You join in the fun.

The story so far is that a group of people were in the Chorrol tavern in town, and our characters met there. Kogobal(Jack's character) is an Altmer scholar looking to follow up on the rumors on a god or gods showing up in Skyrim, so he seeks to go there. Alvara, a female Dunmer healer, also seeks to go there to put her abilities to good use and also follow Kobogal on his journey.

Meanwhile, in the tavern, Vaultren(my character) is assaulted by an evil Thalmor assassin responsible for many deaths of innocent people. Vaultren is a wanted man by the Thalmor and former agent of the Penulus Oculatus. He defends himself and kills the woman and leaves the tavern. Kogobal, Celdryn(A crazy Breton bard) and Alvara continue their path and come across Vaultren and go onto Skyrim, though their relationships is shaky. In the Jerall Mountains, they rest in a cave the former Imperial tribune came across.

So...I guess people stopped posting in the cave. Maybe you can meet us there or write up about your character being in the cave when we arrive, as we are currently exploring it. Though I warn you, everyone abandoned the thread.

Ah okay, is it worth joining you reckon?

No. Because we lack Rpers. Best place where there are reliable members that can RP is the official Bethesda forums!

Visit us in the official Bethesda forums, Illydoor!

Well, its over. That's all I can say about that. For my absence, I offer my apologies, for what its worth. Again. But RL. What can you do when things go super hectic? It was fun while it lasted though. :l

So . . .Celdryn magically transformed into a werewolf, huh? I knew I should of edited my post and not update the chapter. It would of left the entire thread unvisited and dead with the original ending I had in mind.

LOL, yeah. That's the only way I could think of Celdryn escaping, really You're an eeeevil right busterd for doing that, btw. I liked it. As for the plannedending, well... haha, I guess I just like being a thunderbolt!

I'm very very very very very inclined to start RPing again in Chorrol. I thought about joining the OfFor to RP there, because seriously. There are tons of fun RPers out there and they're reliable. To post. To keep their thing alive.

But I keep going back to Chorrol because the people here are nice and laidback. The rules here are reasonable, the Mods more so. None of that tight leash when telling something results in you getting flamed or worse.

So how about it guys? Will we try again?

I would be interested, but if we start doing a new one, I'd suggest we get someone to act as the Game Master; the last one suffered due to a lack of direction and storytelling cohesion, with some people moving it forwards and some others too hesitant to do anything for annoying other players (I'll confess I was in the latter category).

If we have something laying out plotline and situations, however, that problem is avoided and the RP would probably benefit from having a more definite sense of direction.

I agree. Someone controlling the flow and actually direct us to our goal, even while giving out twists and turns to sweeten the plot, would be a welcome change indeed from all the usual lets band together boys! situations. Take a look at my dead RP Shards of a Broken Empire. I exerted a little control over there, not so much that I railroad the RPers but just nudge them softly. Played with several ideas there too. Without a doubt, my greatest RP session yet.

So yes. I agree that we need GM to shepherd the plot.

I have another idea too.

Opposite teams. As in the antagonists played by RPers. In my opinion, that adds much much more drama and competitive fun to the whole thing, and players would more inclined to stay and RP, scheming on how to overthrow the hero team, rather than just go with the flow.

I don't know how this would mesh with the GM thing though. What are your thoughts, Colonel?

Eh, I'm not so sure about that. I'll admit that I've never done anything like that before, but if there's a GM already providing antagonistic forces then a designated enemy group who appear from day one may not quite work. I'm not certain, though.

Think about it this way. The antagonists are the 'enemy bosses'. Some of their decisions could and would alter and affect the storyline in the whole; but ultimately, they answer to the GM, and the GM would decide if he'll allow it to happen. Sure, he could generate the general baddies, but the Antagonists are something else entirely..

But if that doesn't work out in your logic, then let's stick with the GM-only scenario. Its always better to try the old and tested rather than the new and unknown anyway.

Assuming of course we won't be the only ones who'll RP.

Buffy and I could be quite interested in trying our hand at RP. We’ve never done it before, but I can be pretty reliable, know how to write and we’d be happy to follow the direction of those with more experience in this arena.

As you probably know, Buffy’s nurturing and stealthy nature makes her a fine ‘support’ character as healer and/or scout. She’s also both gregarious and talkative. We can be pretty flexible in where, when and how, within Tamriel, a scenario takes place and unfolds.

Acadian! This is... quite the honor! To have an esteemed writer such as yourself join us... a tremendous honor, if I repeat myself again!

