Wow. I decided to write a little back story, as well as introduce the world, but I went a little overboard. If you are not interested in the overly long story just skip to the bottom. ---------------------------------------------------- A bell sounds out over the large walled city of Amas, which could scarcely be heard over the shouts of it's inhabitants. At the main gate a battle was raging. On the ground, lifeless puppets of flesh or bone or both rambled along toward the walls, often climbing each other in an attempt to breach them. These where the undead. A somewhat uncommon sight in this land, the undead must be controlled by an insane wizard often called a necromancer. Few are left, as the toll that must be payed is far to much for moral humans.
On the wall the human inhabitants of the city where firing crossbows at the army of undead, to great effect. While most of the soldiers where simply conscripts, they where well disciplined and brave. Bolts would fire from their crossbows, which have been modified to be larger and more powerful then the standard, and would tear threw their targets. While there where many, few where strong.
A man the main gate from somewhere within the city with a purpose. He was wearing the standard uniform of the city, a steel chain mail armor with a cap helmet. The only difference between him and the rest of the guards to the casual onlooker would be his cloak over his chain mail, which has been cut in half and had bulges around the pockets. The man currently had his hands in said pockets as he spoke to a second man walking next to him.
"An army of undead, you say?" Said the man with the cloak.
"Yes, captain. An army of undead. That is what the reports say." The second man was somewhat larger then the first, but stranger was his crossbow. While most are rather large in this city, this crossbow was the size of a normal man and was loaded with a javelin that could likely cut a man in half. He held it casually over his shoulders as he spoke.
"You are aware of how magic works, are you not?" Spoke the captain.
"I have heard rumors, nothing more." Replied the second man.
The captain reached into his pocket and pulled out a coin, a silver piece with a crown on one side and a gate on the other, and flipped it in the air. He cought it and stared at it as he spoke.
"To do magic, you must make a sacrifice. You must pay a tole equal to what you want to get done. For a little spell this might mean sacrificing a meal, if you wanted to create a small hearth fire all you would need to sacrifice is a bowl of soup. Larger spells take something more valuable. Most spell casters carry around something that they value and can handle. After all, a novice wizard sacrificing a statue made of gold would have the same effect as a more trained wizard sacrificing a dagger. Personally I prefer coins. I can take out an entire army with this" he said looking at the coin still. "Now, what do you think would have to be sacrificed to bring back the dead? Golums usually run on gems, but that is different..."
The other man nods slightly and looks at the gate.
"We are almost there, captain. Try not to burn down the city."
The gate was, in fact, coming into view. The guards where firing from the ramparts at the army below still, with few casualties that could be seen. The captain stretched with the coin still in his hand.
"Looks like an easy fight. I will just go up the..." the captain starts, only to be interrupted by the gate disintegrating in a burst of energy, followed by thunder. It was as if the gate had been hit by a bolt of lightning and nothing had been left. Standing where the gate used to be was a man, or what appeared to be a man, standing in the gate way next to two undead soldiers. The soldiers looked different than the others, they where completely skeletal and armed with a two-handed sword each and some primitive plate armor. Most of the other undead where unarmed, and bolts stuck out of the bone and armor of these undead warriors at odd angles.
"Don't waste the cities coin commander, allow me to take this one" Said the man with the crossbow. He brought the giant crossbow into firing position and braced himself for the inevitable kick. The man then fired with a loud "WHOOSH" coming from the javelin as it flew threw the air. While the man is still a good distance away, it hits him square in the for head and pokes out the other side almost a foot, as well as throwing him back a few feat.
"Nice shot as always. I am surprised it did not go right threw him completely" stated the captain casually. The man was currently reloading his crossbow using a strange machine that he held on his back next to a quiver of javelins. While it can take a normal conscripted soldier minutes to load a crossbow this way, this man reloads the monster of a crossbow in thirty seconds. The skeletal soldiers simply stood in their place while several soldiers came to assist the captain from a distance, firing at them to no avail.
But then everyone looks up in shock as the hooded man stands up, with the javelin still in his head, as he walks calmly back to his position. Once he returned to his position, he and his skeletons continued to walk forward.
