dave_o
Explorer
After much deliberation... welcome, to Rivets Eternal!
In General!
The World of Rivets: I'm a big fan of letting PCs come up with stuff for their characters and incorporating it into my world (if it works). So, a lot of Rivets has been contributions from one of the two other successful games I've ran in this here setting of mine. Rivets is steampunk -- 1800s asthetic, steam-technology, zeppelins, the works. But FEEL FREE to add things in your backstory, just keep in mind I reserve editorial powers.
As for climate and that sort, the area east of Trenchtown all the way to the Thunderhorns is scrubland. South of Trenchtown are wet bogs which miraculously drain all the moisture away from the Tar, producing the scrublands in which Trenchtown rests. The sea to the north is a warm water salt sea. On the other side of the Thunderhorns lies thick, wet jungle.
Metal Men and Fleshy Cogs: This particular game has an interesting premise -- you, the PCs, are all prisoners of Trenchtown. Trenchtown is the big city shaped like a cog, situated over a river (the Tar), which is perhaps the biggest center of power in the known world. Unfortunately, not much of the world IS known. But as part of your character you will have to have thought of a reason for the Trenchtown Empire to have taken you into custody -- perhaps you're a murderer? Tax evasion? Combatant from Zeakaden, the city that Trenchtown is currently at war with? Who knows. But you will all begin the game as prisoners.
Settlements!
Trenchtown: The capital of the known world, the shining metal city straddling the tar, Trenchtown, seat of the Trenchtown Empire. Trenchtown is a loud, metal city of perhaps 500,000-700,000 residents, depending on who you ask. It is an amalgam of races, indeed, all the races known to exist in the world have some sort of niche in the city. Humans and dwarves are the most prevalent, with gnomes and halflings ranking in a close second. Large numbers of elves are kept as slaves (all elves are slaves). Goblins, and various other goblinoids (bugbears, hobgoblins, etc.) also have a strong presence in Trenchtown. The economic striation typically ranks humans and dwarves as the most "well-to-do," while halflings, gnomes, and goblinoids tend to fill the lower eschelons of caste, and elves sit squarely at the bottom, completely disenfranchised.
The city is divided into several districts. The Gilded District runs along the outer ring of the great cog that makes up the city, elevated above the city proper. Here are the homes and diversions of the rich aristocracy, as well as Trenchtown's famous (or infamous) open air courts where the laws are decided and carried out.
The Valley of Brass splits the cog neatly in two, a massive, shining rift which houses bazaars and shops offering anything from boiler-parts to rare, beautiful clothing.
Lowtown is rather the rest of Trenchtown, being that which is not the Gilded District or the Valley. Here the abundant poor of Trenchtown make their homes, and often times shops and markets as well. Do not be fooled, however -- some of the best craftsmanship in the known world has come from the callused hands which dwell here.
The Sky Port is on the eastern "rim" of the cog that is Trenchtown. Perilously high in the air, this area is populated by fat zeppelins at almost any time of day or year.
Skibereen: This is the end of the world to many citizens of the Trenchtown Empire. It is a small, backwater colony positioned near Zeakaden for trade purposes. However, due to the recent war that has erupted between the two city states of Trenchtown and Zeakaden, Skibereen lies in a very precarious position.
Zeakaden: The strangest city known. This is a crazy jumble of all sorts of architecture held together with ropes and other means more obscure. It sits above the jungle floor on massive stilts, and looks to be some off-shore platform merely plucked from the sea and placed in the jungle. Little is known about this fantastic place.
Gray Peaks: A small town. Known for its lawmen.
Tepoch: A tiny outpost of free elves, perhaps too small to be worth conquering?
Characters!
28 point buy. 2nd level. Standard wealth (900gp, and a note -- your posessions will be being held by the authorities at the beginning of the game, so it will be wise to recover them, magic items are fine and can be flavored to be powered by arcane or technological means). Core/SRD allowed. Sorcery & Steam allowed EXCEPT for the Animal Lord class, and Heritage Feats. (Sorcery & Steam basically adds rules for steampunk devices, the crafting thereof, firearms, steamcraft armor, and a few new skills like Drive and Munitions). Other resources allowed on a case by case basis (bascially use one, cite it, and I'll check it out). Allowed races: Human, Dwarf, Halfling, Gnome, Orc, Half-Orc, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Bugbear, Elf (note -- elves are slaves 99.9% of the time).
Humans: One of the dominant races of the world, given their adaptability. You are a human so I don't need to explain too much.
Dwarf: Stout, gruff traditionalists, usually. Often-times incredibly proper and feel they alone are truly civilized.
Halfling: Excellent at a myraid of professions which require agility and quickness. Usually jovial, or at least difficult to get down. Tend to speak with Cockney accents.
Gnome: Similar to halflings, though more studious in their pursuits. Tend to be the brains behind mechanical operations, and also are often found piloting zeppelins.
