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| 20 Apr 2012 03:53 PM |
(I reposted this after I realized that the "Re:" that's auto-added to the thread subject managed to push the title beyond the character limit, which may have stopped some people from posting.)
I want a role-play that's sort of like a hybrid between the typical Supernatural Fantasy setting, and modern day technology. Basically, it's a world (It's on Earth, preferably set in Europe) where Christian powers are real, like the Powers of God, Hell, The Underworld, etc. But the setting of the story itself isn't unlike the places you see today (Cities like London will remain virtually unchanged at first glance), and the same applies for technology.
Here's the thing - modern-day technology like guns, assault rifles, etc will only do so much damage compared to Holy or UnHoly powers. If you aren't purified or corrupted, you're stuck with weak ballistic weapons to survive and you probably won't survive more than a week. This kind of gameplay makes sure that you can only stay as a regular human for a short while before you either throw in your lot with Heaven or Hell.
With the advent of this kind of religious influence, society is also going to change. Stuff like fashion, ideologies, etc will be different. Though the geography and cities of the world will be more or less the same, there would be no countries of today. The territory that is drawn on the landscape will be from multiple unique factions, each with their own ideology. For example, I can very much imagine the Vatican as the capital city of a massive Empire for the devout Christians who seek salvation from the forces of the corrupted supernatural (IE, other factions elsewhere).
And though the world will be controlled entirely by humans (Daemonic forces will be controlled by human masters), there will be some wiggle room for subspecies. Vampires (NOTE THAT THE TERM "VAMPIRE" REFERS TO A MODEL SIMILAR TO THE VAMPIRES FROM HELLSING (See: Alucard for an example), AND NOT OF SOMETHING LIKE TWILIGHT (No offence, Edward, but you're just not cut out for this kind of RP). JUST TO GET THIS OUT IN THE OPEN SO THAT NO ONE WILL HAVE TO ARGUE OVER IT), Werewolves, Angels, etc, will all be playable subspecies. SUBSPECIES WILL NOT BE MADE ON THE SPOT, AND SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST SOME BASIS IN THE LORE OF RELIGIOUS TEXT OR FROM OTHER REAL-WORLD MYTHOLOGY. Keep in mind that weaknesses, like Vampires' and Werewolves' weakness to silver weapons will be in play.
Weaponry will be a mix between modern and ancient/medieval influences. For example, a Holy warrior/mercenary might have a blessed revolver with silver enchanted bullets to fight off hordes of the Supernatural. Generally, these enchanted weapons should have less of a "modern" design like AKs and other 1950-present guns. Melee weapons are almost all welcome, as the nature of the RP pretty much puts both ranged and melee on the same level of play. Be creative. Like, I'm talking about Holy swords, scythes, huge blades in the shape of a cross, etc.
Magic like witchcraft isn't something I've carved out completely, but I'll let you figure it out if you want to hop on the bandwagon to make this RP. Keep in mind, this is still deep in the drawing boards, so don't expect anything made in this collab thread to be permanent. |
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| 20 Apr 2012 04:09 PM |
| Huh, now RP's up to speed? |
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| 20 Apr 2012 04:26 PM |
| Come on, come on! There's vampires in this RP, damn it! I swear, there's supposed to be 10 people smothering this thread over just that! |
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| 20 Apr 2012 04:33 PM |
Good so far. I WANT MOAR! ⊂=-҉Ξ҉-=⊃====⊂=-҉Ξ҉-=⊃ There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay here.
The other is to walk round the whole world till we come back to the same place.
- G.K. Chesterton
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magma72
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| 20 Apr 2012 04:46 PM |
| I love it, what do you need help with? |
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| 20 Apr 2012 04:50 PM |
| I basically want you guys to flesh out some of the factions in the role play (Make them somewhere in Europe, because that's where the Roleplay will take place). Bonus points if you base them off of real world counter-parts (The Catholics, Protestants, etc). |
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| 20 Apr 2012 05:05 PM |
| Guys, guys? Where aaaare you? |
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magma72
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| 20 Apr 2012 05:05 PM |
| Perhaps one of the factions could be based off of the Quakers, who desire to end the feud. |
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| 20 Apr 2012 05:09 PM |
Good, good! Keep these ideas down!
I also want a Holy faction that uses Unholy methods for their own cause (Anti-supernatural), which they argue to be harmless because of their motives but are exiled/considered controversial by the other Holy factions. Sort of like the Hellsing organization. |
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| 20 Apr 2012 05:12 PM |
Aww, snap.
I've got to go with my parents to do stuff about our passports (We just became Canadian citizens on Monday), so I have to be away in a bit.
But I'll message you tomorrow about the collab once I get online, all right? |
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magma72
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| 20 Apr 2012 05:16 PM |
| Ok... Oh and congrats on your new citizenship. :D |
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even1001
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| 20 Apr 2012 05:21 PM |
| Make athiests who try and make peace with both factions (They'll still join a faction) |
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| 20 Apr 2012 08:05 PM |
I sort of think that the whole idea of the works of God and Satan depicted in the material world practically makes the whole atheist faction concept obsolete. If anything, they'd be a small bunch of people in the RP world not unlike our conspiracy theorists we have on Earth.
(I'm agnostic-atheist, by the way.
But I don't like atheists that argue about religion a lot.) |
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| 20 Apr 2012 09:47 PM |
Catholics=Very Strict Religious Peoples Protestant=Kinda like Catholics but less strict and beliefs are a bit changed Orthodoc=A small mixish
(BTW, I want to be a Catholic German Nation) |
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| 20 Apr 2012 09:56 PM |
(The German Catholic nation can be by all means accepted. I also want to let there be tensions between the Catholic and Protestant factions.
As for the Hell-controlled cities, I want them to be very much like the simple opposite of a typical zealous Holy city, with its own worshippers of the underworld, free roaming citizens with resentment for the other side, etc. I want to make it so that the humans who have chosen to throw their lot in with the Hellish powers have willingly done so, having been outcast or having lost faith in God log ago. They regard Satan as the true salvation, and condemn the lord as a false God. |
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| 21 Apr 2012 01:02 PM |
| Damn it, damn it! Is it really that hard to make a collab thread in RP? |
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| 22 Apr 2012 07:33 AM |
Factions..... Um....
A faction with a lot of explosives?
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