N.i.c.e. Rpg!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:31 pm
Okie, this is a new RPG idea I had and I was wondering if I could muster enough interest to get it going. I've noticed a lot of people are doing wizard academy, mutant academy, magic academy, ect. style RPGs. Sooooo here is a fun twist on the old academy style plot, if you don't want to read the intro scroll down to the middle for the basic plot:
"We would like to thank you for considering application to our secret society...er... I mean college..."
This RPG is loosely based on C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength novel, but if you've never read the book you should still find this amusing and fans may enjoy it too. The place is the N.I.C.E. academy at Belbury. N.I.C.E. stands for something like National Institute of Coordinated Experiments if I remember correctly. Belbury is a grey, sleepy British town in mid-autumn (currently). Since the founding of the NICE, the campus police or secret police have begun taking over the job of Belbury's local, yokel cops. Many yokels are being forced out of their homes to make room for NICE 'construction' projects. Shifty workers are being hired out of nowhere to do the labor, and occassional violent riots occur between them and the citizens of Belbury. The nature of such projects is currently unknown, but it doesn't help matters that the NICE has managed to get government approval on all their affairs. In short, Belbury is pretty much a communist/Nazi regime.
The NICE college is lovely place for young aspiring students. Most all of its faculty and staff are either evil scientists, would-be dictators, puppet leaders, or after an even deeper agenda. For more info... see our introduction below. Like every college, NICE has its cliches and elite circles. If you really want to find out someone's secret you'll have to work up to gaining their trust. Simple rules for campus survival:
1.) Don't wander the halls at night.
2.) Don't see anything you probably shouldn't have.
3.) Trust no one.
4.) Don't ask questions.
5.) Learn the art of manipulation and butt-kissing as your first lesson.
6.) Everyone is dispensible.
7.) Don't bother the headmaster.
8.) Don't cross the secret police.
However, on the outskirts of Belbury there's an equally strange place called St. Anne's. Despite the country settings, there are deep plots within St. Anne's to get rid of the NICE, and rumors that it is being run by a Dark Eldil known as 'the Bent One.' The leader of the underground resistance is a man named Ransom. Strange lights can be seen from the house at night, but other than that it appears to be a normal country abode.
BASIC PLOT/RULES FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO READ THE INTRO:
Ok, still reading? Good. Basically, you may pic a side, character/creature, and attitude. You don't need to share your side with anyone, simply leave a "?" in your bio. You may put which side you are on if you want people to know, though it may gain you some unwanted enemies.
Annonymous actions: You can spy on people without their knowledge by PMing the GM (that's me!). You may also attempt to assassainate anyone you choose to by PMing me. However, spy and assassaination attempts are more effective if done after dark (real time). All other annonymous actions may be PMed to me, and I will post them up annonymously like "A knife flies out of nowhere narrowly missing Bob."
Battle System:Further more, each character has 500 hit points (more or less depending on what you are...usually 500). If you lose all your hit points you die. Even a simple fist fight can cost you hit points so be careful! Hit points can be restored in the cafeteria by eating genetically engineered food... creepy... but effective. Certain foods give you more hit points than others but they may cost more.
Money System: If you are a student at the NICE, you get a paycheck for doing well on certain assignments. Remember you ARE in school! Your professors will ask you trivia questions, and answering them correctly will gain you both wealth and popularity. Students all start out with $50 in their bank account. Profesors have $200 in theirs and get an additional $100 a week as pay. Eldils... get only heavenly rewards XD... they will have to use their powers to steal food out of the cafe without being caught. People not in the university will have to do the same as the Eldil. You can spend your money at shops, British pubs, and to buy text books(may have some important info). But spend wisely! If you can't buy food you're out of luck!
Characters
Please copy/paste this bio in if you want to join. Pick a race, name, job, affiliation, ect. All the types of character you can choose from are listed below. I will also need people to fill in pre-made characters, but if no one wants to I can take some.
Student:
Name:
Age (Between 17-24 usually...):
Hair:
Eyes:
Height:
Clothing:
Hit Points: 500
Bank Account Balance: $50
Affiliation (NICE, or St. Anne's resistance):
Special powers: Students must choose something normal like martial arts, agility, brains, ect. No magic please!
Favorite food (will cure you the most!):
Professor:
Name:
Age:
Hair:
Eyes:
Height:
Clothing:
Hit Points: 500-700 (you can be more powerful if you want)
Bank Account Balance: $200
Affiliation: Must be N.I.C.E. on the outside, but you may have your own hidden or public agenda such as taking over the NICE, building a space ship or disenbodied head, ect.
