Battle Royale of the Gawds continuation

[reapersaurus]

Looks great, Terraism.
Good job.

Victim opined:
That might not be bad, per say, but it probably would increase the importance of mercenaries in the game.

And this would be a Bad Thing, in my eyes.
Anything that increases the importance of the mercenary influence is Bad, in general, if the emphasis is on the "Heroes".

I'm taking bets as to how many mercs will be on the page by the time my turn rolls' round.... 25?

And 47 -
Martok was freed from the stun on Jade's turn, so he's free to act.
I was SO tempted to stun-lock him, but that's not in the spirit of the Game....

 

[Victim]

Probably not 25. I'd think that Harsel and Maturak are in somewhat unique positions, along with Dabbil and Icitrik. I'm using AMF, but had a number of items for emergencies like getting attacked before I got to move. I could sacrifice some of these items for little loss. Harsel, Dabbil, and Icitrik have looted fallen character's bodies and thus have more stuff than usual.

Most other characters probably don't have as much second rate stuff, and so will be less willing to sacrifice valuable magic for mercs of unknown value.

 

[Berk]

Gah. Why is it taking so long to get Martok's turn? He's still stunned, isn't he? Or does that wear off on his init?

Nod, as reaper said i was no longer stunned as of his turn last round. And as for my turn taking so long to get in I can only assume that clockwork is still trying to figure out what I meant by my long winded e-mail or is just doing stuff associated with my turn that would take awhile.

 

[clockworkjoe]

As for the value of selling entire bodies and items and the value of mercenaries in general

It is presumed that all fighters realize that they are all very close to each other in terms of power, experience, and wealth as the gods get a bigger kick out of close battles, not one sided slaughters.

Mundane equipment is sellable. The game balance factor being sacrificing useful items for mercs. I just don't want players using gold pieces to buy them since there is no sacrifice on the part of the player.

The Gods allowed the mercenaries in because of the additional carnage potential and also to allow some characters a chance to try desperate gambits in battle weighing their hard earned wealth and powerful items versus the possibilities of a hired hand.

Don't forget these are *mercenaries*. Even the good aligned mercs are not above changing sides or abandoning their employers.

 

[Saepiroth]

either way, this western section of map is soon going to become a very embattled place.

armies upon armies upon armies!

and a dragon!

 

[Altin]

regarding Martok's turn ...

Can anybody else say OVERKILL?

Meanwhile, what was the point of having the mages cast invisibility and *then* having the archers attack? Assuming it isn't imp invis...

Yours,
Altin

 

[Number47]

Perhaps the archers were rogues? Martok must have sold damn near everything he owned to get these guys, unless they are pretty low level. I figure the archers must've been at least sixth level fighters and the wizards at least third level. Five gith sixth level fighters is 40,000. Five gith third level wizards is 25,000. They were probably higher level than that. What amazes me is that he hired githzerai. Is that right? Martok is not chaotic, not evil?

 

[Number47]

Further clarified. The archers Martok hired certainly were rogues. If you look at the damage, it's pretty clear the first hit was sneak attack damage. They each fired three times, so they have to have a +6 base attack bonus and rapid shot. So the Gith archers are 8th level rogues, cost of 50,000 gp total. Probably very likely that the gith wizards are not capable of casting third and fourth level spells, or they would've cast improved invisibility. I am still going with them being 3rd or 4th level, cost of 50,000 or 60,000. The new ones, after Jade's death, not sure. A 14th level NPC has gear valued at 45,000gp. She lost a 12,000gp Ioun Stone, and used at least one scroll. So the new guys can't be worth more than 33,000, unless Jade was extra equipped by Therron.

 

[clockworkjoe]

On Harsel's turn: The morning star did less damage. The arrow had sufficient magic to override Sepiroth's protection.

Please also note that Martok violated the exact terms of the quest (protect Jade's body) by selling it and thus will suffer the penalties for it. Zeus probably ain't going to be happy about Martok violating the quest either.

I didn't update the maps and so forth last night because a thunderstorm was going through my area and I didn't want to risk my equipment from a power surge.

Yasumoto can send me his turn if he wants to.

 

[Number47]

This is probably going to be slow, now. I can't send in a turn until I see Yasumoto's. He's just too close to me and I have no idea what he's going to do.

Martok actually sold the body itself? Gross. I assumed they just took all the stuff off of it. I wonder how much for bodies these days?