M:
the old login splash screen image, the three gods
DM:
Arnak, god of Evil, Niord, god of Good, and Rashka, god of Chaos
UsaSatsui:
Is green guy Rashka?
DM:
yep
Sehk:
Skeleton the good one?
UsaSatsui:
The pepper on his privates is in his wheelhouse. Good to know.
DM:
I /think/ the smaller faces are demi-gods, but I have no idea if that's accurate or which is which
FoulOne:
Found the keyboard shortcut for windows.
FoulOne:
Win + :
FoulOne:
Brings up the emoji list
FoulOne:
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
UsaSatsui:
🐱‍🐉
UsaSatsui:
Okay, I didn't see the colon at first
FoulOne:
🥗🥗🥗🥗
FoulOne:
Semicolon technically but yeah
FoulOne:
❤
UsaSatsui:
I actually did Windows and Plus, and suddenly Rashka was all in my face
FoulOne:
Welp, campaign ruined forever. Sorry Fernin.
DM:
lol
Sehk:
🤢🤢
FoulOne:
Yeah, tried that too.
FoulOne:
That's the ZOOM DESKTOP button.
FoulOne:
💀
UsaSatsui:
Sorry, I hate to be mocking gods, but I just see green guy and I hear the word "UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!" coming out of his mouth
DM:
xD
FoulOne:
You see a dragon 🐉 He breathes fire 🔥 Roll to dodge 🎲
UsaSatsui:
BTW, speaking of zoom, any way to make chat text bigger?
Purplespace:
🐥
DM:
yeah, up in Edit > Preferences > Accessibility
Sehk:
Ah, way better at 14
UsaSatsui:
^
FoulOne:
Berry noice
DM:
I'm hoping there's also a way to change the font, but we'll worry about that later
UsaSatsui:
Thank you kindly
Purplespace:
🐓
FoulOne:
Pretty sure it's just defaulting to Segoe UI
FoulOne:
🍆
DM:
so, some unstated number of years before the start of the campaign, the Niordian people were living in the lands of Olmran, in the major city of Tamia
DM:
they were all humans and elves and dwarves and other fantasy staples
FoulOne:
An actual race of staples
UsaSatsui:
I'd play it
DM:
then came Arnak and his forces and just beat them up and kicked them out of the land, taking up residence in the area and forcing the remnants of the Niordians to move to an island offshore
UsaSatsui:
Also, I was gonna not make sarcastic snarky comments during the infodump, but Foul started it
DM:
well, I should say, the remnants escaped and went there
UsaSatsui:
Arnak being Skeletor's far more badass looking cousin there, I'm guessing?
DM:
also there's another city on the other side of the land where the forces of Chaos are chilling, the lore didn't go into their story much at all :V
DM:
yep yep
Purplespace:
no one likes that much chaos so everyone just ignores it
DM:
holy giganto map xD
Purplespace:
cool map :>
UsaSatsui:
"Yeah, the Chaos people just sit around all day yanking the rope" "That's disgusting" "Um, no, there's this giant rope. They all pull on it. Nobody knows what it's attached to or anything, they're all just yanking it"
DM:
so, Tamia and the areas in the middle of the island is where we'll mostly be, that's the "Evil" area
UsaSatsui:
The evil area...let me see...Dark Forest, Endless Nighgt, Cursed Woods...yep, checks out.
DM:
the island to the south is the Good area, the city of Carendel and surrounding stuffs
FoulOne:
>Unicorn Glen
UsaSatsui:
Wait, unicorn glen? Must be the Heavy Metal version.
DM:
then the western side of the island is Chaos, the city of Darikor and mostly everything up to the mountain range
Sehk:
Oh, I thought it was just one unicorn, named Glenn
UsaSatsui:
So, question, and serious one, though it might sound like it's not
UsaSatsui:
Why in the world would we be hanging out in Evil Town?
DM:
because it's nostalgic for me
UsaSatsui:
Seems like a...well...not a great place to raise a family
Sehk:
Rent is cheap
DM:
also, I said the members of Good are humans and elves and whatsnot
Purplespace:
eeeeeeevil
DM:
the members of Evil, Arnak's forces, well... some of them /were/ human xD
DM:
they're zombies and vampires and werewolves and other fun things
FoulOne:
Are we evil?
DM:
yep
UsaSatsui:
Okay, this explains it
DM:
since, again, nostalgia, I always played Evil, loved the layout of the areas and the races and such, aaand all the prepwork I did, the maps I drew and such, all for the Evil area xD
FoulOne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2S7iwEHOV4
UsaSatsui:
So is everyone on the side of Evil actually evil, or is it just who rules the land and that's just your boss?
DM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYCS6k1IOA
UsaSatsui:
I mean, I'm guessing good people ain't having a swell time here, but if you just wanna live your life, pay your oppressive taxes, and be a perfectly boring shade of Neutral, would that be acceptable? Not planning on that, just wanna get a feel of the area.
DM:
I mean, given that it's a multiplayer online game, that sort of lore is mostly ignored xD
DM:
it's just about exploring, hunting, getting better gear, and killing the players from the other realms
FoulOne:
So Horde levels of Evil, if WoW were set during WC1 or 2
DM:
basically
DM:
also given what it is (and that it's originally from 1999), there's originally no story progression, just a constant in-game state of "now", the constant war between the three realms
DM:
any story will be invented by me as we go xD
FoulOne:
So zombies an acceptable player race?
