(IR) 4th ooc-thread of the 5th IR

[Xael]

I have sent my template via e-mail. I hope that I got it right.

 

[Serpenteye]

OOC: I know ... So ... kids, remeber that if You want to know what Serpenteye wrote ask Your moms and daddies, about what we are writing and smirking here.

Serpenteye, now ... what should I do ? Iuz is CE, and have no morals to speak of. How convicingly explain his "proper" mien ?

IC:
*Demon lord smirked to Devil woman, and gently grasped delicate fingers that are carressing his cheek. His breath almost burned Eiryne's fingers while before he kissed them softly, almost without touching. Terrible beast in the shape of man araised from his Throne of Skulls and looked down on the Deviless. Iuz spoke softly, his eyes burning like molten lava, but his terrible power kept in check. Only storm clouds gathering over Dorakaa, in dreadful silence.*

Without terms ? Just like that ? We accept Your service. Are You to eat or relax ? We were just going to take a refreshing bath. You are allowed to accompany us, under one condition.
Tell us Your name ... I'm not bathing with strangers. >wink<

*Cambion Prince's voice is soft and warm, only from time to time spark of fiercer emotions can be heard ... it seems that he brutally keeps himself in check, while admiring graceful movements of Eiryne. He paused and asked, light heartly, his eyes filled with humour.*

About what menace from the Infinite Darkness this pathetic abishai were barking ? Are You confirming his statements ? For blueprints that he offered were filled with errors and hidden traps.

*Demonic god spat last words at abishai, full of loathing and contempt.*

Ei, meat bag ! Remeber that You are still serving Us. Your soul and life belong to Iuz forever. You shouldn't betray Your brethen ... and You know price for disobedience, and price of failure is higer.

The Erinyes floats gently up towards Iuz, her expression both searing with heat and pleasantly cool. Wrapping her arms softly around him she merges her mouth with his, and there is nothing gentle about the kiss.
When she finally pulls away she answers him "No terms, no conditions. Our only... no, our greatest desire is to see you triumphant. We expect no gratitude, all we want is that our legacy lives on so that we can trough you strike back against our foe."
"The Menace is out there, but there is yet time if you array your forces wisely. We do not know the full extent of its powers, but it has devoured planes entire. Flawed our technology might be, though trapped it is not, for in the end it failed us against the Darkness." For a moment her expression changes from sultry seduction to one of boundless hate, "Mistakes were made by our incompetent commanders that stole victory from our grasp. If not for those mistakes you would be kneeling in front of me by now... Her voice and expression once again changes like quicksilver, "Instead I am the one who will be kneeling in front of you."
"I have had many names, but now I name myself as the victory I promise you." She bends forwards for another kiss, and her clean breath caresses his face like an open furnace. "Victoria."

Her armour writhes around her and begins to pour into her skin. Even as she stands there naked before him there is not the smallest trace of vulnerability.

... ... ...

Serpenteye, Airwhale/Zelda! Important!

[sblock]A major chance to my template! I am not spending so many PP`s to improve technology, instead Airwhale/Zelda has agreed to use his spelljammers to transport vast majority of my regular, Elite and Epic forces to the Undeath world( is this Ginebei, Gibnal, or Ginsal?), our main target is Valion Pool.

I am beginning by surprise attack of most of my Epic and Elite forces(hopefully aided by some of Airwhale`s), including Gallador armed with Sword of Kas, in order to slay Selitisa the Archlich and his most faithful followers. I am asssuming most of his 300 regular Pl are mindless Undeath, therefore all my Necromancers will try to take control over the Undeath legions( and I have much more of them, they are significant part of my 50 Elite Pl, Selitisa has only 10 Elite and 2 Epic). With their leader death, the less fanatical followersof Archlich may swear fealty to me, not counting those gained by subversion( this part of my template is still valid), and subversion will help me with organizing the assasinatiion of Selitisa and finding his phylactery. I am mixing standard infiltration with the infiltration of my Elite forces, some of which are Assasins, spies and wizards specialized in this field.

If this tactic works and I have enough forces left, I will continue with assasinating the two warlords strongest after Salitisa ( alternatively those most loyal to him or of Chaotic alignment/ least reliable) and trying to subvert their legions.

I am sending messages to other warlords of Ginsal , focusing my diplomatic efforts on those that meet at least two of three following requirements:

-they have lawful tendencies, or at least not strongly Chaotic and are not complete megalomaniacs, therefore can be reliable to an extent.

- are of average strenght and lower, therefore they can`t hope to conquer this world on their own.

-have emmnity towards Salitisa/Cult of Vecna, or at least are not allied to it.

I am making the following arguments to them:

-for ages the undeath of this world were wasting their great potential in constant and pointless internal squabling, if they agree to follow my lead I will lead them to great destiny, including expansion on other worlds, I emphasize the following benefits:

1. If they join with me, they will be given technology and together our development will be quicker than of any other single power in Greyspace.

2. We would be able to research the glories of 10th level magic rapidly using the world`s resources.

3. They will be governors of territories taken from warlords opposing me, and conquered on other worlds, achieving greater status and power.

