EldritchOne

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The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

Currently brainstorming, but I'm gunna begin writing a profile today, my faction has followed through with a fair bit of world building (I had to provide background to the race, as well as how they got into the city) but I think it'll fit for the most part.

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

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Yep. Lots of room for that.

@Flagg

Great, It won't be a straight rip of course, that would be rather dull- and an affront to New Weird!.

Lets get cracking!

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

"It is inspired by Tolkien, Dune, Warhammer fantasy, Lovecraft, China Mieville, & Morrowind."

And with that, you have made me very, very interested. Is there room for a Faction of cutthroat social-climbing Merchant Aristocrats with a certain "Innsmouth Look" that trade in exotic items from the Far East and West in yer fair city?

The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

A regular elf lives three times the human lifespan. This means a Dunmer over the age of 200 is very old. It is the equivalent of a human over the age of 65. Just keep that in mind, as cane-swinging action-grandpas are untypical on both Earth and Tamriel.

I've taken that into account, he'll certainly not be as fast and strong as he was in his youth, but then again he'll have lots of experience in bashing in peoples skulls over his long life, so it'll balance out a bit. Admittedly whilst it's true that action-grandpa's are reasonably rare, there are examples such as European knights which - if they didn't get killed in war or die of disease- were in pretty damn good nick well into their sixties and seventies, The same can be said for this guy, especially because he's an adept at restoration magic.

With old age comes wisdom, and coming in all the way from third era fills you up with a lot of knowledge. Remember that our characters are not all-knowing, even the scholarly types. Though the limit on knowledge is blurrier than combat skills, we nevertheless want no walking encyclopedias.

Well, he's been around and seen a lot, but no I don't plan on him being a font of knowledge... a font of old timey racial bias, Tribunal theology and some amusing war stories maybe, but he's not gunna know everything. He's more likely to mutter about how back in his day Khajiit made great winter fashion accessories than deliver expert lectures on the history of Daedric Princes.

Personality. I have no problem with a grumpy old fart, as long as is he capable of interactions and development.

Pretty much open to it, although I do plan on keeping the delightfully antiquated attitude.

The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

Uh, Hello!

I hope you've still got some room in here as I've been eying up this RP for a little while now, just like Mono (in fact she linked it to me for viewing). I guess I'm sorta a buy one get one free in this regard, as my character is planned to be tied to hers as a bodyguard whilst she potters about Skyrim.

So, is there room for a grumpy old ex-Ordinator born in pre-Nerevarine Morowind, who hasn't changed a jot from the old standard of delightful Dunmer xenophobia and racism, and who's body is pretty much held together through a mixture of scar tissue and restoration magic?

Ianus Congreatio: Secret societies, horror, and mystery in the shadows of Prague.

Following the small influx of these other folks I hope you still have some space left for me, I'll get a profile up in a day or two.

There can be only one! *cue Highlander theme song*

@Vigfast

*Sol, "Earl" of Strathearn raises a claymore whilst lightning erupts everywhere and Queen plays in the background.*

Yep, this character is going to be a Scottish expat.

On The Brink of Instability (and we're off!)

I'm still staying out, I was not under the impression that everything in this RP was focused on ultra-realism, but I felt that some level of realism would be imposed. The fact that the profile (no offense to Bing) went through without even so much as a raised eyebrow has made me quite wary of this. whilst I was not going to demand every action and technological marvel in game be justified, it was the level of laxity which put me extremely off-guard, and which I don't think I'm comfortable with, I'm used to more thorough management and scrutiny of "realism".

So I apologies if I came across rather dramatic and self-aggrandizing, but this raised concerns about how the RP would be managed through the game and whether I would want to be involved in that type of hands-off GM'ing, and I'm not certain it fits with the RP style I enjoy.

On The Brink of Instability (and we're off!)

... It seems I was misled to the relative realism this RP promised.

I pull out completely, enjoy the rest of your time.

On The Brink of Instability (and we're off!)

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Weeeell, if you're referencing Alaska's population before 2040, it grew bcuz of y'know, lots of oil and stuff, so more jobs, and some immigration here and there. Also, it's 2103 - there's got to be more than seven billion of us on the planet.

And as for the diesel engines, this might help.

@BingTheWing

Except Oil by this point would be hopelessly archaic because everyone would have shifted to different energy sources, and your technique of getting into space belongs to a process probably abandoned nearly a hundred years ago due to oil shortages and technological advances.

As for your population theories... no. China can barely support that level of active service military, let alone Alaska, which only has 700,000 citizens currently, whilst China has 1.5 billion.

Has this actually been accepted at all?