Intro: From the dawn of time, we came, moving silently down through the centuries. Living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last... Theme: The RP is based on the 1986 movie the Highlander. The players would take the roles of immortals – people who lived centuries, locked in a never-ending struggle against other immortals until only a few of them stayed alive. That time came, and the last immortals feeling an incredible pull to a distant land, all started to gather for the final battle in the city of the new world to win the Prize... For, in the end, there can be only one. Some facts about immortals: They start as normal humans until they die for the first time. Then they stop ageing. They can only be killed by having their head removed - swords are basic weapons of immortals. When an immortal kills another immortal, she takes his energy, knowledge, strength and skills -this is called, the quickening. The immortals can have no children. Physically, is not able to. The immortals don't fight on holy ground – it's a tradition. The plot will take place during the gathering – the last battle of immortals. But the players will be able to 'recall' the scenes of their past. Thus creating a story of their character, their adventures, romances, battles, lovers, historical events they took part in, historical figures they meet etc. during the RP. Those events will build up their characters, and develop them. In some cases, the events of the past might take even more time than the actual events of the gathering in the present. The events of the past might also flesh out the interactions between immortals. Warning: In this RP, there can be only one winner – so the player's characters will die. The players whose characters died will be able to continue (if they wish) by playing more scenes from their character's past, creating past interactions with other characters, etc. Thoughts, comments, interested players?
I'm certainly interested in the premise, and have a character half in mind. Not 100% sure about the concept of the players being pitted against one another though - I've never done it in my own games. Also, pc on pc interaction can be difficult to manage (due to timezones) , especially if some players are in flashbacks while others are doing posts about the present day.
Yeah, the PVP or tournament was not tried before on the site - to my knoledge. So this will be a first for us. And, yeah, Player on Player might be difficult. But in case of different zones, it would allow them to write longer posts . Alternatively, players of different timezones, if they don't have the time for longer posts, might write general interactions and their targets in the posts - in short, they lay out their plans for what they want from interaction. In case of Flashbacks while being in present - we can have players act in two at the same time. That is, having player answer the present - in first half of post, then recall the interactions in the past - with the second part of the post.
Hmmm. Well, seems like it would be relatively short, so maybe I could keep up. Not really my kind of usual game though. If I think of something, possibly.
I might be willing to try it, but, as mentioned, it could be hard to get PvP (combat especially since it's reactive) to work due to time zones. I'm also not sure about how I feel about flashbacks being a crucial part of things, but it's worth a shot.
Don't force yourself. But if you decide, you are welcome to join For flashbacks, I plan on doing something along those lines": GM post: what the player sees, it reminded him/her of the past (leaving a hook for flashback) Player post: (since there is a hook, the player can ignore it - and just write that he concentrates on the present or accept the flashback and answer of date and place the flashback takes place) it reminded him of 1351, France GM post: (describe the scene the player finds himself in) The battle of Adres was in full swing, as English and French clashed against each other. Player post: (places himself in the scene) He was member of defeated mercenary group, escaping along with villagers from King's armies.
It's an interesting premise, but not one that interests me, I am afraid. Good luck with the game and hopefully it works as well in practice as it does in theory.
