>The Thousandfaced Demonking was sealed away by the Seven Legendary Heroes one-thousand years ago, swearing that he would return on the solar eclipse marking the millennia's anniversary
The Dwarves hide away in their mountain fortresses, bitter at some evil done to them long in the past.
Human kingdoms, elves in their forests, and dwarves in their mountainhomes.
>>46137965
>A dark human magician seeking the Thousandfaced Demonking's return appears out of nowhere. His personal philosophy would be nihilistic if he didn't believe he would gain control over the world when the demon king returned.
>He has a backstory just tragic enough to make him believable but (obviously) not enough to keep him from being good and truly evil.
The king's adviser is secretly plotting against him.
A seemingly ordinary boy is destined for extra ordinary things
The four crystal orbs control the elements. If one clouds over, that element will become putrid over time. If one breaks, it could bring about the end of the world.
Orcs, goblins, and other monstrous people constantly fight with more civilized humans, elves, and dwarves
>>46138148
Neither side of this conflict is completely unsympathetic or wrong, and the two sides must in fact unite against the true enemy by the spurring of the 'new' legendary heroes.
>The secret to sealing away the DemonKing once again rests with the sages of fire, earth, air and water.
The scheming nobility refuses to set aside its petty differences and unite in the face of a greater danger.
>>46138140
>>46138198
Each of them belong to different races and hold an orb of their respective elements.
>In the realm of Varahkun, a wise and aged wizard named Glafen awakes, ready for a journey with his elvish comrades to slay the Thousandfaced Demonking. But on the way arrives fearful yet logical man with a tragic back story barely believable, affected by the TFDK
>>46138124
The boy's parents died (or perhaps went missing) when he was only an infant, so he was raised by his aunt and uncle in a rural village, unaware of his true significance.
>>46138110
The sinister adviser is one of those who would seek the return of the Demonking.
>>46138140
The Demonking sought to smash all four of these orbs during the incident one thousand years ago, nearly succeeding, yet the Legendary Heroes stopped him just in time. Since there are now those who seek his return, the crystal orbs are once more in danger.
The dragons are thought to have disappeared long ago, but a few are sticking around in the deepest caverns or the valleys near the most secluded villages.
It is prophesied that only the descendant of dragons will be able to put a stop to all this Demonking stuff.
Jokes on everybody, the BBEG was the little girl the whole time
At first I wanted to contribute, but the boredom already set in, I guess well done everybody!
>>46138124
>Be boy.
>Get told I'm destined for extra ordinary things.
>Turns out they meant just an extra amount of ordinary things.
>mfw I have no 1,000 faces.
>>46138289
>>46138475
The crystal orbs are kept in appropriately themed dungeons full of traps and monsters.
The token animal race are cat or dog people and they tend to be wandering tribes and are psuedo-native americans.
>>46138140
>>46138148
>>46138191
>>46138289
There is a second set of four crystal orbs, held by the sages of the "evil" races.
They are the orbs of Magma, Swamps, Ice, and Lightning.
>>46138063
>>46138289
>>46139086
Dwarves - Earth
Humans - Water
Elves - Wind
Dragons - Fire
>>46139849
>>46138148
>>46140209
Trolls - Magma
Orcs and Goblins - Swamps
Cat People - Lightning
Evil Dragons - Ice
Savage (noble or not) barbarians live in the frigid northlands.
>>46137965
>no one likes halflings.
>>46140209
The cat people are all-female somehow
>>46138063
There are at least half a dozen subraces of elves.
The southern lands consist of deserts inhabited by not!Arabs and jungles inhabited by not!Aztecs. Right next to each other.
>>46141554
Yet at the same time they are somehow a dying race.
Each race except the humans has one, at most three gods. Humans get the rest.
There was a hyperadvanced civilisation that mysteriously perished thousands of years ago.
>>46141650
Mayan Laser Beams, or Crystal Spires and Togas?
>>46140371
Dwarf, Elf and Dragon bards get together to make a band.
>Let's groove tonight! Share the spice of life! Baby slice it right! We're gonna groove tonight!
>>46141797
Steampunk Atlantis.
>>46141904
Classy!
Undeath was created as the last act of defiance by the Demonking
an ancient evil awakens
Is it wrong that I would actually play this?
>>46144557
Right or wrong, you're not alone.
The adventure/story begins in a tavern
>>46145310
Admittedly though, that's the easiest way to start players.
>>46141620
The gods are getting weaker because fewer people worship them nowadays.
>>46146405
Yeah, and there is some (weird and stretched) logic to it. Like, who would sign up for these fucked up quests? Drunk people. You can make drunk people do almost anything. Just have them agree to it and hold them to their word in the morning.
>>46146686
That's frequently blamed for all the problems in the world, but by the end of it all, all the main characters will realize that we're getting strong enough on our own to do without the gods.
