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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3185993" data-attributes="member: 3448">Yeah, trusting LE characters is a dangerous play.  (FWIW, I'm not actually sure she's LE-- I think LN is slightly more likely, but I don't really know.  It is definitely possible to be a LN diabolist in Aphonion, although my guess is that most diabolists eventually end up in LE, even if they don't start there. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )  But the basic thing here is:  this is the problem with having a character who is reasonably smart (Int 14), but has, shall we say, judgment issues (Wis 8).  My guess out of character is that Lady Constance is too personally loyal to Alistair's family to move against him, but that the amount of diabolical involvement we're permitting (and even encouraging) in Canberry will come back to bite us.  In particular, I expect the deal with Lilith to turn out to be a bad idea.  In character, Alistair's not really thinking that far ahead.* * *Kit shook her head.  “That’s bad, but at least it’s only what we were beginning to suspect anyway.  What’s the good news?”“We have more military reports from other kingdoms and realms in the South.  Several might be potential allies.  In particular, in the far south, there is the Theocracy of Thar Ingmath.  They have a large army, with twelve units of 9,000 each.”“9,000?  That’s an odd number to choose,” said Kit.  “Unless…”“Yes, they are also threes-- an offshoot from Tang.  But they have some weaknesses-- Thar Ingmath has many fewer ones than Tang.  For example, each field army of 9,000 has a single one as its commander.  And the threes of Thar Ingmath are not blessed with intelligence.”“Not blessed with intelligence compared to the threes of Tang?” asked Alistair, incredulous.  “They must be completely hopeless without a one in charge.”“Indeed, your grace.  There is also the Grey Wood and the Supreme Archmagus Malkyrn of the Spice Wood.  Not an Eldar forest, but any elven forest has substantial power.”“Is that the mage who has joined the defense?” asked Kit.“Yes, but the Grey Wood is rumored to have an additional force:  tens of thousands of hurons, awakened trees, that generally only fight defensively.  If we could convince them to fight in this battle…”“Yes, but how?”“I don’t know, your grace.  The Grey Wood also has an alliance with the Silent Wood, a wood of the Seelie court.“Turning to other countries, there are the Dog and Bear nomads, directly within the relevant region.”“I assume that those are the names of their tribes?” asked Alistair.  “They’re actually human?”“Yes, your grace, and either tribe can field 50,000 warriors, although not particularly well-trained warriors, and still have 25,000 younglings to guard the homes.  Their warriors are all male.  However, the two tribes are fiercely opposed to each other, so we would have to choose one, and then hope the other stayed neutral.”  Dame Brionna consulted her notes.  “Turning to more promising possibilities, there is the Kingdom of the Golden Drops, a gnomish kingdom.  As you might expect from gnomes, they have a powerful sky force, with 50 vollers and 75 ornithopters, as well as an entire legion of illusionists.”“That would certainly allow us to achieve complete dominance of the sky.”“Indeed, and the illusionists might be useful in turning the orc horde away from the rest of their army.</blockquote>

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