Mystic Realms
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Mystic Realms is a Live action role playing game built on a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) system, Mystic Realms is a live action role playing game system that allows participants to portray characters in various genres of play including fantasy worlds, futuristic setting, super hero adventures and horrors event (Including other things that are in the works). Participants are encouraged by the company to start local troupes. As a LARP, it is combat intensive, but also has a heavy emphasis on role-playing and environment. Combat is done through a light contact system utilizing foam padded representations of weapons known as "Boffers." The game design and rule system is such that allows for players of any experience level to contribute.
The Mystic Realms universe consists of 5 worlds or realms, with at least 4 more in development. Each world or realm represents its own genre, and each with its own personality.
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[edit] Active Worlds
[edit] Realm of the Five
[edit] introduction
Mystic Realm's first fantasy universe. This world focuses on players attempts to build a sense of community with the other characters and the world around them while dealing with ambitious emperors, angered and bloodthirsty mythical creatures, and interdimensional conquerors. Participants add to the game environment by forming military and religious orders, sitting together for feasts, arranging games, performing in after feast entertainment, and other activities. Player-versus-player (PVP) interactions where one person's personal character could attack another person's personal character is not allowed. Instead, all personal characters are the game protagonists, and the antagonists are portrayed by those who volunteered to be cast members for that particular event. These events typically consist of 60-120 players depending on the season.
[edit] Races and cultures
As in many fantasy Games, players have the option of playing many of the different races and cultures represented in the realm.
[edit] Beard'ons
Similar to what could be known as "Dwarves" in other fantasy universes, beard'ons are a race of miners, builders and inventors identifiable by their long beards that are worn by both their women and men. (The only difference between beard'ons and dwarves are that beard'ons can be any height, a distinction made to allow any player to play a beard'on should they desire). Beard'ons live in excavated mountain halls and fortresses, which are part of an underground world known as underrealm. Glitterspike Hall is their capital fortress, where they grow Glitterspike trees, a coveted ingredient in many poisons and rituals used in this realm. Beardon society has been divided into two social groups: Civilians and Ragers. Civilians are the miners, artisans, and aristocracy. Ragers are a group of berserking warriors.
[edit] Elves
Elves originally were one race with a single culture. Near the end of the Age of Life, there was a civil war that divided the elves into 4 racial castes.
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- High Elves
- These elves constituted the winning faction of the civil war. They are conservative traditionalists who ruled ast the aristocratic elite of the Elder Tree Valley, the elven homeland, until the valley was recently devastated.
- Low Elves
- Low Elves were among the factions defeated by the High Elves who decided to live as a servant caste rather than to be banished from The Elder Tree Valley.
- Deep Elves
- Deep Elves were the descendants of the defeated in the civil war who chose banishment after the civil war. Unable to live in the trees, they instead live under them, in the tunnels and caverns of Underrealm.
- Sea Elves
- Sea Elves refused to fight their brother elves in war. Instead, they left the Elder Tree Valley chose to live at sea.
[edit] Humans
[edit] Klactons
[edit] Minotaurs
[edit] Orcs
[edit] Pythians
Pythians Are a race of warm blooded humanoid lizards.
[edit] Rakkarins
The Rakkarins are a race of cat-like people organized into various nomadic tribes (Prides) based on their ethnicity, which runs the gamut from housecat-based Rakkarins to all varieties of big cats. They were nearly wiped out by the Orcs at one point in history but have bounced back and many have settled in a city known as the "Fertile City" which hosts populations from all the various Rakkarin tribes.
Rakkarins are also noted for their relatively unique marriage system, in which groups of females generally choose a male to take on as a single mate. The females tend to organizational and familial matters while the male is more of a symbol and protector of the family responsible for more martial affairs.
