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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

[He leans away when she stands, pretty sure she's about to deck him. When she takes off, he groans and gets to his feet, muttering under his breath.]

Damn it... [His stride is much longer and he'll catch up to her quickly.] Ella, wait!

Why! [She is sure not stopping, even though its... dark and she doesn't know where she is going and she doesn't have a torch or a jacket... whatever. Irrational temper is a go. But she is pretty light on her feet and she doesn't run into much in the dark, just branches catching her arms and hair. (Dex 18) But then, she doesn't get far so maybe there is just nothing to run into.]

Because! [Yeah he doesn't have a reason, but he does reach out and grab for her arm. His concern for what could happen to her if she ran off is obvious because he's not letting her go (strength 15).]

Just... stop. Weren't you just yellin at me two minutes ago about running off into the woods to get eaten by a bear?

[Let's not talk about the fact that I rolled at 2 so her strength check is 0... she ain't going anywhere at all.]

Except I can electrocute shite and you're just a... gammy twat.

[Oh that's nice, Ella. She tries again to jerk out of his grasp but she is really weak.] It wasn't meant to be an insult, being a virgin isn't an insult, I was just curious, god.

[Words can hurt like fists, Ella 8( ]

What's it matter to you what I get upset about? It's not like you're... [And he stops, looking down at her and blinking.] Wait. Are you?

[She blushes furiously, cheeks as bright as her hair, but still manages to narrow her equally bright blue eyes in a glare. Yes, Andrew, she is.] You're hurting my arm.

[He knows that defensive attitude. He's had that defensive attitude for years. And suddenly it all makes sense (wis nat 20). He releases her arm and stands there, stunned.]

Sorry. Come on back to the fire, will you? I'll let you have a free punch.

At my arm, I mean.

[She crosses her arms grumpily.] Fine. You're still a cocktrough though.

[He doesn't argue with her, just walks with her back to the fire before rubbing at the back of his neck. He's bad at this. He knows he should say something, but will probably screw it up.]

It's not the same for girls, you know. [Yeah that's not a great start.] The virgin thing. Blokes make fun of you all the way back to 16 if you haven't gotten anywhere with a girl. But with girls, it's... different.

Or so I hear.

It's not, different. I... [She sits back down and tugs part of the sleeping bag over her shoulder. She really regrets the lack of decision that lead to this conversation.]

You what?

I don't want to. So I'm a bit of a weirdo, everyone just thinks I'm mental.

Oh. [And he sits beside her again, thinking that over while he does so.] The way I see it, there's all sorts of things everyone always thought I should want to do. But I didn't. And it hasn't screwed me up too bad.

Besides, you're mental for plenty of other reasons other than that.

I'm not mental! [And there is her free punch to his arm. (Strength... 2 jfc) Obviously she does so much damage, like wow she probably broke his arm right there. But she doesn't actually sound upset anymore. Maybe a bit sullen that he's being nice to her.] You're such a bastard. How am I mental?

It was a joke! [And he holds up his hands as if to fend off further assault. He's actually laughing a bit now.] Sort of. I think you have to be a little mental to join up with our lot. Especially ones like you and me who can't fight like the others. I mean... look at us! [He gestures to the camp site.]

Tell me we don't seem a bit mental to you.

Maybe... more like we're just really stupid. I joined when I was sixteen though, at least I've got an excuse. Barely took my A levels and bam, squired. [A beat.] We're getting a hotel in the morning, this is pointless.

You won't hear me complain about that. [He tilts a smile at her.] We could always go boat shopping in the morning as well.

You're not a complete arse, are you? Still a bastard though.

I have my moments. [he shrugs and that might be a slight blush? Boy embarrasses easily.]

Now what do you say we finish that movie and try to stay warm, yeah?

Fine. [She says it grumpily even though it's pretty obvious Andrew has done the impossible and breached her defenses so she isn't actually grumpy just naturally awkward as all get out. She holds out the sleeping bag of which she is taking up approximately a sliver of space.] Warmth.

[He eyes the sleeping bag as if he's not sure if he can trust the offer. It's not like she's threatened to harm his genitals several times tod- OH WAIT.

Eventually he does scoot over to take some of the cover for himself. He rests the enlarged phone on his knee between them.]

Thanks.

[AND THUS A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP WAS FORGED]

[And now we know why Wynn sent them camping together...]

Is this what you do in your Middle-Earth lair? Watch kids movies and -- [She stops to laugh at said movie.] -- okay, no this is sweet.

[And if anyone is from Middle-Earth it would be El.]

It isn't a lair. It's just a room. You've got one too, you know.

[Also shut up this is like his favorite movie.]

[Sniiiiicker.]

It's a lair. Bet it's in the dungeons too.

Oh shove it. [But he's laughing because if he could put his room in the basement, he probably would. ALAS.]

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