Crusader Kings [Concluded]

I have informed his Grace about my intentions. I am not dismissive towards him in any way.I also cant be dismissive towards trouble spreading to my counties either. I dont think any of you can blame me for not trying to settle this issue or can you?

This is something i think would have been nice to know bit earlier. I cant comprehend why the bishop did not tell us about it. Was it not me who originally proposed to give Mide to church and now i am not even being told about an army supposed to march into Mide.Very strange i must say.

As we only have a single Ulster vassal telling us that there is a Church army marching to Mide. We are forced in this uncertain situation to move in as well. Not for our own bidding, but to make sure that the lawlessness will end at Mide.

Round over. I'll get on to the write up and results after Rory McIlroy finishes embarrassing the worlds golfers.

((Since nobody warned me I had to militarily occupy the province - as such, I presumed it would simply transition from the NPC to me like any inheritance in the game of CK - I didn't bother to send troops. JHT, I would appreciate if I could be briefed on what one has to do rather than having to guess. And I have been staying with my cousins so internet is not plentily found.))

The Church is moving to restore order in the province. Furthermore, the Church's armies are supported by Ulster's Ducal armies to make sure we overwhelm the bandits and utterly dispose of them. Connaught is obviously most welcome to help the Church root out the rebels and hang them like the petty thieves they are.

Further be known, Duke Kagemusha that the Church is not very happy that you, wishing to take advantage of the chaos, decided to move in and unconsiderately besides wanting to unlawfully take control of the province, breaking the agreement you yourself put forth, that you would marry the princess without seeking permission of any religious authority. What a foul deed! I am sure that every other Lord can see through meaning behind your intervention in the lands of Mide. The Eclesiastical Congregation was originally inclined to award to a vassal of the Duke Kagemusha the hand of the maid of Mide, but now seeing your actions in the hindsight has made some of my fellow counselors weary of giving the hand of the maid to Connaught.

As such, whom is the suitable groom will be decided by the Holy Church along with the vassals of Ireland after Mide is suitably established under eclesiastical order.

We understand if the Church might be irritated about our original plans, but we have lot to thank for the Ulster vassal Beskar who made us aware that something was actually going to happen concerning Mide. Because of his valuable information we had time to adjust our orders in a way that should not irritate your Grace. Had we actually known that your Grace was sending an army to Mide we would have supported you with troops, which we are actually going to do now also.You have to understand that leaving a county plunged into anarchy connected to all our counties would not have been an option for us, but we wellcome this new option to pacify Mide with open arms, like our actions are soon about to show.

I reluctantly have to agree with the Duke of Connaught here; It was not public knowledge that the Church would bring Mide under its wing; I only found out in my private correspondance and was therefore late in warning my fellow Duke in this forum. I am glad that you have been able to make amends to your orders, Duke Kagemusha. As I have stated before, Leinster aims to keep Ireland a peaceful nation.

Diamondeye,
Duke of Leinster.

1072


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Desmumu, Ireland.

A great tourney was to be held in the seat of Duke Csargo, the previous winner TheCelticViking was clear favourite for another victory. There was a tense air around this year's tourney with the issue of Mide's succession still to be decided, these next few days would be a distraction from the ongoing crisis.

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The preliminary round saw two matches as TheLastDays met Beefy and I-K met Duke khaan, visibly angry at being drawn in a preliminary match. TLD won after 4 runs and khaan defeated his fellow Ulster man in the first run.

The first match in round one saw two home riders face up, defending champion TCV versus Skooma, TCV received a huge cheer from the crowd as he readied himself for what was seen as a simple victory. The two men raced toward each other and the crowd quietened, there was silence for a few seconds as one man went flying off his horse into the grass. Skooma looked as surprised as anybody else to see the defending champion lying in the grass. There was little time for the crowd to draw breath as the next riders took their place. Duke Csargo, resplendent in glorious armour, defeated autolycus on the third run, before B_Ray unseated Double A. Kagemusha was the third Duke up as he was matched against God Emperor, the Duke took an easy victory on the first run. Duke Diamondeye unseated Beskar in the sext match, to make it a clean sweep for the Dukes. Skullheadq defeated Romanic next before A_Dane defeated preliminary winner TLD and the final match saw Duke khaan face best loser autolycus with the Duke winning on the second run.

