Sinivir Block (Block creation game)
Ok this isn't so much a contest as it is more of a game. I want people to get together and to try to create what would be like a new block using cards they create on here to tell it's lore (which is to be determined.) Basically the idea is to create an ongoing story using cards made by you. You can have free reign to how your card adds to the lore, it can be a place, a person, an event. At first it might not be needed as much but later on it will probably become somewhat of a requirement to look back at previous cards to know the story in order to make it fit well and not have drastically different things so that the transition makes sense. However for now there is free reign on where it can go.
Here is the map we will be using.
Information about the current lore will be kept here for now: http://forums.mtgcardsmith.com/discussion/2824/finmides-custom-block-game-lore-for-record-keeping-only-do-not-post-here
If there is anything in the lore that I missed you can send me a private message. If I am not online at the moment I will get to it the next time I am online and when I see the message.
Edited on (5/10/17)
Here is the map we will be using.
Information about the current lore will be kept here for now: http://forums.mtgcardsmith.com/discussion/2824/finmides-custom-block-game-lore-for-record-keeping-only-do-not-post-here
If there is anything in the lore that I missed you can send me a private message. If I am not online at the moment I will get to it the next time I am online and when I see the message.
Edited on (5/10/17)
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Given this challenge's theme, I would've put it into the Contests and Challenges category. Specifically as it's more reliable to get participants.
Plus I was thinking of maybe having a post somewhere which will be updated with a synopsis of the lore so far so instead of reading every single card someone posts on here you can just go to that one post and read the basic load down.
As for the synopsis, I agree if you have the time and could update it more consistently that it's a great idea. It just depends if you have someone who has the spare time.
From past experience the lack of a synopsis was one of the most challenging issues. But you also should get an existing map from online. Otherwise, you'll come into difficulties.
Here are the ones used from the last two worldbuilders as examples of what people will be looking for in quality.
Worldbuilder 2
Worldbuilder 3
Here is Oceanus, God of the Seas. His favorite pets are the Kraken, and having them around brings him such joy, that his power radiates to those who share a bond with him.
Perhaps there are some other gods in this world?
This is a rough draft, most likely it will change when I've had some sleep!
Y'vela is a majestic being with a hyper intelligent mind and is the guardian of those who live and travel through the desert.
Sandworm Token
And i made a basic land plains for this block
How do you make those maps? What site?
(Only use these if they feel satisfying!)
List:
Map A,
Map B,
Map C,
Map D.
Edit: Nevermind, I just saw the small image
I just noticed a moment ago, it's just so small! XD (I was editing the prior comment.)
Thankfully, it has a higher resolution than shown.
I was concerned because I used one of the landmarks on that map (the volcano) to name my creature design.
The Tapoban Sultanate is in turmoil: the late Sultan, Iphram the Third, is recently deceased. His two older sons, the twins Iphram, fourth of the name, and Kaleb, find themselves fighting over the vacant throne of Bagbar. Their younger brother Jaleem and their sisters, Ravelia and Ishaan, watch in horror as a blood feud erupts.
Kaleb slays Iphram, and, to ensure his rule, sends assassins after his younger siblings: Jaleem and Ishaan are killed, but Ravelia escapes to the city-state of Sukram. But another claims the trone: Lakir, the late Sultan's bastard son. He challenges Kaleb for the right to rule, and slays him in a duel (That's the last one I swear).
The late Sultan's council however is not idle: Councillor Valik, Iphram IV's closest advisor, quickly has Lakir's troops pushed back into the desert, and establishes a new rule over the Tapoban Sultanate. He rejects Ravelia's claim to the throne, as the heir must be male (hello Middle-Ages).
She does not stand defeated however. In Sukram, she musters her troops, ready to take her throne back, while Lakir, in the dead city of Ptem (bottom-left corner, I'm not sure if it's written Ptem), rallies a ragged host of desert brigands, ands broods on his vengeance.
@Finmide I hope this fits in your world's fantasy. I'll be making cards for Ravelia (white/blue), Lakir (white/red) and Valik (blue/black). Of course everyone is free to spin off this story any way they like, and make cards for the factions if they wish to. I'm off to sleep now.
And one more god:
The Nung deal with artifacts, uncolored and red, while the opposing bands are generally green and non-color. ( I have formatted the artifact creature cards to be colored as artifacts though they cost colored mana as a personal choice for the Nung. If you don't like it, that's fine, I would have liked something like the Kaladesh card color)
Just thought you should know
and it looks like the city says Rirn when I enlarge the map.
While in hiding in the desert Lakir had came across Y'vela. Y'vela telepthically communicated with Lakir delivering some unsavory news which he quickly rejected.