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| Topic Started: Sep 11 2012, 02:56 PM (3,564 Views) | |
| lamna | Sep 11 2012, 02:56 PM Post #1 |
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After I ran way crying trying to start my own RP in the same vein as the Cultural Evolution game I decided to get back to it with a fantastic piece. I want to include a variety of species and cultures and both keep it simple and not clichéd. Here is the map. Spoiler: click to toggle Currently the big Northernmost island is inhabited by Dwarves, who rule, the Finns, who enforce that rule and the Saami, who get seven shades of shit kicked out of them whenever they complain about being at the bottom of the pile. The big green island is inhabited by Elves. I'm not sure what to do with them, arrogant racists and arrogant perfect hippies have been done. I'll probably make them live only 200 or so years, and incapable of hybridizing with humans, or at least not producing very many fertile hybrids. The yellow islands are inhabited by Dragons, who are intelligent but rather possessive and straight forward, which can make them seem child-like. They also live with humans and act as their nobility, defending them in exchange for the humans doing all the things dragons can't. It's got a reputation as a place the oppressed can flee if they are desperate and willing to work. The dragon's don't care about your ideology or religion as long as they get their sheep tithe. On the "mainland" are the Human kingdoms. Once most of the island was united under an empire, the empire started to crumble under barbarian attacks, poor harvests, a bad economy and religious strife. The last Emperor decided that to turn things around he would conquer the dragon kingdom, plunder their gold and then use the dragons as soldiers to help restore his empire. The expedition was destroyed and the capital was razed. With no emperor, no capital and hardly any army left the empire collapsed in less than a decade. One province did manage to survive, mostly thanks to the corrupt governor having skimmed enough money to pay the local barbarians to fight for him rather than sack the place, and when the dust settled he found himself the most powerful and wealthy man left standing so just declared himself Emperor. That's the purple nation. Edited by lamna, Sep 18 2012, 12:43 PM.
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| lamna | Sep 15 2012, 04:40 PM Post #31 |
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I don't know much about the technology of the Khmer Empire or Srivijaya, and I know nothing about the Gupta empire. Got any handy European equivalents? Nice theology and interesting species. I can't decided if I want Orcs and Goblins or another Homo in my world, H. erectus or H. heidelbergensis. |
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| bloom_boi | Sep 15 2012, 05:15 PM Post #32 |
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I dont think there are any European equivalents...the oriental was a vastly different world. Thanks by the way ![]() Have you got any questions about my world, I think I have covered enough, but my mind isnt really working these days, I could of missed something. I feel goblins a somewhat necessity in fantasy, I'd invest in them if I was you. |
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"You shall perish, whatever you do! If you are taken with arms in your hands, death! If you beg for mercy, death! Whichever way you turn, right, left, back, forward, up, down, death! You are not merely outside the law, you are outside humanity. Neither age nor sex shall save you and yours. You shall die, but first you shall taste the agony of your wife, your sister, your sons and daughters, even those in the cradle! Before your eyes the wounded man shall be taken out of the ambulance and hacked with bayonets or knocked down with the butt end of a rifle. He shall be dragged living by his broken leg or bleeding arm and flung like a suffering, groaning bundle of refuse into the gutter. Death! Death! Death!" | |
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| Kamidio | Sep 15 2012, 05:17 PM Post #33 |
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TL; Only read some of the first page. What's up with that perfectly circular island? *gasp* ROBOT PIRATE ISLAND, HERE I COME! |
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| bloom_boi | Sep 15 2012, 05:26 PM Post #34 |
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Actually I think its the magical basalt fortress. |
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"You shall perish, whatever you do! If you are taken with arms in your hands, death! If you beg for mercy, death! Whichever way you turn, right, left, back, forward, up, down, death! You are not merely outside the law, you are outside humanity. Neither age nor sex shall save you and yours. You shall die, but first you shall taste the agony of your wife, your sister, your sons and daughters, even those in the cradle! Before your eyes the wounded man shall be taken out of the ambulance and hacked with bayonets or knocked down with the butt end of a rifle. He shall be dragged living by his broken leg or bleeding arm and flung like a suffering, groaning bundle of refuse into the gutter. Death! Death! Death!" | |
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| Kamidio | Sep 15 2012, 05:29 PM Post #35 |
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Ancient, ghostly automatons made from bronze and stone that raid the high seas sounds far more interesting. |
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| lamna | Sep 16 2012, 03:57 AM Post #36 |
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So elves and dwarves are cliché but Goblins are fine? I mean ok, I did want them but I can't see the difference.
I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind. It began in the Western year 671, with the rediscover any resettlement of the Fortress, located deep in neutral waters. It was a port of call for refugees, smugglers, businessmen, diplomats . . . and travelers from a hundred lands. Could be a dangerous place – but we accepted the risk, because the Fortress was our last, best hope for peace. Under the leadership of its final governor, the Fortress was a dream given form: a dream of a world without war, when races from different lands could live side by side in mutual respect. A dream that was in danger as never before, by the arrival of one man on a mission of destruction. So no, not pirates. Pirates are terrible. |
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| dialforthedevil | Sep 16 2012, 04:16 AM Post #37 |
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I don't know how you could justify this but it would be awesome to have a world dominated by Ironclad warships similar to the ones from WWI but everything else is in the style of of 15th century Prussia. Watching Landsneckt troops running off of a huge dreadnought would be crazyawesome. |
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| lamna | Sep 16 2012, 06:17 AM Post #38 |
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There were not really any Ironclads in the First World War. Ironclad only really applied in the 19th century when you could expect ships to be made of something else. Ships from WWI are basically the same as modern ones. HMS Caroline fought at Jutland and was used for training until 2009. I can't think of a way that warships would be that advanced while still needing pikemen. Edited by lamna, Sep 16 2012, 06:20 AM.
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| Kamidio | Sep 16 2012, 09:43 AM Post #39 |
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Dude. Your personal problems with pirates will not rduce how awesome they are. Especially robot pirates made of bronze and stone. |
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| TAXESbutNano | Sep 16 2012, 09:53 AM Post #40 |
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I'm going back to basics.
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Fakey has a point. Robot pirates rule, and I give my full support for having them in this project. |
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| bloom_boi | Sep 16 2012, 11:49 AM Post #41 |
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I dont. You should have skanky pirates. |
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"You shall perish, whatever you do! If you are taken with arms in your hands, death! If you beg for mercy, death! Whichever way you turn, right, left, back, forward, up, down, death! You are not merely outside the law, you are outside humanity. Neither age nor sex shall save you and yours. You shall die, but first you shall taste the agony of your wife, your sister, your sons and daughters, even those in the cradle! Before your eyes the wounded man shall be taken out of the ambulance and hacked with bayonets or knocked down with the butt end of a rifle. He shall be dragged living by his broken leg or bleeding arm and flung like a suffering, groaning bundle of refuse into the gutter. Death! Death! Death!" | |
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| Kamidio | Sep 16 2012, 12:11 PM Post #42 |
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Roman-esque robot pirates made of stone and bronze would logically wear Roman-esque clothing. Which is skanky by our standards. |
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| dialforthedevil | Sep 16 2012, 01:24 PM Post #43 |
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Would be awesome though. RULE OF COOL. |
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| lamna | Sep 16 2012, 05:05 PM Post #44 |
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No, pirates are filth. |
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| Kamidio | Sep 16 2012, 05:23 PM Post #45 |
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Yeah, well so are monarchists. |
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