Walking Dead RP Planning

[EvilFishy]

So, coming in this late, but here goes:


The idea of roles would be good to organize things and people. However, when things first start out, it is natural for someone to assume the leadership position, but then it seems that things would just kind of fall into place. That could still occur with pre-laid out roles. It might be interesting to kind of see what they were involved with before and what they end up going into.


Though the dice thing for attacks would work out nicely, I also like the idea of being in control of my own characters. I think I am just a control freak, though. It might be interesting/dramatic to issue two characters for each person and make it a rule that one of the two has to be planned to be killed at some point and nobody knows when/how this takes place except for possibly the head of the RPG, who communicates this through PM. If that makes any sense...I think I may have worded things in a weird way. O.o But, at least that way people can have at least one character that they can develop and keep for as long as they want. Or something.


I can help come up with different aspects that should be in the character sheet. The interview style is fine because that could also give a look into how the character talks/acts. But you'll definitely want like a weapon of choice, background, occupation before outbreak, etc. Any relations with other members of the RPG could be discussed via PM or out of character chat and prearranged before the start of the RPG.


Erm...I think that was all I felt compelled to contribute at the moment. (':3)

 

[Faenwen]

It might be interesting/dramatic to issue two characters for each person and make it a rule that one of the two has to be planned to be killed at some point and nobody knows when/how this takes place except for possibly the head of the RPG, who communicates this through PM. If that makes any sense...

Ooooh good idea. After all, it's pretty unrealistic to have the whole group survive the whole time. But eliminating half the group may be kinda traumatizing xD . Maybe we let people choose if they want to make a to-be-killed char? But I guess depending on how long this RP lasts, half the group dying may not be that bad...

 

[EvilFishy]

There could even be more than one to-be-killed character, if people so desire. I like the idea of leaving it up to the creator of the character, but it is understandable that in a zombie apocalypse that people will die and whatnot. ^.^

 

[Faenwen]

Whoops **possibly to be killed char. Yeah having the creator decide would be better. Because I mean you never know when there's a zambie waiting to take off your arm. Adds to the suspense, makes the RP interesting.

 

[Proven Deadly]

Yeah, if I do end up making the "leader" role then I do not plan on him/her living forever. I don't think any of my characters will live forever.


So what you're saying is that I will plan the deaths and just speak with people about when/how? That might be a good idea but I don't want to force something onto someone that they don't want to happen. I think we should do it this way:


Fighting Amongst Players-


There's three ways to do this.


a) If two characters are in a fight, one person may say "I want my character to loose." If the other person agrees, then you have your fight planned out.


b) If two members cannot decide who will win the fight, they both must roll the dice (1 die, 6 faces). If they tie they must repeat. The person with the higher number will win the fight, and the person with the lower number will roll again (1 die, 20 faces). If the person rolls a [number between 1-20], their character will die. If the character rolls a [number between 1-20] or [number between 1-20], their character will suffer a major injury (decided by opponent). If the character rolls any other number, their character will suffer a minor injury (decided by opponent).


c) If I (Proven Deadly) believe that a character has lived too long or is surviving under unrealistic circumstances (this will happen very rarely), I reserve the right to call death (in any fashion you choose) upon your character.


Fighting Players/Zombies-


There's two ways to do this.


a) A character may decide that they wish for their character to die. Upon this decision, the role-player may kill off their character whilst fighting said zombies.


b) If a role-player does not want to kill off their character, they must roll the dice (1 die, 20 faces). If they roll a [number between 1-20] their character must die. If they roll a [number between 1-20] or [number between 1-20], their character suffers from minor injuries of the role-player's choice.


It's confusing... If anyone wants to reword it in a more understandable way that's perfectly fine with me. If not I'll redo it but that's just the skeleton.


 
And as for the roles, that's what I was saying. I don't want to put them in the joining form because they won't be established immediately--they'll come with time. So we need to hold off a while, and maybe once we're further along in the RP we can add it to the joining form for any new joiners since it it'll be chosen anyway.


 
I'm gonna go ahead and create the roleplay page just without anyone posting. I need somewhere to keep my things otherwise they get unorganized and I flip out and loose things and... It's not pretty.


 
Also, I think I'm going to make it casual. I personally prefer detailed but most people don't, so I'm just setting it as casual.


 
[image/Gif] (You may include other images at any point during the interview, if you wish)


“What’s your first name? You can tell me your last name, too, if you want.”


“How old are you?”


“What’s your gender identity?”


“What was your life like before this? Occupation? Lovers? Family? Tell me your backstory.”


