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Races
- What races
- What is the back history?
- Are their different factions?
- How do these races, and the seperate factions they are divided to interact?
- Is their a racial system, by which i mean do certain races have certain traits that have a game inpact?

Current list of races so far:
- Rasseno [descendants of humans] { base race, not too good at anything in particular
- Calines [bestial beings characteristically after cats/dogs/otters] { light and agile skills pref
- Teh'tasoras [reptilian, lookalikes to draconians] { heavy hitters, not too smart
- Lith'ellen [L elven/alien race] { smart, strong, but not aggressive
- Dun'kirk [orc/minotaur race] { Mele! but not too thick headed
- Dru'elleid {D elven/alien race] { smart, but likes to stand at a distance from the bloody messes.

Back History, it is currently lacking, but will be fleshed out for the game "The Eighth age of BLOOD" But the basics are,
An MMORPG [massive multi player online role playing game] that is set in a time where all the current worldly powers succumb to greed and self interest. As a century of war comes to a grinding halt just because no one wants to fight for their governments any more! As these deserters try and come home, they must re-establish their lives and rebuild the scarred lands they had left so many years ago.

there are about two to three factions that will be dealt with,
- the 'good' (Rasseno, Calines, Lith'ellen)
- the 'bad' (Dun'kirk, Teh'tasoras, Dru'elleid )
- and remnants of the government

these factions are not dead fast, all have their inner bickering and outward rage either as an attempt to gain more power or some other means of control.

Traits, yes, each race gains specific atributes
Rasseno, even stats
Calines, ++ agi +dex -str -vit
Lith'ellen, +++int +dex -str --luk
Dun'kirk, ++str +vit -dex -int
Teh'tasoras, +++str +vit -luk --int
Dru'elleid, +int +dex +agi +str -luk --vit

aside from this, I have not given them different start locations as of yet and they all start off at the bottom with the same gear.

Classes
- What classes?
- Are classes bound by race?
- Is their a job system, in that you start with a generic base and specialise as you advance in level?
- What are the different character archtypes we hope to have, and how do they interact with eachother?
- Are the classes primarily pure? or a hybrid? or a mixture of both?

Classes are the jobs that are available to all units
there is no bound class but suggested classes are provided above others that do not complement the growth styles of the race

all are to start out at a generic base but quickly specialize towards one class and work towards further specialization or improvement with additional branches as one levels.

every class I hope to have one that leans towards an honest profession and another that leans towards a darker shade, i may include a middle road but at a later time.

groups of classes tend to work the best with either slight diversification or set groupings but tend to always work best when each person can choose a particular task within a group.

Classes will start out pure, but after advancing into the third teer of your job, I was thinking of enabling a minor profession, skills being a little less effective but still operable, possibly enabling a mage to heal himself or a warrior to vend his own loot, and they don't exactly have to be compatible.

Social Aspect
- How can the Players interact?
- How can players group?
- What makes the interactions unique?
- How easy is it to make a guild?
- What benefits does being in a guild give to the player?
- Is there a PvE element to the game, by which i mean are there dungeons, which require concerted effort to clear, but which offer better equipment as a reward? how many people are required to clear one, what restrictions are there on them?

Interaction between players will be on open channel chat for main purposes, but other options are available; Private chat between a small group in a select channel for people gathered around in an area, pm system conversation between two people, guild chat, link chat and family chat.

Links will be how people group together randomly in temporal bands.
the person inviting will be the leader, everyone invited will take up a sequential location along the chain, if the leader leaves, the 2nd link will take command till there is one left, and then it is left to the last person to either disband or invite others to join.

it is unique in the regards that members in a link can take on additional abilities. In the case of the demigog, additional players means more power for him, players can gain from other's abilities, using their vision to pick out distant targets and use some moves in group effects such as a courageous yell would boost one's own attack, it would also boost your near by comrades!

aside from this, players can target anything wild, but kill stealing is out of the question, first hit gets it, but those in a link also gain credit if near by.

Guild creation is difficult, as it needs to be! it takes about 5-10 people at a decent level, 20-30 and they must take on a series of challenges, ranging from fighting off legions of monsters to collecting enough items of particular assortment and having enough kale to purchase a flag ship and a guild home base. Only cretin planets will have the ability to form a guild, but if you meet all the requirements the rewards are worth it.
[note: kale is the game's currency]

Guild members gain additional storage and access to a guild's weapons vault [weapons taken from the vault are tracked and can be recalled after the person has left the guild], If the guild has managed to take a space platform, then they earn kale from the local shops and gain access to more weapons and armors and vehicles.

