This is a planning thread for the creation of a Dark Age/Medieval Tech with Fantasy Elements RP that we will start here on international incidents. I will keep this first OP updated with all the finalized information we have decided on so that everyone can keep track of what we have planned to do.
The idea centers on creating a RP "World" for this PT/FanT genre of gameplay. It will be a niche place for those players can RP their realms of Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses, Witches, Warlocks, Orcs, Dwarfs, etc in a "Semi-realistic" state of play with other nations. What separates this from prior attempts is that myself and my Co-Admin Knights of Kings have come up with a story arch that this world will center around and have all the players be apart of. Players when joining will be required to explain how they fit in to this arch and what their relationship with the other Realms is.
Here is the just of the story: It has been a thousand years since the dark lord's reign of terror ended. A rule in which nearly half the inhabitants of [insert world name here] were killed during his enslavement of all beings. But now the realms of free-folk have begun to pick up the pieces, and band together for strength in uncertain times. A shining beacon in this is the Empire of Man, a largely Xenophobic Empire that centers around the unity of Man and its worship of the "Summer God". Most human realms have bent the knee to the Emperor, and all non-human realms fear its hate and distrust of their alien races. The Empire has been on a long campaign to join more human realms to it, and destroy what non-human realms it finds. This is largely due to its distrust of non-humans and their former allegiance to the Dark Lord. One power stands to face against the Empire of Man, The [Name Here] Elven Alliance has been a tolerant and benevolent power attempting to counteract some of the wrongs of this world, joining all species together in peace. Its trading empire stretches the world over, almost an equal with the Empire. However; due to its stance and nature of existence tensions between the Empire and the Alliance have been at a high as their boarders of consolidated realms begin to creep closer.
The RP will begin at the very beginning of the conflict between the Empire and the Alliance, and will go through its completion. Thus setting the stage for other RPs within the world. Players are encouraged to have their own side RPs as well as participating in the main story arch. This arch will form the regional cannon which we also must decide on in this thread.
Here is a list of ideas that we are looking to put in the RP.
- We will have a map, that is open for suggestions and changes depending on what you all like. Here is something I have been sporting if you all like it: http://i.imgur.com/qmmh4Ms.jpg
- Applications will be thoroughly reviewed for RP experience, we want to have RPers who are serious about forwarding the story.
- Factbooks will be heavily encouraged (if not possibly required)
- Players can join as several different things: They can have the option to join as a human vassal to the Empire (such as a Fiefdom, Duchy, even a sworn Kingdom), they can join as a Kingdom of any (approved) race allied to the Elven Alliance, A third party Realm that fits into the story (we won't be stringent on this but I want it to vibe somehow and be believable), A non-national group or organization (again needs to vibe), or a character.
Without further ado I will open this up for discussion!
