IOT Organisational and Discussion Thread

[Robert Can't]

Went to three threads expecting new and exciting posts...

They were all the same

 

[Robert Can't]

Ladies and Gentlemn, I am sorry about the wait. But I had to go on holiday and stuff. Now however I give you The Spirit of Man: Brave New World (Title was announced before the title of the CiV expansion was, they're the stealers here). NPCs can still be claimed so joining is still allowed.

Finish your application to get a nation specific bonus!!

Link to video.​

 

[CivOasis]

Risk.

 

[Robert Can't]

Went to three threads expecting new and exciting posts...

They were all the same

Funtimes with CivO.

We all love you really.

 

[CivOasis]

Meh. You went to a world-building thread and a Risk thread, what did you expect?

 

[Double A]

Probably something like this post.

 

[Terrance888]

SILLINESSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[Ailedhoo]

I have been thinking: inspired by Thor's Mad World I wonder whether to do a classic IOT in a fantasy setting. It will have more... RP regulations than Mad World but it will mechanically be kept freeform. I will be using Mosher's fantasy map in the map thread if I do such a IOT.

If I do consider there will have to be a ruling on how magic would apply: I like freeform but I need to deploy some limitation, without too much mechanical restriction.

 

[Sonereal]

Also need to balance freeform and quality, which is something that doesn't happen often enough.

 

[Ailedhoo]

I have done a draft setting/rule set for the game. I have let to decide on a final name but the world will be known as...

Cumhail

I have wondered whether to do some details on landmarks and lore but I have done the following:

Spoiler the Introduction :

Know that it is to be 450 PC (post clash): nations of old have reborn from the ruins caused by the Clash or before, nations that survived all the years still stand ready to embrace the new age, new nations eagerly rise to seek out their destiny and others strive from other considerations. Birth, death, rebirth and more death: existence is set in a cycle. Will they rise in power or fall again? Will the species of the world know peace or only conflict? Will magic remain a dream of the past or set to blossom at the benefit and cost of the world? Will swords and bows be made obsolete by science? Will a kingdom’s economy be health or ill? Will ideology and religion direct the way? Will the demonic forces be kept out of Cumhail as enforced by the legacy of the Clash? Will history repeat itself? Will your civilization withstand the test of time?

Spoiler setting and role play :

Setting: a medium grey fantasy world.

There was a massive conflict known simply as the Divine War, which saw two godly figures (Balor and the gleaming Avatar of Judgement, agent of the Cesitalial Empress Ysbal). History records since then have been damaged, plenty lost but there are ways of uncovering the past, such as archeology, locating old text, or venturing your adventurers into dungeons.

In total this is a world building game the player take part in.

The main rules regarding RP is that of setting: it has to fit in the fantasy setting , no copying nations from real life (no France, Greece, Persia, China, USA, etch!) is kept in an age just before the dawn of gunpowder (no rifles nor tanks), not power gaming (no nation of gods or having the most epic army in the world), avoidance of copying other works directly (so try to be as original as possible and close to the setting as possible!) and kept in line of quality as much as possible.

The challenge I (and you) will have in this IOT is the balance between quality and freeform: I will hence be in my duties give enforcement to keep stuff secure.

Spoiler mechanics :

Mechanically the game will have echoes of the classic IOT in that the focus will be on story building: as such my duty will be to oversee development. Economics will be regulated by the players but the GM will (with advice) ensure that the economics are reasonable. Players will dream of their military but the GM will rule on setting and provide judgment (with advice and perhaps rolls). I will give final judgment on approval ratings but that say is bounded by the Elders of IOT (like TK or Sone for instance). Of course your maps will be determent in how much you expand but be aware that magic will not be filling your massagers (unless your that special wizard nation) until you develop well so be careful in over expanding and consider having humble plots in how you expand. Magic will be regulation of the players, with my ensuring being it is not power gaming.

…and of course: remember your adventurers! Type your character RP and enjoy setting these figures to adventures and face up to the trials the GM will place before thee!

In the end the main mechanic will be map and the notes of the landmarks for your adventurers to explore but I will reveal (AKA think up) these as you explore your world.

Spoiler GM authority :

Remember that while the GM is the power breaker but the player empowers the GM; it is a case of diplomacy and the GM has a grand say any controversial acts (like penalties) can be judged by senior IOT GMs (like Sone, Thor, TK , Tani and NN) or if a problematic occurrence (such as a OOC argument between players going out of hand) is too hot for the GM to handle then may the mods judge me for my actions on the matter. However I hope to try to ensure as much diplomatic harmony as possible... in OOC. IC can be as heated as it needs be if it means fun.

Spoiler Sigh up :

Sigh Up

You may claim one to five provinces; one of them must be your capital. Be sure to name the capital, nation, the government, species and the map colour, although I would suggest a map be set for me to publish well. Options include flag, further political details and (of course) a number noting of the names of each of your provinces. I am a lover of character so be sure to have characters (like your leader) for me to have fun reading!

If you want to have strong points then remember your weaknesses too!

I am wondering whether to ban humans, make them a minority or have them present in nation building numbers... all options have a element of fun to it, especially the middle ground as humans may not be native to the world but rather bought in a arcane occurrence. I will hence need to consider a species list that will develop as the game goes along, along with a character list perhaps.

What ever the case it is a idea of a call to the classics with a element of experimenting!

 

[Robert Can't]

Sigh Up

As opposed to a sigh down?

 

[Ailedhoo]

As opposed to a sigh down?

Oops: sign up I was suppose to type!

O well: accidents happen.

 

[hoplitejoe]

When I was a child I used to joke that rain was god peeing, now I guess I know what hail is.

 

[Ailedhoo]

...I named the world after a Irish folk hero: Fionn mac Cumhaill AKA Finn McCool AKA Finn MacCoul

There be a story involving a giant throwing a rock into the Irish Sea, forming the Isle of Man.

 

[JohannaK]

Finn McCool? Is that Adventure Time Finn or something?

 

[Tani Coyote]

I will probably take the term sigh up for whatever game of mine welcomes masochists.

 

[Ailedhoo]

The map is done.

I will need to consider a possible list of species and some lore bits to found give a foundation in inspiring the players.

I am plotting to make humans alien to Cumhail; whether they be a minority or not is still a consideration.

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

Ailed you should totally steal this map.

 

[Ailedhoo]

Ailed you should totally steal this map.

I would but I am in need of province lines and a continental/isles map!

O well: Hop's map is a contender for the game, although I have to consider the number of provinces.

 

[Robert Can't]

Ailed you should totally steal this map.

Obidiwash YES!

This map would be so cool.