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Episode V discussion

With Episode IV of our story coming to a close, I wanted to get a discussion started on where to go from here.

Do you want to keep playing right off the bat or take a break?
Do you want to continue playing as Allanar and Akea or do you want to try some other characters out? There is room for Wes, Cerberus, or others (Arlyn?). Or I can make room for all of them if you think a larger party would be fun.
Any other things on your mind for this storyline? Anything you want to see in particular (setting, character development, types of assignments, etc.?)

Kirkland 21:12, 7 November 2010 (EST)

I definitely don't want a break. This is our most consistent game, and although momentum is growing for a DnD game in Evanston - and, it would appear, a Shadowrun game in Columbus - my DnD game isn't quite there yet. This is my only RPing fix. I'm all for keeping this up - if anything, I want to speed up (I'm aware that I'm the limiting factor in this regard on many occasions, but it doesn't hurt to have it in the back of my mind to keep the pace up).

I like Akea a lot - my main interest is in continuing to play him if your plot ideas for Episode V are conducive to Jedi protagonists. With that in mind, I think I'd also like to make room for Arlyn or Wes (probably not both - I think that'd be too much), if the plot would allow it. I haven't decided which I'd prefer yet - do you have ideas that suit them?

I think the storyline has been awesome so far, and represents two things that I consider legitimate, praiseworthy successes - Firstly, it's our most successful online game to date, and secondly, it's the most successful system creation/adaptation we've done. It's working really well.

If you're looking for ideas about what I'd like to see as a player, I obviously want to see where this business with Hett goes - that's central to the plot. In terms of character development, I'm intending to spend some of Akea's experience on Backing and/or Influence (New Republic). This might represent him becoming a Jedi Council member and/or being appointed an advisor to Minister Tal (in the Influence case) to assist her in dealing with the crisis in the Chiss Ascendancy. The rest of his experience will likely be spent on things I think he should've had coming into it, like Form III lightsaber stuff, Integrity 5, etc. I'm open to the idea of Akea having a Padawan, and actually would like to see how this would go, but only if it's relevant to a plot idea - I don't want to create more work for you and I just for the sake of Akea having one.

In terms of setting ideas, I think it'd be cool if we could incorporate a primitive/tribal culture into the plotline at some point - this is where Akea is really at home, and it'd be cool to be able to play him in action in a way that impacted the plot. Given the political intrigue in the storyline, however, this might be difficult. Just a thought.

I think we're doing well of types of assignments. Obviously Akea doesn't shine in combat scenarios - he can hold his own, but if there's certain to be combat, I don't doubt that there are many other Jedi better suited to the task (Allanar among them). That said, Allanar and Akea make a pretty good team for that reason, and will probably continue to work together on missions where the outcome is uncertain - where diplomacy is obviously the preferred approach, but we can go ninja if we need to. Long story short, though, it's been awesome so far.

Dan 01:44, 8 November 2010 (EST)

In short, I agree with Dan. I really like this Storyline both in the sense of liking how it has gone so far as well how successful the new/revised system has been and how successful playing online has been. It's obviously been our best online storyline by far. (No need for a break here.)

I like the character dynamic we have with Akea and Allanar and definitely want to continue to see what the story holds for Episode V. I wouldn't mind playing Cerebus at some point, but don't overly need to play him soon. I'd definitely pick to stick with Allanar between the two.

--FyreFly 20:36, 8 November 2010 (EST)

