Mobey, what's wrong with timeline, or setting? I mean you could do the film noir thing with Sam Mobey Private Investigator torturing femme fatales from one end of the city to the other. Or what about crusaders raping thier way across the holy land high on the opiate of religious ferver and the stout draft of bloodlust...
Oh wait that would be like stories or something.![]()
Seriously Mobey, different threads could have completely different premises. Your very own dungeon is in itself a perfect examle of the watered down version of one of these. If that is what makes you happy so be it. Others may want a more involved setting and detail. Others could even use it as biographical hmmm...?
My point is something like this you could find something you are comforatble with and go with it.
However, before any writing begins the players/authors should agree to some basic parameters of the particular thread/story/fantasy/whatever you want to call it.
In general, I would say that having a plan for the story before hand and discussing it with all your co-writers before beginning tends to work out the best.
Another suggestion, the less amount of characters you have, the better chance you have of getting anything done. The more is generally not the merrier.
I am a fan of these post based rpgs, but I am not sure if there is enough interest here to carry it, or if the all powerfuls would want something like this. Afterall it is not my our site, we just congregate here on the comfy cushions provided for us by others.
~LT~