"Impossible!" Muttered the man with the crossbow in disbelief. "My javelins are one hundred percent steel... I have taken down steel golems in one shot..."
The captain smiles slightly and stands opposite of the hooded man. "Well looks like I will have some fun this time after all" he says as he takes a silver coin out of his pocket.
The captain calmly flips the coin in the air and snaps while it is doing a flip. A jet of fire flew from his hand, directly hitting the cloaked man, as well as going past him and threw the gate and even beyond that. The blast was about the same size of the gate in width, and managed to even destroy almost twenty of the undead that where simply in his sights.
The two undead warriors had been reduced to ash, even the weapons and armor had been vaporized, but the man had simply been blown back. His robes had been reduced to ashes and the javelin seems to have been as well. But the hooded man gets up, and appears to have regenerated his cloak.
The captain simply laughs as he pulls out a new coin. "It has been a while since I had gone gold..." he says as he pulls out a shiny gold coin. The soldiers in the area start running for cover as he does so, making sure to get behind him and out of the blast radius. The captain then starts to flip the coin in the air, but before he can snap the cloaked man had disappeared. The man catches the coin before going thru with his spell.
"I don't think he is dead yet. Search the city!" the captain yells as he turns around.
On the other side of the city, the cloaked man continued to walk. He was about to enter a large building, what appears to be the hall where the leader would live and such. Normally there would be two guards, but they had been called away to help with the attack. The hooded man simply walks in the building and makes a turn for the treasury.
"Thinking of taking my gold, are ya?" says a knight, who had always stayed in order to protect the king and his possessions. "I'm not sure how ya even know where that is... have at ya anyway!"
The knight wielded a well polished longsword and shield, as well as wearing full plate armor over chain mail, yet he still had the dexterity to pounce toward the hooded man. He gave a yell of effort as he jumped, bringing his sword down in an attack that would have nearly cut a man in half, sending the hooded man flying back once more. "Hehe, got ya!" says the knight, but that swiftly changes to a look of surprise as the hooded man gets back up again and continues to walk toward the treasury. The knight prepares for another attack, lifting his sword in preparation for a crescent strike at the head, but was stopped in mid preparation by the sounds of screams erupting from the king's room.
"Grrr my king needs me. I will stop ya later" said the knight as he jogs off toward the king's room.
The man continues to the treasury. The room was bolted by a steel door that could only be opened by the king's touch, as it was magically enchanted. The room was further enchanted to protect from spells like digging or simply transferring themselves in. The door then disintegrates much like the gate did, with the same clap of thunder. The man continues to walk in, ignoring the massive piles of gold and jewels that littered the room. He walks to the back of the treasury, and another door disintegrates. In a room no bigger then a closet, a book sat alone. It was a pitch black book, with a scull on the front that acted as a key hole. It got disintegrated as well. The hooded man gave a small cackle as he opened to book. "Your book is in another castle, princess" it said simply. There where more pages, but the hooded man could not read them. He gave a curse, but cut it short when he realized that the location of the book would be stated in this book. He then teliported out, holding the book...
At the gates, the battle is nearly over. The captain had replaced the gates using a silver coin and magic, now a stone gate was placed where the old one is. Most of the undead soldiers had already been shot down by the time he had completed everything, so he just left it to the others. The man with a crossbow for one was able to kill several undead in one shot, as his weapon was so powerful it would tear threw the weak rotting flesh as it hit. Strangely, when the battle was almost done, the remaining undead simply died on their own... ----------------------------------------------------------
Wow. Still a lot longer then I had hoped to right. Ah well. I showed the Big Bad and some of the world, as well as giving an example of each class...
This is a pretty standard fantasy game, other then what was already said in the back story.
For the class, the three main ones are "Warrior, Wizard, Ranger". That decides what you will do. You do get additional ones, after a few level ups. For example if you start at "Ranger" you might become "Ranger Hunter", "Ranger Assassin", "Ranger Soldier" or any other job you can think of that would need to be a ranger, and I will give you skills to accompany that. Did I scare everyone off yet?
