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Welcome to this Fantasy Civilization RP!


Join us at our discord-server: discord.gg/XWpMV9U

Status: Closed (Check holding-list below.)


Basic Rundown:

This roleplay is turn-based. Meaning you get one action every turn. You will be presented with choices labeled alphabetically on how to advance your civ. Every turn, your population grows and you are presented with new choices and sometimes hardships.
The roleplay begins with your people coming to a new land, an unexplored continent where anything can happen. You have but a few hundreds with you, and your supplies are low. Perhaps you came here as settlers, or perhaps you fled after your homelands were destroyed, or perhaps you are simply a new civilization that has sprung upon this continent. Whatever you are and wherever you are from, you must find ways to adapt, survive and thrive here.
Most certainly there are other civilizations on this continent and other races that may become your allies or enemies, but you do now yet know.

The first turn generally looks like this:


Each action from A to I present different opportunities and different consequences (good and bad). You may choose one of these per turn and preferably write up a post about how you, for example, "Improve food". Depending on how good and thought-out your post is, you may combine one choice with another. For example, while improving your "food", you discover how to create farms and thus also improve your infrastructure in the process. the X-action is an action of your own that is not in the list of choices from A to I. You may write and attempt whatever you want in the X-action, and I may or may not grant you what you hope for.

Let's go through the things step by step:
Population - Is how big your civilization is. Later on when you build new towns, I will list your towns and cities and what their population is as well as show a total.
Military - How big your military might is in the count of forces. Keep in mind that the experience, skill and equipment of the soldiers count into how well your battles will go, as well as what different composition of units you use and how you manouver them.
Food Level - Measured from Very Low to Very High, and determines how well your people fare. A low level of food means lesser growth and might cause starvation (people start dying) but a too high food level might cause your people to grow fat. (Generally though, a good food level is always good.)
Resources - What types of resources you have at your disposal. Can be oil, minerals, lumber, food, hides, livestock etc. You can use these to trade with other nations and civilizations.
Wealth - How wealthy your people are considered to be. Poverty may result in discontent among the lower-class, but a too high wealth may result in luxurious spending which may crash your economy if your economy takes a bad blow.
Trade - How much you trade with other nations and what you gain from it. Measured from Very Low to Very High, but only once it is existant.
Growth - How well your population is growing. Determined mostly by food level but also morale and other things. Measured from Very Low to Very High.
Morale - The morale and spirit of your people. Measured from Very Low to Very High, with "Indifferent" acting as a middle-point. This determines how well you fight, how well your people works and generally how well things are going in general.
Foreign relations - A list of other civilizations you've met and how you feel towards each other. Ranges from Hated Enemies to Beloved Allies. Also determines how well you manage to trade with them and how they react towards you when interacting with non-player nations.

So how do I start?

Easy! This roleplay begins unlike many other roleplays. Here, you choose your race right off the bat in the IC thread. You will be presented with a list of available races (or asked to make your own, which requires approval in the OOC first), and everything will be determined in the IC thread. I will create a map where you will choose a starting spot after you've chosen your race. From there, the roleplay begins with turn 1.
A sort of "fog-of-war" will be present on the map, that will show you how much of the continent you've explored and what other nations you can see. When you meet another nation and manage to befriend them, you will be able to see their holdings on the map. Keep in mind that if you have not met a non-player nation but another player has, it will still be seen on the map so I expect you not to metagame.

TL;DR: once the IC first post is up, you may jump right in! You don't even need a sheet! If you choose a custom race, you MUST specify it with weaknesses, strengths and averages in the OOC first and await approval.

Recommended: Check out the last thread from over a year ago to get a hang of how it's played: roleplayerguild.com/topics/79912-civil..

You already started! How do I jump in?

Make sure that there is room to join first! Below you will find a list of active players, and att he very top of the thread there should be a "status" line with either green, yellow or red text. It's either open, pending or full. If you want to hop in with a custom race (aka; a race not specified in the first IC post, check it out first) you'll want to post it here in the OOC first to make sure it will fit alright into the world.

Rules and regulations:

All roleplays have rules. I expect you to know the basics like:
  • Don't godmode
  • Don't metagame
  • Don't be an asshole to other players

However there are some other rules you should know about:
  • Never wipe a player out completely unless he or she has given his or her consent.
  • Don't focus on "winning", it's about playing the game and enjoying it together.
  • It is okay to attack or raid another civilization freely as long as you have discovered them and scouted out the target first. Just don't expect it to always go your way.
  • Don't expect to never be met with setbacks or hardships. I will give you all good and bad consequences as well as random events depending on your choices.
  • My word is law. As the GM, I reserve the right to "toss you out" of the RP, and in conflicts or squabbles I have the last say.

Also, here are some regulations that aren't "DON'T"'s
  • Non-player nations are free to be conquered, raided, wiped out or otherwise warred with however you want.
  • Any questions and OOC-chat should be kept here in the OOC thread (obviously).
  • When plotting with a player against another player, I recommend you take it to PM to avoid metagaming.
  • When plotting as mentioned above, I want to be kept in the loop as the GM, to avoid misunderstandings and to avoid conflicts OOC.
  • You may otherwise choose PM or public IC post however you wish when communicating with other nations.
  • If you don't want to play one civ anymore but rather want another, tell me in the OOC and I will arrange a "natural disaster" for your people or take it over as a non-player civ.
  • When starting over with a new civ, you will be given some bonuses to help you catch up, but not too much.
  • There is no enforced limit of posts per turn, however you may only take your A-I choices once per turn. Also, don't speedpost. I want to see meaning and depth in those posts if you decide to post several per turn. (When you interact with other players this is crucial)


Current Map

Anything not on this map is not considered official. Current turn: 10

A very basic rundown of what sort of climates to expect in what regions:

An amazing realistic-looking map made by the one and only @TheArhive because he was bored. Thanks a bunch! (All the cred to him yo)


Current Players:

@Cyclone playing as The Iceborn (humans).
@Lady Selune playing as The Maerinum (humans).
@Murtox playing as The Antari (humans).
@Pirate playing as Children of Artemon (elves).
@Kangutso playing as Clan Oreborn (dwarves).
@Pyromaniacwolf playing as The Lycan Covenant (custom lycans)
@Bright_Ops playing as The Orc-Grave Enclave (custom goblins)
@Dogematix playing as Kingdom of Morg'Talren (elves).

