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My idea was to have a mythological world, where gods, magic, etc. are real. We could either use the geography of earth or play on a flat world that we keep on adding on to. Starting somewhere in the Bronze age would probably be best. I have a couple of ideas as to how this would work but I'd like some ideas/comments from people.
This is just to find out how much enthusiasm there would be for something like this.

It may seem nice, but a world with such a magnitude is simply too complicated (no pun intended). Godmoding will be a major factor, and it's near impossible, even if the RP is made up of entirely seasoned RPers.

It may seem nice, but a world with such a magnitude is simply too complicated (no pun intended). Godmoding will be a major factor, and it's near impossible, even if the RP is made up of entirely seasoned RPers.


I will be god (and there may be sub gods) and control bad RP

eg. (to a bad RPer) "A plague comes down and wipes out your entire population, then suddenly stops before passing your borders. Goodbye."

And I obviously will need help at controling everything (Anybody want to volunteer?).

It may seem nice, but a world with such a magnitude is simply too complicated (no pun intended). Godmoding will be a major factor, and it's near impossible, even if the RP is made up of entirely seasoned RPers.

And why's that? No RP is too complicated for seasoned players, for what I've seen, and I don't understand why godmodding would be more presented in this game than any other :confused:

Well, it's the action of being actual Gods...I would be definetly interested; in playing a God; and the race that worships him :D

I'd be interested, probably using my puppet Khurgan, and probably devoting them to the Gods of Chaos.

I'm interested, can put a kingdom up in few minutes...

And dont wory abouth RP, i'm a big fan of fantsy, and i wrote many stories, curently working on a book, more than 150 pages... :cool:

So this will end up like as Black and White?

Be gods....control the people....attack others and have rampant chaos and war?

I bet most of you are slightly able to recall Black and White or at least have heard of it.

I'm interested, can put a kingdom up in few minutes...

And dont wory abouth RP, i'm a big fan of fantsy, and i wrote many stories, curently working on a book, more than 150 pages... :cool:

LOL same as me. Except all my good ones are FT now. Kyanges took some of my essential info I had planned out for a new thing on NS to....he'll give it back I hope. Though this means I don't trust people with my unfinished products!

Mmmmm, let's prove to Jenrak that seasoned players can make even this to a working RP! :D

I'll come up with a people, culture and a god as soon you want me to post it, Druidae.

Bet this is dead x-x

Bet this is dead x-x

If so, not because of the idea. It was good. Only thing that can kill this is attitude like that you're presenting, and the inactivity of the creator.

If so, not because of the idea. It was good. Only thing that can kill this is attitude like that you're presenting, and the inactivity of the creator.

Yes that is what I was refering to. Though the idea IS good, the format in which to play it is not adequite.

My original idea was to have the choice between controlling a kingdom and worshiping a god/gods, or being a god and bestowing your graces to kingdoms which worship you. I'll put up some sort of rules summary later today, and then we can start setting up. But you still haven't answered one of my questions, round or flat world?

Round; a flat world is impractical, unless its on four elephants, balanced on the shell of a giant space turtle...

why not, this is a mythological world. But what I meant was something where we can add more land to the edge if we want to add more players, but we don't have massive stretches of unused land. Round is fine by me though.

OOC: OK i was wrong...for now.

The world can't be flat...but in all reality the size wouldn't be too large to ever cross back? Is that what you meant?

OOC: OK i was wrong...for now.

The world can't be flat...but in all reality the size wouldn't be too large to ever cross back? Is that what you meant?


Yeah, you can put it that way. And I won't decide what's on the other side untill it becomes important. Is that fine?

OK...have a map?

OK...have a map?

Not yet. I'm hoping to get one started by tomorow. Unless someone else would like to do so? I'm not that good an artist.

Unfortunately I have holidays next week, so my access to a computer will be limited. Does anybody want to help take the sign-ups? We can start next week then (sorry).

I'm just doing the rules now. I'll have them done in a bit. Then we can start signing up.

*me sticks up hand*

there still room?

*me sticks up hand*

there still room?

We haven't started yet. We're starting sign ups in a minute once I'm done writing the rules.

We haven't started yet. We're starting sign ups in a minute once I'm done writing the rules.

good point

i'll be quiet now ._.

Round; a flat world is impractical, unless its on four elephants, balanced on the shell of a giant space turtle...

Then we should watch our backs for 2-meter tall dwarfs wearing a Ankh-Morpokh City Night Guard uniform, and none of us wants that, right? :p

I prefer ever-present Igors :P

Then we should watch our backs for 2-meter tall dwarfs wearing a Ankh-Morpokh City Night Guard uniform, and none of us wants that, right? :p

I remind you that this is a mythological world. I can put about anything into the game. Hell, a player may take control of a race of 2-meter tall dwarfs if he likes.

I remind you that this is a mythological world. I can put about anything into the game. Hell, a player may take control of a race of 2-meter tall dwarfs if he likes.

uh oh, someone hasn't read Discworld O_O

World of Mythology

This is an RP game in which players either play as a kingdom and try to control the world, or as a god and try to help your faithful to victory, and smite down the unfaithful. The game will start with early bronze age and end whenever technology becomes difficult to combine with the magic [1850s?].


General

The time scale will start at 1 real day = 1 game year. It will be slowed down when necessary (major wars and similar). If nothing is happening, the gods will be prompted to cause some major event. New players can always be added during the game. Gods are obliged to help noobs so that they have a chance at getting a good start. Each nation has one main god, who is responsible to enforce proper play. A god can be the main god of more than one nation. Good role playing is enforceable, and gods will punish bad Role Players. Battles will be resolved by the concerned parties. If they cannot agree, the main gods of the nations will decide. If they cannot agree, I will decide.


Gods

(Please note that I do not count a normal god in these rules)
When a player creates a new god, he must give himself: A name, a domain (as in what he’s the god of), an alignment (Good/Evil, Chaotic/Lawful), and anything else which my be necessary to describe the god. I will then assign some nations to believe in him and at least one nation to have him as head god. A god must be fair, He may not ignore gifts from a nation and cannot favor a nation which does nothing to worship him. Different gods have different powers and amounts of power. A god’s power will notably depend on how many nations worship him, a god worshiped by a barbaric tribe will have notably less effect on the game as a deity worshiped by 20 world superpowers. I will tell each god what powers he has and how frequently he may use them. If a god wants another power, he may ask me and I might accept. Gods which Role Play badly will have powers removed and I will have worshipers forget him.
Gods may also take a physical form. This can either be as an apparition, in which case he cannot take any major action, like joining a battle (however, you may come down in the form of a bull and rape an innocent maiden). Otherwise a god may be a mortal with god-powers. It will not die of old age but you can be stabbed, poisoned, etc. If it dies the player will continue as a normal god. This is interesting as a major advantage in battle, or a goddess can marry a king and be extremely helpful to one nation.
As gods, you are responsible to ensure good Role Playing. Smite down the bad players with all your wrath.


Kings, Emperors, And Similar

When a new nation is created, it will have one large town and the area around it, or something equivalent. It will be assigned a main god, but it may choose any other gods to worship. They may also be assigned other gods to “believe in” The player will be allowed to decide on the kind of culture his nation has, including language, moral values, religion, and everything else interesting. Remember that nations must not necessarily be human. Each nation will create characters for important roles in their nation, the king obviously, and things like high priests, generals and any other important character. If a player wishes to give a character magic powers, he can ask a god. Gods may also provide you with powerful heroes now and then, or powerful characters opposed to the moral values of your nation. Good Role Playing will of course be enforced by your gods, and a god which you do not “believe in” may not directly affect your nation. If you think a god is being unfair, you may telegram me about it.


