OOC

Blurring the line between games and life can be confusing... Let's keep OOC chat & comments meant for outside the Roleplay here in this Thread, please.

Thanks for the invite. I’ll look over things and start working on my character tomorrow morning.

No real rush, I've got some stuff to still load in but it never hurts to have a look around!

I'm usually around here or in Discord, so feel free to drop a message in here or the Other_Systems channel in Discord if you have questions.

Hello, thanks for the invite!

Okay. So we've got 3-4 players. That's plenty enough to get going.

In the way if introductions, since I haven't had the opportunity to play with any of you yet, I might as well highlight some things about myself. Feel free to do so yourself, if you're so inclined...

I've been playing RPGs since the early 80s, starting out with the OG D&D Red Box...so I'm old . I've got a pretty eclectic taste in RPG genres and pop culture in general. I work in healthcare and keep pretty odd hours so I'll be on GamersPlane and DISCORD at all hours of the day or night. Reaching me shouldn't be too hard if you have comments or questions. I'm very pleased you all decided to join this game!

Speaking of the game... I'm still loading in a lot of the Character Class information so that'll be posting while we're discussing things. There should be enough information up to get a taste of what a particular Class is like/about while I'm tediously typing everything in.

This game uses the basics of the Fabula Ultima engine and expands on it a bit for more complexity. Fabula is a great system, fun & breezy, but I felt like it needed more embellishment to fit the style of game I intend to run.

The conceit of the game is this:
Real world players mysteriously thrust into the lives (and bodies) of their characters in a world that eerily resembles the game world of the MMO they had been playing the day of the new Expansion release.
Combat will inevitably be part of the game but the real meat of things will be exploring what it means to be thrust into this new world and the repercussions of living such a weird existence where video game/MMO logic exists in a seemingly physical world.

SO. Fabula Ultima relies on the GM and Players developing a world together. That seems to be a game killer in PbP so I've done most of the world design and once you get a good feel for the place and want you add some things I'm all ears!

At this point, if anyone would like to throw some character ideas around (for their 'real world player' or the MMO character they now inhabit) we can get started on getting the ball rolling. Play something you feel like you'd have fun playing and roleplaying!

I'm going to play a human, but I'm not sure what class yet. I'll probably let everybody else choose first before I fill in the gap in the party.

I will play a Fox Tail, full slider to fox. So I expect some glitches? As a real world counterpart, my character was a miniature painter before the apocalypse. IRL I am hooked on Warframe MMO, and I love playing the Nidus warframe which is a healer/tank, so I guess I should go for a cleric? First idea was to make a monk. Personally I do not like the streamlining of roles in a party, it creates more dynamic environment when ie. there is no support class or a heavy tank, but whatever you people want. :D

IRL I have access to internet due to my job's nature so I can read (at least) what occurs any time of the day. Do we have a discord? Lately I collect discord channels like pokemon.

Just play what you want to play... Don't feel constrained by what you think you should play. The Class guides are kind of half written from the standpoint of an in-game perspective.

As far as Discord goes, I was planning on using the GamersPlane DISCORD under the 'other_systems' channel to consolidate things over there. I check the GP DISCORD pretty regularly.

I think I might play as a Ritian Sorcerer

I'm interested in playing either a guardian or a pirate. As for the race, I'm leaning towards Catfolk, so the character can look like a harmless cat but is actually tanky and reliable? :D The player may have a pet cat IRL that they really love. I'm not sure what job they have IRL yet though.

Oh, I forgot to mention... I'm tweaking the GamersPlane Fabula Ultima character sheet to fit this game. When I'm done fiddling with it, I'll post it and there should be a button at the top you can press to help generate a character sheet.

Til then we can kind of spitball what you'd like to play, look over what's added to the Classes, ask question if you have any & whatnot.

All those character options sound very fun! I'll prioritize getting the Classes you all mentioned up before loading in the others. Also, don't feel locked into your choices if another idea strikes you or you see something intriguing come up in another Class as I enter them. Things are fluid til we start play.

I've updated a couple of Classes and constructed a Character Sheet for the game. It can be found in the Character Creation Thread.

I should have all the Classes in by Monday. We can get to it then and open up the RP Thread!

For the Character Name part, do we put our character's in-game username or their actual name? Or both?

So, we put here public our character sheet?

I'd say put the character's name. The one you'd see if it were still an MMO.
You can, if you want. It's not necessary, though. You can just create & submit a character sheet to the game so you can Post As your character.

Most of you are fairly new to GamersPlane so if you need a few pointers on how to do stuff on here, just ask. Operating the site isn't difficult but can take some getting used to for a bit & knowing where to look for things.

Qralloq, one of our GP members made a few good YouTube guides to navigating the site. The link to the videos should be on the main page. Also, DISCORD is great for getting answers really quickly!

Should we wait until all the skills are updated on Monday before we submit our character sheets?

I'm putting them in now. A bit left to go yet, unfortunately.

You'll be able to alter the character sheet after you submit it so I'd say go ahead and fill in what you can and add in the rest later.