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[Mr.Zero]

This is the discussion thread of my Monsters Hunters RTD. I expect here discussion about the RTD, questions or anything else related to it. I however will also write up the RTD's lore and Monster Encyclopedia in here to prevent clutter in my RTD thread.

The ruleset

Note : If you wish to use this ruleset please send me a PM and i will send you the whole code.

Spoiler: General Game mechanics (click to show/hide)

2a.In this RTD, you have two action types; Free Actions and Standard Actions. You can perform as many Free Actions as you like (within reason) and there are no rolls involved; you just succeed (or fail if it's impossible). Free Actions include (but are not limited to) communicating, moving around, picking things up, dropping things and so on.

Standard Actions( Typed in bold) are the meat of RTD; you may perform one Standard Action per turn and they require a roll to see how well you do, the rolls are as follows;

0 - Godly Fail. At this point, you're probably dead, have taken someone else with you and made the entire world a whole lot worse. Pray that you never recieve this.Only achievable with a penalty.
1 - Epic Fail. You've failed beyond human proportions, whatever happens here... You hope that you survive it. Only achievable with a penalty.
2 - Big Fail. That didn't work, and you just made things worse as well!
3 - Regular Fail! You didn't succeed in doing what you wanted, also try not to hurt yourself.
4 - Lesser Fail. That didn't work try again.
5 - Success. You accomplished what you intended to do, but you didn't do anything spectacular and practically didn't learn anything. (No skill points gained)
6 - Lesser Success. You succeeded into doing what you wanted and learned something in doing so! (+1 skill points)
7 - Regular Success. Standard succes, (+2 skill points)
8 - Big overshoot. Whoops, you went a wee bit too far. The result is definitely what you wanted to, but with some unintentional side-effects; like you targeted the enemy cultist and blew up the entire city. (+3 skill points)
9 - Epic Overshoot Your action matches the acts of the heroes in legends but so does the overshoot. (+3 skill points) Only achievable with a big bonus.
10 - Godly Overshoot The gods tremble in your presence as your actions has reached even the gods themselves, whatever you did it is beyond good. The overshoot however is vastly bigger than you have imagined, your hope is that it's good. (+4 skill points) Only achievable with a big bonus.

Anything below 0 or above 10 is treated as a 0 or 10 respectively.

You can get bonuses from many sources, including magical buffs, skill training (see below), good equipment and random circumstance.
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2b.Skills are another part of RTD; Skills can be anything, if you focus on it you can become skilled in opening doors. There's no list of skills and the only way to see if you can learn a skill is to try it.

Skills have 12 levels, each level requires more XP than the previous level.

Dabbling - 1
Novice - 2 (+1 bonus if the die rolls a natural 1)
Competent - 4 (Static +1 to all rolls)
Skilled - 7 (Static +1 to all rolls, successes are improved.)
Adept - 11 (Static +1 to all rolls, extra +1 if the dice rolls a natural 1, successes are improved.)
Talented - 16 (Static +2 to all rolls, successes are improved)
Professional - 22 (Static +2 to all rolls, successes are greatly improved.)
Expert - 29 (You may choose to take a +1, +2 or +3 bonus to your rolls, successes are greatly improved.)
Master - 37 (You may choose to take a +1, +2 or +3 bonus to your rolls, successes are substantially improved.)
High Master - 46 (Static +3 bonus to all rolls, successes are substantially improved. You cannot Overshoot.)
Grand Master - 56 (Static +4 bonus to all rolls, successes are massively improved. You may choose to Overshoot, or not.)
Legendary - 75 (You choose which number you roll from 0 to 10.)

You get bonuses at different skill levels as well. Note that each bonus replaces any previous bonuses.

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2c.WEWNDS! Invariably you will meet people who are not very nice and who will try to hurt you, and whom you will try to hurt. You will be engaged in conflict and some of you will be hurt. These are the wound levels;

Lightly Wounded - Don't worry about it. You'll recover with a short rest and take no penalties. Just try not to get hit again.
Moderately Wounded - Ow. You take a -1 penalty to any rolls you make with this body part and may suffer some extra penalties if the part is important (like your brain). You'll heal after you take a fairly long rest.
Broken - Aaah! -2 penalty to any rolls made with this body part. Can only apply to brittle parts (like bones). Worse still, this will not heal by itself; you're going to need medical attention!
Mangled - Damaged beyond recognition. You'll be copping at least a -3 penalty to anything you try and use with this limb, and will probably be suffering a butt-ton of extra effects. Like Broken, this will not heal by itself.
Lopped Off - It's gone! Holy hell it's gone! You can't do anything that requires this part, and if it's an important part (like, say, your head) you are now dead. Worse still this cannot be healed by mundane means, and will require at least an Incredible success to fix!
There are also a number of status effects which may vary from time to time, i'll explain each effect when it turns up.
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2d.For Fighting, i first roll to see if you are successful in making your attack, the enemy then gets a roll to see if he dodges, if he doesn't (which can be because of all kinds of things, size being one of them), i make a third roll to see how much damage you do.