The topic of Mide was the main subject of the feasting debate that night, there was a lot of discussion on letting the County come under control of the church, no firm commitments were made however. The food and drink flowed all night, a number of defeated competitors stating they were glad to have lost so they didn't have tohold back on their drinking.

Home Duke Csargo unseated Skooma Addict in the first match, before another pairing from the same household with Duke Kage facing B_Ray, another victory for a Duke led to mutterings that the draw was fixed. A third Duke vs vassal quarter final saw much of the crowd appear to lose interest, Skullheadq's victory over Diamondeye on the third run was the match of the day however and reignited the crowd's enthusiasm. Duke khaan's victory over A_Dane was an anti-climax after the previous classic.

With three Duke's still in contention there was much banter during the second night's feasting with bets and proud boasts flying back and forth. Mide was all but forgotten as more men left the tourney and started indulging in the ale and food.

The final day dawned bright, a winner would be crowned today, a new champion. The first semi final was Duke v Duke, Csargo against Kagemusha. A close match saw Csargo reach the final on the second run, his gleaming armour had glanced a seemingly dead on blow on the first run. Next up was Skullheadq against khaan, looking to make it an all Duke final. khaan unseated Skullheadq on the third run to reach the final against Csargo.

As the two Dukes faced each other for the final match there was an excited buzz in the air, as the men of Munster cheered their new Duke, hoping for a second consecutive tourney victory. Csargo certainly looked the part in his new armour and perfectly balanced lance, three consecutive victories and it still hadn't splintered. khaan sat on his horse, quitely confident skill would defeat equipment. It wasn't quite the classic of the previous tourney, but still the match of the week, going to six runs before the Ulster Duke defeated the home Lord. There was a muted response to the victory from the Munster men, the small band from Ulster made up for it with wild celebrations.

A final nights feasting was another noisy affair, before the visiting Dukes departed for home, the question of Mide would be decided individually it would seem.

End of phase three

Chancellors:

Ulster: Ibn-Khaldun.
Connaught: autolycus.
Leinster: God Emperor.
Munster: Romanic.

I'll do each Dukedom and individuals results and events over the next few hours, there's quite a bit to it, most will be in the QTs but a few people will get individual pms. Phase four will begin when it is all done.

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edit: I'm not quite sure what that couple are doing in the castle pic. :laugh4: I only noticed after I'd posted.

No glorious victory like last time for me :O

Congratulations to Duke khaan for besting me in the tournament. It was a well-earned victory.

Also, hello everyone.

Welcome!

And congratulations to the new champion, Duke issaikhaan!

Congratulations to Duke khaan for his valiant victory over the other Lords of the island.

My sincere congratulations to my friend, Duke Khaan. I would have been honored to face you on your way to the finals, but it seems the flip of the coin did not grant me the pleasure... Nevertheless, a splendid and exciting tourney!

((OOC: John, I think she's pleading or thanking him. Not giving him the Lord's Kiss))

Congratulations to the Ulster Duke for victory and nice to make your acquintance new Duke of Munster Csargo!

It was an honor, Duke Csargo.

1072

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It had been a dark few years for the people of Mide, the old Count had died without leaving an heir and the power vacuum saw banditry increase, mainly from the dead man's former troops. Nobody had made a move on the region in the previous year, this year would be different. Bishop Jolt levied men from his seat at Tir Connail, he intended simply to root out the bandit problem the moved in to take charge and allow the County to move into church hands. Duke khaan in Ulster sent 700 troops to pacify the area for the church.

That was not all however, as 500 men moved in from Connaught to take the County. It appeared there would be a battle fought over Mide, between Ulster, with Jolt's men and Connaught. That was not to be, as the larger Ulster army retreated back home, and the leaderless church forces also returned north.

Mide was left under Connaught control, their forces garrisoned Mide's castle and outposts and the daughter of the previous Count was brought to the Duke's court. Connaught controlled the manpower and income of Mide, but as yet had no claim on the County title.

Duke of Connaught illegally seized the territory and threatened the forces of the church? A Bold move.

