ClocktowerEchos

Prized Bride (A New Beginning)

Spooky Jailer Warden Bro

Heccarim
_{the Grave Warden}

^{Drakken | 232 Yrs Old | Water and Fire | 6' 10"}

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"Cling clang, go the chains, Someone's out to find you, Cling clang, oh the chains, The warden's right behind you.

Quick now, his seeking chains, Approach with their shrill scrape, Don't stop, flee the chains, Your last chance to escape!

Drag the chains, drag the chains, With all the strength you may! Drag the chains, drag the chains, 'Ere they drag you away!

Cling clang, go the chains! There's no more time for fear! Cling clang, no the chains! The last sound that you'll hear!"

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Biography:

Deep beneath the catacombs of Harand Kor lays the endless tunnels of prison cells and vaults where the only light is that from the accursed guards of the prison. A former mining town, the deep tunnels and endless passages carved from stone on the back of slaves made an excellent prison for the King's enemies when the minerals dried up. With every lash and every brand, the prisoners are tormented as their wills sap away. With every pained scream and desperate plead, the cries of the damned echo throughout the valley with infamy and horror. And at the very top of this pyramid of torture and cruelty is the Grave Warden.

For generations, Heccarim's family has served as the overseer of Harand Kor and the King's Jailer. When criminals and traitors run, they away not from the enforcers of the law, but from the possibility of ending up in the catacomb prisons where even the most defiant of Drakken warlords have had their will shattered and minds broken, turned into pathetic, jibbering, tortured creatures.

Wearing the Mask of the Warden, Heccarim's reputation has been built up by his forefathers and their forefathers as the very sight of it strikes terror and fear into most Drakken. Mothers often tell their children to behave less the Warden drags them away in chains. Travelers warn each other not to travel alone on old, abandoned paths less they are the next victim of the Warden. Many dozens of stories circulate about the legend of the Warden, some of them are even true. But for Heccarim, they are just another tool in his arsenal of terror. Its not far fetched to say that the position of Grave Warden of Harand Kor has become its own entitiy, detached from the role of prison keeper; the fact he is rarely seen only adding to his grim mystic.

Heccarim himself only chuckles to the myths and legends of how the Warden takes delight in agony and suffering, how its actually a sadistic ghost whose only goal is to torment people to madness and suicide so it can claim their souls or how it can steal your life force through its chain, using it as fuel for its lantern censer. The Drakken himself possesses a dark humor but little in the way of true cruelty, only a cruel apathy to those beneath him and those he oversees. To him, its his life's duty to be the Grave Warden as was his forefathers'. Like the rest of his bloodline, he has served the king most faithfully, dragging more than one uppity Drakken with ambitions beyond their post into the shadowy grave cells of Harand Kor. Now, he seeks a Gem bride to ensure that the prison will always have a warden and the king; a jailer.

Other:

A constant fog surrounds Heccarim, mostly around his feet. This smokey fog comes from his censer-lantern that he has learned how to light with his chain hook in a most menacing swing and is based on his own magical abilities. Like his predecessors, he has never taken off his mask and his lantern has never gone unlit.
Adult Content Preference: Sure

Quotes:

"I love it when they run. They think they can escape me."
"Its only fair they get a head start; they won't have a head left once I catch them."
"My lantern is the light at the end of the tunnel."
"Your blades can only cut flesh, but my fear can shatter minds."
"I have open cells and fresh graves; which one would you like to fill?"
"Soldiers say the battlefield is hell. Clearly they haven't been to Harand Kor."

|| Wargame: Grand Army || Grand Strategy on a Miniature Scale || Inspired by Wargame and Steel Division ||

Sudden question comes to mind, do these tiny people need to eat? Do hobby stores sell tiny rations for the tiny people? Can one make a pot of soup and feed their entire tiny legion? Also, do these tiny people need to sleep? Would one need to build a tiny barracks in their closet to house their tiny army?
I realize that just calling them tiny people may actually be insulting, my pardon I just rather fancy the term tiny people to describe these inch tall living human-like entities. If one wishes I'll stop calling them tiny people and just call them MockZ.

@neogreggory

Lol, tiny people is okay.

But yes, they require food and sleep just as much as we do although obviously in less number in food. People in universe often just make a pot of soup or cook a pot of rice and spread it across a number of days. People will usually dedicate some space in their home to be MockZ barracks and this can range from someone's basement to someone's own bedroom depending on the personality of the Commander and the culture they've instilled in their soldiers.

