(IR) The 1st IC-thread of the 1st Turn of the 5th IR

[Melkor Lord Of ALL!]

Serpenteye, my forces on Gibenei are going into full defense until I have full control over Salitisa`s undeath legions( I assume you will inform me when it happens)-I am attempting to fortify Galion Vool with both magical and mundane means, and I am creating gates to Lord Yaghal`s stronghold so we can help each other if one is attacked( I inform Lord Yaghal that help willl soon arrive from Oerth).

Oh, and I am turning those of my living forces that seem to have broken morale/ are injured into Undeath! ( But not Duergar or Kua-Toa, only the Humanoid scum!)- and best soldiers might be embraced to become Nosferatu( those that gain experience to raise beyond 4th level), this is celebrated as great honor.

And my diviners are desperately trying to find Salitisa!

 

[Anabstercorian]

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=114544

The thread for the TEC Summit is up.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

(Speaking for my power)

The remaining intact parts of my power are the Yuan-Ti Empire, and the Kingdom of the Ice Elves of Adri Forest.
These two nations both send emissaries to the TEC Summit. Being cautious, they prefer to be seen ... but not heard. A nice way of saying they keep their mouths shut, and don't rock the boat. They agree to the consensus proposals.

Eclavdra remains in the Nyrondese hospital, incapacitated.
The drow of the Great City remain in the Great City, incapacitated.

The humanoids that were servitors seem to now all be under the control of Paxus.

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(Speaking for Thomas' power)

Aliador remains quiet. It is now fully mobilized for war, but war has not come to Aliador, and the elves do not wish to start a war.
Celene and the Yeomanry remain quiet, and uninvolved, with the League of Athyr.
Relying on Aliador to protect them, the Lendore elves stay silent.

The children and civilians sent away (ala the British sending their children out of the city of London before the Blitz) are, I'm guessing, now safely in friendly lands.
Aliador continues to maintain its' children are not barterable, because the definition of trade is the barter of goods, and only slave qualify as goods, and its' children are not slaves. An argument on a technicality.
Aliador also maintains it has a right to remain in the TEC Pact based on it's original application and acceptance, and maintains the Church of Tritherion was never a coherent entity that could speak for them (that is, if the Church joined the TEC, then subsequently reneged and left, that's not Aliadors' doing or it's responsibility.)

(Speaking for myself)

I am going into what I call Quiet Mode (not quite Stealth Mode, but Quiet Mode.)
I won't be posting nearly as often as I was.
I won't be nearly as active in the IR as I was ... unless events as dictated by Serpenteye require action, obviously.
I'm on semi-vacation for the next couple of weeks. I've been On The Job (as it were) in the IR for 2 months, and need a partial rest.
So I'm still here. I'm not gone! Just ... more laid back, more relaxed. More content to watch, to observe, and less quick to jump, to act, to stir up the pot.
Cheers to the 5th IR, my friends, and the new players!

(And on a humorous note)

First we had the Hand and Eye of Vecna.
Now we have the Hand of Iuz.
And we have the Nose and Jawbone of Eilistraee.
What next?
I think we've figured out a way to mass produce artifacts in this IR, starting on Turn 1!

 

[Kalanyr]

Morwel can grant spells to them, but it will be a heavy strain on her, and she won't recieve enough worship in return (at least in the short term) to compensate for the energy spent. It won't affect her PL, but it will make it harder for her to gain divine ranks if she grants her spells that freely.

In such a case it is sufficiently far from her nature that she will remain granting spells only to those who are of appropriate alignment.

 

[Kalanyr]

The Nose and Jawbone will be returned to Ellisterae, hopefully with these and her own healing ability she will be capable of returning to her original appearance.

 

[Kalanyr]

Edena, thank you. We wouldn't mind another crisis (of your creation) as long as its delayed a bit. I like Anabster's queue system proposal.

 

[Anabstercorian]

OOC Post

Oh, yes, the Crisis Queue. Well, let me put forth that idea.

I propose that each round, along with our Templates, we send in an idea (at least one) for a crisis that could break out in the next turn, requiring action on our parts beyond what we stir up on our lonesome. Serpenteye can then, at his leisure, pick and choose whichever of these crises most strike his fancy and hurl them at us like a mocking god.

