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New Demorvian
Spokesperson
 
Posts: 105
Founded: Nov 19, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby New Demorvian » Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:56 pm

Demorvian wrote:I've decided to change one of the ideas that I've posted to this thread. So give me your thoughts and opinions on this.

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST
Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: The politics of America leading up to the 2076 elections.
Genre/s: Politics, Slight Sci-fi.
Character or Faction Based: A little bit of both.
Detailed Description: Welcome to the year 2075. America is more politically divided than ever. The trend of politically-motivated violence, which started nearly 60 years ago in a small town in Virginia, has become ever more present in America. Barely anything can get passed in congress anymore. Socialists, White Nationalists, Libertarians, and the Green Party have managed to gain at least a few states each. The US now has 53 states including: Jefferson, Long Island, and Puerto Rico. The US has gone back to political isolationism. Outside of the US, things are bad. Europe had mostly fallen to totalitarian regimes. China had collapsed due to political unrest and water shortages. India and Pakistan had nearly wiped each other out through nuclear war. The EU, UN, and NATO no longer exist. North Africa and the Middle East are almost completely deserted, it's too hot and there's no water. Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are locked in endless wars for water. Mexico is in endless drought, while Canada is an agricultural superpower. But that's besides the point. 2076 is coming up. It will be an important year. Not only because of the presidential elections, but also the American Tricentennial. Political debates are springing up around issues such as: AI rights, Colonization of the moon and mars, Asteroid mining operations, green energy, climate change, and much more. Do you or your party have what it takes to win America?

Need Help With: Advice on running and writing a political RP, interest, feedback.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

Demorvian here. I've had to make an alt-account due to losing my password for my other account. I will begin working on this RP above the announcement again. Please understand these circumstances that I am in. Thank you.

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Arduo
Lobbyist
 
Posts: 16
Founded: Jan 29, 2017
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Octoarma Role play

Postby Arduo » Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:08 pm

Gutentag Kamarads, Arduo here.

I'm not a very active nation on the Forums, but I've decided to try it out for my region's role play.

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST
Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Galactic RP
Genre/s: Science-Fiction, with elements of Cosmic Horror (think Lovecraftian Eldritch Abominations), but still very downplayed from the theme of common cosmic horror (more of the scary realization that the horrific beasts from beyond could come back anytime and there're few ways to stop such abominations that laugh in the face of physics and reality).
Character or Faction Based: Faction-based, but I expect/hope a few interesting (interesting) characters from the differing factions to rise to prominence.
Detailed Description: The RP will be centered around the Octoarma galaxy, an ancient place where a vast Octocultus used to live in harmony until a disastrous chain of events known as Rekkonning occured, destroying most civilizations that were part of the community.

Now, nearly 3,000 years have passed since. The Baneful Flesh - a nano-computer virus that aims to convert everything into a part of its matrix - continues to plague the edges of the surviving elder races. Ruins from the aeon old empires that died remain on countless worlds, and most of the secrets of how Rekkonning was postponed are hidden and lost... and countless horrors of old remain, ready to create chaos at a moment's notice.

The Age of Elders is over, and the Age of Younglings is to come! Where the RP officially starts, players can either play as an elder race with some post-Rekkonning handicaps in place (only 9 allowed, and on a first come, first served basis) or as a youngling species (which need only be technologically advanced enough to detect and travel to the old great wormhole gateways that everyone used to use). That's about it.

Need Help With: Getting people interested... I'm not sure how to get a big enough forum RP team to join in. I won't be limiting this regional RP to just my region. The thread will be on the International Incidents Thread, but your board did seem like the appropriate place for talk about sci-fi and Eldritch abomination talk.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

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New yugoslavaia
Minister
 
Posts: 2295
Founded: Jun 07, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby New yugoslavaia » Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:46 am

So, how would you make a resource mechanic work in a space war RP? Like, one group gets control of a group of asteroids in the belt and they get material to construct ships. Should I use that or not?
Yugoslavia's back baby...

How the hell did this happen?
Well...we don't actually know. Just sort of happened one day.
Is it a reunited Yugoslavia in the 21st century? Is a rebel colony world in the far future? Is it a race of cyborg neo-life at war with any assimilating organisms they come across in the far far future? Who knows, who cares?
New Yugoslavia just is.

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G-Tech Corporation
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 63971
Founded: Feb 03, 2010
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby G-Tech Corporation » Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:37 am

New yugoslavaia wrote:So, how would you make a resource mechanic work in a space war RP? Like, one group gets control of a group of asteroids in the belt and they get material to construct ships. Should I use that or not?


