Pleasure Kingdoms OOC/Casting Call

[Jacobo_Curious]

Hahaha. ^_^

Sheesh... the IC is more than 100 posts above the OOC, and we haven't even fought our first troll yet. Goodness knows how many posts we'll have by the time we finish our subquest. ^_^

 

[The GrandMage]

Hopefully a bunch.

*worries for the group.*

You'll all probably end up falling into the lake, never to be seen again,......

*sighs*

 

[NyghtRayne]

We need to try to keep everyone out of that lake.. Don't want to change in there... and what ever this powerful spell is..I don't want to find out....

 

[SwampThing]

Welcome back JC!

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

Hey there, ST. Kevin continues to make me laugh. ^_^

"Or... a loaf of sourdough bread!"

Ohh dear. I just finished reading VBabe's last post, though... Hotaru thinking that Zarl was only interested in Shizura... I wonder if Zarl will even be able to comprehend that question? At the least it will make him nervous. "Well, sure I like her. What does that have to do with me hitting on you?"

So many women, so little time... ^_^

 

[The GrandMage]

Since no one told me what to do next, I ran with what I had.

I can edit, if need be.

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

I think it's VBabe's call.

In fact, VBabe, why don't you tell us what you're planning?

Sometimes its nice, as players, to be left a bit in the dark -- but it doesn't seem like Hotaru is really giving any definite orders...

 

[The GrandMage]

And you fell a full-grown tree in one swing, and then chop it up. In a matter of minutes.

I'm sorry.

This has lost all sense of realism. It's just out there, now. I'm going to have to quit.

In real life, you can't just make a raft in like an hour from nothing. And I thought we had low-level characters? You can't just cut down a tree in one swing and be low-level.

Hell, most high level characters shouldn't be able to.

I offered to edit my post if it really went against someone's plans, but no one said a word. So, you guys do whatever you all want to, I just can't write in such a complex environment where reality and just doing whatever you feel like overlap. I can't write that kind of thing. It's too complex to keep track of what you can do versus what you can't.

 

[NyghtRayne]

And you fell a full-grown tree in one swing, and then chop it up.

I'm sorry.

This has lost all sense of realism. It's just out there, now. I'm going to have to quit.

In real life, you can't just make a raft in like an hour from nothing. And I thought we had low-level characters? You can't just cut down a tree in one swing and be low-level.

Hell, most high level characters shouldn't be able to.

Ok Start of Rant....you are warned, this has just put a end to a shitty weekend and now... for my 2 to 50 cents. (PS...see JC I can make longer posts.... )

Ok true GM, but don't you think for the sake of moving things along.. something needs to be done? Nothing has been posted pretty much all weekend and trust me I know as I have been checking.

And even though we are trying to get somewhere quickly... what's the rush as we're not really getting anywhere.

And the point on realism...um this is a RP story... there are lots of non realistic things happening in it. Sorry if it is getting alittle out there in some points, but I have been RPing long enough in life (and yes I realise that sounds sad) to know shit has to happen either realistically or not to get a story moving...

We could just stand around and let Zarl lead us on, but you can't seem to let him decide on being part of the party or not. He's been offered to opportunity enough.. so he's a monster and Raen hates him, but that's bound to happen, the others have helped him out mostly and have been kind of friendly.

Don't let my rant make you stay because you're leaving is your choice. I personally like your character, but it's hard to keep a story moving especially in this format. I am new to Message Board playing, and don't want to sound like a bitch. But that's just how my weekend has went and this just triggered me. I apologize if I tick anyone off... but we all have a right to our opinions. And that was mine.....

 

[The GrandMage]

Of course Zarl was having trouble deciding. HELLO! He's deciding whether to join a group that will attack him in one post, and offer help in another.

Wouldn't you be a little worried about people who might kill you or might help you, depending on mood?

And as for moving along, If she really wanted us to cross the lake, I offered to edit my post, we could have all gone across it if it was really that freakin' important. Just because it has to move along doesn't mean that you should be entitled to do whatever you want.

While it is important to move a story along, it's better to set up consistency and a little bit of realism to hold the story together. Because, if you can cut down a whole tree in one swing, what stops you from cutting a whole person in one swing?

What? Armor? That's really powerful armor to stop a swing that could slice down a whole tree.

Realism is important because it keeps characters from being godly. Yes, there's magic, and that's not realistic, but it has limits, doen't it? That adds realism by setting up boundries to which something can go. Just because something isn'y fully real doesn't mean it doesn't carry realism. Look at Zarl, he shouldn't be able to do what he can with his wings, there isn't enough muscle mass to support it. But I added limits, and he wears them out easilly, that's adding realism.

