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Kingdoms of Khoyee (MMO Tabletop RPG)

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Name: Yang Teng

Age: 26

Appearance: Yang is a naturally good looking man, his eyes are a perfect blue, even though they do have the yellow colouring of his body's affinity for magic, the more he uses his skills the more yellow his eyes turn. His short brown hair is in the style of a crew cut, sometimes when left too long it flops down for a small fringe. He dresses quite smartly, an assortment of robes cover his body, though they don’t quite match he looks quite fashionable and as though he couldn’t handle himself.

Race: Human

Height: 6'2

Build: Lanky

Skin: Caucasian, slightly tanned

Eyes: Navy Blue (Hints of honey yellow around the pupil)

Hair: Pearl White

Backstory: Yang Teng was born into a poor family, being the bastard son of a king. He had to grow up tough, it was what his mother always taught him. But instead he learnt to be smart and resourceful. One day he discovered magic and a whole new world was opened up to him. His natural good looks and intelligence allowed him to charm others into doing what he wished. Though he is only young he has been able to make a living from the corruption of many others, conning them out of their own pocket and information. He rarely has to cast spells, but now realising the world is at a tipping point he wants to be at the front of the action and has decided to journey outside of his comfort zone and take a piece of the world for himself, in his own way.

Primary Role: Caster

Secondary Role: Communicator

Starting Weapon: Staff

Stats:
Aura: 50

Health: 100

Strength: 2

Dex: 2

Intelligence: 4

Fortitude: 1

Stun Resist: 25/25

Pierce Resist: 1

@JELDare

Alright cool, I'll add him to the list. Only thing I didn't get was the outfit but that doesn't matter gameplay wise so he's good to go :D Good to have a communicator too.

That concludes the party for now unless any of you want to invite friends. I'm wrapping up some creature work and such now, I'll work on some maps tonight so we can get started tomorrow if you all are ready.

Kingdoms of Khoyee (MMO Tabletop RPG)

@rush99999 Oh that sucks, sorry to hear that man was looking forward to having you. Good luck!

Kingdoms of Khoyee (MMO Tabletop RPG)

<Snipped quote by Torack>

You forgot the link.

@rush99999

I thought some of you guys did that on purpose because you hadn't got to that part yet. But I would like it done before we start the campaign itself.

On a different note added more to the op...

Time Progression and Slow Gen Exp

To balance out the two different ways to play KoK, experience is slowly generated as time progresses. Every day that passes in reality is equivalent to 8 hours in Khoyee. So it takes three days in real life for an in-game day to progress. Every in-game hour that passes earns you 1 exp in your primary role. Thus every real life day that passes earns you 8 exp in your primary role. Since you have a x3 bonus to Primary role experience you actually earn 24 experience per real life day or 1 exp per hour. Your party simply gets the 8 exp you earned prior to the multiplier. Because of this a larger party generates more passive experience than a small party since every member of the party is generating 1 exp per in game hour.

Traditional Tabletop and Post Written Tabletop

There are two primary ways to play Kingdoms of Khoyee, the traditional table-top way of having a session in a group that can last hours at a time, or through post you write on a forum or through dms. Regardless of the way you play you may encounter players of either play style on your journey. Here are some things to note about the different play styles.

Traditional

• Traditional can take place either in person or through chat groups like the KoK Discord
• During sessions progress can be quick as you are not waiting on people to post rather those around you act right away
• Sessions may have a lot of idle time in between, sessions could end up being weekly or bi-weekly, and members of your party may not always be able to attend every session
• Interactions between players may take time as other parties, even if they are also playing traditional, may not be able to communicate with you directly

Post Written

• Idle time is typically less between post as that between sessions however it is much more frequent and depending on how active your party is, progress may be slow
• Some party members may far less active than others, in that event you can have a more "permanent" camp or province of choice for your less active members to rest at while other members of the party keep progressing. All party members generate experience over time so banning the character from your party should be a last resort!

Kingdoms of Khoyee (MMO Tabletop RPG)

@TorackAwesome, I really like it and he's all good. I'll add him to the party!

Kingdoms of Khoyee (MMO Tabletop RPG)

Cool so it's linear growth

@Jerkchicken

Yeah, I don't know if that will be balanced or not in the end as some Roles will likely have more skills than others but it's what I have for now.

Edit #1: Fixed a typo, Elfein's gain 10% health per turn not just 10. That way it scales. Might also change Draken's skill as it kind of sucks.

In other knew got a message from manapool, he won't be able to join us so we're down a member but that's fine I'll try to balance encounters based on the party size whatever it is.

Edit #2: Changed Draken skill to something more useful, same name though.

Race Passive Abillity
Hot Scales - A Draken's scales are hard and spark like flint, strikes against a Draken's scales can be used to ignite flammable objects.

So basically you could set someone aflame if they're covered in oil or if there's a flammable gas nearby. Could be taken advantage of either from nature or by purchasing/crafting oil bombs (will be making craftable items a thing at a later date)

Kingdoms of Khoyee (MMO Tabletop RPG)

Makes sense but I'm also thinking of like the XP required to hit new tiers what not you know?

