[OOC] Age of Glory - a Renaissance Era RP set in Psuedo-Europe

[null123]

“Edoniras , a beautiful continent surrounded by vast seas, with its lands holding bountiful riches. A Empire named the Norian Empire sought to make all of Edoniras its domain, and it conquered vast chunks of Edoniras. Those nations who did not fall under it’s flag saw themselves bowing to the Empire’s many Emperors, and they constantly feared invasion from the massive Empire. However after a while the Empire found it self plagued by overextension, being incapable of defending all of it’s holdings. Corruption, Inflation, and even disease soon followed, and the once mighty empire collapsed. The various Noble Houses seized the opportunity as they carved out chunks of the Empire for their own, and the smaller nations grew, no longer fearing the Empire’s hordes of soldiers. It has been a few years since the Empire collapsed, and the new nations are now starting to thrive once more. The Powers of the world arise and awaken, seeking to dominate and expand. Guns were invented prior to the Empire’s collapse, but now they are a widespread. You take hold of one of the mighty powers, shall you expand your empire through military force and make yourself feared? Or perhaps you shall take to the seas, conquering through ships rather than through armies. You may prefer however to expand your nation by expanding it’s economy, dominating your enemies through vast wealth and riches. Whatever your choice, a new age has come, intelligence and science is on the rise, and it is time for change. It is time for an Age of Glory.” There is the idea, now for the rules and NS. Rules: 1. Standard RP rules apply, such as no godmodding, powerplaying, metagaming etc. Guild Rules apply as well. 2. Be nice and respectful, if you have a issue with me or someone else and wish to debate it, do it respectfully. 3.My decisions or the decisions of Gowia are FINAL, if you have a issue with them, PM us and attempt to debate it. 4.No arguements in the OOC, if it is related to the RP add me and all persons involved to a PM and I will monitor and I will make a final decision. 5.Do not insult other RPers, even if they insult you. Bring the issue to me or the Guild Mods. We are supposed to be a little happy family of RPers, not people bitching at each other. 6.The Reply Blob is a false god, and shall not be worshipped in these sacred halls. 7.Any orders need to be put into a hider at the bottom of the post, summed up for this. We love reading your posts, but sometimes we do not have the time and need to get the update together as quickly as possible. NS Nations Name: Flag: Form of Government: Describe the System: (Describe how your country is run in some more detail.} Location on Map Desired: WIP Capital: (Please point out where in your land you would like this and your other settlements to be otherwise I will put them all on your borders for easy access of an invading army.) Important Settlements: Description: (Describe your nation. Culture, language, currency etc.) Important Characters: Traits: Army: (Gowia will roll this, navy, GDP and stability.) Navy: GDP: Population: Stability: Traits: Traits work like this, you start with 4 points. When you are done with your traits you must have 0 or greater for it to be balanced. You also may only have two +/- traits, and certain traits are marked with a S, these are super-traits. They are taken from normal traits, and have double the effects but double the costs, and you may only have one super trait. There are also super negative traits, which add stability but can severely cripple you in that area. 8-9 traits is probably the maximum if you want to avoid stability concerns(stability being rebellion and the likes)

