test drive meme!

[wynn]

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.

Comments

[withasouvenir]

[ why is it always kidnapping? like this is starting to become a serious problem in thea's life. it is a genuine issue that thea is kidnapped so often. but at least she has company???

whether this is a good or bad thing is up for debate. she huffs in irritation, squirming against her bonds even though by now she knows better. le sigh, what is her fucking life. ]

You know, sword like yours, I was expecting the cavalry.

[buttholy]

What, am I not calvarous enough for you? Should I leave and let you wait for the next extraction team? [he would never, ftr. but JUST SAYING.]

[withasouvenir]

I'm still tied up! [ so apparently she is just making faces at his speed. ]

[buttholy]

[he uses his sword to slice the rope and it's like an atk 23 with the rope taking like 15 dmg. THEY ONLY HAVE LIKE 2 HP?!!? ur free, thea. be free.] And now you're not.

[withasouvenir]

What if you had taken my arm off with that thing!

[buttholy]

How was I going to take your arm off?!

[withasouvenir]

Uh, you could have missed. [ there was a sword near her person okay! she rubs her wrists protectively. one day she is just going to start wearing those banging terry cloth wrist bands tbh. ]

[buttholy]

I wouldn't miss. I'm highly trained.

[withasouvenir]

[ she makes a face, as she do. she kicks highly trained dudes in the junk okay, that is her niche. it so happened that the highly trained dude was her brother, but THAT IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. ]

[buttholy]

[he takes her silence as doubt in his mad skills and it makes him continue on with] ... in Historical European Martial Arts. I was a medalist in Longpoint 2012.

[ ^^^^^ n e r d ]

[withasouvenir]

[ oh my lord. thea lifts a hand to cover her eyes briefly before she lets it fall. ]

Congratulations. I have no idea what that is, but congrats.

[buttholy]

It's, uh, longsword fighting. [ANYWAY.] Are you okay?

[withasouvenir]

Yeah, I'm fine. Not the first time I've been kidnapped. [ her life is so sad. ] You didn't happen to see my stuff on the way in, did you?

[buttholy]

[just gonna gloss over that and move on to] Depends on what "your stuff" was.

[withasouvenir]

My phone and my sword, mainly.

[buttholy]

[his spot check was in the single digits, but at least he's interested now?] What kind of sword was it?

[withasouvenir]

It's a jian. [ which is to say, a chinese straight sword. lucky, really, because she would be having a temper tantrum if she lost her katana. ]

[buttholy]

[his knowledge roll was ok.] Chinese straight sword, right? Do you fight with that?

[withasouvenir]

I carry it around for fun. [ he deserves this flippant tone. ]

[buttholy]

Uh-huh. [he don't think so tho. (sense motive 16)] Well, I don't remember seeing either, but we can look for them if you want.

[withasouvenir]

Thanks. Let's go. [ she doesn't feel wholly up to slaying dragons, but she'll be fine. nothing hurts because her dad is a sociopath and basically upped her pain tolerance to eleven by pouring boiling water on her and beating the shit out of her, so she's fine. ]

[buttholy]

[as they head out, he tries to look for her shit, but doesn't seem to be coming up with anything ... (search 11)] Maybe I could try calling your phone? That's my only idea.

[withasouvenir]

[ thea's is not much better tbh (search 14), so she nods and waits for him to pull out his phone before patiently dictating the number. which she thankfully remembers (wis 18). cell phone numbers are hard, okay. ]

[buttholy]

[he dials it and ... listen 15?! could that noise be her ringtone???? he starts to ... head in that vague general direction...]

[withasouvenir]

[ spoiler alert, he's following the sound of peanut butter. enjoy, sir. thea follows and then skips along in front of him, looking around carefully, which seems to work with the sudden nat 20 spot check???? HEY LOOK, HER SHIT. ]