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[warhammer651]

The King is Dead
Normally, this wouldn't be a problem. However, the old king did not sire an heir and much of the nobility has died from the plague. The end result is that the matter of succession is somewhat... confused to say the least. Many noble houses have been reduced to a single county, and in many parts opportunistic bandits have become claiming cities and fortresses as their own. The kingdom's enemies leap at this opportunity to install a puppet king, and send in troops and those with the barest hint of royal blood to stake their claim to the throne.

In short, it is a time of great strife and great opportunity. so step up, state your claim, and try to win the throne!



So, yeah. I've decided to start up a forum game. setting is a medieval/dark ages kingdom in the middle of a succession crisis. You play the role of someone who wishes to claim the throne. To enroll, post in the following format.

Code: [Select]

Name:
County:
Map color:
Backstory (optional, but encouraged):

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

The rules are fairly simple.
Each turn happens simultaneously.
PM me your actions
Most actions will be decided by rolling a D6, with a 1 being the worst result and a 6 being the best result
You get 1 action per province, One action per agent, and one action per army.

Province actions are:
Recruit soldiers (gives you 100-1,000 soldiers from the ordered province. The number of soldiers recruited can be influenced by spending more cash)
Build Ships (builds ships and recruits sailors into the navy. Heavily influenced by the money you put into this)
Raise funds (gives you 100-1,000 from the  ordered province)
Recruit Agent (gives you a Merchant, Diplomat, Spy, or General. the desired agent MUST be specified. More on Agents later. a higher roll results in a more skillful agent. success influenced by spending money)

Army Actions are:
Move (army travels from its current county to an adjacent county)
Attack (army attempts to capture adjacent province. Result can be influenced through generals)
Fortify (army prepares to defend itself from enemy attacks)

Navy Actions:
Move fleet (fleet moves from a county's coast to another coastal square or Ocean Area, Or to move from one ocean area  to another ocean area or the coast of a county)
Transport troops (Takes two action points technically, one for the navy, one for the army. allows you to embark an army onto a fleet for transportation to other counties)
Blockade county (disrupts any actions taken in the blockaded county)
Attack enemy fleet (Your fleet engages an opponents fleet in a manner similar to land battles)

Agents can only perform one action, but this may be ANY action related to the agents specialty. Players are encouraged to be original when it comes to possible actions.

Spies: use for assassinations, intelligence gathering, disrupting enemy actions, hiding information, countering enemy spies, and anything that requires stealth and/or treachery
Diplomat: used for negotiating with neutral counties, foreign powers, and anything else that requires a non-violent solution
Merchant: used to acquire more money, steal opponents money, and anything financially related
Generals: Assigned to an army, and may not perform independent actions. Generals allow you to give more complex orders to your armies and can influence the result of the battle
Admiral (Boils down to a general on the water. higher skill means more effectiveness)

Combat:
Combat is decided on opposing dice rolls ( d20s in this case). A number of factors can influence the outcome of these. A few factors are:

Outnumber the enemy: up to +5 bonus
General in Army: bonus is equal to general's skill
Army is fortified: defending army get +2

 

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Playerlist (click to show/hide)

Player: Nirur Torir
Name: Merchant Republic of Aelport
County: Aelport
Map color: Navy blue
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): With the recent loss of the monarch, several small noble houses in Aelport have decided to work together to outmatch their larger rivals elsewhere, rather then waste their energies fighting each other. They decided that it would be best for one to lead them, and, after several weeks of deliberation, voted Nirur, from the noble house of Turtles, to lead them to greatness. He has the full support of the other noble houses for now, but his body guards are largely hired by the other noble houses - If they feel that he begins acting outside of their interests, they will likely replace him.
He believes that wealth is the key to power, and wishes to amass as much as possible, to allow him to retire as an extremely wealthy individual after he is voted out.

Player: Lillipad Soulspeared
Name: The Harlequin Republic
County: Marsh Haven
Map color: Maroon
Backstory: An order of assassins established by peasants to eliminate the out of control nobles, and tyrants has now risen to reclaim the motherland. They disguise themselves as street performers, and jesters to get near their targets, hence the name "Harlequin."
eliminated due to inactivity
Player: Neyvn
Name: Shadows of Redmoor
County: Redmoor
Map color: Brown
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): Before the kings death the lords of Redmoor had kept their lands safe and only argued amounst eachother rarely when ever one made a promise they never kept or something trivial at that, but when the King's power had fallen, leaving them all seperated from their old allies they banded together to form the Shadows or Redmoor, a Council that was both the guiding shield of the country and its hidden sword and dagger, they excel at three things, First they have the most deadliest Snipers in the world, known to hit their mark cleanly from more then 50 yards away, multiple times in most cases. Second their leaders consist of some of the most silver tongued individuals, who had reached their positions of power through some of the most underhanded methods known to man, but thats not what the rest of the world knows, and finally they seem to be everywhere, they have their eyes and ears in nearly every castle, city and village. Able to discover nearly anything about anyone quite well...

