Brainstorming/tips and tricks thread

[kamekaze77]

This thread is deveoted entirily to brainstorming and helping. If anyone has a question (i'm not saying I can answer it) post it here for a person who does know the answer to well....post an answer. Also- If you have a story for an rpg, post it, that is if you want it reviewed, and others will make suggestions hopefully. I hope this thread will eliminate the need for individual threads for only 1 question. Senior members, I am counting on you to answer peoples questions because I can't. But I do have a story for review.



You follow a boy named Kail. He lives in a village called Rakeiche. One day a man named Henry Duvall (last name taken from Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaus trilogy) stirs things up a bit in town. kail gets a job from Henry Duvall, to clean out a tunnel infested with giant ants. Arriving out of the tunnel, Kail and Henry find a village called Thirmopilies. A sinister syndicate called the Leigion has taken over the village. Kail and Mr.Duvall liberate the village, but in the process Duvall dies. Kail hurrys back up the tunnel back to Rakeiche
and finds HIS village being sacked by the leigion. Following this disaster, kail sets out to get revenge, to destroy what is now a rising empire. The leigion is taking over not only near Kails home. (This is where I am now) Discovering many towns have been demolished, a rebellion of the former democracy is rising against the leigion. Open warfare has devided the world into two empires: The Leigion and the Descoladians. I am planning to have kail In some way lead an army, but there are not enough charecter slots. any suggestions on your part would be helpful

Thanks, and I hope this thread is successful- Kamekaze

[kamekaze77]

Re: Brainstorming/tips and tricks thread

Oh and 1 more thing- I am planning to have henry duvall come back to life, and Kail discovers he is the HEAD of the leigion. Dramitic don't you think?

[Ryner]

Re: Brainstorming/tips and tricks thread

Why would the leader of an empire, travelling alone, join forces with a kid, and then liberate a town from his own empire?

[kamekaze77]

Re: Brainstorming/tips and tricks thread

Because the leigion wasn't an empire at that point of time. Their are other possibilitys. Maybe he joined forces with the leigion after that event happened? The story isn't set in stone, It can change.

[Arcturus]

Re: Brainstorming/tips and tricks thread

Sounds cool. While your story may not be the most original in the world, it's far from being generic or overused. You said that they were cleaning out a tunnel infested with giant ants. That sounds like one of those things where you had a different idea, but changed it because of the games limitations. What was your original idea? That is, if the giant ant thing wasn't your original idea. If it was, then that's ok, it's just sounded you had something else in mind, but changed it.

[kamekaze77]

Re: Brainstorming/tips and tricks thread

Sounds cool. While your story may not be the most original in the world, it's far from being generic or overused. You said that they were cleaning out a tunnel infested with giant ants. That sounds like one of those things where you had a different idea, but changed it because of the games limitations. What was your original idea? That is, if the giant ant thing wasn't your original idea. If it was, then that's ok, it's just sounded you had something else in mind, but changed it.

You are right. The games limitations continue to irk me. I had planned to have it infested with these weird burrowie things that well....burrowed, but aside from the sand worm (which is a huge monster) ants seemed the closest.
Thats why I was so delighted when pagerron came up with the underwater scheme. defying agetec one step at a time.

[Arcturus]

Re: Brainstorming/tips and tricks thread

Yea they can be a little irritating at times. Although I didn't have that much trouble with choosing the enemies because a lot of the fantasy creatures they have are similar to what I wanted. I mean, I used a spirit model for a guardian energy droid. That's quite the leap. I would suggest just using your imagination. Take things not for what they are, but for what they could be.