Spoiler:  De-buffs/buffs (click to show/hide)

Here i will explain difference status effects which your characters can acquire in the RTD. The effects vary from good to bad.

Exhausted:The user is physically tired and struggles to move or perform any other physical action. -3 to any physical moves the character tries to do. The Effect dissapears when: 2 turns pass, you consume a Restoration potion, you are cured by any stamina regenerating spells or after having rested or slept.
Drained: The user is magically dried out of any magic and is unable to perform magic successfully. -3 to any magical moves the character tries to do. The Effect dissapears when: 2 turns pass, you consume a Mana-Restoration potion, you are cured by any mana regenerating spells or after having rested or slept.

Spoiler: Spells/moves mechanic (click to show/hide)

3a. Aside from skills you also have spells/combo's, every time you try out a new combo/spell you can make a skill from that combo/spell. For instance i just cast the spell: fireball. If you create the skill fireball you will have the ability to train the skill and be more successful with it until you are able to cast the spell without rolling!

Obviously spells which are harder to cast are also harder to train. Training the spell fireball which can be thrown on the fly is not as easy as training a volcano eruption.

Spell making is not limited to spells only, you can also create combo's like Penta slash Slashes the enemy target 5 times in rapid succession.)

Spells/abilities have different tiers than skills. You can gain new ranks/tiers by using the spell/move often but also by accomplishing impossible tasks, reading books or learning from someone else.
These are the following tiers:

Novice 0/0: You know how the spell/move works, but still have trouble using it. (No bonus)
Apprentice 0/4: You have some more insight how spell/move works , but alas you still aren't quite sure how to use it. (+1 to roll)
Journeyman 0/8:After using the spell/move many times you are now able to use it more often. ( +2)
Expert:0/14: You almost know everything there is to know about the spell/move, you are very confident that you will succeed using it whenever you use it. ( +3)
Master 0/20:You control the spell/move, you can use it whenever you feel like using it. (+4)

With most spells/moves you can train it till you hit a barrier where you stop receiving additional points, this is simply due the lack of knowledge about specific mechanics of the spell/combo. This barrier will be usually at Journeyman Tier, but it can occur at earlier tiers with more difficult spells/combo's.

To advance any further, one has to search for a mentor and/or books about specific subjects which you will need to keep receiving additional skill points. The required knowledge will be shown when you stumble upon such a skill barrier.

Here is an example of a spell/combo

Name: Heal  <-------- This will be the spell/combo name. You can re-name it if you request it.
Description skill: Heals the wound of your allies or yourself. Damages undead monsters. <--------- Description of what the spell/combo does.
Level: Journeyman <-------- Current spell tier.
Misc: The most basic of light spells.<------------- Any additional information.

You can check the spells/moves in your abilities Notes section.

Spoiler: Character creation sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: (Quite obvious no explanation)
Age: (Painfully obvious)
Gender: (No hermaphrodites!)

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Races:

• Human

Standard stuff

• Cat (wo)man

Feline like creatures, cat ears, furred skin. See them as furries.

• Lizard (wo)man

Lizard like creatures , nature-attuned monsters/people like them.

• Elf

Tree huggin bastards, nature-attuned monsters/people like them.

• Dwarf

Small beardy guys, they love diggin and drinking booze.

• Orc

Big bulky green guys, lot's of fighting but not stupid).

• Goblin

Small scrawny half orc like things, can sell your items 3 times to yourself.

• Gnome

Small scrawny dwarfs, though they are evenly smart.

• Cow people

ONLY female, as males are hostile to anyone expect their species. Top half is female and bottom half is cow, they walk on 2 legs on their hooves.

• Demon kin

Humans which have a connection to demons, they have small horns, red eyes and pitch black hair. They aren't evil however.

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Stats: You get 34 points, each stat is maxed at 10 points and each stat starts at 1.

• Str

How strong you are, some weapons have a str requirement or some challenges have a STR req to be completed)

• Agi

How fast and agile you are, some obstacle challenges have a AGI req to be completed)

• Cha

How charming you are, some speech challenges have a CHA req to be completed.)

• Tgh

How tough you are, some endurance challenges have a TGH req to be completed)

• Int

How smart you are, some intelligence challenges have a INT req to be completed)

• Per

How easily you take notice of things, some perception challenges have a PER req to be completed)

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Characteristics: (Noticeable characteristics EG: Big moustache, scars, abnormal eye colours, hair colour etc.)

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1 Weapon: (Dual weapons like daggers, swords count as one. You can choose from the following weapons.

• Crossbows
• bows
• flintlock pistol
• flintlock rifle
• large variety of blades

2 handed, rapiers, daggers, etc.

