man - the cool thing about being a vigilante really is making up awesome b.a. nicknames for ur armies and sweet titles.
edit - and people, why arent u responding to my PMs? i see the receipts, but no responds? harsh.
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man - the cool thing about being a vigilante really is making up awesome b.a. nicknames for ur armies and sweet titles.
edit - and people, why arent u responding to my PMs? i see the receipts, but no responds? harsh.
The Karl in question is Edmund's maste archer, not Karl Zirn.
Hmm.....
I guess its time to formally announce it, but I will be withdrawing from Kotr. Freiderich Scherer will be killed I believe in a big battle I hope and then I am done with Kotr since I am wayyyyyyy too busy to spend much time doing anything than various school stuff. Should Kotr lasts until sometime around Frebruary next year, I may rejoin Kotr.
GH
How are you the governor of Ragusa?
It's Austrian right? I'm referring to your latest story.
Roadkill,
I'm waiting on OK to let me know how you did in the battle before announcing your Knighthood.
cya xdeathfire!
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...&postcount=157 :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by AussieGiant
I don't see it in the History, that's probably why you missed it.
Good luck Xdeath. Swabia never had a better Duke... :tongue:
amen. friedrich kicked some french a.
Hi GH,
Ragusa is Austrian as far as I know...it that not accurate?
In the Chancellor and Governor Reports it's been in the Austrian holdings for a long time.
Of course it's Austrian. That's why I was put there, to put me as far away from the action as possible. :laugh4:
Oh ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
So I've inhereted a new Governor. Can you make your way to the Austrian Chamber for a little instruction then..Governor of Ragusa? :beam:
Goodbye Xdeathfire, you'll be missed.
That's a shame Xdeathfire. Good luck with everything and hope to see you around the boards.
gibsonsg, thanks for the story! It's a relief to to get a glimpse into the army that's causing all the flap. Keep it up!
Generally, I'd like to encourage everyone to contribute to the stories thread. We get a taste of what character reactions are in the Diet and house discussions, but it's very nice to get an inside peek as well.
I would take the save currently, except that I forgot we are at 1.3 now. Downloading the patch which, barring an earthquake, tornado, or attack of the killer spinach, will be ready in 32 mins. If no one else has it, I'll take the save then.
Taking the safe now.
Battle fought, save is here:
http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1304-9.zip
Odds:
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Results:
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Fritz attempted to ransom the prisoners but ransom was rejected. He has moved to within a short jog of Stettin, as per the Prinz' orders.
Oops, I forgot to mention that.Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
He fought well, leading the main force of cavalry that charged in from the right flank and caused a rout of the Poles outside Krakow. So he had a decisive part in the battle, I recommend he be knighted.
Edit: I have added GH's story to the history.
Alright then, he's going to get his spurs.
Ignoramus, please can I have your battle stats to make this table up to date?
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...&postcount=286
cheers. :bow:
Sorry to see you go Xdeathfire.
As for Ituralde's story. Looks like half the empire is going to turn purple and Siegfried will be leaving Constantinople faster than Peter can catch up eh?
Sorry, I thought I had posted this, but then when I checked back, it did not appear:
Ituradle's story contains a pretty big plot spoiler. You know this OOC, but your character does not know it IC. Please hold fire - do not react IC or PM other players IC to plot until this is publicly revealed tonight in the report for 1304. Thanks. You will have a weekend to react before anything much else happens.
Ituralde should be checking back in early next week and we would like a session where Siegfried confronts the Diet in person before anything drastic happens.
EDIT: Just realised I had posted something like this in the Stories thread - I've deleted that.
All right, I am going to jump ahead a little in terms of the battles.
The report for 1304 will be posted tonight and that is when in character we will enter 1306.
However, there are a lot of "no-brainer" battles that will have to be fought in 1306, so I have pressed end turn and am going to set them up now. You have 24 hours to fight them. If you claim the save, you can keep it for only 2 hours - if you don't upload a new one within that time, another player may claim it and yours will not count.
A couple of end of turn events for 1304 do need to be born in mind - the Pope has warned us not to attack Hungary or Poland. I believe we can still sally and not be excommunicated. But if anyone gets us excommunicated by some further action, I will not accept that as Gamesmaster and their save will not count.
Here's the start of 1306 save:
http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/1306-1.zip
Duke Ansehelm (Stig):
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Duke Arnold (Overknight proxying for AussieGiant)
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Count Friedrich Scherer (XDeathfire) - please see PM
Count Hummel (Ignoramus)
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
King Jan (Privateerkev)
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
I have taken no moves for 1306 and since the report for 1304 will be rather politically significant, this gives players a chance to PM me as Gamesmaster (or IC as Elberhard) any movement requests they have for forces under their control. No guarantee I will accede but I will consider all requests. Please make such requests within 24 hours of this post.
