Cyclone

The New World - OOC IS UP

Rolls please @Cyclone in case talking to you on Discord isn't enough (:

@Pirate

*finishes rolls, moves to copy and paste them here*

Oh.

@Cyclone I'd like to request some rolls too please.

@Lone Wanderer

*finishes rolls, moves to copy and paste them here*

Oh.

I will join this RP just so that I can get in on the trend. Give me a roll.

@The Nexerus

*finishes rolls, moves to copy and paste them here*

Oh.

The New World - OOC IS UP

Here's another batch of rolls. Will make some more rolls soon (if I missed you then sorry; just keep mentioning me please, it's hard to keep track when I'm being asked by so many people in so many different places)

Anyways, I'll aim to have the nation sheet template up tonight as well.

@LloydTurquoise

Rolls 4

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
1. Your nation is but a speck upon the map; perhaps it is an island or small archipelago, or perhaps it's just a tiny swathe of land too small to draw the attention of any would-be conquerors.
Population:
3 million (pretty average)
Urbanization:
5. Your nation is the very epitome of urbanization: within your borders lies a jewel of the world, one of the largest settlements in the known world. In this way your entire nation is basically just one city that is grand and powerful enough to exert its influence over the surrounding region. A city-state!
Government Type:
9. Your nation is effectively a magocracy - that is to say, it is under the rule of magi. Whether this just means that one mighty wizard in a great tower effectively rules as a dictator or that there is an entire ruling caste of magic-users is up to you, but make sure to include unicorns.
Political Stability:
4. Your country has the occasional highwaymen, but they mostly hide in the hills and forests far out in the countryside. By and large, your realm is stable.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
4. Your nation has a solid and rather stable economy. You have the means to finance most of the projects that your government wants to undertake, and most of your people enjoy a good standard of living.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
6. Through Proto-Socialism state-owned businesses, trading companies, and investments, your government manages to make a healthy profit.
Technology:
4. Technological Parity; you're keeping up with the rest of Albion pretty well.
Agriculture:
6. In favor of staple or food crops, most of your farmland is devoted to the growing of cash crops. While this produces money, a fair amount of that is probably spent on importing food from places with more of an abundance. This is fine and you're probably wealthier for it, but your people rarely enjoy fresh produce and you have grown heavily dependent on the trade routes that feed your nation.
Natural Resources:
Sugar, wine, textiles

Military
Military Size
2. Small core of elite soldiers, supplemented by some mercenaries in wartime. Overall you do not have a very large force, but your soldiers are more effective than the levies of peasants that many other nations employ.
Military Focus
5. Powerful navy; small but decent army; fair amount of magic users; capable corps of siege engineers and sappers.
Military Leadership
1. Generals are very loyal to the government but gained the position by hereditary status and not necessarily merit
Military Reputation
5. Popular domestically; considered craven by foreigners

@Skylar

Rolls 5

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
3. Your nation is smaller than average but there's still plenty of territory to work with. While the lack of endless farmland might prove an issue, you do at least enjoy the benefits of relatively small and easily defended borders.
Population:
4,000,000 (about average)
Urbanization:
2. Aside from your capital and perhaps one or two urban centers, you have a very highly rural population. There is likely some system such as serfdom, in which knights or other minor nobles inhabit estates that oversee a region and its people.
Government Type:
1. Your nation is ruled by a theocracy. Perhaps you have a secular king is nothing more than the puppet of a powerful church, or perhaps your king is the head of the religion and acts as more of a high-priest than an administrator. Or perhaps the clergy rule as an oligarchic caste. In any case, deus vult!
Political Stability:
5. You enjoy the benefit of having a serene and peaceful nation. There's barely any crime and you don't have a rebellion brewing, so rejoice!

