Author Topic: Propitiating the Dread God Arengee - Let's Play King of Dragon Pass! (Read 184341 times)

Stuffman · « **Reply #240 on:** May 03, 2013, 03:18:29 PM »

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Oh hey our rep is up.

Our trollbros must have spoken well of us!

Anyway, whether it's bandits or our neighbors I agree that we should stomp some face this year. Put two ticks in war.

UncertainJakutten · « **Reply #241 on:** May 03, 2013, 06:58:42 PM »

Let us wage war with our stingy trade partners, and teach them that some favors come at too high a price!

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #242 on:** May 04, 2013, 12:13:12 AM »

Pretty typical-looking year, albeit one with a decent magic surplus for early on.

PURVIS ACTUALLY GETS HIS WISH HOLY CRAP (by a whole 5 units of land). Because I came in here to up the wheat for the nice harvest omen anyway. Also Orlgard aged up to his second portrait and I didn't notice until the event so I didn't get the portrait without the stats borders and you get his old one in the ring advice for now. =P

Priestesses of Chalana Arroy from many different clans have gathered together to pay homage to their goddess. As part of their devotions, they are traveling to various tulas and offering to heal the sick and the wounded. They ask only that you promise to aid them in the future, when your help is needed. The more people they heal, the greater the favor they will ask. The people are honored by their visit.

There are 58 people sick. (And no wounded, which the game doesn't list because zero.)

1. Ask them to heal all of your sick and wounded.
2. Ask them to heal half of your sick and wounded.
3. Ask them to heal only a few people.
4. Decline their offer.
5. Decline their offer, give them gifts.

Everyone loves and respects the priestesses of Chalana Arroy; if we gift them generously, other clans will look on us with favor. (5)

Not all attempts to heal are successful.

Of course, we should let them heal everyone. (1)

In general, it is bad to promise a favor when you do not know what that favor will be. However, if you can trust anyone, is is priestesses of the Healing Goddess. (2)

Many of the people are sick. (1)

Let's not overtax them. (3)

Did I ever tell you about what happened when Eurmal lifted Chalana Arroy's skirt to see what was underneath?

If I recall, when the favor does get cashed in, it's usually something along the lines of

Spoiler:

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UncertainJakutten · « **Reply #243 on:** May 04, 2013, 12:33:40 AM »

HEAL EVERYONE AND BRIBE THEM WITH EVERYTHING

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #244 on:** May 04, 2013, 12:39:49 AM »

Heal everyone. Offer them farmland in turn.

Sagus · « **Reply #245 on:** May 04, 2013, 03:09:35 AM »

Healings for everyone! 1

Quote from: Arashuu Iwabara on May 04, 2013, 12:13:12 AM

Did I ever tell you about what happened when Eurmal lifted Chalana Arroy's skirt to see what was underneath?

...I'm intrigued.

Von Stein · « **Reply #246 on:** May 04, 2013, 04:38:33 AM »

"Did I ever tell you about what happened when Eurmal lifted Chalana Arroy's skirt to see what was underneath?" Clearly all effort mustbe put into getting Mosdorl to regale the rest of this story.

And eh, 1.

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #247 on:** May 04, 2013, 04:46:53 AM »

HEEEEEEEAAAAAAAL 1

draganuv15 · « **Reply #248 on:** May 04, 2013, 03:53:16 PM »

MEDIC (1)

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #249 on:** May 05, 2013, 12:58:56 AM »

p.s. I work retail now with the attendant inconsistent hours and being physically exhausted from standing and lifting all day afterwards. It does look like I'm gonna pretty consistently be late morning/afternoon/early evening, so it shouldn't affect the update schedule too hard, but some nights might be a few hours late (just not nearly so late as to make 7 the next day an unreasonable cutoff still - like, don't even start worrying about me until like midnight without an update :V).

tl;dr tonight is one of those nights, lemme eat and get sat down for a while before I even think about anything remotely resembling effort.

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #250 on:** May 05, 2013, 01:46:54 AM »

And now maybe we even have enough dudes to work our fields now that no one has the sniffles?

Huzzah! Still keeping what it does a surprise, but let's just say it's worth spending the first month of Fire putting up a shrine even though y'all wanna raid this year. I can just raid some in Storm to make up for it. But before I get a chance...

While plowing the fields, the carls find something strange. It's the enormous skull of some kind of dragon creature.

1. Destroy it.
2. Display it in a temple or shrine.
3. Display it in the clan hall.
4. Rebury it.
5. Trade it away.

It might be worth something as a curiosity. (5)

Let the warriors help the carls. (1)

I have nothing to add.

I can probably get a good price for it. (5)

For some reason, this makes me think of Maran Gor, Ernalda's earth-shaking sister.

Will the dragonewts be offended if we display this skull of their ancestors? (1) (If they would, probably not as offended as they'd be if we destroyed it?)

what would Eurmal do? I mean, what would Orlanth do?

oops I forgot to get a nice cap or Orlgard's new portrait. Again.

Stuffman · « **Reply #251 on:** May 05, 2013, 03:07:48 AM »

"TRICERATOPS, WHAT DO?"

lol this game

Dunno how the gods would feel about this thing, so let's use it to make our clan hall look totally rad (3).

Von Stein · « **Reply #252 on:** May 05, 2013, 03:42:21 AM »

...
Holy guacamole, that skull *must* hang on an awesome spot. I am with Stuffs, give this Triceratops-esque skull a loving home in the clan hall! 3

Sagus · « **Reply #253 on:** May 05, 2013, 04:13:53 AM »

Man, as far as we know dinos were dragon ancestors in this universe. Better not risk angering our dragonbros. I say we rebury it. 4

Iced Fairy · « **Reply #254 on:** May 05, 2013, 04:19:39 AM »

3 We like dragons, but it's not a god.

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #255 on:** May 05, 2013, 05:24:18 AM »

3. What other option is there but to put it in our clan hall and pretend to everyone visiting that we slew that with our bare hands!