• Spears/halberds
• hand weaponry
• maces

2 handed mauls, one handed, maces, morning stars, etc.

• Staves
• Hand cannon

Requires STR: 10 and strength affinity

• Axes

pretty much any melee weapon and most ranged weaponry. Misc. items also allowed but please consult me for that.
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1 Personal item: (Can be anything, however If I deem it OP or too big then no)
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Chosen your affinity: (Choosing an affinity gives you a small bonus to creating new skills and grants you ONE starter skill. You can choose from the following.

• Light
• Dark
• Earth
• Fire
• Water
• Wind
• Electricity
• Space (Time and dimension)
• Nature
• Mind (Things like telekinesis)
• Metal (Allows you to bend metal at will) [Requires a metal source]
• Agility affinity
• Strength affinity
• Charisma affinity
• Toughness affinity

Or any other affinity if you have one in mind, please do contact me about that.
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Small bio Optional, but helps me with writing up lore and text which your character says based on your characters point of view.)

Spoiler: Money mechanic (click to show/hide)

My Rtd uses the Empyrean Coins. This name doesn't matter that much as it can and will be changed freely in this RTD by different races. In this mechanic there are 4 coins, varying from the highest value to lowest value.
If you are exchanging a valuable coin for a less valuable coin then do x 10 to get the amount of coins you receive of the less valuable coin, and do :10 if you are exchanging less valuable coins for more valuable coins. This will be done automatically by the GM.

These are the 4 coin types that can be found in this system.

• Crystal-lings: Coins made out of valuable gems and/or crystals.
• Gold-Lings: Coins made out of Gold.
• Silver-Lings: Coins made out of Silver
• Bronze-lings: Coins made out of bronze

In the game there are few coin systems or trade systems. You have to get familiar with them in the game.

Spoiler: Time mechanic (click to show/hide)

4. FLUID TIME MECHANIC. This is an interesting concept I found somewhere on a role playing forum which fixes the travel time problem. In this RTD you will often travel around cities, lairs or other places. It will be extremely boring to write how you travel from point A to B. That is why I will introduce this mechanic. It works like this.

Imagine that you have to travel to a fisher village which is 2 turns away from your current location, so you start travelling and this is where the strange part kicks in. Imagine now that your character can be in 2 locations at once, Instance A is travelling, Instance B is in its previous location.

During the travel time you can control Instance B of your character which is in the previous location (Village before you departed to the fisher village), to do a variety of things in that place. Like hunting, drinking, crafting, etc. This will fill the gap of empty travel time and earn you some skill points or items! HOWEVER!!

Once every 2-3 turns in the travel time I will roll an encounter-roll which follow these rules. This encounter roll will happen with Character instance A.

• Very Bad encounter.
• Bad encounter.
• No encounter (Journey continues)
• Normal encounter.
• Good encounter.
• Very good encounter.

Spoiler:  Talk mode (click to show/hide)

When this occurs you will start talking with somebody.

This can be for various reasons, but this only happens for major events. So random people will not active this. In this mode you will discuss with your target NPC about your mission rewards, quests, knowledge or to convince him into doing something, etc. This will be done trough Quicktopic, if more players are in this mode and they happen to be in the same area talking to the same character they will have the option to join the conversation as long as they aren't forced to.

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The lore
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Here i will write the lore of the world my players are in, as the story progresses more lore will be written. If they read books, ancient scrolls or ask people new lore will also be written if there is something of interest.


The Organisations

Monster Hunters

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This organisation has existed since the dawn of time, all races had once their small monster hunter group. But it was until the 3rd Era that the races have decided to rally all the monster hunters under one organisation and one home. Castle Volikmar, one of the biggest castles in the empire. Designed by dwarves and gnomes and build by orcs, humans and demon-kin. This behemoth of an a castle functions as the primary base of the monster hunters, but there are various bases set up all trough the lands.

During the same time, astro-mages have discovered an certain technique which enabled them to track special individuals who possess what we call "Soul affinity". Which means that, your very own soul can changed to accept magical powers. Most people who do not have this aren't able to conjure magic without the use of scrolls,totems or any other magical catalyst. In the past people discovered this by accident, but there were also lots that didn't discover their power. Needless to say, their power was lost.

That's why nowadays we got seekers, they scour the lands to find these individuals and ask them to join the Monster hunters. Because of certain laws, you are obliged to join the monster hunters once you are discovered and at least 13 years of age. Most often this is not a problem as this is a big honor and the tales of legendary hunters aspire lot's of people to join the hunters.

The primary purpose of the  Monster Hunters organisation is to keep the citizens of these lands safe from true-monsters which want to harm them. But in the time of war, they are the vanguard unit of all races. They are the ones which stand at the front, paving the way for the rest. They are the heroes of the legends.

They are... Monster Hunters.

