I do have two questions. How advanced are the elven villages in comparison to the human nations?

Secondly, would this fit in with the magic.
"All things fall into shadow, even light. Shadows do not represent the absence of light, they show the presence of darkness. Thus, shadow and darkness are not death or diminishment; they are the fundamental state of the universe, the constant that existed before, that exists now, and that will exist when all other things are snuffed out. Just as magic has an opposite. An ancient formless substance that fills the space between matter.
The shadowcaster understands the true, primal power of darkness, attunes herself to the Plane of Shadow, and learns great shadow mysteries the equal of any mundane spell. These dark casters are workers of alien magic, possessing an occult understanding of the world and magic that even other spellcasters find disturbing."

I like the direction you're taking shadow magic, and I like the way you explain it. The only thing I don't want to allow is the introduction of actual "aliens". However, this doesn't mean you have to change anything. I just want to point out your usage of the word "alien" would not be in reference to an actual aliens race, but rather, it's meant as "foreign" or "strange".

It also makes me think we're talking about dark matter manipulation, which actually already exists on a planet wide scale, in the form of gravity manipulation, the primary way hover cars and flying ships work.

This brings me back to your first question, "How technologically advanced are the elven races." The answer to that varies on which race we're talking about. For example, the Volcano Elves, living on the isolated continent of Numgam, are very primitive, and the City Elves, living among humans, are just as technologically advanced as the humans themselves.

Then, above that, we would actually have the Cave Elves. Their village would be more like an underground city that heavily relies on dark matter and gravity manipulation. And their main export would be dark matter itself, a highly sought after resource. In other words, the Cave Elves would actually be the MOST technologically advanced civilization on the planet, but this would only be known to them and a few higher ranking individuals in the Mutrenu continent.

I did mean alien in the sense that it is strange.
As for the cave elves, that works perfectly. I expected that the cave elves would be among the more primitive or brutal type. I can work with magical tech a bit better.

Dark matter is a good analogy but I was thinking more along the line of a primordial plasma or Ylem I think it's called. Or we could reflavor it as entropy/decay magic.

I've got some ideas for the cave elves.

Dark matter is a good analogy but I was thinking more along the line of a primordial plasma or Ylem I think it's called. Or we could reflavor it as entropy/decay magic.

I've got some ideas for the cave elves.

Actually, I'm going to have to rule that dark matter and primordial plasma (i.e. ylem) are the same thing. The humans and basically everyone on the surface sees it as "dark matter". While the Cave Elves, being the ones who actually know how to harvest and contain it, they refer to it as "ylem". They understand the true workings of the substance, hence why they have been able to name it. Others don't understand its true nature, so they have a more vague way to describe it.

@Balthazar007 Quick question on my end, I think you said something earlier about posting for the individual locations of the players. Should I wait for a post of Leemo before posting? It won’t be tonight cause my brain is fried after work but just curious.

Edit: Just saw you already posted for Leemo. Expect a post tomorrow lol my bad.

@Balthazar007 Quick question on my end, I think you said something earlier about posting for the individual locations of the players. Should I wait for a post of Leemo before posting? It won’t be tonight cause my brain is fried after work but just curious.

Edit: Just saw you already posted for Leemo. Expect a post tomorrow lol my bad.

I'm not making a post for each location. I'm just adding hiders with background information to the opening IC post. I have already done one for Leemo city. So whenever you are ready, you may post.

@Vec

It is quite enjoyable to read your detailed opening IC post. It sets the scene very nicely.

That being said, try to dial it back a bit or use hiders in the future, especially if and when you start interacting with other players.

I do appreciate a good introduction though, so don't change anything.

I'm thinking of ways to introduce an NPC to your storyline, and I see three options. Either I make an NPC for Jorath, or if you'd rather post as him as well, I could be one of his aids (i.e. regular body guards), or I could be a formidable attacker. I could have fun in any direction. What do you think?

@Vec

It is quite enjoyable to read your detailed opening IC post. It sets the scene very nicely.

That being said, try to dial it back a bit or use hiders in the future, especially if and when you start interacting with other players.

