Greetings, and welcome to WWII Europe. In this RPG, you will play as a soldier in WWII starting on January 1, 1942. At this point in the war, the Soviet Union has joined the Allied side and been with them for a full year, and are pressing their counter-assault on Nazi Germany. This RPG will not be completely accurate in it's historical events, for game-play purposes. Not all battles that were lost, will be lost here. And not all battles that were won will be won again. Perhaps Nazi Germany wont be defeated, and will break the will of the Allies in Europe and proceed to take over Soviet Russia. Only time will tell.
First off, some rules.
1. Control only your character. Want a team-mate to do something? Tell him to, and he will try his best. 2. Do not assume you succeeded. Please post what you attempt to do and any extra notes about it, but not what happens. 3. In the event you and another player are in the same battle, it is paused until all plays post their move. If someone doesn't post their action within a reasonable amount of time, they will automatically do what makes sense. Ex. Take cover, run away, etc. 4. Please read over your post before you post it. Does your action make sense? Has your question already been answered? And so on.
Now that that's out of the way, some information about your character and your options. You can join one of many armies, of one of six nations, of one of two factions. Your first choice. Are you part of the Allies, or the Axis? Your second. Are you part of the UK, America, Russia, Nazi Germany, Italy, or Japan? Your next choice is what your character is. Is he/she a foot soldier? A pilot? Perhaps they're in the navy. After that, you must choose further specialization. Are you a demolitions expert, a support gunner, a designated marksman, or perhaps you pilot a fighter plane, or a bomber, or are a gunner on a ship. Perhaps you drive a tank, or are the wheel-man for an armored vehicle? You decide.
Now, please fill out your character sheet. There is always room for more, unless stated otherwise.
NamePlease choose a name that fits your Nationality.) Gender: Age18, 17 for American, 14 for German) NationalityUK, Soviet, American, German, Italian, or Japanese) Description: Biography: InjuriesLeave blank unless you want to play with a handicap.) Health status:Good Stamina:100% ArmyLeave blank.) TeamLeave blank.) RankWill take from age and biography.) Specialization: WeaponsLeave blank.) EquipmentLeave blank.) Misc.Put things that you actually use, not things like "Food" "Water" "Family photo"
Your description does not need to be very descriptive. Tall, green eyes, red hair is perfectly fine with your nationality. Any marks or scars or extra things like that is just for fun, and will help me spice up roleplaying. Your biography on the other hand, is very important. I will derive your rank, your abilities, which army you're in, and how people act towards you by how your character has been developed and how their personality is. Please put your background, your personality, and traits or extra tidbits, along with anything special about your character in the Biography section.
Injuries are optional for now, if you sustain one during combat, it will be listed there.
Your Specialization is what kind of soldier you are. Like before, are you a marksmen, demolitions expert, do you pilot a plane? Please be descriptive as possible here on what you do, and I'll simplify it. The more info, the better.
In the Misc section, I'll give you an example of what my character would have.
Frederick Von Bergerdorf, a Nazi support gunner of the Schutzstaffel, ranked what would be Corporal in America, was given a balisong (Butterfly knife) by his father when he was a child, as stated in his biography. That would be his only important misc item, and would be the only thing I list there. It can be left blank. Things like that would not be listed under weapons, as a Balisong is not a fighting knife, it's a knife that most people keep around for doing tricks and just basic cutting, like cutting wrappers and whatnot.
After you're done, please post your character sheet and await a response. Any questions should be posted above your character sheet, along with any comments that aren't about your current action.
Extra note: I'm a GM for Call of Cthulhu in my town. You can trust that I know what I'm doing, and will do my best to give you the best experience possible. I will be using my dice using the D20 system that is taught in my version of Call of Cthulhu, instead of just making up what happens. If you get shot in the head, it's because that guy with the pistol rolled a 1 on his D100. Tough luck, friend.
Worry not, you're shooting while in the battle, I'm just skipping the whole "shoot. hit. shoot. miss." stuff. Major battles get skipped like this, while important stuff (Like you aiming at key targets) is RPG'd.
