Dragon Age: Origins - An Idea

[Secura]

Ogre Alpha was a role too though, hahaha.... they're not very conspicuous themselves. xD

[Beskar]

I wanted to see Sandal in being the cruical vote in first-round lynching of the Arch-demon of the Blight.

[Double A]

Ogre Alpha was a role too though, hahaha.... they're not very conspicuous themselves. xD

How bout some sort of evil ninja Darkspawn?

[Secura]

How bout some sort of evil ninja Darkspawn?

You just gave me an idea for an awesome guest role...

[Double A]

Oh wait.

It's so freaking obvious.

Give the Broodmother a dozen Darkspawn to guard... her?

[Secura]

Naw, Broodmother will probably be dropped along with High Dragon, Ogre Alpha and Archdemon; I wanted to include them but there doesn't seem to be a logical way to do it through narrative... the characters are hardly likely to miss two huge dragons and a boob-creature... and I want to stay relatively loyal to the source material.

There's four or so roles that can easily replace them though, which is good.

[Niklas]

Naw, Broodmother will probably be dropped along with High Dragon, Ogre Alpha and Archdemon; I wanted to include them but there doesn't seem to be a logical way to do it through narrative... the characters are hardly likely to miss two huge dragons and a boob-creature... and I want to stay relatively loyal to the source material.

I think this is really the way to go. Staying close to the source material and making a believable scenario will make for a much more fun game, role-playing wise. Über-epic but otherwise nonsensical scenarios are only appealing for the 1337 kidz.

A low-key, down-to-earth, gritty battle between blood mages and templars, neither of which cares the least about collateral damage, would be pure awesome. Or perhaps a setting with werewolves vs the mages the cursed them? Or a factioned game featuring various dwarven noble houses, vying for the throne? Or a landsmeet, with the players being various Banns, and the mafia being Orlesian spies trying to overthrow the nation? Geez, you could make a whole series of DA:O games here, so don't use up all the cool ideas for a single game!

[Secura]

A low-key, down-to-earth, gritty battle between blood mages and templars, neither of which cares the least about collateral damage, would be pure awesome. Or perhaps a setting with werewolves vs the mages the cursed them? Or a factioned game featuring various dwarven noble houses, vying for the throne? Or a landsmeet, with the players being various Banns, and the mafia being Orlesian spies trying to overthrow the nation? Geez, you could make a whole series of DA:O games here, so don't use up all the cool ideas for a single game!

There's alot of good ideas in there that actually correlate with some of my own.

The thing is that they would be better suited towards games of a smaller scale, because otherwise it's going to come down to alot of people ending up with generic roles to fill the spaces; I've noticed from some previous games comments such as "I've never felt so useless or powerless" and "I never felt like I was part of the game", thus my idea of giving everyone a role that made them feel part of something.

Not sure some of the mechanics would lend well to games such as those either. Much to think about...

[Double A]

Right, like if you give me a role-pm, you will see at least a 100% jump in my activity, and if it's an actual role (ie, not just generic townie), I'm probably going to be devoting actual time to playing the game.

Roles make me feel speshul.

[Winston Hughes]

Well you can always rely on my first round vote to help you get your bearings.

Aww, thanks.

I can also rely on random.org griefing me in new and exciting (or old and predictable) ways.

[Centurion1]

oh i love templars.......... so cool looking

how about morrigan's "mother" cant remember her name onn the tip of my tongue....

[Double A]

I just call her "not sideboob."

[Niklas]

Flemeth. That's actually a cool idea.

[Secura]

Flemeth, yes... or Captain Kathryn Janeway, if you'd prefer.

I'm thinking of going ahead with the big game idea just to test mechanics and such out, and then utilise that to create a series of more story-driven games akin to NOTW over at CFC. Not sure yet, though.

[Double A]

Don't tell everyone the roles though, that's just confusing.

Also, it'd be kind of odd for Alpha Hurlock to be defending Morrigan.

[Secura]

What do you mean?

[Double A]

I NOTOW on CFC, all the role names are revealed at the beginning. Which I don't like.

[Diamondeye]

I NOTOW on CFC, all the role names are revealed at the beginning. Which I don't like.

