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BOTG VII Rp Thread

Yep that title is correct, another Botg is starting up.

The Map is now available. Claim your starting locations while you can!

This game will be a bit different in that only a limited amount of players will be allowed, which will mostly be those who have played BOTG in the past. This is to ensure that rp stays up to par and to make sure that fewer players drop out.

To allow others to at least experience BOTG anyone may become an adventurer or a party of adventurers to play on the board. These can be pulled from any race on the board, or you can be a rogue god or demon that lacks the power to play with the big guys up top.

First off is the rules which are based on BOTG VI rules which were Akroma's.

Battle of the Gods is a forum roleplay-game, in which each player takes the role of one (or several) divine (or demonic) entities. These entities are gathered around a gameboard (the world) and guide their believers to whatever time may bring, trying to accomplish whatever goal the god or their believers have in mind. The player also takes controle over a civilisation that can consist of one or more races.
The focus of this game is diplomacy, warfare and of course the epicness that takes place when the interests of several gods clash.

Unlike game like Evolution, Lords of Creation or Age of restauration, all of which are quite popular, this game tries to avoid numbers and dicerolls whenever possible.
There are no units for labour, no number of soldiers, no special resources that need to be gathered, they are abstracted away and lie in the conscience of the respective players.

Turns:

Each turn lasts 1 day in the real world, in which 6 months pass in the game. Within this time the player is required to submit their turn, since this round will be mostly veteran players I am hoping this will not be an issue.

Lists like this...

building that and that : 1/5
training this and this: 2/3

... will actually cause you're race to have a negative impact this turn and if continued could cause your race to either die out or become enslaved. Botg is about the storytelling and rp and not the little mechanics behind it.


Movement:

Will be 2-4 spaces per turn since the game board will be rather small. It should be fairly obvious if two, thee or four spaces will be traveled depending on the terrain... obviously if you are traveling over a mountain it may take some time to get over it.

Encounters:

This occurs whenever more than one player is in the same tile on the map. When this occurs the players must talk over irc or pm each other to act out the event. Don't complain about pm's being to slow since you don't need to act out everything, a rough sketch of what you are doing should suffice when pming.

Military encounters now I expect to run somewhat smoothly since veteran players will be playing this round. If an agreement can't be made I will make the final desicion to keep the turn moving. In this event all battle participants will send me a pm of there action and I will then act out the battle. The better the rp the more likely the battle will favor you, however rp is not a deciding factor in battle.

Heroes:

Players may have important individuals that are above the norm. These characters will most likely be the center of role-play but that is up to the player. Keep in mind while these characters may have some god-given abilities, like they may not die naturally, but anything on the game-board may die. This means if your god itself appears on the board it can die... albeit at a great cost but it can die.



DI or Divine Intervention

Gods are sitting around a game board meddling with the game, hint BOTG = Battle of the Gods. So of course Divine Intervention is possible, however over using the power makes DI lose its novelty and corrodes the rp of the game. Whether through dreams or appearing before his followers the gods will be influencing things one way or another.

So for the sake of rp Major DI's will have to be approved through me, a good rp reason will help the DI in being approved.

An example of a Major DI would be your god summoning a comet or raining fire down on enemy soldiers.

The Map:


|~~~~~~~~~.|⌠≈≈≈⌠⌠⌠|⌠⌠♣♣♣♣♣♣⌂⌂▲^▲
|~~~~~~~~~.└──────┬┘....♣♣♣♣⌂⌂▲▲▲
|~~~~~~~~~....⌠⌠⌠⌠|....┌──────○⌂⌂
|~~~~~~~~~~......≈|⌠⌠..|...♣♣♣♣⌂♣
|~~~~~~~~~~......≈|≈⌠┌─┘....~~♣♣
|⌂⌂⌂~~~~~~........└─┬┘......~~~~~
|⌂⌂⌂⌂~..~~~.........|.......~~~~~
|▲▲▲⌂⌂..............|.......~~~~~
|▲^▲⌂⌂..............|........~.~~
|▲▲▲○────┐.......♠♠♠└──○⌂⌂.......
|▲▲▲▲⌂⌂..└───┐♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠▲▲▲⌂⌂..≈≈≈
|⌂⌂▲▲⌂⌂⌂⌂...♠|♠♠♠♠♠♠♠⌂⌂▲^▲⌂⌂.≈≈≈≈

