Cantide

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Litheal sat a bit longer, nobody requested to join his party. Sighing silently to himself he hopped down off the fountain, hanging his head low he moved along the village toward the east gate. "Stupid people, I don't want to play with you anyway."

Outside the village he walked slowly through the path his head still hung low before reaching the forest line. Looking up he realized that he had walked to far, the forest line was beyond his level. Turning back he had agro on numerous Tunnel snakes, creeping toward him they seemed to speed up once they saw that their identity was exposed. This was far to many for him to take alone, Running along the forest line he was able to stay one step ahead of them.

Looking back they were on his heel, blood covered the lining of one of their mouths. Blood? Where did the blood come from, his health appeared in the right side of his screen. His foot - His foot had been bit! The pain was there, as soon as he knew that he was injured he felt it. Falling to the ground zapping upwards quickly it was already to late.

It started raining, As if his day wasn't bad enough - the game decided to rain on him too.
"Revive" he said quietly as the village appeared around him. It was starting to rain in the village as well, it must be around this area of the map. Holding his arms up he could feel every drop land on his body as he smiled. He was a recluse who had not felt the rain in nearly 15 years. Although this was just a game, it felt as real as he remembered it to.

Walking back to the east side squeezing the beads around his hand, he had an idea that would probably kill him in the process. The rain that touched him every so often would let out a static shock from his skin. It was a nice counter attack if it could be used properly.

Back in the field he stared at the herds of snakes, this was his chance to redeem himself, using the rain as a conductor he went for a few that were in the puddles already starting to form. The ribbons of lightning emitting from his fingers cracked the air, snapping his hand back he caught the glimpse of what he would be capable of in the future. The lightning struck the puddle electrocuting the three tunnel snakes in it. It was murderous and overpowered, the snakes could not move, only suffer inside their electrocution bath. Their health bars dropped rapidly before they burnt to a crisp. By this time he had agro'd the rest, He backed up slowly trying to count the numbers that were racing at him, but the higher he got Litheal realize.. - They were going underground and coming back up. He couldn't tell how many were after him.

"Come on!" he screamed in anger, "Is that all you got!"

Zapping the ground furiously his mana began to go lower than usual, taking a mana potion he smiled before arcing a bolt off of 2 snakes and killing them. The unique beads were stronger than he would expect them to be - the puddle was weak due to the indirect damage. [6 Killed 24 exp, 20 gold, Snake skin(Craftable)]

The notice caught him off guard, quickly brushing it aside he looked around, all the snakes had disappeared.

"Yeah! You better run!" He shouted toward the forest.

The ground suddenly shook, the rain had stopped - not everywhere, just above him. As the sky went out of view, everything was dark. The snakes had come out of the ground and were now above him coming down on him from the sky. "Shi--....." Litheal started before getting mauled by a dozen Tunnel Snakes.

"Revive"

Inside the village Litheal just stood there. Looking around he said quietly but loud enough for anybody listening to hear.
"Somebody want to party?"

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Cantide said
Yeah, go. Sorry, as soon as the server went up it would be all over the news and Television. Also! before everybody starts trying to kill other players or NPC's in town, keep in mind that there are level 300 NPC guards positioned up all around every city to kill misbehavior. Oh, if you die - you will become a ghost until you decide to respawn at the nearest city. (You don't have to walk back to the city, you can just "revive" yourself.) If you die, you will lose a portion of what is in your inventory. Lets just make it simple and say you lose a quarter of the gold that is in your inventory. There are banks located around every town that will assist you in keeping your gold safe. (You can access your gold from any bank, no matter where you stored it.) Player killing can be dangerous - Killing a player can put bounties on your head, giving rewards to anybody who kills you. The more you kill, the higher the bounty - the more people will want to kill you. Example: Kill 3 people - 3x the bounty price, You also start losing equipment the higher the bounty is. (High bounties do not disappear until the multiplier hits 0.)

This is the post about PvP and Player killing for those who need it once more and do not feel like digging through the thread.

World chat is 100 gold to broadcast 1 message throughout the server, You can switch to it in your display (The only chat that costs gold to use.) This message will be broadcast to every player in the server that does not have World Chat muted.

Random events/quests (side quests) are allowed, as long as if there is a reward it is reasonable to the level of the quest.

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I don't understand where the peasants came from lol..

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TaroAndSelia said
"I no speak English."Is this not a worldwide release with automatic translations? Or even funnier, suppose it is?

Oh yeah, this is a universally translated game of course all languages are translated to the players needs. But it was suppose to be more humorous than fact.

