[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/Vc0rZD1.png[/img][/center] [color=3a3738].[/color] [color=3a3738].[/color] [color=3a3738].[/color] [color=3a3738].[/color] [u][h1]The Goal:[/h1][/u][color=f8f8ff] A functional, reasonably-long lasting NRP. Many NRP's seem to fail from the start. This NRP seeks to avoid that by having a minimalist nation sheet. Other RP's seem to fail during the course of the game. I'm trying to avoid that with specific, straightforward rules, heavy reliance on player interaction, and "roleplaying agreement" to fill in the gaps from nation sheets. This is, of course, somewhat experimental, and may fail gloriously.[/color] [u][h1]The Genre:[/h1][/u][color=f8f8ff] I see no need to specify this. We're roleplayers making a fictional world; whatever schizo-tech-magic mashup that results is just how that world [i]is[/i].*[/color] [u][h1]The Rules:[/h1][/u][color=f8f8ff] [list][*]You must post two to three paragraphs. No less than two, no more than three. New paragraphs for a line of dialogue won't count toward the total.[*]Unless you've said something to the GM, failing to post once every week means you will be kicked (school [i]is[/i] an acceptable excuse!).[*]At least two out of three posts should contain some kind of interaction with someone else's nation. This could be a diplomatic overture, troop movements along a border, espionage, trade, or any of the other millions of things nations do to and with each other. If we're not interacting... what's the point?[/list] [hider=Rationale][list][*]Too few words, and the RP moves too fast, and we can't follow it, and then we leave. Too many words, and nobody wants to bother reading all that, and then we all leave.[*]Because this RP is heavy on player interaction, if you disappear, then someone's waiting on you to respond to their post and the whole thing grinds to a halt, and then we all leave.[*]If we're just sitting in our respective corners, we lose interest, and then we all leave.[/list][/hider] [color=3a3738].[/color] [hr][/color] [u][h1]Nation Sheet:[/h1][/u][color=f8f8ff][color=yellow][h3]***DO NOT ADD ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES TO THIS SHEET!!!***[/h3] Also, please try to refer to at least one other nation in your nation sheet. That's a guideline, not a rule, but it's a guideline that will help spur interaction.[/color] [color=orange][u]Name of Nation:[/u][/color] Your Nation's Name [color=orange][u]Color on Map:[/u][/color] Which color on the map your nation corresponds to [color=orange][u]Summary in 50 words or fewer:[/u][/color] What your nation is/what your nation's all about [color=orange][u]Write three solid paragraphs (doesn't have to be about your nation):[/u][/color] This is to make sure that you're a reasonable writer who actually has some level of commitment to the RP. [If you need a prompt: [i]"Unlock new potential for your civilization through active research in both technology and culture."[/i]] [hider=Example Sheet][color=orange][u]Name of Nation:[/u][/color] The United Republics of Strokka [color=orange][u]Color on Map:[/u][/color] [color=99ff99]Seafoam[/color] [color=orange][u]Summary in 50 words or fewer:[/u][/color] The URS is a major trading power about to undergo a major economic collapse. Its primary exports are magical healing spices grown on its islands, and lifting gasses ([i]i.e.[/i] hydrogen and helium) from its interior. It's always felt a connection with [color=ff00ff]Hot Pink[/color], viewing them as kinsmen. [color=orange][u]Write three solid paragraphs:[/u][/color] Clarissa ran along access tunnel Thirteen. Her pursuers had certainly activated their scent implants by now, and CENTRAL would be coordinating their search via aethernet. She dove behind a pile of metal barrels. Her breath tore at her throat. Frantically, she keyed a message into her PDA, “[i]Have box. Comp. chasing.