The Shogun's RP idea.

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Okay, this is a semi-nation Roleplay, in the fact that a player not only controls a character of their choice, but their subsequent army as well.

You do not control a nation, nor do you hire other players, you ARE your military force.

Now, to the main details.

Time Period:-

The Sengoku Jidai Era (Feudal Japan, around the 1500's)

The Goal:-

To destroy all opposition, whilst maintaining your own forces.

The Current Climate:-

Military: The Oda Clan are rising swiftly, the Takeda-Uesugi coalition has just been formed, the Hojo currently have no military, and new peasant militia are rising.

Militia Units

Enoki, Ritsu:- 10,000 Peasants.
Personal Guard of 100 Ninja.

No officers.

Satoshi Inaba:- 10,000 Peasants.
Personal Guard of 100 Samurai.

No Officers.


Political: The Oda are assimilating clans rapidly, including the Toyotomi, Akechi, Tokugawa and the newly formed Tachibana-Shimazu alliance.

Who are you?:-

Players will take on the role of a Militia leader. these Militia can number from 1 force, to 20, so a maximum of 20 Custom players. and players CAN NOT take on any of the Canon clan leaders.

Canon Clan's

Oda.
Hojo.
Takeda-Uesugi Coalition.
Saiga. (Saika, depending on how you wish to spell it)
Date.

Starting Forces:-

All Players will start with 10,000 Peasants, nothing else.

I will be in control of all Canon clans, and they will only appear in battle, I will be playing a Militia force, but that will NOT take a slot from a player, so, myself and 20 others, max.

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Okay, that's that, if I get some interest, I'll post a Character sheet, remember, posting a character automatically gives you a Militia Force.

Once the sheet is down, if a player submits another sheet, that character is now one of our officers, if that makes sense?

Any further details needed, please, ask away.

EDIT: Okay, the Nitty Gritty. Character stuffs.

Sheet and Other Info

Character Sheets

Name: (Self explanatory)
Gender: (See above)
Age: (Must be at least 14, which was the age that one could become a combatant at the time.)
Appearance: (See Name/Gender)
Class: (This determines your Personal unit, the classes will be posted below.)
Skills: (Choose three, skills listed below)
Weapon: (Have fun with this, each weapon is unique to the character.)

Points/Exp. (This will change with every battle, and there is no limit to how much a character can accumulate.)

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Classes:-[/u]

Samurai (Personal Unit of 100 Samurai)
Shinobi (Personal unit of 100 Ninja)
Archer (Personal Unit of 100 Peasants [Meat shield.])
Rider (Personal Unit of 100 Cavalry)

Skills:-

Tactics: Allows greater damage in mass battle, army is more likely to successfully Ambush the enemy.
Training: Grants bonus EXP at the end of each battle.
Assault: Increases attack power for Samurai Units.
Battery: Increases attack power for Musket and Archer units.
Wall: Increases Defense for all units.
Ascension: Increases rate of recruitment.
Mentor: Allows your Troops level's to increase faster.
Charge: Increases own Attack.
Rage: Allows the use of Special attacks more frequently.
Carnage: Increases special attack power.
Limber: Increases own Speed.
Taunt: Allows PVP duel challenges. (Can be denied)
Cutthroat: Prevents defection.
Charity: Adds an extra 25% to any troops sent to assist allies.

(More skills may appear, and, at 50,000 EXP, one can gain a new skill, a second new skill is awarded at 100,000 Points)

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Character Sheet Code

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[b]Name:[/b] (Self explanatory)
[b]Gender:[/b] (See above)
[b]Age:[/b] (Must be at least 14, which was the age that one could become a combatant at the time.)
[b]Appearance:[/b] (See Name/Gender)
[b]Class:[/b] (This determines your Personal unit, the classes will be posted below.)
[b]Skills:[/b] (Choose three, skills listed below)
[b]Weapon:[/b] (Have fun with this, each weapon is unique to the character.)

[b]Points/Exp.[/b] (This will change with every battle, and there is no limit to how much a character can accumulate.)

