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Lost God Discussion Thread; OOC for the Lost God RP
Topic Started: Jul 11 2011, 02:18 PM (6,729 Views)
Darkom
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Interesting idea Duke. We'll see how it plays out. ;) And yes, it is to be expected with anything I have a hand in making. Originality was never my strong suit.

Ah, Crimson, excellent to see you here! :D I was hoping my recruitment PMs weren't in vain. We'd love to have you; if you want to read over the Appendix in the OP and start thinking up a character I'm sure we can fit him/her/it in. :P

Ask any questions you need, that's the only way we'll ever get a decent world fleshed out here. At the moment, no, I don't think they have any named ones, but that seems like a good addition. If you'd like to make a character from one you're more than welcome to, the lore behind the organization would be yours for the making. ;) The Church is slowly getting put together lorewise, so any additions you might have would be appreciated.
Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream. ~Mark Twain
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Duke Smugleaf
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Aug 1 2011, 09:51 PM
Hello. I'm Crimson Paladin, an RPer from the Elder Scrolls forums. Darkom brought me here and after some examination, this RP seems quite interesting.

As thee lore is being made for the RP, there are some things I'd like to know. For example, does the Church of the Light have any military orders?
Yes, it sure does. From what little we know of this church, it seems worse than Middle Ages Catholicism. :P
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Ambrose51
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The Church would have to, since they basically pulled my Knight Templar-ish character from death in order to fight for them. They'd probably be very militant, though no specifics on that matter have been brought up, to my knowledge.

Also, welcome, Crimson! Good to see you.
But mostly? The assorted plans at play here would be going very, very wrong due to the actions of a no-name, no-count, utterly talentless Magus by the name of Shirou Emiya. He had no magic worth mentioning, no combat experience of note, and no plan for or knowledge of the War he was about to enter. He did, however, have one trait that had derailed a countless number of such grand, far-reaching schemes throughout history.

You see, he really, really wanted to be a hero. -(Best description of the start of a Fate novel ever.)
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Duke Smugleaf
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I have a question. Isn't the reason Darkom is having everyone introduce their characters so that we can stop referring to each other by adjectives? Then why is everyone still calling Victoria "the floating woman?"
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blademaster
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I've been bugged by Darkom to get into this, however I'm not looking forward to reading through 16 pages of OOC chatter nor am I looking to make an overly complicated character or anything.

Basically, what kind of culture does this take place in? I saw the words Medieval so is it safe to assume that weapons, clothes, armor, etc should at least loosely follow that rough (and I mean rough0 time period?
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Colonel Mustard
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Word up, Crim-slice!

From what we're going for at the moment, the Church seems rather militaristic (and considering that they're tied up with the ruling of several kingdoms, this comes as no surprse). I would imagine them having a standing army of soldiers of their own, or possibly several Templar-esque knightly orders at their service that are largely independent of national ties, though a great deal of these soldiers/knights/knighty-soldiery-Frateris Militiay types would probably tied up with the Lord of the Dark's forces at the moment.
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Duke Smugleaf
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Aug 1 2011, 11:03 PM
Basically, what kind of culture does this take place in? I saw the words Medieval so is it safe to assume that weapons, clothes, armor, etc should at least loosely follow that rough (and I mean rough0 time period?
Yeah. Just typical, generic high fantasy stuff.
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Duke Smugleaf
Aug 1 2011, 11:02 PM
I have a question. Isn't the reason Darkom is having everyone introduce their characters so that we can stop referring to each other by adjectives? Then why is everyone still calling Victoria "the floating woman?"
Let's face it, it's a pretty major feature, and it's what marks her out. She'll probably be Victoria in time, just as Duhos will probably be Duhos eventually, instead of 'the walking statue.'
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Duke Smugleaf
Aug 1 2011, 11:02 PM
I have a question. Isn't the reason Darkom is having everyone introduce their characters so that we can stop referring to each other by adjectives? Then why is everyone still calling Victoria "the floating woman?"
Well, in my case, that's just my writing style. I don't use people's names if there's a defining characteristic I can get away with using, even with my own characters. :P

Don't know about everyone else, but like Colonel said, people will probably start referring to her by name eventually.
But mostly? The assorted plans at play here would be going very, very wrong due to the actions of a no-name, no-count, utterly talentless Magus by the name of Shirou Emiya. He had no magic worth mentioning, no combat experience of note, and no plan for or knowledge of the War he was about to enter. He did, however, have one trait that had derailed a countless number of such grand, far-reaching schemes throughout history.

You see, he really, really wanted to be a hero. -(Best description of the start of a Fate novel ever.)
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Duke Smugleaf
Aug 1 2011, 11:02 PM
I have a question. Isn't the reason Darkom is having everyone introduce their characters so that we can stop referring to each other by adjectives? Then why is everyone still calling Victoria "the floating woman?"
Cause she is ****ING FLOATING!

