The Gang of Five
Role Play => Role Play Discussion => Topic started by: Pterano on February 27, 2014, 02:29:00 AM
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So I plan on starting a Rango RP pretty soon, and thought I'd get the discussion thread up for it. This will be called the "Legend of the Sierra Negra", and will be set after Rango's become established as sheriff of Dirt. OCs are most certainly welcome, but I make one request: if you wish to play as Rango, you MUST be active in this RP, or you'll lose the character to a more active player.
The only canon character I'll initially be playing as will be Bad Bill, though I may take more later on depending on number of interested players. I'll also be introducing an OC of mine.
Plot: Rango is settling into his new role as sheriff of Dirt, but when a mysterious stranger arrives in town one day bearing an odd tale about the Sierra Negra mountain range, his arrival seems to portend darker things. Tales abound of a great treasure beneath the mountains, but also of a terrible creature named Malachus who guards it. Known as a great evil in the desert, no one has ever lived to see Malachus for very long, and hence, his real nature, and even possible existence, can't even be confirmed, but he's rumored to be so fierce, he's on par with even Rattlesnake Jake. The newcomer has gaps missing in his memory, and is convinced Malachus has something to do with it, but when one of Malachus's sinister agents attacks Dirt later on, the story suddenly becomes personal, and Rango decides to find out if the legend of the Sierra Negra really is true.
So yeah! This'll feature a big plot, gun-slinging, the mythos of the wild west, and plenty of action. :) Who's interested? :)
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Sounds interesting. I've seen the early part of the movie. Sounds like an interesting plot & setting.
Any particular species not wanted in the rp, or wanted/preferred?
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Ooh, Rango's one of my favourite films - I wouldn't mind joining if you'd have me :yes I'll need to think of a character though.
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Kor: I'm open to really any OC, though just bear in mind, the bigger critters tend to be higher up on the food chain, so might not be viable citizens of Dirt. But every application is open to review, so I won't rule out anything until I see it.
Bushwacked: Yeah! It's an awesome film! :DD Happy to have you, and take your time, there's no rush. :)
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So I guess stuff like snakes, gila monsters are to large, but maybe horned toads (a type of lizard) anole's small birds, ect.
I'll have to rewatch the movie or find some clips. I recall enjoying it.
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Snakes and Gila monsters are fine, as Bad Bill is a Gila monster and he was one of the mayor's thugs, and of course, the famous snake character is Rattlesnake Jake, but he was the only one to appear in the film and he was extremely feared, so I'm thinking snakes are a tad more rare. The main reason Jake didn't show up early on was because the hawk that Rango accidentally killed kept him away from the town.
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Are Gila Monsters restricted to bad guys only then?
Snakes may well be very rare indeed.
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No, I would say they're not, since other reptiles show up as good guys in the movie.
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ok. I do have some ideas for a character, a Gila monster race.
Not sure which ideas I'll use. Some are a former circus strong man, prospector (moderately successful), maybe owns a ranch, property in town. Just for some scattered ideas.
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Any of those work, and I'll be playing as a canon Gila monster myself, in addition to the OC I'll be introducing. :)
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One who appeared in the movie?
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Yes, I'm playing as Bad Bill.
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He comes back to tangle with Rango again I guess. To get even.
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You'll see what plans I have for him. :)
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I look forward to it. :)
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Ooh! I'm in love with the plot already! And my machete-wielding chauvenistic ferret is highly interested, too!
How many characters will there be per person? I've had experience playing Beans and RSJ during other roleplays - lol my RSJ might not be as gritty as the canon version, but I can roughen up my vocab if it'll help^^
Also, is there an OC count? Not that I'm planning to overload on OC's - and Chip might be enough for this - but just wondering.
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Uhhh well... there's technically no cap on OCs provided you can handle a lot of characters. :) It's more about not overwhelming yourself rather than me limiting you to just a few. :) There's no technical limit on how many characters you can call. Since we don't have many sign-ups yet, have it. :DD As for me, I'll take Rango if no one else does. :)
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I'd be okay with you taking the main man Rango himself :) I'm getting closer to finalising my character, so should be able to put up a bio soon. Also, how gritty can we make it? I know the film wasn't too in your face with it, but some of the things that get said and done were pretty out there :p
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Sounds like there may be around 4 players.
Think I'll be doing a Gila Monster who's a circus strong man and part owner of the same circus. Just for an idea of the character I plan on doing. Though he isn't always at the circus during the whole year tour.
