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The Empty Throne

Ok for the second time I have irrevocably lost my WIP OOC, because I'm literally the dumbest person on earth. The good news is the version I have saved is much closer to the real deal now, so barring me being a complete idiot again tomorrow, we'll have the OOC up then.

Here are a few details in the meantime

About This RP
-It is dark fantasy nation RP set in a harsh and unforgiving fantasy world living among the ruins of ancient, hyper advanced civilizations. Azoth is crawling with mutants and monsters. Resources are scarce. This is Lovecraft meets Tolkien meets Skyrim.
-I'd like this to be an exercise in collaborative world building. That means that we want factions and characters that feel like they inhabit a shared world. Players will collaborate heavily in designing their factions.
-It is low-medium fantasy: magic exists. It is powerful and dangerous.

More on Magic, Races and Cosmology

A note on Magic: I am not a big fan on fixed magic rules or magic systems. I do want to stress that this is low(ish) fantasy. That means no armies of reanimated dead or golems, no legions of fireball casters, balrogs, etc. We're going to err on the side of how the LotR handled magic rather than say, D&D. Meaning, it is present and powerful, but mysterious and often indirect.

This is what I call the Tolkien/GRR Martin approach to magic and religion. Magic is real, mysterious, and powerful, but for the most part takes place 'off-screen', and is for aesthetic purposes somewhat subdued or indirect. Likewise, the RP will take the GRR Martin approach to religion: there are as many religions as we can come up with here, but we will leave it an open question as to whether any of them are true. Conflicting mythos and cosmologies and visions of god(s) are encouraged.

-It is vaguely Renaissance tech. Cannons and arquebus are new military technology, and would be very very very rare in the Broken Lands, which are generally barbarous and backwards.
-It has archeo-tech from a lost, highly advanced civilization. Salvaged/repurposed Old One tech is common in many places across Azoth, though the Broken Lands are relatively backwards in this respect as well. Old One ruins are very common all over the world.
-It has original fantasy races. (GM approval needed for original races, which can be allied/part of your mostly human Clan)
-Inspired by Tolkien, Warhammer fantasy and 40K, Lovecraft, China Mieville, Morrowind, Skyrim, Song of Ice and Fire...looking forward to seeing what others bring to the table.
- Advanced writing standards.

The Empty Throne

Ok everyone, I just accidentally deleted the OOC I had pretty much ready to go. Will uh...redo that...and have one up tonight.

The Empty Throne

Great! Ooc up soon

The Empty Throne

Ok kids, Imma throw up an OOC and we'll see how this goes?

Urban Fantasy RP?

Ok cool, ooc up soon

Urban Fantasy RP?

No more takers?

The Empty Throne

OOC

Aigoth Stone Foot, High King of the Crooked Isles and all the Broken Lands, is dead.

Aigoth II, a mere boy ruled over by his mother, stands in line to replace him.

Despite the queen's efforts, a Moot has been called by the Great Clans. The Jarls, Princelings and lesser Kings make their way to the Fanghall: some seek the throne, others independence, others allies in the face of the looming threats from north and south.

Ravenous as ever for raw materials and slaves, the Octavian Empire has signed a new armistice with the with its ancient enemies, the wizard-lords of the Drathan Union. The Emperor's legionaries and galleys are now free to strike at the Broken Lands from the south. They only await His Imperial Majesty's command.

Meanwhile, the trollkin and pale-men of the Far North have begun raiding and despoiling the sons of men once more, and some say a new chieftain or necromancer is rallying the tribes for a dark purpose.

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Ok welcome- the idea here is simple, everyone will RP as a faction in the Kingdom of the Broken Lands, a (very) loosely norse-inspired confederation of tribes and peoples in the world of Azoth. You will design your faction- one of the Great Clans, headed by a Jarl or lesser King- and your main character will begin at the Royal Moot at the Fanghall, with the other player characters.

This will be lowish fantasy, and while norse-inspired, we shouldnt feel particularly limited by that in creating the setting.

I would like all Clans to be mostly human, but in theory I'm ok with demi- or non-human characters and elements (eg, perhaps your Clan is allied with a giant tribe or your bloodline are implied to be werewolves, etc).

The culture, religion, history, etc of the Broken Lands- and indeed, the world- will be fleshed out by players. As always, I'm big on the collaborative world building.

Anyone interested?

Urban Fantasy RP?

Reminds me of one of the first RPs I played in. Count me in.

@Blubaron45

Sounds good. Two or three more folks and I think we can get started.

Urban Fantasy RP?

Could a street magician by day, criminal by night that's actually magical be a thing? Like a Now You See Me type deal.

@Skwint

Yeah sounds like a plan

Urban Fantasy RP?

There has never been a neo-noir urban fantasy in Advanced where I have not volunteered a sasquatch character, so, I volunteer a sasquatch character.

@DeadbeatWalking

that's sasquatches covered, then.