Thinking Big - Torq's landgrab - choose a territory

[Torq]

Hi Clercon

Nice start. I think we should have a new thread for every map. If we want to give info regarding features that overlap into other threads we should probably post in those threads (when they are up).

Here is the latest landgrab status map.

Torq

[Kagehito]

yes for the plauge lands... we can say that it was pretty much self contained untill recently, the wild animals infected with the plauge have began to run out of food. So they start attacking the surroundig settlements, mabye only killing cattle, and attacking one person or so, but the people who get attacked get infected, and then it spreads across the whole community.

I'm playing off the fact that the sickness works quickly now, since its had some time to mutate.

A gestaiton period of about 1-3 days and the sickness itself after shows kills about a week later.

Because this plauge has been spreading primarily from the infected animals (which it doesn't kill, only makes them more feral), then the surrounding areas could have constructed walls and hire trappers to help keep the animals from entering there realms and infecting them.

I would like the surrounding people to get in on a disscussion about this, because this will effect the surrounding areas greatly.
Everything written thus far is all just speculation and can change on a whim, so get your opinions in now before things get to imbedded.

-Rob

Also Torq... you misspelt my name on the land grab map... *cries*.... but you still get props for taking controll of this!

[alucard339]

Sry for the delay;
I'll take #1.

C-U hall,
Alu.

[DarkOne]

Should create a forum for this project, it is going to be big in the end. Have a sticky of completed maps with link to thread for the map. Come up with a world name for the forum title too.

[Venardhi]

I would tend to agree.

[su_liam]

I'd suggest Slartibartfast Project, but I'm keeping that for myself... oops.

[NeonKnight]

Ahhh, World names. I like simplistic names.

Lets look to what we call out world: EARTH. Named because of the land, the ground the earth on which we stand.

The World of Greyhawk is named Oerth as slight variation of our own world.

The world of Faerun and the Forgotten Realms is known as Abeir-Toril or sometimes just Toril, meaning 'Cradle of Life'

I have just finished reading the entire World War/Colonization series by Harry Turtledove (a great read, and I highly recommend it). In the books, the home planet of the aliens is known simply as Home, and our planet is called Tosev III (as Earth orbits the Star Tosev in their language/astronomy). Other planets in the Races empire is Hallasi and Rabotev.

So, funny names aside, I believe a planet name should sound realistic and have some sort of Meaning (like Earth/Oerth, Abeir-Toril, or Home).

[Venardhi]

Perhaps a poll of participants is in order once we fill the grid? Even just to name the continent/'kingdom' and then down the line when it can truely be called a world and not just a corner of one, we can give her a name.