ALSO! each guild is able to develop their own custom color scheme that can be used to color their vehicles and gives the players capes to be worn during platform battles or otherwise, and optional to be worn.
Guild emblems are made off cite and fit the size of a small banner, they are plastered over ship hulls and used in determining the guild's custom paint job.

there will be regular turf where monsters would roam, dungeon turf where higher spawn rates and harder monsters would exist and town areas where no monsters but on special occasions would spawn.

For Dungeons, I was planning on having them open to all players for the most part, with may haps tunnels at the end being for guild or links only
they would range in difficulty from the necessity of having 3 people to a full 20 man squad, rewards would be uncommon drops from boss monsters or to be traded for by collecting a quantity of items or talking with someone trapped in the back.

RPG Game Mechanics
- How does leveling work?
- Is there a quest system? if so how will the rewards work?
- How is quest difficulty scaled with level, what happens when a a high level person completes a low level quest?
- How is equipment managed?
- How are skills assigned, is their a 'talent' system?
- How much freedom is given in terms of character customisation, not just from a gameplay perspective but from a aesthetic perspective also, players will always want to stand out, how can they achieve that?


You level by killing stuff. simple as that.
There is a quest system, but it is not only optional to a large degree, it is also fluid and flows with the player's tendencies either towards war, profit or piece. Rewards are given incrementally as quest items or kale rewards or gaining a new skill or pet.

A quest can only be done once, and they can only be done once you hit a minimum level, not to penalize a person for training too much rewards are scaled by difficulty, so it would be a waist for a high level to do a low level quest when better options are available.

skills are gained by placing skill points towards them, you gain these as you level, 3 skill points per level or so, with better skills costing more skill points.

players can alter their characters personal stat growth by 50%, as the other points are determined by their race and by their current job.
Jobs provide a base look to a player, giving the style of clothes but the color can be altered by the player by dying their clothes, and aside from the basic styling of their clothes, accessories such as Hats and other such flamboyant things aid towards customization along with the ability to choose your own style of hair and it's color. Possibly as classes further, more styles of dress can be found at different planets, such as a desert planet would have more Arabian styled clothes and cities more urban styles, so you might also be able to get up to date with a more fashionable look.

I was gonna say 1% but that seemed a bit weak... and as for exp gained, i have no mind as to what you are saying a mob is, i think 4-6 monsters is about a mob, a kill might provide on its own about 0.5-1.0 percent each, so about 5% sounded good.

Combat Mechanics
- How is combat managed?
- How is Damage Mitigation managed?
- How does Spell Damage scale with Melee/Ranged damage?
- Do items require repair after significant use?
- If there is a pet combat aspect to the game? if so how are they controllable?

combat is kept in the main scene where anyone might join in or just look on.

Damage Mitigation?

spells cost mana, the more damage dealt within a shorter period of time, the more mana needed, spells are slightly weaker than physical strikes given that they are a ranged attack or spread out over an area, if a melee strike would do 100, a magic strike would do around 66-85, remaining decent, but not over powered.

items can be broken, but they tend to retain integrity unless specifically targeted, other items such as grenades or bullets will deplete, other items might get used up in an action such as food or an ingredient to a spell.

pet combat would be basic, they attack either something lower leveled than them or attack what you are attacking, as long as it is within range, directions can be given using the right click, while the main character is controlled with the left, chat commands are also possible, using a slash or other note to direct conversation to the pet. some skills can also be directed from the user, others can be auto cast by the pet such as stun or a magical assault.

Aesthetics
- How does Equipment change the characters look?
- How can a character be customized?
- Can spell effects be customized?
- Whats the overall artistic direction?
- How does the art complement the gameplay?

some equipment changes the character's looks, such as accessories and weapons and shields, but armor goes under the cloth, so it is unseen.

the character's cloth can be custom colored at specialized shops for a price and a few specific ingredients, also in some cases, the items you use in your job quest will edit you'r players looks;
ex: quest says gather 20x hides, no color specified, if you gather mostly black, you get black clothes, ect.

spell effect can either be on or off, not much more other than a mystic wave of an arm and pretty lights are going to be done with spells.

artistic direction is to be some setting of a receding age, bits of rust here and there with some signs of new growth scattered about,

the art is to complement to time period, and in some cases, the quest that is to be done in the location.