Player: Archangel
Name: Dukedom of Estcliff
County: Estcliff
Map color: Grey
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): Led by Alwin, the grandnephew of the recently deceased king and thus probably the last person still alive with a clear, direct claim on the throne. Alwin, an only child, had only just received the title when the king died, his father having fallen in battle a week before. He is trying to take the throne solely to prevent a bad ruler taking over, though the knowledge that whoever takes over will need to kill him is also a factor. He'd much rather he'd been left alone to finish his studies and wishes he wasn't at all related to the king.

Player:V-Norrec
Name:  The Ghostfang Brotherhood
County:  Coastmeadow
Map color:  Orange
Background:  The Ghostfang Brotherhood is a collection of like-minded Warrior-Knights.  They, when the king was in power, represented a large portion of the military.  Now with the fragmentation of the lands, the Ghosfang's membership has declined, but their leader, the enigmatic Norrec, seeks to reunite the country, this time under his rule.

Player: Fanofgaming
Name: The Commonwealth of Vertston
County: Vertston County
Map color: Teal!
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): Founded on the premise of promoting the common good, the Commonwealth of Vertston is led by Protectorate Billman, who was a general in the late king's army. As a reward for service, he was given the title of Count of Vertston. After the death of the king, he declared a transition of his state from the then-called County of Vertston to the now-called Commonwealth of Vertston. ELIMINATED ON TURN 4

Player: ricky
Name: The Fairhollow Council
County: Fairhollow
Map color: purple
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): The Fairhollow council was established in hopes of restoring peace to Fairhollow, which it did, though taking many years. the leader of the council, Sir Walter Hehmingshire, is the current nobleman of the land. his family had a strong relation with the king and his now mostly deceased family, which is how he earned such a position.

Player: Luke_Prowler
Name: Men of Chaos
County: Fogdell
Map color: Red
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): While many wish to raise the kingdom back to it's old state, the Men of Chaos care not for the old king's rule. They wish to bring a new order, one of base pleasure and true freedom, where the strong willed hold power rather than those privileged by birth. They don't care who they will kill to gain the throne, only that the status quo is not restored.

Player: techno65535
Count Hackula
Dorwall County
Color: Dark green
Backstory: none 

Player: NewsMuffin
Name: The Reverent Saints
County: GreyWall
Map color: White
Backstory: The Reverent Saints are usually fanatics of religion, believing in the one true god. They were some of the first people to settle in this fair land. Their leader is named Lady Renigald, and is of royal blood. Their fortresses are made out of pure marble, and their armor is pure white with a large red cross in the center.

Player: Digital Hellhound
Name: Lord Sarekhen the Just
County: Greyedge
Map color: Dark Grey
Backstory: Greyedge used to house the holdings and fiefs of half a dozen minor noble families, which, upon hearing about the demise of the king, took action and chose the lord of House Talasan to represent them. While they have no close relation to the royal family, everyone is related when you go back far enough, right?

Player: lemon10
Name: Lord Norris
County: Oldlea
Map color:green
Backstory: The ruler of oldlea is the oldest person in the country, which is in theory a fairly good and fair system. In order to insure that no one is older, the ruling family conducts a systemic murder of everyone that begins to approach the age of the older members of the ruling family, so that when the current ruler dies the new ruler is without fail in the family. They think that with a large enough civil war (which looks likley to happen), real succession won't matter and they will be able to install a ruler of their choice

Player: Doret
Name: The Neutral Trade Guild of Southcastle
County: Southcastle
Color: I believe the Trade Guild's color should be Rust.
Backstory: Years ago, before the death of the king a group of traders decided that they could make more money if they unified as a guild. This guild was called the Neutral Trade Guild, and was first started in Orgate. The trade Guild puts money and their leaders' lives above all else. The trade guild's name might say neutral, but they are extremely biased to those who are against them, or those who are poor. In recent years the Trade Guild has begun hiring armed guards, and now that there is a chance for one of the Guild leaders to become king they Will conquer, buy, and kill if necessary.

[Nirur Torir]

In.

