*Creation Rules Up* Vive L'Empereur! Vive La France!!

[-SIN-]

Ok, I've been thinking about this for about a year or so, and seeing that my RL regulars unfortunately don't share my enthusiasm for the 17th century renaissance period, I thought I'd try my luck here.

I'd like to run a mature, immersive game, concentrating on the grittyness/rawness of the period - lots of bloody battles, rapine, pillage etc, etc. I would hope for some imaginative characters from varied backgrounds, though I would expect most to be commoners, which for whatever reasons have signed up to serve Great Britain against the rogue Emperor - Napoleon Bonapart.

Ideally I'd start the campaign in the year 1790(ish), a decade before Napoleon's real rise to power. I would hope to run through the entire period upto 1821, covering many locations; India, Egypt, Denmark, Portugal, Spain & France mainly - though I may try to get the West Indies involved too (Which COULD involve some Naval cobat) - depending on your characters behavior!

The play style would be verbose. Lot's of descriptive text. Lot's of fluff.

I'll probably be using the D20 Modern rules set, with a little help from D20 Past & 'From Stone to Steel'...

Characters will start as raw recruits, and depending on backgrounds, be a part of the same battallion. Due to the fact that MOST of your skills will be similar - i.e. Some profession/crafting skills (of your choice) and weapons skills (which you get lumbered with by me) - The character fluff is probably THE MOST important part.

No knowledge of the era would be even better - IF you were a raw recruit, you'd have to learn the Army's 'Code of Conduct' the hard way - which would make very interesting RPing between yourselves, the officers and the upper/noble classes!

If anyone is interested, let me know!

Like I said - This will be a hardcore game. No magic. No clerical healing. I request that under 18's sit this one out due to both abusive language (It's not as bad as today's, but still!) and the harshness of the theme (Which I hope will mimic reality, in a sadistic kind of way!)


(Sorry the post's a little shabbily composed, but I'm suffering from slight sleep deprivation!...)

Do not worry if you haven't the resources - we can work around that. Thanks.

Kind Regards

SIN

 

[DralonXitz]

You have no idea how badly I've been desiring to play a pre-Napoleonic French game, especially after reading a lot of Dumas lately. How would you feel with a kind of revenge driven noble, ie, Edmund Dantes from CoMC?

 

[-SIN-]

Sounds Excellent!

EXACTLY the sort of thing I want. A character like that would be very cool indeed. Maybe disappearing from nobility into the ranks? Or joined as a comissioned officer; 2nd Lieutenant maybe? In order to seek fame & glory as did many of the aristocracy...

Hopefully we can get another couple at least - infact, I think my younger brother would play (He's new to the RP scene and think pbp games help develope players), but it may be too much - his creative writing skills might not be upto the challenge, but I'll chat to him anyways. I might include him in the group anyway as an extra.

I need no less than 4 players really, but no more than 10 (inclusive of my bro).

Oh, I forgot to mention in the OP - Combat will be very tactical. How you implement/deploy yourselves in combat will play major parts in this campaign. A lot of the time combat will be skirmishes as opposed to mass-combat, though I'll make sure you experience at least one major battle - who know's, you may even change history!

 

[DralonXitz]

Sounds good, I'll start working on the character sheet and post it here for your approval.

 

[Nephtys]

That's a great idea. I'm in.

 

[-SIN-]

Good stuff - c'mon people, need just a couple more and we're rollin'!!

 

[ethandrew]

This sounds very entertaining and interesting! Right up my alley, but for the fact I don't have any d20 Modern material and have never played in any of the sort. If that's a major hangup, then I understand. If we're able to work around that, then I'm totally in!

 

[-SIN-]

This sounds very entertaining and interesting! Right up my alley, but for the fact I don't have any d20 Modern material and have never played in any of the sort. If that's a major hangup, then I understand. If we're able to work around that, then I'm totally in!

I shall figure out a solution soon. This is excellent! One more player to go!!

 

[Fenris]

May I suggest the d20 Modern SRD

 

[Brother Allard]

I'm game. I'm very familiar with Modern, less so with Past, and not at all with Stone to Steel.