If the Duke of Connaught does not yield the county of Mide, I will have no other option but to declare war on the usurper. The dignity of the Church shall be protected. I urge the other Dukes to join me so as to halt the uncalled for aggression.

No. My orders were to take Mide and surrender the control of it only to Church representative. Apparently our Bishop were not at Mide, so there was not one to surrender the County to. Apparently Duke of Ulster views that i should have surrendered it to him. This whole episode springs from the fact that open conversation was apparently not in the best interest of Ulster, which i cant but ask why?
I repeat that i offer my sincere thanks to the Ulster Vassal Beskar who´s actions saved the situation from escalating further. Now before my fellow Duke´s start calling me an usurper you should ask yourself why i didnt marry off the lass and take claim to her dead fathers lands?

Simple answer is that i did as i said. I sent troops to pacify Mide. It is not my problem that Ulster forces decided to run back to their lands at the first sight of my men. Now i will repeat my plea for the Duke´s and our Grace the Bishop to publically make judgement who should have Mide.
My personal view is that the girl should go to monastery and our Bishop should rule the land as ecclestial County, for which i already gifted him 30 in gold, so he can build a proper church in there. What say thee?

All results are out. Let me know if I missed anything or you think there's a mistake.

Phase 4 begins, 48 hours for orders.

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Originally Posted by Kagemusha

No. My orders were to take Mide and surrender the control of it only to Church representative. Apparently our Bishop were not at Mide, so there was not one to surrender the County to. Apparently Duke of Ulster views that i should have surrendered it to him. This whole episode springs from the fact that open conversation was apparently not in the best interest of Ulster, which i cant but ask why?
I repeat that i offer my sincere thanks to the Ulster Vassal Beskar who´s actions saved the situation from escalating further. Now before my fellow Duke´s start calling me an usurper you should ask yourself why i didnt marry off the lass and take claim to her dead fathers lands?

Simple answer is that i did as i said. I sent troops to pacify Mide. It is not my problem that Ulster forces decided to run back to their lands at the first sight of my men. Now i will repeat my plea for the Duke´s and our Grace the Bishop to publically make judgement who should have Mide.
My personal view is that the girl should go to monastery and our Bishop should rule the land as ecclestial County, for which i already gifted him 30 in gold, so he can build a proper church in there. What say thee?

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My soldiers were not in Mide for combat. If I had wanted to seize Mide, I would have simply marched over your forces and taken it. I had three hundred more men than your forces, but I decided escalating a conflict this early would not be in anyone's best interests. It was not I who behaved rashly.

If you wish the girl to be sent to the Monastery, you should have sent her to the Bishopric, not taken her as a hostage. You claim you want a group consensus on a legitimate claim for Mide, but you march your forces in to take it, and seize the young girl? At the suggestion of the Duke of Leinster taking Mide, you aggressively called the rest of us conspirators. You must make up your mind, Duke of Connaught. Will you be a compromiser, as you claim, or are you the aggressor your armies have shown you to be?

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Originally Posted by issaikhaan

My soldiers were not in Mide for combat. If I had wanted to seize Mide, I would have simply marched over your forces and taken it. I had three hundred more men than your forces, but I decided escalating a conflict this early would not be in anyone's best interests. It was not I who behaved rashly.

If you wish the girl to be sent to the Monastery, you should have sent her to the Bishopric, not taken her as a hostage. You claim you want a group consensus on a legitimate claim for Mide, but you march your forces in to take it, and seize the young girl? At the suggestion of the Duke of Leinster taking Mide, you aggressively called the rest of us conspirators. You must make up your mind, Duke of Connaught. Will you be a compromiser, as you claim, or are you the aggressor your armies have shown you to be?

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Your accusations are hollow Duke of Ulster. Had you informed what you were planning all this would not even happened. So there is no point for you accusing me of faul play when it was my actions that have shown to others that you were the one hiding your cards.
Now i would like to hear what you propose, not empty accusations. My troops were not in Mide to fight yours, but to pacify the county which we did.

The fact is that Mide is pacified and the situation can be resolved the way the Bishop wants it to be resolved. I cant understand why are you so grim about it?

