[OOC] Pilgrim's Caravan: An Open-Ended Fantasy (with Worldbuilding!)

[Dark Cloud]

@Timemaster Hm maybe conversely the Kobolds serve wingless subterranean dragons deep below the earth, moving to the surface to escape servitude.

[Tortoise]

Home from work. Gonna wait a lil while before I start up readin' through the sheets, mostly cause I wanna get the chance to work on my own. He's a half-vampire monk who can speak to the wind and the stars and gosh dang it he's the coolest thing I've ever done and I'mma cry if I can't work on him.

[Tortoise]

I'm just keeping an eye on this for now but fuck I am so interested. @Tortoise what is your worlds interpretation of kobolds, I'd love to be a plucky little reptilian who likes shinies.

@Dark Cloud

Well, what do you want kobolds to be? Whatever you write first become the canon, so it's totally up to you. Like Magus said:

I'm kinda drawn into the prospect that we're building the world from scratch. It's so tempting.

@MagusDream

[OddnessApproved]

Home from work. Gonna wait a lil while before I start up readin' through the sheets, mostly cause I wanna get the chance to work on my own. He's a half-vampire monk who can speak to the wind and the stars and gosh dang it he's the coolest thing I've ever done and I'mma cry if I can't work on him.

@Tortoise

He sounds really cool!

[Dark Cloud]

@Tortoise well I like the idea that kobolds aren't doglike, more similar in appearance to horned geckos like they are in Pathfinder. They serve dragons, but I like the idea that the dragons of the world are actually gigantic wingless wyrms that live within the earth. Kobold are slaves and cannon fodder, or worse a dragons meal. Many seek to escape to the surface world to start new lives.

ADDENDUM: Ah hell I'll throw together a sheet tonight. I'm in love with the concept at this point.

[MagusDream]

Home from work. Gonna wait a lil while before I start up readin' through the sheets, mostly cause I wanna get the chance to work on my own. He's a half-vampire monk who can speak to the wind and the stars and gosh dang it he's the coolest thing I've ever done and I'mma cry if I can't work on him.

@Tortoise

The unexpected explosion of interest, hahaha! I think we're also all fixing stuff here and there to make our characters more plausible (for those who weren't accepted yet).

I'm also going to start planning a kingdom for us to go.

Also, that half-vampire monk idea sounds really promising! Can't wait to see it!

[Letter Bee]

@Tortoise, Are Anime Faceclaims permitted? I think we have at least one or two OCs with an Anime-adjacent picture.

Also, what would be more appealing to you? A Mage-Knight seeking adventure yet trying to flee past trauma, an Ex-Street Urchin with goals to become a Merchant Prince, an exiled Prince (the royalty kind) who wants to take back his dead father's throne, or a political reformer who wants more power to the cities and merchants in order to upend the feudal system?

[Tortoise]

@Tortoise, Are Anime Faceclaims permitted? I think we have at least one or two OCs with an Anime-adjacent picture.

@Letter Bee

In a previous RP I ran, I put a soft limit on anime stuff, so that the game wouldn't start to feel too much like an anime RP. I still have that sentiment, but I don't mind one or two characters with anime-adjacent pics.

Also, what would be more appealing to you? A Mage-Knight seeking adventure yet trying to flee past trauma, an Ex-Street Urchin with goals to become a Merchant Prince, an exiled Prince (the royalty kind) who wants to take back his dead father's throne, or a political reformer who wants more power to the cities and merchants in order to upend the feudal system?

@Letter Bee

I mean, you just listed four really good ideas. They all appeal to me; but if I had to pick one, I like the ex-urchin or the mage-knight the most.

Your Mage-Knight works well because a lot of people probably do join the Caravan to escape past trauma. And, honestly? I have a soft spot for both knights and for magic-warrior fusions. This one legitimately feels like a character I would want to play.

