06-08-2015, 03:01 AM
So. I happen to have an SL in the works that will involve the Technocratic Union, and I am considering offering a limited option for players to create Technocrat PCs to go along with the introduction of said SL. I'd like to hold off on giving any real information here, since, you know, there's a story involved. If anyone is seriously interested, I will explain the situation in more detail privately. A couple of things I'd like to mention though:
Obviously, there are risks inherent in making a PC that most of the other PCs will feel antagonistic toward. So signing up for this will mean that you're aware of that risk and willing to accept whatever happens. However, I'm not looking for player-run antagonists here. Conflicts may (and probably will) happen, but ideally I'd like to encourage a more nuanced scenario.
These characters will need to be of a specific type, so you will be somewhat limited in concept to the available options.
Chances are, you will probably be isolated to doing scenes mostly with other Technocrats (which might only be one or two people) for a while. In fact, I am probably going to regulate this at the start for the safety and sanity of everyone involved. It might very well be lonely and boring. Or it might end up working out and turning into something fun. That's why this is a trial run.
"Trial run" means that I offer no guarantee that you'll be able to keep playing your character. I wanted to open up the option to see if people were interested and to see if it could work in this particular scenario, but if there isn't any interest or if things start to get sketchy, I will nix the idea.
At this stage I'm really just putting out feelers. If no one is interested, that's totally fine. If anyone is interested, feel free to send me an fpm and we can go from there.
Disclaimer (for anyone who saw this thread and had a mini heart attack) : I promise I'm not trying to start a war. If this ever ends up happening (and that's a big if at this stage) it will be done carefully. I'm not going to just turn a bunch of Technocrats loose on the game. (In fact, there may not be any interaction between the groups at all for a while. This will ultimately depend on the pacing and direction of various story elements.) And there's a distinct possibility that no one will be interested anyway, in which case it'll be a non-issue.
Obviously, there are risks inherent in making a PC that most of the other PCs will feel antagonistic toward. So signing up for this will mean that you're aware of that risk and willing to accept whatever happens. However, I'm not looking for player-run antagonists here. Conflicts may (and probably will) happen, but ideally I'd like to encourage a more nuanced scenario.
These characters will need to be of a specific type, so you will be somewhat limited in concept to the available options.
Chances are, you will probably be isolated to doing scenes mostly with other Technocrats (which might only be one or two people) for a while. In fact, I am probably going to regulate this at the start for the safety and sanity of everyone involved. It might very well be lonely and boring. Or it might end up working out and turning into something fun. That's why this is a trial run.
"Trial run" means that I offer no guarantee that you'll be able to keep playing your character. I wanted to open up the option to see if people were interested and to see if it could work in this particular scenario, but if there isn't any interest or if things start to get sketchy, I will nix the idea.
At this stage I'm really just putting out feelers. If no one is interested, that's totally fine. If anyone is interested, feel free to send me an fpm and we can go from there.
Disclaimer (for anyone who saw this thread and had a mini heart attack) : I promise I'm not trying to start a war. If this ever ends up happening (and that's a big if at this stage) it will be done carefully. I'm not going to just turn a bunch of Technocrats loose on the game. (In fact, there may not be any interaction between the groups at all for a while. This will ultimately depend on the pacing and direction of various story elements.) And there's a distinct possibility that no one will be interested anyway, in which case it'll be a non-issue.