Control The City! (Inactive)

Game Master D-Kal

Seems likely, we are just very quick to jump back here and escape our lives... Or that is just me? Damn...

Honestly tho, I really don't want to fight a whole new group of heroes, seeing as we already have had our first "Nemesis" encounter with them.
It would be against fate to already lose them.

I put up a draft of the guards here. Let me know what you think. I mean, not that I care a whole lot. But you can still tell me if you want.

I really don't want to fight a whole new group of heroes, seeing as we already have had our first "Nemesis" encounter with them.

As far as you know, you just rumbled with a bunch of shady characters who also wanted the Keep. Maybe this City doesn't even have heroes...

The sentinel looks good, at first glance. Tough enough to where a group of them oppressing the general populace makes sense, but weak enough for a group of 4th level PC's to overwhelm it if desired.

Marcello Wintrish wrote:

I really don't want to fight a whole new group of heroes, seeing as we already have had our first "Nemesis" encounter with them.

As far as you know, you just rumbled with a bunch of shady characters who also wanted the Keep. Maybe this City doesn't even have heroes...

Touché... But it is just seen from a player view. If our opponent changes on a monthly basis, then it gets a bit tiring in the end :)

But it is out of your, and our, hands if the heroes have had it up to a certain point and want to call the quits.

Seen from Marcello's point of view, everyone who isn't in the group and/or part of a Hellknight Order is purely a savage, and must therefor be dealt with as such. He would take on the entire city if they seemed to be filled with Savages not willing to go into the good graces of the One God!

Or, that is how it is at the moment... The change to Graveknight might set his point of view a tad... askew.

Edit: Also, the Sentinel looks nice. Good for oppressing the masses to do what we demand, but if needed they can be overrun by big masses of Commoners/ Little group of Heroes. Good job on doing that.

Marcello Wintrish wrote:

I really don't want to fight a whole new group of heroes, seeing as we already have had our first "Nemesis" encounter with them.

As far as you know, you just rumbled with a bunch of shady characters who also wanted the Keep. Maybe this City doesn't even have heroes...

<GASP!> That would be awesome! multiple villan groups trying to oppress the city till an out side team of heroes kills us all! mwahaha.

im off to read the robot stats

Edit: I'm actually surprised i didn't get more flack from marcello for biting the skellie king

also i would change the dr to hardness, not a huge mechanical change but feels more construct-y.

You used every weapon you could to bring it down... Why would I react differently about it?

chewing on bones seem to fit in the realm of "savage" you trying to purge from the city, i thought about it after and figured "this might have an interesting effect on how we get along"

Oh no.

When Marcello thinks of "savages" it generally just means people who don't agree with his use of violence and or Religion.

Seeing as his mission was/is to join up with the group of you guys and bring order to the city, he has no problem with how it happens, as long as it happens with the group sitting in charge.

sweet
also Crystal! Can i has a quick runners shirt?

I don't see why not.

Hate to be the one to ask, buuuut.....

When do we start spouting propaganda about the One God?

No, wait, Sorry! It can't be propaganda if it is all true... My mistake.

I think we're waiting for the green light from DM-Kal. He indicated he's missing most of the heroes, so no sense spouting our religion if we're only preaching to the masses while he's recruiting more never-do-bad's.

Besides, we still need template updates, I think.

Oh yeah... I can't just march out in the masses without getting to know more of my scary stuff! :D

And There might be knowledge in what you are saying >_>

I have to figure some dynamics out. Plus, I just spent today planning out 2015. It turns out I don't have the time and money to be rich, fit, and happy by 2016. I have to get choosy...

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Decisions, decisions. I think fit probably goes out the window, in my case. :p

Eh, I think I will stick with rich and fit.

happy all the way baby

I'm going for happy and fit.

Knowing my Economy I will never be rich.
Knowing how Lazy I am, I will never be fit.
But happy... Happy is something I can go for, so yeah, I'll gor for the same as Sarcon.

Sarcon, it looks like you and Garroth have a little sorting to do in the "Rule the City" thread.

sorting? also you never answered my question. does the city have a stadium type building?

im giving new orders to the robots to round up all half orcs in the city and take them to it.

