Hey guys! So I have this idea that I wanted to toss out! It's sort of a take on Shadowrun, but less cyberpunk and more so modern day. Basically what happens is Earth is on the verge of a huge scientific break-through, when they accidently awaken a strange source of magic. This source of magic begins to genetically alter the human race and the magic warps them into various fantasy races. However, there will still be modern weapons, medicine, etc. I'm looking for someone to help build on this idea with me and create a unique and exciting world! If need be i'm willing to make it a 1x1 RP!
"We called it the, Magtap. Nobody knows how it happens. Some say it was the military, others say it was just a coincidence and it was the Earth reverting back to an older time. Either way, it is what it is.
I remember it like it was yesterday, even though it was almost one-hundred years ago. The sky split open like someone had lit off the biggest firework you'd ever seen or as if the Northern Lights had exploded themselves. The sky turned purple and all the hairs on your body stood straight up, kinda like when you rub a balloon on your head ya know? Then your skin started to tingle. Then it got worse. Your blood starts to boil. Your bone structure changed. Everything changed. If you were lucky you blacked out.
It was magic, and I don't mean like David Blaine magic, I mean like real magic. It had returned to reclaim the Earth and all of it's people. Some of them were lucky. They didn't change they stayed human, but the rest of us well we did. We became elves, centaurs and dwarves. Those that weren't so lucky, well, they became orcs, trolls, goblins. Now i'm not saying if you became one you became some mindless creature, but lets just say that you aren't exactly the most welcoming sight in the city.
Speaking of city, New York, yea the big apple, that's where I was when it hit. Although, it looks pretty different now. When the Magtap happened, oh that's short for Magic Tap, semmed fitting since somehow we tapped into an unknown source of magic, the earth began to change vastly. Large forests began to grow again and take over city. New York became a vast sprawl of trees and building. Grasslands and roadways, it also began a major playing field for control.
The centaur clans own most of the grasslands and roadways. They're friendly for the most part, but territorial as all hell. As long as you obey they're rules you can usually pass through or make trades with them.
The elves wove their new cities in the great buildings of the past. An interworking network of tree and metal platforms stretching across the great city. They work on an agenda of their own, seeing themselves better than the rest of the magical world.
Humans, well you find them just about anywhere. They're still the same old people from generations past. Descendants of the people of the old world. Some formed groups to hunt down and destroy anything and anyone magical. Claim it wasn't natural and needed to be purged.
The dwarves took to the subway tunnels rebuilding them into a network of home and shop. They're the main supplier for guns and ammunition here in the city. You need a weapon or ammo well they've got it.
The goblins, trolls and orc found refuge in the sewers, not by force, but because of shame. Not all of them, some grew accustomed to their new appearance and didn't mind the looks or remarks and stayed upside with the rest. We tend to not mess with orcs and trolls, they got a temper like you've never seen and the strength to match it.
So yea, a little has changed, but so what? We get by. Life in New York is pretty good. You can find pretty much anything you need here and sometimes thing you weren't looking for. Like trouble, but hey that's what friends are for. So welcome to New York where we make magic happen...literally."
Feel free to post here or PM me and we can go into more depth over a plot and the various races, etc! Hope to hear from someone!