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[Deny]

(Another forum, I hear you say, Yes I reply another forum)

The lands of Cholgoris are huge, covered in vast lakes, open plains, huge forests, sky scraping mountains, mighty oceans and just about every land feature you can think of. The creatures are just as diverse, from wolves to giant spiders, cattle and grogs, lions and dragons, ogres, trolls, elephants, and the list goes on, but among these creatures are some with intelligence, these six races are the most intelligent of the species on the world of Cholgoris. First and most commonly seen are the humans, these are the most adaptable of all the races, next are the orcs, the dumbest, most vicious and warlike of all the races, the most numerous are the goblins, who while not the bravest or strongest, are incredibly cunning and very good at stealth, then come the dwarves, stout hardy folk who are known for their stubbornness and their great craftsmanship, producing fine weapons, and strong but beautiful constructions, the most reclusive but magical of the races are the elves, they are very proud yet quiet people who don’t often offer help, but when they do it is most valuable, then come the beastmen vicious beast with primal cunning, come have horse bodies some have bull heads but they  are all cruel malicious creatures. Now each race is still in a primitive stage, but that will soon change

OK stats, each out of five, intelligence is their tech level, strength is kinda obvious, magika is their magical ability, numeracy is how fast they breed and how common they are, allegiance is on a three neutral, one very evil, five very good, cunning is their ability to do sneaky things, bravado is their ability to do the impossible, and courage is obvious.

Spoiler: Races (click to show/hide)

Humans:
Strength, 3
Intelligence, 3
Magika, 3
Allegiance, 3
Cunning, 3
Bravado, 3
Courage, 3
Numeracy, 3
Area, plains
Orcs:
Strength, 4
Intelligence, 2
Magika, 2
Allegiance, 3
Cunning, 2
Bravado, 4
Courage, 4
Numeracy, 3
Area Plains
Dwarves:
Strength, 3
Intelligence, 4
Magika, 2
Allegiance, 4
Cunning, 2
Bravado, 4
Courage, 4
Numeracy, 2
Area, mountains
Goblins:
Strength, 2
Intelligence, 4
Magika, 3
Allegiance, 2
Cunning, 4
Bravado, 1
Courage, 2
Numeracy, 5
Area, mountains
Elves:
Strength, 3
Intelligence, 4
Magika, 4
Allegiance, 5
Cunning, 3
Bravado, 3
Courage, 3
Numeracy, 1
Area, forests
Beastmen:
Strength, 4
Intelligence, 2
Magika, 3
Allegiance, 1
Cunning, 3
Bravado, 2
Courage, 3
Numeracy, 4
Area, forests

I’m accepting six players, each to play as one race, its first come first serve, but I may add some more players later, you’ll each play as a tribe and can spend five points on the following stats for the tribe, to a maximum of three per upgrade
Technology
Numbers
Magical ability

These will be influenced by the race as well, so if you put three magical ability and you’re the elves expect incredible magic’s, using dice rolls for this and please post a tribe background as well

(you'll get more info later if this catches on)

[Criptfeind]

Goblins:
Strength, 2
Intelligence, 4+2(6)
Magika, 3
Allegiance, 2
Cunning, 4
Bravado, 1
Courage, 2
Numeracy, 5+3(8)
Area, mountains

The Lost Moon Clans

Spoiler: Back Story (click to show/hide)

The stories say that once the Moon Clans lived among the lowlands, worshiping the moon in their savage rites and living almost as animals. Then from the west came the a savage tribe of Orcs that made war upon the Moon Clans, the numbers of the goblins were no match for the savagery and weapons of the Orcs and they the Moon Clans was almost wiped from the face of the earth.

The few survivors that managed to avoid death fled into the mountains where they were chased by the army of orcs, soon they were unable to flee any further and they knew their doom was upon them. It is said that in the final hour of the clans the goddess of the moon descended from the heavens and appeared before the clans. She informed them that she had made a deal with the gods of the earth. In exchange for becoming a aeon of slavery to the earth gods, they would save her people, but they might not look upon her form again lest they get ideas of trying to save her. With that the earth trembled and swallowed whole the last of the Moon Clans.

The Clans renamed themselves The Lost Moon Clans in honor of their goddess sacrifice. In the underground they found a hard but fairly peaceful life. And they slowly prospered. Their numbers and technology increasing.

