Subject: Re: Race designing request
From: Brant Clabaugh (powdertoast@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Aug 14 1999 - 06:33:54 EEST
Any possibility of having a design team that works on concepts brought in from outside their team as well as their own ideas? I'd love to build some tribes and/or races up, but I don't have the time now to do the mapping and such that it sounds like you are asking for. -Brant --- Beregar <beregar@majik.netti.fi> wrote: > Our design is far behind from development because most designers are > inactive. It seems that when development is in point that it would > require > designed world, design has almost nothing to offer. Currently we need > race/tribe and region design, mostly race and tribe design because we > have too few player races and for example humans have currently only > one tribe. > > If you want design a race/tribe you must also design area where they > live or then find someone to design it. When you design a race you > must make it somehow interesting and roleplayable. It shouldn't be > too powerful but also not too weak. If you design a human tribe it is > wise to remember that common humans generally suck - we don't > have any level advantages or something similar in Majik which make > humans good in AD&D and similar games. So, When you design a > human tribe make them for example excellent traders, however, you > shouldn't give them any special innate abilities because then they > are > no longer humans. > > It is recomended to design human tribe or at least player race. It > is almost imposible to avoid ripoffs and we already have few races > with ripped features, though it is acceptable as long as it's not > directly from some book. If you are not willing to design a race > or describe region but still want help we need people to typocheck > race descs (especially I need since my English sucks). > > I'll attach one of my own race descs, you should be able to make > at least that good desc or preferably better (it's not typochecked > or complete yet as you can see when you read it :). So, if you are > interested in race/tribe designing contact me and I'll send you > further instructions. > > - Beregar (Beregar@majik.netti.fi) > > Sisalto > > 1. Introduction > 2. Appearance > 2.1 Clothing > 2.2 Weapons & Armors > 3. Culture > 3.1 Castes > 3.2 Sahid > 3.3 Mahdi > 3.4 Food & Trade > 4. Religion > 5. Language > 6. Ghalimcar > 7. Roleplaying > > 1. Introduction > > Brahjians are one of the most toughest race in Majik for they have > chosen to live in area > which other races have discarded uninhabitable - the Desert of > Ghalimcar. It is unsure whe > ter Brahjians have evolved from same ancestors as northern humans, > but they are unquestio > nably humans. Most Brahjians have dark, almost bluish, hairs and > gleaming black eyes. Both > sexes are about 180cm tall and slender, but strong. Brahjians tend > to wear robes and wrap > veil around their head so that only gleaming eyes are visible. This > efficiently prevents > outsiders from separate both sexes from eachother. Color of fabric > and decorations show in > dividuals status in society. > > It is imposible to live in burning desert without water and lack of > water has made Brah > jians masters in art of water finding. They are also very adapt in > magic and especially re > ligious magic but Tsuhad, the magician caste, has also major part in > the life of society. > Brahjians society is highly based on magic for using magic is often > only way for society > to survive in desert. Magic is not only used in finding or creation > of water and food but > also in creation exotic magical goods. If something can't be made > by normal means, magic > is used. > > Brahjians form small tent societys which can have from few dozens of > to hundred persons. > These societies travel from oasis to oasis after food and water, > only the largest socie > ties have permanent magical cities called "Mahdi" which are usually > made from marble or > bronze with power of Tsudath Mahaire, the lords of the earth. > Leaders of tent societies, > Sahid, are called as "Sahid Mahaire" which means lord of the tents > and magical cities are > ruled by "Mahadare" council of magicians, who often are members of > same group who created > the city. > > 2. Appearance > > Living in the desert where food and water sources are rare has made > Brahjians durable > and untiring people. Lack of water and constant travelling has given > Brahjians slender > and strong body. Parching sun has given them olive colored skin. All > Brahjians are about > 180cm tall and weigh only 60kg. Most have dark, almost bluish, long > hairs which are usual > ly tied to make it more easy to wear the veil. Eyes are piercing > black, slightly narrow > and gleaming. Sometimes Brahjians have blond haired descendants but > they are immediately > killed when it can be noticed to keep race full-blooded. Men are > almost hairless except > rare chin beard or/and oriental type moustache. This is because > strong body hair would > cause more sweating and would keep body