“What’s your weapon of choice? What tools or weapons are you good with?”


“What are your skills? What things are you good at?”


“Describe yourself. What are some of your traits, good and bad?”


“What are some of your fears?”


“Did anyone survive with you? Friends, family, etcetera.”


“What are your thoughts on… This? I mean the situation… You know… The ‘apocalypse’, if you will.”


“Okay, I think that’s about it. Anything else we should know about you?”





Anything else you think I should include?

 

[Faenwen]

Okay nice. So this will be a higher stakes RP, where your char could die at any moment. So it will be less like the player knows their character's story, how it's all going to go down. And with peeps dying like this...That'll really add to the feels here. And if the leader dies, I imagine it will be a fight to the death between certain characters. Damnnnn I'm getting excited for this.


Nice job on the mechanics, Deadly.

 

[Proven Deadly]

Thanks (:


I'm excited for this too. I might put a few of my OCs in just to test them to the death! Lol


Agh, I still have to do the map. The website I found ended up not doing too well. Maybe I'll go a while without it and then just ask around and see if anyone can make it. I'm looking on DeviantArt for someone to make on for me.


I'm working on the rules right now.

 

[EvilFishy]

I think that character sheet covers the bases. It looks good! (*U*)


As for the map, if you can't find an actual map, we could just scrounge up some pictures and kind of mash them together to create a world...or whatev. ( O.o )

 

[Faenwen]

I know that deviantart has a collection of tolkien-style map icons...if you download them, you can use them with the GIMP. Or I could do it for you if you can't find anyone else, as a completely last resort. And you don't mind a Tolkien-style map for an apocalypse RP xD


Also loving the character sheet. I like the "What do you think of this?" bit.

 

[Proven Deadly]

I think that character sheet covers the bases. It looks good! (*U*)

Thanks! I'll make it a bit fancier later when I post the actual thread. For now I'm just saving all of this onto my private workshop to keep it organized.

 

[Azalea]

Mind if I design the character sheet with a cs code and everything to make it look professional and stuff?

 

[Proven Deadly]

Mind if I design the character sheet with a cs code and everything to make it look professional and stuff?

Oh dear, yes, please do! I want everything to look nice but I'm not good with that. Thanks so much!

 

[Azalea]

No problem! c:

 

[Proven Deadly]

I know that deviantart has a collection of tolkien-style map icons...if you download them, you can use them with the GIMP. Or I could do it for you if you can't find anyone else, as a completely last resort. And you don't mind a Tolkien-style map for an apocalypse RP xD
Also loving the character sheet. I like the "What do you think of this?" bit.

I was hoping to go for a regular map just to show the locations, but if all else fails Tolkien style is fine, too (: I'll see if I can find anyone to do it but if not then we can do this.


And thanks (: I was worried it wouldn't come out good because of the weird format but it came out better than I expected, actually.

 

[Faenwen]

No problem. I'll get started on the map itself just in case. I can add some blood splotches to make it more apocalypse-y.

 

[Proven Deadly]

Ahh, perfect! (: I wonder if we'll be able to get the RP thread up today & get everything started.

 

[Faenwen]

That'd be awesome

 

[Little Lozy]

Woah, you guys have been busy. It's looking good. Sorry, been away for a bit. I'll be on sporadically today I'm at work. Excited to se how things go.


Also, say our character dies, are we allowed to apply for another character to replace them?

 

[Proven Deadly]

It won't stay like this, it still needs to be fancier but here's the rules:


Rules ~


1. No godmodding or power playing. You only have control over your character and nobody else’s.


2. No Mary/Gary-Sues. I’m not afraid to tell you to revise your character if they are too “flawless”.


3. I don’t have a problem with swearing but don’t abuse it.


4. I’m fine with ‘steamy’ moments but if it goes too far just imply it and leave it as be; skip over it.


5. Follow the fight guidelines when fighting


6. Please don’t argue with me if I tell you that your character needs to die. It happens.


7. Take all chit-chatting and planning into PMs or OOC.


 


[QUOTE="Little Lozy]Woah, you guys have been busy. It's looking good. Sorry, been away for a bit. I'll be on sporadically today I'm at work. Excited to se how things go.
Also, say our character dies, are we allowed to apply for another character to replace them?

[/QUOTE]
Thanks! (: It's fine, you don't have to be here 24/7 lol


And yeah, you can have as many characters as you like as long as you can handle them. I should add that to the rules


 
I have to go to a seminar, it will probably be around 2 hours but I might be gone for a while. I'll try to get bacck on as soon as I can. Bye!