I've been RPing most of my life as well, and I know that if you get too far out of realism, things stop making sense. What's the point of playing if every character can do everything? It's not fun. And where's the fun in writing a story where a low-level monster can kill you, but you can decimate most of a forest in an hour??

It creates promblems. Complexities. And that's what I can't write. It's too unrealistic. It's a double-standard. You can do this powerful thing, but not that other thing which would take about the same strength. Why? Because then the thread's no fun. It's the same as having your characters strength change with every problem it encounters. It makes no sense.

Of course, I say this again: All of you can do whatever you want. It's not my thread. I just can't participate if we're going in that direction. The rest of you can continue and have tons of fun. That's your choice.

And this is my choice. And my opinion. And you shouldn't let it influence any of you.

 

[NyghtRayne]

Ok I agree with that... but when posts are very slow it get's vvveeerrrryyyy boring. I understand realism is needed to make things playable.. I apologize for coming off and bitching..

Let's see what the tohers decide before making this into a battle for the likes of little kids. Lord knows I don't have the energy..

Maybe, Vbabe... could possibly edit to make it take more time or let the others talk her into going around... I don't know.

But stand stills in a story suck...hence my fondness of set times and Chatroom RPing. more gets done..

Ok I am out of argue mode and not going to rant anymore.. if it gets worked out other ways I hope you decide to stay GM.

 

[The GrandMage]

Ok I agree with that... but when posts are very slow it get's vvveeerrrryyyy boring. I understand realism is needed to make things playable.. I apologize for coming off and bitching..

Maybe, Vbabe... could possibly edit to make it take more time or let the others talk her into going around... I don't know.

Or I could go back and edit my post, and we could just continue across the bridge. The others only posted as seeing me come back. I could come back and say it looks safe enough.

My post is still open to be changed. We shouldn't overlook that possibility.

....And it gets boring if posts are slow only if you care more about speed than a good story, which really goes against the Message Board forum, which allows people to post when they can. The story continues on and everybody can participate.

If you get too far into speed, other might just not care enough to keep up, which is worse than it being boring for a few days. (Trust me, I've been in threads where it falls to about two people who post. After a while, you don't care anymore. It's not as fun without enough characters playing.)

And it's good to rant and bitch a few times. Let's others know what your thinking, and how to make the story good for you. That way everybody should have fun.

 

[NyghtRayne]

Then edit..if it would mean keeping you around, then good. And we can see what happens from there...

 

[The GrandMage]

Then edit..if it would mean keeping you around, then good. And we can see what happens from there...

Well, I'll wait to hear from the others before I edit.

It's important to have feedback. Besides, maybe they want to keep this angle up, since a few will have to post before we can change the direction it's going at back.

 

[vbabe2001]

Um, I thought this was a rpg and not realism, I was trying to come up with a new idea to move the post right along.

But if its such a big deal, that I seem to be the cause off, I will just leave the story and let you guys decide from there.

This wasn't my story, it was JC's.. and I'm sorry but, i AM playing my character realistically because.. Hotaru' isn't the leader type.

So if its going to be an issue, I'll leave and let Zarl have his big thing with Shizura and Eeve, and be on my way.

When JC first requested it, she said she wanted a story more than sex and that it was going to be a long story. Its not moving very fast, and it seems to be because of me... so um, I'll shut up now and be on my way.

Oh And Um.. one more thing Zarl, what stops me from splitting someone in half with one swing? Roleplaying Etiqutte. (i know I spelt that wrong)

I have been rpging for a long time, I know how to roleplay.. it was a TREE. A lifeless tree that Hotaru cut down to move the rpg right along.. doesn't mean I'm going to turn around and cut Zarl in half does it?

Oh and while we are talking realism... is it realistic that your character is some kind of monster that changes skin color? Or someone who can fly, etc.. etc... so seriously, stop getting on my case.

 

[Darkenternal]

i would like to join if possible

hi, i am just fresh on the assembly line if you know what i mean, and would like to join if thats possible, and i have thought of a character to play as as well

name:Lorren Scurgald
rave:Human
sex:male
he would be a healer/fighter type

he has light blue robes with a white/golden trim, he has a great big 2 handed Maul he uses as his weapon, seeing as he semi well built, and has some light healing spells as well as protective spells

but i am going to start him off with out remember who he is, and slightly knows of his abilities, but not really able to use thim

and if also could people try and help me also improve on being a role player, i do need a little help on that part to, and i am looking forward to seeing how i do otherwise 'smiles'

 

[SwampThing]

Okay, in the spirit of totally non-confrontational peace-making . . .