Battles

A nation may send an army out to attack another nation at any time. The player informs that nation of anything it should know about it, and his opponent’s main god about anything he shouldn’t know. The nation being attacked then explains his reaction and says what that player’s main god then tells the result of the battle. No changes can be made from this point. If both nations agree the god’s judgment was unfair, they may agree upon how the battle went and cancel the god’s judgment. Else, the god’s judgment is final. Remember that you can always report an unfair god to me. The defender thus has an advantage because if his god is favorable to him he may give him some info about the enemy before the battle, but the judgment must be 100% unbiased.

Ok, anything to edit? If not, start signing up.

uh oh, someone hasn't read Discworld O_O

Um... What's discworld? :confused:

Um... What's discworld? :confused:

*me dies*

Info on Discworld (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld)

Discworld...one of the greatest things ever writen.

I would have some questions:

-Wouldn't be better if the players would RP battles, if you dont have an idea how this would work, check this thread, in wich we played a Napoleonic battle: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=446219&highlight=presente+arms

-Will each player create a news thread for his nation?

-I was already thinking of my nation, i think i'll make a Skaven like nation (from Warhemmer), if that is ok?

Well; I'll probably be of a nice dark Chaotic Evil alignment; with a blighted people as my servants; nice and dramatic :)

ima go with my 1ft small annoying halfling nation, it's all good.

Discworld...one of the greatest things ever writen.

I would have some questions:

-Wouldn't be better if the players would RP battles, if you dont have an idea how this would work, check this thread, in wich we played a Napoleonic battle: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=446219&highlight=presente+arms

-Will each player create a news thread for his nation?

-I was already thinking of my nation, i think i'll make a Skaven like nation (from Warhemmer), if that is ok?


RPing battles is best, but people wont always have time and be on at the same time, so RP if you want, otherwise work it out however you want. My thing is just a recomendation.

Yeah, each player should pobably start his own thread, but don't until this one becomes insuficiant.

Ok, you can post any information you want about your nation now.



Anyone else who's interested: we need some gods. I'd say about 4/5 to start. And like 10 nations?

Try to avoid quoting like I did in my last post. Unless it's really short parts.

can't we post up a god and a nation?

Well; I'll probably be of a nice dark Chaotic Evil alignment; with a blighted people as my servants; nice and dramatic :)

Perfect for Skavens. Be his main god. (I know they're not "blighted", but close enough.

can't we post up a god and a nation?

I'm not so sure that would work out. Can you trust people to RP that well? They'd always give themselves an advantage.

I'm not so sure that would work out. Can you trust people to RP that well? They'd always give themselves an advantage.

yeah i guess your right

Abouth the battles, if the players want, a god/Dm/moderator decides the outcome, if they want, they RP it and they each post their actions, and then a god (wich is not a god of either nation) tells what the attack/defence... was sucesful of not...

I will create my race thread tommorow, and here is some basic info on the Warhammer skaven: http://uk.games-workshop.com/skaven/

Abouth the battles, if the players want, a god/Dm/moderator decides the outcome, if they want, they RP it and they each post their actions, and then a god (wich is not a god of either nation) tells what the attack/defence... was sucesful of not...

I will create my race thread tommorow, and here is some basic info on the Warhammer skaven: http://uk.games-workshop.com/skaven/


I play warhammer it's all good, but there are various types of skaven tribes. Put it on your thread.


Oh yeah, gods shouldn't bother with their own threads, just post on the nations.

Can anyone draw really nice maps on their computer? I'll tell you the kind of thing I'd like and you can draw it because my attempts are not working out.

Oh yeah, spooty, I know you're an experienced RPer, so can you take care of preparations next week, I might not have much access to computers. Unless someone else would rather do it?

Delagation, delagation...

Oh yeah, spooty, I know you're an experienced RPer, so can you take care of preparations next week, I might not have much access to computers. Unless someone else would rather do it?

whats happening next week that i have to prepare?

whats happening next week that i have to prepare?

recruiting, sign-ups, assigning gods and stuff like that. Not much, but I might not be able to do much of it.

ah right, oki i think i can handle that.

What do you want to be the god of Chronosia? war, The underworld, luck... ?

One question - Is this also the Signup-thread?

Penguins...Or Cheese! CHEESE PENGUINS!

Nah; I shall be the Lord of Death; Patron of the Necromancers of Upper Etrikis

I'll sign up if there's room left.

Also Chronosia, there's a post waiting for you in the thread about our war. Lemme see if I can find a link to it.

Chronosia:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=449467

And what is this earth called? For the name of the thread i men, like:
Skaven news thread (earth ....)?

And i think i'll made up my clan, it will not be any of the big clans...will there be the Horned rat involved :rolleyes:

And an off topic question, wich race do you play in Warhammer?

Hey this sounds interesting. Are there any spots left for Gods or races?

Edit: Also, I think I could whip up a pretty good map, so if anyone wants to TG what should go on it...

I think many places...

umm, Druidae has vanished so i guess i'll havt to answer your questions, umm, I beleive that yes this is indeed the sign up, I think the Earth should be called Earth Mythology, or EM, there are plenty of spaces left and i'm not sure if there is a limit so keep recruits coming, you think many places what?

I think many places/spots are still opened, that is what i ment...

I think he said 4-5 gods and 10+ races...

We should really make a more formal thread for all this with an updated first post. Lets give it a few days to see if Druid comes back. Otherwise lets make a new more formal thread.

I volunteer one of my puppets, Kargucagstan, to RP a god. I have a lot of time to devote to Nationstates each day, so that's a good thing. I also have a good understanding of mythology (I have Age of Mythology, Black and White, and an encyclopedia of Norse, Celtic, Egyptian, and some other regions), and a pretty wicked imagination, if I do say so myself.

If accepted, id probably be able to come up with a god by tomorrow or the next day. Hell, since I'm kind of the first guy to volunteer, I could even be the king of the gods *evil grin*

If accepted, id probably be able to come up with a god by tomorrow or the next day. Hell, since I'm kind of the first guy to volunteer, I could even be the king of the gods *evil grin*

well now that you mention it Chronosia was the first God volunteer, he's still smoothing out the cracks in his creation but he's pretty much got a working god.

All right, can't argue with you there, but I ask you: did he ask to be king of the gods first?

Haha, I'm just kidding about all that. I think it would be a bad idea to have any form of official hierarchy for the gods, as whatever nation was favored by the elite dieties (deities?) would almost always prevail.

I'd like to RP a god.

I volunteer one of my puppets, Kargucagstan, to RP a god. I have a lot of time to devote to Nationstates each day, so that's a good thing. I also have a good understanding of mythology (I have Age of Mythology, Black and White, and an encyclopedia of Norse, Celtic, Egyptian, and some other regions), and a pretty wicked imagination, if I do say so myself.

If accepted, id probably be able to come up with a god by tomorrow or the next day. Hell, since I'm kind of the first guy to volunteer, I could even be the king of the gods *evil grin*

I thought the point was to not have someone RPing a nation and a god...

I would be interested in being a god of some sort, and his servants. Seems like most people are going for "evil" gods so I figure I will be a kind one. Perhaps the god of respect, hospitality, and acceptance. Or something along those lines. His servants would be stillborn undead. Sounds crazy but if you guys like the idea I can go into more depth.

I was actually planning on being a more neutral god...

Fine, fine. My god and servatns would pretty much refuse to fight with only a fw exceptions.

Fine, fine. My god and servatns would pretty much refuse to fight with only a fw exceptions.

Oh, no. My statement wasn't at all reflecting your want to have a semi-peaceful god. I was merely mentioning it, because you had said most people were choosing evil or chaotic gods. Be whatever God you want...

I belive that will be enough gods soon, we would need some nations (we have....2 i think)

Ok, so everything is starting well. I'll just clarify a couple things.

I'm head God. Hierarchy below me is decided by who has more worshipers. This also decides how powerful you are, the more worshipers the more power. Remember that gods are meant to protect weaker players though.

