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Since people are discussing marriage I would like to point out that my nation's leadership is always willing to marry pretty much any other nation but practice, "one generation rule," since the sons of mamluks are not inherently mamluks themselves and even is they were would not get any tirles by birthright.

Theravis said:
Alright players:

If you're trading with someone they can choose to buff your technology growth with the proceeds from their end of the trade.
new heroes appear on a 95+ on a d100 roll per turn, bonuses for major events at GM's discretion.
Submit plans to find artifacts.
You cannot have more than 5 trade routes simultaneously
Spend some of your national spells limit as magitech: Copies one technology. So En-Djinns as a 2-point magitech, for instance.
Heroes have magic rating x2 spells at start, gain another point every 2 years
You start with (1/4 of your magic rating) heroes. So if you're magic rating 20, that's 5 heroes at start.
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Ouch, 5 trade deals? That is going to hurt the little guys.

Theravis said:
They're represented by Squad Mages/Magitech in general. Heroes have the same rating as your nation.


Yes, and it isn't guaranteed success, but putting in more research and funds helps.

Yes. I don't know what you mean by three-hero limit though.

@Conundrum I improved the army creation rules. What did you ask about the military?
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I had asked about motorized and mechanized infantry and cavalry.

I asked for examples of what is classified as a CAS plane.

I was wondering about ships smaller than destroyers, how ships would be designated, and if there was any kind of cost difference or modifier based on ships within a category given the difference in displacement between ships of each class.
 
@Theravis

Would a spell theme of "standing against the weight of the world" with spells focused on enchaining the capabilities of the human body and manipulating the nearby terrain be acceptable?
 
Conundrum said:
I had asked about motorized and mechanized infantry and cavalry.

I asked for examples of what is classified as a CAS plane.

I was wondering about ships smaller than destroyers, how ships would be designated, and if there was any kind of cost difference or modifier based on ships within a category given the difference in displacement between ships of each class.
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Alright. Moving Dive Bomber to CAS, adding gunboats. Already added motorized/mechanized.

Can you expand on what you mean about the modifier on ships within a category?
 
Desdendelle said:
Oh yeah, apropos spells: so I choose a theme, and I also have a Hero? I'm getting this right? @Theravis
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Heros can have themes separate from the national one. Whether that be making use of a local tradition, an element, or something else (See "Resiliance"). You have 1/4 of your magic rating in heroes at the start of the game.

So in your case, one.
 
Theravis said:
As a sort of general theme of resilience? Sure. For a hero, or your squad allotment?
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Honestly I was planning to use it as the theme for my entire nation's magic. The idea would be that a fully magicked out Moroccan army would just ignore any hostile terrain and completely ignore such petty constraints like troop stamina or morale. Of course said ideal is unlikely to be achieved until several years down the line since I am currently somewhat lacking in terms of magic rating.

To demonstrate here are the three spells I've written so far
Rank-1 Spell:
To Know the World: An information gathering spell that falls under the domain of the Practice of Knowing

Using this spell the caster can gather information on nearby terrain, learning what type of terrain surrounds them as well as potential obstacles nearby.

Rank-2 Spell:
Man's Supremacy Over Nature: A terraforming spell that falls under the domain of the Practice of Weaving.

This spell allows the caster to temporarily manipulate the surrounding terrain. The caster can not permanently change any terrain nor can he alter its fundamental nature he can alter other aspects of it. For example the caster couldn't turn a swamp into steppe terrain but he could temporarily dry up any mud in it. This spell is primarily used to make the transportation of troops across hostile terrain easier.

Rank-3 Spell:
To Stand Against the World: A human improvement spell that falls under the domain of the Practice of Perfecting

Those affected by this spell finds themselves filled with unworldly energy. For the duration of the spell they are not affected by exhaustion
 
Walker Of Chaos said:
Honestly I was planning to use it as the theme for my entire nation's magic. The idea would be that a fully magicked out Moroccan army would just ignore any hostile terrain and completely ignore such petty constraints like troop stamina or morale. Of course said ideal is unlikely to be achieved until several years down the line since I am currently somewhat lacking in terms of magic rating.

To demonstrate here are the three spells I've written so far
Rank-1 Spell:
To Know the World: An information gathering spell that falls under the domain of the Practice of Knowing

Using this spell the caster can gather information on nearby terrain, learning what type of terrain surrounds them as well as potential obstacles nearby.

Rank-2 Spell:
Man's Supremacy Over Nature: A terraforming spell that falls under the domain of the Practice of Weaving.

This spell allows the caster to temporarily manipulate the surrounding terrain. The caster can not permanently change any terrain nor can he alter its fundamental nature he can alter other aspects of it. For example the caster couldn't turn a swamp into steppe terrain but he could temporarily dry up any mud in it. This spell is primarily used to make the transportation of troops across hostile terrain easier.

Rank-3 Spell:
To Stand Against the World: A human improvement spell that falls under the domain of the Practice of Perfecting

Those affected by this spell finds themselves filled with unworldly energy. For the duration of the spell they are not affected by exhaustion
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No, that's pretty good. Nothing too overpowered either.
 
