I haven't seen many strategic military RPGs, so I'm gonna set one up. Rules are as followed:
1. Do not Godmod. This means that you cannot control the actions of anyone other than you, or NPCs you control. Example: "I choose to flank the enemy to the enemy to the right." ACCEPTABLE "My guys shot everyone in the head I win !1!!1!1one!" UNACCEPTABLE
2. Character sheets are to be realistic. Examples: Being a Second Lieutenant in the marines right at the start is unrealistic. That is a very high rank and is only achieved through officer training. Being a Lance Corporal in the marines right at the start is acceptable IF you have a backstory. Lance Corporal is not a high rank, and is not very important, but if your character has a reason for being promoted it is acceptable.
3. Try not to flame anyone. You will most likely go up against each other at one point or another and flaming "THAT'S NOT FAIR YOU CHEAT" is not cool. If you have a problem with someone's choice of action, tell me and I'll investigate further if it's possible.
4. Try to have fun.
Character sheet is next. Mine will follow, as I will be playing a minor role.
Name : Age : Nationality (Either American, Iraqi or Russian): Military : (There will be a list at the bottom, of militaries for the three countries) Rank : (I will provide a list of ranks in each military) Weapons : Leave blank. I will provide you with what weapon you have, based on your backstory and rank. If you have a specific kind of weapon you want your character to have (Rifle, Light Machine gun, Heavy machine gun) Tell me in the extra notes. Gear : Leave blank, I will provide you with gear. Bio : Not necessary, if left blank I will delete it from your sheet. Extra Information : Not necessary.
Name: Tray Dogenzaka Age: 23 Nationality: American Military: Special Forces Rank: Specialist SPC (E-4) Green Beret Weapons: (R)M24 Sniper Rifle (M) E-Tool Gear: Standard Night Vision Goggles, Green Beret, ammo pouch. Bio: Tray enlisted in the U.S. Army Special Forces program at the age of 20, going through the program and doing good until the SERE, where he almost cracked under the pressure, but managed to stick it out and continue the training until he graduated. Now a Green Beret, and the leader and sniper of his five man squad, Tray is ranked E-4, which is a specialist rank for certain Green Berets. Extra information: Tray is Six foot tall, one inch, and has a "clubbed" left foot, with a scar going from the left side, around the heel, to the right where he had to have surgery when he was born. He has learned to work through the pain, but an injury to the heel strong enough could make him unable to walk properly, or at all. His left foot has been broken 3 times, twice during his childhood and once in a recon mission to the Middle East.
That's mine, as an example. I will be using a program to decide what happens to your choices (If they succeed, fail, partially succeed, how much damage occurs to who etc).
Applicable militaries in each country:
America: The Army (Can be promoted to special forces), The Marines (Can be promoted to special forces). Russia: Russian Ground Forces, Spetsnaz. Iraq: Taliban, Iraqi freedom fighters.
Ranks in the American Army: Ranks in the Marines:
Russian ranks are very hard to explain. Under rank, give me the american rank you'd have in the marines, give me the weapon you use, and give me your combat experience and I'll assign you the appropriate rank. (They have different ranks for different weapon users. Private - rifleman Private - artilleryman and the such)
I can't find any ranks in the Taliban, or the freedom fighters so put what Marine rank you'd have and I'll know what command you have in that army.
Sorry for the long OP, but I wanted to make sure everyone understands everyone, and to make sure I understand everything you have to say. You don't have to be as detailed as I was, which is why bios are not necessary. Join up, I'll start with I have at least 3 people, and at least one person in the American army, and one in any other army. (Meaning I wont start if we have 3 marines, and no one else. But, should we get 4 people in the same army I'll go ahead and start.) Alright, lets go go go!
Name : Maxime Franz Age : 21 Nationality: Russian Military : Spetsnaz Rank : In training Weapons : Fists Gear: Large backpack (Negative effect: -speed/manouverability) HP:5/50 Energy:5/50 Ammo: N/A
I'll start you off as a Spetsnaz recruit. As you may know, they go through many years of abuse (Daily beatings, more beatings if you complain, you must swim through blood and barbed wire in the morning, and then more beatings at night) to prepare them for war, this is why your character is tired, and hurt. You're nearing the end of your training and you're going on a hike soon, with your platoon.
Your team sets off, 1 AM. In the morning and you are given a large back pack, very heavy. You set off with your team, every seems very tired. You can hear howling in the distance and you look around you, only to see darkness and snow. You turn back around and trip over a small stump, concealed by the snow. Struggling to get yourself up with your backpack, and remembering that you are to not take it off until you return, you have multiple decisions.
A. Take off the backpack. B. Dump out the contents. C. Continue trying to get up with it on. D. Crawl. E. Your choice.
A note, you were the last in your team to move out, so if you fall behind you have a chance of losing them in the snow. Take time as a factor, as well as your low energy and health. Too long laying down will sap your energy and health due to the immense cold with barely any protection.