Seems like fun times. Mechanics in a space war sound like hella fun.
Quite the unofficial fellow. Former P2TM Mentor specializing in faction and nation RPs, as well as RPGs. Always happy to help.

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New yugoslavaia
Minister
 
Posts: 2295
Founded: Jun 07, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby New yugoslavaia » Thu Dec 05, 2019 12:29 pm

G-Tech Corporation wrote:
New yugoslavaia wrote:So, how would you make a resource mechanic work in a space war RP? Like, one group gets control of a group of asteroids in the belt and they get material to construct ships. Should I use that or not?


Seems like fun times. Mechanics in a space war sound like hella fun.


I'm just not sure how to apply it properly, considering the amount of asteroids in the belt.
Yugoslavia's back baby...

How the hell did this happen?
Well...we don't actually know. Just sort of happened one day.
Is it a reunited Yugoslavia in the 21st century? Is a rebel colony world in the far future? Is it a race of cyborg neo-life at war with any assimilating organisms they come across in the far far future? Who knows, who cares?
New Yugoslavia just is.

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G-Tech Corporation
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 63971
Founded: Feb 03, 2010
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby G-Tech Corporation » Thu Dec 05, 2019 12:35 pm

New yugoslavaia wrote:
G-Tech Corporation wrote:
Seems like fun times. Mechanics in a space war sound like hella fun.


I'm just not sure how to apply it properly, considering the amount of asteroids in the belt.


Well, that largely depends on scale for your RP. IRL, once you have significant asteroid mining capabilities, the time to process those resources becomes far more integral to any warfare scenario than the actual resources themselves.
Quite the unofficial fellow. Former P2TM Mentor specializing in faction and nation RPs, as well as RPGs. Always happy to help.

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Luxembourg-Bavaria
Envoy
 
Posts: 345
Founded: Jan 25, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Luxembourg-Bavaria » Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:47 pm

yoooo what abt a plants vs zombies RP
Breaking News! Chancellor Kasel has announced another foreign intervention in the country of Laraosi. This move has been echoed with some praise, but many are decrying the move as another "Capilean Folly." The Chancellor is scheduled to give a speech on the matter in the next few days.

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Talchyon
Negotiator
 
Posts: 5825
Founded: May 05, 2016
Authoritarian Democracy

Postby Talchyon » Sat Dec 07, 2019 7:04 pm

Luxembourg-Bavaria wrote:yoooo what abt a plants vs zombies RP


This almost sounds like something that should belong on a Halloween edition of the Infinites.
The Clockwork Circus - Welcome to a steampunk RP rife with crime, gangs, beggars, and starting off as the lowest of the low, in the lowest socio-economic place there is.


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The Imperial Enemy
Secretary
 
Posts: 35
Founded: Sep 28, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby The Imperial Enemy » Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:37 pm

Anyone looking for a wuxia/xianxia-themed RP? I planned to run it even if only one or two people show interest.

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New yugoslavaia
Minister
 
Posts: 2295
Founded: Jun 07, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby New yugoslavaia » Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:05 pm

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST
Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: The solar system has been colonized up to Uranus, but Earth, half of Mars and a third of the asteroid belt is ruled by an authoritarian, Western New World Order. Not even the biggest groups in the outer system can challenge, but now there are calls for unity from those that want to bring liberalism back to the human race. Will you come to their aid or do their pleas fall upon deaf ears? Or are you plans for the future much more...radical?
Genre/s: Sci-Fi (Somewhere in between hard and soft), Mild space opera, war, action, thriller.
Character or Faction Based: Faction.
Detailed Description: (Rough, un-nuanced and probably very stupid) Backstory:
-Europe goes right wing populist because "Muh left, immigrants and globalists."
-Side with Russia despite resistance from the Eastern states like Poland and Hungary due to their history with the USSR.
-USA gets did by a depression and loses its status as a superpower. China takes it place.
-China, Russia and Europe beat the competition through alliances (Brazil, South Africa), sanctions (US, Australia) or force (India, Indochina).
-Not all bad, over a rough century they massively advance global technology, especially in regards to space travel (at the expense of the environment of course). Colonise up to Saturn.
-All comes falling down as China and Russia fall out and go to war. Cripples both of them.
-Euro-nationalist, socialist revolution occurs.
-Beat China and Russia with help from some other groups.
-Wipe out all non-Western cultures.
-Establish a NWO.
-Recover after a few decades, continue with solar system colonisation.
-Present. Have reached up to Uranus.

Mechanics: Resources gained from taking or being in control of certain areas. There are two types of materials, economic and construction. Economic are used to buy things and possibly sway others to your side. Construction are used to make more ships.