UsaSatsui:
I'm not stating my question well, I don't think
DM:
there aren't going to be any "rescue the puppy" or "protect the village" quests, no
DM:
also, character alignment is not a thing, just the races and classes
UsaSatsui:
Here's what I'm trying to get at. Are we a society of assholes? Like, a wretched hive of backstabbing bastards climbing to put one over on each other? Or is it just a mostly normal society that just so happens to be evil people who don't mind the occiasional baby snack and dark sacrifice?
DM:
I don't honestly know, since "society" in-game is the players, and it is not an RP-focused game in any way
FoulOne:
Well considering any MMO society, wretched hive of backstabbing bastards isn't far off.
DM:
also accurate xD
DM:
worth mentioning that DFC is actually the sequel game, the original Darkness Falls was just the single Evil realm, and it was still PVP
DM:
Imps were the kings of the land, murdering /everyone/ at all times
DM:
aside from shopkeepers, you're not really going to be running into people, for the most part, so society is more of a... background element
DM:
presumably it's there, but it's not going to be a key element of the campaign at all
UsaSatsui:
So it's more dungeon crawly then?
DM:
indeed
Purplespace:
an eeeevil dungeon crawly
UsaSatsui:
I can live with that, but I'll be honest. I really don't wanna play a game where we're trying to fuck each other over all the time
DM:
I don't think anyone is likely to play like that
FoulOne:
Well we'll be a team presumably working towards shared interests.
DM:
don't think any of the players have such a simple mentality of D&D evil alignment tropes
Sehk:
Nops
FoulOne:
"Watch my back" *lifts dagger* "Way ahead of you." >:D
UsaSatsui:
Did you invite Kupo?
DM:
nope
UsaSatsui:
Then we're good
DM:
like I said, alignment is really not a factor at all, none of the spells are alignment based, there are no classes that care about alignment, it is not an element in this game xD
DM:
ooh, Ark just returned, two shakes
UsaSatsui:
So it's probably more like the latter where towns are just normal cool towns, just, ya know, filled with ded people.
UsaSatsui:
Hmmm. I kinda wanna play something simple, something fun, something silly.
DM:
presumably, though like I said, the only people you will be meeting will be shopkeepers, it's not really a quest-focused thing, more just exploration
Sehk:
Understood ouo7
DM:
will state the playable races and classes once Ark gets in
UsaSatsui:
I get it, I get it, just trying to get the general feel of the place. "Relm of Evil" can kind of be anything from Gates of Mordor to Luau Night in Hell as seen on South Park
DM:
lol
Purplespace:
yay, playable races :>
DM:
Ark's having issues, someone aid him with connecting please
Arklon has connected.
DM:
that was fast, nice xD
Arklon:

FoulOne:
I'm great help
Arklon:

DM:
to catch Ark up to speed
Purplespace:
an ark!
DM:
three realms, Evil Chaos and Good, exist in and around this small islandy area, we'll be playing in the Evil realm with evil characters, starting in and around the city of Tamia
FoulOne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2S7iwEHOV4
UsaSatsui:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yasin1ULLvI
DM:
the three dudes in the bottom right corner of the map are the gods of the respective areas, Arnak for Evil, Niord for Good, and Rashka for Chaos
DM:
the Niordians used to live in Tamia, but the forces of Arnak invaded and took over the place, the Good folks fled to the southern island and the city of Carendel, Chaos folks are chilling over in Darikor
DM:
main focus of the campaign will be on exploration and fighty stabby stuff, with the playable races and class choices being as follows:
DM:
Demon (Burning Hand, Cult of Xionakis), Bael Elf (The Revenants, The Fallen Sect), Vampire (Nightstalkers, Blood Coven), Imp (Night Blades), Werewolf (The Pack), Skeleton (The Bone Dancers), and Zombie (Cult of the Flesh)
DM:
going one by one now
DM:
the Burning Hand are fiery demons who are magically gifted, having the ability to tap into their lifeforce to enhance their magic, as well as being able to enchant weapons and armor with sigils
FoulOne:
So the parentheses are classes or sub-races?
DM:
classes
DM:
guilds really, but sub-races works as well, now that I think of it xD
Purplespace:
some interesting sounding classes
DM:
the Cult of Xionakis are more strength focused demons, who are the craftsmen of the realm, being able to craft, repair and improve gear, and building walls and catapults for realm defenses
UsaSatsui:
Weapon focus: Catapault
UsaSatsui:
Weapon specialization: Catapault
UsaSatsui:
Improved Critical: Catapault
UsaSatsui:
Rapid Shot
UsaSatsui:
Character built
DM:
the Revenants are the glass cannon mages of the bunch, also being able to tap into their lifeforce to enhance their magic, but at a much stronger level than the Burning Hand, and also, um... well, they have spells, lotsa spells and hurty magic
UsaSatsui:
"Elves"
UsaSatsui:
Got it
DM:
Bael Elves, because they didn't want to use the term Dark Elves, I suppose xD
UsaSatsui:
No dark force more terrifying than Hasbro lawyers
UsaSatsui:
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cwhapas_7551.png
DM:
the Fallen Sect are the healers of the realm, having all the healing spells and resurrection spells and spells that generally un-hurt things
FoulOne:
Leaning towards that then.
DM:
the Nightstalkers are your average vampires, they like to hide in the shadows and drain things with their fangs, while having a... modicum of magic
Beld has connected.
DM:
the Blood Coven are the more magical vampires, who drain life force... with magic! And they also have a bunch of useful spells, like being able to see through the eyes of targets and teleportation and the like
DM:
reposts!
UsaSatsui:
Um...
UsaSatsui:
Rather than doing that, hold on a sec
Purplespace:
and they can shout Bat and turn into a bat
DM:
holding