End + Sleep: A High Fantasy Adventure in Cursed Land

[Life in Stasis]

That's frankly fantastic.

[Oddsbod]

Lol I'd like to fit in some Neir references in, but I've never actually played the game, so, probably not going to work out.

I'm working on the main post right now, but it might take a few days to wrap up. I'm trying to do a pretty wide-reaching location write-up, to give you all ideas on the different parts of Invernier, give you ideas on possible backstories, where your characters might be from, what the history/tone is for the setting, all that fun stuff.

In the meantime, some fun random lore facts from story notes I've already pinned down:

• The nine principal cities of Invernier were founded roughly 1700 years after people first started recording the years on hard calendars, and roughly 2700 years prior to the current date.

• Each of the nine, called the Cities of the Sisters, were founded by one of nine powerful siblings, and the period of their rule lasted from 0 AP, the year the last city has established and the Sister's dominion was solidified, to 204 AP, with the death of Cleopatra, last and greatest of the nine.

• Julieta was the youngest sister, and eventually had a falling out with her siblings after siding with the undead and championing their rights. This would lead to war between her and Desdemona, who ruled the lands to the immediate north. Julieta would eventually be killed at the hands of her elder sister. Before the end, Ophelia, Cordelise, and Viola would come to side with Julieta in her equality-oriented beliefs.

• The era prior to the Age of the Widow was called the Hunter's Moon, and only lasted a very unusual 100 years.

• King Masbeth was the original husband of Inger Biotte, the oldest of the Nine Sisters. It is unknown how he has prolonged his life these last few millenia, but Masbeth is generally genial enough that at this point most people have just come to accept it.

• Patriness is the only goblin kingdom on Invernier, and was founded after a slave rebellion wiped out the ruling elves of the Fostering Mountains.

• Adelaide was the original capital of Patriness, but the old city collapsed sometime during the Hunter's Moon, and during the Age of the Widow the entire Fostering Forest became a haunted and unwalkable land. Faline, the city of the tower, is the current seat of Patriness.

• The Magicuenta was an era that occurred 1300 years prior to the start of the RPG, and is considered the golden age of magic. Since then, magic has gone on almost a complete downward slide into obscurity and ill reputation, with a handful of exceptions on the Tempesta, in Quishan (where magic is heavily, heavily regulated), and in secluded undead communities.

• Goblins are much more willing to join human society than other fae races, due to the hospitality of the Sisters compared to the oppression of their fellow fae. While the Tempesta has become somewhat more prejudiced, race-wise, there are still many goblin communities in Quishan and, so the rumors go, in the fallen land of Oolasheene.

• In the current era, Castles Miranda, Cordelia, Viola, and Ingen Biotte remain in use, while the other five have been abandoned.

• Oolashene, the Brown Lands, the Fib, and Eastern Majulin, once the locations of great civilizations, are currently considered fallen countries, and have seen a near total collapse of society. They are dark, uncharted lands these days, and you only go there if you're a suicidal adventurer, or if you have something to hide.

[BingTheWing]

This is legitimately the most original and creative magic system I've seen in a long while - I really like the idea of themes instead of utility purposes! Makes it easier to combine multiple cultures. If you're a tangential magic dabbler, can you have spells from more than one theme?

[Oddsbod]

This is legitimately the most original and creative magic system I've seen in a long while - I really like the idea of themes instead of utility purposes! Makes it easier to combine multiple cultures. If you're a tangential magic dabbler, can you have spells from more than one theme?

@BingTheWing

Thanks! Yeah, you could have something like one low level spell and one medium-level spell in two different styles if you're just someone who knows a few spells rather than a true magician.

[Oxy]

I see the tag that says large group, but how many people are you thinking of hosting for this?
Where'd you get the map of Invernier? Find it? Make it? Commission?

Also, yeah I'm interested. You had me at spider people. Think you got most of us at spider people. Think spider people are going to become the new master race.

[Oddsbod]

I see the tag that says large group, but how many people are you thinking of hosting for this?
Where'd you get the map of Invernier? Find it? Make it? Commission?

Also, yeah I'm interested. You had me at spider people. Think you got most of us at spider people. Think spider people are going to become the new master race.

@Oxy

Lol looks like it. Recruiting them Muffet fans, 2 years post-Undertale.