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^ mountain peak/volcano
▲ mountain
⌂ rocky hills
. plains and grassy hills
~ deserts and sandy dunes
♣ forest
♠ rain forest
╞ dead/burnt forest
○ river source
└─┬┘┌┐ river
≈ water
█ glacier
⌠ swamp
● tundra

░ storm (dependant on terrain type)
═╦╝ tunnel or road
╫ bridge
♥ special place
æ ruins

Also each tile is huge, it is hard to imagine an entire city taking up a whole tile. A tile is enough for a single city but small enough for two armies to see each other. It is also assumed that smaller villages may dot the territory around the main city or center of power.

Now onto the application process.

Symbol:
A symbol for your cities and armies. They are normally letters. Uppercase for the cities and Lowercase for armies.

Your God
Who is your god, what's he like, describe him/her in a few lines


Your Race:
A physical description of course, what your people are like, etc.

Your civ may have more than one race in it.

Your Civ:

As previously mentioned Civ and race are different things. A civ like the human race has many different facets to it.

A description of your military is also preferred if you have one.

Your Heroes:
Their names, back story, and such...

Your Cities:

When the map is up and running you simply claim a spot where your civ will start off. They can appear with an already built city or none at all, it is up to how you want to Rp the build up. However don't abuse this.

Magic:

You may or may not have it. If you do you may have a different system than other players. Don't complain about someone else's use of magic because it doesn't agree with your system, Magic is deep and mystical and hard to understand how it works.

That about sums it up, if yall see something odd let me know. ^_^

Irc:If you don't already know it you can pm me and I'll let you know

Current Map:

|~~~~~~~~~.|⌠≈≈≈⌠⌠⌠|⌠⌠♣♣♣♣♣♣⌂⌂▲^▲
|~~~~~~~~~.└──────┬┘....♣♣♣f⌂⌂▲▲▲
|~~~~~~~~~....⌠⌠⌠⌠|....┌──────○⌂⌂
|~~~~~Ψ~~~~......≈|⌠⌠..|T♣s♣♣♣♣⌂♣
|~~~~~~~~~~......≈|≈⌠┌─┘♣♣..~~♣♣v
|⌂⌂⌂~~~~~~........└─┬┘......~Å~~~
|⌂⌂⌂⌂~..~~~.........|.......~~~~~
|▲▲▲⌂⌂..............|.......~~~~~
|▲^▲⌂⌂..............|........~.~~
|▲▲▲○────┐.......♠♠♠└──○⌂⌂.......
|▲▲▲▲⌂⌂..└───┐♠♠♠♠♠R♠♠♠▲▲▲⌂⌂..≈≈≈
|⌂⌂▲▲⌂⌂⌂⌂...t|♠♠♠♠♠♠♠⌂⌂▲^▲⌂⌂.≈≈≈≈

Player Races:

R:Mission0: Ruleen
T:Emperor_Jonathon: Suin
Ψ:Wimdit: SandRiders
Å:Nhip: Akkads

Adventurers:
f:Flintus10: Shen
s:Rooster: Sfidi
v:Virex: Vix

will update soon...

[Armok]

Damn, i will not be able to join this one, atleast not for weeks and probably not ever untill it ends.
I would REALLY have wanted to, I love the BotGs and I feel horible at missing one...

[mission0]

Symbol:
City: R
Armies: r


Your God:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name:Rizarr
Description:

A being who appears often in the guise of a chimera. With different parts of many animals he fits in with his mismatches followers perfectly. He has been described to having the wings of a dragon, the head of a fox, the body of a eagle, the legs of a cat, and one army like that of a rabbits, and the other like a wolves.

Your Race:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

There are two races within my Civ

The Liwab:

Quick and nimble and look similar to rabbits. They stand at about a meter and a half tall. From head to foot they are covered in fur. The older the Rabbit the darker the fur,ranging from white when they are first born then growing darker until they are jet black. The Liwab are by far the longest living of their civ, some are so old that even their eyes have turned black. The Liwab are physically incapable instead delving into Magic to help out.