Worldbuilding related technology:

Both fighters and ships are used. Fighters are mainly remotely controlled drones piloted from a carrier. They are also sphere shaped for maximum thruster efficiency.
Hybrid fighters (designed for both in atmosphere and space combat) is being developed. It can allegedly replicated a small atmosphere through something called an ASU (Atmos simulation unit).


Need Help With: Fleshing out the backstory and the mechanics too. Someone who can make decent maps would be a nice addition.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp
Yugoslavia's back baby...

How the hell did this happen?
Well...we don't actually know. Just sort of happened one day.
Is it a reunited Yugoslavia in the 21st century? Is a rebel colony world in the far future? Is it a race of cyborg neo-life at war with any assimilating organisms they come across in the far far future? Who knows, who cares?
New Yugoslavia just is.

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Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States
Postmaster of the Fleet
 
Posts: 21993
Founded: Feb 20, 2012
Democratic Socialists

Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:55 pm

New yugoslavaia wrote:RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST
Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: The solar system has been colonized up to Uranus, but Earth, half of Mars and a third of the asteroid belt is ruled by an authoritarian, Western New World Order. Not even the biggest groups in the outer system can challenge, but now there are calls for unity from those that want to bring liberalism back to the human race. Will you come to their aid or do their pleas fall upon deaf ears? Or are you plans for the future much more...radical?
Genre/s: Sci-Fi (Somewhere in between hard and soft), Mild space opera, war, action, thriller.
Character or Faction Based: Faction.
Detailed Description: (Rough, un-nuanced and probably very stupid) Backstory:
-Europe goes right wing populist because "Muh left, immigrants and globalists."
-Side with Russia despite resistance from the Eastern states like Poland and Hungary due to their history with the USSR.
-USA gets did by a depression and loses its status as a superpower. China takes it place.
-China, Russia and Europe beat the competition through alliances (Brazil, South Africa), sanctions (US, Australia) or force (India, Indochina).
-Not all bad, over a rough century they massively advance global technology, especially in regards to space travel (at the expense of the environment of course). Colonise up to Saturn.
-All comes falling down as China and Russia fall out and go to war. Cripples both of them.
-Euro-nationalist, socialist revolution occurs.
-Beat China and Russia with help from some other groups.
-Wipe out all non-Western cultures.
-Establish a NWO.
-Recover after a few decades, continue with solar system colonisation.
-Present. Have reached up to Uranus.

Mechanics: Resources gained from taking or being in control of certain areas. There are two types of materials, economic and construction. Economic are used to buy things and possibly sway others to your side. Construction are used to make more ships.

Worldbuilding related technology:

Both fighters and ships are used. Fighters are mainly remotely controlled drones piloted from a carrier. They are also sphere shaped for maximum thruster efficiency.
Hybrid fighters (designed for both in atmosphere and space combat) is being developed. It can allegedly replicated a small atmosphere through something called an ASU (Atmos simulation unit).


Need Help With: Fleshing out the backstory and the mechanics too. Someone who can make decent maps would be a nice addition.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

I have thought about what a Euro-nationalistic authoritarian government would look like. I could help to flesh out that society, make it feel grounded instead of like a run-of-the-mill evil empire, if you want to!
The name's James. James Usari. Well, my name is not actually James Usari, so don't bother actually looking it up, but it'll do for now.
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New yugoslavaia
Minister
 
Posts: 2295
Founded: Jun 07, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby New yugoslavaia » Mon Dec 09, 2019 3:05 pm

Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:
New yugoslavaia wrote:RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST
Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: The solar system has been colonized up to Uranus, but Earth, half of Mars and a third of the asteroid belt is ruled by an authoritarian, Western New World Order. Not even the biggest groups in the outer system can challenge, but now there are calls for unity from those that want to bring liberalism back to the human race. Will you come to their aid or do their pleas fall upon deaf ears? Or are you plans for the future much more...radical?
Genre/s: Sci-Fi (Somewhere in between hard and soft), Mild space opera, war, action, thriller.
Character or Faction Based: Faction.
Detailed Description: (Rough, un-nuanced and probably very stupid) Backstory:
-Europe goes right wing populist because "Muh left, immigrants and globalists."
-Side with Russia despite resistance from the Eastern states like Poland and Hungary due to their history with the USSR.
-USA gets did by a depression and loses its status as a superpower. China takes it place.
-China, Russia and Europe beat the competition through alliances (Brazil, South Africa), sanctions (US, Australia) or force (India, Indochina).
-Not all bad, over a rough century they massively advance global technology, especially in regards to space travel (at the expense of the environment of course). Colonise up to Saturn.
-All comes falling down as China and Russia fall out and go to war. Cripples both of them.
-Euro-nationalist, socialist revolution occurs.
-Beat China and Russia with help from some other groups.
-Wipe out all non-Western cultures.
-Establish a NWO.
-Recover after a few decades, continue with solar system colonisation.
-Present. Have reached up to Uranus.

