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Post by Dew on Sept 6, 2014 9:59:46 GMT -6
Ginger said in another thread of letting members create their own races, but I think there should be some basic rules in place so no ones creates a "race that is so powerful the gods wiped them out cause they were scared but one survived and they can kill everything they touch but only if they want to and they can control all the magic styles without any strings attached" races (I have seen something like this before sooo).
In a very general sense of these rules:
-No race is stronger/better than another on paper {basically, they can think they are, but all the current races seem to be balanced out pretty well in strengths and weaknesses, best to keep it this way}
-No race can escape: death or sacrifices required when leveling up {to prevent immortal races from popping up cause then they would be overpopulated due to science reasons even if they couldn't breed and yeah o3o no one likes someone that can skip out on painful things that can lead to strong character development}.
-Races must be described in detail with their weaknesses and strengths mapped out and balanced {five strengths = five weaknesses. No "they are half-man half-horse". Like, which part is the man and which part is the horse? What are they called? How did they come about?).
So yeah owo any suggestions to these? Tis just best to not let people have complete and total control over something a serious as species, only to have them get denied cause of silly reasons like "they control all elements and have no weaknesses" then have a fight start cause there were no rules in place saying 'no'. Nothing too strict, but something to map out what isn't needed/what is looked for.
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Post by Ginger on Sept 6, 2014 16:22:12 GMT -6
I actually saw it on another site last night and thought it was a cool idea, though thought about it today and thought it would end up being a bad idea... All you need is 1 chimera ant {who basically combines all race strong points to their own race for quick easy evolution} yeah... But you're right and I totally did not think of that while looking at another site, forgive me.
I started to think about Monsters and possibilities... When I got that one stupid book in my head.... The one where this Griffin ends up going to some sort of magical school and began to imagine a griffin in the King's tournament... It sounded fun to rp, but at same time a bit too chaotic for a controlled organized rp environment.
So Dew, what do you think? Should we have a set list of Monsters created by humans the rpiers can rp as characters/pets.... Then ignore all the whole member create a new race, or do a sort of every 3 months a poll to decide next site race? {maybe something that asks members to create their own then they choose most favorite... maybe every other 6 month for that event?}
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2014 20:33:48 GMT -6
I say Seraph, Downworlder, and Demon should be the next three races added. Here is a rough idea
Seraph: A rare anomaly, which an Angel and Human have a child since the darkness of angels usually kills more than gives life. Though lacking the amount of magical an angel has, it has much more power than a human and has more physical strength than human and angel. All Seraph's have the ability to hide their wings and all Seraph's wings are metallic silver
Downworlder: A more common happening than Seraphs, they always have a distinct feature that labels them as Downworlders. They lack the brute strength of Demons but have more magical strength than them
Demon: The main army of the Dark King by using massive amounts of dark magic, it raises a ghost from the dead and turns them insane giving them tremendous strength. They have lesser magic than Angels, but have 2 times the strength of Angels
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Post by Ginger on Sept 6, 2014 21:03:19 GMT -6
No demons, I don't want it seem like Angel vs demon or even put the idea into member's minds.
Seraphs on the other hand sound pretty interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2014 21:06:47 GMT -6
The Race came into my head when I was thinking of my character, son of a unloyal angel and a master witch, simple of that.
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Post by Dew on Sept 7, 2014 8:50:33 GMT -6
I think, as a good advertising component, is to let new members suggest species to an organized database in events or something, or to have a form to fill out they can PM all staff about. Staff will look over these species then release the best ones they think have the most potential (edited some, if needed, of course), and then letting members vote on them.
That way, members feel as if they have direct control over the species and their releases. Of course staff will decide when to do this and staff can also submit their own species, but it might be good to keep members active. Perhaps like 'every 10 IC post you can submit a new species'. That way members that want a new species will rp more to get them accepted.
I agree on Ginger for no Demons. There are a lot of Angel versus Demon sites out there and having this one not be one might bring in more traffic for guest. Someone might refer to their character as a 'demon' cause of their actions, but not any actual demon demons.
If we are suggesting species, I would go for the original fairy tale monsters. Like: Werewolf - four-legged and two-legged beast depending on power. Vampire - only the traditional no sunlight and no wooden stakes vampires. Fairy - dark or light. Species of these could mean the only magic they can use (no dark fairy can use light magic and vice versa). Witch/Wizard - pointy hats optional.
Just to give it a feel of many worlds and all and offering new levels of rp. Example:
A guest comes on and sees that there is no Harpy species. They do like the thought of rping as a Seraph (if they are added) or as a Werewolf (if they are added). They join and reach ten IC post and suggest the Harpy species. They decide they actually do want to stay on the site because it is fun to rp, and their species is accepted so more reason to stick around and make characters. Likewise, ten IC post should be enough to get members to see if they really want to stick around, but also not too much to suggest something.
Those are my inputs owo and hi, Verin! I'm Dew, nice to meet ya!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 11:13:11 GMT -6
It's nice to meet you Dew
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