King of the Romans Out of Character thread XIII

[gibsonsg91921]

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.

[Cecil XIX]

The Karl in question is Edmund's maste archer, not Karl Zirn.

[TevashSzat]

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.

[AussieGiant]

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.

[gibsonsg91921]

cya xdeathfire!

[GeneralHankerchief]

GH

How are you the governor of Ragusa?

It's Austrian right? I'm referring to your latest story.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...&postcount=157

I don't see it in the History, that's probably why you missed it.

Good luck Xdeath. Swabia never had a better Duke...

[gibsonsg91921]

amen. friedrich kicked some french a.

[AussieGiant]

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.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Of course it's Austrian. That's why I was put there, to put me as far away from the action as possible.

[AussieGiant]

Of course it's Austrian. That's why I was put there, to put me as far away from the action as possible.

Oh ok.

So I've inhereted a new Governor. Can you make your way to the Austrian Chamber for a little instruction then..Governor of Ragusa?

[Cecil XIX]

Goodbye Xdeathfire, you'll be missed.

[AussieGiant]

That's a shame Xdeathfire. Good luck with everything and hope to see you around the boards.

[Tamur]

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.

[Tamur]

Taking the safe now.

[Tamur]

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.

[OverKnight]

Is Lorenz Zirn knighted yet?

Oops, I forgot to mention that.

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.

[AussieGiant]

Alright then, he's going to get his spurs.

[econ21]

Ignoramus, please can I have your battle stats to make this table up to date?

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...&postcount=286

cheers.

[FactionHeir]

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?

[econ21]

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.

[econ21]

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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You can catch the Russians who besieged Thorn. Some of your army has been retrained in Thorn - you can swap men between the Thorn garrison and your army at will. I would advise leaving some capable men in Thorn, just in case.

Duke Arnold (Overknight proxying for AussieGiant)

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The Poles are besieging you. They want Krakow back. Show them the door.

Count Friedrich Scherer (XDeathfire) - please see PM


Count Hummel (Ignoramus)

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SHA 1 is under siege in Paris. Count Scherer has been forced to try to relieve Caen with only militia. You must break the siege of Paris!

King Jan (Privateerkev)

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Your army needs to head to Aleppo for a refit, but there are still some nearby Turkish armies. Before you return to Aleppo, I suggest you strike at least the nearest, so that Edessa can be free from threat in your absence.

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.

[OverKnight]

I have the save

[AussieGiant]

Give em hell OK!!!

[Stig]

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)

[econ21]

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.

[Stig]

I take it that by fiddling you mean:
destroying churches
having Peter attack Constantinople

[AussieGiant]

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.

[Stig]

Well these DVD's do have nice holes to fiddle with


You're a bad man Econ, a very bad man

[OverKnight]

Ugh, back to business folks. . .please?

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1306-2.zip

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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.

[Stig]

Right taking the save no, hopefully I can still fight it before college starts