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+# Ages of Darkness
+
+AoD is a 2d mmorpg. It is heavily inspired from
+[Darkages](http://darkages.com).
+Some key differences from Darkages will be full loot and
+zero pvp safe zones. This means anywhere in the world
+you can and will die and when that happens what ever is being
+carried will be dropped on the ground. Another key difference
+will be local banking. Meaning, if an item is put inside a container
+it can only be withdrawn from the same container. This mechanic
+will localize resource collection and moving resources to
+another location in the world will have an associated risk
+involved because of full loot.
+
+## Leveling and Character development
+
+### Stats
+
+Characters in AoD will have very minimalist statistic
+growth. The reason for this is to reduce the time necessary
+to for a character to become competitively viable. In AoD,
+the main factor in your success is your own mechanical and
+tactical skills.
+
+### Skills
+
+In AoD your character will have access to a limited number
+of skills from the entire pool of available skills. For example
+if the skill limit is set to 3 and the total available skills
+are
+
+- Charge
+- Self heal
+- Fireball
+- Blink
+- Push
+
+your character could have a skill set comprised of any combination
+of 3 skills.
+
+- Charge
+- Fireball
+- Blink
+
+or
+
+- Blink
+- Self heal
+- Push
+
+These skill sets can be changed at any time, but will have a long
+cast time(10-20 seconds) making the character vulnerable to attack
+during that period.
+
+## World Building
+
+The main development focus in AoD will the collection of resources
+from the world and using those resources to build armor, weapons,
+and other items for use by the players. Resources will also be used
+to modify the world by building structures and scuplting the terrain.
+By building structures the players will be able to build homes for
+themselves, cities, and hopefully some form of cooperative civilization.
+
+### Plot Arc
+
+The world is AoD will be influenced by the prescence of implicitly
+benevolent and malnevolent entities. These, Big Good's and Big Bad's
+will be in constant turmoil and will be the main source of conflict
+in the game. If either entity is destroyed the game will be over and
+a new world will be created for the players to reshape.
+
+### Long Term Persistence
+
+You may ask, If the world is remade over and over and I lose everything
+I worked towards, why should I play? The answer is that the history,
+or the Legend, of every character you've ever played will be saved
+for all to see and admire. With each reset you will be given a new
+chance to create a different roleplaying experience for your self
+and others.