Medieval Fantasy... with Dinosaurs

[Affili]

Kaga said
Ooooh real good idea... Perhaps the inner part of the city can be the elevated section whereas the lower classes would have to live on lower, more dangerous ground? Thus giving us an excuse to make dinos a daily threat?I hold no preference. I'll probably go with whichever you guys prefer the most.

yeah they could all live in settlements in and around the lake and planes, but the actual palace, that could reside within the cliff. I'd even go as to say there's like a haven within the palace that sees actual sunlight or something like that.

[BlazingxLynx]

Where all the rich/royal/lucky ones go

[Affili]

i'm good for a casual level rp. how about u all?

[Kaga]

Affili said
i'm good for a casual level rp. how about u all?

It will likely be casual unless anyone objects. Most people tend to prefer casual and it's a decent middle ground for the outliers.

[Avanhelsing]

Lieber Gott im Himmel. I need to be part of this. I love medieval and what the heck! Dinosaurs?! YES!

[BlazingxLynx]

I'll try casual since I'm trying to be a better rper and don't like the fact I'm always a free rper.

[True Self]

I'm very well interested, if the thread is still accepting.

[DR_TRAPEZOID]

All of my interest. Make pl0x

[Affili]

cool nice to see some interests. I think if you guys have any ideas for a more in dept plot we should throw them around while we wait.

[True Self]

Sounds good. I have my Cs ready whenever needed.

[Kaga]

Affili said
cool nice to see some interests. I think if you guys have any ideas for a more in dept plot we should throw them around while we wait.

Indeed! I'll work on the OOC this weekend, although it may take a bit longer than originally planned. In the meantime, though, I'm always open to suggestions!

[True Self]

A Spell caster or Conjurer could have brought the dinosaurs into existence during the medieval period. It could just be an experimental time spell that went wrong and brought all prehistoric creatures from the past into the present. I'd prefer it if the role play started out with the dinos already being there and the truth to how it happened and who was responsible is discovered later.

[Kaga]

True Self said
A Spell caster or Conjurer could have brought the dinosaurs into existence during the medieval period. It could just be an experimental time spell that went wrong and brought all prehistoric creatures from the past into the present. I'd prefer it if the role play started out with the dinos already being there and the truth to how it happened and who was responsible is discovered later.

Ah yes, I'd already planned for the RP to start a while after the dinos had been summoned, and yeah, it was implied that all of it was caused by an experimental spell that went haywire.

I do like the idea of uncovering the truth of it all being worked into the plot, though. I'll add it to the list of plot-starters and we can see where everyone wants to lead the story from there. ^^

[True Self]

I know, thought I'd add a little more detail to the idea. The origin of conflict should be a little more elaborated than just stating that it was a simple magic mistake.

[Kaga]

True Self said
I know, thought I'd add a little more detail to the idea. The origin of conflict should be a little more elaborated than just stating that it was a simple magic mistake.

Mm, well yes, if the plot's leading in that direction then I suppose it can be fleshed out for further reveal. I didn't spend much time on it in the OP since the specifics weren't as important - currently I'm focusing more on fleshing out the kingdom and world and such. Speaking of which, names. I'm having a hard time coming up with alternate names for the dinosaurs, considering the fact that dinosaurs weren't discovered until long after medieval times and so the people of our RP world would logically come up with completely different names for these unknown beasts.

Firstly, I'm going to need a new word to replace "dinosaur"... I have no idea where to even start, here.

Secondly, I was thinking that, given the fact that information on these creatures would not be too easily accessible or even recordable, it makes sense that the dinosaurs would mostly be divided into a handful of basic groups to identify them by, which would also need names. "Raptors" is the obvious choice for, well, raptors - and then I was thinking "Titans" for the larger, tyrannosaur-esque ones due to their size and predatory nature. Currently I'm stuck on a good alternate name for sauropods, though...

Thoughts?

