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[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

I am hoping to reboot that lovely game which ran pretty well as a test but I still need to tweak a few things. I am dividing the map into larger chunks so fewer city states in game.
Serbis (the nation that holds the council/UN type thing.) has been moved to a different place outside the Great River Valley.
Army v army will probably run off pure rolls and no tactics since tactics are hard to do without a sandboard or something to show troop movements. Also describing custom formations would be difficult and not everybody owns a copy of rome total war.
I am still having difficulty on creating a trade system so I think I might make it self running so we don't have to deal with it.
Everyone will have a similar starting population but the nations are different sizes and will have different population growths.
I will not be running an actual game until the end of this school year but I wanted help with development of some sort.
This thread will be used to test some politics, scenarios, and battles as well as discussing additions or subtractions of things that need to be in the game or take out.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

So for those guys who played this game last time it was running
What things would you like added to the game and what things do you want taken out?


Also random questions about the game can be freely asked here as well

[LuckyKobold]

Can I join when it starts?

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Yes

Any questions you have about it?

[LuckyKobold]

Will there be Npc factions such as mutants/cultists?

[InstantHax]

I'm interested, make sure to save a seat for me 

I suggest that you add at least some tactics to the battles. I don't think it will be fair when a group of bandits beat a group of trained soldiers simply because of luck.

Also what will be the factions that will be available in this game?

[LuckyKobold]

Yeah tactics would be nice, Or at least some dice bonuses/penalties based on circumstances.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

I'm interested, make sure to save a seat for me 

I suggest that you add at least some tactics to the battles. I don't think it will be fair when a group of bandits beat a group of trained soldiers simply because of luck.

Also what will be the factions that will be available in this game?

You won't have to worry about battling bandits in actual battles.
Also during battles there will be modifiers to defence and offence rolls such as quality of equipment, training, type of equipment (example: spears do better if fighting horses)
There may be some tactics but not many.
And factions will be whatever the players create.
You get to form your own nation built inside of it's given boundaries so you decide the government and even the dominant races, the strictness of laws, and things of that sort
All alliances and wars will be declared in the council (main form or communication between all states and announcements of international problems)
The only big starting faction I can think of would be elves or red guard just because 50% of the time they don't get along very well but you can still have a nation consisting of all three races (elves humans and red guards) or even one consisting of mostly red guards and elves. There are also minority races but there are so few of them that they only matter in special scenarios.


@lucky: If a player quite mid game their nation will be NPCd as well as empty nation slots.
The NPCs will be added to the OP with their own names and all and a clear specification of them being NPC.

There will also be groups trying for uprisings and the such which will also be NPC

[LuckyKobold]

Interesting, What are some of the Minority Races, Just wanna know for reference. And enough bandits might attack a small militia force, Just saying. What's the Tech Level?

TEXT WALL!

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Interesting, What are some of the Minority Races, Just wanna know for reference. And enough bandits might attack a small militia force, Just saying. What's the Tech Level?

TEXT WALL!

Kahjiit, two races of argonians, (technicaly like two or three breeds of Kahjiit but they interbreed a bit too so it's not that noticeable), dwarves, and technicaly elves are three seperate and distinct minorities that combined into one majority (all three make up about 1/3 of the population but each one by itself is only like 1/9 by itself) the three races of elves are snow/frost elves, wood elves, and high/yellow/good elves.
Descriptions of each race
Kahjiit

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They are the same stature as humans but they have a thick to thin coat of fur depending on breed. They may thrive in freezing, desert, or thickly forested environments. They have sharp retractable claws and hands that work well for moving on all fours and parkour. They make excelemt rangers, scouts, theives, and escape artists.

Argonian

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There are two different argonian types. Desert and riverside. The desert argonians have a tan color to their thick almost scaley skin. They can survive many days without water or food and are able to be a dominant race in the deserts as they (and some kahjiits) are acctually better suited to it's environment.
The river side argonians can breath under water but do not have the same survival abilities as their desert cousins. Their color is grey, blue and green shades.

Dwarves

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Amazing miners and very good crafters. They have been found not always effective when put into militaries because of their short stature and slow speed, while their strength is great they seem to be taken out before they reach their target by arrow fire or even close range spears. Dwarves are the shortest race, the meanest and the strongest but they are also one of the smallest minorities for their rather confined perameters of living. 90% of all dwarves live in or near mountains and hills

Will post other race descriptions later


The tech is medieval with some moder technologies such as radios and some lights

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Snow elves

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Skin white as snow. They thrive in cold environments but can live in all climates. They are the major race of the north ice shelfs. They are touch and fairly strong for being an elven race. They usualy side with the redguards when having to side with one race or another but did agree to be titled under the elven name.

Wood elves

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You will find no more mellow folk than these. They live in the forests and plains of this world and are excellent farmers. They share the agility of the Kahjiit but lack the physical strength. Their skin is an olive green color.

High elves

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Skin yellow or gold in color. Their hair is blonde and their witts are keen. They are the most racist folk in the land and have been known to have genocidal tendencies. They are fairly smart and have almost equal physical strength to humans.

All elves are slight shorter than humans and wood/high elves are slightly weaker.
Snow elves are acctualy stronger than the other elves but are not as agile or keen.

[Andres]

IMO you should only have humans, redguards, and elves. Remove references to other games or a greater mythology. Those are the two things that turned me off in the test game.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

I understand but I don't see what's wrong with keeping the other races
They were there from the start too
They aren't any different than elves or red guard either, they were also genetic modifications, just not as popularly used
Magic is not in this game though for the sake of your hating it

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Red guard

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Brutally large people. The red guard have skin red as the morning sun. They are much stronger than humans but have little inteligence. They are also hulkingly tall

[Stirk]

I understand but I don't see what's wrong with keeping the other races
They were there from the start too
They aren't any different than elves or red guard either, they were also genetic modifications, just not as popularly used
Magic is not in this game though for the sake of your hating it

I don't see the problem Andres has with all that  . It is fairly obviously the Elder Scroll races with a spin on them, and the Elder Scroll series contains magic...

As for the historical things, I was fine with it too. I mean, I play games set in Rome, Ancient Japan, or otherwise "the past" all the time and am fine with it. There is no reason to assume that we can't effect the course if history in game.

I might end up playing again, if I can think of an interesting enough idea and have enough time. I actually end up more busy when school is off, that is when I have to work all day  .