Path of the Vampire forum

The automated roleplay events system (or ARES for short) is a system which will soon randomly posts in threads marked with a certain icon. All posts from this system will be automatically made by an storyteller account, which will work as an auto-GM of sorts.

These posts will describe a very vague randomly-selected situation which is usually quite open ended and very open to interpretation. The idea is that it injects unexpected elements into your roleplay threads, and leaves you to write your responses to the situation however you like. They will appear quite rarely, and perhaps only once or twice per thread.

IMPORTANT: For those confused, this system will be ENTIRELY optional. It's just to spice up roleplay a little bit. However, it will probably allow you to gain a little extra RPP per post. not a lot, but enough to offer incentive to be brave.

What I need from you is ideas for random events that could be used for this system. For example, some of the events I used for The Walking Dead: Survivor Stories were things like...

"A hand reaches up out of a pile of junk and latches onto [target's] leg."

"You come across a woman crying in pain and despair. She has been bit on the hand. She asks that you end her life."

"A man appears and wants to talk. He seems to be trying to hide something on his hip. Could be a bite-mark, or maybe a weapon?"

"Two survivors run towards you, pleading for your help. They are pointing at something back where they came from."

Okay so to hit a few obvious ones:

COMBAT ORIENTED

"A being of darkness begins to coalesce from the shadows. A claw rips from the well of blackness as a construct of flesh and shadow begins to emerge. An wild enraged fadebeast appears charges!"

PERSUASION
"A cop shows up to investigate what seems to be suspicious activity. He seems very interested in your activities."

STEALTH
"A seemingly normal person bumps into you. A moment later, you realize your wallet is missing. You didn't get a good look at the person who stole your cash but when you turn, you see someone hastily walking the other direction."


Obviously the headings are loose, and the different scenarios could be handled a myriad of different ways. I just like to provide a lot of different RP options. And I'd love even more variety as well. With the masquerade over, there are all sorts of options available!

Especially with every thread being an impact thread now (or in the near future), I think involving supernatural and human components of all varieties would create some good randomness, freshness, and opportunity to have an impact on how humans see vampires as well as future events.

Azraeth wrote: With the masquerade over, there are all sorts of options available!

Especially with every thread being an impact thread now (or in the near future), I think involving supernatural and human components of all varieties would create some good randomness, freshness, and opportunity to have an impact on how humans see vampires as well as future events.

Yeah I agree. If this system grows to be popular it could be a game changer in how threads are done, and could generate a lot of interest. Especially if we combined it with some kind of in-thread dice roller, which posts the results of the dice roll automatically and rewards EXP for the roll.

A Heavily tattooed (Obviously Paladin ) woman on the street corner is handing out fliers and Vampires are people too Buttons she turns and hands you one.

Coming around a corner late at night you spot a newly turned vampire fledgeling being drugged and then abducted by what appears to be several human scientists in an unmarked black van.

If possible we need most to be a bit vague on details. This allows the events to come up multiple times and for them to be used as completely different stories each time.

You receive a phone call from an unknown number and let it go to your voicemail.

Eh, not much good at these, but:

• You round a corner and see an injured child clutching their throat, fingers covered in blood.
• You feel a knife press to your side and find your way blocked by a half-dozen of bizarrely tattooed men.

The sound of an explosion nearby rattles the ground and sends debris falling around you.

A gang of vampires run past you, shouting for you to flee as well.

The air grows static around you, and your ears begin to ring. Suddenly, everything is dark.

You are transported without warning to *insert whatever location*.

The sirens in the city begin to blare an emergency warning.

Something shiny catches your eye under a newspaper on the ground. When you lean down to pick it up, you are struck from behind.

Thanks everyone! Keep them coming, as we'll probably need hundreds.