5354 Sharpening My Steel Privately

[Draugr]

NE - All

I would like to declare that there is a clear case of Newbie abuse going on with the Gnomes.  I am being spanked every which way but Sunday and anticipate being at less than 40% of the strength next turn compared to where I was when I "Surprised" my Gnome neighbor three turns ago.

To mimic my Gnome friend....HELP ... HELP .... HELP!!!!

HabeusCorpus

And the reallly sad part is that while I will be a 40% husk of my former self ... I actually believe that the Gnome is stronger than I found him given all the promotions and newly minted fortress we absolutely walked right over and took.  Grrrr.  How humbling.

Well, I was surprised that as the Necromancer, the force that you used to attack my capital on turn 14 didn't really have any undead troops (just 4 zombies). I thought I had to contend with the maximum number of skeletons and zombies and other undead types. Undead troops are fairly cheap food/gold wise every turn which would have allowed you to raise your wizards to higher levels.

Instead, it looks like you recruited from pc's and companions from the wild like a normal kingdom. My advice next time, take advantage of your kingdom's strengths. The Necromancer gets to summon undead troops earlier than any other kingdom (so you don't have to raise your wizards as high as others do) while the skeleton and zombie brigades are very cheap with their food/gold cost. Max out the Skeleton and Damned-into-Zombie brigades before doing others because recruiting "normal" brigades must have slowed you down in paying their cost instead of wizard development.

When I played necro I found it good to do both.  Recruit goblins costing only 2k food/gold and low maintenance at the same time you summon undead troops.

[HabeusCorpus]

NE-PI

First let us set the stage.....

The moon has just risen above the horizon of the calm waters of The Sea of Forgotten. Anchored in a sheltered bay the flagship of the mighty Pirate Fleets sits calmly with the faint glow of the candle lit cabin's quarters visible from the nearby shoreline. Inside, another mug of the finest ale is set down on table in front of the Captain by one of two exceptionally well equipped serving wenches. Placed carefully on the table is an envelope ... the front of which is filled with a looping cursive scrawl -- "To My Friend". A faint perfumed air wafts up from the table to fill the Captain's nostrils. He recognizes that smell....and indeed he knows immediately that this is a letter from a friend.

Opening the letter a gold coin and flower petals fall to the table. Picking the coin up the Captain immediately notices by its heft (it is a least double the thickness of a normal coin) that it comes from the Gnomish lands of Zanthia. Embossed on the front is the picture of the grotesquely obese and pot bellied Gnomish King GoldGut laying on a bed of gold coins. He is covered with nothing but the barest wisp of the finest silks that can be found. Lifting the flower petals to his face, inhaling deeply, fond memories of walks on the beaches of the Forgotten Seas fill the Captain's mind. He has found his happy place.

Unrolling the letter he reads:

My Dearest Captain,

I trust this letter finds you well. The peace your land has seen thus far is a testament to your great leadership and to the wise restraint of your friendly neighbors. It is with great anguish that I share with you that not everyone in the lands enjoys such peace. I bring tides of war, death, destruction and wanton depravity from the battlefields of Zanthia. Provoked by the lavish spending of the Gnomish king on both his wizards and his renowned armies...we had little choice to strike while we still had but the remotest chances of victory. The gods have not smiled on us unfortunately. The war does not go well my friend, and we fear our time here is going to be fleeting.

I share with you that the riches of Zanthia are unparalleled in all the lands. Gold flows like water from the mines of the Gnomish kingdom. The waste, the gluttony, the decadence, and the hedonism is beyond compare! I personally found it an affront to my the eyes and all good morals of decent people everywhere. I invite you mighty Captain to come see the wealth for yourself ... even all of the world's treasure galleons combined would struggle to stay afloat under the weight of the vast quantities of Gnome gold. I invite you to join me to bring a sense of order and humility to the Zanthian lands before it is too late - we have already heard rumors that the Gnomish King has ordered flocks of sheep to be sent up from the Sword Coast to the palace. Just the potential depravity scars the soul.

My friend, ours is a bromance that has served us both well in the past. I believe that our already strong bond would only be strengthened beyond compare with a shared campaign to bring humility to King GoldGut. The stench of his arrogance is overwhelming. While the campaign has but begun ... he already knows it is a foregone conclusion and has begun to lecture me on the finer points of strategy for "the next time". I say we join hands to wipe that smug smirk from his face before his armies wash across your shores next.

