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Sorcerers @ War

The Manual

Welcome, poor souls, to Sorcerers @ War.  The full introduction and gameplay details can be found in the manual, but this represents the successor to the seven-years-dead original Fiefdoms @ War.  A heavy codebase backs this particular game, representing something of an ongoing commitment on the part of your humble GM.  Really, really do read the manual.

If all goes well, this game will go on for some time.  You do not have to play for all of it.

Sorcerers @ War will work on a 'tag in, tag out' system.  If a player chooses to retire or loses through one of the two 'soft' lose conditions, a new player will be selected from the Waitlist to take over their nation.  The retired player can also re-enter the waitlist at this time - when things cycle back around they may get another chance.  I will also accept and encourage standing orders - if you reckon you might be busy for a bit, leave standing orders with me on what you want your nation to do.  I will carry out standing orders usually for around five turns in absentia where they exist before I consider moving in a replacement, so do give them.

While this game will not have the crazy update schedule of a SPAM game, I really do want to try and get turns out every 48-72 hours when I can.  Be warned - things will at least attempt to progress quickly.

Honour:  While playing the game, honour is entirely up to you.  However, I must ask all players and observers to employ a sense of honour with regards to the game itself.  Forum games are necessarily and by design spectator sports - they are as much fun for the watchers as the players.  If you are watching (as even waitlisters are encouraged to do), do not spoil things by revealing the secrets of the private turn reports.  If you are playing, please do not spoil things for yourself by reading other people's private turn reports.  If you come off the waitlist and start to play, well, I can't make you forget the things you've already seen.  Instead, I ask that you only read your own report until you are in a situation where you don't need to any more (i.e. you lose - or maybe even win).

If there is interest, I may set up a Discord channel for observers and waitlisters so they can commentate on what's going on in the game without spoiling anything for the players.

Please note: The initial sign-ups are over and we now have our eight nations.  You may still post to join the waitlist and eventually take over a vacated nation.  The IC thread can be found here.

That said, if you want to play and you're happy with the madness of this game, here is the sign-up sheet.  Note that the first seven players especially (7 faction start) will be curated admissions - I pick the ones I find the most interesting - since you are creating the core nations as well as your leaders.  Please at least read the first page of the manual before you do this.

Spoiler: Nation Creation (click to show/hide)

You start with 3 points to create your leader character and the primary race that makes up your nation.  By default, you are some sort of spellcaster.  If you don't put any points into your race, they will essentially be the 'human default', even if they aren't actually humans.  If you don't pick a starting spell school, you will begin as a theoretical mage but you will have to research a school of magic from scratch.  If you don't pick a source of mana, you will need to find one somewhere in the world.  Which may or may not be practical.

Leader Traits

Mundane: (+4 Points)  You are a charismatic, capable warrior-ruler of your people - you just have no native or learned ability with magic whatsoever.  The mage who operated the portal died during transition and now you've been left magicless to take care of your people.  [You start with no magical ability or spells.]

Warrior:  (-1 Points)  You are a skilled commander in battle.  [Your hero character starts with martial skill in command.]

Administrator:  (-1 Points)  You are a skilled bureaucrat and governor.  [Your hero character starts with a bonus to governing provinces.]

Heir:   (-1 Points)   You carried your promising but inexperienced heir with you into this world, ready to take over should you meet your end.   [You start with a second, level 1 Hero with a random background.]

Forgemaster:   (-1 Points)  You are an expert at crafting and enchanting heroic items.  Such items cost half the normal gold cost and 75% of the mana and mithril cost for you to make.

Sorcerer: (Power Source, -1 Point)  You are a powerful sorcerer, whose magic comes from within.  Your soul produces a steady output of magic for as long as you live, sufficient to cast many spells and empower yourself.  The downside is that you have no immediate way to increase your magical power. [You start with a fixed Mana supply for as long as your hero character is alive.]

High Priest: (Power Source, -2 Points)  You are blessed by the gods and have carried their word into the new world.  In addition to pacifying the people and placating the gods, temples focus prayer and the gods reward you with mana.  [Shrines produce small amounts of mana.  Additionally, you start with a deity or pantheon of choice and one free Shrine.]

Bloodlines: (Power Source, -2 Points)  Your people were touched by the divine long ago and even though those heroes have faded, those you rule can empower you and your kin.  Each member of your society produces a shred of mana, but taken together they can lift up truly powerful sorcerers.  [Population of your primary race produces mana.]

Necromancy: (Starting Discipline, -2 Points)  You have a background in the art of manipulating life and death.  You start with the Animation and Corruption disciplines and the spells Zombie and Weaken.

Elementalism: (Starting Discipline, -2 Points)  You have a background in channelling elemental forces.  You start with the Ignition and Conjuration disciplines and the spells Flames and Acid Arrows.

Augmentation: (Starting Discipline, -2 Points)  You have a background in transmuting materials and enhancing creatures.  You start with the Empowerment and Hardening disciplines and the spells Bull Strength and Harden Armour.

Summoning: (Starting Discipline, -2 Points)  You have a background in conjuring creatures and objects out of nothing or from afar.  You start with the disciplines Echo Form and Crystal Calling and the spells Wasp Swarm and Crystal Blades.

Mentalism: (Starting Discipline, -2 Points)  You have a background in affecting minds and in magical perception.  You start with the disciplines Skill Focus and Mental Interference and the spells Lucky Strike and Daze.

Mysticism: (Starting Discipline, -2 Points)  You have a background in divining the concealed and playing with fate.  You start with the disciplines Low Divination and Karmic Balance, and the spells Prospection and Soldier's Luck.



