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It's not all that hard to get rid of the Nexus. Just find the caster and kill him. I'll give you a hint. He's got a lot of astral.

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What you need is someone to do something to stop Marverni. At least Kailasa made a move. I suggest the other players join him and negotiate for a reasonable time to drop the nexus after Marverni is managed.

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Oh well, it looks like it's a done deal anyway. I figure Abysia at least, and probably Helheim, have cut a deal for a share of the Nexus, and left the other powers dangling.

And though I've certainly waited too long, I guess I better start declaring my VPs now, while I still have them!

Um, I'm still way behind on my sleep, and while I can get in a minimum turn in the next hour and a half, it will be nowhere close to what needs to be done to deal with the crap-storm heading my way.

So Hoplo, if you see this, can you give me another 24 hours? Sorry guys for the delays though - but once I get my rest this weekend, and recover from the jet-lag, I'll be back to my normal pace, I promise! :)

Better PM Hoplo now...

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Oops. Sorry I was catching up on my sleep. I have added a probably unnecessary 24 hours to the next turn.

And as we have been doing a lot of open diplomacy on the thread I'll add some of my own thoughts. It might not be a bad idea for powers to do their own diplomacy rather than trust the musings of powers long past their prime or friends of those who caste obnoxious globals :p

While most of the remaining powers have some chance of victory some have more of a chance than others :) Not really sure that I care that about the arcane nexus as long as its not in the hands of one of the two big powers at this point. Still PMs are always appreciated :p And so my own high level astral caster remains busy casting Vine Man as everyone knows that is the real root to victory....

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Oh current (Turn 69) VP Totals (I think!)

Arcoscophale (Verjigorm) 54
Ermor (Stagger) 5
Maverni (TwoBits) 6 (3+3)

Please can Maverni declare the VP provinces he has?

Let me know if I've missed any....

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Come on, guys, Dispel that Nexus! You don't need 100% compliance.

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Maerlande can be found on IRC and at dom3mods if anyone wishes private diplomacy. I really haven't consider this to be diplomacy. It's more spin doctoring and taunting and all in the spirit of having fun. Please read all of my comments assuming my tongue is firmly in my cheek.

Some of the players have found Maerlande on IRC for long chats about diplomacy.

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I've got 83, 124, and 134.

BTW, anyone read the description on my new prophet? I've never seen that before! Looks like Lucterius will have to work hard to keep up his reputation ;)

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Interesting battle between Abysia and Ermor. Looks like Yomi gets some action finally :-).

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50% of all non astral non blood gems spent in spell casting or forging are converted into astral and given to the caster.

It is not at all uncommon to make 75+ astral a turn with this spell.