Abyssal Princesses 2 (Not Actually the Second One): A Kancolle GSRP

[Spectral Waltz]

Rulebook (Google Doc)
Game Thread
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The year is 2020...

Humanity struggles by, as it always has, yet in the depths of the ocean, things are awakening that may have been best left asleep.

The spirits of the lost, in war, in fire, from the darkness of the Abyss they cry out.

Avatars of the Fallen rise and prepare to wreak destruction upon the waves.
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This is... A Labour of Love, as well as something of an Alpha. Around half a year ago now (and gods it's crazy to believe it's really been that long) this snippet was posted as part of the ongoing 'Harry and the Shipgirls' thread, about a fictional mod for Crusader Kings II that had the players as Abyssal princesses, fighting humanity as well as each other to take over the ocean.

It was followed up by sequels. Here and Here, but even before those, I found myself inspired by the idea. It seemed like fun! And I knew that CKII style systems had been adapted for use on this forum before. How hard could it be to make something of my own and turn this dream into reality?

The fact that it's been six months since the initial snippet should tell you a lot about the answer to that question.

However. I have persevered, I have struggled and cried and grit my teeth, and I have...

Well... I haven't finished per se. But the result so far seems to be playable?

This is very much an Alpha, mechanics-wise, but I'm at the point that without greater exposure, without time to playtest and balance and see how the system works in actual play, I'm kinda stuck.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO.

I declare this first attempt at Abyssal Princesses CKII Grand Strategy RP.

OPEN.
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Application

Name:
Princess Type:
Starting Location:
Grudge:

Attributes:
Diplomacy
Martial
Stewardship
Intrigue
Learning

Starting Traits: ​

1. ​
2. ​

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The rulebook (such as it is) can be found HERE as well as at the top of the post. Yes, I set it up so that you would have the ability to comment deliberately. I crave feedback damn you!

Spoiler: World Map

Yes I know it's only the pacific. I considered adding the Atlantic but the complexity multiplier was giving me conniptions just thinking about it so for now this is it. Maybe next time around.

Players List

	Screen Name	IC Name	Type	Starting Location
1.	@ForgottonFuture	Slaughtering Depths Princess	Submarine Princess	Drake Passage
2.	@Happerry	Elusive Carrier Princess	Carrier Princess	Iron Bottom Sound
3.	@Terran Imperium	Rogue Wrathful Princess	Battleship Princess	Polinésie Française
4.	@Nihilo	Industrial Princess	Installation Princess	New Zealand
5.	@Coshiua	Western Island Princess	Installation Princess	Palau
6.	@Murderhobo of Nod	Ravishing Depths Princess	Submarine Princess	North Sea
7.	@Troglodyte	Disdainful Dread Princess	Installation Princess	Fiji
8.	@Sukrai	Devil Trench Princess	Battleship Princess	Marianas
9.	@Gorgoth	Great Mother Princess	Installation Princess	Philippines

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At present, the plan is to have turns go over once a week, so each player has time to communicate and plan before posting their intentions. Once ever two weeks may work better though, so we'll switch to that if necessary.

And please please keep in mind this is my first time running a Grand Strategy RP. I'm probably missing things, or overlooking things that are important. I've done my best to cover the bases I've been able to see, but... Be gentle okay? I want to make this thing work, so if I'm missing something, say so.

 

[ForgottonFuture]

Name: Slaughtering Depths Princess(Aka the chuunist sub to ever chuuni)
Princess Type: Submarine Princess
Starting Location: Drake Passage
Grudge: "Humanity is so weak.. when they can be so mighty. They fell short and I paid the price. Never more. I will bring out that strength, and I will find a worthy challenge, to draw forth every drop of my own might. If humanity wants to survive, they must prove they are worth their weight in blood and iron."

Attributes:
Diplomacy: Low: 9
Martial: High: 21
Stewardship: Medium: 15
Intrigue: High: 20
Learning: Medium: 18

Starting Traits:

1. Sea People
2. Beneath The Waves

Spoiler: Pic

Tech:
-Sorcery

 

[Happerry]

Well, I've never done one of these before, but have a submission from me because this seems really fun.

