Nanowrimo stuff, Preparation etc

Yay, half an hour of free time .

I think I'm going to call mine 'The Chronicles of the Chronically Lost' because that's what really sums up an rpger in any rpg, or game.

And this tale's gonna be about a bunch of rpgers who end up stuck in my world after one of their members rolls a pair of magical dice.

I know, I know, save the groans. The thing's a jolly comedy, and there's no chance they'd get in my world in the first place.

To put things into perspective, the world is ostensibly going to be their GM's campaign world.

To flesh things out. They get stuck in their characters in game (otherwise they'd just end up as roadkill to a bunch of murderous pixies...) and their GM ends up as a god.

In my world, a god's power is based off of his believers, and thus, the entire plot will revolve around the characters trying to get enough followers to join their 'religion' and thus give their god/GM enough power to return them home.

I'm going to be aiming for a group of characters who are as realistic as I can get them, but it will also be a comedy, with romance, tragedy and lots and lots of bloody killing. Ok, that really depends, but you know what happens when you give a guy a sword and tell him he can kill stuff without incurring alignment penalties...

Considering what's currently creating itself in my mind, it's going to be a story that combines a loooot of different elements and genre styles. Sure, it's definitely going to be funny in quite a few places, but it's also going to be very dark, and the characters are... well, lets face it, a very interesting bunch of individuals.

A quick copy paste from my thread here:

GM - Jorsi, a quiet, stoic character. Quite open minded, but firm when necessary. A bit older then the rest, sitting at around 28, and the philosopher type. He's also very creative and can show a very eccentric side of himself on occasion. Build is kinda strong. You probably wouldn't want to take him in a fight. Norwegian origin. If anybody knows Norwegian, or Scandinavian, around here, your input would be greatly appreciated throughout the writing process, as I'd like to get the linguistic tendencies down pat.

Female 1 - Anja, Jorsi's ex-wife, who was estranged due to his neglecting their relationship. Spending more time in his own worlds, then the real one. She eventually just couldn't take it, and left. But then realised she couldn't live without him, and returns at the very start of the story. Them reclaiming their relationship will be one of the ongoing narratives in the story. And a point of quiet romance.

Female 2 - Unknown name, Role player gal. Never met one, so I have no idea how to play this one. If there are any lady roleplayers out there, feel free to give me some hints in that direction!

Female 3 - Female 2's girlfriend, Jock and general hardass. Sweet temperament underneath, but you'll likely get a kick in the balls if you ever see it or say anything about it. Sharp tongue and cutting demeanor, with a liking for the rough and ready. She can be the almost stereotypical action character. All for the fight and leaping without looking. However, this is too stereotyped, and as things play out, readers will begin to see a much more concerned, compassionate side to her. One that she hides. This character may very well be one of the more complicated ones out there, as things progress. And I'll have to spend a bit of time putting her together.

Male 1 - Phil, big red head. As round as he's tall, this beafy guy is your all round fantasy and writing nut. If there's a thing in movies, games or writing that's new. He probably knows about it, in depth. The font of all knowledge and general random trivia, it seems like he knows everything about anything. Combine that with a razor sharp mind and critical personality, he will be one of the antagonists of Female 3, and the local bluff/diplomacy/taunt character. He, ironically, plays a lich and wizard in game. And just for kicks, turns people into fluffy animals, as he's a pacifist at heart. He does not need a reason to commit such random acts, simply because 'He feels like it'.

Male 2 - The local rogue, and funlover. He's the type who'll run through the week on caffeine to complete his course, then throw all night parties for the heck of it. In love with Female 2, but doesn't let it out. plays a rogue in game, and a compulsive thief. It will be a recurring theme for him to steal things and have to give them back to the other characters. The girls call him, "Cute". And he has a pair of charming little dimples that he absolutely hates.

Male 3 - The roleplayer of the lot. The guy who actually role plays for real, and the one that others have a long suffering tendency towards. His sword is absolutely bloodthirsty, and he's a pansy at heart, while playing a healer of some sort. Rugged good looks and a charming smile get him a long way with the ladies, and a sweet disposition even further. But he'll likely faint at the sight of blood...