In long protracted battles, rations are brought to the field as you cannot bring anything into the field once the game began. More than one game has been won simply because one side made sure to destroy enemy food supplies while they got their own hot meals.

Prized Bride (A New Beginning)

Spooky Jailer Warden Bro

Heccarim
_{the Grave Warden}

^{Drakken | 232 Yrs Old | Water and Fire | 6' 10"}

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"Cling clang, go the chains, Someone's out to find you, Cling clang, oh the chains, The warden's right behind you.

Quick now, his seeking chains, Approach with their shrill scrape, Don't stop, flee the chains, Your last chance to escape!

Drag the chains, drag the chains, With all the strength you may! Drag the chains, drag the chains, 'Ere they drag you away!

Cling clang, go the chains! There's no more time for fear! Cling clang, no the chains! The last sound that you'll hear!"

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Biography:

Deep beneath the catacombs of Harand Kor lays the endless tunnels of prison cells and vaults where the only light is that from the accursed guards of the prison. A former mining town, the deep tunnels and endless passages carved from stone on the back of slaves made an excellent prison for the King's enemies when the minerals dried up. With every lash and every brand, the prisoners are tormented as their wills sap away. With every pained scream and desperate plead, the cries of the damned echo throughout the valley with infamy and horror. And at the very top of this pyramid of torture and cruelty is the Grave Warden.

For generations, Heccarim's family has served as the overseer of Harand Kor and the King's Jailer. When criminals and traitors run, they away not from the enforcers of the law, but from the possibility of ending up in the catacomb prisons where even the most defiant of Drakken warlords have had their will shattered and minds broken, turned into pathetic, jibbering, tortured creatures.

Wearing the Mask of the Warden, Heccarim's reputation has been built up by his forefathers and their forefathers as the very sight of it strikes terror and fear into most Drakken. Mothers often tell their children to behave less the Warden drags them away in chains. Travelers warn each other not to travel alone on old, abandoned paths less they are the next victim of the Warden. Many dozens of stories circulate about the legend of the Warden, some of them are even true. But for Heccarim, they are just another tool in his arsenal of terror. Its not far fetched to say that the position of Grave Warden of Harand Kor has become its own entitiy, detached from the role of prison keeper; the fact he is rarely seen only adding to his grim mystic.

Heccarim himself only chuckles to the myths and legends of how the Warden takes delight in agony and suffering, how its actually a sadistic ghost whose only goal is to torment people to madness and suicide so it can claim their souls or how it can steal your life force through its chain, using it as fuel for its lantern censer. The Drakken himself possesses a dark humor but little in the way of true cruelty, only a cruel apathy to those beneath him and those he oversees. To him, its his life's duty to be the Grave Warden as was his forefathers'. Like the rest of his bloodline, he has served the king most faithfully, dragging more than one uppity Drakken with ambitions beyond their post into the shadowy grave cells of Harand Kor. Now, he seeks a Gem bride to ensure that the prison will always have a warden and the king; a jailer.

Other:

A constant fog surrounds Heccarim, mostly around his feet. This smokey fog comes from his censer-lantern that he has learned how to light with his chain hook in a most menacing swing and is based on his own magical abilities. Like his predecessors, he has never taken off his mask and his lantern has never gone unlit.
Adult Content Preference: Sure

Quotes:

"I love it when they run. They think they can escape me."
"Its only fair they get a head start; they won't have a head left once I catch them."
"My lantern is the light at the end of the tunnel."
"Your blades can only cut flesh, but my fear can shatter minds."
"I have open cells and fresh graves; which one would you like to fill?"
"Soldiers say the battlefield is hell. Clearly they haven't been to Harand Kor."

|| Wargame: Grand Army || Grand Strategy on a Miniature Scale || Inspired by Wargame and Steel Division ||

@Rultaos That's why most of the vehicles and stuff will likely just be "reskins" of the same unit as I call it. So people don't need to worry about if this tank's 120mm cannon can damage that vehicle's 50mm armor with reactive plates at a 60 degree angle or what have you. Its also why I'm not having it be PvP but more PvE so that people can focus on writing for character's and personal tactics over what counters what and why this maneuver would best that action.

@neogreggory I'm going to use what Yenn (original creator of the idea) had written down mostly:

MockZ, What are they?

