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The Shifting Sands


"It has been 141 years since the great Calamity. To this day, we still do not know where the sands came from, only that it forced us from our homes. Now, we are stuck travelling like nomads from one oasis to another.
When our cities disappeared in the sand, so did our hearts too apparently. All the races blamed each other for the great disaster and each went their own way. Now we have dozens of tribes roaming the sands, each tribe fighting for the little resources that are left.
Basic resources like water and food are already scarce, but the things people really kill for, are down in the cities. Things like technology, books or whale oil. To retrieve these things, we sent down expeditions. But we quickly learned that it wasn't that simple. Apparently other creatures had made our old cities their home. So we trained special footman to go down. We called them, the Dwellers.
Now that you know our history, I shall tell you a special tale. This tale begins with a peculiar tribe. You see, this tribe had people from all races. Human, elves, dwarves, you name it, they had it. Why was it like that you ask? Well, this tribe was tribe of outcasts. People thrown out of their original tribe for whatever reason, come to this camp to continue living. Here your past didn't matter, only the present and the future. And this tribe too had special trained Dwellers, which this story will be about...





Right, hello there people! After being gone for a year, I decided to return with this idea. To sum it up in short: Fantasy world with steampunk elements lived all in harmony and happy, something happened and everything was swept away by sand. Few survivors don't like each other and split apart. Now it's a quest for survival and stuff.

You guys will play the group of Dwellers that was mentioned, and you will be scavenging the desert and cities below the sands for whatever resources your tribe can use (and who knows what else you might find down there).

If you're interested in this Roleplay, post something down below. Of course, if you have questions, don't be afraid to ask them (either by PM or just down here. I'm looking for around 4-5 people interested to start this.

Alright, let's do this!



Unfortunately, I have to reopen this interest check. We lost 4 people who disappeared without a trace (sort of). We're still early in the story and I would like 2 more people to consider the group ready and large enough.

If you are interested, head to the IC post, read through what has happened thus far and then send me a PM. Due to the weird construction, I need to retcon some stuff. I rather keep the OOC clear from that.

Right... Let's do this. Let's blow in some life!
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Sounds pretty cool.
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I'd be interested. Would a humanoid artificial life-form be acceptable? I'm talking something along the lines of the humanoid cylons from BSG. If you aren't familiar with BSG they are basically synthetic humans. They bleed, have emotions, ambitions etc. The only difference being that they weren't technically born, rather created.

If you have specific questions then feel free to PM me. If that's not the type of character your looking for then I'll gladly compensate.
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@TheYouthPastor That seems rather advanced for the setting we are going with. What could be possible is a clockwork robot that slowly became sentient because reasons.
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Sounds fun, interested.
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I'm game if you'll have me, sounds interesting.
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I think that makes 5 (including me) if @TheYouthPastor is still game. I will be whipping up a Character sheet and post the OOC asap. Glad to get this started :)

OOC is up right now!

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This piques my interest. What's the verdict on guns such as a cap & ball revolver (or two, provided I can give a satisfactory explanation) out of curiosity? Would a character who has some mechanical aptitude and skill be plausible?

And is hitting things with a wrench allowed?

This does seem rather interesting though, been looking for something with survivalism and scavenging and such, this seems like it'd be rather fun.
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This has caught my interest. IS there still room for one more?
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@Monochromatic Rainbow With guns you mist think in the trend of Dishonored. They do exist, but only work with Whale Oil. (and as you can imagine, whale oil can only be obtained through scavenging and is rather valuable). And of course hitting stuff with a wrench is allowed. Hell, you could even hit stuff with a wooden stick. As long as it packs some punch :P And mechanical skills are always useful in a world ruled by scavenging.

@WanderingShield I was looking for around the 5 characters, and there are currently 3 submitted. Of course, if I get a few more, I won't complain. So yeah, you can still apply. :)
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@Flynn (Not quite sure how whale oil would make a gun function, since I've never played Dishonored. Is this as a propellant that actually ignites and sends the bullet flying or something, because that'd make sense I suppose.) But basically with guns it's less of a standard use weapon and more of an unusually powerful ranged weapon for when something with less punch won't suffice? I also assume this would make javelins, crossbows, etc the primary means of killing things without getting into their faces, which I admit is my preference.

I'll start working though with the assumptions above, if they're wrong just boop and I'll change things.
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I'm interested. Would a dark elf/drow be acceptable?
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Some wiki trawling later, it would appear Dishonored does use whale oil as a propellant and that they're self contained cartridges. I should have a CS finished soonish.
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@Witch Queen Uhm.... Yeah, I think we can add one more. But I'll have to think of something. Go ahead and make your CS.

This means, that after Witch Queen, this RP is closed!
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Thank you! I must have done the math wrong when I replied :P
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Unfortunetly, I have to open this interest check. We loat 4 people who disappeared without a trace (sort of). We're still early in the story and I would like 2 more peole to consider the group ready and large enough.

If you are interested, head to the IC post, read through what has happened thusfar and then send me a PM. Due to the weird construction, I need to retcon some stuff. I rather keep the OOC clear from that.

Right... Let's do this. Let's blow in some life!
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