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[Morph Bark]

I have one colonization question:

This means that if I started colonization of region 42 previous round and Lord_Burch started colonization of this region in this turn, that I have been succesful even without roll, or that I will get +2 bonus (As if I have won in first round) or that I won´t get any bonus?

In case Lord_Burch hadn't pulled back, he could only have colonized region 42 with military force. Because you have a one round lead on him, it would not be possible for others to use diplomacy to colonize region 42. They'd have to risk going to war with you to try.

So, Morph, it looks as if both myself and Silverbit are pursuing claims to the throne in Eyrecradia. How does that work? I assume roll 1d6 and add diplomacy, but is there any bonus for a better claim?

How to Press Claims & Exploit the Ties of Blood
A Comprehensive Guide, by mademoiselle Kusajishi Shimona

A situation has arisen! Another country is without a ruler! Or perhaps they have a ruler that you simply don't like very much, while you do like their land?

In case they happen to be a player, you can stake your claim and press it in an act of war! Don't forget to send your declaration of war to them!

In case they happen to be an NPC, you're in luck! It's pretty easy to press claims on them. In the world of Telluris, nobody knows why some just happen to be easier to press against. Perhaps the Weave of Fate simply weaves more strongly around those who might alter the course of history.

You can press a claim if you:

1. Have a relative of your ruler married to a direct descendant of one of the target region's earlier rulers. The more recent that ruler ruled, the stronger the claim!
2. Have ancestral ties to the target region. These claims are generally less strong than a marriage claim, unless a large amount of your people can trace their lineage back to that region. [This only works for regions, not full countries.]
3. The target country used to be part of your country, but they split off due to either revolution or peaceful splitting on part of either the people or previous rulers of your country.
4. You've fabricated a claim in an earlier round that was still during your current ruler's rule.

To press a claim, you must:

1. Spend an action on it, of course!
2. Roll a Diplomacy check and link it in your actions post (just like all other rolls should be).
3. If the result is at least 6, there is some support for your claim. If the result is at least 9, there is a lot of support for your claim. If there are other players pressing claims at the same time, the highest roll wins.

If you have some support (check result of at least 6) and have rolled the highest, you must spend another action next round to gather more support for your claim (requiring another Diplomacy check result of at least 6). If you have a lot of support (check result of at least 9) and have rolled the highest, you'll have claimed the target region or country by the end of this round.

Other claimants (players with a claim) who lost may attempt to create rebellions in the target region or country in a revenge attempt--or a final resort to get the target region or country for themselves should the rebellion prove successful somehow.

Claimants may also forfeit their claim to support another claimant, providing a +2 to the other claimant's Diplomacy check result.

If there's anything that needs clearing up or adding, I'll hear it.

Also, Tekorva has automatically acquired the Heartwaste due to their leader being married to the heir to the Heartwaste.

Furthermore, depending on how many claimants Sulvan's Fury will get, due to their unique inheritance laws, I may even put up a little competition thread for it.

[QuintonBeck]

Now I'm wondering where "Mademoiselle Kusajishi Shimona" is from She's probably Salterri or something! Ahhh!!

Seriously though morph, looks good. New clarifying rules are good things.

[moossabi]

You... uh... at least you got some nice, emotional RP the first time around? Dunno.

Sorry, only joking.

[Zap Dynamic]

Raaneka has new heraldry!

Spoiler

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It needed a berunda... a bird with a rider... a bird with two heads... GET IT?!

[Rain Dragon]

I feel horribly guilty having stolen so many people from Cantus, which you'd been planning for much longer. Thanks for the compliment, anyway. I did work hard.

It is fine. For starters I can guarantee not everyone will like Cantus Sai. My fluff is long, wordy and filled with needlessly complicated crap, which does naught but confuse. Furthermore, the ones holding the festival itself are not nice and if not for recent goings on, I really doubt many people would attend. On top of that, the line between cool and creepy is blurred for me. Already I know not to assassinate any of my characters there (publicly at least), but there is a real potential for me to cross lines when a lot of people are there to speak with each other more than watch my weirdness. Which is fine, but I tend to post a lot and have 12 character profiles written for the event. Finally, my festival occurs once every twenty years. The Final Visitation? Mmm, probably not!

Who all is attending Cantus Sai? Especially Zap, but HisHilyAngel, will you be there? I have some trade and such to discuss.

The opening post of the Cantus Sai thread has a list.

Also, Tekorva has automatically acquired the Heartwaste due to their leader being married to the heir to the Heartwaste.

