Author Topic: Walking Into (Clan) Moordor - Let's Keep Playing King of Dragon Pass! (Read 93386 times)

Stuffman · « **Reply #480 on:** February 21, 2014, 03:51:41 AM »

Ditto. That does mean we need to decide who our queen is right now though. We had two for Ferena and two for Desrada at the start of the year, so we need more votes.

We're also two for two on ring members dying awesome deaths, at least there's that.

Sagus · « **Reply #481 on:** February 21, 2014, 11:31:20 AM »

Quote from: Chaos Purvis on February 21, 2014, 01:31:45 AM

Anyways: I say we go for the unbalanced gender ratio option. Then wipe the Zethnorings off the map.

Agreed, on both accounts. Motherfucking Zethnorings. We need to wipe them off the map.

Also, I keep my vote for Desrada. She's better at combat, after all.

Reddyne · « **Reply #482 on:** February 21, 2014, 01:20:11 PM »

"We'll never pay silver to a weak cl-" How many times have we steamrolled you chumps again?

Desrada just has the right persona and stats for Warleader.

As for the other ring replacement, Intagarn and Estavros seem like the two better choices.

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #483 on:** February 24, 2014, 01:16:42 AM »

Postingthanes, I present to you your new clan ring. The new members immediately get the opportunity to provide their input!

Jarang, a great Uroxi warrior from the Chaos-hating Undaroli clan, comes to share a blood-curdling tale. One of that clan's ring members was just found decapitated in the forested part of the Undaroli tula. Jarang is certain that the killer is a member of the chaotic cult of Thanatar, known for stealing heads and putting them to grim magical use. Jarang's clan-mates conducted a divination, and concluded that the Thanatar cultist is a member of your clan! Jarang wants to question your clan members in order to identify the culprit.

1. Conduct your own divination.
2. Have the clan ring conduct the questioning.
3. Let Jarang interrogate people.
4. Refuse him.

He has already decided someone is guilty. Do not trust him. (4)

Together, the Uroxi warriors of Dragon Pass could destroy our entire clan. (3)

I have heard it said that the Uroxi already regard us as unwitting accomplices of Chaos. (3)

If their divination says one of us is a cultist of Thanatar, it must be so. (3)

Urox is the foe of Chaos. When he fights for us, he is the Cleansing Wind. When he bullies us, he is the Bad Wind.

Jarang's clan is already hostile to us. We do not want to risk a feud. (3)

I have nothing to add. (Really, I think even tricksters aren't inclined to fuck with Chaos.)

theshirn · « **Reply #484 on:** February 24, 2014, 01:20:30 AM »

Engarna you are not helpful. You are not ever helpful.

I say 1.

Stuffman · « **Reply #485 on:** February 24, 2014, 01:40:53 AM »

Nnngh but we want our magic for questinggg :[

I'll go with the ring on this one. 3.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #486 on:** February 24, 2014, 02:45:53 AM »

I am leaning toward: 3

Sagus · « **Reply #487 on:** February 24, 2014, 02:52:56 AM »

Ugh it's so weird to not see Orlgard in the ring

Well, I'll go with the circle here. 3

O4rfish · « **Reply #488 on:** February 24, 2014, 06:28:37 AM »

Quote from: Sagus on February 24, 2014, 02:52:56 AM

Ugh it's so weird to not see Orlgard in the ring

Time passes. People die.

Reddyne · « **Reply #489 on:** February 24, 2014, 03:04:43 PM »

Quote from: Sagus on February 24, 2014, 02:52:56 AM

Ugh it's so weird to not see Orlgard in the ring

Well, I'll go with the circle here. 3

Or is this the same schlub that tried this the first time around?

Sagus · « **Reply #490 on:** February 25, 2014, 01:45:03 AM »

Wait, that's true. We had an event like this before, no? What did we choose back then? Divination?

Althoguh considering our low magic, I'd still vote for 3. It's not like we can lose anyone/anything important from this, right?

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #491 on:** February 27, 2014, 12:58:57 AM »

Yeah no I'm not even letting you guys vote here and I'm pretty sure you'd pick the same as I did anyway.