Name:Stalin Gender:Male Age: 21 Nationality:Soviet Description: 6"1, Short black wavy hair, Brown eyes, a deep scare on his right arm from a acciendent during a battle.Also some light burn marks from playing with explosives Biography: Stalin was always a patron to the motherland, and like any other good patron the minuite he heard Germany had betrayed them he signed up regardless of what his faimly said. He signed up to be a demo expert because he always had a strange fondness for explostions. Expecially the TNT kind. He got his scar from a bad explostion when he was making his own blackpowder and the measurments wernt right. So it exploaded and he sheilded the blast with his arm and thats why theres a big deep scar from the shards that came off. Injuries: Bullet in left arm. Health status:Okay Stamina:100% Army: Red Army Team: Seven man squad Rank:Efreitor (Private) Specialization: Demo expert, usually with blowing up bunkers or getting close to tanks and destroying them with satchel charges. Weapons: PPD-40, 2 RG-42 Grenades, 3 RG-41 Grenades, 1 RPG-6 hand grenade, 1 Satchel charge Equipment:Soviet military uniform with shock pads, helmet Misc.: Detonator
You begin firing off your PPD-40, missing for the most part but hitting a German every now and then. You take cover every few seconds to avoid unneccisary exposure, though you do take a shot to your left arm. This effects your accuracy slightly, but it's not a major wound. Another of your comrades is shot, this time in the stomach, and he screams in pain as he rolls around on the floor. Your squad's medic tries to calm him down and deal with his wound.
Short battle skip later, you're victorious, two men dead and one wounded, you have one bullet in your left arm. Your squad sprints out before reinforcements arrive, and dissapear into the snowy woodlands. At a safe distance, you take out your detonator and with a smile, you press down the lever. Click. You press again, hoping the satchel charge wasn't a dud. click. click. click. And suddenly, off in the camp, your charge explodes, detonating all of the explosives in the bunker as well. The resulting fire causes the ammunition nearby to go off, shooting bullets into the sky and into the camp. Screams are heard as you all smile at each other, and head back to the main camp.
Name: Vlad Dietrich Gender: Male Age:22 Nationality: German Description: 1,85m tall, brown hair and eyes, scars on the elbow area from past missions Biography: Vlad participated as a foot soldier in Russia, in the battles of Stalingrad Vlad was promoted to Lt. for holding the line with only 10 men while the Germans were losing ground and because almost all commanding officers were dead. Russians entered his trench then after a hard melee fight he escaped full of wounds. Following the defeat at Stalingrad, Vlad managed to escape from the Russian troopers by entering the sewers. He stayed there for a while until the area was clear then he ran as much as he could. Vlad didn't take food or water with him so after 1 week he was very tired, starving and wounded. His luck was that a retreating German patrol saw him there. The patrol brought him to Germany for reassignment. Injuries:Scars, minor lasting leg injury. Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army:Schutzstaffel Team: In command of a 22 man platoon Rank:Leutnant (1st Lieutenant) Specialization: SS Officer Weapons:MP40, Luger P08 Equipment:SS officer uniform. Misc.: Lighter, Mask
Your soldiers fight valiantly, though the larger numbers of the Soviets allow them to get killed and still move forward. Eventually they find some of your soldiers and kill them, but they also step on two of your mines, causing a large amount of them to die. In the end, you are left with 22 soldiers. Four marksmen, nine machinegunners, and 9 riflemen, along with you and your second in command. The day is won for you.
Name:Tom Razer Gender:Male Age:19 Nationality:America Description:Brown Hair,Brown Eyes,Tall,Strong looking. Biography:Flunked in school,couldn't pass it so i signed up for the army.After 4 years of Hard and intense training I am ready For War! Injuries:Cuts and bruises. Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army: US Marines Squad: Echo-51 5 man squad Rank: Private Specialization: Squad Designated Marksman Weapons: M1903 Springfield, Colt M1911 pistol Equipment: American uniform, helmet Misc.: Map,1x First Aid Kit, 3 MREs
Your squad shoots out of the bunker, eventually being pushed out of it along with the other nearby squads as the bunkers are overrun by the Japanese. You're pushed back to the trenches and bunkers dug into a hillside, and this is where your forces clashes for most of the day. In the end, the Japanese were kept at bay, though your side lost a lot of men. Word reaches you that more Japanese have landed a few miles to the north-east, and your allies are loosing ground. The battle is fought on during the night, with no one gaining or losing any ground.