Racial/Cultural Traits

Academies:  (-1 Point)  Your people came from a culture that put emphasis on stored knowledge, and you made sure to bring such knowledge with you, as well as the means to organise it.  You start with the Literacy tech and a free Library in your capital.

Merchants:  (-1 Point)  Your people have always loved trade, and you made sure to bring the instruments of commerce with you when you passed into this world.  You start with the Currency tech and a free Market in your capital.

Armourers:  (-1 Point)  Your people worked iron and brought those tools with them.  You start with the Iron Working tech and a free Smithy in your capital.

Warriors:  (-1 Point)  Your people were martial and had a code of honour.  You start with the Warrior Code tech and a free Barracks in your capital.

Horsemen:  (-1 Point)  Your people rode beasts to war and brought herds of horses with them to this world.  You start with horses and the Beast Riding tech.

Sailors:  (-1 Point)  Your people lived by the sea and often travelled between islands, and knowledge of the necessary craft has come with you.  You start with the Sailing tech and a free Harbour in your (definitely coastal) capital.

Slavers:  (-1 Point)  Your people believed in forcing others into labour for their benefit via cruelty and oppression.  This habit, as well as slaves, have come with you into the new world.  You start with the Slavery tech and embrace slavery as well.

Faithful:   (-1 Point)   Your people were pious and dutiful in their worship of their god or gods.  They start with the Worship tech, a Shrine in your capital and your race produces slightly more worship than other races.  You also bring a god into the world with you (stacks with High Priest for multiple gods).

Client Race:   (-1 Point)  Your people long since subjugated another race, integrating them into their society.  [You start with a population of a second race.  You need to buy their points separately.]


Prodigious Strength: (-2 Points)  Your people possess twice the strength of other folk.  They are typically far more dangerous in hand-to-hand combat than other species.

Stalkers:  (-1 Point)  Your people have natural camouflage or a long culture of concealment and stealth.  All of your units benefit from ambush tactics.

Fleet:  (-3 Points)  Your people are fleet of foot, moving naturally with the speed of horses or similar beasts.  All your units are fast-moving.

Fliers:  (-4 Points)  Your people are winged or otherwise capable of levitation.  All your units are fliers.

Aquatic:  (0 Points)  Your people are ocean-dwellers.  For you, the sea is your native terrain and land provides all the difficulties of terrestrials at sea.

Amphibian:  (-2 Points)  Your people are equally at ease on land and at sea and can colonise ocean provinces as well as land.

Pioneers:  (-1 Point)  Your people are natural explorers and settlers.  It costs no gold to create migration or resettlement points.

Intellectual:  (-2 Points)  Your people are natural scholars and researchers.  You gain 10% extra Ideas.

Brave:  (-2 Points)  Your people are courageous and will hold the line in battle.  High morale units.

Industrious:   (-2 Points)   Your people are given to hard work and industry.  Urban production (and hence tax) is increased.

Green Thumb:   (-2 Points) Your people are naturally given to agriculture.  Base agricultural production increases by 10%.

Fast Breeders:   (-2 Points)   Your people breed like rabbits.  Birth rate is increased by 5%.

Terrain Adaptation:  (-1 to -3 Points)  Your people are particularly suited to a given environment.  (Pick an environment from the following (plains, forest, desert, hills, mountains, sea) and spend 1-3 points to gain specific advantages reliant on that terrain.  A classic example might be Elves (2 points) who gain easy movement in forests and a special woodworker's guild for extra forest production.  Or Dwarves (3 points) who gain a building to negate terrible agriculture in mountains, special mines and faster movement in mountains.  Advantages will be picked from your race description.)


Barbarous: (+1 Point)  Your people are not given to a sedentary lifestyle.  Your people suffer more unrest.

Frail:  (+1 Point)  Your people are weak and incapable by other races' standards.  Your units fare poorly in hand-to-hand combat.

Ponderous:  (+2 Points)  Your people are slow and not given to riding.  You cannot mobilise any sort of cavalry.

Dull:  (+1 Point)  Your people just don't put a lot of emphasis on learning.  -10% Research production.

Cowardly:  (+1 Point)  Your people are weak-willed and likely to turn in battle.  Low morale units.

Hungry:   (+2 Points)   Your people just love eating, or maybe have high metabolic requirements.  Food consumption increases by 7.5%.

Cack-Handed:   (+1 Point)   Fine labour just isn't your people's thing.  Urban production (and hence tax) is decreased.

Red Thumb:   (+1 Point)   Your people don't have the temperament for farming.  Base Agricultural production decreases by 5%.

Short Lives:   (+1 Point)   Your people wear out quickly, dying at a younger age than most.  Base death rate is increased by 2.5%.

Doomed:   (+2 Points)   Only a handful of your people escaped your doomed world.  You begin with half the starting population.

Feel free to suggest other penalties or bonuses in your application and I will balance them accordingly.

Spoiler: Sign-Up Sheet (click to show/hide)

Nation Name:

Starting Government Form: Autocracy / Aristocracy / Theocracy / Plutocracy / Magocracy / Kratocracy / Kleptocracy

Leader Name:

Leader Traits:

Leader Biography:  (Doesn't need to be long, but a fleshed out character will help here.)

Race Name:

Racial Traits:

Race Description:

Nation Description:


Name of your capital: e.g. Boar's Peak

Name of the region surrounding your capital: e.g. Pork


If you are bringing 1 or more deities with you...

Deity Name:

Religion Name:

Deity Sphere:  War / Prosperity / Order / Chaos / Knowledge / Trickery

Religion Description:

Spoiler: Buildings (click to show/hide)

Palace   £100, no upkeep.  Moves the capital.   -10% Unrest, -5% Autonomy Change, 5 bodyguards, 5 counterespionage points, £20/turn free wealth.
If your capital is taken, you need to build another of these to re-establish it.


