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[Roboson]

As the Old King's grip on life fades, so too does his hold over the Kingdom of Falas...

The Last King of Falas is dying, and as he withers from this world, the noble houses grow hungry and begin to claim the king's land for themselves. You play as one such ruler, a noble lord or lady of one of the noble houses, who has claimed a region as their own. Whether you did so for the sake of power, or because the Old Kingdom's power has faded to the point where it can no longer protect your lands, it is up to you. The wild beasts and monsters that were once held back by the Royal Guard have regained their footholds and now threaten your people once again. The Witchhunters no longer have the authority to burn practitioners at the stake and magic has begun to trickle back into the world. The world grows more dangerous by the day and you must do whatever you can to keep the peace, lest you parish along with the Last King...

I haven't completely worked out the systems yet, but the game will mostly be freeform (I am quite bad at bookkeeping). Players will have property and units under their command in addition to their personal character. There aren't really any rules to the gameplay, you will receive briefings about the state of affairs of your new country every season and will use that to determine your actions for the following season.

This is an interest check and sign up page (and will become the OOC), so some things aren't definite. More things will be finalized if there is interest, but in the meantime feel free to make suggestions and ask questions.

Character Sheet

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Leader Name:
Leader Description: (Personality and physical)
Country Name:
Country Description: (Location, terrain, that sort of thing)
Government/Culture Description: (Your government type may not need explanation if it is straight forward)
Starting Unit: (Choose 1: Soldiers, hunters, scholars, alchemist, thief, spy, or if you desire a unit not listed here, PM me about it. This is not an exhaustive list).

Building Costs:

Harbors (Free in existing cities)
Small farmlands: 300 to build, 100 to maintain
Farmlands: 500 to build, 200 to maintain
Large farmlands: 700 to build, 300 to maintain

Farms are a food producing building.

Small fishery: 300 to build, 100 to maintain
Fishery: 500 to build, 200 to maintain
Large fishery: 700 to build, 300 to maintain
Mine: 400 to build, 100 to maintain (provides iron, access to which is required for building heavy units, but not for maintaining them)
Gold Mine: 400 to build, provides 100 coin per turn. Must know of a gold deposit.
Workshop: 500(?) to build, provides 200 income (requires iron to function)
Mage Academy: 700 to build, 400 to maintain. Allows for the creation of mage units.
Vineyard: 200 to build, 100 to maintain. Allows for wine production, a valuable trade good. Must have proper climate.
Quarry: 400 to build, 100 to maintain. Provides marble, a trade good and above average building material. Must have marble in your country.

Units:
Militia: 100 to build, 100 to maintain.
Soldier (and variants): 300 to build, 200 to maintain.
Mercenary: 500 to build, 300 to maintain.
Slayers (and variants): 500 to build, 300 to maintain.
Slave units: -100 maintenance cost
Ships (and variants): 300 to build, 100 to maintain.
Scholar (and variants): 500 to build, 100 to maintain
Mages (and variants): 600 to build, 300 to maintain.

[Taricus]

Ooohh, definitely interested. I'll say the landmasses look a little... stringy, for lack of a better word.

[NUKE9.13]

Hmm, hmm.

I bagsy the landbridge between the main northern landmass and the main southern landmass. I'll write up a sheet momentarily.

[Roboson]

Ooohh, definitely interested. I'll say the landmasses look a little... stringy, for lack of a better word.

Stringy is a good word for it. The islands just sort of wound up like that. However, these islands are not continent sized (I'd say that they have the total equivalent land mass of the UK) so that should be taken into account when picking a location.

