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On the topic of drill ORPs....

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So I was discussing some possible methods to make these ORPs as hilarious realistic as possible with some folks, and a few ideas sprang up.

1- A set list of 'things that go right' and 'things that go wrong' which players use during actions to add in the 'unknown' element.

(aka: Lyv and Rui dive, I randomize a #1, which is 'get's nailed badly by a faux thread string' I then can write where it hits them and how they deal with it. Keeping in mind that it is a BAD nailing. xD! ) This way, what you roll is what you do, no chance to evade.

2- Leave the scenarios open, but a mod (elected by us... perhaps someone who doesn't want to participate for some reason or has a sick dragon etc....) randomly tosses out stuff.. like getting hit badly with a faux thread string. Only we have the option to roll 1-10, with rolling the bigger number being an evade, and the lesser getting it square. Everything in between is a degree of those two.

3- A combo of 1 and 2.

4- Winging the whole thing. (no pun intended.. lol)



That is all I've got, but I'd love to hear what everyone else may have~!

Mm...well 1 and 2 seem to have a chance element. If there is already a preset 1-10...1-20 elements of good to bad stuff for the flight then 1 probably would work just fine. Maybe post an OOC list from 1-10 or 1-20... before the thread starts of major things that could happen. Then everyone can just random roll their post then edit and write what happens.

Of course the 3 option always works but it doesn't offer the chance element.

Man.

So this is how lame I am. I didn't even know we had an OOC forum, never mind a plotting thread for our wing! Oh dear. XD

But, I backread - and I am excited too! And happy! And many other emotions not excluding embarrassment, but... moving on...

I like option #1 best, but I'd be happy with any option just as long as there's some element of pre-determined actions involved ^^

Holy: I thought about that, but then I realized that those 'stats' would be reliant upon a standard measure we don't actually have for every dragon. For instance I could be all 'mahahaha Rui ish supah green and she'll have super agility... ' but that would just be my opinion. Without a shop-wide reckoning of skill and experience, there just really isn't a 'fair' way to take those factors into account.

Though, if we all decided to roll for stats, that would mitigate it... but then you'd still be dealing with "oh but my rider has been flying for XYZ years more then yours and you have greater stamina?!? GRR DICE!"

*ponders as she types*

'Course, we could always harass lovingly ask Tsu and Sou for their opinions on how to best translate what we have written in profiles into numerical stats that would be fair for everyone. So, if say Ruinnth has long wings, she'd have -1 whatever I roll for agility but +2 for whatever I roll for stamina... etc...

edit: Gah, but then we'd get into numerical stat limits on the physical attributes of the colors... cause a green rolling as high as a bronze on stamina would be a bit weird (if a YAY for Rui >___>! *bricked*)

edit 2: That, and as a side note...I totally do not think intelligence should be a stat. ='( !

*ponders some more*

Does any of that even make sense? XDDDDD!

Maybe we should avoid making this too complicated because then it just gets hard to play. It might be good to have the random roll results be more general then folks can "elaborate" the really wrong or the really skillful way things are done.

Like if our 1 - 10 has things like this with examples.

1 - Something goes Horribly wrong - (Examples - blindside another dragon, full hit of threadfall...etc)

5 - Performs Well as you've been trained to do. ( Examples - Standard stuff - sticking with your wingman, following thread down and catching it before it burrows...etc)

10 - Super Cool - You've got Skillz, Baby (Examples - Aerobatic maneuvers that help you save another rider from threadfall they didn't see, kill 3 thread streams with one firey breath...etc.)

Then folks can come up with something that fits their dragon's color and works with the roll they made.

Just an idea... smile

ORP Drill Practice Numero Uno ~! The Forward V Formation.

Randomize a number 1-?? and your following post must include the action you have rolled.



I'm thinking we should put in more good things then bad things, that way not everyone is in the gutter if we all have horrible randomizer luck. XD!

If anyone thinks of something or wants to delete something on this list, quote, make your adjustments, and we'll all decide what stays/goes. <3!

ORP will go up not long after we have a final list we all agree on.

*rubs chin*

So you're thinking go even more generic then that? Like ... " Wind blows furiously and you handle it poorly?" or just "Wind blows furiously" ??

As for the residual flame, dragons have a second stomach for that stuff, I'm sure if a rider asked them they could belch in a safe direction to double check nothing is left. ^___~ I haven't seen my Dragonsdawn or White Dragon in awhile, but I vaguely recall them going into detail about how the dragons deal with the firestone stomach. If they 'think' about it.. they can deal with it? Perhaps I am wrong? Figure if the practice of stoking your dragon before a Threadfall/drill is true, then the reverse must also be practiced to avoid random fireburps?

Also, the lists would constantly change as time goes on. We could conceivably doctor the odds as everyone improves (which is the point of group work ICly) by having fewer negatives on the list at all. I have no problem making up new stuff for everyone to keep or throw away each time we do this. But as far as improvement goes... tbh I don't want to start factoring that until we find out how the staff runs a threadfall. ( Cause y'know.. we totally HAVE to kick butt at it. XDDD! ) The system will change in order to mirror whatever they do when the time comes, kind of like how the IC system would change once the dragonriders actually experience Fall and change their drills to better prepare. Adding more rolls and factors would, however, mitigate the simplicity of a one-roll system. We'd start getting into the complex stuff we already tossed out earlier. Rolling once for positive or negative and then again for the modifier would mean a 'rp' thread full of dice rolls.

On the punishment/good job thing. That sort of stuff occurs in real time, with the extremes of it (aka a severe lecture or a battle star of ubar courage) happening after wards. Chance dictates what happened, but the RP dictates how one handles it. I'd hate to see that go because then the RP would be less group oriented and would probably morph into a bunch of people rolling for their own actions and just typing up personal responses all on their own. It was my thinking that by adding scenarios that included other players (like the 3 and the 7) it would foster group roleplay. If, however, having rolled-for reprimands and deserved praise included is too objectionable, then by all means let us ax it.

On an aside, these first two or three drills will be run kind of like how a drill sergeant runs his new recruits through the basics to better know their strengths and weaknesses. He knows everyone knows how to do a push-up, but by watching everyone do it all at once, he can figure out who is good and who needs extra help. Lyv would expect that everyone has drilled in a V formation before, since they've been doing it since they were Weyrlings. She and R'than would be hanging back on this one to better acquaint themselves with their wingmates.

Likewise, any extreme accidents would be hard to come by in this case, since everyone should be fairly good at it yes? The same will be said of most drills until The Real Deal (aka Thread) shows up and folks start getting hurt. Also once the wing starts the serious Faux Thread drills, I expect there will be accidents when things get more dangerous. At those points Lyv and R'than will be subjected to the same rolls as anyone else whenever they are actually flying with the wing. So basically, the only time those two would be exempt is if they are observing, as they will be in this drill. ('Cause... how can they mess up if they are observing? XDD!) Same goes for wounded riders and what not. If you have an IC reason to attend a drill, but not to participate, they would not have to roll.

And rofl, no need to clarify Kai, thoughts and ideas are the purpose of this thread. XDDD!

Whoo! <3