Firefly MUSH to play in...

POSTED BY: Greenleaf
UPDATED: Friday, December 2, 2011 01:31
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LEST

Wednesday, August 4, 2004 4:17 AM

As a longtime MUSHer, I'm very interested. Any further news?

GREENLEAF

Friday, August 6, 2004 2:09 PM

We've been hard at work getting the mush ready, with an opening scheduled at some point in September.

The chargen framework is in place - a combination of the d20 system, the hero system, and our own ideas.

Planets are being fleshed out, skills written up, and a fully functional space travel system is in the works. The basic system will allow for compressed time, but for those who would prefer a more 'realistic/true to the show' time frame, there's nothing to stop you from roleplaying out a long voyage. This way it gives people a choice so they don't miss out on events if they don't want to (picture the old 'map with a red dotted line' bit in a show - the travel scenes aren't relevant) or to get into a full week or two of rp limited to your shipmates without outside influence.

A website is also in the works which will give a full explanation of the character generation (chargen) system as well as a summary of the planets that exist on the mush and help with character ideas from the various planets.

All character sheets and character sheet upgrades will have to be approved by a staff member and explained by the player. We're looking to create a good roleplaying setting, not a power gaming mud, and if you went from being a rancher who'd never touched a gun in their life to suddenly being a crack shot during the game, we'd like a roleplaying reason as to why ;)

One solid rule has pretty much been decided on, and I figured it's worth mentioning here so folks don't go getting their hopes up - players will not be playing anyone from the television show, nor will we allow backgrounds for characters that tie them to the characters (i.e. Mal's little brother, Jayne's old mercenary buddy, etc.) Simply put, too many people would want to do this and it just wouldn't make any sense if everyone and his second cousin was friends with or was related to someone on Serenity.

There are also no rules for psionics/mental abilities as River is (virtually) one of a kind. Again, this is to avoid a glut of teenaged genius runaways turned psionic by the Alliance, etc.

We might also close character types (this is still in discussion) - for example if the first dozen players on the mush end up to be five mercenaries, five shepherds and two engineers, we might say 'no more shepherds or mercs at this time'. There might also be recommendations at chargen as to what we are short of or looking for in new characters.

We're hoping for a variety of characters and intend to stress this on the website - not only ship crew but Alliance soldiers, merchants, ranchers, etc. We're looking to populate the whole 'verse, not just a ship or two ;)

There are a lot of things in the works, and we'll keep you all updated as we go along!

Greenleaf

RHYMEPHILE

Friday, August 6, 2004 2:32 PM

As a longtime fanfic writer, I'd be interested. I've played traditional table-top RP games, but I'm sure there are those of us online RP newbies that would like more information on RPing in general. Any good websites newbies can read up on to see what type of game you have in mind? I'd like to research this and be prepared so I don't look dumb.

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STARPILOTGRAINGER

Friday, August 6, 2004 2:41 PM

Hrm... most of it sounds good. I'm a bit disappointed, as I prefer statless 'traits-based' MUSHes to statted games, but for Firefly I can probably make an exception. Although, I hope the rules for making characters are pretty easy, seeing as how it's a mishmash of systems.

One minor question. At the risk of opening up the 'how is it on the show' debate again, is the MU* going with a 'single solar system' model, or a 'multiple nearby solar system and slow FTL' model?

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FIREFLEW

Friday, August 6, 2004 2:49 PM

This all sounds very cool I must say.

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GEOLOGIST13

Friday, August 6, 2004 5:42 PM

This most certainly sounds like fun. I will eagerly be anticipating more information and the start.

Duck

GREENLEAF

Friday, August 6, 2004 7:06 PM

The basic system is pretty simple overall, and the website will walk you through chargen if you need the help.

Basically you'll have six stats to describe your person (strength, intelligence, etc.) and then skills that are based on those stats.

You pick what skills you want based on what your job is (website will make recommendations for you, such as pointing out pilots will need both pilot and navigation skills to get anywhere ;)) and then you 'buy' ranks in that skill (1-15 with it skills becoming more expensive the higher up you go)

Take the bonus from the appropriate stat + skill rank = skill level.

The end :)

When you're finished, you have a character sheet with numbers for your six stats (ranging from 3 to 18) and a list of skills with your skill level.

But more important, you'll be asked to write a biography for your character - it's the RP that's more important than the hard numbers. The numbers should reflect your background.

We're very excited about how things are coming along, and even more excited to see how many people are interested!

Greenleaf

SIGMANUNKI

Saturday, August 7, 2004 3:26 AM

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Originally posted by StarPilotGrainger:

One minor question. At the risk of opening up the 'how is it on the show' debate again, is the MU* going with a 'single solar system' model, or a 'multiple nearby solar system and slow FTL' model?

At the risk of over stepping my bounds, I'd recommend not addressing this at all. Just say it'll take you x amount of time to get from a to b and leave it at that. That way, whatever people want to think, they can. Basically, leave it as the show left it... mysterious.

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GREENLEAF

Saturday, August 7, 2004 4:06 AM

I think we plan on leaving it undefined until such time as there's an official decision on whether or not it's one system or not.

Greenleaf

TENTHCREWMEMBER

Saturday, August 7, 2004 8:58 AM

Sounds like good solid fun. I look forward to seeing the fruits of your labors!

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