A Roleplayer's Haven: Tephanis' Grasp II

[V.I.R.O.S.]

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1. Don't Godmod

2. Don't try to harm Tephanis, he is just a spectator.

3. Don't let the game stagnate, try to keep some action in it.

4. Don't use too much OOC.

5. I can add more rules at my discretion.

This game is mostly a fantasy type roleplaying game, in which you play a person transplanted from your respective world into Tephanis' Realm. Here he has complete power, but can only use it in this dimension. It consists of a large, floating, chunk of stone in the middle of a swirling and chaotic sky (but only seen from outside of the individual islands, when on an island you see the sky as how it would match that realm.) with smaller chunks floating around it, each one representing a different world. Various floating "islands" are connected by marble bridges and are themed, such as one that is a giant arena, another a lavish palace, one a perfected forest, and even a complete replica of earth, shrunk down to cover a total area of 10 sq miles (featuring miniature people). Off to the side, in a smaller, shielded area, is Tephanis' "imagination area". Here he can directly affect the entire pocket dimension, however not the transplanted people. Meaning, he could for example drop a 2000 ton rock on top of you, but could not, say turn you to stone. He has brought you here to observe the effects of extreme power on mortals. He does not aim to interfere in your new life, just observe. He, will however, reward people who complete certain tasks or show enjoyment in their new home instead of trying to kill him like the last group of unruly adventurers. Each person who is transplanted is granted an "island" of his/her choice to rule over and is granted the world effecting powers of Tephanis, but only on their respective island. It takes a lot of energy to use your magical island affecting powers, so don't overuse them. Each island has a "gem" that represents in color and shape it's parent island. The owner of an island's gem is the controller of that island. Here are the "islands" to choose from.

Ballistica- An island where explosions and destruction are amplified. Warriors are fire elementals and fire golems.

Lordara- An island consisting of a lavish, Arabic style, palace, with many servants and soldiers.

Deadlands- A blasted landscape with thousands of Demon-Esque creatures. (under your command)

Moonshadow- A perfect, forest full of deer and other beautiful herbivores. Warriors consist of Nature Sprites and Wood Elves.

Uungor- A strange alien landscape which is crawling with odd mutated creatures(at your command).

Apocraphya- A chaotic island, where nothing stays the same for to long. Warriors are mostly deformed creatures from other islands.

Fantasia- A world consisting of only mythological creatures (at least, mythological on earth).

Barrowblight- Full of Tombs and undead creatures (all at your command).

Arcana- A world of magic, it's warriors are almost exclusively elementals and golems.

Ashpit- An island consisting of only a giant arena. It contains 25 of the grandest people (Hercules Etc.) from all of history battling for all eternity. (They can be persuaded to leave of the fight temporarily to work for the Island's Master, though.)

Earth II- A world of tiny people doing tiny things in their tiny lives. They are so greedy it is unlikely any will help even the Island's Master without proper motivation.

Clockwork- A world of technology and mechanics, the warriors are mostly robots and constructs.
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Races

Dark Elves- Evil and deadly assassins, the Drow are not to be messed with.

High Elves- Focusing on magic, they are convinced anyone not themselves is a blithering idiot.

Demon- Basically, make something up. Just make sure it has horns and bat wings and stuff .

Dragon- A little on the vane side, dragons are very powerful. Decide on any color you like.

Human-Duh!

Design your own- Just make sure I approve it first!
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Classes

Necromancer- Obvious

Mage- Obvious

Warrior-Obvious

Warlock- Summons Demons.

Priest- Heals people.

Lord/Lady- Has a bonus to leadership, he/she is more likely to persuade more stubborn races to fight.

Shaman/Druid-Natureish, I guess...

Sorcerer- Less spells than the mage, but they take less time to cast

Assassin-Obvious.

Warlord- All fighters under him/her get a bonus to attacks and other combat-based stuff.

Design Your Own!-Make sure I approve it first.
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Template-

Name-Obvious
Race-
Race 2-The other half of your race. Optional.
Class-Your more powerful class
Sub-Class-Your less powerful class (No conflicting ones like Priest and Necromancer or Mage and Sorcerer, please. Having the same Class as Sub-Class gives you a bonus to your skill in that and a bonus ability to boot.)
Island Owned- You can only start with one and only one person can own each island.

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Have Fun!

P.S. Make sure to get your template approved before playing.

[izacque]

Name- Roght
Race- Purebread black ignis lupis (The name now is redundant as black is the only color variation alive today. It is a wolf's skeleton engulfed in flame (black flame in our case). the smoke from the flame is poisonous when mixed with water (don't worry, the smoke dissipates really quickly, so it's unlikely that someone would be harmed just by being near me) The fire can intensify in energy, glowing white hot, but this requires a lot of energy and is generally not used for extended periods of time. An ignus lupis is also very fast.)
Class- engineer (is extremely adept at mechanical contraptions. in fact, he once made a robot with the intelligence of a mouse out of entirely mechanical pieces)
Sub-Class- seer (this is not a prophet, and there is no magic involved. a seer can simply look at patterns and discern things that most people would not even see coming.)
Island Owned- Clockwork

As you can see, I will not be using magic throughout the entirety of this game

[Qwerty]

You didn't even change the title, heh.

