[Alternate History] 1598: Italian Tempest RPG

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

So can I make my own generals and stuff? Can I create my own family?

Alright, I'll play as them (I feel like a foreign noble inheriting new lands).

Details to come.

You should totally be the Prince of Taranto.

Umbria sends a diplomat to Borgia.

Also Umbria would like to declare neutrality and would not like to join in any

war if possible

We shall consider your offer with grace and magnanimity - Raffaelo Campo d'Aurea

[Påsan]

Guys you don't need to "send diplomats" and stuff. Just write in pm what you need to say

[Ace_General]

Guys you don't need to "send diplomats" and stuff. Just write in pm what you need to say

Well with myself posting and calling for a conference, I am conducting public diplomacy

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

Il Gran Ducato di Milano would like to point out the inherent weakness of Umbria by way of their geography. The presence of the Apennine Mountains running through the middle of their territory would imply that half of their realm is vulnerable due to their inability to reinforce that area with troops from across the mountains. A coalition formed against Umbria would destroy them easily; you need me - Raffaelo Campo d'Aurea

[Ace_General]

Il Gran Ducato di Milano would like to point out the inherent weakness of Umbria by way of their geography. The presence of the Apennine Mountains running through the middle of their territory would imply that half of their realm is vulnerable due to their inability to reinforce that area with troops from across the mountains. A coalition formed against Umbria would destroy them easily; you need me - Raffaelo Campo d'Aurea

Well, from my perspective, their realm is only really vulnerable from the north from a Tuscan advance, because they have the sea to the east, the papacy to the west, and moutains in the south and the only really great way in is the coast road.

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

I suppose if a coalition formed against them and flooded the coastal area then only the interior would be safe at that time. I mean if they tried to slowly send troops across the Apennines to save the coastal area they probably would not make it in time. Meanwhile Tuscany would probably just invade Umbria itself while the troops are in a limbo crossing attempt of the Apennines. Especially if the invasions happened in winter then crossing those mountains would be even harder. Or quickly overrun the coastal strip and just do a meat grinder campaign against the interior which would probably just buy Umbria some time but not necessarily save them.

[Ace_General]

A proclamation from Tuscany:

The Tuscan Republic and Umbria announces a defensive alliance and marriage between the ruling houses.

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

I took the liberty to draw borders on the huge city map. So go see what cities you got.
http://postimg.org/image/3vrwjyvp9/full/

THE MAP

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Lord Oda Nobunaga (Gran Ducato di Milano)

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1. Milan
2. Monza
3. Bicocca
4. Como
5. Bellaggio
6. Bellinzona
7. Varese
8. Bergamo
9. Marignano
10. Crema
11. Cremona
12. Asola
13. Mantua
14. Verona
15. Carda
16. Peschiera
17. Agnadello
18. Bornio
19. Lugano

Pasan (Republic of Venice)

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1. Novara
2. Vercelli
3. Vigevano
4. Casale
5. Alessandria
6. Tortona
7. Bobbio
8. Fornovo
9. Parma
10. Lamella
11. Lodi
12. Pavia
13. Borgo Santo Donnino
14. Serravala
15. Treviso
16. Venice
17. Vicenza
18. Padua
19. Carrara
20. Este
21. Rovigo
22. Ferrara
23. Comacchio
24. Ravenna
25. Cervia
26. Faenza
27. Bologna

Diamat (Duchy of Lombardy)

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1. Bolzano
2. Triento
3. Roveredo
4. Riva
5. Bassano
6. Feltre
7. Bellano
8. Agordo
9. Cadore
10. Cividale
11. Udine
12. Gradisca
13. Gorz
14. Grado
15. Trieste
16. Istria
17. Parenzo
18. Rovigno
19. Pola

Kirila the Kitten (Republic of Genoa)

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1. Asti
2. Aloti
3. Albenga
4. Savona
5. Chiavari
6. Genoa
7. Pontremoli
8. Spezia
9. Sarzanti
10. Pietra Santa
11. Massa
12. Fivizanno
13. Bastia
14. Calvi
15. Ajaccio
16. Bonifacio
17. Olbia
18. Nuoro
19. Oristano
20. Sassari
21. Alghero