When a customer first purchases their MockZ they will receive a sealed box, that Is container freezing that which is inside. When opening it, you will find so many tubes of frozen bodies, each of them a blank gray slate to work on. Then you will also find a console in which you can completely customize every aspect of these bodies, from skin color, hair color, to sex, build etc.

Now MockZ may be purchased from stores, and created in labs, but they are living breathing creatures, intelligent, and understanding of their own existence. When MockZ were first created, there was great debate as to whether the creation of these beings should be shut down, but money lining pockets, and promises of shares soon ended the debates and it was approved and pushed through, making MockZ one of the biggest selling products in the world, that was 10 years ago.

When MockZ are born (defrosted, and dumped out of their tube), they appear exactly as you created them, with knowledge of language, simple math, reading, writing, and your name. The first two weeks of their life is the most important, as that is when they soak up the most information, and knowledge you teach them, SuperGen has posted hundreds of education videos online for your MockZ to watch. Unfortunately these did not include War Tutorials, in which MockZ owners must find other ways to educate their MockZ in the ways of War.

Building your MockZ

Yes, it’s realized that between all the different nation choices you may not want to stick with just one. That is perfectly fine, also depending on an Aesthetic aspect you choose for your MockZ does not decide skin color, and culture. You can easily have Africans who wear German Nazi Uniforms, and have a US style Democracy. Other than that, everything is up for grabs consider the anti-aging of the MockZ and the fact that they are essentially immortal when it comes to diseases, and dying of old age, staying perpetually at whatever age you created them.

Now, even though you can mix things, it is very important you be careful about what you mix. You do not want to buy your MockZ several hundred American rifles, then buy them a bunch of Russian Rifles, the learning of different weapons can be hard in a military environment, and makes it difficult for your MockZ to train. The same can be said of vehicles, etc.

Its going to be very similar except that there are plenty of videos online on how to train MockZ and even sort of MockZ "boot camps". Think like how there are videos on how to train your dog and doggy camps and such. Plenty of people in universe even have MockZ who they just use as like glorified ant farms and watch as they build cities and such in their backyard or living room. I will also say that they can repopulate themselves but have gestation times of at least half a year with only special types of MockZ that are fertile and invetiably cost much more.

tl;dr - humans only, they can learn other skills besides war and can grow their own personalities beyond what you first make for them, customization is from you being able to alter how they physically look and their clothing, they can form relationships and they can die from battle.

That last bit is actually going to be a corner stone of my own Division. Originally they were two divisions owned by two brothers but after a series of devastating and crushing losses, they have been combined into a single Division with limited resources and quality units.

|| Wargame: Grand Army || Grand Strategy on a Miniature Scale || Inspired by Wargame and Steel Division ||

@Ben1730 The amount of work that would have to be put in to make a card like that for every division would be laborious and I'm certain most people don't have the time to fill it out like that. Instead, it'll all be text based and organized with hiders.

@All Unit Card templates are now up along with examples for vehicles and infantry. Remember, run on rule of cool with realistic reason behind it. As for tech level, I guess WW2 and the modern era will be our bench marks. I'm not using stats so don't make things more complicated than it has to be so long as it can fit within the Troop Type.

BBC Code

[b]Name:[/b] Whats the unit/vehicle called?
[b]Type:[/b] What is their classification according to the Troop Type?
[b]Availability:[/b] How many per squad and how many squads per slot? More elite units usually are smaller in number than militia squads and its more likely that ArmDivs will be able to call out more tanks per slot than an InfDiv)

[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Some lore and fluff stuff. Write as much or as little as you wish.[/indent]
[b]Equipment:[/b]
[list][*]What kind of guns is this unit carrying? You can make up guns as you wish but to make reference to something its base on in real life either by name or linked picture.[/list]

Infantry Example

Name: Riflemen-at-Arms
Type: Line/Regular Infantry
Availability: 10 men/squad, 5 squads/slot

Description:

Hastily raised units of line infantry, Riflemen-at-Arms are a far cry from the once elite Royal Air Guard units once fielded by the 19th Royal Airborne. Many of them have more training and experience as airmen and support crews but overall have enough proper training and experience to count as professional regular troops. Donning dulled metal breastplate battered by repeated losses they solemnly march into battle with grim determination; what few proper Paratroopers are left act as commanding officers for the squads.

