Discussion: August Plot

[st_oriedqueen]

Please note: This poll has nothing to do with the discussion we're having about a recurring Otherworld and metaplot. This is just to decide on what the game is interested in for August. It will replace the original Madonna Meltdown for late July.

Poll #20266 Early August Event

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

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What sort of event do you want for early August?

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Horror/Survival
0 (0.0%)

Crack
4 (36.4%)

Combat
5 (45.5%)

Monster
0 (0.0%)

AU
2 (18.2%)

Other
0 (0.0%)

Definitions:

Horror - psychological horror or survival horror; something like Silent Hill or Fallout.
Crack - trope plots like sex pollen, truth spell, personality swap, wake up together.
Combat - straight up attack on the Inn or near the Inn. Could be silly or serious.
Monster - werewolves, vampires, unicorns, Pokemon, dinosaurs, etc. that might be fought, captured, kept
AU - for several days the Inn gets a genre change: high fantasy, sci fi, historical, etc.
Other - anything else you can think of that would be satisfying to play for maybe 5 days.

Choose one. If you choose Other, please elaborate in comments. Feel free to specify in comments; for example, if you choose "AU," feel free to say you'd like a cinema noir AU.

Poll closes when a majority of players have responded, and we'll go from there.

[ Comments ] Recurring Otherworlds - Not Sure?

[st_oriedqueen]

Okay, gang.

We've got a 50/50 split between "yes, I want a recurring Otherworld with a version of my character and relevant NPCs in it" and "I'm not sure if I want that." Before we move forward, we'd like to give the Not sure contingent a chance to ask any questions that would help them decide. Those who said Yes are also welcome to ask questions.

There'll be plenty of opportunities for talking amongst ourselves when we start discussing the details of the Otherworld we agree on. For now, we'd just like to know the things that are standing in the way of making your decision into a solid Yes or a definite No.

To get things started, here are the basic parameters we have in mind:

1. Sandbox.
The mods will create four 'walls' (i.e., the size of the playground) and fill it with sand (i.e., a genre flavor for the world overall and a starting location). Everything else will be up to players in smaller or larger groups. What happens in play is between the players.

2. Expanding.
With each successive visit to this 'Otherworld' sandbox, more details and space will be provided, based on events of previous visits. IOW, it will be adaptively generated by your play.

3. IC Actions = IC Consequences.
What you do in the Otherworld will have lasting consequences. Not just for the Otherworld, but for your characters. Injuries are lasting, people can find out about things you did, conflicts in-world may persist out of world, items and objects may come back with you.

4. NPCs.
No holds barred. Want canon castmates who somehow ended in this Otherworld? Go for it. Want AU versions tailored to the Otherworld? Go for it. Want to play them yourself, have someone else play them, make up completely new never heard of NPCs? Go for it.

5. AU PCs.
There will be multiple opportunities for creating, playing, killing AU Versions of your characters that live in the Otherworlds. These AU Versions can be ANYTHING you want; they can DO anything you want in terms of actions or roles in society. They don't have to be pre-existing canon AUs. They can be genderbent, racebent, genre-AU, evil, other game versions, what have you.

In other words, we want to build an AU sandbox where there's minimal mod oversight and the limitations of the Inn itself don't apply.

Still have questions? Fire away.

ETA: As with all Otherworlds, these plots will always be OPT-IN.