It's happening again. I have been visited by a soviet mad scientist, a king, a penguin prince of darkness, a house plant god thing, a mystical ancient member, a tired reaper (thank god) + a greeting.
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For the same reason Rome 2 was attacked by thousands of players who don't know what they're talking about. lleeeeeeemmmmings
Name: Dracuil, 6th Lord of the Eternal Battlefield and Demon God of the Talinth Dimension Age: ~Several millennia. Gender: Identifies as male Appearance
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Weapons/Magic: Dimension manipulation, celestial manipulation, high control over matter manipulation, minion creation, multiple splits of his mind, dimensional travel, resurrection. Job/Class: King of his dimension, an authority on the Eternal Battlefield. (basically, the end boss that folks don’t have to worry about fighting in his own form; just his minions and foiling his plans) History: In essence, god who is heavily represented in multiple dimensions. His history extends to the days of creation, being a side project of the creators themselves - once one of the first 13 created to become leaders of their dimension. This experiment had failed completely; they were created with too much free will and hunger for power. They were subsequently locked down into their own dimension, which turned into a dropping spot for eternal warfare with an easy way in… but almost no way out. Almost is the key word.
Dracuil was one of these 13 to be the primary overlords in this dimension. Holding the second most raw power at the time and the most ambitious of them all, he was one of the top three Lords up to the point of discovering a loophole that would only appear for a short time every couple thousand years. He took the opportunity and sent a quarter of his power and a division of his mind out through it, which acted as an anchor between realms - basically the ability to keep the loophole open for him to further send resources and interact with other realms.
He went to work quickly, creating divisions in many dimensions to expand his power and gain what his brothers and himself had long awaited. He finally attempted to harness the power of one of the universe's greatest Blue Giants before being shut down by the strongest guardian of that dimension. The defeat weighed heavily upon him; it was the primary incoming source of his energy. He was kicked out of many dimensions with his forces in disarray, and quickly overcome in many dimensions. Not all of them, however…
The one dimension he still had power in was one of a species like the type he was accustomed to dealing with - war like and in complete chaos, but with a lower maximum threshold of power. He accumulated followers and eventually built up the strongest faction in the dimension; he was hailed by his supporters as the Demon God. He was able to overrun the others who had realized the true threat at the end.
Shortly after, he re-connected to the Eternal Battlefields and began a new war against a kingdom known as Helisum. Sending hordes and some of his favored minions against Helisum, he deemed progress too slow and attacked himself, in his true form; while bringing a vanguard of his elite. He slew the Queen and turned the once holy empire into a mockery, cursing it to be a place of misfortune and breeding of evil across the lands, which still continues today (while also making that into one of the places where he twisted dimensions).
He now claims undisputed authority in the demonic dimension, sending hordes of his demons to once again fight in the Eternal Battlefields in the hope of gaining the upper hand once more. He is weakened, but by no means weak. He has begun to expand again; recently, he has taken interest in Earth for its magical capacities. He has already sent some members of his vanguard onto the realm and has twisted the fabric of reality between dimensions, barely on the line of pissing off other celestial beings. The question is if he can be held off long enough for those celestial beings to act and hopefully end his long legacy of attempted domination of places where he should have never been able to go in the first place... Minions as shown below:
A senior member of a high ranking organization in another realm who was exiled for treason, and found his new master in the form of Dracuil. The cost for eternal rebirth - basically, Dracuil resurrecting him whenever he died - was eternal servitude until he reaches a point where he is no longer useful. So far, he has completed his tasks well; deceiving heros into falling into well placed traps. He was not present at the Fall of Helisum. His one opponent that he has faced over time has been his recently constant foil; but it may not be likely that he will return this time… or so he thinks. He also serves as Dracuil’s commander of operations on Earth.
A warrior of prestige on the Battlefields, he is one of Dracuil’s senior warriors. Although not one of his commanders, he is typically sent to battle those who are a pain to Dracuil in particular. Skilled in melee although weak while fighting ranged, he is at his best when supported. Largely brawn and a bit lacking in brain, but skilled after his many years of eternal warfare. He was one of those to participate in the Fall of Helisum.
There are 13 Lords of the Eternal Battlefields; most of which are power hungry expansionists. Dracuil is the one most interested in this realm; it is possible for others to become indirectly involved and possibly more directly if someone were to interact with the few representations that they have.
Known as the 10th Lord of the Eternal Battlefields, Braedail is an underdog of his realm, using a variety of mercenaries to supply his forces. Some of these forces have leaked out onto the mortal plain; however, Braedail has no interest in it. Unless, of course, someone were to try and contact him for assistance?...
One of the top servants of Braedail, mostly because of the fact that of all of Braedail's forces, he is the most loyal. His distinctly non human nature comes with the complete lack of knowledge of the realm he had been transported in. Concepts such as "cars" and "guns" of modern types are completely unfamiliar to him, although a blaster of the type used on the Battlefields would send a rather plain message to him. He is actually a nice guy; problem is, he doesn't trust easily and people tend to try and kill him so much that he doesn't take a second thought to it often. -He has an intimidating appearance; which tends to be shared by just about everyone from the Eternal Battlefields. -He fights with an axe in his right hand and in the other creating energy shields or blasts with the orb of energy located in his left arm. -Being a high authority for his faction, he is considered relatively important. However, his death won't mean yet another battlefield lord is coming into play. -Players that interact with him could possibly get his help, and later, the help of his master. -He will pursue anyone of Talinth origin, no fail. Mardolg is his sworn enemy and he isn't fond of Nartholan, either.
You could manage Casual just fine, it fits the name quite well. Honestly, a lot of the free roleplays really ought to be in casual; the one that you just sent me a PM about is currently casual in writing level (just based on the first two posts), so don't worry.
For threads where the GM says it is high casual or if you are looking at an advanced, try looking at the works of others and asking the GM via PM if your post length is ok, say, by means of sending an example of your work and asking them if it fits their expectations.
On the matter of easily dying roleplays...
Happens at all levels. It really takes a community of players that cares and has a bit of an investment already, interaction... a little community of those you can rely on to get a faster paced game and have it reliable.
Some of them just go horribly slow; sending a few pokes might help. Players (or god forbid the GM in the GM's own pretty much scripted storyline) can lose the "spark" of inspiration, and things fall apart. I have lost the spark before; one time the GM shut it down because nobody was really doing anything at all and the other I arranged my character's death because I lost inspiration in it.