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Charlie said
Would there be any lab runes left?

To some degree yes. The entire city is built upon them. If you look at some of the art you can see concrete barriers, or chunks of wall, and for the most part they have been reused to build the homes and shops of Urbi Lupi. As far as a fully intact building goes, not likely. From my research no modern building would last anywhere near 2,000+ years. The ones that would survive surprisingly are the ancient ones that have already survived 2,000+ years and will do so again, like pyramids.

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TheUnknowable said
My question is "Are they commodity based currency or fiat currency?"If they are commodity based, you could take them to a leader in the city, or a bank, and get your commodity back. If they are made of a commodity, you can spend it as a commodity. (EX: Gold coins can be melted down and sold as gold, as can silver or copper.)If they are fiat currency, you would have to convince someone in power that they were worth something before you traded them in.Or you could convince a rich person they were a collectables, then sell them to the rich person.Also, I posted. Feel free to drop by my cave or buy five-leaf from my other character.

The new coins are silver (Capitol Coins) but I've put zero thought into what the cities used prior so make up what you will.

EDIT: I'll wait for one more person to join and then I'll get another post up to get more events in place.

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I haven't dulged deep into the offspring of purebloods and lycans but I'll give a back story to the disease and if you can make a logical reason that sounds good to me to how someone could be born without it that's fine.

Back Story

Before the collapse the grounds Urbi Lupi is built on was a complex of labs both bio and tech. One of the teams at those labs was focused on finding a way to genetically improve humans by mixing their RNA with that of animals. These studies were never finished and the vials of hundreds of animals were stored away. Over the thousands of years that passed nearly all the vials were destroyed or contaminated by nature. One vial however survived, one with timber wolf blood. One that as written in a journal by one of the scientist, was considered too dangerous. One that caused extreme violence in test subjects.

One of the early settlers of Urbi Lupi before it was a city stumbled across this lab and by mistake, stepped on that very vial which had fell out onto the ground. The glass shattered and cut the man's foot. Mixing his blood with that of the genetically modified timber wolf blood. The RNA was combined with a very aggressive virus and the lycanthropy disease was born.

For years lycans were seen as no longer being human, and a threat. There was also a misunderstanding that the moon had something to do with the transformation process but as it turns out the moon had nothing to do with it. Transformation is actually triggered by strong emotions such as sadness, anger, and fear. So it was due to the fear of the rumor that people would change on a full moon.

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Theoretically the virus should be passed down by blood, saliva, or genetics. Also people who easily get mad or suffer from depression or anxiety would easily change without meaning to. People with more control over their emotions could hold back this change.

Do with that info as you will

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TheUnknowable said
I've posted in the Interest Check.

Thanks I've accepted your characters feel free to post.

Jangel13 said

everything is a mute point however if nobody else replies

We just have to give people time to join, most probably are scarred I'll charge them money or simply don't want to read the long interest check

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TheUnknowable said
Only the risk of losing repeat customers or getting bad press. If you're just passing through and happen to find him, you're probably better off risking a visit to a real doctor and hoping they don't turn you in, or trying to bribe them.Could he offer medical services, with an occasional status effect happening more often the more injured you are? (ex: If you sprained an ankle, you get patched up with only a bit of residual grogginess, like slightly slower speed. If you're near death, you have full-blown hallucinations for a few minutes.)I'll work on character sheets for them.

Characters are accepted...lol at the cross dresser rule. I look forward to seeing what becomes of these characters. Also wondering how Hirium doesn't know he's a lycan. It'll be interesting to find out.

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Jangel13 said
..........uhh, good to know about the albino super genius. to be honest I was hoping to try and steal something like "the holy sword of _____" or maybe "the forgotten scriptures of ____" etc. I could try and talk to this supposed god and see if my character will talk connect with him considering he is a thief that tries to help the weak

lol sorry about the rant. Closest to a deity I could get. Guess I don't write about religion much...and the king's in another city so that doesn't help you.

I have no idea what you could steal. Maybe some dragon lord gear ended up somewhere.

Charlie said
Sounds like Axle and Julian would be friends in another life.

Haha, maybe

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Jangel13 said
is their any deity or deities in this world?

The young King Julian is seen as a deity to some degree. He's an albino, pale skin, white eyes, white hair. He's also suffers from thrombocytopenia, which causes low platelets in the blood and thus means even a small injury could cause him to bleed out. Because of this he is hardly ever seen out in the open and when he is he is surrounded by The White Cross. His ailments are known by few and it is common belief that Julian is a fallen angel meant to lead mankind to a new age.

Though he is physically fragile he is highly intelligent. He's an adept strategist that has won several conflicts against the ever growing bandit threat. He is also highly interested in the forgotten age and has been successful to some degree in uncovering forgotten technologies. (The White Cross's double layered armor is a result of this) His intelligence has earned him respect and his ailments have created mystery, it is because of this he is borderline godlike.

Going back to your question, each region may have it's own gods though none are widely popular. The closest you would get to that is Arenious, the city in which The Illuminous are from and it's not so much a god people worship but the clergy itself. It is those people I mentioned before that have "magic". I don't want to spoil that too much now though because we're not roleplaying in that city just yet. Maybe when this is more popular I'll go in detail about each region/city.

Hope that helps.

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Jangel13 said
yes I know knowledge is a powerful thing and all that but knowing isn't going to help my character give meds to the doctor or give money to the kids begging on the street :'( if its a valuable treasure it means it can be sold off, and money can be used to help others

True, though knowledge has been sold for money throughout all of time.

Moving on though I'm sure you can come up with something creative. Perhaps the Illuminous or White Cross would be the next target for loot.

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TheUnknowable said
I want to be a drug dealer/back alley doctor who doesn't care who you are as long as you've got the coin to pay for his products/services. What type of character would that be?I'd also want to make a friend that is a kind of anarcho-capitalist. Basically, "if it ain't hurting nobody, why's tha King making it illegal?" his missions would be to commit acts of civil disobedience and not get caught, or to do stuff to "stick it to tha man."

The friend sounds interesting and so does the black market doctor. I would say the second would be a keeper but that would just be in the rp and not the game. Why I say this is because in the game we don't have a traditional item system so purchasing drugs/potions would not be seen in the game. That being said he would be an interesting character to see in the game. If he has "no morals" than he could very easily shift between "good" and "bad". What's to keep him from selling bad meds if it brings in the money?

Either way you go it looks interesting and I look forward to seeing them come to life.

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Mistress Dizzy said
Oh, okay. So it's like someone in your family having... I dunno, high blood pressure, or a long second toe or something, and you inheriting that. Got it. My mistake.She looks like that. White hair, orange eyes, dark skin.I did not draw that picture, and her clothing will be nothing so... revealing, not in the least. In fact she'll make every attempt to hide her differences. I know she'll wear headscarves and use kohl on her eyebrows, but what can be done about such an eye color?Her name is Kassy, she's a favorite of mine. I know she'll be... afraid to be confident. But have something steely in her soul.I should get to that profile.

No need to apologize some of these details are still in my head and your questions help bring them out. Sometimes I forget what to mention since there is so much in this world for me to talk about.

I look forward to seeing the character sheet for her and then her coming to life. I will be adding her CS and any other that are posted to the first post asap