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]

Or did I bring it from home? Neither. I knew a guy who liked "Oriental" weapons and he hooked me up for the price of three months rent.

[ cry. that's why she took the plunge to have her stuff shipped from bruges. ]

They probably have one in the armory though. It's not typical, but it's not really that rare.

[buttholy]

I know. I mean, I know a lot more about the European-type stuff, but I know a little bit about Eastern. Mostly katanas.

[withasouvenir]

I have one of those, too. [ which prompts a genuine smile. her baby. ] We should... probably get out of here, before we run into someone.

[buttholy]

I'm on it. [we're back to walking now. and leaving.] We're, uh, not that far from headquarters, actually, so I can just drive you back. [he stops in front of this hideous heap of scrapmetal from like the 80s or something that is apparently the car he took. it's almost like he went out of his way to find the ugliest car in wynn's garage. udek maybe he did.]

[withasouvenir]

[ /stares.

/stares at the car, stares at dante. she just shakes her head. ]

Or we could walk.

[ she will walk the whole way rather than be in that car. it doesn't look safe. she's already been kidnapped, she doesn't need to die in a fiery car wreck, too. ]

[buttholy]

That's gonna be a really long walk when you're worried about people tailing us ...

[withasouvenir]

Which won't be hard if we're in the most conspicuous car in the world. And if we are being tailed, we should probably not go back to HQ right away.

[buttholy]

So, what, do you want to walk down the street and hide in a store or restaurant or something?

[withasouvenir]

Basically, yeah. Food would be nice, I've been stuck in there for hours. That okay with you -- wait, who are you anyway?

[ she'd just assumed he was a knight because he was rescuing her but was too distracted to actually ask his name. ]

[buttholy]

Dante. Just the knight here to save you. Just me, they figured I could handle it on my own. [and we're walking more.]

[withasouvenir]

[ that causes a brief flash of irritation like I CAN SAVE MYSELF but she couldn't and that's annoying to her on so many levels. ]

I'll try to keep it from happening again. [ she glances around to make sure they're not being followed, but doesn't spy much. (spot 11) ]

[buttholy]

[his spot was 25, so if someone is following them, he's fucking on it. luckily ... they aren't.] How often does this happen to you, out of curiosity?

[withasouvenir]

I've lost track. Maybe four or five now. Kind of fuzzy because of the veil. Does it count as more than once if it was by the same person?

[ she's so blase about it, like being kidnapped is the norm. comparatively, kidnapping isn't so bad. ]

[buttholy]

But — how? Why? [WERWATEY?]

[withasouvenir]

[ she sighs heavily. ] To get to other people usually. My dad, my city's weird vigilante hero guy.

[ STILL DOESN'T KNOW ITS HER FUCKING BROTHER. ]

[buttholy]

You ... need to work on that.

[he tried to be tactful. HE TRIED.]

[withasouvenir]

I'm aware, thank you. It's not usually within my control.

[buttholy]

You see any place you'd like to eat yet?

[withasouvenir]

[ she points to a nandos. jk it's like some random ass pub. she clearly put a shit ton of thought into this. ]

[buttholy]

Are you sure you don't want ... I dunno, real food? [he's turning and going in anyway tho. maybe it'll be a gastropub. maybe they'll have fish and chips.]

[withasouvenir]

[ a lot of pubs in england serve food too! and she basically picked the only place they won't get looked at weird for strolling in with pretty obvious weapons. in fact the only weird look they get is because thea looks like a teenager still. ]

No, this is fine. [ she snags a table near the front window where they can still see the door. ]

[buttholy]

Kay. [now they're sitting and not in immediate danger and not talking about swords, so he sort of goes quiet and alternates between looking around at the people in the bar and at the door.]

[withasouvenir]

[ thea orders for them both when the waitress comes by, he doesn't get a choice, getting two ice waters and a plate of boneless chicken wings and chips to share. she doesn't mind the silence and doesn't say anything until the waitress comes back with their waters, which she promptly chugs. ]

How long have you been... [ the way she waves the paper from her straw around is meant to indicate "with the knights". ]

[buttholy]

[well he doesn't argue with her choice, so it must be okay with him.]

Almost three years now, I think. So, awhile. You?

[withasouvenir]

Few months. [ still chugging her water and then it's gone. sad face. ]