[Omniverse] Setting Discussion

[Super Buu]

New considerations: to rep the comics universe more, I was considering putting Mephisto at the fire place as an outright evil character. Because having physically imposing bad dudes is nice too, I was also considering Deathwing, because I probably won't be putting Arthas in the Ice lands (though possibly in the Dead lands which would make sense). Deathwing would also make a good Outverse NPC (see below about the Outverse).

I decided that having a Valhalla-esque place at the peak of the ice lands would be nice, and in fact I want to have it as the seat of Omni, the 'God' of this whole place who will introduce himself to everyone he brings to the Omniverse. He prefers just to set up the pieces, then sit back and watch. However I thought it'd be nice if instead of just being this untouchable, unreachable figure, someone with enough determination can make it to him.

Another aspect I forgot to mention is the Outverse. Because death in the Omniverse isn't permanent, the inhabitants have come up with their own way of getting rid of persistent troublemakers who are too troublesome to keep in conventional prisons. The Outverse is very difficult and expensive to open a portal to, so it's saved for mass murderers, city destroyers, and so on. Mostly in regards to the main cities, as Palpatine for example doesn't care too much if some rednecks are getting murdered as long as it's not hurting his enterprises.

It's also perilous to open portals because nobody ever knows what is waiting on the other side. Only the strongest and most ruthless go to the Outverse. However unlike a traditional 'afterlife' system, people can't go here for just getting unlucky and dying. Chances are if you do, you're probably not roleplaying with other people in the co-operative sense anyway. Which is not to say that I want to punish people for trying to change the world, in fact it's awesome, and I want to allow people to eventually become powerful enough to do that. But because there's no permanent death, there needs to be some way to stop people just respawning and kamikazi-ing again. Getting banished to the Outverse is essentially a matter of pissing off one of the big guys enough that they're willing to do it. It will of course be possible to escape the Outverse, but it won't be easy.