Economy

Overall Wealth:
1. Your nation is very poor. Perhaps you've been ravaged by constant war or plague, or perhaps your people lack the resources or drive to create the foundations for a solid economy. In any case, homelessness and hunger are issues for many people. At least your people are used to this sorry state.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
3. Your various churches regularly gather money from those in attendance (for some reason, under this system church attendance tends to be mandatory) and then the temple passes some along to the government. In this way, your clergy essentially act as tax collectors.
Technology:
4. Technological Parity; you're keeping up with the rest of Albion pretty well.
Agriculture:
2. What your nation lacks in the way of farmland is made up for in the sheer bounty of its wilderness. Fishing, hunting, and plant gathering support your population. Unfortunately, this system doesn't support quick population growth or large food surpluses, so gathering food is always something on your peoples' minds.
Natural Resources:
Tin, lead, coal and peat, alum (a type of mineral useful for dyes, medicines, and a lot of other stuff)

Military
Military Size
7. Relatively large noble warrior caste. Very effective, quick to mobilize, and fairly numerous, but difficult to replace if they suffer heavy losses.
Military Focus
2. Poor navy; a good army with a very heavy focus on cavalry, a few magic users for battle.
Military Leadership
5. Generals are somewhat competent; competitive; mixture of hereditary nobles and of soldiers that rose to the rank through battlefield exploits
Military Reputation
6. Considered indifferently domestically; considered very intimidating and formidable by foreigners

@Murtox

Rolls 6

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
6. Your nation sprawls across Albion as it dominates the map with its sheer size. But the dog's bark is louder than its bite; there simply aren't enough people to exploit all of your land and its resources, defending your borders or stopping smugglers is probably a futile task, and communications from one end to the other might very well be a major issue. At least you can retreat back almost endlessly when defending your nation, and you can probably count on your enemies lacking the manpower to occupy all of your land.
Population:
4,000,000 (average)
Urbanization:
2. Aside from your capital and perhaps one or two urban centers, you have a very highly rural population. There is likely some system such as serfdom, in which knights or other minor nobles inhabit estates that oversee a region and its people.
Government Type:
3. Your society is a feudal monarchy. Quite typical, there is a king who inherited the throne from his father, and then there are all manner of other aristocrats: dukes and barons and knights all swear fealty to one another in exchange for control of land, all in a complicated system of legal obligations...
Political Stability:
5. You enjoy the benefit of having a serene and peaceful nation. There's barely any crime and you don't have a rebellion brewing, so rejoice!

Economy

Overall Wealth:
5. Your nation is struggling and somewhat poor. The government and upper class are doing well enough, but the middle class of merchants and tradesmen are small and most of your people still occupy themselves with subsistence activities. That being said, at least they aren't starving in the streets.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
9. Your government controls the central bank, which just so happens to be the only bank allowed in your nation. This allows them to make most of their money through shameless usury.
Technology:
2. Antiquated, your nation lags behind the rest of the world, and stubbornly clings to ancient traditions.
Agriculture:
5. You grow a variety of grains and vegetables and your farmers have developed a system of crop and field rotations. As such, they create a food surplus and your people are generally well nourished.
Natural Resources:
Porcelain, wool, exotic beasts, cotton

Military
Military Size
1. A small number of city guards, constables, and the personal retainers of nobles are the only standing armies. In wartime, vast (albeit seasonal) armies are mobilized via levying the peasants.
Military Focus
9. Decent navy; large but overall somewhat weak army; a few magic users
Military Leadership
2. Generals rose to their positions through experience and battlefield exploits; competent, but also decadent
Military Reputation
3. Popular domestically; considered capable by foreigners

@Kangutso

Rolls 7

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
4. Your nation has an average sized expanse of land. There's enough for agriculture, cities, and then some wilderness. Your border is large enough that smugglers can sometimes make it through, but by and large it's still defensible.
Population:
6,100,000 (a large population)
Urbanization:
3. Your nation has the typical ratio or rural folk to city dwellers: that is, there's probably about 8 or 9 in the countryside for every one in the cities. What is there to say? It takes a lot of farmers to support those craftsman and merchants in the city!
Government Type:
6. Your nation has this strange thing called democracy. Get this: the people actually vote to elect their rulers, and a ruler might only reign for a fixed period of a few years! Of course, there's probably countless slaves, women, and poor people that don't partake in this political process, but your republic is still quite radical and progressive for its time.
Political Stability:
3. There's some mild urban unrest with criminal gangs and corruption, but nothing threatening to overthrow your country.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
5. Opulence and obscene wealth define your nation. Your streets might not be paved with gold, but great monuments, beautiful works of art, and a large variety of public works stand testament to your economic power. Your government of course has the funds to do almost whatever it wants.

Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
5. Tariffs on trade (both internal and foreign) provide your government with most of its money. Of course, your merchants probably don't like this and there's probably a lot of smugglers that try their best to avoid these hefty taxes.
Technology:
1. Slow Modernization, your nation does somewhat lags behind the rest of the world, with many of your people stubbornly clinging to traditions and conventions.
Agriculture:
7. With mighty rivers, vast lakes, and/or a sizeable coast on the bountiful seas, your people primarily rely upon fishing for their food. As such, your port cities are unique in that they don't necessarily depend on the countryside to feed them at all.
Natural Resources:
Opiates or other "medicinal substances", marble, copper, fish
Military

Military Size
5. Large, strictly volunteer corp of professional soldiers that takes considerable upkeep. A sizable and reasonably effective standing army, but little else supports it during wartime.
Military Focus
8. Almost nonexistent navy that just serves to transport the army and perhaps ward off rogue pirates; very large and effective army; average amount of magic users.
Military Leadership
3. Generals are pretty competent; however, they are corrupt and play at politics
Military Reputation
2. Considering terrifying oppressors domestically; considered barbaric by foreigners

The New World - OOC IS UP

@Commodore

I do imagine humans being the most prevalent race, but with this being High Fantasy I take no objection to elves, dwarves, even Warhammer-inspired orcs etc. Some aspects of the rolls might make less sense for other races but that can be adjusted if need be; I just don't want to see some super-race that is better than the others in every way. It bears worth mentioning that while I reluctantly would allow custom/original races, unless executed well I usually don't think they're a great thing to add to NRPs. People know what to think when they see elf, but not so much when they see "okidai" or something. Unless the "okidai" are genuinely unique and you do cool things with them, I just don't see the need.

As in for magic, you raise a good question and one that indeed has not been answered in this interest check's OP. It's something that I will need to elaborate upon in the actual OOC, but for now let's say magic is relatively rare, say about 1/100 people have it. It can take the mild and stereotypical form of stereotypical fireballs or Emperor Palpatine style lightning if they are a battlemage, which makes wizards somewhat analogous to artillery. Then the war medics might use healing magic of some sort, and the priests and shamans might have rituals to predict weather or some such.

The truly great and powerful wizards like Saruman or Gandalf should be a very rare thing. While similarly extreme forms of magic like necromancy perhaps are real, they should be rare almost to the point of fading into myth in most nations. After all, one of the big themes of this RP is magic fading away and being replaced with technology.

The New World - OOC IS UP

Alright, first few rolls that I promised are ready. I might get around to a few more tonight but some will probably be put off until tomorrow.

Remember,

It's my intent to allow one or two of the individual rolls to be changed (or perhaps to get a whole reroll if you're really unhappy with it) so I think it's fair to have them more or less determine everything except for stuff like your nation's race.

For instance, if I were to give you a roll that says your country is some sort of theocracy and you don't like that, it's not a big deal. These are meant to be more like a loose guideline to help formulate a nation rather than some rigid requirements that you must adhere to.

Ye Glorious GM

The "flavor" elements like government type can be changed if you really want to, and I'm totally fine if two people want to trade their rolls. I'll iterate once more than these are meant to be something of a guideline and source of inspiration and not a mandate that MUST be followed to the letter, so I'm flexible.

@Commodore

Rolls 1

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
5. Your nation is "blessed" with a significantly larger than average amount of land. While you may have a great deal of opportunities to utilize both your ample farmlands and wilderness, your borders are hard to defend and your settlements are spread out which can impede communications.
Population:
5 million (above average)
Urbanization:
3. Your nation has the typical ratio or rural folk to city dwellers: that is, there's probably about 8 or 9 in the countryside for every one in the cities. What is there to say? It takes a lot of farmers to support those craftsman and merchants in the city!
Government Type:
4. Your nation is ruled by one great emperor with essentially unlimited power and a large bureaucracy that serves beneath him. Under this imperial system there is a form of meritocracy. Your magistrates and administrators have been tested and found competent; therefore, they earned their positions rather than simply inheriting it from their fathers as is the case in many other nations.
Political Stability:
5. You enjoy the benefit of having a serene and peaceful nation. There's barely any crime and you don't have a rebellion brewing, so rejoice!

