Thread: Lucid Roleplaying? :0 (Insane/Silly)

Originally Posted by Ceonsamea

Nice characters people. I added some details about my character to. and I was thinking about this a little.

My first question is, what happens when someone dies? Should they respawn at some set starting location or something? I know that when some people die they wake up, so this way we would know where their char is. That sounds like the best idea to me, but I haven't thought about many alternatives.

And also, this might be what you already mean, but for keeping everything together we will eventually ofcourse have a map. Then, when people enter the world (maybe at some set starting location?) they do whatever. Wherever the dream ends should be remembered and marked, so whoever is next in the world knows where this person is. If you see a character in a different place to where they are supposed to be, ask them what they did, how they got there etc, so the gap can be filled in.

If you meet someone else in the world, whatever they do in your dream happens to their char. So if someone met me in the world and I travelled a little, they would say where I last was in their dream, then this would be updated, I would read it, and enter the world at my new location, also remembering the events that happened in the other persons dream and pretending I did everything that my character did in the other persons dream.

The only exception to this would be if someone's character was acting out of character. Because dreams can be random, I wouldn't want my character to have jumped off a cliff because he got bored. Basically, if the characters go a bit crazy and out of character, then whatever they do didn't happen.

And if this system was used, what about if 2 people had a dream on the same night, but with different events involving the same character? I guess it would be first posted or the best of the 2 or something that counts.

I hope that made sense. Trying to do something like this is going to need a lot of planning, but I'm really keen to see how this could go. Let me know if anything doesn't sound like a good idea, or if you have anything to add or suggestions. I think we need aot of input for this to work.

It did make sense. And yes, people shouldn't die by random things.
I think we should make it possible to ressurect yourself.

When you die, you will find yourself in a dark room. There are traps and
other deadly things, deep holes, arrow spitting holes and what not.
It would be sort of a second chance. Once you're through it, you will be at the starting point of the world.

Also, what do you guys think we should have as a world?

Surrealistic world?
Futuristic world?
Present time world?
Medieval (realistic) world?
Magical Medieval world?
Mix of all world?

As of right now, we're just going to collect some more characters, find out what kind of world we want, and make a map. (I can draw a map when we find out what kind of world we want) Then I can collect the descriptions of characters, the map and all the new info and put them all in a new thread with a character database and whatever else.

Alright, here's my character. It was originally for my own little story, but I'll use him for this, too. First I'll say this character is basically like me, except younger(age 14), and with powers. He also has an IQ of 130. (Because that's actually my real IQ) Below is the story he was originally used for, along with some more details about him.

The first thing you'd notice about him is his hair. It's brown and REALLY curly, and he wears it in an unusual style. He was always made fun of for it, among other things, at school. Everyone picked on him because, well, he was easy to pick on. He isn't too strong, and has a shy, kind, submissive personality. But nobody knew about the powers. He had them for as long as he could remember. When he used them, they had a bluish hue, and had water and ice properties. He could shoot energy blasts, shape energy into weapons like swords, and even fly by shooting energy behind him(which takes a LOT of his power). But he chose to keep them secret, even from his family. He knew he could easily be the most popular kid in school if he showed them off. But he didn't. Until one day, the toughest kid in school picked a fight with him, and he had to use them to defend himself. The whole world now saw him for what he was, and on his way home from school the next week, he was jumped and kidnapped by a organization that wanted to exploit his powers. They tried to take him over seas, but in mid-flight he jumped out of the plane, and using his powers, made a safe landing. But now he's stranded on an island with no way to get home, and that organization's gonna notice he's missing soon...

yea good point Ceonsamea.

A mix of all the worlds would be fun, medieval would probably be the easiest. And it would be cool to have connections between them.

hehe, nice story Mini Man.

I super briefly skimmed through this thread, but the title gave me an idea. It sounds a little kooky, but what about acting out being in a lucid dream as a technique to induce a lucid dream? Just pretend you're in your dream and you've just become lucid, and act out a couple minutes of what you would do in a lucid dream. Like, before bed or something.

