TheMaster99

The End of Days – a Post-Apocalyptic Nation/Tabletop RP

Announcement:
Map has been finished, you may now claim your land.

For the beginning, either circle the area you will claim, or describe it, giving location on the map, nearby landmarks, etc. Include color to be used for the key - hex code or RGB, please! (or CMYK, if you're a weirdo) (be reasonable - for example, the Rocinha Hollow starts with 4 hexagons. If it is reasonable with your description above, then it will be allowed.)

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@Shienvien

I noticed two random coGMs listed in the 'Edit Topic' panel for the roleplay I made today, but they didn't actually show up on the topic itself, and weren't removable. When I set an actual coGM, they disappeared. :shrug (:shrug needs to be a thing immediately, btw )

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@Captain Jordan Maybe only track unread posts for topics you've viewed then? (imo) It shouldn't apply to every topic on the guild, it is just really distracting imo to have [NEW] covering every topic on the forum.

The End of Days – a Post-Apocalyptic Nation/Tabletop RP

OOC has been made! http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/78686-the-end-of-days-a-post-apocalyptic-nation-tabletop-rp/ooc

@Voltus_Ventus
@Lone Wanderer

The End of Days – a Post-Apocalyptic Nation/Tabletop RP

The End of Days - a Post-Apocalyptic Nation RP
There ain’t any big cities anymore. New York, London, Berlin… They’re all graveyards.

Premise:

It has been two months since the dead started risin’ across the globe – just long enough so we’re not all running about like headless chickens, but not enough for this whole… kerfuffle to have sorted itself out.

What? You ain’t mad at me calling the ‘end of the world’ a kerfuffle, are you? What can I say: I’m an optimist.

Estimates say most of the human race are dead, scattered to the wind. The cars on the highways are tombstones and there’s no real way to travel across the good ol’ US of A. It’s worse than that. Everyone who was in this province when the apocalypse started are stuck here, and I bet over half of them have kicked the bucket themselves in the panic with no real organisation. I hear that’s starting to change, though; I hear groups are starting to form here in the Yellow Gullies, leaders are starting to come out of the woodwork.

I hear you’re one of them.

So you’ve got a following. Big deal. If you ain’t strong enough to seize this land and all her holdings for yourself, well… The zeds are gonna get you, aren’t they? That is, if the other people don’t first.

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The Battleground:

Well, that’s a bit pessimistic of me. There hasn’t been any over-the-top bloodshed yet. All I can say is, “Welcome to the Yellow Gullies, and may your stay be a wild one.” It’s a chunk of land that’s a fair size but not entirely fortunate: it’s fenced in by pretty much impassable roads to the east, west, and south, all swarming with the dead. Hordes like to come in from those directions now and then, so you’d best be on the lookout.

“Why can’t you escape to the north?” I hear you ask. Well, there’s a bit of a problem, that being the mountain range – the Crags. Experienced climbers only, or at least, that’s what all the signs say.

Anyway, on to the beefy stuff: resources. There’s a whole lot of untapped wilderness around here, but I’m guessing you’re not looking to be spending half of your time collecting berries and then sitting in the outhouse ‘cause they turned out to be poisonous. There are a few lil’ towns – villages, but we don’t call them that up here – all with different supplies left untapped and dangers to overcome. Some of them might even be inhabited. Since this ain’t a national park, there’ll be a ton of hamlets and holiday cabins around too, and I’m sure some of them could be fixed up. It ain’t my job to know about all of that; it’s yours.

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Settlement Sheet

Remember to keep everything that is subject to change up to date!
[color=ffbf00][h3][b]Basic Details[/b][/h3][/color]
[b]Settlement Name:[/b]
[b]Government Type:[/b] (Monarchy, Oligarchy, Democracy, etc.)

[b]Starting Location:[/b] (A description of the area you would like to start in. Mention at least how many buildings, how large the area is, how secure it is (not very at best) and its starting resources. Preferably have many areas to improve upon. Subject to GM approval.)
[b]Currently Controlled Regions:[/b] (For the beginning, either circle the area you will claim, or describe it, giving location on the map, nearby landmarks, etc. Include color to be used for the key - hex code or RGB, please! (or CMYK, if you're a weirdo) (be reasonable - for example, the Rocinha Hollow starts with 4 hexagons. If it is reasonable with your description above, then it will be allowed.))

[color=ffbf00][h3][b]Demographics[/b][/h3][/color]
[b]Total Number of Citizens:[/b] (Max 50 at the beginning.)
[b]Potential Military Force:[/b]

[color=ffbf00][h3][b]Textbook Information[/b][/h3][/color] (If a historian were to write a textbook, what would they say about your settlement?)