Ace_General (Repubblica della Toscana)

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1. Lucca
2. Pisa
3. Legorn
4. Elba
5. Piombino
6. Grosseto
7. Chiusi
8. Montepulciano
9. Siena
10. Prato
11. Pistela
12. San Miniuto
13. Florence
14. Arezza
15. Cortona
16. Forli
17. Cesena
18. Rimini
19. Pesaro
20. Fano
21. Urbino
22. San Marino
23. Orbetello
24. Volterra

Spartan999 (Umbria)

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1. Citta di Castello
2. Sinigaglia
3. Ancona
4. Osimo
5. Macerata
6. Fermo
7. Civitella
8. Teramo
9. Atri
10. Pescara
11. Aquila
12. Rieti
13. Taglia
14. Sora
15. Narni
16. Terni
17. Spoleto
18. Asrati
19. Jesi
20. Camerino
21. Assisi
22. Foligno
23. Gubbio
24. Perugia

Ikaroqx

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1. Chieti
2. Sulmone
3. Termoli
4. Isernia
5. Anagni
6. Roceusecia
7. Frosinone
8. Pontecorvo
9. San Germano
10. Campobasso
11. Troja
12. Cerignola
13. Foggia
14. San Severo
15. Manfredonia
16. Barletta
17. Trani
18. Bisceglia
19. Giovinazo
20. Bari
21. Vola
22. Monopoli
23. Notala
24. Taranto
25. Oria
26. Brindisi
27. Ruvo
28. Bitonto
29. Altamura
30. Castellaneta
31. Melfi
32. Venosa
33. Atella
34. Potenza

Char Aznable (Kingdoms of Syracuse and the Lower Italy)

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1. Lecce
2. Otranto
3. Gallipoli
4. Castrovillari
5. Crotone
6. Serria
7. San Marco
8. Cosenza
9. Castiglione
10. Catanzaro
11. Squillace
12. Terranova (Calabria)
13. Gerace
14. Seminara
15. Scylla
16. Reggio
17. Messina
18. Taormina
19. Catania
20. Syracuse
21. Avola
22. Ragusa
23. Terranova (Sicily)
24. Lipari

Ciciro (the Catalan Dominion)

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1. Terracina
2. Fondi
3. Gaeta
4. Sessa
5. Traierio
6. Capua
7. Caserta
8. Aversa
9. Naples
10. Nola
11. Avellina
12. San Severino
13. Benevento
14. Sorrento
15. Nocera
16. Salerno
17. Amalfi
18. Policastro
19. Capri
20. Cefalu
21. Palermo
22. Fermini
23. Enna
24. Caltanisetta
25. Girgenti
26. Mazzara
27. Marsala
28. Trapani
29. Tortoli
30. Cagliari
31. Carbonia
32. Sanluri

Iron Aquilifier (Duchy of Savoy)

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1. Aosta
2. Maggiore
3. Biella
4. Ivrea
5. Susa
6. Turin
7. Pinerola
8. Saluzzo
9. Cuneo
10. Mondovi
11. Ceva
12. Porto Maurizio
13. Ventimiglia
14. Monaco
15. Nice
16. Cherusco
17. Brai
18. Arona
19. Ossola

[Ace_General]

I took the liberty to draw borders on the huge city map. So go see what cities you got.
http://postimg.org/image/3vrwjyvp9/full/

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Actually all of this is encouraging me to start up a Florence game in EUIV.

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

I don't play EUIV, actually this is really the only Italy related anything I have ever played (except NTW Italy campaign). But Central Italy looks so densely populated. How will we do defense? Is every city a fortress or something?

[Ace_General]

I don't play EUIV, actually this is really the only Italy related anything I have ever played (except NTW Italy campaign). But Central Italy looks so densely populated. How will we do defense? Is every city a fortress or something?