Join me my friend ... join me. You will know wealth and true friendship like the lands of Maelstrom have never seen before. Join me before it is too late.

With deepest regards, loving loyalty, misty eyes, arms outstretched, your bestest friend....ever.....

HabeusCorpus

[HabeusCorpus]

BL-AM: Not to worry - just passing through and needed some dry land to nest on. I have other sparkly fish to fry, so let's just agree to pass in the night?
BL-NE: I would take 100k food if you have it. Just name the price.

NE-BL

100,000 food is available.  How does a price of 65,000 gold and a certain key sound?  The High Council has authorized us to be able to issue charity receipts going forward.  My armies seem to be eating less and less as each turn goes by ... please think of me when you belly grumbles in the future.

HabeusCorpus

[Tobias Chipheart]

high elves to all: As advisor to the king I laid the intercepted communications from the Necromancer in the ring laden hands of the king. I had tried to mask the perfume from it beforehand but was unable. I backed away slowly and took my place at the side of the throne room and watched as the king read the messages from the Necromancer to the Gnomes and pirates. His look of disgust became increasingly apparent as he read the communications... "do they have no self respect...." and "that buttkissing..." are among the phrases that escaped our divine leader. He then ordered water and soap to attempt to get the perfume and lipstick off of his hands before getting back to running the great high elven empire. I am blessed to be in the presence of such a great leader.

[Strylian]

high elves to all:  As advisor to the king I laid the intercepted communications from the Necromancer in the ring laden hands of the king.  I had tried to mask the perfume from it beforehand but was unable.  I backed away slowly and took my place at the side of the throne room and watched as the king read the messages from the Necromancer to the Gnomes and pirates.  His look of disgust became increasingly apparent as he read the communications...  "do they have no self respect...." and "that buttkissing..." are among the phrases that escaped our divine leader.  He then ordered water and soap to attempt to get the perfume and lipstick off of his hands before getting back to running the great high elven empire.  I am blessed to be in the presence of such a great leader.

We Dwarves find that work is the only thing that is truly freeing. A Dwarf is only as good as what he can make with his hands. 

We do love to sing and laugh as we work, and the laughs and smile brought on by the recent discourse between the Necromancer King and the Pirate Skipper along with the reply by the High Elven Minister have brought such great joy to our workers that production has gone up 10%. Can we make it 20%? Time will tell. We would eat popcorn but we are busy mining stone. We can not keep enough in stock to fill the needs of the great lords of Alamaze.

[Acererak]

NE-PI

First let us set the stage.....

The moon has just risen above the horizon of the calm waters of The Sea of Forgotten.  Anchored in a sheltered bay the flagship of the mighty Pirate Fleets sits calmly with the faint glow of the candle lit cabin's quarters visible from the nearby shoreline.  Inside, another mug of the finest ale is set down on table in front of the Captain by one of two exceptionally well equipped serving wenches.  Placed carefully on the table is an envelope ... the front of which is filled with a looping cursive scrawl -- "To My Friend".  A faint perfumed air wafts up from the table to fill the Captain's nostrils.  He recognizes that smell....and indeed he knows immediately that this is a letter from a friend.

Opening the letter a gold coin and flower petals fall to the table.  Picking the coin up the Captain immediately notices by its heft (it is a least double the thickness of a normal coin) that it comes from the Gnomish lands of Zanthia.  Embossed on the front is the picture of the grotesquely obese and pot bellied Gnomish King GoldGut laying on a bed of gold coins.  He is covered with nothing but the barest wisp of the finest silks that can be found.  Lifting the flower petals to his face, inhaling deeply, fond memories of walks on the beaches of the Forgotten Seas fill the Captain's mind.  He has found his happy place.

Unrolling the letter he reads:

My Dearest Captain,

I trust this letter finds you well.  The peace your land has seen thus far is a testament to your great leadership and to the wise restraint of your friendly neighbors.  It is with great anguish that I share with you that not everyone in the lands enjoys such peace.  I bring tides of war, death, destruction and wanton depravity from the battlefields of Zanthia.  Provoked by the lavish spending of the Gnomish king on both his wizards and his renowned armies...we had little choice to strike while we still had but the remotest chances of victory.  The gods have not smiled on us unfortunately.  The war does not go well my friend, and we fear our time here is going to be fleeting.

