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[MaximumZero]

Most laymen and laborers make about 500 Rinta a year (200 days). This is enough to pay rent on a very modest home and provide for a small family.

Success as a Performer is when people put money in your hat.

[Darvi]

Well they'd give me mones so that I'd stop for the lve of whatever deity they believe in.

[MaximumZero]

Well they'd give me mones so that I'd stop for the lve of whatever deity they believe in.

So long as they don't follow the God of Fear (Nivrak, a necromancer covered in bandages from head to toe, wearing the skull of a demon as a mask and wielding a staff of black lightning), or Goddess of Inequity (Nois, a chain smoking little girl with pigtails, a teddy bear and a frilly dress) you'll be okay. Those folks would probably try to steal your tongue.

Edit: Got most of Diplomacy done, rebalanced Animal Training and Alchemy today. Baby steps. I think I want to draw Nois.

[MaximumZero]

I've decided to rewrite my elves so that they're not so closely tied to Salvatore's take on Drow. Will post when finished, if you guys want to read.

[FuzzyZergling]

I've decided to rewrite my elves so that they're not so closely tied to Salvatore's take on Drow. Will post when finished, if you guys want to read.

I would like to read, fantasy lore is of great interest to me.

[MaximumZero]

I've decided to rewrite my elves so that they're not so closely tied to Salvatore's take on Drow. Will post when finished, if you guys want to read.

I would like to read, fantasy lore is of great interest to me.

Here ye go.

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What is commonly called the “Elf” is actually but one of a large number of offshoots of the same type of being. Thousands of years ago, during the Reformation of Life, after the Great Cataclysm, there were several types of Elves, one for each of the elements. Each Elven civilization attempted to strike out on its own, but the Elven homelands were confined by dangerous wilderness and looming mountains on all sides.  As the Elven borders clashed against one another, the Elves turned inward against one another. Peaceable leaders were ousted in favor of warriors with lavish promises, and negotiations ground to a halt. The result was known as The War of the Crimson Leaves.

The great Elven war raged for over a decade, each province taking and losing land daily. The populace was crushed under the constant tide of ever-changing warmongers and ever-present sieges. Rebellions were dealt with swiftly and mercilessly, leaving the people at large disheartened, forcing them to bow to the increasingly bloodthirsty whims of their warlords. Eventually, a rebellion formed of Elves who had infused their bodies with black Chema. This made them powerful warriors, but warped their minds, crippled their natural lifespans and diluted their self-control to almost nothing. They became feral, wracked with a bloodlust never before seen. Wherever these “corrupted Elves” went, nothing but ash and bones remained. Thousands of Elves willingly contaminated themselves to rebel against their warlords, but the consequences were more widespread than anyone could have imagined. Save for a handful of lucky survivors from each other province, within a year there were only the Elves of Corruption.

The descendants of these monsters are not as nightmarish as could have been. The Chema infusion of the ancient Corrupt Elves is slowly weakening, granting more and more normalcy to the Elven society, but the Elves will always be shunned by the greater civilizations of the world. The Elves are still bloodthirsty, and often go out of their way to engage in combat of any kind.  Children are taught to fight from the time they are able to hold a weapon, and are never given a name. Those nameless Elves must earn their names, by stealing them from an enemy that they have felled. Children are taught to be ruthlessly efficient in combat, as clans of Elves are constantly at war with one another, and may strike at any time. There is also the threat of the rest of the world, which is to be taken head on, as brutally as possible. It is rare for an Elven warrior to take prisoners, but there are occasions when they do. The only reasons for an Elf to take a prisoner is to sell the poor person to slavers, or to keep for themselves as food. Elves do not see other lineages as equal to themselves, and will happily take Humans, Goblins, Gnomes, and even Elves from other clans as food.

Elven settlements are usually no more than a few ramshackle huts strewn across a patch of land. They are meant to be temporary, as the clan will eventually move on when they have exhausted the easily used resources of the area.  Occasionally, an Elven clan will come upon a ruined settlement and reclaim it, which can be difficult for the clan, as there is no central leadership at any level for Elven society. More often than not, Elves that have taken up permanent residence somewhere immediately attempt to conquer everything within their grasp, and are driven out by more powerful militaries that eventually hear of the news. The world would tremble if ever the Elves could organize an army.

[Rgamer]

Thread.... REVIVEEEE!

In all seriousness, this is looking very solid, and I am happy to wait however long it takes for you to compile your work, notes, and to get a-published.

[MaximumZero]

I really appreciate that. I've been trying to chip away at it little by little, but don't feel like I have anything significant to post.

[Rgamer]

Just keep chipping away, and before you know it the project will be down to a much more manageable size. And it's good to hear that you haven't given up, it would be sad to see something with so much potential die off.

[MaximumZero]

Oh, don't worry, I'll never give up. NEVER SURRENDER!

[sonerohi]

Just please, for the love of goodness, make the economy at least semi-believable. If 500 renta is a good years sum, don't hand out 5k renta magic robes like candy. Seems like economies work nice at the start of development and slowly go absolutely stupid.

[MaximumZero]

For the most part, anyone who wants a Magic Robe of Whatever has to make it themselves. Shops don't sell Flaming Swords of Doom or Infinity+1 Swords (I really like swords, incidentally), and they're rare enough loot that you probably wouldn't be able to sell them to anyone unless you're in a military area, have a direct line to a king, or in the "main" city of the world that's "protected" by various mercenary, military and underworld factions.

Edit: That's the way I storytell, anyway, and that's the way I recommend storytelling be done in the "How to run a game" section of the book, but I can't guarantee that it'll never be run like that. In fact, I'm sure that someone will run it like that somewhere. All I can do is throw up my hands and ask, "Are you at least having fun?"

[MaximumZero]

By my power, I command this thread to arise!

I'm working on the Military Combat section right now. Here's the gist of it: Player hires specialists to command troops. Player acquires troops somehow (hiring mercs, being granted soldiers by nobility, black market slave trade, capturing enemy soldiers, mass summoning (think zombie horde), whatever.) Player uses wads of cash to outfit troops, or goes out and gets raw materials and makes the stuff by using soldier power. Using army, player attacks enemy armies, either doing mercenary work for larger military or going out and conquering small countries (at first, maybe just cities or small towns.) Player earns money from occupied territories, but may have to put down uprisings and whatnot. Profit until world conquered or player smashed by larger army or gets bored and goes to do something else!

The reason I'm posting: Is there anything in particular that you guys would like to see in detail? Anything that you guys would like to see implemented? Battle of Thermopylae style combats are possible to win, given very good soldiers and a lot of luck. It's possible to turn your army into a ship full of sea dogs and go a-pirating on the high seas. It's possible to settle an area using your army, creating a new hamlet/small town in the huge expanses of unclaimed/highly dangerous wilderness. It's possible to overrun armies by destroying their morale, and keep that from happening to your army (by hiring entertainers and cooks!). It's possible to siege castles and keeps with catapults, ballistae, and other siege engines, as well as sapping and traditional besieging with soldiers and torches.

Please, please give me your input. I wants it. I needs it. It is myyyyy precioussssss...

[ed boy]

What sort of stuff is there for vessel/vessel combat?

[MaximumZero]

Everything from covered wagons to warships. I have the rules for spaceships and giant mecha hidden away somewhere, but I'll probably put those in later, under the "Miscellaneous" section.