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Author: | Lhancat [ Sun Sep 18, 2016 2:34 am ] |
Post subject: | Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Sign up thread for that murder mystery RP I proposed. Couldn't think of a better name! Spoiler: Plot Spoiler: Rules! Characters! Spoiler: Geoffrey von Karma Spoiler: Katrina von Karma Spoiler: Akayu Onita Spoiler: Aoban Onita Spoiler: Lana Hunter Spoiler: Jude Schaeffer Spoiler: Tom Baker |
Author: | Pierre [ Sun Sep 18, 2016 2:40 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Count. Me. In! |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Sun Sep 18, 2016 10:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Same here! I'll wait to see what happens before posting characters, I can't decide between canon or OCs yet. (It depends what the norm is, really.) What happens if no-one signs on as a villain? |
Author: | tiger_festival [ Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:04 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
This sounds interesting. I'm in. |
Author: | Lhancat [ Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:15 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Not quite sure how to work around it if there's no villain. I'd say the characters would continue finding murders and pieces of evidence, but finding the villain dead at the end once the mystery is solved. |
Author: | Lida_Rose [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 4:41 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
This looks really exciting, and I've been itching to RP something like this since finishing Spirit of Justice, so count me in! |
Author: | General Luigi [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:08 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
When in the series does this RP take place? I'm considering joining myself. As for the problem of the villain possibly having no takers, you might do better to assume the role yourself in that scenario, Lhancat--or at the very least claim to be open to such an option so that the players will be in the dark. |
Author: | Lhancat [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:37 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
It takes place in between DD and SoJ, there should be enough of a gap between those games to make room for something like this. As for the villain issue, that's been cleared up! Someone has PM'd me saying they'll be the villain as a last resort if no one else takes it up. |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 11:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
I've started to think about who my characters will be, so before I get too far, I have to ask: is there any kind of backstory we need to adhere to, or at least be aware of? Are there any sort of limitations on what kinds of people we can choose, such as profession? And do we have any set relation to these crimes? Or do we all have our own reasons for investigating? On a related note, have these crimes been going on a while before this RP starts, or do we stumble across the first few without knowing about how it's going to become a serial case? |
Author: | Lhancat [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 12:00 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
-The murders are all people that were connected to past AA cases in someway. Witnesses, defendants, helpers, etc. -No limitations at all, since abilities/powers will be getting nerfed! -Everyone has their own reason for investigation. -The crimes stumbled upon will be the first few and what kicks things off. Everything goes from there. |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 12:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Cool cool, about what I expected. That keeps things simple! Lhancat wrote: -The murders are all people that were connected to past AA cases in someway. Witnesses, defendants, helpers, etc. |
Author: | Pierre [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:48 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
I'll probably just take Uncle Ray or something. Had a soft spot for him lately. |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:56 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
He'll be around 7 years older, so that would be interesting :p |
Author: | Pierre [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:01 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Eh just a few streaks of silver in his hair I guess. |
Author: | Lida_Rose [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:44 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
I'm considering taking Simon Blackquill and a couple OCs, which I will make profiles for when I have more time. |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 9:13 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
My current plan is to use two OCs, students at Themis Legal Academy. However, I'll wait to see who everyone else is signing up with first, so as not to create too much overlap. |
Author: | Pierre [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 9:53 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Wait is multiple characters the norm? I should think of some more then. Dammit the timeline doesn't allow.me to take Bobby Fulbright. |
Author: | General Luigi [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 9:55 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Lhancat wrote: -The murders are all people that were connected to past AA cases in someway. Witnesses, defendants, helpers, etc. A solid argument for playing as one's favorite character(s) if I ever saw one. |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:19 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
*signs up with 50 characters* |
Author: | Lida_Rose [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 12:56 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
KamiPanda wrote: *signs up with 50 characters* *Signs up with all other PW characters and a goat* Looks like no one's dead after all. In all seriousness, these are the OCs I'm thinking of: Spoiler: Geoffrey von Karma Spoiler: Katrina von Karma I think that covers it. Please let me know if I need to add anything. |
Author: | Lhancat [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 1:20 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Gonna be posting up my first character. I'm signing up with one more, but I'm waiting for my friend to finish the sketch! Spoiler: Jude Schaeffer Spoiler: Tom L. Baker And Lida, your OC's are great! No issues at all. |
Author: | Lida_Rose [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 1:34 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Lhancat wrote: And Lida, your OC's are great! No issues at all. Thank you. |
Author: | Pierre [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 1:56 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Lhancat wrote: Gonna be posting up my first character. I'm signing up with one more, but I'm waiting for my friend to finish the sketch! Spoiler: Bio thing Uggghhh my brain is drawing a blank so I'll probably rewrite this after lunch. And Lida, your OC's are great! No issues at all. Nice drawing LC, your own handiwork? |
Author: | Lhancat [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 2:01 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Aha, I wish. That was done by a friend of mine! |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:52 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
I guess it was to be expected that there'd be so many lawyers XD Still, I guess I'll be sticking with my current idea, at least for now. I don't normally use Japanese-sounding names just for the sake of it, but here it's fitting due to their conceptual origin. Spoiler: Akayu Onita Spoiler: Aoban Onita |
