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

[Kalanyr]

Barundi is also welcomed.

The Miranda Pact currently includes:

Miranda
The Drow
The Circle Of Eight
The Baklunish
Barundi

(Did I forget anyone ?)

 

[Melkor Lord Of ALL!]

OOC:
DM, can Iuz and his teleportin guys Teleport to other planet in Greyspace ? Or reach it trough Gate ?

I'll answer this: Yes, you can =) Any epic or elite armys can go where ever they want, really.

I'd also like to ask you to clear it with us first, though. We have worked hard to make grayspace a peacefull place, and we do not want to see it otherwise! If you are found in grayspace without our knoledge, we may interprate it as a hostle act.

Oh, and the spelljamming folk might have an ally in this.

Serpenteye, I am giving Sulhaut Mountains at the beginning of 1st turn to Airwhale. I assume you will then comment on the results of actions in mine 2 previous posts?

 

[Serpenteye]

IC:
Menace ... it sounds worse than Vecna, You confirmed Our thoughts. Nothing could be trusted more than such beautiful hate. Now I know why Imp and Quasit are so succesful and powerful while cooperating, wonder who caused Blood War ... and who's goals it were serving ? Maybe multiverse is fair and this entity will die miserably, or ...

*Iuz's arm wrapped around Victoria's waist gently, but forceful enough that she might feel spark of his strength. And he smirked viciously while speaking last words. He pointed out at the chamber looking like strange cross between bathroom, bedroom and laboratory of insane alchemist. And whispered hotly into her ear, with full power of feelings that she araised in him, expressed ... and deviless is sure that if his mind wouldn't be occupied, he would fly into murderous frenzy. Cambion Prince relased her, wery disliking fact that they are parted now. Furious longing and naked lust in his greedy stare.*

Wait for Us there ... We will return in moments, must attend to something.

*Victoria could spot that maimed form of Red Abishai were dragged off by grinning maniacally dretches, fighting weakly against his opressors. Iuz passed just by, walking heavily for some such small and frail looking. Dretches fled in utter terror while his uninterested glance passed by them, and stopped when he gave them unheard command. Demonlings grabbed devil and run out as if chased by devil legions. before Iuz dissapeared behind the corner, sharp hearing of Victoria could hear him murmuring to himself.*

You shot with the hooves then ... my dearest daddy, tee hee. Where those levers ?

*Inside the room are papers with blueprints scattered everywhere, Victoria could clearly see that someone was writing all over them, mostly insults towards the creator's intellect. Or praises ... under the most devastating weapons, of the most destructive potential. BUt she could clearly see that blueprints present here are ... primitive, perhaps scraps stolen by unloyal servant from public library in one of numerous cities of Baator. But cauldron made of old bronze, big enough to contain several people, was the ... bath that he intends ? Tubes with many strange liquids, visibly poorly planned, were attached here and there. Thought reached her from the cauldron, wich was filling slowly with murky liquid smelling of pain and blood.*

Patience ... must learn, patience. Join us, if You wish. Wann ... ach, drink ?

*A woman approached her and respectfully directed her towards the cauldron. Where something was lazily moving just under surface ... Deviless momentarily reckognised this presence. Iuz smiled while his head and shoulders emerged, still covered in sticky liquid. Maid or concubine waits nearby, for requests only sparing one envious and hateful glance at Eiryne's back. Demon's eyes fluttered and opened, admiring Victoria's shapeful curves from below while playful smile entered his face.*

OOC:
DM, can Iuz and his teleportin guys Teleport to other planet in Greyspace ? Or reach it trough Gate ?

IC: To Rikandur, public but with sexual content:
[sblock]Victoria smiles, "For a moment, just now, I thought you were going to eat me... I still hope you will." She gracefully lowers herself into the cauldron...[/sblock]

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OC:
And the scene fades to black...

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Does Iuz use Diabolic technology, or is he just using Victoria?

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Yes, Elites and Epics have the ability to teleport pretty much anywhere in the crystal-sphere.

