Out of character thread XIX

It's pretty hard to justify dredging this up and ruining the Reich again, but that's what heroes do! Péter von Kastilien is a hero!

I'll be the crazy relative sitting in the front row with a long coat and a black, mixed up look of anger and rage in his eyes. :laugh4:

AKA 'The Outburst' or 'Clear the Court!'

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has anybody else seen this?
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=498

it's an expanded Grand Campaign with the Reich split into all the different Duchies.

I forgot about the knighthood. The best plan would be for Ramses to have me meet AussieGiant around Vienna. The Hungarians have a few stacks I am sure one will besiege the city. I could get the knighthood and move on from there.

I believe Jan is technically knighted, and if we can get you to Vienna you can command the defense and I'm perfectly content to have him knight you in absentia, unless there are objections.

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NN,

I just wiped one out but there are three more around the place...and some of them are silver's.

You'll get knighted in a jiffy mate. Either that or you'll die trying :-) :sweatdrop:

Welf is not the one to pursue this IC, but taking Rennes and now apparently targeting Bordeaux is a clear violation of the Charter requirement that the Diet pre-approve conquests. It was basically an OOC consideration to avoid blitzing (of the kind we have just seen in Swabia) but whether players want to abide by it at this stage of the game is something that can be decided within our existing political framework.

Blame it on Fritz (the Attacker), he's a good target. Hyper aggressive, etc. I'm sure this will provide ample ammunition to Lothar if we have to let him speechify during his trial. :laugh4:

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Ramses was saying in the O&R thread that taking Rennes would be fine if it were given away, but if it isn't, that's something we can deal with at the coming diet session that is 3 turns away.

I'm not sure about Bordeaux, so you as GM can have a say there. I guess it made sense to take Rennes since we have Angers already for which we have not passed an edict either to ensure there is not a French settlement behind our own lines.

Kaiser Peter isn't going to complain about enemies dying quickly.

I guess since there aren't any official repercussions for ignoring the need for Diet approval you could say Fritz's aggression overmatched his discretion. If anyone objects I imagine they could try to get an Emergency Diet session called.

I experimented with getting military access from the English and I may have to put florins in on top of just Rennes. It definitely wasn't an easy trade, as our despicable reputation makes it very difficult to purchase military access.

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Hmmm we should start releasing all our prisoners :grin:

I am still here; though everyone's assuming I am gone. Just been quiet with the scneario I am stuck in.

Wish to offer a congratulations to all HOF winners. And a Happy birthday to GH!

Happy Birthday, GH !!!

:cake: :birthday2:

Happy Birthday GH!!! :balloon2: :balloon2: :balloon2:


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And well done to those here in the KotR who won awards in the HoF.

Thanks for the birthday wishes guys. :bow:

Anyway, I'm a bit concerned that the Reports thread is completely dominating the Diet at the moment. There have definitely been some arguments there recently that, IMO, have been more suitable for the Diet.

Agreed, it would be best to move them to the Diet.

We've had this discussion before, but I'll repeat myself here. What is happening now is the logical end result of renaming the thread. It is only natural to discuss orders in the Orders thread, and since almost everything we talk about between Diet sessions can be construed as 'orders' the result is what you see.

Our two choices are to have the Diet thread for when the Diet is in session and the Orders thread for when the game is in motion, or to bring back the 'Chancellor's and Govenor's Reports' for Chancellor's reports, build queues and army assignments while having all our discussions in the Diet thread. Otherwise situations like this will continue.

I finally agree with Cecil :beam:

Due to the naming we just get sucked into talking in the Order's version of the thread. :clown:

some shamfull advertising but slightly relevant to KotR :P

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...34#post1850434

I kind of think of the O&R thread as more appropriate when I can't be present in the room with a person, as when I'm at sea but need to have a discussion or something. I'd be fine with either way though. :shrug:

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As long as it's all going on in one place, it doesn't make that much of a difference right now. I have a few suggestions on thread organization for the next game, but they'll be posted with the rest of my commentary when KOTR is done.

Arnold's "name calling skill" are just starting to heat up and now I have to go to bed. Damn.

Have a nice night chaps and if it all goes bottoms up in the Orders thread someone wake me. :2thumbsup:

I'm guilty of seeing the Orders thread as the place for discussions between Diets (although Andreas has been trying to stay out of things). I didn't even realize until fairly recently that you could post in the Diet between sessions. :oops:

EF That mod looks awesome. If I can fix the problem I've been having downloading large files in time, I'll join that game.

:balloon2: Happy Birthday GH! :balloon2:

I've updated my two last battle reports for Paris and Caen 1370

First, Paris to be found here

then the Lovecraft inspired Death of King Emery

Good stuff Tristan! Man, when those French fall to heresy, they really fall to heresy! :yes:

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I really like the Lovercraft references Tristan.

Well done.

I also realised I should have done something like this in developing the Dread aspect of Arnold...oh well.

Glad you liked the stories... The fights were inspiring... Mainly the way the King's bodyguard were arranged in the courtyard of the citadel as in prayer... That lead me to thinking of some kind of cult... Cult lead to Lovecraft and there you are...

Cthulhu by torchlight...:2thumbsup:

I just realized that in Capo II I have personally killed 3 KOTR players, aided in the lynching of a 4th, and will certainly be the indirect, if not direct, cause of a 5th death eventually. Sorry guys, I swear it's coincidence.