... oh damnit I forgot to pick "Mysteries" instead of "Curing". Well, we healed some sniffles.

Well that was boring exploration. They don't always give events though, no. But this was really boring. =P

I didn't fuck up this time. There's already more sniffles than we just cured too. :V (Man and I still have another quest to splice too. God I'm lazy.)

Loricon finds a bunch of small trolls rooting about in the grain bins of his stead. They've eaten some of the grain, and have ruined more of it. You're familiar with these creatures from the old country - they're trollkin, the stunted and sometimes simple-minded offspring that most trolls are cursed with.

1. Drive them off.
2. Kill them.
3. Sacrifice them to a god. (Which god?)
4. Take them as thralls.
5. Trade them to another clan. (I assume we also get a choice of who here)

They're only trollkin. The spirits of our ancestors don't care what we do with them. (i.e. we can totally enslave them if we do want to - Iskalli's got no opinion though. :V)

Just kill them. (2)

We should trade them to another clan. (5)

If we take them as thralls, they'll worry the sheep. (And yet she favors not-5 rather than not-4)

They might be able to perform simple but unpleasant chores. (4)

We do not wish to offend the trolls by mistreating their children (1)

I could cast magic on them to make them look like tall, strong fighters! (5)

Jana · « **Reply #492 on:** February 27, 2014, 01:15:52 AM »

We already had that event with the troll mother or whatever, so I'll vote 1.

Sagus · « **Reply #493 on:** February 27, 2014, 01:20:31 AM »

Quote from: Arashi Camusbara on February 27, 2014, 12:58:57 AM

I could cast magic on them to make them look like tall, strong fighters! (5)

...can he?

At any rate, yeah, no need to anger trolls. 1

Reddyne · « **Reply #494 on:** February 27, 2014, 01:13:50 PM »

Yeah let's just take the karmic route on this one. 1

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #495 on:** March 01, 2014, 01:17:05 AM »

"We drove them off." This is the entirety of the result text. :V

I explored our own tula and found nothing.

And then I threw a party because why the fuck not, it's Dark season anyway. :V

Derik, a young boy of your clan, is the only member of his family to return from a visit to his mother's kinfolk among the Blue Spruces. On their return, they were attacked by Sable Riders, nomads from the eastern desert of Prax. They mercilessly slew everyone, and would have killed Derik if he hadn't played dead. Derik swears that, when he grows up, he will avenge himself on the evil nomads of Prax.

1. Comfort Derik.
2. Compose a poem in honor of the slain.
3. Conduct a divination.
4. Sacrifice to the gods for protection from the Praxians.
5. Send a war party to kill Sable Riders.

Revenge. (1)

The Praxians, led by death's champion, Jaldon Goldentooth, helped start the Dragonkill War. Jaldon brought 100,000 warriors from Prax to destroy the dragonewt nesting places.

It is a good time to sacrifice, or conduct a divination. (3, 4)

We are too poor to sacrifice. (1)

Our sacrifices would be better if our temples were stronger. (Hey, hey, no, obsessing over our temples all the time is usually the Chalana Arroyan's job)

The people are disheartened. We must do something to cheer them up. (2, 5)

We must comfort Derik by buring him in a moound of earth for sixteen days. (1)

O4rfish · « **Reply #496 on:** March 01, 2014, 01:43:15 AM »

Weird that no ringers say poem. Isn't that the best choice here?
2

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #497 on:** March 01, 2014, 01:46:45 AM »

Intagarn totally says poem. Or nuking them from orbit. Either one.

Stuffman · « **Reply #498 on:** March 01, 2014, 08:29:29 AM »

Nngh I kinda want to do 3 because I bet there's more of a story to this, but our magic!

2 seems most appropriate.

Sagus · « **Reply #499 on:** March 02, 2014, 04:55:58 AM »

Yeah, let's go with a poem. 2

Reddyne · « **Reply #500 on:** March 02, 2014, 12:48:36 PM »

I think I'd prefer something a bit more practical. 4

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #501 on:** March 03, 2014, 12:37:15 AM »

Fuck yeah poet Iskalli. I'm pretty sure he is our poet.

