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For those of you who know me you will know that i have been working on this for a long time, the game has come together over the course of several years and im trialing it now on Dakka for the first time

the game will have to played slightly differenntly because of the nature of online rpg games. This may cause a few problems but nothing that cannot be handled,

The game is a Medieval era Role Playing Game where you take on the role off a character who is following the Stone storyline,

The game will grow and evolve as it is played so dont be discouraged by a lack of background, it will appear over time.

Anyhoo:

Races playable in Stone.
Humans: The UHTC or the United Human Traders Confederation, fair and honest folk who love a good bargain but are not particularly greedy or arrogant.

Dwarfs: The Dwarfs live in their mountain fortresses constructing great engines of war for the prophesised conflict to come.

Elves: Fair and tall, natural mages, and all of them are undying.
 High: The general peacemaker not inclined to battle but if the need arises they will bear spear and holy light against all enemies.

 Wood: Rangers and guides, inclined to be incredibly serene to the point of baffling all others with a calm and steady hand, even in the pitch of battle.

 Dark: The mages of destruction and stealth, those who would never see their adversaries face only their back or scorched legions of dieing warriors.

Orcs: Ancient warriors that adhere to tradition of close combat and shamanistic beliefs.

Goblins: Small green creatures often found in the darkest of forests or caves and usually in great numbers, a wily intelligence and cunning offset by good-natured humour.

Ataani: Tall feline warriors clad in magic absorbing obsidian plate, all Ataani use druidic magic of the land that envelops their race, and use a handful of weapons proficiently.

Magi: Demonic paladins sent to scourge the land of undead, little is known of these shadowy beings.

Dragorans: Short stocky men with the appearance of lizards, these warriors are dedicated to individual one on one combat at the peak of honour.

Satyrs: Men with the heads and legs of goats but considerably stronger, wielding scythe like weapons they make fantastic assassins and heavy melee fighters.

Twinings: Druids who have become so attached to the trees in the forests where they live, they have actually bonded with them, now they walk as men with bark for skin and moss for hair.

Detailed race descriptions.

Humans
Tallish with hair colours ranging from brown to black, with occasional white in elder men, skin colour varies from place to place, but is predominantly semi tanned or white.
Their height varies from 160–200 cm
Normal proportions
Usually, fair people in terms of temperament
Aptitude for swords and crossbows
Location: UHTC, Southern Tedgar, otherwise settlements everywhere
Can grow facial hair

Dwarfs
Short, stout, bearded with short legs and longish arms (In proportion). Predisposed to be grumpy but loves good conversation. Brown or white facial and head hair with the occasional dirty red, beard is usually quite rich in colour until maturity (about 25) when it goes purest white., pale skin maybe with a slight tan.
Height 80-130 cm
Shortened legs elongated arms
Good naturedly grumpy
Aptitude for axes and blunt weapons
Location: Angara, Tedgar
Will grow facial hair

Elves
Human in appearance with some minor differences, such as tapered ears and a generally more “streamlined” appearance
Hair colour: White-blond
Skin colour: Varies
Height: 180-210 cm
Proportions:
High: Normal but streamlined
Wood: Streamlined with tapering fingers and waist
Dark: Fair and streamlined with dark elegance
Subterranean: Thickset with rough elegance
Calm and serene temperament
Skin colours:
High: Pale
Wood: Pale with faintest blue green tinge
Dark: Dark purple nearly black
Subterranean: Pale with red and black tinge/highlights
Aptitude for:
High: Spears, swords
Wood: Bows, long knives
Dark: Wrist weapons, knives, staves, orbs, wands, idols, magic
Subterranean: Mechanical weapons, guns, maces, and flails
Location:
High: Northern and southern Rashtas
Wood: Central Angara
Dark: Everywhere (wanderers)
Subterranean: Western and central Tedgar.
No facial hair.

