RP themes...

[TheDivineBoss]

Ok, I'm bored and someone has to fill up this forum(s) anyway, so I'll do it.

Ok how many themes can we openmindly come up to RP with, and with RP I meant on Bnet, Elenai, but you can help too.

School Theme
Militairy School Theme
Magic School Theme
Academy Theme
Militairy Academy Theme
Magic Academy Theme

Guilds Theme
Guild Wars Theme
Magic Guilds Theme
Fighter Guilds Theme
Thieves Guilds Theme

Global Warming Theme
Infection Theme
Zombie Theme
Future Theme
WW1 Theme
WW2 Theme
WW3 Theme
Other WW's Theme

Medieval Zombie Theme
Medieval Theme
Medieval Realistic Theme
Warcraft 3 Theme
Village Theme
Town Theme
EXP.PGD1, yes we got no other name for it. Theme
EXP.PGD2, takes longer. Theme

Elves Theme
Orcs Theme
Human Theme
Undead or Forsaken Theme
Demon World Theme

Monster, like King Kong or Godzilla Theme
Resistance Fall of Man Theme
Gears of War Theme
Resident Evil Theme

The One Theme
Ghost Theme
Castle Theme

And the almighty and very wellknown: No Theme Theme.

 

[Mor)L(unE]

Jungle theme! (post length)

EXP.PGD1 ownz

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Make it a bit long ok, Morry? ;P

Mutant Theme
Super Heroes Theme
Heroes Theme
Heroesless Theme
Cursed Theme
Poltergheist Theme
Vampire Theme
Lycan Theme
Vampire VS Lycan Theme
Space Theme

And many more, and more if you post some too people

 

[Mor)L(unE]

Troll theme
Sunken Ruins theme
Elemental Wars theme
Samurai theme

 

[~Void~]

No-noobs theme. It doesn't really work though.

Invasion theme
Demonic Invasion theme
Scourge Invasion theme
Parasite Invasion theme

Night Elf Lore theme (a personal favorite, if it's done right)

 

[iristle]

hmm,
Werewolf theme
Dragon theme
Naga theme
Nature theme

 

[Elenai]

Cosmic Spirit theme.

Like star spirits in a cosmic game, using mortal races as pawns, and descending down upon creation like titans, in the midst of a living art, painting your will and battling for control of the canvas.

 

[~Void~]

The Six Schools of Magic:

Fire, Ice, Nature, Darkness, Light, Arcane

Each elementary school of magic (not like a kindergarten to 5th grade school where wizardlings learn their first spells) is not represented by elementals but by Elemental Gods, who each have their altars/temples in various places on the map.

For example, Ice has its temple on top of a snowy mountain and Nature has its in the heart of a forest.

Each school of magic, as well, has its variants. A list of variants here:
Darkness: Necromancy, warlock, summoning, Demonic, voodoo.
Light: Paladin (anti darkness), lightning/electricity, teleportation, "magic missiles", enchantment
Nature: Resurrection, druid, transformation/shapeshifting, spirit, healing
Fire: Demonic(fire), destruction(fire), magical smithing, Mountain magic
Ice: Weather, destruction(ice), Mountain magic as well
Arcane: Nethermancy, Void Magic, Mind magic

Basically, there are six avatars of the elements on the map, these are not player-controlled (usually controlled by Red/host) and guard the temples. There are also people, and cities. Every race has essence of an element or multiple elements, for example Humans have Fire and Ice (from the mountain) and Elves have Light and Nature.

This is a theme I made up and it really worked well with the people I did it with.

Leveling for the theme: 1-3 = apprentice/untouched essence, 4-6 = elemental mage/warrior, 7-9 = hero, 10-12 = elemental master/archmage, 13-15 = Elemental avatar

 

[CLIDUS]

My quick list of Roleplay Themes:

Ancient Civilizations Theme
Nucluear War Theme
Vampire Theme
Werewolves Theme
Underworld Theme (Vampire Vs. Werewolves Theme Basically)
Modern Day Theme (Very boring I've not played one since 2006 lol)
Revolution Theme (Take over of a country)
Mutiny Theme
Treasure Seeker Theme
Pirates Theme
Revenge Theme

Still lots of others I could name but it seems I will be late for class if I don't end it here! lol

 

[Anarki]

I dislike most themes.

 

[Steel_Stallion]

Themes are useful between less experianced RPers, so they dont wander off and do insane things like the uber chickens from space, or Illidains son vs Archimonde 2. They give them limitations and structure, but for more experianced RPers, they just limit creativity and cut off breathing space to RP what you want.

 

[Blackcat]

Oh? And what about DaT, it's an RP for quite skilled RP'ers imo.

 

[Rui]

It doesn't require only a medium skill but an average knowledge of the story as well.

Anyway, my usual opinion about themes: maps should be done in a way that they support various themes, a single-themed map becomes boring pretty fast.

 

[Blackcat]

Well, some Themes are nice for like 2-3 RP's, after that it gets boring.

 

[Steel_Stallion]

DaT is more of a Series, a continued Story. It is not in my catogorization of Theme. I used to do something like DaT. Only it was less welcoming, it was between friends, private RP series kind of.

Anyway, by my definition, not exactly a Theme.

 

[pig_ninja]

The ol' fashoined castles theme where castles, towns, villages, ect. go at it after about an hour of prep. (I don't feel its a theme asmuch as a rts with infinite troops.)

 

[Steel_Stallion]

But its still fun. Too bad half the people leave by the time you finish building

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Me: I have finally finished my very freaking awasome city. I'm gonna screenshot it!

<Host leaves before I could take any screenshots>

WTF?

 

[Omniferous]

DaT is definitely a story. Sure, it's a story with a lot of its own standards, but it's a story nonetheless.

I separate my stories into arcs (or chapters), that helps define them a little better.