Someone just informed me on MSN there was a misunderstanding with him, and everyone else might be confused also. I will be starting the WARFARE when we have 3 people, but I will do everyone's recruit training when they join, so they can get the feel for the game. Meaning until two other people join, and at least one is in another army, Knockout wont be doing any warfare fights. Sorry for any misunderstandings.
Name : Secretmapper Age : 14-TOO YOUNG FOR THE ARMY Nationality: N/A Military : ????? Rank : Training too??? Weapons : Baseball bat... Gear: clothes...I dont want to go to the army naked HP: Energy: Ammo:
I'm afraid your character has to be at least 17. You need a nationality, also. I'd also prefer if you used a real name. Redo your character sheet, please.
Name : John Bluebaron Age : 22 Nationality: American Military : ????? Rank : Training too??? Weapons : Baseball bat... Gear: clothes...I dont want to go to the army naked HP: Energy: Ammo:
Alright, you were supposed to choose a military, but I'll put you in the army. I sense you're not going to take this too serious, so I'll be sure to keep an eye on you.
Name : John Bluebaron Age : 22 Nationality: American Military : US Army Rank : Recruit Weapons: Empty M4 Gear: Camo uniform HP: 50/50 Energy: 10/50 Ammo: None
You're still going through bootcamp, this is your last week before you graduate and are assigned to a regimen. You wake up early in the morning, still tired, and are told to report to the armory for ammunition, then to the live fire range for an exam. You have multiple choices of where to go first.
A. Go straight to the armory, then to the range. B. Go to the mess hall. C. Your option.
Name : John Bluebaron Age : 22 Nationality: American Military : US Army Rank : Recruit Weapons: M4 Carbine 5/30 Gear: Camo uniform HP: 50/50 Energy: 10/50 Ammo: None
You go to the armory, and the sergeant hands you a box of ammunition. You head to the range and are instructed to load your gun, and fire at the targets.
You finish your test early, with 5 bullets left, and are given the a time to rest.
A. Go to the mess hall B. Go to the obstacle course C. Go to the shooting range D. Your choice
Since we now have 3 people, I'll be starting the warfare. John Steele will start out already out of boot camp, but the rest of you will finish training.
Name :John Steele Age :20 Nationality:American Military : Marines Rank : Private Weapons : M14 Rifle (Scoped)/battle knife Gear : Camo uniform, backpack of rations, night vision goggles Ammo: 50 7.62 mm rounds Team: Captain Frank, Lieutenant Blake, Private First Class Brock HP: 50/50 Energy: 50/50
After being assigned to your squad, you are told that your mission is to do simple recon on a small city in Iraq. You are told to scope out the area, get an estimate of outer guards, and inner hostiles in any way you can, but are not to fire upon the enemy unless they fire on you.
Upon reaching the sector, being south of the village, you notice multiple different strategic points you can capture before starting your recon. Your captain moves directly towards the city for a while before telling you all to split up, you taking point on your team. You are accompanied by Blake.
A. A large hill to the east of the village. Very defensible, should the enemy attack you. B. A large plateau to the west of the city. Might give you a good shot, should the captain run into trouble. C. A valley north of the city. Time consuming, but it seems to be covered in high grass, might provide cover, and let you gather information easier.
Name : Maxime Franz Age : 21 Nationality: Russian Military : Spetsnaz Rank : Private Rifleman Weapons : Draganov rifle scoped Gear: Small medkit, red beret, camo clothes. Ammo: 20 7.62 rifle rounds Team: platoon of Spetsnaz HP: 45/50 Energy: 50/50
You reach behind you and unclip the backback, causing an assortment of large rocks and some pieces of wood to fall out. They filled your backpack with rocks to make it harder! You stand up and regain your composure before setting out to putting the rocks and logs back in. (-1 energy)
You run through the snow towards the sound of footsteps, and catch up with your group unnoticed. You continue the hike and end up back at your camp unharmed, other than being very cold.
You finish your training and get patched up from your training, but some soreness remains. (-5 HP)
You are assigned to a squad sent to eliminate the threat of terrorists in the motherland. You meet up with your squad, comprising of Lieutenant Alekseev, Farrier Ivanov, and Private Pikenier Petrov. You head out to the location, a hotel in a small city. You, being assigned as the sniper of the team, set up under partial cover of a tree while the rest of the team spreads out a skirmish line below you. Through the closed windows you can see many different people, all in different rooms and on different floors. There is no way of telling who is dangerous.
A. Wait for your team to continue. B. Take a shot at someone who looks dangerous. C. Move in closer. (You are sitting on a hill, partially behind a tree. Moving further would give you no cover, and you might loose footing, but you'd see much better.) D. Your choice.
Sorry KoS, I was researching something while typing so not only did I not see you, but I took forever D:
Name :John Steele Age :20 Nationality:American Military : Marines Rank : Private Weapons : M14 Rifle (Scoped)/battle knife Gear : Camo uniform, backpack of rations, night vision goggles Ammo: 50 7.62 mm rounds Team: Private First Class Brock HP: 50/50 Energy: 50/50
You move towards the large hill, and set up equipment on the top of it, with only some low lying brush to give you cover. You look through your scope, while Brock aims around the area to ensure no one is around.