OOC: Wait, something's definitely off.

I am not grim, Duke. I told you to relinquish the province, as it is the Bishop's, not yours. If you do as you claim, and hand control over to the Bishop, there will be no problems. But as of now, you control it illegally, and I would remind you of that fact, so we do not come to more misunderstandings.

And like i said, Duke.If you were to handle your stratagems more openly we would not get into affairs like this in the first place. Now let us wait what our Bishop says.

Just to clarify, if two armies are in the same county and I haven't received orders to the contrary, they will treat each other as hostiles, unless they have an official alliance. This is slightly different to how Crusader Kings works on the PC, but is necessary in a multiplayer environment.

Nah, I'm pulling out of the game because I cannot agree with how the whole Mide affair has been going, the turn after it was agreed Church was getting it (No warning I needed to invade it), and now my army simply packing up and leaving without even probing or engaging any enemy when I gave no order to retreat, especially when a minor battle or minor skirmish with Connaught if they decided to resist would have been very useful. I very much have to guess on how to proceed and while there is too much freedom in some parts (As to having to invade a province instead of automatically switching sovereignty), on others, you have to get nitpicky on orders and fill out to include every possible scenario or otherwise what you send in the orders is probably not gonna happen. The game had potential though, thus why I had originally decided to play it.
Best of luck to all who will still play.

Im not sure what to say, but i hope no one should tell in the public thread anything which might spoil the game. I still hope you would reconsider.

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Originally Posted by Kagemusha

Im not sure what to say, but i hope no one should tell in the public thread anything which might spoil the game. I still hope you would reconsider.

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Nah, I'm out. Don't worry, I'm not spoiling anything. I was merely saying the obvious. Whether intended or not, Connaught attacking Church forces inside Mide would have been diplomatically useful for the Church.

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Originally Posted by Jolt

Nah, I'm out. Don't worry, I'm not spoiling anything. I was merely saying the obvious. Whether intended or not, Connaught attacking Church forces inside Mide would have been diplomatically useful for the Church.

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I can understand that.Thank you for playing. I think you played your role top notch.:bow:

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Originally Posted by Kagemusha

I can understand that.Thank you for playing. I think you played your role top notch.:bow:

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Agreed. And I can understand Jolt's sentiments as well... Well, we need a new bishop, then, or this becomes Total War :tongue:

Conaught forces would not have fought the church's forces as our forces had clear orders to hand over the county to a church representative after pacifying the land.

Anyway, thanks for playing Jolt and all the best!

OOC: I can swap to bishop, if desired. But I can understand why this might be a bad idea/opposed otherwise due to my playing in Ulster until now.
Edit: Leaves Ulster understaffed, so still causes a problem. Withdrawn.

Edit2:
I actually agree with the Hosts call on this one. John made it clear near the start that the province would not magically just become Jolt's without orders, whether or not people 'agreed' in thread. It is like me agreeing to send in a protection order in a mafia game, then not send in the night order, nothing happens without the order.

Only questionable element is what Kagemusha actually put in his orders, if Kage is willing to send me that OOC, I would have better understanding. However, from what it looks like, Kage had some ulterior motives and if so, John made the correct call.

As for the retreat... Kagemusha's forces made Jolt retreat from the province, which is a "defeat" but you get to still keep your men. It is still very diplomatically useful.

I'm interested in taking over as Bishop.

I'd like to hear the hosts voice on this actually.

If an order was actually given to hand over the province to church representatives, which the church army must be seen as, an error has been made during this turn. If no such order was given however, and this is the outcome of it, Connaught must be seen as an aggressor, unlawfully taking possession of the province.

OOC:The thing with host is that he is the only one who actually knows what our orders were, so place your trust on him.

As Duke of Connaught i say again.I did what i said what i would do. Apparently the Bishop was not with his army and Ulster had ordered an retreat in case my lads would show up. There is no need for speculation, when i have already told you what i think about the situation. Had i wanted to take the county to myself, the Mide lass would have already been married to a Connaught noble.

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Originally Posted by Kagemusha

OOC:The thing with host is that he is the only one who actually knows what our orders were, so place your trust on him.