Orc: Mostly found in the scublands around Trenchtown, orcs tend to be tribal but very, very locked into a rigid caste system among their own kind. City orcs still adhere to this caste system, above any system the city-dwellers may hold. A poor, homeless orc may be the most influentual in a city.
Half-Orc: In all ways a half-orc is considered an orc by orcish society.
Goblinoids: Opportunists to the max. Can be found anywhere doing a variety of jobs depending on their particular type, size, and that sort of thing. A boon or a curse depending on who you ask.
Elf: Enslaved by all the other races for as long as most can remember. Very submissive, quiet, and dutiful. Some call them "the broken race."
When you post your character, make sure you post where your money went exactly.
Rules!
I'll be doin' the rolling, but at any time you can ask for a roll/make a check simply by asking for one. I'd like things like that to be at the end of yer posts in italics, like -- Mr. Biggles tries to spring the lock, Open Lock +9. The meta-thread will be more for longer discussions about plot, character goals, or OOC stuff that can't fit into a footnote at the end of yer post without messing up the flow.
Aside from normal combat XP, I also periodically rate everyone on roleplaying, story, and manners on a scale from 1-5. I then multiply this by 100 and add it all up, enjoy bonus XP. Roleplaying and Story are pretty obvious, but Manners consists of you posting your bonuses when you call for checks, being on top of posting, obviously reading the posts before yours, etc. Just bein' a good player.
If you'd like to use a color for your speech that's cool, but I won't require it. I would ask that internal dialogue go in italics, though. Just so I don't get confused on what you're sayin' out loud.![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
A post a day would do me just fine, no requirement to post on weekends, but if yer havin' fun post as much as you want!
I AM A DICK ABOUT ENCUMBRANCE. I am. So be SURE you keep CAREFUL track of what you're carrying, how much it weighs, and how much you can carry. I think it adds a nice sense of urgency to some situations and plus who knows when you need to know if you can strap that injured halfling to your back.
Summation!
Steampunk. Steampunk is badass. If you have ANY questions ask in the thread cuz other people might have the questions as well. If you were heart set on my zombies game post here and I'll see what I can do about allowing you an undead character. Please post your characters and backstories in this thread for my approval. Please feel free to add to the world. Please post asking about the established religions if you wanna play a cleric, or feel free to make up yer own appropriately themed religion.
Please ask if I left something out. I'm a tired bean.
Please have fun! Enjoy!
EDIT: Use this http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=21419 for character sheets! Thanks Bront!
In General!
The World of Rivets: I'm a big fan of letting PCs come up with stuff for their characters and incorporating it into my world (if it works). So, a lot of Rivets has been contributions from one of the two other successful games I've ran in this here setting of mine. Rivets is steampunk -- 1800s asthetic, steam-technology, zeppelins, the works. But FEEL FREE to add things in your backstory, just keep in mind I reserve editorial powers.
As for climate and that sort, the area east of Trenchtown all the way to the Thunderhorns is scrubland. South of Trenchtown are wet bogs which miraculously drain all the moisture away from the Tar, producing the scrublands in which Trenchtown rests. The sea to the north is a warm water salt sea. On the other side of the Thunderhorns lies thick, wet jungle.
Metal Men and Fleshy Cogs: This particular game has an interesting premise -- you, the PCs, are all prisoners of Trenchtown. Trenchtown is the big city shaped like a cog, situated over a river (the Tar), which is perhaps the biggest center of power in the known world. Unfortunately, not much of the world IS known. But as part of your character you will have to have thought of a reason for the Trenchtown Empire to have taken you into custody -- perhaps you're a murderer? Tax evasion? Combatant from Zeakaden, the city that Trenchtown is currently at war with? Who knows. But you will all begin the game as prisoners.
Settlements!
Trenchtown: The capital of the known world, the shining metal city straddling the tar, Trenchtown, seat of the Trenchtown Empire. Trenchtown is a loud, metal city of perhaps 500,000-700,000 residents, depending on who you ask. It is an amalgam of races, indeed, all the races known to exist in the world have some sort of niche in the city. Humans and dwarves are the most prevalent, with gnomes and halflings ranking in a close second. Large numbers of elves are kept as slaves (all elves are slaves). Goblins, and various other goblinoids (bugbears, hobgoblins, etc.) also have a strong presence in Trenchtown. The economic striation typically ranks humans and dwarves as the most "well-to-do," while halflings, gnomes, and goblinoids tend to fill the lower eschelons of caste, and elves sit squarely at the bottom, completely disenfranchised.
The city is divided into several districts. The Gilded District runs along the outer ring of the great cog that makes up the city, elevated above the city proper. Here are the homes and diversions of the rich aristocracy, as well as Trenchtown's famous (or infamous) open air courts where the laws are decided and carried out.
The Valley of Brass splits the cog neatly in two, a massive, shining rift which houses bazaars and shops offering anything from boiler-parts to rare, beautiful clothing.
