Questing, Locations Unknown and other misc

[Zyrune]

I haven't been on the forum for a long time so pleased excuse me if this has already been answered.  I understand that players are allowed make up a variety of quests. 
However I was wondering about large scale quests such as raids or dungeons, are we allowed to design them and implement a variety of monsters canon or preapproved monsters within them? Also I've noticed that the forum only has locations in one area, there are no other cities mentioned in the lore for the Unfounded Kingdom, how big it is or if Ireland/ Northern Ireland had been included? I would assume yes as normally they are implemented together. I was wondering are we allowed to make up locations along the map like other cities or People of the Land cities or do these all have to preapproved in a certain venue before they can actually happen?

I was also wondering if anyone had suggested to any artistic minded members to design a map for either the entire Unfounded Kingdom or london or other locations based on suggested of GM? I feel this would greatly add not only to the forums, but also to players wanting to role play. We would be able to reference locations and eventually the map could be added to, for example monster locations and that. 

I was wondering if these had been previously answered if so, can you provide links or if they already exist please provide links as I've been unable to find them. 

Also items that one would gain from quests, do all of these have to be preapproved or who decides what items someone gets?

[Murasaki]

If you have an idea for a dungeon, go ahead and submit a draft including the dungeon's theme and monsters.

Ireland will be introduced in a later arc as Adventurers start to head north. If you wish to make suggestions for subforums for existing areas, we may be able to take a look. However, I think it's probably more important to populate the existing new subforums first. Londinium is saturated with threads while other areas like Avon had not had as much activity despite low-level areas existing in the area as well. Map art would be very appreciated if anyone can do that.

Player-run quests and event items naturally need preapproval so that items with overly powerful or uncharacteristic effects will be reviewed.

[Zyrune]

I think you have misunderstood what I meant. . I don't want to create any more subforums, in my opinion the forum is split up into too many as it is with many not serving much purpose or gaining much activity and might be better served by removing the subforum and having just a title as a large area serving many areas. If there were codex entries listing locations such as Warwick manner in a certain area, then there would be no need for a Warwick subforum, as players could post in the larger forum with the location of Warwick manner noted as the area of thread in the very first post. 


What I wish to do is send a group of players north, south, east or west or maybe to a nearby island on a quest, you would only need one forum to host this, however what would be required is a working knowledge of what other cities actually existed. I believe that working on the notion that London is the only city that players know about restricts what players can really do. You mentioned I should suggest a Dungeon theme and layout. There should be a minimum requirements and a specific form that one could submit. This would need to include basic description, theme, monsters, layout and where monsters spawn, how to complete and items granted. There should be an end post that would be put at the end stating what players received at the end of the dungeon.  And if it is past, it should be added to the guidebook as a location as it wouldn't just be there temporarily. 

You mention Avon not gaining enough activity.



Avon currently consists of

Stratford Upon Avon

This consists of two subforms, however it doesn't offer much that Londinium does not, save for the them miasma realms, this would be far better suited if there was a well known dungeon with Straford that players could activitly start quests towards. If the a set dungeon lay out was agreed upon with set monsters that would spawn, then players might have incentive to go there. However at the moment it is hard to imagine any reason to go to Stratford given what little there is on the forums about it. Is stratford an NPC city or adventurer respawn area, does it have a Cathedral or would adventurers spawn in Londinium?
There is no location entry describing this bar the bit I gleamed from the header... 


The River Avon.

A large area containing unnamed Villages. This would be a good place for players to start quests that would consist of defending villages from monster attacks. (Which I might actually start if you don't mind.) But other than that there isn't much players can do here. There is no end goals to achieve bar monster killing, no known dungeons or training areas with specific monsters, no one is aware of what spawns where.



Warwick Castle

You mention the need for Dungeons to have layouts, but yet there is no layout mentioned on this forum. This deters players from starting threads there as they have no idea what to image or what to create there.



To be honest I really whole heartily believe that if you wish to increase activity in these areas and other areas, the forum needs to create World Information Thread that the game masters agree on and can be added to by players.



The guidebook should be moved to this thread or developed into this thread.

Suggestion Titles for this thread could be



Unfounded Kingdom: Encyclopedia (I know there is a current Encycolpedia but it lacks significantly in information and is confusing.)

Science And Technology Information

People And Organisations

Locations

Historical Lore

Culture

Bestiary

Classes

SubClasses

Crafting (And how to do it)

Ap Claims (How to Claim Ap And Level)





Unfounded Kingdom: Locations

In this thread areas and there lore could be fleshed out and added to, giving players a lot more information to go on when creating threads to rp in. Each would be a fleshed out entry of every area that currently exists.

