EMPIRE! A Community World-Building Game II: 2 Quest, 2 Curious

[SamBurke]

No, that'd be my megaphone.

Also, with Woodwind and Tekorva getting name changes, I'm wondering if giving Sympolemou and official name would be wise..... Hmmmm......

I already know the name change I've got next turn: The Guilderene Expanses. Just sounds grand. What're you thinking for yours?

[TheWombatOfDoom]

Wait...are you taking over the heartwaste this turn? I thought it took two turns to do so?

[zabbarot]

Wait...are you taking over the heartwaste this turn? I thought it took two turns to do so?

I'm assuming he means after next turn is final.

[Lord_Burch]

Why do I hear evil laughter in my head when I read that?

Does this mean you give up your claim? Cause I'm sure that whatever those plans are, they are totally evil and giving up any and all claims would totally be in your best interests.

[SamBurke]

Wait...are you taking over the heartwaste this turn? I thought it took two turns to do so?

I'm assuming he means after next turn is final.

Exactly. I'll use a D5 to consolidate after I get HW/50, if I get HW/50.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

Exactly. I'll use a D5 to consolidate after I get HW/50, if I get HW/50.

So...if I understand it correctly...

Round 6 - Invade!
Round 7 - Finish Invading!
Round 8 - Calm yourselves, silly immortals. All you care about is the long run, anyways...riiiiiiiiiiiight. :smallnudge::smallnudge:

[SamBurke]

So...if I understand it correctly...

Round 6 - Invade!
Round 7 - Finish Invading!
Round 8 - Calm yourselves, silly immortals. All you care about is the long run, anyways...riiiiiiiiiiiight. :smallnudge::smallnudge:

Pretty sure I can use Diplomacy in round 7, too... That's what happened when Woodwind took Aloren.

[QuintonBeck]

Pretty sure I can use Diplomacy in round 7, too... That's what happened when Woodwind took Aloren.

Nope, I don't think you can and I didn't. I did it the next round. Since in the second round of invading you're still invading and the conquest isn't resolved until the end of that round.

[Tychris1]

I already know the name change I've got next turn: The Guilderene Expanses. Just sounds grand. What're you thinking for yours?

Vermempire.

[SamBurke]

Vermempire.

Nope, I don't think you can and I didn't. I did it the next round. Since in the second round of invading you're still invading and the conquest isn't resolved until the end of that round.

Ah! Well, then. I'll have to wait just a little bit, but that's OK.

[lt_murgen]

Does this mean you give up your claim? Cause I'm sure that whatever those plans are, they are totally evil and giving up any and all claims would totally be in your best interests.

No, but I have been a GM in various games long enough to reconginze that "I have a few ideas" can never end well for the players....

I don't mind evil. In fact, my evil plans benevolent altruism is coming along nicely.

[zabbarot]