You are unspotted so far.
You can see many people in the city doing their normal duties, and two people near the main gate that seem suspicious, wearing white turbans that cover their entire face. More suspicious about them is the AK-74u's they have strapped around their chests.
The rest of your team went to the plateau, setting up an area to cover you, and to get information. They radio in to tell you there are three armed men patrolling around the city randomly (No definite path, just walking around).
A. Wait, gather more information. B. Move in further. C. Change position (To where?) D. Take a shot at someone (Who?) E. Your choice.
Name : Maxime Franz Age : 21 Nationality: Russian Military : Spetsnaz Rank : Private Rifleman Weapons : Draganov rifle scoped Gear: Small medkit, red beret, camo clothes. Ammo: 20 7.62 rifle rounds Team: platoon of Spetsnaz HP: 45/50 Energy: 50/50
You move in closer, sliding down (on purpose) the hill slowly, and ducking behind a bush. Thanks to the movement in, you can see a man through the glass doorway with a gun and a black mask on. The gun looks large, but you can't tell what it is.
Someone noticed the bush move from the doorway, and went out to investigate. Your team ducked behind cover, and none of you were spotted, but they are suspicious.
Your team looks to you, then nods to each other and moves in around the building, but stop at the walls.
A. Take the first shot. (There is the man with the big gun, the man who went out to investigate, and a person inside who is turned away. You don't know who they are. At who?) B. Give your team the signal to go. C. Give your team the signal to wait. D. Move in further. E. Your choice.
Name : Maxime Franz Age : 21 Nationality: Russian Military : Spetsnaz Rank : Private Rifleman Weapons : Draganov rifle scoped (9/10) Gear: Small medkit, red beret, camo clothes. Ammo: 20 7.62 rifle rounds Team: platoon of Spetsnaz HP: 45/50 Energy: 50/50
You shoot at the man with the large gun, but due to him moving up some stairs to the back, you only hit him in the leg. He drops his gun which slides towards you, and you see is an M249 light machine gun. He coulda tore your squad apart!
Someone in the building yells out something in a foreign language, and you see the people in the windows ducking. If you would have shot them, you would have hit civilians!
Your team throws a grenade into the building and waits until it explodes to move in. You hear multiple shots of gunfire as your team mows down the men inside, and none of your team is injured.
You see many windows opening as people in masks move guns out to look around. You see rifles, sub machine guns, and light machine guns of many different types. They don't see you, and don't know of your team.
A. Take a shot at someone in the window B. Move into the building C. Move back up the hill (Very high chance of getting shot, but better view of the top flores) D. your choice
You were close to the building, almost no chance they could respond to you sprinting in fast enough to shoot you.
Name : Maxime Franz Age : 21 Nationality: Russian Military : Spetsnaz Rank : Private Rifleman Weapons : Draganov rifle scoped (9/10) Gear: Small medkit, red beret, camo clothes. Ammo: 20 7.62 rifle rounds Team: platoon of Spetsnaz HP: 45/50 Energy: 50/50
You radio in to your team that there are many people in the windows, and they acknowledge.
You see your team moving around the ground floor, and hear a few more shots before they move to the main entrance and motion for you to move in.
You take a few seconds to prepare, then sprint inside. Someone with a machine gun shoots at you, but none of the shots hit. The whole building now knows you're in the building.
Your team secures all accesses up and prepares for someone to come down, while you stand in the main hall. You should move!
A. Go to the main stairs, one man already here. B. Go to the stairs to the right, one man already here. C. Go to the stairs to the left, one man already here. D. Your choice.
Lieutenant Alekseev, Farrier Ivanov, and Private Pikenier Petrov.
Name : Maxime Franz Age : 21 Nationality: Russian Military : Spetsnaz Rank : Private Rifleman Weapons : Draganov rifle scoped (9/10) Gear: Small medkit, red beret, camo clothes. Ammo: 20 7.62 rifle rounds Team: Alekseev/Lieutenant, Ivanov/Farrier, Petrov/Private Pikenier HP: 45/50 Energy: 50/50
You move towards the back of the hotel, away from the outer windows and stairs, and end up in the kitchen, looking out the door to the lobby. You can see the eastern and northern stairs, but you can't see the western stairs. There's one door to your right, but you don't know where it leads.
Someone runs down the main stairs, but Petrov, being armed with a shotgun, is quick to take care of it. The man drops a rifle, and a box of ammo that look to be the same as yours! Be sure to pick those up later.
You can hear footsteps from all over the second floor, and know that a large amount of people are now moving down to intercept you.
A. Check the room to your right. B. Hold position in case your squad needs help. C. Run and grab the ammo. You might need it, but you might get shot by someone running down the stairs. D. Your choice.
