Avatar Battle Royale - Disccusion Thread 2

[Ichneumon]

I'm switching avatars for now, but that doesn't mean I've changed main characters. The paladin is now just temporally non-active because of the fact that he is kinda unconscious... If he is healed again, I'll return.

This is just an unimportant NPC...

[Lyinginbedmon]

I just noticed: every link in the OP is broken.

That's not too tricky, given that there's only 2

Speaking of which, Jason in my first post in this thread I quoted all of the data from the original thread's first post which should be duplicated in the first post here for clarity.

It includes a link to the Archive and to the World Map

[Ichneumon]

In case I might need it, the template:

[kpenguin]

You know, sometimes I wonder what YPU thinks of what we've done to his thread.

[Bayar]

You know, sometimes I wonder what YPU thinks of what we've done to his thread.

the guy who started it? We should PM him, to come and see

[Almighty Salmon]

I think the exact same thing..

Although i don't see him around much anymore.

[Bayar]

Suggestion: We should put links to former ABR threads in the first post.It's a good thing.

[Lyinginbedmon]

the guy who started it? We should PM him, to come and see

Maybe we are why he hasn't been around

From the looks of things, YPU spends most of his posting time in the gaming subforums, though he's put a bit of interest in the Iron Author

[Ichneumon]

Uploaded new comic.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Okay, so far that gives us:

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• Merinas - A place subjected harshly to necromantic experimentation during the days of the Moon Elf Empire under the supervision of Grand Lieutenant Vex the Malign, it has since fallen largely into ruin save sparse necropoli. Merinas was one of the first countries to fall to the Empire and was gifted to Lieutenant Vex for his part in the Empire's expansion.
• Lockutas - One of the short list of nations to stand in opposition to the Moon Elf Empire and survive, Lockutas paid the price for its insolence once it was conquered by attrition. Much of the technology in Lockutas is steam-powered, and they were defeated by the Empire freezing all the water sources in the nation, thus starving them of fuel. This has had a profound effect on the local climate to date, much of the land is still a harsh winterland. Legends of ancient relics from Lockutas' glory days haunt the lips of it's citizens, who yearn for the time when the country was a viable power in politics.

2 out of 10 populated lands

Anyone want to help me fill in the other 8?

[Yeril]

A land ruled by a reclusive holy order of knights and paladins.

Wild plain area populated by sparse villages of orcs, goblins, aswell as humans and halflings?

a Oceanic island filled with calm ports and villages that seems to be untouched by the wars of the land + a notable pirate cove nearby.

A boggy marsh filled with Hydra, Serpents, and a tribe of swampland druids.

A huge empty shrubland with a large fortress ruled by an Ogre warlord who constantly demands tribute from nearby towns and villages.

A generic town of 1st-2nd level adventures.

Hmm...



Also, Ive finished my Omicron template, should I move on to Boomwolf and co or Ichy's party next?

[Emperor Ing]

I really think Ichneumon should double check to make sure its me before she attacks. Im not orange.

[Frakbox]

all right muchachos, the rest of the week I will actually be going to school because I got over my illness that I've had for 2 weeks.... So they may not be any comics coming from me. plan on it fellow party members. I may be doing some on the weekends though...

[Malfunctioned]

@Lyinginbedmon How about a land where everyone wears ducks for hats and dogs wear trousers!! I SHALL NAME IT....DUCKHATDOGTROUSERANIA!!!

[Lyinginbedmon]

a Oceanic island filled with calm ports and villages that seems to be untouched by the wars of the land + a notable pirate cove nearby.

A boggy marsh filled with Hydra, Serpents, and a tribe of swampland druids.

How many islands aren't Oceanic?
Herea - Herea submitted absolutely and completely to the Moon Elf Empire, and gave them full support. However, as a small nation, they had little to give the empire, they could barely produce enough food to support themselves. As such, Herea was subject to extreme agricultural expansion during the Age of Dragons, covering much of the fertile land with farms. This left the island relatively peaceful within the Empire, to the point that they aren't even aware it has collapsed. However, the growth in foods attracted the creatures that now inhabit the outlying area of Regen. In defense of Herea, is the Order of the Cloaked Flame, a group of xenophobic paladins headed by a Grand Maester priest. Presently, this priest is Sierra Marshall, a clergywoman of Plotus who is said to channel his divine might in defense of all external threats.

Regen - Outside the relatively peaceful land of Herea lies the forsaken Regen. So named for it's massive population of regenerative beasts, such as Hydras, Trolls, and the dreaded Tarrasque that sleeps underground off the coast, Regen is a dense marshland that was left untouched by the agricultural development of Herea. Whilst much of the inhabitants are mindless or tribal, the primary power in Regen is a sentient 12-headed pyrohydra warlord named Polymus, who demands the obedience of his peers by intimidation and brute strength.

