BZPower Battles: Heat The Soul



Bzpower Battles: Heat the Soul is the most popular BZPB Spin-off. It was started by Zev.

Taking place on the planet of Rhadan, this RPG has many more defined functions for gameplay than BZPower Battles or Subnixus. In fact, the first post of the RPG has about as much information as a traditional page on this Wiki. On the planet of Rhadan, technology has advanced separately in different locations. However, they are all closely descended from the Thurapi, who ruled this and innumerable other planets with benevolence prior to an event which lead to their retreat. It is believed that this event was tied to stretching their resources too thin and running afoul of some unknown evil.

Among the functions that one can utilize in Heat The Soul are Professions, Vehicles, and NPC Recruits. A character's Professions are bought with eight points and eight points only on creation, and cannot be changed once they've been completely set. There are Main and Secondary Professions to choose from. Examples include Mechanic (A Main Profession) and Artisan (A Secondary Profession). As well, one's characters can collect scrap metal to construct their own vehicles for use. With enough money, they can even buy pre-made vehicles and customize them. In addition to a player's Personal Characters, by accumulating Glory or Infamy Points, one can recruit minor NPCs to serve a single Main Character.

While it has only recently been started, Heat The Soul has begun to earn its place among the other RPGs it shares a Forum with. It has an unusually high level of organization which is useful for finding what a player is looking for and keeping things on-track, but it has yet to be seen whether this organization can be maintained without hampering the experience of freedom that is so loved by players of the original BZPower Battles RPG.

History
BZPower Battles: Heat the Soul was started on Monday, May 30th and 12:31 am.

Objectives
According to Zev's main post:

''"The game is simple. We'll be following the same course of action as BZPower Battles. However, for the time being, we are limited to one planet - Rhadan. A small planet, Rhadan is mostly deserts other than the oceans, but to the equator are lush plateaus and rainforests. The natives make their living largely by scavenging from the rubble. That is to say, Rhadan was once populated by a great civilization which spanned an entire galaxy and further - The Thurapi. For unknown reasons, they were forced to retreat from many of their foothold planets - Including Rhadan. All that remains are their strange forms of technology and magic. In addition, besides humans, Rhadan is inhabited by Niflings - Almost-human creatures which result when Thurapian wells of magic are exposed to a desire for lost loved ones to return. They generally resemble anthropomorphic animals. You don't have to make frilly-fancy profiles or forge elaborate plans. Just survive. Quite a wild world and many secrets wait you.'' "

Popularity
BZPower Battles: Heat the Soul is the most popular BZPower Battles spin-off on the site. That isn't saying much: It sees quite low amounts of activity, and posts are few and far between. It has not been posted in since July.

Regulars
The only real regular is Zev. Other users, such as King of Nynrah, Shroom and Grimlock post, though Grimlock quit and the others don't post nearly as much as Zev.

Setting
As mentioned, Heat The Soul takes place on Rhadan - A mostly-desert planet with rainforests encircling the equator and unknown environments to the poles. It was once ruled by the highly-advanced Thurapi, but all that remains of them are scattered technology in dangerous ruins. As well, the Ars Magus technology they developed to fight an entity known as the "Beast" is still being used and improved today. Countries mentioned on Rhadan include:
 * Archanae
 * Grust
 * Bantian Empire
 * Kuru Datri
 * Okeia'rui

Things To Know About

 * Thurapi
 * Niflings
 * Ars Magus
 * Nox Nyctores
 * Cauldron
 * The Beast
 * The Six Heroes

Trivia

 * Kokonoe was the first BZPower Battles character to be introduced into Heat The Soul.
 * Heat The Soul was originally attempted on the BZPower Forums, but died out before it could come into its own there.