Whoa, not so many ideas at once
Okay let's dig into it...
What about Giant Fast Flood instead of just simple Earthquake with big Chasm (bigger than from LBT9)?
A flood, that could be an idea indeed
Ducky... you tempt me rolleyes.gif
I'm the most evil swimmer, remember?
-With regards to the event that brings them together, there are a few options we could address that were not addressed in the films. Firstly, there's the possibility of having a tsunami. The widespread devastation could account for many displaced dinosaurs searching for a new place to live. Next up, disease or any other sort of event that would require herds to part ways with some of their members. Nothing breaks up an organized unit faster than distrust and fear, so anything that breeds these things between herds would easily break them up. Heck, even overpopulation could result in some kids getting kicked out on their own. Then we come to predation. This one's not quite as plausible, but there is a chance that a particularly nasty group of Sharpteeth could cause the breakup of several herds in their territory.
tsunami: That's a pretty widespread event so it absolutely qualifies!
disease: Quite! I could imagine one or two of us losing their families to some serious sickness
predation: Always a possible death cause in the Mysterious Beyond
I'll add another: not a tsunami but a bad flash flood following a heavy storm!
For my character, I was planning to go with bad parenting as the reason why she ends up on her own and only due to the help of a random stranger, she managed to survive. Might seem a bit familiar to some because I'd like to use a character from my fic and use her background because it'd absolutely work with this "new gang" idea
Finally, here's another, perhaps more hopeful option. What if the kids are simply chasing a legend? Now, this is similar in concept to the premise of the first film, but bear with me. Something that's always touched upon in the series is the cynicism of adults versus the innocence of childhood. If a group of youngsters was convinced something amazing was out there, it could make sense for them to want to seek it out. It puts a different feel on the whole story, and adds a feeling of hopefulness to contrast the darkness.
I was assuming we were going to have them not just walking ANYwhere but towards a goal, towards something that gives them hope. Can be the Great Valley, can be anything we'd like it to be! Of course not all of us have to lose their parents but there must be a reason why they're not with them
Cera, Ducky and Petrie didn't lose their families in the movie, they just got separated. If you were to go with the flood for example, maybe a child would be swept away while the adults were able to hold their ground? The area might be really flat so the waves travel a fair distance, far enough for the child not to recognize their current location and where to go... and of course they get extremely lucky not to drown in the whole ordeal
Well, I'll have the others have a say on your idea as well though that'd probably require at least a small group of children already knowing each other, deciding to leave their herd in order to seek it out. To be fair, my character could totally go with that group! Would require some more backstory-bending what who cares?
Can we have multiple antagonists possibly? Kind of like how there was a Dimetrodon and a pack of domeheads that were threats other than Sharptooth.
It could also play out like LBT XIV, such as having a sharptooth or two early on and another sharptooth later (possibly the main antagonist).
Uhh, sure. I don't think it'll be interesting to bump into the same drooling Sharptooth over and over again
Maybe we could have one stalker and a few random encounters with various predators. Could imagine you and Snik teaming up to play the bad guys
hmm? Bunch of different unfamiliar children went to find some mystic legend and got lost? if I understood
Well, they all are scared and alone, separated from the herds and families or having lost them completely. They don't know what to do but what if one of them has such a legend in store to follow? I'm sure they'd try to pursue it because... what else should they do? especially if that legend might mean finding those they lost?
Hmm, about flyers... Right now I am staying on two of my OCs: Smart male flyer antagonist sharpbeak and female water child flyer.
I don't know anything about LBT scientific species and never connected characters to any of them. (If I make OC for me, I just create my own species. Hm, who knows, maybe this species true existed in land before the time of human...)
I'm not sure about making up a species... If you don't really have any particular species in mind, you could just say 'oh, this character is a threehorn' but not specify what kind of ceratopsian dinosaur the character represents, just to give an example.
I love Fyn's idea of a Tsunami. That would make a coastal environment work out very well (maybe with inland jungles/rainforests?) Also, are we allowed to play omnivores? I was thinking of a Hagryphus character Dino_grins.gif
Environment, that's a good keyword
Yeah, well, the tsunami idea seems to be popular so a coastal environment might work out. Y'know, there might be an island lush and green far far away that they'd wanna reach
As for rainforest, it is also an idea but the abundant food and water in a rainforest might take a little from the harshness of life. Starting out in the cold lands might be something though, don't you think? That'd also open up for other... possibilities. A big bad snow storm might be enough to separate a child from its herd
It's true that an omnivore would create a lot of tension. I'm not sure about them, I guess if nobody has any objections, you cuold create an omnivore character, just no Chomper 2.0 if possible
myths may develop that the waters had made war against the land, perhaps causing some distrust of swimmers for quasi-religious reasons - especially considering the canon religiosity of the flyers.
Anybody planning on using a swimmer character?
That kind of idea would only work if the majority of the group was affected by it though. I'm not sure if all would like to go with the same disaster but I guess that'll show... eventually
As for which species I would like to be, I have always been interested in deeply introspective characters. I am unsure if omnivores would be welcomed in this roleplay, but if so I think that a Nemegtomaia, an Oviraptorian dinosaur, might be an interesting addition. The distrust between the forming gang and a dinosaur who has limited predation of eggs and fish as an option for food could be a healthy source of tension, while still being different from the tension depicted by Chomper in the series. It could be more based upon the character as being seen as shifty or a schemer as opposed to a viscous predator.
I guess you'd have to flip a coin with Darkwolf then or do we want to have two of these? That could cause the formation of two groups within the group, admittedly...
