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1	A virtual world, [[Main/WideOpenSandbox without the boundaries]] [[BlasphemousBoast imposed by Minecraft]]...
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3	[[Main/FunctionalMagic A fully working Magic System]]... where you can [[Main/MundaneUtility improve your pickaxe]], [[Main/ManaDrain leach the magic]] of [[Main/BloodMagic your enemies]], or [[Main/ApocalypseHow blow up the moon]].
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5	No limitations, except your ingenuity... and maybe the [[Main/PhysicalGod Admins]]. But even [[Main/LordBritishPostulate Admins can be killed]]. Actually, with the possible exception of the [[Main/BenevolentPrecursors Admin of]] [[Main/GodIsGood Admins]], ''everything'' can be killed. Though killing Cthulhu might take some work...
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7	Actually, in all fairness, there are ''some'' limitations. Right now, only 20 playable races exist, though you ''could'' always play some form of local wildlife if you want.
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9	All in an MMORPG, available for one year for the low, low price of $9.99 (plus tax). [[Main/ScheduleSlip Once it is finished]].
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12	!! This video game provides examples of:
13	*JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit - The whole world should eventually be around type 1. However, if you count the Admins of Creation steadily creating a great deal more land, which is made of matter...
14	*AbsurdlyHighLevelCap - Karma Point cap: roughly ''2.1 billion''. It is estimated that [[PhysicalGod Admins]] have an effective Karma of ''5 - 10 thousand''.
15	*AlwaysChaoticEvil [[invoked]]
16	**Played (mostly) straight with {{Griefer}}s.
17	**Often amusingly subverted - the "Chaotic" races are ''usually'' chaotic, and ''usually'' evil, but there aren't any in-game restrictions stopping a Dragon (for instance) from agreeing to guard a town, and proceeding to keep it safe from all sorts of invasions for years.
18	*ApocalypseHow: Assuming nobody finds any awful glitches, in the most absurdly extreme cases, Scope extends up to Multiversal, and Severity goes up to Class 5 - planets are now charred husks. Realistically, most will be Regional Class 0s. For a few examples:
19	**[[GreyGoo Create an uninhibited]] [[ZombieApocalypse fully-self-replicating spell]].
20	**[[ColonyDrop Shoot down the moon]].
21	**[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Gain enough power to break gravity]].
22	**[[SealedEvilInACan Unleash Cthulhu, trigger the Kraken-plague, etc]].
23	*BigGood: All of the (good) Admins will probably be this upon occasion. Against Cthulhu, even the [[NobleDemon Admin]] of [[EvenEvilHasStandards Evil]] will probably fight for good.
24	*ChaoticEvil - Theoretically, [[SpecialPersonNormalName Tim]], Admin of Volcanoes, is also this. Practically, he ranges from EldritchAbomination to heroic... [[invoked]]
25	*ChaoticGood - Robinton, Admin of Coding, surprisingly enough. [[invoked]]
26	*ChaoticNeutral - The Admin of Chaos (who has too many names to list), obviously. [[invoked]]
27	*CrapsaccharineWorld - Played with. Griefers play orcs (upgrade to dragons!). On the other hand, the Admins should be (on the whole), a helpful lot; might I mention the [[Main/OddJobGods Admin of Customer Service]]. On the other hand, [[Main/EvilIsNotAToy asking]] [[Main/LiteralGenie the]] [[Main/BigBad Admin of Evil]] [[Main/GoneHorriblyWrong for]] [[Main/GoneHorriblyRight help]]...
28	*ColonyDrop - One of the possible side-effects of blowing up the moon. Also the effect of the meteor-summoning spell. Also... well, [[Main/InteractiveFiction I'll wait for the players to invent that one]].
29	*DidYouJustIndexCthulhu - Pretty much everything on the index is possible, except tea and romance. It is an exercise left to the players to decide which (if any) end up actually happening.
30	*DemonicSpiders - [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Vitures]]. [[Main/GlassCannon Poisonous Birds]]. Yeah, not fun. And did I mention they're a ''playable race''!
31	*DevelopersForsight - (Hopefully) Invoked. Since I'm not planning to give the game any definite plotline, and leave it to the players... and the Admins... to create one, there's no script to be broken. As far as drops goes, my philosophy that "Everything ''Can'' Be Killed" should keep improbably won boss battles from causing problems. Yeah, no one expects TheEveryman to [[Main/DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kill Cthulhu]], but a [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards sufficiently advanced wizard]]... Likewise, the free-form terrain will probably ensure that players will [[SequenceBreaking find weird ways]] to beat (or destroy) dungeons, but The Admins of Creation will (hopefully) build the spells well. [[XanatosGambit Of course]], [[IdiotBall if they aren't]], [[ShrugOfGod it's all]] JustAsPlanned, because OnlySmartPeopleMayPass.
32	*EasterEgg - Quite a few, and more being slated regularly. [[spoiler: Try giving batteries to the marmots; HilarityEnsues.]] Also, a few dozen usernames gain minor unique abilities.