Equipment:

• 7x L1A1 SLR Battle Rifles
• 2x Bren LMGs
• 1x Lancelot Recoilless Rifle (Carl Gustuv RRs)

Vehicle Example

Name: Errant APC
Type: IFC
Availability: 4 IFVs/slot

Description:

With much of the former 14th Guards Armor in ruins, there are few ground vehicles within use of the 33rd Sky Fleet Ground Forces when they were formed. Taking a page out of the history books and inspiration from the WW2 Kangaroo APC, the Errant APC takes those medium tanks whose chassis are still serviceable and removes the turret and main gun along with ammunition. After such a gutting, there is now enough space for a squad of men to squeeze themselves in and ride to battle in the armored wings of the Errant, safe from small arms by the tank armor.

Equipment:

• 1x M2 Browning .50 HMG (Mounted on the turret ring)
• 1x M1919 Browning .30 MMG (Mounted in the hull)

|| Wargame: Grand Army || Grand Strategy on a Miniature Scale || Inspired by Wargame and Steel Division ||

Added Doctrines! Next up is the NS proper and a unified layout for units or "unit cards" template.

@neogreggory Honestly, that's one of the reasons I made this RP. So people can just have fun making awesome army divisions they'd normally make for NSs without the additional stuff that would normally come with an NS in an NRP. My goal is that the process of making divisions is easy enough to the point where people can just quickly draw one up with limited time.

|| Wargame: Grand Army || Grand Strategy on a Miniature Scale || Inspired by Wargame and Steel Division ||

Updated with Troop Type now so anyone interested will be able to begin to figure out what kind of division they'd like to run.
Up next will be Doctrines, Division modifiers that allow special units or change the number of slots to help personalize a division to whatever theme you wan!

|| Wargame: Grand Army || Grand Strategy on a Miniature Scale || Inspired by Wargame and Steel Division ||

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W A R G A M E :
G R A N D A R M Y

^{(Inspired by Wargame, Steel Division and this)}

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SETTING

Its 20XX, world peace has finally been achieved. After decades long arms races, the perfect armor was created rendering all ballistic and energy weapons ineffective but was yet cheap and lightweight enough to be used en masse on both tanks and soldiers. Short of nuclear strikes and mutually assured destruction, armies became invincible against one another. Realizing this conundrum, the Treaty of Babylon was signed that marked an era a world peace for the first time.

However, there were still those who wished to engage in martial pursuits even between international militaries. As such companies created the "MockZ": miniature, intelligent and ageless humans fully aware of their existence and accepting of it. Great debates and controversy swirled around them. But with enough money being thrown at the issue and a sizable amount of public support, the issue soon faded. Now cloned in numbers, they have become the world's fastest growing commodity with companies forming around their creation and additions like buildings, vehicles and other implements.

Any military action has been replaced with grand MockZ tournaments with entire tiny armies lead by the greatest military minds of each nation with true, old fashioned war no longer a possibility. Of course, civilian tournaments are held as well leading to a strange system where tournament winners are often approached by governments to lead MockZ troops in a true strategic scale.

While "governmental MockZ" often have specialized equipment and detailed, unique tanks between nations, the civilian MockZ market will only sell one base model of something and then allow the buyer to effectively "reskin" the blank model. For example, in a civilian tournament, while one side will have a Soviet T-34 and the other will have a Russian T-90, the two will act similar for game purposes.

Important points:

• Focus on player creativity, make your Division's theme on whatever you want. Modern US marines? WW2 Panzergrenadiers? Samurai shocktroopers? Neo Medieval Riflemen-at-Arms? Go wild!
• Cooprative Plot, instead of trying to balance out a clusterfuck PvP plot, all players will participate as "divisions" within a "field army" (team) as they try and reach the big leagues!
• Four Division Layouts, Dozens of Troop Types and a number of Doctrine to help make your division really feel like your own and fit your theme!
• But wait, this setting doesn't make sense! Look at you Timmy, aren't you smart. Guess what, the focus isn't on the realism of the setting but having a hodpodge combination of different thematic divisions fight one another!

If you have any questions do ask!
For those of you interested, here are the DIVISIONS you can play in this RP. Troop Type, Doctrines and Sheets will be to follow if enough interested is generated.

Divisions

DIVISIONS

Instead of commanding entire Armies, players lead Divisions. Each Division has slots for each of the main categories -Infantry, Light Armor, Heavy Armor, Support, Artillery and Aircraft- with one slot allows you to take one type of troop. The four types specialized Divisions are: Infantry, Armored, Aerial and Support.

