The Gang of Five
Role Play => Role Play Discussion => Topic started by: The Great Valley Guardian on February 16, 2009, 08:50:07 AM
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For those of you who don't know...my fanfic One Long Tail is being scrapped...at least for the moment, and here are the last two chapters (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=2125.120#lastPost) so far.
I'll detail more about this idea in a little while...I'm gonna try and get some sleep now. :smile
Okay here's the deal, after seeing the success of tow other fanfic based RP's I decided to give it a try! That's right I'm turning One Long Tail into my second RP!!! :yes
Now in order to be up-to-date on what exactly is going on here, I'm going to give a short description.
At the opening of Chapter 26 the herd of the Great Valley is under siege and Longtail's darkest secret is revealed to everyone. As he is reunited with Dante, the duo fight to drive off the deadly sharptooth group Saurischia lead by the infamous Bleeding Heart.
As this is happening however, the residents of the valley are now beginning to question Longtail's sincerity and loyalty. And this could be the start of something far more dangerous...for everyone!
Now should this idea gain any leads, then the beginning of the RP would take place directly after chapter 26 and follow from there.
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I guess, from reading some of it, it'll allow some aspects of magic or superpowers since Longtail seemed to have some magic or super powers.
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Actually Kor, there will be NO supernatural powers in this RP. What Longtail is seen doing in Ch. 26 is him beginning to use his sharptooth abilities, and heightened senses to their fullest potential.
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So closer to a pure LBT then?
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Hmm, well I'm definitely interested, and have a vague feel, as you know, about your fanfic. I'd have to scan the latest chapters I guess to get fully caught up.
Alot of pondering from the Valley residents so you could could on Tylr and Kit being there. Not sure past that.
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Well, I'll be updating this topic with a character list in a while from now, so be on the lookout.
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No hurry. Thanks. I'm sure everyone will have fun. :)
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Okay here is the list of characters so far:
OCs:
Longtail: GVG
*Cyrix: GVG
*Mim: Kor
Terri: GVG
Dante: Starfall
Syler: Starfall
Tylr: Kit12
Kit: Kit12
Deimos: Serris (he is a sharptooth, if that is not okay I'll change his species)
Ovius: Serris (Fast-Runner)
Hadros: Serris (Swimmer)
FC's:
Littlefoot:
Cera:
Ducky:
Petrie: Kit12
Spike:
*Grandpa Longneck: GVG
*Grandma Longneck: Kit12
*Topsy:
*Tria:
*Kosh:
*Ducky's Mom:
*Petire's Mom:
*Korr (The Red Horn leader):GVG
OH!!! I almost forgot about the bad guys! :lol
OC Enemies
Bleeding Heart: GVG
Leviathan: Chilietrek
Kori:
Blackfoot:
Jodo:
Rahzorr:
Red-Eye: Serris
Dromaeo: Serris
Procella: Serris
Kireek: Starfall
So far those are the only names I can think of at this moment in time, however I'll add more as they come up, and before anyone asks:
YES, ADD MORE OC's! We're going to need them!
Any character with this symbol (*) by their name is vital to the first major subpolt in this RP/story!
So pick and choose at your leisure!
:DD
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Hmm, ok OC wise I'll bring in Tylr and Kit and leave it there for atleast now.
Now...FC's...hmm, how about Grandma Longneck for at least the main Valley leadership that I know will be needed.
Plus gang wise I'll take care of Petrie if that's ok, I like taking care of him :)
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<_< It appears to me that we need more players...and I'm not sure if my PM system is working properly, or maybe its just my home computer... :smile Oh well! I'm sure more will join, just gotta give them time.
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All right! Well despite the apparent lack of participants at the moment, I'm going to try and get this RP started. So be on the look out sometime later today!
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I guess folks have to have read the fanfiction to be in the rp?
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No, not at all....When I post the opening for the RP, I'll give a summary of what has happened so far, so those who haven't read the story will at least know where the RP picks up. ;)
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Hello:
That should make things easier indeed. Ok, I am in, I'll re-read some chapters so I can try and play as Leviathan. Ican try and bring a few ocs too.
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Some of your previously played ones, or ones made from scratch? Just curious.
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Hello:
That's a good question Kor.... hmm, I may try to bring Cayso and Racnar, or I may try to bring another character from my fan-made storyline too because I have Leaf-eater OCs too. I think I'll need to think about it for a little bit :smile .
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Ok, no need to rush. You'll likely have more fun then if you rushed into a decision.
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Hello:
Thank you Kor. As for Leaf-eater characters, I have an idea or two. I could bring the guy that became the Leader of the little herd in my storyline and his sister.
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That is an idea. You could do his herd has gotten to the Great Valley. Most or all of them but the ones you're playing could be offscreen.
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Hello:
That can work, and that way I can focus on the OCs themselves. All of my OCs herds went into the Great Valley except for Cayso's herd. So my OCs could appear in the rpg (if allowed) but not necesarilly the entire herds, to avoid problems.
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I'm in, too! Dante, and Syler are in on this! Kireek, too, as a bad guy.
