EHOL RPG???

[jewel_of_roshtaria]

Fuji:This topic is to repain open for discussion of the RPG and not to be used for the ACTUAL RPG (Sorry Rosh but I couldn't think of any other way  

One idea I had a while ago is El-Hazard roleplaying. I used to be in a forum RPG, and it was really fun. All we need to play is webspace and a mod and a plot device.

Oh yeah, and I call Fatora in advance.  

And who knows, maybe it will draw more people into EHOL?

[larewen_evenstar]

I have currently forgotten what RPG stands for, but whatever it is, it sounds good.

I call Alielle!

[Tim needs time to work it out]

RPG = Role Playing Game

[larewen_evenstar]

Makes sense. Okay.  

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

I dunno, man... I mean, Mark Engels posted about an actual El-Hazard e-mail RPG type thing on someone else's site and it didn't get that much attention.  You may not get a lot of players here... of course, that's not for me to judge.  I'll help if there's a bunch of people who reply in interest.  

[panicpaladin]

Role Play? This sounds fun but God knows if we do it right, it's not normal that the people who play a character manage to play the character's personality right. Although, since this El-Hazard, it's really easy to act out the characters since it's not really hard to know what they're thinking. :P

El-Hazard has a limited cast of male characters so it'd be hard to choose... ^_^;

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

What I'm worried about is the fan created characters who either steal main characters for their own relationships or have infinite power and can destroy the universe.  Or so I've seen many forum RPGs go.  ;p

[kiddo]

Or, if this turns out like the SFGHQ RPG and a meteor randomly comes and destroys the fanfic, and a bunch of Pepto-Bismol men come and-::shot::

[executor82]

The thing is the rules.
We should work some out and decide which we gonna use.

Also I would say that all the El Hazard chars should be NPCs (non-player-characters) so you'll have more feedom to create your own char.

I would claim "Shayla-Shaylas cast away younger brother, who returned from a yourney through the Bugrom realms" as my char, for example.  

[jewel_of_roshtaria]

What I'm worried about is the fan created characters who either steal main characters for their own relationships or have infinite power and can destroy the universe.  Or so I've seen many forum RPGs go.  ;p

Actually, that's a good point. And I think that once a Moderator is appointed, all origional characters will have to be approved in advance. No incredible powers, no destroying the plots, no romancing with other characters without either the character's permission or the Mod's. Or maybe it should be a rule that no one is allowed to create an original character until all of the others are taken?

And as far as rules go, there are a few I should state. A good one to have is that you're not allowed to use, summon, conquer, or wreak havoc in El-Hazard without first asking the MOD. Second, if there's adult content in your post, well, we should have a seperate board for that.  

Another good one is: NO GOD-MODING! God Moding is when one player says that another player's chara does something in thier post. Like, let's say that I'm Fatora and Lar is Alielle. If I were to say, " Fatora goes over and grabs Nanami's butt.  Allielle get's mad and slaps her" That would be God-Moding Alielle.

Another common example of this is when someone says: "Shayla-Shayla is attacking the Bugrom empire. She throws a fireball at Jinnai, which decapatates him." That's not good. It might be all right for Shayla, but where exactly does it leave poor Jinnai?  

Oh, I know there are other rules, I just don't remember them now. Let's hear your opinions!

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

Ah.  I never did understand the term "god-moding".  (And up until now was registering it as "God Mod-ding for some reason :p)

But that is an excellent rule for such things.  Even so, I count maybe three so far who're interested, let's bulk up a little or it'll be a very lonely El-Hazard.

[Spanner]

Hey, I might be interested in participating in this. And I bring with me to the table a vast storehouse of online RPG experience. ^_^ I've seen a lot of what can make or break an RPG like this.

I've actually been looking to join another El-Hazard RPG since the one I used to be on has mostly ground to a halt. The one Mark Engles pointed out looked interesting, but it had entirely too many Furries for my comfort (I've nothing against Furries, really, but I prefer El-Hazard RPGs to stick with the three major races presented in the series: Humans, Bugrom, and Shadow Tribe. It's just less chaotic that way). I may still ask to join that, but if we can come up with something fun here, perhaps that'll be enough for me.

I think the idea of rendering all canon characters (Makoto, Ifurita, the Priestesses, etc.) as non-player characters is an interesting one; that way, everyone can call upon the characters from the show as-needed, without having to organize things with the character's player. I'm just as happy to go with a game playing as characters from the series, though.

[executor82]

So the original El Hazard chars as NPCs are agreed?

The thing about the "NO-GOD-Modding" is an absolute must for RPG in my opinion! Everyone must be able to decide for his char on his own.

[panicpaladin]

Yes, that seems much more fair making the originals as NPCs...
Another thing I worry about is how the initial plot goes, most forum RPGs seem to go from Nothing to Chaos in simply two speeches of people that you never knew existed. :P

[larewen_evenstar]

But would I still be allowed to do the whole romancing thing with you any way rosh, seeing as I am going out with you?