The Geru:

A wolf looking race and a much more civilized form of their animal counterpart, the Geru are intimate with and dependent on The Rabbits. The Geru stand around 3 meters tall and act as the warriors of the Civilization utilizing their sharp teeth and claws to fight rather than weapons they attack their opponent with wild abandon. They also forgo traditional armor in favor of the freedom of movement that bare skin provides. The only weapon they may use are stone claws they may grip in their hand to extend past their normal ones. The Geru normally do not live long, the oldest are about 30-40 years old and live only with the help with the Liwab. These "ancient" Geru normally act as the leaders of the army.

Your Civ:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: The Ruleen

A flagrant society to say the least. The Liwab and Geru live together and often sleep together in Dens burrowed into the ground. It is rare to find a Liwab or a Geru sleeping on their own, and only couples are able to get their own hovel to themselves if they so choose.

While couples between the Liwab and Geru are not unheard of it is often frowned upon. Especially since a Geru child inside a Liwab mother's womb will often kill the mother upon delivery because of the larger Geru, and a Liwab child's uncontrolled magics will make a Geru mother terribly ill often resulting in death.

Neither race partakes in wearing clothing under normal circumstances since their fur covers the majority of their body. However on diplomatic missions simple clothes are normally worn. These clothes are not courtly in the least, just something to adorn the modesty that other civilizations may feel are a must.

Dens and other areas are often made of hollowed out trees that are either grown/enhanced magically or found naturally. This being the woods are the place of choice for the Ruleen to live. However they have been seen living and swamps as well if no other option is available.

Without a guide and without seeing the Ruleen an unattentive passerby may walk through the village without noticing what they have just missed.

The Ruleen believe fervantly in Rizaar. When first settling an area a shrine to Rizaar is always the first tree to be grown and hollowed out. These shrine are never large but can fit at least 20 people in at once and more than one can be found in larger villages. The shrines are designed for individual worship since Ruleen's prefer the personal closeness of Rizaar to a massed congregation. Not to say that their are not priests but the priests rarely instruct others on how to worship Rizaar, preferring to merely help those see Rizaar and to trust in Rizaar to show them the rest of the way.

The Geru make up the bulk of the army as the infantry, the Liwab can be seen in the army as well but often as healers or battlemages. Formations are unheard of in the army, guerrilla tactics are more often used with smaller patrols than large armies put together for a single purpose.

The Geru and Liwab using their natural speed use a hit and run tactic trying to deal a large amount of damage in minimal time with minimal losses.

Your Heroes:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Shikra:

The current leader of the Ruleen. She is a female Liwab who had just been elected to her position. Still being young and inexperienced she is often rash in her decisions, which she makes up with in a clear sense of logic and justice.

She has taken a special interest in Rone for his unique abilities, and can often be seen talking to him.

Rone:
He the successful offspring of a Geru and Liwab match up. His mother and father have both died though. His mother died shortly after his birth even with healers trying all they could to save her. His father died during the birth since he had insisted he be in the same room as his match and the magics released by Rone and his mother combined was to much for him to handle.

He was adopted by a Liwab couple who were sympathetic to his situation. They taught him how to control his magic... to a point since Rone's magic wasn't the same as the others. Instead it was slightly erratic often pulsing without warning. This has ended up in more than one Runeel being scalded or stunned, luckily he still had enough control to limit the amount of power passing out of him.

These erratic outbursts of magic made others weary of him and lead to an isolated childhood for Rone. Even so he has developed a cheery outlook on life that may or may not hide a deeper sadness.

Your Cities:

Waiting for map of course...

Magic:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Liwab are those who specialize in Magic among the Ruleen. Most are healers who mend the wounded are prolong the life of the Geru. A few are called upon as BattleMages whom fight along side the Geru using the nature around the enemy against them.

As a Liwab ages however their ability to summon magic decreases to where it is nearly impossible to summon them at all. Those who have aged to this point though still help out by training those of the younger generations in the arts of magic.

