enablemeplz | April EMP Meme

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meme goes up on the Second Saturday of every month
FOR GAME ADS:

➤ Put an ad up with the characters / crew / pairings / fetish you want for your game under the correct game header. This meme is primarily going to be focused on DWRP games but IJ and LJ games are allowed.

➤ PLEASE NOTE A RULE CHANGE HERE. ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding (no font size > size 4 or 3 "big" tags, no oversized banners (they must be 250px in height or less), no blinking text, no obnoxious table html that doesn't collapse easily, no sparklies, no large pictures). Use all the colors you like, but please remember 3 "big" tags is the limit and that's only for headers or title text rather than for all the text in an ad.

FOR GAME QUESTIONS:

➤ RPers interested in a game can create a header for the game and ask questions about that game that aren't easy to find on faqs, such as the actual pace vs. what's listed/what kind of plots are run/if the game leans more towards plotty or slice of life/if a game leans more towards network or logs, etc. Both anon questions and anon answers are welcome in this section just like in the rest of the meme.

➤ This thread is not for speaking about wank or drama in a game. There are anoncomms that exist for that. This thread is specifically for general questions about a game that rpers want to get perspective on from players already in the game. Answers can be slightly negative (such as saying app response is slow or that the plots are repetitive or similar things) but this should at least be worded politely. Unnecessary vitriol, any mention of personal drama or wank, or mod teams/individual mods/players being singled out, will be either frozen or screened (based on what seems right based on the content).

FOR CHARACTER ADS:

➤ Put up an ad about the characters you are offering. For PSL ads, there is a separate subthread but for character ads for games, post directly to the meme post. Others will comment to you with the games/casts they want you to join.

➤ There is a "Find a Castmate" section, where you can talk about a cast you play in at a game, and try to lure people to join it. Not all games post to the meme or have a "wanted" section, so players that want to tempt people to their cast on their own can use this section for it. Please format this the same as the PSL section, where you post your character's canons in your subject. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find a Castmate" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. When listing who's currently in a cast, please do this in sentence form (with commas) rather than in list form.

➤ There is a "Find Crosscanon" section, where you can talk about a character you play and and desired crosscanon for that character. Please make sure this is not too generalized a search, because just wanting general crosscanon can be accomplished with the other sections of the meme. This is for specific characters or character types you're looking for. In the subject, please list the "Looking for [canon you're looking for]" rather than your character's canon. If looking for a character type, list the character type in as few words as possible. Do not make the subject huge or I'll screen your comment. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find Crosscanon" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. This section is only for game crosscanon as in the psl section people can list their preferences.

➤ Examples of crosscanon you can search for: You play The Flash from DC Comics and your dream CR is fellow speedster Quicksilver from Marvel. Or you might play a witch and want cr with other witches in general. Or maybe you play a good character messed up by evil parents and want to play against a villain character you know has evil parents, because you know it'd lead to some interesting negative CR.

➤ ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding, with the same rules as the Game Ads Section above.

➤ If you're recommending a game to someone, try to match your suggestion to their needs. It's okay if part of your game rec is copy-pasted (such as what the game's about), but at least some part of the rec must be personalized to their ad. Try not to recommend the same game to every single ad, either. Ad spam that isn't individualized in some way will also be frozen or screened. Keep in mind this needs to be more specific than "this game has easy AC like you're asking for but meets none of your other requirements." Make sure you're advertising games that might click with that specific character, where a few elements fit what they're looking for. You should be thinking about the story reasons of how the character might click with the game.

IN GENERAL:

➤ Don't be a dick. This isn't one of the anoncomms, so any snide comments or unnecessary commentary on the RP plans of others will be frozen or screened.

➤ All mod responses regardless of whether they're rule breaks, correction requests (like someone posting in the wrong section), or thwapping someone for spamming copy-paste ads, have always been and will almost universally be public. If someone sends a PM and the conversation gets combative, this will also be made public and posted to the comments of the mod contact page. This is for the sake of transparency so people can judge the emp mod's communications for fairness themselves.

There are times where the player's post may be screened (such as if they posted to the wrong section) but the mod's response will be left unscreened.

➤ Players may sometimes be allowed more than one strike for copy-paste ads since this is often just enthusiasm behind it, but game mods should know better. They'll get one warning for copy-paste ads, and if they spam anymore copy-paste ads after the warning, they'll be banned from the meme.

MOD CONTACT:

If there's trouble, tell me HERE, please!

RESOURCES:

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DWRP Masterlist - A regularly updated basic list of public DWRP games.

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➤ Important note: IP logging has turned on due to multiple instances past and present of problem players trying to return to the dwrp community via emp after being banned other places, so I'll be IP logging from now on, and will compare notes with the rpa and wg mods (as well as game mods) where appropriate if it seems like someone that has been mass banned. I will not pay attention to IPs otherwise. I don't care what people like playing or who's who. So please feel comfortable to keep doing your thing, anon or otherwise. The knowledge will only be used for really egregious problem cases.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Hello, this sounds very interesting! I have always wanted to see a successful marriage of TTRPG and DW happen! I think it totally can but I think it needs to use a fiction-first system to work since DW is already very fiction-first with things. I think it would work best if the game stays small in size because the mod(s) will be doing a lot of heavy lifting responding to scenes/situations/questions based on dice outcomes.