Infantry Division (InfDiv) are straight forward, have as many soldiers holding the line or advancing it as you can. This format focuses on the humble foot soldier while still giving it plenty of support should the situation demand it. These InfDivs are the most common style used in regulation play due to versatility, thematic customization and comparative cost.

Infantry Division

Armored Divisions (ArmDiv) are the steel beasts that roam the battlefield and the iron treads that crush resistance under them. They have the most numerous slots for armored vehicles but their limited assisting elements can make them vulnerable if improperly lead. ArmDiv players often focus on having reliable anti-infantry vehicles to count their low infantry slots. They can devastate front line engagements but have plenty of counters in the form of infantry and aircraft meaning that a miscalculated advance or unsupported breakthrough could be disastrous.

Armored Division

Aerial Divisions (AirDiv) fight a battle above the ground. They have the ability to strike far beyond the front line and well placed bombing runs can ruin entire divisions. However, their ground forces are known to be used purely in defensive roles as they rely on their airfields to keep their venerable aircraft in operation. Many players are known to use cheap ground forces and focus all their efforts on the air war.

Aerial Division

Support Divisions (SupDiv) are the unsung heroes of team fights. Rarely the most glorious or prestigious and sometimes the least noticed, the presence of dedicated SupDivs is a godsend in prolonged battles where ammunition and injuries become apparent. They primarily focus on recon, artillery bombardment, combat engineering and other rear line actions and roles which the more direct combat divisions would consider below them.

Support Division

Troop Type

TROOP TYPE

Each Division Slot can hold a certain type of unit which is further divided into subunits. While there is no hard limits on what type of units are availalbe to each Division, I would like to see some realism in unit compositoin. That is to say you would likely not find veteran shock troopers in an AirDiv or too much beyond recond planes and a few bombers in a SupDiv.

Commanders are also important and will take up a slot on their own. There are three types of commanders: Infantry Commanders, Tank Commanders and Supply Commanders who can lead both SupDiv and AirDiv. You need at least one commander unit in your Division.

• Infantry
  
  • Regular/Line = Run of the mill main line troops. Nothing too fancy.
  • Light/Recon = Small, mobile groups of scouts used to track the enemy at range. Snipers also count as these.
  • Militia/Partisans = Untrained and often poorly equipped, these irregulars make up for it with numbers but don't expect miracles.
  • Shock Troopers = Aggressive, elite infantry meant for rapid assaults who excel at close range.
  • Infantry Commander = Commander officer with a retinue of experienced, veteran troops who come with their own personal transport.

• Light Armor/Fast Attack Vehicles
  
  • Armored/Combat Cars = Typically used for transport or local fire support. Can range from a WW2 Puma to a modern Humvee.
  • Armored Transports/IFVs = Dedicated transports with fire support. Can range from half tracks to BMPs.
  • Light Tanks = Lighter armor meant to scout ahead or keep up with rapid infantry advances.
  • Cavalry/Motorcycles = Often seen as a joke unit and rarely used but creative (if not desperate) players find many applications for them.

• Heavy Armor
  
  • Medium/Main Battle Tanks = Bread and butter of armored units with a good balance between firepower, armor and speed.
  • Heavy Tanks = Beasts of battle, their ponderous yet unrelenting advance intimidates with every inch of ground covered.
  • Tank Commander = An experienced officer learned in the ways of armored warfare accompanied by an ace crew.

• Support
  
  • Ambulance/Medics = Unsung heroes that allow for on the spot recovery and treatment of injured soliders.
  • Supply Vehicles = Self explanatory, giving extra munitions and spare weapons to troops, their value increases as time progresses
  • Flamethrowers = While dangerous, they can prove instrumental in denying the enemy cover.
  • Anti-Armor Troopers = Everything from RPG teams to anti material snipers, anything that can fuck up a tank's day that isn't a vehicle.
  • Combat Engineers = Repairmen who can also build defensive works with the right doctrine.
  • HMG Team = Heavy machine guns that are unrivaled in area denial, suppression and mass slaughter.
  • Supply Commanders = Talented back line officers capable of organizing both supplies, artillery and aircraft but is lacking in combat capabilities.