Lowtown is rather the rest of Trenchtown, being that which is not the Gilded District or the Valley. Here the abundant poor of Trenchtown make their homes, and often times shops and markets as well. Do not be fooled, however -- some of the best craftsmanship in the known world has come from the callused hands which dwell here.
The Sky Port is on the eastern "rim" of the cog that is Trenchtown. Perilously high in the air, this area is populated by fat zeppelins at almost any time of day or year.
Skibereen: This is the end of the world to many citizens of the Trenchtown Empire. It is a small, backwater colony positioned near Zeakaden for trade purposes. However, due to the recent war that has erupted between the two city states of Trenchtown and Zeakaden, Skibereen lies in a very precarious position.
Zeakaden: The strangest city known. This is a crazy jumble of all sorts of architecture held together with ropes and other means more obscure. It sits above the jungle floor on massive stilts, and looks to be some off-shore platform merely plucked from the sea and placed in the jungle. Little is known about this fantastic place.
Gray Peaks: A small town. Known for its lawmen.
Tepoch: A tiny outpost of free elves, perhaps too small to be worth conquering?
Characters!
28 point buy. 2nd level. Standard wealth (900gp, and a note -- your posessions will be being held by the authorities at the beginning of the game, so it will be wise to recover them, magic items are fine and can be flavored to be powered by arcane or technological means). Core/SRD allowed. Sorcery & Steam allowed EXCEPT for the Animal Lord class, and Heritage Feats. (Sorcery & Steam basically adds rules for steampunk devices, the crafting thereof, firearms, steamcraft armor, and a few new skills like Drive and Munitions). Other resources allowed on a case by case basis (bascially use one, cite it, and I'll check it out). Allowed races: Human, Dwarf, Halfling, Gnome, Orc, Half-Orc, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Bugbear, Elf (note -- elves are slaves 99.9% of the time).
Humans: One of the dominant races of the world, given their adaptability. You are a human so I don't need to explain too much.
Dwarf: Stout, gruff traditionalists, usually. Often-times incredibly proper and feel they alone are truly civilized.
Halfling: Excellent at a myraid of professions which require agility and quickness. Usually jovial, or at least difficult to get down. Tend to speak with Cockney accents.
Gnome: Similar to halflings, though more studious in their pursuits. Tend to be the brains behind mechanical operations, and also are often found piloting zeppelins.
Orc: Mostly found in the scublands around Trenchtown, orcs tend to be tribal but very, very locked into a rigid caste system among their own kind. City orcs still adhere to this caste system, above any system the city-dwellers may hold. A poor, homeless orc may be the most influentual in a city.
Half-Orc: In all ways a half-orc is considered an orc by orcish society.
Goblinoids: Opportunists to the max. Can be found anywhere doing a variety of jobs depending on their particular type, size, and that sort of thing. A boon or a curse depending on who you ask.
Elf: Enslaved by all the other races for as long as most can remember. Very submissive, quiet, and dutiful. Some call them "the broken race."
When you post your character, make sure you post where your money went exactly.
Rules!
I'll be doin' the rolling, but at any time you can ask for a roll/make a check simply by asking for one. I'd like things like that to be at the end of yer posts in italics, like -- Mr. Biggles tries to spring the lock, Open Lock +9. The meta-thread will be more for longer discussions about plot, character goals, or OOC stuff that can't fit into a footnote at the end of yer post without messing up the flow.
Aside from normal combat XP, I also periodically rate everyone on roleplaying, story, and manners on a scale from 1-5. I then multiply this by 100 and add it all up, enjoy bonus XP.
Roleplaying and Story are pretty obvious, but Manners consists of you posting your bonuses when you call for checks, being on top of posting, obviously reading the posts before yours, etc. Just bein' a good player.If you'd like to use a color for your speech that's cool, but I won't require it. I would ask that internal dialogue go in italics, though. Just so I don't get confused on what you're sayin' out loud.
A post a day would do me just fine, no requirement to post on weekends, but if yer havin' fun post as much as you want!
I AM A DICK ABOUT ENCUMBRANCE. I am. So be SURE you keep CAREFUL track of what you're carrying, how much it weighs, and how much you can carry. I think it adds a nice sense of urgency to some situations and plus who knows when you need to know if you can strap that injured halfling to your back.
Summation!
Steampunk. Steampunk is badass.
If you have ANY questions ask in the thread cuz other people might have the questions as well. If you were heart set on my zombies game post here and I'll see what I can do about allowing you an undead character. Please post your characters and backstories in this thread for my approval. Please feel free to add to the world. Please post asking about the established religions if you wanna play a cleric, or feel free to make up yer own appropriately themed religion.Please ask if I left something out. I'm a tired bean.
Please have fun! Enjoy!
EDIT: Use this http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=21419 for character sheets! Thanks Bront!
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