theround | test drive meme!

Interested in playing at Knights of Legend but want to get a feel for the players/characters/world? Already in the game but want to clown around with other muses to see how they would fit here? Now's your chance!

The setting is our world... but all the legends are real, because magic has spilled over the centuries from a Dungeons & Dragons fantasy dimension called the Shadow World into the modern one. If you have a canon character, they too have spilled over through cracks between dimensions - and remember little to nothing of their past lives, except in some rare cases. How much they remember is entirely up to you! Canon characters can either have recently arrived in this world, or already be settled and accustomed to it. Original characters are natives of either this modern+magic dimension, or from the Shadow World - in which case, they too lost memories on their journey here.

Either way, your characters have joined up with the Knights of the Silver Dragon: a large secret organization dedicated to protecting this world against the evil creatures arriving from other dimensions - and protecting the innocent dimensional travelers from cultural misunderstandings and prejudice that they face here.

Compiled from various memes at

bakerstreet . Deal with it.

How it works:
1. Post as your character with Name | Canon if applicable in the subject line. You can choose the scene and prompt yourself or leave it blank for others to decide. Current players can make threads too, if you'd rather tag them!
2. Others respond to your prompt or after going to RNG and entering numbers 1- 15 for a prompt. The Gamemaster will provide everyone with at least one NPC at random to interact with!
3. Respond and play it out!
4. Part of the fun of KOL is using dice rolls to determine success or failure of actions taken! For the purpose of this meme, don't worry about having a character sheet or stats for your character - if the GM or a fellow player asks you to make a roll to determine something, simply randomize out of 20 and compare it to the number they give you to see if your character succeeds or fails!
5. Play nice. If someone doesn't want to play something out, respect their wishes.

You may use threads from this meme for your application samples!

1. Arrival; Your character wandered into some mysterious mist in their homeworld... and abruptly finds themselves in some part of our modern world, with either all, most, some, or none of their memories missing! Play out their confused first steps in this new world. Get creative about where and what they arrived in the middle of!

2. Popo Shut Us Down; Oh crap, get to the getaway car! You may be innocent or have actually broken the law, but either way, you've got to escape those sirens because the cops don't know or care that you've got a license to kill and now you're wanted. Car, boat, chopper, whatever you want, just flee the scene together and fast!

3. Anger Management; Maybe they said something insulting to you, maybe you just don't like their face, but either way you're hit with the overwhelming urge to punch this person in the face. So you do. And everything rolls on from there. Do you get in an overly dramatic fight full of fiery explosions? Is a friendship shattered? Who knows!

4. Camping in the Wilderness; This has to be the worst mission ever. No fancy hotels for you. Just a tent. Don't get eaten by an owlbear!

5. Monster of the Week; You and the other character are on a mission together when you encounter some kind of hideous monster! Start a thread, and the GM will crash with some kind of randomized beast. :3

6. Trapped! One of the characters is trapped, whether behind bars or an unbreakable glass. Drama and/or epic breakouts ensue.

7. Apocalyptica. It's the end of the world!!11 Evil mages, horrible cults, the tarrasque, world war iii, you choose. The world needs some heroes, so maybe you should get on that.

8. Animated Bulldozer. Some wacky wizard cast a spell on a bulldozer, and now it's taken on a life of its own and is tearing apart the town! Shut it down! And then you should probably get on stopping that wizard, too.

9. Critical Failure. There's failure, and then there's critical failure - the result of rolling a one on your d20. This is an epic level of fail often reserved for slapstick comedy, but sometimes having really horrible consequences. You just set fire to the book you were attempting to do research with. You just tripped and fell face first into a moat full of crocodiles. Here's a solid example.

10. Weapon Training! The Knights handed you a gun - and gave you access to a massive armory full of every kind of medieval and modern weapon you can imagine. Make use of the combat rooms and get in some sparring time!

11. Godmod; The other character just gained the ability to spam spells of massive destruction. This could be bad.

12. Savior; you've been tasked to save this person, no matter the cost. Maybe they're a stranger, maybe they're your closest friend, even your greatest enemy, but you have to save them. From who or what is up to you!

13. C-c-c-cellmates. Man, getting kidnapped stinks. Break out?

14. Texts From Last Night; Either go to tfln, and select one, or make up one of your own!

15. Shot By Your Teammate; In the heat of battle, accidents happen... and the other character just shot you. ~~At least you think it was an accident. Dun dun dun.~~

16. Attack the Darkness; A classic dungeon crawl scenario! Never split the party as you make your way through a dungeon full of monsters and traps, looking for some kind of treasure.

17. Passive Aggressive Post-It Notes; Living with your fellow Knights 24/7, whether at the castle, or in close quarters on a mission, means you're going to get on each other's nerves sometimes. One or both of you is leaving passive aggressive post-it's for the other. Either respond in only post-it's back and forth, or roleplay out a confrontation once the notes get out of hand! Feel free to use the Post It Note Generator if you so choose!

