I don't have much experience with building sites, so I can't really offer up any other alternatives.

I have no issue with continuing this to a specific forum for the roleplay!

Hi! I'm still reading the OP, but for forums you may want to try JCink, or Icyboards as they allow you more stylistic freedom, and there are more resource forums to help you out with those two in particular. I can link you to those as well if you really want to launch this on your own forum. :)

@Balthazar007 Because I forgot to a moment ago, sorry for the double-post!

@Celaira

I think I've heard of Icyboards. I might give that one a try. And I'll take links to any helpful resources.

Thanks!

@Balthazar007 Hey, I'm in for any other site. I just lost two characters that took me quite a while to build because the site crashed when I pressed send.

I'd probably go crazy if this kind of stuff happens when I write a wall of text.

@Balthazar007 Definitely try RPG-Directory it's the biggest resource forum for persistent world RP's on the net right now.

Admittedly, JCink has a lot more resource forums out there, but specifically for icyboards there's also Necessary Evil.

I'm pretty familiar with how both of the platforms work, so if you need any help, just let me know! :)

Okay everyone. I've made stand alone RP's before. It won't take me but a day to have this one up. And with the resources @Celaira has sent me, it should look pretty slick too.

Unfortunately, I'm swamped today. But I'm all set to build it tomorrow. Take this time to be thinking of characters that you might want to introduce on launch.

@Celaira@KRIEEEG@Leslie Hall@Lunar@LazyTitan1565

And a little poke to my "Strange World" crew. Hope you guys check this one out too. :)

@Classpet@Invader Len@Airalin@rechonq

This looks pretty interesting, possibly more advanced than I would like, but I'll try to come up with an idea that should fit accordingly.

I kind of have some ideas planned, but I'll wait until everything's set up before really committing to anything.

As an update that might effect your character creation. The back story is set one hundred thousand years into the future. The planet is actually the 5th planet that the human race has reached.

The people that live on the neutral continent are natives to this planet and that is why they can harness the power crystals directly.

The different races like elves and such that live on the magic island were actually all over the planet before humans arrived and claimed a continent for themselves, the technology based continent.

I'm thinking that the natives of the neutral continent will look very human like, except that their skin glows relative to how much crystals are close by.

The different races like elves and such that live on the magic island were actually all over the planet before humans arrived and claimed a continent for themselves, the technology based continent.

Just let me see if I got this right: The elves, dwarves and all kinds of weird fantasy races are the ones in the technology continent?

By the way, in which continent the humans are?

This looks really cool! Consider me interested, but my only real questions are whether humans can use magic or not, and how creative with magic we can be. I have a character in mind I've been wanting to try out & haven't been able too, and I think it could really fit into this universe well.

Okay, let me break it down in better detail. And this is all still able to be changed, but here it is as of now:

Humans travel the cosmos looking to settle new planets when their population grows too much. They live in space ship colonies where they conserve resources by traveling in semiconcious states close to cryogenic sleep.

The planet that this story takes place was already populated by many different species. The dominant species was a very humanoid race of tribesmen that can harmonize directly with the crystal like substance that grows naturally and abundantly on the continent they call home.

All the other continents were inhabited by wild creatures and races coincidentally similar to our folk lore, such as ogres and dragons or elves and fairies.

Long before humans arrived, the other indigenous races would make voyages to the "land of gods". Here the "gods" would bestow them with magical crystals as parting gifts before they would return home. Harnessing these crystals, dormant magical powers could be unlocked.

Humans also took note of this and began making their own voyages, trying to communicate with the almost human looking people, only to find that they are mute and only communicate to one another telepathically. Though they didn't seem to have any problem sharing their abundant crystals which proved to be incredible power sources. Early on it was deemed unwise to try and start conflict with these people as they have unimaginable physical power and show signs of being much more intelligent than they look. Also, why start conflict with people so willing to share.

Early on, humans tried to live peacefully with the indigenous races while still marching on with technical advancements. During this time, they taught the indigenous races the human language (which we will write as English for the sake of this RP).