UncertainJakutten · « **Reply #256 on:** May 05, 2013, 05:49:57 AM »

5 Sell the SHIT out of it, BRIBE EVERYONE

Yaersulf · « **Reply #257 on:** May 05, 2013, 05:50:18 AM »

Quote from: Robert Chasakana on May 05, 2013, 05:24:18 AM

3. What other option is there but to put it in our clan hall and pretend to everyone visiting that we slew that with our bare hands!

This, 3

Amraphenson · « **Reply #258 on:** May 05, 2013, 06:14:22 AM »

3 do it.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #259 on:** May 05, 2013, 08:38:56 AM »

Hoist it's skull. The dragons ate our kin, they can decorate our home in turn.

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #260 on:** May 05, 2013, 11:50:09 PM »

They totally are sacred to Maran Gor, Engarna was right! And so I'm very sad that we didn't have a Maran Gor shrine yet to put it in. (I think the second priority if you do pick temple/shrine and don't have that is Ernalda, no idea beyond that.) But our clan hall is a perfectly valid place of glory.

And now, we have that shrine.

While clearing some forest, your carls find an ancient cart decorated with dragon insignia. It is very old.

1. Destroy it.
2. Give it away.
3. Leave it where you found it.
4. Put it on display.
5. Trade it away.
6. Test it to see if it is magical.

If we give it away, our relations with the recipient will improve. (2)

We must test it to see if it is magical. (6)

Put it by the temple! (4)

It is good to trade. (5)

Two hundred years ago, the empire of dragon friends was destroyed by the very dragons it courted.

Yes. Mosdorl said exactly what Iskalli said. What is this I don't even

Iced Fairy · « **Reply #261 on:** May 05, 2013, 11:55:21 PM »

This apparently isn't the year for trade so I'm thinking 2 or 4. Maybe 2. Get some people on our side.

Yaersulf · « **Reply #262 on:** May 06, 2013, 12:08:05 AM »

6, the only thing better than a golden dragon-cart is a magical golden dragon-cart.

Sagus · « **Reply #263 on:** May 06, 2013, 02:42:42 AM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on May 06, 2013, 12:08:05 AM

6, the only thing better than a golden dragon-cart is a magical golden dragon-cart.

Agreed. 6

UncertainJakutten · « **Reply #264 on:** May 06, 2013, 03:29:47 AM »

6. If Magical, 4, if not magical, 2 BRIBE EVERYONE EVER.

Dead Princess Sakana · « **Reply #265 on:** May 06, 2013, 05:31:59 AM »

As the kitten said: 6, if magical = true then 4 else 2

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #266 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:30:20 AM »

Smash it.

The traitorous Prax-kissing wyrms ate our kin, now we smash up their shit. The ancestors didn't need no lizards, nor do we.

Yaersulf · « **Reply #267 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:55:13 AM »

Also, if possible I'd like to vote against 2 as well.
This is not a rare case of Mosdorl having good advice, this is a case of Mosdorl's corruption spreading.

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #268 on:** May 07, 2013, 01:29:41 AM »

We had more people voting for "if not magic then 2" or just plain 2 than we had people anti-voting 2. :V I briefly considered giving it to our distant feud to cultivate an eventual end to that, but I decided to work on friendlier neighbors instead.

And now, it's RAID TIME.

... OK yeah these guys are really really weak.

Old Vandarl here only has Very Good Combat, so I don't trust him to be much of any good against flying dude on his own. Just shrugging his shoulders and beating up mooks seems effective though!

... yeah.

A member of the Elkenval ring named Lismelder Pine-Home and three bloodied weaponthanes approach the clan ring with an offer of one-time tribute. "We have had enough, says Lismelder. "Accept this tribute, and let us have peace between our clans." She has brought 25 cows, and says that is all the Elkenvali can afford to give.

1. Demand more tribute than they have offered.
2. Demand annual tribute.
3. Take the tribute... then raid them!
4. "We will raid you whenever we feel like it."
5. Accept the tribute and vow to leave them alone for a while.

In matetrs of power, it is best to be direct. (1, 2, 4)

I think we can get more out of this than they're offering. Perhaps as many as 37 cows. (1)

We have no need to kill more Elkenvali. (5)

If we accept their tribute, breaking the sacred vows and attacking them in the next two years would be disasterous. (2, 4, 5)

Has vengeance really been satisfied? (1, 2, 4)

We can get more healthy cows from them as tribute than from raids. (1, 2)

Well, you already know what I think! (3)

It is actually hilarious what chumps the Elkenvali are. I did not expect to see them come crawling to us this soon. We don't even have any combat-boosting blessings yet!

And this is why you keep more than one punching bag. (And you make your punching bags neighbors, because I forgot to mention at any time in the past, you'll typically need to pay a toll if you go through other people's land to go raiding. I don't think allies will do so, though also clans that don't like you much will often refuse outright. It's just easier to punch your neighbors.) Though even if we do pick annual, they'll usually stop paying it eventually, and then they're fair game again.

Also anyone voting for 1 or 2, please give at least a rough number you'd like to aim for. The max for both options is 40.

Iced Fairy · « **Reply #269 on:** May 07, 2013, 01:39:14 AM »

2 On clarification that "peace" means just we stop kicking their asses, I say they deliver 25 cows a year. Admittedly it's less then we make curbstomping them, but at least we don't have to waste an action.

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