I'll take some time soonish to go in depth on each of the characters more than I've already done. Quite a few have already changed a bit from those brief concepts, and I've been chatting with quite a few people over pm, which has helped me immensely. Believe it or not, those people actually exist, I'm not kidding, a few changes to those characters above, and I'll be plagiarising a person whose already alive. Which is kinda cool.

More later. Check the thread and post a comment if you feel like it. Comments are good. I like comments.

What I need:

Help with mini quests and smaller plot lines. Anything you think would be cool to see, either probably exists, or can be made exist. It's not canon, so I can do almost anything.

So anything you think would be cool to see. Tell me!

Character details, while quite a few of the characters have been fleshed out, Jorsi, Anya, Phil, Pascal, and Female 2 and 3, the bard hasn't as well as a few others.

Have fun, take your time, and don't be surprised if I take silly suggestions seriously .

lol, I really should write out my plan for NaNo, I feel left out. Though this was kinda one of my ideas in a way, cept mine was gonna be get stuck in a comic book. Still, that means I should be able to help at least a little...

Though this'd belong better in ideas and advice than unclassified works...

stll, I like your characters, though someof them seem a little...used.

On the RPG girl, you said you don't want steriotypes, so why not just a normal girl? Not only certain people like RPs, and the girl in my RP group round here is the head of the popular girls, just too show an example.

Subplots, subplots...
On their way to accend their GM to godhood, one of the characters unearhts some info on why this happened, and tries to persue it without telling the others.
The group encounter another band from the real world (perhaps people they knew, or evil NPC's with the same apperance and names) that become the main antagonists/allies depending, and occasionaly you see their work.
One of the characters gets arrested and taken around half the world on a murder charge for killing an NPC.
The party find out that this world is real and linked to their world, and that the people controling the RPG world are acttualy evil and trying to convert the real world into part of their empire.
a tournemant of the gods when the GM becomes so powerful, when the other gods try to stop him.
the PC's stopping a war, by accident almost, that ends up with the affoentioned godhood
the action girl resembls the dead queen of a kingdom, and is taken to the palice and hypnotised to believe she is their ruler, so the other PCs have to go save her...from a pink flowery castle...

yeah, i was taking that seriously

Haha, some of those ideas made me laugh. They may or may not appear, I'm going to have to think very hard...

Buuut, I'd already planned on adding an evil antagonist to the story. Ostensibly the evil villain that Jorsi had created for the campaign. He's a murderously vicious lich with a thorough enjoyment of all things bloody. Kinda like Richard from Looking For Group. Which is awesome!

It'd be nice if they can stop the war that's raging when they appear, actually, that particular area in the timeline of my world is when the biggest baddest bad guy out there is breaking free from his prison and an aweful lot of nasty guys are running around.

As to why they get transported... well. Lets just say a bunch of roleplaying wizards got a little too carried away with interdimensional phasing and ended up in our world.

The gods idea sounds interesting though.... really interesting... but highly impractical, nevertheless, that'll be in the back of my head for some time, no doubt.

As to stereotypes. They're impossible to avoid. I could give you a fairly comprehensive list of almost every stereotype and inspiration in my world and in my rpgs, and stories. It's how one deals with them that's important, and even more is the acknowledgement of the stereotypes and the knowledge of their origins.

Normal girl? That's a stereotype too you know, probably originates from people not liking abnormal characters. What's normal anyway?

This thingo's in unclassified works coz I'm gonna be posting the story here too.

Of course, of all the characters in this rpg, Female 2 is probably going to be the most 'normal' of the lot.

Now I guess for a fleshing out of one of the characters (all subject to change without notice):

Pascal - 24. A highly chaotic person, and roguish in nature, he'll quite happily run on caffeine and sugar for a term during exams, then have an all night party boozing and celebrating afterwards.
He'll quite happily look before he leaps and dive into anything that looks remotely fun. His prime distinguishing feature during these periods of apparent stupidity is the ease with which he will pull off the stunt and enjoy himself while seemingly beyond any hope of return in a healthy condition. Kinda like the time he tried backflipping over a thorny bush while drunk. Nobody really knew what was going through his mind at the time, but he didn't have much left in terms of skin or clothing afterwards.