[b]Brief History:[/b] (Feel free to add on to this as time goes on, but it’s optional.)

[b]Current Policies:[/b]
[b]Strengths:[/b] (Will you be known for your elite military? Do you have this really amazing… well, [i]something,[/i] that just HAS to be noted? List them here.)
[b]Weaknesses:[/b] (Are your citizens incurably obese? Is your leader corrupt? Etc.)

[b]Leadership:[/b] (Who runs the settlement, be it one person or a council.)

[b]Other:[/b] (Anything left out that you feel should be mentioned? This is the place!)

Leader Sheet (Optional)

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/b] (Picture, drawing, description, whatever. No anime.)
[b]Values:[/b]
[b]Goals:[/b]
[b]Strengths:[/b] (Optional.)
[b]Weaknesses:[/b] (Optional.)
[b]Bio:[/b] (Optional - can be as detailed as you’d like.)
[b]Other:[/b] (Anything left out that you feel should be mentioned? This is the place!)

GMs

What these people say (OOC), goes.

• @TheMaster99
• @McHaggis

Rules

• All the usuals. No god-modding, power-playing, etc.
• If you have a question, please ask BEFOREHAND. It is a lot less work to just ask instead of potentially having to rewrite everything, so you’re really doing yourself a favor by doing this.
• (Co-)GM word is law. If we say something has to be changed/done a certain way/etc., it is probably for a good reason.
• Dice rolls are to be done in 1d10 (one 10-sided die) format. I will trust you to be honest with your rolling – that is, no repeatedly rolling until you get a favorable result, or flat out making up a number. Do not abuse my trust. Anyone found to be dishonest in any way will be immediately banned from the roleplay, no exceptions.

Resource Management:

Everything, except thinkin' or reflectin' on events gone by, requires TIME to do. This isn't the city out here, and it never will be. We work in MONTHS that go by like clockwork as we take thirty day chunks out of life to work our way through. A DAY means a lot out here.

How It Works

All times as shown below are negotiable, so if you’d like to deviate, say the word and we’ll judge it fairly.
– Narrative:

• 0 DAYS

– Legislature

• 1 DAY

– Building Project:

• 10 DAYS – Gathering supplies, planning and resources.
• ~5 DAYS – Construction, but be realistic with size, length of project. May be overruled.

– Treaty/Declaration of War:

• 3 DAYS

– Battle:

• 10 DAYS for attacker; 8 DAYS for defender.

DAYS left at the end of the MONTH will not roll-over, so tough luck! If you run out, you cannot perform any more actions (other than narrative) until the new month starts. There is one exception to that, however! If you are attacked (and not the attacker) you may take part in the battle even if you are out of days)!

Dice-Rolls:

Out here, we do things fairly. Sorta. There’s a lot more shades of grey when it comes to combat in real life than there ever were in video games or make-believe.

How They Work (In Battles)

We use dice here to dictate the outcome of various events, but it’s a very simple rule system:
– Both parties roll 1-10, and the difference between the modified rolls determines the victor. The modified roll is the 1-10 roll plus the number of map tiles your settlement controls, and a modifier from battling too recently.

• 0 – If you both rolled the same, it’s a stalemate. Both parties are allowed to continue the battle, retreat, parlay… etc.
• 1-3 – A Pyrrhic Victory, too close to be considered a true victory. You might have won, but you’re left licking your wounds with many casualties. MODIFIER TO NEXT BATTLE: -3
• 4-6 – A well-deserved victory. Your party’s defeated its foe and while you did suffer casualties, you are able to march on with relative ease. MODIFIER TO NEXT BATTLE: -1.5
• 7-9 – A decisive victory. Well, there’s certainly no doubt as to who the victor was. You’ve won at no cost to yourselves, but will you charge on or are you satisfied with what you’ve won? NO MODIFIER:
• 10+ – Massacre. This’ll go down in history, boys, as a complete and utter slaughter. The enemy’s been wiped out, and you’ve lost little to nothing. Only a fool wouldn’t continue onwards! MODIFIER TO NEXT BATTLE: +3

Note: Modifiers’ll be removed after the MONTH is over with.