[edit] Weetles
Weetles are a race of mouse people who reside in the Hollow Hills. They're a happy-go-lucky race; energetic and dangerously attracted to shiny things. Weetles are easily distracted (for all intents and purposes, defeated by) anything shiny, including but not limited to: coins, pendants, shiny stones, spoons, sheilds, plate mail, and treasure. If you're not careful, you may find one 'borrowing' some of your more valuable possessions.
[edit] Guilds
There are 13 Guilds in The Realm of the Five
Alchemists
They devote their lives to creating explosivce compouinds and making some of the most wicked poisons. They can ambulate the dead or do the ultmamate crowning achievement of transmutating one compound into another.
Artisans
They work with the rawest materials of wood and iorn, forging it into weapons, tools or armor to be worn.
Bards
Are the entertainers of the realm. With their ballads they are as strong as any fighter or spell caster. Talanted in voice as they are in making subtle poisons, their songs inspire hope and instill morale in masses.
Clerics
Are the worshippers and are able to baptize others into a said religion. They can banish the undead and create powerful speeches to instill hope in their followers. They are the primary healers in battle.
Cavaliers
They are the leaders of armies and troops. Cavaliers are the strategists and the tactictans of the Realm. They can create powerful magic to protect those in their Orders.
Druids
Are highly skilled in nature and things surrounding it. They can morph beings into animals or other things of the like. They command the plants and the animals, restore the dead, heal broken bones and wounds. They can often turn captured animals to fight for them though their powerful rituals. They are the secondary healers in battle.
Necromancers
Mainly deal with death and the dead. Their prayers can wither organs and limbs with the greatest of ease. They will raise the dead to create armies to serve and command.
Rangers
Rangers are the secondary scouts but the primary woodsman. They scount areas, deal with plants and treat the animals. They have the astounding ability to command the plants and animals with their spells.
Rogues
They are the ever stealthy agents and scouts of Guildhall. Though mostly to be thought of murders and assains, Rogues have varied skills. They have the uncanny ability to scout and gather information and rush it back to their commander in the blink of an eye.
Runecasters
They deal with destiny and what lies ahead in a persons life. They provide runes against attacks and protect the owner. They can tell the future, help a spirits chance of survival, and discover brillant secrets.
Warlocks
Are considered the primary 'battle-mages'. Their skills make them primary front line spell casters. Their weapon and magic can easly turn the tide of a battle. In battle, they are often side by side with warriors and other fighters.
Warriors
Maintly concentrate their skill on weapon use. Where Cavaliers use finesse and flair, Warriors use brute strength. In battle, these are the Tradesmen who fight the hardest, yet are usually the first to die. It is on their shoulders that the battles are won.
Wizards
Are consider the 'All Purpouse Spell Casters'. Their mighty spells and prayers allow people to levitate, breath water, even enchant weapons or shields. Though wizards use their spells in battle to defeat enemies, their true skill comes from summoning powerful elemental beasts.
[edit] History of this Realm
[edit] Realm of Modern Earth
[edit] Realm of Aberrant Earth
[edit] Mercenaries of the Galactic Frontier
[edit] Supers
The Realm of Heroic Earth is set in modern day. It includes the typical run of the mill Heros, the good guys, and the all around heros that we've seen in our comic books. Then there are those that we dont know who they are. They gather to fight off the villains like The Pine Barren, the Ooze, OMEGA and G.A.I.A. Each Superhero has their own unique powers, some even have completely different alter egos. Other super heros consider crime fighting their full time job.
[edit] Developing Worlds
[edit] Empire of Tyrs
A new, soon to be completed alternative fantasy realm. This is a darker world that includes more creatures and races to be played.
[edit] Wild West Adventures
This realm is set in a world of gunslingers, cowboys and outlaws
[edit] Apocalyptic Earth
This realm is set in a post-apocalyptic nightmare world where society has fallen.
[edit] Historic Earth
This realm is being developed with the purpose of reenacting historic battles and other historical events.
[edit] Super Heros
This realm allows players to play as Superheros or Supervillains