*wipes forehead*
Ok I know that this is a wall of text without the spoilers but should prove to be an interesting read.

Spoiler: The Beginning of a New Game (click to show/hide)

Rizaar strode up to an empty Game board in the infamous tavern where gods held mighty battles on a small scale. The board was blank and empty, but as he approached the board the land started shaping into what he had in mind and his chosen pieces appeared on the side ready to be placed on the board.

Looking around he made a call to all the elder gods to come forth and answer his challenge.

"A new board is being set, who of you wish to play?"

[Emperor_Jonathan]

Hey hey hey, a day?

No way.

Extend it to two days at least, 3 preferably. Some days I don't get any chance to get on a computer at all.

[mission0]

Hey hey hey, a day?

No way.

Extend it to two days at least, 3 preferably. Some days I don't get any chance to get on a computer at all.

I thought it may be a bit short as well. 3 days was what I had intended originally, However after talking with some others I decided on 1. Since I'm looking for those who have played botg before I'm willing to extend it to two if others agree. If someone else also asks for three though I will change it to that.

For now why not get a race set up just in case

[Emperor_Jonathan]

I'll be reusing, perhaps my favourite race, the Suin.

SYMBOL IS T,t
The Suin.

Spoiler: Diety (click to show/hide)

Name: Velen
Spheres: Industry, progress. ((Progress as in Tech Progress))
He views his race as tools, as pawn for his plans and games.

Spoiler: Race (click to show/hide)

The Suin are small, about 0.8m tall with bowed legs and long arms drooping to their feet. They are strong, hard workers and zealous for the approval, acceptance and happiness for Velen. Doing all that they can to please him. Their skin is a sickly-green colour and is rough all over. They breed very quickly, with litters of 2 or 3 being common, but litters of 4 are not rare. They are muscular but not very big, they are fast on foot.  Their Gestation period is three weeks and the children reach maturity in three months. Their individual body builds rarely deviate, they're slim but sometimes a Suin gets a gene that makes them very large and bulky, also stronger. However this usually comes with a decrease to intelligence, with a mentality of small proportions. They are a violent race who sometimes attack an ally for no reason.

Spoiler: Civ (click to show/hide)

In early civilisations of the Suins, in the tribes and villages the strongest command. They beat the opposition to their rule and power. As the village and civilization grows eventually just being strong is not enough to control the Suin. The smarter Suin take over. In the smaller settlements the Suin live relatively peacefully, making their way through life. As the settlement grows larger foundries and industry spout up, raping the countryside as the slums start to cover the ground. The small elite live in wealth and decadence while the plebs and commoners fall into a life of crime and violence, cities are barely held together by the city guard.

Although religion is important it doesn't override any other task, they believe that Suin is directing their race towards perfection, in his eyes. They don't really have a greater goal other than to do the bidding of their leaders, they follow their leader zealously, however not to a fool hardy end. Their society is lead by head magician, who are usually the smartest of the people, the head magician is the king or lord, they command five other magicians who are his advisors and who control most of what goes on. The five magicians usually specialize in one area each which are, war; forging; agriculture; building and religion.

The War magician commands two generals directly, they may or may not be magicians, one general for defense and one for attack, they organise the recruiting and training of soldiers, as well as the battles.
Under the Forging magician is the lead forger he directs for what to be forged whether it be crafts weapons or building materials.
The agriculture magician directly commands the head hunting and head farming Suin, who direct all the others under them.
The building magician directly commands the lead architect, who isn't a very good architect ((will get to it later)), the lead architect directs all the construction.
The Religion magician is basically the Suin form of pope, he directly commands five cardinals, the Religion magician also doubles as diplomat ot foreigners.
Of course this would only happen in a city or metropolis, in hamlets and so forth they are commanded by the strongest in the village.

The Suin build great forges guzzling up massive amounts of wood, most of their buildings are ramshackle and most Suin live in poverty. They build great walls of stone reinforced with iron around their major cities. They use iron swords, bows, pikes and shields. Their best form of armor is plate with leather under it, however it is very ineffective plate and they do not have the finesse required to produce chain mail. So most soldiers either use leather or plate and leather. They have great siege machines made from wood and metal, mostly battering rams, ladders and catapults.