Author: | Lhancat [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:37 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
They look great, Kami! Very detailed profiles! Just edited my own character profile post. Not as detailed as Kami's but hopefully it's good enough! |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 12:05 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
I like detail :p Your bios are good too though! Did you come up with Cryen Payne? |
Author: | Pierre [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 1:08 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Hold up LC, you're playing AND GMing? |
Author: | Lhancat [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:23 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
That was the plan, yes! Kami: I did! Won't be seeing him her since he's in jail, but hopefully I can show him off later once my fangame starts development! |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
So who's in charge of knowing anything about the mystery? |
Author: | Lhancat [ Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:30 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
The mystery won't be known by anyone at first. As the others find evidence and murders, things will become more clear. If that's not the point of the question then I apologize. ^^;; |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:26 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
If no-one knows the mystery, how do we find evidence towards it? Like, if we don't know that the murder really happened in the pantry, how does anyone know that there's blood to be found there? There needs to be at least one person who knows these things so that they can inform the others what happens when they try a luminol test in each room, say. |
Author: | Pierre [ Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:27 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
But you'll know the murderer, villain and when all the powers are used throughout the game? |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Thu Sep 22, 2016 2:12 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Yeah, that. Basically, the GM normally handles all that sort of thing while being outside of the story, due to knowing all the behind-the-scenes stuff. If the GM knows what they need to do to control the story, then they can't participate as they know all the mysteries already. If the GM participates and doesn't know about the mysteries, then there's no-one who has the knowledge required to advance the story. |
Author: | General Luigi [ Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:21 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
I don't know if I'd say that the GM can't participate in such a scenario. Rather, they just need to exercise a great deal of restraint and let the players figure things out for themselves. Ideally, the GMPCs are there to nudge everyone in the right direction if the players have spent enough time demonstrating that they have no idea what to do. It's a delicate balancing game, but one that can be played well. |
Author: | Pierre [ Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:26 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
General Luigi wrote: I don't know if I'd say that the GM can't participate in such a scenario. Rather, they just need to exercise a great deal of restraint and let the players figure things out for themselves. Ideally, the GMPCs are there to nudge everyone in the right direction if the players have spent enough time demonstrating that they have no idea what to do. It's a delicate balancing game, but one that can be played well. Yeah but General that sounds like a description of GM-controlled NPCs rather than PCs. NPCs serve as Guideposts but PCs are fully involved. |
Author: | General Luigi [ Fri Sep 23, 2016 2:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
It is certainly true that GMPCs are supposed to be more involved in the main story, but as with NPCs, they are supposed to at most share the spotlight with the other PCs. Admittedly, I don't have any experience controlling a GMPC in a mystery RP, nor have I been in a mystery RP with GMPCs before. As such, I can only hypothesize based on what experience I do have and what advice I've taken from others. On a different note, I have a character to submit. Spoiler: Lana Hunter (née Skye) |
Author: | Lhancat [ Fri Sep 23, 2016 4:57 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
As already stated, I have no intention of giving my characters an unfair advantage. They're very underdeveloped as they are, since they're actually OC's in a fangame I'm developing. I figured an RP like this would help be get them developed a little bit and help me get their personalities and characteristics sorted. The only thing I even know is the villain. Everything else is already stated in character profiles. I'm not asking people to tell me their next move or what power they're going to use against who. That's all on you guys. I'm merely going to be in contact with the villain about the sort of evidence to leave behind and where, combined with the occasional NPC nudging to guide the story along. My characters will not know who the villain is, they're only going to be the "first" people to find the first piece of evidence. Apart from that, they're going to just as clueless as everyone else. I'm not even giving them special powers, considering the style of the RP. *I say first but realistically, everyone finds a different piece of evidence at the same time as them in a different place. This is just for my opening post to kick things off. On another note, how do we go about transport? My characters drive but most AA characters walk everywhere. |
Author: | Pierre [ Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:02 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Or cycle everywhere. I trust the General's opinion on the matter so if he says it's fine I'm willing to give it a shot. By the way General is Alexander Hunter sneaky self-insert :P |
Author: | KamiPanda [ Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:28 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mystery in Japanifornia Sign Ups/OOC |
Oh, so Lana is his waifu I'm fine with it working this way, but it's good to sort things out. If the GM knows all the evidence so that they can announce when people find it, that means they have to know all of the hidden evidence as well, the stuff you're not supposed to find unless you figure something out. Then there are the witnesses. The GM has to know all that they know, even when the witness doesn't want to reveal it. On the point of powers, if someone secretly wants to use a power on a witness to reveal further information, the GM has to know that so that they can say what information gets revealed - in other words, they have to know even the secret things a witness is hiding. Finally, there's the villain. By the sounds of it, they're working behind the scenes rather than walking around with us. However, if it ever comes down to having a list of suspects that we need to choose from, the GM will know already which one it is. All three of these things technically give the GM an 'advantage' if they participate, as they can use that information to guide their characters' actions, even if they're only doing it subconsciously. Like I said, I'm still fine with that, but it's still a thing that needs to be considered. For transport, Aoban can drive a motorbike, and Akayu can ride with him. That doesn't leave room for anyone else though, unfortunately. |
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