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With the death of the old Past Tech rp I decided I wanted to start another. Leraning from previous mistakes, I figure the world was simply to big. How do you rp during a time period when Greece was "the world" and have somebody in Greenland?

So I figured a solution out.

To join this rp, you must make a map. Everybody's map would be the same size, and you are free to place towns, cities and terrian where and how you wish...withen reason. Once your map is approved, your map is instantly added to "The Big Map"

The Big Map is where all the maps are connected, border to border. Thus, everybody who is playing is near each other. No escaping, no hiding. You have to deal with the other players everyday.

I want the rp to be a fantasy rp. You can pick a race or invent your own, but it must be approved. Don't play dragons and number in the millions, and don't make your race insanely powerful. You can play your race however you want, to being animals, to a mighty city state.

Magic will be allowed, but nothing insane. You can't melt the world or turn an entire army into chickens. More along the lines of wizards shooting fire balls or summoning demons or raising the dead.

Sound interested? Think you could design people's maps? Know of a free program we could use? Post here so we can get this thing of the grounmd. Swing your race by me if you want to be sure you can use it.
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Big Map

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7653/fantasymapdosup4.png

Zambistan: The Tribes of Lemuria
Candistan: Weffei Confederation
Edoniakistanbabweagua: The X'atl
Trollskog : The Trolls of Trollskog

I'd be interested in participating.

No guns, huh...

Muchos Interested

(It's Toops BTW)

Can anybody suggest a map making program we could use?

Can anybody suggest a map making program we could use?

Well MSPaint is definantly the most common, what I used to do when making maps is use CIA factbook stuff and just clear off all the writing in Paint.

Can anybody suggest a map making program we could use?

Adobe FTW!

I suggest that you start out with a huge land map, a maximum number of players, and let them pick what areas they want.

I'm not certain about your original issue, however. In fantasy, a transporter system can be set up allowing access to various areas.

I guess I would join IF my country doesn't have to be magic and IF they are allowed to have semi-advanced technology for the time period. (A sort of steam and gears deal)

You don't have to use magic at all, and a Steamworks race would be awsome. But nothing too crazy(steam mechs), but I could allow something like the Vinci.

Kesshite, if we start with a big map, and somebody picks a remote corner, they get left out of the rp. I want everybody to be around everybody, so that everybody is still affected by everything everybody else does. Could you give me a sample map Kesshite, to see the "power" of adobe?

You don't have to use magic at all, and a Steamworks race would be awsome. But nothing too crazy(steam mechs), but I could allow something like the Vinci.

Kesshite, if we start with a big map, and somebody picks a remote corner, they get left out of the rp. I want everybody to be around everybody, so that everybody is still affected by everything everybody else does. Could you give me a sample map Kesshite, to see the "power" of adobe?

yeah, they are just normal humans with crazy steam power and big buildings and powerplants and such.

well, show me a sample map to work with.

Damn, I use similar tech as Candistan, well least I got Pixies :P

Damn, I use similar tech as Candistan, well least I got Pixies :P

Pixies....well I have steam powered defense systems like ballistea and such. Hah!

No good against my horde of cannibalistic barbarians

PIXIES RULE!!!!

PIXIE POWER!!!

Well I say I use similar tech, but it's kinda different, I mean I use Majicks aswell for one.

well you can submit a bit about the race you wish to play, see if thier not to powerful.

I was planning on having my people be a Confederation of four City-States on an Oblast that has some large mountains and low river valleys in it. There is also an island right off of the Oblast. Three of my city-states are on the mainland whereas the fourth is on the island, connected by a large bridge. I was also planning on having a large wall closing off the main population from outside threats span across the north of their population centers.

sounds reasonable

I'm not sure what to map this on and how big my square can be. I also want to know if rudimentary firearms are available and if not, can slightly more high-tech weapons like a torque bow or da vinci-type flying machines be available?

I think flying machines for all races - airships, dragons, whatever - will be allowed. Primitive muskets I could allow.

And torque bows? (Yessss) Anyway, where can I map this out? Do you want me to do a paint file and send a link to you on this thread?

I'll think about the bows. Just make a medium size map and host it, then put it here.

Hey, Spoot.

*notes interest*

Kesshite, if we start with a big map, and somebody picks a remote corner, they get left out of the rp. I want everybody to be around everybody, so that everybody is still affected by everything everybody else does. Could you give me a sample map Kesshite, to see the "power" of adobe?