Spoiler: Magic (click to show/hide)

Magic is very rare, but very powerful when they learn how to do it. About 1 in 100 are born with the capacity for magic, when they are found they are taken to the head magician and taught the ways of magician. The magicians are leaders of the society, they solely have destructive magic, giant fireballs, inducing earth quakes, thunderstorms and the like.

Spoiler: Heroes (click to show/hide)

Heroes are to be killed off and introduced as the game progresses.

[mission0]

Sounds good, hope to see you in the game then if you do join.

[Halmie]

Scrap that.

[mission0]

I'm new but this is too tempting. I have made my civ quite weak so I won't be one of the big players.

Symbol:K
Your God:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 (he's a comparatively weak demon) Tali Kaan
Spheres: Influence

A weak demon who was summoned by an evil mage. The mage was ignorant though and Tali Kaan got the better of him. He possessed the mages body and headed towards mountains. After which he lost control of the mage and came out in a more permanent form. A largish humanoid form with four arms. The Lom worship him like a god.

Your Race:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Lom

These are weak critters. They are about three foot tall and have an exoskeleton. They are extremely weak though and it would take around five of them to overcome an average human. A hamer can crack their protective coat. But it gives them minimal protection from slashes and the such. There arn't many left as they were pushed to the side of the world long ago and have remained in the mountains ever since. The females have a stinger which they use for hunting. All Lom are immune to it however.

Your Civ:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

They have little land and almost no people. They are on the brink of extintion. They snapped up Tali Kaan's offer of protection and leadership. They used to live in small tribes of 10-30 and not many of them were left. Tali united them under one banner, emblazened with a K. Their military is comprised of almost all spearmen since stabbing is the most effective against their exoskeleton.

Your Heroes:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Kak: He stands at an imposing (to Lom) five feet tall. His spear is as tall as him. He is surprisingly intellegint and through his leadership brought his tribe to a legendary status among the others.

Dok:  The only magic weaver in the race. He is young and abrasive but respected by his tribesmen. Some tribes are cautious of him though

Your Cities:

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They have a few small caves dotted around. If there is a mountain range I will claim a square there.

Magic:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Tali Kaan's power is in his persuasion. He has limited possesion. To use his possession he has to first make the target trust him. His possession only lasts for a few days before he has to return to his humanoid form. The only other magical creature is Dok who has weak control over flying objects such as arrows or rocks.

EDIT: I'm reading through BotG V so I can keep up with everyone else.

I can't guarantee you a spot since you aren't a veteran but if it looks like others may not jump in I'll add you in.

Also I see where you are going with your race but you may want to make them a bit stronger. Being a major player or trying to is always a good thing just as long as the rp is good.

If nothing else you can jump in as an adventurer.
Edit: I'm offering adventurer because this allows newer players to come into the game and get the feel of the rp. It also allows me to judge as to how active a person is going to be without affecting the overall game greatly. If as an adventurer you excel something could happen to make things more interesting

[Halmie]

I sorta aimed it at being an adventurer with a few weak followers trying to develop into a proper civilisation.

[mission0]

I sorta aimed it at being an adventurer with a few weak followers trying to develop into a proper civilisation.

Sorta like a demi-god trying to rise up, not really a civ with a city though. I'll have to think on that a bit.

[Akroma]

Armok, eventhough the posts sais "veteran" the better word would be "reliable"

we want players that actually play the game instead of just talking about it

by popular vote of the regulars, you are not allowed in this round




as for Halmie, if you want to know about a proper botg, then read botg IV
it was by far the most successful one up till now

botgV was short lived, due to experimental rules




as for an extended turn-length, I am not sure here
it might be nice to give the busier people some time to get their posts in, but people should still try their best to post all their stuff on the first day, so that the turn can be changed

[Archangel]

I might join as an adventurer (Sort of) if you lengthen the turns by at least one day.

[Emperor_Jonathan]

SCRATCH THAT IM GOOD UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY

[Flintus10]

I'll join but as an adventurer or group of adventurers I will write up later.