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.
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
Your troops nod and move out. You move into the three story building and begin sweeping through the rooms, as does your rifleman and medic. Eventually, you get to the second floor and notice clip laying on the ground. Picking it up, you can tell it's for a German pistol.
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
What will the patrol consist of? How many of what kind of soldiers will go?
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
i say out loud "This is my rifle, there are many like it but this is one is mine..." i think you know the rest of it lol
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
2 Riflemen should be enough, also they will wear camouflage so they don't get spotted.
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 21 man platoon Rank:Leutnant (1st Lieutenant) Specialization: SS Officer Weapons:MP40, Luger P08 Equipment:SS officer uniform. Misc.: Lighter, Mask, 2 clips
You order two riflemen to go out and patrol the surroundings, and they salute you and set off after gathering some ammunition. Later that day, gunshots are heard off in the distance.
Even later, one returns back. "Sir, they've got us completely surrounded. They saw us in one of their camps when they got too close, and they killed Nikolaus. They've go to have hundreds surrounding us."
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 21 man platoon Rank:Leutnant (1st Lieutenant) Specialization: SS Officer Weapons:MP40, Luger P08 Equipment:SS officer uniform. Misc.: Lighter, Mask, 2 clips
Order a retreat, I need more men to fight off so many russians D:
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 21 man platoon Rank:Leutnant (1st Lieutenant) Specialization: SS Officer Weapons:MP40, Luger P08 Equipment:SS officer uniform. Misc.: Lighter, Mask, 2 clips
Are you sure about that? It's almost nightfall and your men are tired and upset. Taking the prisoners could also alert the Russians of your position if they decide to scream for help.
Depending on how everyone else's turns play out, it could be a few hours, or it could end up being postponed until tomorrow. I have plans for tonight, so I have to stop in a while. I will most likely end this session at the end of this current day.
Well, I have a session of Call of Cthulhu planned tonight that I have to GM. It was planned for yesterday, but I missed it, so it was rescheduled to today.
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 21 man platoon Rank:Leutnant (1st Lieutenant) Specialization: SS Officer Weapons:MP40, Luger P08 Equipment:SS officer uniform. Misc.: Lighter, Mask, 2 clips
Well, we should wait for the next day, meanwhile make sure the perimeter is secured so we don't wake up with Russians in the base D: Also, second in command should interrogate teh prisoners.
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 21 man platoon Rank:Leutnant (1st Lieutenant) Specialization: SS Officer Weapons:MP40, Luger P08 Equipment:SS officer uniform. Misc.: Lighter, Mask, 2 clips
Alright. That would be January 2, 1942 over. We'll continue either later tonight, or tomorrow.
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
