Imperial Die: Roll for Power

Welcome sovereigns to a very simple IOT, based on Terra IOT (credits to Terran Emperor) and the Roll to Dodge style of sames.

In this game a DnD style die is the determination of success and failure; your actions and their outcomes depend on the cast of the die.

The rolls will go as follows:

Thorvald of Lym said:

1 : Unbelievably total failure. Action WILL backfire.
2-4 : Failure, with penalty
5-7 : Marginal failure with possible penalty
8-10 : Failure, no penalty
11-13 : Straightforward success
14-16 : Success, with possible bonus
17-19 : Success, with circumstantial bonus
20 : MAXIMUM POWER. Guaranteed success, with added bonus.

Under binary conditions, 1-10 fails, 11-20 succeeds.

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Orders

You can perform 3 actions per turn, which will depend on your imagination though one conquest requires one action. I may increase to 5 later on but nothing higher.



Pick a province, pick your colour, tells us basically what you are and then join. Flags be nice but overall go as mad as you want.

Civ'ed

Kingdom of the n Italies
Colour green
Capital Rome
Government: Semi-Constitutional Autocratic Monarchial Republic



Tolni

Serene Republic of Venice
Colour blue
Capital: Venice, Lombardy
Government: Merchant Republic



Zappericus

Greater Orussia
Colour: orange
Capital: Muscowy
Government: Angry Slavic Autocracy
Anthem: Katyusha



christos200

United States of America
Colour white
Capital: New England
Government: Federal Presidential Republic
Leader: President Ben Carson
Anthem: The Imperial March



Gurra09

Swedish State
Colour: yellow
Capital: West Australia
Government: Parliamentary Directorial Republic
Anthem: Hela Sveriges sång



Novice_Writer54

Empire of Law
Colour: cyan
Capital: Cairo
Government: Literalist Constitutional Republic



MartinLuther

Nortonia
Colour: Red
Capital: California
Government: Feudal Monarchy
Current Leader: Emperor Norton




Decamper

Buccaneers
Colour: Black
Capital: Caribbean
Government: Rum Soaked Pirate Brawls
Current Leader: Captain Morgan



Terran Empress

Caliphate of Cordoba
Color: Blue-Green
Capital: Córdoba, Argentina
Government: Theocratic Monarchy



NinjaCow64

Nation of the Tiger Dojo
Colour: Dark Orange
Capital: Kansai
Leader: Her Majesty the Glorious, Young and Beautiful President: Taiga Fujimura
Student Vice-President No 1 Ilya von Einzbern (right)
Government: Presidential Dictatorship
National Anthem: Carnival Phantasm OP 「Super☆Affection」



NPCs

Republic of Chile
Government: representative democracy
Colour: pinkish red



Maritime Union
Government: democratic federation
Leader: Bernie Sanders
Colour: dark green

Wonders of the World

Pyramid of Maine: located in New England, this monument provides +1 culture, +1 economy and +1 moral to whoever owns it. Currently owned by Donald Trump's USA.

Other Notes

Midatlantic: +1 defence against all invaders
Poland: +1 defence against all invaders
Queensland: +1 defence against all invaders
GM (in game, not real live) on jacked up rum between turn three and four

Claiming Rome as the Kingdom of the n Italies, solve for n.
Color will be, of course, green. And blue. and pink.
Mostly green, though, as it is the colour of n/4 Italies that make up the Kingdom of the n Italies.

when suddenly the most Serene Republic of Venice arose in Lombardy, taking all the spotlight in blue.

Claiming Muscowy as Greater Orussia. Colour will be orange. Angry slavic autocracy, basically

Claiming N. England. Color white. United States of America - Federal Presidential Republic.

Swedish State
Claims: Western Australia
Color: Yellow

A Swedish government-in-exile based in Perth, the Swedish State is the one and only true successor state to the Kingdom of Sweden. As such it refuses to give up its claim to the Scandinavian homeland which as of yet remains unrecognised by the international community. The Swedish State is a parliamentary directorial republic, headed by the seven-member State Council of Swedish Affairs as collective head of government and state. Citizenship of the Swedish State, which makes one eligible to vote in elections and run for public office, is defined as a person either holding a Swedish State-issued passport or being a resident of its territories for 2 years time.

I'll start in Texas. I've actually got some ideas for NES-style stories for this one. I don't mind my colour.
(EDIT: Actually, make that Cairo.)

