Rumors of my death are overstated.

As Cyclone suggested, I have not had any time for this - or anything else. I've finished the project that was keeping me away. And after coming down with a mild case of what I suspect is COVID-19 (got a test yesterday), I'm probably going to have a lot of free time for a change.

Let me be clear that despite my hiatus, I have no intention of abandoning this roleplay. I think that the characters and settings we have already built have too much potential to squander. I can't guarantee that this roleplay will move very fast, but it is not dead. I have a plot in mind that I have to commit to writing, even if nobody else is involved with this roleplay anymore besides me. If the pace is not as fast as you would like, or if you have moved onto other projects - I completely understand. But for those of you still interested in this roleplay, I want you to know that this isn't going anywhere.

As for questions:

[quote=@Jeddaven]
Hello, [@gorgenmast]!
It was suggested that I check out this thread by some of the Precipice at War people, since I mentioned I was craving some solid Fantasy RP, but that leads me to a question or two, if you don't mind answering them. Of course, if you want to leave the questions unanswered, let me know. 

1. You mention the setting as being based in Middle Fantasy, and that the focus is not on nonhuman Fantasy races - I was curious about the wording of this. Does this mean that, say, races like Elves are not playable, simply that they're quite rare and should remain as such, or something else? In other words, are they playable, or would that be too... Special?

2. In regard to dissent against Eagoth, you mention the lack of success of open revolt - what about less obvious forms of resistance? Isolated guerillas, for example, or even simply people that are choosing to not participate in Eagoth's rule. As a followup, if any of this less overt resistance exists, would it be exclusively conducted by the risen dead? The impression I got was that living folk aren't really a thing in these lands anymore, at least not in any relevant capacity.

3. What of schools of magic outside of Destruction? I'm particularly curious about some of those that can have comparatively overt effects as Destruction - conjuration, for example. Is summoning at all viable, as rare as magic is in general? What of enchanting?

4. I'm also curious if non-'Arcane traditions of magic are/can exist; i.e. magic derived from a divine source, druidry, so on and so forth.

Thanks for your time!
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1. We have(had?) a orc represented by the Incredible John, but at this point I doubt we'll see any posts from him to be honest due to how long it's been. So, there is a precedent for playable fantasy races. Elves are probably as exotic as I'd like to get. If you can make elves work for the setting, I'm down for it.

2. Rebellion against Eagoth from his minions definitely has a precedent - both in open rebellion and smaller, less obvious insubordinations. The Cyclone/Lauder collaborative post establishes at least banditry and thievery among undead, so I think that roving brigands or small groups of rebels are very plausible. They would have to be few and far between, lest they attract the attention of Necron and warrant a savage crackdown. As for living resistance, we at least know of one example of this from Flagg's first post. I plan to detail other examples of the living in Leria in some future posts. Again, living resistance would have to be so small that the revenants major haven't noticed or cared enough to deal with them.

3. Enchantments, while rare, are definitely represented in this world. Conjuration would not be a stretch either. Flagg's post mentions a swordfight with enchanted swords opening up small rifts to dimensions of pure madness. I imagine some powerful wizards may be able to open rift large enough to extract some being from these otherworldly planes.

4. I'm not really sure on the particulars of magical energy and how it manifests. [url=https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/018/816/its-magic-i-aint-gotta-explain-shit2.jpg]I honestly don't know enough to be able to distinguish between fireball hadoukens and druid magic.[/url] As long as it doesn't jar with the setting, I'm fine with it.

Thank you for your interest and let me know if you have any other questions.

[quote=@pandapolio]
Hey this looks really interesting, and I wonder if you are still accepting.  I'm thinking of a general or minor king who was betrayed in life before he could make his stand against the undead(possibly by callidus idk).  In death he has kept his discipline and pride because in his mind he never lost to the necromancer.  He requires all of his "soldiers" to look presentable just like in life.  This now includes polishing bones and such like that.  For appearance wise him and his I'll would look something like the ossiarch bonereapers from AoS.  Such as they all appear mostly uniform and still wear armor, but it is now made from bone.  That is all I have so far.
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We'd be happy to have you. Feel free to make an application and you can get started.