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February EMP Meme
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Voltron: Legendary Defender @ Synodiporia
[fandom]: Voltron: Legendary Defender
[game's current cast]: Shiro, Matt, Pidge, Allura, Thace
[who I play]: Thace!
[wanted]: Coran!! Also Keith, Hunk, Lance, Kolivan, Ulaz or any of the Blades. Syn accepts very minor characters and Fandom OCs, so if you want to flesh out characters like Antok or create a Voltron OC, we'll help you sort it all out!
[game info]: Synodiporia is a game where characters are kidnapped into a place between worlds by powerful entities playing a game that will potentially change the entire multiverse. The game is played through "Jaunts" during which characters are sent to other worlds to solve a problem. Players may choose to have their characters investigate as themselves, or temporarily be AU'd into the setting and believe they're natives. Syn is medium to fast in speed, and plot heavy. There's plenty of options to learn new skills and abilities (bonus AC mechanic) to get involved in main plots, side plots (players are encouraged to try all the things. Sometimes the results surprise even the mods!), or just to hang around and form new relationships with fellow characters. If a character doesn't work for whatever reason in a Jaunt world, we also have a Walkabout mechanic to provide more options and a different world to visit with lower stakes. Currently, everyone just got back from a world of Magical Girls and Boys in a collective dreamworld (or a world with very religious elves), and the next Jaunt/Walkabout combo will be Magic Art School or WWII with superheros.
Cast-wise, most of the Voltron folks ended up heavily involved in a rebellion against a tyrannical empire in the last jaunt, and both Thace and Allura died (but they got better!) in the big battle. It hit folks pretty hard in different ways, and will still be a recent big event when new characters come in.
There's a Test Drive Meme and Apps are currently open! (and here's the directory for reading about different aspects of the game)
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though you have me curious at plot heavy, so i might just take a look.Re: Voltron: Legendary Defender @ Synodiporia
And yes, Syn is very plot heavy. So much so that sometimes one can get a bit lost, but we help each other out! There's levels to the plot too. There's the big game-arc meta plot that deals with the
gracious hostskidnappers who call themselves the Arcana (yes, as in Tarot) and are playing a game that will potentially change the whole multiverse and using the characters as game pieces. Part of that also revolves around the fact that several of the Arcana have died by now (one by Lovecraftian monsters even) and the fact that winning the game revives them. And characters' IC opinions of all this vary widely, leading to lots of sub-plots as characters navigate whether or not they even want the game to continue, and/or which of the Arcana they want to win.And then there's jaunt plots! Most of those are more contained, and there's an option to have the character AU'd into what we call a plot role, which pretty much guarantees being in the thick of the Jaunt plot and also has other bonuses. Jaunt plots range from theoretically simple (help the locals reunite the lost pieces of a magical amulet! Help the very first local democratic election go smoothly. etc) to very complicated. Our last jaunt involved the aforementioned rebellion, but also baby star-people struggling to reach out to other sentient beings, and also the Arcana trying to take something from the world and causing damage to it. And that was just the half of it. It was a wild jaunt and so much fun.
And then there's personal player plots, which can and frequently do intersect with either jaunt plots or the big meta-plot. For example, one of the player plots involved breaking into one of the dead Arcana's personal spaces, which gained characters a ton of info on the meta-plot (and how new characters are ICly brought into the game too). On the other end of the scale, there's small actually personal things, like one of my characters deciding to pick up modern medicine so she can heal other characters better.
But for those who don't want plot or need a break, there's always options for stepping back. Walkabout worlds are usually much less plotty. For example, last time we went to Lovecraftian monsters world, the walkabout was entirely about taking care of baby dragons.
tl;dr There's almost always some kind of plot going on to get involved in, but there's also options to stay out of it, and our player base is happy to help with either option!
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Re: Voltron: Legendary Defender @ Synodiporia
The only requirement is that 2 of the same character have a notable difference of some kind to set them apart, which is why Syn allows AUs of all kinds! That can include Previous Game experience, player made AUs, canon AUs and and any combination of the above.
Re: Voltron: Legendary Defender @ Synodiporia
Re: Voltron: Legendary Defender @ Synodiporia
Yes, it's very plot heavy. There's a wide variety of tone from serious to amusing antics to "that sure is an eldritch abomination trying to kill us all" and range in scope from world-altering to intensely personal. And there's always some way to avoid a particular plot if it isn't to your taste.
And I'm just going to gesture upthread at the response I gave to the Keith who asked the same question because efficiency!