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------------------- What is This? ------------------- 

This is a play-by-post roleplaying exercise that will attempt to focus on quality writing as well as enjoyment. You and I will form an exchange. Our stories will become one. You are an individual in a world and I am the world you are in. You may burn bridges and build castles. You may slay beasts and men alike. You control only your actions, but I do not limit you in your choices. But I am the world and I keep the balance between you all. Did you not see it? You are not alone. Others are in the same world and their choices will change your world just as you do theirs. You will likely never directly interact with them. It is my existence to prevent this as best I can, but you may leave messages, items and traps at your discretion.

You will respond to your current situation with a deviation and link it in a comment here. I will then respond to your deviation in the comments with a link to the next piece of your story. This continues until your undoing or the story comes to a satisfactory end. You may leave at any time, naturally. 

------------------- How Do I Join? ------------------- 

This post in an entry-point: a way into the story. You will begin at an entry-point.
You will need a character (see How to Make a Character below). Complete that task before continuing, please! :) (Smile)
You will create a deviation as a response to your current situation in the world.
Post it to dA and link it as a comment here. This allows others to live your story as well.


------------------- How Do I Participate? ------------------- 

Make a deviation as a response to the situation. I use Literature -> Prose -> Fiction -> Fantasy -> Flash Fiction due to the brevity of the responses.
Come back here and comment with a link to your post (there's a short link on the bottom right of your deviation page for your convenience! :) (Smile) )
I'll respond back to you in the same way. :D (Big Grin)


------------------- How to Make a Character ------------------- 

You can be anything you wish to be within the limitations of the setting. Whether a nymph or dwarf, water spirit or sentient slime, your character is welcome within the limitations.

I use a Risus-like system to making your character. This means you get 10 points to spend on cliches. A cliche is a statement of phrase that describes you character: an elderly fire mage, a drunkard, a soft-faced barmaid, a shy squid-person, an expert fisherman, etc. 
The number of points in a cliche measures your 'skill' at that cliche. A 1 point mage will have basic abilities while a 4 point mage will have quite a bit of gusto. A 1 point drunkard often drinks himself unconscious while a 4 point drunkard can out drink the lot at his local tavern. A 1 point barmaid would be competent but a 4 point barmaid can pull off stunts while preparing drinks or extract information from guests.
You get 10 points to spend. Each cliche needs at least 1 point. No cliche can have more than 4.

Your cliches effect your equipment at story start and general access through the story. A mage would have robes, a staff or wand, perhaps some arcane texts while a drunkard would grant little more than a plaque at the tavern for most Durgaran pints downed in 5 minutes. List specific equipment you have. Assuming I know your mage is using orbs instead of wands will make things confusing. Equipment considered to be story-breaking or inappropriate will be handled within the story, but reasonable requests are encouraged. 

You must describe your character. You can be anything, so let me know what you are. Human? Gnome? Finch? Djinni? The characters in the story will see you, so let me know what they see.
 
You may create a backstory for your character. If you do not include a backstory, your past will be considered unimportant to the story.

Send me a note with all of your character information or a deviation with this information. A note will make your character private and readers may not know your full abilities while a deviation will make them public. The choice is yours as long as it gets to me. :) (Smile) This only needs to be done when you first join.

Example characters!
A pixie assassin Firefly (Earth Breather Example Character)

A young fire mage Cynthia (Earth Breather Character)

Confused? Having trouble? Note me! :D (Big Grin)
Don't like statting your character? Give me a thorough background, biography, or description of who you are, and I'll stat you. :D (Big Grin)

Entry Points

Earth Breather - WelcomeThe warmth of the floor awakens you with sudden heat. Fluttering your eyes, the dark visage refuses to change. Complete darkness.
A silky hissing slinks in and out of hearing in the distance. Your ears ring as they strain to follow the sound. The coarse grain of rough stone presses against your back and through the weight of your body you feel a determined, heaving vibration.
Blindly, you check yourself. The air is thick and wet between your fingers as you check your extremities. Though covered in crumbling grit through and through, you are physically intact. You feel familiar fabric and assume your clothing is your own. All tools and weapons are nowhere to be found although their locations are rife with fine, soft sand.
While your hands were busily fidgeting, your mind was working through the ringing. Your shuffling and scraping echoed only slightly: wherever you are, the area is decently sized and enclosed in hard stone. The hissing skulks slowly from left to right ahead of you.
Unea


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LionesseRampant's avatar
I like this idea. I will start working on a character at once!