Name:Tom Razer Gender:Male Age:19 Nationality:America Description:Brown Hair,Brown Eyes,Tall,Strong looking. Biography:Flunked in school,couldn't pass it so i signed up for the army.After 4 years of Hard and intense training I am ready For War! Injuries:Cuts and bruises. Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army: US Marines Squad: Echo-51 5 man squad Rank: Private Specialization: Squad Designated Marksman Weapons: M1903 Springfield, Colt M1911 pistol Equipment: American uniform, helmet Misc.: Map,1x First Aid Kit, 3 MREs
Um.... Because it is night and a lot of fighting is happening i gather 5 to 10 men and sneak our way behind the japanese.Then trying to kill them without being detected.
Not gonna happen, friend, you're sealed in tight. I'll give you information on the next day after a short break. Pretty much, you're stuck in there until either they retreat, or you do.
Name: Vlad Dietrich Gender: Male Age:22 Nationality: German Description: 1,85m tall, brown hair and eyes, scars on the elbow area from past missions Biography: Vlad participated as a foot soldier in Russia, in the battles of Stalingrad Vlad was promoted to Lt. for holding the line with only 10 men while the Germans were losing ground and because almost all commanding officers were dead. Russians entered his trench then after a hard melee fight he escaped full of wounds. Following the defeat at Stalingrad, Vlad managed to escape from the Russian troopers by entering the sewers. He stayed there for a while until the area was clear then he ran as much as he could. Vlad didn't take food or water with him so after 1 week he was very tired, starving and wounded. His luck was that a retreating German patrol saw him there. The patrol brought him to Germany for reassignment. Injuries:Scars, minor lasting leg injury. Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army:Schutzstaffel Team: In command of a 22 man platoon Rank:Leutnant (1st Lieutenant) Specialization: SS Officer Weapons:MP40, Luger P08 Equipment:SS officer uniform. Misc.: Lighter, Mask
Request further orders on the radio. Order also interrogation of Soviet survivors then execution. Send some troops also to retrieve our wounded.
Name:Nigel Withers Gender: Maale Age:23 Nationality: UK Description: Medium sized man with a mustache Biography: Worked as a mechanic in London for years. I have always wanted to do something better. Time to protect the queens throne. Injuries: none Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army: Team: Rank: Specialization: Support Gunner Weapons: Equipment: Misc.: Flash Light, Map, First Aid
Name: Jarno gender: Male age: 20 nationality: Italian description: 5' 11", 200 lbs. light brown. right handed. Biography: Jarno grew up as an orphan in Rome. He never knew his parents, and never found out what his last name was, so he never took one on. Jarno was very successful in school and decided to go to college. He graduated with a degree as a mechanic. Soon after, graduation, war broke out in Europe, and Jarno's skills as a mechanic were required for the war effort. After but three months of training, Jarno was flung into the fray of the war. Injuries: The pinky and ring finger on his left hand are stuck together. Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army:Regio Esercito Team: Mechanic of a company Rank:Soldato Specialization:repairs, accuracy Weapons: Carcano M1891 Equipment:Italian military uniform, helmet. Misc.: med kit, repair tools, satchel charge, 2 clips
Jarno, you're traveling in a vehicle across Europe with a large force of soldiers, and are heading towards the front lines. You're in friendly territory, and it's estimated you'll be making your first assault in late January.
Sorry friend, that's the first action the Italians see in 1942, is late January. I'll contact your page when it's time to see some action.
Name: Vlad Dietrich Gender: Male Age:22 Nationality: German Description: 1,85m tall, brown hair and eyes, scars on the elbow area from past missions Biography: Vlad participated as a foot soldier in Russia, in the battles of Stalingrad Vlad was promoted to Lt. for holding the line with only 10 men while the Germans were losing ground and because almost all commanding officers were dead. Russians entered his trench then after a hard melee fight he escaped full of wounds. Following the defeat at Stalingrad, Vlad managed to escape from the Russian troopers by entering the sewers. He stayed there for a while until the area was clear then he ran as much as he could. Vlad didn't take food or water with him so after 1 week he was very tired, starving and wounded. His luck was that a retreating German patrol saw him there. The patrol brought him to Germany for reassignment. Injuries:Scars, minor lasting leg injury. Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army:Schutzstaffel Team: In command of a 22 man platoon Rank:Leutnant (1st Lieutenant) Specialization: SS Officer Weapons:MP40, Luger P08 Equipment:SS officer uniform. Misc.: Lighter, Mask, 2 clips
You take up the radio and contact your superiors, noting your success. They congratulate you on defending against a larger, better supplied force, and say reinforcements will be arriving. Your nearby platoons have fallen, and you're surrounded in every direction except for south. They say you may tactfully retreat to assist in halting the degress of the front line, or you can stay there and try to push forward, though it is not advised. You can expect sixty soldiers to arrive in one day. Until then, do what you can to prepare, or retreat.