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[Mr.Zero]

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Spoiler: Lizardfolk (click to show/hide)

Racial Lore

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The origin of the Lizard-folk is one of the oldest ones in the existence of the world, namely because it starts at the beginning of time when the stars were young and the gods still freely roamed the skies.
It starts with the majestic race of dragons, these creatures were born from the magical residue let over by the gods. Like phoenixes, they were born from it. Imbued with great magical powers, a high sense of honor and pride and above ordinary intelligence they soared trough the skies for many many years to follow.
But time takes its toll too… The dragons became bored of their reign and it seemed like a ward would erupt between the dragons for power.
However, at the point of greatest tension, the dragons.. found another sentient race…

The humans..

They seemingly appeared out of nowhere, but they were one of the fastest adapting races that the dragons have ever witnessed. This struck the dragons curiosity as they tried to approach these unknown creatures. As you'd think, it didn’t go as the dragons have planned. The humans ran in fear as they approached and attacked them. It didn’t surprise the dragons, they’ve witnessed the same with some other creatures.
That didn't halt their curiosity at all, in fact some dragons devised a transformation spell to counter-act this problem. There were.. However some problems with the spell. For one, it was one way only. So once you transformed, you couldn't transform back and the second problem which is tied with the first is that the dragons had too much magical energy for a smaller body.  The second problem could be solved by releasing your energy into the surroundings, but there was no solution for the first problem.

With these warnings, still some dragons performed the spell. Creating the first semi-human race, the dragon-folk and imbuing the world with the dispersed magical energy. The very foundation of performing magic in the future.
The Dragon-folk were very similar to a human, with the exception of having wings, a tail, lizard eyes, parts of scaly skin, the ability to perform magic and breathe fire.

After approaching the humans with their new forms, they were still wary. But they accepted them for their different appearance.  They co-existed for many decades, but again time took its toll. The Dragon-folk lost their wings, their ability to breathe fire and their massive control over magic.  With this loss , came a new name. The lizard-folk.

These days they still live in the same region where they have settled many hundreds of years ago.

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The Lizard-folk have a council-like government system. Where the wisest, bravest and most heroic are chosen to govern their people.  They have a royal family which strangely has retained their wings of their ancestors.

They are a very proud race like their ancestors and value honor and dedication above anything. They are very skilled at sword combat, guerilla warfare, fire magic and poison craft. One thing to remember when dealing with lizard-folk ,is that you always honor your deals, because they aren't too kind with those that don't. Also, if you happen to defeat a female in combat, you’d better be prepared as they consider you as a worthy partner and will thus chase you until you accept them.

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They use the general empyrean monetary system.

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The lizard-folk don’t believe in any gods, but they often worship their ancestors.

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The lizard-folk are highly skilled in guerilla warfare and sword combat, they have one unique style: The Dragon’s fist style.

Spoiler: Elfs (click to show/hide)

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The origin of the elfs, starts with a tale of a god. The goddess of nature,life and earth, Fiola. Gods usually don't meddle with mortal affairs, as it's none of their interest. Fiola, however loved to interact with the world. She did it in subtle ways of disguising as animals, regular humans or plant-life. Over time, she started loving the world for how it bloomed with life and peace. This tale is a tale not known to many, this tale starts in the 3rd era. The era of elves. The days from then, weren't any different than before. It started slowly, but the earth started cracking at where now the elf kingdom resides. Back then it was known as the cursed land. Soil too dry to grow anything, no rain, animals or anything that could be considered life was unable to settle there. The humans thus named it the cursed land, as they believed it was cursed someday by a god.

As days passed, the ground cracked even more. Slowly leaking dark magical residue into the lands, creating a landscape that was already horrible, terrifying. Flora of the demon world grew there and so did the inhabitants slowly settle in. But Fiola noticed what was happening and she feared that this would happen, the demon lords tried once again to invade. Fiola didn't know how they could do it, as doing so would require a dark catalyst of some sort. Fiola suspected that it could be an ancient forgotten relic left over after the war, that never was recovered and destroyed.

Fiola witnessed what she loved being destroyed by these perilous creatures. She could not let it happen again, so she did what no god ever did. She sacrificed herself to seal away the tainted artifact and whatever creatures it had unleashed. Over the source of the dark energy, a massive tree grew. One larger than any tree in the world. A world tree. With it, grew a magical forest. Covering the entire cursed land, in flora that no one would ever imagine could grow on those lands. Before her sacrifice, she also created a race of guardians. Fiola modeled them after the humans, as they were the most common at that moment and she felt that interaction was necessary to prevent further destruction in the world. Fiola named them Elves. They  however gained some characteristics from the goddess. which made the slightly different from humans. The most notable being their otherworldly beauty and pointy ears, but they were immortal and received control over magic as well.