Ressentiment+Bleeding Heart....This should be interesting...
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Hmm. Combat/action-adventure... I'll think about it but if I join here's who will be present (all from Twilight Valley, I did not create them solely for this RP):
Allies:
Deimos (he is a sharptooth, if that is not okay I'll change his species)
Ovius (Fast-Runner)
Hadros (Swimmer)
Enemies:
Red-Eye
Dromaeo
Procella
On a side note, what's the tech level?
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Glad to have you aboard Serris! As for the Tech level, sticks, stones, and axes will be allowed.
And now the show can begin, although with the current lack of FC's being played, I suppose they can be used as needed. So let the games begin!
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Glad to have you aboard Serris! As for the Tech level, sticks, stones, and axes will be allowed.
I assume by "axes" you mean Stone Age weaponry. I guess fire is ruled out.
Are poison darts and a blowgun or sling launched stones acceptable?
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I guess if stone axes are then all forms of stone tech would be, including wood technology, wood & stone knives, spears, and so forth.
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Actually, I'll replace Hadros with Raptix (Fast-Biter).
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I hadn't considered fire to be a weapon, but if anyone can form it into a weapon without setting the rest of the valley on fire, then sure. As for rock sling launchers yeah those are acceptable, as are the poison darts and blowguns.
And as a side note, when the need arises, I will be giving away plot points as the RP progresses.
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Ok, guess I'll look at an rpg book I have of low tech stuff and pick out what Mim, or any other char I may use, may have.
Edit: I looked in it and found more then I thought of. I suspected they had access to at tech level 0 (stone age) baskets, clay pots, but forgot about needles, some armor, shields, spear throwers, the same equivalent for javelins, boats, swords, gourds to hold water, rope, clothing, thread, shovels, adze, bow drill, spindle, short bow,
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I gave the dinosaurs in my fan fiction crude stone weaponry (spears, knives, war hammers, axes). I also gave them calabashes, fire (started by using flint).
I'm not sure if giving them the other tech is a good idea (clay pots and baskets might be okay).
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Don't forget hollowed out gourds to hold water and similar, that is certainly stone age tech. Unless the gm wants to put in limits. I'll think it over and list what, besides gourds, that Mim may have. Maybe some crude clothing she wears during the cold times, and snow shoes made with bent branches and some woven plant fibers.
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Hmmm....these new ideas have made me think a little. Having stone aged items such as using a cracked open stone or fruit like a coconut as a bowl would be fine. As stated before, weapons are alright including stone axes and spears.
When I was developing this story I was thinking of using armor but abandoned the idea, as it just wasn't practical, or useful as everyone who would be fighting would most likely be using their claws.
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Gurps low tech does mention stuff like wooden shields, cane armor, that they list as stone age tech. The equivalent could exist in lbt. up to you, I just put out some of what the Gurps book had listed to give some folks a starting point to think about.
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Hmmm....well after two and a half days of deliberating, I've come to a decision...I'm holding a poll! :DD Seems I can't post a poll...or maybe the I'm just having internet trouble again...I dunno.
Either way the poll would've looked something like this:
Weapons, should they be used?
1. yes
2. no
It was that simple...so just let me know what you all think!
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Personally, I don't see why not. Even Chimpanzees have been known to use weapons. And if these dinosaurs are in the Stone Age, then why wouldn't they?
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Hello:
For some reason, I cannot see LBT dinosaurs waging a war in the ways we humans can do. I agree they could use tools and even levers if that can help save an unfortunate dinosaur. It is my thinking that the only way we can see battles are like those in the movies, but not a war between entire valleys unless they are due to a huge migrations and intrusion of foreign species that have happened in our world (due to the seek of surviving only), specially since our own intervention in the planet.
I think LBT dinosaurs fight only by instinct, a war can be kind of implausible, but still it is intriguing and interesting if well done I agree with that, but I am not comfortable with the idea to make them use weapons like we could do, and even thoug, LBT has taught us that there are always means to reach a solution by understanding... we don't get to see that much against sharpteeth, but there are exceptions, like Chomper and his parents.
In the fanfic this rpg is based on, there is a big conflict, but it is a war of will and the natural weapons of the body.
That is my opinion, but I will respect the GM's decision, after all it is GVG's rpg.
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I do understand that, but the stone age, can mean a variety of different things in terms of billions of years. And when I think of weapons and dinosaurs I tend to remember that most dinosars had their natural weapons on their bodies to begin with like teeth and clubs on their tails and spikes on their backs.
Now while I do understand that some dinosaurs didn't have any weapons to speak of, most of the docile plant based ones stayed in massive herds emphasizing the 'safety in numbers concept'.
I'll leave the 'poll' open for others to comment on, but I as a regular player vote no.
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I personally vote for something in between. Improvised weapons, yes. By that, I mean tree branches and suchlike. Dante's tree branch sword is a good example. I mean, even dinosaurs, especially ones as smart as the LBT ones, would be able to figure out that something like a branch to the head hurts. Therefore, yes to things that are lying around, but nothing like blowguns.
That sound okay?