Accepted Characters

Ritsu

Name: Enoki, Ritsu
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Appearance:

Large Image

Class: Shinobi
Skills: Tactics, Training, Cutthroat;
Weapon: Kunai

Points/Exp. 0 as of character creation.

JiJi Nanoya

Name: Satoshi Inaba
Gender: Male
Age: Twenty-Four
Class: Samurai
Appearance:

Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide

Skills: Assault, Charge, Taunt
Weapon: Inaba Crimson Katana

Points/Exp. 0/0

NOTE!!!!

EXP updates and the like will be posted here, along with your troop counts. Troop Counts will come under Military Climate

[Rogue]

Can I please please please do a shinobi clan? I'm no good with the military, but if you give me a small group of spies/assassins to work with, I can do some damage. Shinobi were also very prominent in this time period, so I figured I'd at least give it a shot. :)

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

You can eventually upgrade your troops to Ninja, however, you can have your 10,000 Peasants, and, when you create your character, have 'Ninja' as the Class, and then, you get 100 personal troops of your own choice.

However, you still need to order your main army, the Personal Unit is more a bodyguard unit.

The whole point of the game is to conquer Japan and unite it under your own banner, so, your army is your currency, the upgrade system will come into play once everyone has participated in combat, since you're going to need EXP to upgrade.

Then, you can have your army of Ninja, haha.

[Rogue]

I didn't want an army... just maybe 30 or so ninja to harass other characters with. >:) It's cool though Shogun. I'm just not good with this style. :)

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Not many people are, I like to throw curveballs all over the place, haha...

Guess you won't be joining then?

[Ritsu]

BUMP!! I'm definitely interested, sounds really fun!

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

BUMP!! I'm definitely interested, sounds really fun!

Thanks Ritsu, I'll get a CS set up in a few for you :)

[Ritsu]

Sure! Sounds great.

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Character Sheets

Name: (Self explanatory)
Gender: (See above)
Age: (Must be at least 14, which was the age that one could become a combatant at the time.)
Class: (This determines your Personal unit, the classes will be posted below.)
Skills: (Choose three, skills listed below)
Weapon: (Have fun with this, each weapon is unique to the character.)

Points/Exp. (This will change with every battle, and there is no limit to how much a character can accumulate.)

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Classes:-[/u]

Samurai (Personal Unit of 100 Samurai)
Shinobi (Personal unit of 100 Ninja)
Archer (Personal Unit of 100 Peasants [Meat shield.])
Rider (Personal Unit of 100 Cavalry)

Skills:-

Tactics: Allows greater damage in mass battle, army is more likely to successfully Ambush the enemy.
Training: Grants bonus EXP at the end of each battle.
Assault: Increases attack power for Samurai Units.
Battery: Increases attack power for Musket and Archer units.
Wall: Increases Defense for all units.
Ascension: Increases rate of recruitment.
Mentor: Allows your Troops level's to increase faster.
Charge: Increases own Attack.
Rage: Allows the use of Special attacks more frequently.
Carnage: Increases special attack power.
Limber: Increases own Speed.
Taunt: Allows PVP duel challenges. (Can be denied)
Cutthroat: Prevents defection.
Charity: Adds an extra 25% to any troops sent to assist allies.

(More skills may appear, and, at 50,000 EXP, one can gain a new skill, a second new skill is awarded at 100,000 Points)

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Character Sheet Code

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[b]Name:[/b] (Self explanatory)
[b]Gender:[/b] (See above)
[b]Age:[/b] (Must be at least 14, which was the age that one could become a combatant at the time.)
[b]Class:[/b] (This determines your Personal unit, the classes will be posted below.)
[b]Skills:[/b] (Choose three, skills listed below)
[b]Weapon:[/b] (Have fun with this, each weapon is unique to the character.)

[b]Points/Exp.[/b] (This will change with every battle, and there is no limit to how much a character can accumulate.)

[Ritsu]

Question, how is the Exp going to work, just arbitrarily, or do you have a system worked out? Also, how much accurate historical background should we have for this?