Name: Merchant Republic of Aelport
County: Aelport
Map color: Navy blue
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): With the recent loss of the monarch, several small noble houses in Aelport have decided to work together to outmatch their larger rivals elsewhere, rather then waste their energies fighting each other. They decided that it would be best for one to lead them, and, after several weeks of deliberation, voted Nirur, from the noble house of Turtles, to lead them to greatness. He has the full support of the other noble houses for now, but his body guards are largely hired by the other noble houses - If they feel that he begins acting outside of their interests, they will likely replace him.
He believes that wealth is the key to power, and wishes to amass as much as possible, to allow him to retire as an extremely wealthy individual after he is voted out.

[Lillipad]

I'll join as well.

Name: The Harlequin Republic
County: Marsh Haven
Map color: Maroon
Backstory: An order of assassins established by peasants to eliminate the out of control nobles, and tyrants has now risen to reclaim the motherland. They disguise themselves as street performers, and jesters to get near their targets, hence the name "Harlequin."

[Neyvn]

Name: Shadows of Redmoor
County: Redmoor
Map color: Brown
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): Before the kings death the lords of Redmoor had kept their lands safe and only argued amounst eachother rarely when ever one made a promise they never kept or something trivial at that, but when the King's power had fallen, leaving them all seperated from their old allies they banded together to form the Shadows or Redmoor, a Council that was both the guiding shield of the country and its hidden sword and dagger, they excel at three things, First they have the most deadliest Snipers in the world, known to hit their mark cleanly from more then 50 yards away, multiple times in most cases. Second their leaders consist of some of the most silver tongued individuals, who had reached their positions of power through some of the most underhanded methods known to man, but thats not what the rest of the world knows, and finally they seem to be everywhere, they have their eyes and ears in nearly every castle, city and village. Able to discover nearly anything about anyone quite well...

[Archangel]

Name: Dukedom of Estcliff
County: Estcliff
Map color: Grey
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): Led by Alwin, the grandnephew of the recently deceased king and thus probably the last person still alive with a clear, direct claim on the throne. Alwin, an only child, had only just received the title when the king died, his father having fallen in battle a week before. He is trying to take the throne solely to prevent a bad ruler taking over, though the knowledge that whoever takes over will need to kill him is also a factor. He'd much rather he'd been left alone to finish his studies and wishes he wasn't at all related to the king.

[V-Norrec]

Name:  The Ghostfang Brotherhood
County:  Fayden
Map color:  Orange
Background:  The Ghostfang Brotherhood is a collection of like-minded Warrior-Knights.  They, when the king was in power, represented a large portion of the military.  Now with the fragmentation of the lands, the Ghosfang's membership has declined, but their leader, the enigmatic Norrec, seeks to reunite the country, this time under his rule.

[Fanofgaming]

Name: The Commonwealth of Vertston
County: Vertston County
Map color: Teal!
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): Founded on the premise of promoting the common good, the Commonwealth of Vertston is led by Protectorate Billman, who was a general in the late king's army. As a reward for service, he was given the title of Count of Vertston. After the death of the king, he declared a transition of his state from the then-called County of Vertston to the now-called Commonwealth of Vertston.

Quick question; will government type affect anything?
Also, can we choose to change our government type randomly through the game? For example, changing from a county to a duchy, or a duchy to a kingdom/empire/whatever...

[Ricky]

Name: The Fairhollow Council
County: Fairhollow
Map color: purple
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): The Fairhollow council was established in hopes of restoring peace to Fairhollow, which it did, though taking many years. the leader of the council, Sir Walter Hehmingshire, is the current nobleman of the land. his family had a strong relation with the king and his now mostly deceased family, which is how he earned such a position.



...first time doing one of these... do did i do it right?

shit- i didnt do it right, fixed it

re-edit: shiit... i REALLY didnt do it right. fixed it right this time

[Archangel]

The first player to join took Aelport. Other than that, it's fine, although assuming I get in the king's family is only mostly dead.

[Luke_Prowler]

Name: Men of Chaos
County: Fogdell
Map color: Red
Backstory (optional, but encouraged): While many wish to raise the kingdom back to it's old state, the Men of Chaos care not for the old king's rule. They wish to bring a new order, one of base pleasure and true freedom, where the strong willed hold power rather than those privileged by birth. They don't care who they will kill to gain the throne, only that the status quo is not restored.

[techno65535]

Count Hackula
Dorwall County
Color: Dark green
Backstory: Later when I think of one.

[V-Norrec]

I think we're going to need a bigger kingdom to fight over.

[techno65535]

You may be right, perhaps another island to the south west with more counties to claim?

[warhammer651]

Yeah, I'll update the map when I get home from this stupid waste of time valuable SAT pracice test

I will also add in rules for navies and admirals porbably

[Luke_Prowler]

Just a suggestion: make grids for the water, so that we don't end up with light speed ships.