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What should the tech level be?

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Total Members Voted: 11

Voting closed: October 05, 2018, 12:14:58 AM

I thought it'd be easier to work my way up from the tech level, so I could gain an idea of what maps I'd be using, what form of factionalism would make most sense with the setting, etc.

(Btw I know I was accepted into house Valeria, but do I need to do anything to get it to show up on my little profile thingy to the left? All it has is my overhusen thing and I am not on any Valeria ledgers as it would seem, or is that just bc I am not important enough lmao)

Go to Old User CP > Forum Profile > Familial House. You just add 'the noble house of Valeria' in there and you are good to go.

And at present, I think you still need to choose what your relation is with those in the house.

Go to Old User CP > Forum Profile > Familial House. You just add 'the noble house of Valeria' in there and you are good to go.

And at present, I think you still need to choose what your relation is with those in the house.

how do I go about doing said thing

You just choose whether you want to be a cousin of one of the younger generation of Valerians, or a son to one of the older generation etc. You can see some examples in that thread I linked to earlier.

(I'm also sorely lacking any children in the house, but at least I have a few nephews to dote on)

This is the reason I continue to question the utility of making it specifically a House RP. Consider the number of Valerians in here, because with, what, 5 Valerians (you, BSR, Cinciri, Tau, and presumably Syraj considering the interest he raised earlier) out of ~7 prospective players judging by votes (there are 8 votes but to be fair, I voted), you've got yourself a supermajority.
Even if I were inclined to make a House for myself (which I'm not) in order to participate, it seems like it'd shake out pretty quickly into 'Valerians/Not Valerians' and a subsequent conflict between the two groups, which would be swiftly resolved in House Valeria's favor.
It'd be like if the Seven Kingdoms had a fight between the Starks and Lannisters, only the Starks were Kings in the North, Riverlands, Iron Islands, Vale, and Reach, and the Lannisters had a vague alliance with the Stormlands. Just numerically they're sort of fucked.

Yup, I see your point. Back when the idea was first proposed to have a House RP, our house was not as monstrous yet, and there were a lot more houses active in RP as well.

That said, I do want to keep some element of Weiss's idea alive. So what if we make it so that, in the setting, Valeria is so fractured that there is a lot of space for new houses to rise in opposition? Valerians would not all fight for the same side, then, and you can create your own house specifically for the purposes of the RP.

Something similar to the dance of the dragons, in a way.

I like a fraction idea. Especially goin on one of the ways I see this possibly breaking down, as sort of gang wars. There being an overarching type of leadership, that has been viewed by some of the sons or cousins as "old schooled" or out of date, and they make their own types of gangs or groups that act as *though* they are independent, or even better, each believing they are the rightful new Valerians, meaning new gangs or houses are able to rise? idk just random thoughts

Cinciri, you are indeed already on the Valeria house roster on the page Laurentus linked.

And Syraj is House Kaizer not Valeria.

And as has been said, just because people are members of the same house doesn't mean they have to be on the same side. There could be plenty of rivalry from different branches/generations/members of the same house (e.g. the Baratheons). The Valerias will just already have connections to each other (whether good or bad) at the start as opposed to other houses who they'd more likely be neutral to or even not know about (I suppose unless some kind of backstory was established between them).

Space empire RP still puttering along in NH so I'd prefer one with Early Modern setting, since I haven't really explored that before in RP.

I had a Victorian esk type setting preference, but I can accept early modern =P

Okay time to get this started. I think what we'll do is make your tech development proportional to how much you invest in the sciences, and start everyone off with a baseline tech level of the year 1500. I'll be honest, I do not have a lot of knowledge of the tech available at the time, so we may need to do a bit of research.

Luckily you have a friendly neighborhood History Major huh XD

The 1500's was the Rennaisance and early New World Exploration. The most "advanced" technology of the era was anything created by da Vinci.

I mean, yes, that's common knowledge, but that doesn't give us much insight on how technology was used during that time and how it affects our society and culture.