King of the Romans Out of Character thread XIII

[Ignoramus]

Taking the save.

[Ignoramus]

Just autoresolve it. The game quit just as I'd won the battle. I don't know what's going wrong.

[FactionHeir]

Running any additional mods perhaps?

Btw, you still need to post in the Swabian thread...if you want to that is

[econ21]

It looks like everyone has fought, or tried to fight, their battles except Xdeathfire. I'll take back the save in a few hours and start making remaining moves for 1306. PM me if you have any special instructions for the year.

Gibson: Please PM me a screenshot of where you want Peter to be by the end of 1306.

[FactionHeir]

econ:

Xdeathfire left the PBM, so he didn't fight his battle. You need someone to do it though?

Also, is the screenshot to show where we want a character to be or where we possibly can move him within that year?

[econ21]

Xdeathfire left the PBM, so he didn't fight his battle. You need someone to do it though?

He told me in a PM he might want to fight the battle - if he doesn't, we have made arrangements to handle it.

Also, is the screenshot to show where we want a character to be or where we possibly can move him within that year?

It's to show his intended destination; from that, I'll infer their movement path. At some point, Peter's army and his pursuers' paths may cross and I'll work out if, and where, they do.

[gibsonsg91921]

alright it should be neat. if we cross paths there should be a story or confrontation before we go straight to open war. make sure tancred is nearby (or not...)

[Dutch_guy]

That said, how would such a confrontation play out - two characters, Hans and Péter, crossing each others path?

Some sort of MP battle, or something else entirely ?

[gibsonsg91921]

i am curious of that as well. i dont think peter would want to go to battle unless positively necessary - he truly doesnt want dead germans. that would defeat his purpose.

[econ21]

We can decide what to do when if Peter's pursuers catch him when and if it happens. But be assured it won't automatically be a battle - I'll give both sides a chance to reach a diplomatic solution.

Gibson: please can you load up a save, move Peter and then send me a screenshot of where he should be at the end of this turn? I will then move him and his pursuers according to instructions.

EDIT: Note to all - I am taking back the save and making moves for 1306. I will post any further battles later today.

[gibsonsg91921]

i sent u ur PM.

[Privateerkev]

What was wrong with Kotr 1306-5? If you guys skipped it, thats fine, because I only moved and didn't fight the battle, but I needed to know so I can pm Econ with Jan's moves.

Also, if something is wrong with it, I need to know so I can see if it is on my end. I am patched up with no other mods so I should be fine. Can we try a little harder before we go skipping people's uploads? If I had fought a 2 hour battle, I would be kind of pissed off right now.

*edit*

nevermind. ^_^

[gibsonsg91921]

hey PK - u really are gracious and such as Jan. not as authoritative as salier, but hey - give it time

[Privateerkev]

Ok after re-reading the OOC thread, and injecting myself with coffee, it seems that SM did not skip my save. My apologies.

gibson: thank you! I like what your doing with Peter too.

Jan and Conrad definitely conceive of the role of King differently. But to be fair, they had to deal with entirely different situations and obstacles.

[gibsonsg91921]

yeah. peter is kind of a tragic hero in a way lol. jan is misunderstood and well-meaning, but not many like him

[Privateerkev]

A lot of people don't like him because he has positioned himself against their "secret" agenda... ;)

[Tamur]

Secret agendas? In this game?

[Privateerkev]

Secret agendas? In this game?

*Kevin sees a little red dot on his chest*

Umm... nevermind, I seem to be mistaken... There are NO secret agendas going on in this game.

move along.

there is nothing to see here.

*the dot disappears*

[gibsonsg91921]

well, peter's agenda was supposed to be secret. but how can you hide a missing household army?

[Privateerkev]

well, peter's agenda was supposed to be secret. but how can you hide a missing household army?

well, taking a well traveled road was probably not the most subtle move you could have made.

It would have taken longer but you could have hopped from forest to forest and hid.

But, with the inevitable pursuit that would be on your trail, taking the roads in order to go faster was probably the best thing you could do.

[FactionHeir]

Easy, just go missing. Oh wait, you did.

Probably if you had split your units into smaller patrols it would have been less obvious.

[gibsonsg91921]

eh, econ's chancellor report saying my army had gone missing was a big clue. and i didnt pick the path, thats the chancellor's job

[Privateerkev]

Armies are big organizations requiring lots of communications and logistics. Losing contact with an army would have been fairly easy for the Chancellor and Duke to notice.

As to the army path, you had to balance speed and subtlety. You could have gone sneakier but you would have been slower. Though you only had a limited time frame so speed was of the essence. I think you did the best you could with the situation you had. You went fast but we found out your intentions quicker.

Making a whole army mutiny, then taking them hundreds of miles to attack the capital of a major ally was never going to be an easy job. But you rolled the dice and took your chances. Either way, it has made for an awesome story in my opinion.

[OverKnight]

@gibson, just because you ask the Chancellor for an OOC favor doesn't mean it's going to be granted in the exact way you envisioned. Sucks, but he has a larger story to worry about.

It's a shame Matthias stormed out, looks like I'm missing a humdinger in the Diet.

[StoneCold]

@FH, your avatar's post in the Diet states that the Kaiser gave something to Bavaria in the begining of the term. But that was a mistake as the land, Cagliari, is already given away, to the Sicilians for peace I think, which is what TC's avatar was moaning about everytime... :P

[Privateerkev]

I think Hans meant Ajacio which the Kaiser gave Bavaria for how Gerhard voted at the Ducal council during the Succession Dispute.

[Ferret]

Econ did you actually adopt Karl because I would love to have him as my next avatar (if Dieter gets killed soon enough lol)

[Privateerkev]

he held his cursor over the "decline" option when he took the picture. Plus, since Swabia has one spare avatar, he said he wouldn't accept another for Swabia.

[econ21]

Econ did you actually adopt Karl because I would love to have him as my next avatar (if Dieter gets killed soon enough lol)

Sorry, I was tempted but as I've just killed off two spare Swabia avatars and we have another, I could not justify it to myself.

I am shooting for one spare avatar per House, but the computer seems very keen on giving Hans more adoptees.

[gibsonsg91921]

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