Slave Plantation      £20, £.5/turn.  Req: Slavery.      Increases Agri. Effic. by 1.5%-7.5% depending on supply.  +7.5% Unrest.
Requires legalised slavery.  Demands 100 slaves/turn, variable tools, mounts.  Produces goods as a Farm (x5-x20 base production).  Agriculture

Slave Mine   £20, £0.2/turn.  Req: Slavery.  Only built on mineable resources.      Increases ore extraction between 5x - 20x base depending on supply.  +7.5% Unrest.
Requires legalised slavery.  Demands 100 slaves/turn, variable tools.  Produces goods as a Pit Mine.  Mining

Slave Market      £30, £0.5/turn.  Req: Domestic Slavery.      Increases urban efficiency up to 5%, goods production up to 10%.  +7.5% Unrest.
Requires legalised slavery.  Demands 50 slaves/turn.  Commerce

Slave Pits      £20, £0.2/turn.  Req: Slavery.      Turns 1% of rural population into slaves each turn.  +5% Unrest.
Requires legalised slavery.  Creates slaves.  Slavery


Pit Mine      £20, £0.2/turn.  Req: Can only be built where there are mineable resources.      Increases ore extraction by x10.
Demands tools.  Produces local resource as a good.   Mining

Farms   £20, £.5/turn.  Req: -      Increases Agri. Effic. by 3.5%, farmed goods production by x10.
Demands tools, mounts.  Produces local resource as a good.  Agriculture

Pasture   £20, £.5/turn.  Req: Only on mounts, livestock, sheep.      +3.5% Agri Effic, pastured goods production x10.  Blocks Farms.
Demands tools.  Produces local resource as a good.  Agriculture

Camp   £20, £.5/turn.  Req: Forests only.      +3.5% Agri Effic, forest goods production x10.  Blocks Farms.
Demands tools.  Produces local resource as a good.  Agriculture

Harbour   £20, £.5/turn.  Req: Sailing, coasts only.      +3.5% Agri Effic, fish production x10.
Demands tools, timber.  Produces fish as a good.  Agriculture

Sea Harbour   £20, £.5/turn.  Req: Underwater only.      +3.5% Agri Effic, fish, pearls, sea beasts production x10.
Demands tools, timber.  Produces local resource as a good.  Agriculture


Market   £30, £1/turn.  Req: Currency.      Creates sundry demands for urban pops.
Tools, Mounts, Coal: increases UE%.  All others: reduces unrest.  Commerce

Stonemason   £30, £1/turn.  Req: Masonry.      +3% U.E.  If fully supplied, reduces construction costs by 5% and +15% U.E.
Demands tools, stone.  Architecture

Smith   £30, £0.3/turn.  Req: Iron Working, access to Iron/Copper.      Armoury +1.  +10% U.E.  If fully supplied, up to +15% U.E.
Demands copper, iron.  Produces tools.  Ironworking

Library   £30, £1/turn.  Req: Literacy.      +10% Idea Efficiency.  +5% I.E. if fully supplied.
Demands paper.  Produces books.  Research

Barracks   £30, £1/turn.  Req: Warrior Code.      Training +1.  10% Manpower bonus.  -5% Unit Cost.
Military

Stables   £15, £0.5-0.75/turn.  Req: Access to Mounts.      Produces Trained Mounts.  If fully supplied; -10% unit cost.
Demands 50 mounts per turn.  Military

Mint      £10, £0.1/turn.  Req: Currency.      Directly converts gold and silver into coin for the Treasury.
Demands gold, silver.  Commerce

Herbalist's Hut   £20, £0.2/turn.  Req: Herbalism.      Demands herbs.  If fully supplied, +15% Health (or -15% Disease Death Rate).
Health

Military Academy    £50.0, £1.0/turn.  Req: Academies.   5% decrease to Unit Cost.  5XP for each Hero in the province per turn.
Military



Shrine   £30, £1/turn.  Req: Worship.      -20% Unrest, provides prayer.
Religion

Holdfast   £25, £.5/turn.  Req: -      Fortification: Defender Armour x3, Defender Attack x2, Defender Morale +20%
Garrison Unit: 100 Holdfast Guards.  50 Fort Strength.  Fortification

Walls   £50, £1/turn.  Req: Masonry, Holdfast      Fortification: Defender Armour +x2, Defender Attack +x2, Defender Morale +10%
Garrison Unit: 100 Wall Archers.  75 Fort Strength.  Effects stack with Holdfast.  Fortification


Mana Site   £30, £10/turn.  Req: Local mana nexus.      Increases rate of mana extraction.
NB: Mana is extracted by urban pops, not rural pops.  Mana sites produce mana proportional to the size of the local town.  Arcane



Racial Buildings
The following buildings need members of their race present to be built.

Gforeg Mine    £20.0, £0.2/turn.  Req: Ore, Gforeg Mining Techniques.  Replaces Mine.
As Pit Mine, but 50% more ore production.  Mining

Mountain Terrace    £20.0, £.5/turn.  Req: Terrace Gardens.  Mountains only.  Replaces Farm in Hills.
Vastly increases agricultural efficiency.  Agriculture

Hill Terrace    £20.0, £.5/turn.  Req: Terrace Gardens.  Hills only.  Replaces Farm in Hills.
Greatly increases agricultural efficiency.  Agriculture

Eyrie    £20.0, £.5/turn.  Req: Eyries.  Mountains and Hills only.  Replaces Farm in Mountains/Hills.
Increases agricultural efficiency in hills and mountains, also acts as a fortification (Str 25, Defender Armour x2, Damage x1.5, Morale +10%).  Garrison Unit: 50 Nest Matrons.  Agriculture

Spoiler: Units (click to show/hide)

Hero:  £50.  Spawns a random Level 1 Hero.  30% chance of being a mage.  No spell school training included.
Mage:  £200.  Spawns a Level 1 Mage Hero, 1/3 chance of being a bard, cleric or wizard.  Comes with knowledge of one spell school (if you know any)
School Training:  £100.  For training in each additional school of magic for a mage.

