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Post by ROGUE on Dec 8, 2014 1:31:16 GMT -8
sup bitches. So, a long long time ago, not that long ago, I believe MASQUE posted in "sites you want to see," something about Percy Jackson. wolf snatched that idea up and started going for it, I offered to help and well now I'm apart of the team! However, halfway through the creation process we thought "Wait, we need other peoples feed back." Hence why I'm posting this! PlotMyths never die as long as there's someone who believes in them.
Ancient myths and legends were more than that. Long ago, they were reality, made true by mortal belief. As time passed, more and more people forgot about them and believed them to be all but pure fantasy. Science overruled faith and thus the power of old deities dwindled.
Yet they still walk among us. Gods and goddesses in disguise.
OMG is a mythology roleplay that draws from ancient myths and legends and places them in a modernized context. It is inspired by Rick Riordan's 'Heroes of Olympus', however knowledge of the series is not required.
** note OMG is just a name filer.
RacesI'm not going to go into super detail, so here is my simplified version. Demigods - The offspring between a deity and a mortal. Those with demigod ancestors are also considered to be demigods. They possess watered down abilities of their non-mortal parents. Monsters - Monsters are considered to be offshoots of gods or cursed beings. Although they not always evil, monsters typically terrorize, fight, and often kill demigods and heroes. Mortals - Straight forward, right. RIGHT? Deity - Deities are beings with impressive power and large influence on the mortal world. Other - Anything that would fit outside these constraints.
HOWEVER, regarding deities, there is this to be said "I was actually kinda iffy about letting people play deities because the RPer could disappear in the middle of a plot. It could screw up a lot of things such as if they had a demigod child. Someone else could came and take the old deity spot and then that would complicate things." -Wolf. That uncertainty is still somewhat prominent in the both of us. FaithThis is SUPER important, it's how you level up your character. Any character's power is dependent on their 'Faith'. Faith is a measure of how much people believe in them, i.e. through worship, sacrifice, temples, statues etc. Rpers can earn more faith via site events, posting or participating in quests! Think of it like the site currency, you can buy shop items and rank up with it.
UNRELATED BUT wolf came up with this great tier ranking system, each level gives you in character perks, but they cost faith to progress. If your reading this, what are your thoughts on deities starting at higher tiers? Each tier basically earns you more fame, and NPCS can donate stuff to you via monuments.
Now. Wolf and I have a few things we would like input on. 1. Monthly events, or bimonthly? 2. Should we have "perks," aka optional abilities that make your character "famous," etc? 3 Slice of Life OR Action packed? 4. Site name. Our current ideas are: A Mythical Life, Bask in Glory, and Thrill of Victory. BUT feel free to contribute more. Also, we have a lot more info for those who want it, I just don't want to spoil everything, you know? Oh oh. Also, were gonna have quests n' shizz. So we need some more staff! We aren't sure on exact numbers, but maybe something like... 1 ad mod, 2 quest mods, 2 profile / claims mods? Just reply here if interested!
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Post by Wolf on Dec 8, 2014 19:07:07 GMT -8
Let me expand on what Rogue's written.
The site concept is mainly centered upon demigods, however, other groups (deity, monster etc.) would be playable. Characters from any mythology are welcome, e.g. Norse, Egyptian, Greek etc.
As mentioned in the above post, I'm hesitant about allowing deities to be a playable race. It might interfere with a demigod character if their history is inconsistent with their deity parent and vice versa.
Another question is what setting would people prefer. There could be original 'magical' cities separated by different mythologies. Think of a Greek city with temples and pantheons, or a Japanese city with shrines and tori gates and bathhouses.
Alternatively, we could drop the whole 'magical cities' idea and it can be set in America (like in Percy Jackson).
The 'Faith' thing is a way to explain deities' dwindling power and why they don't influence the modern society. It's a measure of a character's power. However, I'm also not sure about having this since it's unlikely that people's characters would share the desire to be worshipped by mortals.
