Heh that does fit, though if Elsir starts saying "Oh Boy!" a lot it's going to ruin any respect I have for him :)
Clearly, it is the Darkest Timeline.
Speaking of Community... Character introductions. And this, from the same episode. (And this exchange.)
A final note from a different episode.
The DnD Community episode is what got me started watching Community :)
Other than italicized text, what are the specifications of the Darkest Timeline?
I will shoot you over a summary.
Not even close to the pettiest reason I have seen someone shoot someone else.
Erp. Yeah I wasn't thinking on next steps, but how about I post Verik and Berrin coming back with the run-down and then we can chat about it, as well as camp for the night in a place that just got a lot creepier.
There's only so much exposition for Red Eyes to give!
What scars are you talking about for Nikolai? He received a new body, free of the scars that Choral gave him, when Pharasma returned him to life. (Zander was quite jealous.) Has he gotten some from the battles since?
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Actually, the avatar has always made me think of Nikolai having a scar over his left eye. I wasn't playing when Nikolai was raised, so I didn't know about that part. Maybe the avatar is Nikolai as he was, and there are no scars. Certainly the fight with the dragons could have resulted in one or two noticable scars...
Nifty avatar, DT Jemini! But she is not part of the Resistance.
Your fault for being slow with providing a framework :P
I will send it in the next hour or so.
Nifty. And dark. Somebody's character is a right bastard. :p
Oh, I forgot to mention that Jemini only has one arm. (Her sword arm, as her shield arm was severed.) The how and why will come out as we get into it.
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Nifty. And dark. Somebody's character is a right bastard. :p
Okay, okay, I admit it! I mean after going down and putting Galt back to order, and then swinging by Lake Encarthan to take out that heretic Razmir, I DO admit that Verik got kinda full of himself and a little too righteous for his own good. You know if you'd just have Jemini apologize to him about that thing (no, the other thing) then he could just Regenerate her arm back no problem!
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...okay maybe that's not the right timeline ;)
Heh - I was actually gonna write you that in my head she lost an arm.
Aw hey, thanks, man! Much appreciated. It'll take me a while to get caught back up with the main thread, but I can at least start with this one to get the ol' gears turning again.
Hehe "gears turning" ... "gears" ... "cogs" ... I see what you just did there!
Subtlety; not one of my strong suits. :-p
With Taisper back, and the way things are shaping out, it is almost like the entire game has led us along a prologue, with the eventual destination The Darkest Timeline. I'm looking forward to it.
Hi! I'm Hector the Well Endowed. You got a bunch of pegasi. Lets make a deal?
Ahaha! Loving the Community clips! Thanks for posting Boss. Man I love that show.
And hey! Welcome back T!!
"Now I know why you clergy are called men of the cloth. Men of steel are not so afraid of danger." He nudges his mount with his spurs and trots in the direction of the village.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuurn!
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Nikolai is owed a language from his one rank on Linguistics. For him to speak Common and Draconic are understandable enough, but when I first built him I didn't know enough about him to choose something else. Given life in the woods and the association with the fey, is Sylvan okay with you? If it's cherry-picking for the moment (and it is, since I didn't choose a language before I wondered whether I spoke Sylvan just now), I'll choose something else. I just dunno what it would be.
I'd say it's the most likely option, though not the only one. Let's see what the dice give us.
Aklo: 1-20
Giant: 21-30
Sylvan: 31-100
Apparently the Winter Queen used Aklo to communicate with him. Considering that it's the evil version of Sylvan, I'd wager that you could make a DC 15 Linguistics check to get the gist of Sylvan.
That's some nice rolling there for Nikolai!
(INCOMING BAD PUN WARNING)
Err both the rolls...and when he 'rolls' his eyes at Verik in the scene!
Does someone desire a cross-species centaur-human romance, hmmmmmmm?
*Hangs head in shame*
Typically I go with the approach that, with enough of these puns out there, maybe one day I'll land one that is actually funny. It's a dream I have...
Does someone desire a cross-species centaur-human romance, hmmmmmmm?