I share with you that the riches of Zanthia are unparalleled in all the lands.  Gold flows like water from the mines of the Gnomish kingdom.  The waste, the gluttony, the decadence, and the hedonism is beyond compare!  I personally found it an affront to my the eyes and all good morals of decent people everywhere.  I invite you mighty Captain to come see the wealth for yourself ... even all of the world's treasure galleons combined would struggle to stay afloat under the weight of the vast quantities of Gnome gold.  I invite you to join me to bring a sense of order and humility to the Zanthian lands before it is too late - we have already heard rumors that the Gnomish King has ordered flocks of sheep to be sent up from the Sword Coast to the palace.   Just the potential depravity scars the soul.

My friend, ours is a bromance that has served us both well in the past.  I believe that our already strong bond would only be strengthened beyond compare with a shared campaign to bring humility to King GoldGut.  The stench of his arrogance is overwhelming.  While the campaign has but begun ... he already knows it is a foregone conclusion and has begun to lecture me on the finer points of strategy for "the next time".   I say we join hands to wipe that smug smirk from his face before his armies wash across your shores next.

Join me my friend ... join me.  You will know wealth and true friendship like the lands of Maelstrom have never seen before.  Join me before it is too late.

With deepest regards, loving loyalty, misty eyes, arms outstretched, your bestest friend....ever.....

HabeusCorpus

PI- Understand you ran into some trouble. At this juncture I’m not amenable to intervening, after all you attacked him from what I gather. Us Pirates don’t much yearn for war, sailing the seas, adventuring and maybe a little kidnapping of those that upset us is about all we do. As of now the Gnome hasn’t touched us. Good luck and I’ll certainly be watching. 

Now, that doesn’t mean agent missions are unavailable. I would very much like the crystal of seeing you possess so if you offer that for a specific mission or two we can talk.

[HabeusCorpus]

NE-PI

First let us set the stage.....

The moon has just risen above the horizon of the calm waters of The Sea of Forgotten.  Anchored in a sheltered bay the flagship of the mighty Pirate Fleets sits calmly with the faint glow of the candle lit cabin's quarters visible from the nearby shoreline.  Inside, another mug of the finest ale is set down on table in front of the Captain by one of two exceptionally well equipped serving wenches.  Placed carefully on the table is an envelope ... the front of which is filled with a looping cursive scrawl -- "To My Friend".  A faint perfumed air wafts up from the table to fill the Captain's nostrils.  He recognizes that smell....and indeed he knows immediately that this is a letter from a friend.

Opening the letter a gold coin and flower petals fall to the table.  Picking the coin up the Captain immediately notices by its heft (it is a least double the thickness of a normal coin) that it comes from the Gnomish lands of Zanthia.  Embossed on the front is the picture of the grotesquely obese and pot bellied Gnomish King GoldGut laying on a bed of gold coins.  He is covered with nothing but the barest wisp of the finest silks that can be found.  Lifting the flower petals to his face, inhaling deeply, fond memories of walks on the beaches of the Forgotten Seas fill the Captain's mind.  He has found his happy place.

Unrolling the letter he reads:

My Dearest Captain,

I trust this letter finds you well.  The peace your land has seen thus far is a testament to your great leadership and to the wise restraint of your friendly neighbors.  It is with great anguish that I share with you that not everyone in the lands enjoys such peace.  I bring tides of war, death, destruction and wanton depravity from the battlefields of Zanthia.  Provoked by the lavish spending of the Gnomish king on both his wizards and his renowned armies...we had little choice to strike while we still had but the remotest chances of victory.  The gods have not smiled on us unfortunately.  The war does not go well my friend, and we fear our time here is going to be fleeting.

I share with you that the riches of Zanthia are unparalleled in all the lands.  Gold flows like water from the mines of the Gnomish kingdom.  The waste, the gluttony, the decadence, and the hedonism is beyond compare!  I personally found it an affront to my the eyes and all good morals of decent people everywhere.  I invite you mighty Captain to come see the wealth for yourself ... even all of the world's treasure galleons combined would struggle to stay afloat under the weight of the vast quantities of Gnome gold.  I invite you to join me to bring a sense of order and humility to the Zanthian lands before it is too late - we have already heard rumors that the Gnomish King has ordered flocks of sheep to be sent up from the Sword Coast to the palace.   Just the potential depravity scars the soul.