Traits

Army Large Army: Your nation maintains an army of many men that can dwarf many of the smaller nations. -2 Professional Army: Your nation’s army is well trained and equipped with good weapons, performing better in battle. -3 Elite Army: Your nation’s army is a well oiled machine capable of easily wiping out the Veteran’s of other nations, it is hardened by years of battle and it’s Generals well versed in strategy. -6 (S) Small Army: Your nation maintains a relatively small number of troops, when fielded in battle against another nation your forces are almost always outnumbered. +2 Outdated Army: Your men carry weapons not even your grandfather remembers, muskets misfire more than usual and your training deals with tactics not used in many years. +2 What is Gunpowder?: Your nation lacks any formed of gunpowder based weapons for your army, and is stuck using old crossbows and bows. +4 (Adds stability) Conscription: Your army conscripts men from the countryside to fill out it’s forces. You have large numbers of men that can overrun positions however they have next to no training and break very easily. -1 Militias: Local town and cities employ militias meaning that during times of war they are able to provide a small garrison of men in their defence. -1 Ambitious Generals: Your generals all want a piece of glory. Sometimes even going to backstabbing each other and arriving to another’s aid ‘late’. +1 Never been out of the village: Your men have almost all never been outside their own borders. Other countries lands and environments are almost alien, especially those on another continent. They will suffer from not being able to deal with weather and being unable to forage as well. +1 Decentralized Army: You have an official head of the army however apart from troop allocation he controls very little. Men fall, under the complete command of their own general and whilst this means that they may react to local problems much faster when trying to organize full scale invasions your army is slow and takes a long time to ready. +/- Mercenaries: To make up for weaknesses in your own military you hire mercenaries to protect your nation, and they have better equipment and training then your men, they are only loyal to your coin purse however and you may find your enemy paying them more. +/- Navy King of the Seas: Your nation has a glorious Maritime history and a navy that matches, many grand ships fill your docks and sailors are viewed as hero’s in the eye of the public. -3 Poseidon: Your nation has such luck and strength in naval affairs it seems if you are blessed by the gods themselves. Your docks are filled with well built and ships, sailors are viewed as heroes and are more than capable of easily facing the navies of other nations, as well as performing boarding actions. -6 (S) Sealegs: Your sailors have spent some time at sea and so can deal with storms and rough weather better than those of other nations. -1 Landlubbers: Your sailors don't exactly train on a boat, boarding and marine forces perform slightly worse due to the moving deck. +1 Ships of Line: The largest ships to sail the sea’s are expensive and vast undertakings however your nation has viewed this as a needed expense. Your fleets have a number of these ships.-2 Scared of water: Your nation has never been one for their sea legs. Many naval loses and ship disasters have left your people unsupporting of any venture in which they need to leave the sight of land. +3 Water is Hell:Your nation has become so afraid of naval affairs that they are even scared of getting near the coast, and going out on even just a small trip down river is considered a death sentence. Those not afraid of venturing out into the sea are often treated as abnormal and sometimes as witches. +6 (Adds Stability) Rotting Hulls: Your nation views ship maintenance as an unneeded cost and so many of your ships have weak wood and the sails are torn and with holes in them. They will not perform well at sea. +2 New Age Ship Construction: New ways of shaping the wood and newly discovered types of wood has led to advances in how ships perform. However these come at a cost, making ships more expensive than usual. +/-0 Economy/Industry Trading Hub: Your country is a nation of traders and merchants, many coins pass through the fingers of your citizens every day, especially through your own after taxes. -3 Hub of the World: Your nation overflows with gold in the coffers, goods from lands far and wide arriving through your ports. Every merchant will take large detours to even just be able to shortly dock in your ports, and you have many a merchant and trader. You control most of the local trade routes in your area, and are wealthy beyond measure for it. -6 (S) Strong Industry: Your craftsmen and labourers are good quality and hardworking making some of your nations goods very reliable, sometimes fetching a high price from a market. -2 Fertile Fields: Agriculture is what your nation is known for. Fields of golden wheat and barley run throughout your country. -2 Depleted Materials: After years of exploitation mines now run dry and woods no longer exist, your nation has to import its goods and anything that is made from your own raw materials is highly coveted and so expensive its not worth the cost. +3 Off the Beaten Track: Your nation rarely if ever sees a supply of merchants, only those that bring in the goods on order. Sometimes you wonder if it’s even worth an import tax. +2 No Merchants today: Your nation does not even receive even a single merchant, and finds itself entirely dependent on its own economy. You lack access to foreign goods and must make your own. +4(Adds Stability) Free market: Your economy is not controlled by the state, it can fluctuate completely freely. This means that it can rise incredibly quickly making you very rich, however you are vulnerable to recessions and collapses. -1 State Controlled: Your market is controlled by your ruler, every business is state owned and all works are employed by the state, you are less vulnerable to crashes in the market however with the lack of competition your country advances more slowly and the economy rises more slowly. +1 Empowered Companies: Certain companies are allowed to grow across nations and continents. You have one such company. For sums of money and aid in troubled times they are allowed to construct ports, towns and militias for their own ends. However in the future if you stand in the way of their profits they may have to power to replace you. Or aid you if you help them out. +/-0 Misc. Serfs: Whilst you live in luxury your peasantry works hard labouring all day for practically nothing. Whilst you have a large labour force that produces a lot the people are unhappy and unsupportive. +/- Multicultural: Your nation is composed of many different ethnicities, cultures,and languages. Your people are extremely tolerant towards foreigners, and you find it easy to assimilate newly conquered peoples. -2 “I’m not a racist but…”: Your people look down on those from outside their own street, let alone those from another country. If you wish to attack another group of people you will be backed 100% of the way however foreigners are very loathe to come into your country. +/-0 Natural Great Men: Great minds and people seem to spring up from your populace every day. The chances of an inventor or great person appearing in your nation are increased. -2

There's not much else to say, but I am hoping from great things from all of you guys.