Peasants    (500 men)  Cost: £28.55,  Upkeep: £2.5/turn,  Morale: 90.0%
Clubs, padded armour
Offence:  Melee 100.0
Defence:  Skirmish 425.0, Melee 575.0

Peltasts    (500 men)  Cost: £34.3,  Upkeep: £3.1/turn
Javelins, wicker shields, padded armour
Offence:  Skirmish 250.0, Melee 50.0
Defence:  Ranged 400.0, Skirmish 450.0, Melee 625.0
Cover:  Ranged 75.0, Skirmish 75.0, Melee 25.0

L. Axemen    (500 men)  Cost: £39.3,  Upkeep: £3.95/turn
Axes, wooden shields, leather armour
Requirements:  Armoury L1
Offence:  Melee 300.0
Defence:  Ranged 475.0, Skirmish 550.0, Melee 900.0
Cover:  Ranged 75.0, Skirmish 75.0, Melee 50.0

L. Swordsmen    (500 men)  Cost: £42.6,  Upkeep: £4.3/turn
Shortswords, lesser swordsmanship, wooden shields, leather armour
Requirements:  Armoury L1, Training L1, Iron Working, Warrior Code
Offence:  Melee 450.0
Defence:  Ranged 475.0, Skirmish 550.0, Melee 1150.0
Cover:  Ranged 75.0, Skirmish 75.0, Melee 50.0

Spearmen    (500 men)  Cost: £42.95,  Upkeep: £4.1/turn
Spears, leather armour
Offence:  Melee 225.0
Defence:  Ranged 425.0, Charge 625.0, Skirmish 500.0, Melee 750.0
Cover:  Charge 500

Bowmen    (500 men)  Cost: £35.75,  Upkeep: £3.6/turn
Daggers, shortbows, leather armour
Requirements:  Training L1
Offence:  Ranged 125.0, Skirmish 215.0, Melee 100.0
Defence:  Ranged 425.0, Skirmish 500.0, Melee 750.0

Primitive Bodyguards    (10 men)  Cost: £6.12,  Upkeep: £0.13/turn
Axes, hide armour, bodyguards
Requirements:  Warrior Code
Offence:  Melee 18.0
Defence:  Ranged 19.5, Skirmish 22.5, Melee 32.5, All 17.5
Bodyguards: 5.0

Engineers    (500 men)  Cost: £46.4,  Upkeep: £4.7/turn
Daggers, toolkit, leather armour
Offence:  Traps 187.5, Skirmish 50.0, Melee 100.0
Defence:  Ranged 425.0, Skirmish 500.0, Melee 750.0
Siege Power: 50.0, Siege Repair: 50.0

Raider Cavalry    (250 men)  Cost: £25.82,  Upkeep: £2.48/turn
Spears, rounceys, leather armour
Requirements:  Training L1, Trained Mounts, Beast Riding
Offence:  Charge 187.5, Melee 187.5
Defence:  Ranged 212.5, Charge 437.5, Skirmish 250.0, Melee 375.0
Cover:  Charge 250

Chariots    (250 men)  Cost: £27.32,  Upkeep: £2.75/turn
Daggers, shortbows, chariots, leather armour
Requirements:  Training L1, Trained Mounts
Offence:  Ranged 62.5, Charge 187.5, Skirmish 107.5, Melee 50.0
Defence:  Ranged 337.5, Charge 312.5, Skirmish 375.0, Melee 575.0

War Chariots    (250 men)  Cost: £38.02,  Upkeep: £3.8/turn
Shortswords, shortbows, war chariots, leather armour
Requirements:  Armoury L1, Training L1, Trained Mounts, Iron Working, Iron Working
Offence:  Ranged 62.5, Charge 187.5, Skirmish 82.5, Melee 675.0
Defence:  Ranged 462.5, Charge 437.5, Skirmish 500.0, Melee 750.0

Catapults    (40 men)  Cost: £58.0,  Upkeep: £5.8/turn
Catapults
Requirements:  Armoury L1, Training L1, Mathematics
Offence:  Artillery 150.0
Defence:  All 790.0
Siege Power: 40

Biremes    (20 men)  Cost: £34.95,  Upkeep: £0.15/turn
Bireme hulls, simple ram
Requirements:  Armoury L1, Training L1, Sailing
Offence:  Melee 450.0
Defence:  Melee 515.0, All 115.0
Cargo Capacity: 1000


Zombies    (500 men)  Cost: £0.0,  Upkeep: £0.0/turn,  Mana Cost: 10.0,  Morale: 200%
Shambling corpses
Offence:  Melee 200.0
Defence:  Skirmish 475.0, Melee 775.0
Resistances:  Poison 100%, Psychic 100%

Wasp Swarm    (500 men)  Cost: Battle Summon,  Morale: 150.0%
Devil wasps
Offence:  Skirmish 300.0, Melee 300.0
Defence:  Skirmish 575.0, Melee 575.0
Resistances:  Melee 25.0%

Spoiler: Agents (click to show/hide)

Scout:  £25, £1/turn.  Invisible.  Intrigue skill 0.  Movement Rate 3.  Provides reports on territories.

Spoiler: Technologies (click to show/hide)

Technologies

Currency: 100 ideas.  Enables Market, Mint.

Mathematics: 100 ideas.  Enables Catapults.

Worship: 100 ideas.  Enables Shrines.

