General RP Idea Thread

[Kura]

Aug 25, 2014 22:40:50 GMT clef said:

I also had this idea where pokemon are dangerous and battling and training is illegal but there's this underground battling league the characters challenge to try and prove that pokemon can be great allies or something. Every single pokemon would be capable of killing humans so people are terrified of everything. Like if there is a cloud of hoppip flying overhead everyone puts on gas masks so they don't breathe in toxic PoisonPowder spores.

This idea, I like it.    

[clef]

I was also thinking that it's after a cataclysmic event where it's not the apocalypse but most cities are in ruins and a lot of towns are primitive with some advanced technology but really poor conditions. Almost like the hunger games. Pokeballs are very hard to come by since they are no longer in mass production and most are too old or damaged to work so people craft them out of apricorns and stolen machine parts. To start off you'd have to capture some kind of really small pokemon that you can hide easily and go from there.
Pokemon like Audino and Chansey aren't dangerous, but they fall prey to vicious pokemon and are very timid and run from humans.
Maybe battles would start in the beginning as two people putting their tiny pokemon on a table and they fight with their instincts, but as you get smarter pokemon and move up in the league battles slowly evolve into what they are in the anime. From two spinarak jabbing each other to death to your ariados vs a tauros to training your ariados how to spin webs on command and to spit poison on command.

[Kura]

Aug 25, 2014 23:15:40 GMT clef said:

I was also thinking that it's after a cataclysmic event where it's not the apocalypse but most cities are in ruins and a lot of towns are primitive with some advanced technology but really poor conditions. Almost like the hunger games. Pokeballs are very hard to come by since they are no longer in mass production and most are too old or damaged to work so people craft them out of apricorns and stolen machine parts. To start off you'd have to capture some kind of really small pokemon that you can hide easily and go from there.
Pokemon like Audino and Chansey aren't dangerous, but they fall prey to vicious pokemon and are very timid and run from humans.
Maybe battles would start in the beginning as two people putting their tiny pokemon on a table and they fight with their instincts, but as you get smarter pokemon and move up in the league battles slowly evolve into what they are in the anime. From two spinarak jabbing each other to death to your ariados vs a tauros to training your ariados how to spin webs on command and to spit poison on command.

This seems like it would be really interesting~ Especially so if we could being PG-13 (this may be only in my sick mind). Hell, I can already imagine the Ghost- and Psychic-types in this world. Oh, and what if the battles were held in the Pokémon Centres, and though they could still try to heal your Pokémon, it would be more or less like a real life vet: if the damage is too bad, your Pokémon might be lost.

The reach of this world building is seriously amazing. I can already imagine all kinds of situations, from people being hospitalized because they're allergic to Beedrill and got stung, or gangs comprised of Hitmon trainers, Tauros rodeos (with people against them fighting for Tauros rights, of course)...I might be getting a little ahead of myself here, but this, specially in a dystopian future...yeah, great setting. Though I guess since Pokéballs don't exist, much of this won't be happening, but it's still interesting. I suppose the few that have stronger Pokémon will try to impose their dominance over the ones that don't?    

[clef]

Kura
I'm writing a story in the writing corner about this roleplay idea. I'm still open to roleplaying it but the story is what I'm using to build the world.

[mdf2711]

I actually enjoyed your earlier idea about RPing with Fakemon, Clef. Not that I don't like this idea, I enjoyed the story so far immensely, but the earlier idea really stuck with me. Have you ever seen the Fakemon of Watertrainer? Look him up on dA if not. He's a favorite of mine and I've been a fan since I was eleven though I must admit I'm no longer a part of the Solar Light Lunar Dark forums scene and game development anymore but I still adore his work. He isn't the best spriter in the world and some of his ideas are meh but they are pretty good and very fully developed into like three different regions at the moment. Check it out and tell me what you think~

[clef]

I haven't seen him but my favorite is LuisBrain. He has a really awesome realistic fakedex. The names need a bit of work but he is a spanish speaker trying to make good english names so I give him props.

[Mini]

Aug 25, 2014 20:14:51 GMT Wyndi said:

All right. Since mini finally watched Pacific Rim, I'm gonna go ahead and start making a thread for it! It will show up sometime this week.

YEAH I FINALLY DID THE THING


clef that makes the whole thing more fun anyways, getting pokemon that make sense during the journey and such. i have been toying with the idea of making a pokefusion rp for the longest time now, tbh. maybe i'll finally get off my butt and do it. 

[clef]

Mini
I really want to do a pokemon journey where there's no evil team or oncoming apocalypse but with fakemon as the whole "spicing it up a notch" factor.
Maybe using a fakedex and only the pokemon in that dex along with pre-existing pokemon would be a good idea.

[Wyndi]

clef I really like this fakemon idea and would be in favor of not having a Big Bad or Deep Dark Evil in the way! But I agree: journey RPs are a lot of commitment and work.

Kura "Being stung by Beedrill" - I'M CRYING BEEDRILL ARE THREE FEET TALL THEIR STING WOULD PROBABLY JUST OUTRIGHT KILL ME THREE FOOT TALL BEES.

[clef]

Wyndi
Well since there's not gonna be a GM or RNG the rp won't rely on any people unless you're in a conversation.
I really like the idea I'm just not sure how to do it.

[Wyndi]

Aug 26, 2014 3:47:46 GMT clef said:

Wyndi
Well since there's not gonna be a GM or RNG the rp won't rely on any people unless you're in a conversation. I'm gonna do some research and see if there are any people who would let me use their fakedex for a roleplay and then if people are interested we can vote on which one to use.

Ah, but there's still the worldbuilding aspect and the dedication to commiting long enough for more than just one or two places to be explored. Unless we just repurpose an existing region, I guess.

I hope you get permission, though! I would literally create an OC JUST to use Weelee. But that's a distant dream. lol

[clef]

I'm having trouble finding people who are easy to contact since a lot of the people with the best fakedexes tend to ignore people who ask to use them.

[Mini]

Hi yes let's revive this since we've been going back and forth about rp's and ideas on the activity thread to try and drum up some ideas for said activity returning to the board.

So far some ideas that have been discussed: journey rp, school rp, game of thrones rp.

Also throwing out a possible harry potter rp for those who have read the books at least? either post-potter or post battle at hogwarts.

Let's get back to brainstorming, folks! <3

[mdf2711]

Brainstorming yay! I did just start a new Kanto journey alongside drac, btw. It's going to be very simplistic, like requested, and will hopefully drum up some interest and membership soon~ As far as a HP roleplay goes, I've seen some very good ones and also some awful mistakes. It definitely depends on how you structure it. School ones tend to bore people for whatever reason, especially with classes (though the sitcom aspect without classes was already discussed and that might work). As far as post-Potter or post-BoH, what do you mean exactly? Are you referring to time period? Or aftermath with current characters/next-gen children?

[Wyndi]

I will try to join the new Kanto RP! My application will show up sometime between...now and the weekend. Any preferences for familiar faces?

re: Harry Potter RPs Post-Potter would be next-gen, so in the generation of the Golden Trio's children (pretty close to the setting for nitwit oddment, actually). Post-BoH would deal with the emotional and magical fallout from Voldemort's takeover of the school and the Battle of Hogwarts, focusing on the students who were forced to attend Hogwarts during that year. (I.e. all the stuff that Rowling glossed over....) There's a wonderful tumblr post that talks about how students would deal with the trauma from BoH (both immediately and for the rest of their lives) - I can dig it up if you want more ideas.