RPing, in my opinion, is quite easy. You'd get the hang of it soon enough. Its exciting and utterly fun. Like writing, its main goal is to enjoy those two!

Uleni, you humble me with your warm welcome. I'm sure it will take some adjustment to write in third person - but an adjustment that I would like to make. I will also have to get used to walking a 'fiction' update from inception through editing to posting within hours instead of months, lol. I do look forward to learning and participating!

Ooh, a new victim volunteer!

Good to have you here, Acadian. You should probably enjoy RPing, it's good fun.

Joys of the RPs, friend. Those are the joys of the RP!

EDIT: We posted at the same time, Colonel! Didn't see it until now really!

So, uhh, yeah. The three of us are willing and/or interested RPing. Kinda like DnD size, but that's alright. You guys still up for it?

I'm still up for trying it. I played Baldur's Gate II for years and am pretty comfortable in a smallish DnD type adventuring party. As long as it's a medieval fantasy setting, I'm happy.

I'd still be happy to, certainly. It might be a good idea, once we've got an idea for an RP worked out, to start up a separate discussion thread for it as well as the RP. It might get some other people noticing there's a new one starting up, too, and potentially a few more people.

Good idea there, Colonel. Lets start debating then.

OK. Lets start with the basics. First off, the setting. I'm quite fine wherever, but ultimately I'd prefer Skyrim or Cyrodiil. Its easy to visualize both, and we're all familiar with them. But like I said, I'm fine with wherever.

The timeline. Quite important, IMO. It dictates the surroundings and the political climate and whatnot. Would it be The Crisis or would it be Alduin's Reawakening? If we're going to go with the whole GM thing, I'm leaning towards the latter. Its easy for a GM to just spam the party with sudden dragons or... THE THALMOR! Dun dun duuuun! But those are just the encounters. We'd have to deal with ongoing political tension in the air too. That sort of thing.

Then... the plot. Weeeellll... I DO have quite a few unused RP plotlines stashed somewhere in my files, and I'll search for 'em later, but I can't guarantee anything epic.



My two cents. What about you guys? Any ideas?

I'm not too bothered either way, but I'm leaning towards Cyrodiil myself, maybe in a post-Crisis setting; if we get more people on board then we've got a setting that they're more likely to be familiar with, and I'd just quite like to kick about Cyrodiil again in any case.

The last RP died, sadly. I saw it coming. I don't think I'll bring Draken/Vaultren around for this one. His guts were hated. But I would love to return with new characters depending on the timeline, though.

I'm pleased to hear we're talking a TES backdrop. I'd adore a post OB crisis Cyridiil, but am very flexible and willing to teleport Buffy across province borders and/or into different eras of TES history or future.

Ahh, Darkness. Glad to see you here. I implore you to bring Vaultren back. He's a magnificent b@stard.

OK, so popular demand .. demands Cyrodiil. That's cool. Makes things easier infact. I've been searching around, yeah, for the unused RP plots and I came around this gem (atleast for me). Its set in Cyrodiil and concerns the mystery of Sutch. Or rather, the disappearance of the city of Sutch. A bit AU-ish, since y'know, there is no city of Sutch but only ruins, but I've always been intrigued and humoured some ideas.

Another one is this, although its set in the Second Era and concerns the War of Righteousness and the dissolution of the Alessian Order. Admittedly, this is still in the works (mainly the timeline, since we don't know anything about the War) and I had ideas about making it a FanFic.



Yeah. My two plots. How about you guys? Any ideas?

A city being destroyed or simply disappearing could make for a very interesting premise for an RP, and that one's got my vote. Plus I'm thinking of a rogue-type character for this, and he'd probably work best in a primarily urban setting.

And DE is here too! Excellent, more folks!

Uleni, both scenarios sound good to me, but I'll join Mustard in leaning toward the Sutch one. And nice that DE may join us!

Oook. Didn't expect the Sutch plot to garner such votes! OK then, unless there'd be a sudden rush of new members and overrule the current voting, it'll be Sutch. You guys still wanna wait for members, or should I or somebody else make the RP sign-up thread? Oh, and we're still going with this GM thing, yes?

I reckon now would be a good time to start the sign-up/character/discussion thread. I'll go fire it up now, in fact.

Come to think of it, seeing as we're working out this setting, we may want to get at least an outline of what Sutch is going to be like if you have got one already, Uleni. The basic layout, who the count is, what important buildings/people there are there, any political situations there, that sort of thing.

And I'm assuming that the GM thing is still happening, yes.