(IR) The 3rd IR, Turn 7 (thread 2)

[Mr. Draco]

Mr. Draco:

As Cydians can control the gravitational fields around them, they should be able to fly at tremendous speeds. (Like Superman.)

Well, I suppose my basic peace plan is a recognition of existing borders and a cessation of hostilities. It is in everyone's interest, I believe, to keep us out of the Domains of Dread. To this end, we should respect each others territorial integrity and fix the worlds.

Also, I suggest that the City of Peace be governed by a council of all powers who will live there. The council can also serve as a UN like body.

I will contribute non-11th level magical aid to help in the city's construction. The architects are ready.

True, it makes flight easier for them, but they can always take incorporeal form. Then they fly even faster (light speed, their incorporeal form is basically a bolt of lightning).

I agree with your plan for the City of Peace. Also, your help is greatly appreciated.

Edena, we'll allocate another 10000PL to assist the construction of the City of Peace. This brings a total of 20000PL of power building it.

 

[William Ronald]

Double post.

Kalanyr, it is substare. I am not familiar with the word. Anab, is this something you created on your own or did you find the term elsewhere?

 

[William Ronald]

Well, we can try to make a stand for peace. I think a few people underestimate how bad permanent residency int he Domain of Dread would be.

Hazen issues a statement.

"Let the most brilliant spellcasters, architects, and engineers work on plans for the City of Peace. Perhaps we can build something worthy both of our respective heritages that will be an example for our posterity."

Mr. Draco: My actions with the Cup and Talisman of Al Akbar should have helped clean some of the Union's territory, some of the territory of Oerth Alliance members, as well as Iuz, and even Melkor's lands. I think we can vastly accelerate the healing of Oerth. Peace can be negotiated, but a little advance clean up might help. Have to figure what area to fix up on Day 4. Any requests from anyone? Trying to do this in a way to fix the environment and promote peace.

 

[Mr. Draco]

William, you can concentrate on cleaning the lands of others before the Union. We'll be devoting serious attention to that as soon as our population finishes Cydian metamorphoses anyway.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

TO GNOMEWORKS

I request someone forward this to GnomeWorks.

My regrets, GnomeWorks.
I was not able to correspond with you regularly by e-mail.

I simply did not have the time.
I did not have any energy left ... all that I had, went into the IR posts I made.

I was relying on the Alliance of Oerth to keep you informed.
I cannot BELIEVE that nobody in the Alliance of Oerth updated you on the situation, appraised you of what was going on, left you blind concerning the situation with Anabstercorian.
I ASKED that others keep you updated - I posted to the board a request that they correspond regularly with you, because I could not.

It would appear my request went unheeded.

Thus, you did not know the Alliance of Oerth was publicly breaking off hostilities with Anabstercorian, and you were unable to call off your attack.

You may blame me for this unfortunate situation.
Indeed, a measure of the blame does fall on me.

However, there are fully 11 Powers in the Alliance of Oerth, and I would have thought that at least one of them would have kept you updated.

They must accept their share of the blame for this miscommunication.

 

[Kalanyr]

OOC- Hmm. I thought Gnomeworks knew. Since he didn't, certainly part of the blame rests on me, especially since I was one of the ones involved in that project until the day 1 results.

I'll foreward the message to Gnomeworks.

William- Substare is mentioned in the PsiHB specifically the True Staff of Ancient Penumbra is made of it.

Also William would you mind telling me what the Mask of Jhyodee actually does? I lack the source material about it, all I know is that its an Artifact.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Re: TO GNOMEWORKS

I request someone forward this to GnomeWorks.

My regrets, GnomeWorks.
I was not able to correspond with you regularly by e-mail.

I simply did not have the time.
I did not have any energy left ... all that I had, went into the IR posts I made.

I was relying on the Alliance of Oerth to keep you informed.
I cannot BELIEVE that nobody in the Alliance of Oerth updated you on the situation, appraised you of what was going on, left you blind concerning the situation with Anabstercorian.
I ASKED that others keep you updated - I posted to the board a request that they correspond regularly with you, because I could not.

It would appear my request went unheeded.

Thus, you did not know the Alliance of Oerth was publicly breaking off hostilities with Anabstercorian, and you were unable to call off your attack.

You may blame me for this unfortunate situation.
Indeed, a measure of the blame does fall on me.

However, there are fully 11 Powers in the Alliance of Oerth, and I would have thought that at least one of them would have kept you updated.

