Real Life has finally given me some free time to try & finish up this year. I am hoping to send you all responses to your moves as quickly before I go away. I am going away for a week from Friday, 4/21 - Saturday, 4/27. If you can, please send your responses as soon as you can. Joel ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
A reminder, most actions are considered at least hard (-1), some of
these I gave the value of very hard (-2). Please feel free to give your
own opinion.
Joel
Reyclean 2844
Action 1: Strategic internal action 5/6: Skill enhancement
Main determinants: Arts/Sophistication (Good)
Difficulty: Very Hard (-2)
Plus/minus:
+ Well established smithies with lots of work
+ Skillful teachers
- Lack of resources because of Celmyr crisis
+1-2+1+1-1 (0++-)=+1 The smithies focus on their art and ignore the
crisis going on around them to better their art.
Continue
Action 2. Strategic action 1/??: Launch 2nd expedition
Main determinants: Resources (Good)
Difficulty: Normal
Plus/minus:
+ Preparations very well done (+2 last year)
+ Eager crews
+ Knowledge about southern waters & the place for the new colony is
known
- What if the Tsunami is a bad omen...
- Southern waters are always dangerous
+1+1+1-1-1 (-000) =0 No Progress. Walter I’ll leave the decision how
to play this to you. 2 possibilities come to mind. One is information
comes back that the site has been altered by the tsunami. The other is
the fanatics intefer.
Because preparations went smoothly the small fleet will be launched this
year. This time the expedition is larger than the first one. There are
enough people, resources and soldiers (colony has to have a defense too)
to found a colony on southern shore of Elyria. Obviously also the
Companion of Wizards have their representatives with expedition. This
expedition will open a new era in Reycelan history. Finally the true
heirs of ancient Avaerans are going to follow their ancestors footsteps.
The colony on the southern shore is going to be great for traders and
explorers alike. Luckily the great wave which passed over Reycelan
didn't destroy the fleet equipped in Cethbar harbor. However some see
this event as a warning sign.
3. Tactical internal action: Check & repair tsunami damages
Main determinants: Authority (Great) (+2)
Exploitation (Good) (+1)
Difficulty: very hard (-2)
Plus/minus:
+ Experience in repairing damages
- New catastrophe could cause unrest like on Celmyr
- Fixing damages is little harder because it is spread widely
+2+1-2+1-1-1 (00-0)=-1 Devastation was greater then thought, repairs
are not enough, food shortages & lack of shelter persist. (Fanatics
could show up if wanted)
Tsunami came suddenly from south and devastated the southern coast of
Pyreth. The damages were not so big as on Celmyr when the volcano
erupted because the island is sparsely populated and major part lives in
northern and central parts. Still fishing communities and other small
villages were more or less destroyed.
King sends experienced repair crews to Pyreth and orders them to restore
the most important villages there. They should also provide suffering
people shelter and help them best possible way. In order to prevent
fanatics to gain momentum also on Pyreth Awenor also sends half of
Pyreth's legion to keep order. If any agitation is seen those agitators
should be captured and exiled back to Celmyr.
Action 4. Tactical external action: Act against fanatics
Main determinants: Power (Great)+2
Military force (fair) +0
Difficulty: Very Hard (-2)
Plus/minus:
+ People see that their king cares about them
+ When legion is not actively attacking, people think that aggressors
are the fanatics
- Some may see these actions very hostile and unnecessary
- Fanatics may gain more support
+2-2+1+1-1-1 (0-+0)= +0 The king’s actions gain some support but the
fanatics also have their strong followers.
Awenor already has enough information about the fanatic organization.
That's why he orders the legion stationed on Celmyr to march out from
their barracks. Their orders are strictly to defend people against
fanatic attacks and they cannot attack first. It is better not to act
first because that way all the blame falls down to fanatics. Legion
should also make sure that all criminal actions are punished according
to law and implement them if necessary.
By acting this way Awenor tries to show that fanatics are nothing else
than a bunch of people whose only goal is to cause unrest and suffering.
Awenor also issues an order which states that the workday for all miners
should be around 8 to 10 hours. This way he tries to gain also their
support because they were started the troubles in the first place.
Key element action: Fanatics advance
Difficulty: Hard (-1)
Plus/minus:
+ Support is strong enough to succeed
- Unorganized group
- Legion has an order to act
-1+1-1-1 (+-00) = -1 Fanatics fail to set the barracks on fire. The
king’s measured reaction and their failure loses them some support among
those thinking about coming over.
Fanatic leadership orders their supporters to storm legion barracks and
set them on fire. This should be very encouraging to their followers who
see that the king is no match for righteous people. They decide not to
act on Pyreth because there is so few people and the leadership is sure
king has already made sure that this kind of events won't happen again.
They also make a statement which states that all unbelievers are not
worthy and should be converted or killed. This'll cause terror and even
more people to change sides plus it also strengthens their true
supporters belief for fanatic cause.
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Well, my timetable was too optimistic.
I know tonight should be a very late night at work. I will
definitely get some stuff out the door before I leave early Saturday
morning. I do appreciate everyone's patience.
Aerephal, Taseleth & Jumalla are all finals I believe & can be sent out
tonight & tomorrow. The rest I think are reasonably straightforward w/
the possible exception of the QofN & the Eleven Cities. If there are
any major problems w/ results I will deal w/ them upon my return
otherwise, I think most of you will be able to go straight into 2845.
Dom I could probably use to hear from you, give me some feedback on
comments & do you need any more info before implementing changes.
Anybody have any questions (related to the game :-) please email me
before I leave.
Joel
PS. - When I get back, it is also time to strongly consider a new
computer & stop having to contend w/ the girlfriend for time to work on
this stuff. I am sure some of you are familiar w/ this phenomenon. :-)
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