That's 4 out of 10

[Ichneumon]

I really think Ichneumon should double check to make sure its me before she attacks. Im not orange.

Wait... you aren't orange? Strange.... I always thought you were....

[kpenguin]

Wait... you aren't orange? Strange.... I always thought you were....

He's pink. At least... that's how I draw Random.

[Emperor Ing]

And for the record, the eyes are ALWAYS darker than the flame head

[Ichneumon]

He's pink. At least... that's how I draw Random.

I think I always drew him a bit red orangish, in the last few he was a bit too orange, I agree.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Okay, 4 out of 10 nations in the new map section (I'm doing it as the North-West section, given that the present section is South-East).

If at all possible, I'd like to hear some suggestions from those who will be drawing within the new section, but veterans feel free to offer your suggestions.

[Ichneumon]

I don't know, I would prefere it if not everything of the world was mapped out and decided yet. It takes away some of the mystery and allows me to create some custom background to characters. I am sure others feel the same way.

[boomwolf]

Anyone want to help me fill in the other 8?

I want one.

Helina - a large, volcanic desert in the far west that is the source of many choatic creations.
While the lands of helina have no central seats of power, the many warlords and sorcerers around often team up to fight outsiders, usually as raiders.
The technology of helina is incredibly high, they have technological advancement in warfare beyond any other, while equal in advancement to "real world" (and I mean real, real world.) they have taken other, weird paths. (no gunpowder weaponry and no engines (and therefor no tanks and stuff.), but instead they have tesla coils, disk shooters, jetpacks, goggles that let you predict enemy movements and more high-edge combat technology.)
Helina was never conquered, as it is too hard to be worth it, but many helinan warlords and sorcerers have joined up with the dro- moon elven empire, in order to gather pillage and have "fun in fighting."
Naturally, the helinan ranks in the dro- moon elven army where not uniform, and have very different machines and weapons from squad to squad, as a direct result of them being mercenaries. and some helinan where fighting versus the dro- moon elven empire again as a result of them being mercenaries.

Naturally helina is the home of boomwolf. and I will show off the technology of helina now and then in ABR if you want. (boomwolf have some things he has yet to use, and I can show "other" helinan NPC's that show up for fighting and stuff.)

You know what, I'll work on some generic helinan soldiers and war machines and put each up once he is finished. so you can use them in your "remember" comics, or maybe people could make them pop up in ABR time to time (or visit helina.), they made no real progress in technology for hundreds of years, jest increased the range and damage output of the weapons.

In case you are wondering, the helinans discovered electricity and batteries. quite amusing considering they never discovered steam power or and other normal "real-world" method of mass-production of electricity.

[kpenguin]

I don't know, I would prefere it if not everything of the world was mapped out and decided yet. It takes away some of the mystery and allows me to create some custom background to characters. I am sure others feel the same way.

*agrees with the ambiguously gendered avatarist*

[Ichneumon]

*agrees with the ambiguously gendered avatarist*

Thank you,

I mean, for creating a campaign setting, mapping out is fine. But I do not see the reason why every possible piece of land should be decided we are not currently using it. The only possible result could be that if something creates e.g. a samurai character from an Oriental-like nation, someone might tell him that is not possible because there isn't such a nation in this world. Of course he could create a loophole of some kind, but that would still destory part of the joy.

[Yeril]

How many islands aren't Oceanic?

Quite a few, I mean, where I live Im about 60 miles away from the nearest shoreline but my town is an Island. Its all sea/ground levels and such

[Illiterate Scribe]

Okay, 4 out of 10 nations in the new map section (I'm doing it as the North-West section, given that the present section is South-East).

If at all possible, I'd like to hear some suggestions from those who will be drawing within the new section, but veterans feel free to offer your suggestions.

We need an orbital platform.

EDIT:Oh, and also, Bayar, can you help design the ABR invasion headquarters? You made such a good job on the portal room that I thought that we should keep you up late at night making another!

[Lyinginbedmon]

Okay, I've added the North-West region to the Land of Avbaroy post (Which I see is, among virtually everything else, still missing from the first post! ). I've left much unnoted and added a note as to why.

[boomwolf]

Two Helinan soldiers.

A Flamefodder, and a lightning lancer. (note, both are technology, not magical.)

[Nameless]

I'm not there

I'm not finished yet

@ BedMon, Omicron and Tiffanie: Awesome comics

@ Squark, why do I have swords?

[Yeril]

Okay, I've added the North-West region to the Land of Avbaroy post (Which I see is, among virtually everything else, still missing from the first post! ). I've left much unnoted and added a note as to why.

I'd just like to say, use of the phrase " the primary power in Regen is a sentient 12-headed pyrohydra warlord named Polymus" implys that there are other kinds, because as far as I know, a unsentinent pyrohydra is infact, a rock.

Just saying that you might consider using a different phrase.