Orcs
Tallish when standing strait but usually runs in a half hunch, warriors generally tall powerful heavies, with the shamans being thin almost to the point of being skeletal.
Only the orc shamans take any pride in their beads or indeed their appearance as a whole. They have wily intelligence and wisdom beneath those muscles. They have grey skin and blood red hair.
About 180 cm
Proportion: Thickset
Aptitude: Melee weapons
Calm with strong battle rage
Location: Everywhere, except northern and central Rashtas
Some facial hair


Goblins
Short green creature with bulbus eyes and passable night vision, social creatures that nonetheless are feral in battle, usually suited to a skirmishers role as they have no inherent racial magic, and their stature undermines them in battle. Goblins do not require sleep due to a quirk of their digestive system they can stay awake indefinitely.
About 40-50 cm
Generally calm and joking
Aptitude: Spears, daggers and knifes, javelins, short bows, and guns
Location: Everywhere
No hair


Ataani
Graceful, tall, and elegant, but feral and feline nonetheless, humanoid with distinctive pitch black fur and golden eyes with red irises, these creature hail from hunting grounds far to the north of the main continents. A panther’s face hides an otherwise human temperament.
Temperament: Suspicious of all bar the humans whom they trust
Aptitude: Obsidian weapons, especially: swords and bows, but also carry spears knifes and hatchets, obsidian-crafted armour.

Magi
The Magi are covered in horn like growths that create a sort of natural armour to combat enemies who get to close, Adept at magic of the paladinic nature. Red skinned with some coal black hair poking out from beneath the horned visage.
Location Everywhere.
Aptitude for magic staves wands orbs idols.

Dragorans
Humanoid, scaled skin, elongated muzzle deprived of scales, (just bone), opens to reveal scaled human face, 2 thumbs on opposite ends of hands i.e. one next to the ring finger (no little finger), and one next to the index finger.
Aptitude: Handswords, self-buffing magic.
Location, Dragoran coast
Arrogant,
About a head shorter than most humans

Satyrs
Tallish Goat men who have spiralling horns that encircle their heads, many of the satyrs wear the skins of defeated enemies as a robe but this is not essential, may wear necromantic plate.
Location: Forests
Aptitude: Polearms scythes necromantic magic (rare)

Twinings
Shaped as they were when natural, these druids are incredibly powerful in all arts relating to the land
Location: rare and wandering.
Aptitude for druidic magic, alchemy, herbology, glaives, potioncraft, and other nature skills

Classes
Knight
Deathknight
Undeathknight

Warrior
Legionnaire
Spearman

Paladin
Warlock
Deathcultist

Mage
Druid
Shaman

Cleric
Demonologist
Necromancer

Archer
Skirmisher
Marine

Assassin

Descriptions
Knight

A staunch defender of faith, clad in white armour, wielding sword and shield to purify those who would threaten his church

Weapons: One-handed sword and a shield, and lance
Magic: Yes
Runes: optional
Horseback: optional, recommended
Alignment: lawful, good

Role: tank or damage dealer



Deathknight

Skin stained red from the endless worship of the blood that flows over his skin when he fights, black hair flows back of his head, mace in hand, shield on arm, black armour defying any chance to kill him.

Weapons: One-handed mace and shield, sacrificial knife
Magic: yes
Runes: no
Horseback: optional, recommended, demonic steed
Alignment: optional, but usually chaotic, evil

Role: damage dealer

Undeathknight

A gaunt individual more skeleton than live, clad in armour made of over lapping bone plates and a two handed bone sword gripped in hand.

Weapons: Two-handed bone sword
Magic: optional
Runes: no
Horseback: optional, recommended, deathsteed
Alignment: chaotic, neutral

Role: support or damage dealer

Warrior

A man who fights for his purse, often not doing a task, until it is proved to him, that it will benefit him in some way

Weapons: any melee weapon
Magic: no
Runes: no
Horseback: travel only
Alignment: neutral, neutral

Role: damage dealer

Legionnaire

A soldier of peace and justice, or just someone who follows orders, either way they will treat everybody the same and with the rules and laws they themselves were brought up to.

Weapons: One handed sword and shield
Magic: no
Runes: no
Horseback: travel only
Alignment: lawful, neutral

Role: tank

Spearman

Spearmen often learn from a young age to keep their enemies in front of them and at a safe distance, this carries on into later life.

