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| 26 Feb 2015 05:29 PM |
Welp, I've changed a whole lot about the idea of the RP. The basic premise is the same, but the plot is different. Actually, this is closer to my original plot.
Spirit Creatures are beings from another world that are sent from their to our world randomly at the birth of a child. Spirit Creatures can be almost anything, even dragons, as long as it is a vertebrate creature. (It has a backbone.)
10 years ago, the Emperor Kaulmars died saving the world from an ancient cult. This cult, known as the Shaded Souls, worshiped an ancient breed of evil spirits called the Shadows. The Shadows, summoned by the Shaded Souls, almost overrun the capital city of the kingdom, Candean. In his final moments, Kaulmars killed the cult's leader, a man named Bokor, and ended the attack. However, now, ten years later, the government still has no Emperor, and we are ruled by a rather inactive council of whiny politicians, who never seem to be able to pass any law.
This would be mostly a free roam RP, but there would be a bit of story to it. Guns would be allowed, but they are expensive. Also, guns are a new technology in this RP and not a very efficient one at that, so they are very expensive and a bit faulty. Swords, however, have been the focus of magical engineering and technology for a very long time, so they may have magical abilities that allow for long-range attacks.
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| 26 Feb 2015 09:39 PM |
I don't understand how a blade can hit someone far away, unless if you're usain bolt on steriods and shouldn't there be a black maeket for selling firearms there's a black market for everything, you know it also irks me firearms are only for those of prestige and you make it sound like they're pointless with the stupid magic thing just my two cents |
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| 26 Feb 2015 09:40 PM |
"Also, guns are a new technology in this RP and not a very efficient one at that, so they are very expensive and a bit faulty."
I will be very surprise if this doesn't provoke Rock, especially with your twos' feud. |
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| 26 Feb 2015 09:43 PM |
| Rock, go look at my other interest check. I scratched that part of the idea. But guns are still pretty expensive, in this RP. |
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| 26 Feb 2015 09:55 PM |
But still, even then, you make firearms seem unappetizing to your audience. You make swords more appealing by adding "well you see magic". What's the point if you're going to include firearms and not have them readily available? Or make them unappetizing by adding that swords can do the same and are readily available? |
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| 26 Feb 2015 10:39 PM |
raaahck
staaaahp
stahp with the gun fetish
not everything has to be a gun
unless it's rwby |
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| 26 Feb 2015 10:46 PM |
What? I am simply pointing out flaws. It's like saying you can have a vanillia creme cake but there are chocolate cream cakes. That. Taste. Better.
If he's going to include firearms, he may as well give them equality as swords, because what's the point if it's impossible for someone to get their hands on it? And seem less desirable? |
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| 26 Feb 2015 10:59 PM |
/フフ /フフ) / ノ) ∧__∧ ) ヽ / | (´・ω・`)ノ⌒( / ノ⌒7⌒ヽーく \ / 丶_ ノ 0 ノ、 0 |/ `ヽ `ー-‘_人`ーノ 丶  ̄ _人’彡 |
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| 27 Feb 2015 07:28 AM |
Rock, in this RP, weapons would be secondary to how your character works with their Spirit Creature.
Rock, Slack is right. You have a gun fetish. Now, I realize that your trying to get out of that, but you need to learn that when people say NO to something, it usually means NO. The reason people get annoyed with you is that you A. get annoyed when people don't want guns in a roleplay, and B. You don't seem to understand No.
And if you want people to like you, you need to understand that there are somethings people just WONT ALLOW to have happen on their RPs. And for me, typically, my Fantasy RPs don't have any real place for guns.
Now, your going to hate me for this, but I'm going to use an anime opening and ending for this. And you don't have to like it, but you should respect it.
And they are in english. I don't care if you don't like english versions of songs, but I'm doing it for the people who don't want to listen to Japanese.
I, for one, do not care what language I'm listening to, as long as it's lyrics have good meaning.