[FoxtrotZero]

I was going to take Clockwork and go with the standard Phoenix Regime. Damn you, Iza. But at least its a chance to break away from the standard i've set myself.

Name: James Tyler Fox

Race: Forrester
>>>>> Forresters are relatively Human-appearing, but have more in common with elves than humans. They have a relatively close connection to the natural world and enjoy living up high in conciderably sophisticated networks of platforms and bridges throughout the trees.

Sub-Race: Kilo
>>>>>> Kilos are referred to more by their location than their decendency. A small, relatively peaceful but undeniably military based group of Forresters in a section of the Moonshadow realm, its not uncommon for forresters to share Dark Elf blood.

Class: Forrester Engineer
>>>>>> Forresters, with a knack for engineering, have made advances in everything from basic clockwork mechanisims to reasonably sophisticated devices and commonplace explosives, such as magazine-operated crossbows and gunpowder explosives.

Sub-Class: Forrester Assassin
>>>>>> Forresters, with heightened sences, have a knack for stealth. This descends from their woodland-oriented nature, and has shown noteable refining into the modern tactics of Kilo Combat.

Island: Moonshadow
>>>>>> Moonshadow contains rolling plains near the marble bridge, and the farther one goes the deeper the forrestation occurs. While native tribes are still everywhere, the Kilo forces have peacefully expanded, with at least a moderate presence nearly everywhere. Most major tribes have been absorbed and many smaller ones claim to be under Kilo Jurusdiction. It is the only military power recognized to encompass the entire island, as well as the only central government.

Moonshadow has a rather regular environment, but it happens at a conciderably faster rate, with each season only lasting about an Earth Month. While a Moonshadow year is conciderably shorter than an Earth year, Forresters (Which are descendant of elves and have skin tones ranging from an light ebony-ish color to moderate tan) live, on average, for quite a long while.

Moonshadow summers are rather hot and, while easily shaded by the dense forrestations, seem to naturally beat down on the rolling plains much less. In Fall (or Autumn) some trees will shed leaves. The greater trees found in the heavy forrestation do not shed leaves, but the leaves will turn to an array of golden orange colors. Winters bring cold winds and snow, which, while having its problems, is embraced just the same. Many foods still grow in winter, but many don't, and so an amount of food is usually stocked in Autumn. The shorter seasons mean conciderably less preperation is required. Springs are generally warm and blowy with rain getting gradually less heavy as summer is approached again.

I may have put too much time into my hands for this, but oh well.

[V.I.R.O.S.]

Approved, and Approved. Start playing!

[izacque]

Roght decided his first action would be a statue in celebration of telephanis. The statue would be intricate... too intricate for his skeleton claws to do alone. He began the construction of wind-up robotic helpers about 2 feet tall with small fingers.

construction of robotic helpers: 1/2

[FoxtrotZero]

It's been a while since the last time I played one of these games. I'm going to wait for some example of what's to be going on before i get moving. I'll probably do something when i finish my homework.

[izacque]

the wind-up robotic helpers scurry along the ground, as Roght watches. they are quite humorous. Roght decided to make this statue a large copper coil. starting from the bottom, and working around to the top, the history of Telephanis's good deeds can be written on this coil. that's where the robotic helpers come in. they will craft the letters from thin strands of tungsten and Roght would provide the heat needed to weld them in place. The first act was Telephanis's provision of an island for Roght to perform engineering experiments on. Roght began the construction of the statue.

Statue: 1/3

[Angel]

Name: "Stitches"


Race: Unknown, believed to be an ancient being from Ryken X.(Home to Ryxodians)


Class: Assassin


Sub-Class: Necromancer


Island owned: Deadlands

Stitches takes the form of a possessed doll, his name from the stitched mouth(Don't worry, he can still talk). He is about 3 feet tall, but he is very violent. There are 4 teeth visible on his chest that go vertically down. This mouth rarely opens, but when it does, a second mouth(with horizontal rows of teeth) will become apparent. Being a "living" doll, his eyes are able to make expressions(However, he has no eyebrows). Claws are known to come out of his hands, which are normally rounded. He sticks to the shadows(Being colored black, gray, and in some parts, red) and makes an expert assassin. He is searching for something powerful enough to release him from his doll form.

[izacque]

Roght concentrates his heat to soften the copper and uses brute strength to twist it into the tight coil. the little robots begin to shape the tungsten into the formal script to give praise to Telephanis.
They sky was bright blue, and the sun was shining, but Roght sensed a storm.

((the weather in clockwork is devoid of water vapor, so a storm would just be electrical))

Statue: 2/3