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Possibly cool idea for an FC/Linkshell/Group - Maeve Dune - 03-31-2017
Hello, everyone!
I was chatting with a couple friends of mine, and an idea struck me. Now, I don't know whether this has been fully realized yet or not, but I'm going to post my idea and let people be inspired by it, if they so choose to be.
So, here's my cool/crazy/fun/interesting idea; You take a group of people and make a linkshell or an FC of the sort, with mercenary/rent-a-fighter/bodyguard-esque people. Taking jobs, escorting caravans, etc.
"But Maeve, there's already plenty of mercenary FCs and it's hardly a new concept"
Don't worry, I'm getting to it!
Now, normally, an FC like this allow people to hire them to perform some sort of task. It's usually another company either wanting a villain for an event, or to do some kind of dual-FC type team-up event, or alternatively, the client could be a single person. The main thing here, is that the -cliennt- is the one coming up with an event to do. They do the DM'ing, roll the dice, come up with the monsters, so on.
What if it was the other way around? What if this FC allowed people, as groups or on their own, to hire them, and the -FC- would provide the event, based on what the client wants/needs? This would work great in tandem with people who're not affiliated with an FC, or someone who's trying to further their own story, without 'just having it happen off screen'.
For instance, if your character's a researcher, and he wants to get his hands on a specific artifact, you could contact this FC, let them know the gist of what you need, and they would set up an event for both the client, as well as their own group.
This would, of course, require at least one, if not more, DMs that are willing to spend their time working on events aimed at other people (Although they could of course weave some personal FC stuff in there). But aside from that, I personally think this is an idea that could really help out people who're not in an FC, or those who'd like -more- than to just RP and have events with their own circle of friends.
What do you guys think? Please let me know down below! For the record, I'm not going to create this, but I felt it was a good idea to share it with you lot :)
RE: Possibly cool idea for an FC/Linkshell/Group - Amnesic - 03-31-2017
(03-31-2017, 04:28 PM)Maeve Dune Wrote: Hello, everyone!
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What do you guys think? Please let me know down below! For the record, I'm not going to create this, but I felt it was a good idea to share it with you lot
I think it's an interesting idea and it would probably gain a lot of repeat clients should it launch right.
I can definitely see where it comes from, but I'd be concerned with how much of a niche it plays to. I'd imagine finding a group of RPers that have no story to work between them would be quite rare, yet it still seems to be that it could be something that becomes very popular.
A very unique idea, I'll give it that!