After the 24 hours are up, I will recall the save and make as many moves as I can. There may possibly be a second round of battles for 1306 on Saturday night although the Pope is constraining us there. The end of year report for 1306 will be up on Sunday night and we will await Ituralde's return on Monday.
I have the save
Give em hell OK!!!
:2thumbsup:
Damned, I might not be able to fight the battle, since I have college from 14:00 till 17:00 and after that I'm gone till late Saturday.
Is it ok if I fight the battle Saturday evening (european time)
That should be fine - I will reclaim the save after 24 hours, fiddle with it and put up a new one for you (and maybe some others) on Saturday evening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stig
I take it that by fiddling you mean:
destroying churches
having Peter attack Constantinople
Actually I thought he was going to eject the DVD from his machine, rub it all over himself saying;
"Yeah Baby give it to me!!"
Then put it back in the PC and load up the save again.
:yes:
Well these DVD's do have nice holes to fiddle with
You're a bad man Econ, a very bad man
Ugh, back to business folks. . .please?
http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1306-2.zip
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Not my best work, the Polish leader fled, but victory. I executed the prisoners. Survivors fled east.
I wasn't sure if econ21 wanted me to attack the mainly catapult army to the NW, so I left them alone.
Right taking the save no, hopefully I can still fight it before college starts
Good luck in school! Even if KOTR isn't going, another game will be, so check back in when you've got time. Scherer will live on as long as KOTR does, since half of France is coated with his battle markers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xdeathfire
Fought and won:
http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1306-3.rar
Going to send you HA orders Econ
And damned, Ansehelm is loyal ... but he is also dreadfull. I like playing someone who's damned loyal, but preferably only to himself.
I forgot one battle:
Fredericus Erlach (Stuperman):
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Next battling general, please use this save (where, alas, poor Arnold Scherer is no more):
http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1306-4.zip
Eh, what exactly did you do to him?
He had an accident.Quote:
Originally Posted by FactionHeir
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Speaking of Swabians, has anyone seen Warluster around? He has a Household Army but I think he's been AWOL since before the Diet. I'm thinking about moving him into the inactive player list. But with Dietrich in exile, we don't have a replacement general.
Incidentally, I could move character the Papal fleet from the Sea of Gallilee, but not the Egyptian one. He had a three part name (Admiral al Aziz or some such) and the game did not recognise any permutation I tried.
If he has a triple name as you posted, you'd type it as such: move_character "Admiral al_Aziz"
I'm in a battle in my SP campaign atm so can't check his exact name. If you post it I can post the exact code.
Don't know about Warluster, but when was his last activity?
Got it, thanks. His name was Admiral al Az'iz, so "Admiral al_Az_iz" works. :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by FactionHeir
Two days ago, surprisingly. I PMd him yesterday, so hopefully he will drop by when he next logs in.Quote:
Don't know about Warluster, but when was his last activity?
I'm especially curious about this little part of the story:Quote:
Originally Posted by FactionHeir
I have a baaaaad feeling about this. If you guys have noticed, there is not a whole lot that would get the King to hate the Kaiser.Quote:
King Jan would hate him for this.
:inquisitive:
And I have the save :yes:
Hmm you might lose a few Outremer counties too I guess, goes hand in hand with the going purple movement :laugh4:
Seeing as all six Outremer counties are enshrined in the Charter of Outremer, that would be illegal. :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by FactionHeir
Well, at least we can rest assured that the weekend won't be boring. :beam:
here is the savegame and I'll pm Econ with the results:
http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1306-5.zip
Only says that those make up Outremer, doesn't say they may not be given away. Besides, a few of those are Imperial territory :wink2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Privateerkev
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Imperial territories that are not enshrined in a legally binding charter can be given away. Ducal territories and territories enshrined in a charter can not be given away... legally. So, for Edessa and Antioch to be given away legally, the Charter of Outremer needs to be amended first. Now they can certainly be given away illegally. Like I said, it should be a fun weekend. Especially if Ituralde comes back. :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by FactionHeir
On second thought, the Kaiser could try to "interpret" the charter in a certain way. We'll see how that goes. ^_^
So which part of the charter says that territories that were added to the HRE via CA cannot be given away legally? :grin:
Well, the Charter says that Outremer is made up of 6 territories. So, I believe that you can not legally do anything to give those 6 up once we have them. Now, the Kaiser can try to "interpret" that differently. The 4 Ducal territories in Outremer would be even harder for him to give away legally since the Charter protects Ducal territory. Basically it says that once a territory is part of a house, it can't be taken away.
