Disclaimer: Rise is the supreme overlord and it can change whatever it wants to it's liking and decide everything in the universe.
So I believe that since this will be a PvP forum RPG, things should be different from a regular freeform forum RP. Excuse me, I need to take my medicine, *drinks Coke*, okay, great.
Three main Phases, Casual Phase, Battle Phase, and Quest Phase. In Casual Phase, you might be given some number of points to go do things like, socialize, train, buy spells, go on a quest, go invade a territory, etc. It's basically the freeform way, but in the form of choices. Battle Phase is just engagements and battles and stuff. The mechanics...heheheheheheheheh... The Quest Phase is basically a prolonged player vs. environment.
Casual Phase can only be initiated by the Storyteller/GM/Supreme Overlord. Battle Phase can be initiated by anyone, from any of the other phases, probably. Quest Phase can be initiated by anyone, but only from Casual Phase.
There should be a currency. It should be Prana. But apparently,most magi can't store large amounts of Prana. So at the start of the game, all the Masters get an empty Magic Crest. It will let you store more amounts of Prana, which you can use to buy stuff, use powerful spells, etc. And because it's a Magic Crest, you can also buy spells to put in it, or learn them from someone else, or something.
THIS IS THE BASIC STRUCTURE, WHAT DOES THE PEOPLE THINK?
Edit: So like, imagine a Casual Phase, and someone just want to go train his spells or his muscles or some shit. No problem, just maybe one paragraph at the most and bam, stat gains. But what if someone wants to go on a quest?! That shit will take time! Won't it?! The shortest quest might be like, a few paragraphs, or it could go over two days! Should there only be global quests so everyone's at the same pace?! But THAT'S NO FUN, SOME PEOPLE WANT THE LIMELIGHT! How should quests be done...?