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Registered: Nov 21, 2024 17:37:10 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2015 3:16:16 GMT -8
Okay i've edited with a legend for referencing. Could you elaborate on your previous regional and local map idea im still a little confused.
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Regal Al'nin Withernorth
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 158 
Age: 26
Physical Description: Regal has a lanky profile shaped from a life of hard work but doesn't seem imposing. He is of average height with unkept- moppy-brown hair with pale-skin and green eyes. His base features were soft, and fair however with his time spent as a scout a quiet hardness has imposed its self upon his face, couple this with an un-kept beard and weathering he's become much harder, carved from marble rather than sculpted from clay. His disposition is that of a cautious man long use to the daggers in the dark. He currently only has one eye, his left. He exchanged his right eye to escape a grim fate.
Clothes and Equipment: He wears a thick dark green cloak with dark brown blotches scattered around it, with a simple light brown or dark tan tunic and leggings,split by a wide leather belt. The cuffs of his pants and fitted into a snug pair of well-crafted leather boots.
He carries a maple and oak recurve bow with a set of 12 Ash arrows contained in a dark stained leather quiver on his left flank.
On his right flank is a simple blade not much longer than a knife.
He carries a small cloth knapsack as well.*
The only armor he seems to wear is the vambrace on his right arm.
[quick inventory list]["*" denotes items in the knapsack or attached to it with twine]
1x Basic dark green/brown hooded cloak
1x Tan/lightbrown Tunic
1x wide light stained leather belt.
1x tan/brown trousers.
1x pair of finely made shin height boots.
1x dark stained leather vambrace.
1x Maple/oak short composite recurve bow. ( 28" draw @ 80 lbs)
12x Ash-shaft arrows with iron broad head points and goose fetching. ( 275 gr)
1x 6 inch-needle point- steel knife with a leather grip.
1x water sack* (1.5 lt / 50 oz )
1x slice of dried* venison (9 oz)
3x small biscuit like bread loafs.*
1x 50 ft braided rope *
1x flint and steel striker set. *
1x bedroll and blanket. *
1x smaller empty cloth bag with draw string. *
1x letter "Scouting equipment order: Levanius Curio" *
1x broken telescope( on loan atm )
Player's online availability : Fairly often around 1800- 0300 EST.
Registered: May 23, 2015 20:56:09 GMT -8
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Post by Regal Al'nin Withernorth on Jun 1, 2015 12:28:20 GMT -8
The idea of a regional map is a grid square (the large scale) and a Local is that single square split into 4 maps, this allows us to get very precise if we want to about locations of objects or things. think of the map as puzzle pieces and with in each grid is 4 more pieces.
Overworld < "Optional" < Regional< Local
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Leviath Bahat
Committed
Roleplay posts: 67
Registered: Apr 4, 2015 17:54:27 GMT -8
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Post by Leviath Bahat on Jun 2, 2015 16:11:27 GMT -8
I would suggest putting Darkhive in one of the two northern-most squares on the continent. Darkhive is supposed to be incredibly far north, as far north as it's possible to go (due to something story-related that is as of yet unrevealed).
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Registered: Nov 21, 2024 17:37:10 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2015 13:10:56 GMT -8
Added Ivelian Peninsula
Anyone have any comments on the map? Positioned etc? I feel like this is the best we have at the moment as far as governments goes.
For other locations you could/can simply reference the grid to say in which cell your location belongs if you want a more cement place on the map.
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Roleplay posts: 0
Registered: Nov 21, 2024 17:37:10 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2015 13:16:23 GMT -8
Added Ivelian Peninsula Anyone have any comments on the map? Positioned etc? I feel like this is the best we have at the moment as far as governments goes. For other locations you could/can simply reference the grid to say in which cell your location belongs if you want a more cement place on the map. All that delicious open territory... |
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The Phoenix State
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 151
Registered: May 17, 2015 13:41:25 GMT -8
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Post by The Phoenix State on Jun 9, 2015 11:34:30 GMT -8
It does look tempting..
