u/Kardinaali56

I've been slowly fleshing out an immersive 18+ high fantasy roleplay server that allows for both casual roleplay and roleplay for outcomes. The idea is that it would borrow from aspects of an rpg game, while also remaining loosely inspired by play-by-posts and west-marches.

The idea of having both casual and outcome roleplay is that not everyone has or wants a roleplay partner, but everyone wants to interact with the world as their character. Hopefully players would find friends or even a party of people to roleplay with, but if not, players can still enjoy the server and the gamified immersion of it. And, when your friends are not online, you can still enjoy the world by finding rare items, exploring the world, etc.

• There would be rumor boards per each location ("quests") that, depending on how you roleplay, may unlock new places of exploration, reward you with loot, introduce new NPCs, etc. (hence the "roleplay for outcomes" aspect).
• Outcomes may not be in a timely manner, as mods are humans and get to things when they can (prioritization of mods would be mods who login daily if not every other day, at least). This keeps people from running through the server too fast, while also promoting satisfaction when hard achievements are met (maybe it takes you two weeks to slay the dragon -- through training with NPCs (a possible trait system) or acquiring certain items, outcome rates can be shortened).
• Locations can not be unlocked without successfully navigating through a prior area, keeping roleplay realistic in the sense that your character is stuck somewhere until they can successfully navigate the fantasy world. The idea is to promote creativity, problem-solving, community (if so desired), and interaction with the world as a whole.
• Dice Maiden would be involved for certain outcome roleplays to promote fairness and transparency for certain results
• There would be classes with different requirements for rolling (i.e: mage needs to roll for the spells they cast).
• I'm debating developing a trait system that negatively/positively affects your dice rolling situationally. This would require strategy when planning for an outcome roleplay -- for example, maybe a location is in a snowy biome and your character has a weakness to cold. You may need to roll a die every thread of your outcome roleplay to ensure you don't get sent back down to the bottom of the mountain to start over. JUST AN IDEA, I'm a bit afraid of overcomplication.
• Possibly a couple different races? Debating between Human, Elf, and possibly something else...
• Interacting with NPCs differently can unlock new discoverables (whether that's loot, server lore for the world, possibly a pet, mount, artifact, access to a new location, whatever)
• Working out mechanics for dungeon-crawling/boss fights (possibly) for loosely-inspired west-march gameplay
• There would be a host of items to collect/find through various means
• Including pets and mounts -- mounts would be able to take you to new locations and, therefore, new places for roleplay
• There are designated monsters and bosses in each area you can fight for loot/advancement/etc
• Every new player would have a profile created and updated where their inventory/fame/etc could be recorded. Mods would be in charge of updating inventory, answering roleplays with the outcomes based on dice rolls (theirs or the player's), and keeping things fair
• Working out mechanics for a weekly duel system between players for rare rewards, server-wide recognition, and more
• Still working on possible guild mechanics, crafting, etc

The over-arching idea is to essentially have an interactive high fantasy world hosted on a server that promotes engagement and interaction with it in different ways. You obviously don't have to roleplay to advance throughout the world if you don't want to, you're more than welcome to just hang out and casually roleplay with friends or other players, but the idea would be that it is a "living" world that has a lot to discover and find.

Thoughts, suggestions, critiques, questions, etc?? This would be a long-term side project of mine and I'm still in the early phases of fleshing it out, so I'd love to know people's opinions as I start laying the groundwork.