Dawn of Worlds (World Creation Roleplay)

[Meeky]

It began with a light, one infinitesimal speck in the darkness. There was nothing... and then there was you.

You came from the other realm, a place mortals cannot tread. You came with others, and you all came with the same intent: To craft a new world, better than the old one, with your deific powers, your will, your goals. Your siblings do not share the exact same vision that you do, but you know this world cannot be made alone. You and your fellow gods agreed to change the void into life.

Around you are stars now, those brilliant heralds of your arrival, and you come closer to a world... the world. Your world. It is time to make your dream a reality. It is the Dawn of Worlds.


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Fancy introduction aside: This is a god-based roleplay with some rules. I mean, there's standard Advanced Section roleplay rules, but there's also a brief PDF to give you an idea of how things might work.

The actual plot is as follows: The players are deities from another world, a world they have been forced to flee for whatever reason I decide upon later. They have found an empty realm in which they may create a new world of their own design, but since their powers are limited, they have been working together to create the world. Each deity has their own motives and desires, and they may quarrel, but this world is everyone's creation.

This roleplay would start with a map, a mostly empty map with maybe one or two continents. The world is created in three stages, which are as follows:

• The First Age - The Dawn of Worlds. In this age, all participating members of the roleplay will try and change the landscape of the world, not create races. The map will slowly be influenced in climate and geography according to player choices.
• The Second Age - The Rise of Mortals. The races of the world are easier to create and advance in this age. Here, the seeds of sentience are planted in the world, and mortals are crafted according to their gods' designs.
• The Third Age - The Tumultuous Times. This is the age in which conflict between the races is easiest to conduct. Religious sects begin to form, and civilizations wage war.

Once (if) this roleplay is concluded, there is a good chance of there being a second roleplay based around playing mortals in the world we've created together.

If there is interest in this idea, I'm looking for a cast of 4-6 players. If we get six players + me, I will not play a deity, but instead act as a judge of events and possibly have random things happen. This will NOT be a "First come, first served" roleplay, and there is no such thing as "defeating" another deity. Deities cannot be destroyed. If a player drops out in the middle of the roleplay, another player who isn't playing a deity may create a new deity and take all things "owned" by that deity.

If this sort of roleplay interests folks, here's the PDF. The PDF is required reading if you wish to participate. We may not use these rules tat-for-tat, but... then again, we might. They're simple and easy to understand.

http://www.clanwebsite.org/games/rpg...e_1_0Final.pdf

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. If you have interest, please say so.

[Ghurdrich]

This interests me, tentatively. Haven't read the PDF yet, but I popped it open in a tab awaiting my perusal. I'd say you're free to assume my participation unless for some reason something bothers me, at which point I'll say so. Not gonna bother posting again just to say "Okay now I'm sure I'm in"

[Squrmy]

This looks awesome! I've always wanted to do something like this.

I have a question, however; will the game mostly involve the interactions of the Gods upon the land, or will there be an opening for interactions with one another? For example, if you've read David Eddings' books, the Gods gathered in a circular room within a mountain to discuss what each was going to do to the world, so they could make things work.

Anywho, I'm scanning the PDF now, but I'll give it a more in-depth read later! It looks like you've given this a lot of thought!

[Infinitus]

I am quite interested in this.

[Raptorman]

I shall take part

[Meeky]

@Ghurdich, Raptorman, and Infinitus - Glad to know. You can hold off on reading over it, though with the number of interested parties we have now, I may start the OOC today.

I have a question, however; will the game mostly involve the interactions of the Gods upon the land, or will there be an opening for interactions with one another? For example, if you've read David Eddings' books, the Gods gathered in a circular room within a mountain to discuss what each was going to do to the world, so they could make things work.

I imagined it sort of like... Well...

Just think of the gods meeting to discuss things every <X amount of time> on something like Mount Olympus, but spending a lot of time out in the world changing the landscape. They meet to discuss what has gone down, or just to rest, and sometimes just to yell at another god for doing something that they don't much appreciate. This, of course, is going to be a place mortals can't enter, whatever it is.

Since we now have four interested parties, I'm going to look over the PDF once again and then decide what qualities of the book I think would be unwanted. This won't be a game with a huge cast, remember, because of the slightly gamey nature of the world's construction. I'll also need to get a map we can all interact with, and I'm seriously considering using a website such as Google Docs and having a single, shared map which we can all modify at will there.

One last note: Once the game starts, we will be taking 'turns.' That is, every 'turn' we each get to perform godly actions. You can roleplay freely, but using your godly power to change the world can only be done once every 'turn.'

With that said, I will make sure to finish this today and we can hopefully start roleplaying by tomorrow or the day after. A link to the OOC will be provided here once it is up.

[Infinitus]

I can't wait.

Will we be using the 'creative races cost double' rule?

[Meeky]

I'm not sure yet. I'll give you an answer on that in the first post of the thread once it's up.

[Raptorman]

I say please do not use that rule. It limits the fun a bit. And I have read this thing before.

[Infinitus]

I agree with Raptorman.