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]

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?

[sorceresslite]

Yep. There was a sorcerer at the castle, but I kicked him so he wouldn't teach me anything. After Da died I just learned on my own. [Which is why she sucks tbh.]

[badexample]

...You kicked him?

[sorceresslite]

He was rude about my hair.

[badexample]

Fair enough.

So how's that going? Learning on your own?

[sorceresslite]

Bit rubbish, actually. Absolutely bril at reading weird old languages though.

[badexample]

I guess I know who to call if I stumble upon a weird old library.

[sorceresslite]

Yeah, I'm sure those come up a lot. You'll just be ringing me up at all hours of the day. [She's got quite a small bundle of sticks, so she moves further into the woods, calling back over her shoulder.] Get a bit closer will you.

[badexample]

Huh? Oh...right. [He edges closer but is still probably a good foot from her because...awkward as what is the right amount of space between friendly people???]

[sorceresslite]

[She doesn't seem to notice, but she clearly needs to work on her social skills (telling friend you will harm them is not that good) so it's not a big surprise.] I think we're going to freeze to death, for the record. There's just twigs out here, I dinnae see any real wood.

[badexample]

There might be some further in? [After a moment longer, he shifts to slip one arm out of his jacket, pausing as if uncertain if this is what he should do in this situation. After that hesitation he quickly removes te jacket completely and holds it out to her.]

Here. [It would be comically large on her but its on of those heavy canvas sort of things so it would at least keep the wind off her.]

[sorceresslite]

Probably. [Ella turns around, straightening up, and just sort of stares at him in bewilderment. Why is he... oh he is joking. Isn't he? Oh balls, he's not is he? But is he? (Sense motive 11)] Sorry, beg pardon, do you want me to wear that?

[She's not insulting his jacket, on purpose, she just seems a little confused by why he is offering it to her but she has the social aptitude of a dead slug so...]

[badexample]

[He is still holding out the jacket, even as she balks to the offer.]

Er...yeah? I mean, if you want to. I just figured... [oh my god just take it so he doesn't feel like such an idiot]

[sorceresslite]

Oh. [WHY DID YOU MAKE THIS SO AWKWARD, ANDREW.] Okay, yeah. [She reaches out and snatches the jacket with her free hand, stooping to put her bundle of sticks down to shove her arms into the sleeves.] Thanks.

[badexample]

Don't mention it. [He responds while taking his now empty hand and scratching the back of his neck. His chivalry however does not extend to him going to pick up the bundle of sticks. So. Whoops. Trying to feel less uncomfortable (and failing) he turns his glowing cell phone towards the path leading deeper into the woods. It's pretty dark. And not exactly...friendly. He gulps and hopes Ella doesn't notice.]

So...off we go, huh? [His feet just need to...start moving]