The Fantastic Adventures of Captian Kurtz Steampunk RP: The Discussion

Oh, I don't know — I completely take him seriously.

As the token Butt-Monkey of the team, that is. Every group needs a clown.

Quite true. I just intended for the crew to realize this on the ship making a captive band of adventurers more likely. This almost fourth wall breaking way of making an unlikely character is tricky to pull off and the results are interesting as can be. For the sake of simplicity I would plead you go along with my next attempt to get out of the corner I've written myself into.

edited 21st Dec '12 8:34:50 PM by sonofkong

Oh I don't know, it's kind of funny to have the "heroes" completely ignore the call to adventure for a while in favour of doing whatever seems like a good idea at the time.

And I agree, I just don't know how long we can keep it up before the thread dies or becomes about something else. Not to mention this part usually comes right before the third act.

And maybe the thread does become something else from what was previously planned. That's ok. I'm pretty interested in exploring this world — I'm sure you can introduce some really cool ideas, no matter what happens.

I don't think exploring this world of Victorian Literachoor for a short while before embarking on the main quest will kill the game, if anything it's a chance to flesh a few things out.

Should work but at some point I would like to get to the point where we can stoically transcend the many battle lines we have to cross very similar to the attitude taken in say, The good the bad and the ugly. If we get caught in every altercation between a growing world-wide war we'll stay here for nearly ever.

Also, I'm redrawing the route we were going to take because after this really deep, conflict of interest laden dialogue I can't see us going for what I planned earlier which amounts to island hoping and meeting james bond villains.

edited 21st Dec '12 9:24:06 PM by sonofkong

I lied about writing something christmas related; decided the greatest way to get you people invested in apparently the least likable character ever is to add an A Christmas Carol arc. Happy Holidays and what not.

edited 23rd Dec '12 9:29:14 PM by sonofkong

bloody christmas. normal posting will resume shortly.

QFT. T'is a busy time of year, when it's done we can post with regularity.

Was originally going to have us set sail a while ago, but now that we are staying for a while longer I've thought up the perfect villain. Wait for more posts and expect more wham episodes to come.

edited 27th Dec '12 10:16:01 PM by sonofkong

I was about to post Edmund getting to the docks. But if there's something else going on, I will hold fire.

Either is fine, I'll probably just allude to the villain's presence and then we'll meet him upon returning to the mainland US. This first location is a mess to sort through and upon the second we should expect a bit more linearity.

edited 27th Dec '12 10:28:40 PM by sonofkong

sorry about not posting. It's been a little weird over the christmas and new year, plus I'm prepping for my practical driving test on thursday. Once that's done, I should be able to get back to posting again.

With the season closing down I'm hoping we can kick up what has been slowly grinding to a halt. To do this I'll just give a bit of an ad as it were to clue you in on some ideas I have with spoiling as little as possible.

edited 1st Jan '13 10:12:44 AM by sonofkong

OK, having taken - and passed my driving test (woohoo!) - I will be getting back to posting.

At some point this game should explain the disappearance of Ambrose Bierce.

(Sorry I haven't been active lately, I've been pretty busy with other things. And I won't be not-busy until the end of January...)

Funnily enough I have a place just for him. Thanks for the tip.

Aye, ah'm still here. Are any of you?

So, is this dead? If it's dead I may have to Start My Own rp with the same basic concept, as I don't want the idea to die.

@Vox Yeah rather sad, I had so many plans with everything from an undead Daisy Miller to a techno-Wagner to a a George Orwell style france now known as Panopticon. I assume I can't attempt the same thing as a Dungeonpunk.

edited 30th Jan '13 7:27:15 AM by sonofkong

Damn. Well, I'll probably try to start my own LoES-esque RPG in a few days.

Yeeeeaaahhhh... this game is stone dead. If nobody minds, I'm going to try starting a similar League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Victorian crossover game. Anyone interested?

Yes.