CoG- The Legends of Beleriand?

[Envin]

Ash, you know I put a lot of stock in what you think, and that I tended to agree with you in the old discussion. I think personally that the likelihood of just being flicked out of existence by a Maiar would create a trend toward making only Maiar characters, who would then have no advantage over each other, so Valar characters would be made, and all this would just lead to all sorts of god-mod issues, etc. Not to mention the numbnut who'd try to play Eru.

Now I would be open to making a section of the board devoted to FA roleplay, but the rules would be these:

No Ainu characters (and NO ONE is playing Iluvatar - yeah, I see your loophole...;D)

No RP concerning sections of the Silmarillion which are set in stone. As in, no RP which would involve an Ainu character having to have dialogue or actions.

Meaning - any toon of any mortal race can be made (I'm calling Elves mortal in this), canon or player-created, but at the times in the book where they interacted with characters of a higher created order, these will not be covered in the RP.

How's that sound? I know that it might not be very 'cool' to not be allowed to play an Ainu, but think about it: yeah, it'd be fun and kickass to pwn everyone, but on the one hand there's only SO much you can do with such a hardcore canon character, and for another, you'd piss everyone off by never being able to die. There would be so much more open-ended opportunities for a mortal, less canon character, and if you're really as harcore about Tolkien RP as to want to do some FA RP, then you'd be more interested in developing a quality character than just kicking ass.

How's this sound?


P.S. BTW, I LOVE the FA, wasn't trying to nix the idea - just want to make sure it goes well.

[King Darre]

Just to put in my two cents- The majority of people right now are Maiar, Aaron. Making a new and freeform section wouldn't change anyone's mind about being on for those who are already one. Same goes for people who aren't.

But anything is better than nothing! Sounds excellent to me!

[Raithen Anar]

That sounds fair. After five years, I tend toward the thinking that is actually does get boring playing some-one too powerful. I wouldn't play Maia, I'd play Noldor.

[Envin]

You're right, Darre - but my thinking is that just all of the Maiar we have playing are player-created - none of them are canon, and I guess it would be all right to create FA Maiar toons, but as far as playing canon Ainu, I think we'll pass on that. Only so much you can do with them for one thing, since they are so set in stone, and, there again, the difficulty-to-beat factor comes into play.

Well, Raithen is behind the plan! Anyone else? And anyone have any ideas on how this should be set up? A whole new Category, with Boards divided by geographical region again? How's that work?

[Faron]

admin said:

Well, Raithen is behind the plan! Anyone else? And anyone have any ideas on how this should be set up? A whole new Category, with Boards divided by geographical region again? How's that work?

First off, I'm behind the plan, as long as we protect the mortals in some way or other.

On the other subject, it could be best to just make a new Proboard site and link to it from citadelofguard.com (It would take waaaay too long to scroll down to the bottom of the page otherwise). Although, this would mean re-doing all the backrounds etc. Something to think about.

[King Darre]

I am all for it also, Aaron! ;D

But I don't care how we make it... Yet, if it were another board, we would have to make all new stuff for it and it would easily be forgotten over time. '


I vote we make boards here, dividing the sections into races like we did here.

[Raithen Anar]

Well a lot of the mortals did good, ( yes, well, they died, but so did a lot of people, almost every-one * famous * in fact ) but Turin, Hurin Thalion, Tuor, good charries to play, to really get your teeth into, Turin especially, good Gods, there was one man whos life was screwed and he made it moreso. I'll go along with whatever.

[Envin]

OK! Here we go! As I'm sure everyone is able to see on the index page, CoG now has a section devoted to First Age RP! After reading this post, you are free to roll a toon and begin some quality RP. There will be a few stipulations, however. (Hey, what's a game without rules?) These are outlined below.

1: The main difference between the normal CoG style of roleplay and the First Age RP will be that rather than having realm-based RP (Rulers, etc), this will focus on characters. In other words, as Envin likes to call it, the RP will be good, old-fashioned Character RP. Therefore, while your character may call one particular place home, there will be no kings and queens of realms in the usual CoG sense of the term. Now, this will conflict with players wishing to be charcters who, in the canon, were Lords and Ladies. To this end, players may create canon characters who were Kings and Queens, but large-scale decisions and actions requiring the authority of a Ruler will not be made. I.e. characters will focus solely on interacting with other players and solo adventuring - the classic and timeless sense of RP, no directing a realm as in normal CoG RP.

2: The only canon chars which may not be made will be canon Ainur. If one follows the canon (as of course we do here at CoG), then canon Ainur will essentially be invincible. Now, non-canon Ainur may be made (and therefore only Maiar), but they will abide by the same rules concerning god-modding as CoG has always enforced.

3: Any location may be used for an RP, as long as it is placed in the appropriate geographical board. Kings and Queens may have capital city threads, and be in charge of those threads, but, as stated, no large-scale actions such as realm wars or alliances will be had.

Other than these rules, the new First Age is your oyster, as the poet wrote! Let loose and have fun - I shall begin a thread in the Hall of Record in which you may post your character description. Please post one of these before beginning RP.

Have fun!