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Title: Drawbridge Diaries
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 03, 2015, 05:27:37 am

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Drawbridge Diaries ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

(http://www.elfinspell.com/images/d-AuvergneCastles-Pic-Pg-248-B.jpg)

1. Day and Night Cycle
Day begins at GMT 4am and Night begins at GMT 4pm. You can see the current time in GMT here (https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&site=webhp&source=hp&q=gmt%2Bclock).

2. Season Cycle
Spring begins Mar 1. Summer begins Jun 1. Fall begins Sep 1. Winter begins Dec 1.

3. Player vs Player Combat
Combat involves use of weapons that act in a rock, paper, scissors manner. A ref agreed upon by both players will receive which weapon is chosen to be used.

4. Gathering resources
Some tools and weapons will enable you to gather resources such as wood, leather, and metals.

5. Crafting
Most weapons, tools, and items can be crafted.

6. Currency
The amount of currency in circulation depends on how many players are active. All players will be taxed very slowly over time.

7. Player Owned Game
The Majesty is the closest thing to a main DM, governing this OP, approving and enforcing game changes, and acting as a final arbitor on disagreements. However, most aspects of the game that require facilitation will be done by players. Indeed this will be the main way to obtain currency in game for most.

Thank you for your interest in this experimental game. Please see instructions for joining, below.

Spoiler: New Character (click to show/hide)

You are welcome to join the game, currently there is only what you see, but it's good enough fr me!~<3

Spoiler: Jobs (click to show/hide)

Bard
This job is opt in anytime.
Pay: 12 Gold a song.
When day or night phase has ended, usher in the new phase with some tasteful lyrics.

Fish God
This job is opt in anytime.
When someone is fishing, post *tug*
No pay, but brings good luck to your fishing.

Fountain God
This job is opt in anytime.
Soon after the start of the day phase, post "good fortune smiles upon...".
When you post this, look at the time of your post, and note the seconds and minutes.
To determine who gets a prize, square the minutes (m×m), Majesty controlled for now.

Nightmare
This job is opt in anytime.
Pay: You decide a portion of entree fees to declare to take
You can offer to host a nightmare event. Choose how many nights it will last, up to 3 for your first time. Anyone who opts in can be killed by anyone else participating, via night actions. The ones who survive the duration share the entry fee as prize. Feel free to make your own rules.
Those that died may return after the event, unharmed, minus only an entry fee(ideally quite large).

Owl
This job is opt in anytime.
You can offer to play this role for the next night phase. Players can take secret actions by PMing them to you. This includes: changing location, theft, pvp, ect.

Spoiler: Crafting (click to show/hide)

Metals:
Silver (10 uses)
Bronze (20 uses)
Iron (30 uses)

Woods:

Instruments: You can craft any medieval themed instrument you can think of. You can use it while performing the bard job to increase you payout. The better the material, the more ---.
3 Metal Bars using a hammer or 3 Wood Logs using a knife.

Spoiler: Fishing (click to show/hide)

If you have a rod, you can fish. Some weapons such as spears also have potential.

***players who start a character now will begin with a basic iron rod, this offer may end or change, though the rods given away through this promotion will be kept by recipients who acted in time to receive them***

Fishing. Choose a spot, a fishing tool, and wait. (Post all these choices)

Locations:
LAKE

Catch	Unique Tugs
Carp	1
Bass	2
Trout	3+

If you get a *tug*, if it's even seconds it's time to pull! (otherwise wait for another tug, it was just a nibble!)

If you wait too long after an even seconds tug, it get's away!
Iron Rod: 1 hour!
Bronze Rod: 30 minutes!
Silver Rod: 10 minutes!

Unique Tugs: How many odd seconds tugs there were plus the even tug. Must all be from different people to count. Those people's tugs cant be counted in any more of your fishing this phase. Even if the fish gets away!

You must adjust your rod and recast(consuming another use) after each phase.

Spoiler: Other Activities (click to show/hide)

Throw a coin in the fountain once a day. The next mourning someone will get a prize. The more people that play the better the prizes.

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: XXXXYYYY on November 03, 2015, 05:29:30 pm

PTW, might join when I have more time.

