Lords Of Creation 14 (OCC)

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Tsubasa & Wen Tien wrote

Yes, I saw all of the old ES posts, printed out all 200+ pages of them, and read them in my free time. My opinion is that it was good up until MAIDEN and VIRAGO, then it started getting confusing when they started splitting up into three or four man teams and the setting was different for each. I should find those pages and go over them again though, it was a good piece of writing despite its faults.

 That would be most helpful.

I wonder if I could incorporate the numerous stories together in a different way this time. Most importantly, I would stick to one story at a time. Like, the first thread would be all about taking down one Overlord, another for another Overlord, and so on. And I might cut out an arc or two.

And, of course, some arcs would play out differently. I mean, all of them would, but some more drastically than others.

(Oh, and sorry, I forgot. Dryad, if you have any more ideas or comments about ESRP, let's try to keep them in this thread.)

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Anyone have any preferences for land styles, geological formations or landmass sizes for the expansion of the world

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

I'd like to see some plains and volcanoes, thank you.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Your land is practically all plains. Why do you wan to see more?

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Do we have any swamps?

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Zaya's area is mostly swamp if I recall.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Sorry, didn't mean to put the evil smiley there. That wasn't an insidious question to ask.

Anyhow, um...is there any kind of climate we haven't added? Maybe polar regions at either pole?

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

There are no tundras. In fact, no place is really cold.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Sure thing, mind if I dabble in strange polar regions? I'd rather not be confined to north and south poles.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Also, how much extra land am I adding?

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Yeah, go ahead. We'll explain it as Grand Line type insanity.

I was thinking you just grab the current group of islands and "Zoom out" one click.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Not sure how many landmasses you should add exactly, but make it at least enough so that the fun of exploration won't be over too soon. Maybe seven more major pieces, with a number of smaller islands mixed in?

And yeah, the wonky polar regions sound good. Could be fun, I think.

And what about desert? Do we have any places that are really harsh and dry, with only a few oases to survive on? That, riddled with sand traps and quicksand pits could be good.

Not to mention, you could add some floating islands. And some natural land bridges (not like one piece of land connecting another, like an actual huge projection out of the water, similar to a root sticking up from the base of a tree, that arcs like a rainbow of earth, and it's huge enough to support a whole population). Even vanishing islands.

And let's not forget, something similar to the Symplegades.

And maybe a cave in the middle of the ocean. Not an island with a cave, just a barren, lifeless protrusion. You can land on the edges of it, but about a couple hundred yards in, it just drops off into the landform equivalent of a drainage pipe. It may be a plain entrance into underground cave systems, or a natural aperture into some other world, or numerous other worlds, or even into all other worlds (connected with this story's mythos).

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Spectropolis is surrounded by desert and half of Alabastra is Desert....just so you know.

Also, keep in mind that this map is looking straight down on the land, some vertical things are impossible to depict like caves and arching land bridges. Besides, I'll let you guys populate the world with strange things through exploration. I'd rather not have to set out every little marvel myself and have to explain them on the map.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Okey-dokey.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

I'll also leave more open spaces of ocean in case anyone wants to "discover" small islands or whirlpools or such.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Very good.

I wonder how many more deities we'll get around to making, if any.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Marv, keep in mind that if you put a cold land next to a hot one, the ocean between the two is going to be horribly vicious.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Wonder what would result from a hot land and a cold land adjoined (said the guy who has actually created such a land in his mythos)?

[Zaleramancer]

Tommorowish.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Duely noted, but since I denote all water with the same color that's more something that explorers need keep in mind. Of course I can still exploit it.