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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3618038" data-attributes="member: 13966">......No, it is not.&nbsp; We've already tried explaining to you how Medegia could save itself with 'good' methods rather than turning into a chaotic evil society of slaughtering maniacs with l33t ninja death skillz. -_-You just brush it aside as being impossible.&nbsp; Yet the only reason Medegia was crushed so thoroughly in canon is because the authors felt like it, as an example and a sign of just how evil Ivid and his forces had become.&nbsp; And you continue to deny every possibility as though the authors had not, in fact, chosen to destroy Medegia purely on narrative whim.&nbsp; And yet that's exactly what they did.&nbsp; There was no in-game reason for Medegia to have been doomed.&nbsp; They could have seen the signs of Ivid's corruption and made secret preparations just in case.&nbsp; They could have done something.&nbsp; Ivid was not omniscient.If Medegia's fate had been determined by actual PC-influenced events, it would've managed to ward off Ivid through all kinds of plans and tricks and alliances, building up enough power and sowing enough discord in Ivid's forces that, when the time came, Medegia would be able to turn Ivid's army aside with bolstered military forces and an extra-large number of mages and clerics on-hand.&nbsp; Because PCs, being clever and resourceful usually, would have done what was needed to forge alliances between Medegia and others, send out Medegians to learn magic and bring in loot from slain monsters to fund the escalating military and magic training in Medegia, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 3618038, member: 13966"] ......No, it is not. We've already tried explaining to you how Medegia could save itself with 'good' methods rather than turning into a chaotic evil society of slaughtering maniacs with l33t ninja death skillz. -_- You just brush it aside as being impossible. Yet the only reason Medegia was crushed so thoroughly in canon is because the authors felt like it, as an example and a sign of just how evil Ivid and his forces had become. And you continue to deny every possibility [I]as though[/I] the authors [B]had not[/B], in fact, chosen to destroy Medegia purely on narrative whim. And yet that's exactly what they did. There was no in-game reason for Medegia to have been doomed. They could have seen the signs of Ivid's corruption and made secret preparations just in case. They could have done [I]something[/I]. Ivid was not omniscient. If Medegia's fate had been determined by actual PC-influenced events, it would've managed to ward off Ivid through all kinds of plans and tricks and alliances, building up enough power and sowing enough discord in Ivid's forces that, when the time came, Medegia would be able to turn Ivid's army aside with bolstered military forces and an extra-large number of mages and clerics on-hand. Because PCs, being clever and resourceful usually, would have done what was needed to forge alliances between Medegia and others, send out Medegians to learn magic and bring in loot from slain monsters to fund the escalating military and magic training in Medegia, etc. [/QUOTE]

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