This thread is getting a bit confusing so can everyone who wants to sign up send me a telegram saying briefly what you want to be.

I thought we could keep on adding more nations and gods during the game. I said about 5 gods and 10 nations before we begin.

If you can control both god and nation fairly, fine, but wait so that I can split them up to different regions.

Crucible, i'll telegram you as soon as I can about the map. I generated a nice map on civ II editor which i'll describe to you so you can make it nice and fantasy looking. Thanks a lot if you're willing to do it.

I play sylvan elves in warhammer to whoever it was that asked, but I used to play orcs.

I thought the point was to not have someone RPing a nation and a god...

Where does it say I wanted to RP a nation as well?

We need some people to play nations, as right now everyone as far as I can see is a god. I think if no nations join we should make another thread for nations only to join, and state in it god's have already been picked. Dunno.

Sounds like a good idea to me. Now, as a god, would we be able to place curses? Like, since I'm the god of defenses and smiths, could I curse a nation that has offended me so that their walls crumble, their armor rusts, and magic deserts them?

Sure, but I think like all things in NS, it is up to the player what happens to them. So you could state that you are cursing them and if it is all RP'ed nice and well they will most likely accept it. However, one must be very careful with dealing out punishment as, A. if it is unjust the nation can ignore it, and B it is a godmod, but we are gods so it is "more acceptable". However being godmoded even by a god can be very frustrating and many countries may leave if they feel they have been wronged.

Very true. Perhaps there needs to be laws governing curses? Like maybe you can only curse nations that used to worship you but now offend you, or enemies of your nations, and you can only curse your domains (like, if you are the god of fire, your curse would extinguish all fire in the nation or something)

I dont think we need rules... just be sparing and logical in your curse uses. And unless you have their permission never wipe a nation from the face of the earth.

My thoughts are following: most of us, propably all, have played a nation. In one form or another, that is the main way of RPing in NS. Also, ordinary character-RP's are quite common in here.

That's why I think this idea was so cool; I have never seen a God-RP. I think that is the case with all of us. Therefore it is understandable that we all are anxious to try it, to try to play a god.

It would be rather unfair, IMO, to let only some of us to play god while rest are forced to do the common nation-stuff. That's why I'd vote for

1 player, 1 people/race/nation, 1 god.

I don't see the godmodding as a problem here, even if one god could just kill the whole population of some nation that is enemy of his people. Then the other guy would just do the same, so there's no idea in doing so. Pretty much as with WMD's. Of course, we could also just agree not to RP such crap.

In game terms, the gods have decided, when the world was created and the intelligent creatures splitted between them not to do any personal acts, but to use their creatures for the fighting. See where I'm heading? The gods just interrupt the dreams of their prophets or something like that, telling what to do.

Perhaps there could then be some Übergods above the common ones, if we feel such needed. They don't have own peoples but are somewhat mightier that the ordinary gods?

This way everybody could play a god, which I think is the coolest and most original idea of this RP. What do you guys think?

Sounds ok, but i'm fine with RPing only a nation, i don't like RPing gods.

Also, again before i crate my thread, what is the earths name (MT is taken)?

I'm bored, and when I'm bored species tend to be created...

The Caer'no-dein, or Dark Elves as they are known in the common tongue, are a fierce people who can trace their ancestry back to the very first Elven kingdoms. Their fair skin and delicate features can be misleading, as they are a bloodthirsty people who have fought millions of wars over eons beyond recorded history. The Witch King and the Order of Witches rules with an iron fist, and daily sacrifices to their god Kar'ne claims thousands of lives. Theirs is the gift of cunning and guile, they are the masters of the art of war; their infamous raider parties can strike anywhere without giving the enemy a minute to prepare.
Descendant of the High Elves, they retain the small statue and delicate lines of that people, but have abandoned the old ways of decadence and poetry, choosing to tread the path of the warrior. Such is their devotion to the God of Slaughter Kar'ne that every citizen serve a minimum of two years in the army, bolstering the ranks of the infantry. It is the priveliege of the nobles to serve in the renowned cavarly of the Dark Elves, to ride into battle on gargantuan serpents that spit fire and brimstone upon the fool who dares to challenge the might of the Caer'no-dein.

Ruled from the castle of Caelwar-dein Nomar, the empire is located in the midst of the volcanic ashland of Nagger, on the banks of the river Ael'ver Don.

We could call it Earth Fantasy...

Eh, correct me if I'm wrong but I thought this was supposed to start from something like Bronze Age (wasn't that said in some of Druid's early posts?
And that everyone has only one town at the beginning?

Yes, bronze age+magic, one town to begin with (or town-like thnig)...

Earth Fantasy (EF) sound ok, what does the rest of ya say?

Eh, correct me if I'm wrong but I thought this was supposed to start from something like Bronze Age (wasn't that said in some of Druid's early posts?
And that everyone has only one town at the beginning?
Ah, yes. Forgot about that.

I like the idea of 1 god and nation to every player, it gives a better sense of realism rather than having for example an evil warrior god worshipped by 1 foot high halflings, i think we also need to tackle the problem of.... whats that word for multiple gods, the opposite of montheism, Polytheism! Yeah, that, ummm, maybe not, but yeah 1 god and race to each player.

whats that word for multiple gods, the opposite of montheism, Polytheism!
Maybe pantheism would do the trick, kathenotheism would do just fine and henotheism would be even better.

I liked the way it was before, with multiple nations for every one god. God sign ups were first come, first serve. Besides, if everyone was a god, I think it would loose all it's exciting freshness. I don't want to worry about creating yet another civilization on top of all the others I run, so I would have to drop out if you decide to go with Madnestan's idea.

Besides, shouldn't we wait for the creator's opinion?

Yea I am more into just RP'ing a god and his few servants. I have enough nations to worry about as it is, lol.

One more thing, Madnestan: You mentioned that gods should be restricted to working through their priests, and in the most part I agree. If all the gods were released on the earth willy-nilly, then we would have the apocalypse within minutes. However,i think the gods should have some control over the physical realm, either through avatars, champions, and the occaisional smiting (like Zeus with his lightning bolts).

I'm with Einhauser on this one.

Of course you would like to have that, as you play gods. Spells aren't enough, you want supercharacters also, with godly powers... The way I see it, you are fine with the idea of only couple of gods as you both have already "taken a seat" :rolleyes:

"First come, first serve" as you have already secured the role of god if that logic is used, hmmm?

Blatant.

However, not my thread here, it's up to Druidae to decide what to do. Just that I aint going to play the normal nation-stuff with these guys who shouted how they want to be gods in their first post's and after that are perfectly fine with the idea of letting the others crawl in the dirt as ordinary humans :p

Ah, but you wouldn't be playing just a normal nation, for you could curry the favor of the gods themselves! What nation can claim that honor today?

However, not my thread here, it's up to Druidae to decide what to do. Just that I aint going to play the normal nation-stuff with these guys who shouted how they want to be gods in their first post's and after that are perfectly fine with the idea of letting the others crawl in the dirt as ordinary humans :p

Shhh! We dont want other people to play the gods with us! :D Jeeze! lol I am really fine either way, but I would prefer just to play a god and his few servants. However, that wont change a ton if I play a nation as well, but just being a god would let me be more hands off and peaceful than if I had a nation to defend.

Besides, Madnestan, you had plenty of time to volunteer for the god duty. This thread was active for an entire day before I even noticed it.

Yea, I wanted to see the actual rules of this RP that was merely in stage of planning... I thought it silly to start telling what sort of a god or what type of a culture would I like to create as I saw this yet nothing but a planning thread. Which, IMO, it still is.

"Signing up" means in this case, for how I get it, saying that you would like to participate. Perhaps I was wrong, all I needed was to say I'M THE GOD OF WAR!!!11 and leave it there....

