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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 23, 2019 18:49:07 GMT -5
This could go in the Survivors thread, but they don't really have a planning section, plus I haven't read Survivors/this is my own kind of dog pack idea, so... Anyway,
I have an idea for a dog based rp, and there's still a lot undecided, so if anyone wants to help me come up with ideas, feel free!
It would take place in a small town, where there are dogs belonging to people as well as strays and wild dogs. Pet dogs still have daytime packs/groups, while strays live with their packs. I'm thinking there could be two main packs, based on different ideals. In the height of an influx of rabies, many dogs (lead by the beliefs of a leader) believe that the violent behavior induced by the disease is nature's call back for them to return to the wild, and believe that dogs are meant to be wild and avoid humans - others believe that it is okay for dogs and humans to live together, love their humans, and even think it is a part of the advancement of their species. Rabies spreads and the conflict heightens, especially when humans get involved.
The slightly biased part of me is considering making this a Discord rp, but if anyone is interested and wants to rp on the forums, I'm completely down for that too!
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Post by Meep on Mar 24, 2019 11:10:02 GMT -5
Hello I'm interested in the rp idea.The rabies part remind me of the movie Isle of dogs. Where the dogs end of getting abandoned by their owners onto a island. It could actually work though as the dogs who are kicked out of their homes can form one group. While the strays could form another group so they could be divided by differences in class.
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 24, 2019 16:58:24 GMT -5
Hello I'm interested in the rp idea.The rabies part remind me of the movie Isle of dogs. Where the dogs end of getting abandoned by their owners onto a island. It could actually work though as the dogs who are kicked out of their homes can form one group. While the strays could form another group so they could be divided by differences in class. Yeah, that's a great idea! And you're right, now that you mention it, it does sound similar to Isle of Dogs. x) So they could be living on the outskirts of town and fighting among each other, especially if the newly formed group of kicked out dogs end up taking some territory from the strays themselves.
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 24, 2019 17:00:16 GMT -5
Awesome! I've really been itching to make a good group with this idea
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Post by Meep on Mar 24, 2019 17:11:29 GMT -5
Same if there's anything that needs done I'm down to help.Is there any roles that need to be established other than the the leaders?
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 24, 2019 17:35:16 GMT -5
I still need to figure out a town and territory layout and maybe make a map, so if you have any ideas for that I'm open to hear it. x) Once we have that figured out, one of you guys could write territory descriptions if you wanted.
I was also playing around with group culture ideas, so any ideas are welcome! I was thinking that the packs could use different rank names. Maybe based on mafia or military rank names? I do like the idea of leaders being called "boss". In terms of naming, I was thinking the pack that leans toward their wild roots could use a Warriors-type naming system with prefixes and suffixes, while dogs that didn't want to leave their homes use their human-given names.
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Post by Meep on Mar 24, 2019 20:32:21 GMT -5
I was thinking of country states I don't know why though. More along the lines of like Kansas or Texas because they have small towns with rural areas.Even though I suck at maps maybe the town has farmland. Where the abandoned pet dogs end up as they are so used to the sheltered life.They prefer to hang around spots that are closer to humans,like junkyards and barns. While the strays have preference to stick to woodland hunting wildlife.
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 24, 2019 20:40:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I love that idea! I could probably draw up something based on that. x) There could be an old farmhouse that the abandoned pets camp at, and that can border a forest. The farmlands could have prey like mice, chickens, and rabbits whereas the forest has squirrels, raccoons, even deer that dogs hunt.
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Post by Meep on Mar 24, 2019 20:49:52 GMT -5
Okay good 👍.Now for the ranks I'll leave that up to you but the mafia one sounds good unless you are going to do a mixture of the both military/mafia.
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 24, 2019 21:07:46 GMT -5
I might do a mixture, but I'll see based on how the mafia rank names sound first. x)
I feel like the packs probably wouldn't have a "medicine dog" necessarily, but maybe there would be a rank of a dog who generally looks out for their packmate's health, they just aren't as familiar with herb use? The one made of strays could probably have a more advanced knowledge of plants to eat for health, but the abandoned pets are pretty much relying on their pre-existing vaccinations.