I love it. The rules as well.

It needed a berunda... a bird with a rider... a bird with two heads... GET IT?!

I wish I could draw well or I would offer a custom berunda for you.

EDIT - Broken quotebox. Typo

[SamBurke]

It is fine. For starters I can guarantee not everyone will like Cantus Sai. My fluff is long, wordy and filled with needlessly complicated crap, which does naught but confuse. Furthermore, the ones holding the festival itself are not nice and if not for recent goings on, I really doubt many people would attend. On top of that, the line between cool and creepy is blurred for me. Already I know not to assassinate any of my characters there (publicly at least), but there is a real potential for me to cross lines when a lot of people are there to speak with each other more than watch my weirdness. Which is fine, but I tend to post a lot and have 12 character profiles written for the event. Finally, my festival occurs once every twenty years. The Final Visitation? Mmm, probably not!

True, true. This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, literally. Though I have a more grand ending for Humperdink, which will be very different.

As to your lines and style, I personally like it. Could it be clearer? Probably, but that just means you're a writer who's got a well developed headworld. I continue to read Cantus Sai with interest.

I love it. The rules as well.

Course you love it. You get the Heartwastes.

Sorry, only joking.

That means you won't be coming to the Visitation?

[Elemental]

EDIT: Lord Burch & Elemental, you guys attending Cantus Sai for the diplomacy talks right?

Certainly. But Elemental needed to sleep which is why he hasn't yet. Will get onto that very shortly.

[Silverbit]

Well, I don't appear to have a lot of support in Eyrecradia. My roll isn't brilliant.

[tortor]

Population:67,000

Terrain The rocky cliffs and bluffs of the Drugaudian Steppes are a veritable maze of barren rocks and yawning chasms lining most of the Western borders of the Geographic Limitations of the Western Informational Hub. or GLWIH

The location is barren and desolate. A feature the residents of the GLWIH chose for just such a purpose, the terrain itself deterring the prying eyes of strangers.

If one were to seek the Thorpe and villages of the GLWIH, they would likely wander the White Wastes for days before dying a slow cold death from hypothermia.

Many believe the Residents make their homes in the great mountain which locals call Emohesab. But no one has ever found concrete proof to support the claim.

Resources
Coal
Scientists
Iron

Need - Food

People
The inhabitants of GLWIH are skittish at best, and cowardly at worst. They are mercantile dealers of information and manipulators of secrets. They will happily align with the baser more... native... Cultures nearby out of self preservation.

The few who have met with one face to face describe them as obsessively formal and good humored, and yet despite this they always leave with the feeling of mistrust. A racism the Lesser Tieflings of GLWIH are working to overcome.

Leader
Dutchess Alexia the Heron is an industrious and cautious woman.

Curiosity: 3+1
Diplomacy: 2
Military: 2
Faith: 2
Luck: 2+1
Clicky

[tortor]

So, assuming there is nothing wrong with that post.... That's the nation in Region 52!

[tortor]

Aaaaand. 4 of my 5 actions this round will be secret, but unless I am told otherwise I believe that they would all be... Curiosity (4 different actions centering on it)

Can you spend resources on improving an action? (say you're making a giant laser as a project, and you have gemstones to make that easier, or you're going to war and have poop tons of food to feed your soldiers)

Juuuuust Curious~

[Silverbit]

Just a slight note tortor, you can only have one secret action a round. Aside from that, you might need to format the nation post properly but it all looks good to me.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

So, assuming there is nothing wrong with that post.... That's the nation in Region 52!

The format I recomend is the following:

Region Name
Region #, User Name
[Your Royal Heraldry if you have one]
__

[Link to Original Rolls]
(from the dice thread in Morph's first post)

Ruler Name

Current Stats:
Diplomacy:
Military:
Curiosity:
Faith:
Luck:

Population:

Original Stats:
Diplomacy:
Military:
Curiosity:
Faith:
Luck:
(after your first round, please list in a spoiler what the original stats of the ruler were before you update them, so that we might be able to back check for errors later)

[link to Family Tree, if you have one]

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Region Details

Spoiler: Terrain

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Make a description of your region, as well as three landmarks or notable regions. Please be sure to bold the title of these 3 things.

Spoiler: People

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Describe the Race of your people, and the culture or characteristics that you feel are note worthy. You can split it into different characteristics within this post as you wish, just make sure to clearly state the basics in the first couple sentences if possible.