Guys, guys, please don't fight. We've got a great thing going here. Vbabe, I don't want to speak for GrandMage (but I'm going to anyway), but I think what he's talking about isn't so much "realism" (as, obviously, a lot of what's going on in te story isn't realistic. It's a magical fantasy adventure), as consistency and balance.

I don't think he's worried about you attacking other PCs, hopefully we all know beter than to kill a PC without permission. But what about NPC monsters, like the Trolls or Hotaru's mysterious archer/riddler? If she (or any of us) can chop shit up so fast, what's to stop them from doing that to the bad guys, and preventing us from having a challenging fight. And Hotaru in particular is not supposed to be that competant a fighter (as I remember from your concept)

Of course, I believe Shard cut down a tree with one swipe in one of his early posts, and is catching arrows aimed at other people coming out of nowhere. I myself am claiming that Kevin's beast form is strong enough to jump across a lake carrying 4 people and a unicorn. What I'm saying is, Vbabe wasn't doing anything we haven't been doing all along.

I'm sorry this lake-bridge challenge took up so much time and arguing. It was really a cool challenge idea, we all handled it badly. Now that we have a way past it, let's just go with it and keep the story moving. I appreciate that that's what Vbabe was trying to do with the raft idea.

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Darkenternal, you've come to the right place. We're not usually like this. It's a great, fun, sexy thread. Although, if Vbabe is sticking around (and I hope she does), I think we've got too many healers. Getting hurt isn't going to mean very much if half of the party has magical healing.

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

Um, I thought this was a rpg and not realism, I was trying to come up with a new idea to move the post right along.

But if its such a big deal, that I seem to be the cause off, I will just leave the story and let you guys decide from there.

This wasn't my story, it was JC's.. and I'm sorry but, i AM playing my character realistically because.. Hotaru' isn't the leader type.

So if its going to be an issue, I'll leave and let Zarl have his big thing with Shizura and Eeve, and be on my way.

When JC first requested it, she said she wanted a story more than sex and that it was going to be a long story. Its not moving very fast, and it seems to be because of me... so um, I'll shut up now and be on my way.

Oh And Um.. one more thing Zarl, what stops me from splitting someone in half with one swing? Roleplaying Etiqutte. (i know I spelt that wrong)

I have been rpging for a long time, I know how to roleplay.. it was a TREE. A lifeless tree that Hotaru cut down to move the rpg right along.. doesn't mean I'm going to turn around and cut Zarl in half does it?

Oh and while we are talking realism... is it realistic that your character is some kind of monster that changes skin color? Or someone who can fly, etc.. etc... so seriously, stop getting on my case.

DarkEternal, you might want to hold up a bit. I think we have a few issues to deal with before we let anyone else in.

(Man, I take a break to play Xenosaga and this is what happens? Let's see if I can figure this out. ^_^)

Let me figure this out.

I'm not against you in the slightest, VBabe, but I think you missed his point, honey. If you can chop down a tree, you can chop a monster in half. "Roleplaying etiquette" isn't exactly a good reason not to. If your character had that kind of power, she'd do that. Otherwise, it wouldn't make any sense. GM isn't afraid of you killing Zarl with that power -- he's afraid of you doing unrealistic things for a low-level character against monsters that are supposed to be challenges, or rather, NOT doing it when you seem to have the capability.

Speaking of which, for the record: "realism" does not, in the slightest, mean "resembling the realities of Earth." It means following certain set laws of the universe. We happen to have changed those laws. We have monsters and we have magic. Zarl's skin can change and he can have wings. He also has certain impairments that aren't exactly realistic... at least I hope not.

But what wouldn't be "realistic" is for Hotaru to be able, as GM said, to have the amount of strength to chop down a tree but not the amount of strength to cleave a monster in half. That wouldn't make any sense. We don't want Hotaru cleaving monsters in half, and we don't want double-standards. It doesn't matter than you as the PLAYER wouldn't chop a monster in half just like that -- it's still a double-standard in the game world. It's still a big question mark.

This isn't an attack on your abilities as a roleplayer or anything like that, so please try not to take offense by what I'm saying... and please don't leave.