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shadowy figure
New
Roleplay posts: 7
Age: unknown
Physical Description: Not much can be seen from under his cloak, but only a hint of a face under his hood can be seen. His cloak reaches down to his feet and hands, covering his entire body.
Clothes and Equipment: He wears a black cloak over his body with a black or darkened under robe.
Rarely used armor:
A Blackened Mithril crowned helmet
Blackened Mithril Chestplate that covered his arms and gauntlets that covered his hands.
Blackened Mithril legging and boots.
Though this all seems to be rather hard to move in, he seems to be able to function well in it.
He wields a razor sharp scythe.
Two war sickles.
A double bladed scythe. (A blade at either end facing out from the pole.
Registered: Jun 5, 2015 13:59:14 GMT -8
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Post by shadowy figure on Jun 10, 2015 5:52:10 GMT -8
If it would be alright with everyone, would it be alright to have in the east a place labeled for the Dark Lands for this character. Once summer vacation begins for me, I will be starting up his story and kingdom with a few of my friends. Of course, if it is ok with you guys.
-Nameless (Currently Shadowy Figure)
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3RDRAKC
New
Roleplay posts: 0
Age: SOLDIER
Physical Description:
SOLDIER. COVERED HEAD TO TOE IN ARMOR. NO DISCERNABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES BECAUSE OF THIS.
Clothes and Equipment:
MASKED SOLDIER'S HELMET, WITH SPIKE
PISTON FLAMETHROWER
(BYZANTINES USED IT SINCE THE 7TH CENTURY IN THEIR ARMY http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHCw2in9DU )
GLADIUS-LIKE SHORTSWORD
SIDE-ARM WAR HAMMER
LAMELLAR ARMOR
GAUNTLETS
GREAVES
MILITARY BOOTS
GOLDEN CAPE WITH RED MILITARY EMBLEM ON IT
Registered: Jun 3, 2015 20:52:22 GMT -8
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Post by 3RDRAKC on Jun 10, 2015 14:58:44 GMT -8
Don't talk to us, talk to the admin.
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Roleplay posts: 0
Registered: Nov 21, 2024 17:37:10 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2015 15:15:06 GMT -8
This isn't an admin designed/endorsed thread, 3rd.
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3RDRAKC
New
Roleplay posts: 0
Age: SOLDIER
Physical Description:
SOLDIER. COVERED HEAD TO TOE IN ARMOR. NO DISCERNABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES BECAUSE OF THIS.
Clothes and Equipment:
MASKED SOLDIER'S HELMET, WITH SPIKE
PISTON FLAMETHROWER
(BYZANTINES USED IT SINCE THE 7TH CENTURY IN THEIR ARMY http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHCw2in9DU )
GLADIUS-LIKE SHORTSWORD
SIDE-ARM WAR HAMMER
LAMELLAR ARMOR
GAUNTLETS
GREAVES
MILITARY BOOTS
GOLDEN CAPE WITH RED MILITARY EMBLEM ON IT
Registered: Jun 3, 2015 20:52:22 GMT -8
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Post by 3RDRAKC on Jun 10, 2015 15:19:30 GMT -8
I assumed the creation of a government was, although I guess it would just be a group, which would be alright. Never mind the first post.
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Nameless Samurai
Dedicated
Stars are like friends. Not always seen, but always there.
Roleplay posts: 235
Age: 19
Physical Description: Lean, muscular, Wiry.
Has deep blue eyes, from his mother's side.
Has messy golden blonde hair.
Has a scar going diagonally across his face stating at above his right eyebrow down to his left cheek.
Clothes and Equipment: Normally: Green and black traveling clothes, wooden clogs, and a straw conical hat. He always keeps his pure white katana and wakizashi, to show his status as a samurai, and a red and black katana on his left hip.
Preparing for a battle: He has a green cuirass (do) with black trimmings as well as the helmet (kabuto) shaped to be a conical hat, the face mask (menpo), the armoured sleeves (kote), the greaves (suneate), the cuisses (haidate), and the shoulder guards (sode) all the same color and trimmings.
