Rated Mature for violence, bloodshed, and general mischief.
Made courtesy of .Karma.Sutra.
Arcadia is an ancient land. Its hills have existed since the beginning of time and will last until after time has ended. For untold millennia the sun has danced in an endless tango with the moon, bathing the lands in light and dark. Civilizations have come and gone, leaving behind only crumbling ruins to their grace, no matter their power.
At least, that is what your peasants say.
You are not of Arcadia. You are a member of a cabal of leaders who rule over the Democians, children of the land of Terrastial, an actual ancient land filled with great wonders and great danger. While the former were nice, the latter turned out not to be your cup of tea. Yours and thousands of your subjects'. With the aid of warlocks of the Mages Guild, wielders of the ancient powers, you ripped a hole in the very fabric of reality and went through on the off chance that you might end up in a better place.
Having passed through the portal, you found yourself in Arcadia. Mentioned in the myths of your people, little is known about this mysterious place. There are only mentions of a great danger and terrible wars. No such artifacts existed upon your arrival and it matters not anyways. No sooner than the last of your people stepped through the portal than did it close and the warlocks have since proved unable to reopen it, assuming that you really would want to go back.
Not all is lost though. Upon arriving you discovered a humble castle not far from where you arrived. Occupied only by a few thousand indigenous people, the small structure of stone was well-maintained but largely leaderless. So you and your horde moved in and made yourself at home, varyingly to the welcome or chagrin of the locals.
A year has passed and the seers of the Mages Guild now foresee troubled times ahead. The people now look to you and the other members of your cabal, now known as the Arcadian Council, to lead them to greatness and glory. They await your command to build this great kingdom and conquer the unknown that surrounds them. Can you bring about this bright future? Can you build a civilization to stand the test of time?
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Kingdom is a civilization management and building RP. Players will create characters who participate on the Arcadian Council with the goal of helping the kingdom survive and grow in a hostile world. Characters will debate policy and handle crisis situations as they threaten the kingdom, using what resources that are available to keep everything on track.
Population: 100,000
Population Increase (Per Turn): .75% (750 next turn)
Military Size: 500
Mage Population: 25
Food Production (Per Turn): 10 Units (1 Unit Feeds 10,000 Population)
Materials Production (Per Turn): 10 Produced, 10 Consumed
Gold Production (Per Turn): 100
Storage Capacity: 0
Treasury: 1000 GP
Happiness: 100%
Religious Breakdown: Democian 85%, 15% Indigenous
Population Breakdown: Democian 85%, 15% Indigenous
Spoiler: Concepts
Building – The primary business of the Council is to plan the construction of the domain of the Democians. Building requires materials, gold, and people willing to construct and operate the structures. The latter means that options will appear and disappear as people gain and lose interest in creating such structures.
Happiness – Starts at 100% and will shift depending on what is happening in the kingdom. Variables can range from population and religious differences among your people, the prosperity of the realm, and war. Higher happiness can spur great deeds and increased production among your populous. Low happiness can cause your population to riot and even revolt.
Heroes: Not all people are the same, some are special. Heroes will spawn randomly and remain in play unless they perish in some way. Individuals of great influence, no matter their occupation, these powerful can do anything from create new innovations to crafting magical items, from rallying the populous during war to turning the tide of battle. Be very wary though, as these heroes may not always agree with the Council and may even turn coat...
Spoiler: Factions
The Council of Arcadia rules the land, but is not alone in influencing the realm. Other powerful factions will rise and fall, all vying for authority and influence. To keep the people happy and prevent any... incidents, it would be wise to watch these factions. Other factions will arise as the game progresses.
Spoiler: Bank Guild
A holder of great wealth in the kingdom, the Bank Guild makes loans to those in need for a reasonable rate of interest. Much of the realm has at least a small loan to the Bank Guild on the record and they have strong ties to the Fighters Guild, who provides their muscle. The Builders Guild, however, is not so fond of them, as their members hold the larger debts.
Spoiler: Builders Guild
Need something built? The Builders Guild handles that. It is a conglomeration of every group that participates in the construction cycle with the sole exception of the smiths, who have their own guild. Masons and carpenters all belong to this guild.