[DR_TRAPEZOID]

As far as names for Dinosaurs go, there are a few that come to mind. A boring one would be 'beasts'. Perhaps 'Royals', if I read correctly in that royals may have more influence over the dinosaurs.
Fanged Ones
Relics
Fossils
Not really sure how good any of those are, just throwing some out.

About CS's. Will there be any guideline for the CS, or do we just put the essentials?

Also, historically, how will this work? A feudal system, something like old Europe?

[True Self]

I like the idea of letting the cultures of each kingdom have their own names for the dinos. For example, the culture that I created have their own language and so the dialect would be a lot different than what your kingdom's culture might call them. I do have an idea for a universal name for pterodactyls and that is "Teras" which is short for Teravaes which means "Sky Demons" in Echlai, the language that I'm developing for my character's people in this role play. It'd be an interesting foreshadowing since the people of this time don't know the real names of the dinosaurs.

I also like the idea of using Titan, but I think that carnivores and herbivore dinos should be called two seperate things. Rogue Titan could be the large carnivores and just Titan or Gentle Giants for the large herbivores. I think the most interesting thing as you stated (and I'm still thinking of) is what we could call all dinos in general. Should be something unique just like TWD came up with the name Walkers for zombies. Maybe something like Demon Beasts or Devil Monsters. Those are just some I threw out of my brain real fast.

[Kaga]

DR_TRAPEZOID said
About CS's. Will there be any guideline for the CS, or do we just put the essentials?

There'll be a CS skeleton on the OOC, once I put it together.

Also, historically, how will this work? A feudal system, something like old Europe?

Yeah, along those lines.

True Self said
I like the idea of letting the cultures of each kingdom have their own names for the dinos. For example the culture that I created have their own language and so the dialect would be a lot different than what your kingdom's culture might call them. I do have an idea for a universal name for pterodactyls and that is "Terras" which is short for Terravaes which means "Sky Demons" in Echlai, the language that I'm developing for my character's people in this role play. It'd be an interesting foreshadowing since the people of this time don't know the real names of the dinosaurs.I also like the idea of using Titan, but I think that carnivores and herbivore dinos should be called two seperate things. Rogue Titan could be the large carnivores and just Titan or Gentle Giants for the large herbivores. I think the most interesting thing as you stated (and I'm still thinking of) is what we could call all dinos in general. Should be something unique just like TWD came up with the name Walkers for zombies. Maybe something like Demon Beasts or Devil Monsters. Those are just some I threw out of my brain real fast.

Oooh I really like the name "Terras". I do have some concerns about there being multiple kingdoms present in the RP, though. I had only planned to focus on one because it'll be hard to establish and maintain interactions if all our characters are so far apart - so I'm assuming your character is either visiting or lives in the kingdom where the rest of the RP will take place? It'll be hard for them to start there.

While I agree that carnivores and herbivores should have different names, I figured referring to both tyrannosaurs and sauropods as "Titans", even different kinds, would get a bit confusing. Just doesn't seem like the proper classification of things... Besides, "rogue" makes more sense to refer to wild dinosaurs as opposed to domesticated ones, since I planned there would be some in captivity.

As for a general name for dinos, the term "draconites" came to mind, since it makes sense the people of the time would associate them with dragons.

[Kaga]

Also, a pretty scary thought came to mind;

Natural evolution made the dinosaurs terrifying enough... think of what selective breeding could do to them. o.o

[True Self]

Went back to edit the word Tera and Teravaes. I misspelled them with two r's which could confuse those who know Terra is associated with earth. Tera not Terra, means demon in Echlai and it's understood in reverse, whereas Vaes in short of Vaeslae means sky. Draconites are mythical stones, but I guess that could work. You could call em Draconides or something to change it up, but do as you wish. As far as having seperate kingdoms, I think there should be more than one kingdom or else the world would seem pretty flat and limiting whereas multiple kingdoms and diverse cultures makes the world dynamic and more believable.