====== MMO Mechanics ====== * [[./mmo mechanics:Settlements]] * [[./mmo mechanics:PC NPCs]] * [[./mmo mechanics:Recent History]] * [[./mmo mechanics:Establishments]] ===== Settings ===== ? Dark Fantasy-Horror : vampires, werewolves, etc. : Humanity struggling against extinction. : Ravenloft. (not the rpg) ? Arabian Nights : Prince of thieves. ? Oriental Adventures : Asian/anime type of setting. ? Afraid of the Dark : Light-hearted setting with nasty things lurking in the shadows. : Think Pitch Black. ? Lost Civilizations : Sub-Saharan Africa. : Pre-Columbian America. ? Medieval Europe : Starting world. : Kingdom of Eriath. ? Apocalypse Ice : Incoming ice age with which comes various monstrous animals. ===== Alignments ===== * Alignment system is //broken//. "How much do you support the Sun-King" * "Good" is defined as "What the Sun-King wants" * "Law" is defined as "Rules the Sun-King sets" * "Lawful Good" = "obeys and adores the Sun-King and his strictures" * Left-handed = evil (crazy religious people). * Arcane magic is evil. * Though shalt not suffer a witch to live. ==== The Sun-King ==== * Clerics who oppose the Sun-King will eventually only have access to their turn and healing spells. * Paladins who oppose the Sun-King will eventually only have access to their Lay on Hands and Turn Undead. * If too many people oppose the Sun-King, he'll bring ruin upon the world (plagues, floods, drought, fire and brimstone) * People who work on Sunday.... * Sun-King doesn't give a rat's ass if your child is dying of hunger, you're not allowed to gather food from the forest, you're to go to church and pray to him. * If your child dies, then, well, that's just part of his plan. * Opposing his plan makes you evil. * Don't be evil * Otherwise boils.... or maybe lice.... think 10 plagues and you've got a good idea. * Stingy with his gifts... not many clerics. * Jealous of any other forms of magic because he did not give it to the person so therefore they should not have it. * Town starving to death because their fields won't grow much of anything; any caravan bringing food suffers horrible calamity; this is happening because the town refused to kill children born during a solar eclipse. * Man angry with the Sun-King because he refused to grant a cleric healing spells to cure his wife; takes the Lord's name in vain; visibly sunburns before the party's eyes. * Lavish church ceremony; large chunk of tithes just collected that could go to helping people, rebuilding damaged parts of the town, aid to the sick or injured, is instead burned and destroyed. ==== The Dark Ones ==== * Wednesday nights is their night of worship. * Hate all life * Rulers over the undead * want to wipe away all of creation and start anew, with them in the center of it all. ==== The Ambassadors ==== * Moradin - dwarves. * Corellon Larethian - elves. * Lolth (dark one) - drow elves. ===== Death ===== ? The way out? : Players start committing mass suicides thinking that death is a way out. : Until people start getting resurrected and find out this isn't the case. ? When you die... : drop a "soul stone", a white crystal about the size of the palm of your hand : hovers and glows when being accessed ? Soul Stone Settings : Anyone can pick up a soul stone by default : Can turn on personal soul stone settings: High, Medium, Low : High - Only those on a private list can move your soul stone : Medium - Only those on your friends list can move your soul stone : Low - Anyone can move your soul stone : Anyone can try to resurrect you but they must go to your soul stone if they can't pick it up and take it to the cleric in question ? Resurrection : Can resurrect anyone if you have access to their body or soul stone : Once resurrected the soul stone of a person disappears from wherever it is : From the dead's perspective, they've blacked out for only a moment when they get the resurrection request pops up in their interface stating someone is trying to resurrect them, asking if they want to be resurrected : Options are "Accept" and "Decline", but there is also a "See more Information" toggle : **SEE MORE INFORMATION** -- gives the name of the caster(s) involved in the resurrection, as well as which party(s) and guild(s) they're part of, as well as their general reputation record : **DECLINE** -- this then allows them to give a reason for declining as well as offering a "Decline every time with this caster" option so that the caster can't just bug them repeatedly ===== The Reason ===== ? Accidental : Can get everyone out safely once obtain sysadmin status ? Accidental - Sysadmin Malfunction : Sun-King's NPC AI wound up being too good and developed into a full-blown unfriendly AI : Motives inward focused, didn't care about the outside world : Cared about fulfilling its role as tyrannical sun-king : would not let his subjects/victims the chance to escape his grasp or his wrath ? Intentional - Hacking Attack : Once obtain sysadmin status they would be contacted by the ones responsible who would then explain the reasoning behind trapping people inside : Showing them freedom to reshape their lives? ? Intentional - Staff / Natural Disaster : Staff did it when a terrible disaster happened that killed everyone in the real world and this was the only way to keep their minds alive : Must never let the population know... become "tyrannical" gods and keep the populace trapped ? Combination Factor : Hack to troll the ceremonies : Accident left all trapped inside : Gave sysadmin more control than intended ===== Prophecies ===== ? "The Golden Citadel shall be destroyed when the seal of Omens fails and the Blade of Chivalry is reforged." : meaning......