Discussion Brainstorming other uses for the fortunetelling thread format

[Velok Brokentusk]

So I've done a couple threads now with this drop-in format and they've been wildly enjoyable (for me anyway):

• "Tell your Fortune, Visions and Dreams (open for drop-ins and passers-by)" — 77 posts, finished
• "Bring your Kills, Gain their Power (open to drop-ins and passers-by)" — 20 posts and ongoing

The format engages UCs in a low-stakes way that benefits all participants, engages funky AI art, engages drop-in stuff for people who don't want to commit to more than a couple posts, and scratches the random encounter itch. It's sort of like an IC Marketplace thread, except that what you 'get' is custom/personal and it's RP posts that generate UC.

Now my real question is how else this kind of format could be applied. Fortunetelling and backalley ad-hoc extemporaneous alchemy stalls feel like they're ultra-specific examples of a format that could be useful for a whole lot of other things.

I'm just tossing this thread up to brainstorm and see what ideas get sparked. Thoughts?

 

[Bernard]

Advice Blogs à la Dear Mito.

I've been toying with the idea of testing this out. It could be especially entertaining if we get some very peculiar personalities giving out advice, like an eldritch abomination commenting on the daily troubles of an ordinary spacer, for instance.

 

[Fatty]

Probably the most simplistic idea, but an actual artist offering to make surrealist caricatures of random passer-bys?

 

[Arcturus Dinn]

I don't have anything to add, but I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for any future ones!

 

[Oveln'eos Xeefih]

Hmm... Maybe you could make a few minor artifacts (necklaces, rings, etc.) that could grant minor buff/debuff boons to the owner, coupled with neat naming systems like some RPGs do, that are recharged by certain alchemist rituals? Might be a bit of a tricky thing to fit into Star Wars, though, within reason. Example: Minor Sith Ring of Shadow Despair.

 

[Velok Brokentusk]

Hmm... Maybe you could make a few minor artifacts (necklaces, rings, etc.) that could grant minor buff/debuff boons to the owner, coupled with neat naming systems like some RPGs do, that are recharged by certain alchemist rituals? Might be a bit of a tricky thing to fit into Star Wars, though, within reason. Example: Minor Sith Ring of Shadow Despair.

Always good fun to be had with that. Could dovetail nicely with threads like these, thanks.

 

[Oveln'eos Xeefih]

Velok Brokentusk

Always happy to help.