But then the shaking times came. When the earth was in upheaval, every day new tunnels were made and old ones collapsed. The mighty underground rivers that flowed as the blood of the Lost Moon Clans shifted course, bringing famine to many. In the depths explorers reported molten rock and toxic gasses seeping up though the earth. In the furthest reaches of the territories reports of dark monsters flying from uncovered chasms were heard. It seemed as if the very earth is turning against the Goblins. Then a young explorer by the name of Riaql Legl found a hole in the highest tunnels. This hole reached to a strange new land never seen before. The outside.

For the first time in innumerable generations The Lost Moon Clans is free of the earth. For the first time they have seen their object of worship.

With fewer and fewer lands livable beneath the earth a mass exodus occurred. Uncountable goblins have left their underground homes in search of their ancestral lands. They pour from earth in numbers that can not be counted. Bringing with them a burning desire to reclaim the lands stolen so long ago.

Spoiler: Important people (click to show/hide)

Riaql Legl: The finder of the surface. This goblin is still fairly young, even by goblin standards. Still, he has a bravery and need for adventure almost unknown among his relatively conservative people. He stands as the symbol of goblin exploration and is one of their greatest heroes. He is now in charge of a vast army of scouts that constantly roam acrost the outside looking for places for the non stop waves of immigrants.

Wleti Jaugltir: High priestess of the Moon Goddes, Wleti is both the foremost spiritual and political leader amongst the Hidden Moon Clans. From the capital of First Darkness She leads her people in these trying times. Staving off mass starvation and keeping control of uncountable numbers of goblins streaming to new lands is a hard job, but as one of the brightest and most powerful Moon priestess the Clans has seen since the decent she might have what it takes to make sure her people not only survive, but flourish.

Liavy Lamj: Khan of the Clans. Liavy is the second most powerful Goblin in the clans, he wields almost as much political power as the High priestess, and his command of the armies is unquestionable. In the past he has came into many conflicts of leadership with Wleti, but he respects her and will in the end bow to her wishes. Now all his time is spent readying the army. He is aware the most dangerous time the Goblins have seen in a aeon is facing him, and he will be sure that nothing will cause a repeat of the past.

Fooh Nakir: Master mechanic. Fooh is in a powerful position. When the goblins first came to the underworld they were little more then savages. But forced to adapt agriculture and industry to survive they found themselves surprisingly inventive. Now a aeon later their technological skills are among the highest in the world. The tinkering guild holds a absolute monopoly on many industrial industries, and has it's claws in almost all economic activities besides. This has lead to the creation to a massive bureaucratic organization that is by far the foremost economic power in the Clans, and at it's head we find Fooh.

[10ebbor10]

In,as Dwarves,shet later

[Criptfeind]

Back story finishedish.

Can you perhaps give more information what what tech level we should be thinking about roughly? At level 6 I assumed at least some industry and stuff, but I am not sure.

Actually any information about the game would be appreciated. Other then how to sign up there is not really any. I'm not really sure what type of game it even is, but it looks pretty cool so far.

[Deny]

well level one is basically sstone weapons, tech level two is bronze stuff, level three stone, I'll give you a full sheet later, the game is basically where you try to forge an empire from a tribe through conquest, diplomacy, that stuff, industry perhaps, but youd only really find it on the dwarves or goblins, and even then its hard to get. You'll play as your tribes leader and conquer the world, any tech advances will be slow as the game will basically take place over a handful of years, you play as one tribe and their will be other non-playable tribes, a bit like playing civ but over a much smaller period of time

[Deny]

Tech tree here, magic coming later

Spoiler: Tech tree (click to show/hide)

1 stone tools, fire, animal taming, the wheel
2 bronze working, agriculture,  lumbering
3 stone works, mines, roads, herbal medicines, basic maths
4 sailing, trapping, paper, brewing, basic medicines, complex maths, magnetism, compasses
5 Iron working, siege weapons, irrigation, sewerage, basic glass working
6 Basic machinery, crossbows, complex medicines
7 Steel, advanced mining, advanced sailing, clockworks
8 Gunpowder, mass printing, advanced metal working
9 Advanced glass working, gas storage,
10 basic steam power, coal burning, basic flight and dynamite

[Ukrainian Ranger]

I'll take Orcs

Technology (+1)
Numbers (+1)
Magical ability (+3)

Spoiler: Background (click to show/hide)

La Kaash isn't usual tribe, several generations ago cruel shaman started a rebellion against the high chief and won and then every tribe member without magical talent was brutally killed. The said shaman, Hol-Gar was absolutely sure that only magic can bring real power, and the ones without magical abilities are inferior beings and should be killed.
Later he trained more warrior\mages and started a war with neighboring tribes. He was a powerfull mage and brilliant strategist and one tribe after another was wiped from the face of the earth... Only their magically talented babies was allowed to live and were raised as new warrior\mages
His son Gar-Tor, grandson Tor-Mak and grand-grandson Mak-Lot continued to develop the tribe in a same direction:  Small and violent nomad tribe of warriors with considerable magical abilities. They mostly survive by raiding other tribes and looting them.
 