@Jerkchicken

Currently everything has 100 xp requirement to lvl up and that doubles everytime you level. So 100>200>400>etc

Kingdoms of Khoyee (MMO Tabletop RPG)

True, but I'm being conservative in how feasible it would be for someone unskilled to get around to covering a missing resource in the crafting areas, since we don't know a lot about the XP mechanics.

Like I assume there's a base number that scales in proportion to your tier and the type of activity which is then fed to the multiplier that's based if it's a primary or secondary role.

@Jerkchicken

Everything would provide a set amount of exp. Like a Tier I creature and Tier I ore might both provide a similar amount of exp, so both help you with leveling up stat wise, but when it comes to Role exp you need to decide what activity you want to do be it combat, gathering, or what have you.

Kingdoms of Khoyee (MMO Tabletop RPG)

You can still have skills in the thing, you just won't be able to get much experience from the action, from my understanding

@OtomostheCrazy

That's right :D

How many resource types are gonna be ? Because I wonder if given the low amount of people if everything could be feasibly touched upon to progress to a high enough level

@Jerkchicken

I can't say exactly. It'll likely grow as the game goes on and I'll probably introduce NPCs, or ways to find NPcs, to make up for where players are lacking.

Kingdoms of Khoyee (MMO Tabletop RPG)

Are resource gatherers/crafters like omni-disciplinary for game play purposes or do you need to specialize in x thing?

@Jerkchicken

Early on when we're first getting started being more general in your skills might be best, like when a settlement is first established they don't really need rare resources they just need a bit of everything, but when you're dealing with the more late game kingdoms they might need someone who is a Tier V Blacksmith rather than a Tier III Carpenter/Blacksmith mix.

Edit #1: More resources added to the list and Meatloaf under cooking skills was changed to Lamb Chops to make sense with the farming animal being sheep.

More Resources

Sheep
Tier I
Can be regularly harvested for wool or butchered for Tier I meat

Pig
Tier II
Can be butchered for Tier II meat

Cow
Tier III
Can be regularly harvested for milk or butchered for Tier III meat

Cooking
Basic Ingredients
Tier I
Used primarily in cooking Tier I meals

Stew
Tier I
Heals half a party’s health

Vegetable Soup
Tier I
Increases a party’s mana by 25% for the next engagement

Lamb Chops
Tier I
Increases roll results for an individual by 1 for the rest of the day

Advanced Ingredients
Tier II
Used primarily in cooking Tier II meals

Three Course Meal
Tier II
Heals all of a party’s health

Fruit Salad
Tier II
Party has 10% aura regeneration for the next engagement

Roast
Tier II
Give an individual a free attack once per engagement for the rest of the day

Rare Ingredients
Tier III
Used primarily in cooking Tier III meals

Feast
Tier III
Recovers the party's health entirely and increases it by 50%, non-recoverable

Apple Pie
Tier III
Gives the party a deflective barrier that negates the damage of a single attack

Steak
Tier III
Gives an individual haste for the rest of the day

Kingdoms of Khoyee (MMO Tabletop RPG)

...Wait, did anyone else try to become a gatherer or something? If not, then this might get a little difficult

@OtomostheCrazy

Everyone can earn experience in every role, just your primary and secondary is what you level up fastest. But you're right if you become an excellent carpenter you will depend upon either players or NPCs becoming excellent Lumberjacks.

resource gathering is for chumps

just kill things and take their stuff

@Jerkchicken

Spoken like a true warrior!

In other news, added some more information to Kingdom Building in regards to clearing regions and turning them into districts.

Clearing Land and Districts

A leader can choose to clear a region to establish a Province or to add Districts to an already established Province. Clearing land takes a large amount of resources, manpower, and time to complete but turns the region into a cluster of plots of land.

Clearing a Region
Clearing a region will completely remove that region from the game world and turn it into either a Province or a District of a Province. In order to clear land you will need to do the following...

• Designate a Region for clearing, the map name will be adjusted to Region X - Marked for Clearing.
• Pacify all Areas within the Region. An Area is considered pacified once a party of players or NPCs has defeated all foes in the Area. An area remains pacified for 1 day.
• Harvest all Resource Points in the Region. A Resource Point is a spot in which resources spawn daily.
• Keep all resources harvested and all regions pacified for 3 days in a row, if an entire day goes by without meeting this requirement the region will no longer be marked for clearing.

Clearing a Region means you will no longer be able to gather resources in that location and thus you must decide if plots of land to build upon are more valuable than the resources that would otherwise be found there.

Districts
Districts function much like a Province, the plots of land can be built upon in what way you see fit. Districts simply expand your Province beyond its prior boundaries. Districts will have their own needs that may vary from the rest of your Province. For example, you will need to build walls and station guards in a District as you had with your the rest of your Province. Districts can also be taxed individually so you can divide up the wealthy and working classes as you see fit, just remember that high taxes may lead to rebellion within your District.

Edit #1: Created a Discord channel for those of you who want to chat more frequently!