had one giant RP that everyone could participate in?"

What this other site does is have factions and within those factions are divisions. Each division has a leader, a second in charge, and so forth and so on. But what really gets me is the dedication these guys have for this RP. Divisions collaborate writings, so you don't have a mass of RPs all over the place. Everything has an area to go to and it's like you help write an actual story.

I'll give you guys more details as we go because there's so much to touch on and I can't gather all of my thoughts at the moment, so if you ask questions I'll answer them to the best of my ability.

 

Not everyone has to participate, it'd mainly be for the people who are interested in RP. It's not like we'd be saying "Hey you can't come here unless you wanna RP".

EDIT: And also the review staff doesn't need to be the staff that's already up.

 

Just because there would be a large RP going on doesn't mean we would have to sacrifice those topics. Those topics can still go on, but for people who want to RP there would be a massive RP they could join in and -depending on the contribution from the members- it wouldn't have to die out like so many of the other RPs.

 

Look I just thought it be a nice idea to incorporate a massive RP for the RPers. This other site I picked the idea from isn't hindered from the RP. It's general section and that stuff thrive.

EDIT: And I'd give you all an example to browse through but that'd be advertising.

 

Look, you guys seem to think that I want to take down everything and build this up around RP. What I'm suggesting is a massive RP that RPers could join, based around KH. We have all these single KH Rps floating around when we could have a giant one and if someone wants to add an idea for a branch off or what have you the lead RPers take it into consideration or something.

I don't want to abolish what's already on KH-3 but I want to build something to get the RPers active again. Something they'd look forward to working on.

EDIT: I'll try and explain a little more about it.

Starting with character creation.

If you were, lets say, a Keyblade Wielder. There could be a racial sheet for that.

Example:

Haresuno: Keyblade Wielder Novice Level

Keyblade Mastery: 20
Spell Mastery: 20
Support Spells: 30
Offensive Spells: 30*

*These numbers would be -for starters- based off of a set number to be distributed through the points. Also these categories are subject to change based on the race and other stats that might want to be incorporated.

Heart: 0*

*Heart is basically your exp. You gain exp by writing and participating in Plot Missions and collaborations with other members. I'll get more into that in a bit. The name doesn't have to be the same for all races.

These stats give you an idea of what your character can and can't do. If you have a K.M. of 20 I don't think you'd be going up against King Mickey. ;D

These stats would also dictate what skills you can learn or know. There would also be racial traits like Overdrive for K.W.

If you want to you could compare this to -sadly- D&D to an extent. The difference is that you are relying more on writing than vocal words and representations of miniatures or layouts. Then again we have the plus of media such as the games or Youtube to help with visualization.

Now as far as stats improvement we would need a team of graders to go through each factions writings -which would be noted in title headings such as "[KW] Week 1: Creative title here" [example only]

The reviewers would go through the writings make notes and then at the end of a week -or two weeks- they would post grades.

Grades would be determined by [example] creativity, flow, grammar and the such.

These grades can also be increased by bonuses such as Plot Mission bonuses, Consecutive bonus -e.g. writing for two weeks straight-, and natural bonus. The natural bonus would be something distributed by the heads of faction through the faction members.

What's also great about this is that it can take place in an Alternate Universe so that we can pick and choose what's in there. Say for example you don't want King Mickey, but King Goofy.

That's all I can think of for now.

 

Well the stats only dictate what kind of techniques your character can learn or know and also help to give an idea of what they are able to do as far as spell and physical wise.

If you think about it in normal RPs you have a character you create and if Seph pops up he takes him on, even if he has no training. And unless Seph's player and the created character's player talk about how the fight should go, the P.C. will try and play like a lvl. 100 Sora and hold his own against Seph.

With the stats you have Seph at say 3000 swordsmenship and your P.C. at 20. With that in mind do you really think you will try and pull a "I'm strong enough to hold my own" post?

 

I know what you mean about getting confused, but if that happens you just have to ask the right questions or find someone who'd explain it to you in a way that you understand.

However, while some people -like you- would make your character act accordingly, not everyone would. As much as it'd be nice to go by an honor system I think the stats would actually help anyone new to understand things they can and can't do.

Say someone has written for four weeks, and they get into a colab or a PM and it looks like their character is going to die -due to how him/her and their battle partner set up the fight-. Out of nowhere their character suddenly goes Overdrive. Now you get a messy writing and things have to get sorted out.

Now if O.D. is a racial feat gained by K.W. at then maybe yeah he could do it, but if it's a skill gained through training and he/she never went through the steps, the stats plus the steps would help tell them that it was something they couldn't do at the drop of a hat.

 

See that's another thing. We all wouldn't be starting at level one. Team leaders would naturally be higher and fight an opponent that was the same level. We wouldn't be sending someone with low Heart and stats to fight someone with high Heart and high stats. It would be controlled to an extent so that people could still enjoy the RP.

And if this idea were to be incorporated I'm sure there would be an easy to read guide on stats and all. The only effort players would be doing would be simple equations [example: newbie bonus = stat * 1.1], and they would always have a guide to go back and reference or other members to help explain. If you have trouble with the equations it doesn't have to take away from the RP experience.