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Damonique
08-04-2011, 10:29 PM
Okay, I've seen this work on several other forum formats, and I think it would work well here as well, and turn out pretty epic given the people around here.

It's less of an RP, and more of a Simulation, think Civ IV, almost, at least until we get moved on forward.

It'll start out simple enough, our people will be a small tribe of Nomads as they begin to develop cities and culture rather than merely subsisting. I was thinking that the opening would be after the climate begins to warm up after an extremely long ice age.

I will present information about people, places, and developments in the IC,and will answer questions abut the terrain, our people , and so forth in the OOC. The OOC will also act as a 'Council' of sorts. I will suggest developments and you all will have to come up with ways to deal with them, these can be anything from a tsunami to a barbarian invasion to something much more 'Out There'.

Each post I make in the IC will have a corresponding date. Depending on the current situation there can be any amount of time, from one month to a hundred years, between posts, and I'll be constantly brainstorming with people to keep things original. After we get well settled down, I'll start throwing in stranger and more abrupt occurrences.

Anyone interested? Need a question answered? Couldn't make heads or tails of that and need me to explain it?

-The Background-

For the last 1,700 Years, much longer than is even be comprehended by the primitive, nomadic tribes that sparsely populate the world, the planet has been under a bitter Ice Age.

Our tribe is not originally from the region it now occupies, but hails from another place further off. The elders and history-tellers speak of such times with awe and the slightest bit of myth, but the details are few as they were lost in the bitter fight for survival that was all of our people's known history. Though times were difficult, our people, broken up into dozens of small tribes, persevered.

One thing that is known, is that we were saved from the harsh cold by a wise elder, who watched the moon and the stars and recorded, by memory, what he saw, and knew, somehow, that far away there was a warmer place, a bountiful place, he commanded us to travel north, and so we did. Our tribesmen Numbered a thousand when we set off on that journey, carrying all we owned on our backs. This trek lasted eighty years, all none of the men who first set off on it are now dead, all of our current adults were raised on the trail, knowing that they needed to constantly move, but not knowing why. The wise elder died early in the migration, but his words had almost become religion, and so the long march was continued.

It was ten years ago that our people detected the change, the ground became softer and the air warmer. Still, we continued north, not knowing when we were to stop, it became warmer still, and we passed through fertile fields, and some of our people, tired of the walk, parted ways with the rest and settled there. We have not heard from them.

The true believers in the exodus still continued onward. It was three years ago that our people reached the coast. By then, the tribesmen numbered only forty-seven adult men, and a few dozen women and children. They knew that their trek was at an end when, as far as they could see, there was endless shore, no land in sight in the distance. The water of the sea was no good to drink, and so our people moved back some, away from the coast, into a hilly region of fields and short, scrubby brushland, and began the hard task of survival in such a stange place.

Our peoples technology, if we ever had any, was gone and forgotten. We arm ourselves only with the stone spears we use to hunt and clothe ourselves only in hides, skins, and kilts of woven grasses. We have done well enough, in the grassland, in small family groups living in the rustic tepees that had been our only cover when we stopped during the long trek, never for long.

Food is scarce, but there is enough to go around if all the Men spend their days hunting the large wild elk and buffalo that roam the prairies. Lately, a small but fervent cult has sprung up with the belief that now that our people have reached their destination, they must truly make it theirs, rather than merely subsisting.

Now, this group is of the majority, spoken for by a strong, charismatic man by the name of Makhaim, and our people, though slim in number, are moving away from the age old practice of family groups and self-sufficient hunting and forming a settlement of all of the families that could be convinced.


Starting Map (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/21f5c)

(I know its crude, thats the point, since our people lack paper or any other manner of writing detailed maps, this is just sort of the "Image" one would get if they were to ask a tribesman to describe the area.)

We currently live in small family groups dispersed around the banks of the river, which flows into the ocean and is the nearest source of fresh water in the area. Consider the map to be around three miles Square, a very long distance in that time. The river flows into the ocean, and the tan at the banks is the beach. To the northeast, some have reported seeing a hazy land shape, possible an island or a jutting peninsula.

Ásvaldr
08-05-2011, 05:02 AM
This sounds very interested, I'd love to join in.

Alanoth
08-05-2011, 05:07 AM
I'll join, just because that's something I've never tried before, and like you said, it may turn out well.

Damonique
08-05-2011, 05:22 AM
Well, Its not exactly something you Join, but I'm glad to know you guys will be on board. Essentially, you, and anyone else who decides to keep track, will serve as the "Elder Council", or advisers to whatever group is currently leading the Civilization, be it a monarch, tribal leader, or self-declared God-Emperor.

I'll use the OOC to collect opinions on what we should do or what actions we should take, and act accordingly.

For the outset, than I'll personally do all of the updating, but after a few of you have shown a sufficient grasp of how it works I might appoint a few of you to work with me on devising new scenarios, and your opinions will hold more weight than the typical poster.

Update:Working on world-building now. When it starts out, we won't have maps, only spoken knowledge, but I will introduce maps as our people begin to develop them.