Beast Riding: 100 ideas.  Enables Raider Cavalry (rounceys).

Mounted Combat: 200 ideas.  Requires Beast Riding.  Enables lances, horse bows.

Mount Breeding: 400 ideas.  Requires Mounted Combat.  Enables chargers.

Iron Working: 100 ideas.  Enables Smith, Light Swordsmen*, War Chariots, early breastplates, shortswords.

Late Iron Working: 200 ideas.  Requires Iron Working.  Enables mail hauberks, lamellar armour, longswords, iron-rimmed shields.

Warrior Code: 100 ideas.  Enables Barracks, Light Swordsmen*.

Literacy: 100 ideas.  Enables Library.

Masonry: 100 ideas.  Enables Walls, Stonemason.

Slavery: 100 ideas.  Enables Slave Plantation, Slave Mine, Slave Pits.

Domestic Slavery: 200 ideas.  Requires Slavery.  Enables Slave Market, early slave conscription.

Sailing: 100 ideas.  Enables Harbour, Biremes.

Herbalism: 100 ideas.  Enables Herbalist's Hut.


Foundation Necromancy: 400 ideas.  Allows necromancy training.

Foundation Elementalism: 400 ideas.  Allows elementalism training.

Foundation Augmentation: 400 ideas.  Allows augmentation training.

Foundation Summoning: 400 ideas.  Allows summoning training.

Foundation Mentalism: 400 ideas.  Allows mentalism training.

Foundation Mysticism: 400 ideas.  Allows mysticism training.

Spoiler: Current Mundane Tech Tree (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Sample Turn Report - The Nation of Generica (click to show/hide)

The Nation of Generica [Autocracy]   |   Population: 10.9k (9644 rural, 1219 urban)
Treasury: £-1.56 | Tax Logs | Ideas: 25.6 | Manpower: 610/1102 | Mana: 0.0
Factions:  Generican Aristocrats (54), Generican Church (54), Generican Burghers (50), Generican Thieves' Guild (50)
Faith:  40.7% agnostic, 59.3% sixth house

Code: [Select]

[b]National Goods Stocks[/b]
mounts - Stock: 70.3  | 57.7/139.0 Exported
livestock - Stock: 0.2  | 0/3.2 Exported
wool - Stock: 10.8  | 0/15.8 Exported
coal - Stock: 0.6  | 0/5.6 Exported
timber - Stock: 0.2  | 0/8.2 Exported
copper - Stock: 5.6 
tools - Stock: 0  | 0/11.9 Imported
grain - Stock: 0 
stone - Stock: 0 
fruits - Stock: 0 
cotton - Stock: 0 
dyes - Stock: 0 
furs - Stock: 0 
marble - Stock: 0 
tea - Stock: 0 
coffee - Stock: 0 
spices - Stock: 0 
gems - Stock: 0 
gold - Stock: 0 
art - Stock: 0 
alcohol - Stock: 0 
silver - Stock: 0 
fish - Stock: 0 
pearls - Stock: 0 
incense - Stock: 0 
jewellery - Stock: 0 
clothes - Stock: 0 

Heroes
Daryl [Alive - L1, Upk: £2.5]: Wizard, Sorcerer
Staff, Silk Robes
Skill: 2, 8/8 Mana || Spells:

Garth [Alive - L1, Upk: £2.5]: Wizard, Summoning Training
Staff, Silk Robes
Skill: 2, 8/8 Mana || Spells: Crystal Blades [T1 D1 1.5m], Wasp Swarm (Pre-Battle) [T1 D1 4m], Wasp Swarm (Battle) [T1 D1 1m]

Marcelino [Alive - L1, Upk: £2.5]: Cleric
Longsword, Shield, Leather Armour
Skill: 1, 1/1 Mana || Spells:


Armies
1st Generican Garrison [Garth]: [Garth*]  2000 light infantry | Upkeep: £21.6/turn | Location: 3
1st Light Infantry (L. Axemen) [500/500 light infantry, £5.4/turn], 2nd Light Infantry (L. Axemen) [500/500 light infantry, £5.4/turn], 3rd Light Infantry (L. Axemen) [500/500 light infantry, £5.4/turn], 4th Light Infantry (L. Axemen) [500/500 light infantry, £5.4/turn]


Agent Reports
Celia [3]: Counter-E: 8, 0 intrigue, Gov: Marcelino, 0 hostile agents


2 (Plains) - Villages: 2780 population (2780 rural, 0 urban) | Economy | Food | Special
Governor: - | Faction: Generican Aristocrats | Autonomy: 10.7% | Unrest: -0.4% | Tax: £3.1
No Garrison
Pasture
Equine Steppes

3 (Plains) - Market Town: 4219 population (3000 rural, 1219 urban) | Economy | Food | Faith
Governor: Marcelino | Faction: Capital | Autonomy: 0.0% | Unrest: -36.9% | Tax: £27.42
Garrison: 1st Generican Garrison | [Garth*]  2000 light infantry
Palace, Market, Shrine
Sheep Folds

4 (Hills) - Villages: 1112 population (1112 rural, 0 urban) | Economy | Food | Faith
Governor: - | Faction: Generican Church | Autonomy: 0.0% | Unrest: -23.4% | Tax: £0.58
No Garrison
Shrine
Copper Deposits

5 (Hills) - Villages: 1111 population (1111 rural, 0 urban) | Economy | Food | Faith
Governor: - | Faction: Generican Church | Autonomy: 0.0% | Unrest: -23.4% | Tax: £0.49
No Garrison
Shrine
Coal Seams

10 (Forest) - Villages: 1641 population (1641 rural, 0 urban) | Economy | Food | Special
Governor: - | Faction: Generican Aristocrats | Autonomy: 7.9% | Unrest: -4.7% | Tax: £1.04
No Garrison
Prime Woodlands

Roosts of Aeriala
Kingdom of Heth Garand
Autarchy of Varxsea
Empire of Fredek
Kingdom of Trelia
The Virtuous Lands
Clans of Defiance
Depths of Valdivia

Nirur Torir
Jilladilla
Dustan Hache
FakerFangirl
Talion
micelus
Roboson

[Shadowclaw777]

Question at @Iituem, does the Client Race give you another 3 points for racial creation for your client race?.