But the Urchin would bring an interesting new element to this RP, in that they want to become a Merchant Prince. I mentioned in the first post that the Caravan engages in a lot of trading, so having an ambitious merchant character feels like a good fit. Every city we go to, I can imagine them trying to establish connections and scoping out the markets.

Either of them, I'd say, could work really well here.

[Dark Cloud]

I'm getting slightly ahead of myself. The holidays are drawing close so it may be awhile. I'll work on a sheet when I have a moment to focus on it.

[MagusDream]

In a previous RP I ran, I put a soft limit on anime stuff, so that the game wouldn't start to feel too much like an anime RP. I still have that sentiment, but I don't mind one or two characters with anime-adjacent pics.

@Tortoise

My bad, I'm one of the anime faceclaims. I wasn't able to find something that could actually fit the image of Ark so I had to use one, I'm sorry.

[Crimson Flame]

It’s a text RP, we’re not going to see the characters. Does it matter what kind of faceclaims are used anyway?

I will imagine all your characters as cartoons anyway. xD

[Overlord Thraka]

It can matter to some people, especially because, at least from personal experience, I've found characters using anime profiles often lack a certain... realism. I'm guessing this RP will be a bit more grounded than, for example, Naruto. It's not going to be much like an archetypical anime, so having anime-styled characters could be distracting at best.

There's nothing inherently wrong with anime character images, but sometimes tonally, they just don't match, like in here.

[Letter Bee]

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In a previous RP I ran, I put a soft limit on anime stuff, so that the game wouldn't start to feel too much like an anime RP. I still have that sentiment, but I don't mind one or two characters with anime-adjacent pics.

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I mean, you just listed four really good ideas. They all appeal to me; but if I had to pick one, I like the ex-urchin or the mage-knight the most.

Your Mage-Knight works well because a lot of people probably do join the Caravan to escape past trauma. And, honestly? I have a soft spot for both knights and for magic-warrior fusions. This one legitimately feels like a character I would want to play.

But the Urchin would bring an interesting new element to this RP, in that they want to become a Merchant Prince. I mentioned in the first post that the Caravan engages in a lot of trading, so having an ambitious merchant character feels like a good fit. Every city we go to, I can imagine them trying to establish connections and scoping out the markets.

Either of them, I'd say, could work really well here.

@Tortoise

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Are these pictures 'Too Anime', then? Ignore the modern clothing on the second one.

And yes, I'll resize the pictures later.

[Tortoise]

@Expendable

Ilyana is approved. You went really comprehensive on those items, my gosh! But ye, I think she'll vibe well with some of our other characters, like mayhaps Myra.

@XoXKieroBombXoX

You know, your CS challenged me a bit. The whole 'cog for a head' initially made me feel like he's too steampunk for this medieval fantasy RP. But I do see that he is given life by magic, not science or technology, and it is a mage that brings him back as well. So, I think we can accept it under the grounds that he's essentially a machine man that is animated by mystic stuffs, and not a true robot.

I would ask, though, that we could remove the suit and bowler hat combo- again, it just feels too steampunk-y, and thus a little out-of-place in this genre.

[Tortoise]

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Are these pictures 'Too Anime', then? Ignore the modern clothing on the second one.

And yes, I'll resize the pictures later.

@Letter Bee

Eh, if it's important to you to use them, I can allow it.

[OddnessApproved]

I can help anyone find face claims and references. glanced at my Pinterest board. Hehe

[Smike]

Working on my app piece by piece by the gist of my gnoll is that they’re a former raider of some sort, makes use of a specific school of magic revolving around magnetism, lots of launching metal bits and pieces at people.

[MagusDream]

I can help anyone find face claims and references. glanced at my Pinterest board. Hehe

@Katakuri

Hitting up because I'm interested.

[Letter Bee]

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Eh, if it's important to you to use them, I can allow it.

@Tortoise

Perfect. I'll start work within 48 hours.

[Crimson Flame]

I usually write written descriptions for my characters, then use images for supplement.

Unless it’s a canon character.