Aleranicus

Star Wars - Making a Planet From Scratch

Hello RPGuild!

So I've been working on an RPG campaign using the FFG tabletop, centering around the made-up planet Ord Taranos (O-6 on the standard map of The Galaxy). Basically, the game starts 5 minutes after the first Death Star explodes and the group is tasked by Alliance intelligence to go to a sector and raise all hell to try and scatter the Imperial Army as much as possible, buying time for the Rebels to evacuate to Hoth.

The problem is, I'm finding it genuinely difficult to generate more than a few facts and story hooks about the planet.

Ord Taranos' history with smuggling rings (what is it importing/exporting).
What are the different factions on the planet, their important leaders, and what their goals are.
Any potential links to the Jedi Order.
Life/business on another hospitable planet/moon in the system.

Things I DO know:

The head of the Imperial Garrison (ISB Agent Vichus).
Why the Empire NEEDS this planet (factory for AT-ST walkers supplying the Outer Rim).
The location of the Rebel Base in the system (An abandoned industrial farmstead outside the capital city).
The planet's history during the Clone Wars (briefly occupied by the Confederacy, retaken by the Republic, turned into a refugee center for people fleeing the war in the Outer Rim).

So I was wondering- was there any interest in collaborating to build this system up into a more dynamic location and potentially launching a full-fledged Star Wars RP on this site at a later date?

Thanks for taking a look!

Small Town of Wizards and Witches!

@Avemelle Will update and post within the next 24 hours!

Sandbox, character building community roleplay

Interested!

[high cas+] vampire/crime/modern underground

Tentatively interested. Will check out the OOC for more details!

Small Town of Wizards and Witches!

Do you mind explaining your characters race? Like-- defining features, etc? If you wanna keep it a secret then just message me their race.

@Avemelle

Absolutely! I left it a bit ambiguous in-universe, but OOC, I'd like to think of Akari as a Guardian Spirit. Semi-immortal beings, very benevolent, but not very powerful when it comes to the magical or physical realms. It might tie back to the age question by saying the spirits tend to pop in and out of existence at intervals, so they're not immortal either.

And as for your characters age I was hoping for you guys to be around at least 16 to 50years? So that it wouldn't be as confusing for players since a lot of story did happen during the 1800s and 1900's of this world and I'd would very much like it if the players just kept it simple for their characters so that it wouldn't be as much of a problem.

@Avemelle

I think I can make that work. Maybe a... more recent arrival to this plane/town. I'll adjust the age down to about 20.

Your occupation is also sort of a problem-- since the school had been 'running on the low' for a few years no once has been able to contact the school nor the last founder of it so that would've meant no one knew it ever existed in the first place but that was just a point I forgot to include >.< But I do find it interesting for the school to have a defender of the sorts... (message me <3 )

@Avemelle

I'll make the necessary adjustments. If you want Akari to be hired on as a defender for the school, I'll absolutely be happy to make that happen! If you'd rather they were just another student, I can work with that as well.

Small Town of Wizards and Witches!

@Avemelle A work in progress CS! Will update as your GM-ness requests.

Akari Magus

[Akari Magus]



:Name:
The great and wonderful Akari Magus! Is that my real name? Heavens no! But I liked the sound of it when I first came to this place, and darling, I'm sticking with it until I move on. Maybe I'll give you my true name if I like you enough. My assistant Kagami knows, but she knows almost everything about everyone- town gossip that she is. It's why I hired her!

:Age:
What, in this existence, or my whole existence? I supposed I'm about 23, 24 by now? I popped into this realm not long ago all things considered.

:Race:
Angel, Kami, Spirit, they all kind of fit the bill. It all depends where you come from, honey. My kind doesn't concern ourselves with labels. But if you absolutely have to give whatever I am a name, I suppose Guardian Spirit would be best.

:DOB:
December 18th. I love winter birthdays, don't you?

:Occupation:
When there are enough students at the school, I like to work as a part-time Instructor in Defense Against Evil at Hishiro. Always nice to help the next generation come to their senses where sorcery and blood magic is concerned. Ever since the school closed up, I've been a full time caretaker at the Hishiro Magical Daycare Center. You'd be shocked how many dryads need someone to look after their little ones come summertime!

