Chevaleresse Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 EDIT: The signup thread is here: http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8820 Ask questions in this thread, and remember that you don't need to be a dragon. Therefore, we need to come up with an RP where people get to be dragons. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Players being Dragons? It would be cool, though It would be hard to find a real challenge for them lol. (also there will be Dragons in Graterras, they would just utterly murder all of you lol.) You got anything else to go on? Cause Be Dragons isn't really strong enough of a concept lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Ideally, we would see dragons throughout their lifespan, going by DnD standards. Everyone could RP individually through the younger stages of life, then we could have other roleplays going on in which the players serve as antagonists/patrons/etc. Just an idea. (And I really really want to RP a dragon.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Like starting in Whelp Stage? (I would reckon Youngling would be best since they can actually communicate.) p.s. not against it, just trying to think of something that would give the Dragons trouble. Being the ultimate Predator of most Role-playing worlds, Dragons don't have much to fear, so it is hard to do a good roleplay with them. (why you usually aren't allowed to lol, that and they are super op in DandD cause of the above reason). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeleton Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 dragons draogns dragons fragons dfragons im excited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhi Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 We can call it "How to Train You". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flux Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I don't know much about DnD, so I'm not sure how the life cycle goes based on that, but it sounds like a fun idea. If done well, I'd be interested. Also, dragons fear bigger dragons. and flying whale monsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snap Crackle Pop Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Heheh. I know nothing of DnD but I thought of a rp senario that people and dragons were close to one another. At a young age a person would meet their dragon and soon become inseparable. Perhaps there would be some sort of war of people vs people or people vs dragons. Sort of cliché though xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutoratosu Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 ^that's the summary of a certain job class i have planned for Project Sky Slayer... anyways, if giving the players an actual challenge would be an issue if they roleplayed dragons... we could always make it so that there's some type of predator that's higher up in the food chain (I.E. maybe certain humans who've trained in the art of wrym slaying/ wield bane type weapons...) maybe have them as an endangered species of sorts, highly intelligent but yet lacking in advancement compared to man due to something such as the dragon's less urgent need to adapt to new environments by building(Or making machines or tools) seeing as how they seem to be able to pretty much survive anything by just tweaking some bodily aspect of theirs in some way (Ex. Dragons that fly and Dragons that are semi-aquatic... look at the Monster Hunter series to get what I'm talking about...) I just wanna point out, the only way in hell I'd even get behind an RP based on dragons is if... well if it wasn't specifically restricted to Dragons, but included all types of Wryms (Ex. Wyverns and Drakes and such) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 DandD style aging is basically this. THere are 12 age categories of dragons In order from Youngest to oldest. Hatchling 0-5 years, Very Young 6-15 years, Young 16-25, Juvenile 26-50, Young Adult 51-100, Adult 101-200, Mature Adult 201-400, Old 401-600, Very Old 601-800, Venerable 801-1000, Wyrm 1001-1200, Great Wyrm, 1200+. All types of dragons are used in D and D. (especially Chinese and European style Dragon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flux Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 ^that's the summary of a certain job class i have planned for Project Sky Slayer... anyways, if giving the players an actual challenge would be an issue if they roleplayed dragons... we could always make it so that there's some type of predator that's higher up in the food chain (I.E. maybe certain humans who've trained in the art of wrym slaying/ wield bane type weapons...) maybe have them as an endangered species of sorts, highly intelligent but yet lacking in advancement compared to man due to something such as the dragon's less urgent need to adapt to new environments by building(Or making machines or tools) seeing as how they seem to be able to pretty much survive anything by just tweaking some bodily aspect of theirs in some way (Ex. Dragons that fly and Dragons that are semi-aquatic... look at the Monster Hunter series to get what I'm talking about...) I just wanna point out, the only way in hell I'd even get behind an RP based on dragons is if... well if it wasn't specifically restricted to Dragons, but included all types of Wryms (Ex. Wyverns and Drakes and such) First of all, Monster Hunter is awesome, nuff said. Secondly, if this did become an RP, I would love to play a wyvern. (as long as we treated them as similar strength to dragons, or close at least.