He has multiple other weapons stored in a personal pocket dimension.
One of which is his double bladed black scythe that has the standard long curved blade and a shorter one curving up under it with a space of a body between them.
A long bow
A short bow
About a hundred arrows
Throwing knives(Kunai)
Throwing stars (shuriken)
A few black eggs
A spiked chain
Sickles
Naginata
Rope
A red and black wakizashi
Registered: May 27, 2015 19:21:33 GMT -8
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Post by Nameless Samurai on Jun 11, 2015 2:40:33 GMT -8
I am going to ask the admin to let me start up the government when my summer starts. I would do it now, but I want to focus on the finals and reagents. I just wanted to get a place for my character established first.
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Epraiym Tagas
New
Roleplay posts: 4
Age: 52
Physical Description: Tall and skeletal, Epraiym presents the figure of someone not long for this world, all bones and pallid skin that is alternatively loose and shrunken. Bushy gray eyebrows, the only hair on his head, hang low over faded brown eyes, contrasting with his thin, bloodless lips. But this belies his vigor, for he is still as sharp and active as when he was a young man just out of the Iveluan rectory.
Clothes and Equipment: A variety of gold and basalt rings adorn his fingers, marks of both his office and his predilection for pleasures of the flesh, contrasting sharply with his simple clothing. Typically dressed in black, gray, dark green, or navy cowls, plain undyed cotton coifs, starched collars, a wide-brimmed felt hat and fine leather boots, when on assignment a light mail coat is secreted under his robes, against which is pressed a concealed stiletto, both protection from rulers angered by his professions.
Registered: Jun 4, 2015 22:25:12 GMT -8
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Post by Epraiym Tagas on Jun 11, 2015 13:09:58 GMT -8
I find this map to be very helpful. It shows the relative positions of each nation and helps me, at least, figure out where stories are taking place. But I need a “scale” on this for it to make full sense to me, especially because travel times get involved in a lot of these. Does the majority of RP on this site happen with instantaeouns travel times? Like, you're in Katashima one moment and Medan the next? Is there a generic “I've been on the road for a few weeks/months” or does the forum use actual numbers for travel?
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Lamina Manira
Main Character
Roleplay posts: 504
Age: 14
Physical Description: Complexion: Fair.
Build: Petite
Eyes: Emerald green.
Hair: Dark brown, just past shoulder length, choppy with a small sidelong left tie of hair, similar to ponytail or topknot, tied from the left side of her head.
Distinguishable markings: Horizontal scar, left shoulder.
Clothes and Equipment: - Knee-length, sleeveless black dress of a slightly thick, padded fabric.
- Black leggings for lightweight and modest cover.
- Leather belts around waist and chest for tying clothing and hoisting weaponry.
- Black leather boots that guard just past the ankles and protected at the toe by exterior metallic steel plating.
- Varied colored bangles of metal, 3 on the right forearm and 4 on the left.
- Long red ribbon tied around left elbow to hang freely. Has sentimental value.
- Thread of assorted beads that tie hair. Has sentimental value.
- Red feather worn with tied hair. Has sentimental value.
- Sometimes a mortuary sword, sheathed at her left hip.
Player's online availability : Usually evenings.
Registered: Apr 30, 2015 7:48:47 GMT -8
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Post by Lamina Manira on Jun 11, 2015 13:46:37 GMT -8
No actual travel numbers. Generic stuff and agreements between players are the norm. Each character may experience the passage of time differently. It's really only ever constant within any single thread.
That said, feel free not to worry about "travel time," in terms of units or real life hours or whatever.
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Regal Al'nin Withernorth
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 158
Age: 26
Physical Description: Regal has a lanky profile shaped from a life of hard work but doesn't seem imposing. He is of average height with unkept- moppy-brown hair with pale-skin and green eyes. His base features were soft, and fair however with his time spent as a scout a quiet hardness has imposed its self upon his face, couple this with an un-kept beard and weathering he's become much harder, carved from marble rather than sculpted from clay. His disposition is that of a cautious man long use to the daggers in the dark. He currently only has one eye, his left. He exchanged his right eye to escape a grim fate.