Also, characters individual powers are measured by their ranks or what Tier they are at. You use the site currency (Faith) to expand on your prowess. (This is put into place to prevent godmodders). However, this might not be necessary if the site is going to be slice-of-life.
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Post by MAYORNAISE GLASS on Dec 8, 2014 19:10:34 GMT -8
oh! I love Percy Jackson stuff! This seems like a really cool idea, and, also, it seems like you've both put a bunch of work into the plannign so far. I like the idea of Faith and maybe there could be Deity try-outs?
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Post by MASQUE on Dec 9, 2014 1:20:09 GMT -8
honestly speaking, you should cut out 'canons' and just literally have the deities not effect the world? And if they do decide, it's very rare because I'd assume they're holding onto their ancient powers. The way I think about it, is that you grow powerful via fame, but if oyu don't use it, you still keep it until you use it. Kinda like energy. but that's me so d/w.
But I'd suggest making it all demi-gods kinda like Percy Jackson. That was a good way to go about things since that way you don't have to worry about innactive deities and at worse you can just get someone to npc that deity really quickly. A fic I read recently implied that the more gods interfered with the world of the mortals, the more they lost their godliness, or where at risk of losing it.
Also question, are you allowing all mythologies? b/c that would literally make my day lol.
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Post by Wolf on Dec 9, 2014 3:04:24 GMT -8
oh! I love Percy Jackson stuff! This seems like a really cool idea, and, also, it seems like you've both put a bunch of work into the plannign so far. I like the idea of Faith and maybe there could be Deity try-outs? Thanks for your input! Personally, I dislike the idea of having 'try-outs' or auditions where staff decides who gets the canon, simply because it's so objective. Personal bias may come into account, such as if the member was a friend. Also, someone who might have spent a lot of time/effort on an app and didn't get to the character might feel like it all went to waste. But please don't feel like I'm shooting down your idea, it's a good idea in theory but in my opinion, flawed in practice. honestly speaking, you should cut out 'canons' and just literally have the deities not effect the world? And if they do decide, it's very rare because I'd assume they're holding onto their ancient powers. The way I think about it, is that you grow powerful via fame, but if oyu don't use it, you still keep it until you use it. Kinda like energy. but that's me so d/w. But I'd suggest making it all demi-gods kinda like Percy Jackson. That was a good way to go about things since that way you don't have to worry about innactive deities and at worse you can just get someone to npc that deity really quickly. A fic I read recently implied that the more gods interfered with the world of the mortals, the more they lost their godliness, or where at risk of losing it. Also question, are you allowing all mythologies? b/c that would literally make my day lol. Thanks for your input too! The concept which you suggested sounds feasible. It would make sense for the deities to not directly interfere, and instead make their demigod children spread their influence. As it seems right not, making deities an NPC race would be the way to go, however, I'll ask Rogue when she gets online before I confirm anything. Monsters would still be playable, however. Since it doesn't really interfere with individual histories. Plus, it gives people the opportunity to play their own mythological races such as youkai, centaurs, valkyrie etc. Yupyup. All mythologies are allowed!
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Post by MAYORNAISE GLASS on Dec 9, 2014 5:03:00 GMT -8
Oh, no, that's fine XD It was just a suggestion, and it is your site, so, really, you say what goes~! And all mythologies allowed?! Dang, I like this even more!
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Post by MASQUE on Dec 9, 2014 5:11:22 GMT -8
oooh that's neat.
Does that include errr.... well non-society ones, like Lovecraft, etc? I mean so long as the book series was popular enough? totally not looking at Thieve's world or Shannara hahahaha nurp
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Post by Wolf on Dec 10, 2014 2:33:54 GMT -8
oooh that's neat. Does that include errr.... well non-society ones, like Lovecraft, etc? I mean so long as the book series was popular enough? totally not looking at Thieve's world or Shannara hahahaha nurpI'm not sure what you mean by non-society ones. (I haven't rest Lovecraft, so I don't know what you're talking about. Sorry!) Just gonna tag anyone who showed any interest in demigod rps. ^^ DECIM EMMIE POLARBEAR zerohour Ginger noodles
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Post by MASQUE on Dec 10, 2014 5:20:02 GMT -8
I mean mythos and stuff that appears in books, television shows, games, etc. etc. as in not real life actual society based deities.