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-==Decisions==
+== Episode V discussion ==
-'''System - Revisted System'''
-'''Type/Scale of Game - Semi-Epic - ''' Characters will start out with a decent level of experience and influence (jedi will be of Jedi Knight status) but I hope that during character creation there is decent backstory to justify this.
+With Episode IV of our story coming to a close, I wanted to get a discussion started on where to go from here.
+*Do you want to keep playing right off the bat or take a break?
+*Do you want to continue playing as Allanar and Akea or do you want to try some other characters out? There is room for Wes, Cerberus, or others (Arlyn?). Or I can make room for all of them if you think a larger party would be fun.
+*Any other things on your mind for this storyline? Anything you want to see in particular (setting, character development, types of assignments, etc.?)
+[[User:Kirkland|Kirkland]] 21:12, 7 November 2010 (EST)
-'''Time Period - Beginning of the New Jedi Order Era 25 ABY - ''' Basically we start at 25 ABY and overwrite the galactic events that occur from that point on. Canonically speaking, the Yuuzhan Vong War occurs at this time in the New Jedi Order book series. Now I've only read a few of the NJO books, nowhere near completing that series, but I understand a lot of SW fans are unhappy with the whole Yuuzhan Vong thing so I have no problem overwriting that for the purposes of our storyline. This would not be a good era to play in with something that catastrophic going on in the galaxy.
+I definitely don't want a break.  This is our most consistent game, and although momentum is growing for a DnD game in Evanston - and, it would appear, a Shadowrun game in Columbus - my DnD game isn't quite there yet.  This is my only RPing fix.  I'm all for keeping this up - if anything, I want to speed up (I'm aware that I'm the limiting factor in this regard on many occasions, but it doesn't hurt to have it in the back of my mind to keep the pace up).
-A bit of Galactic History, and some facts
+I like Akea a lot - my main interest is in continuing to play him if your plot ideas for Episode V are conducive to Jedi protagonists.  With that in mind, I think I'd also like to make room for Arlyn or Wes (probably not both - I think that'd be too much), if the plot would allow it.  I haven't decided which I'd prefer yet - do you have ideas that suit them?
-*Mon Mothma has died
-*Luke Skywalker is married to Mara Jade and has been for 3 years
-*The [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Second_Imperium Second Imperium] was defeated in 23 ABY at the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_the_Jedi_Praxeum_%28Shadow_Academy_Crisis%29 Battle of the Jedi Praxeum]
-*The Junior Jedi Academy was established in 22 ABY for the first batch of youthful Jedi to train
-*The Jedi Praxeum is located on Yavin IV
-*The New Republic is the largest government in the galaxy, though Imperial Remnants remain a threat
-==Starting Over (again)==
+I think the storyline has been awesome so far, and represents two things that I consider legitimate, praiseworthy successes - Firstly, it's our most successful online game to date, and secondly, it's the most successful system creation/adaptation we've done.  It's working really well.
-I'd really like to get back into a storytelling role, so I'd like to revive Star Wars as a wiki-based storyline. Part of my desire behind this is that I think this will help me write more online - particularly with Exalted. If I can get into the flow or writing for a Star Wars storyline I think I can carry that over to the other games.
-A couple of points I'd like your opinion on.
+If you're looking for ideas about what I'd like to see as a player, I obviously want to see where this business with Hett goes - that's central to the plot.  In terms of character development, I'm intending to spend some of Akea's experience on Backing and/or Influence (New Republic).  This might represent him becoming a Jedi Council member and/or being appointed an advisor to Minister Tal (in the Influence case) to assist her in dealing with the crisis in the Chiss Ascendancy.  The rest of his experience will likely be spent on things I think he should've had coming into it, like Form III lightsaber stuff, Integrity 5, etc.  I'm open to the idea of Akea having a Padawan, and actually would like to see how this would go, but only if it's relevant to a plot idea - I don't want to create more work for you and I just for the sake of Akea having one.
-'''System'''
+In terms of setting ideas, I think it'd be cool if we could incorporate a primitive/tribal culture into the plotline at some point - this is where Akea is really at home, and it'd be cool to be able to play him in action in a way that impacted the plot.  Given the political intrigue in the storyline, however, this might be difficult.  Just a thought.
-I see it as 3 options - our own custom Revised System, D6, and D20, and that is the order of my preference. I think that our custom system is much more suited for online play as we won't bog down in-person sessions with questions about how the system works. We have plenty of time to figure that out offline.
+I think we're doing well of types of assignments.  Obviously Akea doesn't shine in combat scenarios - he can hold his own, but if there's certain to be combat, I don't doubt that there are many other Jedi better suited to the task (Allanar among them).  That said, Allanar and Akea make a pretty good team for that reason, and will probably continue to work together on missions where the outcome is uncertain - where diplomacy is obviously the preferred approach, but we can go ninja if we need to.  Long story short, though, it's been awesome so far.
-'''Type/Scale of Game'''
+[[User:Olaf|Dan]] 01:44, 8 November 2010 (EST)
-Do you want to be peons in the universe or Generals leading armies? Do you want to be one of the 10 jedi in existence or one of thousands? I'm willing to go epic scale - You could be a large criminal organization. You could be an Imperial warlord wrangling with the other warlords for power. You can be one of the few remaining jedi, either Light or Sith.
+----
-'''Time Period'''
+In short, I agree with Dan. I really like this Storyline both in the sense of liking how it has gone so far as well how successful the new/revised system has been and how successful playing online has been. It's obviously been our best online storyline by far. (No need for a break here.)
-This goes along with type/scale - Clone Wars era? Rebel Alliance era? New Republic/New Jedi Order era? My preference is the reverse order of that list, but I know there was a lot of interest in clone wars era so I am open to it.
+I like the character dynamic we have with Akea and Allanar and definitely want to continue to see what the story holds for Episode V. I wouldn't mind playing Cerebus at some point, but don't overly need to play him soon. I'd definitely pick to stick with Allanar between the two.
+--[[User:FyreFly|FyreFly]] 20:36, 8 November 2010 (EST)
-I would totally be down for starting up a Star Wars storyline online if you want to storytell one. My system vote would pretty much follow yours exactly, preferring the new system and least wanting to do D20. Which probably rules D20 out completely. This would also be nice because as we work the system out online we can work out the kinks incase we ever want to play in session. We'll be familiar with the system. As far as they type/scale of the game... I like Cerberus a lot and would really like to play him. He works okay for any storyline from beginning character level to a medium power level probably. As far as the type of game, if it involves a crime syndicate it will probably work. Obviously the original space pirate idea would as well. Time period I think that New Republic/New Jedi era is the best, though I don't know a great deal about it so I'll let you guys decide when in the timeline we play. Dan, you mentioned having a jedi you wanted to play, I'd be fine with putting Cerberus aside for now and playing a jedi SL instead if we want to go that route. --[[User:FyreFly|FyreFly]] 14:54, 7 February 2009 (EST)