Name: Empire of Law
Government: Literalist Constitutional Republic (see backstory)

Backstory: The "Empire of Law" is founded on the principle that ordinary Rule of Law is too relaxed and flexible. Laws are written in "Lawese", a language created for maximised literal precision. By both cultural convention and strict constitutional rules, no Common Law tradition exists, and judges are only needed to decide on questions of fact. If a law somehow shows ambiguity despite the language, the law itself is automatically invalid.

Government powers are so divided between all sorts of different constitutional bodies, all with their own rules of appointment, that nobody can be clearly considered the Executive or Legislative power and nobody is identifiable as a Head of Government or of State. The culture has the same traditional paranoia about Judicial Review that the culture of the United States at it's foundation had about excessive Executive power, and gun ownership is a prerequisite for the right to vote so the government will not overstep its powers.

Nortonia

Claim: California
Color: Red
Capital: San Francisco
Government: Feudal Monarchy.
Description: Emperor Norton became an actual emperor.

I have given Novice Writer54 cyan for the purposes of a cyanic spring.

I am considering beginning this game Sunday evening GMT; this should allow other players to stop by before update zero commences. Sunday 5:00PM GMT ok with ya all?

Edit: I have decided Sunday instead of today to allow more sign ups the chance to sign up.

That works out. I'm not sure how quickly you'll update, so just in case I'm going to PM you my first turn in advance.

I would prefer orders posted in thread (due to the nature of a roll game) though this is subject to review.

As for updates: it will depend, though every two or three days could allow for some flexibility but again this will depend on people posting their orders.

Either way I look forward to 5PM GMT tomorrow to begin this show!

Buccaneers
Colour: Black
Capital: Caribbean
Government: Rum Soaked Pirate Brawls
Current Leader: Captain Morgan

'I be Cap'n Morgan, 'n we be th' Buccaneers! gift us ye lovely booty 'n spiced rum!'

Hey Ailed, you left out Trinidad and Tobongo on the Caribbean.

I will add them in the next map update AKA when we get the next sign up.

Note to all players: thanks to ML, Dec and Gur I would love to see players use flags, so I can use it to make the stat post more colourful. Consider well

Edit: I can be contacted to do a flag through chat; I have added Tolni's flag through the method.

Edit 2: added the American flag and Drumpf at Christos's request for his nation.

Edit 3: added Civ's crest.

On the flag issue- I'm simply going to authorize Ailedhoo to do whatever sort of flag he likes for the Empire of Law. My expertise on what works in these contexts is practically zero, but he might know what to do there.

EDIT: I also acknowledge that my Empire made a lot more thematic sense in Texas or somewhere else in the United States than it does where it is. Or even China for it's legalist traditions. Honestly, I'm where I am out of strategy rather than thematic sense.

Caliphate of Cordoba​

Claim: Argentina
Color: Argentine Blue or Muslim Green or Blue-Green
Capital: Córdoba
Government: Theocratic Monarchy
Description: After the muslim plot to overthrow the democratic European states (except for Sweden which has become so muslim that their king had to flee to Australia) was discovered and thwarted by the "saviors of europe" of the National Front, UKIP, NDP, and others, the various Muslim refugees now had to flee Europe. What better place than Argentina? A well known country to harbor right wing extremists. Once they reached their new home they began the work of establishing a new caliphate in Córdoba (because where else would they?)

Welcome aboard the HMS Aileiot; we will be commencing sailing at 17:00 GMT (that is 13:00 EDT or Noon EST) today.

Please be sure that you have all your belongings with you and prepare to enjoy the journey.

So far you all game; this will be a wonderful sailing.

Nation of the Tiger Dojo​

National Anthem:


Link to video.

Government: Presidential Dictatorship



Taiga: What is that, a picture for ants?

Ilya: It was literally the only one Ninja could find that didn't have text on it!

Taiga: SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!!!

Her Majesty the Glorious, Young and Beautiful President: Taiga Fujimura (left)

Student Vice-President No 1 Ilya von Einzbern (right)

Ministers will come later. I intend to have a lot of Type-Moon cameos though, I might not include all of them on this post. The main people featured in the RP will be Taiga and Ilya though.

History: After Taiga's constant demands for a fourth season of Carnival Phantasm, another Carnival moment swept the nation (watch up until the bit before the intro). After a series of absurd events involving Lancer's E-rank luck, the whole of Japan was thrown into anarchy. Only through luck the wisdom and experience of President Taiga Fujimura was she able to form a new nation. ITS STARTING!

Starting Location & Colour: Dark Orange, Kansai.

This is your captain speaking; I have added NC and his national anthem; if you all fancy ask me to include a anthem to be linked with your nation if you fancy.