[OOC] Fallen London: Of Whimsy and Eldritch Horrors (Always Open!)

[EchoicChamber]

@VitoftheVoid Approved!

[EchoicChamber]

@Rig I'm considering having Dawn notice Elias to help bring him into interaction and stuff. Is that alright with you? I'm wanting to play Dawn as an observant character, but I also know that Elias is still little and very stealthy, so I don't want to step on toes or make Dawn seem way too good or anything, haha.

[EchoicChamber]

I'll try to post later today for both Dawn and Madison, if I can.

[Rig]

@EchoicChamber Yeah that's no problem, I have no issue with people noticing Elias, catching him, what ever. Just don't kill him without getting consent first is all. I like to leave things open ended so that I can react to other characters and see how the story develops :D.

[EchoicChamber]

I'm considering making a Discord chat so that way people can talk and stay updated in between posting. What do y'all think?

[Stitches]

Considering joining this, is it a sandbox type rp? I'd like to do a little campaign in the setting to establish some character development with a couple of friends before we interact with the other players. If not, we can always do it private in a Google Doc - I just thought I'd ask first.

[EchoicChamber]

@Stitches I'd say that while it's not completely a sandbox roleplay, it's still intended to carry traits derived from sandbox type roleplays. :) The type of plot this roleplay takes will be based around the type of characters we get, the interactions between them, and where they choose to go. You're welcome to join the roleplay and establish pre-existing relationships between characters and the like!

[Stitches]

I also haven't played the original game, so I'm not sure how things really work in this setting. we're allowed to play demons, right? Do they work like your stereotypical demo, taking contracts and stealing souls and the like? I'm thinking about making a very low-level demon at the bottom of the hierarchy who has to take the drudge work.

[EchoicChamber]

@Stitches Devils might be a bit difficult to play, due to their eldritch and generally malicious nature, but you'd be welcome to try if you'd like. :) They come from Hell, which is no longer ruled by the Prince of Hell in this canon (the Prince's current whereabouts are unknown, and the devils are very eager to find out where he went), and tend to stay in London's Brass Embassy when conducting business there. They don't steal souls, but they offer plentiful wealth and fortune to those who sell their own, and import human souls in exchange for brass and fuel. They aren't picky if the souls that are sold to them are stolen, however.

They're very crafty and charming, openly mingling with people in London. They can befriend humans or even pursue romances, but it's very, very rare for this to be anything but a means to try and swindle a person out of their soul. Does that all make any sense?

EDIT: If you'd like to play a traditional soul thief, you could always play a spirifer, who are humans that steal souls and pawn them off to the Embassy for money and favors.

[Stitches]

Thank you so much for your help! I'm going to just have to make a CS and see what is/isn't allowed. I'm looking at the fallen London wiki but it's quite scarce... might need to watch a playthrough of it.

[EchoicChamber]

@Stitches Yeah, the wiki serves more as a guide to those playing the game, unfortunately. You might have better luck browsing the tvtropes page for it, as it has much more detail and such. c:

[EchoicChamber]

Also, keep in mind that to join the roleplay, you don't have to have an in-depth knowledge of the game or anything. If you happen to know about it beforehand, then that's great, but all the detail that you need was what I put down on the Roleplay's front page. c:

[Stitches]

There must be magic in this setting but I'm not sure how it works - I'm going to put some powers in the skills section and just see how it goes from there.

[EchoicChamber]

@Stitches From what I remember, the only people in Fallen London able to use magic are the Magicians of the Glass, who make deals with Fingerkings/serpents that live behind mirrors and reside in dreams. Their magic is largely based around mirror usage.

[Stitches]

Then how does soul collection work? I would've thought that was magic-related.

[EchoicChamber]

@Stitches Spirifers use spirifer forks to drag the souls from their bodies, and the means of soul collection devil wise is somewhat ambiguous. Londoners make deals, then typically wake up in their beds much hollower than before.

Also, Vit corrected me on the Magicians- the Glass Magicians don't use magic, but the Fingerkings do, so they claim that the Fingerkings' powers are their own on-stage. Thank you, Vit!

[Stitches]

Gah, I keep having to skirt around concepts because I'm not sure what's canon and what isn't; if everything we need is on the front page does that make this RP into a game based on Fallen London? I'm worried about overstepping my boundaries and getting something wrong.

[VitoftheVoid]

Just to quote from the lore blog Saint Arthur on generally how 'magic' manifests.

"It’s generally possible to gain some form of power or ability in Fallen London by messing around with weird things. Lilac’s got her irrigomancy from the Nadir, Presbyterians getting super-immortality from the Mountain of Light, Flukes and Mt Nomad get to yell Correspondence hard enough to explode stuff, Slivvy’s got weird urchin lightning stuff from Storm… that’s just a few things off the top of my head. I mean, I guess it depends on your definition of magic, but basically everyone and everything is involved some way with some weird stuff, and so that weirdness ends up rubbing off onto them. I don’t think anyone gets to summon skeletons or throw fireballs though."

So to put it in the simplest of terms, it falls under the sorta lovecraftian rules... magic tends to be less something you do and more something that happens to you. Some people more than others. (Magic has happened to all my characters in varying ways...but that'll become clear as things go.)

You might gain particular abilities as a result of it. You might become possessed by an ancient god and go on a murder rampage.

As far as I'm aware fro my talks with Echo, the RP does feature the wider lore of the universe, as brought up in some of the character backdrop, but is more about preserving the general feel of it than being exactly in line with the existing lore (which tbh even seasoned players often would not know a lot about...I certainly don't know the extent of it.). I'd advise to just go for it and I'm sure Echo (or I, if asked) would be happy to suggest a way to make what you're going for work if anything need a tweak. =)

[EchoicChamber]

@Stitches Pretty much everything in Fallen London is canon in this roleplay. However, you aren't required to know everything about Fallen London to join this roleplay. The stuff on the front page is basically the minimum of what you need to know about the story in order to join- knowing more about the canon is beneficial, and could help add depth to your character and their history, but you can still join without that extensive knowledge. Does that make sense?

EDIT: Vit phrased it much better than I could, haha.

[Stitches]

Your replies have been very useful, I can't stress that enough. Even reading up about it, Fallen London seems like it's just trying to be confusing and I doubt I have the time to play the game through to figure it out (which, as you've said already, seems to be a fruitless endeavour anyway). At the moment, me and a friend are working on our sheets; I'm going for a demon who somehow lost power and favour long ago and has fallen prey to the ruthless business of other Devils - she's (magically?) contracted to servitude and that contract is currently in the hands of my friend's character...and we've only got a name for him at the moment. What about locations in London then, is there any webpage that details all of these areas that we're able to visit? Perhaps a map?