Unfortunately, the indigenous magical races were not fond of their technological ways for too long and war broke out. Some humans even sided with the indigenous races. Eventually the main group of humans won the war with their advanced weaponry and exiled the traitors and indigenous races.

The victors claimed their land and eventually turned it into the technological mecha that it is today.

That left the defeated humans and indigenous races with a choice. Could they continue to be allies, or should they go their separate ways? Because of this, they split into two groups.

One group, mostly made of humans, decided to go settle the continent that was mostly barren of intelligent life. There they started to build their technological civilization again, but with a deeper respect for the natural environment and a tolerance for magic and nature. The result was the continent that today looks like a slightly more utopian 2016 with slight magical twist.

The second faction of defeated humans and indigenous races agreed on one point, "Technology inevitability brings destruction and must be kept to a minimum." They decide to go to a third continent where indigenous races already reined supreme. Today, this continent is divided up many different ways and resembles the old legends of magic and monsters.

Our story takes place long after the Great war. Everything seems well enough, but it seems as though the crystal people are becoming less generous with their handouts recently, a sign of things to come maybe?

Everybody, please let me know if anything is unclear in this lore that I just created. I can still modify it as needed.

I have my own question concerning character limits. Are we allowed more than one character at launch? I wouldn't think so, considering the expansiveness of our posts and contributions, but I'm not totally sure. I'm brimming with ideas.

So basically humans are found on every continent, but the crystal continent. The natives(Elves, Orcs, Dwarves, etc.) were kicked out of the technology continent which is now populated entirely by humans. The technomagic continent is primarily humans, but has some natives as well, and the magic continent is primarily natives with some humans. The crystal continent is only populated by the hyperhumanoids which are native to the planet, and is visited by everyone else in search of power crystals.

Aside from each group's dispositions due to war and such, if my summary was correct then it makes sense and seems good to me.

So basically humans are found on every continent, but the crystal continent. The natives(Elves, Orcs, Dwarves, etc.) were kicked out of the technology continent which is now populated entirely by humans. The technomagic continent is primarily humans, but has some natives as well, and the magic continent is primarily natives with some humans. The crystal continent is only populated by the hyperhumanoids which are native to the planet, and is visited by everyone else in search of power crystals.

Aside from each group's dispositions due to war and such, if my summary was correct then it makes sense and seems good to me.

Perfect summary. I'm glad you got it.

Good enough for me!

Is there a character sheet or at least some general guidelines? This doesn't look like it's going to be a very restrictive RP character wise, but it never hurts to ask.

OHH! And before I forget: Is there a launch date for the RP so we have something that resambles a deadline to keep track of?

I have my own question concerning character limits. Are we allowed more than one character at launch? I wouldn't think so, considering the expansiveness of our posts and contributions, but I'm not totally sure. I'm brimming with ideas.

I may place a limit on how many characters one person may have per story, but you are welcome to be a part of as many stories as you feel able. I only ask everyone to not bite off more than you can chew. Remember, this RP is based off monthly periods of activity. Don't be involved in more than one story if you think you're going to be having a busy month IRL. And don't worry if you need to take a month off if you know you're going to be having a particularly busy month.

Good enough for me!

Is there a character sheet or at least some general guidelines? This doesn't look like it's going to be a very restrictive RP character wise, but it never hurts to ask.

OHH! And before I forget: Is there a launch date for the RP so we have something that resambles a deadline to keep track of?

I just woke up because of a long day yesterday. I'm going to put together the site ASAP. I've done these large scale RPs before, so you can expect it up by the end of today or early tomorrow. There you will find the character sheet. Don't worry though, it won't be very restrictive.

I just woke up because of a long day yesterday. I'm going to put together the site ASAP. I've done these large scale RPs before, so you can expect it up by the end of today or early tomorrow. There you will find the character sheet. Don't worry though, it won't be very restrictive.

No worries, just wanna know to fit it to my schedule. The next two weeks are going to be a bit more chaotic than usual.