Title: Re: Drawbridge Diaries
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 03, 2015, 05:48:36 pm

While Kings Reign(precursor to this game) was already pretty laid back, really, I intend for this to be even more so.

Kind of a multiplayer animal crossing vibe.

It would be nice if the day and night cycles were maintained regularly, but that will be up to it's keepers. Stuff like that.

Title: Re: Drawbridge Diaries
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 03, 2015, 09:43:43 pm

I have set the first community challenge.

CC#1

The goal for this challenge, is shock the first beats into the heart of this game. Breath a little life into the core system.

First, we need to get a Day/Night Cycle going. This will set the tempo for the game.
Now it is up to the keepers of this module, to decide how frequently it will happen, based on player activity, and their own availability.

Second, we need to get out in the Woods. The Wilderness keeper tells players what they find when they go out. If you have ideas how to make this more interesting, join early.
There will be some form of risk taking involved. Going to more dangerous areas, or leaving when a warning has been posted.

There can be many players managing the same module. Infact this will be neccessary to enable some keepers to use those services themselves. The wilderness keeper cant explore when shes doing that job, for example.

Lastly, lets decide on a name. I'd like to have at least 6 ideas by Friday for a name for the kingdom. I will offer one:

Djibouti

Title: Re: Drawbridge Diaries
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 04, 2015, 02:17:56 pm

This is a pretty good idea, so bump.

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 04, 2015, 07:18:57 pm

Any kingdom name ideas?

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: tntey on November 04, 2015, 07:44:12 pm

Might join. Can be the Majesty? The king will be called the Kingdom of Armok

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 04, 2015, 07:53:35 pm

Quote from: tntey on November 04, 2015, 07:44:12 pm

Might join. Can be the Majesty? The king will be called the Kingdom of Armok

Yes. While the game is still new, I'll stay in control. But I'll put you down as a councilor...


Counselor, if I am away when a new module is suggested, power will go to you to make the call.

And you can have other roles too.

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: tntey on November 04, 2015, 07:55:32 pm

I'll be a guard too

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 05, 2015, 02:27:01 am

Quote from: tntey on November 04, 2015, 07:55:32 pm

I'll be a guard too

This means, if I may assume you are particpating in the day/night module, that you control when it is day and night.

You may decide which it is now.

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: tntey on November 05, 2015, 06:16:47 am

Night I guess

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 05, 2015, 09:54:19 am

Ok. So here are some consequences of that:
-You performed a task, you get some gold.
-It is more dangerous to go into the wilderness, but perhaps you are more likely to find valuable glowing crystals, ect.
-The pub is open. Akin to mafia, night phase is a kind of lock-down. Any posts means you are visiting the pub.
-If you are in the wilderness, posting at all forfeits your gains and you return early. (also true in day)
-wilderness keepers will be able to write interesting missions for the mission board, likely involving visiting the wilderness and defeating an enemy.

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: Ghazkull on November 05, 2015, 11:30:10 am

((Voting for calling the Kingdom Drawbridge :P or Finster))

A rather grizzled man sat deep in the Dungeons of the King's Castle. It wasn't exactly a secret that while usually benevolent the king employed men to make sure that whoever comitted a crime thought thrice about ever doing so again. This host of torturers, interrogators, gaolers, a rather disgusting but creative cook, apprentices and Guards was led by said grizzled man. And right at this moment he leaned back in a rather sumptous chair. In fact the thing looked far too expensive for anything a simple Warden might get as pay, but fact was that it was paid for by prisoners. It is a common rule that prisoners of more elevated social circles always tried to bribe their way into more comfortable lodgings, however, our Warden had long made sure that his loyal host of dungeon staff first accepted bribes, then took the rest of the money off the prisoners and then didn't do jack shit for it. With most of those illicit funds the gaolers, torturers and interrogaters all could afford comfy chairs and all kinds of other luxuries. But to be honest the biggest plus were the comfy chairs, an invaluable asset in a job where one sat most of the time.

