Fantasy/Romance Poll RPG

[rowyn]

A few notes about the polling questions!

Some of these answers beg for more questions (what kind of nonbinary? Why are you unaging? What specific things do you make?) I might do a follow-up poll with more customization, or I might just pick some extra traits. If you want to leave a comment suggesting a particular flavor of one answer (I'm unaging because I'm a vampire), feel free! I might pick one of them, or use it in the next polls (if there are any).

The genre of this RPG will be "fantasy romance", because it's my journal and that's what I like. The focus will be on "find your romantic happily-ever-after". The "conflict" question is not "make this not be a romance" but "is the protag doing anything else while falling in love?" This is not "Author vs Readers, you must be Clever to Win". I would say "it'll be more like a dating sim", but I've never played a dating sim. So. It'll be like how I imagine a dating sim to be: lots of choices between options that are mostly good.

Poll #18153 Protagonist characteristics & Setting / Story options

This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

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Gender

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Male
1 (8.3%)

Female
6 (50.0%)

Nonbinary
7 (58.3%)

Sexual Orientation

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Straight
2 (18.2%)

Gay
2 (18.2%)

Pansexual
9 (81.8%)

Relationship type

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Mongamous
3 (25.0%)

Polyamorous triad
4 (33.3%)

Open relationship but focus on central couple
3 (25.0%)

Polyamorous free-for-all
2 (16.7%)

Species

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Human
0 (0.0%)

Elf
1 (8.3%)

Catperson
7 (58.3%)

Shapeshifter
4 (33.3%)

Dragon
6 (50.0%)

Age

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Young Adult (18-25)
2 (16.7%)

Adult (25-40)
4 (33.3%)

Mature (40-60)
8 (66.7%)

Older (60-100)
1 (8.3%)

Unaging (100+)
0 (0.0%)

Social Class

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Noblity
1 (8.3%)

Upper class
3 (25.0%)

Middle class
6 (50.0%)

Lower class
6 (50.0%)

Serf
0 (0.0%)

Wealth

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Wildly rich
0 (0.0%)

Rich
2 (16.7%)

Comfortable
8 (66.7%)

Poor
2 (16.7%)

Impoverished
2 (16.7%)

Vocation

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Leader
0 (0.0%)

Scholar
4 (33.3%)

Maker (practical: farmer/engineer/carpenter etc.)
6 (50.0%)

Maker (decorative: artist/singer/writer etc.)
6 (50.0%)

Talent

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Social mastery
3 (25.0%)

Healer
1 (8.3%)

Polymath
2 (16.7%)

Enchanter (makes enchanted things)
7 (58.3%)

Telepathy (makes enchanted things)
1 (8.3%)

Spellcaster
3 (25.0%)

Conflict

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Slice of Life
5 (41.7%)

Must Marry for Reasons
4 (33.3%)

Political Struggle
1 (8.3%)

Competition
1 (8.3%)

Social Problem
5 (41.7%)

Mystery
7 (58.3%)

Setting

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Paradise (the world of A Rational Arrangement)
4 (33.3%)

Moon Etherium (from the eponymous book)
2 (16.7%)

The Mark Isles (setting for unpublished books I'm editing now)
3 (25.0%)

New setting
7 (58.3%)

Point of View

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1st person (I)
2 (18.2%)

2nd person (you, like the CYOA books and text adventures
2 (18.2%)

3rd person omniscient
9 (81.8%)

Also, I decided to call this a Poll RPG because "Choose Your Own Adventure" is (a) trademarked and (b) CYOA is an abbreviation used in business with totally different connotations and (c) it's not like "Choose Your Own Adventure" is the most intuitive phrase imaginable for the category of "pick what the protagonist does next" stories. It's the one we use because that specific brand pioneered the style and put out a bunch of books. It's not like, say, trademarking Space Marines or some other phrase that a dozen other people came up with before them but hadn't thought to trademark.

Comments

[terrana]

Oh, this is much less painful than the Twitter poll.

[lilfluff]

This poll has had me pondering hermaphrodites in a setting where they show up enough for society to decide on a role for them (as societies are want to do for everyone).

If practical maker and enchanter remain the top picks for vocation and talent I'm thinking someone who makes everyday enchantments. Not wonder swords but better plows and stain resistance for garments. Which would be good steady work even if not something bringing in piles of gold.

(Hmm, also tempted to start putting together random tables to play with)

[canis_lupus03]

Yay, I found you here! :-) Probably going to abandon the sinking LJ ship, I'm mostly still there to follow your entries anyway... Anyway, voting was unexpectedly fun. Maybe I should put polls together for myself for character generation?? I didn't realize you could check more than one box at first so I went back and added some where I didn't really want to choose just one... Anyway, this looks fun, I'm looking forward to it!

[archangelbeth]

I answered on Twitter - should I do so here as well?