Application

Name: Elusive Carrier Princess
Princess Type: Carrier Princess
Starting Location: Ironbottom Sound

Attributes:
Diplomacy : Medium Priority (6+12=18)
Martial : Low Priority (1+6=7)
Stewardship : High Priority (3+16=19)
Intrigue : High Priority (2+16=18)
Learning : Medium Priority (6+12=18)

Starting Traits:

1. Fair Weather's Friends
2. Scatterbrained Geniuses

Grudge : Born from the spite of the wrecks upon Ironbottom Sound, given not their due respect but stolen and deconstructed plate by plate by scavengers. If humanity will not respect their graves, then they'll just have to remind them of why mortals should respect graveyards. By putting them all in one, if they don't learn fast enough...

Spoiler: Picture

Happerry threw 5 6-faced dice. Reason: Stats, in order Total: 18

 

[Terran Imperium]

Name: Rogue Wrathful Princess

Princess Type: Battleship Princess

Starting Location: Polinésie Française, East Pacific
Attributes:
Diplomacy(High): 16+5=21
Martial(High): 16+6=22
Stewardship(Low): 6+4=10
Intrigue(Mid): 12+2=14
Learning(Mid): 12+4=16

Traits:
"Fleet In Being": Gain 10% of your Martial Attribute as Diplomacy. +25% to personally made Intimidation actions. Unlocks certain event responses. (May only be taken by a Battleship Princess)
"Fair Weather's Friends": Once per turn, you may roll 1d50 to influence the weather of any one area your faction enters, exits, or occupies.
"Storm Princess": Reduces total damage taken by 1.

Grudge: Humans thinks of themselves as superior beings among rest of the mortals, created by God. True, in some sense, they are. Almighty has given them the superior mind to pet even the king of the jungle but her existence in itself is there to disapprove both in the God they worship and Humanity itself from their supposed superiority.

Appearance:

Spoiler

Fleet:

Spoiler: HMS Victorious

Spoiler: IJN Zuikaku

Spoiler: KMS Bismarck

Spoiler: SMS Blücher

Spoiler: HMS Hood

Terran Imperium threw 5 6-faced dice. Reason: Attributes Total: 21

 

[Murderhobo of Nod]

That was quick, will whip up a sheet.

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Name: Ravishing Depths Princess
Princess Type: Submarine Princess
Starting Location: North Sea
Grudge: Hehe~, why; I'm simply sharing further happiness, sillies~✩! (("The Happy Times" 2.0 The Electric "Abyssal" Boogaloo Edition!))

Appearance:

Spoiler

Attributes:
Diplomacy: 8 (6+2)
Martial: 21 (16+5)
Stewardship: 16 (12+4)
Intrigue: 21 (16+5)
Learning: 15 (12+3)
Starting Traits:
Starting Traits

1. Sea People
2. Chameleon Mentalities

Murderhobo of Nod threw 5 6-faced dice. Reason: Stats Total: 19

 

[Nihilo]

Appearance:

Spoiler: Humanoid Avatar

Minus high-heels.

Spoiler: Rigging

Disregard the scale in the pictures, it is the size of a semi-truck.

Spoiler: Imps

https://art.ngfiles.com/images/4990...bd-devil-design-contest-entry.jpg?f1491263103

Name: Industrial Princess
Princess Type: Installation
Starting Location: New Zealand

Grudge: "I refuse to stagnate. I refuse to let others stagnate. Motivation is needed, competition is needed! So let us have a technological race!"

Attributes:

Diplomacy: 5+12=17
Martial: 4+6=10
Stewardship: 6+16=22
Intrigue: 5+12=17
Learning: 6+16=22

Traits:
1. Arms of the Mother (Begin play with Fortifications and Efficiency I unlocked)
2. Focused Scholars (Starts with a +2.5% Research Bonus, doubles each turn the same character rolls for research within the same tech tree up to a cap of +20%)

Spoiler: Attribute Rolls. So here's where all my luck from gacha went, huh?