For the group size, I could honestly take pretty much any reasonable number of players with this, the story can allow for a pretty high number. I imagine we'd max out around ten-ish? Maybe eleven? Not sure.

The map of Invernier was drawn by me, though I used this texture as the background layer. I'll be editing it up a bit more before the main thread goes up, there're some locations I still need to label, rename, or just declutter.

[71452K]

I see the tag that says large group, but how many people are you thinking of hosting for this?
Where'd you get the map of Invernier? Find it? Make it? Commission?

Also, yeah I'm interested. You had me at spider people. Think you got most of us at spider people. Think spider people are going to become the new master race.

@Oxy

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[Oxy]

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@71452K

You die first.

[71452K]

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You die first.

@Oxy

Never, the might of organochlorides is mine to wield. Glory to Mankind!

...you die first. :).

[Force and Fury]

Colour me interested.

[Oddsbod]

Colour me interested.

@Force and Fury

Consider yourself coloured.

I'm still doing work on the OOC post, but it should be done in about a day or two.

[vietmyke]

very interesting concept.

[Oddsbod]

very interesting concept.

@vietmyke

Interesting enough to seduce you into its coils? Thanks! It's a bit cluttered right now, but I'm cleaning things up for the OOC post, especially with the efertide information, how players start out, and the environment of the Tempesta.

[vietmyke]

Im thinking magical elf bard, who has a penchant for knives.

[71452K]

I is excite. Don't stress yourself over building the history too much before starting, history is just that, 'his story'. A story that has as much truth as there are lies, that we could discover as 'our story' goes on.

Let's start soon. :).

[Force and Fury]

I had a concept for an elf that was somewhat non-traditional and didn't really fit well with other RP. I'm pretty excited to try it here.

[Oddsbod]

I is excite. Don't stress yourself over building the history too much before starting, history is just that, 'his story'. A story that has as much truth as there are lies, that we could discover as 'our story' goes on.

Let's start soon. :).

@71452K

I've just wrapped up the race description section, and things should be done relatively soon! Yeah, I'm excited to get this going too (but I'm also a hyper-nitpicky detail maker, just spent an hour outlining the last 4000 years of Invernier history, whoops).

I had a concept for an elf that was somewhat non-traditional and didn't really fit well with other RP. I'm pretty excited to try it here.

@Force and Fury

Lookin forward to seeing it. I just updated the description of elves on the opening post of the interest check with the description that'll be used in the main, OOC post if you wanna skim it for ideas.

Im thinking magical elf bard, who has a penchant for knives.

@vietmyke

Nice, a musician would be a cool addition to the cast. I'd keep in mind that traditional Final Fantasy style bards would probably not fit in on the Tempesta, and if an elf who's just going around singing to people wants to not get things thrown at them, or have people think they're putting a spell on them, they'd have to be pretty good at reading the mood and also be okay with getting stuff thrown at them anyways sometimes. I do like the idea though, seems neat to play with.

[vietmyke]

I was going more with a D&d type bard @Oddsbod - and he's more a trickster/performer that happens to know music than a 'lemme travel around and sing the song of the people'.

[Oddsbod]

I was going more with a D&d type bard @Oddsbod - and he's more a trickster/performer that happens to know music than a 'lemme travel around and sing the song of the people'.

@vietmyke

I think a trickster/performer is likely to make a bad impression on the average Tempestan. Like, tricksters would definitely be universally shunned, and I feel people would have little patience for elaborate or colorful performances, depending on where you are and the performer's personality. Like, the Tempesta is basically entirely superstitious and suspicious shepherds, serious merchants, and wandering strangers, so they won't be easy to win over.

Again, that character'd be pretty interesting to play, just keep in mind performers may not get the best reception in the Tempesta, or really a lot of Invernier. Maybe a storyteller who likes recounting history would be a pretty universal crowd-pleaser, but tricksters would definitely be universally disliked.

[71452K]

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I've just wrapped up the race description section, and things should be done relatively soon! Yeah, I'm excited to get this going too (but I'm also a hyper-nitpicky detail maker, just spent an hour outlining the last 4000 years of Invernier history, whoops).

@Oddsbod

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...but tricksters would definitely be universally disliked.

@Oddsbod

Guess this world isn't so unlike ours, everyone still hates clowns! XD.