The Shadows of Tenochtitlan:
The year is 1519. Hernán Cortés has just landed an illegal expedition on the Yucatan Peninsula, in seek of glory and fame. Across the Gulf of Mexico, the Spanish government in Cuba is preparing an army for his arrest. Inland, vast empires are plotting his demise. Only time will tell who survives...
Alright, so, in this AC, players will take control of a member of the Spaniards under Hernán Cortés, or a member of the Mexica Triple Alliance/Aztec Empire. Different factions will have different missions.
Within each of these factions, three classes will be available:
Nobles are the commanders. Besides having more sway with NPCs, they tend to get targeted more often, and have more money at game start. Spanish Nobles will recieve horses, native nobles recieve the highest level of native shielding for free.
Soldiers are the grunts of an army. They don't recieve any special benefits, nor do they get penalized for anything.
Missionaries (for Spain) and Priests (for Aztecs) are the support classes of the game. While relatively unarmed (they may carry knives), they act as diplomats, recieve Latin and another extra language at game start, and (for sake of gameplay) act as medics for their team. Aztec priests recieve an extra free language instead of Latin.
Skills:
In this game, characters can have two types of skills:
Innate skills (which cannot be learned), and all others.. which can be.
Innate skills (Choose 1):
Charismatic
Physically Gifted
Mentally Gifted
Lucky
Learnable skills (Choose 1 at game start, but more can be purchased for $500 apiece later):
Extra Language
Sharpshooting
Archery
Seamanship
Swordsmanship
Unarmed Combat
Medical Skills
Weapons:
Languages:
One of the major issues in this AC is the language barrier.
At game start, all Spaniards only know Spanish.
All Aztecs know Nahuatl, and 2 additional native languages.
Being a missionary will add an extra language.
You can also gain skills for additional languages.
Note that NPC factions also exist, and they may not all speak a mutual language with your translators.
As with many (if not all) ACs, RNGs between 1 and 20 will be used, with modifiers based upon skill and armor. Some NPCs (the leaders of each faction) will also have modifiers (think of them as bosses, if you so wish).
Map:
Updated between missions, this map shows the cities each faction controls.
Red cities belong to the Aztecs.
Blue cities belong to the Cholulans.
Orange cities belong to the Chichimeca.
Yellow cities belong to the Tlaxcallans.
Green cities belong to Cortés.
Light Blue cities belong to Narvaez.
Light Green cities belong to the Totonac.
Purple cities belong to Maya factions.
Gray cities are minor NPCs.
The lines on the map are the RL route of Cortés
The year is 1519. Hernán Cortés has just landed an illegal expedition on the Yucatan Peninsula, in seek of glory and fame. Across the Gulf of Mexico, the Spanish government in Cuba is preparing an army for his arrest. Inland, vast empires are plotting his demise. Only time will tell who survives...
Alright, so, in this AC, players will take control of a member of the Spaniards under Hernán Cortés, or a member of the Mexica Triple Alliance/Aztec Empire. Different factions will have different missions.
Within each of these factions, three classes will be available:
Nobles are the commanders. Besides having more sway with NPCs, they tend to get targeted more often, and have more money at game start. Spanish Nobles will recieve horses, native nobles recieve the highest level of native shielding for free.
Soldiers are the grunts of an army. They don't recieve any special benefits, nor do they get penalized for anything.
Missionaries (for Spain) and Priests (for Aztecs) are the support classes of the game. While relatively unarmed (they may carry knives), they act as diplomats, recieve Latin and another extra language at game start, and (for sake of gameplay) act as medics for their team. Aztec priests recieve an extra free language instead of Latin.
Skills:
In this game, characters can have two types of skills:
Innate skills (which cannot be learned), and all others.. which can be.
Innate skills (Choose 1):
Charismatic
Physically Gifted
Mentally Gifted
Lucky
Learnable skills (Choose 1 at game start, but more can be purchased for $500 apiece later):
Extra Language
Sharpshooting
Archery
Seamanship
Swordsmanship
Unarmed Combat
Medical Skills
Weapons:
Spoiler :
One of the major issues in this AC is the language barrier.
At game start, all Spaniards only know Spanish.
All Aztecs know Nahuatl, and 2 additional native languages.
Being a missionary will add an extra language.
You can also gain skills for additional languages.
Note that NPC factions also exist, and they may not all speak a mutual language with your translators.
As with many (if not all) ACs, RNGs between 1 and 20 will be used, with modifiers based upon skill and armor. Some NPCs (the leaders of each faction) will also have modifiers (think of them as bosses, if you so wish).
Map:
Updated between missions, this map shows the cities each faction controls.
Red cities belong to the Aztecs.
Blue cities belong to the Cholulans.
Orange cities belong to the Chichimeca.
Yellow cities belong to the Tlaxcallans.
Green cities belong to Cortés.
Light Blue cities belong to Narvaez.
Light Green cities belong to the Totonac.
Purple cities belong to Maya factions.
Gray cities are minor NPCs.
The lines on the map are the RL route of Cortés
Spoiler :
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