Our Warden, a man going by the Name of Friedrich Richter just at this moment, or rather after scratching his backside with the stump of his right hand, decided that today was going to be a bad day. And when the Warden decided that everyone within the Dungeon, from the Interrogators to the Torturers over the apprentices down to the lowest prisoner in the deepest darkest cell, new that it would be so.
And today would be a really terrible day for the Wardens wife was dragging a crying and shouting boy into his office...

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 05, 2015, 04:12:19 pm

Interesting ...I'll put you down for the jailer. (What kind of king does it make me to allow this?)


Alright, update and this immediately involves tntey.

So how doing a module will work will be a kind of 'dibs' system. Rather than just some arbitrary sign up sheet, this will allow anyone willing and able to pitch in when an opportunity arises.

So, tntey, if you're willing to keep your job, I have some updates.

So at any time someone can 'dib' to do the prison, or the cycles, or wilderness, or secret action or what ever new modules come up.

It is the responsibility of the cycle keep currently active, to announce who will be performing these tasks for the upcoming phase.

This will lock it in who's doing what next phase. Who ever called dibs first gets it. If no one has and the current one is still willing to do it, they will.

Day/Night Phase shift can only occur if some core modules handled, for now we'll say that is Day/Night Cycle and Wilderness.

Edit: So for the next phase to start(we'll put a minimum of 12 hours each, no sooner than that) we need someone to call dibs on cycles(currently you tntey) and someone to call dibs on hosting the wilderness.

Which I will go ahead and do: I call dibs on Wilderness module.

Edit: So when you decide to make it day, list who will be hosting what module.

Edit: Also, note that you got payed gold. Just say +10, well have some other module for keeping tack of everyones totals(like a tax collector), or we'll have everyone do it individually.

And then continue note gains/payments for doing modules that players did last cycle.

Nevermind this part, this will be for someone else. All necessary info has been added to OP.

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: Ghazkull on November 05, 2015, 04:18:45 pm

((I have no idea what king it makes you...but you already have a Prison, so i presumed that job would be open or need someone))

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 05, 2015, 06:03:42 pm

Indeed. I just don't want to see new scar tissue on my subjects after an arrest for J-Walking.

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 06, 2015, 01:18:44 am

Quote from: Ghazkull on November 05, 2015, 11:30:10 am

((Voting for calling the Kingdom Drawbridge :P or Finster))

+1 Drawbridge

Title: Re: Drawbridge Stories
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 09, 2015, 06:43:59 am

~ Royal Decree ~

As of today, the Old Kingdom, my kingdom, shall come to be known as

Drawbridge Kingdom

To celebrate, I give all subjects 20 gold.

~His Royal Majesty,

GameBoyBlue



P.S. Next, I shall take in suggestions for the currency. The default is currently "gold".

Title: Re: Drawbridge Diaries
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 10, 2015, 01:41:50 am

*The king burst through his castle balcony and breathes in deeply*

AHH, wonderful.

*The king, sings a song*

Good Morning! Good Morning! Tis the day, todays the day...
A Great Day! The Greatest Day! A noble kingdom far and wide...
These lands are blessed, a royal pride...
Today is the day I see a man about a fish...

...

*The king in his casual attire visits a merchant he seems to know, and hands over some coins before receiving a parcel. In jovial spirits he leaves*

*Going to the LAKE the king opens up the wrapped IRON ROD.*

Nothing like the humble pleasures of fishing.

*He casts the line and waits*

Title: Re: Drawbridge Diaries
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 10, 2015, 12:16:49 pm

*As the king waits for a *tug*, the sun sets*

Oh, the rod in the hand bless it be Good!

My luck is changeing just like it Should!

I know you're there, my destiny Fish!

When we meet, first by the lake, and soon on MY DISH!

*The king lets out a laugh and recasts his line*

Title: Re: Drawbridge Diaries
Post by: GameBoyBlue on November 10, 2015, 05:53:24 pm

Alas, I grow impatient!

*The king laughs as he pulls in the lure*

I shall seek to improve my fortune at the FOUNTAIN.

*The king shuffles through the night air to the quiet center of town where the fountain resides, sparkling in the moonlight from a hundred hundred coins cast before*

And now, I cast one more.

Iron Rod 28/30