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[Mercutio3]

Forgive me for making a thread out of this, but I figured it would be more noticeable than a post in the plot ideas thread. Additionally, I plan to convert this into a sign-up thread & OOC thread later.

So! Hi everybody! If you don't know me or don't remember me, I'm Mercutio. I really want to get some roleplays going and I want to know what everybody would be down for. If you are new to roleplaying, don't fret! Roleplaying (or RPing) is essentially just writing with multiple people involved. It's really fun! I'd highly recommend it.

Here are some ideas. If you have an idea of your own, PLEASE share! (Roleplays started by me have historically had mixed successes and failures, so I'm aware that there are plenty of people with better ideas floating around.) Tell me which RP(s) you would want to do, ideas you have, etc. Hopefully, within the next week or so, one of them will be up and running.

1. A Pokemon Conquest Roleplay. Although Conquest is now 3 years old, I still really enjoy the game. Players would be in various armies fighting with their linked Pokemon with the goal of conquering the region of Ransei. Pros: Unique and interesting set up, in my opinion. Cons: May require a lot of players.

2. A Mystery Dungeon Roleplay, in the style of PMD: EP. PMD: EP was a highly successful Mystery Dungeon roleplay. It was purposefully fairly open-ended so players could do as they wanted with their teams, with one or two massive missions involving all (or almost all) players. Pros: Can have as few or as many players as there are willing to rp. A lot of freedom. Cons: Selfishly, I think I'd want to do something non-PMD this time, and I'd assume members of PMD: EP would feel similarly.

3. A human or humanoid Roleplay. I know that's very broad, but I need to think on ideas for it more. These are my personal favorite to do, but they are also difficult in terms of the overall plot sometimes. It would most likely feature humans and humanoid beings (werewolves, demons, angels, and so on) as the playable characters with fantasy creatures abound.

Thanks! I can't wait to start roleplaying with you!

[Novena]

Hi, Mercutio! I decided to give roleplaying a try. Like I mentioned to you in that intro thread thing, I am new to it and have never really done it, so I'm the ultimate n00b when it comes to these things. :')

If you're up to adding in a new RPer to your roster, I'm all for it! Just give me a holler somewhere or another. I'm working on a novel at the moment and I think this would be a great way for me to stretch my wings and get some practice in on character creation and progression.

I like the idea of a Mystery Dungeon RP. Those games are super fun. I'm not sure how Conquest would work, though, because... Like you said, you'd need a LOT of people most likely. Also, while Conquest was a great game imo, I'm not sure how in-depth we could make a plot with the same basic idea of Conquest. It'd just be angry screaming the entire time, I'd think. HOHOHOHO. I mean, these folks didn't really need a reason to invade and annihilate their enemies... They just... did.


I really enjoy crossover things, so maybe a plot with Poke'mon mixed with something else. For example:

What if Poke'mon were real in the real world today, with all of the historical and current events remaining the same?

The zombie apocalypse! Oh no! Who's your Poke'team to fight against the undead baddies? And how do we annihilate the Poke'zombies?!

The Secret World is an online MMORPG where everything is real, everything is true. People can choose to join the Illuminati, the Dragon, and the Templar. The Secret Poke'mon World can thus be an interesting take on the idea, where individuals choose to join the Rockets, the Jennies, or the Joys. (Names were just randomly picked off the top of my head.)

edit: on the Secret World bit... The 3 factions are at constant war with one another. Think Conquest, but these folks have reason. Illuminati want to take over the world, the Dragon want to save the world, and the Templar are, to put it simply, are "chaotic neutral," so they do whatever they want and how they want to, although they boast the thought of saving the world (when in reality they're just sneaky little gremlins.)

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There's also the idea of being Team -whatever- members if you wanna keep it fairly simple.

This post has been edited by Novena: May 22 2016, 07:12 PM

[Mercutio3]

Woo! Glad you're giving it a crack!

I'm not sure how Conquest would work, though, because... Like you said, you'd need a LOT of people most likely. Also, while Conquest was a great game imo, I'm not sure how in-depth we could make a plot with the same basic idea of Conquest. It'd just be angry screaming the entire time, I'd think. HOHOHOHO. I mean, these folks didn't really need a reason to invade and annihilate their enemies... They just... did.

Well, the setting and idea of linking with Pokemon would be the same, but the RPing aspect would be different. For example, players would start as warlords in different territories, and there are countless things that could be done. We could introduce more inter-character relationships and have them affect the battles, feature various characters with various motivations (not all of them would care about taking over Ransei), and so on and so forth. That's the beauty of a roleplay- you can really do whatever you want.

Your third idea stood out the most to me, but I'm not sure how the plot would go. It does seem very interesting. None of those are bad ideas.

I personally would prefer to roleplay as a human at the moment, but if you wouldn't want to, that's fine. (Or we could do two separate roleplays, one with humans and one with Pokemon. If we'll be able to still devote enough quality and energy to both RPs, I think it would actually meet both of our needs quite well.)

[Novena]

I see. (I told you I was n00b.)

It would definitely take a lot of thinking! Maybe do some shuffling up of the "Secret World" idea and your "Conquest" idea - for example, the "warlords" would be owners/admins of the 3 factions. (This would prevent a huge clusterfluff of factions and the like, such as in the Conquest games.) I completely forgot about the Poke'mon linking. Something like that would be super fun to utilize for sure.

I'd also prefer to be human. I'm not sure I'm too keen on the idea of being a Poke'mon. I think being the trainer or whatever would be much easier to achieve lol.

[Bonnie Clyde]

Alright, now that I'm out of school, I think I'm ready to start roleplaying again.

I'm not sure about doing a Pokemon Conquest one, as I'm not finished with the game (and I haven't played it in a while, also iirc, I'm not very far in it at all). I would be kind of lost at what to do during it.
But it does sound like a cool idea.

I'm completely for doing a Pokemon Trainer roleplay though! Like, we can be in whatever regions we want to be in and over time our trainers cross paths or something (obviously, we should probably have a little more structure than that, but just a general explanation). We could be anything from an regular trainer that's collecting gyms badges, a coordinator that participates in various Pokemon contests, a member of a villain team, or anything else.

And the PMD RP was amazing, but I too would prefer something else this time. It may be kinda fun to make another one later??

I could probably say more things, but it's 1 in the morning and I'm kinda at the "sorta-tired with a slight headache that's focused around my eyes" phase.