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[Saraibre Ryu]

I am thinking of maybe starting an RWBY RP. The story is based around the land of remnant, where creatures of darkness known as Grimm plague the land. The four main characters in the series attend the Beacon Academy, a training facility where they will be trained to hunt and kill Grimm.

The series goes for about two hours in total (I watched all sixteen episodes on YouTube in a night). However it is only up to volume one, with volume two due to be released in July.

I am thinking of opening an RP in which the characters are students of the a Beacon academy, and follow themes in the show, eg initiation and such, and build on it. However I have two concerns.

1. Would it be frowned upon for me to ask people who want to join to watch the series? It doesn't go for too long, and is kind of essential to understand it all.
2. I am leaning towards waiting for the whole volume to be released, as the whole direction of the show could change and allow for continuity errors due to new episodes, and possibly even put off starting the RP even longer depending on what happens in the season. So it could be months, possibly even a year or longer before I open sign ups.

Thoughts?

Love RWBY. I would totally join this.

It might be a good idea for people to watch the series first in my opinion. Explaining how Dust works and also how the weapons work [often a fusion of ranged and melee]. It's not like you're watching 12 hours of a season, and the parts are broken up into a maximum of 16 minute parts. You could watch the whole series in a day. If the new volume is released in July [I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG BUT NOW I KNOW THANKS] I don't see it being too much of a problem. The world mechanics are pretty established so far, and the few changes that are being made are mostly background aesthetic changes.

[[Desolate Divine]]

Love RWBY. I would totally join this.

It might be a good idea for people to watch the series first in my opinion. Explaining how Dust works and also how the weapons work [often a fusion of ranged and melee]. It's not like you're watching 12 hours of a season, and the parts are broken up into a maximum of 16 minute parts. You could watch the whole series in a day. If the new volume is released in July [I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG BUT NOW I KNOW THANKS] I don't see it being too much of a problem. The world mechanics are pretty established so far, and the few changes that are being made are mostly background aesthetic changes.

In order to avoid issues I think I would try and avoid interaction with any of te how's characters, as they could change drastically eg change loyalties, attitudes and stuff.

Volume 1 went from July to November and if volume two does the same I might wait until it finises to open SU, then start the RP on new year. There would also have to be some mechanics to it because in the show, they are mostly pretty overpowered in my eyes.

[Saraibre Ryu]

In order to avoid issues I think I would try and avoid interaction with any of te how's characters, as they could change drastically eg change loyalties, attitudes and stuff.

Volume 1 went from July to November and if volume two does the same I might wait until it finises to open SU, then start the RP on new year. There would also have to be some mechanics to it because in the show, they are mostly pretty overpowered in my eyes.

There hasn't been too much human vs human battling to really compare what is OP and what isn't. Though that should change in Season 2. If you're worried about keeping a balance, that's one of my forte's. Feel free to prod me about help in the future. I'd like to see this happen. ^^

Also @The Nonexistent Tazz
I'll make a Preview thread for the project I spoke of earlier. then you can know more. XD