OOC: DM-led SRP idea

[Wolk]

I want to try to do something different here. Unlike in the overwhelming majority of threads on this board where each player creates a character and then those characters interact with each other, I would like to do an SRP where a character or small party of characters will be interacting with a whole world with many NPCs, many locations, etc. The dungeon master will not have a character of his own, but instead will be in charge of 'the world' with which the player character or characters interact. For example, if the character begins in a tavern, the DM could write the roles of the barman, or some key tavern guests that he wants to use to steer the storyline, but as the story progresses and the character finds him/herself in the forest, the DM might have bandit NPCs attack them and write for those NPCs. Hopefully you get the idea and many of you, perhaps, have already done something like this before. Basicly, the idea is to move away from a set list of characters and instead have several major roles filled by players, while all supporting roles are filled by the DM. Hopefully this will allow us to create a whole long adventure with the story flowing from one scene to another and developing as we go, instead of being limited to the time and place it began in, as is often the case in SRPs here.

For the time being, I want to see if anybody else likes this idea. So please vote in the poll and feel free to discuss it here. If there is enough interest, I will later flesh the SRP out and be looking for 1-3 players.

 

[showdolly]

I've seen it and as long as it's not horror-filled I'm up for such a thread. PM me if you don't catch me and start it.

 

[FenixZero]

Well I want some horror. Like monsters or a plane full of snakes or something.

 

[showdolly]

ROFL Well I'm up for some, just not all. *Thinks of a thread called "three rocks woods" that died... it was creepy!! and barely any um... fun stuff at all!*

i don't like bruises and blood is all i'm sayin' and that's enough. and i don't fight well (per two trees academy LOL) so i'd need big strong guys to help me.

but the thread in general, yeah it would work, whether i'm in it or not. long as the players are willing!

 

[bullshot]

I think it would work but it all depends on the setting and the interaction of the main players.

Would this interaction also be controlled by the DM, I don't mean the DM would control the interaction itself but the meeting of the characters.

This would allow the characters to change partners at the whim of the DM thus increasing the length and enjoyment of the thread.

 

[Wolk]

I think it would work but it all depends on the setting and the interaction of the main players.

Would this interaction also be controlled by the DM, I don't mean the DM would control the interaction itself but the meeting of the characters.

This would allow the characters to change partners at the whim of the DM thus increasing the length and enjoyment of the thread.

What I had in mind is that all characters, if there are multiple characters, would be almost always together, as a group of adventurers, perhaps. Of course, they can at some points split up temporarily for some, um, privacy. But this would be an exception rather than the rule. If each character goes about in the world completely separately, this will put much more load on the DM, and so the quality of interaction with the world will suffer.


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As for the story idea, I think we can have something with both horror and fighting in small amounts, in addition to plenty of adventure and "fun stuff" as was just eloquently put.

The general setup is like this:
In some kind of an RPG-like world (meaning warriors and mages as opposed to machinegun-weilding commandos with GPS and radios), the queen hears about an artifact (sexual in nature, of course ) and decides that she absolutely must have it. She sends word through her trusted agents, offering a large reward, and a small group of adventuers goes in to search for it, through all kinds of lands and settings, encountering all the fun things the DM's and players' imaginations can come up with.

Basicly, pen-and-paper RPG-super-light plus plenty of erotica.

 

[Kuuroinochou]

I actually ran a thread like this once, went pretty well and I was able to play a character in the game while being the world. So I would most defintately be happy to join in/participate. It sounds intriguing... would love to just be a character than and the DM. Try it from a different angle.

 

[Wolk]

Alright. Since there seems to be quite a bit of interest, I'm going to go ahead and start the thread. I will link to it here once it's posted.

 

[LadyAria]

I want to play too.

 

[wrytersyren]

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[Wolk]

The thread is here:
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=460732

Please read and post your intros there, if you'd like to play. I am limiting the number of players in that thread to 3: 1 male, 2 female (since I'm male). I don't think I could do a good job as a DM for more players than that. I will take the first good characters posted.

Thanks everyone for your interest and sorry in advance to those who might want to play but can't due to limited room.