Clothes and Equipment: He wears a thick dark green cloak with dark brown blotches scattered around it, with a simple light brown or dark tan tunic and leggings,split by a wide leather belt. The cuffs of his pants and fitted into a snug pair of well-crafted leather boots.
He carries a maple and oak recurve bow with a set of 12 Ash arrows contained in a dark stained leather quiver on his left flank.
On his right flank is a simple blade not much longer than a knife.
He carries a small cloth knapsack as well.*
The only armor he seems to wear is the vambrace on his right arm.
[quick inventory list]["*" denotes items in the knapsack or attached to it with twine]
1x Basic dark green/brown hooded cloak
1x Tan/lightbrown Tunic
1x wide light stained leather belt.
1x tan/brown trousers.
1x pair of finely made shin height boots.
1x dark stained leather vambrace.
1x Maple/oak short composite recurve bow. ( 28" draw @ 80 lbs)
12x Ash-shaft arrows with iron broad head points and goose fetching. ( 275 gr)
1x 6 inch-needle point- steel knife with a leather grip.
1x water sack* (1.5 lt / 50 oz )
1x slice of dried* venison (9 oz)
3x small biscuit like bread loafs.*
1x 50 ft braided rope *
1x flint and steel striker set. *
1x bedroll and blanket. *
1x smaller empty cloth bag with draw string. *
1x letter "Scouting equipment order: Levanius Curio" *
1x broken telescope( on loan atm )
Player's online availability : Fairly often around 1800- 0300 EST.
Registered: May 23, 2015 20:56:09 GMT -8
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Post by Regal Al'nin Withernorth on Jun 12, 2015 2:39:12 GMT -8
i'd like to figure out a unit of distance, even if it was only "days".
Something like " Common days walk" , which would be about 15 miles. ( 25 seems to be a lightly equipped scout's day of travel)
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Roleplay posts: 0
Registered: Nov 21, 2024 17:37:10 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2015 10:53:09 GMT -8
I believe we were using 1 box equals 11000 kilometers squared (or 1 box per every 5 PCs). This means that every box is a little less than 47 kilometers wide and tall, assuming the territory is not actually rectangular as represented on the map. If we want to maintain this measurement, then using the Pythagorean theorom, we can calculate the distance between points on the map. 15 miles is roughly equal to 24 kilometers, 25 miles is roughly equal to 40 km.
This means that Medan, The Free City and The Phoenix State are all within a few days walk of each other. The territory formerly known as The Solarian Assembly will be a little over two weeks away from the rest. The only difficult ones to calculate are Sanctum Imperium Ivelius as that requires going around the coast and Katashima cuz it's out west in the ocean.
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Lamina Manira
Main Character
Roleplay posts: 504
Age: 14
Physical Description: Complexion: Fair.
Build: Petite
Eyes: Emerald green.
Hair: Dark brown, just past shoulder length, choppy with a small sidelong left tie of hair, similar to ponytail or topknot, tied from the left side of her head.
Distinguishable markings: Horizontal scar, left shoulder.
Clothes and Equipment: - Knee-length, sleeveless black dress of a slightly thick, padded fabric.
- Black leggings for lightweight and modest cover.
- Leather belts around waist and chest for tying clothing and hoisting weaponry.
- Black leather boots that guard just past the ankles and protected at the toe by exterior metallic steel plating.
- Varied colored bangles of metal, 3 on the right forearm and 4 on the left.
- Long red ribbon tied around left elbow to hang freely. Has sentimental value.
- Thread of assorted beads that tie hair. Has sentimental value.
- Red feather worn with tied hair. Has sentimental value.
- Sometimes a mortuary sword, sheathed at her left hip.
Player's online availability : Usually evenings.
Registered: Apr 30, 2015 7:48:47 GMT -8
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Post by Lamina Manira on Jun 12, 2015 11:55:41 GMT -8
so what's a good comparison for the size of the whole continent (to real world geography)?
