Okay!<br/><br/>IC Thread: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=256738.0<br/>Character Sheets/Setting Info: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=256432.0<br/><br/>So some notes before we get started:<br/><br/>-There was, in theory, a "plan" for the world, and by the premise, that's all completely fucked now. The plot has gone off the rails before you even get on the train, you're driving the caboose with a combination of rocket boosters and rainbows and fairy dust, and the track was eaten by a grue so you may want to learn how to dodge those pine trees.<br/><br/>Now, if I were more pretentious I'd talk about how that's an elaborate metaphor for your degree of agency in the worldstate (make no mistake I am super fucking pretentious but not quite that much), but instead I'll say it like this: You don't actually have to bother with the plot. If you as a group decide that, rather than gaining levels through quests and combat finalized by beating a big bad guy, you want to put him out of business through applied Manticore ranching (or just pay his stupid taxes and otherwise ignore him entirely because hey,<em>Manticore ranching</em>), I would do my best to accomodate that! (D&D isn't really set up for that, like, at all, but I'm sure we could figure out something!)<br/><br/>However, I'm pleased to see that you've crafted characters who are set up to care (or who don't care but are absolutely willing to get into trouble at the drop of a hat), because mostly that just makes my life and yours easier. There's not so much a plot as stuff happening, bad guys currently very busy taking over the world, goddesses of fate having violent spats with each other, tigons and ligers and bears oh my<br/><br/>-Similarly, the world is not some divine creation handed down from On High that I'm transcribing like some modern-day Mohammed (but with sex and dragons and beer wenches?). This is a collaborative exercise, and that includes the world surrounding your characters! Blank spaces are everywhere and if you want to fill them in, do! All I ask is that if it affects other PCs, that you pitch it in the OOC. Grab some advice, refine ideas, find out if someone's already got something that contradicts it, that sort of thing. (You may want to do this anyway.) You're here in part because I feel I can trust you with that sort of thing. (Patting myself on the back (remember, pretentious), I sneakily did this a bit when asking you to come up with the late Legendary Heroes of Destiny.)<br/><br/>-There will hopefully be some comedy, and occasional fluff and maybe smut and a fair spate of killing monstars. (A note on GM-related smut, so you are forewarned: there may sometimes be cockblocking (clitblocking?) for the sake of comedy, I hope it will all be in good fun. (Recently came across a Cyanide and Happiness that described my habits on E maybe more perfectly than I'd readily admit to: http://explosm.net/comics/4258 ) I don't really plan on things ever getting really<em>dark</em>... pretty much ever? I'm open to being surprised though if someone's got a really good idea, and the old "darkest hour" thing is a pretty well-worn but good trope to bust out.<br/><br/>-There are gonna be seven of you, which is sort of a lot, so some degree of self-direction and assertiveness is probably going to be important. Number one rule of RP is "do stuff," and with seven party members passivity can get you lost in the crowd. Be respectful of your fellows, and don't be afraid to ask people to wait if you need to catch up. Because you're worth it too (l'oreal!)