18. Awkward Brunch; You've all seen plenty of these scenes before. There are tons of situations that can make things ~awkward~ between two people. And now you have to have brunch together. Uncomfortably pull through.

19. Fashion Show; Joining the Knights means getting a fancy suit of chainmail armor in blue and silver to wear for your Knighting ceremony. It weighs a ton and is awkward as fuck 8D You and the other character are trying them on for the first time together.

20. Curses! You have angered a wizard/witch/powerful faerie/omnipotent entity/incredibly stereotypical gypsy/all of the above, somehow, because you're probably a horrible person. The next day you discover you've been cursed. The nature of the curse and whether it affected one or both of you is up to you.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Sweets has sequestered himself with one of the pianos in the castle, just wanting to get in a little him time with his other love that is not his chosen profession. He's not giving a perfect performance, but it's still pretty good (perform - keyboards 15). The song probably filters out the door he left open for people to catch as they see fit.

Have at him.]

[Paige can't resist the sound of a piano. She pokes her head inside the room, but she doesn't recognize the song (wis 6). The melody's enough to get her humming along (perform... nat 20- that is some impressive humming I guess), though, as she walks inside.]

[Excellent. Sweets always loves a little accompaniment. It always seems to liven up the arrangement. He'll even switch so that he's playing just off the melody, managing to harmonize with her humming in key moments when it mattered.]

[She stops just shy of the piano, keeping up with him, and when the song ends, she claps her hands together.] That was grand. Gods, I didn't know what I was gonna do if I came all the way out here and there wasn't a single person with an ear for music.

[Sweets laughs a bit at that before shaking his head.]

Nope. Knights have an appreciation for all things, including music.

[He turns to face her a little more, before extending his hand.]

I'm Lance.

I was expecting something stuffier or just more somber. Like the CIA, only with swords and Arthurian motifs. [She takes his hand enthusiastically.]</small Paige. Paige Lyons. I just got here.

[He grins at that, before nodding.]

Some sects definitely have that vibe, but it takes all types to make a knighthood. The interests of some around here might really surprise you.

[Sweets isn't the only musical type. But he'll keep those secrets close and let her figure that out on her own.]

Well, Mr. Wynnefalshod didn't exactly put "knighthood choir and band" in the big talk-up speech, which... is kind of a travesty. Do you think he'd be opposed to someone starting something like that? I just worry some of these squires aren't getting the right amount of culture between missions and-

[She holds up a hand.] I'm blathering. I'm just really excited to be here.

[He grins a bit before shaking his head.]

I think so long as we're not going on a mass murder spree, Wynn doesn't really care what we do in our off time.

Oh, you don't have to worry about that. [She laughs along with him before it occurs to her what she's laughing at and she stops, eyes widening.] I mean, really. You don't. I can't even kill cockroaches.

[He smirks a bit, raising his eyebrows.]

Even if the cockroaches have it coming?

I have some issues with... anger. [She worries the bottom of her skirt, suddenly awkward.] It's better if I don't take that out on anything, even if it's tiny and disgusting and vermin.

[Well. How interesting. This very conveniently right in his other area of expertise.]

I see. So do you have another outlet for it? Bottling it up can't be good either.

I sing. That's my whole raison d'etre- in the French. The Tuneservants at the Temple of Milil have been really great about keeping me from becoming a petite volcano.

[He nods.]

Well, if you ever need an accompanist, I am always happy to help.

Well, you do have a great ear... for listening. Also for playing. Both things. [she waves her hands in small circles, grinning awkwardly. wow paige. such a good talker.]

[He nods a bit.]

Well, listening is kind of my job. I'm a psychologist by trade.

[she turns faintly pink.] And I always said I'd never be any good at talking to shrinks. [she goes pinker.] Psychologists.

[He waves a hand as though to say either word is fine. He doesn't mind.]

People always make it out to be so much more intimidating than it is. Really, all we do is talk.

People get intimidated talking about their feelings, and all those things they keep bottled up, because, y'know, we're told those feelings are unpleasant and unladylike and a lot of other un- words. It's not really you so much as it's the idea of expressing that little ticking time bomb of emotions you're smothering in concrete.

[He nods.]

True. But an emotional time bomb isn't exactly a good thing either, especially if it happens to go off all over some poor unsuspecting person who's not prepared for it.

[There's a beat.]

Think of me like an emotional bomb squad. I give you a safe place to detonate - no judgement.

I'll... keep that in mind. [she ducks her head. and tucks a lock of hair behind her ear.] I'm Paige, by the way. Paige Lyons.

[He nods before extending a hand to shake hers.]

Lance Sweets. It's nice to meet you, Paige.

Sweets, huh? [She takes his hand in two of hers and shakes it.] Must explain why you're so darn sweet. [she drops his hand and blushes furiously.] Oh, that was corny.

[His smile widens a bit as he shakes her head.]

I don't mind corny.

[And he's probably heard that line many, many times over the years.]

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