Your soldiers gather up all the dead and find there are no wounded. Only dead.
You find five soviets who are wounded, but not dead, and take them to the depths of your bunker to interrogate them. You put your second in command in charge of it for now. How will you proceed? You can interrogate the prisoners yourself, if you'd like, but it's not neccesary.
Name:Stalin Gender:Male Age: 21 Nationality:Soviet Description: 6"1, Short black wavy hair, Brown eyes, a deep scare on his right arm from a acciendent during a battle.Also some light burn marks from playing with explosives Biography: Stalin was always a patron to the motherland, and like any other good patron the minuite he heard Germany had betrayed them he signed up regardless of what his faimly said. He signed up to be a demo expert because he always had a strange fondness for explostions. Expecially the TNT kind. He got his scar from a bad explostion when he was making his own blackpowder and the measurments wernt right. So it exploaded and he sheilded the blast with his arm and thats why theres a big deep scar from the shards that came off. Injuries: Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army: Red Army Team: Seven man squad Rank:Efreitor (Private) Specialization: Demo expert, usually with blowing up bunkers or getting close to tanks and destroying them with satchel charges. Weapons: PPD-40, 2 RG-42 Grenades, 3 RG-41 Grenades, 1 RPG-6 hand grenade, 1 Satchel charge Equipment:Soviet military uniform with shock pads, helmet Misc.: Detonator, 3 clips
You arrive back at the main force in early dawn hours, and are congratulated on your success. "Well done, comrade, we could hear the fireworks from here!" One officer says, smiling.
You're informed that the force you're in, consisting of 4,000 Russian soldiers, and multiple tanks, will be sending out a company of 150 soldiers to assault a small, previously Soviet town, that is now controlled by the Nazis. You will be joining them. You will arrive in three days.
Name:Tom Razer Gender:Male Age:19 Nationality:America Description:Brown Hair,Brown Eyes,Tall,Strong looking. Biography:Flunked in school,couldn't pass it so i signed up for the army.After 4 years of Hard and intense training I am ready For War! Injuries:Cuts and bruises. Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army: US Marines Squad: Echo 5 man squad Rank: Private Specialization: Squad Designated Marksman Weapons: M1903 Springfield, Colt M1911 pistol Equipment: American uniform, helmet Misc.: Map,1x First Aid Kit, 3 MREs, 3 clips
The battle continues throughout the day, and one of your squad-members is injured by a bullet to the chest. It misses all important organs, luckily, and he is taken to a corpsman to be bandaged. You, on the other hand, manage to pick off multiple Japanese soldiers in the bunkers and also manage to shoot a grenade on one's chest, blowing up him and all of his friends near-by.