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3884/eurasiamapqp3.th.gif (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eurasiamapqp3.gif)

I'll post it in a sec

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/kadangadooo/WeffeiConfederation.jpg

The Weffei Confederation

Uh, bump?

Lemuria
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4660/fantasymaprh9.png
Red=Tribe Location
Blue=Ruin/Temple

Lemurians are wild and brutish creatures that care little for other beings. They have bodies that are half-man and half-beast, usually with the horned head of a goat. In battle, they combine ferocity with a savage lack of discipline, fighting and battling amongst themselves in their eagerness to get at the enemy.

Lemurians willingly embrace their heritage of Chaos, for although they have a semblance of the intelligence of a man, they employ it with the base cunning of a wild animal. Lemurians are not natural creatures: they are said to be cerated by an elder race that came from the stars, the oft whispered Hyperboreans. They worked a dreadful change on many of the ancestors of Man and animals, causing severe mutations. Hence, Lemurians were created: men that became animals, and animals that became men, a mix that is wholly chaotic.

Shunned and abhorred by every other race, the Lemurians are bitter creatures, driven by animal rages and a highly destructive instinct. They do not seek conquest or glory, they fight only to bring ruin to others, to sow destruction and discord and bring other races to their knees. They remain in tribe structures, with the most powerful tribe acting as a overlord for all other tribes until they are eventually pushed aside, and replaced by another tribe.

Tribes are roaming warbands led by the strongest among them. Lemurian hordes are extremely dangerous in battle; a ferocious horde of brutish warriors, great lumbering chariots, packs of slavering hounds and bands of larger beasts eagerly tear apart any enemies that dare to stand in their way.

The largest and most brutal Lemurians are called Chaoslords, followed by the only marginally less vicious Wargor. Of the infantry, the strongest are the heavily armed and armoured Bestigor, who fight in elite units. Finally come the rank and file, Beastherds composed of the larger Gors, mixed with mobs of the frailer, short-horned Ungor. A relatively stable mutation are the Centigor, beastman with the lower torso of a goat, quick and powerful cavalry. Some Lemurians also possess magical and spiritual powers, these are called Witch Doktors and are influential, powerful characters. Doombulls are enormous, bull like creatures, renowned for their enormous strength and predeliction for eating the bodies of their enemies. The Lemurians use a variety of savage animals, including large packs of mutated hounds, as well as Tuskgor, which are massive boarlike creatures that often drag Tuskgor Chariots.

My Lemurians hunger for the flesh of thier foes....bump!

Do you want me to make a quick synopsis of the Weffei Confederation?

Sure, maybe tonight we can even do a little border skirmish(since my map is just nroth of yours)

Okay, here it goes...

The Weffei Confederation is comprised of four cooperating city states situated around the Bay of Weffei: Wesschtadt, Therfolymei, Handfurt Minor and Handfurt Magna. The Confederation is 100% human. They have redlied heavily on steam power from the various water resources around them and have developed a variety of technologies. The Confederation is run in a central Congress in Handfurt Magna by a senate of 100 men. Each City-State is run by its own governor. There are many smaller settlements scattered around The Confederation contributing to the Confederation's wealth and technology through fishing, mining, hydroelectricity, and soldiering. On the Northern frontier of the Confederation lies The People's Wall, a 70ft high defense line stretching along the Confederation's Northern front. on the Wild side of the wall there is a large ditch dug in filled with "fang-wire," a nasty-looking razor and barbed wire set in thickets at the bottom of the ditch. The military is a sizeable force and is split into three divisions: the navy, a collection of steam or wind powered ships ranging from gunboat to battlecruiser; the air brigade, a force of zeppelins and small biplanes; and finally, the powerful army, comprised of infantry, cavalry, armoured cavalry, and gunships. The army is well known for its armored cavalry; steam powered armored vehicles with a small cannon and spinning maces mounted on the side; and their gunships, large tamed beasts called Olrecs that are equipped to carry a guncrew and a large bore cannon. They also have a small air defence force near major cities and important outposts that utilizes massive steam cannons to lob fragmentation bombs into the air that explode, flinging hot shards and turbulence all over the sky.

I'm a little wary of biplanes, but as long as they're highly experimental and not numbering in the hundreds, I think they could be alright. Would be interested in a small battle to advertize our PT rp? Perhaps a Dreadichor Chaoslord has lead a warband over the mountains and seeks to pillage that small village near The Dead Swamp?

I'm a little wary of biplanes, but as long as they're highly experimental and not numbering in the hundreds, I think they could be alright. Would be interested in a small battle to advertize our PT rp? Perhaps a Dreadichor Chaoslord has lead a warband over the mountains and seeks to pillage that small village near The Dead Swamp?

