OOC Kingdom of Ashes IV - Who's yo' daddy?

[Laurel]

I posted the wedding and the funeral IC. All in one merry post.

Have a look.

Great another NPC who knows too much- kill! Just kidding it was cool reading

So now Justice and Duke are rulers of Caer Mylen and Oceanus... now to just go and truly lay claim to them for the Queendom! Also after the cool imagery in the story, I wonder what thier kids will look like.....?

 

[The_Universe]

Great another NPC who knows too much- kill! Just kidding it was cool reading

10 points to the first person who guesses who that mysterious NPC was/is!

 

[Xath]

That sounded like... Oberon.

 

[The_Universe]

That sounded like... Oberon.

I shouldn't have toyed with you. I'm not going to tell you if you were right or wrong.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[Laurel]

opppps gave the sword to the wrong guy- it's Jaine's true love!

That sounded like... Oberon.

I would love to see this!
Though it would make me wonder that a jolly green giant was wondering around and no one was questioning it. But he could be in another body.... too much of that already!

 

[The_Universe]

Hey gang - if you're going to introduce a heretofore unconsidered option to a the plan, I suggest you hash it out here, not over e-mail.

 

[Archon]

A different Plan

First we go to Caer Albion and let them know that we are here to help and that a sizeable force will be here soon to break the seige. And we ask them to make us a list of their defensive capabilities while we head north.
So, we go north and hire as many mercenaries as we can get our hands on.
Then we talk to Jansten's people and work up a deal with them. We provide them extra men (mercs) and Cawys as a leader if they keep the Bluestar busy while we fight Tain.
After that we use "Lesser Gate" to port our close to 3000 mercs (maybe more if you guys can pitch in) to Caer Albion. Then the fun starts, we, the Circle, take out the Draconid's key leadership while the troops clen up the mess.
After we take Caer Albion we proclaim that the King did not come to save you, we did and that he is in fact not himself and in league with the Draconids, falsifying the Bluestar's involvment so he could send troops north for the slaughter and thus leave his cities unprotected from draconid invaders.
After that we march unto Thanesport to kill the King. Our men don't actually have to fight Thanesports defenders they just need to sit around the walls and thus provide a nice distraction for...
The Circle to sneak in and kill the King. Now assuming he is just a puppet of the draconids killing him will still serve a purpose, it would deprive the Falcon Kingdom of a king thus leaving us the chance to negotiate our own leadership. If we can instill the Queen and thus our nation in his place then that would bring peace between our factions and let us focus on battling Draonids and not each other.

 

[The_Universe]

That's the important stuff as I see it - do with it what you will. You have several very valid paths, and the sooner you choose one (or choose several, and make a plan to make them all happen) the better. I'd like to be able to prepare a little more for the next time we play. These are hardly the only things going on at the moment, and I know there are other things you've talked about - like going to the Jade Forest Academy - that you may wish to pursue, as well. Good luck, and happy hunting.


PS - PLEASE DECIDE QUICKLY.

I said this almost 4 weeks ago. I appreciate the sudden flurry of options, but remember that part of a my job as the DM is to prepare. There are always a certain number of things that cannot be planned for - when that happens, I get to react as best I can, trying to create something that, at least, makes sense (even if it's usually not as good as the stuff I DO prepare).

But there are limits. We're 27 hours from playing, and I asked for at least a rudimentary decision 27 days ago. I have a responsibility to try to make the game fun for you all - I do my best. But part of what makes the game fun for me is to not spend every session rocked back upon my heels as you push against every natural opportunity in the game.

Even then, I can deal with that, as long as I have time.

I thought we had the beginnings of a plan going. I guess we don't. But I am BEGGING you to decide what you're going to do soon, or there's no way I can provide a decent game session tomorrow.

So that's my request - and a reminder of part of what makes the game fun for me.

 

[Archon]

reasons

i don't mean to ruin your fun kennon and i'm sorry it took this long to come up with a "player-made" plan. Everyone knows i've been pushing for a different plan and i have offered different ideas and now i offer a different plan. But like all thing in the game it should be decided by the group. Kennon has offered his plan and i have offered mine. Now i know he has planned for his plan already ("planned for his plan", i hope that's right ) and that's fine but my plan isn't too terrible different and shouldn't effect tommorrow's game because i doubt we'll get past saving Caer Albion which we we're planning on doing anyway.
But hey, like i said, i'm just trying to offer different options and i'm sorry it took me so long to come up with anything even resembling a plan and your either for it or your not. I just tried to come up with a viable military solution which did not involve siding with evil. This was no easy task, but i thank everyone for asking the questions of me and forcing me to think (can you smell the wood burning ).
Part of the fun for me is getting to decide my characters fate so making this plan and hopefully getting to implement it, will be fun for me.
anyway, peice out my hommies,
mik

 

[The_Universe]

Part of the fun for me is getting to decide my characters fate so making this plan and hopefully getting to implement it, will be fun for me.

At this risk of sounding angry, I find this statement blatantly insulting to both my skill and effort. Skill, I recognize, may be inflated in my own imagination. But effort? Read over the thread, and tell me exactly where I decided your character's fate. I have tried and tried and tried and tried to get you guys to take initiative and consider all of the factors to make a plan. When you did not, I suggested the beginnings of a plan. I only "decided your fate" after you refused to decide your own.

27 days - 27. I've now got 27 hours to react, and on top of that, being told that it was unfair to have encouraged you to make a decision before now.

Meh.

Anyway, with that off my chest, I'm all smiles and giggles. Just wanted to share my dissatisfaction with how this is all suddenly being characterized.

EDIT - 24.5 hours.