Seanu Reaves
The Shogun of Gaming
I can dig it. Maybe a "well known" boogeyman style assassin. And this is the first clue discovered about him so our characters are brought together.
I feel it. Blank canvas. We should figure out what we want to focus on first before we start making characters, in terms of area, and then something to start the RP off, an initial goal or something.
Hmmm. My first thought is some sort of Assassin either kills someone close to our characters, or tries to kill us, and we end up following some sort of clue that each of characters find, and are drawn to work together for whatever beef they got, and we try to hunt this assassin. It would provide us grounds to draw our character into a larger overarching plot if we so desire as well as provide a compelling reason for most character types to work together.
Main drawback is that it forces us to make a character history decision we might not want to make.
I can dig it. Maybe a "well known" boogeyman style assassin. And this is the first clue discovered about him so our characters are brought together.
There isn't much we can do about people needing to leave the RP. As far as I can tell, I'm the biggest offender in that regard within the group.