Does that sound dumb? Do people do this already?

I'm gonna try anyway. I'll let ya know if it works!

Originally Posted by kichu

I super briefly skimmed through this thread, but the title gave me an idea. It sounds a little kooky, but what about acting out being in a lucid dream as a technique to induce a lucid dream? Just pretend you're in your dream and you've just become lucid, and act out a couple minutes of what you would do in a lucid dream. Like, before bed or something.

Does that sound dumb? Do people do this already?

I'm gonna try anyway. I'll let ya know if it works!

Off-Top: I think some people do this.
It's also similar to what some people do after an RC, when they do an RC, they also imagine what they would do after, if it had been a dream. (Like, rub hands, calm down, touch things, fly.)

Originally Posted by maniakalBycikle

yea good point Ceonsamea.

A mix of all the worlds would be fun, medieval would probably be the easiest. And it would be cool to have connections between them.

hehe, nice story Mini Man.

Yeah, I think a mix of all could be cool.
There are a few characters already that dosn't seem to fit into medieval, but we could put a mix together that would work.
(A world with present time cities, but there are already futuristic vehicles and such. Perhaps a village outside the big town refuses to join the future due to global warming, so they have chosen to keep living in a medieval world. And ofcourse, there is magic in the world.)

And indeed, nice story & powers Mini Man

I sort of do this unintentionally in non-lucids. Some of my dreams are so complex, they're like movies or games rather than dreams.

Originally Posted by Hazel

I sort of do this unintentionally in non-lucids. Some of my dreams are so complex, they're like movies or games rather than dreams.

I had one like this just now(off Super Mario Galaxy, lol).

As for uniting out of place characters into medival times, OMG, TIME PORTAL!!! *SHHHLLOOOP!* Easy solution. If you guys still wanna be all complicated though, I won't stop you...

P.S. Thanks to ppl who liked my char./story

Edit: Mabey there could be multiple one-way time portals, so you progress through different time periods in the game.

Originally Posted by Maeni

Off-Top: I think some people do this.
It's also similar to what some people do after an RC, when they do an RC, they also imagine what they would do after, if it had been a dream. (Like, rub hands, calm down, touch things, fly.)

But I mean actually acting it out. Walk around your room for a few minutes and act out what would happen. Don't just imagine or think it.

Sounds a bit like lucid-rage idea.

Originally Posted by Maeni

Off-Top: I think some people do this.
It's also similar to what some people do after an RC, when they do an RC, they also imagine what they would do after, if it had been a dream. (Like, rub hands, calm down, touch things, fly.)




Yeah, I think a mix of all could be cool.
There are a few characters already that dosn't seem to fit into medieval, but we could put a mix together that would work.
(A world with present time cities, but there are already futuristic vehicles and such. Perhaps a village outside the big town refuses to join the future due to global warming, so they have chosen to keep living in a medieval world. And ofcourse, there is magic in the world.)

And indeed, nice story & powers Mini Man

That sound pretty nice, good idea, I would go along with that. Although what about imbalance? Like, someones char who is set in medieval times would have a bow, but then someone from the future or modern could just use a sniper rifle.

Then again, just thinking about, theres allways magic to fix any imbalance. What about, the further from the past the character is, the stronger magic they would have? Although I mean more defensive. So someone from medieval times could block a bullet with magic, unless it is fired from too close to them (say, the range of their bow for example). So they can't be killed from something too far away for them to react to.



And also, last night I had a dream (non lucid). It was set in some cty, with quite alot of tall building, its a little blury, but I remember we were being attacked by aliens (ground, not UFOs, i think they were armoured but I don't remember too well). Anyway, the city was partly destroyed, faces were taken off from the sides of some buildings, giving a view of the city, but the buildings were intact, and some sides/rooms were completely fine. Basically certain sides of certain buildings were destroyed and had no walls.