Mechanics: Resources gained from taking or being in control of certain areas. There are two types of materials, economic and construction. Economic are used to buy things and possibly sway others to your side. Construction are used to make more ships.

Worldbuilding related technology:

Both fighters and ships are used. Fighters are mainly remotely controlled drones piloted from a carrier. They are also sphere shaped for maximum thruster efficiency.
Hybrid fighters (designed for both in atmosphere and space combat) is being developed. It can allegedly replicated a small atmosphere through something called an ASU (Atmos simulation unit).


Need Help With: Fleshing out the backstory and the mechanics too. Someone who can make decent maps would be a nice addition.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

I have thought about what a Euro-nationalistic authoritarian government would look like. I could help to flesh out that society, make it feel grounded instead of like a run-of-the-mill evil empire, if you want to!


Thank you, good to see some one has taken interest in my idea.

I was planning for them to be a bit more nuanced. I was also planning for it to be revealed later on that the leaders of Earth don't really give a damn about Western ideas, but rather the fact that everyone could only work together if they lived under a one world government.
Yugoslavia's back baby...

How the hell did this happen?
Well...we don't actually know. Just sort of happened one day.
Is it a reunited Yugoslavia in the 21st century? Is a rebel colony world in the far future? Is it a race of cyborg neo-life at war with any assimilating organisms they come across in the far far future? Who knows, who cares?
New Yugoslavia just is.

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The Imperial Enemy
Secretary
 
Posts: 35
Founded: Sep 28, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby The Imperial Enemy » Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:21 pm

New yugoslavaia wrote:RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST
Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: The solar system has been colonized up to Uranus, but Earth, half of Mars and a third of the asteroid belt is ruled by an authoritarian, Western New World Order. Not even the biggest groups in the outer system can challenge, but now there are calls for unity from those that want to bring liberalism back to the human race. Will you come to their aid or do their pleas fall upon deaf ears? Or are you plans for the future much more...radical?
Genre/s: Sci-Fi (Somewhere in between hard and soft), Mild space opera, war, action, thriller.
Character or Faction Based: Faction.
Detailed Description: (Rough, un-nuanced and probably very stupid) Backstory:
-Europe goes right wing populist because "Muh left, immigrants and globalists."
-Side with Russia despite resistance from the Eastern states like Poland and Hungary due to their history with the USSR.
-USA gets did by a depression and loses its status as a superpower. China takes it place.
-China, Russia and Europe beat the competition through alliances (Brazil, South Africa), sanctions (US, Australia) or force (India, Indochina).
-Not all bad, over a rough century they massively advance global technology, especially in regards to space travel (at the expense of the environment of course). Colonise up to Saturn.
-All comes falling down as China and Russia fall out and go to war. Cripples both of them.
-Euro-nationalist, socialist revolution occurs.
-Beat China and Russia with help from some other groups.
-Wipe out all non-Western cultures.
-Establish a NWO.
-Recover after a few decades, continue with solar system colonisation.
-Present. Have reached up to Uranus.

Mechanics: Resources gained from taking or being in control of certain areas. There are two types of materials, economic and construction. Economic are used to buy things and possibly sway others to your side. Construction are used to make more ships.

Worldbuilding related technology:

Both fighters and ships are used. Fighters are mainly remotely controlled drones piloted from a carrier. They are also sphere shaped for maximum thruster efficiency.
Hybrid fighters (designed for both in atmosphere and space combat) is being developed. It can allegedly replicated a small atmosphere through something called an ASU (Atmos simulation unit).


Need Help With: Fleshing out the backstory and the mechanics too. Someone who can make decent maps would be a nice addition.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp


Reminds me of that space fleet RP we had a while ago. Was hoping this was another one like that. Definitely need another one of those.