Hmm, it states that you have to buy your own points separately so that seems like the most logical is that you don't get bonus points to spend on your secondary race

[Criptfeind]

Looks cool! Although certainly a lot more complex then the previous ones. I read the manual, but it's going to take me at least a turn or two to get my head around everything.

How much population does your client race have?

[Iituem]

[Reserving a post.]


If you have 2 races, your client race will be around 35% of your total population (unless you want it higher - 70% slave race, 30% rulers is fine).  Also, yes, no bonus points for the client race, leaving them at a disadvantage compared to the main. 

[Jilladilla]

I'm certainly interested, gimme a bit of time to read the manual though. Don't want to be that guy who asks the question that's answered on page 2, after all. Will give a more proper post (or edit this one, if it's still the last post in the thread somehow...) when I'm done.

[Shadowclaw777]

Spoiler: Sign-Up Sheet (click to show/hide)

Nation Name: Aeriala
Starting Government Form: Magocracy
Leader Name: Arokka the Roosted
Leader Traits:
High Priest: (Power Source, -2 Points)  You are blessed by the gods and have carried their word into the new world.  In addition to pacifying the people and placating the gods, temples focus prayer and the gods reward you with mana.  [Shrines produce small amounts of mana.  Additionally, you start with a deity or pantheon of choice and one free Shrine.]
Leader Biography: Arroka was one of the most gifted and young of the Wisebirds who left their doomed world in immigration. Often brash and lack of sense for social cues but has developed the higher atonement with meditation and paths of solitude. He is of considerable age for a Wisebird and was unanimously voted for by the other Elders to lead the council. His magical potency has been well-established as it a gift from the Sky, but hasn't fully honed it with it yet.
Race Name: Arakkoa (Birdfolk)
Racial Traits
Fliers:  (-4 Points)  Your people are winged or otherwise capable of levitation.  All your units are fliers.
Prodigious Strength: (-2 Points)  Your people possess twice the strength of other folk.  They are typically far more dangerous in hand-to-hand combat than other species.
Terrain Adaption (Mountains) (-1 Points): The Birdfolk have adapted to the mountain terrain quite well, allowing them to create eyries and aerie for agriculture to feed their ravenous appetites
Hungry:   (+2 Points)   Your people just love eating, or maybe have high metabolic requirements.  Food consumption increases by 7.5%.
Doomed:   (+2 Points)   Only a handful of your people escaped your doomed world.  You begin with half the starting population.
Barbarous: (+1 Point)  Your people are not given to a sedentary lifestyle.  Your people suffer more unrest.
Vulnerability (Fire) (+1 Point): The Birdfolks are quite weak to strikes by fire and heat based offenses, with their wings (and their ability of flight) being burnt up in the process.
Race Description:
To the unseen eye, the arakkoa look much like large flightless birds. However when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground with their scrawny bird claws does their humanoid and bipedal stance actually reveal themselves. As the Arakkoa stand upright, they might reach of up to 7 feet tall with thick burly muscles and thick claws and talons. They have long, narrow legs that taper to sharp talons that they utilize to climb and walk on the ground. Feathers cover their entire bodies. Their plumage typically denotes membership in a tribe. Males are brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance that have established, a weird mix between eagles and parrots with a rough beak that they utilize for pecking and entire different variations of beaks depending on their tribes. The Arakkoa can spend lengthy periods of the time in the air and sky, and some go as long as days, as they can lock their wings in place and letting the thermals hold them aloft. During military to predatory engagements, they prove to be dynamic and acrobatic fliers with power beyond their moves, moving with remarkable speed and grace, diving to lash opponents with weapons or talons of severe power because of their musculature before turning and flying away. Once airborne, an arakkoa leaves the sky with reluctance and only usually falls down for hunting down their prey such as a fish or rabbit. They often have the same mannerism as their relative birds even with their sapience. They frequency tend to their feathers and speak with avian chirps with their speech. They still are often aggressive in their mannerism, and even biologically stage have developed a competition between superiority of other members.
Society Description: The Arakkoa were originally a bunch of vestigial savage birds who lived on the top of high mountains atop of trees and branches where they asserted their dominance as the apex predator of the biome. During the age of Gods, the Air God had gave sentience and allowed the Arakkoa to begin their own primal societies as tribes and little communions were they began to create a society for themselves. Their society was very militaristic and brutal, with a heavy focus on strength and power and only the strongest living. This avian race was often aggressive and dominated the lesser sapient species into slavery and tribute, they were often honorable with their dealings and never resorted to backstabbing or subterfuge as their means for warfare. When they encountered other races, their response was to seek conquest. Convinced of their innate superiority, the Arakkoa decided it was only their destiny to enthrall the other races to their military might. For much of their history, the Arakkoa lived as tribal hunters. Their constant warfare slowed their technological progress and path to a functional civilization. However during these dark and primitive ages for the Arakkoa, the Air God gave a boon of the "roosted ones" to the avian sapients. Many of the Arakkoa had left a path of solitude and enlightenment in which they became the wise-birds for the primitive tribes of the Birdfolk and became the elders that led their societies. However things were not to be, the Earth God challenged the God of Air for superiority during these ancient times and send beings made of rock and stone, which led to a horrible conflict between muscular birds and earth elementals, a brutal conflict with both sides getting heavy casualties. It was a Pyrrhic victory for the Birds and it gave them a innate phobia of the ground for the following generations, making them ponderous of the ground. However the Earth God was still vengeful and with the power of gods created earthquakes to tremors that devastated the population. The Air God with final power sent a portal and allowed the Arakkoa to migrate away from the plane of gods to the material realm.

