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For thousands of years, the parallel worlds of Earth and Rowan have existed in an unsteady harmony. Travel between them was restricted to a single gate, closed by the Guardians, who were charged with the task of keeping the two worlds separate. But in the year 2008, the Gate Guardians disappeared. For the first time in living memory, the mythical creatures long believed extinct by humankind can journey to the world of Earth today - by the same token, humans from our own world may find themselves in an adventure beyond anything they ever dreamed possible.

What will you find on the other side?

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Grab your attention yet? This is the Rowan Tree, an original (as opposed to fandom) forum-based RPG. Which I am running.

This is actually kind of an experiment. Me and my good roleplaying friend are trying out something new - the game will be run by the two of us as Narrators. As in, each player can play their characters, but we control the world around them. This means that we'll be able to give the players a much more in-depth world experience than if this were simply a player-based RPG.

We're looking for character applications now, and will be for the next few weeks. Guys, I know everyone on this flist is awesome, and I'd love to have any of you participate.

Anyone interested? Check it out.

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So, what rules system are you using? And how will you handle dice rolling online?

For the most part, this is not based on character stats. It's about roleplaying and storytelling, not about beating the crap out of each other ~_^ So we're testing out our own system.

Mostly, the problem with a lack of stats comes up in scenes involving combat. For that, we figure a lot of the time players are intelligent enough to figure out, on their own, what would happen, and resolve it accordingly. But for times when that doesn't happen, it'll be decided by each player sending 'rock', 'paper' or 'scissors' to the Narrators.

It's your funeral.

The setting sounds like it could be cool, though. It's not original, but it's got lots of room for folks to run around and do their thing, with crossover fun built into the premise.

As I said, it's an experiment ~_^ It seems to work reasonably well on most LJ-based RPGs.

Yeah - it's actually from an old TV show idea that I came up with. It was going to be based on the Gate Guardians themselves. But with a little re-imagining (and the INCREDIBLY exhaustive series bible I wrote a few years ago) me and my friend turned it into something that might be viable.

My experience with RPing online is that, without GMs, the whole thing quickly becomes frustrating. Even with GMs, I'm dubious that, without a clear system for resolving conflict, that it can last very long.

But, as I said, it's your funeral. And if you get the right mix of people you really won't need rules and shit, and it will be a truly fabulous experience. Good luck.

When were you thinking of playing, btw?

Not gonna lie, my life is kind of imploding right now; but this seems like a really cool idea and I'm definitely interested in participating.

Are there any kinds of characters you know you'd like, or know you are in need of? Email me if you like. I'll put something together regardless, but I'd like to be as GM/mod friendly as possible.

Also, sorry I've been incommunicado lately. The threat of impending homelessness will do that to a person.

DUDE. It would be SO AWESOME if you were in.

You know, at the moment we're kinda looking to develop a group to figure out why the Gate Guardians all went missing. People thrown into that by happenstance, or people who want to look into it on purpose, pretty much anything goes.

*hugs* I've been following the story. I hope you get secure housing soon :/

Oh man... I LOVE forum RPs... I don't know yet if I'll have enough time during the year to play though. Because I kind of get obsessed with these ^^;

I'll definitely keep it in mind if I have time though. Or else you'll eventually convince me to join, haha :P

We'll try to keep it low-pressure :P

C'mon. You know me and Sisi could ROCK IT. - Cause it's the two of us running it, and we've been collaborating the whole way.

It's true, you guys are awesome at this kind of stuff too. I will probably at least make a character (Sisi convinced me last night... although it wasn't that hard, lol), and I will try to play. But I can't make any more promises than that yet :P

I'd love to do it but I haven't written anything in weeks, time is funky right now, what kind of commitment are you looking for?

Well, for one, we won't be starting for at least a few weeks yet. We still have story kinks to work out. And then, the commitment won't be hardcore - it should be manageable, so long as you check in with your character every once in a while.

I can try doing that!

I'm interested. My internet is a little unpredictable, but I should be able to post every week or so. Thanks for running something like this, I love fantasy style RPs.

That would be awesome! Every week is just fine. Love to have you.

Sweet! I signed up a few days back :3 as "Xandrad"