• Artillery
  
  • SPG = Gun carriages and any sort of artillery piece that can move itself.
  • SPAA = Any anti-air system that can move itself.
  • Mortar = Shorter range, high arcing fire perfect for local artillery support.
  • Howitzer = The mortar's bigger and angrier older brother.
  • AA Gun = Anti-air systems that can be just as effective versus infantry and light armor as they are against aircraft.

• Aircraft
  
  • Recon Planes = Lightly armored planes meant for scouting the enemy position for information is also a weapon
  • Fighter Planes = Versatile lanes meant for dog fighting and ground support.
  • Recon Helicopters = Aerial recon that can provide constant and steady intelligence in a local area.
  • Helicopter Gunship = Local aerial fire support better against ground targets than air.
  • Bombers/Ground Attackers = Pure ground bombardment craft capable of leveling battlefields although vulnerable to dedicated fighters.
  • Paratroopers = Elite infantry used to inflict damage in the enemy's back lines; comparable to aerial shock troops.

DOCTRINES

DOCTRINES

To help customize your divisions, Doctrines represent modifications you can make to your divisions so they stand out from another player's division. There are three types of Doctrine: Composition, Specialization and Mixed. Composition mainly affects the number of slots a Division can have, allowing them to trade Troop slots for one another or add more of a certain Troop Type. Specialization allows players to take new units that aren't present in the base list of Troop Types or additional tactical options like Amphibious vehicles, Fire Bombs or Communication Jammers. Mixed are a mix of Composition and Specialization Doctrines, adding new units while also affecting slots.

Players can take up to TWO Doctrines for their Divisions with no restriction on having to take one of one type and another of a another type. If you just want new units or just want more units, go ahead. In addition, there is no hard cap on how many slots a Division can have so long as they have Doctrines that allow them too have that many.

COMPOSITION DOCTRINES

• Strength in Numbers: +3 Militia/Partisans
• Blitzkrieg: -1 Support, Arty and H. Armor, +2 Light Armor
• Breakthrough: +3 Shock Troop, -1 H Armor
• Overwhelming Firepower: +2 Arty, +1 H Armor
• Grand Battleplan: +2 Support, + 1 Arty, +1 Commanders
• Mass Mobilization: -2 L Armor, -2 H Armor, -1 Support, +5 Infantry
• Combined Arms: +1 Infantry, +1 Aircraft, +1 H Armor
• Mounted Soldiers: +2 Armored Transport/IFVs, +1 Cavalry
• Industrial Might: +2 L Armor of Heavy Armor, +1 Arty or Air

SPECIALIZATION DOCTRINES

• Amphibious Assault: Take Hovercraft or Amphibious Vehicles
• Air Cavalry: Helicopter Mounted Infantry
• Special Forces: Allows Spec Ops infantry
• Communication Priority: Allows Radar Trucks and mobile Comms Arrays
• Reclamation: Allows capturing and using of Enemy equipment
• Super Heavy Armor: Allows Super Heavy Tanks
• Integrated Support: Can take Mortars and HMGs as Infantry Units
• Total War: Allows Rocket Artillery and Fire Bombs
• Smoke and Mirrors: Allows for Smoke Artillery and Grenades and Radio Jammers
• Combat Protocols: Allows Combat Automatons to be taken as Support

MIXED DOCTRINES

• Airborne Logistics: Allows Transport Aircraft, Combat Airdrop and Supply Airdrops, +2 Support
• Guerrilla Warfare: Allows Traps and IEDs, +2 Militia/Partisans
• Do or Die: Allows for Suicide Attacks, Suicide Trucks and Kamikaze Strikes, +2 Suicide Infantry
• Explosive Terraforming: Allows for off-map missile strikes, +2 Arty

Life After- A Sorta Nation Prepping RP

@Irredeemable Honestly, skip me for now. I've run into a wall when trying to write for this RP, apologies.

Life After- A Sorta Nation Prepping RP

Yeah, we're going to be flying solo in our own little stories for awhile, until someone's characters have the gumption to leave home so we can have interactions.

@Dusty

This was one of the reasons I had an idea of being a bunch of merchant nomads who'd go cross country, so they'd have something to do and would be easy to interact with for other people.

As for my NS, I've hit a road block in terms of actually writing people. I'll probably just put up what I have to expedite things and as to not dawdle anymore.

