KotR Out of character thread VI

[Stuperman]

Just a church? or will the Cathedral in rome work too?

[FactionHeir]

Any church type. I think that's why I subconciously was buildng the cathedral.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Wait, the Cathedral in Rome was just built in your term?

[FactionHeir]

I just started construction on it this turn, yes.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Whuh-oh. Heinrich ordered construction of the place back in the late 1150s. Heh.

[FactionHeir]

Well, maybe Heinrich will rise from the grave to thank his grandson? :D

[GeneralHankerchief]

One story at a time.

[econ21]

Good story, GH. Sorry if Henry's wheez proposed in the Council of Crusaders seemed to deflate it - although I don't think it did. Your story did not sound that doom laden to my ears: more Starship Troopers than All Quiet on the Western Front.

If my proposed wheez goes too far in terms of exploiting game mechanics, I apologise. Duke Leopold or the Chancellor could always reject it or better it (they are smart guys, in and out of character ).

[GeneralHankerchief]

I was actually thinking of Full Metal Jacket meets Lord of the Rings, but whatever floats your boat.

[TinCow]

I was actually thinking of Full Metal Jacket meets Lord of the Rings, but whatever floats your boat.

This is my longsword. There are many like it but this one is mine.

Personally, I want to see Leopold take them all on. Victory or death!

[StoneCold]

FH, why is a teutonic knight unit in Elberhard's stack not on crusade? Is he the one holding back the stack's movement?

[FactionHeir]

I moved Elberhard with the infantry over first and then joined the crusade (explains low movement) and later decided to give him Teutons too as the knight limit was not reached. At end turn it auto joins though, so no worries. Don't want to abandon/rejoin as that may cause him to become a coward ;)

[StoneCold]

Ok, thanks, not sure abt the crusade mechanism... Btw, none of the crusade from other nations reached the middle east yet? I thought a few nations' army stacks passed by us before we formed our crusade?

[FactionHeir]

France is stuck north of Innsbruck, Portugal still at Pamplona, Spain in Northern Africa and we defeated the Venetian stack inside Durazzo and the Danes north of Staufen.

[OverKnight]

The Venetians in Durazzo had taken the cross? We were besieging a crusade army? Or did they leave the Crusade to attack our forces?

Another thing I just noticed is that all three of the remaining orginial avatars (Leopold, Henry and Otto) are clumped together in Outremer. I thought Crusading was a young man's game.

[FactionHeir]

Well you guys did bring a lot of young avatars and if Hans wasn't stuck in Hungary he'd join in the fray too for his second crusade. If you guys get hit too bad by the Mongols though, he might just have to (but with Gothic Knights) :D

The Venetians inside Durazzo were a crusade army resting I think. At least the banners they had in Kagemusha's screenshots had the crusade annex. At least we didn't get excommed - the current pope is merely 34 years old.

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But nothing beats an assassins blade if it had to be...

[OverKnight]

God help you if you fail to assasinate the pointy hatted one though. Also, he is one of own, or at least used to be an Imperial Cardinal.

[FactionHeir]

Would require an edict by the diet anyway to do it, so he's safe

[econ21]

From the crusader thread:

OOC: *runs off to sell Rome to the highest bidder*

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It's no joke. I was going to gift Rome to the Papacy at the end of my period of office as the Chancellor. I cut and paste lots of quotes from the Diet to prepare a story based on past disputes over Rome to reflect Henry's torn feelings on the matter. But then I decided it would be the straw that broke the PBM camel's back and desisted.

[OverKnight]

Really?

I can only imagine the uproar. . .

I don't think it would have broken the PBM's back, but I can only imagine the the fleet of Charter Amendments that would have been launched that day.

[gibsonsg91921]

wow rome is our crown jewel

[TevashSzat]

I think what I'm gonna do is to mop up any French forces around Paris, swing up to Bruges, take it, and come back to defend before the French could react. Bruges is relatively isolated from most of the French so it shouldn't be that hard to take. Factionheir has mentioned taking Angers or Toulouse, but they seem to be surrounded by too many French territories and think it would be pretty hard keeping them.

Looks like that with the mongols in the Outremer, there are some pretty intense battles. Too bad I would be able to fight in any of them. Maybe the Timurids though, but I don't think this PBM will last until then

[gibsonsg91921]

we can make it last long enough to get to timurids

[GeneralHankerchief]

but I can only imagine the the fleet of Charter Amendments that would have been launched that day.

Been launched that day?

Try the next Diet session for starters. I don't care if it's a different character, I'll find some justification. Rome is mine!

[gibsonsg91921]

i for one would have been peeved

[AussieGiant]

Ok guy's that it.

Unfortunately I've check out of my home and will be heading to Canada until July 17.

That means all battles that need to be fought by Arnold will be infact conducted by Ituralde.

Damn!! Sometimes I hate my job!!

[GeneralHankerchief]

Have fun AG.

[AussieGiant]

Thanks GH.

Good write up by the way. I can't wait for these series of big intense battles.

I can feel some real history is about to be written in this PBM

Damn I wish I was able to fight my battles!! I'd be just hammering the Hungarians.

[FactionHeir]

It certainly would have made Henry as popular as Heinrich :D

Ahhh safe travels AG

[AussieGiant]

Thanks FH