Powered By The Apocalypse systems sound very similar to what you're describing. Blades in the Dark for example (which is very close to Fallen London in vibes) uses dots to determine how many dice you're rolling; more dots = more skilled in a thing = more chances to roll a success. Playbooks (classes) have moves but you can "cross-class" very easily taking moves from other playbooks. There's even more fan-made playbooks and hacks over on itch.io. PBTA style games tend to be easy to learn and pick up. The outcomes are also much more narrative/character focused with (full success | partial success (with consequences) | bad outcome) being the options. Even a "bad outcome" can make for a really fun/interesting/exciting scene. It assumes characters are already very skilled and good at what they do and even when they "fail" it's usually because they're in over their heads and not because they aren't competent or OOC for it. The failing forward approach lends itself well to these systems, and I think DWRP by extension.

I think that after players learn your system of choice they could be trusted to govern their own private dice roll outcomes since we kind of do that already, just minus the dice. It would help take some of the weight off the mods so they could focus on event or plot-centric stuff.

A lot of DWRP games use extra activity check threads to give character rewards/special powers/etc so you could offer something similar to gain "experience points" for the characters to get more dots.

My issue has always been how to implement an easy to use dice rolling thing into play. Most people just pull up random.org in another tab which is fine, it works, but that's not always convenient or great for accountability (not that I think that's a pressing issue). Maybe a basic dice rolling script built into dwtools? Or some hybridization using an actual TTRPG system like roll20 or forge or even discord (with dice bots) for "live" sessions at set times and let people thread out things in-between? I don't know if that would be too much of an ask to make people sign up for accounts, too split up, or too much of a time commitment. I guess murder-games work on a similar principal, but that'd be up to you if you want to run it more emphasized in that direction. Either way I think dice + dw is totally doable with some kind of simple stat block modifier + ac rewards or quests or events serving as experience.

ooooh, I'll definitely look into how those more narrative-focused TTRPG systems run for some inspiration, thank you so much for the rec! I don't know that I'll really establish a full system so much as just implement some RNG elements, but Blades in the Dark already looks really really interesting and pretty relevant for DWRP with the emphasis it makes on collaborative judgement calls, so I'm keen to read about it.

I'd definitely leave minor dice rolls to players to decide on their own - players can implement them or not as they so choose, it's still a DWRP game first while borrowing some TTRPG elements to introduce a little variety! my main intention for where dice rolls would be implemented is, like-- players being able to pursue individual character plots/missions that can result in material rewards, furthering a character's personal goals in the game, or contribute to a faction's interests. once they submit the plot request, the mods first state the DC beforehand and then RNG the outcome and describe it to the player -> the player plays out the scenario and is able to submit the thread for reward once it reaches a certain number of comments. to me as a player, one of the biggest appeals of dice rolls and RNG has always been providing me with direction before starting a thread, especially with investigations and exploration.

I was definitely also considering making it possible to increase stats with AC rewards as an option! even if it doesn't end up being used much, since I'm not sure how concerned players would be with their characters' stats when they can get other fun stuff with their AC bonuses instead, I think it's something I would put on the table as a possible choice. and other things too, like one (1) guaranteed success in a dice roll, or a reroll, or a temporary stat boost... depends how heavily the RNG gets incorporated into decision-making, I suppose.

another thing I'm pretty sure I'll implement is that there's a better chance of success when more characters are involved, to encourage plotting with multiple people - maybe the stat bonuses of ALL characters taking part in the plot/mission are added to the dice roll, so say you've got a DC of 15 and you roll a 6, but there are three characters participating and there stat bonuses are +4, +3, and +2 which brings you to a 15.

Yeah! Spicing things up with dice rolls now and then or to give yourself some direction in threads (especially with investigation/exploration!) is really fun, as well as to more numerically contribute to factions or plot/event outcomes.

Maybe it'll help to have players translate their desired character actions/skills into categories (strength, dex, etc) or sub-categories (athletics, stealth, etc) and then base the rolls off those? D&D is pretty intuitive with the whole skill list, but sticking with just basic str/dex/con/wis/int etc or even more simple mind/body/spirit kinds categories that might be easier and offer more flexible narrative wiggle-room.

I like the idea of having a few bonus mechanics someone can expend to make a DC. In Blades there's a mechanic called a "devil's bargain", which is you get an extra dice towards success or effect, but comes with a definitive consequence of some kind that causes trouble (affectionate, derogatory) or raises the stakes. example: you might talk your way out of being thrown in jail but now that police officer will fall in love with you. Or, you land that punch where you want but you'll lose your favorite ring, which might get traced back to you later. Stuff like that is always fun, especially when it comes back to haunt players later.

I don't know how complicated you might want to get with group rolls but you could also offer character relationships towards DC checks? That might be fun and incentivize CR building if you incorporate it into the stat bonuses or bonus mechanics somehow.

Like say a group of 3 characters want to save an animal shelter from being burned down. Two characters are very strong and fast and can move animals in and out. The third is not fast or strong but maybe they did a favor for (or will do a favor for) an NPC or PC to acquire a vehicle to help contribute towards the DC success. Stuff like that?

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