[10ebbor10]

Dwarves:
Strength, 3
Intelligence, 4+4
Magika, 2
Allegiance, 4
Cunning, 2
Bravado, 4
Courage, 4
Numeracy, 2 +1
Area, mountains

Spoiler: Backstory (click to show/hide)

For years, the mountain range of Itrahil have been a source of legends. Strange noises could be heard from the inside, explosions, the sound of hammers and tools, some curses. The mountain are bare, devoid of any trees, and mysterious appear and disapear with time. Legend says, the mountain is inhabited by little gnomes, who like to steal ale and cause all sort of mischief. The dwarves of Itrahil know nothing of this comparison, safe as they are in their gigantic underground fortress.

Or that was what they thought, before the fall of their great Mountain fortress. A truly great fortress it had been, filled with artefacts from far away lands, the true pinacle of dwarven technology. It's defenses were takeable, it's walls and buildings so magnificent, tales of them spread through the entire wod. No living being could possible conquer this fortress. However, the dwarves dug too greedily, and to deep, and provoked the wrath of the mountain. The fortress was destroyed in a storm of fire and ash, and nothing but the gates remain, black for fire, scarred, forever remembering this terrible lesson .

Now the last of the dwarves huddle together in their outposts, their old glory undone, their numbers few. However, the will not go undefeated. After several weeks of silence, the dwarves have reached a descision. They will seize the day.

Spoiler: Important locations (click to show/hide)

The Black Gate
Once called the Golden gate, these proud gates once guarded the mountain pass that lead to the Mountain halls. Now the Gold has molten away, the stones are cracked and the mountain hall is gone, but still the Gate guard remains. These elite forces have sworn to guard the gates, and while now the road only leads to a fiery inferno, the tradition is still upheld.

The Eastern fortress
The most important remaining fortress. It has large defensive fortifications, and has a decent metal industry. It commands a fertile valley, with a river running through the middle of it.

Note: Your tech tree is a bit strange. Basic steam power and basic flight in the same categories ?? Coal should be a prerequisite of steel.  The Steam pump allowed for advaned mining, gas storage is probably way to early, magnetism way to late (It was used by the Chinese, and in Europe several hundred years before gun powder).

[Ahra]

Beastmen:
Strength, 4
Intelligence, 2+1 (3)
Magika, 3+3 (6)
Allegiance, 1
Cunning, 3
Bravado, 2
Courage, 3
Numeracy, 4+1 (5)

Spoiler: Backstory (click to show/hide)

It is unknown when the Eanitik came out of the darkest woods and saw the lights of the sky, all that is known is that the woods
have always been home to the numerous Beast-folk.
But in the deepest parts there are clearings untouched by anything but the most secluded of them all: The Ean, keepers of memory,
weavers of spells, crude, but the raw might in their veins have never seen equal.
Woe betide those that wander in the halls of their woods, for ancient they may be, and not as cunning as everyone, but they are not fools
and their home is theirs and yours is yours, do not cross them for their rage is still not extinguished even in these times of change...

[Ukrainian Ranger]

I strongly suspect that intelligence and current level of tech is not the same stat, because else there are no really primitive races

[10ebbor10]

intelligence is their tech level

[SoHowAreYou]

Humans (Hey guys r ise creativezors)

3 into tech

1 into numbers

1 into  magic

Background on the Machine Singers

I suck at these

Uh essentially there was a guy who was taught machines when he met the dwarves and now he started a tribe. He created a tribe that seeks refuge from persecution of other Humans and that is pretty where he left off.

[Deny]

do try to put down a background, it doesn't have to be elaborate, but please it would be good, and ebbor, the tech tree is like that because I think it provides the most elaborate story opportunities (although I might change the compass), the level one stuff is for some wild tribes and there is a possibility to lose some tech as well. Just need someone to play elves

heres the magic tree, its just a basic view of what can be done and examples

Spoiler: magic tree (click to show/hide)

1, simple tricks
2, basic runes
3, sacrificial rites
4, shamanism
5, elemental control
6, summoning rites
7, energy vortex
8, teleporting, blowing up
9, gold making
10, mountain moving

[Deny]

ebbor can you please name your dwarf clan/fortress or whatever

[10ebbor10]

The fortress and clan are named after the mountain range they are located in.