:Background:
If you're asking for the whole thing, I'm afraid that's quite impossible. My watch says I've got 6 minutes until the little ones wake up and I'll have to get the bottles ready. Also, I don't lay it all out on the first date. I'm old, not easy.

I don't get to pick where I appear whenever I come to Earth, but I showed up in Hishiro about twenty years ago now. I came for the lovely kimonos, and stayed for the even lovelier people. A lot of young wizards and witches were left without family in the wake of the conflict, and now that the magical and the mundane have merged, I try to make things easier on everyone as best I can. So I called in some favors, made some concessions, and opened up my little daycare right next to the cutest little bookshop in the town. It isn't an easy job looking after kids with the ability to defy the laws of nature alongside mundane kids who eat crayons, but I did my best and enjoyed the fruits of my labor as best I could.

Most of the adults think I'm some kind of arch-mage. A few caught on that I was not entirely human. But telling the truth invites more questions than I'm comfortable answering. Nowadays, I do the babysitting gig for the love of it rather than necessity. But now that I got this invitation to the school that's opening up, I can't wait to see what all this excitement is!

:Magic:
Oh, well, magic. You'd guess from my race that I'm some sort of all powerful being who can command life and death in both hands, wave the laws of reality, and save the day single-handedly. Well... no. I'm mostly just good at being inconspicuous and the creation of Heavenly Wards in a pinch. I can make two of them if need be. The first is the Ward of Sight which came in handy during the magical war. If someone looks at a building marked with the ward and doesn't have magical ability themselves, then their eye keeps moving and they go on their way. They see the building, but they don't SEE the building, if you catch my drift.

The second ward I make is the Repel Evil ward. Sometimes people summon nasty things to do their dirty work, and sometimes they have evil on their minds themselves. This one generally repels anyone with wicked intent from approaching a location. How does it feel? Spray yourself in the face with some mace, then describe it to me. What? Yes, use the whole bottle! You have to get the full effect.

:Magical Equipment:
Usually I go everywhere with two things- a wand-sized paint brush for drawing my runes. And a Gucci diaper bag from my main job at the daycare- always have everything you need to do your job, but most importantly, look good doing it!

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

The constant back-and-forth of the Knights and the newly arrived lordling and his train of followers presented Tanda with a bit of a conundrum. While she was still hoping to report to someone in authority and make the claim for her great grandmother's suit of armor, these things would have to wait until this more important business of cultists and bandits was taken care of. High ranking knights were coming and going to talk with these travelers, so she made a decision to invest herself in the situation and help out the Rose Knights as best she could.

Dressed as she was in peasant's traveling clothes from the north, and not in any fancy doublet or warrior's garb, Tanda could just as easily blend in with the few servants she witnessed coming and going across the compound. She left her pack and walking stick propped against one of the tables and headed to a servant's window to the kitchen.

"Wine please," she said. "And make sure it's cool to drink. And a tray of cheese and sliced apples."

The kitchen staff had a tray at the ready within minutes, only for Tanda to approach an entirely new scene while she carried the drink and victuals with both hands. One of the newcomers had just been subjected to... a jolly assault? And now there was a reunion of sorts?

"M'lord," she said, setting the tray down on the table. Her appearance was fine- a muscled young woman in servant's garb. It was the smell which she knew she couldn't hide. Weeks on the road with only one proper bath at a wayside inn left her stinking of sweat (and probably worse) but she was prepared for immediate dismissal.

In wine, man finds truth, the Green Priests would say. Hopefully the nobles would be happy to take a drink, or five, and the rest of their tale (if there was more to it) would follow.

@ghastlyInc

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

@VitaVitaAR Sorry! Work got crazy for a hot minute. Will work on posting today!!!

Small Town of Wizards and Witches!

@Avemelle Quick question: What Races do you think you'd find acceptable in this RP? I'm wavering between starting a new character or bringing back an old character I made for a similar RP once upon a time.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

@ghastlyInc you know... I'll leave it a bit ambiguous. Don't want to step on any toes...

But thanks for clarifying!