Howdy!

The basic idea here is simple: an NRP set in a unique fantasy world, focused on a single, large, strategically crucial isthmus that is home to several powerful city-states. Players would create these city states and their territories, on the verge of a major empire (NPC or player character) preparing to invade and conquer the isthmus. The focus would be on character interaction, intrigue, war, and good story telling, and collaborative world building- my hope is that all players will take part in designing the wider setting in which our cities exist.

The setting would take what I call the Tolkien/Martin approach to magic. Magic is real, mysterious, and powerful, but for the most part takes place 'off-screen', and is for aesthetic purposes somewhat subdued or indirect (eg- no undead armies or mages throwing fireballs around). Likewise, while multiple sentient species will inhabit this world, I would like to stay away from the elf/dwarf/gnome/orc/goblin mainstays of D+D. Players would be encouraged to give the traditional fantasy races a unique twist, or better yet invent their own! Our tech level would be around that of the 30 Years War, but of course factoring in the existence of magic and fantasy beasts.

Hope this whets your interest! I look forward to RPing with you!

How liberal can we be in tailoring the city-states/regions and fantasy races?

I am interested in this, but I figure I might not be that good. Never done a NRP and I think it might be a bit complex for a NRP beginner like me.

Definitely interested!

If you'd like a player to control the Empire, I'm also interested in giving that a whack.

Yup I'd definitely be up for this

Oggling.

I'll be keeping tabs.

Sounds cool. ^^

Glad to see all this interest! Will put up an OOC today!

@Alfhedil pretty liberal, as long as things are within the bounds of the style of magic I described above. Also, races would need to be able to be threatened by a human army armed with arquebusiers, cavalry and halbediers, so likely no fire demons, armies of ice-golems, clouds of sentient gas, etc. I'm happy to have a lot of zany races, though, I just want to avoid the crazy power levels of a lot of High Fantasy settings- make sense?

I'm in.

@Flagg I'll PM you a species description, though I'll be changing things and stuff to make them more viable in a city-state format. Unless you would be cool with someone playing as a feature of the land o3o

OOC up: roleplayerguild.com/topics/86089-the-s..

As always, I added a completely unnecessary level of complexity to this, so please feel free to ask any questions you have.