Religions

#	Region Name	Player	Religions	Rulers Religion
P1	Mictlanpa	Chacmon	Lord of Fire (only)	Lord of Fire
P2	Wenyavuk	aspi	Lord of Fire (as Irfrin, not organized) (only)	Lord of Fire (as Irfrin)
01	Gunung	Chacmon	Lord of Fire (only)	Lord of Fire
02-A	Celero	Logic	Radurja (only)	-
02-B	Bereginia	NPC	Ancestor (only)	Ancestors
03	Nyroth	QuintonBeck	Lord of Fire (majority) Cult of the Sky (minority) Radurja (minority)	Radurja
04	Kasumor	WaylanderX	Ashtarism (majority) Lord of Fire (minority)	Ashtarism
05-A	The Heartwaste	NPC	Lord of Fire (only)	???
05-B	Eyrecradia	NPC	Animism (only)	Animism
06	Woodwind	QuintonBeck	Calorum Lord of Fire Reformation (minority) Animism (minority) Radurja (minority)	Radurja
07	Calorum	Chief	Calorum Lord of Fire Reformation (only)	Calorum Lord of Fire Reformation
08	Aloren	QuintonBeck	Animism (minority) Druidic (minority) Radurja (minority)	Radurja
09	Genivana	zabbarot	Radurja (only)	Radurja
10	Hrathan-Tuor	ImperatorV	Radurja (only)	Sun and Moon Animism
11	Raaneka	Zap Dynamic	Ancestors (majority) Lord of Fire (minority)	Ancestors
12	Qarimos	avr	Animism (majority)	Animism
13-A	Lyradis	TheWombatOfDoom	Lord of Fire (only)	Lord of Fire
13-B	Razdis	Silverbit	Mineral Animism (only)	Mineral Animism
14-A	Guilder	SamBurke	Pagan gods of money (majority) Radurja (minority)	Pagan gods of money
14-B	Elbaraz	Silverbit	Mineral Animism (majority) Pagan gods of money (minority)	Mineral Animism
15-A	Zargrim	WaylanderX	Lord of Fire(majority) The Great Eel Spirit (minority)	Ashtarism
15-B	Keldagrim	Silver Ablaze	Ancestor (majority) The Great Eel Spirit (minority)	Ancestor
16	Pryonia	Arutha	Lord of Fire (only)	Lord of Fire
17-A	Tekorva	NPC	Spirits (only)	Spirits
17-B	Yorukuni	NPC	Spirits (only)	Spirits
18-A	Sympolemou	Tychris1	Ancestor (only)	Ancestor
18-B
19	Domhan Abhaile	NPC	Council of Spirits (majority) Spirit Shamanism (minority)	Council of Spirits
20-A	Bordeux	Lord_Burch	Animism (majority) Lord of Fire (Nobility) (minority)	Lord of Fire
20-B
21	Sulvan Primarchy	NPC	Lord of Fire (minority) Paragons (minority)	Lord of Fire/Paragon
22	Ashenia	Elemental	Animism (only)	Animism
23	Crima	Lord_Burch	Animism (only)	Lord of Fire
24	Tar	Aeternus	Cult of the Sky (majority) Atur, Spirits (minority)	Atur, Spirits
25	The Jeweled Cities	lt_murgen	Spirits (only)	Spirits
26	Cassia	Lord_Burch	Animism (majority)	Lord of Fire
27	Scla´ca	Shnur	Cult of the Sky (only)	Cult of the Sky
28	Hazaria	Elemental	Animism, Atorna (only)	Animism
29	Alydaxis	moossabi	Cult of the Sky (majority) The Ancient Ones (ancestors) (minority)	The Ancient Ones
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31	Grmanhil	Slayer of Undead	Honored Dead (fallen warriors) (only)	Honored Dead
-	-	-	-	-
34	Salterri Imperium	NPC
35	Salterri Imperium	NPC
36	Salterri Imperium	NPC
37	Salterri Imperium	NPC
38	Salterri Imperium	NPC
39	-	NPC
40	Solus	Lord_Burch	Animism (majority)	Lord of Fire
-	-	-	-	-
44	Kyaralath	Elemental	Carasan (unorganized) (only)	Animism
45	Lacertian	Lorick	Kelarthianism (majority) Ancestor Worship (minority)	Kelarthianism
-	-	-	-	-
50	Sycia	HisHolyAngel	Doctrine of Frost (only)	Doctrine of Frost
51	Felitora	Arkhosia	Doctrine of Frost (only)	Doctrine of Frost
52	???	tortor
-	-	-	-	-
55	Mologas	firedaemon33	Apatheism	Apatheist
-	-	-	-	-
59	The Glazfell	BladeofObliviom	Doctrine of Frost (majority) Radurja (minority) Lord of Fire (minority)	Doctrine of Frost

Organized Religions
As stated under the rules, only organized religions can be used mechanically (such as miracles, holy orders and conversions). The following are organized religions:

• Lord of Fire // Head of Religion: The Blazing Avatar
• Ashmar // Head of Religion: Marius Earthguard
• Calorum Lord of Fire Reformation // Head of Religion: the current High Priest(ess)
• Radurja // Head of Religion: Chuo wa Mashahidi (College of Witnesses)
• Council of Spirits // Head of Religion: Naomh Fionn Sheenan
• Cult of the Sky // Head of Religion: ???
• The Great Eel Spirit (see here) // Head of Religion: The Hovermaster Oberdrood
• Doctrine of Frost // Head of Religion: High Priestess Fabula
• Kelarthianism // Head of Religion: ???