How They Work (New Legislature, Projects, Other)

Similarly, a roll is also used to determine the success of your actions, though without a modifier. The number you roll determines the success/failure on its own, and again, it’s a 1-10 roll.
– 1 – Whatever you tried to accomplish turned into a hot mess, and it would have been better not even trying in the first place. -5 DAYS
– 2-4 – It was unsuccessful. Your law did not go well with your citizens or the construction collapsed/burned/vanished as if smote by the Almighty. It could’ve been worse, though! -3 DAYS
– 5-7 – It’s been a pretty moderate success, this time around. Some people like it, some people dislike it, but nobody’s going around threatening violence because of it. -1 DAY
– 8+ – A total success! Yeah, people love food stamps, who would’ve thought? Maybe your civilisation isn’t such a bad place after all!

But What About..?

– Food and Medicine (Etc…) – It only takes an action of 2 DAYS to gather an amount of food equal to the amount your people will need for a month and perhaps it can even be entirely avoided by building a farm of sorts.
– Disasters and Random Events – There will be random events, but in the essence of fairness, the whole region (as in, everyone’s settlements) will be facing the exact same thing at the exact same time. It will be up to you how you deal with them, and how many DAYS you spend sorting out potential problems… or not. Just be prepared for the consequences.
– Population Growth – You can spend DAYS to recruit survivors too, though not at a 1:1 ratio, of course. As long as it seems fair, we’ll allow it.

Map

The region is a fictional province in the northern United States. This map will be kept up to date with borders, infrastructure, points of interest, etc. Your choice of starting location will be added to the map after you claim it. The key will be expanded as necessary.
NOTE: The uninhabited settlements are not your options of places to start. They are towns, villages, whatever that are infested with zombies. You can start in one if you want to, but your land will most likely be separate from them.

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Feel free to start writing settlement sheets! Put them under the character tab, and @McHaggis or myself will take a look at it.

Announcements

March 30th, 2015 - For the beginning, either circle the area you will claim, or describe it, giving location on the map, nearby landmarks, etc. Include color to be used for the key - hex code or RGB, please! (or CMYK, if you're a weirdo) (be reasonable - for example, the Rocinha Hollow starts with 4 hexagons. If it is reasonable with your description above, then it will be allowed.)

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I think the new post/unread tracking should only be done for subbed topics. People don't care about if there is a new post in every thread on the site, only the ones they are participating, or otherwise interested, in.

The Rising of Love and War.

@UltikanaRe I'm not disagreeing that not seeing it was my fault - I thought for some reason that it was zooming in much more than it actually was, so the area kind of hid in plain sight - I wasn't looking for big areas, so I overlooked it. That was my fault, and I won't deny that.

Furthermore, what I said prior to the GM stepping in was:

I notice that the area circled on your nation sheet doesn't exist on the map you gave. One of the two is out of date, you should probably fix that ^^

And after that,

Let me rephrase. The "Aeride Sea", present on your nation sheet, is nonexistent on the full map.

Both were nothing close to "calling you out", and my statement that the "Aeride Sea" doesn't exist on the full map was 100% accurate. All you had to say from the beginning was that it was a subsea of Tyon, and that would have been the end of it. Instead you said you used a blank map on purpose, without actually pointing out where your empire was located. Due to my oversight (again, my fault), and the fact that you didn't actually point it out, it wasn't unreasonable to suggest that it wasn't there - and the GM didn't make any attempt to show where it was, either. I won't say either of you were at fault for my failure to see the area, but I'd be lying if I said that a simple, proper explanation wouldn't have ended the argument before it began.

Also, that took me over an hour to label and I am not redoing it.

You'll notice that I offered to redo the map myself, to resolve all the issues presented by the map generator's faults. I'd even maintain it with up-to-date political borders, to avoid the same confusion that started this argument in the future.

The Rising of Love and War.

@UltikanaRe Okay, I have finally found it on the map. I apologize for the confusion, although IMO you should have just said that to begin with.

I still don't appreciate how the GM treated @McHaggis and I, and every other suggestion still stands.

The End of Days – a Post-Apocalyptic Nation/Tabletop RP

Bump. Anyone else interested?

The Rising of Love and War.

@Song Book

I have no problem with different cultures having different names for things. But when the topography used in his sheet literally does not exist on the full map, I do have a problem with that. All I did was point out that mistake for him to correct, and you decided to respond with passive aggression, and condescension. Do you expect me to be sorry for giving constructive feedback? Sorry, but I'm not, and never will be.

You say you know where he put his claim. Feel free to point out where it lies on the full map, but I promise you that it does not exist. If the map is not final, then why lay claims? Is it not better to wait until the map is finalized to lay claims, instead of claim areas that no longer exist?

@McHaggis and I are just trying to help, and you refuse to even listen to what we have to say. With all due respect, that isn't a good quality to have in a GM.