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[Nirur Torir]

The game has been completely revised. There are now 2 governors, and 8 heroes. Each governor gets 4 heroes. This should be a bit like a more in-depth Majesty, with the ability for the governors to adventure as well.

Spoiler: Backstory (click to show/hide)

There is a land bridge to the southern continent. It is a wild and savage land, with primitive and brutal cultures. The king of Riverview, in his infinite wisdom, decided to expand his kingdom southwards, as everywhere else is already occupied by civilized people who would likely beat Riverview in a war. His advisers have pinpointed two sites along the coast which act as natural choke-points, one on either side of a mountain, and both along a river. Nothing larger then a small force would likely be able to get over the mountain, and cities at these points would make perfect buffers for the rest of the empire. While geography experts head for the mountain to study this odd phenomenon, the chancellor prepares a pair of expeditions.

As the kingdom is the poorest in the known world, they will be given very little, and must trade local wealth for what they need. Eight adventurers have "volunteered" for the journey.

Spoiler: Dice Rules (click to show/hide)

A D20 system will be used.

Spoiler: For Governors (click to show/hide)

You will each start with 45 citizens of your choice, along with yourself and the four heroes. You will be able to do whatever you wish in a turn, and assign citizens to work in fields you choose.

Generally, citizens may be skilled in anything likely for a uneducated citizens in a high-fantasy late-medieval style era. Educated citizenry may be trained or imported later. You do start with 3 educated citizens, so choose their jobs wisely. Examples of uneducated skills are: Farmer, craftsmen, and soldiers. Examples of educated citizens are scholars [researchers], wizards, and overseers[improve unskilled laborers they're assigned to].

The 42 unskilled laborers each have a +1, while the 3 skilled laborers each have three +1s. Please assign them their initial jobs.

Most citizens provide a base of 2(job points), plus 1 per level. Overseers improve this bonus by +1 per level of both overseer and [skill]. They'll need level 2 overseer and level 2 lumberjack to boost the bonus by +2. Each overseer may work over a max of 10 people.

The standard tax rate is 2 coins/5 turns per citizen. Taxes may be increased or decreased, depending on your morale. Morale affects immigration, and is increased by bigger houses, luxury goods, and various other things.

A standard wood structure costs 5 wood or stone to build, and takes 10 or 20 construction points, respectively. A "standard" house size is 5, and allows 2 people to live comfortably. You can shove more in, if you don't care about the decreased morale.

Magic is not uncommon, but there is only one institution for the study of magic in the kingdom at present. It is a poor kingdom, after-all.

Metallurgy technology includes primitive steel making. Gun technology is limited to muzzle-loaded matchlock Arquebuses.

Spoiler: For Heroes (click to show/hide)

When making a hero, I want the following:
Name:
Description/Race/Backstory: Six +1 points for general stats are available. I believe that you shouldn't need to be an elf to get that +1 magic bonus, or a dwarf for that +1 constitution bonus. They may be stacked.
Disadvantage: Three -1 points, or one -2 point. These are in general stats, such as -1 constitution. They may be stacked, or used to negate a racial/back-story bonus.
Skills: Describe what you want out of them. If you pick enchanting magic, for example, I want to know if you want long-term spells to make magic swords but take a while to cast, or combat-castable buffs.
You may stack these, but a level 3 skill will take all 4 points.
Starting items: Three items which each grant a +1 bonus, along with the other items that may be important to your character. Clothing is generally considered to be important.
Reason for joining the expedition:
Which governor you'll side with, or random:

Stats:
Strength - Makes you hit harder, and helps tasks like lifting large stones
Agility - Makes you dodge better, and helps with tasks like acrobatics or sneaking
Dexterity - Makes you hit more accurately, and helps with tasks like picking locks
Constitution - Increases HP and helps with tasks like shrugging off poison
Intelligence - Helps with studying, many tasks in town, and communication
Spirituality - Increases mana and mana regenerated while resting
Power - Increases magical damage and the general strength of spells
Magical Finesse - Increases the success rate and accuracy of spells

Skills:
Be creative here, but describe what you want the skill to do. Each level increases the xp requirement by 10 points.