Holy Orders
Knights of Hoarfrost
Council of Truth

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Great Projects (and so-so projects)

Player	Great Project	Progress	Started	Finished	Notes
TheWombatOfDoom	Fortification of Crest	5/5	R1	R5
TheWombatOfDoom	Roads	2/2	R1	R2
TheWombatOfDoom	Training University	3/5	R5
TheWombatOfDoom	Increase Grain Supply	2/5	R6
Chief	Great Mausoleum	5/5	R1	R5
Chief	Holy Book of Flames	4/5	R4
Chief	Academy of Arts	4/5	R4
Lord Burch	Roads	2/5	R2
Lord Burch	School System	2/5	R3
Lord Burch	School of Medicine in Arissyeux	1/5	R5
Logic	Roads	5/5	R1	R5
Logic	Great Library of Barsia	5/5	R2	R6
Logic	Hanging Gardens	3/5	R2
Logic	Aldbury Field Memorial	2/4	R8
zabbarot	Radurjic Codex	5/5	R2	R7
BladeofObliviom	School System	5/5	R2	R6
Chacmon	Obsidian Road	2/2	R1	R2
Chacmon	Population Growth	2/2	R3	R4
Chacmon	Grand Lava Canals	3/5	R3
Chacmon	Reroute Traffic	1/2	R3
Arutha	Metric System	5/5	R3	R7
Arutha	Foundries	5/5	R3	R7
Arutha	Study of Blue Gemstones	1/5	R8
Rain Dragon	Tomes of Metallurgy	2/3	R2
Elemental	Observatory at Severikand	5/5	R2	R8
Elemental	Grand Naval Academy Building	0/5	R6		Deconstructed
Elemental	Study of Somnorum	1/5	R8
Shnur	New Port	2/2	R4	R5
Shnur	New Capital	4/5	R5
lt_murgen	Naval Academy	4/4	R3	R6
Silverbit	Walls of Kalpraz	5/5	R5
Tychris1	Medical Academy for Combat Drugs	3/5	R5
Tychris1	Iron Vermin Suit	1/2	R8
Arkhosia	Fortification of Eyrecradia	3/5	R5
WaylanderX	Academy of Research in Culture and Prowess	4/5	R5
avr	Granaries	2/5	R4
QuintonBeck	Senate House	2/5	R6
QuintonBeck	Expand Enclave of Existence	1/2	R8
Zap Dynamic	Raaneka Stadium	3/5	R6
Zap Dynamic	Golden Statue	2/2	R6	R7
Lorick	Great Temple	2/5	R6
aspi	Trade Waystations	1/2	R8

[SamBurke]

None that I know of! But I would be very interested in Rajurda for Guilder...

[TheWombatOfDoom]

Lorick's region is 45, not 41.

[Zap Dynamic]

Raaneka should be Ancestors (majority), Lord of Fire (minority).

[Lord_Burch]

While you're here Zap, have you seen my most recent message regarding some trade?

EDIT: @it_murgen Yeah, our brutal subjugation benevolent enlightenment of the natives is going great.

[zabbarot]

Lorick's region is 45, not 41.

Fixed. I got that from Waylander's chart, so that needs to be fixed there as well.

Raaneka should be Ancestors (majority), Lord of Fire (minority).

Done and done.


EDIT:

EDIT: @it_murgen Yeah, our brutal subjugation benevolent enlightenment of the natives is going great.

It's an i? I've been reading Lieutenant Murgen this whole time.

[Morph Bark]

Looks like an earlier edit of mine did not go through. Domhan Abhaile needs to have Council of Spirits as majority, Spirit Shamanism as minority.