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But in all seriousness from now on I will but how often do you see someone FLOATING.
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Duke Smugleaf
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Just seems kind of funny is all. Darkom has us introduce our characters so that they can refer to each other by name, and yet still, no one refers to anyone by name. :P
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blademaster
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Is anyone gonna call me on it if I basically copy things from a bunch of different video games and form them into my character? I'm the first to admit I'm not very creative but I try to hide it by massing different aspects from many different things into one, hopefully unrecognizable, clump of a character.
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James
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I have a bard, you do't get more cliche than a bard, therefore I can't judge you for using a whole bunch of cliches yourself.
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Duke Smugleaf
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Aug 1 2011, 11:37 PM
Is anyone gonna call me on it if I basically copy things from a bunch of different video games and form them into my character? I'm the first to admit I'm not very creative but I try to hide it by massing different aspects from many different things into one, hopefully unrecognizable, clump of a character.
I just made my character(s) from D&D. So, it's perfectly fine.
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Crimson Paladin
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Thanks for the input. Another question (sorry if this has been discussed before, but like blademaster I'm not too keen on scrolling through 16 pages to find out): with the goddess gone, does that mean divine casters that drew power from her would be powerless, or can they still cast spells?
The stone cannot know why the chisel cleaves it;
the iron cannot know why the fire scorches it.
When thy life is cleft and scorched, when death and despair leap at thee,
beat not thy breast and curse thy evil fate,
but thank the Builder for the trials that shape thee.

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Colonel Mustard
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Casters gonna cast.

Yes, we've got several spellcasting characters already, and they are all capable of spells; generally, the current effect of the Goddess being gone seems to be a loss of the natural order of things, with plagues and famines starting as well as people generally getting more easily upset/highly strung as well.
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Duke Smugleaf
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Aug 2 2011, 12:28 AM
Yes, we've got several spellcasting characters already, ...
Well, actually, we only have one spellcaster...

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Thanks for the input. Another question (sorry if this has been discussed before, but like blademaster I'm not too keen on scrolling through 16 pages to find out): with the goddess gone, does that mean divine casters that drew power from her would be powerless, or can they still cast spells?
Honestly, we never actually formed any sort of "divine spellcaster," mainly because there's only one spellcaster, anyways. However, you're open to have any sort of magic you want (within reason, of course). There's no limitation on the types of magic available.
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Darkom
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Yes, that sounds good Colonel; I figured Sunkeep was kind of the Papal States, so they have an army and kingdom to themselves, but the Church also has a strong presence in many other kingdoms. They play an active role in politics, and would thus have plenty of knightly orders to enforce their wills. There aren't really any crusades, other than the occasional defense against the Dark Lord's invasions, so most of the knightly orders would probably be up in the northern kingdoms.

Ah, Blade, excellent to see you here as well! I must be more persuasive than I thought. :P We don't expect you to read through sixteen pages, but if you want to skim the Appendix attached to the OP it has a few tidbits. It's not done yet, because I'm lazy, but if you have any questions just ask. The general culture is going to be generic medieval fantasy, with the language primarily variants of English (naming your character Omayatori is frowned upon, but no one is going to stop you). Knights and castles and all that jazz, feudalism and whatnot; you know the drill. ;)

The goal of making it so stereotypical was so that everyone has complete freedom in creating their characters. You'll notice most of the countries aren't even named; that's because if you choose to make a character that comes from that kingdom, you have complete control over the culture, history, and everything else that has to do with it. Basically, if you think something would be cool and interesting to do, you are more than welcome to do it. I'm not very creative with characters myself, so anything you do should be fine. :)

Well, the way we put it, the disappearance of the Goddess is noticeable, but doesn't really change much in people's day to day lives. The priests who were in contact with Her (not literally, just like a presence in the back of their minds) lost any connection, but their magic still works. It may not be as powerful, but it's still functional. Magic is intrinsic to the world, it doesn't come from the Goddess. So if you wanted a holy caster that's fine; in fact, it would be pretty interesting and reasonable, considering the Church has a very strong interest in getting their Goddess back.

If you want to do a different kind of mage that's fine too; we're open to anything as far as the magic system goes.

Introductions are looking good everyone, keep up the fine work. ;)
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Evilpigeon
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Quick notes on the Order of Divine Light:

A rather fanatic and proactive sect within the church that believes that the Goddess works through people and thus it is up to them to impose her will upon the world. To this end they are known both for their generosity and willingness to aid the unfortunate (especially those who belong to their sect - think Freemasons) and also for their zealousness in dealing with those who oppose what they see as the Goddess' will. I.e. criminals, monsters, deviants etc etc etc. They can be quite harsh about this but, in their own warped way they're quite fair also. Whilst their treatment of Celaia hgas been quite cruel and their purposes manipulative, most humans would have put her to death out of fear.

Recently the Order has been reknowned for denying the dissapearance of the Goddess and continue to preach loudly about how it is man's duty to carry out the Goddess's will.
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Crimson Paladin
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Here's my draft for a faction. I presume the church has more than one military order; this is one of the less aggressive of them, inspired by the Knights Hospitaller. If there isn't any problem, I'll put together up a character.

Holy Order of the Sun
The stone cannot know why the chisel cleaves it;
the iron cannot know why the fire scorches it.
When thy life is cleft and scorched, when death and despair leap at thee,
beat not thy breast and curse thy evil fate,
but thank the Builder for the trials that shape thee.

-The Hammer Book of Tenets
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