Warhammer Fantasy NRP - OOC UP

[ClocktowerEchos]

OOC UP!

[ClocktowerEchos]

My first thought upon seeing this was that I wouldn't have time for another RP, but it occurs to me that NRPs are usually quite slow, so I've decided I might as well have a go. Make me the Ogre Kingdoms, @ClocktowerEchos! And so everybody knows, I intend to merge Dragon Ogres into that group, since they are called "Ogres" after all. I even have an idea for how that might work.

@BCTheEntity

Sure thing! Mind sharing how the Dragon Ogre thing will work tho? I'm curious.

The only thing I'd like to clarify is the distinction between Heroes and Lords, more specifically which of the two is "the stronger grouping" so that I can put units into the appropriate tiers accordingly.

@BCTheEntity

Lords are the stronger of the two and will include named characters as well unless I do something else. It'd be something like a Captain of the Empire is a Hero, a General of the Empire is a Lord and then Karl Franz is like a Lord/Name Character. Name Characters are the ones you can fluff up a lot and have cool equipment and such.

[BCTheEntity]

@ClocktowerEchos Exceptionally strong shamen of Ogre society kidnap a young dragon, cut its head off, then perform a bizarre ritual to merge their bodies into the stump, turning them ageless, ever-growing, and granting them certain electrical magicks, namely the ability to absorb lightning, at the cost of most of their magical association with the Great Maw, even up to their immense round gut, which is sadly replaced with some weird ten pack dealie. That, and the need to sleep for increasing periods of time the larger and older they get, as in canon.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@ClocktowerEchos Exceptionally strong shamen of Ogre society kidnap a young dragon, cut its head off, then perform a bizarre ritual to merge their bodies into the stump, turning them ageless, ever-growing, and granting them certain electrical magicks, namely the ability to absorb lightning, at the cost of most of their magical association with the Great Maw, even up to their immense round gut, which is sadly replaced with some weird ten pack dealie. That, and the need to sleep for increasing periods of time the larger and older they get, as in canon.

@BCTheEntity

Neato, although why would they do it to begin with? Maybe originated as some Firebelly attempting to skip the whole "lava eating" thing and thought that if dragons could breath fire, and if eating dragons couldn't give him fire powers, then maybe merging himself with one would do the trick and thus got a Shaman to do it. Of course than that didn't work out quite the way he expected but it did give rise to Dragon Ogre to which various Tyrants have had repeated on certain followers or even themselves.

My question now is how/why would they have lightning?

Also:

even up to their immense round gut, which is sadly replaced with some weird ten pack dealie.

@BCTheEntity

This basically sounds like a magical ogre liposuction operation.

[BCTheEntity]

@ClocktowerEchos
1. Because dragons are big and strong, ergo fusing with a dragon makes you big and strong too, meaning you get to eat more for various reasons. I do like your explanation of the idea's origin, however.
2. Energy needs, I'd assume. That is how they are considered in canon, as beasts that "feed on" lightning. I could change it to something else if need be, though... lava and magma are extremely hot, after all.
3. Again a reference to dragon ogres in canon, who are ripped as all hell.