For many years the elves thrived in solitude on their island, undiscovered by any race. Until, they got discovered by a convoy of traders. Which got lost in the high seas. The traders saw things which they couldn't believe, so news spread quickly after they returned to their respectable hometowns. That is the tale of the elves, and how they came to be in this world.

Spoiler: Dwarves (click to show/hide)	Spoiler: - (click to show/hide) There are a lot of rumors regarding the dwarf origin. But the true tale of their origin is the tale which both the Gnomes and Dwarves despise, the tale which created technological rivalry between both races. During the golden years of the Gnome race, which was at the begin of the 2nd Era, Gnomes flourished trough the lands with their technological superiority and higher understanding of magic. Because of the Demon-War which just ended, there were a lot of artifacts left trough-out the lands. These artifacts contained vast amounts of power and knowledge, something that gnomes always seek. The gnomes were determined to find these artifacts to establish their dominance over the humans or any other races, which were in a weakened state after the war. All was going well until they discovered the crystal caves, these caves were mentioned in a large variety of artifacts but it never truly explained what was hidden in there. Because of the vast size of the cave, the gnomes send most of their army and researcher's into the cave. During the initial expeditions there was nothing amiss, so the gnomes moved more and more people into the cave to investigate. Slowly they started living there and created a small society within the mountain.But then tragedy struck.... The cave entrance collapsed. A lot of gnomes died that day, buried under the rubble and a lot more were trapped inside the cave. The gnomes outside tried everything they could do dig out the entrance, but there was simply too much rubble . So they abandoned them, it was simply too costly for the gnomes with their recent loss. They opposed the idea, but they couldn't deny that this could mean the demise of the gnomes. Meanwhile the Gnomes inside the the cave weren't idle at all. They tried the same but with no success, luckily food,seeds ,magical lights and lots of other items were brought in before the collapse. So they could survive for quite a while. But that while lasted for a few hundreds of years, through-out those years they discovered more caves inside the cave which contained water,plant life and other necessities to survive. But that was not all, the crystals had a certain effect. While you couldn't sense it at first notice, the crystals slowly absorbed the magical powers of the gnomes. This led to the diminishing of magic and the increase of machinery. During those few hundreds of year a select few have adapted to become a new race, some discuss that they are just very very fat gnomes but that's not the case. With every generation the strongest,toughest and most beardy gnome's survived, this muscle came from all the physical labor they performed. Eventually they managed to dig out the entrance to the surface, where they emerged once again into the sunlight as a different race. There they met the gnomes once again, they hardly recognized each-other but they noticed that they were both very smart. The dwarves were far more superior in creating mechanical devices while the gnomes in magical devices. The dwarves are superior in one aspect over the gnomes, their production of alcohol. No doubt that dwarves produce the biggest amount of alcohol in the entire world, apart from quantity, it's also known for it's quality. Making it the best possible alcoholic beverage anyone could wish for. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The dwarves have an Monarchic-oligarchic government where the richest rule, the folk however has still power to act on it's own when the government is going insane. This system may be bad, but the richest dwarves are usually the one's which worked the most for it. They usually own guilds or large production chains and are loved by the workers. They also have a Queen and King which come from the royal line of Dwarves which descend from the original gnomes. The dwarves are hard and serious workers if you give them a worthy challenge, but in their free time they are one of the most drunk races in existence. When they are drunk, they generally are happy and playful race. Beside being hard drunk workers, they are the masters of mechanical engineering and blacksmithing. There are very little things which top a masterfully craft dwarven weapon or armor-set. Also nothing interests them more than mechanical devices, especially if it's ancient technology or artifacts. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ They use the general empyrean monetary system but they also trade in precious metals and hard labor. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The dwarves believe in the gods of Death, stone, fire, labor, Partying, life, luck and war. Beside those gods , there are variations in gods which differ from dwarven strongholds. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The dwarves dont have many special fighting styles. In fact they have only one: The drunken style. They are master siegers, have the second heaviest troops in the world and have the best flintlock rifle users in the world.