Possible consisting of

General Information (Currently all the forum has)

History (Any background information or game lore)

Location of the the Area

Points Of Interest (this is important as it can give players ideas of where to go or where to start an rp.



Unfounded Kingdom: Organisations

Here are the various gangs, groups, syndicates, corporations, cults, clubs, secret societies, etc. that affect life in the Unfounded Kingdom. Some may be well-known and highly-influential, while others may have a more ‘subtle’ presence, but all are important. (There is a significant LACK of non player character presence within the forum so far)



Players that had a group entry here would be responsible for keeping the entry updated. If the group expands, changes leadership, forms new alliances, is disbanded, etc, etc, they would update its profile accordingly. (This is SEPERATE from guilds, think the debauchery tea party) a group that wasn't a guild but had significant throw, and also any NPC groups that exist within the Unfounded Kingdom.
There would also be canon entries here about NPC groups that roam the area or exist in certain places. 


People And Organisations

Here you will find the profiles of any of the the Unfounded Kingdoms Elite. These people will have left their mark on the Unfounded Kingdom. This can be gang leaders, player killers, city officials, business men or woman, guild masters, high level guilds.



The Races Of EnderTales Should also be placed here. They should be fleshed out some more, Apperance what they can and can't look like with regards to physical features and stats of the race, the game lore background regarding said race and the Non player character culture of the race might be interesting one to develop.



Not only all of the above, but a Map even a badly drawn one needs to be done with the significant locations on it such as monster areas, discovered areas. All locations on the map should have a corresponding entry in the Location thread.


You could improve this site so much more and attract so many more players by fleshing out information and areas with codex entries to give players a lot more to go on. You could also rewards players for any information they can come up with for certain locations or groups within the Unfounded Kingdom. 

What I wish to do.
I want to start a thread where an NPC comes to Londinium in seek of aid of Adventurers would have thus far stopped taking quests from People Of the Land. After the NPC gathers a party of 6 or more, they will head on a journey to a nearby village located at the end of the river of Avon. The village is constantly under attack from sea monsters. After defending the village and finding out information about the attacks, the players will come to the realization that there is a dungeon under the ocean nearby for low level to mid characters responsible. After finding a way there, they would need to beat the dungeon. Due to the length of the thread, level gaining would be the ultimate reward, but maybe an upgrade in weapons or items would be rewarded. To be honest it would be easier if there was a thread about Dungeon creation, what is required and what can be given and can't be given that can be submitted just like characters are and if it is accepted can become a location and others can start enjoying it. 

[Shuwen]

Sorry for the necro, but I'd like to also point out we could use a thing on the Lander's religion(s) as well. They mention "the gods" in canon and how adventurer's undying nature is a gift from them. Priest is also an existing subclass, and knowing about what you're supposed to be worshiping would be quite useful for anyone who takes it.

[Murasaki]

Most of these will be furthered in the Lune plotline, but I'll give a basic overview:
- Animism: Possibly the most well-known and common among Landers of the countryside, a pantheon where there is often a patron deity for anything (Sun God, God of Agriculture, God of the Seas, etc)
- Order of the Six Princesses: A popular Lander religion based on the legend of the Six Alvian Princesses. They represent war, wealth, entertainment, nature, science, and wisdom.
- Six Princess Avatara: A religion based in Lune that follows the Order of the Six Princesses, except with a twist - they believe that the Six Merchant Princesses of Lune are the reincarnations of the ancient princesses and thus worship them as living goddesses.
- Elemental Theory: A science-based spiritual alignment focused upon Anima and Mana, the two major elements that form the world. Primarily followed by Lander sages and scholars. By researching how these two elements interact, one can obtain a greater understanding of the world.
- Miasma Cultism: Those who focus upon the sentience of the Miasma, following its teachings in order to plunge the world into darkness. Said to be a side-effect of the hallucinations one receives when exposed to excess Corruption.

There is also another religion that will be revealed within the course of the plotline.


As for fleshing out the currently-released cities and areas, we'll be doing it as we go. 

[Deleted]

More information would definitely be great. Descriptions of the places, history, maybe key NPCs, as well as their real world equivalents. We can guess where Londinium and Stratford Upon Avon are situated since they're real places, but I have no idea what the real world equivalent of Sarum is for example. I like Del's suggestion on the matter, and thought I should at least mention that now that I've seen it.