temperature higher. Women > differ from men in ge > neral appearance only slightly and they have slightly narrower face. > > 2.1 Clothing > > Clothes and decoration is very important for a Brahjian because it > determines his or her > place in the society. However, all Brahjians wear traditional, long > robe which reaches to > feet and is tied with decorated girdle. Brahjians call this robe > "Jalara". Another tradi > tional clothing is "Hunain" which is veil. There are two ways to > tie Hunain, other is po > pular among wandering tribes and it leaves only eyes visible and > another is popular among > those Brahjians who live in Mahdi, in this case hunain isn't > actually tied but placed loo > sely in head and then kept in place with either circular or square > headband. Jalara and > Hunain are both made from "Shurawari", which is very durable > material that reminds silk. > Shurawari is collected from "Dacca" 10cm large spider like creatures > by boiling them. > > Brahjians wear slippers called "Saya" in their feet. They have been > mainly made from shu > rawari like most clothes which Brahjians wear. Slippers have three > layers in the sole, > two outer layers are made from shurawari and they have thick cotton > layer between them to > make it easier run over sand. Saya leave only little tracks on the > sand. > > Girdle which is used to tie the robe is not only decorations but > it's also one of the ma > jor signs of inviduals place in society. The more decorated and > valuable material the mo > re wealthy and higher status person has. the girdle itself is > usually made from shurawari > and decorated with embroiderys and has usually precious gems, > jewels and pieces of metal. > The most high-ranked or rich persons have usually girdle that is > completelly made from so > me soft metal, like silver, and some may be made even from steel. > However, most valuable > are those which have rare most rare materials like pearls and amber > which do not exist in > desert. These valuable girdles are known as "Khajid" and besides > showing individuals posi > tion in society, they have also more practical uses. Brahjians > often tie pounches to gird > les where they hold their items. Also, Khajid is one of those rare > items which are valuab > le enough to hold canteens of water. "Baggarat" and "Ghazali" are > also carried in the > girdles. > > Besides Jalara, Hunain, Saya and Khajid, Brahjians use earrings, > rings, bangles and pen > dants. Large amount of decoration and materials used in them shows > that person is wealthy > and have high status in the society. Silver, steel and gold and > precious gems are again > most popular. > > 2.2 Weapons & Armors > > Brahjians use rarely any other weapons than Baggarat and Ghazali. > Baggarat is about 60cm > long and 0.8kg weighting one-handed sabre which is completely > created by using magic that > makes it very sharp and durable. Hilt is usually made of bone and > like blade, is undecora > ted. Baggarat can be used either as slashing or piercing weapon. > Ghazali, which means ta > lon of the desert snake, is about 40cm long and 0.4 kg weighting > dagger with double-cur > ved, double-edged blade. As Baggarat, Ghazali is completelly made by > using magic, which > makes it very sharp and durable. The blade is decorated with images > of desert snake and > hilt is shaped in form of snake which curls around the hand. Ghazali > is mainly used as > piercing weapon but it can be also used as slashing weapon though > not as efficiently. Gha > zali often has strong enchantment which cause poison like effects > and pain that reminds > bite of the desert snake. Though every member of tribe has either of > these weapons only > sand warriors and Religious brotherhoods use both weapons. Brahjians > do not use bows but > they often place couple of Chakrams above headband which keeps > Hunain it's in place. Reli > gious brotherhoods and sand warriors are masters in art of Chakram > throwing. > > Brahjians do not wear armors for it takes too much energy to move in > one and even worse, > make their wearers sweat. A Person wearing an armor dies as quickly > in desert as person > who does not protect himself from sun with clothes. While Brahjians > do not use any real > armors, they might use thick cotton or metal arm protectors under > they clothes which are > used to block sword slashes. > > 3. Culture > > Brahjians are honorable and proud people. They are suspicious > towards strangers but not of > fensive - they simply seem to ignore strangers until they make > something to reach their at > tention. They praise rituals, ceremonies and competitions which > nature is such that it be > nefits the society. Brahjians are disciplined people, they have very > strict rules about > how to behave and live. Brahjians usually hide their emotions except > in few situations li > ke holy wars and act of worshipping. While Brahjian are honest to > everyone they often deci > === message truncated === _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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