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This thread is for everyone to give input to help develop the guild's fantasy RP.

This RP will be set in the Medieval era, with your standard issue races, like humans, elves, trolls, orcs, etc. As far as CW and I have planned, it won't be combat-oriented. That is, not that there's no fighting, but there shouldn't be overly much of it. For example, instead of killing each other, someone playing a troll leading a a force of other trolls wants to capture some fairies to make them bake cakes for their ruler, and other semi-silly things.

As far as I can come up with as far as the races and the world, I've got this:



Humans - largest of all races in population, they have no real strengths or weaknesses, being average in everything, their homelands are more typical castle/village layouts all over the world

Elves - slightly weaker than humans, but make up for it with better magical adeptness and being more attuned with nature, they have heightened awareness and have some level of empathy with animal life, their homelands are deep in the forests

Fairy-kin ( Fairies and sprites, sprites being human-sized fairies ) - virtually no physical strength, and strictly non-violent, they make up for it by being 2nd to none in magical prowess, capable of enchanting and blessing along with other various magics that can do all ranges of things, short of harming others, and they are attuned with nature, able to communicate with all life, their homelands are in the enchanted fields, magical meadows with rainbows and unicorns, and other mystical wonders

Angels - the winged saints from above, angels have an adeptness to light magic and blessing things with holy power, and are quite capable at fending off evil, they aren't capable of using any magic other than light, but make up for it by being strong and they are very vigilant, requiring virtually nothing to sustain themselves, their homelands are the skylands above the world, a Heaven-ish realm

Dwarves - the shortcakes with a knack for mining, the dwarves are very hardy and can be right at home anywhere, be it in a mineshaft or a frozen Hell in the middle of an blizzard, their toughness makes them better in strength than humans, but their magical prowess is slightly less as well, they live in the mineral-rich mountains

Orcs - stronger than humans, but equally weaker in magic, they are the most barbarian-esque of the races, they have a knack for creating makeshift tools and gear out of anything they can find, their homes are in the wastelands of the world, making their homes out of caves and makeshift shelters

Trolls - virtually the same as the elves, but stronger and less magically adept, they are also attuned to nature to the same extent as the elves, making them good hunters and trackers, their homelands are in the darker regions of the same forests as the elves

Goblin-kin ( Goblins and gremlins, gremlins being basically the small-fry version of goblins ) - they are a parallel of the fairy-kin, having very little magical power, and only minimal physical strength, only stronger than the fairy-kin on average, however, they surpass the orcs in their ability to create things, and use various contraptions and tools to make up for their lacking abilities, they are also very nimble and agile, their homelands are in the swamps

Demons - the opposite of angels, demons are tough warriors with dark magical adeptness, the combination of which makes them the most powerful in the matters of destruction, they make their homes in the underworld, the Hellish abyss beyond the mortal realm where evil resides

Undead - zombies, skeletons, vampires, these guys are so stubborn even death couldn't shut them the Hell up, they vary in abilities, depending on what they were during life, but with an added toughness of requiring nothing to sustain themselves since, well, they're already dead, they make their homes wherever they can, usually picking areas where no living beings frequent

Bird-kin ( Birdmen, harpies, and phoenix, phoenix being a fire-elemental version of birdmen and harpies ) - humanoid birds, the bird-kin are similar to humans, being average in all abilities, making their homes almost anywhere in the world, with the main difference is that they prefer more secluded locations, often out of reach of anything that can't fly

Dragon-kin ( dragonmen and dragonwomen ) - humanoid dragons, they are physically stronger and more magically adept than humans, and they are natural fighters, however, they have no natural homelands or any society of their own, so they depend on other communities to thrive, because of this, almost any large town, especially ones with castles or ruling bodies, will usually have dragon-kin within the ranks of its guards



For plot, so far there is no, and really, there doesn't have to be as long as people just enjoy RPing fantasy beings, etc.

Feel free to post ideas, suggestions, questions, etc. Hopefully we'll get enough going to start this up and we can all have some fun.

I love the idea!

Oh, and just to clarify: The strengths and weaknesses for the races are the " normal " situation. There's nothing stopping an Orc char from blowing an Elf away in magical powers, etc. That'd be considered an oddity but it's very doable.

Plus, since combat isn't gonna be a big focus, it's all less significant, serving more as a guideline for how the different races behave. Even then, nothing says an Elf can't be a rampaging, macho dofus, etc.

The main thing is I'm stuck on names. For most of my ideas I tend to rip names from shows, games, etc. just for the ease of getting the base idea down. However, most " original " ideas I get, the names turn out to already be used as well...

I have a story set in a magical land, I call the place Emraldsey. I can always come up with wierd names.

Malagania for some place/one bad
I have a ton of others I just have to look them up.

Since the main focus will be individual characters' stories and all, the profiles will be slightly different from what I've seen in the SW guild.

As well, since I wouldn't wanna delete any posts to clean up info, I'll instead put search terms on each post that has info on it and edit the 1st post to show what to search on what page to find it, etc. once I get more posted.

One of these days, I really should make an archive sub-forum around here. ^^;;

Story-wise, should there be festivals and things? 3nodding

Evil dude idea: how about a Swamp King, who's aim is to turn the whole world into a big old swamp? O_O

I'm thinking of other possible races. If I decide to go with them, I'll add them to the list, maybe edit an " UPDATED LAST: [date] " at the top so people can tell if something's changed.

If I go with the " random event " ideas I've had for some MMORPGs, I might decide to have something appear outta nowhere. Like, " Suddenly, the ground quakes, then caves into a newly made hole through which surfaces a giant dragon from the abyss. " then said dragon is supposed to be rampaging and anyone/everyone has the chance to do something about it. If I do go with this idea, it'll probably be a " if things get boring " deal, just to keep things interesting.

Hm. What to make my story be. ^^;;

Perhaps a fae princess. Hm. Anyone know any good instruments within a fantasy type setting?