Post by The Stranger on Jul 26, 2012 20:12:09 GMT -5
The vision for this is a cyberpunk game with a streamlined, minimal-rules, character-driven, story-intensive experience.
So game mechanics should be pretty easy.
Character Creation:
My Name: This is your Character's name. It could be a real name, or a street name or alias, but it should be the name by which they view themselves.
My Concept: This is the general concept of your character, and should be expressed in just a handful of words. Something like "Drug-Addicted Hacker with a Heart of Gold" "Corporate Assassin with a Conscious" "Futuristic Cowgirl" or whatever.
My Cutting Edge: A weapon, piece of technology, advanced cyberware, nanotechnology or whatever. Make it sexy, sleek and state of the art, and something that speaks about who your character is. Good: full-auto dart-gun made of composite polymers loaded with a designer neuro-toxin which leaves victims paralyzed, monofiliment sword-cane with jade-handle shaped like a dragon, Hacking-assist artificial intelligence named "Bert" with a mind of its own. Something like that.
My Calling Card: Something that makes your character stand out, and recognizable, which they are never without, and which makes them who they are. Faded Fedora Hat, Mirrored Contact Lenses, Flaming Red Mohawk, Surgically Implanted Cat-Ears, whatever. It should be something readily visible, and should ideally speak to something about who the character is, not just what they look like.
My Dark Secret: Everybody has one. This is yours.
My Appearance: Should include both a "general" appearance (height, weight, hair, eyes, etc.) plus general stylistic notes. The Cyberpunk genre tends to play on increasingly atomizing social sub-groups (Hence the Punk part) so play into that with your description. Is he a teleevangelist with a Pompadour and a white suit, or a cosmetically altered "troll" who literally lives under a bridge? You can include any gear and other equipment which would be readily visible to others, and creates the image you want.
My Mortal Weakness: Not literally, but the place where you are most exposed. can be a physical thing, an emotional flaw, a technological bug, whatever you want, as long as you have one.
My History: Write as much as you would like, but I will require that you include at least THREE plot devices in your history. These should be key elements you want me as the admin to grab onto as we tell their story. Just bold the item you want me to focus on. so it might be something like kid sister he adores, trouble with the Triads, and A deal gone bad.. Tell as much history as you want, but make sure to include at least three things I can use. Note that no character should be from Undercity, the city described in The Setting. Everyone will be a relatively recent arrival, so keep that in mind with your background.
So game mechanics should be pretty easy.
Character Creation:
My Name: This is your Character's name. It could be a real name, or a street name or alias, but it should be the name by which they view themselves.
My Concept: This is the general concept of your character, and should be expressed in just a handful of words. Something like "Drug-Addicted Hacker with a Heart of Gold" "Corporate Assassin with a Conscious" "Futuristic Cowgirl" or whatever.
My Cutting Edge: A weapon, piece of technology, advanced cyberware, nanotechnology or whatever. Make it sexy, sleek and state of the art, and something that speaks about who your character is. Good: full-auto dart-gun made of composite polymers loaded with a designer neuro-toxin which leaves victims paralyzed, monofiliment sword-cane with jade-handle shaped like a dragon, Hacking-assist artificial intelligence named "Bert" with a mind of its own. Something like that.
My Calling Card: Something that makes your character stand out, and recognizable, which they are never without, and which makes them who they are. Faded Fedora Hat, Mirrored Contact Lenses, Flaming Red Mohawk, Surgically Implanted Cat-Ears, whatever. It should be something readily visible, and should ideally speak to something about who the character is, not just what they look like.
My Dark Secret: Everybody has one. This is yours.
My Appearance: Should include both a "general" appearance (height, weight, hair, eyes, etc.) plus general stylistic notes. The Cyberpunk genre tends to play on increasingly atomizing social sub-groups (Hence the Punk part) so play into that with your description. Is he a teleevangelist with a Pompadour and a white suit, or a cosmetically altered "troll" who literally lives under a bridge? You can include any gear and other equipment which would be readily visible to others, and creates the image you want.
My Mortal Weakness: Not literally, but the place where you are most exposed. can be a physical thing, an emotional flaw, a technological bug, whatever you want, as long as you have one.
My History: Write as much as you would like, but I will require that you include at least THREE plot devices in your history. These should be key elements you want me as the admin to grab onto as we tell their story. Just bold the item you want me to focus on. so it might be something like kid sister he adores, trouble with the Triads, and A deal gone bad.. Tell as much history as you want, but make sure to include at least three things I can use. Note that no character should be from Undercity, the city described in The Setting. Everyone will be a relatively recent arrival, so keep that in mind with your background.
Hope you all are well and happy.