GM: The Clone Wars

[Brian the Flying Penguin]

Alright. I've noticed the lack of activity here and have finally decided to try to do something about it. Last time I suggested a GMed thread I put everything to the vote and, not too surprisingly, interest fell off somewhere around vote five. This time I'm going to suggest a much more focused scenario. If three or more people like it I'll run it. If at least three people but don't like that particular idea I'll think of something else. If no one responds...

Please someone respond...

The set up
The campaign is set about ten years before the start of the cartoon series. Initial hostilities between the UAC and the Toad Empire ended three years ago and an uneasy peace has settled on the Aniverse. Though much smaller than the UAC the Toads were able to take and hold five worlds during the war and are concentrating on industrialising them in the image of their homeworld. In the UAC worlds are increasingly looking to their own interests, and rumblings of discontent with the central authority threaten the future of the organisation.

The Clone Wars are one of the most unpleasant periods of Aniverse history. The owners of the BioMod Industries tissue growth facility on Rigel 2 managed to pass off their remarkably low cost rapid delivery cloned tissue as the result of a series of medical breakthroughs. The truth of the matter only came out when the donor clones, aided by the biomechanical cyberspiders, broke out of the vivisection facility and began a violent campaign against civilisation that lasted eight months.

Your characters have a chance to intervene. If you play UAC you might be able nip the conflict in the bud. Not only will this save thousands of lives, but it will also restore unity of purpose to a rapidly fracturing alliance. If you play Toads you can fan the flames of civil strife… and perhaps claim the cloning technology for yourself.

The structure
Each player picks one of three types of character, either an engineer, a soldier or and intelligence specialist. Players may choose either the Empire or the UAC. If we assume three players it would probably work best to have one of each specialty all on a single side.

Characters start with only basic skills and equipment appropriate to their type. As the campaign progresses you can improve your characters abilities in any way you choose.

Each mission will begin with a briefing in which the set up and your objectives will be explained to you. Whenever you complete an objective your team gets a point. The more points, the better the outcome for your side and the faster your character gains skills.

Though you will not be forced to attempt the impossible it is possible for your characters to die. Sometimes it will be better to fall back than to attempt to complete the entire mission.


So. Does that sound like something you want to do? Come on people! The Aniverse needs you!

[Drake]

Aye, sounds good to me. Besides lack of time on my part, the reason I had to drop the other RP's was it was just too broad and freeform. Some stucture will do great. Sign me up.

[Brian the Flying Penguin]

Yay! One volunteer!

What do you think of this particular campaign?

[Mad Cat]

I want in too !!! n_n

[Brian the Flying Penguin]

One more and I'll explain the system.

[Mad Cat]

oh come on people we only need one more!!!

[Brian the Flying Penguin]

Norris is thinking about it. He really prefers the flow of conciousness anything can happen stuff.

[Mad Cat]

ah i see n_n

[Kooshmeister]

Sorry, but you can most likely count me out. I'm not as enthused about BOH as I once was, at least, not enough to RP it. Besides, set plotlines don't particularly interest me all that much. Like Norris, I vastly prefer freeform.

Besides, I'll admit I'm still fickle about the mass disappearance of most of the other players which brought an abrupt end to the few storylines I was involved in here, without any real closure to any of them - particularly the ones involving Whitehind, who should have healed up from his car crash by now. I'll return once things get going again, however, and I can either restart or complete the plotlines I had going.

And why hasn't my status as a mod here been removed yet? I don't visit this part of the forum at all anymore, so I'm a useless mod. XD

[Brian the Flying Penguin]

I suppose that, since no threads are running, there is no need for moderators. Thus, the fact you don't post is not a problem since you don't need to post.

[Zingydex]

Structured RPs can be nice if done properly, but this one seems a bit TOO structured for my taste. Anything involving a point system tends to ruin otherwise enjoyable plots because the numbers don't add up.

Even without that, the potential of losing a character I put a lot of thought into without my consent really kills it for me.

[Brian the Flying Penguin]

It doesn't seem to ruin people's enjoyment of just about every computer game ever made.

[Zingydex]

Because in almost any game where you put significant effort into a character, you can start over at the last save point and rewrite history.

Somehow I doubt that's permitted here.

[Brian the Flying Penguin]

That is how most paper based RPGs work. If this gets off the ground it will be a game, not a collaborative story writing exercise.

Part of the reason for scoring the group based on how much they do in each scenario is that most of the time, if the team is getting shot up, it will be possible to retreat. Early on there will be less shooting and more investigation.

[Mad Cat]

thats awesome!!! @_@