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Lots of ideas, voices in your head? You may not be schizo, just need to find a plot and start writing.
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Movie Studios don't use AI to generate scripts because they're not copywritable. My writing is mine, not the world's to play with.
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I've no idea what is meant by everyone being a "southern cowboy".
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27 days ago
I like that the Amish gives their kids a chance to decide if they want to stay in their parent's religion.
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"Badgers?" he said, sweating as he heard gun hammers being cocked unseen behind him. "We ain’t got no badgers. We don’t need no badgers. I don’t have to show you any stinkin' badgers!"
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I am a seven-foot tall minecraft-playing hindu guru drag-queen alien.
Possessor of an Ancient Device™ Model 17. No, I don't know what it does. No, you can't play with it.
Pronouns: It. As in: "What is it? What does it want? Why is it here? Oh my god, it's got my... <insert random body part or object here>"
Likes: World Domination, Writing, Rpg, scifi/fantasy, anime, sketchup 3d models, and anime music videos.
Companions: a host of characters from other games, my personal muse Penny (as in Bad), and the Badger gang - Toothpick, Buttons, Shark, and Mongo. They grew up in the balcony of an old theatre that played a lot of gangster movies. Normally benign, but may invade the OOC forums.
Dungeons - to the surface dwellers, they're dangerous labryinths filled with both monsters and treasure. Some say hundreds of them litter the world, with goblins and a bit of treasure, or dragons and ancient magical artifacts. The lure of treasure thus brings the adventurers, seeking self-enrichment and glory as they slay anything that gets in their way.
And part of that glory is to destroy the heart of the dungeon, the dungeon core, that makes life within these dungeons possible.
But to the beings who live in them, forced from their place in the world above, the dungeon is their only shelter in an increasingly hostile world.
The Warrens, as they are called, is one such dungeon. It started as a humble fishing village, next to a river and a natural harbor. While many were happy with their simple life, others looked upon the land with greed.
The Gaecia Empire conquered the village, naming it "Westeinde" and it swiftly became the empire's major port for trade. It wasn't long before the forests were cut back and replaced by farms, while a city of wood and stone was built, along with massive cargo ships, warehouses, and many barrels and crates.
But the merchants of Westeinde were foolish, greedy men. They hired mages to cast curses on their rivals - and those rivals cast curses on them. And because the mages kept casting those curses daily, they began to build up. The ground began to tremble, storms became stronger, more ships were lost at sea.
Something had to snap - and snap it did. An ancient volcano stirred to life and erupted, covering Westeinde with ash and poisonous gas. Tremors made the land sink. Without the forest to hold the land above the town in place, the rains and tremors caused massive slides, further burying the city.
And something more - a dungeon core was created, drawn forth by the hidden Chaos Gates in the depths of the world. It fed on the collected curses, then slowly extending throughout the buried city in the long ages as the surface recovered.
Once a place had been prepared, it began summoning monsters to protect itself.
Monsters such as yourself.
I am the final arbiter.
Treat everyone with respect.
This game is based on the Rule of Consent - while your character can initiate a handshake or violent action on another player's character, it is that player who decides how that character will respond. If you throw a punch, they're the one who determines if it hits.
No posting in the IC forum until your character has been approved.
Nothing yet has been discovered.
You appear next to a flowing fountain in the center of a ruined ancient city. You realize you're in a massive cavern, lit from above by a brilliant light. And you are not alone....
You have not yet discovered much about how the world functions.
As a primer, remember: you are effectively a fully-formed existence that's a newborn. You have knowledge about yourself and concepts, but no history. In addition, you might not know anything of the world, but it is not familiar or unfamiliar. It is merely natural--something that you would not give a second thought about outside of philosophical thought.
Also, despite your species, you are all somehow able to understand one another, despite speaking separate languages.
Name The name is more or less self explanatory. Boss monsters (re: all of you) are born with an inherent sense of self. This includes the right to name themselves. The source of the name doesn't truly matter--it can be ingrained in your soul or it can be something as arbitrary as looking around you and looking at a pea, a tear, and a gryphon and liking how they sound together. Though please don't do exactly that.
Also put your title in your name, if you have one--IE, [name] the Goblin Lord or [name], Deep Dark Dragon of Destruction.
Rarity Replace this number with 1★ through 5★. This isn't entirely a permanent decision and should be associated with your race. Rarity can be increased via special materials. Think of this as 20% your starting stats (these are arbitrary and do not mechanically exist), 40% your growth curve, and 40% your character's endgame potential.
What benefits are there for weaker ranks? Without committing to specifics or small spoilers, lower rarities will advance faster (make up for their worse stat growth) and may or may not be less frightening for some of the mooks that will populate your dungeon. But again, arbitrary.
As for rarity, you can imagine it as a curve. 1★ would be something like a goblin chief. 5* would be something like a dragonlord. Rarity is either an evolutionary or rank path. Using goblin chief as an example, it would go goblin chief > lord > baron > king > emperor for a rank-rarity. For evolutionary, imagine goblin > hobgoblin > orc > ogre > oni.
Do stars beyond 5★ exist? If I think it's interesting in the future, it will.
Note: this is primarily an aesthetic and thematic device. It, like most things, are entirely arbitrary.
Level Replace level with 1.
All fresh spawns are level 1. This means the average adventurer will kick your ass as it stands, even if you are a 5★ Titanocider Ragnarok Behemoth. This serves the thematic purpose of actually needing this dungeon. Note that acquiring dungeon points (see: having adventurers die inside) will strengthen your dungeon core. This is the source of your initial levels--making the dungeon better will advance you all about equally.
