Post by Ashleigh on Mar 22, 2010 9:25:58 GMT -5
Introduction
If you are familiar with Dungeons and Dragons, you probably know the basics of how a D&D roleplay works. Some of you may be more accustomed to strict D&D roleplaying where there is dice rolling and stats involved. Ths roleplay is not like that. It is loosely based off of the Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game, and therefore not only leaves more room for story and actual roleplaying than math, but also allows people who are only mildly familiar with the game to join in this roleplay as well. Any information that is basic but needed will be posted both in this thread and in the Character Profiles thread for those less familiar with the game but still interested in roleplaying here.
What Kind of Roleplay is This?
The beauty of this roleplay is that you can choose from almost an endless stock of possibilities. You can choose to be a brave warrior who goes out and earns riches and glory in battle, or you can choose to be simple farming peasant living in a small village with your family. You can develop your character's personality and views in the roleplay or you can enter into a romance with either an NPC or another roleplayer. The only limit is your imagination (and our rules, but we'll get to that later).
Rules
I. Have fun.
II. No god-modding (no making your characters too strong or invincible).
III. Follow all forum wide rules.
IV. All characters must start out at the maturity age of their race or above.
V. Your characters cannot start out with romances/spouses or children. That is something your characters gain later on in the roleplay if you choose to take part in that aspect of the roleplay. The NPCs may have spouses, children and such.
VI. No OOC only posts. If you have OOC, make an IC post under it.
VII. This roleplay is a medieval fantasy, so obviously no modern technology that wouldn't have been in existence in the medieval era.
Updates
[No updates as of yet]
Places
Sandhirahn Forest: This is the dwelling of the elves, gnomes and halflings. Some half-elves and humans may reside here as well.
Chisel Mountain: This is the home of the dwarves. It lies a little way to the east of Sandhirahn Forest and is about a two day trek away. Some humans and half-orcs may also reside here as well.
Mount Crested: These harsh mountains are nearly uninhabitable and usually only half-orcs reside here. Mount Crested lies far to the north of both Sandhirahn Forest and Chisel Mountain and is easily a week's trek away.
Sentenial Village: This is an area largely inhabited by humans and half-elves. It is a small farming community and many of the folks here are simple peasants and merchants.
Important NPC Characters
Caelic Firesword - King of the dwarves. Representative of the dwarven race.
Arya Liadan - Queen of the elves. She's the representative of all the forest-dwelling races. She and Caelic are good friends and meet regularily to sort out their peoples' affairs.
Bundy Gordon - Mayor of Sentenial village. An overly pompous man with more ego than brain.
For more information about these characters, review their profiles in the NPC Profiles section of this board.
The Story So Far....
For those of you who wish to partake in the adventuring aspect of this roleplay, there is a mystery that must be unravelled.
Lately, there seems to be a large number of undead filtering their way into Sandhirahn Forest and terrorizing the inhabitants there. It hasn't proven to be too much for Queen Arya and King Caelic to handle yet, but the numbers are slowly growing and Caelic and Arya are becoming more and more concerned.
They've found that the undead seem to be coming from somewhere near Mount Crested far to the north, but the half-orcs do not seem to be a likely cause despite their home being there. Arya and Caelic suspect powerful magic and need brave adventurers to go seek out the source of the undead and destroy it before the growing numbers destroy their peoples' homes.