Sadly I think we all know how these long-distance relationships don't tend to work out. Besides, I'm holding out for that outside chance of Verik landing an Iomedaean filly that would come to Sanctuary and...
...uh oh it just happened again! Doh!
(I blame Piers Anthony and the eight or so Xanth novels that I read years ago until I got fed up and threw them all out)
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*Hangs head in shame*Typically I go with the approach that, with enough of these puns out there, maybe one day I'll land one that is actually funny. It's a dream I have...
Does someone desire a cross-species centaur-human romance, hmmmmmmm?Sadly I think we all know how these long-distance relationships don't tend to work out. Besides, I'm holding out for that outside chance of Verik landing an Iomedaean filly that would come to Sanctuary and...
...uh oh it just happened again! Doh!
(I blame Piers Anthony and the eight or so Xanth novels that I read years ago until I got fed up and threw them all out)
Ah yes, the Xanth series was so full of bad puns. It was fun to read. I think I got to book 14 or so before I quit.
Okay, so I got around to statting up the kingdom based on Ultimate Campaign's re-write (which is fairly similar to the extensive rewrite that I did). Here's what we've got. Basically, your Economy/Loyalty/Stability are slightly lower than before, but you now have an income of 15-22 BP/turn (instead of the 9-11 BP range that you've been making thus far). Loyalty remains your Achilles' Heel, with the same low chance of success.
Size 12; Command DC 32
Alignment Neutral Good; Population 6750
Economy +43; Loyalty +15; Stability +25
Treasury 27 BP; Consumption 0; Unrest 0
Promotion Aggressive; Taxation Normal; Festivals 1/year
Improvements Road x12, Irrigated Farm x5, Farm x1, Camp x1, Outstanding Mine x1, Fishery x1
Districts 1; Consumption 0;
Population 3250; Defense 8
Economy +7; Loyalty +2; Stability +5
Buildings Castle x1, House x2, Noble Villa x1, City Guard x1, Mill x1, Baker x1, Shop x1, Tannery x1, Pier x1
Districts 1; Consumption 1;
Population 1000; Defense 0
Economy +5; Loyalty +0; Stability +1
Buildings House x1, Stable x1, Market x1, Inn x1
Ruler Jemini Lebeda, Human Female (22)
Councilor Svetlana Leveton, Human Female (31)
General Berrin Myrdal, Human Male (25)
Grand Dipolmat Kesten Garess, Human Male (32)
High Priest Verik Jarrow, Human Male (24)
Magister Jhod Kavken, Human Male
Marshal Akiros Ismort, Human Male (30)
Spymaster Halorouth Callmanov, Human Male (25)
Treasurer Oleg Leveton, Human Male (41)
Warden Zander Whitestag, Human Male (22)
Nikolai Rogarvia, Human Male (28)
Taisper Stosz, Human Male (21)
Medium Light Infantry (Trained), CR 2, 10/10 hp (Counterattack)
Size 12; Command DC 32
Alignment Neutral Good; Population 7500
Economy +37; Loyalty +14; Stability +23
Treasury 27 BP; Consumption 0; Income 3
Unrest 0
Promotion Aggressive; Taxation Normal; Festivals 1/year
Improvements Road x12, Irrigated Farm x5, Farm x1, Mine x1, Quality Mine x1, Fishery x1
Districts 1; Size Large Town
Base Value 2000gp; Minor Wondrous 0; Medium Wondrous 0; Major Wondrous 0
Population 3500; Defense 10
Economy +8; Loyalty +3; Stability +7
Buildings Castle x1, House x2, Noble Villa x1, Barracks x1, Mill x1, Trade Shop (Baker) x1, Shop x1, Tannery x1, Pier x1
Districts 1; Size Small Town
Base Value 1000gp; Minor Wondrous 2; Medium Wondrous 0; Major Wondrous 0
Population 1000; Defense 0
Economy +4; Loyalty +2; Stability +2
Buildings House x2, Stable x1, Market x1, Inn x1
Ruler Jemini Lebeda, Human Female (22)
Councilor Svetlana Leveton, Human Female (31)
General Berrin Myrdal, Human Male (25)
Grand Dipolmat Kesten Garess, Human Male (32)
High Priest Verik Jarrow, Human Male (24)
Magister Jhod Kavken, Human Male
Marshal Akiros Ismort, Human Male (30)
Spymaster Halorouth Callmanov, Human Male (25)
Treasurer Oleg Leveton, Human Male (41)
Warden Zander Whitestag, Human Male (22)
Nikolai Rogarvia, Human Male (28)
Taisper Stosz, Human Male (21)
