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#ProjectShadow (An open world RPG everyone can be a part of)

Charlie said
It's cool, once i get a job Axle in defiantly going to be paid for.

Good to hear, let keep this going I'll go grab the links and post them here

#ProjectShadow (An open world RPG everyone can be a part of)

Charlie said
Yeah lol. I was just thinking that he would work at random stores, and give quests that are kill/collect X number of X, and the reward is scaled to either strength of monster, or level of character. Just away to make money, and if it gets big enough for achievements one or two could be tied to him. Just thinking out loud...

Good ideas, never going to ask you to not give us ideas just won't be able to add them all in. Hope that's understandable.

Also as far as missions go I can't give details at the moment but the typical RPG missions like "kill x monsters" should be absent in place of something a bit more interesting.....but yeah for the rp do what makes sense with your characters and the world

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Charlie said
(this character is not a character I will play as if someone else so chooses to play as him it is fine, I'm just crafting a side quest giver basically)Character Type: AdvancedLocation: Urbi Lupi (other locations will be available at a later date)Name: SidGender: MaleAge: 28Race: HumanAppearance: Height: 5'9"Weight: 190lbsHair: A black cylinder with white stripes, and he supports a fu man chu.Eye Color: BrownSkin Color: African American Typical Clothing: Yellow shirt, green apron, black pants, and brown shoesCharacteristics:StrongLawfulRacist to LycansTraits: Ok at everything, you'll find him randomly working at every shop at different times.Short Back Story: Sid was born a worker, and he will die a worker.

Looks to me except for the working at every shop part. I can see him working a couple jobs but not 20+ haha.

EDIT: IC and OOC are up here: [url]http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/67025/posts/ic[/url]

Just a basic intro for you guys to start with.

The City of Wolves (#ProjectShadow)

Intro

The wind blew cold, specs of white drifted down from the skies above as the Earth became blanketed in it's morning snow. The cold was not too bad today. For the last week the snow had been so thick you could not see your hand if you extended it more than a foot away. People were out and about, but they weren't being leisurely about their day. They knew this was just the calm of the storm and often the calm comes right before the worst of it all. So the people of this city of survivors were doing what they had always done, survived. Some took to the forest to gather wood to keep their homes warm. Other went to the local fur shops to stock up, furs were especially cheap as of late despite the demand brought by the storm. There had just been so much supply in the Fall that it had carried over through the Winter. It was better to spend a few coin on a coat than to spend time hunting and cleaning your own.

The cold was not that bad, the people of this city were used to it. If there were not a chill in their bones something was not right. The closest the people of this city got to warmth was through the blasting of the mines in the search of precious ore. Those days were all but in the past now. The occasional miner would still search the tunnels from time to time but the mountains had been dry for the last four years. It was during these four years that the focus of business switched from mining to fur and lumber trade, which only resulted in such high supply that those businesses suffered as well. Without a strong enough demand for supplies lumber and fur were practically given away. The only good that had come of the excess supplies was that they had kept people alive during this unforeseen storm that had kept people from traveling more than a mile from the cities walls.

There were those however, that were not so used to cold climates. They were The White Cross soldiers that had been stationed in the city just before the storm came in and trapped them there. They had been sent in by the king under the order that they would put a stop to the riots that had been going on. Riots that were a result of poverty, disease, and hunger that in turn was a result of the mines running dry a few years back. Everyone had suffered from the economic depression but some suffered a little less than others. There were still wealthy people in the city. They too had suffered a loss of money but they still had manors overlooking the city from the cliffs above. They may have had to cut down on their spending but they didn't go nights without eating. Because of this those that did go nights without eating, without the warmth of bed sheets, or without medicine, looked to these people as thieves. Thieves that stayed safe within their homes as others suffered. It was because of this people took to their torches and began burning homes down and assaulting owners. It was because of those arsonist acts and batteries that The White Cross was sent in before things got worst. At first this worked. Pitch forks couldn't get past layers of heavily plated armor. But then the storm came in and these temporary peace keepers weren't so temporary. Now they were the embodiment of suppression and they were everywhere.

There was another group that was not so used to the brisk climate. They were the Illuminous. These cloaked rebels were from lands to the south. Lands of sun and sand. A place where you were layers of clothing not to for warmth but to keep your perspiration from leaving the body and dehydrating you to the point of unconsciousness and later death. These men and women had come for much needed supplies. Supplies for war in the name of peace, for these sand dwellers had an enemy of their own at home. One that had ruled their lands for generations and one the Illuminous would like brought down. They had come to the city seeking supplies but instead they found ashes. Embers of people and their homes that the Illuminous had once done business with. Without those contacts they were forced to seek other means of gathering resources. There were two things the Illuminous were good at. Vanishing and eliminating targets, which is precisely what some individuals were willing to hire them for.

This is a city of survivors. This is a city of cold. This is a city in which people would rise and others would fall. This is Urbi Lupi... The City of Wolves.