Alanoth
08-05-2011, 05:33 AM
sounds well thought out, I give you props. I'm definitely going to have to add this as another of the hundred and something rp's I'm active in.

Damonique
08-05-2011, 06:28 AM
It's alright, Alanoth. The it'll be fairly low maitnence, since i'll be giving frequent updates as to whats been happening in the OOC so that people know what issues are currently on the table, so if you have to skip out for a few days you should be able to catch up quick.

Shifty
08-05-2011, 06:35 AM
Oh ho ho, this looks intriguing. I'll definitely try this out.

Damonique
08-05-2011, 06:58 AM
Cool, we've got another person hooked.

Update:Added Some Backstory to the opening post.

Ásvaldr
08-05-2011, 10:22 AM
You're back story is very interesting to read. I really like you're idea.

So are we lot acting like the advisers in Medieval II?

Damonique
08-05-2011, 05:05 PM
Sort of. And you can suggest just about anything you want for the tribes actions, and depending on how interesting what you come up with is, I'll incorporate parts of it into what we do. For now, you'll all only be able to make suggestions for the actions of the Tribe, but once a few of you have a good enough hang of the system, I'll make you Viceroy's and you'll be able to converse scenarios and possible other civilizations.


Update:Added a basic starting area map to the opening post.

Shifty
08-05-2011, 08:39 PM
EDIT: disregard, just reread the first post. I'll spend some time thinking of ways to develope our tribe to make it sucessful.

Damonique
08-06-2011, 02:44 AM
What did you do, make a character sheet? Also, About to bring the IC online, then I'll start asking questions and letting you guys pitch solutions.

Shifty
08-06-2011, 02:58 AM
I just asked how we were to submit suggestions and such, was all.

Damonique
08-06-2011, 03:37 AM
Oh, okay, thats not nearly as inattentive. You don't have to DO anything to suggest, once we get an IC up you can just chime in on anything and everyone in the OOC.

Alanoth
08-06-2011, 09:04 PM
looks good, I'm adding this to my subsribed threads list so i don't forget

Damonique
08-06-2011, 09:20 PM
Cool, Writing the IC now.

Alanoth
08-06-2011, 09:36 PM
IC looks good, but how do we interact with that exactly?

Damonique
08-06-2011, 09:39 PM
Alright, IC is up (http://role-player.net/forum/showthread.php?p=696293#post696293). Now we need to make some serious decisions. The summit is occurring on central banks of the river, and one decision that will come of it will be where our people will settle their city.

We have several options here, including the Coast, by the river Delta where it joins the sea. While the coast has less wild game than the grasslands, there are ready sources of Abalone and Crabs to supplement our diet.

Another option would be the riverbank, with the benefit of immediate fresh water, and sooner farming possibilities,and there is also a particularly large hill in the center of the plains which has the advantages of high ground for defense, and being close to the hunting grounds if we are to continue a hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

Or, just look at the map and pick a spot that you believe will be advantageous in one way or another.

This will be the location of our first settlement/town/city.

Alanoth
08-06-2011, 09:49 PM
so...do we post as if we are advisors in the meeting, posting in their perspective, or how will it go?

Damonique
08-06-2011, 09:57 PM
I'm beginning to think that this RP may have been done in the wrong section, or in a community without the correct mindset for it. You guys, for now anyway, will suggest courses of action via the OOC. Later on, once we get in stride enough, I'll make some of you Viceroys/Advisors, who will be able to actually post in the IC after clearing your actions via PM with me(Viceroys will have control of their own tribe/settlement/estate/sub-kingdom/so on so forth.

The problem with having people post as characters in this sort of game is that over a hundred years can pass between posts, in some cases, making every character anyone tried to define dead.

Ásvaldr
08-07-2011, 03:25 AM
Well, I'd advise sticking the city on the land inside the river bend, on the right side of the map; fresh water, good supplies of fish and good farming land abound on that area.

Damonique
08-07-2011, 03:37 AM
Good suggestion, since I would like to keep this moving at a good pace until we get well settled, I believe that should be our course of action.

Shifty
08-07-2011, 04:02 AM
I agree with Asvaldr, and would have said about the same thing he had if i ahd posted first.

Damonique
08-07-2011, 05:54 AM
Alright, we have a consensus. I'll have another IC post up tomarrow, right now I'm too tired to manage more than a half-assed 'this happens then this happens then this happens then we're done'.

Akako Fuyu
08-08-2011, 06:45 PM
I would like to join, as well, that is if you dont mind

Shifty
08-17-2011, 03:29 AM
this thread has been... in suspended animation, we'll say, for eight days now. Any future activity planned, or is it dead? I hope it's still alive, as I like the premise.

Death of Korzan
08-17-2011, 04:53 PM
If this isn't dead then I'd love to get in on it.

Damonique
08-18-2011, 12:39 AM
I'm afraid I'm going to temporarily knife this until I've thought it out in greater detail...sorry guys.