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Hello!

My name is Icey and I've been planning something big. A roleplay world unlike any other I've encountered in my years of Rp. A living world that acts back with the characters. A world that lets you play as both character and creator, a world that upates as you travel and search. An RPG game with emphasis an the roleplay!

This is Roch. At least, what we know of it. It's inhabited by a species of centaurs that can come in all shapes and sizes. They can live in tiny, naturalist, bands like horses, or in huge cities where they fill the rolls of ancient humans. Some live in humble villages an look for the balance in life. Some run around naked, and some wear fancy dresses. There's a lot of options in Roch.

Through my years of trying numerous roleplay groups across Deviantart and other websites I've picked up a couple of things I think could really improve the game. I thought I'd pilot it here, on Lioden, to gain interest, get help organizing, and maybe even decide features that will be in the game! I also thought I could help define the world through the use of FAQ's!

Currently planned features
*completed* The world of Roch is broken into five seasons that take place in five week intervals. For each real world year, the centaurs experience two years of time.

An explorable world with day time costs. allowing centaurs only to explore what they'd actually have time to explore. Hidden loot, ruins, character races, plot lines, ect. ect all exist! A character will use their skills and luck, risking life and limb to make their name go down in history.

Rank based skill system where training pays off. Each rank adds one d10 to your skill checks in battle or exploration! Each die adds to your chances of success to easily, and fairly, unlock special rewards! Not pure luck, nor pure skill! [Currently planned rankable skills: Combat tree skills, Medicine tree skills, Hunting, fishing, and much more to come as we develop the system. ]

Did I say battle? Why yes I did! Live combat using a third party moderator (serving as a DM/GM) that inflicts wounds upon hits. Allowing for fair and flexible combat, even to the death, without ever feeling that one party or the other was jipped out! Powerplaying becomes a thing of the past!

A rich world bestiary ranging from the mundane to the fantastical. There are totally tiny dragons to love on and trade!

I'm going to be attempting to endorse a player economy by encouraging trading and crafting. (Still a big WIP)

Speaking of player driven development, characters can form their own tribes, bands, and societies by accumulating at least five other characters! Either live Roleplayed by the players or conceptually submitted as an encounter on the map! You can accumulate extra characters and submit them to 'NPC' status in a location on the map. While you cannot live play them anymore, players can encounter them while exploring. Make your own mark on the CORE map and culture!

Characters can take up jobs and have rolls within their village. Characters who do their jobs well can find themselves in positions to be honored!

Paid moderators! One of the biggest problems in my groups was that, eventually, the staff would lose all love for the work they did. I want to provide the option for players to have mods roll and randomize as much as they'd like. From gender and color of their planned foals, to exploring the wilderness, and all the way to exploring, fishing, and hunting trips that matter. Even if you are writing your stories on your own, there can be someone there. I've found a few volunteers for now, but we will be looking to expand onto Patreon eventually

Make a profit! All things in the CORE world can be bought or sold OOC for most types of currency. Get a super nice dragon and need some USD? Sure! Did you mare have a particularly gorgeous foal? Go ahead and auction off the character. Artists, sell your skills and help others rank up their centaurs. That goes for you too, writers!

Update: Characters now up for adoption! Check out our Adoptions and sales! Character adoption culture and sharable NPCS. I'd like for characters to be able to adopt characters with other roleplay characters as parents. Sometimes they will be foals players chose to abandon, sometimes they will be village raised foals for adoption. I feel like having some sort of adoptable family system will encourage players to interact.



Things that might happen

Super Magic Silly Swords, or SMSSs. Slang for a group of magical items that can be found strewn about the world. Using some form of mysterious magic SMSS's come in a wide range of forms. From swords that summon gusts of wind or bursts of plant life to cloaks that somehow make you smarter! Some weapons will have unknown 'siblings' in the world, having unknown effects and personalities when they meet! The highclass version of a SMSS would have it's own ranks to build onto your ranks. But should you missuse your enchanted device it could break, leave, or even try to kill you!

Rank altering birth stats. Awarded semi-randomly, or sometimes adopted with a character, birth starts will alter the maximum number of ranks one can achieve in a skill. Can be positives and negatives, effects can be positive or negative.


For how to join, current open ranks, and a list of characters check Here! in our 'Official' thread