Oh no.

Yes, the open area I described once upon a time for settling disputes legally could be described as a "stadium" area.

excellent...

The other thread is still waiting on you, Sarcon.

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what do i need to post? the robots are herding all the half orcs in the city to the dueling area.

I think you the DM is referring to the fact that Gar-... something reacted to your controlled golem's presence.

Correct. And if you are going to herd all of the half-orcs in the city, you should probably post that in "Rule the City" since there's no way the heroes are going to miss that.

Also, I'm surprised Fate and Victor have nothing to say on the issue. But that doesn't mean they have to, just that I'm surprised. Surprise me all you want, you're the villains.

Why, until I return to my throne, I will have no chance to know anything is going on.

I'm fine with his herding half-orcs plan, actually. It sounds appropriately oppressive.

My wild guess on what Sarcon is doing?

Herding the half-orcs to the Arena, then to order them to slaughter one-another until only a select few stands.
Then take those rabid miscreants as his own hirelings...

But that is just my thoughts... I am sure Sarcon has something better and even more surprisingly oppressive and evil to do.

Why slaughter most when he can slaughter all? :p

On a side note, if religious persecution isn't enough to draw the heroes into a conflict that isn't forced, I suppose we'll just have to start hunting them down.

Crystal, would you like me to start cutting down worshipers of fake religions or are we going to milk it a bit more?

I think we should see where Sarcon's plan is going before we start cutting down villagers willy-nilly.
That is, if he ever posts in "Rule the City" again.

You are your own person, of course, but I gave them until the end of the week. And specific penalties for non-compliance.

DM-Kal, question for ya. Should Sarcon be posting his actions at this point in Rule the City? He's given the sentinels a command, sure, but the heroes don't know who gave the command. And I would think you would narrate the sentinels' actions in the Rule the City thread. Just a thought.

^ that was my thinking, but I can go post if ya want.

Well, if he prefers, he can post here (in gameplay), then I can translate into the "Rule the City" thread, then he can check that, then post here, then I can translate, ad nauseam, but realistically the heroes-as-players know what's going on, so it's not especially helpful from my perspective. I was rather hoping Sarcon could just use another alias. Still, if he wants to post here and have me translate, I'm fine with that.

Makes sense... But, I might drop a little bit of villainy behavior, if no hero reacts and we take our leave.

Also, sounds like a good idea, seeing as the heroes only see the sentinels, not the ones on the throne...

I have a new alias!

Edit: mwahahaha!!!!!

Alright, I put the thing on the thing. Let's see if they do stuff.

EDIT: Haha oh geez. This game is getting crazy.

Alrighty...just figured that was the communication error going on between the DM and Sarcon. Things seem well in hand, now. Genocide certainly wasn't something I was contemplating...but seems like a rather Sarcon-ish thing to do.

Maybe he just wants to announce himself as king of the half-orcs and form an exclusive nightclub?

Sorry I havent gotten a longer post up. The quarter just started and I'm looking for a new job, so things have been more hectic than usual.

No problem Fate.

So Sarcon, are you still ordering/scrying on the one sentinel in particular? If so, I hope you're paying attention to Garroth's posts.

yay!, so all 4 guards are going to use there Burning gaze attack, then attack Garroth.

Yes im figuring there are more guards because i'm assuming he didn't find an ally with 20 people just standing around in it to show off for.

and i'm going to send 8 more as reinforcements

I was assuming he was intelligent enough to leave the alley if looking for an audience of 20. So yes, there should be at least a few guards. I'm not sure it's fair to outright murder Garroth with 4, so how would you feel about 2 with an additional 1d4 available within 2d4 rounds (ad perpetuum)?

i suppose 2 with an extra 1d6 ⇒ 4 coming by in 2d3 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3 would work for me.

how do you feel about those numbers?

Let's start with 1d4 ⇒ 2 sentinels, then gain up to 2d2 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3 sentinels every 2d3 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3 rounds. That seems like something we can both agree on, right?

EDIT: of course those numbers would be re-rolled each time, but using the same dice. Just to be extra clear about it.