*cough* if you look closely at my first post on here, you can see that I did not say what kind of god I was. I merely volunteered my services, and my god developed into Oricaelchos (the god of defenses and smiths) overnight. Besides, I believe there is still an open god spot, as Druidae wanted 4-5, and I think we have 4.

who are the four?

:rolleyes:
We certainly have a fundamental difference in the ways of thinking... But whatever. If this is to be played like you guys want it, then I'll be some god or just drop out. At the moment, all we can do is to wait for EDIT:Druidanea (WOOPS! Well THIS was embarrasing...) to sort this out.

Well, as far as I can tell the four current gods are:

Chronosia (playing the Lord of Death)
DMG (playing ???)
Einhauser (playing Orichaelchos)
The Infinite Cruicible (playing ???)

We also have Druidae playing the king of the gods, but as he said, he doesn't count.

Ok, I just figured out that we need five gods. Four won't work becuase Druidae wants 10+ nations, and if we only have ten, then each god would have to hold 2 1/2 nations. Of course, evey third kingdom could be Polythiestic, which would solve our problem, but that would give them an unfair advantage over Monothiestic nations.

I'm going to head downstairs for a few hours now, but ill be on to check this thread later tonight. Hopefully Druidae can log on by then...

I believe we have enough gods for now... especially ones that will be only partially active.

What do you mean partially active?

What do you mean partially active?
I said I wouldn't be incredibly active, but I'd try and come on here whenever I could. I guess I wouldn't probably end up finding time with my busy schedule at the moment though

Ah, my mistake. I didnt get a chance to see your deleted post.

So, is it 4 or 5 now? And there is no need for nations being polytheists, some gods would have 1 nation, some 2 and some 3 that would worship them, it depends of waht players RPing races would decide, wich would again depend of the gods work (RP) and dominion.

And we realy need more races/nations/civilzations, for now we have 1ft tall halflings and my Skaven...

*cough*we've got my elves*cough*

Sorry, 3 it is! We need many more...

Hey Liberty, do you play Dark elves in WH? My brother does, and i have the High elves, but I play with my Khorn Chaos, in 24 battles I had 24 victories with them :cool:

Here is a background story form my Skaven clan (will inclued much more info in my thread):

Skaven Clan Kettz

The Kettz clan was once a part of the mighty Moulder clan. The curent Grey seer leader, Mungel the Ugly, was a part of a treason, wich led to an internal war in the Moulder clan. The Kettz were defeated, but they escaped and formed a new clan in the deapest level of the Skaven world. Their numers were short, and the only cause of their survival was their secret. They are the only who managed to mutated the rats to grew big enough for this rat-like cratures to ride on them to battle. This 'cavalry' has quickly become famus trough the Skaven world and won many victories to the Kettz clan. With an alliance with clan Skryre, they managed to beat of the Moulder clan and get many of the destructive tehnologie of the Skryre clan. The Kettz grew in numbers and power, and they soon fought their way to the second level, were they formed their cave-city and were they still remain.

I've just started playing Warhammer. I Chose Dark Elves so I've got two regiments that needs to be painted, though I'm aiming for a (aprox) 2000 points army.

Im kinda suprised theres no female Gods, if you need could be one. but otherwise id prefer a nation.
I was thinking maybe merfolk or something.

I have a female god...but she's too nice and would be quite the opposite of most.

Im kinda suprised theres no female Gods, if you need could be one. but otherwise id prefer a nation.
I was thinking maybe merfolk or something.

Some of the people who have applied for Gods have not said that there God wasn't a female (eg. Me. I just said that I am RPing a God... nothing else about it)

I have a female god...but she's too nice and would be quite the opposite of most.

Well, i think we would also need a good god, not all races are evil like mine... :rolleyes:

Well, i think we would also need a good god, not all races are evil like mine... :rolleyes:

I have already said my god is not going to be evil...

Yea my god is also going to be good and kind. We need some light in this world, lol.

Orichaelchos (my god) is not kind, but just and does not take action without reason. So, I would say he is on the lawful side overall, but just barely.

We need about 8 more nations at least and one more god, if all we have is the previously mentioned 4 gods.

We should probably place a nation recruiting thread.

Orichaelchos (my god) is not kind, but just and does not take action without reason. So, I would say he is on the lawful side overall, but just barely.

We need about 8 more nations at least and one more god, if all we have is the previously mentioned 4 gods.

We should probably place a nation recruiting thread.

I agree. Althuogh we have the 4 previously mentioned gods and also The Druidae will be RPing a god... so we have 5.

He said in his rules post on the second page that he, although being king of the gods, does not count as a normal god, so we have 4.

He said in his rules post on the second page that he, although being king of the gods, does not count as a normal god, so we have 4.

oh... my bad

Spardlakon is god of soldiers and the god of discipline. Difference to common gods of war is that this is not a god of warriors, brave stupidity and mindless killing but likes generals and "modern" warfare. If he ever appeares into someone's dreams or takes a form of a mortal, he looks like a Roman general.

alright, five gods! Now only 8 more nations to go... You guys want I should start the recruitment thread? Or should we wait all week for Druidae?

alright, five gods! Now only 8 more nations to go... You guys want I should start the recruitment thread? Or should we wait all week for Druidae?

I think you should go ahead and make it... I think I saw somewhere that he posted giving discretion to one of the members that applied to the RP (forget who it was).

I believe it was Spooty. Perhaos we should wait for his judgment?

I believe it was Spooty. Perhaos we should wait for his judgment?

Okay. Could TG him if you want.

Will do, brb

well... I sent the TG a while ago, but he still isnt on... so, to pass the time ill post info on Orichaelchos.

Name: Orichaelchos
Domain: Defenses (walls, armor, shields, defensive magic, pretty much anything that can be used to defend yourself) and Smiths (jewelry, armor (again), tools, pretty much anything made of metal by hand).
Orientation: Good/ Lawful

Oricaelchos is a powerful, minotaur-like god of mythic proportions. His head is a filthy cow skull with two wickedly curved horns sprouting from his temples. His upper body is that of a well-muscled man, but covered in constantly writhing archaic tattoos. His lower body is that of a bull, with hooves and a short tail growing from his tailbone. A belt of grey feathers adorns his short brown fur-covered waist, and liquid fire continuously drips from his nostril holes.

He is armed with a mighty double-headed war hammer made of the divine metal Orichalcum. Bands of said metal reinforce the wooden shaft, which is about as tall as the god himself.

This is an excerpt taken from a TG I sent Druidae when he requested info on the gods. I left out the part about what powers I requested for him, since I don't want other gods getting an edge on me just yet... ;)

well... I sent the TG a while ago, but he still isnt on... so, to pass the time ill post info on Orichaelchos. Lemme go get it (ill edit this post)

good idea... I should probably post some info about my god.

So... are you going to?

So... are you going to?

lol... yeh, but I have to make it up first ;)

Ok, cool. Im gonna log off for now, but Ill be back later to night to read it.

I'll be in. I was going to use a variation of House Moulder, but I see the Skaven are already taken. Bastards. I'll think of something else soon, then.

I'm still creating mine.

Are we allowed to have various underling deities?

Information on my God:

Name: Aphelia
Gender: Female
Dominion: Nature and the Land

more to come...

Ugh, I just tried to go back and compile a list of all those involved in this RP, and it was not easy. However, here is what I have so far:

Gods:

DMG
The Druidae (cheif god, so he doesnt count)
Einhauser (I will be using a puppet named Kargucagstan)
Chronosia
Madnestan
The infinite Crucible

Nations:

Otogia
Wolfenbach
Spooty
Relative Liberty
Tanthan
Bersabia
The Elven Forests
Tocrowkia
Theao
Deatharon

Now, is this correct? If you find you have been placed in the wrong catagory, please post saying so and i'll change the roster.

