(03-13-2014, 02:07 PM)Brynn Wrote:(03-13-2014, 01:22 PM)synaesthetic Wrote: I want my RP in FFXIV to be like my old D&D games. I want to get into some serious epic plotting.YES!
This is the enjoyment I get from RP as well, story arcs with love! Tragedy! Fallen heroes and redemption. Families and betrayals and alliances.
There are definitely storytellers and RPers out there that crave and thrive on good storytelling. Â Tavern RP and random encounters are just a way to meet people. Â Once you find that you gel... then you can PLOT to your heart's content. Â
Indeed, this is the whole focus of my FC.
We are so plot heavy we call our arcs "Seasons"
I'll give an example of what we like to do by going over the plot of Season One
Season One saw the infiltration of a few Garleans in the Night Blades. They hid for weeks while everyone was making their introductions. We introduced a past bad guy from 1.0, a character named Fillion, who we mentioned off hand - stating he was bad, tried to run our old FC into the ground, then died in the Calamity when Ellion stabbed him. People were interested in the backstory but didn't think much of it. Meanwhile, a character named Dais had infiltrated the FC, posing as a simple priest. No one really thought much about him either and we were all busy rebuilding and working on friendships with the alliance guild Grim Echo.
Everything was good, till the day Dais asked Armi to escort him to Gridania since she knew the area well. Some people didn't trust him, he was kind of a lech, but no one really thought he would do anything.
When she was being escorted, a few people happened to find them and make sure she was okay. Dais, wanting to get Armi alone, poisoned Ellion and made him stay behind. Dais thought his plan had succeeded - till Sindl showed up at the Highbridge. Reluctantly, Dais had to change his plans because Sindl wouldn't leave. He left them alone while he went to get firewood - then 4 men attacked Sindl and Armi. It was a tough fight but the two ended up shot with arrows and left to die in a cave in Coerthas.
It was then Fillion made himself known. He used the linkpearl to communicate with the Night Blades and the Grim Echo. He was back, he was angry, and he wanted revenge. Fillion was Garlean, see, and he wanted nothing more to turn Eorzea to dust - along with taking down the Night Blades. He became interested in the Grim Echo because of Sindl's interference with his introduction and decided if they were allies of the NB they also had to die.
We introduced a bunch of evil PCs, family members and followers of Fillion - they stabbed people, took peoples eye's, Kidnapped people, tried to kill people over the course of a few months.
THe Arc ended when 2.2 became with a huge epic battle for Siben's - the inventor of the NBs - life and forcing the Garleans into hiding for most of Season 2.
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We're currently working on Season 3 - which is set to begin in April. We loovveee big story plots and usually revolve them around most people instead of one person.
But social RP is super important. In between story rp we were in bars, doing the Grindstone, or just hanging out to get to know each other. If characters don't care about each other, big epic stories don't work. No one would have cared about what happened to Armi with Dais without doing the legwork of making friends with social rp.
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