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New yugoslavaia
Minister
 
Posts: 2295
Founded: Jun 07, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby New yugoslavaia » Tue Dec 10, 2019 12:43 am

The Imperial Enemy wrote:
New yugoslavaia wrote:RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST
Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: The solar system has been colonized up to Uranus, but Earth, half of Mars and a third of the asteroid belt is ruled by an authoritarian, Western New World Order. Not even the biggest groups in the outer system can challenge, but now there are calls for unity from those that want to bring liberalism back to the human race. Will you come to their aid or do their pleas fall upon deaf ears? Or are you plans for the future much more...radical?
Genre/s: Sci-Fi (Somewhere in between hard and soft), Mild space opera, war, action, thriller.
Character or Faction Based: Faction.
Detailed Description: (Rough, un-nuanced and probably very stupid) Backstory:
-Europe goes right wing populist because "Muh left, immigrants and globalists."
-Side with Russia despite resistance from the Eastern states like Poland and Hungary due to their history with the USSR.
-USA gets did by a depression and loses its status as a superpower. China takes it place.
-China, Russia and Europe beat the competition through alliances (Brazil, South Africa), sanctions (US, Australia) or force (India, Indochina).
-Not all bad, over a rough century they massively advance global technology, especially in regards to space travel (at the expense of the environment of course). Colonise up to Saturn.
-All comes falling down as China and Russia fall out and go to war. Cripples both of them.
-Euro-nationalist, socialist revolution occurs.
-Beat China and Russia with help from some other groups.
-Wipe out all non-Western cultures.
-Establish a NWO.
-Recover after a few decades, continue with solar system colonisation.
-Present. Have reached up to Uranus.

Mechanics: Resources gained from taking or being in control of certain areas. There are two types of materials, economic and construction. Economic are used to buy things and possibly sway others to your side. Construction are used to make more ships.

Worldbuilding related technology:

Both fighters and ships are used. Fighters are mainly remotely controlled drones piloted from a carrier. They are also sphere shaped for maximum thruster efficiency.
Hybrid fighters (designed for both in atmosphere and space combat) is being developed. It can allegedly replicated a small atmosphere through something called an ASU (Atmos simulation unit).


Need Help With: Fleshing out the backstory and the mechanics too. Someone who can make decent maps would be a nice addition.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp


Reminds me of that space fleet RP we had a while ago. Was hoping this was another one like that. Definitely need another one of those.


What one was that/what was it like?
Yugoslavia's back baby...

How the hell did this happen?
Well...we don't actually know. Just sort of happened one day.
Is it a reunited Yugoslavia in the 21st century? Is a rebel colony world in the far future? Is it a race of cyborg neo-life at war with any assimilating organisms they come across in the far far future? Who knows, who cares?
New Yugoslavia just is.

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Ontorisa
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 8672
Founded: Feb 13, 2013
Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Ontorisa » Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:07 pm

Hey guys, it's been a while. I'm currently writing up an OOC for this fairly big High-Fantasy Medieval world I'm working on, and I was wondering if I could grab some feedback if possible.

I know technically this isn't following the proper format, but I would appreciate anything you guys have to point out or add.

There isn't lore yet, that would be available on further posts and/or off-site databases like Google. I'm currently working on them in an offline Microsoft Word document.


GIZA: LOS KYEVOS

A fantasy RP set during "Age of Pretenders" on the continent of Giza.

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OOC • IC • LORE


"A NEW AGE HAS EMERGED. THE GUARDIAS REAL CANNOT PROTECT YOU ANYMORE."


Gone are the wonders of the Age of Prosper. The Empire of Laivast, once a shining beacon on the continent of Giza, is now a fading memory for even the most ancient books. War has now consumed Giza, a war that the once proud Order of Guardias Real cannot stop. Still reeling from its disastrous defeat at the hands of giant Mahalk the Magnificent at the Battle of Twenty Thousand, the onslaught of chaotic and dark forces have corrupted seemingly everything it is able to touch. From the Bloody Fields to the tips of Kynaziir, servants of the chaotic gods are everywhere now.

The squabbling kings and petty princes of Giza pay no attention to this. To them, the myths of trolls, daemons, and men of chaos mean nothing. Instead, they focus on themselves and their own struggles against their local foes.

To the North-West, the Jaukknayr Tribes grow ever-the-more bold in their raids on the Princedom of Elsjard and the Kingdom of Hauntopfis. A young, but martial and well-respected warchief by the name of Kiersyyad, has reportedly begun an attempt to unite the various warring tribes of the Jaukknayr in hopes of a full-scale invasion of Hauntopfis, the Northern Princes, and more. The various Northern independent princes and King Carlshalm "the Iron" IX of Hauntopfis have begun banding together in hopes of repelling the ever-growing number of Jaukknayr raiders. Hope appears to be fading by the day however, as the Jaukknayr grow in number. Soon, the hooves of the tribes will be at the doorsteps of Jollistov if the Northerners are unable to stop them.