[NUKE9.13]

Spoiler: Dneth of Moros (click to show/hide)

Leader Name: Lord Dneth, Master of the Coin of Moros.
Leader Description: A man obsessed with the acquisition of wealth, Dneth was fortunate enough to be born into a noble-merchant family of Moros, facilitating his desires. Had he been born a peasant, no doubt he would've worked his way up to a respectable merchant by middle age. Having been born wealthy and well connected, by middle age he was rich enough to buy an electoral seal in the Morosian League, and subsequently bribe his way to becoming the leader of aforementioned body.
Despite what one might imagine, Dneth is not the walking embodiment of the overweight merchant. After all, overeating is wasting money. Instead, he is a man of modest stature and appearance. Most who have met him will comment on how honest he looks. He tends to wear well-tailored outfits, not overly flashy, but nevertheless exuding wealth- silken shirts, hydraskin boots, diamond-encrusted buttons, all put together in a way that looks practical and humble at first glance, but quickly reveals the wearer to be a man of means upon closer inspection.

Country Name: The Morosian League
Country Description: Location: The Morosian League lays claim to the landbridge between the large northern and southern landmasses.
  Terrain: The mountain range running down the eastern coast slopes downwards towards the west, becoming rolling hills covered in vineyards, before culminating in a shoreline dotted with bays.
  Settlements: On the western coast, towards the southern end of the land bridge, lies the Grand City of Moros, sprawling out around a natural harbour unparalleled in the known world. The other major settlement is Dorinia, on the eastern coast, similarly situated, clinging to the slopes leading down to a large bay in which fleets of ships shelter from storms.
  Other: The landbridge has two main roads; one north-south, running roughly down the center, in the shadow of the mountains. Moros extracts tolls on all travellers using this road, which is the main- indeed, by some counts only- land connection between the north and south of Falas. The other road goes east-west, making its way from the Grand City, through the hills, then up and down winding mountain passes, before reaching Dorinia. Goods and travellers unwilling or unable to make the long, dangerous sea journey round the north or south of the continent moor up in one city, travel the road, then re-embark at the other.
Government/Culture Description: Merchant Republic. Eleven electors- whose seals may be bought and sold freely... although not cheaply- choose one of their number to lead the city until their death or deposition. The Morosian League controls the crucial crossroads between north, south, east and west. The wealth this brings enables them to stretch their influence throughout the world, with enclaves established in many exotic places, to ensure the supply of goods to the city continues unabated.
...however, contact with many an enclave has been lost in recent years. Shipping is down, travellers rarer. Moros profited from a strong, stable country. Its extravagant culture may not survive the collapse of Falas- unless a strong leader can steer the ship of state through the perilous reef.
Starting Unit: Merchant? Can I do that?

[Glass]

Spoiler: Adjilia (click to show/hide)

Leader Names: Erin Quill and Sadie Hertz
Leader Descriptions: Erin Quill, while technically one of the country's elected leader, is less interested in running his country and more interested in the creation of magitech, leaving most parts of governing to more local officials. As can be gathered, he is very interested in both science and magic. He's friendly, though not a great conversationalist, especially when working on a project. Sadie Hertz is the more proactive of the two, and is the one to communicate most decisions to the populace. She, too, is interested in science, though more in its uses and output than in the process itself. She, too, is friendly, but, due to her habit of being the voice of authority, would find it hard to get into a conversation with a citizen. "Go to Erin if you want a leader you can talk to; go to Sadie if you want a leader who can talk to you".
Physical Descriptions: Erin looks relatively young, has skin that's darker than usual, a pair of runed stones where his eyes used to be, and a fully-functioning metal arm. He wears a long white coat at all times, his pants have many, many pockets, and his shirt under the coat is bright red (all three are made of metal silk, the coat of mythril, the pants of steel, and the shirt of hihi'irokane). He carries a ceremonial scythe. Sadie looks somewhat older, has grey eyes, and naturally blue hair. She wears a lamellar made of cobalt and mythril, and underneath, a steel robe. She carries a ceremonial katana.

Country Name: Adjilia
Country Description: You see that large indentation into the Southwestern island? The one with the river in it? We're at that river. Adjilian terrain ranges from the mountains at the river's head to the forests in the middle to the coastal region on the shores.
Large areas of the bay have been covered over with interlacing docks, resulting in a strange tangle of wooden, stone, and metal walkways, sometimes crossing over and under each other as different heights of dock meet.
The forested regions have scattered farm towns, but are mostly given over to wilderness. This wilderness is routinely patrolled, however, by local militias, and an intricate message system is set up so that if trouble is found, everyone around knows it.
The mountains are home to extensive mines and twenty-four hour workshops, as well a few orchards and farms that grow plants that couldn't be grown in the warmer, lower-altitude regions of Adjilia. Many homes are carved into the rocky faces.