>>46146686
Turns out that some of the dead gods were killed by the living ones as a way to take their strength and live longer.
>>46146890
>Suddenly HFY story
Humans living in temperate lands consist of one feudal kingdom (with different noble houses constantly conspiring behind each other) and a few rich mercantile city states.
Anyone got the "super generic fantasy map" that's actually just Europe rotated 90 degrees?
>>46139844
Extra ordinary boy meets head strong elf girl and falls in love but she does not like him at first because of something related to her being 300 while still looking 23
Ancient, advanced civilizations have crafted swords of huge magical power. Nowadays they are mostly lost (ie. lying in ruins you will most likely explore).
The Demonking is said to be vulnerable to such weapons.
>something something save the princess
>>46138110
The shapeshifters grow ever bolder.
>>46138140
What does this besides final fanasy?
>>46147382
Crystalis does it but with swords.
Zelda does it with various pendants, crystals, triforce bits, whatever.
Golden Sun does it, including shit hitting the fan when you move the macguffins.
The exact way the poster formulated it is exactly the original Final Fantasy. But it's actually rare that the most generic thing has been done multiple times - rather, the most generic thing is just the center of a lot of related examples.
>>46147382
>>46147721 put it well. "X number of crystal something something" is as synonymous with cliche fantasy as haughty tree-hugging elves.
>>46147023
>Boy ages himself up to elf girl's age so they can be together
>Boy aged up to 300
>>46147345
Are they in this room?
>Turns out the Thousandfaced Demonking was the farm boy's real father all along!
>>46147015
It's at the top of the worldbuilding thread right now.
>>46112755
http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Freedom
>>46148134
Thanks Anon.
Is that it?
All the cliches are accounted for, setting ready to be used?
>>46140371
>Humans are the seafaring race
I'm so tired of cunts saying this. It's fucking retarded and will never stop being retarded. Humans literally evolved in the middle of africa away from oceans. Literally the only reason we even bother with oceans is because we have and can use tools.
>The party has managed to fine artifacts of great power as told in fables and myths
>In the untouched ruins a scant distance away from civilization no one has bothered exploring for thousands of years
>>46153256
...being associated with water doesn't mean seafaring.
Wat?
Could just be farming, for fuck's sake.
>>46153256
>Literally the only reason we even bother with oceans is because we have and can use tools.
Dumbest post I've read today
>>46153274
Why are humans arbitrarily associated with water?
>>46153297
Give me a use of oceans that doesn't require tools.
>>46153301
Bathing your stank ass
>>46153313
>Bathing in sea water
lmao
You know there is a reason why at beaches there are showers for after you leave the water, right?
>>46153256
>he unironically believes the out of Africa theory
I regret bumping this thread, you people suck.
What the fuck timezone just got off school?
>>46153506
Western Australia
Ecological catastrophes and global economic collapse have made most of the world uninhabitable and forced survivors to live in huge walled cities.
The cities are ruled with iron hand of old men. Only criminal punishments are slavery or death and bloodsports provide entertainment to the oppressed masses.
>>46141611
>elves are hyper-adaptable to environments
>high elf purists are the only ones complaining that their race (adapted to their magical crystal spires and togas city) is dying because every time they settle anywhere else, they change themselves
The Thousandfsced Demon King can cast blessings upon those who do his bidding outside of his prison. These monstrous people are known as 'Demon-Touched' and are capable of withering those they touch on a whim.
>>46154288
The Demon Touch manifests itself by various tattoos, slowly eating away skin.
>>46153447
>he's a creationist
>>46154351
Some exceptionally powerhungry servants of TFDK hunt down their fellow Demon-Touched to murder them and magically graft the accursed tattoo on their own skin.
All taverns are ran by ex-adventurers and all servers are wenches.
Also "The" is in the name of the bar.
>>46154592
>All servers are wenches
Wut? Do people in the setting play lot of pbm chess and the mail is sorted by wenches?
Humans can breed with any or almost any other race.
All of the new chosen heroes are descendants of the legendary heroes, but don't know it.
Bandits everywhere
>>46139583
Sauce?
Different type of gems have different magic powers. For example, Ruby is associated with Fire.
>in battle you feel compelled to wait your turn.
This entire world is actually an MMO that the players are trapped in.
Bamp
>>46146754
Thtas how blackbeard got captin jack to join his crew in the fourth pirates of the Caribbean movie
>>46141853
>Let this groove, get you to move, it's allright
>ALLRIGHT
>Allllllright!>>46144868
Literally anyone who picks up any weapon ever is destined to slay the demon king overlord according to the prophecy.
and HORDES of ORC MEN
One particularly amusing minor character is insanely popular with the fanbase and grows almost into a meme of sorts.