So, only Edessa and Antioch are at risk but I believe I can make an argument for why they can not legally be given away. Now, if the Kaiser wants to give away territories illegally, then I suspect we will have a very exciting and fun weekend.
Looking forward to it. :yes:
It only says that Ducal territories cannot be taken back by the emperor (i.e. become Imperial again).
It does not state that the chancellor or emperor cannot gift territories away. I think this also happened before without too much outrage.
As for Outremer, its really no different than the other territories. If its given away, you may eventually be able to retake it and it automatically is part of Outremer / the house.
Well, it will still be fun to sue the Kaiser. :yes:
Please stop trying to take away my litigating fun. :laugh4:
:clown:
results for Ansehelms battle:
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I didn't feel like leaving any survivors, damned catapults
BTW, Ansehelm now has that "Feels Appriated" trait on +5, so you all should like him :whip:
:cheerleader: <-- the Franconian cheering sectionQuote:
BTW, Ansehelm now has that "Feels Appriated" trait on +5, so you all should like him
If that were true, Hans would be Emperor right now :saint:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stig
That trait just means Ansehelm thinks people appreciate him. Just like Jan has "feels respected". That doesn't mean that Ansehelm and Jan are actually appreciated or respected respectively. :beam:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stig
Respected respectively? Say that three times fast. :laugh4:
Yup, but Ansehelm has the uber trait in that section, Jan only has +2 or so. Ansehelm thinks everyone would want to sleep with him, because he's that good ~DQuote:
Originally Posted by Privateerkev
yeah, im 10 loyalty and +5 appreciated as well. go figure. im loyal to the values of good, righteousness, and genocide!
Judging by the trait descriptions, I'd say 'ConentGeneral' has more to do with how well he feels he's being treated by the ruler. That's why Generals get content by being given easy battles to fight and big cities to govern. Plus, Ansehelm and Siegfried are both high dread.
and peter is more than anyone except arnold
Dietrich's still young. Give him time.
(And a command, too.)
I think Dietrich would love to become Bavarian and defend Marseille :yes:
Is that a subtle nudge? :laugh4:
and i think hans would like to help peter defeat the byzantines and regain his birthright
I can't wait to see Jan's reaction when he finds out he's lost Outremer and is back to serving Ansehelm lol.
Oh and GH Dieter isn't the same rank as Dietrich now, he's the furst of Saxony and Count of Madeburg so stick that in your pipe and smoke it :beam:
Yeah, that was pretty bad timing. :wall:
At least we were equal for about ten minutes. :laugh4:
The situation regarding the pursuit of Peter is becoming tactical.
There are three players involved: Gibson (aka Peter); Factionheir (aka Hans); and Cecil (aka Becker).
I think what I would like you each to do is PM me a screenshot of where you would like your forces to be at the end of 1306. You can add any explanatory notes or additional orders you see fit. I will make the moves - if they lead to an interception (this year or in 1308), we'll sort out how to handle it when it happens. No guarantees what you request will be done to the letter - I will factor in a degree of confusion and perhaps skullduggery. It would be good if I got the screenshots within 24 hours.
Unluckely enough we cannot fight MP battles regarding this, as HRE can't fight HRE.
We can however use a simple dice system (a la Risk) and disband units as numbers are thrown. Or something difficult like me and some other guys use when we are unable to fight MP battles for our MP campaigns:
http://z10.invisionfree.com/FORUMITE...?showtopic=836Quote:
AUTOCALC BATTLES:
In the case where there are no subs preferred, or neither party can meet for battle, or the week long battle deadline is broken, or unforseen circumstances arise, I will apply an autocalculation of the battle in place of an actual online battle.
The result will be based of certain advantages and disadvantages each army has prior to battling.
A Random Number generator will be used to determine the victor based of percentage chance to win.
Below is a modifier list for the defender. To start with, the attacker and defender have a 50% chance to win any battle. Then based on the four categories below, modifiers can increase or decrease that chance. Once the overall chance for the defender is determined, a Random number is calculated. If it equals or is less to the defenders chance of winning, the defender wins the battle, otherwise the attacker wins.
In the case of autocalculated battles, defender means ALL defenders together, same with attackers. The "team" is treated as one entity for the sake of determining who wins and loses.