Economy

Overall Wealth:
2. Your nation was once in good enough shape, but recent events have caused a large recession and now your economy is shrinking. If this isn't resolved soon, major issues will arise. The people are used to a higher standard of life than they are currently experiencing, and as food supplies contract there may be mass starvation and the collapse of industry, commerce, or even government.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
8. Your government requires tributes from the various nobles and cities, which leaves them up to their own discretion in finding a way to procure these taxes. In some manner, it's probably the peasants that actually end up paying for these taxes, but at least the job of collecting all that is delegated to a handful of people so that your central government doesn't have to worry about it.
Technology:
1. Slow Modernization, your nation does somewhat lags behind the rest of the world, with many of your people stubbornly clinging to traditions and conventions.
Agriculture:
4. Your nation has its farmlands, but you aren't blessed with particularly fertile land nor regular rainfall. As such, seasonal famines are a common thing.
Natural Resources:
Iron, salt, furs

Military
Military Size
3. Volunteer militias supplemented by some additional levies in wartime. An average sized army all around, but lacking in elite units.
Military Focus
4. Decent navy; heavy archery focus in army with massed spearmen standing in a line to protect the archers behind them; a fair amount of magic users for battle
Military Leadership
3. Generals are pretty competent; however, they are corrupt and play at politics
Military Reputation
3. Popular domestically; considered capable by foreigners

@FoxFire

Rolls 2

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
2. Your nation is certainly small and could use some breathing room. Land is an expensive and highly sought after commodity here.
Population:
3,250,000 (about average)
Urbanization:
4. Your nation is unusually urbanized. You might have a lot of towns or a few really big cities, but either way a fair amount of your people have migrated to the population centers. This opens the door to much more industry and commerce but also leaves more of your people vulnerable to the dangers of city life: organized crime, filth, and disease.
Government Type:
2. Your nation is ruled by that shine of gold and silver. In a society where money is power, the wealthy elite form a plutocratic government. Bloodline is still important (because of course a person born into a wealthy family is worth more than some pauper!) but your ancestry becomes irrelevant the moment that you run out of coin. At least there is some degree of social mobility in that a poor merchant can perhaps work his way up into the elite; in more traditional and aristocratic countries, rising up might not even be possible.
Political Stability:
3. There's some mild urban unrest with criminal gangs and corruption, but nothing threatening to overthrow your country.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
4. Your nation has a solid and rather stable economy. You have the means to finance most of the projects that your government wants to undertake, and most of your people enjoy a good standard of living.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
4. Your government has a way of having wealthy patrons voluntarily give their money, mostly in the form of bribes and political donations. You might have a small issue with corruption...
Technology:
3. Rapid Modernization, your nation does not lag behind the rest of the world, and even sets the standard on some levels. No doubt there's some Commonwealth influence behind this.
Agriculture:
7. With mighty rivers, vast lakes, and/or a sizeable coast on the bountiful seas, your people primarily rely upon fishing for their food. As such, your port cities are unique in that they don't necessarily depend on the countryside to supply them with food.
Natural Resources:
Pearls, glassware, fish

Military
Military Size
1. A small number of city guards, constables, and the personal retainers of nobles are the only standing armies. In wartime, vast (albeit seasonal) armies are mobilized via levying the peasants.
Military Focus
1. Decent navy; decent and well rounded army with some cavalry. Very well rounded, but lacking in the magic department.
Military Leadership
4. Generals are incompetent; often appointed without military experience; largely decadent
Military Reputation
4. Popular domestically; considered weak by foreigners