Spoiler: Fighters Guild
Essentially mercenaries who came to Arcadia on the Council’s coin, the Fighters Guild provide swords to anyone who needs them. Need a wolf killed? Call the Fighters Guild. However, they are known to cause trouble when idle.
Spoiler: Mages Guild
The cabal of warlocks who brought your people (at great cost) to Arcadia may be small but it is powerful beyond its size. Wielding arcane knowledge, they can be employed by the Council to deal with any magical matters or dangers that others cannot. By nature it will create individuals of great promise and great arrogance. They inspire awe and terror in the populous, particularly when one of their experiments goes wrong.
Spoiler: Smiths Guild
Standing apart from the Builders Guild, the Smiths Guild deals in anything to do with metal, including gold. Makers of everything from fine jewelry to swords, the Smiths Guild wields enormous influence in virtually every other guild.
Spoiler: Heroes
Heroes are made in two ways. The GM may generate them. Players may also create basic heroes using the CS template below and letting them loose upon the land. All heroes will be NPCs controlled by the GM. These individuals can vary in basically anything including whether they are more loyal to the realm or to themselves, so it is best to be wary, especially when they perform great deeds that win them the love of the commons.
- Name:
- Age:
- Sex:
- Appearance: (include gear)
- Personality:
- Bio: (Remember that all heroes start basic, so this will affect how they develop)
Spoiler: Player Character Sheet
Members of the Arcadian Council are drawn from the upper echelons of Democian society. They may come from any of the Factions, though only the upper ranks.
- Name:
- Age:
- Sex:
- Appearance:
- Role:
Spoiler: Rules
- Abide by all RPA rules, particularly those of the Mature Section
- I am GM. My word is law.
Spoiler: Possible Council Roles
- Agriculture Minister
- Treasurer
- Chief Builder
- Commander of the Guard
- Bank Guild Master
- Grandmaster of the Fighters Guild
- Archmage of the Mages Guild (Taken)
Last edited by Imperial1917; 09-04-2015 at 06:24 AM.
Spoiler: Around the Forum
Originally Posted by Lady Celeste
@Imperial1917: Death's all yours!
Originally Posted by Crazywolf
I once tried reading another game thread with 14 characters in it, but it was a bit like trying to follow a herd of cats.
Originally Posted by Anastasia;bt49091
Did anyone expect America to win?
Though, at least you haven't downgraded in performance.
Originally Posted by Juicesir;bt52645
Japanese is the only one I disagree with. It's like Chinese Lite.
Looking good! I see no interest yet, but maybe the resources down below can help you!
The RP of the week, as I am sure you are aware, is a resource for players to see what kind of RPs are spotlighted for the week! These RPs are featured on the homepage of RPA! Just send in a request to your friendly staff member, including a banner which you can get help with over at the banner shop.
RPG Directory is another great way to draw in more players! Head on over if you're looking to interest more players!
You can also have your game featured in the Tribune! This is RPA's awesome newsletter!
Last but not least, you can ask any of the staff to feature your game in their signature!
- Name: Aseir Jassan
- Age: 30
- Sex: Male
- Appearance: Handsome, with sharp features. Dusky brown hair, skin, and eyes. He wears ornate green robes.
- Role: Archmage of the Mages Guild
This looks...pretty cool honestly. I have some things going on but when I get them done, and if you're still accepting, I'd love to make a cs.
Be wary of paramilitaries. When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching around with torches and pictures of a Leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.
—Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
Spoiler: Quotes/Awesome picture~
Originally Posted by Light Fantastic
The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honesty into reporting. Thus, if a legend said of a notable hero that “all men spoke of his prowess” any bard who valued his life would add hastily “except for a couple of people in his home village who thought he was a liar, and quite a lot of other people who had never really heard of him.” Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like “his mighty steed was as fleet as the wind on a fairly calm day, say about Force Three,” ...
Originally Posted by 13uster
See, they're making a secret furry coven.
But noooo, I3uster is just paranoid. Look at that I3uster, just being all funny and ironic. Ha ha ha, furries aren't dangerous, silly I3uster.
a prophet is worth nothing in his own lands
Originally Posted by Mcjon01
You've clearly never been a little girl before but let me clue you in; it doesn't matter how mature you are, when you're a loli your body just sort of wiggles and does cutesy stuff all on its own. It has nothing to do with mentality or age or anything like that.