To Serpenteye:
[sblock]
I asked earlier if I could get a rundown on the environmental friendliness of the powers, it probably got lost in the shuffle. There is a note in my template allocating ppts to this purpose, if necessary. I understand you may not have this information until all of the templates are in, if then, so I won't be upset if I don't get the info immediately.
[/sblock]

It seems most factions are going environmentally. As the turn goes on it will be apparent which factions use which type of technology. Since technology affects the entire society and economy of a faction it's so visible that it doesn't require espionage to find out about it, it will be noticeable anyway.

SERPENTEYE:
[SBLOCK]Template sent. Enjoy.[/SBLOCK]

Thanks.

And I made a mistake with the lichified Iuz killing Epics easilly. I got the defence value mixed up with the attack, even a lichified Iuz can be hurt by normal Epics 1/36 (they roll a 6 for a total of 14 and he rolls a 1 for a total of 13. ) of the time.

Thankfully plenty of you have Demigods of your own...

Oh, and the spelljamming folk might have an ally in this.

Serpenteye, I am giving Sulhaut Mountains at the beginning of 1st turn to Airwhale. I assume you will then comment on the results of actions in mine 2 previous posts?

I will comment when it's happening. You'll have to re-post all your actions in the IC-thread. (This does not apply to your secret projects, which you have e-mailed me, but a war is far too visible to be secret.)

 

[Serpenteye]

I have recieved the templates of (in no particular order):

Anabstercorian
Creamsteak
Bugbear
Kalanyr
Rikandur
Edena
Uvenelei
James Heard
Knight Otu
Melkor
Paxus
Guilt Puppy
Xael
Festy Dog
Venus
Azmodean

If you're not on this list please hurry.

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Also, it's come to my attention that some of the players are uncomfortable with the mention of sexuality in some posts (of mine and Rikandur's presumably), and that some of you have been recieving e-mails (though surely not from me) that have been of a similar sensitive nature.
It is not my intention that anybody be offended. I am aware that there are several different (Earth-) religions and cultures represented by the players of this IR and that our perception of what is "good" and "bad" varies. Personally I consider sex to be generally good, and violence to be generally bad [sblock](I'd rather have sex than be shot in the head ), [/sblock] but there will still be plenty of violence in the IR. I know some of you have other oppinions and my beliefs are no more valid than any of yours.

So... To avoid people being offended needlessly perhaps we should make a list. Those of you who have no problems with sexual references in role-playing please post that succinctly in the thread. That way you (we) can post those references in sblocks and e-mails adressed to each-others or in sblocks with a little (XXX) or (SC)-tag on them. Those of you who are uncomfortable with that kind of smut will thus be protected from it.

I think that's a solution everybody can be happy with.

(Please do not turn this to a flame-war, just state openly what you think and be respectful to each others.)


Edit: Actual sexual harrassment (Obvious sexual overtures directed not from one in-game character to another but directly and unsolicited from one player to another) and any other kind of harrassment is still not allowed for anyone. It's not primarily a question of puritanism, but of respect.

 

[Melkor Lord Of ALL!]

I have no problems with sex in fantasy and role-playing, one of the reasons I like Vampires is the fact that I consider them sensual in a predatory way, especially female ones.

 

[Guilt Puppy]

Go ahead and put me on the list. I have mixed feelings on the issue, in a broad sense, but personally it doesn't effect me either way... If anything is so sexual (or so violent, or whatever) that it makes me uncomfortable, I just skim over it... Other people have stronger sensitivities, and I can respect it, but barring some misguided sense of solidarity, I have no reason not to put myself on the list (save "it saves me the trouble of thinking in circles around what to post", which was an option I didn't consider until it was far too late.)

 

[Bugbear]

Put me on the list. I'm not offended by much.

 

[Gurdjieff]

*scribbles name on the list*
Ssssssmokin'!