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So I guess Ill wrangle Beans for m'self, as well as RSJ, that is if there are no other takers for the dastardly Reaper hisself ;)
And my OC Chip AKA Addison Wilder - a Black-footed Ferret *punch the air!*
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If I did a 2nd character I'd do one based a bit on Annie Oakley, & bits of her husband (frank Bulter, but not sure what species may fit best for Annie Oakley. Any suggestions. was thinking of her earlier today. Not sure of the gender or if the character would focus on riffles only or do both pistols and rifles.
Or if Pterano would rather not have one of those, maybe as a knife thrower instead.
Though a snake oc may interest me. Not sure what species. A smaller or younger one maybe if I did one.
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OK so from what I can see right now, Kor's got several character concepts, but I'll go ahead and start a list of claimed characters so far. :yes I'll take Buford as well. :)
Beans: SES
Rattlesnake Jake: SES
Chip: SES
Bad Bill: Pterano
Rango: Pterano (tentative)
Buford: Pterano
Oh yes, Bushwacked, as far as how gritty you can make it, I'd say in the spirit of the film is fine, as the film was pretty gritty in some aspects. :p Can always run something by me in PM if you aren't sure. :yes
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I think my strongman gila monster may be named John Sandow. I found a web page about some 18 and 19th century strong man stunts and picked those names from 2 different strong men.
I was thinking also maybe picking a coral snake. I did some online research into snakes and there are at least 2 in the us, Texas & an Arizona species. They look very thin and don't get to large, 18 inches to 2 feet roughly are the usual sizes. Doing one as a sharpshooter with rifles & pistols may be to odd, except maybe with custom made handles. Longer and thinner maybe, or at least longer handles for a pistol or pistols. the rifle could be almost as is or have part of the stock, that normally humans rest against their shoulder, be thinner and longer. I'd guess he could not wear these, but maybe normally for a show they are already present, or he could carry one with his tail, or have John carry them around for him, for the rp purposes.
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Your snake character could be a sharpshooter and have a gun like Rattlesnake Jake, Kor :) Here (http://200shadowfan.deviantart.com/art/Rattlesnake-Jake-from-book-214855488)
I've seen a lot of snake fancharacters go the same route in Rango Fanfiction. Or being a coral snake, you can use venom as a primary option :3
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Has a special gun on the end of his tail? Interesting idea, never thought of that myself, a tail gun. Venom may be a melee option in a fight. Thanks for the ideas.
Edit: Looks like that gun of Jake's could hold a lot of ammo.
Looking around for a gun for John Sandow, I'm not sure if I'd prefer a normal pistol & rifle, something like what Milly Thompson (from Trigun) used, a type of gatling gun rifle (though hers is a type of stun gun), or a youtube video I found of someone talking about a gatling pistol, and showing his make of it, no idea if such a thing really existed or not. I guess it is fictional since I did research and could not find any information, but his video, about a gatling pistol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyXF80YCCgg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyXF80YCCgg)
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Righty, here's my character info, hope it's okay :)
Name: Stirrup
Species: Zebra-Tailed lizard
Age: 31
Appearance: Thin and tall, with a long tail. Skin is almost all black with a few white splodges of colour across it. Bright yellow eyes. Wears a gun belt slung low across his waist with a 6 shooter revolver, and a dirty black Stetson hat with several tears in it.
Occupation: Bank robber, highwayman
Personality: Vicious, sadistic, general douche
Brief bio: Stirrup grew up in a family where if you wanted something, you took it. Eventually, at a young age his father and older brother began bringing him along on their bonding activities - robbing banks, something which he soon came to start enjoying.
When he was a teenager, the local law enforcement tracked down his family ranch. The lizard managed to escape, leaving his family to their fate, and tried to start a living on his own but soon found he couldn't resist the life of a thief. He assumed the name of Stirrup and soon got back to doing what he likes best - making money the easy way.
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[Sorry, didn't realize that this post would be so long]
Name : John Sandow
Species : Gila Monster
Age : 24
Appearance : very tall and very muscular. Back east he will usually dress in one of his strong man outfits when he's going to perform, or when he's not in casual wear or a casual suit. While traveling in the western areas he tends to wear very casual wear, not seeing the need for the casual suit that he'd usually wear in the eastern cities, though he does bring a change of clothes, for occasions where he may want or need to wear such things.
For personal weapons he has a Gatling pistol with a clip to feed the bullets instead of having to always have a belt fed bullets, though it could take those. It is a .30 caliber pistol. It doesn't need to be cranked. He also has a large knife at times.