Spoiler: Resources

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List three major resources that your country in known for. If you have any questions about resources, send a PM to a GM and they can assist you. Make sure you do not list something magical as a feature. In addition to 3 resources, please list 1 resource your country NEEDS to import to function.

Spoiler: Religion

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Describe you country's religion here. If you are just starting out, make sure it is one of the listed basic religions, or the Lord of Fire. Any other fluff you wish to describe toward your customs within this is fine and encouraged.

Spoiler: Technologies

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If you are just starting out, you will have no notable technologies that others do not have. However, as you country progresses in things, such as Curiousity advancements, you can list these here.

(Any other things for your country can be listed below, within or without spoilers, as you wish. )

Aaaaand. 4 of my 5 actions this round will be secret, but unless I am told otherwise I believe that they would all be... Curiosity (4 different actions centering on it)

Can you spend resources on improving an action? (say you're making a giant laser as a project, and you have gemstones to make that easier, or you're going to war and have poop tons of food to feed your soldiers)

Juuuuust Curious~

You cannot have more than one secret action, as Silverbit said. See the OP for more on secret actions. As for using resources to improve an action, yes, but for certain things you'll need the technology to do so. For instance, if I wanted to reenforce my throne room with adamantine, I'd need the tech for manufacturing it, unless I'm already receiveing adamantine that IS manufactured, or something.

EDIT: You can also rearrange your numbers in any order you wish for your first ruler (not that you have a lot of variation of your numbers).

[tortor]

Noooooooooooooooo

My whole nation-state is ruined

;-;

*flops*

New plans then...

Establish trade with the Catfolk... request grains and offer Iron since they have no weapons grade materials. - Diplomacy

Investigate Better Mining Techniques - Curiosity

Investigate The Properties of Coal - Curiosity

Investigate Thermal Energies - Curiosity

Secret Biddness - Curiousity

[tortor]

I will comply with said formatting once I have enough $#!☆$ to give about formatting (IE tommorow)

Thanks for the template~

[Tychris1]

We also have an "IC" thread dedicated to posting peoples actions and fluffs. You should put your 5 actions there instead.

[tortor]

I see no link to such a thread?
EDIT: Nvm I'm dumb.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

Noooooooooooooooo

My whole nation-state is ruined

;-;

*flops*

New plans then...

Establish trade with the Catfolk... request grains and offer Iron since they have no weapons grade materials. - Diplomacy

Investigate Better Mining Techniques - Curiosity

Investigate The Properties of Coal - Curiosity

Investigate Thermal Energies - Curiosity

Secret Biddness - Curiousity

Yeah, the IC thread is linked at the top of the first post. Also, are your people Human? Or what race?

[tortor]

Definitively Lesser Tieflings...

*-*

No one understands us...

Also posting in IC now

[lt_murgen]

So Morph, what do luxury goods do? Like, spices and art and wine and stuff? Obviously some resources have building applications, some tools/weapons or what not, food diversity increases population boosts, but what about luxury goods? Population increase affected there too? Something else? I'm addressing the question to Morph, but really, anyone with an idea feel free to add on.

My feeling is that they should give some bonus against things like diplomatic undermining of a culture or faith religion spreadig. Essentially, if there are enough shiny, tasty, and fun things in a culture then foreign ideas don't take hold as easily.

[zabbarot]

My feeling is that they should give some bonus against things like diplomatic undermining of a culture or faith religion spreading. Essentially, if there are enough shiny, tasty, and fun things in a culture then foreign ideas don't take hold as easily.

That's a pretty good idea actually.

At the same time maybe defense/open border type treaties make those actions easier : P

[TheWombatOfDoom]

Just noticed this - 51 was claimed by Arkhosia, and now 52 by tortor...but Morph has already said these two regions are part of a kingdom in the round 7 post -

Regions 51 and 52 have been discovered by Guilder and Qarimos! They're together part of the Kingdom of Quira, where the pyramid kings rule their faeborn peoples. Not much is known about it.

EDIT: in fact, tortor, it says in the atlas of the first post that region 59 is reserved by you.

[lt_murgen]

That's a pretty good idea actually.

At the same time maybe defense/open border type treaties make those actions easier : P

Another good idea. But it does mean more for our poor, overworked GM and assistant GMs to keep track of.


Oh, The Jeweled Cities now have a flag! Still no crest, though.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

Another good idea. But it does mean more for our poor, overworked GM and assistant GMs to keep track of.


Oh, The Jeweled Cities now have a flag! Still no crest, though.