The Church of the Falling Star

THE CHURCH OF THE FALLING STAR

THE SANCTUARY

Once a crumbling rural stone chapel, the Church of the Falling Star has dutifully rebuilt and fortified into a self-proclaims "fortress-monastery". Complete with communal dining hall, sleeping cells, a library, an armory-forge, a radio communications room with a "Pillar of Light" (broadcasting beacon), and underground cellars, the Church is confident it can weather the "Star Fall". Many of these additions have been tacked on to the side or on top of the old chapel, forcing its silhouette into a new, much larger shape.

Farming plots and animal pens for sheep, chickens and pigs have been set up with the animals provided by farmers who have seen the light. A few separate buildings been set up to act as guard houses, outdoor workshops, communal grounds and storage barns. A rudimentary wall of logs, sheet metal and homemade barbed wire marks the outer wall of the compound although some farms and "guard stations" (read: glorified bathtubs basically) mark the "frontier". Loud speakers are common in the territory of the Church and used to signal prayer and other messages while numerous flags and other iconography is used to display who now owns these lands and the great solar deity who protects them.

The vaults of the Church contain several years' worth of nonperishable food even though they plan to rely on their farmland and farming knowledge. Common over the counter medicines, vitamin supplements and even a few prescription painkillers along with medical kits and gasmasks are used to treated wounds but the Followers of the Falling Star hope to use their own herb greenhouse to make herbal remedies as well as prayer. There are few if any power tools and but plenty of toolboxes. Most important of all is the raw material stockpiles of logs, scrap metal and fabrics the Church possess and uses to craft anything they cannot get their hands on.

The armory contains weapons of simpler designs, the Grand Inquisitor knowing that they will not be able to rely on modern, complex firearms forever has opted to arm his followers in a more basic manner. As such, nearly all fire arms are bolt action or revolvers:

• Remington Model 700 Rifles w/ 4,000 rounds of .308 Winchester
• Smith and Wesson Model 686 Revolvers w/ 7,000 rounds of .357 Magnum
• Henry Lever Action Carbines w/ 7,000 rounds of .357 Magnum
• Double Barrel Shotguns w/ 3,000 of 12 Gauge Buck
• Crossbows w/ 7,000 Bolts
• Homemade Flamethrowers to Purge
• Axes, Machetes, Homemade Swords, Hammers

THE FAITHFUL

Through the charismatic preaching's of its Grand Hierophant, Adam Varizino, the Church of the Falling Star has gathered a 17 adults and 5 children. While some do truly believe the words of the blessed prophets, others aren't so pious but believe they see the writing on the wall and joined as a means of surviving the end, willing to pay lip service or just entertain the Church's ideas as a mean to fit in.

The Grand Hierophant, Adam "the Prophet" Varizino is a man in his 30's that just exudes charisma with an almost supernatural ability to preach and influence people. He claims to have been "born of the heavens" and sent down to tell of the "Twilight of Man". Whatever the case, anyone sane presumes that much of his gifts come from a deep understanding of psychology and a strong, confident personality as well as a magnanimous attitude.

THE CANON

"Do you not see the signs? Do you not see how the wind howls and how the birds no longer sing! Do you not see how the world sours itself under the weight of its own filth! Do you not feel the rotting dread deep within you my brothers and sisters! Do you not feel how we have angered Lord all mighty! For centuries we have let governments and wealth and politics and false idols blind us! For centuries we have been awaiting damnation! I tell you, I do, of when the stars falls and the very heavens themselves blacken with the souls of the lost and the damned where not even the so called worthy will survive!

There will be no redemption, no salvation, no rapture for those who cling to the sickening pollution of old gods and false lies! Every day, our reckoning creeps ever closer! Do you not feel it! Do you not feel the Sun setting upon humanity! Oh how the light leaves us and the dark drags us! The so called 'wise' will say we have nothing to worry about and the so called 'pious' will proclaim with serpent tongues that the god they worship will save them, but they are of the darkness that shall consume the world! The most holy and hallowed ground of our forefathers and their forefathers! Lost to the shadows of the apocalypse!

The stars will fall and rain down hellfire upon those who are not prepared! The light is lost to all those who are blindly ignorant to the truth and thus I beg of you, of mankind, of all of Earth to heed my warning! The heavens shall shatter and the stars will fall and the light of mankind will forever extinguish into eternal nightmares less you heed my clarion call to arms! To arms brothers, to arms sisters! To arms to defend what good remains of man and what good remains of his achievement for we shall not go silently unto that most dark and dreaded night silently!"