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Post by Brownie on Jun 2, 2023 0:45:44 GMT -5
hello yes hi I am putting out a call~ I've been interested in doing a little more worldbuilding for this particular fantasy Clan and I would love to open the world up (to a small group at least) in order to roleplay a plot in the setting! The Clan's details can be found here (wait a few seconds after you click and it'll scroll you directly to the correct post on the thread)-> PhantomClanIf seeing that massive chunk of worldbuilding intrigued you more than terrified you, you might be a good fit for this group. What I'm looking for: 2-3 other players (I don't want this to be very large, four people total is my soft cap for now) creative worldbuilders that enjoy fantasy settings (you have to be willing and able to add to the current setting and create history in the rp) advanced rp'ers (able to handle creating and managing multiple dynamic characters and plotlines, able to rp complex relationships with other PC's, able to write and keep up with 500-1k word replies when needed, able to have good grammar and descriptive narrative in character) semi-active (checking in a few times a week and at least one reply a week) be hyped about the setting (!) If that sounds like you, come on in~ If I haven't seen your rp before I might ask for a sample. I also may be quite selective with candidates; I really want this to be a long-term project and I want to make sure the group vibes with each other. There's only a limited number of slots and I can't fit everyone into this particular project (if there's overwhelming interest, I can set up another small group or smth; I don't want to like, limit this setting to only this small group)
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Post by Brownie on Jun 7, 2023 16:12:18 GMT -5
boop
How many glowing things deserve to be in the Dream? I think faintly glowing trees would be pretty cool.
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Post by Brownie on Jun 18, 2023 10:49:02 GMT -5
oof
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Post by Sand on Jun 19, 2023 4:04:23 GMT -5
I totally didn’t just stumble on this a few minutes ago. Nooope. I really like this idea though 👀 I’ve got to read about PhantomClan.
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Post by Brownie on Jun 19, 2023 10:46:20 GMT -5
:eyes:
Also during the course of this thread being up, two people voted on the poll then came back and cancelled their votes (or deleted their accounts, ig). never had that happen before.
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Post by Brownie on Jul 2, 2023 21:13:54 GMT -5
uwu month 2
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Post by Brownie on Jul 13, 2023 21:58:38 GMT -5
uwu it's a timeeeeee~~
If it's the small group that's scaring people off I'm open to making it a 1x1 and/or a collab story project if that's more to anyone's liking.
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Post by Brownie on Aug 5, 2023 11:42:04 GMT -5
One more bump. If I don't get any bites after this then I'll let it die until another time~
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Post by Haven on Aug 8, 2023 22:22:05 GMT -5
I'm interested!
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Post by Junospower on Aug 9, 2023 23:51:38 GMT -5
I’d be down
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Post by Brownie on Aug 11, 2023 21:28:46 GMT -5
Haven Junospower yooooo welcome welcome I hope you like the ghost cats =o like. I don't really know where to start? What parts caught your interest most and what would you guys like to work to explore?
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Post by Junospower on Aug 11, 2023 21:51:20 GMT -5
World lore was a delight to read. It was just straight up an interesting idea. Been itching to do a fantasy clan since the owner of the last one I was in is currently MIA.
Also just want to note that I may not be able to given multi-paragraphs or long prose every time, but I promise literacy and grammar lol.
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Post by Brownie on Aug 12, 2023 7:59:51 GMT -5
World lore was a delight to read. It was just straight up an interesting idea. Been itching to do a fantasy clan since the owner of the last one I was in is currently MIA. Also just want to note that I may not be able to given multi-paragraphs or long prose every time, but I promise literacy and grammar lol.is there any part you could see your characters wanting to interact with? I don't want to really think in big plotlines, but instead find a few "main characters" that each have specific goals or desires that can drive the rp; so if you have any ideas on a character that really, really wants something that fits with this world, let's try and find a place for that! and that's fine, though I may ask you to stretch a little and try and do more than a three sentence reply. I know a lot of the currently active rps are typical one dialogue line + one action + one emotion and that's fine, but this may require a little more than that at times, as well as the ability to make things happen on your own without someone else to push your character into simply being reactive. I'd also like people here to be comfy with the idea of characters disliking one another, or characters having opposing motivations and goals. The goal is to make a realistic, but character driven story with complex relationships between PCs (and NPCs), more like a collaborative storytelling with individual character arcs than a predetermined plotline with a journey of heroes working together like most rps tend to trend towards.