Fine with me, and please, be civil and don't call me a bastard becouse of an idea... :mad:

fine with me

I think he was joking, Wolfenbach. I doubt he meant it.

Tanthan, are you a nation or a god? To answer your question, I would imagine that you could have a bunch of semi-divine helpers, like the equivalent of angels, but they probably shouldn't be too powerful, or else you would gain an unfair advantage over the others.

I had an idea last night. As I was reading about Norse mythology and Ragnarok (you have all heard about that, right?), I started to think about how Druidae had mentioned that this RP would end in about 1850 (?) when magic and technology can no longer work together.

Well, what if at that date all of the gods and all of the nations leave their strongholds and engage each other in a massive battle to end all battles? It would be huge! I was thinking that us as gods could collect the souls of our followers and take them up to become part of a private army, and when the End Time came, we could use them to fight alongside us! What do you think?

Interesting idea... but the Ragnarok is suppose to be between the Gods and the Evils... puny humans wouldn't be able to do anything against them.

I think he was joking, Wolfenbach. I doubt he meant it.

Tanthan, are you a nation or a god? To answer your question, I would imagine that you could have a bunch of semi-divine helpers, like the equivalent of angels, but they probably shouldn't be too powerful, or else you would gain an unfair advantage over the others.

I had an idea last night. As I was reading about Norse mythology and Ragnarok (you have all heard about that, right?), I started to think about how Druidae had mentioned that this RP would end in about 1850 (?) when magic and technology can no longer work together.

Well, what if at that date all of the gods and all of the nations leave their strongholds and engage each other in a massive battle to end all battles? It would be huge! I was thinking that us as gods could collect the souls of our followers and take them up to become part of a private army, and when the End Time came, we could use them to fight alongside us! What do you think?
You mean half of our fallen warriors will become einherjars and feast with Odin in Valhalla, eating Särimner and drinking mead? Sounds great!

DMG: That's true, but this is Ragnarok, is it? It's just a big battle between every living thing, lol.

RL: Why half? If we collected every single follower, our armies would be so huge as to be nearly unstoppable. Maybe to make if fair, we could fight on the side of whatever nations worhsipped us before the battle.

The valkyries collected half of the fallen warriors from every battle (the bravest half) and took them to Asgård, more specifically Odin's castle of Valhalla were the joined the ranks of his einherjars. There they would fight in duels and battles against each other during the day and feast during the night, while their wounds miraculously healed. The great pig Särimner would be slaughtered and eaten, and his bones collected so that the could live again the next day. Mead would be served, more than any army could ever consume, and they all feasted in the great hall of Odin together with the Aesirs themselves. Odin the All-father would sit on his throne, while the ravens Hugin and Munin whispered to him all the secrets of the world, his great wolves would flank him and devour any food, for he himself didn't need nourishment.

Interesting idea... but the Ragnarok is suppose to be between the Gods and the Evils... puny humans wouldn't be able to do anything against them.
If I remember it right, during Ragnarok all the world will descend into darkness, men will fight their kin, fathers will slaughter their sons and all nations and all folks will be destroyed as the giants and trolls battle the Aesirs, the einherjars and their allies.

Actually RL, I believe Särimner was a boar, but yea, you're right. Still, why do we have to follow the conventions of Ragnarok? Why not just grab every follower? Plus, who says we have to follow the conventions of Valhalla?

I have not got time to type out the pages-long description of Ragnarok found in my mythology encyclopedia, so I found the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok

Now, if you will excuse me, I'm gonna go make that nation recruiting thread.

EDIT: here is the recruitment thread's link: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9857198#post9857198. It's not very good, but it will serve it's purpose.

Gah, damn my teacher for not knowing the difference!

Actually RL, I believe Särimner was a boar, but yea, you're right. Still, why do we have to follow the conventions of Ragnarok? Why not just grab every follower? Plus, who says we have to follow the conventions of Valhalla?

I have not got time to type out the pages-long description of Ragnarok found in my mythology encyclopedia, so I found the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok

Now, if you will excuse me, I'm gonna go make that nation recruiting thread.

good idea.

Bump

OOC: THL's alt here. Don't feel like re-logging in these days. Anyway, I would like to sign up. I'll be using "The Elven Forests", which is an actual NS nation. I will, of course, reduce the population.

All right, ill add you to the roster. Please go back and read this entire thread, because it helps make sense of our mindless babbling :p

Guys, we have 10 nations and 5 normal gods, so for all intents and purposes we could start to assign gods, create nation pages, etc... tomorrow.

We have a choice. Do we A) go ahead and do everything we can short of starting the RP, or B) wait for The Druidae to get off his lazy butt and come tell us what to do?

Well that depends on how long Druidae will be on his lazy but for.

Also can you re-write a list of what everyone is?

edit: nevermind, I found it

Gods:

DMG
The Druidae (cheif god, so he doesnt count)
Einhauser (I will be using a puppet named Kargucagstan)
Chronosia
Madnestan
The infinite Crucible


Nations:

Otogia
Wolfenbach
Spooty
Relative Liberty
Tanthan
Bersabia
The Elven Forests
Tocrowkia
Theao
Deatharon

The list on the 9th (and now 10th) page is up to date.

I say we give TD a day or two, and then we go on without him until we are ready to start the RP.

Races: Fey: Human, normal human height, with large butterfly type wings. Violent, sadistic, and get EXCITED at torture and violence. Immortal(age)*
Neko: Cat people, normal human height. Dangerous, mood-swingy, and highly unstable/irrational. Thrice human lifespan.**
Elves: Human, short(4-5 feet), elongated ears(around 6 inches long).
Violent, sadistic, make things out of dead people. Immortal(age)*

As the various groups get along so well, they have formed a somewhat close knit society, thought each is nominally independent. While somewhat sociallable, if they entertain, they expect entertainment as well, and thier entertainment is paid in blood/death.

All three nations are predominately female(between 70-90% female), and thus tend to a matrirachies.

ooc: * They are vunerable, simply do not age past the human age of 19.
** Same as Elves/Fey, but stop visiably aging after human age of 25.
Also, all Elves/Fey reproduce quite a bit slower/less often than humans.

Ok guys, I'm logging off. Be on tomorrow.

The Cryys

The bastard children of a now dead God, the Cryys have roamed the world for centuries in nomadic bands, living off the land and raiding settlements of other races for supplies. While some have attempted to make peace with other societies, their misshapen forms have prevented all attempts.

The Cryys are rudimentarily humanoid, with two arms, two legs, and a head. However, the resemblance ends there. Individual Cryys vary to the extreme, but nearly all are hideous. Animalistic features, tormented flesh, massive claws, and deformed limbs, all are common in the Cryys race. Still, the most disturbing feature is that any part not corrupted is unfailingly perfect. Whether a face worthy of a demi-god, or legs of an Olympic sprinter, the Cryys are still visibly the Children of a God.

More info later.

You worship me Otagia....You worship me and be corrupted at the genetic level! You be my Saruthi, children of a Dead God! :P

Hey wouldn't it be better if we create seperate news threads and make a list of liks here, the earth name is FE if i'm not wrong...

The S'odua

A race of Humans that have many attribute of merfolk but do not live under water. They can breathe underwater an on the surface. They are fiercely loyal to their leader and warlike taking any chance they have to go to war.

They have legs with webbed fingers and feet. They tend to have copper coloured skin with a smattering of blue and green scales, except in the case of the royal family who have pale skin. The royal family is linked to their god through a child born every generation, who is said to be able to speak to him/her.
They tend to live near or around areas with lots of water.


is that better?

How do they have their wars? Dot hey form well organized, regulated armies with officers and shrewd tactics and strategical sense, or do they just form a group and then attack in rage?

Spoot Halflings

Diminutive creatures who live in close knit villages (called Bands) they tend to be adventurous and explorative, similar only to a small human, they very rarely excercise and eat like no other species, this leads to a very high mortality rate, they are ruled by the king Spoot the 216th, a Royal family which is well over 100 generations inbred.

