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@ArenaSnow Er, hello. Guess you're considering?

Anyways, is there any religion for real life mythological figures?

Not sure exactly what you mean there. The character itself sounds fine, as does the father. Like I said, the setting is pretty maleable at this point, so it's possible.
P.S. Half dragon, half demigod. Does that make them a quartergod?
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P.S. Half dragon, half demigod. Does that make them a quartergod?

And if someone's great-great-grandparent is a god, are they a nickelgod?

Please excuse me for that horribly far-fetched pun
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@ArenaSnow Er, hello. Guess you're considering?


Mmm... maybe.
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@ArenaSnow Er, hello. Guess you're considering?

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Not sure exactly what you mean there. The character itself sounds fine, as does the father. Like I said, the setting is pretty maleable at this point, so it's possible.
P.S. Half dragon, half demigod. Does that make them a quartergod?


I meant is there a one true religion or is every religion a character has somehow correct at the same time, but it seems the later is true.

The dragon father is a god, the mother is a normal human. She's long dead because my character reincarnates. My mythology is largely unexplored from that setting. Gods can be planet busting but not all powerful and somehow die and go into an afterlife. It took another God to kill him but one can assume a mortal could kill a god anyways, which is actually a joke for my multiverse when someone kills a god from another setting with ease, like the One Punch Man anime.

The version of my character used on the forum is heavily nerfed so don't worry about power level being too strong. The problem for her is mainly she's not the brightest so can be tricked and stuff. I generally want her to be physically more powerful than her opponent to make up for this, although in some battles that would take it seriously she would be limited to their power and more likely to make mental errors in judgement that leads to a poor win ratio.
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@ImportantNobody I was thinking maybe a pantheon, except individual worshippers may only worship a single god from said pantheon. The religion acknowledges the existence of other gods, and, of course, their immense power, but doesn't consider them worthy of worship. But that's just one idea.

As for the character, that sounds fine because of the way that fights will be handled here. I will still check when the character's up, though.
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Super interested! @JaceBeleren Are you ok having someone fairly new to arena (I've read up on T1 and whatnot, just never participated).
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@sMoKe This doesn't work on arena rules, so you'll probably be fine.

@JaceBeleren Since you want a large group: You'd probably get more interest if you posted this in the Casual Interest Checks too. Not many people browse the General Interest Checks, in my experience.
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@sMoKe No problem, since, like Lalliman said, this is not exactly arena, though it has similar themes.

@Lalliman Done, and thanks for the recommendation.
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Bump.
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Hey, I'm glad your interest check is working out. I thought I'd drop by and say: if there's an off chance any of you would like to participate in the RP this one draws inspiration from, we currently have one open slot, and it's first-come, first-served. A little selfish of me, perhaps, to advertise on an interest check, but I thought I'd let you know.

Good luck with this one!
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No, problem, @Lugubrious. The check wouldn't exist at all if not for you.
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I guess most people interested in this are already in Lugubrious' RP.

Would you mind trying it out with fewer people, Jace? I'm eager to try this method of combat, but I'm not so fond of joining an RP that's already been running for a month.

I can help you further define the setting and rules, if you like.
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@Lalliman

Assuming @ArenaSnow's with us, it's eight plus me. You have a point, and the setting needs development anyway, so maybe we do the setting, since that will take time, then we might have more interest by when it's done?

@sMoKe @ImportantNobody @TwelveOf8 @Blueflame @Kenaron @Klomster - Mentions in case anyone else is interested in helping.
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I say i'll pass.

It's not you, it's me. *Flails head dramatically.*
I'll leave now!
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My interest has not yet waned, so I'll continue to hang around.
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I'm still interested, but ideation phase will have to carry on without me, I have tests like tomorrow, and I'm gonna be more onto that.
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So about the setting. Lugubrious' RP is quite complex and multiverse-ish, for lack of a better word, but I would enjoy doing something more grounded for this one. You mentioned gothic fantasy, which I like a lot as well.

The premise could be something like this: Between wars, malevolent magic and supernatural monsters, most of the world has gone to shit. Most people struggle to survive in the fantasy equivalent of a post-apocalyptic wasteland. But one city stands tall and uncorrupted among the rubble. To keep the population pure, only the truly great may enter this city. Thus, from time to time, a tournament is organised, giving the most skilled and most gifted outsiders a chance to prove themselves worthy of entering. Of course, none of the contestants know first-hand what the city is like on the inside, which can be an additional source of conflict. Wait, did I just describe the plot of the Hunger Games?

Or if you want to go really dark: An ancient lich must feed on powerful souls to sustain himself, but his body is too worn away and decrepit to seek them out. Thus, to satisfy his need for both souls and sadistic entertainment, he organises a tournament. The ultimate winner will have their greatest desire granted to them, within the limits of the lich's powerful magic. The losers become fuel for the lich's own withered soul. (Obviously, this means every fight would be lethal, which we may or may not want.)
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For the sake of consistency, I think it wouldn't be a bad idea for each player to provide a writing style sample so that each person writing the other character in question has a baseline to work off in addition to the character sheet rather than guessing on elements of the other character and simply going by stats without a writing sample, particularly at the beginning. I figure it might also prevent the potential issue of "why the hell would my character do that, he doesn't even ___".
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@Lalliman I like the premise of the first idea. It'd create some interesting scenes upon their final arrival (which might be be included to consolidate the end of the rp). Having characters coming from backgrounds where they might be working themselves to death to find food, rising from one pile of corpses to become a distinguished fighter, then from another at their final victory, what would they think of utopia when they find it?

@ArenaSnow Probably a good idea. I'll edit it into Ialla's sheet when we move to an OOC.
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