Don't know how many years it's been since I've tried to get a RP started, but there seems to be a little interest in getting something started. A lot of people are pretty busy these days, including myself. So let's keep things fairly light in terms of writing content, by that I mean let's aim to stay under a page in a word doc if possible. It'll be easier to keep up something where we aren't writing pages and pages of posts, as much as I love doing that.
The setting and setup is thus, a futuristic city (City #3674) of a million people on Earth has suddenly been carved out and transported to another planet, reality is that it's another dimension/universe. That planet is a high fantasy themed world, meaning abundant magic usage, supernatural and mystical things are common and different races are available as well. The futuristic city 3674 is brought over in whole, buildings, people, technology. However, being cut-off from their normal supply of goods, food and services the city will be in danger within a few short months.
The now foreigners in an alien and fantasy world, will have to figure out a way to survive and understand what happened in hopes that they can return to their home. Needless to say, the presence of a notably powerful and numerous "kingdom" meaning 3674, will be of great interest to the neighboring Kingdoms looking to secure such power in their interests for dominance and politics.
It's a complicated and dangerous situation very easily primed to explode. Allies will have to be forged, enemies understood and survival in an dangerous and deadly world.
So it's a combination of sci-fi and fantasy elements. Figure it brings in both sides of people's interests. You can play a character from either the city or the fantasy world. No limits.
The technological level of 3674 would put it somewhere beyond the level of what is achievable in Star Trek Next Generation for example. Flying cars, weapons are energy based and heavily controlled by technology (meaning without the technology, maintenance, materials and engineers to support it such things will start to fail in time), they have a self sustaining power plant, so electricity is available, however many of the every day goods are not manufactured in the city. Eventually supplies will run out. Things that relied on an outside network is cut, so the vast knowledge kept on servers in different parts of the world are gone. Only local stores on servers or actually books are available besides those with actual technological knowledge. There is an university, but it is a largely a service city, not a manufacturing one. So the populace is accustomed to a specific lifestyle. There is no standing military, only the police security force available. But the available weaponry is significantly more advance naturally than anything available on the fantasy world. However, magic is a dangerous element can rival the technological superiority that they bring.
The fantasy world has a vast array of sentient races and magic is available to any with training. Talent does give a natural advantage when wielding magic. The technological level of the world is around that of steam era for Earth minus gunpowder. Gunpowder and harnessing it as a weapon is something that is still only useful as cannons and heavy artillery. It has not been reduced enough to become hand held weapons, ie guns yet. Attempts to do so have produced very dangerous and unreliable results. The surrounding Kingdoms are all split up and currently rest in peace for the last twenty years, but tensions increase with the arrival of the city.
Ask whatever questions you want and I'll fill things out more. But it's all pretty free form at the moment. The plot is going to be developed as we play. I've only set the stage.
Currently, I haven't decided on a character to play. I'm swinging between playing a mother of two from the city or an assassin part of a criminal organization in the city with plans to exploit the new world.
The RP itself will start on Zero Day, the instant when things change.
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Andromeda
Hyzenthlay
Victoria
Heartless Angel
Coff9
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