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Atriarch

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Role playing game Atriarch is an extremely unusual game. It is of World Fusion’s. it is a massively multiplayer RPG, but it has a number of unorthodox features as well such as it happens on a completely alien planet that is populated by strange alien creatures. You get no humans there or elves or dwarves in the world of Atriarch. Gamers has to create their character from one of five alien races. Each of the races has its own unique look, its own strengths and weaknesses, and also at the same time its own culture.

The role playing game Atriarch takes place on the alien world of Atriana. Atriana is an enormous planet that is circled by 3 moons, which regularly change the planet’s climate, depending on their location within their respective orbits. In the game a Torpor Storm sweeps the land on each full cycle of the planet. The storm also induces a regenerative hibernation in all creatures. Yes, to both the creatures, one that is controlled by players and the other those that aren’t.

Atriana itself teems with life. Atriana is inhabited not only by player races but it is also inhabited by many other species of non-player creatures, which are collectively referred to as “natives.”

Gamers will be able to create a player character from the 5 distinctive races. They are Cavolon, the Eshlar, the Tyrusin, the Lokai, and the Unarra and none of the races on this alien planet is human; however, four of them are roughly humanoid. The one race that isn’t is the Cavolon, a tall, gangly race of creatures that slither about on tentacles and can also transport themselves by means of a “tentacle tongue” – an exceptionally long appendage they can use both to swing from branches and to attack their enemies. They can also use four of their appendages to wield weapons in combat, though the Cavolon tend to keep to themselves in their swampy habitats, preferring careful study of Atriana’s plant life over combat and interaction with the planet’s other races.