Name:Stalin Gender:Male Age: 21 Nationality:Soviet Description: 6"1, Short black wavy hair, Brown eyes, a deep scare on his right arm from a acciendent during a battle.Also some light burn marks from playing with explosives Biography: Stalin was always a patron to the motherland, and like any other good patron the minuite he heard Germany had betrayed them he signed up regardless of what his faimly said. He signed up to be a demo expert because he always had a strange fondness for explostions. Expecially the TNT kind. He got his scar from a bad explostion when he was making his own blackpowder and the measurments wernt right. So it exploaded and he sheilded the blast with his arm and thats why theres a big deep scar from the shards that came off. Injuries: Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army: Red Army Team: Seven man squad Rank:Efreitor (Private) Specialization: Demo expert, usually with blowing up bunkers or getting close to tanks and destroying them with satchel charges. Weapons: PPD-40, 2 RG-42 Grenades, 3 RG-41 Grenades, 1 RPG-6 hand grenade, 1 Satchel charge Equipment:Soviet military uniform with shock pads, helmet Misc.: Detonator, 3 clips
i go to the small hospital (tent i guess?) and fix my arm and ask to get resuplled but with a little more bang so to speak
Name:Nigel Withers Gender: Maale Age:23 Nationality: UK Description: Medium sized man with a mustache Biography: Worked as a mechanic in London for years. I have always wanted to do something better. Time to protect the queens throne. Injuries: none Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army: British Army Team: Leader of a 5 man squad Rank: Lance Corporal Specialization: Support Gunner Weapons: Bren Light Machinegun Equipment: British military uniform, helmet. Misc.: Flash Light, Map, First Aid kit
You are the temporary leader of a five man squad (Including you), consisting of three riflemen, you, and a medic. You're currently on a scouting mission through a town that is believed to hold Nazi soldiers, but it has not been confirmed. You have multiple other squads throughout the town. Near you, you can see two houses (One two story, and one three story), and a pharmacy. Further down the street are more houses as well as a general store. How will you go about searching this street?
Name:Nigel Withers Gender: Maale Age:23 Nationality: UK Description: Medium sized man with a mustache Biography: Worked as a mechanic in London for years. I have always wanted to do something better. Time to protect the queens throne. Injuries: none Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army: British Army Team: Leader of a 5 man squad Rank: Lance Corporal Specialization: Support Gunner Weapons: Bren Light Machine-gun Equipment: British military uniform, helmet. Misc.: Flash Light, Map, First Aid kit
I send two men into the two story house and the medic, rifleman, and I into the three story building.
Name:Stalin Gender:Male Age: 21 Nationality:Soviet Description: 6"1, Short black wavy hair, Brown eyes, a deep scare on his right arm from a acciendent during a battle.Also some light burn marks from playing with explosives Biography: Stalin was always a patron to the motherland, and like any other good patron the minuite he heard Germany had betrayed them he signed up regardless of what his faimly said. He signed up to be a demo expert because he always had a strange fondness for explostions. Expecially the TNT kind. He got his scar from a bad explostion when he was making his own blackpowder and the measurments wernt right. So it exploaded and he sheilded the blast with his arm and thats why theres a big deep scar from the shards that came off. Injuries:Slight pain in arm Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army: Red Army Team: Seven man squad Rank:Efreitor (Private) Specialization: Demo expert, usually with blowing up bunkers or getting close to tanks and destroying them with satchel charges. Weapons: DP Light MG, 3 RG-42 Grenades, 3 RG-41 Grenades, 1 RPG-6 hand grenade, Equipment:Soviet military uniform with shock pads, helmet Misc.:3 drums
You talk to a higher ranked officer about getting new equipment, and he thinks for a moment. "Well, you did good, I suppose I can give you a little something better for a gun. But you've got the best explosives we have." He tells you to get a Degtyaryov (DP) from the supply truck, and to get an extra grenade to replace the one you threw. You also go to the medic's tent before your group sets off and get the bullet removed and the wound bandaged. Your arm is still a little sore, but you're given some pain killers to help.
Name: Vlad Dietrich Gender: Male Age:22 Nationality: German Description: 1,85m tall, brown hair and eyes, scars on the elbow area from past missions Biography: Vlad participated as a foot soldier in Russia, in the battles of Stalingrad Vlad was promoted to Lt. for holding the line with only 10 men while the Germans were losing ground and because almost all commanding officers were dead. Russians entered his trench then after a hard melee fight he escaped full of wounds. Following the defeat at Stalingrad, Vlad managed to escape from the Russian troopers by entering the sewers. He stayed there for a while until the area was clear then he ran as much as he could. Vlad didn't take food or water with him so after 1 week he was very tired, starving and wounded. His luck was that a retreating German patrol saw him there. The patrol brought him to Germany for reassignment. Injuries:Scars, minor lasting leg injury. Health status:Good Stamina:100% Army:Schutzstaffel Team: In command of a 22 man platoon Rank:Leutnant (1st Lieutenant) Specialization: SS Officer Weapons:MP40, Luger P08 Equipment:SS officer uniform. Misc.: Lighter, Mask, 2 clips
Order my 2nd in Command to Interrogate them then send in a patrol to scout ahead. I'll hold the ground for now.