Government/Culture Description: Adjilian government is a meritocratic republic: the amount of say you get in deciding a representative is based on what you have accomplished and contributed to society, with consideration for how you are able to contribute (a farmer may not have any inventions to their name, but the food they provide is just as important to the country's continued wellbeing) [in most cases, the offices of government are the same as those in the US, though instead of having one president, there's two]. The culture is friendly to innovation and new ideas: their military uses newly-conceived tactics often, their blacksmiths routinely use the newest available alloys, and there are scholars in just about every subject, trying to find the next new way to make it all that much better.

Starting Unit: Scholar

[Roboson]

Spoiler: Dneth of Moros (click to show/hide)

Leader Name: Lord Dneth, Master of the Coin of Moros.
Leader Description: A man obsessed with the acquisition of wealth, Dneth was fortunate enough to be born into a noble-merchant family of Moros, facilitating his desires. Had he been born a peasant, no doubt he would've worked his way up to a respectable merchant by middle age. Having been born wealthy and well connected, by middle age he was rich enough to buy an electoral seal in the Morosian League, and subsequently bribe his way to becoming the leader of aforementioned body.
Despite what one might imagine, Dneth is not the walking embodiment of the overweight merchant. After all, overeating is wasting money. Instead, he is a man of modest stature and appearance. Most who have met him will comment on how honest he looks. He tends to wear well-tailored outfits, not overly flashy, but nevertheless exuding wealth- silken shirts, hydraskin boots, diamond-encrusted buttons, all put together in a way that looks practical and humble at first glance, but quickly reveals the wearer to be a man of means upon closer inspection.

Country Name: The Morosian League
Country Description: Location: The Morosian League lays claim to the landbridge between the large northern and southern landmasses.
  Terrain: The mountain range running down the eastern coast slopes downwards towards the west, becoming rolling hills covered in vineyards, before culminating in a shoreline dotted with bays.
  Settlements: On the eastern coast, towards the southern end of the land bridge, lies the Grand City of Moros, sprawling out around a natural harbour unparalleled in the known world. The other major settlement is Dorinia, on the eastern coast, similarly situated, clinging to the slopes leading down to a large bay in which fleets of ships shelter from storms.
  Other: The landbridge has two main roads; one north-south, running roughly down the center, in the shadow of the mountains. Moros extracts tolls on all travellers using this road, which is the main- indeed, by some counts only- land connection between the north and south of Falas. The other road goes east-west, making its way from the Grand City, through the hills, then up and down winding mountain passes, before reaching Dorinia. Goods and travellers unwilling or unable to make the long, dangerous sea journey round the north or south of the continent moor up in one city, travel the road, then re-embark at the other.
Government/Culture Description: Merchant Republic. Eleven electors- whose seals may be bought and sold freely... although not cheaply- choose one of their number to lead the city until their death or deposition. The Morosian League controls the crucial crossroads between north, south, east and west. The wealth this brings enables them to stretch their influence throughout the world, with enclaves established in many exotic places, to ensure the supply of goods to the city continues unabated.
...however, contact with many an enclave has been lost in recent years. Shipping is down, travellers rarer. Moros profited from a strong, stable country. Its extravagant culture may not survive the collapse of Falas- unless a strong leader can steer the ship of state through the perilous reef.
Starting Unit: Merchant? Can I do that?

