Well I for one am terribly excited about this recent development and would love to be at the vanguard of the RPG thread alongside you Kalas. (;

An idea I've been toying with, which I demand everyone must agree is fantastic or face the penalty of death by jelly beans, is essentially a steampunk based world inspired by my love of world building and many many hours of Dishonored.

Here are some of the details.

-Not too long ago there was horrible horrible plague caused by the Gods(or so it is rumored) that killed many many people. Like Black Plague if it had taken plague steroids. Not going to get into the details of said plague because it'd make you cry and never touch anything ever again.
-In response to this, the King decided that he didn't want the plague and ordered his royal builders to construct a massive tower to escape the plague, no one is really sure of the exact height because the architect mysteriously disappeared. But it's massive and has six levels, the bottom 2 are for the lower class(workers, people no one cares about) and is the most lawless. The middle two are for middle class(merchants, families that have done well for themselves) The 5th is for the most wealthy and 5 original families that helped fund the tower. And of course the 6th is where the King resides and where all the best parties are had. It took many years naturally.
-There are several ways to travel from level to level, such as stairs, regular elevators, secret elevators, express elevators, cages(not very fun), all kinds of ways to get to and fro. Many have tolls.
-There are several factions, The King obviously has control of the Tower Guard(think your police). Then there is the King's Justice(think secret police but they are almost as scary as the plague. They are led by the King's Specter, who is the most feared man in the tower and answers only to the King.) Next we the the Twisted Sisters(your guild full of witches who have a monopoly on magic. They are recognized by their tattoo under their left ear.) Of course the Royal 5 Families each have their own private army. When there is law, there is chaos and this chaos is represented by the hundreds of street gangs that terrorize the Tower.

My basic idea for a plot consists of everyone is just trying to survive, all the while some mysterious entity that the King has apparently pissed off royally is trying to destroy the Tower and its occupants in any way possible. Some of these ways include: assassinations, fires, merchants being robbed, etc. However the most heinous(tehe) is that the entity whomever they may be is smuggling in the plague(which as you can imagine is terrifying and a no no.)

That is about it, I'd love to hear what anyone has to say, whether it's for/against, what's good/bad about it, and of course if anyone would be interested in RPing in this setting.