They must accept their share of the blame for this miscommunication.

Don't blame yourself, Edena. I had not planned for it to take very long. I also understood when I started the project that you had limited time and limited energy b/c of the IR to begin with, and that this a low-priority event.

As for my allies not keeping me updated... I had something of an idea. I haven't been reading the threads regularly, due to increased activity in multiple PbP games, and involvement in the psionic conversion project, and schoolwork on top of that. However, I should still have looked at what was going on sometimes, and had enough of an idea of what was going on to stop Project Pi.

I didn't pay attention, and I paid the price for it. I blame no one other than myself.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

11th level Actions:

Unseelie: 1 hour action: Ward Everything of Strategic Importance
Acererak: 1 hour action: You can create hundreds of permanent Gates to other Planes, other parts of the Prime Material Plane, and to Alternate Realities. (In the Labyrinth)

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

IMPORTANT

(sighs)

Please pardon me, folks, I am deathly tired.

I'm continuing the IR, as I promised, but I'm tired.

I have a request to GnomeWorks:

At 3 in the afternoon my time, tomorrow, I will be resolving Attacks and Defenses for Day 3.
If you are unable to participate in the Attack/Defense routine for Day 3, could you allow me to assign the Veiled Alliance to Alzem, GnomeWorks?

Also - everyone, Dagger has had a very bad week, and he deserves letters of support.
He certainly has my support.

I am giving William temporary control of Dagger's Kingdom of Ulek until Dagger can return - William would play Dagger's power in the spirit in which Dagger would want.

- - -

Melkor has pulled a successful, and terrifying tactic, and I think all of you should appreciate what he has done.
Melkor used the corruption ability of 11th level magic (see the lists on what you can do with 11th level magic in a given time) to corrupt the people of Calimshan, Amn, and Tethyr in the United Commonwealth of Toril.
Including the military.
As a result, a new Power has been created, which is wholly on the side of the Shade, has it's own Attacks and Defenses, and which will fight alongside the Shade on Day 3 (that is, they are Attacking and Defending on this round of combat, to be resolved tomorrow.)

Any of you could pull this tactic.
For instance, Kalanyr could corrupt a small number of the Shade, who would then form a new 11th Level Power wholly on Kalanyr's side.

THIS CANNOT BE DONE UNTIL AFTER THE RESOLUTION OF ATTACKS AND DEFENSES FOR DAY 3, TOMORROW.

For the sake of preventing a runaway chain reaction, I am limited the number of times this stunt can be pulled to one, period.
That is, you can only have one extra Power at a time in this fashion, fighting at your side.
If that Power is destroyed, you can create a new one - provided YOU are not Disarmed at the same time.


Thus, for instance:

Alzem has one Power. If GnomeWorks will agree (as I have requested) that he gains the Veiled Alliance, he has two Powers.
If both of these Powers use their one hour action to corrupt, say, part of the Union of Oerth, Alzem would have four Powers.

The Union of Oerth counts as one Power. It could corrupt part of Alzem's people, to form a second Power (but not a third.)
The Humanoid Alliance, run by Mr. Draco and Serpenteye, could corrupt some of Alzem's people, thus forming another Power, wholly on the side of the Humanoid Alliance (and thus, the Union of Oerth.)
Thus, Mr. Draco and Serpenteye would have three Powers.

Tokiwong could throw a corruption on Creamsteak, corrupting some of his people.
Then, Tokiwong would have two 11th Level Powers.

Creamsteak could throw a corruption on Tokiwong, corrupting some of his people.
Then, Creamsteak would have two 11th Level Powers.

If you use your one hour action to corrupt a people, that Power is considered created IMMEDIATELY and can act THAT DAY.

Of course, to uncorrupt those people, you must defeat them in 11th Level Dueling, then launch a successful Coup de Grace.

I appreciate that this greatly complicates and seriously aggravates the already bad situation (regards the blood-feud between Melkor and Anabstercorian, among other combats.)
However, Melkor already pulled it, so it is only fair that all of you could pull this stunt.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

I am going to concentrate what energy I have on the (extensive) bookkeeping of stated and Held Attacks and Defenses, and resolution of the 11th Level Duels and Coup de Grace Attacks.

At least until my energy returns.

I am very tired.

I refuse to stop running the IR, not while I have players who care about it, who care what happens in it, who have given so much of themselves to it.

However, I must conserve what strength I have.

I am under serious pressure IRL, with a high stress situation ongoing.