Originally Posted by Eddyak
There are literally no levels beneath 4chan. That's like saying something's shittier than a sewer.
Originally Posted by ItsaRandomUsername
He was 12-13 for the original airing. You're a young teen around for the remake of the show. His metaphorical neckbeard is longer than yours.
Originally Posted by royal744
It's always interesting to see how others view us. In making sweeping generalizatins about us we get an inkling of what their points of view are, however wrong they may be. You have me at a disadvantage because I don't know ehere you're from, but clearly you "think" you are from civilized place whose age imparts a special patina of superiority on you. Rather laughable, but that's your apparent point of view.
America is a vey big place and varies tremendously from region to region. It's a little bit like a group of blind men feeling an elephant using their hands: one grabs the tail, another a leg, another the trunk and still another feels the stomach, and each one thinks he "knows" what an elephant is. Let me assure you, you don't.
Originally Posted by Prince/Dave Chapelle
Why don't you purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka?
Originally Posted by Commodus
Afrocentrism gives a bad name to Afrocentrism.
History should be objective. We should not have bloody sects of rival historians trying to glorify one continent over another.
Why, for instance, should a historian from Nigeria downplay the accomplishments of Medieval France? And, by that same token, why should an Oxford historian arrogantly claim that "Africans have no culture", as I saw someone on this very board claim.
You don't solve the problem by flipping it around and simply changing the target. Do we have our preferred section of history? Yes, I believe so. But I would never dream of using that to downplay what other cultures or peoples do, so why is it justified for them to do so to me?
Originally Posted by Some Lawyer
“Plaintiff must realize he cannot treat well-settled law and undisputed facts like the women in his videos; they will not change simply because Plaintiff is persistent and impervious to their hostility.”
Originally Posted by BigBoom550
(For context, the user is talking about RWBY) Gene Krantz, after the Apollo One failure. They failed, but they would be better. They would not give up. The fact it did not work was on them and them alone, not some quirk of the universe, or some factor of reality. It was on them to ensure that it work.
In the face of survival, the fact that they gave up because Dust didn't do it disgusted me. It disgusted me because that meant that nobody in that room stood up and said "It didn't work. Dust doesn't work. So we need to stop using Dust in our designs.". It meant that in the face of annihilation, in the pursuit of survival, not a single person was willing to stand and go 'maybe we were wrong'. In the face of a small failure, they chose to roll over and give up.
It's pathetic. It's just utterly pathetic.
Humanity's existence can be summrized as doing what doesn't work and making it work. We're bipeds. We're horrible at speed. So guess what? We decided to exhaust our prey to death. We're small, and weak, and we built massive eidolons of stone that last milennia. We are unable to fly, and we decided to drive past the skies and step among the stars. We are cold, and so we chase the very flame of the stars themselves.
To be human is not to try one thing and give up. It is to decide upon a course of action and, as a whole, make it happen, hell or high water. It is to ignore all pretentious convention and do what we must to ensure our advancement.
To be human is to succeed where we should not.
They tried one thing. One. And they know why it didn't work, and yet they gave up. They gave up and rolled over. They didn't even try. They didn't try!
Originally Posted by logiccosmic
WAR CRIMES can cause serious side effects. Rarely reported side effects include:
a 'JUSTICE' that will not go away (FREEDOM STAFFISM). If you have a 'JUSTICE' that lasts more than 4 hours, get medical help right away.
If it is not treated right away, a FREEDOM STAFF can permanently damage your FREEDOM UNIT
sudden vision loss in one or both eyes. Sudden vision loss in one or both eyes can be a sign of a serious eye problem called
inability to justify crimes against humanity. (ITJFAH). Stop taking VIAGRA WAR CRIMES and call your healthcare provider right away if you
have any sudden vision loss
sudden hearing decrease or hearing loss. Some people may also have ringing in their ears (tinnitus) or dizziness. If you have
these symptoms, stop shelling CIVILIANS and contact a doctor right away
Imma gonna make my character a sorta jerk, if there is no objections.
Name: Matthias Marley
Age: 40
Sex: Male
Appearance: A plump man with very fair skin, blonde hair and brown eyes. Constantly dressed in the most luxurious clothing and the most extravagent jewelry money can buy.
Role: Bank Guild Master
Kingdom [M]
Originally Posted by Lady Celeste
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