So, I've been thinking about this for a bit, and would like to know if anyone would be interested in a little experiment. Think of it as playing pretend on a slightly more organized basis.
The basic premise is that instead of rolling for things, I'd be handling how things go based on what makes things more fun/tells a better story/is funnier. This means that there are no stats, so characterization becomes much, much more important.
For example, Your character, Joon'do, fires a burst from an assault rifle into the group of baddies that has just shown up to steal your shipment from your crew. I then state that Joon'do's burst of fire rips two of the goons to shreds, but the big guy in the back was wearing heavy body armor.
This isn't to say I'm going to say, "Wup! That guy has body armor, he's still kicking." I'll be doing my best to foreshadow this kind of stuff, and if I think your character would have caught something like that, I would have put it into a spoiler for you.
I'm not going to be posting any setting details for now, since I don't know how much of a bite I'm going to get, but for the sake of making things a little easier to decide if you're interested or not, I will say that the setting is going to be fairly hard science fiction that's a cross between Mobile Frame Zero's Setting and Schlock Mercenary's setting.
So, all that said, who's interested?
While not interested my self, I just wanted to wish you luck.
I would be interested, but I have to say I have not clue whatsoever what Mobile Frame Zero's Setting and Schlock Mercenary's are...
That's cool. Also neat that you posted after I'd pretty much resigned myself to there not being any interest. You can learn more about both of them by following the links below.
Mobile Frame Zero
Schlock Mercenary
Fair warning, though, the comic has run everyday for the past 15 years with no breaks. It's really good for an archive binge, just be warned that if you go all the way to the first strip, the art was... um, not great at first. It gets better over time though.
While not interested my self, I just wanted to wish you luck.
Thanks! Always happy to hear that. :)
Okay, here's the Cliffnotes of the Cliffnotes:
Interstellar travel has become a semi-regular affair for humanity. Numerous colonies have been set up to provide foodstuffs and other organic materials for the Solar System. As a result, huge corporations have risen in order to set up these colonies to boost their profits.
Unfortunately for the corporations, most of the Cee-whatever-Ohs that run them are only interested in boosting profits, this has caused some minor irritation among colonists, resulting in several of the corporate colonies declaring independence and ceasing their shipments to the Motherworld.
In turn, the corporations turned to the UN's peace keeping forces, which have been busy playing referee to some "minor disputes" in the Solar System. Finding no help form the government, the corporations decided that was time to spend some of that money they'd been hoarding, on mercenaries to smack the colonists in line. the colonists, feeling turn about was fair play, did the same. Now soldiers of fortune with big stompy robots rove the stars, looking for that one cushy gig that will make them rich, or let them shoot as much as they want while sticking the client with the bill.
TL;DR: Mercs ply their trade for colonials and corporations alike with big stompy war machines. It isn't going to take itself too seriously.
By the way, if you decide to"give in" and add rules, I would look into FATE Core. I also may join you then.
So, How many would be interested in this if it did have rules? Also, any preferences to the rule set in question?