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OOC: :bow:

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Originally Posted by AggonyDuck

I'm interested in taking over as Bishop.

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I'd be delighted to have you play, I'll drop you a pm to let you know how your role works.

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Originally Posted by A_Dane

I'd like to hear the hosts voice on this actually.

If an order was actually given to hand over the province to church representatives, which the church army must be seen as, an error has been made during this turn. If no such order was given however, and this is the outcome of it, Connaught must be seen as an aggressor, unlawfully taking possession of the province.

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This is a game with rules which are deliberately vague, some may see that as poor game design but it is intentional. I want players to experiment with different ideas, if I give you a dilemma with two options and you think of a third, try it. People already have and I usually accept them. One inevitable outcome of this is that I will have to make judgement calls, that's what happened here. Jolt disagreed with it, but I stand by it. One thing I would say is anybody who has played Crusader Kings will know a lot of things are based on a percentage chance, the same is true here. If an event occurs and you pick an option but nothing happens you might think that was pointless, you don't know what might have happened however. Almost everything in the game has an element of chance, nothing is guaranteed to succeed and nothing is guaranteed to fail. Some of the stats you have received in your orders may also seem superfluous and irrelevant, they aren't, certain elements of gameplay simply haven't been revealed yet.

I can totally understand Jolt's annoyance and the fact is what happened with Mide was a close call, I got three sets of orders sending soldiers in to Mide which weren't co-ordinated. Things may or may not have been agreed in thread, but nothing in here is taken as an order, I could run the game without reading what the players post in here (I do read them, don't worry :wink:). If I make a judgement call and it isn't popular, it won't be replayed, games like this need momentum and delays and redoing phases kill enjoyment. I would ask, though, that each Dukedom puts their orders in a single post in the QT, which may be edited up to the end of the phase, to make my misinterpreting your orders less likely.

If anybody has any questions just pm me and I'll answer as best I can.

All right,

Never wanted the actual orders, but that's sufficient enough. The Duke of Connaught has either had too high expectations regarding the warlike nature of the bishop, or been too vague.

EDIT: Also, regardless of what the duke of Connaught actually ordered, I think he should relinquish the province immediatly. If no new Bishop is appointed before the next turn, he should agree, that the province should go within Ulsters care until such a time, when a new bishop can take it. And i suggest Ulster because they're currently the smallest dukedom, and it would upset the balance of power the least, if they temporarily got another province.

We will surely not give the province into the care of any other Dukedom. There is no guarantee they will ever give it up to the church if we do so. This is nonsense.
There definitely has to be a new bishop, any delaying in that matter will only further confusion.

Just like none of the remaining dukedoms can even remotely accept the possibility that Connaught gains another province, and becomes even stronger.

If the Duke of Connaught has as peaceful intentions as he claims, he sees the logic in giving the province, temporarily, into the care of the Dukedom with a less ammount of provinces. We have no guarantee you will give it up either, so it's really a matter of showing good will.

I've taken over as the Bishop.

Regarding Mide, we do not particularly blame the Duke of Connaught for the incident, but we do expect him to donate the province to the church this year as was agreed upon earlier. Failure to do so will not be seen favourably in the eyes of God and his holiness the Pope.

The Bishop

problem is appareantly solved then.

Welcome Bishop AggonyDuck.

I hope the issue of the County of Mide can come to a close now.

I'm still waiting on quite a few orders, so I'll extend 24 hours.

It would probably had been a smart thing to inform me of the deadline. :D

I still don't have orders from lazy Leinster, I'm going to have to extend again (sorry) unless you all want to do a co-ordinated attack on them...

Another 24 hours, if I don't have orders I'll choose myself.

What. I posted replies to our events already. Like, Tuesday.

Fair enough, it was posted as if you were asking for opinions from your vassals, I'll use them and end the phase now.

1073

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1073 was a grim year in Ireland. The County of Mide was handed over to church control, but 3 years of banditry and lawlessness had left it in a terrible shape. Drought came to the County of Laigin, drastically reducing the prosperity and killing many peasants. Across the island the nobles ruling were seen as Godless and unrest was everywhere, prosperity withered across Ireland. The ruling classes sat in their castles, playing the game of thrones, did they care what the little man thought or did? The next few years would see.


