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Well, I was just recently going through my bookshelf looking for a book and I stumbled apon one that I read a few months ago. I really liked the book when I read it and I thought "what if I made an rp based around that.... with a few changes of course."

The book was "The Year of Our War" Where there are an elite few who are immortals, a 'chosen' if you will, and they help the humans fight against a bug infestation that is sprouting from some unknown source, trying to take over the world. Instead of completely copying the book, as it wouldn't exactly encourage player on player confrontations (what I want to start... mwahaha) I thought of this:

--The world is at war; all manner of creatures have come out of hiding to reclaim dominance, but it would come with a price as more humans than could ever be imagined in previous times now inhabit the... 'planet'. There is no date anymore. Officially it would have been 3012, but since the year 2902, when there was something of an explosion and melding, all periods of time have been melded together - along with the technology and social standings of those time periods. The so called explosion was not entirely of human doing, it was a mixture of human and immortal miscalculation.

For the immortals; gods, demons, angels, devils and the like, there was a simple war between two gods. None took much notice of it, and none of the other gods seemed to care. But the two gods, as it were, happened to be the gods of Earth and Time. Coupled with the ignorant humans' belief that nothing could (outside of their scientific understanding) effect the state of being of anything at all. After several years of destruction and nothing being done to repair the damage that was caused, the very fabric of space and time ripped apart. All was one, nothing truly existed individually during that moment of despair and utter confusion when races, planets, times, and all other things imaginable combined.

Now the immortals are finally awakened from their centuries of idle pleasure, and must find a way to either restore peace to the races, separate them, or dominate them. They appear very frequently among the mortal races of the planet that now stands as the only place in existence that can sustain life, mostly among the long living races, however they tend to back the Humans in times of extreme violence for unknown reasons. The 'all knowning' immortals understand that they cannot remain the dominant species on the planet... they would forever be in that position if they chose it. So it has become the duty of the mortal races to 'elect' or otherwise accept a dominant race, or be at war evermore. -- (it's a little short but I just quickly wrote it up now that I had the idea )

Was just wondering what ya'll thought of it, if it was a good idea or no. Was kind of worried because it involved immortals, but I came up with a rules list that pretty effectively covered it. Wanted a second opinion before I started it though Hope you like it, and be honest!

It sounds interesting, but I'm not sure what style of roleplay it really is, and therefore I do not know if it fits my preferred style of rping.

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Chyeah...what he said ^^

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Well... I wanted to encompass a lot of things in this rp, like if you were a human you COULD posses a gun if you wanted, or some other type of technology, but it wouldn't neccesarily be a all powerful weapon against the other races, as you have an immortal race to sort of "balance" it out. It's more of a fantasy rp than anything - if that's what you mean.

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would we play as gods or men? and are they truly immortal, or can they be killed from unnatural means?

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same as his question.

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GT: Comandersnow
Song of Ice and Fire/WOT=Best book series EVAR!

You can play as any race you want, either immortal, or other race. Immortals can be something like Angels, Demons, Gods, Devils, etc. And on the immortals being totally immortal part, yes they are to a degree. They can be killed, but they bleed ichor and are ressurected in the city of immortals. Sort of like greek Mythology...

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I think it sounds hella interesting.

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it does sound interesting(cough i'll be immortal cough))

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GT: Comandersnow
Song of Ice and Fire/WOT=Best book series EVAR!

Do you need some medicines Comandersnow? That seemed like a terrible cough. Anyways, I like the idea. And i would join it if you made a RP.

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