I already keep track of open borders and stuff in the alliances section.

[zabbarot]

Any particular reason for four rings of twelve stars?

[moossabi]

That means you won't be coming to the Visitation?

It merely means that I won't make another visitation.

I can change an action, but I'm short on time at the moment so it won't be changed for several hours.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

That reminds me, I never did say how many resources 14B, 20B, 32 and 50 had, did I? Was a bit of a rush, since there was so much trouble in getting the round up in the first place.

Maybe I should make some rolls to determine that...

Nahh, they all have two Good resources, both to be determined by the first colonizer/new player claimant. ... Region 32 has 14000 inhabitants. ...Terrain features, people and religion are, as always, entirely up to the first one to possess the region fully.

What did my population in this region amount to now?

[BladeofObliviom]

So, assuming there is nothing wrong with that post.... That's the nation in Region 52!

I thought you were in 59, but if you're actually in 52 I'm certainly not complaining. 59 would be a good place for me to set up.

Population:67,000

Terrain The rocky cliffs and bluffs of the Drugaudian Steppes are a veritable maze of barren rocks and yawning chasms lining most of the Western borders of the Geographic Limitations of the Western Informational Hub. or GLWIH

The location is barren and desolate. A feature the residents of the GLWIH chose for just such a purpose, the terrain itself deterring the prying eyes of strangers.

If one were to seek the Thorpe and villages of the GLWIH, they would likely wander the White Wastes for days before dying a slow cold death from hypothermia.

Many believe the Residents make their homes in the great mountain which locals call Emohesab. But no one has ever found concrete proof to support the claim.

Resources
Coal
Scientists
Iron

Need - Food

People
The inhabitants of GLWIH are skittish at best, and cowardly at worst. They are mercantile dealers of information and manipulators of secrets. They will happily align with the baser more... native... Cultures nearby out of self preservation.

The few who have met with one face to face describe them as obsessively formal and good humored, and yet despite this they always leave with the feeling of mistrust. A racism the Lesser Tieflings of GLWIH are working to overcome.

Leader
Dutchess Alexia the Heron is an industrious and cautious woman.

Curiosity: 3+1
Diplomacy: 2
Military: 2
Faith: 2
Luck: 2+1
Clicky

Anyway, here's my thoughts, in no particular order.

"Geographic Limitations of the Western Informational Hub" is quite the mouthful to say, and reads more like legalese than a halfway useful name. Also, when you start talking about their borders, everything you say is redundant because your nation is apparently named specifically after said borders. Also your nation is in the Far East, so describing it as "western" is a touch odd.

Also, just saying that your people are hard to find isn't going to deter invasion or even necessarily slow it down. That's not really a complaint, but it's something you should know, since based on the write-up you seem to be banking on the idea that your people are a bunch of mysterious secret agents or something and nobody knows how to find them unless they want to be found. Hidden Elf Villages don't work so well when you don't have magic to hide them with.

Presumably the description of "baser...more 'native' cultures" is from an in-character perspective, since saying that from an OOC perspective would strongly imply that your race really was somehow more civilized and special than everyone else's. If so, that's fine, but it's a little odd that the next paragraph IS clearly from an outside perspective which can be jarring to a reader.

Also, note that your nation probably won't stay mysterious for very long if you do a lot of trading and communicating with other people, and if you don't do that you'll most likely suffer a swift death. Bit of a catch-22 there.

As a final note, I'd leave "Lesser Tieflings" out of this, simply because we're not dealing with D&D here. You can't really be a "lesser" anything if there isn't something else to compare it to, like "Greater Tieflings" or standard Tieflings. In fact, where does the name Tiefling come from, anyway? Why not simply call them "Fiend-Blooded" and let Morph figure out where that fiend blood came from anyway, or perhaps come up with an original name and see where it goes from there?

Anyway, I'm not much of an authority on anything, so these suggestions should all be taken with a grain of salt. Cheers!

God bless your soul. You are the worlds greatest person, and my personal hero. May Yphine bless our nations with longtime friendship and prosperity.

Well, I am pretty awesome.

May the frost leave your crops untouched but bathed in the morning light.

[HisHolyAngel]

Well, I am pretty awesome.

May the frost leave your crops untouched but bathed in the morning light.

Would you do me the honor of acting like religious fanatics with me. <3

[zabbarot]

Oh wow... It has been a bit since I've brought Tendaji out. He's already 68 @_@ So now I'm pruning my family tree a bit, realizing just how many people on here have probably passed away.