Player Bounty Forum

[Lok'i Vidaar]

Since I can't remember everyone I have to thank everyone for the input on the Bounty Hunter System we would like to get going...

I am not going to set a bunch of rule or crap just letting know what I think we should do...

I think we should start a whole seperate section of the forums to be for the bounty system...

With a forum for people to sign up for what roles they would like to play.
With a few Sticky Threads..

One for people to sign up for Bieng a Target
One for people to sign up to be a Bounty Hunter

And one more forum for people to actually post their Bounty.
I think the vision for me is that People will start a new thread with information about their mark, and put a price in it or start a bid on the job (the person posting this should also post it in the calendar by clickind the today link before submitting)..

The first BH to see it and reply has taken the job... The BH Must be signed up. the BH can ask for more money to do the job, the "Customer" may decline this or accept it if he feels. if he/she declines the higher payment another BH can take the job. The BH Must keep the "Customer" informed through this thread.

When the job is done the BH MUST take a screengrab of the incapped person and post a link to it in the thread.

The "Customer" May also request a certian BH, or let the BH's bid on the Job.

What do you guys think about this.. we can look at the rules other people have setup and incorporate them into this.. I was thinking the forums would be the best way to keep track of this (since it would be nearly impossible in game)


Another thing I think would be cool...

Players can put bounty's on people that have not been signed up as marks ( I would think these would be much higher Payouts)

The BH would have to go to a BH Mission terminal and wait until the mark's name comes up to get him/her ;)

So reply reply reply.. if you like the idea for the forum I can set it up so we can get started and get people signed up asap!

[Seret Sajet]

I'm good with this but I don't think we need 3 forums. I think we can select a handfull of folks and allow them to be BH moderators. Then whoever wants to be Bounties and Bounty Hunters can register with them. I'll make a list online that each person can add to, sort of a roster. That list will be avaialable online for anyone who needs it.

The one forum would be for employers to post bounties and BHs to accept. Would be a nice place for some RP too.

[Lok'i Vidaar]

Well It was just 2 forums.. one for registration & FAQ, Rules, and Questions and such...

The other for the actually player bounties and such...

I was just talking about threads within the forums, And a seprate little group for the BH Stuff.

[Novall]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

I'll help any way I can for this one More credits for me and my associates.

[Ceka]

I'm not really fond of the idea of actually posting the details of a bounty in the forums. I would like to see a forum for bounty hunters to advertise their services... sort of a Yellow Pages directory. Clients could then contact the organization of their choice in-game.. based on the methods of contact stipulated in the advertisement.

A roleplaying thread showing any fallout regarding particular bounties would then be nice... this would allow for some good storied to develop.

I would hate to know ahead of time for instance.. that Ekade had placed a 100,000 credit bounty on my head.. and that so-and-so was going to try to kill me. I would prefer to get ambushed by a hunter... to need to think quickly and creatively.. then .. regardless of the outcome.. need to figure out who could have put the bounty on my head.. and track them down

[Seret Sajet]

Ceka has a good point, but we can still go two ways here.

On one hand Ceka is right, people don't want to know whats going on. That ruins the suprise and the suspense. Should bounties be only between the hunter and the employer?

On the other hand didn't Han already know Jabba had a price on his head and when Greedo showed up did Han look suprised? I think in some cases Bounties are quite public. Like those that can be seen on the actual BH terminals in towns. At the same time having these BH forums might lead to BHs and Employers adding some very nic RP stories to the forums. I for one would love to read something along the lines of Novall tracking down a mark and what he had to go through to find him. With the forum we can learn RP stories of those who want to hire BHs and why.

We could limit what info there. What if BHs replied in private to bounties posted there? I mean most employers don't just hire one BH, they put the job out there for the first and best man/woman who can do the job. So no BH could honestly stake a claim on a bounty, they'd just have to be better in order to get the pay. The more BHs who take your job the better the chances of your mark getting caught. So let the forum for BHs be these 3 things.

- For Employers to put their bounties up for grabs
- For the Marks to beg for their life or try to work it out with the person who put the bounty out there (not that you have to or that it would do any good)
- For the BHs to tell the story of them capturing or failing on their Mark

How about that?

[Lok'i Vidaar]

Yeah, I like it I like it alot.. I think the whole thing about the forum would be so people could sign up and marks... and people could sign up as BH's...

If someone randomly comes up to me and tries to duel me and tells me their is a bounty on my head, and I'm off doing a mission and OOC, Especially if it is someone I don't know.. I doubt I would duel them...

So we would need something for people to know that they are gonne be hunted by certian people.. I believe a /tell will be in order for any mark in order to duel them.. so it's not like you can just jump out of the bushes and kill them, (which is gay because bieng a BH you would think that their would be a way to actually put a bounty on someone hunt them and attack them... without having to ask)

But I guess that is what we are trying to accomplish here...

[Ceka]

The force is strong with this one...

After reading your post, I had to grudgingly accept that you had some very valid points. I'm sure many people who put bounties on someone would want their mark to know.. so that they squirm and beg and plead for their life. I know that I would find it particularly titillating.

And I also accept that if a famous bounty hunter was on my tail, that I would squirm even more.

Let's bring it on.. I have already participated in a couple of bounties... had alot of fun..I WANT MORE!!

[Seret Sajet]

Glad you came over to the Dark Side.... cause otherwise Vader would of had to kill you!

So before we start this thing up full blown we need a set of ground rules, to explain the forums (in a stick post in those forums) so people understand how to use the forum. So let me start this off and then you all can add more or correct some of mine.