(OOC: what do we have in the way of illusionist gods?)

Alright, I'm going to address the various issues I see in an orderly fashion:

1) Chronosia, we have not yet assigned gods, so you may or may not be working with Otogia. I realize Druidae said you were, but that was before we organized this proccess. In all likelyhood you will still get paired with Otogia, though.

2) Wolfenbach, all nations will create their own thread detailing their nation (as it says on page 2). I think that the threads should go into great depth about: The people (are they human? What is their skin color? Are they bright? etc...), the city (is the city large? Are there a large number of temples in it? etc...), any rituals the people have (like, how do they invoke the gods? The actual god player may want to give you pointers here), etc...

3) Bersabia, that may not work. How can you fight other nations if you can't leave the water? Besides, at the moment i don't think there are any water gods. The infinite Crucible may have an illusory god, but I have no idea. Try TGing him and asking if he would make one.

4) Spooty, the only gods i know of right now are DMG's (Nature), Chronosia's (Death), Madenstan's (Soldiers), and mine (Defenses/ Smiths).

Actually Theao's TGin gme wanting to be my worshippers; but I was just teasing Otagia:P

Yea... about that... I kinda told him that you two would probably be lumped together, and he might as well talk to you. His nation sounds like the perfect one for you to place your dark blessings on. Of course, each god will probably start with two nations to watch.

Then I hope Chronosia will let my Dark Elves worsjip the big bad god of OMFG üb3R D34Th.

Hm, yes, we do have a prediciment. It would appear that we have three "evil" nations and only one "evil" god. So, some of you may be assigned to Madnestan, because he's the seocnd most evil, methinks.

i changed it slightly so that they live on land, but i dont really need a water type god, probably someone warlike maybe

Well, this all seems to be going fine... What do you guys say we start assigning gods? Everyone seems to know what kind they want, and 4 out of the 5 gods appear to be ready.

Is there any god of mutation/pestilance/disorder/ugly... clan Moulder is a mutater clan, and so is mine Kettz clan...

Hmm... Chronosia is Death, so he is probably the closest to what you want, but he is very popular.

I'm drawing up a qucik list that would show which gods got what, but it is not the final draft. As soon as I get it done, ill post it and we can make any changes.

For the list i am going to need the name of your nation, nation players, and the name of your god, god players.

The Infinite Crucible, if you read this, please post your domain as well as your name.

Hm, yes, we do have a prediciment. It would appear that we have three "evil" nations and only one "evil" god. So, some of you may be assigned to Madnestan, because he's the seocnd most evil, methinks.


Hmmm, that wasn't actually in my intentions. I am, for several reasons, constantly speaking and thinking about ancient Rome and her days of glory. I thought that energic, expanding, militaristic people would be closest to this god... Not bloodthirsty, dark and evil creatures of doom.

But anything goes, gods aren't that selective about their worshippers :D

I guess its the quantity that matters over the quality.

Yea, i realize you are not really evil, but you are the next evilest next to Chronosia when you consider what the other gods are. I mean, we have Nature, Defenses, and whatever the hell The infinite Crucible is.

Yea, that's a good point. There is this slight problem with having only five gods though... All are so speacialized that it leaves kinda huge holes. Like, the God of Life to oppose God of Death? God of Fire? God of Water? God of Peace? And so on... But guess that can't be helped.

You bring out a good point, but you are right in it cannot be helped.

Now, before you go running off, what is the name of your god? I am assuming it is male?

As we cannot have a more extensive pantheon without more players, I suggest that every god have different aspects. For expample the goddess (?) of nature, in the aspect of the patrion of life, the god of death in the aspect of the murderer and so on.

Thats fine for the god of nature and death, but what about me? What would be defenses alter-ego? And what about Madnestan?

Oh, and before I forget, what is the name of your nation?

Seeing as you're the god of defences and smiths, it could be creating or building in general. What god is Madnestan?

EDIT: Nevermind, remembered it. The god of discipline is his prime aspect, and thus he could be the god of order (and therefore to some extent, the god of justice). He is also the god of ''civilized'' warfare and strategy, and could serve as the god of expansions in general.

EDITS: My people call themselves Caer'no-dein, and the nation itself would be Caer'no-dein El'Nochow, known as the Land of the Dark Elves to foreigners.

Allright. So far ive assigned Theao, The Elven Forests, Bersabia, Relative Liberty, and Spooty. I also sent TGs to all the nations that have yet to post their gods or nations.

EDIT: Nevermind, remembered it. The god of discipline is his prime aspect, and thus he could be the god of order (and therefore to some extent, the god of justice). He is also the god of ''civilized'' warfare and strategy, and could serve as the god of expansions in general.

I'm ok with that. Good ideas overall.

So, do we want to add those generalizations to our info pages?

Just to re-explain my god.

Name: Aphelia
Gender: Female
Domain: Nature

This is to say the following. Her name is Aphelia and yes she is a woman. As to her dominion - when I say nature... it is pretty all encompassing. Meaning nature includes everything from, the land, the animals, the elements (weather), and most other natual things. Basically a mix of the greek gods, Demeter, Artemis, and Gaea.

Ekritias; Lord of Death.

In the beginning; when life first touched the world; he brought his cold touch to it. Decay, death, shadow; all blackness and malice. It brought ends to short lives; torments to the living; disease, ailment, all with a black pleasure. Only the darkest of races took him as their patron; and he twisted those that worshipped him; bequeathing the Necromantic arts to man. His avatar was said to be that of a charnel Lord; his throne the Sepulchre; his slave the corpse. Armored in bone; gilded with cruel blades of Steel; he bore a black sword that took souls for his table...

He was Ekritias; Lord of Death...

Just to re-explain my god.

Name: Aphelia
Gender: Female
Domain: Nature

This is to say the following. Her name is Aphelia and yes she is a woman. As to her dominion - when I say nature... it is pretty all encompassing. Meaning nature includes everything from, the land, the animals, the elements (weather), and most other natual things. Basically a mix of the greek gods, Demeter, Artemis, and Gaea.

I want that one!!!

*throws tantrum*

Mine could also fit with DMG's goddess, somewhat, as my nation is almost purely female.

Either or both will do...

edit: Quick note about Aphelia: She is neither evil nor good - meaning she will embrace passive and warlike peoples.

Ok my nation: The Principality of Xharn

A human nation under the rule of Vampires nobles. The Vampire Barons and Dukes control the people with fear and terror... The Vampire Prince is the offical ruler of the land but his power is primarly supplied by his support amongst the other Vampire Lords...

The God of Death Ekritias would be are main patron deity.

The God of Death Ekritias would be are main patron deity.
I don't think you can choose your god, at least at start. I could be wrong of course.

God: Arden
Domain: The Hearth and Honorable Dead
Servants: The Stillborn
Gender: Neutral

Arden is a benevolent god who brings safety to ones family and home, and peace to their dead. The god is in direct conflict with those who seek to uproot families and take advantage of the dead. The god’s servants are the stillborn, undead willingly brought back. Those who worship the god can expect prosperity at home, and a restful dead. The will receive little military aid, however.

All right, with this info Ill work on getting the assignments more complete. Keep in mind that it is only a rough draft, and I still don't have some nation's info.

EDIT: In order to complete the first draft of the assigning, I need the following information:

Wolfenbach - I need the name of your nation and a short description of it.

Spooty - I need to double check to make sure you want the name of your nation to be "Spoot Halflings."

Tanthan - I need the name of your nation and a short description of it.

The Elven Forests - I need to check and make sure you want the name of your nation to be "The Elven Forests" and I need a short description of it.

Tocrowkia - I need the name of your nation and a short description of it.

Theao - I just need a name.

Is there anything you need from me? and are we not suppose to chose are god in the begining?