I do appreciate a good introduction though, so don't change anything.

I'm thinking of ways to introduce an NPC to your storyline, and I see three options. Either I make an NPC for Jorath, or if you'd rather post as him as well, I could be one of his aids (i.e. regular body guards), or I could be a formidable attacker. I could have fun in any direction. What do you think?

You could be the shadowy butler/head of staff that 'takes care' of everything. It feels like someone like Jorath would have someone like that around to burder with all the complicated stuff.

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You could be the shadowy butler/head of staff that 'takes care' of everything. It feels like someone like Jorath would have someone like that around to burder with all the complicated stuff.

That'll work.

@Renny, I like your post, but just to be sure I'm following along: Sun is about to enter the office of one important general, or is he going into a meeting room with multiple generals talking strategy?

@Balthazar007 One important general. I liked the idea of multiples but I think Suns would be wary of placing himself amongst so many strong-willed; potential unjust Generals.

@Balthazar007 One important general. I liked the idea of multiples but I think Suns would be wary of placing himself amongst so many strong-willed; potential unjust Generals.

One general he feels he can trust, at least more than most, heard that.

@Spin The Wheel@Vec@Renny
Okay you three, I'll be posting one post tomorrow that covers all three of you, as well as dropping three character sheets in the 1st "Characters" post.

If anyone else gets a post out before then, I'll try to include a response for yours as well.

How fast do we want the party to come together? I have no problem either way, just asking.@Balthazar007

How fast do we want the party to come together? I have no problem either way, just asking.@Balthazar007

That is completely up to you, the players. This is a sandbox style RP. You dig wherever and whenever you like. It's my job to fill the sandbox with shiney objects for you to find. Lol. I love analogies.

That said, I recommend y'all take this month (i.e. the first day) to get to know your surroundings and test the boundaries on what you can do in this RP. Maybe set up a meeting of characters to take places at the beginning of the next day, Armistice Day, when the festivities are in full swing.

Again, these are only suggestions. Players are encouraged to PM each other or message right here in the OOC thread about collaborating. I can even start a discord if y'all are interested. Originally, I had planned on it.

@Balthazar007 Considering how few players actually submitted a CS from the original pool of interested ones, I don't think a discord is needed yet.

@Balthazar007 I did the changes in the one I put in characters. Please check to make sure everything is fine or if I need to change something.

I have my character sheet reasonably close to finished. Life has just been conspiring against me.

@Balthazar007 Considering how few players actually submitted a CS from the original pool of interested ones, I don't think a discord is needed yet.

Agreed.

@Balthazar007 I did the changes in the one I put in characters. Please check to make sure everything is fine or if I need to change something.

Only thing I see is that Kazuha's spear needs to be removed from his "Inventory" and listed as a "Key Item". And along that note, Fantaghiro has a sword in her "Items" named 'Ash'. If that's the same sword as 'Tailfeather', but listed as a different name, it needs to be removed. Other than that, you're good to go!

I have my character sheet reasonably close to finished. Life has just been conspiring against me.

No worries!

@Spin The Wheel@Vec@Renny

I apologize for the wait you three. I didn't realize how much work three character sheets and three short posts would be to craft. I did it though! Only took like 3-4 hours total. Haha!

If you look in the "Characters" tab, you will find three new NPCs in the first post. Your characters will be properly introduced to all three of these characters, in my next post, after your next post.

@Renny, I would like it if your character knew General Bolis from before he obtained the rank of General. How far back would you like their connection to go? When do you think they would have met and how?

@Neianna86, You seem to be aiming to start in Tempum City, where @Spin The Wheel is starting with Mougin. Maybe you two should collaborate. Depending on Mougin's reaction to my next post, he may could use some backup.

As for @ARedneckWizard, take your time. We'll be here when you're ready.

@Spin The Wheel I'm already starting to like Mougin as a character. He just plopped 20 coins down without even understanding their value! Hahah! I love it!

I'll have my reply up in 24 to 60 hours from when you posted it. This will be my standard: less than three days, but no sooner than one day. This should give others enough time to post as well, so that I can multi-reply more often.