Weapons: Spear, and shield if the spear is not double the characters height
Magic: no
Runes: no
Horseback: yes
Alignment: neutral, good

Role: damage dealer

Paladin

Dedicated to a holy order, these men have faith as a shield and justice as a weapon; clad in pure white armour these warriors are the foot units that accompany knights into battle.

Weapons: Two one handed close combat weapons
Magic: yes
Runes: no
Horseback: travel only
Alignment: chaotic, good

Role: healer or damage dealer

Warlock

Steeped in mystery the warlocks practice human sacrifice as a religion, these unholy paladins bring the steep their skin in the blood of others to increase their connection to demons and their order follows the Deathknights into battle.

Weapons: One two handed mace or axe, and a sacrificial knife
Magic: Yes
Runes: no
Horseback: travel only, demonic steed
Alignment: neutral, evil

Role: damage dealer

Deathcultist

Paladins who have forsaken the path of life to prevent their death, these undead warriors march endlessly and need no reminder of their choice.

Weapons: Bone pole arm
Magic: no
Runes: yes
Horseback: travel only, deathsteed
Alignment chaotic, neutral

Role: tank

Mage

Trained to use their mind, they eschew the hurly, burly of melee battle, to the mental battles of the mage.

Weapons: none but you can get items that increase magical potency (eg staffs)
Magic: Yes
Runes: No
Horseback: travel only
Alignment: neutral, neutral

Role: damage dealer

Druid

Linked with nature these secluded warriors protect the animals and plants of their homeland. Often without a link to their home, they trave far and wide searching for the cause of some minor mishap and eradicate it completely.

Weapons: Anything as long, as it has no metal or was constructed of something living.
Magic: no
Runes: Yes
Horseback: travel ONLY
Alignment: lawful, neutral

Role: support

Shaman

Using the strength of the tribe, they can bolster the failing limbs of a man or even restart a heart, the bigger the party the better.

Weapons: none, but same as mage
Magic: Yes
Runes: no
Horseback: travel only
Alignment: Optional

Role: support or healer

Cleric

A monk and healer of one of the holy orders, he uses the faith of his body to help the sick and hurt, the faith of many clerics working in concert can work miracles.

Weapons: none, but same as mage
Magic: Yes
Runes: no
Horseback: travel only
Alignment: lawful, good

Role: healer

Demonologist

Having spent many years performing blood sacrifices the Demonologist can summon demons out of the air around him, his power is so great that he can use his own blood to do this.

Weapons: Sacrificial knife only, but may also have an idol
Magic: Yes
Runes: no
Horseback: travel only, demonic steed
Alignment: lawful, evil

Role: support

Necromancer

Having delved deep into ancient texts for many years, the necromancer can inscribe runes onto rocks and tablets and imbue them with great power, when one of these runes comes into contact with living, (or dead!) sentient tissue they activate releasing their power.

Weapons: Inscribing knife, wands
Magic: no
Runes: Yes
Horseback: travel only, deathsteed
Alignment: lawful, neutral

Role: support

Archer

Born of a hunting family these warriors, keep them selves hidden, letting fear and dread talk for them.

Weapons: Bow, occasionally a dagger or pair of daggers
Magic: no
Runes: no
Horseback: optional
Alignment: neutral, neutral

Role: damage dealer

Skirmisher

These men live on the run and deal with trouble their entire lives. Consequentially they are master of hit and run tactics.

Weapons: Any thrown (usually dictated by race).
Magic: no
Runes: no
Horseback: travel only
Alignment: chaotic, neutral

Role: damage dealer

Marine

Highly trained, these warriors use a mixture of tactics, mechanical devices, and blind luck to confound and ultimately defeat their enemies.

Weapons: Crossbow / repeater crossbow
Magic: no
Runes: no
Horseback: travel only
Alignment: chaotic, good

Role: damage dealer or support

Assassin

Shadowy individuals that use a mixture of magic forward planning, supreme martial skill and technological secrets to out wit and kill those who oppose them.