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 8 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 0/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 8 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 0/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
You walk out to the forest, near the area that the druids had described to you earlier. You are unsure of the druids current location, so you remember to be careful, as they might not be able to help you this time.
You continue to the place where you fought him last time, easily finding the location thanks to the marks of combat. You walk a little further, but stop suddenly. You think you sense something, but are unsure what. Out the corner of your eye you see it, just barley between the trees. The beast also seems to have just barley seen you in a similar fashion, turning toward you. There are several thick tees in the way, however the beast can easily run at you from around it. What do you do?
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 8 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 0/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 7 Copper Coins,Spear Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 0/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
You summon the spear from the ground, noticing that it is more powerful after your training. You get into position as the beast does the same, turning at an angle that it can charge properly at. What do you do?
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 7 Copper Coins,Spear Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 0/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 7 Copper Coins,Spear Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 0/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
The beast charges at you, and is now only several feet away. Is there anything you want to do yet?
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 7 Copper Coins,Spear Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 0/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
I wait till the last moment to lower the spear so it rams its head into the end with all its force
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 23 Copper Coins, Tusks (2) Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 10/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
You put your spear into position, awaiting the beast's charge. The beast runs straight into your spear with a huge impact, moving its body almost the entirety of the spear from the huge impact. The beast gives a final cry of anguish as it slumps over dead. Your spear disappears as you step back to see your handiwork. Examining the beast, you suddenly think of what you can take from it. The hide will not be worth much, it will be difficult for anyone to use it. However the tusks must be worth something, you think, so you removed them using a disgusting process involving several sticks.
As you walk away from the beast, the druids run toward you. The head druid speaks for the whole group, once again. "Are you hurt? We heard the beast moving and had thought..." he speaks in a hurried, worrying manner, but stops as he notices the corpse of the beast. "You have done it! The curse I have put on the land has finally been lifted!" He shouts happily, raising his hands in the air. "Thank you! Thank you! This will take a load off of my mind. Here, take this bag of coins. It is not much, we just keep it around in case we need to do a major healing spell. You have done a great dead for use, and will always be welcome here. If there is anything we can do for you, don't hesitate to ask."
Name: Michael Simons Age: 21 Class: Warrior Inventory: Sheath knife, 2 copper Status: Well rested Race: Human Experience 0/10 Skills: Minor Close Quarters, Minor Agility
You wake up in a large farmhouse near a town, in decently furnished room. Large farms like this, which can often employ dozens of people, are often owned by richer men who pay passing warriors for either odd jobs or guard duty or similar jobs, using food and sleep as payment with the odd coin thrown in randomly. You exit the farmhouse well rested and ready for whatever comes in your way.
The farmhouse is just a little up the road from a town, where you could go if you wanted some kind of work or some better weaponry. The area you are in is in a small valley, it would take some supplies and time to get far without stopping at farmhouses for work. You could also go to the mountains, if you decide you want to. What do you do?
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 23 Copper Coins, Tusks (2) Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 10/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 23 Copper Coins, Tusks (2) Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 10/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
You return to town with no further issue, noticing that the sun is starting to set. You wonder what time it is. What do you do now?
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 23 Copper Coins, Tusks (2) Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 10/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
I go to the tavern and I see if I could get another job. Hopefully I get paid more for the new tricks
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 23 Copper Coins, Tusks (2) Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 10/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
You find a tavern, a clean and apparently busy building that stands two stories high. Next door is a stable, which is filled with horses. You enter the tavern and ask for a job to the lady at the counter.
She is a young blonde girl that greats you happily. "Ah, I would have to check with the boss, but it would be nice to have you around. People tip more when they are happy, and they are happier when they have a magician giving them a free show. How about the standard room, dinner, and single copper coin? I can probably get that by."
Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 23 Copper Coins, Tusks (2) Status: None Race:Human Experience L2 Ex 10/20 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast, Minor Acrobatics, Minor Transmutation
I nod. "That will work miss, and might I say you look brilliant."