He also has some fingerless gloves that have 3 layers, soft for wearing next to his skin, chain-mail for protection for the second layer and topped with regular leather. His boots are steel toe. He also has a pair of gloves more like metal gauntlets, but seldom wears these.
One of his many strong man tricks is to use a modified gatling gun, holding it in one hand and cranking it with the other, instead of using a stand. Though with this accuracy is practically zero. It's meant for a strong man display, not a personal weapon. This is often kept in a wagon, or on his strong man equipment area along with some other things he has for his strong man stunts. When moving with the circus he takes all of it with him.
Occupation : Strong Man
Personality : For being a large person he is a nice laid back fellow, instead of a natural bully. He is strong willed but quiet about it and hard, if not impossible to be intimidated. Some may refer to him as gentle giant, though he can get mad. He has a good head for business also.
Brief Bio : He noticed he was stronger then other kids his age & started to lift heavy things and do other things to build up his strength. He also often would stand up for those who would bully smaller folks, getting to where he could lift and throw most others. He also started doing shows for fun to show off his strength, working on some exercises to build his strength. After taking a job as a body guard for extra money did such a good job of it that the person had a custom pistol made that he calls a gatling pistol made for John.
A passing person putting together a circus saw one of his shows and recruited him. He saved his money, living as a near pauper as an older teen and put some money into the circus. Later this circus merged with another one to form a larger circus thus making him part owner of this circus also. Thus he gets money not from just being a strong man but also part owner of a circus. This merged circus often travels by train so they can stay longer in large cities. He is still saving most of his money since he has a goal to buy 1 or more buildings in the city where the circus winters so he can have it be a museum to circus history with perhaps a nearby building where some circus folks can put on a show now and then and maybe an apartment for circus folks to live in. He has a decent amount of money coming in since he has made some smart investments. He only performs as a strong man part of the year since when the circus merged the other one had a strong man also who didn't mind and suggested that they could take turns, taking half the tour to do strong man shows and the other half back with their family that doesn't go with them by circus. Having several sources of money he suggested to the other strong man that he personally would do 4 or 5 months and the other strong man can take the rest of the months to perform since he is not married and has less need for money, playing down he had several sources of money then just performing.
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Name : Jack A. Worthington
Species : Coral Snake
Age : 22
Appearance : has the usual coral snake coloration, and easily mistaken for a milk snake by those who don't know the difference that as a north American snake that if red touches yellow, as it does on him, is a sign he is a poisonous snake. He wears a hat, depending on the area it is either a bowler or a more stereotypical hat, depending what most others are wearing in the area he goes to.
He has several custom made guns. one is similar to Rattlesnake Jake's gun. Another has fewer cylinders but has a barrel for higher accuracy. Though he still has his full tail so it doesn't look exactly like Rattlesnake Jake's, (since his tail comes to an abrupt end and has no real tip) & he uses the very end of his tail to pull the trigger.
Occupation : sharpshooter
Personality : Not afraid to speak his mind. Strong willed and not as quiet about it, but knows when it is best to speak his mind. Isn't afraid to use his fangs in combat.
Brief Bio : Was out traveling with his family and when they were attacked by bandits he picked up a rifle dropped by someone who had been shot and though not made for someone using a tail to shot did manage to aim it and pull the trigger with the tip of his tail. This showed him he was a crack shot and his family encouraged him to develop his skill. He started doing a sharpshooter skill with his father as his manager. With the money he made he put some aside to have a gun designed for a snake made, then another one so he'd have 2 types. They later agreed to join a circus. He later met John Sandow when the 2 circuses merged. He was surprised that a strong man was also part owner of the other circus and with the merging of this one also.
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I accept all these applications. :yes Looks good so far! I think if everyone's mostly ready, we can get this started soon. What's everyone think? :)
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Sure, I'd be ready to go whenever everyone else is :yes
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Absolutely! Should probably post sumthin' fer Chip, then....
Full Name~ Addison Matias Gregorio Wilder
Nickname or Alias~ "Matt" or "Addy" to those who know him, "Chip Ferret" to those who don't
Species~ Black-footed Ferret
Build~ Wiry, agile, strong, quick
Age~ 34
Religion~ Former Catholic
Family~ (Padre)James Medley Wilder (deceased), (Madre)Sofia-Camila Mirana Delgado Wilder
Weapon of Choice~ Machete
Personality~ Chip is loudmouthed, brash, immature, and crafty
He has rare moments of courage when he's a) either too irritated to care or b) when it suits his interests
He has a rather unorthodox code of honor - basically, he'll do anything at the drop of a hat, be it moral or otherwise
He has no qualms about stealing or manipulation
He is quite chauvenistic, and will often insult women even if it's unintentional
He is fast and deadly with a blade
Mannerisms~ Fiddling with his tail/machete
For the most part, being a jerk
Complaining
Yelling
Putting his foot in his mouth
Let's get this showdown on the road! Yeehaw!! :DD
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Awesome! Heheh, only "Chip Ferret" to those who don't. :p :DD
Great! Now that two out of three have responded, I'll go ahead and get this started! :yes
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Awesome, looking forward to this :D
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I am also. So you are not the only one. :DD
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RP is up under Legend of the Sierra Negra!