@ArenaSnow

Rolls 3

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
4. Your nation has an average sized expanse of land. There's enough for agriculture, cities, and then some wilderness. Your border is large enough that smugglers can sometimes make it through, but by and large it's still defensible.
Population:
2,500,000 (a bit on the low side)
Urbanization:
2. Aside from your capital and perhaps one or two urban centers, you have a very highly rural population. There is likely some system such as serfdom, in which knights or other minor nobles inhabit estates that oversee a region and its people.
Government Type:
5. Your nation is ruled by the sword, and the cogs of its "political system" are oiled with blood. Though they might put it more eloquently in order to conjure an image of legitimacy, your nation is quite frankly ruled by whatever warlord(s) are currently at the top of the food chain. This chaotic military dictatorship has the potential to perhaps transform into something more like a monarchy, but for now birthright means nothing and the man with the most soldiers at his back is always the man that lays out the law.
Political Stability:
2. Your people are growing increasingly discontent, but so far it hasn't boiled over to the point of violence. Or if it has, your government has found a way to suppress it before it erupted into anything major.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
3. Your nation is rather weak economically, but you're developing. With a rapidly growing economy and likely a transition towards urbanization and industrialization, your people are happy. While you may not be an economic superpower yet, it's looking like you're beginning to enter a golden age that might catapult you there.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
10. Your government is constantly minting new currency. Maybe they directly control a gold mine, or maybe they have a group of secret alchemists locked up in a tower always at work transmuting more lead into gold. Either way, they just put more money into circulation whenever they need to buy something. There's a fair amount of inflation because of this.
Technology:
4. Technological Parity; you're keeping up with the rest of Albion pretty well.

Agriculture:
5. You grow a variety of grains and vegetables and your farmers have developed a system of crop and field rotations. As such, they create a food surplus and your people are generally well nourished.
Natural Resources:
Copper, opiates or other "medicinal substances", wine

Military
Military Size
6. Medium-sized core of professional soldiers that mainly serve to keep order in peacetime and direct vast (but unreliable) armies of slave soldiers in wartime.
Military Focus
9. Decent navy; large but overall somewhat weak army; a few magic users
Military Leadership
6. Competence of generals varies greatly; they are usually powerful sorcerers; decadent
Military Reputation
2. Considered terrifying oppressors domestically; considered barbaric by foreigners

@Cyclone I'm not the biggest fan of rolls, but meh. Maybe this'll be the one to change my mind.

@Brithwyr

Originally I felt the same way, but after being in one RP that used this system I saw its merits. In any case, keep in mind what I've said above about trading rolls or changing a few aspects that you don't like. I don't think it'll be too bad; there's still loads of freedom in what race(s) make up your nation's population, exactly where you put it on the map (once we get the map, that is), fleshing out the military beyond the brief descriptions I give in the rolls, etc.

Edit: I'll try to make a template nation sheet soon and then for the Commonwealth sometime soon and then that can be held up as an example. But for now those of you with rolls can feel free to get started on sheets because I'm not the type of person to care much about the exact formatting.

The New World - OOC IS UP

@Commodore@FoxFire@ArenaSnow

Within the next few hours I intend to deliver completed rolls to those of you that have already asked. Still writing up all the options and their flavor texts.

The New World - OOC IS UP

@Cyclone Can I ask, what exactly will the rolls determine? I understand that population and other numbers are determined, but do they also affect anything else?

@LloydTurquoise

It's my intent to allow one or two of the individual rolls to be changed (or perhaps to get a whole reroll if you're really unhappy with it) so I think it's fair to have them more or less determine everything except for stuff like your nation's race.

For instance, if I were to give you a roll that says your country is some sort of theocracy and you don't like that, it's not a big deal. These are meant to be more like a loose guideline to help formulate a nation rather than some rigid requirements that you must adhere to.

@Cyclone I can also work on a map if you still need someone to apart from @TheArhive. Also, shoutout to him/her if he/she want to collaborate.

@FoxFire

I am skilled in the arts of Photoshop, should you ever need that.

Also, interested.

@Archetype Zero

I believe Arhive already started on it, but by all means PM him and offer to help if you'd like. Maybe once everybody posts nation sheets one of you could add border lines.

The New World - OOC IS UP

Excellent to see this much interest!

While I work on the OOC and getting a map (shoutout to @TheArhive for volunteering to do that) I'll aim to get a template for nation sheets and maybe start assigning rolls to anybody who would like to get started on some parts of their nation sheets already.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

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I object! Vicegerent is a Vowxrid term copyrighted by Kho&Co Ltd. on behalf of the various Vicegerents whose rights and logo must be protected under all circumstances.

@Kho

Order! Order! *smashes Kho with the gavel*

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@LokiLeo789

I dislike Victors of Vice. Too close to Vowzra's Victors, also implies that Vice is some sort of victory that they so gloriously fought for...

Maybe the Vicegerents of Vice?

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Maybe there are little mist djinn that follow around the hain and cool them off. That'd explain it!