It seems you want to get this scenet over with, but -- you were the one that set this up, right? I'm still not sure what to have Shizura do because I don't want to ruin any plans you might have -- which is why I'm not just taking charge. Do you know what you want to do with this? Like, did you have a plan about a certain way we would cross the lake or what would happen if we didn't? Cuz right now, VBabe, you are basically the GM for this scenario of the lake thingy. You brought us here. I'm not sure what reactions there will be. So if you want US, as the players (and thus as the characters) to take a direct action, you might want to tell us over this OOC if you have anything planned, so we don't mess it up. ^_^

Look, please, nobody run off and leave or something. You can if you want, but I thought this was pretty fun -- and we've barely started. We haven't even fought a battle yet! Come on.

And NyghtRayne, have patience. Personally, I far, FAR prefer quality to speed. But that's why I'm here.

So VBabe, my personal suggestion is you edit your post and we can come up with something else. OR, if none of us (as the players) can think of anything, Zarl can edit his post and we can just have ourselves get across the bridge.

And let's try to make sure that nothing that happens in the story makes us angry or irritated in real life, okay? It's just writing on a forum on Literotica.com. Let's not take this so seriously. It's hard enough getting interested in stuff that happens in the real world. ^_^

 

[SwampThing]

Incidently, if anyone here wants a more serious, less sexual, contemporary super-hero RP, check out "Loa Blood" in the ORP Forum. We need some more characters, and I'd love to have anyone from "Pleasure Kingdoms".

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

Of course, I believe Shard cut down a tree with one swipe in one of his early posts, and is catching arrows aimed at other people coming out of nowhere. I myself am claiming that Kevin's beast form is strong enough to jump across a lake carrying 4 people and a unicorn. What I'm saying is, Vbabe wasn't doing anything we haven't been doing all along.

Whoa. I missed that stuff.

I thought Shard "caught" the arrow by getting impaled by it, though? Or was he bleeding because of something else. I was gone for a week. ^_^

And hey, Kevin wouldn't actually know how strong his beast form is, right? So he could SAY that stuff. And Kevin's beast form has limitations. Like, he can't really focus on an enemy target...

At any rate, I think cutting down a tree and building a raft so quickly is not such a good solution... maybe, GM, you should just edit your post and we can all roleplaying getting the crap scared out of us by stumbling across. ^_^

 

[Jacobo_Curious]

(horray for three posts in a row)

Er, hmm. There seem to be a lot of posts piled up. I'm not sure if we'll be able to destructure well enough to move back in time that far, now that I think about it more.

Does anybody have any suggestions? Besides leaving the thread or letting people hack down trees? ^_^

 

[amon_darknight]

have no clue to what to do, just along for the ride and if it decides to kick me off somewhere than so be it. but that is all for time to decide

 

[Darkenternal]

'does his big puppy sad puppy dog look' aaaaaawwwwwww ok, i can wait and am sorry that problems are occering

well, as far as the healign part goes, i will drop that to make it better for the story then if that is better? and make him just a bit more on the fighting part, and i guess i will have to change his appearance just a little 'lol' will have to get back to you on that

if anyone has sugjestions, please by all means, tell me, am open for help, cos i know i need it!! 'lol'

 

[SwampThing]

Okay, we could still back up to when Zarl crosses the bridge (or when Shizura crosses the bridge), make it tense, everybody crosses, we figure out how to change Logan just in time. When the last person crosses the bridge collapses, and Zarl or Eeve swoop in to save them. All the stuff about the raft could be deleted pretty easily.

Or . . . we could still just walk around.

Or . . . deus ex machina anyone? A mysterious ferryman appears, fairies help us out, the gods/elemental spirits themselves intervene, etc. (this one should be written by Jacobo, so it fits in with her world)

Or . . . Eeve flies us across one at a time. It's all over in one post.

 

[NyghtRayne]

Wow.... I go to bed and everyone shows up... well I guess that's what I get for being on the east coast and unable to stay up all night.

Well Darketernal...it seems we might just about be over this little bump in the road.

I hope so...

And JC I know quality and speed can go together, *Smiles* but I will try to be patient, even though it is not a strong point of mine...I guess I got used to everyone posting so fast the first few days and all and being left behind to catch up every morning, and I also do realize other people do have lives where at this point in time I seem not to.... which sux pretty much but oh well that's another story for another time.

Maybe what we need since Lethe and his character Raen...um have probably hit spring break or something and he's not here to get this raft building thing helped along with his abilities...maybe the characters can think it's taking alot longer than the 15 minutes... and give up and decide walking would be better. Just an idea..