planning Planning A Changerous Game (RP Changeling Game)

[Torrent505 370]

So I want some opinions on this game concept I came up with. I was thinking it could put some tension, mystery and challenge into a versus RP. Any comments are appreciated. (It's late and I'm not even sure if I characterized my idea well enough but I'm posting anyways)

 

A Changerous Game concepts:

• The game can have two parts, The Hunt and The War.

 

• The Hunt plays almost like a Slice of Life

 

• Players are in an isolated place with a small population. The population knows that dangerous changelings are on the loose and most ponies are keeping an eye out but life must carry on.

 

• Players are changelings or undercover hunters for the crown. The hunters are stronger than changelings but are always out numbered three to one.

 

• The reason for the large number of changeling drones is a member of the normal population has a "HiveHeart", the changeling that devours this pony will change into the monarch of a new hive.

 

• In the hunt players should do their best not to indicate what they are, you are supposed to be a normal pony. However your character should try to constantly be interacting and figuring out who everyone else is. This is so changelings can gang up on hunters or hunters can eliminate single changelings.

 

• Why don't hunter know other hunters? Because changelings can assume the form of another hunter, so appearance means little and being able to identify another hunter could get them killed if a changeling somehow got the information out of you.

 

• Why can't changelings instantly recognize one another? Being so close to the "HiveHeart" blasts your senses and effects your shapeshifting magic. The only way to sense someone for sure is to leave town with them; similar to change forms you must leave town. Leaving often might give you away as a changeling but staying firmly in town might identify you as a hunter.

 

• Also because of the "HiveHeart" every other night a changeling drone needs to feed to a lethal level, this could leave clues as to who the attacker was but feeding will also make the changeling stronger and if they feed on the "HiveHeart" pony they'll become a monarch. A changeling can feed once everyday if it chooses.

 

• Attacking players, a hunter or changeling can choose to attack another OC. The changeling can do this to feed and eliminate a hunter but if the player they attack is also a changeling the victim can choose to automatically kill them both, fight back or sacrifice itself to give an extra boost to the attacker. Hunters are powerful and can attack other players on intuition but if a hunter kills another hunter it will instantly identify him and he most likely won't survive the swarm of remaining changelings descending on him.

 

• The hunt ends one of two ways, either the hunters kill all the changelings or a changeling eats the "HiveHeart" pony and starts to change. If the first happens then hunters win but if the second happens then the next part if the game begins.

 

 

• The war starts as soon as the "HiveHeart" pony is dead, the changeling that got the "HiveHeart" cocoons where it fed. The effects it had on the changelings are lifted, they may now shapeshift at will, they instantly identify each other and receive a major magic boost as they are now the praetorian guards of the potential new monarch and hive. Their goal is to protect the cocoon for one day.

 

• Hunters can also feel the shift in magic and a seal bound to them by Celestia breaks delivering them a letter granting emergency powers and magic. They are now permitted to identify themselves as an extension of the crown itself and can martial the population. Their magic auras turn the most harmless of ponies into trained soldiers.

 

That's about as far as I have gotten so far. I have an idea on how I would run the first part but I'm uncertain on the second part. I really need to figure out how to balance fighting and clues, I want outcomes decided by a chance system so it's fair. Also of course I want to know if anyone would be interested in playing a game like this.

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

That's actually a really cool concept for a game. I like this idea that the first half plays kinda like a slow mystery based life and the other half a king of the hill style fight.

There are one or two questions I have, like if the ponies are aware it's all a game, and know some (but not all) of the rules mentioned; or if the characters are left in the dark, and only we know the info above.

Also, what happened if a hunter kills the pony with the hive heart? Also can that pony also be a hunter?

Edited September 18, 2014 by Best OC

[HunterTSN 1,444]

This is a really cool idea and I really want to see it go somewhere. I would like a bit more info on how you're accepting characters, how many payers you're looking for, and how the changelings/hunters/hiveheart are selected (I'm assuming you'll let us know over PM or something similar).

 

In the meantime I'll leave this here: http://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/zephyr-r7237

[Drago Ryder 641]

Nice idea so far. I would have at least ten changeling and about as many hunters. Also, I'll be signing Gale and Tempest up.