ARMY SIZE
-40 = Combined defenders army size is 25% or less than the attackers
-30 = Combined defenders army size is 50%-26% of the attackers
-20 = Combined defenders army size is 75%-51% of the attackers
-10 = Combined defenders army size is 99%-76% of the attackers
0 = Combined defenders army is Equal to the attackers
+5 = Combined defenders army is 101-125% of attackers
+10 = Combined defenders army is 126%-150% of attackers
+15 = Combined defenders army is 150-175% of attackers
+20 = Combined defenders army is 175%-200% of attackers
+25 = Combined defenders army is 200% or greater than attackers
TERRAIN
0 = Terrain Grassland
0 = Terrain Desert
+5 = Terrain Desert (If defenders have desert fighting bonus)
-5 = Terrain Desert (if attackers have desert bonus faction)
+5 = Terrain Shoreline
+5 = Terrain Forest
+10 = Terrain Forest (if defenders have barbs)
-10 = Terrain Forest (if attackers have barbs)
+15 = Terrain Mountain
+20 = Terrain Bridge
+25 = Wooden Capital
+30 = Stone Capital
POSTS/INITIATIVE TO DO BATTLE
-20 = No show per defending player for the agreed battle date/time with no sub(s) available.
-5 = Courtesy posts to organize battle Less than attacker
0 = Posts/Initiative to organize battle Equal to attacker
+5 = Courtesy posts to organize battle Greater than attacker
+20 = No show per attacking player for the agreed battle date/time with no sub available.
WEATHER
+5 = Weather snow (if defenders have barbs)
-5 = Weather snow (if attackers have barbs)
0 = All other weather
Casualty Calculation:
Once the winner is determined, the casualties for each side must be determined. This is also done by a Random Number Generator as described below:
The first step is to determine which type of victory it is. To do this, you must take the Random Number that was calculated for the win and determine which 1/3 of the winning chance percentage that that number falls into (where the 1st 1/3 is the best chance of victory).
From this you can determine which type of victory it is as below:
If the number lies in the first third: Heroic victory
If the number lies in the second third: Clear victory
If the number lies in the third third: Close victory
Based on whichever Victory it is, you can then determine the loses for each faction based on the percentages below:
Heroic victory: Winner Casualties= 10-20%, Loser Casualties = 80-90%.
Clear victory: Winner Casualties= 20-40%, Loser Casualties = 60-90%.
Close victory: Winner Casualties= 50-80%, Loser Casualties = 70-90%.
How was the civil war in WotS handled? By an order system, no? Maybe we can use that again?
well most of the units are in another faction, such as france, so if one army had no HRE specific units then we could fight them in multiplayer but the dice throwing is a good alternative.
True, and not true. Zweihanders, Pavise Crossbowmen, Imperial Knights, all special units, yes other factions have them (Pavise), but not all of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob_the_great
I could mod them into Milan or Venice (or Russia, Mongols or Aztecs) in one hour I think, but I think it's too much work for something as little as this. You have time zones, Game Spy and loads of other things to think of.
uhh guys, i think it would be more intense and fun if i successfully made it. lol
*Kevin signs in*
Hey guys, what's up? Did I miss anything interesting?
lmao you sure did
yeah?
what?
try reading some of the other threads, you may find out that Jan is now the Count of Hamburg and that Outremer has been gifted to the Byzantines.
I see sarcasm fails to translate over the internet.
Yeah, I'm caught up. I just need to figure out Jan's next move.
:beam:
yeah I did wonder about the sarcasm but it is very hard to detect from text :). And well my plans about returning to Franconia seemed to have happened anyway so Dieter isn't too unhappy. Jan is stuck at the bottom again though with a Duke tha he fell out with ... unless he can chenge the fate of Outremer somehow?
Jan seems to have this way of bouncing back from obstacles. I'm sure he can pull something out of this.
Either way, OOC, I am having an absolute blast. This whole cataclysm thing was a great idea and we've hardly started.
:2thumbsup:
The only reason Jan got Hamburg is so that Ansehelm has something to take from him :laugh4:
and Jan has the perfect name to be the Count of Hamburg.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stig
:yes:
And I think it would be more exciting if I stopped you. :laugh4: I guess we just have to have econ moderate for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by gibsonsg91921
Technically not. The Chancellor report did not immediately destroy the Charter of Outremer. Therefore, Dieter was never only an elector at any time today. He does have two counties now though. ^_^Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
I think everyone is an elector in the game. He may not have been a Count or Countless but now he has two counties which means he will be a Count somewhere in the Reich.Quote:
Originally Posted by Privateerkev
True but Dassel is just an Elector. And there was some confusion about whether Dieter was only one as well at any time today. And I am claiming he wasn't.
^_^
There is IC and friendly OOC joshing between Dassel and Dieter over who has a county and who doesn't.
And I just realized that Jan can't reject being Count. So, he is Count of Hamburg but can't govern the settlement.
*edit*
I realize my original post about the whole Dieter/Dassel thing was confusing so I changed it. ^^
Jan is still King, he's outside the House structure for his reign, so he's not a Franconian, so he can't be assigned Hamburg.
If Jan resigns or loses his title, he would then be Count of Hamburg.