Ok, here it is...

Skaven clan Kettz:

Skaven are mutate rat-like cratures who walk on two legs. They are completly covered by fur and they are som 4 ft tall. They are leaded by a Grey seer, who has been so afected by Warpstone that he has horns and the ability to use magic. All their magic and tehnology is based on Warpstone, wich is a green radiant stone.
They live in huge clans, wich have cities in underground tunels. They mutate slaves (with Warpstone) to grow into ugly, but strong rat-ogers, and they mutate rats to grow big enough to ride them to battle. Their comunity is war based, and their only goal is the destruction of mankind.

Here is a pisture of a skaven: http://uk.games-workshop.com/skaven/special-characters/images/skaven-vingette.jpg

If you need any more info, pease tell me...

yes, Spoot Halflings.

Weren't that the name of your realm in the Medieval Times RP?

Weren't that the name of your realm in the Medieval Times RP?

yep

Deatharon: No, you gave me all the information I needed to assign you. Nations don't get to choose their gods, the gods are assigned to them.

Wolfenbach: Magic comes from the gods in this Rp, not Warpstone. Plus, you are only allowed to have one city at the start.

Perhaps everyone should go back and reread this thread from the beginning. That way everyone knows the rules.

EDIT: I still need the following:

Tanthan: I need the name of your nation and a description.

Tocrowkia: The same.

The Elven Forests: I need a short description of your nation.

Theao: I need a permanent name.

I'm gonna go to the gym and work out for about an hour, so ill check responses when I get back.

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They live in huge clans, wich have cities in underground tunels.

This was ment for skaven in general, i only have one clan...one city...

Just a quick note: the Cryys are more of a group of independant tribes, not a nation as of yet. They don't really have a city, atm. Expect there to be one soon after the RP starts.

Do we get to know who we've been assigned to ?

Do we get to know who we've been assigned to ?

eventually... once the assignments have been made

oh right ok lol

PS id prefer the soldier god if its ok

Oh, God (no pun intended), we don't get to pick our Gods? Please, for the love of God (again, no pun intended), DON'T give me the Nature Goddess. A very bad choice for the Cryys outlook, trust me.

you could do what me and some of the other nations have done and give a quiet suggestion as to which god would be preferable, besides i think two nations have already asked for the Nature Godess, not that they are bound to get it.

No, you do not get to pick your god. That was one of The Druidae's rules, and so until he comes back it's unbreakable. Rest assured, however, that you will probably be assigned to a god that fits you. Of course, you can change which god you belong to once the rough draft is done.

All I need is Tocrowkia and Tanthan to post thier nations name and description, a description from The Elven Forests, and a final name from Theao.

Tanthan

A nation of elven, intelligent and skilled in language, craft and the arts. Worship a god called Promathia, who they see as the father of their humanity. A decent population and very structured society.

You don't get to big some random god to worship... did you even read what the RP is about?

OOC: Listen I was low on time and was one of the original posters. I didn't read the last 5 pages of stuff cause I only had 6 mins to type it all up. Promathia is just a code name, yeesh, all I want is a BOY god. Seeing someone as their 'father' is what a god USUALLY is. Zeus, God, Allah....etc, all apply to the same basic principal, but what I meant was I want something other then Mars or Minerva or something like that, which FORCES beliefs upon others. Promathia was punished, bound in chains and forced to indure torture every day of existance for helping humans obtain fire. He's not truely a powerful, strong, fearsome, overly compassionate, or evenly skilled.

All I did was condense my NATIONS info and about them in a small post, I responded to the TG I got.

As to my nation's name, it is: Ne'Fael

Ok, cool, thanks for the information. Now the only thing still needed for the rough draft is The Elven Forests description and a name and description from Tocrowkia. I'm gonna go TG those two.

Please, I cannot stress this enough, go back and read pages 1-6 at the very least. I would prefer if you read it all, though.

Tocrowkia(Fantasy Tech):

The Tocrowkian people are humans. They have a small, specialst army, including things like Rangers, whom patrol the border and protect it(Similar to Gondorian Rangers, if you know about LOTRs), knights, and longbow men. They worship one god, Aylasania, the god of plenty whome makes their crops grow and what not and what fourth.

Ok, good, now the only one we need is The Elven Forests.

Tocrowkia, I must stress the fatc that you do not choose your own gods.

Basicly, The Elven Forests are Lord of the Rings elves, with the exception that they have alot of female warriors as well.

Tocrowkia/ THL, I cannot stress the fact that you do not choose your own gods enough. Nobody seems to understand this! Why is that?!

EDIT: THL, will you be using The Elven Forests or Tree Hugging lesbians as your account?

THL, but only for my posting account.

Ok then, here is the assignment list. Nations, if you dislike the god you are given, make a convincing arguement and we may change it. Gods, you can do the same.

Chronosia (Death) (Name: Etrikai, Gender: Male)
- Theao (Ne'Fael)
- Relative Liberty (Caer'no-dein El'Nochow)

DMG (Nature and the Land) (Name: Aphelia, Gender: Female)
- The Elven Forests (The Elven Forests)
- Spooty (Spoot Halflings)

Madnestan (Soldiers and Discipline) (Name: Spardlakon, Gender: Male)
- Bersabia (The S'odua)
- Wolfenbach (Skaven clan Kettz)

Kargucagstan (Defenses and Smiths) (Name: Orichaelchos, Gender: Male)
- Tanthan (Tanthan)
- Tocrowkia (Tocrowkia)

The Infinite Crucible (The Hearth and Honorable Dead) (Name: Arden, Gender: Male)
- Otogia (The Cryys)
- Deatharon (The Principality of Xharn)

:D cool

Hrm... Arden... Not a good choice, IMHO. A) I don't even HAVE hearths, we're nomads, and B) we don't keep track of our dead. Would be kinda hard, what with all the roaming. I'm considering either cremation or ritual cannibalism here.

The reason I put you there was because you are the children of a dead god, but if you want to change, pick a god and maybe one of it's nations will want to trade places with you.

I'd say either Orichaelchos, Spardlakon, or Etrikai. Thing about having a dead God is that we don't particularily want him dead. We'd honestly like him back, and I think Arden would frown on that.

Well then, talk to the other nations and try to get them to change places. I doubt anyone under Etrikai would want to switch, considering he is the most asked-for god.

Try TGing the nations you want to trade with.

I, for one, am fine with these. Thanks for good division and over all the work you've done for this RP, Einhauser.

I, for one, am fine with these. Thanks for good division and over all the work you've done for this RP, Einhauser.

I concurr.

Wait a minute how is a nation run by Vampire Nobles going worship a god that belives in peace for the dead? The human villages would be trying to stake there leaders every night...

@ Madnestand/ DMG: Thank you. I have had a passion for mythology that I forgot, and then remembered with the help of this thread. I just hope The Druidae comes back soon so we can get going!

@ Deatharon: I have no idea, lol. Trade with one of the other nations.

Lol, dont think anyone is peaceful enough to worship me. :D

Yea, Aphelia, Orichaelchos, and Arden appear to be the least popular gods, mostly because everyone made bloodthirsty nations :p

Tocrowkia is Tocrowkia, and well always be Tocrowkia.

They have one big city, Pharamas. To the east of this city is a huge forest, which the rangers guard and the rest is open plains and smaller forests.

Lol, dont think anyone is peaceful enough to worship me. :D

I doubt they get more peaceful than the Spoot Halflings, but I stand by the Nature Godess.

:)

Mines good. Just the type I wanted, except I don't know the origin of my god. o.o

I could always have no specific followers and kind of just run a giant shrine where people and armies can come to rest. Absolute peace within would be enforced. That may throw off the RP so I could always play a god who is trying to change the ways of those who worship him or something like that.

The Vampire nobles would allow this religion to inside of there borders but this god must not be agaisnt the current rulers and there undead state..

