Post by The Fifth Doctor on Jan 16, 2010 10:45:55 GMT -5
As compelling a bad guy as the Master is, with the number of Doctors knocking around, he's kinda outnumbered. And it's hardly fair to ask the Master to be the only threat in the universe.
So I suggest a NPC 'Baddie of the Week' that can be created and the password given to all the players (possibly given in a 'hello and welcome' PM, though there might be a perverse pleasure inbeating up outwitting any trolls that might happen by, after all, some of the canon's villians are seriously cracktastic and hammy) and maybe some kind of roster created for who gets to be the baddie for which thread.
After all, half the charm of Doctor Who is the 'I'm just having a holiday' before the 'oh, look, a meglomaniac!' and then having to stop him.
And while, for some RPs, it's up to the Admin to throw obstacles in the paths of the good guys, this way might take pressure off and after all, more people involved, more imagination.
It would also allow for more interaction (as well as being refreshing to play a character who's evil, when you usually play nice guys) and prevent the unfortunate playing with ourselves.
(This happened to me once, when I played both the good guy and the only active bad guy out of some kind of obligation until I fully realised the lunacy of it all. Sufficed to say, I left the RP soon after.)
And perhaps another account for one-adventure (native) companions for similar reasons.
What do you think?
So I suggest a NPC 'Baddie of the Week' that can be created and the password given to all the players (possibly given in a 'hello and welcome' PM, though there might be a perverse pleasure in
After all, half the charm of Doctor Who is the 'I'm just having a holiday' before the 'oh, look, a meglomaniac!' and then having to stop him.
And while, for some RPs, it's up to the Admin to throw obstacles in the paths of the good guys, this way might take pressure off and after all, more people involved, more imagination.
It would also allow for more interaction (as well as being refreshing to play a character who's evil, when you usually play nice guys) and prevent the unfortunate playing with ourselves.
(This happened to me once, when I played both the good guy and the only active bad guy out of some kind of obligation until I fully realised the lunacy of it all. Sufficed to say, I left the RP soon after.)
And perhaps another account for one-adventure (native) companions for similar reasons.
What do you think?
: My fault, sorry. or the Master snake (movie, before he inhabits ambulance guy) and unless you're going into audio territory, he'll just have those. And I really can't speak to what happened there.