This could be another theme, maybe part of the history. It also creates high points. I was thinking something like (this is rough and would probbably need some changes, if used at all) the city was attacked, I don't know what by, it could be anything. But the edges of a certain side of the city could be damaged, it could be almost completely deserted and a more dangerous part of the world (Wild dogs, strange creatures, any kind of enemies).

Maybe this attack was somehow caused by the technology, and this is another reason some people choose to stay in the medieval time? I don't know, its just an idea, but I like having the idea of a 'Danger zone' and also some high strategic points, with a good view. But I wouldn't want half of the city being lke this, if this was used, it would just be a small part of the city.



Oh yeah and in the dream I had a nice laser rifle, long range, like the beam rifle from the game Halo

Originally Posted by Sandform

Sounds a bit like lucid-rage idea.

Wassat??

Originally Posted by kichu

Wassat??

Its some thing this one guy came up with a long time ago he had a storyline and pictures and stuff, was cool, its onthe forums somehow I don't know where it is anymore.

Originally Posted by Sandform

Its some thing this one guy came up with a long time ago he had a storyline and pictures and stuff, was cool, its onthe forums somehow I don't know where it is anymore.

I has bumped it. Should be easy to find. ^_^

Originally Posted by Mini Man56

I has bumped it. Should be easy to find. ^_^

Apparently bumping posts is annoying, off with your head, human!

I posted a link to the Lucid Rage thread earlier.

Yea I like the idea with multiple time periods in one world. I was thinking about time travel as well, but it's been used a lot. We could say that an experiment with magic or future technology went wrong and merged the world from different times.

Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

Apparently bumping posts is annoying, off with your head, human!

Fine, try finding a thread from THREE MONTHS AGO! Mean.

Anywho, mabey we could travel to different planets, that are more or less advanced than ours. Like one is futuristic, one medival, etc.

I'd love to be a GameMaster, if you guys could write what you dreamed and I get the info, I can somehow create situations out of it based on what you all think about it. Personally, I think it would be better to just keep it simple, in one certain time. I understand it'd be great to set all possibilities out, but then it would be an IMPOSSIBLE story to put together. Just stick to a basic setting and plot, and from that we can turn the specifics more complicated and have fun without all the stress of getting it all on the right path.

For the setting, I think it would be awesome to set this in a medieval age, that is practically ALWAYS fun if you have pretty good background knowledge on that time, and personally I always loved the fact that you could use swords and shield, arrows and bows and such, and no firearms, because firearms get old fast.. Seeing as there is a "non-human" character, maybe a medieval age with some magic involved, but that may be a little complicated.

As for the "what happens if you die?" question, I think it would be best to seriously try not to get killed in order to keep a kind of continual adventure, cause in your dreams I'm pretty sure the whole thought of "die and respawn" would be pretty.. blah. Maybe getting injured or something, but not to the point of death, ya know?

Ceonsamea, your character first brought into my mind Altair, the main character from the video game Assassin's Creed. An expert at free running, moving swiftly and gently, letting no obstacles get in your way while doing it with style. The weaponry also resembles what he uses, and most of the plot is set in the medieval age. So yeah, if you know the character, I'm guessin' something like that right?

Maeni.. seeing as your character isn't human, there can always be that drama of you not fully trusting the humans or vice-versa. Your character could very well be a hunter/explorer, and useful as a spy and such. Also, you could have an instinctual knowledge of nature and the outside world, which is what gives you your greatest advantage, while as for city life you could be somewhat unaccostumed to.

Maniak - Your character undoubtedly fits as a charismatic and sly assassin/theif, soldier of fortune or anything along those lines. I see your character making sly remarks, maybe somewhat cynical, able to sweet-talk through various situations without resorting to violence if possible.

So yeah, something sweet and simple, that eventually will turn into a great story.

No offense or anything, but we sort of have this already, its called lucid task of the month =P

Yes, and I'm giving my input.