Spells:
You may cast a spell you don't know, but it carries a penalty if you're trying to create a spell while fighting.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Full actions - Things like traveling between a town and a dungeon require a full action.
Major actions - The typical actions in an RTD, such as searching a room, killing a goblin, or bothering hapless merchants.
Minor actions - Things which usually don't need a roll, such as quaffing a healing potion, grabbing a sword off of the ground, or opening an unlocked door. Some minor actions are rolled for, such as asking a guard for directions.
Furthermore, using an "alternative" means of travel, such as a horse or teleport spell, counts as a minor action.

Each turn, a character may either:
Take a full action
Take a major action and a minor action
Take three minor actions

Spoiler: Travel (click to show/hide)

Normal travel between most areas takes a full action. Most rolls count as a standard success, with a {1} turning into a hostile encounter, and a {20} turning into a beneficial encounter. Beneficial encounters will occur just outside of the area the player was traveling to.
"Alternative" means of travel only require a minor action.
"Close" travel, such as between rooms in a dungeon or shops in town, count as a minor action, regardless of the actual number of rooms traversed in the dungeon.

Spoiler: Old, obsolete rules that nobody likes. (click to show/hide)

In an RTD, you focus on being an adventurer, often going on dangerous quests for fabulous treasure. A six-sided die determines effectiveness, from {1}, a critical failure, to {6}, a critical overshot.

This is not one of those RTDs.

Oh no. You have a much higher goal in mind then getting killed in some dark dungeon for a sword of +1 maiming. In this RTD, you seek the throne of the Kingdom of Glory Vale, a fictional kingdom set in a pseudo-medieval era. This is quite a lofty goal for a mere village leader, but it's possible with a bit of luck. Nothing's stopping you from chasing after +1 axes of accuracy, or learning fun spells that summon torrents of cold water, of course.

Each town governor is in charge of five villages. A baron controls a barony consisting of five towns, and the progression continues with counts, dukes, and finally the king.

The strength of your holdings will be measured in Military Strength and Prosperity. Military Strength is a general measure of current soldiers, their training, equipment, and morale. Prosperity is a measure of your economy, which is mostly used as a measure of how much Military Strength you can have, as well as how quickly it will increase.

To advance, you'll need to take land - either from other players, or from random NPCs. They may or may not care about your belligerent actions, depending on what the dice think. The geography in Glory Vale is non-Euclidean, allowing other players to be attacked at any time.

To sign-up, please fill out the following form completely:

Ruler name:
Ruler's single 'best' skill:
How the ruler came into power:
Why the ruler wants even more power:
Future plans, after the kingdom has been conquered:
Faction name:
Faction description:
Treasonous offenses, and reasons for committing treason:
Any miscellaneous details that do not fit in with the above:

When I wake up in the morning, I'll be picking six players, based on the application form. I will not be simply picking the first six applicants.

[Jiharo]

Ruler name: Kref
Ruler's single 'best' skill: lying.
How the ruler came into power:In attempt to cheat local farmers out of some money, he faked a minor miracle by previously unheard of deity Darrakan. Village louts were so inspired by miracle that they all immediately converted to Darrakanianism and installed Kref as their High Priest and leader.
Why the ruler wants even more power: Greed.
Future plans, after the kingdom has been conquered:Try out all niceties of royal life for some time, then flee to faraway lands with most precious and compact part of Royal Treasury.
Faction name: Cult of Darrakan.
Faction description:gullible peasants, united by belief in Darrakan. Religion of Darrakan requires of it's followers full obedience to superiors and promises fabulous happiness in afterlife.
Treasonous offenses, and reasons for committing treason: Kref kept himself clear of politics until that day.
Misc: professional conman and card cheat. Greedy, but values his own well-being most of all.

[ExKirby]

Ruler name: Alexander Kyrby
Ruler's single 'best' skill: Negotiation
How the ruler came into power: Democracy-after the leader of the area had been killed, the residents agreed to vote upon the new leader. Alexander won by a substantial margin.
Why the ruler wants even more power: To help the entire land prosper
Future plans, after the kingdom has been conquered: Expansion-the kingdom of Glory Vale shall become even larger!
Faction name: The Unity
Faction description: A group of workers set on making the world a better place, usually seen wearing similar wristbands.
Treasonous offenses, and reasons for committing treason: What terasonous offences? Alex is a good man!
Any miscellaneous details that do not fit in with the above: Alex likes dressing up as a peasant and secretly giving coins to the needy.