 
I'm back c: So what else do we need to work on?

 

[Azalea]

Almost done with the character sheet. A lot more coding to do though

 

[Proven Deadly]

Take your time, don't worry about getting it done fast (:

 

[Faenwen]

I'd say we've about covered everything...Maybe we could plot out where we'll be going? I know you listed ideas. Should we have a string of planned discoveries, or just see where the RP takes us? I mean of course we'll have a map with locations, but we haven't decided where we'll be going first, etc.

 

[Proven Deadly]

Umm... I think maybe we should decide during the RP where to go next based on the map (that does not yet exist).


 
I already have two of my OCs ready, lol


I still have to make all of our things fancy and that fun stuff. I'll work on that now. (I've been playing CoD for the past 2 hours and gotten absolutely nothing done lmao)


 

Rules ~




1. No godmodding or power playing. You only have control over your character and nobody else’s.


2. No Mary/Gary-Sues. I’m not afraid to tell you to revise your character if they are too “flawless”.


3. I don’t have a problem with swearing but don’t abuse it.


4. I’m fine with ‘steamy’ moments but if it goes too far just imply it and leave it as be; skip over it.


5. Follow the fight guidelines when fighting.


6. Please don’t argue with me if I tell you that your character needs to die. It happens.


7. Take all chit-chatting and planning into PMs or OOC.


8. You may have as many characters as you can handle.


9. If you are gone for more than a week without notice, I will slowly kill off your characters one by one.


10. Follow all other unmentioned standard rules.


 

Titrus, Georgia




-Lake Titrus (A large lake in the heard of Titrus Woods)


-Titrus Woods (A large forest on the outskirts of Titrus)


-Fresh Foods (A supermarket)


-Cars, Cars, Cars (A used car lot)


-I-92 (A highway)


-Tony's Tools (A hardware & weaponry shop)


-Titrus Range (A large field near Lake Titrus)


-Leon Farm (A farm with a few rundown barns, dead crops, dead animals [similar to the Greene farm])


-Clothing Shop*


-Restaurants*


-Somerset Mall (A newly built mall)


-Titrus Police & Fire Department (A station for police and fire departments)


-Central Titrus Elementary School (An elementary public school)


-Willkins Junior High (A junior high public school)


-Providence High (A public high school)


-US Postal Office (A large post office)


-Rose Cityside Resort (A large hotel and resort beside Legend Realm Theme Park)


-TItrus Train Station (An nonfunctional abandoned train stop)


-Library/Bookstore*


-Titrus International Airport (An airport)


-Titrus County Jail (A prison)


-Harper Cemetery (A graveyard)


-Legend Realm Theme Park (A theme park/carnival tourist attraction)


-City of Titrus Bank


-Hope Valley Memorial Hospital


-Pelican Point Lighthouse (A lighthouse on the coast of Pelican Point)


-Pelican Point Beach (A small strip of beach)


 
That's the list of things in the town with names... I forgot to do the things inside the mall so I'll do that now.

 

[Azalea]

Fancied this up to match the character sheet

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Rules for The Walking Dead RPG

1. No godmodding or power playing. You only have control over your character and nobody else’s.


2. No Mary/Gary-Sues. I’m not afraid to tell you to revise your character if they are too “flawless”.


3. I don’t have a problem with swearing but don’t abuse it.


4. I’m fine with ‘steamy’ moments but if it goes too far just imply it and leave it as be; skip over it.


5. Follow the fight guidelines when fighting.


6. Please don’t argue with me if I tell you that your character needs to die. It happens.


7. Take all chit-chatting and planning into PMs or OOC.

 

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CHARACTER NAME GOES HERE

GENERAL INFORMATION

"What's your first name? You can tell me your last name too, if you want."


“How old are you?”


“What’s your gender identity?”


“Did anyone survive with you? Friends, family, etcetera.”

PERSONAL INFORMATION

“Describe yourself. What are some of your traits, good and bad?”


“What are some of your fears?”


“What are your thoughts on… This? I mean the situation… You know… The ‘apocalypse’, if you will.


"What was your life like before this? Occupation? Lovers? Family? Tell me your backstory."

SURVIVAL SKILLS

“What are your skills? What things are you good at?”


“What’s your weapon of choice? What tools or weapons are you good with?”


“Okay, I think that’s about it. Anything else we should know about you?”

 
This took such a long time goshh

 

[Faenwen]

ooooo fancy. really cool, azalea