Hmm? I was only joking.

Wow, Skeptikalz, you described my character perfectly.

Originally Posted by Sandform

No offense or anything, but we sort of have this already, its called lucid task of the month =P

But the lucid task of the month is only one action. This is going to be an actual place that you have to go to. It's also a continuous story.

...but I see your point.


This is making me really wish I had regular LD's...

I guess I didn't get the joke.

Originally Posted by maniakalBycikle

Wow, Skeptikalz, you described my character perfectly.



But the lucid task of the month is only one action. This is going to be an actual place that you have to go to. It's also a continuous story.

...but I see your point.


This is making me really wish I had regular LD's...

Yeah, exactly. That's why I just made the suggestion of being a GM... I'd barely be able to keep up with this whole thing if I counted on my lucid dreaming ability. Hopefully you guys can LD at a good enough interval to keep the story alive.

Originally Posted by Skeptikalz

I'd love to be a GameMaster, if you guys could write what you dreamed and I get the info, I can somehow create situations out of it based on what you all think about it. Personally, I think it would be better to just keep it simple, in one certain time. I understand it'd be great to set all possibilities out, but then it would be an IMPOSSIBLE story to put together. Just stick to a basic setting and plot, and from that we can turn the specifics more complicated and have fun without all the stress of getting it all on the right path.

For the setting, I think it would be awesome to set this in a medieval age, that is practically ALWAYS fun if you have pretty good background knowledge on that time, and personally I always loved the fact that you could use swords and shield, arrows and bows and such, and no firearms, because firearms get old fast.. Seeing as there is a "non-human" character, maybe a medieval age with some magic involved, but that may be a little complicated.

As for the "what happens if you die?" question, I think it would be best to seriously try not to get killed in order to keep a kind of continual adventure, cause in your dreams I'm pretty sure the whole thought of "die and respawn" would be pretty.. blah. Maybe getting injured or something, but not to the point of death, ya know?

Ceonsamea, your character first brought into my mind Altair, the main character from the video game Assassin's Creed. An expert at free running, moving swiftly and gently, letting no obstacles get in your way while doing it with style. The weaponry also resembles what he uses, and most of the plot is set in the medieval age. So yeah, if you know the character, I'm guessin' something like that right?

Maeni.. seeing as your character isn't human, there can always be that drama of you not fully trusting the humans or vice-versa. Your character could very well be a hunter/explorer, and useful as a spy and such. Also, you could have an instinctual knowledge of nature and the outside world, which is what gives you your greatest advantage, while as for city life you could be somewhat unaccostumed to.

Maniak - Your character undoubtedly fits as a charismatic and sly assassin/theif, soldier of fortune or anything along those lines. I see your character making sly remarks, maybe somewhat cynical, able to sweet-talk through various situations without resorting to violence if possible.

So yeah, something sweet and simple, that eventually will turn into a great story.

I'm the only one who's character you didn't discribe! I guess I'll just add to my own description...

He is pretty shy and queit most of the time, accepts others' ideas, and is always afraid of messing everything up, or hurt anybody too much, even monsters. But in a very serious or life-threatening situation, his leadership qualities kick in, he shows that he's the brains of the operation, and unleashes his full power, which is more devastating than he lets on.

He can solve almost any problem when he needs to, but half of the time he's afraid of messing everything up, as mentioned above. He's pretty clumsy, and not good at stealth, but he has great speed and is hard to injure. When he DOES take on a challenge, he NEVER gives up.

Originally Posted by Skeptikalz

Yeah, exactly. That's why I just made the suggestion of being a GM... I'd barely be able to keep up with this whole thing if I counted on my lucid dreaming ability. Hopefully you guys can LD at a good enough interval to keep the story alive.

yea...we need to get a bunch more people to join or this is gonna be a slow game. I know I can't do this right now either, I haven't had any good LD's since my first one. I just think this is a great idea. and hopefully by the time this gets going I will be able to do a WILD or something.