Welcome to what is called the Mortal Claims Saga. In this roleplay there will be many battles, all of which will take place within the same lore as people from many different worlds are sucked into a single chaotic world that starts out with no rules. Can they form together or will they split themselves apart?
Sounds a bit like the multiverse thread? Well, this roleplay is not meant to compete with it, but rather does some things differently that some individuals didn't quite like, and there are some other changes as well.
The first thing of note is that characters of any power short of breaking the plot are allowed (meaning you can't be a god unless their powers are specific enough where they can't do plot breaking things). There's no worry about getting experience and leveling up. There will be a timeline for this roleplay where we can create threads exploring any time along it, so you can create a thread further in the timeline when your character is an awesome fighter just able to let loose, or go back when they're just starting to bloom. That being said they will be getting better and better at a realistic pace along the timeline. Does that worry you if some characters will be inherently better then one another at certain times? Unlike the multiverse that may be the case. However, the maker of each thread can have rules about what characters are allowed. Therefore, if you have a powerful character then you can be fair and set up a fight where he or she is under attack by a large group of opponents. If you wish to play in a more small scale espionage like battle then you can set things up where only characters more on that scale are allowed. Without worrying about winning, loosing, and experience, things will be more based on what would make the best story. Therefore, you can even set up a battle purposely in an unfair way and have it a good story where the underdog does something awesome and wins. Of course if you more enjoy battles where you do try to win then you can also set up threads with that intention in mind.
Second, if your character dies then they will only remain dead for an appropriate length of the roleplay (explained later). That being said you don't have a waiting period after your character's death before you can play with them again. You can even play with the same character in multiple threads at once if they take place at different time periods (due to taking place all in the same canon they can't be doing two different things at once unless that's some ability of theirs). Events will be added to the timeline as they happen and the characters involved so everyone knows what happened when and things won't get too confusing.
Third, the primary location for this roleplay is the arena, but there may be some stories also taking part in this lore that can make it into the other areas from free to advanced. There can be mysteries, dramas, comedies; anything your heart desires. You can also organize large scale plotlines within the multiverse, such as having control of a massive invasion force in a thread and inviting other characters in to try and stop you. Some threads might even turn out to be very long in a huge war. That being said you are not limited to a certain amount of characters. You can have multiple amounts of powerful characters working together. Does this once again seem too difficult for the weaker characters to fight against? Well, they don't have to get involved in such threads if they are too scared, or they can get creative and somehow make it out of the battle alive. I can also have armies and powerful characters at my disposal to make sure nobody goes overboard and unstoppable so don't worry. I can stop it both within lore or outside of the roleplay to make sure they aren't abusing this.
Fourth, you cannot use a character idea of someone else's. Therefore, Super Mario cannot jump onto the scene and start fire balling zoras from the Legend of Zelda. You can be inspired by something, but they have to at least have enough differences where it's not like all you can see is the character you were inspired from.
Now for some not necessarily differences to the multiverse, but I shall explain them for those who don't know.
You can submit your own location ideas that can be crazy to mundane. There can be floating islands, fighting on top of a giant monster, a magician's tower filled with booby traps, and even...a normal field? Feel free to go crazy with the most fun areas you can imagine to have to fight in. I will give some starting location ideas that can be used in the threads you guys create for this roleplay.
Every so often I will post my own threads as well, some of which will feature very powerful bosses for different "levels" of character that will take everyone involved on their A game to defeat. Therefore, if you have a normal human powered character then I might create a character for everyone of that same general power level to fight against at once, and the same can be said for other power levels as well. Other people can do the same if they'd like, but if not then don't worry because I will provide you with such opportunities.
The different worlds you come from can be futuristic, medieval, etc, and they are all mixed together in this same world. This will lead to a very diverse world with many different technologies and cultures combined. Some threads might be for only futuristic battles, some might be sword fighting only, etc. but you might also see sword fighters going up against gun users, or magic users against cyborgs. Anything might happen.
Does this idea appeal to you? I will post more info in time, including the backstory about why we were sucked into this world, but I don't want to swarm everyone all at once with a ton of info on this interest check. I will answer questions as neccesary. If anyone has any more ideas, suggestions, etc., then feel free to tell me and I can edit your ideas into the OOC.