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Epraiym Tagas
New
Roleplay posts: 4
Age: 52
Physical Description: Tall and skeletal, Epraiym presents the figure of someone not long for this world, all bones and pallid skin that is alternatively loose and shrunken. Bushy gray eyebrows, the only hair on his head, hang low over faded brown eyes, contrasting with his thin, bloodless lips. But this belies his vigor, for he is still as sharp and active as when he was a young man just out of the Iveluan rectory.
Clothes and Equipment: A variety of gold and basalt rings adorn his fingers, marks of both his office and his predilection for pleasures of the flesh, contrasting sharply with his simple clothing. Typically dressed in black, gray, dark green, or navy cowls, plain undyed cotton coifs, starched collars, a wide-brimmed felt hat and fine leather boots, when on assignment a light mail coat is secreted under his robes, against which is pressed a concealed stiletto, both protection from rulers angered by his professions.
Registered: Jun 4, 2015 22:25:12 GMT -8
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Post by Epraiym Tagas on Jun 12, 2015 12:17:56 GMT -8
But who is using those hard numbers, Thorin? From the post earlier and from the RPs I've read it definitely seems that no numbers exist, other than saying "a few days" or "a month or two".
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Roleplay posts: 0
Registered: Nov 21, 2024 17:37:10 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2015 12:46:14 GMT -8
so what's a good comparison for the size of the whole continent (to real world geography)? The longest distance in width from the farthest point west to the farthest point east is 5875 kilometers. In comparison, America is 4313 kilometers wide. From north to south our continent is 7050 kilometers in height (bear in mind, this is assuming the rectangles are representative of squares which means there is a good bit of map distortion). Similarly, America has a vertical distance of 2545 kilometeres. So, basically, it's pretty freakin' big. |
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Roleplay posts: 0
Registered: Nov 21, 2024 17:37:10 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2015 12:50:27 GMT -8
But who is using those hard numbers, Thorin? From the post earlier and from the RPs I've read it definitely seems that no numbers exist, other than saying "a few days" or "a month or two". Anyone who wants to or needs to use them, Epraiym. This is not enforced on the forum so nobody is required to use this system. It is just there in case someone needs a number for how far something is or how long it will take to get there and wants to be able to show where they got that number from. |
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Lamina Manira
Main Character
Roleplay posts: 504
Age: 14
Physical Description: Complexion: Fair.
Build: Petite
Eyes: Emerald green.
Hair: Dark brown, just past shoulder length, choppy with a small sidelong left tie of hair, similar to ponytail or topknot, tied from the left side of her head.
Distinguishable markings: Horizontal scar, left shoulder.
Clothes and Equipment: - Knee-length, sleeveless black dress of a slightly thick, padded fabric.
- Black leggings for lightweight and modest cover.
- Leather belts around waist and chest for tying clothing and hoisting weaponry.
- Black leather boots that guard just past the ankles and protected at the toe by exterior metallic steel plating.
- Varied colored bangles of metal, 3 on the right forearm and 4 on the left.
- Long red ribbon tied around left elbow to hang freely. Has sentimental value.
- Thread of assorted beads that tie hair. Has sentimental value.
- Red feather worn with tied hair. Has sentimental value.
- Sometimes a mortuary sword, sheathed at her left hip.
Player's online availability : Usually evenings.
Registered: Apr 30, 2015 7:48:47 GMT -8
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Post by Lamina Manira on Jun 12, 2015 13:11:42 GMT -8
I think that's way too big. wanting a space that's more comparable to western europe than 'larger than america'. we have very few, mostly fledgling, pockets of civilization. it is much, much more realistic to have them all sharing a smaller space, and i think this is part of why visual maps of pre-imagined landmasses can cause problems. i understand wanting a space that's large enough to fit any eventuality, but the forum is only maybe half a year old, we just got started, and it's probably better to group nations nearby to one another while leaving stuff beyond and in between as ambiguous.
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