Sounds good. So Barbara Palmer for Teodosio and marry Joana to Leopold.

KOP if you take Scotland and you wanna have Catherine marry Charles II be my guest.
 
Theravis said:
No, that's pretty good. Nothing too overpowered either.
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Huh and here I was worried it'd be too broken. Anyways since heroes are allowed to have their own themes can my Sultan (using him as my hero) have the theme of royal authority, with a focus on bolstering allied morale and destroying the enemies will to fight?
 
THIS IS A WIP.

Swerige - Norge Year 1680
Polity Flag/Coat of Arms

Name: United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Current Ruler: Carl XI Adolphus Wasa-Zweibruecken
Expected Heir: Carl Gustav Wasa-Zweibruecken
Type of Government: Self-explanatory
Population: In your national listing
Capital: Ceremonially Uppsala / Stockholm and Oslo

Magical Artifacts:

Economic Status: In your national listing
-Power (In a number.)
-Status (Number, then descriptor)

Insert Major Actions here :


1.The King sends out a fleet of millitary and civillian vessels under Commodore Cornelius Brahe , several specialists from Uppsala University and the middle prince on an extended survey of the southren coastal waters of Terra Australis , Tasmania , New Zealand and Terra de Fuego/Patagonia. More in a Colonial/ Exploratian plan to follow.

2 .The king invests,as publically as possible, large parts of his revenue and personal property in Scandinavian industries and colonial buissnesses.
He is taking and coordinating the advice of academic and evomonmic specialists and Swedish/ Norwegian investors.

3. A minor propaganda offensive, low key but pervasive, to increase trust in the king and lessen tne paranoia by playing up past glories of the Scandinavian nation(s) and tne possibillities the future will hold.

4. Enlargement of the shipbuilding industry znd both the Merchant navy and the Royal Navy.

5 . Tbd

6. TBD

Internal Events:
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Now that the year of 1679 has seen the death of both King Carl X Gustav and hos wife, the formidable Queen Christina in a span of only six months, it is indeed up to the "Pale Prince" , who is also known as 'the Peoples Prince " to prove his worth to the people

-the week-long giant celebrations planned for the actual crowning of the King and the Queen around Spring Equinox , held first in tne old coronation site at Uppsala , then at Stockholm and Oslo, while expensive, shall send a signal that the new King of Swedes, Norse and Geats is not going to be any less glorious or kingly than his mother was for all his awowed and heartfelt belief in a constitutional monarchy.

- The attendance of tnree Wasa s ions and an grizzled Diplomatic veyeran at tne Grand Ball in Delhi is almost forgotten about due to this by the populace.....

Techlevels WIP


Military
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- Wip

Units:wIP
(List your military units here)

Magic Rating: WIP


Factions

Wip




Alliances, Agreements, Pacts, and Trade:

Allied with Netherlands, Russia Poland, Mughals.
Trade deal with Russia , Netherlands, Mughals
Yerritorial gurantee as to the Deccan by Mughals.
Undisclosed other agreement with Mughals.

Diplomacy:

A y mistakes made already , @Theravis ? Oh,can you or anybody help ,e at army/naval units?
 
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Oh yeah @Theravis, what's the difference between the Royalists and the Imperialists in my faction list?
 
KingOfPenguins said:
Ooh.
Scotland calls me so.....
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Yours if you want it.
Walker Of Chaos said:
Huh and here I was worried it'd be too broken. Anyways since heroes are allowed to have their own themes can my Sultan (using him as my hero) have the theme of royal authority, with a focus on bolstering allied morale and destroying the enemies will to fight?
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Spells like that tend to have a catch-up. So they'll ignore it until the spell end, then get hit with all the exhaustion from the period they missed. Still, it's a big force-multiplier that doesn't add any new capabilities.

Royal Authority is fine.
Azecreth said:
Oh yeah @Theravis, what's the difference between the Royalists and the Imperialists in my faction list?
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Royalists support the Bourbon family, whereas the Imperialists support expansion and strong central government, but don't really care if you're the one leading it.
 
So, when posting turn things [such as the work in progress above] those would go in the IC thread, correct? Would colonial plans and espionage plans also be public domain, or would espionage / both be privately messaged?

Oh, and warplans?
 
shiverczar said:
So, when posting turn things [such as the work in progress above] those would go in the IC thread, correct? Would colonial plans and espionage plans also be public domain, or would espionage / both be privately messaged?

Oh, and warplans?
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Turnposts: IC.
Plans in general? PM.
 
Thank you @Theravis. So the next question would be, would actions be used on those plans? Or how would that work?

Like, lets say I'm playing as... the Qing dynasty, and I want to spy on my neighbors. Would I put as an economy action: Espionage plan [see PM]?
If I'm Canada and I wanted to expand my borders through colonialization, would that be similarly done: "Colonization [see PM]"?
And then for war...
If I were... Mexico, and I wanted to take out Guatemala, would I write up your warplan, send by PM, and then in my Turnpost have action: sending troops to battle [see PM]?
 
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