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Post by []̷ 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓽 []̷ on Aug 12, 2023 9:46:08 GMT -5
I’m not a advanced role-player but I’m willing to help make this idea a reality!
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Post by Brownie on Aug 12, 2023 11:14:41 GMT -5
I'm totally down to let another small group run a rp in this world with a more casual/short rp style if yall would like to pair up for that =o if that would be more comfy for you Juno & Mint e - This thread is kinda my comfort zone for reply depth/length and what I was hoping from the main group (more scroll to halfway down the page; the starters are longer as usual). Again, I'm totally willing & able to open this setting to other groups too! The whole point making this thread is to open this worldbuild to everyone to play with =o
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Post by Haven on Aug 12, 2023 13:10:07 GMT -5
Just so you know, I'm here just quiet since I'm on my phone. My keyboard is janky and tends to do weird errors that make longer responses frustrating, but I like doing larger posts.
I've never done a fantasy warriors rp, but I'm really interested.
Might I ask, what does Phantomclan protect the other cats from? Is it just dream creatures in general? I'd be interested in an example of the kind of defenses prey has in the dream.
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Post by Brownie on Aug 12, 2023 13:18:45 GMT -5
Just so you know, I'm here just quiet since I'm on my phone. My keyboard is janky and tends to do weird errors that make longer responses frustrating, but I like doing larger posts. I've never done a fantasy warriors rp, but I'm really interested. Might I ask, what does Phantomclan protect the other cats from? Is it just dream creatures in general? I'd be interested in an example of the kind of defenses prey has in the dream. oooof phone typing sucks I feel and uhhhhh I haven't really thought about that yet? That's really the part that I'm wanting to develop through the rp and why I'm opening this up to other people to explore uwu I really don't want to dictate the worldbuilding singlehandedly-- I would like to make a space where there's a little bit as a baseline, but all the players are free to fill the world with whatever rules and creatures and plots as they can imagine My question for you in terms of "where is this train headed?" is uhhh what kind of character's story would you like to explore within this world/premise? Who, in this world, would you want to make a main character? I don't have any preconceptions about what stories should be told, so please let me know what kind of character you would like to play and what their goals would be and we can make that happen.
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Post by Haven on Aug 12, 2023 13:50:13 GMT -5
I have worked up enough energy to pull out my laptop and wear my glasses because worldbuilding is my favorite thing. Sorry if I ramble, I'm posting as I think things up.
Well, I guess the main questions for people to answer might be:
-What is the purpose of these cats gaining these powers? What is the larger, overarching danger present if they didn't exist? -Is this something connected to Starclan/Dark Forest or a different entity altogether? -Should the more immediate danger be from the physical world (Rogues, other clans, etc) or the dream world? Both?
In my opinion, it might be interesting if nightmares come into play. Perhaps a creeping plague of sorts or a specific type of creature that can cause the ghosts to get stuck in a fearful state unless woken physically. This brings in a danger of them getting stuck until they can't leave the dreams whatsoever and makes running off on your own a danger in itself beyond what the other creatures bring.
Maybe Phantomclan's purpose is to keep clan cats in a clearheaded state. It could be that dreams have a tendency to corrupt certain cats or cloud their connection to Starclan. Pulling from my nightmare idea, maybe it is a creature or former cats who could be connected to the Dark Forest cats who are seeking to lead other cats astray through their dreams and fears, causing cats to become paranoid or defensive for threats that don't exist and using that fear to corrupt them.
This could bring an overarching danger and purpose to Phantomclan while also giving us ideas for a more current danger. Maybe one of the clans has been turned against Phantomclan, or just one powerful cat who has been twisted into the purpose of destroying them.
I kind of like the idea of a character who doesn't have the ability to dream within the clan, whose taken up a role as a protector for the clan. It's a lonely existence, but they do their best for their clan. I like tragic, sad characters. I also kind of like the idea of a cat from outside the clan who can naturally dream, leading to a lot of questions about why that is (maybe they're half clan) and causing an issue with there being an untrained cat just roaming the dream world.