To the North-East, blood-thirsty trolls, daemons, and chaotic men from beyond the Rot have begun their subsequent destruction of the Old Wardens of the Borderlands; the Border Princes and the Kingdom of Alloskindr. Plagued by incompetence, the Border Princes have provided little to no resistance to the armies of darkness, allowing the historic city of North-Sairs to be sacked and subsequently razed to the ground. As the Kingdom of Alloskindr attempts to combat these endless waves of dark foes, it is forced to defend itself by the ever-so-ambitious Kingdom of Sallowstein from the west. Their war will not matter in the end if the forces of darkness and chaos are able to enter Giza.

To the South, the Kingdom of Old Laivast and the Jarldom of Tahmyrd are locked in a stalemate in the region of the Interlands. Meant to be a buffer between the two hostile peoples of the Wildlanders and the Marshers, the Interlands have instead become a boiling pot of ethnic tension between the two groups of peoples. As a result, various claimants to the Interlands' assorted thrones have emerged, each being backed by one of the neighbouring kingdoms. With the proxy war consuming and tearing the Interlands apart, it is only time before Old Laivast and Tahmyrd formally become involved, sending their sons and daughters to die in a pointless war.

Unknown to all of these squabbling humans however, a sinister and evil force lurks beyond the Rot in the Lands of Fire. Known to the Guardias Real as Los Kyevos, it is a renegade company made up of warriors of chaos, troll-men, and corrupted ones, headed by a few renegade/former Guardians. Their leader is the former captain of the Ninth Company: Marcos Sylakios. While Los Kyevos has not invaded Giza yet, it is the fear of the Order that if the company were to, it would spell the doom of humans in Giza.

Humans have grown incompetent, oblivious to the fact that their apocalypse is seemingly only days away. As the Guardians attempt to rally those willing to help defend Giza from the chaotic gods and forces of darkness, the hopes of humanity rest on you.

Premise
War and Dysfunction. This is Giza.

Made up of various warring kingdoms and princedoms, the once united continent has now fallen apart. Despite the efforts of the continent's peacekeepers, the Order of Guardias Real (the Guardians/the Order), the rulers of each faction has continued their individual and greedy pursuits of wealth and glory. However, unlike in Ages past, Giza is existentially threatened from beyond the evil mountain rangers known as the Rot, by a supernatural and dark company who seek to subjugate or destroy everything in their path in order to serve the needs of their dark and chaotic gods. The infighting amongst the kingdoms of Giza needs to cease, or temporarily halted, as the very existence of Giza is threatened.

You are an inhabitant of Giza. Regardless of background, profession, or birth, you will be inadvertently pushed into this conflict of not greed, not expansion, but survival. The question is, what is your role in this conflict? Are you a worshipper of Chaos, and this is the apocalypse you have waited your entire life for? Are you a knight in the service of one of the kingdoms, and this conflict has seemingly given you new life in a miserable existence of constantly fighting others? Are you a lowborn, and perhaps you have been chosen by the Gods to help lead the forces of Giza against the forces of darkness and chaos?

The choice, is yours.

Welcome to Giza.
Rules & Guidelines
    Please take the time to read the following bullet points. If you have any questions, please ask below!


    • Applications are judged and reviewed based on previous RP experience that are submitted alongside of the application. This includes the agreement that all applicants and participants understand formatting and ordering their posts so that it is legible to someone other than the writer. Additionally, if your application is criticized, please take it constructively and not as an insult. At the end of the day, we're all here to create and have fun.

    • Activity is expected by all participants, unless if valid reasons are given. This means that if your character(s) remains inactive for too long, that they will fall underneath the control of the OP/Co-ops for the plot arc that they are involved in. If an inactive player character's owner were to return to the RP, their character's control will be immediately handed back to them.

    • Mature themes are allowed, however please remember that we do not need too much detail on the gore or insights of various horrendous actions that may take place IC-wise. OOC-wise, please keep it to an absolute minimum in respect to fellow participants and/or casual readers. This includes any potential site rule violations, as any infractions that require moderators/administrators will be handled seriously.

    • Keep the OOC chatter to the OOC thread, except for minor corrections (in which case, they must be included in a spoiler post with your IC post). You are permitted to discuss anything/everything Giza-related within the OOC. Aggressive OOC behaviour will not be tolerated, and both OP and the Co-OPs reserve the right to terminate any accepted applications as a disciplinary measure.

    • Godmodding is strictly prohibited, plain and simple. As it ruins other participants' experiences in the RP, it is an anything that would give an unfair advantage to a player-controlled character, such as immunity to damage, knowing secretive moves without having an IC reason why, etc. There will be winners and losers in this RP, and it is expected that participants will come to compromises and make realistic decisions to reflect this. All participants are expected to positively contribute to the RP in some shape or form, and godmodding takes that away.

