#Ruler NPCs

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cunning dew
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I am running a 5e campaign set in a homebrew world, where conflict between kingdoms, peoples, and other factions plays a large role. I am looking for 'players' to control the various leaders and rulers of the world.

Asynchronous, play by post over discord PMs.

Every month of in-game time, I will send you a briefing on the events of the past month and ask you your goals and how you direct your armies, vassals, and agents to fulfill them.

Because this is based on in-game passage of time, the pacing will be unpredictable, so I appreciate your flexibility; do be aware that if i do not get a response in a reasonable timeframe, you may lose a turn or your spot may be given away

I have my setting document linked below, as well as a more succinct handout to convey the general vibes, please message me if interested or if you have any questions or ideas!

My setting is always evolving so contributions you think would make any of these more compelling are more than welcome

setting doc [work in progress, still codifying the fallout from my previous campaign]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pumKdLqJhXIman9LyvHTQhlyrA6nWPckCjZheYouIvs/edit?usp=sharing

handout: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mhgy2195xRjeKITt7Zg6vXnsfTdYf0vf17i7a29gyBc/edit?usp=sharing

Rulers
Sofia V of Lucera: CLAIMED
Simon I of Aendrim: CLAIMED
Aro IV, Warlord of all Orcs: CLAIMED
Nirkadan, Great King of the Dwarves of the Three Mountains: CLAIMED
High King Aeglos of the Elves of Saronande: CLAIMED
Queen Swigeburg the Prudent of Rosric: CLAIMED
King Guy the Well-Counseled of Leuven: CLAIMED
High King Ornano the Tall of the Elves Isaldris: CLAIMED
Ariel II of the Holy Throne, Mother of the Faithful: CLAIMED
Knights of the Order of Terror: CLAIMED
Knights of the Order of Mercy: CLAIMED
Knights of the Order of Vigilance: CLAIMED

dusty python
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What plans do you have for scheduling with this?

cunning dew
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Very hard to predict how long that’ll be on average

dusty python
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ohh gotcha, that makes sense

cunning dew
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My last campaign lasted 23 in game months over 102 sessions

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So roughly 1/ irl month on average

fallen tulip
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I'm interested! Feels like a grand strategy game sitting on top of 5e

cunning dew
supple mortar
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I'd love to help out seems fun ✨

sharp rampart
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This sounds very interesting! Sort of like we're miniature assistant gms!

cunning dew
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yeah it's a fun way to make the world a little more dynamic for the players

sharp rampart
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I have some time later tonight to give all this a read, but count me as interested for now

cunning dew
terse surge
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Oh so cool - I would love to join in as a faction if there is still space

cunning dew
terse surge
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Will give this all a read in the morning and reach out

haughty flower
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Woo I'd love to help out. I'll give it a look in the morning

cunning dew
trim matrix
cunning dew
trim matrix
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Do Mercy and Vigilance have their own states or are they just societies?

cunning dew
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Order of Terror is more compact territorial block

trim matrix
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Aha that's the clarification I needed. Thanks for reading my mind before I posted

karmic rivet
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I'd like to help out.

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should I pm you?

cunning dew
karmic rivet
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hell yeah

cunning dew
trim matrix
pale summit
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awh man this looks awesome. I've always wanted to pull this off in my own games.

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I'll galdly play a faction, i'm taking a look at the lore doc right now

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Order of Mercy looks badass

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Weeping Knights and penitent nobles?

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hell yeah

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The Sunflower knight is a cool title for the Vigilance guys too

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I'd like to take the Mercy Knights if that's alright

cunning dew
pale summit
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yeah I was a bit worried about being uninvolved since they seemd undead focused...but they also act as emissaries so that really sealed the deal

sharp rampart
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Any update on when this starts?

tidal bear
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This sounds really cool! I'm interested in running Aendrim if you're alright with it.

cunning dew
cunning dew
high garnet
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Is knights of the order of vigilance taken?

cunning dew
cunning dew
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Had a couple spots open up, LMK if you're interested

drowsy prawn
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This looks really cool - If the main post is up to date, and you could use someone to run the dwarves I'd be happy to lend a hand

karmic rivet
hollow whale
cunning dew
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@trim matrix @hollow whale @jade prawn @pale summit @karmic rivet @acoustic hamlet @fallen tulip @rare basin @high garnet @supple mortar @tidal bear @drowsy prawn

going to experiment with a basic resource mechanic for January in-game , feel free to offer any feedback , ask any questions, make any comments either here or privately

you start off with a treasury score equal to the maximum number your treasury dice can roll i.e. 4 on 1d4 etc

go ahead and all roll your treasury dice and message me the results

add those numbers together to get your treasury score as of Jan 1

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karmic rivet
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damn outing us all in chat huh /j

fallen tulip
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now everyone knows we're nerds

cunning dew
supple mortar
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:O

drowsy prawn
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seems cool - if you want much more in the way of complexity I'd suggest just using an already existing rule set than building one up from scratch (like matt just ripped the diplomacy rules for capital)

as to offering feedback on the design so far the small numbers means a ton of this ends up being decided by the dice rather than the realm - I'd suggest a design where treasury dice are always or almost always d6s, with the scale of the domain determining the number you roll each month.

cunning dew
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yeah i think starting out i want to keep the numbers small and the rules as simple as possible just for convenience

karmic rivet
high garnet
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Are there ways to invest in elevating the treasury die? Are there events that can result in diminishing the treasury die?

cunning dew
acoustic hamlet
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Those are definitely small numbers!

cunning dew
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random notes

maintaining a court is pretty much a mandatory expense for rulers, so let me know if you want to set a 'default' level for future reference

raising armies and fleets in spring and disbanding them in fall after ~6 months is generally going to be cheaper than trying to maintain any standing forces

cunning dew
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Un/favorable conditions can impose dis/advantage on an expense rolls; for example, dispatching emissaries and maintaining armies during winter are generally at disadvantage

Latter at least you can offset by maintaining your armies on enemy territory through pillage

wise jackal
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Any slots left? I’d love to join

cunning dew
cunning dew
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have updated openings @wise jackal @humble sun

will send out feb 1 briefing soon™️ , so pick your factions if interested or let me know if not

worldly sigil
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@cunning dew I’m interested in King Guy!