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Improvised maybe for some who have no natural weapons, like the staff from a treebranch, or if it's shorter treated like shortstaff or sword, depending on how it's held. Not sure about weaving baskets, spear with a stone tip, but a branch could have been found that is broken off at a point or could be broken off if the branch isn't to thick.
As for polls you maybe have to start a new thread to do a poll maybe. Maybe ask Nick22 since I think he's an admin in charge of rp's, or any other handy admin about that.
I'm not sure about all out war sort of thing. Up to the gm but it seems a bit alien to the lbt way of doing things. Though they have fought before, not in an ordered military sort of fashion like humans do. It seems usually to have been to drive off the sharpteeth, & the sharpteeth not being in a huge group since that would mean more mouths that would be competing and less meat each one would get.
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I'm not sure about all out war sort of thing. Up to the gm but it seems a bit alien to the lbt way of doing things. Though they have fought before, not in an ordered military sort of fashion like humans do.
In the fanfic this rpg is based on, there is a big conflict, but it is a war of will and the natural weapons of the body.
I can assure all of you here that there will be no 'war' so to speak. There will be fights both virbal and physical, but no all out war type fighting. And chiletrek is right about that statement.
Improvised maybe for some who have no natural weapons, like the staff from a treebranch, or if it's shorter treated like shortstaff or sword, depending on how it's held. Not sure about weaving baskets, spear with a stone tip, but a branch could have been found that is broken off at a point or could be broken off if the branch isn't to thick.
I do suppose improvised weapons would work for certain occasions, but things like blowguns, sheilds and such will be forbidden. However using such things as leaves to carry items like berries and fruits, and hollowed rocks for carrying water will be allowed.
As for polls you maybe have to start a new thread to do a poll maybe. Maybe ask Nick22 since I think he's an admin in charge of rp's, or any other handy admin about that.
I'll be sure to look into that. Thanks Kor! :yes
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Okay...this one is more for me than anything else. But I am introducing 'Plot Points' into this discussion thread. We don't need to follow them in any particular order, but for the moment I'll only be naming three at a time...just to keep it easy.
ï Cyrix's Neglect- Cyrix begins to spend more time with Mim, and begins to spend less and less time with his nephew.
ï Grown-up's distrust- The elders in the valley begin to distrust Longtail more and more, fearing that he is the one bringing Bleeding Heart and his fastbiter cronies into the valley. They begin to isolate him from Littlefoot and his friends.
ï A never ending storm- At some point a storm cloud taking the shape of a hurricane storm cloud appears over the valley and unleashes severe weather from rain to lighting, and even mud slides and sink holes. This only further causes the valley residents to distance themselves from Longtail.
Again these don't have to follow a particular order, and if you all have any ideas of your own feel free to discuss them here.
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Well, I have a couple for my guys...
Dark Blood: Virgil and Dante rejoin Longtail, but both were heavily wounded in battle against the enemies. They pass out, but awaken shortly after, each with power beyond what normal beings should possess. One could even call this new power...Devilish...
Hunter of the Shadows: A strange Saurian comes to the Valley, armed with an unfamiliar type of weapon: A stone Sword. Is this new figure an ally or an enemy...
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Hmmm...to be blunt on the first suggestion...no. BUT WAIT! Don't be too mad at me. I actually had an idea in store for Dante and Longtail later on in the story...I'll PM you in a moment to make sure you understand.
As for the second idea...sure...another another pawn to the game should be fun! *insert evil laugh here*
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BUMP!
Just re-posting the Character list so everyone knows who their playing cuase at this moment most of the good guys and bad guys are standing in front of the Smoking mountain. :) Just a friendly head's up!
OCs:
Longtail: GVG
*Cyrix: GVG
*Mim: Kor
Terri: GVG
Dante: Starfall
Syler: Starfall
Tylr: Kit12
Kit: Kit12
Deimos: Serris (he is a sharptooth, if that is not okay I'll change his species)
Ovius: Serris (Fast-Runner)
Hadros: Serris (Swimmer)
FC's:
Littlefoot:
Cera:
Ducky:
Petrie: Kit12
Spike:
*Grandpa Longneck: GVG
*Grandma Longneck: Kit12
*Topsy:
*Tria:
*Kosh:
*Ducky's Mom:
*Petire's Mom:
*Korr (The Red Horn leader):GVG
OH!!! I almost forgot about the bad guys!
OC Enemies
Bleeding Heart: GVG
Leviathan: Chilietrek
Kori:
Blackfoot:
Jodo:
Rahzorr:
Red-Eye: Serris
Dromaeo: Serris
Procella: Serris
Kireek: Starfall
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Hello:
I just saw the character list and I noticed that my name is still on it. I know that I said that I'd try to read everything so I can take the interesting character called Leviathan. But the truth is that if I've been able to keep up in rpgs is because they haven't been as quickly and some has died (total lack of activity)... I haven't been able to properly read this rpg and I don't know if I'll be able to participate, and I'd hate to see that this rpg can be halted due to my lack of activity, so I prefer to speak now before problems with the plot can arise.
Since now, my apologies to everybody.
As always, anything GVG, you are always free to contact me.