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Guess I have to come up with a new character or 2 since John things the townsfolk don't want him in town and being his employer Jack would go with him.
I'd rather keep the both of them. The only other character idea I have is maybe a deputy us marshal. From what I read about the historical old west years ago, a full us marshal was mainly an office/desk job. The main ones who went around and did stuff were the Deputy us marshals.
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Kor, you have full control over your characters, and it's up to YOU to run them however you want, OK? Nobody's making you leave, you're the one taking that initiative. I'm sure you can come up with some reason for them to stick around if you really want them to stay.
It seems like you're just giving them incredibly thin skin for old west type characters and having them give up rather easily cause their feelings were hurt or something. :p I don't really know cause I'm not you nor writing from your perspective, but you have ultimate control over what they do.
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They are not use to being around gunslingers and the type, being circus performers and in johns case a part circus owner. guess those ideas don't fit.
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You can take any situation and turn it around. If you feel you really need other characters, that's up to you, but with that said, I feel you can make them fit in as well.
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If my original characters dont' fit I have to think of a new species for the other one, or 2 if I do 2 more.
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You're the one who's saying they don't fit though. That's the point I'm trying to make. I'm saying you can take this situation, which isn't really a tough situation to begin with, and turn it to however you want it in regards your characters. You're the one who just kinda had them walk away after they were insulted. That's kind of the nature of this RP: we're playing rough around the edges characters, and we've all insulted each other in good fun in this RP, which has made it awesome so far I think. I really love the tension going. :DD
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I've no idea how to do any of that. Though at least I know I"m not a very good rper. That is something.
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Best advice I can give is stop being so hard on yourself and work on improving. :) We can all help, though I myself am going to be rather busy with my new career this coming week, so I'll only be able to post when I can.
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Thanks. I'll need all the help I can get.
As for your new job, good luck. & remember to not stay up to late and try not to be to nervous on the first few days.
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No problem, as I think we're all pretty supportive, and if someone needs help, we can work with them. :)
Thanks. :) I think I'll be fine though. I'm really looking forward to it. :yes
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It is good that we can do that. Especially since in this area I'm out of ideas.
I'm sure you'll do great.
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It's alright Kor, we all need help sometimes :yes
You say your two characters don't fit in - you could always play on that fact, I'm sure it could lead to some pretty funny situations. I'm not sure how long it'll take before the other characters set off into the desert, but you could always have it so that maybe their wagon broke down in the middle of nowhere, and by chance the others come across them. Jack and John could then decide to join them out of desperation - while I guess Stirrup and Chip wouldn't be thrilled about it, I'm sure Rango wouldn't just leave people in the desert to die :p
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or do one that would fit. Someone who's a us marshal or deputy us marshal. The type who if someone is being held hostage has no problem shooting through the hostage's upper chest to get they guy holding them hostage. The most he'd say if the hostage complained would be, "I missed all your vital organs, got the bad guy. The doc can patch you up. if none is available then my gun barrel can cauterize the wound, free of charge."
Someone who is a good guy, but only by the barest margin. That type seems the only one that would fit in. not the 2 that I came up with earlier. Sad to say.
got an idea about the gun barrel cauterize the wound from the pathfinder gunslinger class. They can do that. Stop someone bleeding by firing of a shot, if they have not the round or so before, and cauterize the wound with their gun. They can also open any lock by shooting it, and other things.
If the wagon broke down John would just do like I've seen on the 6 million dollar man. Not sure if the bionic woman did it. I'm sure they may have. John, like steve austin, would just hold up the end of the wagon (or car) while the other person replaces the wheel, Either oscar goldman or in this case Jack.
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All right guys, I'm gonna slow down in posting as I'm leaving on my first tour tomorrow, and probably only bringing my new tablet with me, so unsure on my posting capabilities yet. :) It's gonna be busy regardless, but I'll be back very late Sunday if you don't see me until then!