So far as looks are concerned, women call him 'cute', and he has a pair of dimples that he absolutely hates, but manage to get him all the ladies at a party, whether drunk or not. But then, the sort of people he hangs around with wouldn't be exactly called, 'intelligent'... most of the time. One does wonder how he tagged up with the quantum physicists...

Though he acts incredibly stupid a lot of the time, those who really know him know this is a facade that not only hides a genius that's off the records, but the common sense of a lemming. Though the latter is perhaps painfully obvious. Hiding in plain sight...

He has been known on occasion to show a rare shine of his mental acuity and maturity, but it's very rare really. I mean really, even moderately smart people can get into a heated debate over pros and cons of different networking forms and security coding systems.

He teaches various IT subjects as a tutor at the local university and researches various things that nobody is really sure about as a doctorate. He can be quite secretive about exactly how much he knows, and most don't realise his ability cover things up by acting.

He is very loyal to those he considers his true friends. These are friends who have passed his 'friendship test'. A private test he subjects to everyone he meets, without them realising it. The simple requirements being that they not only work out exactly how smart he is, but certain aspects of his character that he frequently hides in public. This is mainly because he makes friends easily, but the him, they are simply hanger ons, and not actually worth much.

This, of course, is all prior to the players being transported into my world. After which they inhabit the bodies of the characters they created originally.

Pascal, unfortunately for him, created a young woman named Elya. A young, Skrael (norsish race) woman to be exact. Which would put his character near 168 in world terms, as the Skrael live for somewhere between 700 and 1000 years. Hardy and strong warriors, he thought that combined with a woman character would be perfect for his tastes this time round. His tastes being getting into trouble, and then out of it. Since he'd already played through several campaigns of Jorsi's before, he knew the Jorsi was easier on female characters then male characters and that he could take advantage of certain female qualities in game.

Initially, Pascal goes into a state of severe shock upon realising he is a woman, and his already volatile nature will be subjected to massive mood swings and, well, lets just say things will get very hairy for him, very quickly. Men really aren't equipped to handle what women put up with regularly.
I want to make Pascal a character who, in a way, holds up a mirror to our own perceptions of gender and the difficulties each side faces in life. Along with a lot of other things. He will be a highly complex character, and probably the most difficult one I will write for a long, long time.

His character skills will be a combination of warrior and stealth abilities. The Skrael are a naturally warrior based race, and both their men and women fight, with different battle styles, but fight none the less. He will capitalise on this and expand it into the ability to hide in plain sight and get through almost any lock, pick any pocket and generally steal things. Kinda like the ninja of the party, but with less assassin tendencies, and more general thief tendencies.

As one of his major consistencies will be compulsive thievery, if it shines. He will steal it, or want to. I doubt there will be a single town or city he will walk into and not try to steal something. Much to the chagrin of his friends.

I have yet to decide whether or not he will pick a good looking female character, or otherwise. There are justifications for and against in this case, so it's really how I do the character. I've seen fantasies with ridiculous amounts of good looking characters (Wheel of Time... anyone) and ones without. Some of them do it well, Song of Ice and Fire, and some badly.

The aim is for realism, and I have found that that is where the truth of the matter lies. It's how real the characters feel to the reader.

For your information, while Elya is a warrior and a thief, she'd get her arse kicked but a lot of the Skrael, since when I say warrior race, I mean they're unnaturally good at killing stuff and fighting. The running joke in the world is that Skrael babies wrestle in the womb.

but wheel of time has to have everyone good lookin, their all the decendants of some super person or another [/sarcasm]

I like the changes to pascal, made me smile. Alot.

You just have to have one of the male characters falling for Pascal!

or the vilain...

Agreed that would be even better

I speak Scandinavian-pidgin.

On a more serious note, I know quite enough Scandinavians (*cough*Mads and friends*cough*) to always be able to find one of them online. Besides, I'm Dutch. We're practically Scandinavian.


