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It has been a while since I have RP'd. I hope mine was alright?Edit: Also, how would I know if my ships sank during the voyage if I am also to control the NPC provinces in a whole length of post? D;Would I not have skipped the sinking part if I jumped straight into having the NPC province respond to my actions?
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If your ships sink, that's upto you. The rules I've laid down are advisory based. If you start voyaging all over the region, from one place to the next over and over, without encountering turbulance then I step in and say "Hey, look, there's a huge tidal wave UH OH". 

Okay, okay, let me try and explain this from another direction. This is an RP, like when you have characters walking about. In an RP, you come across NPCs, right? And sometimes, more often than not, you and the other players manipulate this NPC's actions - unless the GM assumes direct control of them. That's what this is. You have an NPC neighbour? What happens between you and them is your story to tell. 

I mean, when I used to play nation RPs waaaaaaaaaaaay back when Blizzforums was an RP power house (and I was still in school), this is generally how they played out. People had a country, and did what they wanted, unless it became unreasonable or upset other players. 

HOWEVER,

If this is going to cause problems, and you guys feel you need my input to make the RP more 'game-like', this is fine. I've been asking for advice and suggestions during the whole creation process of this, and recieved very little, so I've been rolling the dice at each cross roads and running with it.

We better come to a consenus on this quick though, before things start getting tangled.