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Post by Brownie on Aug 12, 2023 14:46:31 GMT -5
oooooooo those are all wonderful ideas =o
and please do feel free to lean into the more supernatural aspects of the dream-- having creatures that feed on sleeping cat's life forces or corrupt their dreams into nightmares (or even influence the negative aspects of their natures) is totally on the table!! it doesn't need to be like the canon Dark Forest at all either; the Dream could be an entire different system that is evil of its own nature
an Empty cat as a main character could be an awesome place to start. There's already the role of Speaker that by necessity can't be a Ghost, but other non-Ghost cats could exist, though they would certainly be outliers. And having a cat accedentally visiting the Dream in their dreams could also be an awesome niche to explore!!
I'm very tempted to make a Soul-- a cat that's entirely stuck in the Dream. Whether that's by choice or because their physical body died I haven't yet decided, but I think I want to explore that in this rp.
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Post by Junospower on Aug 12, 2023 21:20:19 GMT -5
PhantomClan being guardians of dreams is a concept I’ve never heard before and I love the idea so much! Totally on board so far
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Post by []̷ 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓽 []̷ on Aug 13, 2023 0:44:03 GMT -5
The ideas are so good! And you should totally add the Soul.
Maybe the Soul could pretend to be a good cat by saying how it was stuck there because of death, but it was actually banished to a endless void and then it created the Dream. And maybe once it absorbs enough energy then it can return to PhantomClan and murder everyone in revenge or something like that.
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Post by Brownie on Aug 13, 2023 12:19:20 GMT -5
The ideas are so good! And you should totally add the Soul. Maybe the Soul could pretend to be a good cat by saying how it was stuck there because of death, but it was actually banished to a endless void and then it created the Dream. And maybe once it absorbs enough energy then it can return to PhantomClan and murder everyone in revenge or something like that. So im gonna put this out there: i actually already have an entire "canon" for PhantomClans origins, timeline and ultimate demise. That's already completed. I am opening up this worldbuild for basically fan au: i would like yall to make groups of rp and explore what phantomclan is to you. I want to see the directions yall would take this concept. What plots would you make? What origins and purpose does the clan serve? Not in canon, but how your own characters drive the rp. This isnt really meant to be a group planning thread like many others in this sub, where the goal is to make a clan rp page. I would like people to use this basic concept to create their own wild adventures, make their own stories, with their own characters, to uniquely explore the premise with their own ideas and creativity. So yeah. Uh. All that to say: im not ignoring yalls input, but that kind of stuff should be explored as the rp progresses & between small groups, because each group will have a different canon and vibe. Thats the point of opening the worldbuild to branching au's tho uhhhh i guess i must not have made those goals clear in the main post?
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Post by []̷ 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓽 []̷ on Aug 14, 2023 0:04:11 GMT -5
The ideas are so good! And you should totally add the Soul. Maybe the Soul could pretend to be a good cat by saying how it was stuck there because of death, but it was actually banished to a endless void and then it created the Dream. And maybe once it absorbs enough energy then it can return to PhantomClan and murder everyone in revenge or something like that. So im gonna put this out there: i actually already have an entire "canon" for PhantomClans origins, timeline and ultimate demise. That's already completed. I am opening up this worldbuild for basically fan au: i would like yall to make groups of rp and explore what phantomclan is to you. I want to see the directions yall would take this concept. What plots would you make? What origins and purpose does the clan serve? Not in canon, but how your own characters drive the rp. This isnt really meant to be a group planning thread like many others in this sub, where the goal is to make a clan rp page. I would like people to use this basic concept to create their own wild adventures, make their own stories, with their own characters, to uniquely explore the premise with their own ideas and creativity. So yeah. Uh. All that to say: im not ignoring yalls input, but that kind of stuff should be explored as the rp progresses & between small groups, because each group will have a different canon and vibe. Thats the point of opening the worldbuild to branching au's tho uhhhh i guess i must not have made those goals clear in the main post? Oh it’s fine. Now we know!
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