About the biplanes, they are not numbering very high. The entire air force consists of a few zepellins and maybe 15-25 biplanes that don't have a heavy armament, basically a peashooter. And I'd be interested in getting having a battle there. The village is called Totenburg. It is basically a site for mining a special ore from the swamps bottom called Aluminilite. The ore is then refined into aluminil, a strong but light material used in the production of zepellins, biplanes, and armored cavalry. In Totenburg there is a pub, an Aluminil Mine, an Inn, some small shops and smitheries, and a garrison of homeguard troops numbering in at about 60 men.

I'll work on the battle thread now.

I'll work on the battle thread now.

Sounds good, I'll be waiting.

Right here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=12461794#post12461794)

Danke, I'll get on it.

Is it too late to join?

Is it too late to join?

Nope, we're open.

Sure, just make a map and tell us about your race. Make sure your map is the same size as ours and generaly uses the same symbolism.
Oh...and you live in Melbourne, Florida? I live in Sateillite!

Sure, just make a map and tell us about your race. Make sure your map is the same size as ours and generaly uses the same symbolism.
Oh...and you live in Melbourne, Florida? I live in Sateillite!

cool. im sick of melbourne...too many old people lol

now do i have to be human? and what about magic (im not real big on magic, but im just curious)

No, you don't have to be human, hell I'm not! Magic is allowed, but nothing too crazy.

And your right, waaaaaay to many old people.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b308/psychicwraith/countrycopy.jpg

theres a map

and my people are known as the bird people, only they cannot fly. they are an avian race accustomed to the massive rainforests of the island. Their magic is only natural magic and summoning their guardian spirits of the forest

Ao'n, the loyal dog
Guacamayo, the great plumed bird
Guaba, the tricky spider
Iguana, the ferocious reptile
Jeje'n, the irritating mosquito
Boba, the sly serpent
Tiburon, the massive shark
Caguama, the mysterios sea turtle
Mucaro, the owl with futuresight
Lusca, the suffocating bobas-fish

obviously only a select few can summon all of them as it drains life force. other than that,think of an aztec/taino culture.

Welcome to the team! I'll put your island to the south of Candistan. Do you have a map of your country a little more like ours that we could use?

erm...that'll take a bit

Where is the big map anyways?

It is in the process of being made. Take a look at my map and Zamb's map then make yours with a common border and start it up.

alright ill use some PS magic. my island is south of you Candistan. I just also need to read the plotline and see where i fit in this war.

I posted the big map on the front page. We're just having a small skirmish, not a full blown war (yet). As soon as you get you map up, I'll put you on it,

The plot is simple: The World has simgly appeared from nowehere, and nobody can exactly remember how long they lived here. Force fields block the land, air and sea from entering in the forbidden zone: areas not on the big map, areas that have yet to "wake up." Your people are simply trying to survive and make a living, and undertsnad the world around them.

But then again, the plot is whatever you make of it!

that island on the map to the right of the other land mass. is that one mine?

No, just make a map liek ours in paint and I'll locate you below him. Although you could go on my east or west if you would like to be part of the mainland.

ok ill finish the map tomorrow.Till then ill pick a good time to post.

You may want to add some cities before I add it.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b308/psychicwraith/Xatl.jpg

with cities

....where?

....where?

the white dots with the names on it

maybe photobucket still thinks this is the original one without the cities...stupid PB. i can fix it.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b308/psychicwraith/Xatl2.jpg

that should work. i guess ill be on the SE corner of the world away from the mainland.

Alright, just make your map smaller and I can add it.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b308/psychicwraith/ZZ.jpg

i went ahead and added it to save you guys the trouble.

alright, welcome!

ok i guess a breif description is in order

The kingdom of X'atlcamayo is on a small island isolated from others. The bird people that live here are isolationists and very superstitious, making them shun any outsiders from their kingdom of gold. Living in the rainforests have made them incredible hunters and trappers, excelling in leading prey to their doom. All X'atl men are soldiers and trained to hunt, capture, and kill brutally and effectively. To better train their soldiers, a bi-annual ritual known as Xochiyaoyotl is done, pitting soldier against soldier in a massive battle for supremacy on a small island called Oubao-moin (The island of blood). Although it isn't to the death, many a soldier do succumb to bloodlust and will kill to win. The biggest survivor is the new Cacique of the army and leads the soldiers into battle for wars.