The City of Wolves (#ProjectShadow)

Interest Check

All questions, comments, or ideas can go here. All roleplaying can be done in the IC. Thank you and enjoy. Check the interest check link for more details

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Jangel13 said
So how will it work? Will we just jump into a spot in the area and convene somewhere?

I'll give set up some issues in the city, explain a bit of what it's like and then you guys do what you want to give your character life. I wanted more people to be here before starting so you could create some story together but we'll make due with who we have now.

Charlie said
As dungeon master, in this campaign. Sound awesome, and I wish more people would do so.

Yup, no need for me to be the ultimate hero in this. It's YOUR characters. The whole point of this is to give you guys a world in which you can create characters, stories, locations, and so on that YOU want. All I ask is that it stays within reason...The specific rules haven't been defined because I'm going to try and give you guys freedom until you push the limits too far and I'll make up the rules as we go.

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Alright maybe this leftover Halloween candy will give me enough energy to write something tonight. We'll see...

EDIT: Updated the first post with some disclaimers and such...

#ProjectShadow (An open world RPG everyone can be a part of)

I'll get this rp started as soon as I have a day off, maybe Sunday. I'll be playing a god like role just getting things set up so you can roleplay

#ProjectShadow (An open world RPG everyone can be a part of)

UnendingEmpire said
That's some nice software (and no doubt pricey as hell) he's got there :OAre those three all the project has so far?

Yeah we had several from our previous composer but we had to let him go after his equipment got destroyed and he went months without producing anything...He was working for OST profits and since he was let go I can't continue to use his works.

So yep using the new guy and yes he's pricey to match the quality of his skills and equipment

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BingTheWing said
Another question: is human the only playable race?Just asking, is this RP going to be on another website or on here? (Stupid question but just answer it anyway.) Will graphic aids play a big part in this?And who is the 'player'? Because these character types seem like NPCs to me.And.Uh.Is this a videogame or something? Voice actors, graphics, soundtrack... not a normal play-by-post RP. Is this actually play-by-post anyway?PPSVERY IMPORTANTIs this for free?

Lots of good questions, that original post was so long I may have missed some parts here and there to mention amongst it all. Now to answer those questions...

The player is under a group called "Main Characters" I don't talk about them a lot here because they're heavily story related and therefor only created by the team. They're the only characters not able to be made by the community.

More specifically the main player is Dean as seen here:


here:


and here:


He discovered BlackLight as seen here:


About a year prior to when the game(s) take place. Which is a few years after all the Dragon Lords were wiped out, making him one of the few Dragon Lords remaining, though he is not on the same level as the old Dragon Lords who had years of honing their skills and much older, larger dragons.

He's unique in that he has abilities that give him an edge over most people. But the thing is he's for the most part on his own and it is very possible to get killed by the groups of enemies you face. Instead of enemies having levels you instead face smarter enemies. Patrols will start to place archers on the roofs to watch over them, instead of fighting a group of Herons you may fight two Herons and a Toad behind them who provides support, and you'll need to use your skills and the environment to give you an advantage in someway to balance out the odds. (Be it splitting up the group, taking out people with stealth, avoiding them entirely, or so on)

To answer a couple of your other questions the RP will take place here and it will be free. The other website and the thing that cost money is completely separate and is optional. Basically what my team and I are doing is setting up a crowdfunding site in which by supporting us you in turn get to come up with your own ideas for content in the game (characters, locations, quest) and our team will make them for you. The goal of which is to have you only pay for what is needed to make your content and have investors invest money equal to that so we can make our own content to flesh out other parts of the game(s).

I chose to bring this back to the guild here because, one this is the place that inspired me to create this story, which has changed a hundred times since the rp it was based off of but still the roots of it. Secondly is because you guys love to make up your own characters and worlds and see them come to life so I thought maybe you guys and gals would be the most likely to be a part of this. Lastly I just needed some people to find out what flaws were in the character sheets so I could fix them before asking for people's money.

And to wrap that all up this is an RP that is based off a series of games that are based off an rp.....yeah. Does that answer everything?

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UnendingEmpire said
I didn't mean to imply that ^_^; though I am glad I managed to address an issue before it legitimately became an issue. I think the more appropriate way to word what I was thinking would be "I greatly enjoy creating game characters and locations, but typically prefer to keep my creations to myself ." That aside, you can find my music and . I've been working with VST plugins lately as opposed to soundfonts, so the sounds you'll hear in most of my songs aren't quite what you'll get in future works.

Listening now, if you're interested you can hear our own tracks from our composer Saad Ali right here https://soundcloud.com/livingdreament

edit: And I totally get what you mean about keeping your creations your own. That's fine, if you want to RP you don't have to have your character in the game. Actually we're not going to add it unless you paid for it to be made, so it's actually extremely easy to NOT have the character get put in haha. We can't afford to without your support.