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Post by Ginger on Dec 10, 2014 10:27:42 GMT -8
If the deities are active as in providing constant events, maybe even popping in a thread from time to time sounds cool to me. It could provide randomness to the rp that would make it more fun. Plus it wouldn't force you to limit rpiers powers with the gods thus limiting gods themselves, almost to point of a regular character with fancy title.
With event timing, if you have the time and willingness to do them -plus members who participate- do them as much as you can. Though this is coming from a fan of events -so ignore her-
As for board, you don't want everyone to be too spread out... Like having someone of egyptian heritage stuck in middle east while a Texan is trying to get to new york -with magic this is possible but if you do this let rpiers know they can use random portals or something? Maybe you could have a future event force all myths together, like apocalyptic event or something. -ignore her she's an apoca moron-
As for using Percy Jackson series, there is actually a linked series to that the Kane Chronicles. Since you're using that series for inspiration, and allowing all other myths, it might be assumed that Kane Chronicles are in play too. How do you plan to implement that? Otherwise I guess you could just say its original so some rpiers won't be stuck in Percy Jackson mindset?
Faith system sounds really cool.
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Post by ROGUE on Dec 10, 2014 13:21:01 GMT -8
honestly speaking, you should cut out 'canons' and just literally have the deities not effect the world? And if they do decide, it's very rare because I'd assume they're holding onto their ancient powers. The way I think about it, is that you grow powerful via fame, but if oyu don't use it, you still keep it until you use it. Kinda like energy. but that's me so d/w. But I'd suggest making it all demi-gods kinda like Percy Jackson. That was a good way to go about things since that way you don't have to worry about innactive deities and at worse you can just get someone to npc that deity really quickly. A fic I read recently implied that the more gods interfered with the world of the mortals, the more they lost their godliness, or where at risk of losing it. Also question, are you allowing all mythologies? b/c that would literally make my day lol. I do believe we are allowing mythologies but you'd have to verify with wolf since she's done all the work making the site XD I also like your take on fame and how it could be used like energy or stored.
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Post by ROGUE on Dec 10, 2014 13:23:53 GMT -8
I mean mythos and stuff that appears in books, television shows, games, etc. etc. as in not real life actual society based deities. Don't mind me double posting ahahaha. This is so good, I'd be super down with it. Although Wolf and I will have to chat about it of course Ginger I love the idea of portals for moving around, especially since I never thought about how people might get spread out.
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Post by zerohour on Dec 11, 2014 19:31:19 GMT -8
yeah, the main problem I see at the moment is letting people get spread out too far? if you're letting everyone at the whole globe, you'll need some transportation of some sort. and I'd definitely say yes to the magical cities or a camp of some sort, just as a way to keep everyone centralized.
um personally I'm more for action packed than slice of life, and perks and ranking and stuff sounds super sweet to me. the faith idea is gold, please do that, I'm a sucker for clever systems. and yeah I'd lean toward not letting people play deities, just for simplicity's sake.
eee I'm super excited though this sounds awesome!
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Post by minnie on Dec 11, 2014 19:37:01 GMT -8
i don't have anything to say except wanted to pop in to let you guys know i wholly support all greek mythology related roleplays
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Post by fudge on Dec 12, 2014 5:07:08 GMT -8
SHIIIIZZZZ I'm super in for this.
Also, can I suggest things for the events? Maybe you can issue a main prophecy and have the plot of the site run along the prophecy. Just like in Percy Jackson. To make it work, you can come up with a string of interrelated quests to be taken up by qualified members (like, members with a certain amount of 'Faith'). Also, can we have wars in there please? <3
Just a suggestion :] Otherwise I'm loving this. Thumbs up to the magical city (or can I suggest a camp/training ground), the 'Faith system,' the portals. Yiisss *vibrating out of excitement*
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