And rewards for duels is whatever the characters wager (say if Player 1 puts up 1000 gold, and player 2 only puts up 200 gold, if player 2 wins, they get the 1,000. If player 1 wins, they only get the 200, +original investment) Easier this way, a setting will also be available for the players to have a set wager option where the wager has to be matched and agreed upon by both parties.

PvP is different, a player killed by another player will drop a quarter of the gold in their inventory.

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[100 Gold, 30 experience, Bright Beads Lv3 - Unique(+6 Magic damage)]

Sparks held the beads around his hand examining them, they were pretty basic. Another bolt of lightning flashed his character. [Level 3]

Litheal smiled, equipping the beads they hung loosely wrapped around his hand. They were tinted blue - which went well with his look.

"Alright Aven, what's next?"

Getting the quest to kill 20 tunnel snakes made him sick to his stomach. "I had enough trouble with the pheasants!" he exclaimed as he walked forward.
"I'll see if I can get a team together, maybe that will make this a little easier."

Bringing up a menu in his view he slid through all the different menus before he got to the 'party' menu,

New Party
Broadcast to all matched level players

Closing the menu a small star appeared over his head that signified that he was a party leader. The message scattered throughout the city and it's surroundings. looking to his left he saw a guard questioning a trader NPC. Moving closer he overheard the man saying that his cart was stolen and a description of the guy who stole it. Others had overheard the conversation and were now testing their limits with the environment.

"Guards stop him! HE STOLE MY POTIONS!" An NPC chasing a player out of her shop screamed, the closest guard was around 4 yards away swung his blade swiftly summoning a thick yellow bolt of electricity out of the sky hitting the player on impact killing him instantly with over 27 million damage. The player stood as a ghost screaming still not even sure what had happened.

"Let us hope that the guards refresh forget about the cart thief." He knew that there was a time limit on how long a guard could stay in pursuit for a wrong-doer. Leaving the city would probably clear the slate the character had, but if they are still in the city they should probably lay low.

"HI!" A younger player had approached him while his mind was occupied, she waved and then looked very serious. "Could you power-level me?" Oh god, why did I not expect this to happen.. Power leveling is the act of one team member doing all of the work, while others on the team stand back and collect the shared experience from kills.
"No, sorry."
"Can I join your team?" She insisted
"No, I... " He said slowly trying to find the right words. "I no speak English."

Sitting down at the fountain he waited for people to join his team - that were in it to fight.

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IVIasterJay said
So we're giving peasant claws to the pheasants?

lol, because that makes sense.

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Sparks stared onward toward the city, the roof he knelt on could see the fountain and all of the players gathering around and talking. Two people caught his eye, they seemed to be initiating some sort of duel. Smiling he hopped off the building, before hitting the ground he activated flash step bolting forward in a flash he was on the sidelines watching the two. One was a undead elf, - or was she human, and was just born like that? 'Maybe it's a condition' He thought to himself continuing to watch the two, "Maybe it's Maybelline"

Looking at the ground Sparks kicked the dirt before stepping back. Stuffing his hands into the pockets of his robe he spun around and walked away. Towards the fountain he found Aven, talking to him he nodded. "Do players realize that you are an AI Aven?"
Aven gave him a blank stare, smiling he shook his head, "Players do not expect high functioning AI in their games."
"So you need talons?"
Aven nodded, "good luck."

Outside the city Spark's robes slid softly across the ground, through the grass. Players had cleared out, probably moved on to find higher monsters. Seeing four pheasants huddled together eating something in the grass, Sparks grinned throwing bolts of electricity at them. The moment the first pheasant was dead a lightening bolt came out of the sky and struck him - It was only a special effect to show that he had leveled up - every class has their own effect tailored to them. [Level 2] Sparks smiled, he knew that with a level increase these pheasants were below him now. Their experience would mean nothing towards his level - and the talons would be easier but less worth while than before.

Casting the threads of electricity towards the other 3, they went down quickly. Feeling something on his back he turned around to realize it was a pheasant attacking him. Opening up his quick menu he drank a health potion before zapping the pheasant to oblivion.

Although he was one level above the pheasants, it did not mean that they were weaker, they still did the same damage to him while he wore beginner gear. Walking into town with bloody robes and scratches all over his face he stumbled in front of Aven.

"Here is your bloody talons." He whispered handing them over.

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I was going to mention that last night Taro, but I had forgotten before I got off.

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No, no level penalty, just a quarter of the gold you have on hand, I went into detail with PvP and bounties a little earlier. Death is pretty simple as well.

-Update-

Main quest has been updated in first post

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Remember guys, This is a very serious RP, and nothing should be funny about it. Very Very Serious... Remember this - when you read my latest post. Because this is serious business.