I hadn't linked any of the player made organized religions like I did the Great Eel Spirit only because I hadn't seen any clear writeups of them yet.

Also, I keep missing whether it is spelled Radurja or Rajurda. The first just sounds so natural to me, but iirc the Codex uses the second. Since that one is yours, I figure you can take care of that easily.

All in all, looks good to me.

Now I can start wondering how many months from now I should introduce Wonders.

[Lord_Burch]

Now I can start wondering how many months from now I should introduce Wonders.

Like, Civilization-esque Wonders? Cause I thought that Great Projects were basically the same thing, except anyone can do any one project.

[zabbarot]

Looks like an earlier edit of mine did not go through. Domhan Abhaile needs to have Council of Spirits as majority, Spirit Shamanism as minority.

I hadn't linked any of the player made organized religions like I did the Great Eel Spirit only because I hadn't seen any clear writeups of them yet.

Also, I keep missing whether it is spelled Radurja or Rajurda. The first just sounds so natural to me, but iirc the Codex uses the second. Since that one is yours, I figure you can take care of that easily.

All in all, looks good to me.

Now I can start wondering how many months from now I should introduce Wonders.

Alright. In all honestly it was originally Nadurja which was literally river of live, but I forgot that between coming up with it and writing it and started putting Radurja. Then I typoed it early on a couple times, and got confused with Rajurda, but that just doesn't work because then everything is Rajurdic, which is just awkward to say...

The Codex thread contains no instances of Rajurda though, and I think I worked all this out before I actually started typing it >.> Your link to it on the first page does say Rajurdic Codex though. So there's that?

[Zap Dynamic]

While you're here Zap, have you seen my most recent message regarding some trade?

The latest message I have from you came yesterday at 3:11 PM CST. If that's the one, I plan to respond within the next three hours.

[Lord_Burch]

The latest message I have from you came yesterday at 3:11 PM CST. If that's the one, I plan to respond within the next three hours.

That does indeed sound right. I hope the proposal is amenable to you.

[Slayerofundead]

We in Grmanhil hold bees as holy. It would be bad for visitors to smash a bee not knowing or even knowing.

[HisHolyAngel]

Okay okay. So I finally made it through the never ending ocean that is the first post, and I am truly in love with this idea after being suggested to it by Morph. So I have a couple ideas to throw out here. So like... a theocracy of people with cat-like features (ears, tail, but didn't want to go full furry). The ruler is like... a high-priestess type of person I suppose. Yeah, that sounds right. And I think pegasi would be very important to their culture, possibly a resource.

Thoughts?

I realize this is the most basic of info.

[QuintonBeck]

Okay okay. So I finally made it through the never ending ocean that is the first post, and I am truly in love with this idea after being suggested to it by Morph. So I have a couple ideas to throw out here. So like... a theocracy of people with cat-like features (ears, tail, but didn't want to go full furry). The ruler is like... a high-priestess type of person I suppose. Yeah, that sounds right. And I think pegasi would be very important to their culture, possibly a resource.

Thoughts?

I realize this is the most basic of info.

If you had Pegasi that would be pretty funny what with Ashenia and Crimar's husbandry programs to produce them.

Gosh, we were an unimaginative bunch when it came to resources weren't we?

I'm all for beast races, throw you out east and there's even some believable connection to the recently discovered beast races of 50 or whatever region it was.

[Rain Dragon]

There is still a chance for defense, and alternatively there are the second chance options. Going as rebel lord to reclaim it or go out to colonize, or restart with an entirely new region. If you don't go with that last option, your secret action for this turn could be very, very important.

In other news it looks like my internet on my desktop has gotten even wobblier, so I would like to look for another assistant GM to keep track of religion and (great)projects. It is due to these problems that I haven't yet had the possibility of fully categorizing all projects that have been going on. It is entirely a volunteer position, requiring a good understanding of the religion mechanics, good track keeping, and preferably access to Skype for easy communication with me and the other two, outside of GitP.