All results out, let me know if I missed anything. I'll not set a deadline for this phase as activity was low last weekend, I'll end it when I get all the orders.

Phase 5 begins.

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Originally Posted by johnhughthom

Fair enough, it was posted as if you were asking for opinions from your vassals, I'll use them and end the phase now.

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Well I was but the lazy buggers seem to be asleep. No wonder the peasants are angry with the nobility...

I'll take orders for another 16 hours or so, results and write ups will come as soon as I get back from work and end the round.

Phase over, getting on to results and write up.

Sorry about the delay, something came up.

1074

Discontent continued across Ireland this year, worsening in some areas, but generally staying the same as last year. Rumours surfaced in Munster that pagans were rife across the Dukedom, Duke Csargo's investigations turned up little evidence of heathen practices, but some evidence of the claims originating from outside his realm.
A man was expelled from Leinster after presenting the Duke with a document he claimed showed Diamondeye was the rightful Duke of Ulaid. Diamondeye believed the document was a forgery and refused to use it to force a false claim.
In Connaught Marshall B_Ray defeated a group of Vikings who had raided the Irish coast, evading other Dukedoms forces for 3 years.

A tourney will be held in Ulster next year, as usual all Duchys should decide if they Duke will allow free participation, and Ulster should decide how much to spend.

Phase six begins, 48 hours for orders.

My thanks to Marshall B_Ray and his fellow Lords of Connaught. The vikings were spotted off our coasts last year, and we prepared an ambush for them, but they must have thought to find easier prey otherwhere. I am glad to see that they were wrong in their hopes.

Still awaiting some orders, 24 hour extension.

Gah, I messed up and deleted the folder that had everything for this (Plus a folder full of music)... It's going to take me a few days to pull it all together again, rewrite the events and what have you. That's if people still want to play, interest seems to have waned.

I like the game, and A_Dane seems very active too. Beefy and SkullheadHQ show up every now and then, but God Emperor seems clean out. That's as far as Leinster goes. I would like the game to continue if you have the time and energy for it.

Well I enjoyed the game so far and am definitely still interested in continuing if you have the time and interest, JHT.
Acivity in the QT has maybe dropped a bit but that's because we were posting all the time before... As far As I can tell all our players are still active...

Jup I'm still here, and willing to wait a few days for the next turn :)

Im here also. Moving to a new apartment have slowed me down a bit, but i think all Connaught is still active.

I'm here. Still playing.

I never know what to post in the thread (read: I'm asleep whenever something is happening), but I'm having fun, so I'll still play.

Yeah, I think this thread is mainly for public negotiations and posturing. I've been a bit overwhelmed by real life work and activities lately, but I'm trying to keep up.

Still good to go.

Oorah. Or something. Whatever; I'm still playing.

Present :bow:

I'm still in.

Yah, me too.

Okay, we'll keep going then. It'll take me another day or two to pull it all together again. If anybody wants to change any orders, I'll accept them up until I officially end the round.

Sorry guys, I've sat down three or four times to redo the game, but it's hard to get motivated to put a game together for a second time. I'm going to have to cancel this one.

Thats a shame, but thank you anyway!It was fun while it lasted! :)

Yep, was fun! Thanks, JHT and don't let it discourage you.

This was a lot of fun while it lasted, John! Thanks for hosting. I'd be very intrigued to see the QTs of other duchies :beam: Who was cheating at tourneys?!

Thanks for the game JHT.

http://www.quicktopic.com/46/H/vZXthgfTrvVwR

Guess it can't do any harm now, can it? It's a long read I'd say ^^ at least JHT mentioned at some point that we had written more than the three other Duchys together

Connaught

Ulster

Leinster

Munster

Thanks for the game Sir John of the Hughthom. I bow to you my good man. :bow:

Because people might be interested, it was me who put together a range of events!

Obviously I cannot vouch for final product as John altered them slightly for balance reasons, but here they are.

A Dane and the boxom mistress (succeeded) (My favourite)

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I will hire a mistress from a brothel to play the part of "farmgirl" upon the lands of A_Dane and attract his attention. Also a letter will be sent to the Bishop.

