Ok, to be honest, I didn't think of this myself. I noticed there wasn't one of it's kind here, so I thought I might post this Idea. I noticed that a while back there was a idea by Yamiookami for a simple chill or relaxing RP, a more RP instead of a RPG. However, the idea kind of died for, well... I don't know, I wasn't here then. I wanted to know if there are still people interested in that kind of thing. Now, what I was thinking was pretty simple, but a bit odd. Essentially it would be the life and going on's of your OC in a either Ponyville or a town very much like Ponyville. As for the introduction of each character, that would be pretty much up to the player, but don't do crazy stuff. (ie. Falling from the sun, any TARDIS reminiscent intro, explosive teleportation spells, the like) Now, there is obviously the problem of "What do we do?" but that is pretty simple for RP'ers. The very concept of RPing is living vicariously through your OC. So, instead of living through your OC, live as your OC. Questions like "What would he/she do?" and " How would they react?" are part of the primice of this. There is, however, still the problem of the action. However, for a RP like this, it is less about the action and more about the character building, because the main action is action between OC's and NPC. (each of the NPC's will have a Personality and whatnot that way they can't be metagamed away, and because of RP opportunities) As for the inherent problem of not everyone will be here at the same time, there is a not really great solution, but a solution non the less. Whilst their players are gone, they could do several different things. The OC could, if nothing else, simply tag along with the rest of the group that is doing things. They could go to work / hawk their wares / play music / wander (Ponyville/Town) / Go home. This, of course, isn't all they could do, it's just what I could think of right now, feel free to have them do other things. Easy enough concepts, right? The NPCs, as I've seen, might cause some trouble though. As chance would have it though, I think I have found a way to deal with it. Example: Generic OC asks Generic farm NPC if they can help harvest their crop. The Player of Generic OC would ask it however they wish. Then, either when another Player gets on, or immediately if there isn't just one person on, would respond for the Generic farm NPC, keeping in mind their info and past experiences with this OC. Like to continue the example, if the NPC has had bad experiences with the OC or is rather protective of their crops, they might not let them, or only do so begrudgingly. So, this is my idea. Like it? Hate it? Want to try it? Confused by something? Fire away!
