Regarding the concerns that have been raised!
I'm glad for the feedback, and certainly want to look into the Hipparion tribe as it's been developed by players. Does anyone have a link? See, what I had in mind for this thread was not to create some sort of "You Have To Do It This Way" thing, nor even attempt to forge a consensus among a majority or even minority of roleplayers.
What I want to do, is first of all to gather all extant information/fanon in one place, so that it's easily accessible. So, having here a link to the Hipparion tribe information, for instance, would be an excellent start.
Second of all, I want a place for people to start gathering proposals and brainstorming for POTENTIAL Tribal traits. Obviously not everyone whose name starts with an L or Q is gonna have the same backstory as other players who have! But right now, there is no fan-made database for this kind of information. What if a player WANTS to create a backstory that ties in with other players? They can't, right now, except on a very individual basis. Especially if their name doesn't start with K'.
This is a project I approach with a great deal of humility. I'm REALLY not trying to force anyone to do anything they don't want to. I just perceived a lacuna in terms of resources for players, and thought it would be interesting to start gathering ideas. This is how wikis are made, after all, through agglomerated knowledge. Sure, there'll be bumps and bruises, but eventually I hope to see something useful grow from this as a tool for players.
After all, lots of people don't know anything about the tribes, and would be just as happy being told that their tribes is like this or that. Maybe someone would like to come from the same tribe as me, or one of you. This would create a shared background that would make RPing more interesting. It could also be ignored! If, for example, we put down that all X' tribe Seekers are xenophobic, that doesn't have to be true for all and sundry. And if an ACTUAL X' player comes along and says otherwise? Well, we just edit the information.
So yes, in that respect, making this a roster of SUB-tribes is probably the most viable! That way you could, for instance, say that the X' tribals from the South Shroud are the xenophobic ones, and some new player coming and brainstorming could be like, oh, I wanna do that.
Anyway, the first thing is to gather information! So I wanna invite people to link their backstories/personal notions for their own sub-tribe, so we can start doing that.
{Edit!}
Found the Hipparion Tribe info! Lots of stuff, I'll need to read it myself <3 This is the kind of fanon that makes things so interesting ^^
I'm glad for the feedback, and certainly want to look into the Hipparion tribe as it's been developed by players. Does anyone have a link? See, what I had in mind for this thread was not to create some sort of "You Have To Do It This Way" thing, nor even attempt to forge a consensus among a majority or even minority of roleplayers.
What I want to do, is first of all to gather all extant information/fanon in one place, so that it's easily accessible. So, having here a link to the Hipparion tribe information, for instance, would be an excellent start.
Second of all, I want a place for people to start gathering proposals and brainstorming for POTENTIAL Tribal traits. Obviously not everyone whose name starts with an L or Q is gonna have the same backstory as other players who have! But right now, there is no fan-made database for this kind of information. What if a player WANTS to create a backstory that ties in with other players? They can't, right now, except on a very individual basis. Especially if their name doesn't start with K'.
This is a project I approach with a great deal of humility. I'm REALLY not trying to force anyone to do anything they don't want to. I just perceived a lacuna in terms of resources for players, and thought it would be interesting to start gathering ideas. This is how wikis are made, after all, through agglomerated knowledge. Sure, there'll be bumps and bruises, but eventually I hope to see something useful grow from this as a tool for players.
After all, lots of people don't know anything about the tribes, and would be just as happy being told that their tribes is like this or that. Maybe someone would like to come from the same tribe as me, or one of you. This would create a shared background that would make RPing more interesting. It could also be ignored! If, for example, we put down that all X' tribe Seekers are xenophobic, that doesn't have to be true for all and sundry. And if an ACTUAL X' player comes along and says otherwise? Well, we just edit the information.
So yes, in that respect, making this a roster of SUB-tribes is probably the most viable! That way you could, for instance, say that the X' tribals from the South Shroud are the xenophobic ones, and some new player coming and brainstorming could be like, oh, I wanna do that.
Anyway, the first thing is to gather information! So I wanna invite people to link their backstories/personal notions for their own sub-tribe, so we can start doing that.
{Edit!}
Found the Hipparion Tribe info! Lots of stuff, I'll need to read it myself <3 This is the kind of fanon that makes things so interesting ^^
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