Event 1: [A Dane]
A Pretty Peasant Girl Catches your Eye as you past by a neglected chapel.
>Indulge in the Passion [condition 1]
>Try to resist the Passion
>Try to restrain the Passion
> Refuse the Passion

Event 2: [Jolt]
A letter arrives making accusations against another Irish count on the charge of heresy, speaking of witchcraft and defiling the holy sanctuary of the church.
> Investigate these allegations. [ condition 1 ]
> I have no time for this.
> Excommunicate this count at once!


Condition 1:
If both Event 1 and Event 2 pick this choice, go to event 3.
If only Event 1 picks this choice, go to result 1.
If only Event 2 picks this choice, go to result 2.

Event 3:
Your investigations lead you to come across a neglected chapel, inside you find a count performing some sort of ritual naked with a woman on the altar.
> Is there room for one more?
> I didn't see anything.
> Excommunicate the count!
> We need to root this from the core!

Result 1:
You spend a pleasurable evening with the farmgirl in the nearby chapel, good thing it is unused.

Result 2:
Your investigations lead you to come across a neglected chapel but you find it hasn't been used for some time, so you abandon your investigation.

The Heresy! (Didn't Succeed) [Note: Translation of the Bible out of Latin (in West) is a grave papal crime]

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I will use one gold to dress up one of my agents in the garb of a monk/holy man which appears entirely authentic if no further investigation is done to them (like investigating whether or not he does infact come from hertiage X, etc). Jolt gets informed if the Duke endorses him (option: 1,2,3).

Event:
A Holy Man arrives to the court of Connaught seeking an audience with the Duke. The guards convinced he is who he says he is, permits him to enter to make his announcement infront of the Duke.

"Great Duke, I have heard in passing that you a great man in spiritual matters and a true believer in the Heavenly Father. It has been my life's work to educate the people and bring them to the true faith, and I hope to count on your patronage in my latest work, the translation of the Bible into Irish. I am not yet complete in my task, but here are samples of my work."

The Holy man presents forward documents in Irish, including the Lord's Prayer, Ten Commandants and many others.

1. I fully support your work and I will generously contribute to it. (3 gold)
2. I hear your humble plea, here take this gold and I bid you good tidings. (1 gold)
3. I fully support your work, take up residence in my court and be our bishop. ( 0 Gold)
4. We do not support your work.
5. We have no time for holy men.
6. Begone foul beggar, we have no time for you or your stinking god!

Rumours! (Didn't Succeed)

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This time I will do a rumour mill, to cause rumours in the dukedom of Munster which should make the Duke want to possibly act on them! Which causes this event.

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There has been rumblings of a storm brewing due to the presence of Pagans in the region with outlaying villages taking up torch and pitchforks. A petition has come before the Duke to settle the matter.

- Let's settle this matter once and for all.
- Evict the Pagans
- Enact new Anti-Pagan Legislation
- Let them sort it out themselves
- Pay to Investigate the matter more thoroughly and settle differences. ( -3 gold )
- Pagans? Who cares? [10% trait: Skeptical]
- The peasants need to be reminded who runs the Dutchy.
- Fine the peasants for their disruption. (+1 gold)
- Make an example of the peasants.

Drunk Duke (Unknown)

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I will use a special mixture and have it delivered to Kagemusha's drinks for the tournament. This would make him very drunk so he makes a fool of himself during the games.

(Think of it like vodka being added, you cannot really taste it at all, and it doesnt matter if servants/etc drink as well, since it isn't poisonous so they won't be much suspecting of fool play, just a "little too much" to drink. )

So the effect is a drunk Kagemusha during the tournament and a prestige hit if he does badly. Possible piety hit too.

Great stuff Beskar! The way my character was developing.I bet he would have faired only better drunk. About the piety, what piety, is that soemthing to eat?~;)

I am surprised you dismissed the Holy man though, Kage. I was certain you might have fallen for the ploy, in order to "better your relations" with the Bishop, since you was out of favour and that was packaged as a blessing.

Either that, or I was actually suspecting you might have walked into it intentionally if you knew about it, just to annoy the bishop and start the reformation 500 years early.