Also, everyone should come hang out at the chat room some time. It's an IRC chat room, on server chat.psionics.net, channel #IR. If you don't have an IRC client program, don't worry - google for it and you'll be able to find some freeware whether you use mac, unix, or windows.

 

[Kalanyr]

For windows users I recommend mIRC from www.mirc.com

 

[Rikandur Azebol]

The departure of Iuz's priests leaves a large number of Drow uncared for. Free of their restraints some of them rise from their blankets and begin to wander around, screaming and laughing.

Iuz's Priestesses, of Suel descend, returned to their duties after the hour. I doubt that any ex-drow have big chance of freeing himself/herself from restrains ... but those who managed, are put back in line.

Hmm. You had 40 elPL and 6 (fighting-capable) epPL at the beginning of the turn. You've gained 1 epPL from the Regaila and Iuz has lost 2,4 ep PL during the last battles.
You borrowed some elPL to Melkor, but they've suffered only light casualties so far.

Dunno, with so many Priestesses taking control of Undead attackers and Magi blasting them from afar ? Anyway, wounded badly monsters return to their keenels ... and I send Gallador Undead this time, composition of the army is the same as Mage's Army. And Drelzna return's to the battlefield. She have personal attention of Her God and Brother.

Now you have 39 elPL and 4,6 epPL plus 15 elPL and 2 epPL from Melkor, against the 3 epPL from the Scarlet Brotherhood. And, you're ambushing them, and you have the advantage of having your forces enhanced by a Demigod... The odds are overwhelmingly on your side.

I intended to, and what with 2 elPls of Bodyguards ? I doubt they have time to whimper DM.
Ach, unimportant ... they fled.

The Battle doesn't start out good for you, though. You first attack fails and the Brothers counter-attack, the damage they inflict is minimal, though.
The Dimensional Anchors worked, but only on one of the Brothers (not Abbon). Realising how completely outnumbered they are by the great horde of Demons and spellcasters I rule that Abbon and the other Brother flee immediately (forfeiting their counter-attack).
The one Brother who remains is swiftly incapacitated despite his best efforts.
(Feel free to describe the battle, Rik. )

Thank You Serp.

The others would definitely flee -- the remaining one will end himself quickly with a dagger to the eye. If any doubt the dedication of the Brotherhood, it should be said that he kept that eye open, and he didn't flinch.
Abbon will not be issuing that statement (re: pardons) to Iuz and Gallador after all.

I hope You understand that if Brotherhood wouldn't openly attacked Iuz's Empire this retribution wouldn't happen ? When You rule CE country citizens couldn't perceive their leader other than Invicible, or he quickly ceases to be that leader.

And ... unfortunately for anonymous Elder Brother, his fate is in the hands of Iuz. DM stated. And I'm waiting for ranson proposals.

You got the Nose and the Yawbone of Elistraee, but Bugbear got the Hand of Iuz (If I'm not mistaken he posted that before Rik posted about teleporting his hand back).

And what would stop Iuz from teleporting his part back ?

Latest news from the the Fourth Heaven Chronicle:
"The Warlords Su Tchen of the Mang-Hien province and Wuang-Li of the Tien-Sufang and Lohmien provinces anncounced the creation of a powerful new alliance earlier today. Wuang-Li, also famous for his mastery of the Path of Nature, warned against the incidious influence of the Sikari usurpers, claiming that they are "under the sway of Diabolic influences" and that "if they are not stopped in time they will doom this, the greatest nation on Oerth, to slavery under foreign powers."
The combined forces of the two warlords are quite formidable and could indeed pose a threat to our mysterious overlords..."

Giggle, will have to do something. Later !

The battle, if one could call it that, is over swiftly.

I will write later, sorry but i have no time now ... and I have MIRC ... But guys ! I need to sleep sometimes ! And I need lot of time for writing, sigh, You are going to kill me.

I would Irc only on evening, when i wouldn't have more pressing matters. I got job to attend, folks. Gray life squeaks.

 

[Kalanyr]

"But they are gone... They are all gone... Lolth is gone, our mother..."

"Yes, they are missing. But your mother, not Lolth, told me to look after her children, and I will do this to the best of my ability. Lolth would revel in this chaos and pain, but your true mother loves you. Sleep child, you need to heal. "

(Morwel will back up any words that the drow would not understand like love, with a wave of the appropriate emotion)