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ANOTHER FUCKKEN FANTASY NRP

Meanwhile I just want to create a hybrid civilization based on the Franks, Japanese, and Polynesians.

@Gowi

That sounds kinda fun-but-hard to pull off.

But now I'm super-duper interested to see how it turns out.

ANOTHER FUCKKEN FANTASY NRP

@Jeyma @Dynamo Frokane
Low Fantasy dos! Humans only, minor magic if it helps the plot in the far-off corners of the world, but otherwise it's not really a thing.

Also, just a heads-up to the interested: I'm looking for a new map to have an NRP on a larger scale, since one giant Pangaea-landmass doesn't exactly beget a myriad of different cultures. The base continent will be mostly European in culture to satisfy those into the Temperate setting idea, and a few far-off smaller continents for those who want to play a different kind of peoples.

EDIT: [@Everyone] so while i look for this map, feel free to start giving me an idea of what you've got in mind so i know how far to space these continents.

@DeadBeatWalking

Excellent! You officially have the Jeyma Seal of Approval.

"feel free to start giving me an idea of what you've got in mind so i know how far to space these continents."

Be prepared for everyone to bombard you with specific requests.

Including me: I really want to RP a small chain of islands (think of Hawaii, but I'll probably give it a different style of culture) so please try to find or create a map that has at least one little island chain. If you can't, don't sweat it, I'll probably end up adding my own island to the map

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I feel so sorry for poor Sophia. I mean she just tried to help some dude, and she ended up exposing her Revenant mark, almost getting killed, having to defend some weird midget who "spins flesh", and now she's gonna be probably stalked by Nephilim to ensure that the aformentioned "Flesh-spinner" doesn't corrupt her into something like him. I mean... holy shit, has her day taken a turn for the worst.

No good dead goes unpunished.

And don't say a word @Jeyma

@Arkaotic

A word.

For dragon cave users. I'll click

Good man!

I'll do the same for you :D

EDIT: Or not... they're, uh, they're all dead.

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*Is jumping rope with the elves while trying to think of how to respond other than Wyn hitting the brakes in hopes of finding the Institute as well* XD

@SanaChan

Exactly why I tagged you in that post! I figured Wyn would want to jump on the Institute bandwagon as well.

Because how better to celebrate a huge argument that almost killed several people than going on a trip?

ANOTHER FUCKKEN FANTASY NRP

Expansive, would this be fantasy in terms of elf, dwarf and hafling races?

@Dynamo Frokane

@DeadBeatWalking
I want to know this as well.

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DeadBeat called this Low Fantasy, but as some of you probably know, that's a little vague. Primarily because there are two main definitions of "Low Fantasy" floating around the internet.

Low Fantasy definition numero uno.
The first is almost identical to any other fantasy, but magic is weaker or rarer. This would allow elves, dwarves, etc. Just so long as they don't go using magic to fly, or summoning giant snakes, or anything of the such. Magic is there and magic is used regularly, but it's not world-shockingly powerful or unfair. A good test for this is to ask yourself: could a nation with no magic or non-humans survive... or even "win"? If the answer is yes, but non-human nations exist and magic is still a regular thing, then it fits into this definition of Low Fantasy.

Low Fantasy definition numero... uh, two.
The second definition is more extreme, and is usually found in hardcore history buffs who just occasionally read Game of Thrones: there are only a few races other than humans, and they are normally distant or uncommon. Used only as occasional plot devices. Furthermore, the culture in this sort of LF is highly based on real cultures, especially medieval feudalism. It's basically a medieval fiction but sometimes someone uses really limited magic strictly for the sake of plot development.

I've seen Low Fantasy RPs and nations using both of those definitions, and both can be fun/successful, but it still matters a lot what the GM has in mind when he/she tells us we'll be a Low Fantasy RP.

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Pet monster.

@Emuxe

Haha. That whole post was more from Windleaf's perspective than Shertul's.

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And

"Not five hours ago I nearly lost a brother, nay, may still lose a brother! Not by lording it over a neutral, but by finding a cult trying to sacrifice YOUR. PEOPLE! Neutrals! To try gain some twisted favor from Alithe's wastes! Maybe your memories are too short but I assure you mine is not and it has always been this way"

Shertul responded in equal anger. "That's sad, of course, but it has nothing to do with me! I was not sacrificing the girl, nor have I ever sacrificed anyone. I will not be killed for another person's crime!"

While he spoke, the hidden third eye opened upon Shertul's forehead. All of his distortions were visible now. A woman in the crowd gasped. "Oh, please. Are you even surprised at this point?" A few relieving chuckles sounded off, at least. One of his normal eyes winked.

"The cold-hearted one is right," he confessed to his audience, "I am what I am completely by choice. It's magic." The chuckles turned to narrowed stares, and the half-horse swiped her sword through the air as if she could cut it. A warning. "I knew it! Monster! Abomination!" Each word was punctuated by a swelling in her chest, as if she was going to huff and puff and spew fire.


But the Fleshspinner ignored the centaur's posturing, turning on her like a cornered rodent, all claws and teeth and venom. "Have you ever seen what the Wasteland does to a soul? Have any of you ever seen what it can do to an innocent? Think of it: I was but ten years old, a starving child in the horror of Alithe's lands. I was smaller then than I am now. I never stood a chance at life, until the Fleshspinner mages took me in, taught me how to survive. I became what I am so I would not die."

Such shock ran through Windleaf that her hooves even reared up a bit. A mental vision assaulted her: an emancipated child forced into distorting his body to survive. Defying nature... simply for the right to life, the most natural thing of all. She had never before been made to feel sympathy for an unnatural.

The Fleshspinner's eyes darted between the warrior and Kaezira "And so would you." He met the stare of every face in the crowd, and some of them even returned his gaze. "Each. One. Of. You."

But the angel's eyes were locked into the farmgirl's.

"Just... go."

Windleaf's voice boomed with such force that Shertul almost thought he felt the ground shake. "No!"

What was she denying? Shertul's story? His release? Her pity for him? He didn't know, and neither did she.

But it proved not to matter. Before he could get himself in any more trouble, the farmgirl took her pet monster's hand and led him away from the Nephilim, the centaur, the crowd, and the execution.

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The brave centaur glared swords at the disgusting "Fleshspinner" escaping, but did not give chase. It was not the time. She came to Wellborough for supplies, not hobbyist monster-slaying.

Fittingly enough, supplies were still the last thing on her mind.

She was hoping to find the Institute, but it seems the Institute found her. Truly, Espeeria must be smiling on her today, for two Nephilim to simply appeared before her- one even came in a bolt of light from the sky itself! Even more fortunate, she was already given the perfect opportunity to prove herself, and to frighten away some scampering little abomination. Perhaps she did not need Raziel's aid at all: clearly, her Gods were watching.

She stopped just short of a gallop, for the sake of dignity, yet still she sped her way to the warrior and the wizard-angel. With the sort of straight-line bowing motion that could come only from years of military service, Windleaf introduced herself.

"I am Sutagara, a warrior from the tribe of Windleaf. I will be straight to the point: I need to be led to the Institute. I need to see it's library." She had that forceful-but-respectful tone most ex-soldiers could never shake-off speaking in.

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@Emuxe

The truth is inescapable.

In other news, I left hours ago and just got home. I have to go to bed soon. Be prepared for a short, rushed post.

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I'm like his fucking secretary.

@Emuxe

You're the GM. You're everyone's secretary. And idea man/woman. And critic. And primary plot designer. And... well, basically you do all the work so that other people can enjoy the RP more than you.