Little Bill

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@Monkeypants Travelling from one continent to another is not impossible, just not feasible for a country to manage all the messages and new laws and declarations of war against other nations from one end of the continent to the other, regularly. The travel time is too long and the distance is too great, so each place would probably just end up governing itself. That being said, the plot in mind to bridge the two continents is a voyage of noblemen from the east coming to the west. So, multiple plots, just not multiple plots because of the distance.

@Darkspleen If your idea is being the horse guys and having a reputation as a warlike people for being hired as mercenaries a lot, then there's no piss in your foreseeable future. Just reiterate in their culture section that they're not actually Dothraki, their reputation just is.

@TheRestofYou OOC up soon.

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@Willy Vereb Thanks for understanding. I get that you're coming from a place of honest accuracy in a field rife with cool-looking inaccuracy, I'm just kind of a sucker for that Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament™ aesthetic.

Also, while I'm out here pissing in everybody's proverbial cornflakes, I'm afraid I have to nip @Monkeypants's idea in the bud, as I'd prefer to not have ships advanced enough for regular intercontinental travel. That, and I don't want to have to keep track of the multiple ethnicities, cultures, and armies of all the different countries owned by the same dudes. I understand my "no good boats" rule means that some places will be inaccessible, though I have some handy plot ready to cover that right up if anybody's worried we're just gonna dick around in not-Europe.

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@Willy Vereb In terms of a specific time period, there is none, or at least none that would apply to a real world analogue. Some civilizations are evolved, while some are less evolved -- One nation is chucking people off pyramids, another has a history long enough that they've emigrated and shifted cultures. I figured saying that the world is in a medieval/renaissance period would be a general enough blanket statement for the kind of settings I'm looking for, but to reiterate, the world's technology is mostly on a medieval level. Some places can be a little further back and be smelting bronze weapons in thatch-roofed huts, others can be a little further ahead and boiling made-up chemicals in fancy test tubes. The hard limit is that there are no firearms because it's a personal preference of mine. If you really want to use gunpowder, I could accept simple gunpowder bombs like the Mongolians used, but that's about it.

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Sorry! Girlfrando was using computer today for search for jobs.
No guns.

EDIT: For clarification, no guns because they make battles less fun. Guy with a gun versus armed knight, trained archer, outlandish barbarian, fancy duelist, it's pretty much always gonna be guy with a gun. Cannon versus champion fighter, stone wall, fast ship, it's pretty much always gonna be cannon. I feel like the addition of firearms trumps any specialized thing another country can have or do.

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Not much time to respond, I'll be brief.

@Jeyma - Yes, fantasy monsters are allowed, but only some. A good rule of thumb is "Could this feasibly evolve on earth?" so krakens, unicorns, trolls, those are all fair game. Grells, beholders, and undead are a little more iffy. I'll allow genetic-illness werewolves and any magic that can be covered with some other vague science.

@The Spectre - The curved sword dudes! Sweet!

@Monkeypants - Excited for that idea, OOC will be up tomorrow.

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@Willy Vereb Tough call. If I were you, I'd either have a horizontal strip of northern coast or take the southern islands/coastline by Gowi.

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For those of you who want to get a head start, the NS template is done. Claims the size of Gowi's and Ethan's are what I'm looking for, maybe even a little bigger. No need to leave all that land to the barbarian hordes and have me add bits of conquest to the map every week.

Nation Sheet

Nation Name

Flag goes here. I'd prefer something you made in MSpaint to something you made with the GOT Banner generator. The world is universally in the medieval/renaissance era, so don't come at me with that contemporary-ass detailed seal bullshit neither.

_{A concise summary of your nation goes here. What do you really want them to be known for? What is synonymous with their name? This should set the tone for other sections and how others will perceive your peoples. This is more of a stylistic choice than a technical one, so you don't have to go too crazy with details. In other words, make a tl;dr.}

Geography

Map

Choose a color and draw your borders on the map, preferably colors matching your flag so it doesn't get too confusing. Go ahead and use a zoomed in picture too, because once we all start posting on the CS tab, roleplayerguild might shit itself while trying to load a bunch of bigass high res maps. This section should include geography, weather, flora and fauna of your nation, as well as include the capital. Your geography should match your location on the map in relation to the equator and your distance from the sea. It bears mentioning that unnatural creatures like dire beasts and the like are allowed, though I will be picky about what can be tamed.

History

This should be more generally informative of the country's past and how it has affected their culture than a list of dead kings and globally inconsequential events. I encourage players to collaborate and create shared history.

Culture

Hoo boy. This section should be the largest, and cover as many facets of their culture you can think of. I don't just wanna know their clothes and religion, I want to know what their food is like, how other countries view them, what their view of death is, and so on. Do they use beds or rollout futons to conserve space? Do they bathe normally, or is regularly being submerged in water considered unhealthy? Are there foods associated with a holiday? Do they duel over honor or legal matters? You get the picture.

Military

Aside from the general "They have a lot of foot soldiers, a few mounted soldiers, and some archers" tell me how their military is different than any other military, and do it without listing any numbers. Do they ride something besides horses or sail something besides galleys? Do they make use of psychological, biological, or economic warfare? Do they take prisoners? Things like that. If this section includes some bullshit special group of a hundred that uses two swords because they went to sword college or something like that, see yourself to the door.

Economy

In the simplest terms, what do you import and export? Do you make a lot of things, or just one thing? Is your country in debt to another? Geography and culture will play a role here. Also, no country is self sufficient.

Relations

Don't just give me your trade relations you god damn minmaxer. Tell me what your peoples get called by racists, what your country's relation to the rest of the world is, what the popular image of your country is as a whole, etc.
That, and y'know, those trade relations.

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Currently working on the OOC and nation sheets. While you wait, here's another question for you all: How much of a shit do you give about ruling families? I understand there's a fear of leaning too GOT, but it occurred to me that people might want sheets for specific characters, which raised the question of who should be playable, which raised the question of who makes important financial/military decisions, which brings me to my question. If you guys wanna use 'em, I'll include a small section for them. Otherwise, let me know if you'd prefer to not go down that route.

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@The Spectre I'd have to know more about their culture, since those are some different groups -- I made one of the continents a stand-in for Europe to satisfy the people who wanted "regular" Fantasy NRP countries (Farming peasants, landowners with golden crowns, duels over honor, etc.) in a temperate setting, so if that sounds like your dudes, then go ahead and move 'em.

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@The Spectre So far the only established culture is the one I mentioned (And according to what Gowi told me about his country's history/culture the northeast might be Not-China/Mongolia) so the rest of the world's cultures are up to the players.

EDIT: If you'd define "The Americas" as the underdeveloped land of dudes killing elks with spears, then that's a no. The nomads, cave-dwellers and generally tribal peoples that would get steamrolled by an actual army live in all the places people haven't claimed by the start of the IC.