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Empires of Sand

Updated my sheet.

It is still not done and is subject to change. I filled in some of the blanks, but removed the wall of text about the Sea of Giants because I felt I was focusing too much on what is supposed to be a geographic feature - albeit an important feature - rather than, you know, the main focus. Most of everything I had written is still "canon" in my head, though, and I've saved it, so if anyone wants to know more about the Sea of Giants, just ask me.

I have to go do some stuff so I thought I'd post the update and take a break for now.

Empires of Sand

The map is still being worked up, and is being based partly on what players have described in their sheets. So far, no major bodies of water. There is one that is somewhat wide, but I think it's supposed to be shallow.

Empires of Sand

Here is my critique. It's not official so take it or ignore it.

I think the way they are currently described is not really what you would expect from beings created for the singular purpose of war. Realistically, you would not bother with things like breeding, emotion, or any of those "human" attributes. If we created war machines in real life, we would not even bother with putting skin on them. We'd make them robots with the singular purpose of waging war, because that is the most effective application for such a thing, practically and economically. Emotion is detrimental when your only purpose is to kill.

But I understand robots don't really fit in with the RP.

So what I would suggest, to explain why they still breed and all that, is maybe make them some conquered race of people that the Old Ones (is that what we're calling them?) annihilated and attempted to clone to be used as slaves (it would explain the emphasis on strength) with a little bit of genetic manipulation to make them ideal laborers. Ideally, though, you should shroud their origin in mystery because it wouldn't make sense for them to know exactly what they are.

Empires of Sand

@ClocktowerEchos Do the Oqer worship the Outsider?

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Maybe if we all work more towards integration. Maybe using a place or thing someone else has mentioned in their respective sheets? Make it more of a 'co-operative' worldbuild.

@Rhymer

I mentioned Farai in my uncompleted sheet. I might mention other things once I get around to filling in the other parts of the sheet. But before we mention anything, we should probably wait to see if that thing is approved. I mentioned Farai because it was relevant and it was approved.

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The vast majority of this world is trackless desert; borders mean nothing here. What good is an empire when its vast dominion is comprised of nothing but shifting sand? Its all about controlling the trade, the resources, the settlements, the money.

@gorgenmast

CREAM, get the money, dolla, dolla bill ya'll

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Looks dope bb

Empires of Sand

I updated my sheet in the character tab, specifically the section about the Sea of Giants. It's still far from finished but I thought I'd throw that in to spark some inspiration for everyone else, or something.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

"Like Aaron, but without ponies" - IGN

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Holy moly macaroni that artwork is great. I like that the airplanes actually look kind of alt-history and a bit wacky, especially the one getting shot.

Empires of Sand

I put up a work-in-progess.

It's not even close to being finished, but it's something. I still have to structure it all better and fix grammar and all that stuff for what I have written. I'm just posting what I have to show tangible interest and also call dibs on the idea of a sea of ship wrecks. The Sea of Giants may or may not be an old spaceship shipyard.