4. They can look at Gallador`s Concord to see that I am fair to my vassals and aliies, Duergars and Kua-Toa under my rule have retained their ways, and are achieving greater prosperity. Vecna on the other hand is insane and unpredictable.[/sblock]

Serpenteye, here is my revised template!

[sblock]- I start with 321 IC, 200 regular Pl, 50 Elite and 9 Epic.

1. I am creating additional 170 Pl of regular armies. Now I have 151 Pp`s left and 370 Pl of regular armies. I am bringing 350 regular Pl, 35 Elite Pl, and 6 Epic Pl to Ginsal.

2. Infiltration- 100 Pp`s for subversion of powers of Ginsal, but only those that refuse the offer to join me, made in the frrst part of the post.( I am hoping that in case of warlords that are willing to join my Concord I willl have at least 50% control), and to provide information, agents for the military actions stated in first part of this post.- Subversion is aided by my Elite forces!

3. 50 Pp`s for technological research, bringing my Tech level from 1 to 2.[/sblock]

Noted.

 

[Xael]

The ancient elven wizard bows and then speaks

"Her Majesty, Xin Hope wishes to extend a formal offer of peace and possible alliance to both you the Cirlce of Eight and your elven allies, we understand that relations have been strained between the elven nations for the past several millenia but with the coming of Mariel our lady has decided that it is time to seek reconciliation, she believes that times of great trouble are coming and does not wish Elvendom to be at war. We understand that the process may be slow but we are willing to wait and negotiate. "

Mordenkainen responds:

"We are honored by Her Majesty's offer, for we see no reason to decline, and many reasons to agree. Past errors should be repaired, not forgotten, and we would agree to peace, as it is what we seek now. And we would also agree to alliance, should her Majesty offer it to us."

Her Illustrious Majesty Xin Hope sends this message to all other powers that are not Lawful Evil in outlook.

"We of the Miranda alliance would like to propose the Miranda pact all nations and people who have recieved this missive, our proposal is simple and shall not be unneccessarilly complicated. Signee's to the Miranda pact will initiate no agressive action against any other signee, and will not infiltrate any other signee beyond the level of 5%. Those who sign the pact are expected to enforce its terms but no formal wording will be set down, we believe such wording is merely likely to cause loopholes. All signees will be given an optout at the end of every Turn, we of Miranda understand that sometimes things change. "

"The Circle of Eight and the forces allied with us would wish to join the Miranda pact."

 

[Serpenteye]

I have sent my template via e-mail. I hope that I got it right.

Got it.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

TO DEVILISH

Eclavdra speaks:

The drow offer the Solistarim, and Acererak the Great, alliance in the TEC Pact.
After all, Acererak is THE Colossal Archmage of Oerth, and great archmages take their proper due.


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TO EVERYONE (AND ELUVAN ESPECIALLY, OBVIOUSLY)

Where is Eluvan?
He said he'd be back on the 6th.
He's definitely in this IR, and he's playing the crucial League of Athyr.
Can anyone get ahold of him, and tell him we're starting? I'm trying now, but could others try?

TO SERPENTEYE

Serpenteye, DralonXitz claimed Fireland and the Dragons' Isle. So if you are creating a template for him, you've got that to work from - just a reminder, since I know you're very busy, and might have missed DralonXitzs' claim.

I think I'm going to take the list of unclaimed countries, plus what Serpenteye has added, and make an Unclaimed Powers Post.
That way, any new players wanting to join in, can look at those countries and pick and choose. And players knocked out of the IR who want to claim new powers and start again (probably me included ...) can do so.

And yes, Eclavdra is taking everything possible. So if I can save 50% of my IC, that's what I'm going to do.
Since none of the other powers knew what the drow were going to do, and it would take time for them to find out and react to this (nevermind that everyone knows about it beforehand OOC ) I'm betting I can get away with most of the drow and 50% of their IC.

I mean, after all, the drow simply picking up and evacuating ALL of their cities in a flash is not something the other powers would have expected to happen! So, hopefully, I can accomplish the deed before the forces of other powers come to play ...

 

[Serpenteye]

TO EVERYONE (AND ELUVAN ESPECIALLY, OBVIOUSLY)

Where is Eluvan?
He said he'd be back on the 6th.
He's definitely in this IR, and he's playing the crucial League of Athyr.
Can anyone get ahold of him, and tell him we're starting? I'm trying now, but could others try?

TO SERPENTEYE

I think I'm going to take the list of unclaimed countries, plus what Serpenteye has added, and make an Unclaimed Powers Post.
That way, any new players wanting to join in, can look at those countries and pick and choose. And players knocked out of the IR who want to claim new powers and start again (probably me included ...) can do so.

Serpenteye, DralonXitz claimed Fireland and the Dragons' Isle. So if you are creating a template for him, you've got that to work from - just a reminder, since I know you're very busy, and might have missed DralonXitzs' claim.

I think I'm going to take the list of unclaimed countries, plus what Serpenteye has added, and make an Unclaimed Powers Post.
That way, any new players wanting to join in, can look at those countries and pick and choose. And players knocked out of the IR who want to claim new powers and start again (probably me included ...) can do so.