[Keyguyperson]

6.The Reply Blob is a false god, and shall not be worshipped in these sacred halls.

@duck55223

Heresey. HERESY.

[darkwolf687]

If Colonial Powers was set around 1700, when's the date of this? Obviously I'm thinking Corustaria again, but given that its history mirrors Britain and the renaissance is a relatively large chunk of history, it may be a sort of half done Corustaria, if I'm allowed to play a pseudo-nation where de jure parts are aren't part of the country, but de facto they may as well be (IE, like the British isles was during the 1600's, where Ireland, England and Scotland were all legally separate kingdoms but were all ruled by the same king.)

[UltikanaRe]

Can I get 2 counts of small army?

[null123]

Can I get 2 counts of small army?

@UltikanaRe

You can only have one count of one trait.

[MrFoxNews]

Oh yeah I'm joinging btw. Can't remember if I told you duck.

[Dedonus]

While I don't know if I can join this due to time restrains, I'll keep an eye on this (I have a nation sheet from the original game that I can easily adopt to this game). @duck55223 I would also like to get an idea about the "era" this will take place in, just as darkwolf has asked. The Colonial Powers RP's were all in the 18th century, so like the beginning of Empire: Total War, the Enlightenment Period in Rise of Nations, etc. When you say "Renaissance Era", are you talking about the Italian Renaissance? That would be somewhere between the 14th and 17th centuries (1300-1600's). Just wondering. So, would it be something like the Gunpowder Era in Rise of Nations? Would it be something similar to Pike and Shot? Just asking because my nation is inspired by ancient Greece and Pikes (like those of the Swiss) would jell well with that idea. Edit: Also, could we also request the inclusion of certain NPC nations? If I do join, I still have a fight to finish with a certain NPC nation from the original version of this game (or at least the original version of this game after Guildfall).

[null123]

I was thinking the exact time would probably be somewhere aorund 1620s-1630s. I also may include the NPC nation, depends on what happens.

[UltikanaRe]

Ultim

Ultim

Map: Government: Ultim's government is a true democracy. All citizens vote on a Dolori Remire (Trusted citizen) that can enact executive actions as he pleases for 10 years. This extraordinary power is kept in check by the Remirez Egatez Re Codon (Supreme Council of Citizenry Delegates). The council has the ability to impeach the Dolori Remire with a majority vote (The council is composed of 144 delegates and the Dolori Remire, who receives 1 vote.) there are no term limits. If any law is thought to be violating the Jedin Re Remirez (Literal translation is 'Grand Rights of Citizens', it is essentially a constitution and bill of rights mushed together), then the Codon Re Jediste (Supreme Council of Justice) may veto an act if the delegates vote that is violating. The act goes into effect during a vote, but if it reaches the Codon Re Jediste, then the act is stopped until they vote. the Jediste Egate (Justice delegates) number 13 and are elected according to population every 6 years. The Citizens vote on their Egate Re Codon (Supreme Council Delegate) every 3 years. They are also elected per population. Describe the System: (I do not feel this is necessary given the above.) Cities: •Jidon. Population: 633,300. A seaside port city with all types of wares. Resources pour in from Idona, and are shipped away to other nations. Jidon houses the Ultim embassies of nearly all nations. Not particularly large, but many people per km². •Idona. Population: 1,187,500. The resource producing heart of Ultim. They run a large canal to Jidon, where merchants sell the wares of the heartland. The largest city in Ultim as far as km². •Thyon. Population: 783,000. Home of technological innovations throughout the world. Thousands of engineers flock to the city. The oil lamp, cotton gin, and firecrackers were all invented here. •Ilion. Population: 450,000. Home to the mansions of the wealthy and the dreams of the poor. Many wealthy aristocrats keep residences here assumer houses and villas. The ordinary folk live in the northern slums and work as servants for the rich. Capital: Rejiste. Population: 1,662,500. Built around natural harbors and beaches, the city houses monuments on every corner. Luxurious townhouses line the streets, decorated with the banners and insignias of Ultim. Market Row houses over 1,000 shops selling various wares. The Ultim Garrison, the largest military fortification in the region, lies in the east. The Hero's Park houses the graves and statues of Ultim's heroic Revolutionaries and Leaders. In the center of the city, a testament to Ultim ingenuity and power, lies a 5dkm deep recessed fountain with a diameter of 3dkm. 4 1dkm wide and 5dkm on canals flow from the statues of the 4 founding persons down to the underwater mound, which houses the swords used to build Ultim. Legend says an amulet is buried beneath the mound. Regardless, the 3dkm statues of the founders and magnificent fountain leave visitors and natives alike awestruck. Description: Language: Ultimi and Common/Tradetounge, which share a common writing system. Population: Population: 4,750,000 [4716300] Area: 18210 km² Motto: Heroes are not alone. Anthem:

