TRIBAL LIFE
The Growth of Humanity
Inspired by
this thread, in turn inspired by
this thread and I'm combining small parts of the Civilization games as well as my own extra ideas. It seems this is like the fourth one out there now. Each is different though, there's no real rule set so it's all for one.
This is my first forum game and it is a bit of a mix of many things so I hope it works out.
6 Players Max. If we don't hit it, latecomers are welcome until we hit the max. Should you be wiped out then that creates a free spot.
SETUP
You are the Leader of a group of people. You must designate the tribes name, location and Skills. Describe an ideal surroundings for your people to live in and I may put you there with some tweaking.
Your tribe consists of 50 men, 50 women, 25 children and 25 elders. Describe their rituals/beliefs/traditions etc. and any other information that may help out.
TRADING
Anything can be traded, as long as you have it. You can post maximums of what you wish to be traded in terms of resources, labour, animals, territory and research as well as what you will accept. Should two tribes encouter one another and wish to trade then negotiations will not exceed what you are willing to trade.
SKILLS
All tribes know how to gather food, or else you would not have grown to 150 members. Choose a food source-Hunting Wild Animals
-Fishing Rivers/Ponds/Oceans
-Growing Crops
-Forraging for wild fruits, seeds, mushrooms etc.
All tribes have skills, or your members would have died off fairly quickly. Choose three specialist skills-Small Item Creation (amulets, bracelets, crowns)
-Simple Weapon Creation (Stone Dagger, bow and arrows, club)
-Hut/House building
-Light Defense (Wooden walls)
-The Secret of Fire
-The Wheel
-Clothing
-Clay Working
-Extra Food Gathering (choose a secondary food source from the food list)
All tribes have something unique. Choose one of the following Skills. These are a first come first served and once picked are unique to that group unless shared-WritingClaimed by Faden
-Mathematics
-Digging Claimed by 100Killer9
-Woodcutting Claimed by Pillow_Killer
-Music
-Raftbuilding Claimed by Labs
-Ropemaking Clamied by RandomNumberGenerator
-Cagebuilding
-Food PreservationClaimed by KilaKan
TURNS
Turns are both yearly and seasonal, post what you wish for the tribe to do over the year and at each individual season. When a turn is posted it will be split seasonally, however the entire turn is one year.
TRIBES (Player List)
RandomNumberGeneratorThe RedliosFood
Growing Crops
Hunting
Skills
Simple Weapon Creation
Hut/House Building
Extra Food Gathering(Hunting)
Unique Skill
Ropemaking
Location
The Tribe live next to an expansive lake, too wide to see the other side, in a valley carved out by a river long dried up. The valley shoulders are peppered with trees.
Rituals
The tribe worship a triage of gods; The Earth Mother, The Vagabond and The Old Man
Festivals are held in Spring, Autumn and Winter for the respective gods, with those seasons being dedicated to that deity.
Food
Hunting
Growing Crops
Skills
Simple Weapon Creation
Hut/House building
Extra Food Gathering (Growing crops)
Unique Skill
Woodcutting
Location
The Havasupai live among the sparse edges of an expansive forest on the shores of a wide lake with little life within.
Food
Fishing
Farming
Skills
Hut/house building
Extra Food Gathering (farming)
Fire
Unique Skill
Raftbuilding
Location
The Hullen live on the shores of a long stretch of water which leads directly into open ocean. A days walk north leads to the northern forests. The forest reaches around a large mountain which obscures The Hullen's view of where it leads.
Rituals
The Hullen worship the great Mother Fish as they believe she spawned them. There have been frequent discussions over the species of fish, none fruitful, however they have all concedied that she is not a carp, as none of her avatars would harm her descendants.
Each autumn they feast and revel in the sacrifice of seasbirds and ocean going mammals.
Food
Growing Crops
Skills
Hut/House building
The Wheel
Simple weapons making
Unique Skill
Digging
Location
The Tribex live in a mountainous region of the continent.
Rituals
A polythestic clan, they belive in four main gods; The Giant Mushroom God, holding up the world who birthed the other three gods from her spores, and the god's of Stone, water and plants who creating everything through careful fusions of the various elements. The three gods then fused each element along with a Spore of Life to create the Tribex. They bury their dead in an attempt to return them to the great mushroom and for them to become a spore of creation and create more life. They attempt to reach the great musroom by Digging Deeper.
Food
Hunting
Skills
Hut/house building
Clay working
Simple Weapon Creation
Unique Skill
Food Preservation
Location
The Luzia live in a circular group of clay huts built aside a river and with a clay pit as the focus of the village. There are grasslands nearby with few roaming herds of wild animals. The hunters frequent these grasslands providing food for the village. Due to the fact they are required to hunt all year long they have a sub village upon the plains which also incorporates their storage facilities before being taken down to the main village.
Rituals
The Luzia believe in Zeke, who created them from clay to guide the wild animals of the earth and to train in claymanship so that they may craft the earth into life themselves. The crafting of clay and the preparation of food have loose rituals attributed to them, yet aren't adhered to strictly as they are seen more for luck.
Once a year, every year when the sun is at it's highest and the day is longest they recreate the Creation. They mold a man sized sculpture and fill it with the stored bones of all the animals hunted over the previous year.
Food
Fishing
Skills
Small Item Creation
Fire
Clothing
Unique Skill
Writing
Location
The Yittrasei live in the cliffs along a lake in the southern regions of the continent. Due to geothermal activity the lake never freezes over in winter, although in summer reserves of fish run low, yet not low enough to cause annual starvation.
The tribe live in the many tunnels carved through the limestone cliffs by rivers which passed through that way previously but had now moved further along the cliffside and the river opening is now easily 200 feet from the closest tunnel the tribe have access too. The tunnels lead back through the cliffs and then sharply up to the surface. These shafts are too small to climb, yet are not useless. The Yittrasei keep their fires there allowing the smoke to exit safely and vent the caves with fresh air.
Rituals
The Yittrasei regard the written word as holy and all leadership positions have their own Writing system. Every new name recieves it's own symbol and are archived accordingly.
The lake they live above is seen as the passageway between this life and the afterlife, guarded by the god of the dead, a Giant Pike. Depending on his mood he will either lead them onward, or devour them. The interpreter reads the heated fish bones to predict the future and see if further offering is required to prevent the god of the dead devouring the spirits. The body is cremated with a personal written history and scattered on the lake.
They have a parthenon of six gods.
God of the Dead/The Lake : A pike, Dvaisse
Goddess of the Written Word: Ild
God of Fire: Seivru
God of Land: Torl
Goddess of the Sky: Elta
God of Crafts: Wraiv
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