Slamurai

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

Here's the political map of the claims so far. I've tried to reproduce the borders as faithfully as I can. There's plenty of space left next to Ardäin, Aldmeria and Vohemia for newcomers. I plan to update the map with everyone's capitals and significant cities in due time, as well as make the borders of the Timluk Sultanates and other minor peoples.



OOC will be up before tomorrow!

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

@Isotope
Glad to see you!

To all:
The political map is almost done; I had to run out for a bit, so expect it in a few hours!

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

@Aristo
I never got an answer, I guess because I didn't tag you, but was there an ancient empire that a lot of Antova was once ruled by, or are our countries origins more disparate?

@ZB1996

Sorry, that managed to slip my notice! I was thinking about something like that; I was going to leave it mostly to player collaboration, but it would make sense to have had an all-encompassing empire in antiquity, considering our shared culture.

If anyone's wiling to volunteer to play the remnants of said empire, I'm game to hear you out; perhaps your kingdom is all that remains of the core states, with the rest of Antova's kingdoms once having been provinces. The other option is for the pontifical capital to be that remnant.

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

And I do have a question about the Church. Are there Saints other than the one big Prophet sort of Saint? And what would one need to do to become a Saint? I'm asking for my history section.

@TheSovereignGrave

Fiorentino is the "First Saint" and God's chosen spokesman. So he is the first of them; there can be plenty others. Some are purported to have written bits of the Fiorentinan gospel and followed him around.

You can be made a saint in most ways you could expect to become one in real Christianity; healing the sick, halting a massive plague, writing significant scriptures, leading a successful crusade, maybe be a Joan of Arc-type figure and have your 'visions' lead to great victories, dying a martyr, etc.

Roman Catholicism has more than 10,000 canon saints, so you can make up your own and give them their own quirky stories without much difficulty. Looking at these 'real' saints for inspiration can help!

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

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Is this good? Or should I claim more of the river branch to the east?

map

@TheSovereignGrave

That looks better; if you're going to set up shop there, you may as well stretch the west all the way to the coastline, and the south border right up next to to Mille-Sessau.

Land unaccounted for is the enemy of the NRP GM!

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

I'm starting to feel like I may be a bit small; I'm so much smaller than a lot of the other players and I was more going for an average sized kingdom. I may change my map claim, to be honest.

@TheSovereignGrave

Good thinking; I was going to suggest you bump up your claim, in fact. I was hoping that most of the Fiorentian half would be claimed so we wouldn't have to worry about blank space and miniscule NPC states.

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

@Aristo Any chance we can get an updated map?

@Theodorable

I'll have one done before the OOC goes up; I'll be home later tonight though, so don't hold your breath.

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

@Aristo Is my location and scale appropriate for a France-esque nation? I added in the multi-ethnic background as well.

@Theodorable

I would just tone down your "220,000-300,000" estimation. That's awfully high for a European field army of the 16th ce. Renaissance period; most field armies reached 50,000 at most. Only in the following 18th century did 100k+ armies really come into being. The 16th century Italian Wars, being roughly comparable to the era in the RP, rarely saw armies of more than 20,000 go against each other.

But other than that, I like the concept a lot!

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

So, now that we have the placement of the Pontificate States are we allowed to put land claims in our sheets?

@TheSovereignGrave

Sure, go right ahead!

God and Country - A low-fantasy renaissance NRP of religion and discovery

I'm placing the location of Aldmeria on the map (right click, open in new window and zoom in) - the province of the Ambrusian Church. It's capital is Chambrion, where the High Pontiff would reside and the prelates of the Fiorentinan kingdoms convene to discuss matters of the church. It is, put simply, the holiest place in the west.



I think we have a good interest base so far, so I will have the OOC up soon, before the weekend. I'm sure more interest will come in due time.