@skew said:
@Coin said:
@Miss-Demeanor said:
@Coin YES! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
Edit: We'll need a set of triplet NPC's... Hepatitis A, B, and C. ^_^
"Take these down to the Heps for testing."
It's always important to maintain moral in a dark, dangerous setting like we have planned. Sounds like it's going to be easy for this group to stay positive.
lulllllllllllz
@skew Positivity and morale is HIV's department. 
@tragedyjones said:
Next question: How many pre-generated player factions do you guys think is a good number? To date, we have 6, with ideas for a seventh.
I'd say no more than that. The problem with too many factions is that each one ends up not being well populated. Or (as tends to happen) one or another has a charismatic, active person who Starts Things and so people chase the action. And you end up with Faction 1 having fifteen people, and all the others having maaaybe one or two.
Which, admittedly, is only an issue if you're planning to have PvP between factions or a lot of faction-locked content.
@Pyrephox Unlike a standard CofD game like Vampire or Mage, it shouldn't really matter if a group is entirely absent. The PC cooperatives are at best mildly antagonistic
I'm a rodeo clown.
@tragedyjones said:
@Pyrephox Unlike a standard CofD game like Vampire or Mage, it shouldn't really matter if a group is entirely absent. The PC cooperatives are at best mildly antagonistic
You mean at worst, right?
"Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.
@Coin said:
@tragedyjones said:
@Pyrephox Unlike a standard CofD game like Vampire or Mage, it shouldn't really matter if a group is entirely absent. The PC cooperatives are at best mildly antagonistic
You mean at worst, right?
At most. That is the more accurate phrase.
I'm a rodeo clown.
@tragedyjones said:
@Coin said:
@tragedyjones said:
@Pyrephox Unlike a standard CofD game like Vampire or Mage, it shouldn't really matter if a group is entirely absent. The PC cooperatives are at best mildly antagonistic
You mean at worst, right?
At most. That is the more accurate phrase.
Mhm.
@tragedyjones said:
@Pyrephox Unlike a standard CofD game like Vampire or Mage, it shouldn't really matter if a group is entirely absent. The PC cooperatives are at best mildly antagonistic
Good to know!
@Pyrephox said:
@tragedyjones said:
@Pyrephox Unlike a standard CofD game like Vampire or Mage, it shouldn't really matter if a group is entirely absent. The PC cooperatives are at best mildly antagonistic
Good to know!
I'm actually imagining some of the pre-made groups might not get any love at all. If that's the case, I think the best course will be to have NPCs in the organization, and have it "ran" by staff. In the case that they become relevant to IC events, there's a place for people to go to ask questions. Likewise, if a player (or play group) comes along and wants to pick something up, there will be some continuity and flow. And, why bother having groups that might not see any action? I believe some of these groups will help create a more fleshed out, realistic game setting. "This type of hunter would exist, logically, even if no one wants to play them." Something like that.
I'm also expecting a lot of players to go it alone, or make their own groups, which we'll certainly allow.
@skew said:
@Pyrephox said:
@tragedyjones said:
@Pyrephox Unlike a standard CofD game like Vampire or Mage, it shouldn't really matter if a group is entirely absent. The PC cooperatives are at best mildly antagonistic
Good to know!
I'm actually imagining some of the pre-made groups might not get any love at all. If that's the case, I think the best course will be to have NPCs in the organization, and have it "ran" by staff. In the case that they become relevant to IC events, there's a place for people to go to ask questions. Likewise, if a player (or play group) comes along and wants to pick something up, there will be some continuity and flow. And, why bother having groups that might not see any action? I believe some of these groups will help create a more fleshed out, realistic game setting. "This type of hunter would exist, logically, even if no one wants to play them." Something like that.
I'm also expecting a lot of players to go it alone, or make their own groups, which we'll certainly allow.
I'm glad that you guys are thinking about it. I like the idea of a focus on smaller, more personal groups. Although it does run into the pack/motley/coterie problem where you can join a small group...where then the others stop logging in, get bored with their characters, go loony tunes, or whatever, and now you've got this theoretically binding commitment to a group that just doesn't exist in a real sense, anymore. If the staff is committed to providing continuity, at least for the staff-created groups, that should help, though!
If people don't like the larger Cooperatives, they need not join one. They are the "covenant" level organization to the Posse, which is the "coterie" level. Being in a Cooperative gives you access to benefits akin to Mystery Cult Initiation, being in a Posse lets you share merits like Safe Place and Stockpile (a custom merit).
Also, within the hour I should have a brief blurb for all of our premade factions up for perusal.
As promised:
Chessapeake Marksmanship League - A Philosophical Cooperative of Survivalists and Firearms enthusiasts who specialize in hunting monsters who infiltrate human society.
The Redeemers - A Philosophical/Prey Cooperative of Scientists, Academics and Soldiers who restrain and attempt to heal and cure Monsters.
The Knights of Saint George - A territorial Cooperative of catholics who act without any formal sanction from the church to keep St. Mary's county safe,
Barrack Y - A philosophical co-op comprised of active and retired members of the Maryland State Police and civilian personnel who investigate crimes unsolvable by official means.
Aidos - A philosophical Cooperative of scientists who seek to unlock the knowledge within and possessed by monsters,
Secret Barony - A Prey Cooperative of medieval style knights who claim to be the legitimate descendants of the disregarded title of Lord Baltimore
Diamondback Order - A territorial cooperative of student and faculty occultists who protect the University of Maryland
Monster Response Agency - An NPC faction, this Prey cooperative seeks out those monsters who would use sex and manipulation to corrupt men.
Office of Exonormal Studies - An NPC faction, this group is a small and underfunded subdivision of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
SMIT RAR - An NPC faction, the Southern Maryland Industrial Technologies Resource Acquisition and Retention Group is a Defense Contractor with an unhealthy interest in the paranormal
Another little morsel for folks. Our Logo, created by @surreality
I'm a rodeo clown.
@tragedyjones said:
Another little morsel for folks. Our Logi, created by @surreality
That's an awesome logi.
A @Coin? As if his ego wasn't inflated enough.
Everyone's all philosophical.
Are they going to sit around in togas and drink poison?
Oh hey guys I forgot to mention we should be opening on or around March 1st, 2016.
This is a fantastic idea!
@skew said:
@Coin said:
@Miss-Demeanor said:
@Coin YES! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
Edit: We'll need a set of triplet NPC's... Hepatitis A, B, and C. ^_^
"Take these down to the Heps for testing."
It's always important to maintain moral in a dark, dangerous setting like we have planned. Sounds like it's going to be easy for this group to stay positive.
lulllllllllllz
