Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-25908355-20160501152212

Story

“Humanity… The Earth.  Forged in the fires of war. Baptised in the blood spilled by the gems who fought for it. Nursed with gunpowder, lead and steel.  To think that after the great sacrifices made by gemkind, just for the sake of humanity… The humans are more than content with squandering it all by just killing each other.”

Humans are divided into two types of people. Those capable to access, or at least tap into the same magical source the gems use, called “Drage”, and those who cannot. Since the beginning of the human race, those capable of using Drage were the ones more important, capable of reaching feats unimaginable by the common man.

Drage users made fire.  Drage users got food.  Drage users protected. <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Drage users led the common man. Drage users <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">led humanity.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">...Up until now.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The year is 1786, roughly 26 years since the revolution that changed the world forever: <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The Industrial Revolution <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Some say it is the event that empowered common man.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Some say it is the event that stripped importance away from Drage.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Whatever the right answer may be, the two opposing factions created by the dispute would not reach a peaceful conclusion. Not in Great Britain, where the conflict sparked, anyway. <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Protests led to riots.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Riots to rebellion.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Rebellion to <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">war <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">14 years after steam power sparked the intelligence of the common man, war broke out between them and the Drage users, creating two distinct camps: The British Labour Front (BLF) and the Drage Union Forces (DUF).

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Petty firefights in pubs or squares quickly led to all-out war, with the DUF having dug positions in Ireland and Wales, and the BLF not giving up either England nor Scotland.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Gemkind was quick to interfere. Starting peacetalks, sending troops to break up fighting, yet humans had none of it. No peace treaty in the universe could stop this war. To common man, this was a war to prove they no longer relied on thier past masters. To Drage users, this war was a last-ditch effort to hold on to their former rights. Both parties felt <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">hatred <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> for eachother, a human emotion incapable of being stopped.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The intellect of the common man, placed toe-to-toe with the magical powers of the Drage user. Who wins can only be decided by fate.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:24px;font-family:'Playfair Display';color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Drage Description

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">“Drage”, as called by humans, is the source of magical power for both gems and humans. It is… Unexplainable with the limited human vocabulary, but in the end, it can be summed up completely in one word: “Magic”.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Technically, gems and humans use the same kind of magic, but just in different ways. Whilst gems are incapable of using human magic, humans are incapable of using gem magic.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Drage users fit two main categories, two of which branch off into “master categories”, that are harder to learn, but have far better effects.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The two main categories, along with the branch-offs, are: <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">-Warriors, which can branch out as Knights

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">-Druids, which can branch out as Mages

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:18.666666666666664px;font-family:'Playfair Display';color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Details

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Warriors can create tools from magic, such as swords, axes, or clubs. Said tools are not as powerful as normal, material things, but they can be given a special property by their owner, such as poisoning its enemy on impact, or setting them ablaze.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The Knights are a type of Warrior that has reached a “plain of higher understanding”, now knowing more about Drage, they have left their past abilities behind in favour of other, more powerful ones. They can enhance things; both themselves and other objects, giving theirselves extra power, properties, etc..

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Druids can manipulate objects and people. The manipulation of a person depends greatly on both the expertise of the druid, and the willpower of the manipulated person.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Mages, much like Knights, are Druids that have a greater understanding of Drage, granting them the powers of transmutation, which are quite self-explanatory.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:24px;font-family:'Playfair Display';color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Rules <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:24px;font-family:'Playfair Display';color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Other Important Details
 * 1) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">No metagaming; autohitting; godmodding.
 * 2) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Do not mini-mod. Leave ScaryStuffAhoy or Trogdr to sort out any disputes, or in extreme cases, even the mods themselves.
 * 3) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Do not argue. I cannot stress this enough. Please, if you have an issue with eachother, take it to a message wall or to a chat PM, don’t clutter the RP page.
 * 4) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Don’t go asking “can I join, can I join?” this RP is free for anyone to join.
 * 5) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Please take the RP seriously.
 * 6) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Read all the rules and the entire story, even twice until you understand everything.
 * 7) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Only ask “What’s going on” if absolutely necessary. If it’s not much you missed out on, go and read it.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">A character must be introduced with a standard character card:

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Name/Gem: <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Appearance:

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Weapon (none if human): <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Ability (for gems only): <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Class (for Drage users only):

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Faction:

<span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">All else is optional.

<span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The current technology is mostly Steampunk-ish.

<span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Currently, Gemkind is not really involved into the war. That does not rule Gem OCs out of the question.

<span style="font-size:17.333333333333332px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Also, the “British Labour Front” has nothing to do with the real-life Labour Party. Just throwing that out there, to keep me out of the political crapstorm. <ac_metadata title="Power Corrupts - Act 1 - Chapter 1"> </ac_metadata>