Collab RP Thing - Part One

[Quivil]

Please may we use GURPS instead of D&D because I like GURPS better and I still don't understand D&D?

also am I the kid or is demiblob the kid?

Edited November 10, 2022 by Tani

[demiblob he/him]

Gurps has more options, especially for advantages, spells, and technology levels. It also has more involved character building. (sorry if I hurt any feelings)

Edited November 10, 2022 by demiblob

[Channelknight Fadran]

You were the kid until Demi came in. Now you’re both the kid.

And no. We cannot. Not only was I never intending to implement any form of gameplay mechanic from D&D in the first place, but also you’re being a jerk about it which is an immediate no.

[Channelknight Fadran]

53 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

Well, basically, we’d be getting rid of the elements and replacing them with more archetypal things (think “evoker,” “summoner,” “elementalist,” “manipulator,” etc.) We’d effectively push towards a vaguely D&D-ish meta so that our current magic systems can really just exist as themselves without having to worry about conforming to any detailed meta system.

When I said this what I was referring to was an extremely loose categorization system that D&D happens to have a similar setup to. Never anywhere did I say we were switching to any TTRPG, never anywhere did I say that GURPS was bad, and never anywhere did I give any indication for you to belittle myself and countless others for having a preference.

[Quivil]

11 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

You were the kid until Demi came in. Now you’re both the kid.

And no. We cannot. Not only was I never intending to implement any form of gameplay mechanic from D&D in the first place, but also you’re being a jerk about it which is an immediate no.

sorry

i wasnt trying to be but i shoulda been trying not to be

is there something I can do to make it better?

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

5 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

When I said this what I was referring to was an extremely loose categorization system that D&D happens to have a similar setup to. Never anywhere did I say we were switching to any TTRPG, never anywhere did I say that GURPS was bad, and never anywhere did I give any indication for you to belittle myself and countless others for having a preference.

@Channelknight Fadran I replied to your latest thing on the RP. Also, what do you think Antin's magic should do if someone were to try to use magic on him? Should his magic come with resistance to that kind of thing?

[Quivil]

12 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

When I said this what I was referring to was an extremely loose categorization system that D&D happens to have a similar setup to. Never anywhere did I say we were switching to any TTRPG, never anywhere did I say that GURPS was bad, and never anywhere did I give any indication for you to belittle myself and countless others for having a preference.

Yeah D&D type magic is better than GURPS type magic here because GURPS type magic is based on "mana" points and has groups of spells with a bunch of semiconfusing crossovers and all the spells fill a whole book of their own and nobody knows about them, while D&D type magic is based on resting and is better organized and doesn't fill a whole book of it's own (as far as I know.) Also far more people know about it.

I may have a personal preference towards GURPS, but I shouldn't have slighted the many people for whom D&D is the best. I'm sorry.

[Channelknight Fadran]

It’s all good; and at this point it’s probably best to put that behind us.

Anyways: for those of you who are interested in this new meta system, stay tuned on the Bunny Crew storyline.

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

1 hour ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

belittle myself and countless others for having a preference.

They didn't. Neither of them even really dissed DnD.

I've never really played DnD, but I've steeped myself in it quite a bit btw.

[Quivil]

11 hours ago, The Unknown Novel said:

Neither of them even really dissed DnD.

I said DnD was evil. That can absolutely count as dissing DnD.

[Going_North_cal]

what if we just left it as it is? it seems to be going well enough as it is, so let's just leave it alone.

just a thought.

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

I think this is the right place to put this...

Character update: Antin is afraid of weapons. Not really when they're pointed at him (at least more than any other person), but he is terrified of handling them. So this might introduce complications.

@The Halcyon Girl@Channelknight Fadran@Mr. Misting

[xinoehp512 he/him]

I have an idea on how magic systems are created.

The genesis is a crystalline object (tentative name: Aether Crystal). Touching the object replaces any magic within the user with a new system of their own creation.

Thoughts?

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

Sure, that works.

Maybe the crystals are found on the weird corrupted islands? That would give characters a reason to investigate the corruption.

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

There needs to be some strong limitations, or else the magic systems would be a whole lot more overpowered.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Nerdy said:

Sure, that works.

Maybe the crystals are found on the weird corrupted islands? That would give characters a reason to investigate the corruption.

1 hour ago, The Unknown Novel said:

 

The corrupted islands are what gave me the idea in the first place, so that works great! The Aether Crystals are a manifestation of a fracture in reality- when someone activates them, they break magic for that person.

1 hour ago, The Unknown Novel said:

There needs to be some strong limitations, or else the magic systems would be a whole lot more overpowered.

There's a natural limit on how much power a single person can draw. In general, the creator only chooses the nature of the magic, not its limitations. 

(Also the crystal is one use only, I forgot to mention that before.)

Edited November 25, 2022 by Ookla the Forgotten

[Going_North_cal]

i've created somewhat of a limiter in my universe to account for this..

Basically, there's a set 'threshold,' or 'store,' that a being has that can be filled with magical abilities. Investiture, although that's a cosmere term, but it's the closest thing because i don't have a name for it. Depending on the being, be it a High, Higher, or Highest being, that threshold/store changes in size and volume filled at default.

But there's a caveat: the bigger your threshold/store is, the less you can actually use it for.

Highest beings, like Wyvrns, have an insanely high threshold, as they hold Elemms, the building blocks of the universe. But, because they are bound to their Elemms, they can only act in the Intent, for lack of a better in-universe term (for now), of that Elemm.

Higher beings, which are mostly very VERY powerful High beings (think demigods, but more on the god side), have the free will of a human, and a quite high store of Investiture (again, for lack of a better term, this.)

High beings can use Investiture, but they don't have much, and it usually costs them something physically. But they also have the free will aspect.

Just putting this out there in case someone wants inspiration.

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

On 11/25/2022 at 2:01 PM, Ookla the Forgotten said:

The corrupted islands are what gave me the idea in the first place, so that works great! The Aether Crystals are a manifestation of a fracture in reality- when someone activates them, they break magic for that person.

There's a natural limit on how much power a single person can draw. In general, the creator only chooses the nature of the magic, not its limitations. 

(Also the crystal is one use only, I forgot to mention that before.)

I have added this to the worldbuilding doc.

On a different note, I also want to join a storyline in the RP but I don't see an opening. Can someone make an opening for me to join?

[Going_North_cal]

ok nerds.

what ideas for currency do we have.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

I imagine each island would have different currencies. (So Miyako would probably have bet whatever currency is used by your island.)

[Channelknight Fadran]

Good question, especially since every archipelago probably created their own before expansion brought the world together

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

There must be some valuable item that has similar value on different islands. In history, we see this with gold, which was valuable in all parts of the world despite being completely useless. Maybe one of the ores from the Forging magic system?

[xinoehp512 he/him]

24 minutes ago, Ookla the Nerdy said:

There must be some valuable item that has similar value on different islands. In history, we see this with gold, which was valuable in all parts of the world despite being completely useless. Maybe one of the ores from the Forging magic system?

I mean, no reason gold can't do the same here.  

Those ores are fairly rare and pretty localized... and they can only really be used by Smiths. It seems unlikely that cultures apart from the Forgers would find them valuable. 

[Channelknight Fadran]

I think it could be cool to make coins by carving them out of crystals (quartz, micah, etc.)

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

1 minute ago, Ookla the [Redacted] said:

I think it could be cool to make coins by carving them out of crystals (quartz, micah, etc.)

Yes! Much better than a completely useless yellow metal! Crystal would be a great currency standard.