 

[Coshiua]

Name: Western Island Princess
Princess Type: Installation Princess
Starting Location: Palau, Asia

Grudge: In the past the Western Island Princess fought alongside others to avenge a great betrayal, which became a desperate drive to just survive, and then an all-encompassing hatred towards the humans involved or responsible for her ultimate fate. Now, reborn, it is past time that she paid the humans back for everything that she had suffered.

Appearance:

Spoiler: Picture

Attributes:
Diplomacy [Mid]: 12 + 5 = 17
Martial [Low]: 6 + 6 = 12
Stewardship [High]: 16 + 4 = 20
Intrigue [Mid]: 12 + 6 = 18
Learning [High]: 16 + 2 = 18

Starting Traits:
Arms of the Mother:
Clever Engineers:

Demons

Spoiler: Fugo

Spoiler: Kuma

Spoiler: Guam

Spoiler

Spoiler: All Three

Coshiua threw 1 6-faced dice. Reason: Attributes: Total: 5

Coshiua threw 1 6-faced dice. Reason: Attributes: Total: 6

Coshiua threw 1 6-faced dice. Reason: Attributes: Total: 4

Coshiua threw 1 6-faced dice. Reason: Attributes: Total: 6

Coshiua threw 1 6-faced dice. Reason: Attributes: Total: 2

Coshiua threw 1 6-faced dice. Reason: Attributes: Total: 2

 

[Froggo Fantastic]

Name: Distainful Dread Princess
Princess Type: Installation Princess
Starting Location: Fiji
Grudge: There was a promise made. There was a promise broken. Is it wrong to expect trustworthiness from those you fight alongside? Is it wrong to expect honor from fellows? Is it wrong to believe in the best of others? Yes. Yes it is.

Attributes:
Diplomacy (6+3) = 9
Martial (12+1) = 13
Stewardship (16+4) = 20
Intrigue (12+5) = 17
Learning (16+2) = 18

Starting Traits:
- Arms of the Mother:
--Begin play with Fortifications and Efficiency I unlocked. (May only be taken by an Installation Princess)
-Focused Scholars:
--Gain 2.5% Bonus to Research rolls. This bonus doubles for each consecutive turn the same character remains rolling in the same tech tree. (To a maximum of 20%)

Froggo Fantastic threw 5 6-faced dice. Reason: Stat Bonii Total: 15

 

[Sukrai]

Name: Devil Trench Princess
Princess Type: Battleship
Starting Location: Marianas Trench
Grudge: She could have been Queen of the sea, could have ruled the waves and been the head of an Empire... but her creators were arrogant, short sighted, and craven. They tore her apart to attempt a quick-fix to their problem and only failed more spectacularly. Now she has returned, taking a name of her own to conquer the seas of her makers and show them how it SHOULD be done...

Spoiler: Appearance

Attributes:
Diplomacy (6+4) = 10
Martial (16+5) = 21
Stewardship (12+2) = 14
Intrigue (16+5) = 21
Learning (12+2) = 14

Starting Traits:
- Fleet in Being : Gain 10% of your Martial Attribute as Diplomacy. +25% to personally made Intimidation actions. Unlocks certain event responses.
- Chameleon Mentalities : Gain +10% towards 'Infiltration' intrigue actions.

 

[Gorgoth]

Application


Name: Great Mother Princess

Princess Type: Installation

Starting Location: Philippines

Grudge: "The Foolish Humans sow only destruction and pain. Well, I shall assist them in reaping what they sowed. Tis' only right, is it not?"


Attributes:

Diplomacy (Low) 6+3=9

Martial (Mid) 12+5=17

Stewardship (High) 16+2=18

Intrigue (Mid) 12+5=17

Learning (High) 16+6=22


Starting Traits:

1. Clever Engineers: Reduce all construction costs for your faction by 10%
   
   
2. Scatterbrained Geniuses: Every time your faction rolls for technology, gain 10% of the total as progress towards a random other technology as well.

Gorgoth threw 5 6-faced dice. Reason: 6 Total: 21