    • Quality is expected from all participants. While ten-page long essays and immense blocks of text are not required, an understanding of basic English grammar and spelling is required, as well as somewhat detailed posts.

    • While Giza does have an established lore structure in place, players are encouraged to help contribute to the lore of the land, and help to correct or add any existing or new lore. Fresh ideas and concepts are always welcome!

    • Magic is a very difficult subject in Giza. Despite carrying the same name, it is not as what it would appear in other fantasy RPs. Magic is typically seen as the work of daemons and/or god-like forces. The use of magic is not simply grasped within a month or two, but requires extensive training from specialized and educated individuals. Core magic concepts can be found under lore, particularly the most common concepts.

    • Humans are the only race present in Giza. While there are supernatural beings that are present in Giza, they are typically from the Lands of Fire, and are considered to be "mythical". Please keep that in mind when posting.

    • Technology is the "High" Medieval Period, and society follows that of a feudal society unless specified otherwise. No gunpowder exists in Giza.

Rules are subject to change.
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Postby Main Nation Ministry » Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:34 pm

I have a question. I been doing a maintenance thread on another forum, and I'm curious if anyone had done a maintenance thread on P2TM. I had a story that I want to do, though I would want some permission.
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- Descend into the forgotten tourist traps of Florida on this transgressive RP! - The Community (Mature/Black Comedy/Slice-of-Life)

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Postby G-Tech Corporation » Fri Dec 13, 2019 4:19 am

Main Nation Ministry wrote:I have a question. I been doing a maintenance thread on another forum, and I'm curious if anyone had done a maintenance thread on P2TM. I had a story that I want to do, though I would want some permission.


Hm, maintenance thread? I’m not familiar with the term.
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Postby Constaniana » Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:26 am

G-Tech Corporation wrote:
Main Nation Ministry wrote:I have a question. I been doing a maintenance thread on another forum, and I'm curious if anyone had done a maintenance thread on P2TM. I had a story that I want to do, though I would want some permission.


Hm, maintenance thread? I’m not familiar with the term.

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Postby G-Tech Corporation » Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:29 am

Constaniana wrote:
G-Tech Corporation wrote:
Hm, maintenance thread? I’m not familiar with the term.

Idea: a slice of life RP telling the stories of the employees of a car garage in a small town somewhere Out West™.


I would honestly greatly enjoy that - but I don't think that's what MNM is talking about :P
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Postby Main Nation Ministry » Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:40 am

G-Tech Corporation wrote:
Constaniana wrote:Idea: a slice of life RP telling the stories of the employees of a car garage in a small town somewhere Out West™.


I would honestly greatly enjoy that - but I don't think that's what MNM is talking about :P

Constaniana has a bit of the right idea. A maintenance thread is basically IC stuff that happens in a nation, which is what I based Sunset's Then, Now, and Tomorrow thread for my maintenance thread Certificated Citizen. I already have an idea on what I want to do the maintenance thread on, though it's mainly taking place in a small-scale location in P2TM.
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- Descend into the forgotten tourist traps of Florida on this transgressive RP! - The Community (Mature/Black Comedy/Slice-of-Life)

My overall account that I use for P2TM and even for international roleplaying! MNM is a mysterious and extremely dangerous dictatorship filled with supernatural oddities, demons, militarized soldiers everywhere, and a misanthropic nihilistic dictator who doesn't give a damn. It's basically if the SCP Foundation got mixed with 1984.

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Postby Utceforp » Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:05 am

Would anyone be interested in an RP based on the After the End mod for CK2, (Technically the "After the End Fanfork" mod, which has added significantly to the abandoned original mod.) focused on the West Coast in general and California in particular?

It would be one of those hybrid character/nation RPs focused on court intrigue, and primarily about the Yudkow dynasty, reduced to figureheads, and their attempts to reassert authority over their ostensible vassals and deal with outside threats to the Empire.

I was thinking that people would be able to play as Cetic, Gaian, Xhuuyee K'iigaang, Mormon, Neo-Gnostic, Trailwalker, Atomicist, Aphite, Sagrado Corazon, Shinto, Nousthreskeia, Brethren, Jewish, Imamite, or Consumerist characters, but that every other religion is too distant from California. (Although hypothetically they could be present as foreign merchants or mercenaries really far away from their homeland.) Also, only the broad strokes of the mod would be canon (the general location of religions, the existence of important realms like California, Deseret, and Haida Tlagaang.) allowing people to come up with their own characters and countries.

