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The year is 1278 AI. The grand Serath Empire to the east has fallen, liberating countless cultures, artifacts and relics in its receding wake. The Grand High Archmage Celebrius in his studies has awakened an ancient portal to the Demonic Wastes, unleashing a horde of demons onto Mount Frostfire. A lycanthrope plague has spread from within the walls of isolated human fortress Farcrest into the surrounding forest. Purple dragons have reappeared from ages past into the tainted Duskrock Caverns. The world of Daiar is changing.

Our tale, however, does not take place in those faraway places. We travel to the continent of Belar, into the small human country of Rostguard. Deep into the middle of expansive Forest Mither, we reach a small village by the name of Estermere. The townsfolk there are ignorant, and it is said ignorance is bliss. They dismiss the happenings of the outside world as mere folktales, bedtime stories and distant legends. Anyway, no one could possibly overcome the mythical black dragon that supposedly guarded Rostguard from unwanted guests through an unbreakable pact forged with angels. Unfortunately, that story came from nearly three thousand years ago - half a millennium short of a dragon’s actual lifespan. You may be from outside Estermere, lived there your whole life, commoner, guard, artisan, it does not matter. What matters is that the gods have a plan for you. A grand plan.
NOW!

Onto some OOC stuff.

I plan for this to be character driven. I haven’t drawn up a good deal of the lore yet or actually made a map, so you guys can come from anywhere you want or any race you come from. I’m not making any plots, though I will greatly egg story hooks on. Guidelines and restrictions on this will be found in the CS skeleton. If your race isn't a 'generic' one (e.g dwarf,elf, etc) then kindly expand on it if needed. Also, please NO angels, pit fiends or anything else not from the Material Plane. If you have powers, please limit that to sorcery (innate magical ability honed without formal education and study, unlike wizards).

I’m basing this off the DnD world. However, I’m planning this to be a fairly generic world so that people unfamiliar with DnD will also enjoy it. You don't have to come from any specific DnD class if you're combat-oriented, but if you are I can probably guess it from the CS. Non-DnDers, don't worry. Just pick a generic class like 'warrior' or 'mage'. If you're just a common watch guard or a peasant, don't worry about choosing classes.

I’m a new GM and pretty please don’t kill this. I’ve already got one thread dead. PM me for any questions.





Credits go to Chanda for the amazing CS.

Anyone interested?
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Hmm... I certainly have no quarrel with what you've pitched. Consider me 'interested'-
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I'll be watching this thread until more information is added, but I'm interested. c:
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I'm rather interested as well. :D
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EDIT: Darn glitch made me double post. Sorry.
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With so many people scrabbling around out there to be different it is good to have something that is generic, I'll keep a close eye on this
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Just a few more people and I'll start up the OOC.
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Well this world looks like it's going to the crapper.

PREPARE FOR ADVENTURES.
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Can I make a dragonborn warlock?
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Most definitely interested.
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Yog Sothoth said
Can I make a dragonborn warlock?


By all means hell yes.
But you won't be described as a warlock, just a mysterious magic dragon man with a tie to an unknown entity.

Alright, working on an OOC now.
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BingTheWing said
By all means hell yes.But you won't be described as a warlock, just a mysterious magic dragon man with a tie to an unknown entity.Alright, working on an OOC now.


Why can't he be called a warlock
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Sorry to butt in here but HEY BingTheWing REMEBER THIS?!?! The two villages I gave you a pm and you still haven't responded you leaving the RP or what? :(
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Yog Sothoth said
Why can't he be called a warlock


Fine he can be called a warlock. But we won't go into technical stuff that should be in tabletop roleplay e.g modifiers, saving throws and all that. But you can still rp out warlock-like powers or even specific spells if you want.

@Eklipse, sorry. I am leaving that RP. I can't think up a character concept for that one.
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Sorry guys, due to IRL stuff I might not be able to take care of this myself. Somebody else can be the GM. You can expand totally on what I've just said, just don't go too crazy.

Note: I might be the co-GM if I have time.

PS: You might see me commenting on other RPs. This is because I can find just enough time to post here and there, but sometimes I can't commit to the amount of attention a GM has to make. This is because I only get WiFi access for a limited amount of time on weekends, I just can't leave my RP alone to the weekday players. Of course, I might find time to GM over the weekends.
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Shouldn't there be an inventory section or something similar in the CS? Obviously characters that live in Estermere will have a lot of possessions that won't necessarily be a part of their present inventory, but I find it's very helpful for keeping track of what each character would be expected to have on them at any given moment (and it also deters people from "finding" health potions in their pockets later on down the road, although this is rarely a problem with the right group of players anyway). I think this would be especially appropriate considering this RP takes cues from DnD, which as we all know is fairly specific when it comes to inventory management.

Also, for characters with magical powers, shouldn't there be like a magic/abilities/skills section that allows them to explain those powers in detail? In my experience it's a lot better to make sure the strengths and limitations of magic and abilities are outlined clearly before the roleplay starts to avoid problems arising later. Given that this is a character driven roleplay I'd say having a balanced cast of characters would be a pretty high priority.

Sorry to be full of suggestions, but I noticed that it's your first time GMing so I thought I'd offer some of my advice. There's no real downside to having more information about a character aside from the sheet taking slightly longer to fill out (and if they're too lazy to fill out two extra sections of the sheet then I'm not really sure you want them to be a part of your roleplay to begin with). I'd be happy to assist you as a co-GM too if you'd like.
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Aww, I'm sorry to hear this Bing. I hope everything clears up for you soon enough! Being hyper-busy is never fun for anyone in the history of ever.

As for you Chanda-- your suggestions are undoubtedly welcome. Assistance offered in good faith is always a good thing, from my perspective, and we do share some opinions on this front. Magical powers/abilities/skills sections aren't really there to categorize characters so much as help keep their particularly useful talents In mind and help keep them balanced. Limitations, to an extent, are rather useful as well!..although I certainly don't want to push for hyper-harsh ones either.

Inventories are just damn convenient.
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Hey thanks, Phoenix.

Since Bing isn't going to be able to lead this one, I don't mind stepping up and GMing. Or, if you guys would rather have someone else, I can always help co-GM. This looks like it has a fair amount of interest so I'd hate to see it go to waste.

In any case I'm going to start by working on an updated CS, which should be helpful either way.
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I would certainly be interested in this RP if you all would have me :D
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Finished work on the updated CS. Let me know what y'all think.

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