Post by Eve on Apr 18, 2016 20:41:40 GMT -6
Desparia setting FAQ
The main Desparia setting is in a roughly medieval/sword and sorcery time period. The setting has low-to-mid level magic* and hopefully a lot of political intrigue. Oh, also everyone is anthros! Your anthro can be whatever real life or prehistoric animal you'd like, or a combination of two animals, or whatever. Just don't power play/god mod and we'll all be good. Besides, let's be real, they are probably mostly going to be carnivorans. It's just what happens. If you wanted to have a half-lion, half- gazelle you can. Just no dragons/unicorns/magical things, and no humans because that'd be weird.
Are there animals other than the anthros?
Yes. We know it's weird. But your dog can have a pet dog. Just go with it! Don't think about the implications of your sheep character eating mutton for dinner!!!! Just hand wave that shit away.
*Magic??? TELL ME ABOUT THE MAGIC!!!
We like magic and think it's a fun extra thing to give some extra pizzazz to the world. However, we want to maintain some believability here! That means that we're giving people the option of adding some mystical flair to things, but that we don't want Dungeons and Dragon's style fireballs and shit out everywhere. The occasional minor mystical thing (a rare unicorn, a dragonbone weapon from two centuries ago, casting minor curses or reading fortunes from tarot cards, etc. etc.) is fine! But try to make it like, not ridiculous or anything. No riding on backs of dragons, casting pillar of fire on every enemy. Basically, think like Book 1 of Game of Thrones. Magic exists, but in a way subtle enough that the average person wouldn't know about it. Only weirdos and adventurers and the extremely unlucky or well informed would ever encounter magic in their daily life. Most people are rightfully suspicious of it! And for the love of god, no power playing or god modding! TL;DR, having a spooky fortuneteller who actually can see snippets of the future? FINE! An occasional ghost? FINE! Having a powerful sorcerer demigod who can control legions of undead and hordes of bizarre monsters? NAH BRO! If you're unsure if something is okay, just ask Jye and me.
So tell me about the kingdom of Desparia!
Desparia is a prosperous, or at least seemingly so, kingdom that is ruled by a monarchy. (If you want to be a monarch(s) please let us know and we might be able to work something out). They are known for their ambitious trading and mercantilism as well as their powerful church and powerful army. Most of their citizens are dedicated tradersfolk, craftsmen, or soldiers, though the landscape is diverse so there's also room for pirates, royal guards, monks and clergy, farmers, ne'er-do-wells, travelers, artists, and generally anything you can imagine!
Desparia currently is in a conflict with many of the so-called "Barbarian Tribes" that run along their border. An ambitious kingdom, they seeks to expand to the fringe lands where the displaced peoples of the tribes live. This has caused some pretty brutal conflicts with the people there, who feel oppressed by the monarchy and are actively rebelling. Both sides have committed some fairly atrocious acts, but Desparia has recently taken to sending their prisoners of war from the Barbaaros territory into the gladiator ring as a form of entertainment and business in the capital. As you might imagine, the tribes are none too pleased. They can't believe that Desparia calls THEM the barbarians.
Ooh, tell me about the tribes of Barbaaros!
This is tricky, because there are many tribes! They are not one cohesive kingdom, but rather loose groups that affiliate based on shared culture. Each tribe is different - some are pacifist, others warlike, some are religious, some are not. If you are interested in starting a specific tribe, you can! You don't even have to ask, you can create your character's backstory as you please. Here are the things the tribes share:
--- They live or at one time lived in the Barbaaros region, known to be a rough terrain.
--- Desparia considers all of them enemies of the state
--- They speak Desparian (the common tongue) but they may also have additional spoken tongues. No tribe has their own written language, though some individuals can write in Desparian. Some claim that there used to be a written language of the tribes, but that it is lost to time now.
--- Some claim that they were the original owners of what is now Desparian land.
I want to play something other than a Desparian or a tribesperson!
That's fine! Feel free to have your character come from wherever on the map, you can make your own backstory. However, recognize that we can't have boards for every place someone imagines. For now most of the RP's are probably going to take place in either Desparia or Baarbaros.
So if there are gaps in what's covered in canon, what do I do? I want to go someplace in Desparia that isn't on the map!
You want to make your own landmarks? GO FOR IT! Make whatever cities you need to have fun, make whatever secret societies you want to have exist, or gigantic libraries your character wants to see, or whichever mountains or whichever legendary heroes your character is inspired by. If you want to have huge famous ruins be a thing, they can be a thing! Or a water gardens or an island or a huge swamp or the queen's armory. Just have fun with it! You can just wing it when it comes to most of Desparia's history, geography, and culture. We'll put up some basic resources for the biggest things (the capitol, the monarchy, the military, and the church) but other than that's it's basically fair game.
That's the fun of having this sandbox style world! If you'd like to play your characters somewhere other than Desparia, that's fine, just recognize that we can't put up a board for each location. If a particular place garners a lot of interest we might take it on a case by case basis to establish a new board, but for now we aren't doing that.
I want to play a royal person! Or someone who will have a major impact on the realm!
Characters may be from any class, however, if you would like to play a character of royal status, we ask that you please send a private message to Eve and Jye to request permission, as there wouldn't be many in this society and characters of this status can affect the world's storyline. Please provide a description of your character (or their WIP profile), and we will get back to you with a response.”
Who made this??
Jye, Eve, Sretan, and Cult have contributed to the setting so far.