- All posts must be IC. No griefing on players is allowed.
- Employers may post jobs or have an "intermediary" post the job for them if they do not want to be known
- BHs should PM the Emplyer to accept the job
- BHs should reply to the job request only once they have successfully completed a job. They must include a screenshot of the mark dead. If they cannot host it themselves we will host it for them. This will stay hosted for a max of 2 weeks.
- BHs and Volunteer Marks will be tracked on the site with a comiled list, a BH stat sheet and profiles for each so players can learn about the BHs and Marks as well as find ways to roleplay why their is a bounty on someone.
- Marks can reply to the bounty as a direct message to the person who set it. They can beg, plead, or talk down the bounty all they like (not that it will do much good).

One last thing. All those who wish to volunteer as marks as well as all those on this forum that wish to participate as BHs send me a PM and I wll star the list and stat sheets.

Lets make this as fun as possible.

[Hashum]

I agree with Seret I think all we need is to have them set up the Bounty Hunter Form, or even call it Bounty Forum. You need a sticky threat with particpants which someone can simply sign their character up as willing to be a mark for bounties. Then anyone can read through the list of signatures and think of an RP story to consider placing a bounty on person from the list. At which time they will make a seprate post for the specific bounty. They would include in their post the conditions that must be met, incap or a live capture. The bounty hunters can read the forums and accept a bounty or the person placing the bounty could contact anyone in game to fulfill the bounty such as anyone from MERCS or a similar guild. When the run in occur's it requires only a little RP dialog and a dual. If the bounty hunter wins you get a pic of the incapped mark and then submit to the buyer and receive your reward via bank tip or if live you could meet up to tip. I think it would be pretty straight forward. Do you think you could get us a board for this Seret? I could get some basic rules set up for a sticky post to make sure there's no confussion. If this is ok with you I'll type up the sticky today and PM it to you Seret to review for your approval. At which time maybe you could post in the Forum once you've set it up. I also like the idea of the BH's posting their information as well. This way if someone wants a private job they can get the BH they need or want for their RP purposes. Could also be a good ranking system among the BH's this way. With completed sucessfully completed bounties or total rewards earned or something, create a little competition among us as I'm sure their really would be.

Thanks

[Ekade]

In regards to the RP of this..

Are we considering this to be fully in character?

I don't see a problem for the bounty hunters, they are acting IC the whole time. I don't see a break in continuity.

The problem is the hunted. I would put myself on the list of eligable huntees. However, Ekade being hunted an killed all the time would be OOC. Plus the ramifications on her relationships with her killers would be very negative.

What is the solution? Perhaps being hunter, I am not Ekade but instead some other female twilek? Perhaps a description of my 'alternate' character would be posted in the bounty? I know this breaks contunuity as well, but perhaps less so than the above.

Thoughts?

[Seret Sajet]

The Purple Wonder brings up a good point.

A lot of people would probably enjoy being a mark but they just can't RP it into their character, nor would they want their character killed for it. A BH isn't much of a BH if their mark just clones and runs off laughing.

So I think we need two alternatives here.

- Allow players to become Marks but for the sole purpose of these Bounty Hunter jobs step out of character. For example instead of Ekade the Twi'lek Dancer/Priestess she could become Ekade the Seductress who has seduced and robbed someone of his money, and therefore wants revenge with a BH's help. Another alternative is to say somone is running around using Seret's name and rep and he hires a BH with a good rep for tracking people down to take care of him. Then I would just have to RP Seret as an imposter of himself. Tricky but doable. This doesn't mean we can't also do BH missions fully in-character as well, though.

The other alternative is to use the 14-trial accounts to create dummy characters to be hunted.

In the end we'd run out of reasons to place bounties on our actual characters and why the same BH has killed the same mark many times over so having an Alternate Step-Out-Character concept may be the most fun for all.

[Ekade]

- Allow players to become Marks but for the sole purpose of these Bounty Hunter jobs step out of character. For example instead of Ekade the Twi'lek Dancer/Priestess she could become Ekade the Seductress who has seduced and robbed someone of his money, and therefore wants revenge with a BH's help.

This option is attractive. I know I will have to break character from time to time to assume the alternate role, but this protects the continuing storyline of Ekade.

This makes for a very nice RP aspect of posting one's eligibility for bounty. I envision being able to do a little writeup on the Seductress stealing something.

Now the question becomes, who posts the RP, the hunted volunteer or the client?

Once a hunted is killed, are they then off the list until they sign up again?

Another alternative is to say somone is running around using Seret's name and rep and he hires a BH with a good rep for tracking people down to take care of him. Then I would just have to RP Seret as an imposter of himself. Tricky but doable. This doesn't mean we can't also do BH missions fully in-character as well, though.

Good idea. This is a story option of the above suggestion. I like it.

The other alternative is to use the 14-trial accounts to create dummy characters to be hunted.

Interesting, but I don't see myself using it. Maybe make this the hunted's choice.

[Seret Sajet]

I'd guess quite a few people out there would just like to step out of character for a bit and try something new for fun. This may be that opportunity.

To answer your question, my suggestion is to allow anyone to post the RP side of it. Maybe the client wants to take an RP he knows on the Mark List and create some kind of character for them to run around as. Then the Mark has to take that idea and go with it. That could be fun.

It would even be possible for the Mark and Employer to work out the RP together before setting the bounty. Sure it would take out some of the suprise but it could lead to much more elaborate bounties.

Lastly, the Marks could create a series of backgrounds and personalities as alternates for their character (ie Ekade the Seductress, Ekade the Rebel Spy). They could then have these added to their name on the Mark List. People who want to be Employers can check out everyone's alternate personalites and choose one to have a bounty on for a reason they create. This could also be very fun.

And to your last question I don't think anyone should be removed from the list unless they request it. Maybe you have a lot to do and don't want to be a Mark for a week. Thats perfectly fine. Adding and Subtracting all the time will be more of a big strain than anything.