I will auto-pilot Eluvan's faction until he returns. It will be fairly proactive...

--

It's rather cumbersome to update the Mega-post, I've come to fully appreciate the vast undertaking it has been for you to put it together. So, I'm thinking of dividing it into two separate posts when I open the next thread. One post for information about the setting and background-information about the factions (which won't have to be updated very often), and another for the hard, cold numbers (which will be short and easily updatable)...

I think DralonXitz claims have been added to my list on page 2.

And yes, Eclavdra is taking everything possible. So if I can save 50% of my IC, that's what I'm going to do.
Since none of the other powers knew what the drow were going to do, and it would take time for them to find out and react to this (nevermind that everyone knows about it beforehand OOC ) I'm betting I can get away with most of the drow and 50% of their IC.

I mean, after all, the drow simply picking up and evacuating ALL of their cities in a flash is not something the other powers would have expected to happen! So, hopefully, I can accomplish the deed before the forces of other powers come to play ...

It will take a little while, but the scavengers will probably wait until you're done.

Btw. I think you're being too defeatist. That's a dangerous attitude to have, it tends to be self-fulfilling. Just think what would have happened in the 3rd IR if I hadn't dared to attack Nyrond or betray Acererak... The Union of Oerth would have dwindled to obscurity and ultimate defeat.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

RECIPE FOR ROAST ROTHE ALA APLENTY

One handsome drow youth, who among other things happens to be a wizard.
One beautiful drow maid, who among other things happens to be a warrior.
One rothe (Underdark cow.)
One Trollish Fortitude spell, in the mind of the drow youth.
One + 1 adamantine sword, in the hands of the drow maid.
Several servitor beings.

Step 1: Place rothe in front of drow maid.
Step 2: Drow maid raises sword.
Step 3: Drow youth casts Trollish Fortitude on rothe.
Step 4: Drow maid sweeps down sword, cutting rothe in half, but slightly off - front half is 55% of rothe, rear half is 45%.
Step 5: Servitor beings haul aside rear half of rothe.
Step 6: As per Trollish Fortitude, front half of rothe - the largest part - regenerates into complete rothe.
Step 7: Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6 until Trollish Fortitude spell ends. No pain caused to rothe, due to protective effects of spell.
Step 8: Take multiple rothe carcasses and carve as needed.
Step 9: Cook beef to desired level; well done, medium, rare, as per taste.
Step 10: Serve hundreds, maybe thousands, of people with fresh beef.
Step 11: Never eat stupid fungus from stupid fungus farms again, when you have fresh beef instead!

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Defeatist, eh?
We'll see.
I have this tendency, Serpenteye - as you know well - to do the totally unexpected, right out of the blue.
I guarantee you that whatever Eclavdra did, it was for a reason, and had a good purpose (well, ok, an evil purpose.)

 

[Serpenteye]

RECIPE FOR ROAST ROTHE ALA APLENTY

One handsome drow youth, who among other things happens to be a wizard.
One beautiful drow maid, who among other things happens to be a warrior.
One rothe (Underdark cow.)
One Trollish Fortitude spell, in the mind of the drow youth.
One + 1 adamantine sword, in the hands of the drow maid.
Several servitor beings.

Step 1: Place rothe in front of drow maid.
Step 2: Drow maid raises sword.
Step 3: Drow youth casts Trollish Fortitude on rothe.
Step 4: Drow maid sweeps down sword, cutting rothe in half, but slightly off - front half is 55% of rothe, rear half is 45%.
Step 5: Servitor beings haul aside rear half of rothe.
Step 6: As per Trollish Fortitude, front half of rothe - the largest part - regenerates into complete rothe.
Step 7: Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6 until Trollish Fortitude spell ends. No pain caused to rothe, due to protective effects of spell.
Step 8: Take multiple rothe carcasses and carve as needed.
Step 9: Cook beef to desired level; well done, medium, rare, as per taste.
Step 10: Serve hundreds, maybe thousands, of people with fresh beef.
Step 11: Never eat stupid fungus from stupid fungus farms again, when you have fresh beef instead!

Cool.

I just have to... (You see, if I don't everyone will expect it for their own special projects... and it really wouldn't be consistent with my general policy not to... and the IR would collapse...) enforce a cost.
Please don't think I'm persecuting you, Edena, the same rules apply to everyone.

Edena, private:
[sblock]Keeping food-production on a level that can sustain your population will require the constant efforts of 20 elite PLs, 17 elite PLs if you're content to let the majority of the population live on the verge of starvation.
They will still be usable for combat, but they require one day to mobilize (change their spell-repetoir), and if they are attacked before mobilization they will fight with an additional modifier of -2/-2 (all other modifiers aplied separately). They also won't have the normal mobility of Elites, unless you're prepared to add another 1 elite PL to the operation. [/sblock]

Sorry .

 

[Serpenteye]

Defeatist, eh?
We'll see.
I have this tendency, Serpenteye - as you know well - to do the totally unexpected, right out of the blue.
I guarantee you that whatever Eclavdra did, it was for a reason, and had a good purpose (well, ok, an evil purpose.)

I have full confidence in your abilities...