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Post by Sparda on Jun 12, 2012 14:36:13 GMT -6
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Post by .:Amilia:. on Jun 12, 2012 17:36:35 GMT -6
A place for mystical creatures that is invaded by the greedy and wrong humans. A place where elven folk roam the lands and are Godded over by a council similar to the Greek and Roman gods.
Basically, there would be a sense of xenophobia, but all the same the conflict of their land would pull in the outsiders to aid them in what ever it may be.
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Post by Elena on Jun 13, 2012 3:53:37 GMT -6
I like the idea of adding Greek mythology to the canon of DoA. You could even include the Twelve Labours of Heracles as quests for different players to do.
Make Gaia's pre-god history her being an elven warrior that gets the call up to godhood, have the titans be her enforcers like the Arashi are with Yahweh and spread them out through the continent putting them in charge of their own territory. Which generation of titans were you thinking of, Gabrielle? I think the original twelve would be best since you'd need Cronus and Rhea to make Zeus. Zeus would then have a legitimate claim to godhood, since he was born one and not created, and could go on to resent his eleven lineage taking it out on the elves who live there. In turn the elves would resent the humans for reminding them so much of Zeus.
Then when the gods under Zeus come along they can get into a territory war with the titans and people can choose their side from there. To fill the roles you can put up a thread listing the canon positions available and let people try out for them.
Only inconsistency is Hades were already mentioned as the ruler of the Netherrealm dating back 20,000 years before Quan Chi's reign which would put him before Gaia and Zeus.
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Post by Jehanne on Jun 13, 2012 4:32:05 GMT -6
All the titans would have a legitimate claim to godhood. I could see one of them betraying Gaia somewhere down the line.
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Post by Elena on Jun 13, 2012 4:40:04 GMT -6
All the titans would have a legitimate claim to godhood. I could see one of them betraying Gaia somewhere down the line. Depending how true we want to be to the source material that role would go to Cronus, the titan who overthrew his father to become king before being overthrown by his own son. The Genesis story could be Cronus planned to take over the throne by competing in the Trials but was then defeated by Zeus who became the next god. The other titans would have wanted Gaia to rule for another 10,000 years so they would have competed to ensure that, Cronus being the obvious exception. |
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Post by Ayen on Jun 13, 2012 5:29:17 GMT -6
Since we're taking inspiration from FFVII how about something like Icicle Inn now that we don't have a Crystal Expanse? That could work. Elim set-up could be the farther up north you go the colder it gets, and the farther down south you go the warmer it gets. Perhaps this time we can have more enemy encounters between locations? I think this would be the perfect opportunity to introduce creatures we haven't seen in Genesis yet for a more action/adventure feel like orcs, goblins, dark elves, golems and maybe even a dragon. We could have a couple of dungeons for players to explore too. Jherra always seem so tiny in the exploration. We can have two dungeons to start out to see how the idea goes and then sort where the enemies would be once we have actual locations created. I recommend more regions this time around. I've always imagined Jherra as a small continent due to the fact it was basically two regions surrounded by city-states, which is now one region surrounded by city states. We could have the regions act as the main boards and then put the locations in as sub-boards. I would also recommend not officially introducing this new continent until Tajna wraps up the Arashi plot. A definite on both. How many regions would you recommend we have? Since the population in Jherra is mostly made up of humans maybe Elim can be something else, like elves or dwarfs if we're going the Dungeons and Dragons route. Looks like people are fond of the idea of elves being the dominated species. Elim sounds kinda like an elven place too IMO. With Jherra representing the judeo-christian faith with their god I think it would be a good idea to have Elim's god represent another religion. We could introduce characters from Greek mythology as one example. Have Gaia with the titans rule over Elim and with the Trials of Fate story we can replace her with Zeus and recreate the gods/titans war on DoA with a mortal Gaia leading the charge. That sounds like an excellent idea. Would you be interested in helping to adapt some of that history for a Genesis version? We could have two main storyarcs running simultaneously. Put all the chapter posts into one thread named Book of Jherra and then make a Book of Elim. Works for me. I think people would appreciate if I put all the chapter threads together. Less threads for them to go through. We could have a Colosseum for fights, and to feed people to lions. Ooh, the story could be a group of barbarians builds a Colosseum to train in and they started capturing elves and other mythical creatures to hone their skills. Could make a nice sub-plot. Regions: How about mountains for the dwarfs and forest for the elves? Dwarfs could have a small settlement in the mountains. (No pun intended) As another source of inspiration, might I direct us to Magic: The Gathering's many planes of existence? Thanks for the link  I like the idea of adding Greek mythology to the canon of DoA. You could even include the Twelve Labours of Heracles as quests for different players to do. Make Gaia's pre-god history her being an elven warrior that gets the call up to godhood, have the titans be her enforcers like the Arashi are with Yahweh and spread them out through the continent putting them in charge of their own territory. Which generation of titans were you thinking of, Gabrielle? I think the original twelve would be best since you'd need Cronus and Rhea to make Zeus. Zeus would then have a legitimate claim to godhood, since he was born one and not created, and could go on to resent his eleven lineage taking it out on the elves who live there. In turn the elves would resent the humans for reminding them so much of Zeus. Then when the gods under Zeus come along they can get into a territory war with the titans and people can choose their side from there. To fill the roles you can put up a thread listing the canon positions available and let people try out for them. Only inconsistency is Hades were already mentioned as the ruler of the Netherrealm dating back 20,000 years before Quan Chi's reign which would put him before Gaia and Zeus. We can just have that be unrelated. Hades is the ruler of the Underworld and Genesis already has that covered so we don't need a Hades in Elim. My issue is that would give us a total of 24 positions (assuming we want the gods number to be even with the titans) coming up to a grand total of 26 with Gaia and Uranus and I'm not sure if we could get 26 different players for 26 different positions. |
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Post by Alex on Jun 13, 2012 5:35:13 GMT -6
All this talk about continents has reminded me the Jherra map needs to be changed. I don't like how the Downward Spiral is still next to Isafaro. Besides, with the resurrection of Aircano and Kari it needs to be updated anyway.