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 All Dragons are treated similarly in DandD from what I recall. (Though Wyvern aren't treated as real ones from what I know.) but some Dragons are strnoger than others. Murdoc would we be using the types of Dragons that exist in D and D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 I think we could be pretty flexible, to the point of letting people come up with their own varieties, as long as they are reasonable (Wyverns, wyrms etc are OK too). When I say this, keep in mind that DnD 3e had gemstone dragons. I like the idea of dragons being endangered and having a clan of dragon riders (and dragon slayers.) Dragonslaying could also be something institutionalized a la Avatar, where the Fire Nation made a concerted attempt to eradicate them. Keep the ideas coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 P.S. the Gemstone Dragons have been around since 2nd Edition. I would know I DM'd it before lol. (They had Psyconics though......that isn't worth preserving though.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 I like psionics though. Only problem is that they overlap too much with magical magic. P.S. the Gemstone Dragons have been around since 2nd Edition. I would know I DM'd it before lol. (They had Psyconics though......that isn't worth preserving though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 That is why I say that. (their systems were extremely flawed in 2nd edition so they may have improved later on in the D and D generations. Might be a bit jaded due to that as well.) Bit yea Gemstone Dragons have been around since at least 2nd Edition. We want to be very literal with the rules of Chromatic = Evil Dragon, Gem = Neutral and Metal = Good? I can't see that working well for pcs, though it is how Dragons work. (Sorry I am a bit of a traditionalist, when it comes to D and D and this type of stuff. SO I hope your understand my skepticism) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 I say that any NPC dragons follow the general alignment rules (I'm a 4e native, they're looser,) but PCs are free to choose whichever alignment they want. Psionics in 4e work because each class is more specialized, and the system is overall simpler. Basically, instead of encounter powers, they get to power up at wills. . . uh. . . at will. . . by spending power points, which are regained at the same time encounter powers would normally be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 uh, what? Power Points were used for 2nd Edition, I have no idea what encounter powers are. Either way, I say we cut that for this, all dragons have Magic anyway, so not much of a point. (it was only Gem Dragons that could and they didn't have many of them. Besides I don't know if the rules for them translate well for a forum ip, there was too much rolling related stuff, like contesting scores etc.). I would like that their be a clan of people that work with the Dragon, and those that slay them it would make a dynamic that would be force along the story. Though would players be the Dragon Riders, or would those be NPCs controlled by the mod? Also would Free Lance parties be allowed? (like Dragons off on their own.) Remember Dragons are very isolated creatures, even those of the good variety don't like hanging with their own kinda very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 I don't see a problem with letting people play dragons, dragon riders, and dragon slayers in the same RP. People facing off against one another tends to work better than player vs. DM in these sorts of things, since it paces itself. Freelancers are guaranteed by the nature of dragons, so yeah. EDIT: Encounter powers are powers that you can use once every short rest. There are also at-will powers with no cooldown (useable every time you get the appropriate action/trigger) and dailies (self-explanatory.) EDIT2: We wouldn't be doing a play-by-post DnD thing, just a roleplay. Those things are borderline horrific to run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Oh no I know, I just want to know how close we are getting. (and good, I don't want that at all.) I am mostly not really wanting to keep track of all the crap that comes with the psiconics......Like all the defense modes and stuff, even in a more Free Form RP there are so many bloody nuances to how it works I just don't think it is worth it. And asking these questions before hand, cause someone needs to ask them lol. I have to play Devil's advocate a lot. SO what does everyone else think about the plot device? I think i have been talking a little too much lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevaleresse Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Psionics are very simple in 4e, the aforementioned power point thing is the only mechanical difference between, say, a psion and a wizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Yea sorry, second edition still stuck in my head. (Like that shit was complicated.) (and if it ins't much different than magic, I don't know why include it, other than some flavor , but I don't like too much fluff.) Either way I am willing to step back on it lol, if anyone else thinks it would be somehting good to include go ahead. I am in the camp of eh, whatevs right now so I am willing to let it fly if people don't mind it being there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flux Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I'm... really confused now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrop Valkyrie Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Just ignore us lol, it isn't really that important to the overall idea lol. (I am mainly trying to see how D and D he wants it to be, like if we are using the canon things from that.). But it doesn't much effect the RP other than some small flavour things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhi Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I'm... really confused now. Everyone's talking about DnD... And I'm just sitting here wanting to breathe fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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