Favorite Food:
Special powers: Choose something realistic... can be a little higher than a student, like sniper in the army ect.
Secret Police:
Name:
Age:
Hair:
Eyes:
Height:
Clothing:
Hit Points: 600-800 (you can be more powerful if you want)
Bank Account Balance: $200 (get same paycheck as teachers every Friday)
Affiliation: Must be N.I.C.E. on the outside, but you may have your own hidden or public agenda such as taking over the NICE, building a space ship or disenbodied head, ect. You answer to police chief Fairy Hardcastle BTW.
Favorite Food:
Special powers: Choose something realistic... can be a little higher than a student, like sniper in the army ect.
Eldil:
Note: Eldil are glowing angelic beings from space. They rule over certain planets like Jupiter, Mars, Venus, ect. As such they represent that planet. They are friends of Ransom, oppose all evil and most especially the Dark Eldil who are demonic, renegade Eldil, servants of the Bent One (basically the devil... but this is just a game so have fun being as evil as you want!). Their true form is a glowing, ghost-like creature of light, but they can assume any form they want to to blend in. However, they sometimes have trouble figuring out human culture and how to 'blend in.'
Name:
Age: Ageless... but what age do you appear to be?
Human world appearance: Can be neko, human, or anything you want.
Hair:
Eyes:
Height:
Clothing:
Hit Points: 900 (most powerful beings in the game)
Bank Account Balance: Money? What's that?
Affiliation: Light Eldil or dark Eldil? Light = supports rebels, dark = NICE.
Favorite Food:
Special powers: Can choose any one weird power, need not be realistic.
Citizen of Belbury:
If you want a totally different character from the one's mentioned...copy paste this and submit it for approval (don't mean to sound like a snot but I don't want any sea sponge characters)
Name:
Age:
Hair:
Eyes:
Height:
Clothing:
Hit Points:
Bank Account Balance:
Affiliation:
Favorite Food:
Special powers:
Ok, that should do it. I'll copy paste the pre-made characters in later. First let's see if anyone is interested.
"We would like to thank you for considering application to our secret society...er... I mean college..."
This RPG is loosely based on C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength novel, but if you've never read the book you should still find this amusing and fans may enjoy it too. The place is the N.I.C.E. academy at Belbury. N.I.C.E. stands for something like National Institute of Coordinated Experiments if I remember correctly. Belbury is a grey, sleepy British town in mid-autumn (currently). Since the founding of the NICE, the campus police or secret police have begun taking over the job of Belbury's local, yokel cops. Many yokels are being forced out of their homes to make room for NICE 'construction' projects. Shifty workers are being hired out of nowhere to do the labor, and occassional violent riots occur between them and the citizens of Belbury. The nature of such projects is currently unknown, but it doesn't help matters that the NICE has managed to get government approval on all their affairs. In short, Belbury is pretty much a communist/Nazi regime.
The NICE college is lovely place for young aspiring students. Most all of its faculty and staff are either evil scientists, would-be dictators, puppet leaders, or after an even deeper agenda. For more info... see our introduction below. Like every college, NICE has its cliches and elite circles. If you really want to find out someone's secret you'll have to work up to gaining their trust. Simple rules for campus survival:
1.) Don't wander the halls at night.
2.) Don't see anything you probably shouldn't have.
3.) Trust no one.
4.) Don't ask questions.
5.) Learn the art of manipulation and butt-kissing as your first lesson.
6.) Everyone is dispensible.
7.) Don't bother the headmaster.
8.) Don't cross the secret police.
However, on the outskirts of Belbury there's an equally strange place called St. Anne's. Despite the country settings, there are deep plots within St. Anne's to get rid of the NICE, and rumors that it is being run by a Dark Eldil known as 'the Bent One.' The leader of the underground resistance is a man named Ransom. Strange lights can be seen from the house at night, but other than that it appears to be a normal country abode.
BASIC PLOT/RULES FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO READ THE INTRO:
Ok, still reading? Good. Basically, you may pic a side, character/creature, and attitude. You don't need to share your side with anyone, simply leave a "?" in your bio. You may put which side you are on if you want people to know, though it may gain you some unwanted enemies.