[/i]” She risked a glance above the barrels. A CENTRAL agent was looking down the intersection between tunnels Two and Thirteen. He was sniffing the air. He paused, put a finger to his ear, said something over the aethernet, and flipped his visor up. Clarissa ducked back down silently. “CENTRAL sees you,” the agent said. Fear leapt from her heart. Her PDA silently notified her of a new message. It was an immunity contract from CENTRAL, expiration date 30 seconds from now. The contract was 47 pages, and undoubtedly included a confession clause. The signature line pulsed, awaiting her response. Shotgun messages - something Anatid had told Clarissa about - were often used on CENTRAL holdings by subsidiary ad agencies. Rather than targeting specific users, shotgun messages got sent to the entire local aethernet. So this could be a shotgun message, and they had no idea where she was, or they had her pinned. 25 seconds. Clarissa decided to wait. The timer countdown was agonizing, made even more so because she couldn’t fidget. She wasn’t brave enough to even breathe. Five seconds. Two seconds. “Time’s up!” the agent said. He started walking down the corridor. Damn. Clarissa got up and leaped forward, her breath coming in shuddery gasps after the sharp halt.[/hider] [hider=Preformatted Sheet][code][color=orange][u]Name of Nation:[/u][/color] [color=orange][u]Color on Map:[/u][/color] [color=orange][u]Summary in 50 words or fewer:[/u][/color] [color=orange][u]Write three solid paragraphs:[/u][/color][/code][/hider][hider=Text-Only Sheet][color=orange][u]Name of Nation:[/u][/color] [color=orange][u]Color on Map:[/u][/color] [color=orange][u]Summary in 50 words or fewer:[/u][/color] [color=orange][u]Write three solid paragraphs:[/u][/color][/hider][/color] [u][h1]Map:[/h1][/u][color=f8f8ff] -The map is an [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosahedron]icosahedron[/url], the shape of a [url=http://www.alexterry.co.uk/365/tshirt131.jpg]d20[/url]. [hider=Terrain][img]http://i.imgur.com/zEvbDAX.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/vbVeFEr.png[/img][/hider] [hider=Map Colors Key]From left-to-right, top-to-bottom: [color=#990000]Maroon[/color] | [color=#00009b]Dark Blue[/color] | [color=#ff9999]Salmon[/color] | [color=#999933]Olive[/color] [color=#99ff99]Seafoam[/color] | [color=#ff00ff]Hot Pink[/color] | [color=#999933](Olive)[/color] | [color=#ffff00]Yellow[/color] | [color=#993399]Purple[/color] | [color=#0000ff]Bright Blue[/color] | [color=#ffff99]Tan[/color] [color=#00ff00]Lime[/color] | [color=#ff99ff]Baby Pink[/color] | [color=#336600]Green[/color] | [color=#00ffff]Cyan[/color] | [color=#ff9900]Orange[/color] | [color=#ff0000]Red[/color] [hider=Color Hex Codes][color=#990000]990000[/color] | [color=#00009b]00009b[/color] | [color=#ff9999]ff9999[/color] | [color=#999933]999933[/color] [color=#99ff99]99ff99[/color] | [color=#ff00ff]ff00ff[/color] | [color=#999933](999933)[/color] | [color=#ffff00]ffff00[/color] | [color=#993399]993399[/color] | [color=#0000ff]0000ff[/color] | [color=#ffff99]ffff99[/color] [color=#00ff00]00ff00[/color] | [color=#ff99ff]ff99ff[/color] | [color=#336600]336600[/color] | [color=#00ffff]00ffff[/color] | [color=#ff9900]ff9900[/color] | [color=#ff0000]ff0000[/color] [/hider][/hider][hider=Political][img]http://i.imgur.com/rdATni0.png[/img][/hider] [hider=Hybrid][img]http://i.imgur.com/9e8cB7q.png[/img][/hider][hider=Maroon-Centered][img]http://i.imgur.com/URz5fPI.png[/img][/hider][hider=Green-Centered][img]http://i.imgur.com/PbGFlSC.png[/img][/hider] [hider=Interesting Facts]Dark Blue and Maroon own the closest land to the north pole; Lime and Green own the closest land to the south pole. Land area in hexes: Maroon: 19 Dark Blue: 68 Salmon: 42 Olive: 63 Bright Blue: 49 Seafoam: 83 Hot Pink: 79 Baby Pink: 127 Yellow: 35 Purple: 71 Tan: 19 Lime: 42 Dark Green: 57 Cyan: 37 Orange: 20 Red: 11[/hider] [hr][hider=*]I have a theory that if we limit the nation sheets sufficiently, we'll give ourselves enough space to make up for "imbalances" through the course of the RP. I [i]think[/i] this is what people refer to as world-building? Not sure.[/hider][/color]