BlueGem
Junior Member
So, I've been looking into traditional table top rpgs recently for a game night I attend and I stumbled onto this: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B97Oy5iWEgmKMjM5MTQ4OTQtNjEzOC00OWEzLWE5NzYtZWM4ZWJjZDhkMWEy/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CNrJ6r0B
As you can tell from the title page it is a short guide written on how to roleplay inside the world of Inception, the movie. It does involve dice rolls, and has some interesting dynamics. I am under the assumption that dice rolling does not work well in this type of medium (play by post), so the combat and skill checks will need to be revamped, along with the way to tell if a dream is stable. I would like to keep some kind of checks in place, but I'm unsure of how that would work.
But all that can be sorted later, this post is mostly to check if there is any interest in this type of rp here. There are four classes, so the max number of players is around four. There are quite a few skills, so even people with the same class can be completely different, so a couple more people or less people would also work. As I am still somewhat new at this myself I am more than willing to accept beginners. I'm also don't plan on really having a GM, or architect in this game, unless the system we use for checks still calls for it. Though I do have an idea for the campaign I hope to run. You can read below for a summation. I hope to devise the system for checks and combat with the players, whether or not we will do dice or some other device, voting or something maybe, as that has a major play in the way the roleplay will feel.
So with all that in mind heres what I have in mind for the campaign.
The characters are all brought together as a team by one of the characters, I'll call them the leader, to help them get information for a client. Their mark is a adulterous senator and his wife hired the leader to figure out who he's sleeping with. Being devious and wanting money, the leader decides to let a few mudslingers in on the deal and give them information from the senators closet as well. Once the team is assembled, they'll set off into the senators mind in search of his safe, the deeper they get into the dream the more information they'll get. But they need to balance depth versus stability, and get enough information to make everyone happy.
There you have it, my idea in a rather lengthy nutshell. I haven't explained all the facts here, so if you're confused about anything give that pdf a glance. Please post here if you're interested.
As you can tell from the title page it is a short guide written on how to roleplay inside the world of Inception, the movie. It does involve dice rolls, and has some interesting dynamics. I am under the assumption that dice rolling does not work well in this type of medium (play by post), so the combat and skill checks will need to be revamped, along with the way to tell if a dream is stable. I would like to keep some kind of checks in place, but I'm unsure of how that would work.
But all that can be sorted later, this post is mostly to check if there is any interest in this type of rp here. There are four classes, so the max number of players is around four. There are quite a few skills, so even people with the same class can be completely different, so a couple more people or less people would also work. As I am still somewhat new at this myself I am more than willing to accept beginners. I'm also don't plan on really having a GM, or architect in this game, unless the system we use for checks still calls for it. Though I do have an idea for the campaign I hope to run. You can read below for a summation. I hope to devise the system for checks and combat with the players, whether or not we will do dice or some other device, voting or something maybe, as that has a major play in the way the roleplay will feel.
So with all that in mind heres what I have in mind for the campaign.
The characters are all brought together as a team by one of the characters, I'll call them the leader, to help them get information for a client. Their mark is a adulterous senator and his wife hired the leader to figure out who he's sleeping with. Being devious and wanting money, the leader decides to let a few mudslingers in on the deal and give them information from the senators closet as well. Once the team is assembled, they'll set off into the senators mind in search of his safe, the deeper they get into the dream the more information they'll get. But they need to balance depth versus stability, and get enough information to make everyone happy.
There you have it, my idea in a rather lengthy nutshell. I haven't explained all the facts here, so if you're confused about anything give that pdf a glance. Please post here if you're interested.