Appearance Things that your image doesn't cover. Write whatever, but some nice things to include: size/scale, impression, and things like that.
Personality How your character acts. Be sure to include their desires--all monsters fundamentally have desires that put them in opposition with others.
Abilities Put in your starting set of abilities. Skills, magic, abilities, etc. Consider this as generally more free-form than a rigid list (though having a few rigid techniques that gain power in exchange for flexibility is fine) Remember, combat isn't a giant part of the RP. Consider this through the lens of utility and narrative possibility (see: humanization, disguising, crafts) in addition to any power fantasy.
Companion Rules
Players can bring in one NPC companion of lower rank with them, or two subservient npc animals that obey their commands.
Please submit a character sheet for companions, animals can be noted on the character's sheet.
"The problem with that," Darya sends, "Is if there's an emergency, I have to run all the way from the hanger to the stateroom."
The room was incredible, richly appointed and with an opulent window that took center stage.
Wow, the pilot in her thought. Just what you want to see when you ride out the edge of an explosion of an entire star, a point of failure.
No doubt that the cruise line thoroughly tested that window and were assured that it would ride out the blast wave. Of course, if it doesn't, well, that's why there were insurance companies.
"If it's privacy you're after," she messaged, giving Violet an appraising eye, "All you need to do is let me know."
Sorry everyone, I overslept today so I'll post the Warrens up later today.
As above, this dungeon core is a bit different, and there's more than just a handful of rooms on one level, mostly joined by towers, one of which reaches to the surface, the remains of an ancient lighthouse and is where most of the adventurers come from.
Like most cities, it had humble beginnings - a tiny fishing village nestled between a river and a natural harbor, backed by a huge forest.
The Gaecia Empire conquered the village, naming it "Westeinde" and it became the empire's major port for trade. It wasn't long before the forests were cut back and replaced by farms, while a city of wood and stone was built, along with massive cargo ships, warehouses, and many barrels and crates.
But the merchants of Westeinde were foolish, greedy men. They hired mages to cast curses on their rivals - and those rivals cast curses on them. And because the mages kept casting those curses daily, they began to build up. The ground began to tremble, storms became stronger, more ships were lost at sea.
Something had to snap - and snap it did. An ancient volcano stirred to life and erupted, covering Westeinde and most of the people with ashe and landslides, burying it and all its treasures.
And something more - a dungeon core was created. It fed on the collected curses, then slowly extending throughout the buried city as the surface recovered. And it began summoning monsters to protect itself.
After Gaecia, other empires rose and fell. There was more construction, more disasters as the ancient curses wrecked havoc on the land. Seekers of the long lost ancient Westeinde never realizing what laid far below their feet.
After many hundreds of years, a new city has been built on the site of the old, becoming once more a trading hub where ships would come in from all over the known world and caravans would carry those cargos to the new capital. But instead of another eruption, the new empire found a closer port to conquer.
The ships come rarely now, there hasn't been a caravan in over a decade. The wealthy merchants of this era have fled with their money - but that dungeon core remains, summoning new monsters to guard its treasures and keep alive the ancient curse.
Monsters like you.
Like the Idiot's Dungeon Union, this isn't so much about combat but adjusting to life in the many layers of the dungeon beneath the city and protecting it from adventurers.
I’m interested. I have a couple of things to ask, though. First of all, we have to play an OC, right? And does the character really have to be a monster? Thanks!
Do you have an OC monster?
We may be monsters, but we were brought here to defend this place from the true monsters - adventurers. Murder hobos who break into your homes, slay everything that moves, then ransacks the place looking for loot or cutting off your ears.
Why do they want our ears? What use could they possibly have for them?
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Ah, alright. So we can’t be a mere mortal with powers, then? Lol. But what about half-human, half-monster. Is it acceptable?
Like half-human, half-horse? Centaur? Sure. Half-human, half-bull? Minotaur? Sure. Half-human, half-bird? Harpy? Okay! Half-human, half-fish? Could use some merfolk.
I am a seven-foot tall minecraft-playing hindu guru drag-queen alien.
Possessor of an Ancient Device™ Model 17. No, I don't know what it does. No, you can't play with it.
Pronouns: It. As in: "What is it? What does it want? Why is it here? Oh my god, it's got my... <insert random body part or object here>"
Likes: World Domination, Writing, Rpg, scifi/fantasy, anime, sketchup 3d models, and [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmKRgqWGrWc]anime music videos[/url].
Companions: a host of characters from other games, my personal muse Penny (as in Bad), and the Badger gang - Toothpick, Buttons, Shark, and Mongo. They grew up in the balcony of an old theatre that played a lot of gangster movies. Normally benign, but may invade the OOC forums.
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I am a seven-foot tall minecraft-playing hindu guru drag-queen alien. <br><br>Possessor of an Ancient Device™ Model 17. No, I don't know what it does. No, you can't play with it.<br><br>Pronouns: It. As in: "What is it? What does it want? Why is it here? Oh my god, it's got my... <insert random body part or object here>"<br><br>Likes: World Domination, Writing, Rpg, scifi/fantasy, anime, sketchup 3d models, and <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmKRgqWGrWc">anime music videos</a>.<br><br>Companions: a host of characters from other games, my personal muse Penny (as in Bad), and the Badger gang - Toothpick, Buttons, Shark, and Mongo. They grew up in the balcony of an old theatre that played a lot of gangster movies. Normally benign, but may invade the OOC forums.</div>