Spoiler: Adjilia (click to show/hide)

Leader Names: Erin Quill and Sadie Hertz
Leader Descriptions: Erin Quill, while technically one of the country's elected leader, is less interested in running his country and more interested in the creation of magitech, leaving most parts of governing to more local officials. As can be gathered, he is very interested in both science and magic. He's friendly, though not a great conversationalist, especially when working on a project. Sadie Hertz is the more proactive of the two, and is the one to communicate most decisions to the populace. She, too, is interested in science, though more in its uses and output than in the process itself. She, too, is friendly, but, due to her habit of being the voice of authority, would find it hard to get into a conversation with a citizen. "Go to Erin if you want a leader you can talk to; go to Sadie if you want a leader who can talk to you".
Physical Descriptions: Erin looks relatively young, has skin that's darker than usual, a pair of runed stones where his eyes used to be, and a fully-functioning metal arm. He wears a long white coat at all times, his pants have many, many pockets, and his shirt under the coat is bright red (all three are made of metal silk, the coat of mythril, the pants of steel, and the shirt of hihi'irokane). He carries a ceremonial scythe. Sadie looks somewhat older, has grey eyes, and naturally blue hair. She wears a lamellar made of cobalt and mythril, and underneath, a steel robe. She carries a ceremonial katana.

Country Name: Adjilia
Country Description: You see that large indentation into the Southwestern island? The one with the river in it? We're at that river. Adjilian terrain ranges from the mountains at the river's head to the forests in the middle to the coastal region on the shores.
Large areas of the bay have been covered over with interlacing docks, resulting in a strange tangle of wooden, stone, and metal walkways, sometimes crossing over and under each other as different heights of dock meet.
The forested regions have scattered farm towns, but are mostly given over to wilderness. This wilderness is routinely patrolled, however, by local militias, and an intricate message system is set up so that if trouble is found, everyone around knows it.
The mountains are home to extensive mines and twenty-four hour workshops, as well a few orchards and farms that grow plants that couldn't be grown in the warmer, lower-altitude regions of Adjilia. Many homes are carved into the rocky faces.

Government/Culture Description: Adjilian government is a meritocratic republic: the amount of say you get in deciding a representative is based on what you have accomplished and contributed to society, with consideration for how you are able to contribute (a farmer may not have any inventions to their name, but the food they provide is just as important to the country's continued wellbeing) [in most cases, the offices of government are the same as those in the US, though instead of having one president, there's two]. The culture is friendly to innovation and new ideas: their military uses newly-conceived tactics often, their blacksmiths routinely use the newest available alloys, and there are scholars in just about every subject, trying to find the next new way to make it all that much better.

Starting Unit: Scholar

Both look good to me.

[Roboson]

Updated Map


EDIT: If there is a color you want for your country, let me know.

[Glass]

Cyan and grey for Adjilia, please.

[NUKE9.13]

The colour you've given me (scarlet, I'd call it) is fine by me.

Incidentally, I fixed an error in my sheet- Moros is on the western coast. Thankfully, I see that you figured that out already.

[Roboson]

Well I'm going to go ahead and write up an IC for the first turn. Since the game is chronological, people who join late would have just succeed from the kingdom later. Honestly I'm satisfied running this game with around 4 players, but it would be best if we had more than that.

[TCM]

Will have a sheet up later today.

[Glass]

Roboson, you may have made a mistake in choosing what to plague me with.

[Roboson]

IC Thread is up: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=165343.0

Anyone who joins relatively soon will be edited into this turn (as opposed to being pushed to next turn).

[Roboson]

Here are some notes on actual game play:

You can direct any and all of your units to take action per season (including leaders). If no action is given, they either do nothing or continue to do as they did last season (depending on which is more appropriate in context).

You can build as many buildings and units as desired per season, PM me for pricecheck (if you want to keep it on the DL) or post it here. Prices may vary depending on the area, resources, climate, and other similar factors. Furthermore some buildings cannot be built in some countries (A landlocked country cannot build a harbor). Sidenote: I forgot to put your harbors on your sheets, will fix next turn, enjoy one turn of free harbors.

There aren't limits to what units can do per se. Like If I tell you a soldier can be used to kill things, that doesn't mean that that is all it can do. It could also be used to guard things, keep the peace, mount an expedition, or whatever you can think of to do with it. Be creative and flexible and you may find clever ways to use your units. That said, don't use units for things they obviously cannot do (like using a spy to fight a war or slay a great beast), it won't end well. When in doubt, ask.

Finally, I am unafraid and unabashed to double post in my own threads