Yeah every city is a fortress more or less, I mean Italy is where they came up with the modern concepts of a star for backed up by guns and aside from the Netherlands or perhaps some sections of N. Germany, it is the most heavily fortified place in the world

Edumacate yourself

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milita...race_Italienne

[Inkie]

When it comes to fortresses, my current disposition is that every city on the 1494 map is walled, whereas only the capitals of each province on the Provinces Map to be found in the game have the latest fortification techniques in the trace italienne style.

Also can I please remind all players to CC me in your private correspondence, it's important for the GM to know what's going on when he writes the story. Fedora tip to those of you already doing so.

Right, all being well I can have some additional information laid out today and the first turns sent out tomorrow, but to do any of that I first need a faction from Ikaroqx (sorry to rush you but things are already getting quite active, I'll need to get the ball rolling), while some extra details from Kirila and Spartan would not be amiss. I underestimated how much trouble timezones could be in terms of keeping tabs on things

[Spartan999]

Alright, I'll play as them (I feel like a foreign noble inheriting new lands).

County of Taranto

Faction name: County of Taranto
Colour: Yellow
Coat of Arms:
Capital: Taranto
Ruling family name: Guiscard
State religious denomination*: Catholic
Current ruler: Robert Guiscard II

A Brief History:* Alternate history*. A young nobleman from France, Robert Guiscard has inherited the Country of Taranto after an odd series of events involving a tavern brawl, three weddings and kinky rumours involving his uncle and -

Robert then, his name conveniently the same as the man who had created the County in the 11th century, sailed to Italy and was quickly matched with a respectfully demure noblewoman, Perretta Vereconi. Now with a faithful wife at his side and a son on his lap, Robert is ready to enter the world of Italian politics.

*It's embarrassingly incompetent of me, but I don't know what faction I am really. Various maps I looked at don't show it, generally labelling my areas as part of the Kingdom of Naples. I hope that making this up will still suit the game, and I'll certainly stick to authenticity as much as I can.

Taranto=Tarentum= You're yellow

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

Ciciro, Pasan and Ikaroqx are like mega super powers. We should all just invade them.

[Iron Aquilifer]

Faction name: Duchy of Savoy
Colour: Purple
Coat of Arms:

Capital: Torino
Ruling family name: House of Savoy
State religious denomination: Catholic
Current ruler: Blades Humbert (otherwise known as Humbert the Pale)

History: The Savoy family were once Counts of the imperial province which stood as a border between France, Germany and modern-day Switzerland. However, their power and influence increased with each generation until they became "Dukes". With the passing of the war-veteran Ironhead, his disciplined and level-headed son has taken over the mantle of Duke of Savoy. The blood of Kings, French and German and Portuguese flowing in his Italian veins, Humbert has to live up to the legacy his forebearers have left.

Family tree

Emmanuel Philibert, the Ironhead - his wife, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry -- their children --- Francis, died in the cot --- Humbert, the Pale, Duke of Savoy ---- his wife, Beatrice ----- their children ------ Charles, a young boy ------ Margaret, a young girl --- Rodrigo, of Strasbourg ---- his wife, Alissa ----- their son, Octavian, Rose-thorn --- Agnessa, the Dark Cadet branch Philibert, Humbert's cousin - his wife, Mary of Hannover -- their firstborn, Vittorio Amelia, Humbert's cousin

Vassals

-Dark green: Conte Rodrigo, a gregarious man -Cream: Contessa Yolande Louise, a young girl -Teal: Conte Philip, a cripple -Orange: Conte Amedeo, a giant of a man

[Spartan999]

Wow so Oda is going to be Oda from Sengoku Basara

and just start fighting everyone ?

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

You mean I'll die in 10 turns (episodes)

[Inkie]

Ugh, 4am and finally everyone is showing up.

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Japanese Timezone-sama, you know were it hurts...

At least we have yet another lovely faction profile. Excellent.

Anyway, I'm to understand that the last family/vassal profiles will be sent to me early next week, so that's most likely when the first turn will begin.

[Ciciro]

Ciciro, Pasan and Ikaroqx are like mega super powers. We should all just invade them.

We are?

[Spartan999]

We know you three are part of the illuminate! Just confess it and tell us

all your secrets and we may let you live