Sounds a bit like the multiverse thread? Well, this roleplay is not meant to compete with it, but rather does some things differently that some individuals didn't quite like, and there are some other changes as well.
The first thing of note is that characters of any power short of breaking the plot are allowed (meaning you can't be a god unless their powers are specific enough where they can't do plot breaking things). There's no worry about getting experience and leveling up. There will be a timeline for this roleplay where we can create threads exploring any time along it, so you can create a thread further in the timeline when your character is an awesome fighter just able to let loose, or go back when they're just starting to bloom. That being said they will be getting better and better at a realistic pace along the timeline. Does that worry you if some characters will be inherently better then one another at certain times? Unlike the multiverse that may be the case. However, the maker of each thread can have rules about what characters are allowed. Therefore, if you have a powerful character then you can be fair and set up a fight where he or she is under attack by a large group of opponents. If you wish to play in a more small scale espionage like battle then you can set things up where only characters more on that scale are allowed. Without worrying about winning, loosing, and experience, things will be more based on what would make the best story. Therefore, you can even set up a battle purposely in an unfair way and have it a good story where the underdog does something awesome and wins. Of course if you more enjoy battles where you do try to win then you can also set up threads with that intention in mind.
Second, if your character dies then they will only remain dead for an appropriate length of the roleplay (explained later). That being said you don't have a waiting period after your character's death before you can play with them again. You can even play with the same character in multiple threads at once if they take place at different time periods (due to taking place all in the same canon they can't be doing two different things at once unless that's some ability of theirs). Events will be added to the timeline as they happen and the characters involved so everyone knows what happened when and things won't get too confusing.
Third, the primary location for this roleplay is the arena, but there may be some stories also taking part in this lore that can make it into the other areas from free to advanced. There can be mysteries, dramas, comedies; anything your heart desires. You can also organize large scale plotlines within the multiverse, such as having control of a massive invasion force in a thread and inviting other characters in to try and stop you. Some threads might even turn out to be very long in a huge war. That being said you are not limited to a certain amount of characters. You can have multiple amounts of powerful characters working together. Does this once again seem too difficult for the weaker characters to fight against? Well, they don't have to get involved in such threads if they are too scared, or they can get creative and somehow make it out of the battle alive. I can also have armies and powerful characters at my disposal to make sure nobody goes overboard and unstoppable so don't worry. I can stop it both within lore or outside of the roleplay to make sure they aren't abusing this.
Fourth, you cannot use a character idea of someone else's. Therefore, Super Mario cannot jump onto the scene and start fire balling zoras from the Legend of Zelda. You can be inspired by something, but they have to at least have enough differences where it's not like all you can see is the character you were inspired from.
Now for some not necessarily differences to the multiverse, but I shall explain them for those who don't know.
You can submit your own location ideas that can be crazy to mundane. There can be floating islands, fighting on top of a giant monster, a magician's tower filled with booby traps, and even...a normal field? Feel free to go crazy with the most fun areas you can imagine to have to fight in. I will give some starting location ideas that can be used in the threads you guys create for this roleplay.
Every so often I will post my own threads as well, some of which will feature very powerful bosses for different "levels" of character that will take everyone involved on their A game to defeat. Therefore, if you have a normal human powered character then I might create a character for everyone of that same general power level to fight against at once, and the same can be said for other power levels as well. Other people can do the same if they'd like, but if not then don't worry because I will provide you with such opportunities.
The different worlds you come from can be futuristic, medieval, etc, and they are all mixed together in this same world. This will lead to a very diverse world with many different technologies and cultures combined. Some threads might be for only futuristic battles, some might be sword fighting only, etc. but you might also see sword fighters going up against gun users, or magic users against cyborgs. Anything might happen.
Does this idea appeal to you? I will post more info in time, including the backstory about why we were sucked into this world, but I don't want to swarm everyone all at once with a ton of info on this interest check. I will answer questions as neccesary. If anyone has any more ideas, suggestions, etc., then feel free to tell me and I can edit your ideas into the OOC.