Overall, sounds like a nice idea, although I'm not sure about the combination of realism, dark fiction and humour. Sure, they're good directions in this sort of fiction, but the combination kinda makes me go; "couldn't you just choose one direction?".

Huuurggh. Cannot. Do. Any. More. Level. Editing.

I figured it would be a good time to get some more character details down, since I don't think I can bring myself to continue making my unreal level, and I'm really really sick right now. Shivering, feverish, painful cough, feels like someone's jamming spikes into my head every time I move, not eating, and dizzy kinda sick.

Bugger, and I thought I'd missed the sicknesses for this year, and then get two in the space of a few weeks. Darn. Teaches me to talk too soon.

Ahhh well, my immune system is strong, and as long as I don't move too much I'm only shivering. It could be worse, I could be nauseous too.

I had some pretty wierd dreams last night, fever dreams are kinda funky, that and waking up after four hours sleep without feeling tired. I decided I was halucinating and went back to sleep.


Anyways. I digress.

HLY - Heh, I'm glad you liked the changes. They were modelled off of some discussions I had with people over at Nano. Though not completely, they just helped me clarify the details.

Guardian + HLY - Heh, characters falling for Pascal. That is actually a really awesome idea! Especially considering how one villian is an evil lich.

Ahhh, the awesome sort of comments I can get with that. "Oooh baby, I'm totally boned over you..."

And of course, Pascal won't let any guy near him/her with a ten foot pole.

TheAdmiral - Thanks, I may just take you up on that if I need translation stuff and whatnot.

As to the difficulty of the idea. You're right, it's probably going to be impossible considering my skill level. But I rarely back down from an impossible challenge (that's why they invented Improbability) and I'll not get a chance like this for a long time. So I might as well take advantage of it. Heck, maybe time constraints and lack of the need for quality writing will break out my muse, she's been kinda locked up recently. I can clean it up in December, and depending on how things turn out, continue the story. This is, of course, a story that can quite easily continue on into perpetuity, kinda like a webcomic, except with written words, not graphics and words.

As to the choice of genres/whatever, realism and dark fiction are my main tendencies (in case you didn't notice) and that will come out naturally as the story progresses, I doubt it's something I can necessarily keep bottled up. Humour, on the other hand, is something I'm not good at. And it will be an opportunity to expand my abilities and horizons without the usual constraints I put on myself.
I could choose one direction, but frankly, the rpgers are going to screw up, and do so spectacularly. And someone, somewhere, will cackle fervently at their demise. As I said before, dark fiction is almost default for me. So it's less me going in multiple directions, but rather, going in one direction, comedy and the dark stuff falls in naturally. I'm a very naturalistic writer, when I'm focused I write exactly what's in my head and onto the page, rarely with editing. That usually comes after someone points out the mistakes.
Sometimes I edit pieces and spend time on them though, as was the case with a coupla inserts into The Travellers Tale, which were more speculative/descriptive.

Now, onto my next character:

Anya. Jorsi's ex-wife. Though they never really divorced, she just got fed up and left. Normally a quiet character, she is a petite, plain women, or pretty, depending on your viewpoint. Jorsi, of course, thinks she's the most beautiful thing in the world.

Admittedly, she does have a lovely caring smile and sort of blooms into her eyes. She isn't obsessively quiet, as Syrion is in Dark Future (thank goodness. He won't string two words together in the space of a few days. Getting a sentence is like the end of the world.) but she doesn't talk until she's properly thought it through. Which means that people tend to think of her as a bit slow initially. However, they realise later on that it's because she ponders things thoroughly before saying them. She is the wisest character in the group, this fact was subconsciously emulated off of a very good friend of mine. Gramlin will know her. She is the wisest person I know, and she makes me look like an unshaven brute in comparison. Though, all things considering, I am unshaven, though you'd probably be stretching the brutish part.

Anya is a trained and fairly successful psychologist, this being a fitting arena to expand her skills. She has some small knowledge in debating and philosophy, and does enjoy the odd abstract debate.