33	**FridgeBrilliance: Veriton (the Admin of Admins) wields one weapon: the Banhammer. Where does he store it? HammerSpace!
34	**SomeCallMeTim, Admin of Volcanoes. ([[WordOfGod Which was chosen, randomly,]] by an eight year old non-[=TVTroper=]. Maybe the universe really does run on irony...)
35	*FunctionalMagic - Oh, yes! One of the main selling points, that you can rewrite the laws of reality according to your whim. And gain power. And try to take over the world. Really, even ''gravity'' is actually a spell...
36	*GravityMaster - Gravity itself is a spell, ergo spells can alter it. Locally, at least. Extremely powerful spellcasters and the Admin of Coding could potentially decree a gravity-free week or two.
37	*GravityScrew - Consequently, dungeons are likely to have altered gravity rooms. Beware the spikes on the ceiling not even bothering to crush you.
38	**Players can use this for their own convenience. Who doesn't like killing your enemies by making them fall into the sky... and then back to the ground?
39	***Except the part where the enemies take that time to cast one last spell or fire one last arrow at you. But, otherwise, great idea!
40	*GuideDangIt - ''Every single spell.'' Except innate racial abilities, you have to figure out ''every single spell'' on your own, with nothing but [[AwesomenessByAnalysis your brains]], [[ForScience the scientific method]], and the spell-wiki.
41	*IAmTheNoun - Usually averted with the Admins, though a few play it straight upon occasion. PlayedForLaughs with Robinton, Admin of Coding, declaring "I am Gravity!" In a very [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial ''definitely'' serious voice]]. While hovering.
42	*ImprobableAimingSkills: Justified, where present. The Spell-system allows you to mathematically control yourself... say, to point your two spell-blasters (one in each hand) at your two nearest enemies, fire, and repeat. Very very quickly. Admin Robinton considers this the best piece of MinMaxing he has ever done.
43	*LawfulEvil - The Admin of Evil is practically this, though he's theoretically NeutralEvil. [[invoked]]
44	*LawfulGood - The Admin of Customer Service is ''obviously'' this. Also, Nexari (Admin of Order) is often practically this. [[invoked]]
45	*LawfulNeutral - Nexari (Admin of Order) is theoretically this; in practice he's often more like LawfulGood. [[invoked]]
46	*MagicAIsMagicA - The rules are entirely internally consistent, at least ignoring updates. Not that everything makes ''sense'', mind you... Though most things actually kind-of do.
47	*MagicalUnderpinningsOfReality - Another philosophy contributing to DevelopersForesight. Gravity is actually a spell. That could ([[NighInvulnerable theoretically]]) be [[NiceJobBreakingItHero broken]]. So are volcanoes. So are the stars. So is the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin new-player-protection-spell]].
48	*MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch - Any player can do this. Want to play a LawfulGood [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Dragon]]? Go ahead! Want to play a [[ChaoticEvil killer]] [[AlwaysLawfulGood Unicorn]]? Go ahead! There's a reason "[[TitleDrop Emergent]] Gameplay" is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin referenced in]] the title.
49	*NeutralEvil - The Admin of Magic, though... again, "Emergent". [[invoked]]
50	*NeutralGood - The Admin of Good, of course. [[invoked]]
51	*OurMonstersAreDifferent - Vitures. The non-euclidean Cthulhu, let loose to rampage over the landscape. Possibly the [[MagicalUnderpinningsOfReality Admin of Coding]].
52	*SealedEvilInACan - Listing all examples goes past "spoiler" and straight into "impossible".
53	*SignatureMove - Again, several. Players can actually develop their own, using the spell system...
54	*SuspiciouslySpecificDenial - Cthulhu does not [[SealedEvilInACan lurk in the test dimension]], seeking a way to eat the world. [[BlatantLies Nope]]. And the Admin of Coding was not driven out of his own test dimension by aforementioned EldritchAbomination, as {{Eldritch Abomination}}s do [[BlatantLies not exist in ''Emergent: The Middle Ages'']].
55	*TrueNeutral - The Admin of Admins is this, though he's closer to good than evil.Magic is likely to end up this way, though with him, who knows. [[invoked]]
56	*VideoGameCrueltyPotential - Griefers play Orcs. Then upgrade through [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Vitures]], Trolls, and Sandworms, finally arriving at [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragons]]. And Chaotic/Evil races ''get Karma points'' for ''killing other players''! And then when [[NightmareFuel a player discovers]] [[ApocalypseHow the Summon]] [[SealedEvilInACan Cthulhu]] spell...
57	*VideoGameCaringPotential - The Good/Orderly races gain or lose Karma points mainly according to how other Good/Orderly players rank them. Save a whole (grateful) country? You could be playing a [[LightningBruiser fully perked]] [[Main/FlyingBrick Flyon]] overnight.
58	*WeHelpTheHelpless - The Admins of Customer Service and Good. Occasionally ''any'' Admin, except possibly the Admin of Evil. And even ''he'' is likely to help out ''helpless'' villains...

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