Re: Emoria: World-Building OOC

by **Shadow Moonseye** Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:04 pm

Okay everyone, I've got some bad news.

My computer picked up a virus either late last night or in the early hours of this morning. (I'm posting this from my mom's latop right now) I'm working on getting the Virus removed, however I do not know how long it will take. So, until I get it fixed my work process will be hampered, and my activity will be scarce. I'll still work on stuff by handwriting it, but again, until I get my compy fixed I can't get any of it up on here.

Sorry guys, I know that you all want to get started soon and I keep holding it back.

by **Gadreille** Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:05 pm

Dang those viruses!

I hae a question for you. If we started, do you think you know your character well enough to pump out an introductory post even if your character sheet is not up and running?

by **Shadow Moonseye** Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:09 pm

Yeah, they're all pains in the arse!

As for if I'd be able to do an intorductory post even though my char sheet isn't done, I think I might be able to. I might need to do a few exercises to get to know her better (and tell me her name and appearance...) then I should be able to.

by **Gadreille** Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:10 pm

OK. Good to know. I hope your computer gets fixed soon.

by **Shadow Moonseye** Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:12 pm

Thanks, me too.

I'll work on those exercises and all the other stuff that I can while I work on fixing it.

by **Bird of Hermes** Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:45 pm

Other than a few missing sheets, everything else appears solid. What else needs to be worked on? I have an abundance of time if anyone needs assistance.

by Guest Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:47 pm

Well I am all set myself, just waiting for it to start.

I would like to start soon as I have stuff coming up. SATs and ect.

Not enough to interfere in posting, but enough to restrict my online time a bit.

by Guest Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:25 pm

Sentient Species and Races in Emoria

I still need to add tynir, but I don't have that information yet. If I left anything out, please let me know.
The lists are rather compacted. Some people have a lot of information available, some people don't. I wanted the list to look uniform, rather than having some extremely detailed species and some with just a paragraph. So I took the most important information and put it in.

If I left anything extremely important out that you want mentioned, let me know and I will try to include it in.

If I left any other species or races out except the one I already mentioned, please let me know.

As far as humans, I only included the races of humans that were different from the others because of magical abilities. These typically stem from their religion, so I didn't delve into it deeply. Those without any distinguishing characteristics (Arbians, Spirian's, etc.) were left out. They will be included in political and cultural areas.

by **Bird of Hermes** Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:29 pm

Very nice, Silvone.

by Guest Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:30 pm

Thank you

Took me long enough...

by Guest Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:34 pm

Sythen have not been seen within the mountains of night.

They are not known to have a homeland of any kind and are known as highly reclusive wanderers.

by Guest Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:42 pm

Alright. Fixed.

by Guest Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:49 pm

Thanks.

It's just a rather important plot point.

by **Shadow Moonseye** Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:04 pm

Looks good, Silvone.

And update on my situation. I'm going to tentatively call it fixed, since I spent pretty much all day working at it and I think I solved everything. But, I'm not 100 percent sure, so the next few days will be the telling period.

And just so everyone is aware, Plague and I will be scarce tomrrow as he is flying home.

by **Gadreille** Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:34 pm

I added Lycans to the species list, as well as altered my character sheet to include a more detailed description of Jasidin society. I am now attempting to not call my people the 'sorceresses', because that only represents the female portion of the people. The correct term is the Jasidin, Sorceresses (female) and Saves (male).

by Sighlent Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:27 am

I regret doing this but I will NOT be participating in this. Do what you want with my world space, as I know it is generally tied into a lot of other people's ideas it would be wise to keep it. However, this is up to all of you. I do not want any PM's, Facebook messages, or anything of that sort as to asking me why but I'm basically leaving this site. I'm posting this here because practically everyone that I associate with is currently involved with this RP. There are a lot of negative issues factoring in to my leaving, but that is besides the point. My stay here at FOG has been one that I will never forget and I do love you guys but the winds of change have called and I'm afraid I must answer. This does not typically mean I have given up on Roleplaying. I will still be slightly active on RPG via the IRC. If for some reason you feel compelled to contact me my PM's for this site are linked to my E-Mail, and I do know that many of you have my MSN as well.

But this is, for all intensive purposes, my good-bye.

I'm sorry you guys.

Forever yours,
Sighlent

by **Gadreille** Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:48 am

Alright then, thank you for letting us know.

We will be keeping the area for now, and Kathryn will assume control over any issues that may reside there until we can figure out what to do with it. I've chosen Kathryn because she has the most invested in this land.

