question for you all!

[Wafture]

hey guys! for future reference, what kind of groups would you be interested in seeing in wnr?

[basorexia]

tracking while i come up with some ideas!!

[sunrise skater kid.]

id make a new character for a antigroup of some sort!! there were several more angsty characters if i remember correctly that could use a group
ooorrr one based on some sort of system, like badlands with the cards!

ninjad by hoot, but uh yeah!! ditto

[Wafture]

ooh! me and ular were talking and about the abstract territory thing - what about a group with a territory that was so stuffy with radiation that the plants there had heavily mutated and stuff? and it had just become unnaturally colorful like you suggested? and i remember playing this game called tales from the borderlands and it made a good point about it looking rlly suspicious and. when you get deeper into the territory the more toxic/poisonous it becomes, and early on the group that inhabits it intakes little amounts of the poison every time until they become immune and so does anyone born there. and any time someone attacks, they make the mistake of rushing in w/o thinking and get poisoned and it could basically cause them to go into HUGE raging fits until they blistered and died, and the lesser effects would be becoming sterile/infertile (this part was ular's idea!! props to them). so the group would blackmail others by dangling the antidote in front of them and being like - if we're gonna help you all, you better give us something in turn.

[sunrise skater kid.]

MCHECKIN DO IT HOLY SHIT

[basorexia]

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[Wafture]

ijsfnikfflbjh yes we most definitely will omg

to clarify tho, they'll be living on an island that was a government facility used to weaponize the wildlife, which is why it'll be so aggressive - from afar, strangely enough, it'll look like some massive, gigantic tree but my character will have to use his earth elemental to pull the ground up from the sea to create a large land bridge that can help people arrive instead of thinking up of other ways like boats. when you get on the island, since everything is just so heavily mutated/radiated, the weather will be affected only in this region as a result, so like in fallout on certain months of the year you'll have different things. so like, in spring it's usually raining - radiation storms increase, and they're just these gigantic bolts of lightning that when they strike the land the island caves in in certain places as a result, and they hit the trees and cause fires sometimes, but these won't be too often for the sake of them still being able to inhabit the land (and everything can be fixed with some powers). the summer is usually the safest season bc nothing happens there, it's just dry like it is everywhere else. in autumn and winter is where radiation fog is a huge thing, and it forces the group to lie underground in these gigantic caverns that served as a base for the humans that had lived on the island before.

something rlly cool too would be at night is especially dangerous because the wildlife are especially active and doze off in the day (causing the whole island to be nocturnal except for the group). so the group hides in the gigantic tree in the middle of the island to defend themselves.

the insects surrounding the island will also be very glowy, i'd imagine, and unsafe to consume, so they'd use the insects to light the way in jars too!

done with u hoes™ - Today at 5:48 PM
they can be named after insects on the island too
so i.e., the butterflies and the beetles
the butterflies can be the more diplomatic of the two, striving for peace and prosperity and handling the social aspects of the group
while the beetles have all of the soldiers and warlords and builders/laborers
these factions can constantly be in conflict because the beetles believe that the butterflies get all the easy work and don't do anything other than sit on their asses all day, while the butterflies could feel like the beetles were aggressive and demeaning and got all the credit.
and the leader could be the balance between the two - like there could be alliances within the group secured by the beetles and butterflies, like maybe the two leaders or officials of the factions have children that are raised to be indifferent and be brought up in both cultures?
which make them candidates for leaders
but it's still very likely for one of the factions to end up with power, when none of the children prove worthy.
in this case the current leader would decide and that person would be considered "chosen", and it would be a title but still give them GREAT authority.
really the second in-command would be the healers, who are more spiritual and in tune with the nature, and constantly study/document the history and rlly advise the ruler on how to go about shit.

^^ this is the group's idea, essentially.

i want to try out a monarchy, i think, where relatives end up with power instead of normal citizens, but normies still can rise to great positions of power (like healer), and the faction leaders will essentially be like a council of advisers, like the deputies. but they don't need to be the leader's children if the leader chooses not to do this, and instead it could be alliances secured by the "beetles"/"butterflies" (these names aren't cemented lol). this will create a LOT of conflict within the group which will effect their relationships with others outside bc the "butterflies" would come off as cutthroat politicians and try to manipulate the rules in order to put someone in their favor up as the leader. so it's basically just one giant, constant power struggle. starting off it'll slowly start to poison the group like their territory, and make them a lot more antagonistic to the other groups as a result, which can give them a reputation for being untrustworthy and plain old assholes.

so basically america. lol

also think of rome: some sassy bois and girls could marry the leaders, have children with 'em, or just try to get their own children in power by seducing the poor leader, etc. there will probably be dynasties as a result

[Alpha Kratt]

OH MY GOD THIS IS GREAT LEMME GIVE U MY FUCKING WALLET TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN

Mmmmmm I'd also like to try out one of the original ideas I had on FF, to make it sort of like the Survivors by Erin Hunter series where certain creatures can fight their way to get promoted but also get promoted in meetings and stuff? IDK it's still a work in progress lmao

[dannychan]

id rly love to see an exiles type group!! and maybe a classic books type tribe??