I would also like to recommend people consider the overall impact these ideas could have on the forum. A lot of what's being suggested, while great, is vastly different from what we've done in the past.
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Post by Elena on Jun 13, 2012 5:44:07 GMT -6
We could have a Colosseum for fights, and to feed people to lions. Ooh, the story could be a group of barbarians builds a Colosseum to train in and they started capturing elves and other mythical creatures to hone their skills. Could make a nice sub-plot. I don't think barbarians would bother with building a Colosseum. That's more of a Roman thing. I like the idea of adding Greek mythology to the canon of DoA. You could even include the Twelve Labours of Heracles as quests for different players to do. Make Gaia's pre-god history her being an elven warrior that gets the call up to godhood, have the titans be her enforcers like the Arashi are with Yahweh and spread them out through the continent putting them in charge of their own territory. Which generation of titans were you thinking of, Gabrielle? I think the original twelve would be best since you'd need Cronus and Rhea to make Zeus. Zeus would then have a legitimate claim to godhood, since he was born one and not created, and could go on to resent his eleven lineage taking it out on the elves who live there. In turn the elves would resent the humans for reminding them so much of Zeus. Then when the gods under Zeus come along they can get into a territory war with the titans and people can choose their side from there. To fill the roles you can put up a thread listing the canon positions available and let people try out for them. Only inconsistency is Hades were already mentioned as the ruler of the Netherrealm dating back 20,000 years before Quan Chi's reign which would put him before Gaia and Zeus. We can just have that be unrelated. Hades is the ruler of the Underworld and Genesis already has that covered so we don't need a Hades in Elim. My issue is that would give us a total of 24 positions (assuming we want the gods number to be even with the titans) coming up to a grand total of 26 with Gaia and Uranus and I'm not sure if we could get 26 different players for 26 different positions. It all depends how we want the gods and titans to be set up. |
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Post by Ayen on Jun 13, 2012 6:04:27 GMT -6
All this talk about continents has reminded me the Jherra map needs to be changed. I don't like how the Downward Spiral is still next to Isafaro. Besides, with the resurrection of Aircano and Kari it needs to be updated anyway. Arix, would you be interested in updating the Jherra map for us? Ooh, the story could be a group of barbarians builds a Colosseum to train in and they started capturing elves and other mythical creatures to hone their skills. Could make a nice sub-plot. I don't think barbarians would bother with building a Colosseum. That's more of a Roman thing. Right, Romans. I don't know why I was thinking barbarians. |
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Post by Kragen on Jun 13, 2012 6:10:16 GMT -6
Right, Romans. I don't know why I was thinking barbarians. Because the Romans were pretty damn barbaric.  |
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Post by Tenjou, Utena on Jun 13, 2012 6:15:01 GMT -6
I would also like to recommend people consider the overall impact these ideas could have on the forum. A lot of what's being suggested, while great, is vastly different from what we've done in the past. Isn't that the whole point? to do something new and different. If we just did the same old things we'd get bored. |
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Post by Alex on Jun 13, 2012 6:21:31 GMT -6
I would also like to recommend people consider the overall impact these ideas could have on the forum. A lot of what's being suggested, while great, is vastly different from what we've done in the past. Isn't that the whole point? to do something new and different. If we just did the same old things we'd get bored. Try new things just don't go overboard with it, is basically the point I'm trying to get across. What sounds good on paper doesn't always transact the way you want it to. |
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Post by DC Comics on Jun 13, 2012 6:33:32 GMT -6
A definite on both. How many regions would you recommend we have? Depends how big you want the continent to be. We should probably focus on locations first before committing to anything else. |
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Post by Tenjou, Utena on Jun 13, 2012 6:37:18 GMT -6
Isn't that the whole point? to do something new and different. If we just did the same old things we'd get bored. Try new things just don't go overboard with it, is basically the point I'm trying to get across. What sounds good on paper doesn't always transact the way you want it to. Seeing how this forum is meant to be the ultimate crossover where our imaginations are the only limit I can't see how we could go overboard. Our own world is filled with many different cities and cultures so why not Genesis? |
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Post by Alex on Jun 13, 2012 6:57:27 GMT -6
Try new things just don't go overboard with it, is basically the point I'm trying to get across. What sounds good on paper doesn't always transact the way you want it to. Seeing how this forum is meant to be the ultimate crossover where our imaginations are the only limit I can't see how we could go overboard. Our own world is filled with many different cities and cultures so why not Genesis? Our reality has rules, as does Genesis. We should be looking at what we have now as a guideline for what will and won't work in Elim. |
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