Our options include
a) dropping the nation (pretend it didn't exist)
b) wiping out the nation as a plot idea
c) keeping it as a non-playable nation
d) opening the nation up to a steward (either a completely new role player, or one of our nations taking over hers)

I am not a fan of option a, and I think option c would be complicated in the future.

Therefore, my votes are on b or d. I would love to hear your opinions, though.

by **Kathryn Lacey** Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:52 am

Personally, I want to keep the nation. I have no problems with presiding over that land as far as details and the like go until we can figure out what we want to do.

My favorite options are C and D, but I don't have a preference as to which one is chosen.

by **Gadreille** Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:02 am

Perhaps, if you have the time, you could gather what information of those lands can NOT change. Regardless of what option we go with, I would like to scrap as much of the details as possible to give new players more freedom, or if it is a non-playable nation, a lack of detail is a great way to give it a sense of mysteriousness.

by **Kathryn Lacey** Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:55 am

~~Well, I'll do my best to gather the basic information, but I'm not good at deciding what's necessary and what's unnecessary. ^o_o^~~

Nevermind. She's staying.

by Guest Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:45 am

I think it is time to get the ball rolling.

I think a good way to start this would be to have me post up one long introduction post that would describe the beginnings of our plot. But in order to do this, I would need to know who is kidnapped from where and why. I will need either PM's or a list of all the people kidnapped, where they were kidnapped from, how it was done, etc.

If no one agrees on this for a starter, then that is fine. But we need to discuss how it is going to be done.
If we go with my idea, then the beginning of our story will end up something like this:

-Introduction post by Silvone concerning basics of plotline, perhaps ending with introduction of Dasciis.

-Introduction posts from all of the characters currently participating, even if not traveling to the meeting.

-Ending post by Silvone describing the decisisons of the meeting and the tentative destinations of the various groups.

After the last post, I will create separate threads based on where we decide we are all going, and we can continue on from there. But none of this can happen if we don't actually start.

So...send me the information so I can get it started, or lets discuss a better way to do this. I'm certainly open for suggestions.

by Guest Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:29 am

Well how much detail do you want on the kidnappings?

by **Bird of Hermes** Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:05 am

I know who will be kidnapped from the Plane of Air, however, I don't know how they would be taken.

Does anyone have any ideas? Raptor, how would your character kidnap someone for the Plane of Air?

by Guest Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:12 pm

Raptorman wrote:Well how much detail do you want on the kidnappings?

Silvone Elestahr wrote:
I think a good way to start this would be to have me post up one long introduction post that would describe the beginnings of our plot. But in order to do this, I would need to know who is kidnapped from where and why. I will need either PM's or a list of all the people kidnapped, where they were kidnapped from, how it was done, etc.

Enough to make this possible? Tell me who was kidnapped, tell me where they were kidnapped from, and tell me how it was done. The amount of detail is up to you, but preferrably it is enought for me, or anyone else, to describe it In Character.

by **Bird of Hermes** Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:44 pm

Sentient Species and Races in Emoria

Some creatures for the Elemental Planes:

Spoiler:

Also, the information on the Elementals that I posted earlier should be included.

Perhaps in a Bestiary. As long as it is somewhere.

by Guest Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:35 pm

He has a way of sending someone there.

He does have a portal in the heart of the Darktower. He will send someone through that.

by **Hello Danger** Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:08 pm

Silvone, I believe the Aqualyts should be added to either the Culture or History and Lore sections, but I'm not sure which one... Sorry I didn't notice that sooner.

by Sighlent Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:48 pm

Currently putting the finishing touches and reworking my sheet at this very moment.

by Guest Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:55 pm

Sighlent wrote:Currently putting the finishing touches and reworking my sheet at this very moment.

I don't think I have spoke more than 2 or 3 sentences to you in the time I have been here, but I am glad you decided not to leave. It is never good to lose people.

by **Shadow Moonseye** Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:54 pm

I have a few questions for everyone.

First off, my character has only the faintest grasp of "Common" (that is what we're calling the nost used tongue, right?) So, when she talks a lot of it will be in her own language. So, my question is, when she's talking in her own language, do you want me to make up the actual language, or just write it in Italics so everyone knows what she's saying?

And my second question is about the council/meeting thing. Is it just for the purpose of finding out about the kidnappings, or is it more of a regular occurence for the leaders of the world?

As for my take on the who what should happen with the council, I would personally like to see everyone interacting. There's going to be so many opposing sides, and people will want to address their own issues and point fingers and all sorts of stuff. So, I think that we should all be allowed a few posts in it, and then one big post that sums up the decisions and stuff. Does that make any sense?

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