Former Players:
@Chairman Stein as The Bonesnapper Tribe (orcs).
@Polybius as The Lothelonni (elves).
@LordZell as The Serpetist Tribe (custom lizardmen).

Holding List: Accepting
1. @Aristocles
2. @Lauder
3. @TheArhive
4. @Ashevelendar
5. @Asura
6. @Dannyrulx
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Custom Races:

Lizardmen: High regeneration, good magic capabilities, low cunning, low technology. Slightly worse diplomacy.
(Cunning = intrigue and political discression, in this case)
Lycans: High strength, high cunning, low diplomacy, low tech, carnivorous only.
"Swamp"-Goblins: Bright_Ops' own type of goblin, differs from the native kind of goblins in that they have higher tech capabilities and intelligence, while the native goblins are more primitive and cave-dwelling.

Nation Sheet

For the "character" section. Optional.
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@Chenzor I did a thing. Let me know if the first IC is in the correct format and has all the relevant information (I wasn't sure if I was supposed to make a first turn order or not). This looks really cool Chenzor!
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Thanks bro. I'm glad you're joining! I'll start reading the post in but an hour when I'm off! B)
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@Chenzor

Do you care if I post on the character section with the optional sheet? I ask because usually I see the GM reserve the first post for a catalogue or something similar.
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@Cyclone Go ahead dude. I'll make a reserve post :P
@Chairman Stein Ah, didn't see you there. I'll include you in starting post in a second.

Update: There we go. Updated to include the orcs and gave you guys a beginner's choice.
Update 2: aaaand I noticed I wrote greenskins are the better warriors when I meant to write builders :V
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Well I pitched that sheet up and also started a list where I'll try to keep a sentence or two about all the named characters that I introduce. I figured it'd be nice to keep track so that I don't get them mixed up in case somebody else forgets who one of the random viking guys are.

But don't read it if you don't want the SUPER BIG SPOILERS of what government I'll pick for the next post
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I'm sure orc architecture will be stunning forms of... Straw and wood huts covered in gore and bones. But at least they'll be structurally efficient huts of gore and bones!
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@Cyclone Too late I already spoiled myself :(
@Chairman Stein I snickered, heh
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I'm sure orc architecture will be stunning forms of... Straw and wood huts covered in gore and bones. But at least they'll be structurally efficient huts of gore and bones!


See, the pinnacle of orcish architecture is adding as many pointless spikes as possible, to every single building. In doing so they look really cool and scary, but also waste their resources. This forces them to be jerks and invade other lands so as to obtain the resources that they need to make more spikes.

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To be honest I'm mostly going for Warhammer Fantasy Orcs but I'll probably end up using some Warcraft orc art too just because there's not enough Warhammer art. So in the end it'll be a strange mix of the two most likely.
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<Snipped quote by Chairman Stein>

See, the pinnacle of orcish architecture is adding as many pointless spikes as possible, to every single building. In doing so they look really cool and scary, but also waste their resources. This forces them to be jerks and invade other lands so as to obtain the resources that they need to make more spikes.



Garrosh had it all figured out.
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So if I wanna join I just need to post something into the IC post of the founding of our town/city?

Also I had this idea for Lizardmen which would be strong in magic,average in intelligence,average in strength,weak in cunning?
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I am going to join this...again.
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I am contemplating to join, too.
Glad that New Years brought bavk so many old faces to the NRP scene. I might participate with the Yngvarian dwarves again or maybe introduce some Golden Horde sheanigans.
Would crude/primitive firearms be acceptable still?
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So if I wanna join I just need to post something into the IC post of the founding of our town/city?

Also I had this idea for Lizardmen which would be strong in magic,average in intelligence,average in strength,weak in cunning?

Go for it dude. Sounds good to me!

@Murtox & @Willy Vereb to avoid last version's insane stress of writing posts I'm not going to have as big of a group, so if you two join I'm closing it. Which means you'll have to make up your mind! Also welcome back! :D

Edit: Lol, "1 or 2 more players" I said. Here we are with like 8 people pending.
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Can I just... Sliiiiide on in?
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<Snipped quote by LordZell>
Go for it dude. Sounds good to me!

@Murtox & @Willy Vereb to avoid last version's insane stress of writing posts I'm not going to have as big of a group, so if you two join I'm closing it. Which means you'll have to make up your mind! Also welcome back! :D

Edit: Lol, "1 or 2 more players" I said. Here we are with like 8 people pending.


I am writing my sheet as we speak.
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Any chance we'll get a channel on the RPG Discord to talk amongst each other?
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@Chenzor
Nah, I have a lot of NRPs to work with already. I allow the more enthusiastic player candidates to take my place.
I like this game but I sure won't hog the limited spots based on just that.
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@Lady Selune Since Willy was a true gentleman and gave up his spot out of courtesy, yes you can!
@Chairman Stein Wonderful idea, my man! Here you go. discord.gg/4gND5
@Willy Vereb If you're sure, bro. I'll give your spot to Lady Selune then! Also you asked about firearms. No firearms available, I'm afraid. The closest we have to a musket would be an arbalest or crossbow.
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