Oh above the world, On the pedestal of hero We place the founders that whirled Away the blockade of justice and Yero For from tyrrany he imposed Heres from all Ultim came And thus our founders rose Of our oppressors, we made our hunting game Thus on this day and age I say we must combat Tyrrany and injustice In Founders name I pray.

Dierigo Syancheria (Translation from Ultimi)

Important Characters: Remidion Dolori (Supreme Commander) Redin Jyning: A tall man with the dark hair and fair skin befitting a born Ultimian. Blue eyes glare from his his rather handsome face He is said to win battles with charm rather than force. This would actually explain a lot, being the relatively small size of the army. He does however manage to win some of the most challenging battles through logistics, strategy, and leadership. He is well liked among the upper spheres of Ultim, and seen as a people's hero. He has little drive to be a politician, but if he ran, he would be near unanimously elected. He deals very little with land campaigns, but has oversaw the revolution of naval warfare in Ultim. Dolori Remire Jaminio Vyromo: The most brilliant man in Ultim. he was raised by intellectuals and attended the best schooling. He speaks 6 languages and has degrees in theorems of all sorts. He also has the Ultim char of his friend and Remidion Dolori Redin Jyning. Why is he timid about leading the nation of Ultim? He is 25 ears old, and was admitted to be Dolori Remire only by a special delegation vote. He leads expertly, but his confidence is low. Rectarum Re (Supreme Secretary) Lyana Vix. A wise, if somewhat young, woman. She hails from Idona, and keeps the heart of the common folk. Jaminio would be driven mad without her. They work fairly well together, though they generally retreat to their respective wings of the Supreme House. She has midnight black hair and brown-black eyes. She is fairly short, but she commands a sense of authority when she walks into a room. Traits: Army: Army: 10,000 Pikemen 5,000 Longbowmen 12,000 Crossbowmen The actual army is mostly for show, although they partake in police work and such. Small Army: Your nation maintains a relatively small number of troops, when fielded in battle against another nation your forces are almost always outnumbered. +2 What is (Land) Gunpowder?: Your nation lacks land muskets, and is stuck using old crossbows and bows. +4 Never been out of the village: Your men have almost all never been outside their own borders. Other countries lands and environments are almost alien, especially those on another continent. They will suffer from not being able to deal with weather and being unable to forage as well. +1 Navy: New Age Ship Construction: New ways of shaping the wood and newly discovered types of wood has led to advances in how ships perform. However these come at a cost, making ships more expensive than usual. +/-0 Ships of Line: The largest ships to sail the sea’s are expensive and vast undertakings however your nation has viewed this as a needed expense. Your fleets have a number of these ships.-2 King of the Seas: Your nation has a glorious Maritime history and a navy that matches, many grand ships fill your docks and sailors are viewed as hero’s in the eye of the public. -3 3 Ships of Line 5 Frigates 10 Barques 3 Brigs 5 Galleys Economy: GDP: †28,400,000,000 ($71,000,000,000)(Fairly Wealthy) Hub of the World: Your nation overflows with gold in the coffers, goods from lands far and wide arriving through your ports. Every merchant will take large detours to even just be able to shortly dock in your ports, and you have many a merchant and trader. You control most of the local trade routes in your area, and are wealthy beyond measure for it. -6 (S) Other: Natural Great Men: Great minds and people seem to spring up from your populace every day. The chances of an inventor or great person appearing in your nation are increased. -2 Multicultural: Your nation is composed of many different ethnicities, cultures,and languages. Your people are extremely tolerant towards foreigners, and you find it easy to assimilate newly conquered peoples. -2

I did not place the capital and cities in the description because I am waiting on the map. I can supply one if need be. Also, how does rolling work? Are there modifiers based on my traits and backstory? It wouldn't really make sense if I had the economic super trait yet rolled a 1 for it… Stability: Slightly Stable On another note; what is the common language called? Just common? Tradetounge? Wanderspeech?

