The Will of the Senate - out of character thread

**Death the destroyer of worlds** · 06-03-2006, 18:28

Marcus Laevinus is only 10 years old at the moment :)
There are two new active charcters which are unassigned at the moment, our new diplomat Oppius Vintruvius and my son Manius Aemilius. You could apply for a transfer. My son might be 'hooting', but he is from a noble family :)

**shifty157** · 06-03-2006, 21:26

What exactly does having the 'hooting' trait do? It sounds rather hilarious. I cant get the picture out of my head of a guy in a toga perched up in some rafters and hooting like an owl at anyone who walks by below him.

**Death the destroyer of worlds** · 06-03-2006, 22:00

Wisdom wears many guises, but hooting in the manner of a starving owl may not be one of them. -1 Influence, -1 Command, -1 Management.

I am not sure, but I think if you have hooting you have a chance of going stark raving mad. I once had a Pontus campaign where due to a set of unhappy accidents, all I had left was a totally insane family. Oh, it was the bomb ! The battlefield speeches ! I absolutely loved it, but I got annihalated.

**shifty157** · 06-03-2006, 22:26

Thats amazing. Ive never had that happen to me before though it would be cool.

**Braden** · 06-03-2006, 22:52

Right! Thanks econ21 - will adjust my profile to show the new name and will start using it in Senate.

Influence - I don't agree with "capping" as it takes away the historical edge to proceedings (powerful families), but I'm glad you agree with my feelings about Motions.

I hope to see more PM's and emails flying about as Senators try to offer up various "things" to gain votes - which also leads to the use of secondary Avatars such as Spies. It is far easier to offer easy missions to a spy for example so he gains skills (and, I like the idea put forward, influence).

Obviously, those soft missions can be offered by people wanting votes etc (evil ain't I?).

Likewise with nice governor positions or army positions but we need to expand the Avatars to get as many people as possible more actively involved.