Fandom Mass Effect: Tales from the Citadel

[DiamondJack]

This is something I have been wanting to do for a while. The Mass Effect universe is a favorite of mine and I feel that a more small scale story about the daily lives of the residents of the Citadel. Your character could be a street rat, a shop owner, a small time criminal, or even a politician. The Citadel is your oyster. Timeline wise I was thinking during Mass Effect 2.

 

[CaptainSully]

I’m in. I love Mass Effect!

 

[ThatGuyWithSouvlaki]

So in!

 

[DiamondJack]

Very nice, if I get a few more interested I'll make the thread.

 

[norway]

I’m down!

 

[Epiphany]

I'm probably good too!

 

[DiamondJack]

Cool, I'll get something going

 

[BarakaisBae]

Count me in as well! I’m on vacation currently but once that’s done, I am all over this!

 

[DiamondJack]

Fandom - Mass Effect: Tales from the Citadel {Persons of Interest}

Alright, here's what I need out of you for your character. You can pretty it up all you want but in no specific order I need: Name: Sex: Age: Race: Appearance: {Description and/or picture} Occupation: Background: {Can be as brief or as detailed as you want} Equipment: {Anything your character...

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A character thread And...

Fandom - Mass Effect: Tales from the Citadel

"Welcome to the Citadel..." The year is 2185 C.E. Two years after Saren and his flagship Sovereign assaulted the Citadel, life continues. 13.2 Million people live on the station, this is not even including the bug like keepers who maintain the Citadel. Each of these people have stories, jobs...

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A main thread

 

[Sylvio]

Heck I'm down

 

[Fletchawk]

Is this still accepting?

 

[DiamondJack]

Yes for now.

 

[DatDemon]

Heyo, I may be a little late to the party.
Is this thing still going?

 

[Epiphany]

If only it were. Game wrapped after about a month. If the showrunner wanted to restart it, I suspect he'd find himself with players again but I don't think he's logged in since February.

 

[DatDemon]

Shame... Really itching for a good roleplay in the ME Universe again.

 

[Epiphany]

Meeeee toooo.

Speak up if you find one.

 

[DatDemon]

No luck yet...
But I already know for sure, that if I start one, it won't find enough people.

 

[RikuXIII]

You’d have at least one quarian!

 

[DatDemon]

I would take my OC ( Futuristic - Shortcut, the Bountyhunter | DatDemon's Characters )
But tbh, I'm not quite sure, how I would get this RP on it's feet

 

[Epiphany]

Honestly, the reoccurring key to RP success is this: Have a story that gets you excited and be willing to run the world.

Sandbox is fine but player interest flags and RPs die. Trying to run a non-sandbox game without a story or plot you aren't excited about stalls the host, they stop posting and the RPs die. And the third option is somewhere in between where half of the interest checks on this site amount to the original poster effectively saying "I have this really cool concept and/or mental image of something I'd like to play a character in, who wants to make a character and join me?" without realizing that 95% of players just can't sustain interest or worldbuild with them.

Running the world is the persistently important part. Every game I've seen that has lasted past a few months had one thing in common; there was a single person who read every player's post and created reactions to it. A player character goes into a tavern? The host tells them what they find inside or, if the player felt like detailing it themselves, the host details how the NPCs react to (or act upon) the player character. A player wants to play someone with street skills and black market connections? The host makes a random thug sidle up to the player character at some point and say "Hey, nice to see you, heard about what you did over in x and z's freaking out about it, you better find cover tonight."

Think of a story you'd love to tell. Then be willing to describe more than just the opening scene. Have NPCs who get in PC faces or NPCs who are wowed by the PCs or have a news story everyone sees be the hook to investigate something down at the docks or have a player character who was nearly killed by a Spectre find out that Spectre's here on the same station with them.

If you can do those things, you can get any RP on its feet and have it go the distance.

 

[DiamondJack]

This is still getting attention?

 

[DiamondJack]

I'd be willing to restart this actually... I've been through a lot lately and need a distraction.

 

[RikuXIII]

I’ve been wanting to give a Quarian Gunslinger a go.

 

[DiamondJack]

Give me some time, I'll throw up a new main thread and a character thread.

 

[DiamondJack]

Fandom - Mass Effect: Tales from the Citadel [Reboot] Persons of Interest

Alright, here's what I need out of you for your character. You can pretty it up all you want but in no specific order I need: Name: Sex: Age: Race: Appearance: {Description and/or picture} Occupation: Background: {Can be as brief or as detailed as you want} Equipment: {Anything your character...

www.rpnation.com

New character thread

Fandom - Mass Effect: Tales from the Citadel [Reboot]

"Welcome to the Citadel..." The year is 2185 C.E. Two years after Saren and his flagship Sovereign assaulted the Citadel, life continues. 13.2 Million people live on the station, this is not even including the bug like keepers who maintain the Citadel. Each of these people have stories, jobs...

www.rpnation.com

And a new main thread