Weapons: concealed weapons: can take any of the following: wrist crossbow, pair of wrist crossbows, knifes, torture spikes, foldaway bow, fold away crossbow, death contraption, viral dart (may only have one at a time), throwing knifes (max 10 per concealed weapon slot)
Magic: yes
Runes: no
Horseback: travel only
Alignment: neutral, neutral

Role: damage dealer

When you choose a race and class ill pm you with the skills you can get/ the tier of their use, i will tell you through pm as the story line goes on when various tiers of sklills become active

Also weapons will come available as time goes on but you start with the ones detailed by your class, except for dragorans who start with a Handsword only, which is a sort of Katana

Char sheets

Name
Age
Class
Race
Weapons
Armour (i will reccommend armour for each char sheet as it pops up)
Appearance/Bio

Once we have a few members ill start things up, oh and please try to align with either good or evil, rather than a mix of both



Act one: The Evening of Light

Tyranic slowly drew his mount around, the chargers sides heaving in the dawn, The skeleton warriors were getting bolder, the Neromancer must be near.

He and his knights charged down the hill and into the press of warriors, none survived. The knights ripped through them with ease.

They may be gitting bolder but they wernt strong enough to beat the knights of The Lady Phobos.

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Dekkanso followed the tracks. The undead army had landed here. Nothing would stop his warriors when they finally caught up with those wretches. The Dragoran looks through his helmet slits at the Dying ground. Nothing survived tehm, nothing ever did. But the warriors at his back would. They had to.

well this is depressing

lols i might play on my own
character sheet...

Name: Tyranic Marta
Age: 35
Class: Knight
Race: Human
Weapons: Bastard Sword, Kite shield
Armour: Plate mail: Helmet, Chest, Bracers, Shoulders, Legs
Appearance/Bio: Tall and Rugged with blue eyes and white blond hair, His plate mail is burnished and covered in lines of engraved text, he also has a small book related to his god, hanging from his neck. His horse, Wildfire (character classes with horseback indicated as nessesary (knight deathknight undeathknight), automatically get a steed (undead for undeathknights demonic for deathknights)) is white and strong, a natural charger bred in the stables of his order castle,

He comes from a long standing order of holy knights, who work in conjunction with paladins and clerics to rid the land of undead

wow ok so this rpg died before it lived :( rawr

When did the thread go up?

Uhhh I might join later m8

cool, but unless thrs othrs thrs no point, it wont really run too well with only one/two dudes

(ghosty) thrs a time thingie next to my op soooo 08 of this month so three day ago

Ah, well there's your problem. The Rp community is as slow and proverbially blind as a badger with heatstroke. As such, it can take anything from a day, to a month to get responses. Additionally, you may have noted that

"Do you want to play a game?" thread is up, and it contains most of the regulars.

"Stalemate" is also up, and that, again, has most of the regulars.

And the Zombie rp, which has since died ( Despite Darks persistence) has recently been up.

I'm sure once these have died down, if you put this back up again, people would be far more inclined to join.

Indeed for the moment there is an overload of rp's. In wich the regulars are already participating.

Wow, that means we have a real small RPG community: i think we are around 12ish active players

your right, ill post it again in a coupla months *sigh*

Name: Tralyn Eyther athem (name generators ftw)
Age: 102
Class: archer
Race: wood elf
Weapons: compisite bow (very fancy), 2 long thin daggers
Armour: studded leather
Appearance/Bio:
height: 185cm tall
skin: pale white with a green tinge
hair: long white
eyes: bright green
agreesive looking expresion

woot second char sheet, once we has a few more ill start the campaign

(armour for you is studded leather all over

Name: kozac silentsong
Age: 157
Class: assasin
Race: dark elf
Weapons: pair of wristcrosbows and some knives
Armour (i will reccommend armour for each char sheet as it pops up)
Appearance/Bio:
height: 190cm tall
skin: extremely white
hair: long black with sinister trophies in it like a little piece of skin to bond his hair in a pony tail
eyes: sinister dark. always looking through you.
alignment: evil of course XD
Bio: as he is already 157 he was first a high elf but after seeing the brutal slaughtering of his own family just because it would be better for the noble of his land. he became bitter and dark. one night he sneaked into the royal chamber of the lord and assasinated him. then he left and was quickly found by his (new made) brother from the silentsong. he joined them and was adopted. now he is one of their assasins and is ready to do lord silentsongs bidding.

