NationStates Jolt Archive


The Way of the Warrior (medieval style open RP)

27-11-2003, 02:47
OOC: With the movie The Last Samurai due out in December, I thought it would be interesting to make an RP based on the idea. Here's the basic storyline:

Story: Several armies led by generals fight for control of a strategically placed location between their given nations.

That's it pretty much it, everyone else is free to work in battles, battle details, alliances betrayals, even love stories if you want to. The only requirement is that forces must be armed and directed medieval style which means no future-tech, no tanks, no automatic weapons. Cannon and matchlock muskets (one-shot guns) are allowed though. Just remember however, your troops take time to reload, so just remember that before outfitting your whole army with guns.

And if your nation is a European style nation, you don't have to use samurai as a basis. It'd be interesting to end up seeing samurai vs. knights or Arab raiders or Mongolian raiders or whatever.

That said, the first post:

IC: The mist rose thick over the valley as the night gradually gave way to morning. Birds sang in the trees as the first rays of dawn began to peek through the bamboo forest that lay on one side of the valley. A small village lay at a crucial crossroads, smoke rising from its cooking fires as the town stirred awake.

But something was amiss here. A new noise filled the air as the birds stopped singing in fright. A clanking of spurs, the pants of tired men, the stamping of many feet marching in unision. The sounds of a marching army filled the air...

History was about to be made....