She is a general pacificist, and does not approve of killing, even in a game. Her scowls of disapproval have caused some players to be disemboweled in the heat of battle, as they will freeze up and spontaneously because peace lovers. Believe me, nobody wants to be at the brunt of one of her stares, thousand yard stare doesn't even begin to encompass the fear rating .

In game, she plays an Ancient (named thus by the other races because they were the first beings created, and are literally quite ancient) Songsmith and Pheonix Singer. Phoenixes exist in the world and are a central part of it. They have been known to create a number of effects simply by existing, and are quite wise. They were originally created by the gods as their steeds in the beginning battles after things went awry. Think of it as a typical fantasy world setting. Gods means 'good' gods and 'bad' gods, each perpetuating things that they are most in affinity with.
Pheonix singers are extremely rare (most of the time, they don't go above three in total) and hold a unique power to enthral with their singing. It has other effects on that which is nearby, and also is a channel for forms of prophecy (or more correctly, the creator god talking to his people) and can do a few other things. It isn't an offensive ability.

Songsmiths are those who actively create song in the world, simply with word and voice. I believe we would call them poets. This is in difference to bards, who use musical instruments as well as the other things. She isn't a Master Songsmith, which is awarded to very very rare individuals. Jorsi thought it a bit unlikely she would be elected one, as the Phoenix Song drops her brownie points into the ground. "Unfair competition".

She represents the wise woman, or Wisdom, depending on your perspective, and will be mending her relationship with Jorsi for the whole of the storyline. In a way, putting forth my views on marriage, sparse little I know of it. But I cannot conceptualise unless I have reason to.

I stopped reading after your mentioned your unreal level: I had a question about it.

Can I have it after you're done with it? And what would I have to have (besides the game) to use it?

@LB: until they need female pascal to distract the lich so they can break it's phalcatry and make it mortal again...

hehe, awkward scene

looking forward to this. I really am

It's nearly November... Only something like 4 more days to go...

So I'd better hurry and get these characters done.

Gramlin - You really shouldn't have stopped reading, since I only mentioned Unreal in the first two lines or so.

Sure, I'd be happy to send you the completed version of it =). Of course, you need Unreal Tournament 3, but nothing else. All you do is add it into a certain folder and kick up the game. Everything should work fine. Unreal is kinda nice like that.

HLY - Thanks, I glad you're looking forward to it. I am too, I think it'll be a good opportunity to do stuff I'll probably never get a chance to do otherwise.

Now, onto my next character:

Phil. The big, smart red head. Large in both height and width, he can be quite intimidating sometimes. He's a writing and fantasy nut, and very geeky sometimes. But it's his neverending supply of random, and sometimes seemingly useless trivia that defines him.

He is a prolific critic and movie goer, as well as a gamer, and seems to know everything about every game and movie that has ever existed, or at least. That's the impression he likes to give.

His razor sharp mind critical nature has led to him being a good friend of Pascals, and thus, the natural enemy of Female 3. He is, however, a very polite person and given to very gentlemanly ways. Some people consider this to be somewhat strange. But then, coming to sessions in a victorian era gentleman's garb is also quite strange. You just sorta get used to how he is. Which is to say, his eccentricities. Indeed, he is quite an eccentric person, and nobody can really knows what to expect from him next.

In game, he plays an Archlich wizard, Archlichs being the more powerful, but also the emotional counterparts to the Lich. While both are skeletal, the Archlich binds part of their original body on a separate plane of existence and creates a conduit that allows them to feel emotion. Lichs, not having this extra binding option are completely emotionless. Both Archlichs and Lichs are abhorred in the world as the very definition of all that is repugnant to the magic wielders, the Mahhe, or 'Wise men', delving into the deathly arts is strictly forbidden and those caught are punished severely, unless pardoned by the AnMahhe (roughly translates as 'higher wise man', or 'first wise man', depending on the interpretation of An, which has a general meaning of above, or higher status) himself. As a result, he will be using some very powerful illusions to cloak his form.