Medium Light Infantry: ACR 1; hp 5/5; OV +1; DV 11; Morale 0; Consumption 1; Commander Berrin Myrdal; Boons Flexible Tactics, Bonus Tactic (Cautious Combat); Tactics Standard, Withdraw, Cautious Combat
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We had some downtime and some periods of inactivity where we maybe struggled to talk about some of these things. Since Dragon's Head, is it possible for Nikolai to join up as Royal Enforcer? He hopefully carries some good will among all but the initial residents of Newhaven, as dragonsbane. He will enforce no edict he is not told to by Jemini, and he has a reputation for straight up killing assassins and spies in public when he finds them (assuming the first assassin was beaten publicly, the spy we lied about killing was publicly executed, and maybe one other attempt failed and died to dragonsbreath.
Unless Isaac rules Nikolai is too fearsome to have the desired effect, his Strength bonus would really help that loyalty rating. Particularly if he brngs back the head of this Troll King.
Yeah, thank goodness for the increased BP income range in the new system. Not that higher end buildings and such are any cheaper, but I bet we can get some more accomplished in our towns now as well as keep growth going on the hex front.
Hmmm...well I can see that Fishery hex improvements are a stinker choice compared to before, so no more of those in the future. A couple of new choices though (Aqueduct, Quarry) for hexes make it interesting. Looks like some of the city building options are quite different than before, with some different factors (subtracting Unrest) to consider.
Until Nikolai can move up into that Ruler/Consort spot, eh? Ehhhhhhh?
Sounds like a fine idea to me.
He didn't kill Esmerelda, though he did beat her in a fair fight.
Whoops. It looks like I forgot to assign Hal's bonus as well. I assume you want to shore up Loyalty, bringing it up to +21. (There are more Loyalty checks in the new system than the old, making it more difficult to ignore.) Also, if you want to sacrifice 2BP/turn, Jemini can pull her +6 bonus over from Economy to Loyalty, making the kingdom stats +31E/+27L/+23S, thus giving a good shot at passing everything at the current DC of 32. (Or to Stability, making them +31E/+21L/+29S.)
Also, you currently have a single undeveloped hex. It's a forest hex near Olegsgrav. A sawmill would cost 3 BP, add 1 to Stability, and add 1 BP/turn to income.
Actually, looking at the rules more closely, I made a few errors. I didn't give you credit for the 6 river hexes to the south, nor the resource (the gold mine). Your updated stats (with Jemini in Economy, Nikolai in Royal Enforcer, and Hal in Loyalty) are +39E/+21L/+24S.
Verik can be such a snot sometimes...neener neener!
Perhaps the kingdom needs to make a bit of effort to grow to the point where Jemini's bonus applies to two kingdom stats.
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Sweet. How do we do that?
We have to get to a large enough "kingdom" size in terms of our controlled hexes, which in the book is a Size 26. So that's going to be awhile. Of course, the more hexes we control, the bigger our control DC check is, as well as potentially the greater our consumption rate in BP. We want to avoid runaway consumption at all costs, and failing Economy checks more than every once in awhile will stifle our progression.
Generally I'm of the opinion that we need to spike Economy to get enough BP per month to keep hex improvements and settlement improvements going, but I have to research where the Loyalty factors in on the new rule set ... from an abstract standpoint it's good if they stopped making Loyalty a 'dump stat' hehe.
In player terms I'm all for Nikolai taking on the Enforcer role. I'm also for the recommendation of +39E/+21L/+24S into next turn with Hal for Loyalty and Jemini to Economy. Eventually I'd be for Elsir taking on the position of Magister, but obviously that doesn't make sense yet from a story perspective.