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 24, 2019 21:13:01 GMT -5
Okay, so if we follow the mafia rank names, leaders would be boss, second-in-commands would be the underboss, and then under those are soldiers. There is also soldier heads that work for the underboss called caporigimes, so if we wanted to use those they could essentially be patrol leaders that lead out the boss and underboss' orders with the soldiers. Training pups would be associates.
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Post by Meep on Mar 24, 2019 21:21:09 GMT -5
Overlooking it if you did the military ranking the dogs could be promoted or demoted based on accomplishments. Mafia you could do the same though. I do agree with the strays having basic knowledge of herbs it's the most logic. It wouldn't be a medicine dog but,moreover a shaman title could work.
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 24, 2019 21:35:59 GMT -5
Ooo true, I really like that idea! Maybe the mafia rank system can be used for the strays, and the pets use military ranks. The strays could be more tightly set in who has their positions, whereas with the military rankings, there is a lot of change based on accomplishments for the pets like you said.
So for the strays, their rankings could go as follows: Boss (Leader) Underboss (Second-in-command) Capos (Patrol leads) Soldiers Associates (Apprentices) Shaman
And for the pets, their rankings could be: General (Leader) Colonel (Second-in-command) Captains (Patrol leads) Soldiers Recruits (Apprentices)
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Post by Meep on Mar 24, 2019 21:50:29 GMT -5
Yesss we are looking good the ranks are fine.Sidenote important roles should go to people who are going to be active to prevent the rp from dying. Anything else you are missing or need help on ?
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 24, 2019 21:54:31 GMT -5
Yeah, for sure. I think I'm good for now, I'm gonna work on making a front page and its information, and I'll see if I need anything from there! Thank you!
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Post by Meep on Mar 24, 2019 21:58:30 GMT -5
Alright no problem. It was fun brain storming !
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 25, 2019 18:58:01 GMT -5
If you guys want to reserve one of the higher ranks, let me know! I'm probably gonna claim boss of the strays, and then one of the higher ranks with the pets, but other than that, they're open. x)
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Post by Meep on Mar 25, 2019 19:34:09 GMT -5
I think I'll take general for the pets if that's fine.
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 25, 2019 19:41:56 GMT -5
Yeah, absolutely!! Voidastral
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Post by Voidastral on Mar 25, 2019 19:55:34 GMT -5
oo I'm so ready for thissss
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 25, 2019 19:59:06 GMT -5
YEET
OOO you’ve done light map drawings before right? If I give a territory description, would you be willing to make a map? :3
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Post by Voidastral on Mar 25, 2019 19:59:57 GMT -5
I know the dogs that have owners or are okay with humans probably go to the vet but what about the other group : ?
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 25, 2019 20:06:23 GMT -5
You mean like with regards to the rabies/sickness conflict?
I was thinking after the stray’s boss’ push to believe the sickness is natural is booted out, they could start taking measures to actually avoid getting it and maybe their shaman could even seek out a cure. Alternatively, while they wouldn’t leave the wild, humans could ultimately give them a vaccination and release them again.
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Post by Voidastral on Mar 25, 2019 20:41:46 GMT -5
ok! Ye. Also idk what i wanna claim ahh either an underboss or shaman ?? or the colonel ahh
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 25, 2019 21:31:15 GMT -5
You could have shaman in the wild gang and colonel in pet gang if u wanted the best of both worlds 😎
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Post by Voidastral on Mar 25, 2019 21:43:32 GMT -5
oooo Im big tempted but i want others to have a chance too
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Post by 👻videocassette👻 on Mar 25, 2019 21:57:27 GMT -5
Yeah, true... Well, you got time to decide while I make the front page stuff!
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Post by Voidastral on Mar 25, 2019 22:31:45 GMT -5
mhm!!! I thinkk I'm do the underbosss
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