KHPlanet Roleplay: Feedback

I don't think I totally understand the premise of this RP anymore. I think you're overdoing the whole "keep things under control" thing.

 

The class system would do better to be more of a generalized classification for a character (IE have Warriors, Mages, and probably Summoners as "classes") and then have different types within that class. For example, if you had a warrior class, it might look a little bit like this...

Warrior (Class)
- Brawler/Fighter/Martial Artist/Whatever (Type flow within class).
- Thief/Bandit/Assassin/Etc (Type flow within class).

Something like that might be better for organizing and actually having each class' evolutions build on where they previously were. Like a thief is just sort of pick-pocket sort of person, a bandit would be more like a highway man or mobster/bank heist sort of person, and that chain would be able to reach a sort of assassin status, and that would lead into being a ninja. Along the way they'd be able to meld with other classes through learning abilities within magic and such.

But the big reason why I'd rather not even bother with any sort of class system is just thinking of what we want this RP to be focused on. Do we want it to be a non-stop chain of fighting and recovering? Or do we really want this to be more of a get together and just interact with people in an open/sandbox environment? I think the simpler, and quicker thing to do with this would be to designate a power tier that starting characters need to fall into, but let the players determine how that level of power is expressed within their character. For example, having every character start with Olympic/Peak human abilities, Player A might decide that their character is the strong man who can bench press four hundred pounds without breaking a sweat, while Player B might opt to say that their character is one such that can clock in a three minute mile.

 

In any case, my belief is that the fighting should be placed in the back seat. All one needs to do is set a few maximums on where the powers can be. Like, in the end, people will be allotted so many powers, or something like that. All I'm really saying is that there's no reason to over-define things and break them down so much it seems that they are. People are certain to do that on their own anyways.

 

Like I said, don't worry so much about defining what a character can do, but to what extent they can do it. Think the difference between, say, being able to throw a fireball at someone and being able to torch a whole building. I can give you a more detailed system if you'd like; in fact, there's one I've seen used that I've been wanting to adapt into the Arena here anyways.

 

So, a thought for the setting for this RP...

KHPlanet exists as large world dominated chiefly by a massive, sprawling city. While there are many places in the fine details, the general idea would be (in theme of my thoughts of representing the forums) would be as follows...

Downtown (Representative of KH Games/Other RPG Games forums) - The heart of the city, where most of the action goes down. Probably the most crowded area of the city as well. If you're looking for the skyscrapers and office buildings, the hotels and high profile places, then this is the place to be.

City Center (representing the community forums, such as Introductions, Announcements and such) - Basically, this is the center seat of the government on KHPlanet. Places such as the city hall, and the main "welcome center" can be found here. Most often, if you're looking for a safe place to be, then you'll want to go here.

Art District (AKA Creative Corner) - Wanna see where movies are made? How about visit a museum? Or maybe you'd prefer to catch a concert somewhere? Whatever it is, you'll find it here. So long as it requires some level of creativity, then there's no short supply of it in the Art District.

Outer City (Off Topic forums representation) - No less important than the Downtown or City Center areas, but not quite as centralized. This is where the night life of KHPlanet is found most dominantly. Night clubs, casual to high-brow restaurants, the occasional bar or tavern, and various other places of social life can be found in abundance. It's also here in which the lawless slums of the city can be accessed.

The Suburbs/The Burbs (AKA... member profiles?) - Just outside the city, the suburbs are the primary places of residence for many city dwellers. Most of the people who have been around the city for a while have managed to move up to suburban living.

Those are just a few thoughts on it. More like notes I've jotted in my head.

 

I never thought of that. I'd be inclined to maintain that it would coincide more to the art district. This is all just a way of "personifying" the forums, so to speak.

Not to be a pain, but this RP, somehow, needs to happen. Why? Because it has the potential to be a good, open world RP, which is exactly what this RP section needs.

 

I would still say that there should be more ways to develop a character's abilities beyond the channel of winning fights. I will also continue to advocate that we place restrictions on how powerful abilities can be at the start.

 

My thoughts, personally, after reading through the limit on number of abilities, is that we could lessen that number based on where a player stands on the forum. I know it seems prejudice against the people who are newer or haven't posted/been able to post as much. But I was thinking it'd be something to the effect of...

Normal Member (Under 1,000 posts) = 3 abilities, maybe?
Elites = 4 abilities
VETS = 5 abilities
Section Mods = 6 abilities
Super Mods = 7 abilities
Admins = OVER NI- I mean, maybe start with like 8 abilities?

But I don't know, mainly because it's a given that there won't be representation from each member group, and maybe it would be better to start things off with everyone on a roughly even playing field. Either way, I would suggest allowing more to the effect of 3 or 4 abilities at base, keep them weak to begin with, and eventually build them up and gain new ones. That way there's more reasonable growing space. Granted, that also depends on what we mean by abilities. If it's more along the lines of something equivalent to Pokemon attacks, or the typical Kingdom Hearts spell/ability system, then more is better, since most of said abilities would be drawing from a very focused pool of effects and uses.

I'll also suggest that, for a start, that everyone might only have one ability active outside the proposed "Arena" area. That maybe most abilities don't become active until one steps into the ring. Just for starters, so that there aren't loads of people running around shooting fire and making tornados all over the place first thing in the RP.