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

If Templates have been submitted by:

Anabstercorian
Azmodean
Bugbear
Creamsteak
Edena
Festy Dog
Guilt Puppy
James Heard
Kalanyr
Knight Otu
Melkor
Paxus
Rikandur
Uvenelei
Venus
Xael

That leaves the following:

Airwhale
Album Cover X
Devilish
DralonXitz (if he is coming in on Turn 1)
Eluvan
John Brown (but he is not coming in until Turn 2, apparently)
Nac Mac Feegle
Radiant
Sollir
Thomas
William (I am betting William will not have the time to submit his template until next weekend. (sighs) )
Zelda (but her template is being handled by Airwhale, I believe, on Turn 1, since she is having computer troubles)

Could people e-mail these players, and tell them Serpenteye is starting, and they need to submit templates?

EDIT: I have sent e-mails out to every single player (except DralonXitz because I do not have his e-mail, and John Brown who is coming in on Turn 2) listed as not yet having turned in their template. But I am only one person, and Serpenteye as DM only has so much time: would anyone help me and him here?

I would note that some of the players above are in critical situations on Turn 1, and their active participation on Turn 1 will make a complete difference on how the IR goes.

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I am most definitely NOT bothered by posts with sexual content. After all, I spent 2 years surviving the Nutkinland Message Board.

However, this is ENWorld and not Nutkinland, and ENWorlds' rules are strict on the matter of sexual content.
Therefore, you will not find me posting anything with sexual content to the boards. Not publicly, and not in sblocks either. I will maintain a PG rating concerning the matter from now on. I really do not want to offend people: I came back to ENWorld to have fun.

Put me on your list, Serpenteye, but for e-mails only. I honestly believe there will be complaints if such material is even submitted in sblocks on the board. So, just keep it to e-mail with me, and that way ENWorld will be happy also.

(Also makes a note of other players subscribing to Serpenteyes' list, for e-mail purposes only)

 

[Eluvan]

Uhhh... okay. You guys aren't going to like what I have to say, but here goes:

There is no way on Earth I'm going to be ready to send my template any time soon. I have no plans. I have no conception of what's going on. I have only the faintest idea of what I actually have to work with. My knowledge of the rules is hazy at best.

Maybe this is simply because of my negligence, but... this is why I wanted to drop out a while ago. Because I saw this coming. I got back from my holidays a couple of days ago. Since then I've had maybe an hour a day I can spare to keep up with my commitments on this and many other message boards. Perhaps 50 minutes of that hour has been taken up with posting in the regular games I'm involved with, taking care of my repsonsibilities as a moderator on another board, emailing people, and general house keeping. That was true before I went away, too. So I've had, on average, maybe 10 minutes per day to devote to this game. Now... I was aware that that didn't seem to be enough. It seemed to me like I would need a great deal more than that just to keep up with diplomacy and the lightning-fast speed of posting on these OOC threads, let alone actually plotting and working out what I should be doing.

But when I expressed this, I was assured that it would be okay, that the speed of posting here was deceptive, that I didn't need to know that much about the world of Greyhawk, that if I wanted to play more as a roleplaying game than a strategy game that was okay and, in fact, almost expected. Now I'm being thrown in at the deep end, basically just being told 'okay, go. What are you going to do?'

Now I'm not blaming you guys for this. I should have realised that I didn't have the time or inclination to commit to this game what it needs and deserves, and that the protestations to the contrary I received when I tried to quit were exaggerated and misleading. I shouldn't have fooled myself into thinking I could manage it. I certainly shouldn't have let myself be so carried away with enthusiasm for the game that I not only stayed in but took it upon myself to take one of the biggest factions in the game and therefore take a major role. So... I apologise. I've been foolish. But now I see no obvious way out of this quandary. I don't really want to quit. I don't want to let you guys down like that, and despite everything I've said I do genuinely think that this game looks a lot of fun. But I'm not prepared to string you all along. I don't know what the hell I'm doing, I'm out of my depth, and I simply don't have the hours upon hours it would require for me to catch up and get on top of it all. Those are the facts. I feel like you guys deserve to know them. What needs to be done about it I really don't know. If you feel like the best thing to do would be to cut our losses and have me leave the game, I will bow out. If not, I'll od my best to keep struggling along. But seriously, I feel like I've just been caught out sitting at the back of an advanced calculus class trying not to be noticed because I never paid attention in primary school and I don't even know how to add up.