I love conflict RP so ideally this is great for me.
But on a practical level it is very confusing and nearly impossible to create any organization OOC so that the conflict can occurr IC.
Then we are stuck trying to revive this dead Bureaucracy full of members that hold seats but no longer play the game anymore, and all I can do is throw up my hands.
About 15 factions all with equal say- on a part of the server where you are doing amazing to have 6 players on at any one time.
My character has a long way to go before he takes his seat on the Conclave but I have read enough and played in the UD long enough to know how hard and nuanced it is to herd UD'ers.
This creates a very large disconnect between the Government and the relatively new players to the UD trying to get a feel for things.
The mages took over the city. Since then the Lolthites have weaseled thier way into having 2 out of 13-14 seats on the Conclave, c/o House Sshamath and the Temple of Lolth. There are other powers growing in Sschamath as well, Bregan Darthe and followers of other Dark Seldarine Gods.
The mages should be worried about the fact that they are so fractured amounst themselves and that the non mage factions are creeping up on them.
There is nothing in game terms for players to promote the growth of mages in Sshamath. There are supposed to be some rules of the city on some forum somewhere that state, wizards are supposed to be on the top of the pecking order...but how is that promoted, encouraged or enforced.
Everyone has spell resistance so who gives a %##$% about the mages.
Long story short, the mage players need an edge in a city that is supposed to ruled by mages. So I thought, yes, lets create a sub-faction that us mages, regardless of our affiliations can all be a part of.
So what I am proposing is to create a Mageocracy that supports the mage schools of The Conclave to work together in the interests of all mages of Sshamath for the greater good of Sshamath as a whole.
You can choose your school, you can choose your House and religion (or they can choose you), you can be a member of any organization or cult. But if you are also interested in making sure mages are being treated properly in a city ruled by mages, then you need to help me start this faction.
To start, I will need some clarification on a couple items.
1) How does one become citizens of Sshamath?
If I am new to the city and decide I want to stay- can I just call myself a citizen being a mage, or is there a process involved. The Magocracy will need to recruit from new commers to the city. One of our goals is to make sure they are aware of the Government, the Schools, Citizenry, becoming a citizen, a member of a school and a member of The Magocracy.
2) Joining a school. I am guessing the schools are NPC run factions where the members join based on thier class, their specialization or the type of spells they favor and ranked based on thier caster level.
We will need to make it a requirement of join The Magocracy, that you will first need to commit yourself to a School. Each member of The Magocracy must put the interests of thier School first but after that they support thier fellow mages as a united front against the other powers growing in our city!
