Fantasy ICE - A Litrpg Urban Fantasy: OOC

[Azukai]

Hello, this is the forum OOC for ICE.
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[Megilagor]

And i choose the option, either way, is fine.
Also if nothing important happens, then i should have the cs ready on the 3rd of December if not sooner.
The worst part will be the appearance since I'm bad at describing that. so i will definitely find and image to be used for a general feel/look of the character with a description also.

 

[Azukai]

Lore: Fantasy - ICE - A Litrpg Urban Fantasy: Lore has been updated with a good amount of ICE lore!
I'll still be updating it over the course of the next day or two, but there should be enough for you to gauge interest/contemplate characters, etc

 

[Nellancholy]

As it happens,I did have a question.

Does Tattered Springs and the rest of the Corrupted Realms resemble Blue Springs,just overgrown/abandoned?

Or is it entirely "fantasy" style,just with the same layout as Blue Springs?

In the same way,what's the tech level of the Corrupted Realms,aesthetically speaking? Is there room for steampunk/magitek stylings?

 

[Azukai]

As it happens,I did have a question.

Does Tattered Springs and the rest of the Corrupted Realms resemble Blue Springs,just overgrown/abandoned?

Or is it entirely "fantasy" style,just with the same layout as Blue Springs?

In the same way,what's the tech level of the Corrupted Realms,aesthetically speaking? Is there room for steampunk/magitek stylings?

A great question! So, the rest of the corrupted realms is going be an "unknown" since it's "not apart of the beta test."

The Tattered Springs, as your characters will soon find out, does in fact resemble Blue Springs in its entirety, just fantasy apocalyptic edition and broken/incomplete. For example, the over grown plants aren't always plants you would find on earth, and then the system of course.

As for the level of tech--Tattered Springs will also follow the apocalyptic-fantasy theme in that its technology will resembled long abandoned elements of modern technology. You may find an old, corroded car frame for example. So I would say there is some room for a more steam-punk/magitek stylings up front.

I will give a small tease in that, the Corrupted Realms isn't always going to feel the same as the Tattered Springs through.

 

[ERode]

How symmetrical will character progression be? Are all players basically going to be levelling up and gaining skills at the same time, or is there more variance, depending on how long they play the game and what they do in it?

In a similar vein, how much of the plot will be in the game vs in real life, seeing that they’re all placed inside this suspicious ass black box of a building that’s owned by the corporation?

 

[Azukai]

How symmetrical will character progression be? Are all players basically going to be levelling up and gaining skills at the same time, or is there more variance, depending on how long they play the game and what they do in it?

In a similar vein, how much of the plot will be in the game vs in real life, seeing that they’re all placed inside this suspicious ass black box of a building that’s owned by the corporation?

Up front, I predict things will be fairly symmetrical for most players (unless you decide to actively avoid the game for whatever reason), but I cannot fully predict how things will go longer term. That is entirely dependent on what the players choose to do, whether they go at things solo vs. grouping, etc. Naturally, developing and finding higher level skills/loot will require more time investment on the player's parts.

As for the in-game vs real life balance--I predict things will be more-so skewed towards the game world at the start of the roleplay. This will adjust itself based on how quickly players push to uncover the mystery behind everything. The real world does have important plot points that play into the greater story, though.

 

[Azukai]

I'll also add that I am not forcing everyone to be within similar power levels of each other. If you wanna "power level the game" and can do it without dying, then be my guest.
Again, it all comes down to influencing the story how you wanna influence it.

 

[ThatWhichShouldBe]

I'll have my sheet up soon!

 

[Nellancholy]

Nice to see the heroes won't all be kids in this game

 

[ThatWhichShouldBe]

Nice to see the heroes won't all be kids in this game

someone has to be the 'mature' one :V

 

[Spoiled Bread]

I'll also add that I am not forcing everyone to be within similar power levels of each other. If you wanna "power level the game" and can do it without dying, then be my guest.
Again, it all comes down to influencing the story how you wanna influence it.

Does this mean if we die in the game we die in real life too?

 

[Megilagor]

well we know that some injuries carry on from the game to the IRL.
now there question stands how much of those injuries carry on.
if its 25% of the wounds then we can live, but if its 100% well then we can surely die.

 

[Spoiled Bread]

A 100% wound transfer would really sucks for the tank, now everyone wants to be the marksman

 

[Azukai]

Guess we’ll just have to find out, heh. All good tutorials will show you the ropes

 

[Megilagor]

hell im still aiming for "that" build that i like to play in games.
which can be essentially described as.
Deal as much aoe damage as you can and while waiting for the cooldown run in and kill as much as you can with melee.
so i can start towards this build easily from either acolyte or scout so that's nice.

so even 100% wound transfer won't stop me from making it happen

 

[Azukai]

hell im still aiming for "that" build that i like to play in games.
which can be essentially described as.
Deal as much aoe damage as you can and while waiting for the cooldown run in and kill as much as you can with melee.
so i can start towards this build easily from either acolyte or scout so that's nice.

so even 100% wound transfer won't stop me from making it happen

Duty noted.

 

[Spoiled Bread]

Nellancholy Coalition of Champions sounds sooo ripoff-y lol. Love it. I can't help but imagine the cheaply made mobile ads with absurd story that doesn't shows the real gameplay at all, complete with random youtuber awkwardly reading a script and sharing fake giveaway codes.

 

[Nellancholy]

It's League of Legends

Coming up with off-brand names is fun.

 

[Spoiled Bread]

Sharon is maining the Indian Jesus on grappling hook there

 

[Azukai]

Sharon is maining the Indian Jesus on grappling hook there

questionable taste

 

[Azukai]

Spoiled Bread Accepted. How will Sharon feel about ICE's game design, I wonder.

Nellancholy Accepted as well! I gotta know though, did her friends also sign up for ICE, or did they just offer her up lol.

ThatWhichShouldBe Accepted. It'll be interesting to see if Soloman's personality ends up pushes the story forward. Just make sure his smarts don't end up pushing into any meta-gaming scenarios!

 

[Spoiled Bread]

How will Sharon feel about ICE's game design, I wonder.

As long as it doesn't throw ads in her face every 30 seconds, she should be able to find a way to enjoy it.

Spoiler: The Worst Nightmare

 

[Nellancholy]

Azukai I haven't nailed down some of the details yet,but Marie's friend is a nosy type. They probably signed her up just to get her moving and more interested in things after her divorce,rather than participate themselves.

 

[Azukai]

We all got our things to finalize.
I added some names for some notable Ascended who will be showcased in the form of statues in tutorial area! Will eventually get around to adding more details about them.