[Dedonus]

Ultim

@UltikanaRe

Two problems. One, you can only have King of the Seas once. Second, your total adds up to -2 (if you do not include the second King of the Seas).

[UltikanaRe]

@Dedonus Thank you, I just changed that. I now have the physically worst land army imaginable. Reserving island lol.

[Dedonus]

@Dedonus Thank you, I just changed that. I now have the physically worst land army imaginable. Reserving island lol.

@UltikanaRe

Starting: +4 (4) Small Army: +2 (6) What is (Land) Gunpowder?: +4 (10) Ambitious Generals: +1 (11) Never been out of the village: +1 (12) New Age Ship Construction: +/-0 (12) Ships of Line: -2 (10) King of the Seas: -3 (7) Hub of the World: -6 (S) (1) Natural Great Men: -2 (-1) Total: -1 You are still in the negatives.

[UltikanaRe]

Hm. I cannot find a suitable trait to bring me up. My only choices are: State Controlled: Your market is controlled by your ruler, every business is state owned and all works are employed by the state, you are less vulnerable to crashes in the market however with the lack of competition your country advances more slowly and the economy rises more slowly. +1 Landlubbers: Your sailors don't exactly train on a boat, boarding and marine forces perform slightly worse due to the moving deck. +1 Both of which make no sense. I may just have to take landlubbers… How many points do you get for no army?

[Dedonus]

Hm. I cannot find a suitable trait to bring me up. My only choices are: State Controlled: Your market is controlled by your ruler, every business is state owned and all works are employed by the state, you are less vulnerable to crashes in the market however with the lack of competition your country advances more slowly and the economy rises more slowly. +1 Landlubbers: Your sailors don't exactly train on a boat, boarding and marine forces perform slightly worse due to the moving deck. +1 Both of which make no sense. I may just have to take landlubbers… How many points do you get for no army?

@UltikanaRe

The point system here is trying to prevent people from being good at everything. So, you could chose Landlubbers or State Controlled. However, that would put you at 10 traits. While 10 traits are legal, more than 8 or 9 traits will give you a less stability (although the 'What is Gunpowder' trait is supposed to give you better stability). Or you could remove the "Ships of Line" or "Natural Great Men" (this would allow you to get rid of "Never been out of the village"), or you could get rid of "Kings of the Sea". Any of these options will give you the correct amount of points. Going back to my first point (points prevent people from being great at everything), since it looks like you want to be great at the sea and at trade, you might want to get rid of "Natural Great Men".

[UltikanaRe]

Added landlubbers. My role-play revolves around many great inventors and strategists, but I will admit it is slightly vanity.

[gowia]

God to see some decent and invested interest here. I shall take a minute to answer any questions...and if I take a look through current NS I may make some rolls depending on whether or not I can be arsed to do a one off or wait for a few more and binge roll.

[Keyguyperson]

I was thinking the exact time would probably be somewhere aorund 1620s-1630s. I also may include the NPC nation, depends on what happens.

@duck55223

1600s then? Perfect timing. NOW SWEDEN DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AS ANACHRONISTIC.

[UltikanaRe]

@Gowia I would like to request a roll, but how do they work? Are modifiers taken into account? Please let me know. Also, since I have more than 8 traits, is my stability automatically lower? And wait…we start with 4 points. Just realized that. Gonna go remove landlubbers. If I have 3 points, does that help my stability? If not, I will add Multicultural and remove Ambitious generals.

[gowia]

So basically everyone has a basic set of brackets that their numbers could fall into depending on my rolls e.g Army totals go up to 60,000 max, and 30,000 at least with no army traits whatsoever. Then, using your trait choices, these brackets are moved up or down to reflect the strengths and weaknesses. A friend of mine designed a programme I use to do all this in one quick and easy swoop. In regards to stability having more than 8 or 9 traits means the brackets for stability is lowered however it doesn't mean you will automatically have a bad stability. Having spare points does not help your stability, no. Let me know when you have made the change and I will start your rolls.

[UltikanaRe]

Ready! Also, is there a way I could access this said program? I ask for an unrelated reason, but it sounds useful for NRPs as a whole, of which many of mine revolve around stats.