That better not mean a nation of Vampire aristocrats like in D....that'd be unstopable.

Think Vampire aristocrats in Warhammer Fantasy and you got it.

You know what, screw it. I'll throw in a little twist: the Cryys refuse to worship any god but their Father. In otherwords, no god for me.

Think Vampire aristocrats in Warhammer Fantasy and you got it.

I don't know Warhammer.

All I know is Vampire Hunter D's aristocratic incredibly powerful super-human abilities and powers of suggestion and control + high tech weaponry.

Mmm....Carmilla....

You know what, screw it. I'll throw in a little twist: the Cryys refuse to worship any god but their Father. In otherwords, no god for me.

This will most likely make many of the gods hold a strong dislike for you...

This will most likely make many of the gods hold a strong dislike for you...
Point being? They should at least be glad I'm not worshipping their rivals.

How dare you tell the gods what they should be thinking... I smite thee :p

Otogia, The Druidae stated that all nations must have a god, so unless he says otherwise, you have to have one. Sure, you could ignore your god, but then you would loose out on divine gifts, help in battle, and might even incure the wrath of the gods...

Anywho, I am also not sure that you get to choose your terrain. The Druidae said something about making a map on Civ III, but he was not specific, so for now you can make your own, I guess.

I am working on a quick little set of rules for those too lazy to go back and reread the thread. Ill post them in a few minutes.

Ein, did you try contacting me earlier? If so, am on now.

The Druidaen Laws

General laws:

1) The Druidae is the ultimate power in World of Mythology. All players will defer to him.
2) All of The Druidaen Laws must be obeyed.
3) A player cannot control both a nation and a god.
4) One day in real life is equal to one year in World of Mythology. The only exception for this will be for major events, such as wars or other roleplays.
5) If there is a lull in activity, the gods must prompt the nations to “get back to work.” Some suggestions would be for them to create a natural disaster, kill a king, etc…
6) New players are always allowed to join World of Mythology, as either gods or nations.
7) No matter their allegiance, the gods must help all noob players, so that they can at least have a fighting chance of survival.
8) Each nation will have one main god.
9) Gods can have more than one nation to worship them.
10) Gods are responsible for monitoring good roleplay, and are also responsible to punish bad roleplayers.
11) Battles will be resolved by the participants. If they cannot agree on a solution, the gods will be called in to end it. If the gods cannot decide on an outcome, The Druidae will intervene.
12) Avoid quoting long pieces of text or images in your posts.
13) When The Druidae is not available, Spooty is in charge.

Ruler laws:

1) When a new nation is created, it will have one town and the area around it, or something equivalent.
2) It will be assigned one main god, but it may choose any other gods to worship. Nations may also be assigned other gods to “believe in.”
3) The nation player will be allowed to decide upon their nation’s culture, including language, moral values, religion, and everything else interesting.
4) Nations are not required to be human.
5) Each player will create individuals for important posts in their nation. These can include the ruler, priests, generals, etc…
6) If a player wishes to give a character magical powers, he must obtain them by asking a god.
7) Any god that a nation does not believe in cannot affect that nation.
8) If a nation has a complaint against a god’s roleplaying, he/she may telegram the Druidae.
9) All nations must create a separate thread in which they give a detailed description of their nation and a place to post news.

God laws:

1) When a player creates a new god, he (or she) must give himself (or herself): a name, a domain (as in what he, or she, is god of), an alignment (good/evil, chaotic/lawful), and anything else which is necessary to describe the god.
2) The Druidae will assign nations to the new gods.
3) A god must be fair in all respects.
4) A god cannot refuse a gift from a nation and cannot favor a nation that does not worship him/her.
5) A god’s power will be determined by how many nations worship him/her. A god worshipped by a heathen tribe will have much less power than a god worshipped by 20 world super powers.
6) The Druidae decides what powers a god possess and when they may use them.
7) If a god wishes more power, he/she must consult The Druidae.
8) Gods may take a physical form. This can either be as an apparition, in which he cannot take any major action such as joining a battle. Otherwise a god may be a mortal with god-powers. This form will not die of old age, but will succumb to wounds and poisons. If this form dies, the player will continue as a normal god.
9) Gods are allowed to marry and otherwise “interact” with mortals.
10) Gods may give their nations powerful heroes and avatars, or may give nations a powerful character opposed to the nation’s moral values (i.e. a villain).
11) Gods do not create their own threads for information about themselves. Instead, they post on the threads of their nations. The first post should contain a detailed description of your god and all things connected to him/her (i.e. their residence, heavenly armies, children, etc…)
12) Gods that fail to abide by these rules will be stripped of their power and their worshippers will forget them.

Battle laws:

1) A nation may send out an army to attack another nation at any time.
2) The player of the attacking nation informs the player of the defending nation about anything special it should know about (troop compositions, magic users, champions, etc…), and the defender’s main god about anything he/she should not know about.
3) The nation being attacked then states his reaction, and the result of the battle is proclaimed by the defending nation’s main god. No changes can be made after this point.
4) If both nations agree a god’s judgment was unfair, they may agree upon how the battle went and cancel out the god’s judgment. Otherwise the god’s judgment is final.
5) A god’s judgment must be 100% unbiased.
6) Roleplaying the battles is far preferable to the method described above, and should be used whenever possible.

Note: All of these rules were created by The Druidae, not by me or any other player.

very nice.

Now all we need is The Druidae to come back *cough cough hint hint*

Well, since everyone has been assigned, think we should go ahead with Ruler law #9 and God law #11?

Good idea... this would be very helpful to get the RP started and everyone acquainted with each others civs/characters.

Ok; to sort out things; I want anyone who wishes me as their patron to give a summary of why I should be their idol; and what they will bring before the bone throne of Etrikai?

I just realised something: we cant do God law #11 until all of the nations are happy with their given god!

Ok; to sort out things; I want anyone who wishes me as their patron to give a summary of why I should be their idol; and what they will bring before the bone throne of Etrikai?

huh? You have already been assigned you nations... unless you just mean for your nations to post an IC thing about worshipping you.

I just realised something: we cant do God law #11 until all of the nations are happy with their given god!

yeh, but also we cant do God law #11 until the nations follow Ruler law #9. If they complete Ruler law #9, I would think they are happy...

Have I? Hm, oh well; do the IC thing then!

Yeh, you were assigned Theao and Relative Liberty... check page 14 I think.

If they complete Ruler law #9, I would think they are happy...

Well, lets hope so. I am writting up my contribution to God law #11 anyway, so that I can post it when my nation's get their threads going.

whats the Tag of this RP? Is it MII (Mythology International Incident) or somthing else?

According to The Druidae, it's World of Mythology.

EDIT: Well, i'm done with my post. it's 3,974 characters long without counting spaces, so... um... it's big.

I will be writing mine soon...

busy right now, writing up my factbook - its 70,000+ characters :p, so yeh... its kinda long.

Ok; to sort out things; I want anyone who wishes me as their patron to give a summary of why I should be their idol; and what they will bring before the bone throne of Etrikai?
I play as a bloodthirsty empire of Dark Elves, who sends out raiding parties to my neighbours. Once they reach their destination they will plunder the city's treasures, burn every building to the ground and slay three quarters of the population. The rest will be used as slaves to strengthen my empire.

Endless sacrifices of slaves and commoners, myriads of military victories and scoures of fallen foes and beheaded prisoners. A sea of blood as far as the eye can see, thousands upon thousands of vanquished heathens. Pestilence raving the havens of our enemies, fear stalking them at every moment. We will be ever present; striking at any time and anywhere. The cold steel of our swords shall strike fear inot our foes' hearts, our name, whispered in hushed fright, shall scare children. The very thought of the endless horrors that will terrorize the survivors of our raids shall drive men and mer insane, those who oppose us shall die.