Spoilers: a successful divination just tells you that

Spoiler:

The renowned prophet, Einarth Milk-Eyes, wanders onto the tula and into the clan hall. "I see before me a tribe, a tribe with a journey to make. The path will be cleared by homage to Orlanth, treading the steps he has taken before. The tribe will travel not alone, but in the company of six other gods. Before the path reaches its end, the wayfarers must visit the god-plane for each of the deities that go with them. I cannot make out what is at the destination, but it is something new. Ah, I see glory, if these clan halls contain sufficient resolve and courage."

1. Honor Einarth with gifts.
2. Throw a feast to celebrate.
3. Thank Einarth for bringing us his prophecy.
4. Embark on the "Elmal Guards the Stead" heroquest right away. (We were probably gonna run Desrada through Making of the Storm Tribe this Storm already but if y'all wanna take this one it's basically a free go, and I think we do have a couple old Elmali other than Iskalli we can risk pretty painlessly.)
5. Ask him for more details of his visions.

tl;dr once we have the king/queenship of the tribe we need to clear 7 (unique) heroquests including our chief deity's (Elmal for us). ... officially. I think in my personal experience I have had it count quests done between this event and actually obtaining the tribal throne but I'm not 100% sure. It'd make sense given option 4. Ones we've done before all the tribe-ness don't count though.

Also, I guess "being really obsessed with temples" isn't a Chalana Arroy worshipper trait, just one of the normal personality traits in the pool and just seems to crop up on Arroyans really often.

but we dooooooooooooooooooooooo

O4rfish · « **Reply #502 on:** March 03, 2014, 01:14:47 AM »

Exactly how free is free?

Stuffman · « **Reply #503 on:** March 03, 2014, 01:18:12 AM »

Well shit, we already invested in questing so why not?

4. #YOLO

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #504 on:** March 03, 2014, 01:22:45 AM »

Quote from: O4rfish on March 03, 2014, 01:14:47 AM

Exactly how free is free?

I mean, really all quests cost anyway is the time taken to do 'em. There's risks but they're not really the same thing 'cause they might not happen. :V

The ⑨th Zentillion · « **Reply #505 on:** March 03, 2014, 01:55:11 AM »

This is surely a sign. Let's get a proactive start on our quests! (4)

Sagus · « **Reply #506 on:** March 03, 2014, 04:02:48 AM »

It's been so long since we did a quest, now we have the perfect excuse. 4

Reddyne · « **Reply #507 on:** March 03, 2014, 01:11:48 PM »

Oh Mosdorl. Don't change.

We buffed our heroquest stat during sacred time for this very reason. 4 is most important, but 1 and 5 if we can do so.

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #508 on:** March 07, 2014, 12:52:17 AM »

The game wanted to send Iskalli on the quest but naw I don't wanna risk him, this is what I'd argue for the second-most lethal heroquest in the game. Heorl's got the patron god bonus too and doesn't lag too far behind in Combat either. (thoooooooough he's still only Very Good) Also it listed Desrada? That's really weird I could have sworn Elmal Guards the Stead was men only.

Also now that we're in our tribe we don't have to pick who to call for heroquest help, it's our tribe. Always.

The people have gathered their magic to help propel Heorl into the realm of the gods, with the assistance of 78 worshippers from our tribe.

When this myth begins, Orlanth is about to embark on a great quest to repair a world shattered by Chaos. He leaves his loyal thane, Elmal, to defend the stead of the Storm Tribe.

What benefit do you seek from this heroquest?

1. Magically strengthen your fortifications.
2. Gain Elmal's aid when you are attacked.
3. Gain fine horses.
4. Discourage intruders from entering your lands.
5. Strengthen the quester.
6. Strengthen clan leaders.
7. Reconcile the weaponthanes to the clan.
8. Ward off Chaos.

O4rfish · « **Reply #509 on:** March 07, 2014, 01:15:53 AM »

Yeah, those sound good. We'll take those.