Phil is a pacifist at heart, and hates killing. Thus, his main form of attack will be to polymorph his enemies into fluffy little white bunnies. Of course, he will get a kick out of it every time, and most of the time, he will do it 'Just because I felt like it." Transmutation and Polymorphing being his chief area of magical study. He also, however, has a great amount of knowledge of the Deathly Arts, due to the fact that he is an Archlich.

ok, so their party contains a stronger version of one of the vilains? sorry, not to sound rude, but that just dosen't sit with me very well. If you made the liche and archlich equal power than fine, but it seems a major anticlimax if they get to the vilains house, and one of the characters just backhands him out of existance like he was nothing, rather pointless don'tcha agree?

otherwise, looks good on the other aspects

EDIT: Thanks HLY. But I've changed a few details. Both of them are Archlichs. But unlike the villainous one, Phil only got it for the perks, not because he'd been studying Sorcery (I really need to clean up terminology) extensively. Our lovelily evil villain, on the other hand, not only has done so extensively, but also is about three or four times more powerful then Pascal, minimum. And when you consider the fact that Pascal is already very very powerful, the gap is huge. And can't be crossed single handedly by any of the party members.

But yes, if the party members were more powerful the the villain, it really would be pointless, unless he was faking it...

Next up:

The unserious villain, created by Jorsi for his campaign. Anthrax the Archlich! Mighty wielder of undead power and menace and PUNS OF ULTIMATE DESPAIR!!!!

Ok, so he's an Archlich who seems to like killing stuff. Nobody can really work out what he's up to half the time, or whether he's evil or just chaotically naive. Whatever he may really be, you can be assured that he is definitely an evil villain after he's singing raucously off tune while carefully disemboweling your family before your eyes.

When he's not devising some diabolically evil plan to trap his enemies, or bystanders, depending on his mood, he devising equally despairsome puns. Puns which he spouts frequently and with apparent great enjoyment, causing his opponents to CRINGE IN DESPAIR!!! Ok, perhaps not that bad, but they're pretty bad. If he isn't spouting randomly terrible puns, he's cracking an equally horrific joke, usually in the middle of eviscerating someone, "My, you are looking a bit heartless today...[/i]."

Extremely powerful, and very accomplished in the arts of Sorcery (the application of the Death Arts) and plenty of other combined magical schools, you probably don't want to meet him in a dark alley, well, actually you don't want to meet him anywhere really. Domination is one of his particular skills, whether it be physical or mental. I mean, really, how the heck are you supposed to beat up a skeleton? They're all hard and bony, he could stab you with his fingers.

Though even his underlings can't be completely sure, most would consider him to be quite mad, like way off the rocker. But his startling down to earth and lucid moments are forever catching people off guard. But then, most of his plans seem so far fetched they could possibly happen, but then they do succeed. Brilliantly, unfortunately for the poor souls he's decided to net this time.

Despite his apparent high stacking of all skills and attributes, one can be assured that he will find himself more than matched by an esoteric group of slightly eccentric gamers whose soul purpose in life is to get people to bow down the their god. His plans will be constantly foiled by their seemingly random changes of plan and positioning. Helped to know end by Pascal's constant thieving.

A collector of all things weird and wonderful, his halls are full of stolen booty and wondrous devices bought at costs one does not want to contemplate. He often enjoys giving his victims a tour of the place till some deadly kills them. "Woops, forgot to switch off the Lyrion Death Trap. Silly me, I can be so forgetful sometimes..." Sighs "Squishies are so weak. They die at the slightest of injuries."

Of course, since his head is a skull, it's in a perpetual state of grinning, so one can never be completely sure as to whether or not he's serious. Which means it can be difficult to work out whether or not he's giving proper advice, or kidding you around. Of course, you can be assured that he is toying with you, and that anything he says will lead you to your eventual demise if he is serious. Preferably with a lot of blood getting sprayed everywhere, and loud squelching sounds. Or just a good ol' toasting.