The Arakkoa migrates from a Doomed world was of an unexpected one and desperate attempt to leave the plane of gods, they roosted in a mountain top and created their society and advanced from their tribal state. One part that is ironic of their society is that they desire freedom for themselves but anyone lesser only deserves to be chained to the stronger.  Sacrifice is an integral part of the social fabric, with a cultural emphasis on blood. War and combat are still vital aspects of their culture. Adults must prove themselves to have at least some level of fighting skill in order to be accepted into society. The Arakkoa's innate nature is reflected in their empire's diplomatic relations (or lack thereof) with other sapient races. They see other species as inferior and are almost eager for war with others and to make sure that they subjugated properly. They now roost in their mountains and listen to their Wisebird Council to lead their society. The Wisebirds have developed a form a of Magocracy with a heavy emphasis on progress and science so that their race can survive in this new world. The tribe's have reformed in unison and had allowed the Wisebirds to sophisticate society into the elders leading the masses. The new reformed society has referred themselves as "Aeriala" as their association with the sky.

Name of Your Capital: Talon's Roost
Name of the region surrounding your capital: Empyrean

Diety Name: (Tas'la) The God of the Sky
The Spirit of Blood, the Spirit of Honor, the Spirit of Strength

Religion Name: Aerialism

Deity Sphere: Chaos (Ironic?...)

Religion Description: the Arakkoa religion is pretty simplified as it is a combination of shamanism, animalism, polytheistic worship and ancestor worship. They believe in the central almighty entity known as the "Sky" or as they call Tas'la who gives freedom and power to the Arakkoa people. The Sky also communes with three lesser entities known to the Arrakoas as the "subservients" which are the three spirits that serve the Sky and Arakkoa race. The spirit of blood gives the Arrakoa power in sacrifice and brutalistic rituals as well as warfare, the spirit of honor gives the Birdfolk a sense of dedicated tradition and hatred of subterfuge, and Strength gives the avian sapients the sense of superiority and subjugation that they created a knack for. Their main stride of the Sky God is "freedom", but they believe only the strong deserves freedom and egalitarian rights. In which the Arakkoa have dedicated their path to strength and power so that they can be on the top and keep their freedom with the Sky. As with everyone they consider nearly everything to have a spirit of magical property to associate it with it which makes for their shamanism and animalism. They even have developed respect and worship for their deceased in which they pridefully state they want to be more powerful than their ancestor, as they directly state this to their ancestor's corpse or grave.

[Criptfeind]

Hum, I'm starting to get an idea of what I want to play, although I have a question about Client Races. Can you take negative traits on client races? If so, does that give build points, and is there any restrictions on spending them? Because clearly it doesn't make sense to say, take a really gimped client race to give you a lot of points for your main race.

Also... How hard/possible is it to geographically/professionally sort your population? Like if you take a dull slave race you want to work in the mines or factory, but don't want to work in the library, will you have any control over that/they'll auto sort somewhat intelligently, or will it be totally random if they end up working inappropriate jobs? I don't see any mechanic for such sorting, so I'm guessing it'll be random, but it was a thought I had, so I figured I'd check in case I missed something.

[10ebbor10]

Mana Site      £50, £1/turn.  Req: Currency.      Directly converts gold and silver into coin for the Treasury.

This seems wrong

[NUKE9.13]

Spoiler: Sheet (click to show/hide)

Nation Name: Heth Garand

Starting Government Form: Aristocracy

Leader Name: Ulus Tahskorva

Leader Traits: Forgemaster (-1), Augmentation (-2)

Leader Biography: Ulus Tahskorva (Ulus Steelshaper) is the smith-king of the Gforeg, whose hammer struck the finishing touches to the gate that brought his people to this world. In the old world, he was no ruler, but rather a craftsnoble- well respected, but not considered the equal of the higher nobility who ruled the world. But as the end approached, the nobility turned to Ulus and begged him to save them. For he had no equal amongst the enchanters of that world- he stood at the pinnacle of the Gforeg's natural aptitude for craftsmanship.
As the armies of destruction railed against the walls of Tor Nokgar, Ulus led the smiths of the city in the construction of the great gate. Even as the walls fell, the final blow was struck, and the portal was opened. The king of Tor Nokgar died leading one last counterattack, buying his people time to flee. The surviving nobility elected Ulus as their new king, for their gratitude was great, and there was none more suited to rebuild Gforeg civilisation.

Race Name: Gforeg

Racial Traits: Armourers (-1), Hill Adaptation (Superior Mines)(-1), Cowardly (+1), Red Thumb (+1)

Race Description: Humanoid, with dark grey skin and blazing red eyes, the Gforeg are natural smiths. Their leathery skin is somewhat resistant to heat, and they can see the properties of metal with unnatural aptitude, as well as detecting it through several meters of rock- leading to far more effective mining techniques. This gift comes at a certain cost, in that their understanding of plant life is stunted; a dried-out husk and a verdant bloom seem remarkably similar to them.
The Gforeg are used to having superior equipment to those they face in battle- in the old world, battles between Gforeg armies were often resolved not through combat, but by comparing the craftsmanship of their weapons. As such, their courage comes from their equipment, and without such advantages, they are reluctant to fight.