Thoughts?
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Postby Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States » Sat Dec 21, 2019 1:57 pm

Utceforp wrote:Would anyone be interested in an RP based on the After the End mod for CK2, (Technically the "After the End Fanfork" mod, which has added significantly to the abandoned original mod.) focused on the West Coast in general and California in particular?

It would be one of those hybrid character/nation RPs focused on court intrigue, and primarily about the Yudkow dynasty, reduced to figureheads, and their attempts to reassert authority over their ostensible vassals and deal with outside threats to the Empire.

I was thinking that people would be able to play as Cetic, Gaian, Xhuuyee K'iigaang, Mormon, Neo-Gnostic, Trailwalker, Atomicist, Aphite, Sagrado Corazon, Shinto, Nousthreskeia, Brethren, Jewish, Imamite, or Consumerist characters, but that every other religion is too distant from California. (Although hypothetically they could be present as foreign merchants or mercenaries really far away from their homeland.) Also, only the broad strokes of the mod would be canon (the general location of religions, the existence of important realms like California, Deseret, and Haida Tlagaang.) allowing people to come up with their own characters and countries.

Thoughts?

I would love this! There actually was one of these before, but it was either not focused or focused on the Holy Columbian Confederacy. Focusing somewhere else would be nice.
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Postby Main Nation Ministry » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:07 pm

How's my idea for a P2TM maintenance thread, though? I originally was planning on doing more of a gritter storyline set in California, however I want to do something more interesting of having a story set mainly in Tokyo, Japan. It's more slice of life than my previous storyline that I planned, but it still tells more of a story.
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Quote of the Week: "A NEW STORY ON WRITING THREAD FOR HALLOWEEN!! MYSTERY MINE AVAILABLE NOW!"

RPs I do
- How do you do fellow kids? You want to see something violent? - Artemis: Deimos Trafficking League (Horror/Mature)
- Descend into the forgotten tourist traps of Florida on this transgressive RP! - The Community (Mature/Black Comedy/Slice-of-Life)

My overall account that I use for P2TM and even for international roleplaying! MNM is a mysterious and extremely dangerous dictatorship filled with supernatural oddities, demons, militarized soldiers everywhere, and a misanthropic nihilistic dictator who doesn't give a damn. It's basically if the SCP Foundation got mixed with 1984.

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Postby Guuj Xaat Kil » Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:13 pm

Utceforp wrote:Would anyone be interested in an RP based on the After the End mod for CK2, (Technically the "After the End Fanfork" mod, which has added significantly to the abandoned original mod.) focused on the West Coast in general and California in particular?

It would be one of those hybrid character/nation RPs focused on court intrigue, and primarily about the Yudkow dynasty, reduced to figureheads, and their attempts to reassert authority over their ostensible vassals and deal with outside threats to the Empire.

I was thinking that people would be able to play as Cetic, Gaian, Xhuuyee K'iigaang, Mormon, Neo-Gnostic, Trailwalker, Atomicist, Aphite, Sagrado Corazon, Shinto, Nousthreskeia, Brethren, Jewish, Imamite, or Consumerist characters, but that every other religion is too distant from California. (Although hypothetically they could be present as foreign merchants or mercenaries really far away from their homeland.) Also, only the broad strokes of the mod would be canon (the general location of religions, the existence of important realms like California, Deseret, and Haida Tlagaang.) allowing people to come up with their own characters and countries.

Thoughts?

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Postby Benuty » Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:22 pm

Guuj Xaat Kil wrote:
Utceforp wrote:Would anyone be interested in an RP based on the After the End mod for CK2, (Technically the "After the End Fanfork" mod, which has added significantly to the abandoned original mod.) focused on the West Coast in general and California in particular?

It would be one of those hybrid character/nation RPs focused on court intrigue, and primarily about the Yudkow dynasty, reduced to figureheads, and their attempts to reassert authority over their ostensible vassals and deal with outside threats to the Empire.

I was thinking that people would be able to play as Cetic, Gaian, Xhuuyee K'iigaang, Mormon, Neo-Gnostic, Trailwalker, Atomicist, Aphite, Sagrado Corazon, Shinto, Nousthreskeia, Brethren, Jewish, Imamite, or Consumerist characters, but that every other religion is too distant from California. (Although hypothetically they could be present as foreign merchants or mercenaries really far away from their homeland.) Also, only the broad strokes of the mod would be canon (the general location of religions, the existence of important realms like California, Deseret, and Haida Tlagaang.) allowing people to come up with their own characters and countries.

Thoughts?

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