I agree with this, C'nor. Alternatively, a new player could take region 5 and Heartwaste's writing and everything could go into the players-on-hiatus section instead?

Muahaha. Zabbarot, my religion is coming! It's a shame I'm in a bit of a hotspot otherwise it would've been here already... The majority of it is already written up and everything.

I would also be trying to spread my religion like wildfire, but... Well... It can't be helped...

If nobody else does, I don't mind keeping track of the Great Projects. It sounds fun actually, though I wouldn't want to be an assistant GM at all. Zabbarot can do all the GP stuff. GL!

Also, as for the 'History of Telluris' did you take that and put it into your History of Telluris? Is anyone interested in me maintaining it? It'll become more succinct if I place all of the Great Projects into a second section instead, thus covering the Great Projects if Zabbarot does not want to handle them.

Alternatively, hey Z. At the top of page 32 is a huge list of gubbins with the majority of Great Projects hidden in there. They should be tagged as well, and the time period roughly defined. It should be fairly simple then to refer to each one for brief descriptions that the players have done. Of particular note, the Observatory of Ashenia which is based on a real historical thingy which is awesome 「especially considering how many people had such a different image as for what it is」 and the Combat Drugs under construction also has a backstory. Because Duke Bloodfang is mental.

I feel like half the religion actions going around are me >.> so uh... I can take care of that.

Very true. I'm also working on a religion and I hope it is popular enough that I can spread it, though it hasn't been possible for me to do so yet.

Thoughts?

I realize this is the most basic of info.

/YES!/

We have to be friends.

I look forward to seeing you in character.

EDIT - Miscommunication

[WaylanderX]

I ffing knew it, my rolls for Nyllana suck balls, just like I expected. Fortunatly she has a lifespan of 300 years.

[Rain Dragon]

I ffing knew it, my rolls for Nyllana suck balls, just like I expected. Fortunatly she has a lifespan of 300 years.

Good grief. Yeah, that's pretty poor luck...

At least you can Diplomacy 5 with her straight away if rebellion seems likely though.

EDIT - Oh yeah, on the Armies table region 17B - Yorukuni isn't listed.

It has 11 000 population. So if they are combined my total is 36 000 and I can have a maximum of 12 units. Otherwise I'm a bit... unlucky. 17 can support the listed 8 units and 17B can only support 3 for a total of 11 units.

[Elemental]

If you had Pegasi that would be pretty funny what with Ashenia and Crimar's husbandry programs to produce them.

Gosh, we were an unimaginative bunch when it came to resources weren't we?

Nothing to stop the same kind of creature appearing in two lands independently of one another.

Unimaginative? Perhaps. I'd personally class us all as thinking of the practical side.

I ffing knew it, my rolls for Nyllana suck balls, just like I expected. Fortunatly she has a lifespan of 300 years.

That reminds me, I should roll for the Princess Regent of Ashenia.

[Morph Bark]

Like, Civilization-esque Wonders? Cause I thought that Great Projects were basically the same thing, except anyone can do any one project.

Didnt know Civ had Wonders til now, shows how much Ive played it. How do they work there?

Ive already decided on the mechanics for Wonders, but they wont be introduced for a long while yet.

And yes, anyone can build great projects, as many as they like, in any of their regions. Might require the right resources to get started and such.

Thoughts?

I realize this is the most basic of info.

That all sounds fine and fits well together and established stuff too. You could claim region 50, which was rumoured to have beastly races already and would make you border a region of ratfolk, or wait til tomorrow and see what regions get added.

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EDIT - Oh yeah, on the Armies table region 17B - Yorukuni isn't listed.

It has 11 000 population. So if they are combined my total is 36 000 and I can have a maximum of 12 units. Otherwise I'm a bit... unlucky. 17 can support the listed 8 units and 17B can only support 3 for a total of 11 units.

everything is tracked per region, which includes population and military units.


Btw, Zap, is the Raaneki language based on an existing one? Or their names? Wanted to throw in a Raaneki character or a reference to one soon.