Annonymous actions: You can spy on people without their knowledge by PMing the GM (that's me!). You may also attempt to assassainate anyone you choose to by PMing me. However, spy and assassaination attempts are more effective if done after dark (real time). All other annonymous actions may be PMed to me, and I will post them up annonymously like "A knife flies out of nowhere narrowly missing Bob."
Battle System:Further more, each character has 500 hit points (more or less depending on what you are...usually 500). If you lose all your hit points you die. Even a simple fist fight can cost you hit points so be careful! Hit points can be restored in the cafeteria by eating genetically engineered food... creepy... but effective. Certain foods give you more hit points than others but they may cost more.
Money System: If you are a student at the NICE, you get a paycheck for doing well on certain assignments. Remember you ARE in school! Your professors will ask you trivia questions, and answering them correctly will gain you both wealth and popularity. Students all start out with $50 in their bank account. Profesors have $200 in theirs and get an additional $100 a week as pay. Eldils... get only heavenly rewards XD... they will have to use their powers to steal food out of the cafe without being caught. People not in the university will have to do the same as the Eldil. You can spend your money at shops, British pubs, and to buy text books(may have some important info). But spend wisely! If you can't buy food you're out of luck!
Characters
Please copy/paste this bio in if you want to join. Pick a race, name, job, affiliation, ect. All the types of character you can choose from are listed below. I will also need people to fill in pre-made characters, but if no one wants to I can take some.
Student:
Name:
Age (Between 17-24 usually...):
Hair:
Eyes:
Height:
Clothing:
Hit Points: 500
Bank Account Balance: $50
Affiliation (NICE, or St. Anne's resistance):
Special powers: Students must choose something normal like martial arts, agility, brains, ect. No magic please!
Favorite food (will cure you the most!):
Professor:
Name:
Age:
Hair:
Eyes:
Height:
Clothing:
Hit Points: 500-700 (you can be more powerful if you want)
Bank Account Balance: $200
Affiliation: Must be N.I.C.E. on the outside, but you may have your own hidden or public agenda such as taking over the NICE, building a space ship or disenbodied head, ect.
Favorite Food:
Special powers: Choose something realistic... can be a little higher than a student, like sniper in the army ect.
Secret Police:
Name:
Age:
Hair:
Eyes:
Height:
Clothing:
Hit Points: 600-800 (you can be more powerful if you want)
Bank Account Balance: $200 (get same paycheck as teachers every Friday)
Affiliation: Must be N.I.C.E. on the outside, but you may have your own hidden or public agenda such as taking over the NICE, building a space ship or disenbodied head, ect. You answer to police chief Fairy Hardcastle BTW.
Favorite Food:
Special powers: Choose something realistic... can be a little higher than a student, like sniper in the army ect.
Eldil:
Note: Eldil are glowing angelic beings from space. They rule over certain planets like Jupiter, Mars, Venus, ect. As such they represent that planet. They are friends of Ransom, oppose all evil and most especially the Dark Eldil who are demonic, renegade Eldil, servants of the Bent One (basically the devil... but this is just a game so have fun being as evil as you want!). Their true form is a glowing, ghost-like creature of light, but they can assume any form they want to to blend in. However, they sometimes have trouble figuring out human culture and how to 'blend in.'
Name:
Age: Ageless... but what age do you appear to be?
Human world appearance: Can be neko, human, or anything you want.
Hair:
Eyes:
Height:
Clothing:
Hit Points: 900 (most powerful beings in the game)
Bank Account Balance: Money? What's that?
Affiliation: Light Eldil or dark Eldil? Light = supports rebels, dark = NICE.
Favorite Food:
Special powers: Can choose any one weird power, need not be realistic.
Citizen of Belbury:
If you want a totally different character from the one's mentioned...copy paste this and submit it for approval (don't mean to sound like a snot but I don't want any sea sponge characters)
Name:
Age:
Hair:
Eyes:
Height:
Clothing:
Hit Points:
Bank Account Balance:
Affiliation:
Favorite Food:
Special powers:
Ok, that should do it. I'll copy paste the pre-made characters in later. First let's see if anyone is interested.
So here's my bio:
*An orange striped cat jumps up, chomps on the muffin, and darts off with it* XD
… that would be a boring game for me, on the computer 6AM-10PM day after day… social interaction=0… err -1). But college… college rocked! And though I may not have the GRE scores for Princeton, I will take a shot at this (though I already am involved in 1 RP (Nations and States: War and Peace). However, might I make note that real time lighting might be… kind of difficult. In general what about players who happen to live in Australia? They could only play the RP at night. Well if I could have done this thing a second time over