This is true for most of the games; in those cases, the "wolves" have coverroles or roles that don't sound conspicious.

This has been both avoided (in Backwards Logic's NotW) and played with (TheForestAuro's game where the role names were with little import; we were all councilors with a different, nondescriptive adjective. ATPG was bloated!). Besides, this isn't NotW (although it sure sounds like it's going to be more like it - which I like! Look at how I'm enjoying myself in Space Rogues, per example!). Perhaps you should read up on some NotW, then, Secura? :)

In any case; this sounds like a nice idea and I'd definitely play it. The game it's based on sounds interesting as well. It sounds like Niklas knows it, perhaps I can question him about it

[Secura]

Besides, this isn't NotW (although it sure sounds like it's going to be more like it - which I like! Look at how I'm enjoying myself in Space Rogues, per example!).

Yes, it's funny you say that because Beskar and I were talking about Space Rogues and how there needs to be more games with a roleplaying element to them, but I'm not sure how that would appeal to the Org as much as it would to CFC.

Perhaps you should read up on some NotW, then, Secura? :)

I'm actually participating in autolycus' game currently, but the subject material to me is utterly confusing to say the least; I was directed to a wiki with relevant information but the things I genuinely wanted to know were not there. :/

In any case; this sounds like a nice idea and I'd definitely play it. The game it's based on sounds interesting as well. It sounds like Niklas knows it, perhaps I can question him about it

T'is true, it is an awesome video game. :3

[Double A]

Actually, the only time I've ever roleplayed here was when I was Bowser in CoV: KT, and that was because I was INVINCIBLE (at least until my guards died).

It was fun.

However, I think with most games the fancy pants roles (like for this, Morrigan) were all public, we'd get owned.

[Methos]

I could never pass up an RPG, so I'm definitely in!

[Secura]

I'm not entirely sure if I'm going to go through the stress of setting the game up and such, anymore... not really enjoying mafia at the moment, don't have the heart to set up a game and then lose faith in it halfway through, that's not really fair on myself or the players.

Hopefully I'll renew the interest somewhere along the line and can get this game up and running... thanks for the input, though.

[Double A]

Just play more Dragon Age

Have you tried a dual mace-wielding Dwarf yet?

[Secura]

Nine times out of ten, my Warden is a Cousland or Dalish Elf. xD

I think the Commoner and Noble questlines are fantastic, far better than the Human and Elven counterparts... I just can't get used to aesthetics most of the time. Besides, Oggy is more than enough Dwarf for me. :3

[Diamondeye]

Secura, if you need something explained about the universe of the NotW, just catch me on messenger, I'm more than willing to help..!

[Double A]

I think the Dalish quest took me 30 minutes to an hour, and the Dwarven Noble quest took me 2 hours.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah.

[Belisarius II]

I have put many hours into this game, and yes, yes I am a Tevinter supporter.

I think this game could be put into the making, it's seems to have a lot of potential, and Secura looks like she's put a lot of effort into it, so why not make it a reality?

[Double A]

Tevinter?

[Secura]

Tevinter?

Yes, they're those Magi that you find in Denerim's Elven Alienage around the Landsmeet portion of the game; they've fabricated an epidemic in order to enforce a quarantine that is merely a cover for the slave trade that they've gradually built up over the course of the game... with the blessing of a certain Teryn Mac Tir, I might add!

I think this game could be put into the making, it's seems to have a lot of potential, and Secura looks like she's put a lot of effort into it, so why not make it a reality?

Thank you... rest assured I do intend to get the game up and running at some point, there's just alot of narrative and mechanical things I've got to look over first, as well as get over my current mafia block.

[johnhughthom]

Yes, they're those Magi that you find in Denerim's Elven Alienage around the Landsmeet portion of the game; they've fabricated an epidemic in order to enforce a quarantine that is merely a cover for the slave trade that they've gradually built up over the course of the game... with the blessing of a certain Teryn Mac Tir, I might add!

My favourite part of DA:O.

Might I request if you are basing this on NoTW style games at CFC, please, please, please don't have some mega-awesome unlynchable unkillable supervillain a lot of those games seem to have.