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[Samarkand]

Life of an Alteran Citizen

           
       

Spoiler: Gameplay Information (click to show/hide)

A more detailed description if mechanics will come after the character intro. In brief, this is a suggestion game/RtD hybrid. You, the public, will play a citizen of the Altera Valley trying to get by, and enjoy life. Turns well span a week game time, and suggestions well be made for what to do each day.

   

Spoiler: Brief Background (click to show/hide)

 There is a lot of lore related to this universe over here. This game occurs some seventy years before either of the other games, so direct interaction is out of the question. That being said, this game could generate low for the other games, or otherwise impact the history of different regions.

Two hundred years has passed since The Founding and the Altera Valley was making the turn of this century. There were feasts in every city, town, and village. Playful melodies drifted lightly in the air, encouraging hearts to do the same. Feet stomped in raucous dance in the rural areas, balls were held in the urban. Nobody understood The Founding, but all celebrated its anniversary.

Where are you celebrating? (Select Name, Gender, Age, and Location. Keep in mind: a young character will allow more development. Read about locations in the OP for the other game, linked above. Any city, town, or village can be chosen.)

[IcyTea31]

Camilyn Odiile, Female, 24, Korinscove.

[The Froggy Ninja]

((How paradoxy can we get here? Seventy years is defiantly long enough ago to significantly change the past.))
Joseph Miller, Male, 16 (middle aged for that time), Varisport

[Playergamer]

((How paradoxy can we get here? Seventy years is defiantly long enough ago to significantly change the past.))
Joseph Miller, Male, 16 (middle aged for that time), Varisport

I'd change it to 20. Anyway, not really middle aged overall. Sure, infant mortality rates were horrifying, but past that, people would probably make it to a decent age, excluding war or plague.

[The Froggy Ninja]

((How paradoxy can we get here? Seventy years is defiantly long enough ago to significantly change the past.))
Joseph Miller, Male, 16 (middle aged for that time), Varisport

I'd change it to 20. Anyway, not really middle aged overall. Sure, infant mortality rates were horrifying, but past that, people would probably make it to a decent age, excluding war or plague.

Well the point is he would legally be a man and likely just out of an apprenticeship which will make for an interesting story as well as the time to start your own business which will give us the best chance and paradoxing or at least affecting as of yet unwritten history.

[Samarkand]

((How paradoxy can we get here? Seventy years is defiantly long enough ago to significantly change the past.))
Joseph Miller, Male, 16 (middle aged for that time), Varisport

((As paradoxy as you like. Might be hard, I've left out as many details as possible to allow for games in the past. For example, I've only named one Guildmaster so far.

Some things, like the war happening and all of the guilds surviving, are guaranteed. If you try to rewrite those bits I may have to write some very creative turns. ))

[The Froggy Ninja]

I meant more sparking the industrial revolution, befriending and/or discovering a race, discovering new crystal types etc.

[Samarkand]

((We'll see. For now, get a character sheet with the votes. ))

[SaberToothTiger]

((How paradoxy can we get here? Seventy years is defiantly long enough ago to significantly change the past.))
Joseph Miller, Male, 16 (middle aged for that time), Varisport

Like this one and logic behind it. +1

[IcyTea31]

Considering the world has no less than three guilds whose (semi-) magical products make people better off, I'm pretty sure the life expectancy is higher than 30-40 years. Malnutrition? Herbal supplement. Disease or plague? Ask a Marichemist. Hypothermia? Get an insulated house and firewood from the Carpenters. Many of the causes for the medieval low life expectancy rate simply don't exist.

[Samarkand]

Considering the world has no less than three guilds whose (semi-) magical products make people better off, I'm pretty sure the life expectancy is higher than 30-40 years. Malnutrition? Herbal supplement. Disease or plague? Ask a Marichemist. Hypothermia? Get an insulated house and firewood from the Carpenters. Many of the causes for the medieval low life expectancy rate simply don't exist.

Because there is such a large population devoted to fighting diseases, and there is plenty of food, Altera is better off than your average medieval kingdom.

[The Froggy Ninja]

That doesn't change the fact that Joseph is now a young man just out of his apprenticeship.

[Samarkand]

That doesn't change the fact that Joseph is now a young man just out of his apprenticeship.

Also true. One vote away...

[Samarkand]

((Since it seems one vote may take a while, and the difference between 16 and 20 will be negligible really, we'll move forward.))

Varisport was no exception. There were dazzling displays of magical prowess, ranging from mages flying into the air before diving into the water to duels of dancing knives between two mages. Young novices competed to demonstrate strength and endurance. That and who could drink the most. Then came dinner. Near the cove there were great stands set up for inns and home cooks to present their chowders, containing every manner of fish imaginable. The soup flowed freely, the Mages Guild had paid a hefty price to have Korinscove's finest fish imported for the event. In the private parties held by the rich and influential shark fin soup was the entree of choice, prized for its effect on the health and strength of those rich enough to consume it, and for the fact that it denoted status.

Which soup did you drink? ((Decide if you are upper class or lower class.))

[The Froggy Ninja]

((How did korinscove get chosen? My sheet had more votes and said Varisport. Not complaining just curious.))Shark fin.