Woohoo, I like fantasy. It looks like the game is starting up now, so...

Name - Ranun of Crisela
Age - 34
Class - Warrior
Race - Satyr
Weapons - A large 2-handed club with metal spikes on it, and he also has a dagger.
Armour - Chain
Appearance - 2 meters tall. Handsome, as satyrs go.
Alignment - Lawful/Neutral

Ranon was born in the Woods of Crisela. While he was a small child, his parents and clan were killed by raiding orks. He had managed to survive by running deep into the woods and hiding.

He wandered the woods for days until he was confronted by a pack of hungry wolves. The wolves started to close in on him when a she-bear came between him and the wolves. What compelled her to do so, Ranun never knew. The she-bear fought off the wolves, and then took Ranun to her cave. The she-bear raised Ranun with her other cubs.

When Ranun was of age, he left and went wherever the road took him.

sweet we has players

armour for:

Nocturne, Assasins dont get mucha rmour sos, they shouldnt need it, so you get cloth all over

Bringer: you get chain all over

(sure mate i don't care baut armour i just jump away from these swords and i just kill you before you could even raise ur sword at me XD)

yarp, your skills are on the way

Ok well we may as well start.

(tralyn) Your bow creaks under the strain as yu carefully target the stag infront of you, through the foliage you are completely invisible, before you can loose your arrow something spooks the stag, as it bounds away through the scrub you see the shadowy but loud shapes of movement in the trees.

(Kozac) You drop silently to the parapet, your feet making no noise on the hard stone, your cloth shoes absorbing all sound, infront of you you can see a pair of guards, their backs to you talking away their shift, in the distance your eyes spot the window of the nobleman, Keyal Randostal. The brotherhood wants the man assasinated quickly, before his political veiws spread to far.

(Ranun) As your feet pound heavily across the lightly wooded hills you feel in tune with nature, the birdsong is clear in the morning light and animals can be seen in many places, looking up you see the fortress of the knights Costellar, before you in the hills are a group of knights charging down some skeletons. The scene is harsh in contrast in your mind from the peacfulness around you, the clash of battle reaches your ears

i circle around, keeping to the cover of low shubs and trees, trying to get a better veiw of the shapes making the noises, but keeping unseen and invisiable.

Through the shrubbery you can see the creatures making the noise, Dragorans, how they got their you have no idea but their scaley skin is unmistakable, their handswords are out and cuting through the sacred trees

(thrs 5 of them)

i climb two meters up a nearby tree, quickly loose two arrows, one straight through the back of a dragorans head and the other into anothers back. i leap off the tree and take two more by supprise, cutting their throats with my two dagges before they could react. thrusting one of the bodys back into the remaining dragoran, knocking him flat then loosing another arrow into its scaley throat.
standing there,for a moment, panting from the adrenaline.
i search the bodys.

i sneak up to them. and try to do a double kill with my knives and do it silently

"Yes, some sport," thought Ranun as he ran to join the knights... anyways, the sooner the skeletons were destroyed, the sooner it was once again would be peaceful.

Ranun takes out his Kanabo (what I was going at... just couldn't remember the name), and charged at the skeletons yelling a loud battlecry.

Save me a space, not all that well now, and I don't want to trouble myself with having to make another char sheet.

(no probs shas)

(Tralyn) The bodies have little on them, all that you can find is the strange skinlike material that they make their clothes out of, and their handswords, either they wernt going to be here long or they are part of a larger group.

(Kozac) you move forward silently, your knifes darting up and out slitting their throats, they gurgle softly as they sink to the ground.

(Ranun) Seeing you the knights hail you as they make anouther pass "Wherefore are you headed Satyr? Your assistance would be appreciate in this fight."

"I am headed nowhere, but for now, knight, it would be my honor to fight with you. Let us not tarry." responded Ranun to the knight.

i scan the location for any distraction opportunities.