Opening 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65XPRVSsNbA Ending 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2EogFoqHtY
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| 27 Feb 2015 08:09 AM |
| Or you could have no lyrics at all |
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| 27 Feb 2015 08:22 AM |
This isn't fair. You're putting swords above firearms, so why not just get rid of firearms If You're going to make swords better than all firearms. I don't have a gun fetish, contrary to popular belief. This is simply giving my opinions, which you should actually think about it.
Stop it, all of you. Stop painting me as a firearm n.azi. This is simply my opinion, and I don't think mega's playing fair here. |
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| 27 Feb 2015 09:42 AM |
| Would you rather him remove firearms entirely? |
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| 27 Feb 2015 09:56 AM |
| Rock, not to be rude, but I think Mega included the fact that guns were hard to get simply as a detail for the setting. It makes it seem more set in the fantasy genre, opposed to a more modern and realistic setting. I know you take a liking to guns, but just because Mega included one small detail that wasn't exactly in the favor of firearms doesn't mean that he or anybody else is biased against them. Another fact is that he's probably not even trying to make them look unappealing; he's just stating a truth the characters will have to abide by. |
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| 27 Feb 2015 10:07 AM |
Other ranged weapons like bows and crossbows were favored until the firepower and range of muzzle-loaded firearms exceeded the disadvantage of not being able to fire as fast, this can be rectified by making other ranged weapons and magic more powerful, instead of giving close-quarter-combat weaponry ranged capability. In most cases though, it was probably more economical to build several rifles equipped with bayonets, rather than several swords because you still had the close-quarters-capability while being able to deal decisive blows to enemy infantry from range. Crossbowmen and archers did not exactly have this same capability and were vulnerable to attack by general infantry. Yes, guns were expensive, but swords were even more expensive. The solution is to not nerf the firearm, but to exemplify the sword's close quarters capability while augmenting it with some blocking capability to allow an agile swordsman to help close the distance, this also means augmenting traditional ranged weapons. Even in close quarters, the options of a rifleman is limited, they lose that one shot if they miss, and their bayonet probably won't do much good with someone wielding an axe right in front of them.
There's no real point in removing firearms at all because they will undeniably be the undoing of fighting in close quarters. (But there's also the option of integrating the gun into the sword.) |
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| 27 Feb 2015 03:36 PM |
Hmm... I think that I'll integrate the gun into the sword.
However, these swords use magic crystals as ammo, and the weapon has two modes. One mode is the sword, the other is the gun. Magic crystals are very hard to find, so ammo would be expensive unless you can find Crystal deposits. Also, the gun sword itself is hard to create too, so characters will have to either have crafted the gun part into the weapon themselves, or buy them at a high price. When the gun form is not activated, the weapon looks like a normal sword.
There, we have guns. But the ammo is hard to find and is expensive, so your characters can use it, but it is still limited.
Remember, again, this RP will be more about your character and your spirit creature's ability together, rather than just one of the two's fighting skills.
Preferably, magic would be used more than weapons, because when a spirit creature and a spell caster cast their spells together, it is much more powerful. |
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| 27 Feb 2015 04:26 PM |
But I really would prefer to keep firearms out all together, now. It's better not to include them in any form when you know that people will get enraged over just one detail.
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| 27 Feb 2015 04:30 PM |
| Whatever. Integrating a firearm and a sword just sounds weird and tacky. |
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| 27 Feb 2015 04:35 PM |
| Good. I'm taking guns out all together, then. |
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| 27 Feb 2015 04:41 PM |
I said it was tacky and rather strange. If you actually looked at a diagram of the internal composition of a firearm, you'd understand why I'd write something like I did. |
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| 27 Feb 2015 04:42 PM |
I'm still taking it out...
FYI, tell the difference between this:
Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Punctuation saves lives. |
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| 27 Feb 2015 04:46 PM |
| I can skirt around the gun restrictions by utilizing a combination of existing traditional weapons and magic to achieve equivalent or greater firepower than that of a regular gun, at least in theory. |
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