Besides soldiers, the X'atl train countless seers that are capable of summoning the guardian spirits of the sacred forests (Ku'Guada) to aid and protect them. Other magic can be used, like summoning storms. There are several dieties that theywrship, which'll be told later. These are just some basics.

Edoniakistanbabweagua: The Bird People

lol They are known as the X'atl :) I shoulda stated that earlier. My bad.

So any plans for the RP?

Basically what ever you want. I'm guessing you'll wnat to make peac with the Confederation. He'll need your help when the tribes invade.

We are intereseted in participating, and we have no technology whatsoever more complicated than a grindstone. We also have some "good" mapmakers.
We are awaiting your reply.

Foreign Minister Nightclaw of Trollskog, speaking on behalf of King Djupetfodd the Second.

Basically what ever you want. I'm guessing you'll wnat to make peac with the Confederation. He'll need your help when the tribes invade.

Ok sure. Candistan, youcan start the RP with finding my island and landing on it. We can work from there.

I'll start it in a little bit. mayve later tonight

We are intereseted in participating, and we have no technology whatsoever more complicated than a grindstone. We also have some "good" mapmakers.
We are awaiting your reply.

Foreign Minister Nightclaw of Trollskog, speaking on behalf of King Djupetfodd the Second.

Sure, just draw up a map.

I'll start it in a little bit. mayve later tonight

cool just send me the link when you get it up.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=521893
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Here is the thread

We have prepared a map. However, Trollish mapmaking is rather crude. Assistance from real mapmakers would be appreciated.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k90/AS14PICS/trollskog.jpg

Diplomatic Minister Drakblod of Trollskog

We have prepared a map. However, Trollish mapmaking is rather crude. Assistance from real mapmakers would be appreciated.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k90/AS14PICS/trollskog.jpg

Diplomatic Minister Drakblod of Trollskog

where is that in relation to the Weffei Confederation?

Somewhat northwest, on the borders of the Great Wood.

cool. btw ill post once i get back. I have an internship interview in an hour and I gotta get ready.

Ill fix it for you. Will you have any coastline? And tell us a bit about your race.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/805/untitiledgt2.png

This ok?

King Djupetfodd II is fine with it.

The Trollfolk inhabiting Trollskog are slightly larger than humans,with top heights at about 7 foot 4 inches. They like beer, in vast quantities, and follow the ancient troll god Urgammal Rivfader. They hate non-pagan religions and their priests. The currency is the priest skull, and tthe national animal is the human.

Diplomatic Minister Drakblod of Trollskog

excellent. Would you like to have a little diplomacy between our two peoples, seeing as we now have a "bad side (Us)" and a "good side (The confederation & those Aztec guys)"


If anybody needs a name generator, heres a good one (http://www.geocities.com/phillipriley/ngmain.html)

King Djupetfodd II agrees to diplomacy, as it will be beneficial. We are sending a detachment of our finest warriors with our ambassador to your country to cement our allegiance.

Diplomatic Minister Drakblod of Trollskog

(Added you to map)

Just start a Past Tech, like me and the confederation did in our skirmish, about your diplomatic party wandering into the greatwood. Then we can tsrat some diplomacy.

Cool. one more added. So this world gradually gets bigger as more people sign up. I like that concept. Makes for good exploration like back in earth's past, when Romans discovered the Gaul or the Chinese discovered India.

I must ask for the Confederation to be allowed to use a larger amount of guns such as shotguns and revolvers and revolver rifels. I must ask for this because there is no way the Confederation will be able to fairly fight Gors and Beastigors and Trolls if they are only allowed a few guns and swords. Otherwise, I would expend 100 men fighting ten Gors/Beastigors.

I must ask for the Confederation to be allowed to use a larger amount of guns such as shotguns and revolvers and revolver rifels. I must ask for this because there is no way the Confederation will be able to fairly fight Gors and Beastigors and Trolls if they are only allowed a few guns and swords. Otherwise, I would expend 100 men fighting ten Gors/Beastigors.

I can give your guys my advanced bows during our thread. Since you have found us, we can act as auxillaries for your defense.

Sure you can! Knights and all sorts of stuff can put us down! Catapults and various other things! It wouldn't be fair to the rest of us if your here using 1914 technology and were fighting in the 1340's! Just look at some fanatasy games and see how they defeat such creatures.

I can give your guys my advanced bows during our thread.

Mine already have some. They have torquebows firing large metal bolts.

And okay, I'll see what my men can do.

Mine already have some. They have torquebows firing large metal bolts.

And okay, I'll see what my men can do.

Okay. Just remember, my people have incredible eyesight.