Spoiler: Orcs (click to show/hide)	Spoiler: - (click to show/hide) The appearance of Orcs is just as strange as the appearance of Salforius. They seemingly appeared from nowhere and inhabited the Storm Dragon Mountains. It is rumored that they are domesticated demons, or descendants of Ogres. But in fact they are a race that has existed a long time, but they just didn’t have any interaction with any other races. The discovery of the orcs happened in the 2nd Era, when amongst other races humans have send expeditions to these mountains. The orcs also didn’t participate in the Demon wars, however they did brutally kill demons which entered their territories. They had something far worse to battle, namely dragons… These giants which originally inhabited Storm Dragon Mountains were a peaceful beast race, but after the Shout of Ydrus was heard most of them became aggressive for unknown reasons. This battle was quite short but bloodier than the “War of the Mortals”. There a couple of hundred thousand orcs clashed against a few hundred dragons, they fought bloody mountain by bloody mountain until they finally reached the dragon’s lair. There they slaughtered the remaining dragons till they finally reached the most inner place of the lair, where they found the biggest dragon they have ever witnessed. This particular dragon was chained by chains which glowed with magical energy. The orcs weren’t dumb to see that something was different about this dragon, in fact it didn’t make any sense why’d they chain one of their own. The Orc war leader Karujar, approached this dragon. To his surprise, the dragon started talking. He explained how the final cry of Ysdrus changed the dragons, just like the humans they have changed as well, but to a much worse extend than humans. Since dragons are more sensitive to magic, most of them got enraged by this shout and started massacring the surrounding land. They have bound me out of their anger to this cave with these chains, these chains cannot be destroyed by any living creature on this planet. These chains are god-forged, created to imprison that which you never want to let escape. Unfortunately this got misused against me, and now I’m stuck to this cave till the end of times. Further he explained that not all dragons were struck with this curse. The most powerful dragons resisted this and fled their kin. You can still find them deep in these mountains, but you have to be careful because some evil dragons still roam these mountains. Also the curse which struck the humans affects us as well, so New-born dragons can become evil. That was all that the dragon explained, he was a bit angry about the slaughtering of his kind but he understood that it had to be done. Since the orcs decimated most of the dragons and destroyed their lair they felt they have won the war. They still knew that dragon’s roam these lands, so that’s why the profession of Dragon hunter rose. This war cost the lives of many of hundreds of thousand orcs, but that was the price they had to pay to ensure the survival of their race. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The orcs have an hierarchical system, generally the strongest and toughest orcs rule a tribe. All orcs live in tribes, tribes differ from each other by the type of warriors they train. Tribes can be small villages but an orc can also consider his companion group an tribe.  Tribes also can be ordered from the most powerful to the least powerful tribes. The best position an orc can gain is the position of the War leader. The war leader is the most respected position trough-out the tribes and only the war leader has the power to assemble all the tribes and prepare for war. To gain a new position one has to fight for it, sometimes to the death.  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ They use the general empyrean monetary system but they also trade in goods only depending on it’s value. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Orc’s are one of the most honor full races in existence; they feel their duty is always protect their tribe. During the time of war, they always help each other no matter what tribe they come from. To die protecting your tribe is a death which grants you gratitude amongst your race. It shows that orcs from that tribe are not cowards and that they do not fear death to die for their own.  Expect their huge sense of honor they are also the strongest sentient race in existence, but that comes at a cost of not being very agile. They are also quite smart and their shamans are very powerful mages. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The orcs believe in the primal gods, these are the gods of fire, earth, wind and water. Their shaman’s perform a variety of rituals to please these gods. These rituals can be the offerings of small trinkets to live sacrifice of animals.  The orcs always burn their dead, as they believe this sets their soul free from their body. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The orc’s don’t have any special fighting styles or weaponry, but they are known for training great cannoneers, berserkers and iron-clad orcs. (Only khan knows what berserkers and iron-clad orcs are.)
Spoiler: Demon-Kin (click to show/hide)	Spoiler: - (click to show/hide) To understand the origin of the demon-kin we have to go back to the first era, the human era. In this era humans have risen as the most powerful creatures on the world, the humans lived in prosperity for decades. However the human greed and lust for power knew no boundaries, so some humans searched the guidance of the evil gods to satisfy their lust. But this didn't end well for the human race, with trickery and deception the evil lords tricked the humans to summon them on the world. Unleashing the 300 year war known as the "War of the mortals", for 300 years cities were razed, for 300 years people we're mercilessly slaughtered, for 300 years true evil walked the earth. Of course they fought, heroes rose and sacrificed themselves for the greater good of the humanity. But one day , a hero came. He was unlike all the others heroes, he was the one who ended this all, he was Salforius. He came from nowhere, nobody knew who he was expect for his name. People thought that he was the human incarnation of one of the  good gods and some said he was the warrior of the 5 paths. At the 1st day of autumn "Salforius" gathered every remaining army  and led the assaults on the castles of the 3 evil lords. For months the humans assaulted the massive fortresses and one by one they fell with the cunning strategy and the heroic acts of Salforius. These victories were massive for human kind, slowly the forces of evil were pushed back to their last remaining haven. At the last fortress the resistance was the most fierce. This was the final battle of the war, it was bloodier than any battle before but they managed to win until they entered the throne chamber. There he stood.... the biggest and strongest lord of them all "Ysdrus". With a shock the lord instantly let all the soldiers faint, expect Salforius. No... he stood there in his shining armor and with his god forged sword "Excalibur" in both his hands. (Cliché i know, but name fits the most) He clashed with Ysdrus and fought for hours, exchanging blows and wounds with Ysdrus. But then it happended, Salforius deflected Ysdrus once again and stood firmly. He  smashed his sword into the ground and started muttering words , all while Ysdrus started charging something. You could see demonic powers entering Ysdrus as the souls of a million people were absorbed by him. You could hear the agony and pain of the souls, it was horrifying to watch. Suddenly all the men started waking up and saw the battle that was raging on. Salforius was suddenly overwhelmed by a bright light as large light wings sprouted from his back and his sword shined brighter than the sun itself, you could feel an aura then.. an aura of peace... true peace.  