My friend, ours is a bromance that has served us both well in the past.  I believe that our already strong bond would only be strengthened beyond compare with a shared campaign to bring humility to King GoldGut.  The stench of his arrogance is overwhelming.  While the campaign has but begun ... he already knows it is a foregone conclusion and has begun to lecture me on the finer points of strategy for "the next time".   I say we join hands to wipe that smug smirk from his face before his armies wash across your shores next.

Join me my friend ... join me.  You will know wealth and true friendship like the lands of Maelstrom have never seen before.  Join me before it is too late.

With deepest regards, loving loyalty, misty eyes, arms outstretched, your bestest friend....ever.....

HabeusCorpus

PI- Understand you ran into some trouble. At this juncture I’m not amenable to intervening, after all you attacked him from what I gather. Us Pirates don’t much yearn for war, sailing the seas, adventuring and maybe a little kidnapping of those that upset us is about all we do. As of now the Gnome hasn’t touched us. Good luck and I’ll certainly be watching. 

Now, that doesn’t mean agent missions are unavailable. I would very much like the crystal of seeing you possess so if you offer that for a specific mission or two we can talk.

NE - PI

Friend ... it is always so good to hear from you.  Your response is unfortunate but I completely understand.  I am not offended in the slightest ... do not worry our friendship is still as tight as ever.  

In regards to me attacking the Gnome ... while yes this may be technically true when you look at it through an extremely narrowly focused lense.  This attack was not done, however, without significant provocation.  I have never seen anyone spend so much gold in such an aggressive manner in all my life.  I was also getting a very bully like silence treatment from him on the forum.  He was clearly pushing us into a corner and we had little choice but to strike back in a first strike preemptively defensive kind of manner.  I have no doubt that we will be fully vindicated in the history books of Valhalla.

In regards to your services ... they may indeed come in handy in the future.  I understand from reading previous forums that it is okay to negotiate these engagements offline?  If that holds true in this game... then please send me your private email so that we can discuss a possible engagement.

HabeusCorpus

[unclemike]

So much talk about us Gnomes and all we're doing is counting our gold, one coin at a time.

This game is on turn 17 and is possible to end in 2019 to qualify for the Championship so consider being more aggressive this month if you're interested in bumping up your rating.

Just a reminder, if you check the first post for this game (http://www.kingdomsofarcania.net/forum/s...7#pid63547), no outside communications than the forum and no ally so any agreement must be done in a public fashion and be mutually beneficial (e.g., pay you gold for something in return).

[HabeusCorpus]

So much talk about us Gnomes and all we're doing is counting our gold, one coin at a time.

This game is on turn 17 and is possible to end in 2019 to qualify for the Championship so consider being more aggressive this month if you're interested in bumping up your rating.

Just a reminder, if you check the first post for this game (http://www.kingdomsofarcania.net/forum/s...7#pid63547), no outside communications than the forum and no ally so any agreement must be done in a public fashion and be mutually beneficial (e.g., pay you gold for something in return).

I had see one forum where there was a Underworld player and to truly play their role there needed to be a bunch of negotiation/targetting that couldn't be done publicly.  They allowed private communication for that purpose.

I am good either way ... but don't see how you can contract assassination of King Goldgut in a public forum.  Whoops did I just say that out loud? 

Let us know please.

[DuPont]

BL-AM: Not to worry - just passing through and needed some dry land to nest on. I have other sparkly fish to fry, so let's just agree to pass in the night?
BL-NE: I would take 100k food if you have it. Just name the price.

NE-BL

100,000 food is available.  How does a price of 65,000 gold and a certain key sound?  The High Council has authorized us to be able to issue charity receipts going forward.  My armies seem to be eating less and less as each turn goes by ... please think of me when you belly grumbles in the future.

HabeusCorpus

I have been traveling and was just able to check the forum. I will put in for this trade and wait until the turn runs. If you see this and put it in, great, but no worry if you do not see it in time.

I should say, i will trade the gold for food this time as we can only do one trade per turn so the key would have to be next turn.