Edena,
Thanks for stopping in.
In order to help the underpowered player or a new player, I am going to make a claim, which I will consider relinquishing:
The Empire of Ishtarland (humans, demihumans, humanoids, genies, all alignments) PL 40
We need to give new people a chance as well as the underpowered. I realize that scaling your power back may seem a little odd, but there are advantages. Even if your territories are not contiguous, theere could be a common theme (race, alignment, history) or a good personal story. (The leader of a small nation in your faction once saved the life of the leader of a much larger power. Now, the larger country is standing by someone who saved its leader.)
One advantage is a more consistent story. Why are these powers allied? It can help define who you are in the IR thread.
Secondly, you may decide to help a player out by giving him some power. Allies will be VERY important in the IR thread.
Also, I think the more voices we here from, the more fun we will have. The reasons the previous threads worked is that there were many voices sharing power.
If you see someone who is underpowered or a new player, please consider helping him out by offering to give up some of your power. You might gain a valuable ally.
Consider, Kalanyr, Mr. Draco, and SerpentEye are working to settle many of their differences. The less contested states we have on the 20th, the easier it will be on Edena. We need to work together to ensure that this will be easy on Edena, easy on us, and fun for everyone. ("All for fun, and fun for all" if I may try to imitate the Three Musketeers. The literary heroes, not the candy bar.
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I would like to say that Edena has been our backbone in this thread. Maudlin, the maps are tremendous. Turrosh Mak(Bugbear), thanks for archiving the old threads. We should all spend some time reading them to understand what happened in the first two IR threads.