Ysdrus  charged at Salforius while saying : "I'm going to end you pitiful human, and your whole race with it."  Salforius dashed forward and took a quick look at the men behind him while saying "Good bye" as he slashed Ysdrus across his chest. The wound shined with intense light as Ysdrus was shouting in agony, you could see see him disintegrating.  "This is not over mortal" he said, at his final moments where he casted the curse with his final shout as he dispersed into nothingness. The shout traveled mile after mile till whole earth has heard the shout of the demon lord dying. This curse which would affect whole of humanity, the demon seed. This curse which turned babies of both genders into slightly different looking people, this occurred randomly as far as people knew. The men quickly looked around while searching for Salforius, but he was nowhere to be found. They assumed he ascended to godhood for his deeds and that he will come back when danger rises once again. That is how the demon-kin came to existence, they were of course persecuted but that passed quickly. People noticed they weren't any different in behavior than they were themselves, just that they looked different.  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The demon-kin follow the same governmental system, have the same monetary currency and religion as regular humans, namely an monarchic system, Empyrean coins and the pantheon of the gods. So there is nothing special to talk about that. However Demon-Kin have magic affinities more often than regular humans, this may be cause of huge magical powers that resided in Ysdrus's Shout or their slighty connection with the demons.
Spoiler: Fox Folk (click to show/hide)	Spoiler: - (click to show/hide) It’s not entirely known when the fox folk came to existence but it’s at the end of the “War of the mortals” It is know that in that war the human race send a lot of expedition groups to root out the remaining demons. However they rarely returned and no further expeditions were send to find them. They assumed that they were killed by the demons, or any other monstrosities. But the Fox folk lore of creation is the following. Then they walked for 30 nights and days in the frozen fields of the Northern lands, abandoned of all hope and chance of returning home they did the only thing they could. Praying. They prayed to any deity who would help, in exchange for everlasting worship. Then they appeared before us, Amaterasu and Kyuubi. Good and evil as twin sisters, their beauty was beyond describable. One white as the whitest snowflakes, pure and friendly, The other one Black as the darkest night, evil and corrupted. Together they balanced each others behavior to prevent destruction or everlasting peace. They heard our wishes and granted them. First they warped us to an island, with a large mountain and large blossom fields which were always in blossom. It was very peaceful here and undisturbed by any other race, you could feel the serenity by just walking here. Amaterasu imbued them with her essence; they gained large fluffy tails, ears like a fox and cat-like eyes. We could feel that our senses heightened and that our balance became greater, our patience, concentration and friendliness also increased. And at last Kyuubi , cursed us. Forever our race has to worship them, she agreed that we can have priests dedicated to worshipping them so that the rest of us don’t have to. At the island our ancestors have lived for decades, building the cities we now live and thrive in. That is how the fox folk came to existence, their race is peaceful but when war rises they will defend themselves. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The foxfolk also called Kitsune people,  have an Feudal-japan ( Republic?) governmental system and culture. Trough-out the island there are multiple clans which each specialize in some fighting style or magic. They all wear their specific clan clothing colors, to distinguish from which clan they are from. These clans each elect their leader once the previous leader has passed away, both male and females can be chosen for this. When the island faces an serious decision, the leaders of the clans assemble in the Hall of the Eternal Blossom fields. There they discuss the matter and what they should do about it. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ They don't have their own monetary system, they prefer to perform tasks for their needs. However it is still possible to pay with the Empyrean Coins, but it's a much less preferred way of trade. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ They obviously believe in Amaterasu and Kyuubi. They worship them daily in their respectable temples, priest perform the rituals but the people also offer a small prayer daily. They have a quite a few holidays dedicated to them like the Night of the Fox, Winter festival and Day of the Fox. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The fox folk have very exotic fighting styles compared to the rest of the Empire. They have numerous unarmed combat styles, weapon fighting styles,  skilled assassins and diplomats as well. Famous unarmed fighting styles are " Karobo fist style", " Ijimura Crane Style " or " Hijouno leg style". Famous weapon styles are "Way of the Blossom", " Way of the Moon" or the "Way of the Wind".