Of course, when I say he's not the only villain, I mean that there is an actual one that is rising in the backdrop. As the story is set in a point in my timeline where one of the evil gods, the most powerful one, and his underlings are breaking free of their bindings and starting to wreak their havok upon the world once again. This is an age old jealousy against all things living in the world, and it matters not to the god whether or not the world exists, for its existence is not tied to the world. This is the ancient evil that once corrupted the world and all things living upon it, and wreaked terrible destruction in its battles with its enemies, the servants of Envoré (the creator god). This is the true villain of the story, and may just end up as the one that changes the priorities of everyone. Including Anthrax, who, despite all that you would believe otherwise, does rather enjoy living and having a world under his feet. Of course, it might be because he doesn't like playing second fiddle to an actual force of destruction.

I regret to say I'm not actually that big on the idea. That's mainly the reason i've been dodging this thread really. I'm not really a fan of parody, and that's what this sounds like. It'll be funny and no doubt random at times, but I just can't see any coherant plotline actually working with it. Sounds like it would do better as a comic strip, really.

I'll have a looksie once you've actually started it, becuase you might surprise me. For the moment, my only opinion on it is that this is going to be your personal fantasy, because Phil seems, quite obviously, to be you. So I thoroughly expect this to be the most fun thing you've ever written, but not make much sense to the rest of us.

It would make a good comic strip, but also a good story, the storyline itself is starting to enfold, but it's more of an overarching one, with lots of, in the way of comics, plot arcs.
As to it as a personal fantasy, I don't know, I did less creating of my world then it just created myself. It gripped me, and hasn't really let go. Some things you just have to let free, and I think this is actually a very appropriate way to do that, because it'll allow people who know nothing about the world be introduced to it in an understandable manner.

I understand you have issues, but I said comedy, not parody. That's an entirely different area altogether, and not one I'd go into at this stage.

Also, Phil is like me, but not even close. The main character (who may or may not show his face before the story starts) will be me.

It should make sense... technically, but this is OWC... and you guys are like a writers mental asylum.

*shrugs* Time will tell if it would make a better story, I may not be a big fan of the idea, but I'm still going to read it. I think the biggest fear i have with this, is what you have as a priority: the humour or the storyline. Humour's very good as an aside, but as a piece's main forte I don't think it does as well, unless it's a comic. But hey, that's just personal taste.

If it is a personal fantasy, don't be shy about the fact, there's nothing wrong with letting a bit of yourself shine through a piece. If it isn't, ah well, it's still going to do the stuff you want it to.

Thanks

Maybe, but I have strange definitions of words. parody is, in my weird and wonderful dictionary, much like a cliché. whereas a cliché loses it's impact becuase of overuse, a parody loses its storyline because of an overuse of humour. Basically, just don't go over the top, please.

One moment please I'm going to list all of the similarities I spotted:

(Take that as a good thing)

(Initially I just read the sentance as two points, full of randomness and trivia, my mistake. Point still stands though )

(Just assuming)

Now, sorry if I was jumping to conclusions, but that's a lot of similarities This other guy will actually have to have your name to be any more like you, methinks. But we'll see what you have in store for us.

Ah yes, but at least you recognise us as an actual writers' organisation We did something right.

Thanks!

yeah, your an active member here LB, saying where all mental encases you too

agree with flaxes on the character though...

heh, you're right, I do classify under a lot of those descriptions, (definitely not movie goer though. I don't see very many films excepting at the cinema's with friends) but part of the reason you guys can never second guess my next move is because they only show a few facets of myself, but not all of them.

It was interesting to see you list that though. I didn't realise I supplied random trivia... when do I do that? As to pacificist, that depends on your definition of pacifist.

As to parody. That's basically a funny or satirical mimicry. You copy something, then twist it till it's funny.
Monty Python, of course, is the king of parody, or satire... One really cannot tell sometimes.

Cliches are great for parodying, because they're basically just asking for it. And there will be a lot of times in the story where one of the players will tear apart some random cliche, or complain about its existence in the world. Even I can't avoid those things. The key is how they're used.

And naturally, I included myself in the mental asylum, my stuff is just as crazy as the rest of you, probably crazier, with OT.

Oh yeah, the reason nothings been appearing lately is because I've come down with a bad case of pneumonia, and ain't in the best of states right now.