Still going to throw this up there.

Name: Enoki, Ritsu
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Appearance:

Large Image

Class: Shinobi
Skills: Tactics, Training, Cutthroat;
Weapon: Kunai

Points/Exp. 0 as of character creation.

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Historical background isn't compulsory, if you have knowledge, then that's awesome :)

Also, the idiot that I am, forgot about appearance o.O

Either way, she's accepted :3

I'll wait for one or two more people before we go on.

As for the Experience, I have a system worked out, lets just say that you have a current and total score, so, say if I had 10,000 EXP currently, but had gained 12,000 over the course of the game, then, I'd have 10,000/12,000 under my EXP/Points on my sheet (We'll need to keep track of that a lot.)

And using that EXP, you can improve your units, so, you can use the points to improve your Peasants to Samurai, or train them in another specialization, such as Archery, or Ninjutsu, it's up to you how you use it, but, the system won't be revealed until some people actually have some points :3

Any other questions, while we wait?

[Ritsu]

Not specifically, I'll keep in touch to keep the ball rolling though!

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Thanks hun, I really want to get this going, it's done well in the past.

And, if all goes well, I may re-start it in the Adult section :3

[Ritsu]

It seems like a really fun idea. *hunts about for promotion images*

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Promotion images?

And, can you give an image for your character... I can't edit it into the CS :(

[Ritsu]

An image that I can turn into a banner to throw in my siggy to promote the thread.

Absolutely!

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Ohhh... I can't see it, guess it's an approval thing.

But, thank you for the promotion, I owe ya :3

And can I see that banner before you use it? I'm interested as to what it would look like.

[Ritsu]

Yes, signatures can only be seen by the approved.

Not a problem! Of course I'll show it to ya!

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Yeah, I thought as much, no matter, I can wait :3

And YAY!

[Ritsu]

Hows that look?

[JiJi Nanoya]

Name: Satoshi Inaba
Gender: Male
Age: Twenty-Four
Class: Samurai
Appearance:

Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide

Skills: Assault, Charge, Taunt
Weapon: Inaba Crimson Katana

Points/Exp. 0/0


I hope you don't mind if I join as well. Didn't know if we would be using anime or reality pics do I just went with what was provided first.
~_~ alright do I'm a copy cat.

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Glad to have you involved JiJi

And, he's accepted :3

Also, I've been approved, thanks for the promotion Ritsu <3

[Rogue]

Yays! Congrats Shogun! Sorry I'm not interested... :( Just not my cup of tea...

[Ritsu]

CONGRATS SHOGUN!

Here's the code if you'd like to add the banner to your sig as well.

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[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/wrc8yo.png[/img]


[SinfulsShadowShogun]

It's okay Rougey

And, thanks Rits, (I can call you that, right?) I'll be sure to add it shortly :3

[Ritsu]

Sure, I don't mind *smiles*

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Sweet, and now, I need to get into some more RP's...

And, I'll get that banner now, since I've worked that part out. Finally, that PM I sent, ignore the second half, I derped, just the technical info is needed :)

EDIT:

I would add the banner, but, it won't work, apparently :(

[Ritsu]

That's the code copied and pasted directly from my profile so it should work for you.

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[url=https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=158719.0][img]https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/40/Shogun.png[/img][/url]

Also, don't forget to edit your CS to include Appearance.

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

That's better. And, I'm working on moving everything to the OP anyway :3

[Songbird]

Admittedly I'm not too familiar with Japanese history, but the idea sounds like fun! :D Do you have any room for non-combative females, such as wives, daughters, concubines, servants, peasants, etc? :-)

[Ritsu]

I'd like a songbird ally! Call it what ever you'd like.

You should consider playing though. *nods, hugging the birdy *

[Songbird]

I'd like a songbird ally! Call it what ever you'd like.

