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

[badexample]

[He glances up at her sharply, eyes wide with clear fear at the threat.

Slowly, he slides the phone into the pocket of his jeans, his nervous gaze never leaving her. His hands return and remain protectively in his lap.]

[sorceresslite]

[The fact that he is scared of her is very amusing to Ella, since she is painfully weak. But she nods, he is lucky she didn't threaten to break his phone. Wee lamb would have a heart attack, she thinks.]

Didn't you ever go camping when you were small?

[badexample]

[He doesn't mess around when it comes to the safety of his genitals. And a person doesn't have to be strong to do enough damage, okay. He figures that ignoring her questions will likely result in more threats of bodily harm so he swallows and replies.]

Sure. Hated it then just as much as I do now. [At least this time, he brother wasn't showing him up with all his eagle scout bullshit.] You mean you actually like being out here?

[sorceresslite]

No, I think it complete bollocks and I'm going to buy a boat and charge it to Wynn because I'm pissed off. [She makes a circle around her face with her finger. Her very, very fair face.] Do I look like I like nature? I'm cold and I'm damp and I'm five seconds away from inventing a spell that blows up every insect in a three mile radius. And did I mention I'm freezing? But every time you look at your stupid mobile it reminds me we're basically in hell.

[badexample]

[He opens his mouth as if to try to speak, but closes it quickly and looks at her curiously.]

Wait- can you do that? Blow up all the bugs? 'Cuz that would be great. I'm getting eaten alive over here.

[sorceresslite]

No. [She pouts, clearly not at all pleased by this. Her familiar, a tiny ginger and white kitten, headbutts her leg but she ignores him.] I've not found a spell for that. If they get close enough I can electrocute them though.

[badexample]

[His shoulders slump slightly, obviously disappointed in the notion as well.]

Guess that's something. More than I can do.

[sorceresslite]

Could've packed bug spray. [She smiles, finally, and leans over to root around in her bag, popping out with a little bottle that she tucks into the kitten's collar before he pads over the Andrew, blinking balefully at him. The animal's expression basically reads: say thank you or I'll scratch your eyes out while you sleep. Aodhagán is a sweet kitten.]

[badexample]

[Andrew isn't exactly afraid of animals, but he's not besties with them either. So after he gingerly takes the bottle from the cat's collar, he pats it awkwardly on the head.]

Nice kitty. [And a glance up to Ella.] Thanks. And sorry for being such a tool. Being out here makes me anxious- like Wynn's gonna realize the mistake he made and kick me out.

[sorceresslite]

[She snorts.] Doubt it, love. Your nerd magic is pretty stellar.

[badexample]

That's different. [He shakes his head to brush off the compliment.] That's back home. And I'm not exactly going to be doing anyone any good if I can't even get cell reception.

I don't have many strengths and this whole set up isn't exactly playing to the few I have.

[sorceresslite]

I'm a bit rubbish at this pep talk bullshit, that's what my brother's for -- he's the friendly one. [Its not hard... She did just threaten to deck his deck.] But I'm gonna give it shot, so bear with me. Ready? [She doesn't wait for an answer.] Shut it. You're obviously good enough if Wynn sent you out here with me, just us, by ourselves. So once we figure out what the fuckballs we're meant to be doing, we can figure out how your strengths are going to work.

[So that was an Elinor Cailte style pep talk. Enjoy!]

[badexample]

You're right.

[A beat.]

You are bad at that. [But he does seem to be wallowing a bit less. Instead, he finishes with the bug spray and walks it over to her.] I'm gonna go find some stuff for a fire. Wanna come with or..?

[sorceresslite]

[You shithead. Clearly the way to Ella's heart is blunt honesty because she laughs and stands up.] Wanker. [Which sounds like a compliment.] Yeah, I'll come with. Won't you get lost without GPS?

[badexample]

I might. [Shrug] Can't you make some sort of fairy magic to light the way back?

[Hard to tell if he's serious about that or not]

[sorceresslite]

I am not a bloody fairy. [She holds out her hand.] Gimme your phone, swot.

[badexample]

[He pulls it out of his pocket but hesitates.]

You're not going to ... beat me to death with it, are you?

[sorceresslite]

No, I'd use your own severed limb for that. [She snatches the phone and digs around in one of the pockets of her dress, pulling out a piece of something squishy that sort of blends into the dark until she puts a little pressure on it and it glows. She slaps it against the back of the phone, mutters a few words under her breath and the glowy thing dissolves and the phone lights up like a lantern.] Could've packed a torch, too. We should make a list of all the shite you could've packed.

[badexample]

Didn't realize I was the only one packing... [It's mumbled under his breath while he looks in the opposite direction of her. Hi, someone is grumpy but doesn't like actual confrontation.]

[sorceresslite]

Oh, sorry I was never a Girl Guide, I was bit busy learning how to do this. [She hands it back, sort of just shoving it against his chest and letting go, hoping he'll catch it, before stomping off into the woods.]

[badexample]

[He catches it because it is his most precious possession ever (and also nat 20 reflex save woo!). Also it is shining bright like a diamond so its not like he can miss it.]

I think we both had better things to do than learn what to pack for a camping trip. [He aims the light down at the ground so that they can find decent sticks for a fire.] How'd you learn it- the magic stuff?

[sorceresslite]

[DIAMONDS DON'T SHINE.]

I was born with it, 'pparently. My da taught me.

[badexample]

[EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE]

Wow, really? So you knew your whole life that you'd have powers? [Yeah even when he grew up in a world with magic, he still thinks of it like superheros. That's nerds for ya.]

[sorceresslite]

No. I wasn't born here. [She busies herself with puttering around collecting sticks.] My brother and I came through the veil when I was a baby. We got adopted by a couple that used to be knights. Da was a wizard. He sort of figured out after a while what I could do. I was born with magic, I guess.

[badexample]

Oh... [Sometimes he forgets about what it can mean to not just be from here.] Guess you got lucky having a wizard for a dad. So he's the one who showed you the ropes?