[wolfchild]

Ruler: Avran "the beast" Yeats
Ruler's single 'best' skill: Wars of Attrition
How the ruler came into power: Kileld his predeccesor
Why the ruler wants even more power: He is a greedy bastard
Future plans, after the kingdom has been conquered: Live it up
Faction name:League of Etternal War
Faction description: Downtrodden and fearful poppulace, with a small privilaged elite to keep them in line
Treasonous offenses, and reasons for committing treason: How he rised to his postion, to rise to his position
Miscelaneous: Wears razor armour and "hugs" anyone who displeases him, especialy mesengers.

[Dwarmin]

Ruler name: Khan Ahada
Ruler's single 'best' skill: Research
How the ruler came into power: Was voted for by a majority of his subjects. He was the only candidate though.
Why the ruler wants even more power: To abolish the system for the good of all. More so, hunger for further knowledge!
Future plans, after the kingdom has been conquered: Attain immortal life, rule forever, advance the people and himself technologically, morally and mentally.
Faction name: The Third Eye
Faction description: A congregate of free thinkers, Wizards, philosophers, engineers, alchemists and whatnot, dedicated to the overthrow of the monarchy system.
Treasonous offenses, and reasons for committing treason: Has questioned the need for kings at all, and is willing to overthrow the system.
Any miscellaneous details that do not fit in with the above:They have a book club.

[Humaan]

Ruler name: Aaron Kall
Ruler's single 'best' skill: Strategy
How the ruler came into power: He defeated a bandit the villagers were unable to beat, although he did it with strategy, and the bandit was REALLY stupid.
Why the ruler wants even more power: It is the ultimate challenge for someone like himself.
Future plans, after the kingdom has been conquered: To rule the world
Faction name: The Silver Chariots
Faction description: An army under the warlord Aaron Kall. Known for its dangerous use of the terrain for his advantage.
Treasonous offenses, and reasons for committing treason: He dares not show tribute to the likes of the current king. He also refused to join the kings army, due to the fact he would not command anything.
Any miscellaneous details that do not fit in with the above: He prefers silver to gold, and he believes it to be more valuable.

[Knight Otu]

Let's try this.

Ruler name: Pendim Hyrdar
Ruler's single 'best' skill: Fire magic
How the ruler came into power: He has demonstrated his power to key people showing how it could make everyone's lifes easier.
Why the ruler wants even more power: Because power is access to more knowledge. Especially secret and forbidden knowledge.
Future plans, after the kingdom has been conquered: Ascension to divinity, of course. What other goal would someone have?
Faction name: Golden Alliance
Faction description: Villagers with a number of mages, and lesser conjured creatures that are supposed to take the brunt of battle. The conjured creatures should hopefully be stronger and more plentiful in the future.
Treasonous offenses, and reasons for committing treason: Has secretly experimented with life-prolonging magic.
Any miscellaneous details that do not fit in with the above: Likes to wear bright white clothes and golden jewelry. He works hard to not have fire magic be his only magic skill, realizing the folly of overspecialization.

[kilakan]

Ruler name:Khan
Ruler's single 'best' skill:Rallying
How the ruler came into power:A lowly bandit, who upon murdering the former village leader in a petty bar fight, found that the people had been over-taxed and tortured by him on a regular basis, and voted him into the 'now empty' position.
Why the ruler wants even more power:As a bandit, he always answered to the leaders of his group, yet the slight taste of power he got when elected was better then the feel of flesh slicing on his blade, or a chest of unguarded gold, and thus he resolved to one day overthrow the king and become the most powerful man in the kingdom.
Future plans, after the kingdom has been conquered:To unit the local bandits, villagers and wildmen under his banner and start a conquest of war to bring the wealth of the world under his grasp.
Faction name:The Red Wave
Faction description:Having learned from the tactics of bandits, the faction relies on hunting, thievery, and gorilla tactics to live.  There isn't a single member of the group who doesn't have some skill with weapons, though the army-men fight more like outlaws, using hit-and-run maneuvers and sabotage to their advantage.  They poach from other lands for food, and press captured people who are unwilling to fight for them into farming the fields to provide a steady source of food.  Laws have altogether been forgotten in the faction and fights are encouraged to settle disputes, since the man who still stands must be right in his argument.
Treasonous offenses, and reasons for committing treason:Poaching from the kings land for food and pelts.  Stealing the kings gold from his tax men to buy new equipment and goods.  Murdering those under the kings pay where they are corrupted, or it benefits the faction.
Any miscellaneous details that do not fit in with the above:

[Errol]

Ruler name: Shalad of Cellaria
Ruler's single 'best' skill: Learning and studying.
How the ruler came into power: After an incident with some soldiers and some collectibles, the other people in his village thought it best to give him some power, lest it happens again.
Why the ruler wants even more power: The more power, the more toys, the less people shoving you around.
Future plans, after the kingdom has been conquered: To build a pocket world for himself and his stuff so that he gets to finally have his peace, alone.
Faction name: Coalition of Socks
Faction description: Really mostly led by its chancellors and ministers. The leader is not always reliable. Army consists of a militia. Everyone is required to train with his weapon of choice one day of the week.
Treasonous offenses, and reasons for committing treason: Telling royal representatives to shove it in the collectibles incident. It is treason to touch them.
Any miscellaneous details that do not fit in with the above: Collectibles fetish - collects little figurines, dwarven battle-groceries, exotic swords, interesting pieces of stone, books, and anything remotely magical. OCD. Tends to communicate poorly.

[Nirur Torir]

Spoiler: Kref (Jiharo) (click to show/hide)

Stats:
5/5 HP

Skills:
Level 1 lying

Inventory:
Undyed canvas robe

Spoiler: Cult of Darrakan (click to show/hide)

Holdings:
1 village

Stats:
5 Military Strength
5 Prosperity
No Belligerence

Spoiler: Alexander Kyrby (Exkirby) (click to show/hide)

Stats:
8/8 HP

Skills:
Level 1 Negotiation

Inventory:
Tattered Peasant Rags
Well-maintained peasant clothes

Spoiler: The Unity (click to show/hide)

Holdings:
1 village

Stats:
5 Military Strength
5 Prosperity
No Belligerence

Spoiler: Khan Ahada (Dwarmin) (click to show/hide)

Stats:
8/8 HP

Skills:
Level 1 Research

Inventory:
Undyed Canvas Robe

Spoiler: The Third Eye (click to show/hide)

Holdings:
1 village

Stats:
5 Military Strength
5 Prosperity
No Belligerence

Spoiler: Aaron Kall (Humaan) (click to show/hide)

Stats:
8/8 HP

Skills:
Level 1 Strategist

Inventory:
Peasant Clothes

Spoiler: The Silver Chariots (click to show/hide)

Holdings:
1 village

Stats:
5 Military Strength
5 Prosperity
No Belligerence

Spoiler: Pendim Hyrdar (Knight Otu) (click to show/hide)

Stats:
6/6 HP
5/5 MP

Skills:
Level 1 Fire Magic

Spells:
Flame Dart - 1 MP
Summon Flame Elemental - 5 MP

Inventory:
Undyed canvas robe

Spoiler: Golden Alliance (click to show/hide)

Holdings:
1 village

Stats:
5 Military Strength
5 Prosperity
No Belligerence

Spoiler: Shalad of Cellaria (Errol) (click to show/hide)

Stats:
6/6 HP

Skills:
Level 1 Learning and Studying

Inventory:
Peasant Clothes
Wardrobe with collectibles

Spoiler: Coalition of Socks (click to show/hide)

Holdings:
1 village

Stats:
5 Military Strength
5 Prosperity
No Belligerence

Game Start!

[HailFire]

Note to self: next time, make a 'reserved' post before spending half an hour writing up an application.

[RandomNumberGenerator]

Huh

[Evergod41]

but he's alredy picked 6...

[HailFire]

Huh

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On the other hand, since he hasn't actually posted the rules/ how to play (unless it's just "attack x", which I doubt), it's possible he could revise his decisions before the first turn.

Also, I need to stop taking so long to post. 

[Nirur Torir]

When I wrote the first post at 2:00 AM, I felt that it explained how to play perfectly well. Heh.

You are the person in charge of a village. You can do pretty much whatever you could do in a standard semi-serious RTD, with the added ability to rule your lands while you're there. The stats of your holdings may increase or decrease on their own each turn. Suggested actions include: Send your troops off to attack a neighboring village while you study magic, lead your troops in a caravan raid, build a well, drill your troops, or go look for a cave with a magic spear, bringing some troops for backup. Be creative.

Sign-ups are indeed closed, sorry.