You should consider playing though. *nods, hugging the birdy *

*Hugs* It sounds like fun! :D I'd have to brush up on Japanese history, and I'm not very good at describing large battles, but if I could be a non-combatant (other then the occasional skirmish) I'd like to give it a try! ;D

[Ritsu]

He did say it wasn't compulsory. I have to admit my history of the era is minimal at best... >.>

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Well, I'm intending for this to be purely 'Nation' based, so teaming up of players isn't what I had in mind :/

BUT!

I suppose I can change my plans a little to suit the needs of the player.

Create a character as you would normally, Songbird, and then we'll see if it can work... However, only a Shogun get's Concubines, and that is... At the moments, Shingen Takeda, of the Takeda-Uesugi Colaition.

[Ritsu]

As new Head of the state I shall allow concubines for all! Makes you wanna surrender huh? *waggles eyebrows*

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Not really... Shingen Takeda was a rapist, and a murderer... So, y'know, it'd probably happen, regardless of sexuality (And gender) o.o

[Ritsu]

Oh baby! ;)

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Probably letting his Retainers have their way, too...

[Songbird]

Probably letting his Retainers have their way, too...

I wish I was approved so I could sign up for that one! ;D

I'll start cooking up a character and post it here so you can approve/disapprove it. :-)

[SinfulsShadowShogun]

Hehe, that one hasn't started yet, I've not even posted it, lol.

But, once you are, lemme know, I'll get it made for you :3.

And, take your time with the character, I have errands to run, I'll be about 45 mins, tops.

[Songbird]

Here is my character! Let me know what you think.:

Name: Toyotomi no Murasaki
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Appearance:  Murasaki is beautiful by almost any standard, with a feminine figure, creamy skin, long, glossy black hair, and warm brown eyes which seem to reflect her every emotion. She never wears cosmetics, except the occasional touch of rouge upon her lips. She has a tiny mole on the left side of her neck, a mark which embarrasses her despite it being rarely noticed. The layers of fine silk kimonos she wears make her instantly recognizable as a noble, through how many layers and what design they bear changes with the season and occasion. Murasaki has an air of quiet submission, her eyes often lowering from the glance of others in a sign of yielding respect.

Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide

Class: Samurai (she is largely noncombatant.)
Skills: Limber, Charity
Weapon: Naginata (before and after marriage), Kaiken (after marriage)
Points/Exp: 0 as of character creation.
Who is she?: Murasaki is the daughter (or sister) of the head of the Toyotomi Clan, betrothed to the head (or other member) of the Oda Clan. Her father and brothers hope that this alliance will slow the Oda Clan’s assimilation of the Toyotomi, believing that they would be less likely to turn against them once they are considered family. Murasaki has been groomed to be the perfect wife; quiet, shy, submissive, elegant, and cultured. She is apprehensive about her upcoming marriage, as she has never met her future husband, but hopes she will be able to make him happy and bring honor to both of their families. As a young noblewoman, Murasaki knows very little of warfare or battle, but has been trained to defend herself with the naginata. Once she has married, she keeps a kaiken concealed within her sleeve for self-defense.  Murasaki’s chief conflict is deciding where her loyalties should lie; with her own clan, or with that of her husband.

[Vengurd]

Hi there. I do think I am interested here. If I remember, Takeda Shingen isn't the shogun yet, the Ashikaga are still the shogun. This would also depend on exactly when this is taking place. The Sengoku Jidai was a nasty period of time for Japan.

Anyhow, I'd love to be the Chokosabe! Masters of the bow and such. If nothing else I can play the Date. Neither were mentioned in the cannon clan list. Also. I could see about playing the Ikko Ikki. Not quite a clan at the time so much as a very religious sect used by a clan (I do not remember whom exactly) in Echizen. Other clans to think of are the; Mori, Otomo, Honma and Hatakayama.

I don't know the history of Japan all that well, but what I do know is largely based in this time period.

EDIT

Peasant soldiers of the time were called Ashigaru

[JiJi Nanoya]

Alas I read over these posts, it's like you guys are speaking a completely different language.

*Mind Blown

I'll be doing my research now.

[Ritsu]

Well, some of us were speaking a different language for large portions of their post to be fair.