Nation Description: Those who escaped the old world rallied behind Ulus Tahskorva, who led them on a journey to a suitable site for their new capital. A foremost priority was considered the acquisition of mineral resources, for only then could proper rebuilding begin.
A large contingent of the refugees were nobles- though many of those, having neither wealth nor power any more, found their status greatly diminished, as the practicalities of a new world placed little value on empty titles. A three-tier society quickly emerged- the nobility still possessed of... possessions on top, dispossessed nobility beneath them, serving as soldiers, smiths, and administrators, and the masses below, serving in the fields and hills. Craftsmanship remained as important as before, if not more so, with the most skilled smiths amongst the survivors finding themselves elevated in status, often above noblemen they had previously served.

Name of your capital: Tor Nova

Name of the region surrounding your capital: Leth Nova

Dunno how much nation description you want. Hopefully this is sufficient to give a general impression of what things look like. I figure more details would emerge over time, sort of thing.

[Iituem]

Mint     £50, £1/turn.  Req: Currency.      Directly converts gold and silver into coin for the Treasury.

This seems wrong

Fixed!

Hum, I'm starting to get an idea of what I want to play, although I have a question about Client Races. Can you take negative traits on client races? If so, does that give build points, and is there any restrictions on spending them? Because clearly it doesn't make sense to say, take a really gimped client race to give you a lot of points for your main race.

Also... How hard/possible is it to geographically/professionally sort your population? Like if you take a dull slave race you want to work in the mines or factory, but don't want to work in the library, will you have any control over that/they'll auto sort somewhat intelligently, or will it be totally random if they end up working inappropriate jobs? I don't see any mechanic for such sorting, so I'm guessing it'll be random, but it was a thought I had, so I figured I'd check in case I missed something.

You can gimp out a client race if you really want to boost your main race - but without some inventive genocide you'll take the penalties of having them around at all, since they will make up a good third of your population.  If it's too unbalanced I may step in as GM and suggest some balancing factors to both races.

You can professionally sort your population, it's in there - if a race (e.g. say, dwarves) is better at being urban pops than agricultural pops, I can set them to 'urban preference'.  This means that when they breed they will preferentially take urban jobs over rural ones.  Similarly, if you had a good farming race (e.g. halflings) they can be set to 'rural preference' - they will fill out farming positions before urban ones.  So if you had a province with halflings, dwarves and humans in, most of the farmers would be halflings, most of the urbans would be dwarves and the humans would mix between the two.

I have considered adding in a 'displacement' mechanic to drive segregated races to certain territories or get them to leave your nation entirely.  I haven't implemented it yet, since I'm of two minds on how to implement it.

[Nirur Torir]

Is it possible to have a terrestrial main species (with Sailors) and an aquatic client species?

[Iituem]

Spoiler: Sheet (click to show/hide)

Nation Name: Heth Garand

Starting Government Form: Aristocracy

Leader Name: Ulus Tahskorva

Leader Traits: Forgemaster (-1), Augmentation (-2)

Leader Biography: Ulus Tahskorva (Ulus Steelshaper) is the smith-king of the Gforeg, whose hammer struck the finishing touches to the gate that brought his people to this world. In the old world, he was no ruler, but rather a craftsnoble- well respected, but not considered the equal of the higher nobility who ruled the world. But as the end approached, the nobility turned to Ulus and begged him to save them. For he had no equal amongst the enchanters of that world- he stood at the pinnacle of the Gforeg's natural aptitude for craftsmanship.
As the armies of destruction railed against the walls of Tor Nokgar, Ulus led the smiths of the city in the construction of the great gate. Even as the walls fell, the final blow was struck, and the portal was opened. The king of Tor Nokgar died leading one last counterattack, buying his people time to flee. The surviving nobility elected Ulus as their new king, for their gratitude was great, and there was none more suited to rebuild Gforeg civilisation.

Race Name: Gforeg

Racial Traits: Armourers (-1), Red Thumb (+1)

Race Description: Humanoid, with dark grey skin and blazing red eyes, the Gforeg are natural smiths. Their skin is resistant to heat, and they can see the properties of metal with unnatural aptitude. This gift comes at a certain cost, in that their understanding of plant life is stunted; a dried-out husk and a verdant bloom seem remarkably similar to them.

Nation Description: Those who escaped the old world rallied behind Ulus Tahskorva, who led them on a journey to a suitable site for their new capital. A foremost priority was considered the acquisition of mineral resources, for only then could proper rebuilding begin.
A large contingent of the refugees were nobles- though many of those, having neither wealth nor power any more, found their status greatly diminished, as the practicalities of a new world placed little value on empty titles. A three-tier society quickly emerged- the nobility still possessed of... possessions on top, dispossessed nobility beneath them, serving as soldiers, smiths, and administrators, and the masses below, serving in the fields and hills. Craftsmanship remained as important as before, if not more so, with the most skilled smiths amongst the survivors finding themselves elevated in status, often above noblemen they had previously served.

Name of your capital: Tor Nova

Name of the region surrounding your capital: Leth Nova

Dunno how much nation description you want. Hopefully this is sufficient to give a general impression of what things look like. I figure more details would emerge over time, sort of thing.

Looks good!  Excellent sign-up sheet.

Is it possible to have a terrestrial main species (with Sailors) and an aquatic client species?

Yes, I'm good with that.  Your main species will be deposited on land in that case, with your client species in the sea.

[10ebbor10]

Fixed!

Now Mint is included twice in the building list.

[Jilladilla]

I see that there is a Hungry trait, and I see that you are open for suggestions: Would a 'Slow Metabolism' Trait be a possible thing or no?
Mayhaps a 'Cyclops' trait as well?

[Talion]

This looks interesting, the idea I have might take awhile to work out.