[Mr.Zero]

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[Mr.Zero]

The Bestiary

In here i will write every creature you meet, most of times you won't have full knowledge of a monster unless you have red a book or heard it from some-else.

Spoiler: Vine-Beast (click to show/hide)

Name: Vine-Beast ( Human Flytrap)
Description: A plant-like creature most comparable to a flytrap or Alraune, but unlike the Alraune this plant devours the victim. It doesn't attack his victim until the victim is within reach of the tentacles, where he will proceed to trap the victim and drag him to his impending doom.
Total Hp : (Unknown total Hp)/16. ( You don't know it's total hp but you do know that you can kill it with 16+ damage, this can change if you study the creature more by learning or fighting against it)
Characteristics:

• has 8 tentacles
• Can lift itself from the ground
• Stealthy ( Undetectable until attacked)
• Vulnerable to fire ( +3 damage if attack with fire)
• (Unknown characteristic)
• (Unknown characteristic)

Spoiler:  Tusked Boar (click to show/hide)

Name: Tusked Boar ( 2 Tusked winter boar)
Description: A stronger and more dangerous version of a boar, this is entirely due to the fact that it has 2 medium to large sized tusks which can cause nasty cuts. Apart from that they behave like normal boars.
Total Hp : (Unknown total Hp)/(Unknown damage). ( You don't know it's total hp and the damage required to kill it)
Characteristics: - 2 Tusks which cause deep cuts
- Strong Creature
- Charge Attack

Spoiler: Gaint Sand Worm (click to show/hide)

Name: Gaint Sand worm
Description: A relative to the regular earth worm and gaint worm. The difference is that Sand worms are faster, have tougher skin and are sand colored.
Total Hp : (Unknown total Hp)/34. ( You don't know it's total hp but you do know that you can kill it with 34+ damage, this can change if you study the creature more by learning from books or fighting against it)
Characteristics:

• Underground: Can submerge itself under the sand
• Tough hide: Bashing weapons receive -2 to damage.
• Stealthy ( Undetectable until attacked)
• (Unknown characteristic)
• (Unknown characteristic)

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[Mr.Zero]

Reserve post.

[Mr.Zero]

Reserve post. Wewds, this should last me for a bit longer.

[Mr.Zero]

Hello guys

-Added Organisations tab + Monsters hunters.
-Improved the eh... visuals of race lore.
-New discussion thread! Use this one from now on please.
-Surprise incoming in the next turn! Ceallath might be slightly pleased.
-Your opinion so far, E.G what is good, what could be better, what sucks. I'm curious for this.

But now i have some questions.

-Is it possible to have an picture and write text besides it? Cause all i manage is to get text either under or- at top of the picture. Ceallath gave me some handy alternative, thanks.
-I need someone to help me with brainstorming the lizard-folk lore, I've got some ideas but i can't quite wrap it into one package. Post in thread, if you're interested and i'll PM you.

[Caerwyn]

2011+1

STILL NO GNOME LORE

I'm waiting. Gunmirius is waiting. The Gods themselves await this epic chapter in the tome of Lore. I say it's pretty damn good; - Combat is smooth and fun, everything is balanced, and we all have plenty of potential goals. I'm looking forwards to the next turn!

[kilakan]

Posting to follow new thread, and to say I am absolutely loving your writing style and the way the story is going so far.  I check at least twice a day for updates usually because I can't wait to get the next part .  You'd actually be able to write a fantastic book Zero haha

[Mr.Zero]

Important update, I've added the PERCEPTION stat. Everyone now has 34 Statpoints now, you can slightly shift your stats if you want to. If you don;t want to i will just add 4 points to your PER stats which will bring it to an total off 5 PER.

[Caerwyn]

I might edit my character's stats, since agility isn't very useful...

Old:

 Str :: 6
Agi :: 10
Cha :: 7
Tough :: 5
Int :: 7
Per :: 1

New:

 Str :: 6
Agi :: 7 (-3)
Cha :: 9 (+2)
Tough :: 5
Int :: 7
Per :: 6 (+5)

Is this okay?

Whoops, had +1 too much charisma, fixed now.

[Mr.Zero]

I might edit my character's stats, since agility isn't very useful...

Old:

-Snip-


Is this okay?

You will be one charming gnome, the babes will fall before you.

[Caerwyn]

I might edit my character's stats, since agility isn't very useful...

Old:

-Snip-


Is this okay?

You will be one charming gnome, the babes will fall before you.

That's the whole point I guess, but I more care about getting shop discounts than women.

[peglegpengeuin]

Sorry, but I've got to leave the game. It's been a lot of fun, even though it's only been a few turns and I literally never participated in combat. I hope this doesn't mess things up for you. If anyone wants to take over Dharma for some strange reason, go ahead and let them. Otherwise, someone in the waiting list is going to be really happy. Again, sorry about the abrupt leave.

[Mr.Zero]

Sorry, but I've got to leave the game. It's been a lot of fun, even though it's only been a few turns and I literally never participated in combat. I hope this doesn't mess things up for you. If anyone wants to take over Dharma for some strange reason, go ahead and let them. Otherwise, someone in the waiting list is going to be really happy. Again, sorry about the abrupt leave.

What a bummer. But good luck with whatever you're doing though.