Marmoset - MA game with mod nations - full

Alneyan · #1 January 27th, 2008, 03:44 PM

I'd like an extension for this turn, say 24 hours.

Bleh, Leprosy isn't working very quickly... and my last casting was less than stellar. Ah, well, time is on my side... well, it *is* on our side if they can win the war in the north. Glad to know your SCs are going down, though.

In the interest of the pursuit of knowledge, your Gargoyle seems to have an useless item (it has a mere +9 to MR, despite having three MR items... if memory serves, the Cap and the Robe don't stack, as they're next to each other), and Crumble didn't work, as you weren't sieing in the first place. The three siege spells are notoriously bugged, though, so I'm not sure if I'd use them (I've given up hoping for Iron Walls to work myself).

llamabeast · #2 January 27th, 2008, 09:44 PM

24 hour extension is fine, I'll do it now.

The thing about items not stacking in adjacent slots only applies if they are _exactly_ the same item. So two frost brands will only give 50% CR (unless you have 4 arms and space them appropriately). But my gargoyle has +4 to MR from the amulet, +3 from the robe and +2 from the hat - all correct. However, the gargoyle design is in fact silly. I made him so I could give him the stone sword without fear of him getting himself (since he's already stone). Then I promptly forgot that and gave him all the MR items I could to protect him from the sword. Not very clever. Still, I think he's a dangerous chap.

Are you sure Crumble didn't work? Check the remaining strength of your fort. I suspect it's low - I think it was reduced to zero by the spell, then brought back up again since you have more defenders than I have siegers. I hadn't anticipated that, since my army's so large.

If you want to kill my armies you'd better whip out Burden of Time! That will make the Leprosy hurt.

Tyrant · #3 January 30th, 2008, 01:28 AM

Neither Air Queens nor Golems eat bananas and are therefore helpless against the might of Bandar Log! SCs are for smacking newbs and and intimidating the feint of heart, you are gunna have to send a real army to finish me off.

Digress · #4 January 30th, 2008, 07:44 AM

There appears there might be an issue with Ulm Reborn and the new patch v3.14 (there certainly is an issue on my Windows machine).

Posting here in case llamabeast hasn't got my PM - so read your PM llamabeast, before the game hosts. The Grey Seers predict disaster (or at least annoyance) if game hosts but do not have time to test prediction before bedtime.

The Seers also predict that Sombre and llamabeast will have solved all, or at least come up with a relatively painless work around, in the near future. All bow before the greatness of the seers of Skavenblight.

I return also to blow rasperries at Man as it is now something of a reflex whenever I look at this thread

I do note that you are still in the game whilst I am present only in a rather insubstantial manner, being completely defeated and all. So kudos to you Alneyan

Edited to demonstrate that Engish is probably my first language and clarity, but not spelling or grammar. Off to get second industrial strength nightcap. Cheers all.

llamabeast · #5 January 31st, 2008, 08:08 AM

Thanks Digress, I will look into it.

I've postponed hosting by 7 hours to let me and Alneyan get our turns in.

Alneyan · #6 January 31st, 2008, 05:21 PM

Turn's in. Sorry, my weekday schedule was pretty messed up this week.

I shall not comment on my turn, but it seems the bulk of the Ulm hammer is striking in the north. I'll helpfully point out that I'm an idiot for assuming all MR items were +4, but I stand by my point about Crumble: it did no damage whatsoever to my defenders, and I'm pretty sure Ulm has the stronger army (then again, my Tower Guards do balance the scales in my favor)... Either way, you should get a message along the lines of 'the defenders are repairing the walls faster than we can damage them', if I'm indeed winning the strength contest.

Unless it has been fixed since the early days of Dom 3, Crumble just doesn't work unless you're sieging the castle already (back then, Iron Walls and its cousin spell didn't work at all). In any event, you're not getting into my castle unless I allow you to do so... Nature doesn't have great summons, but Animal Horde means I'm siege-proof. Go away and bother someone else.

Alneyan · #7 January 31st, 2008, 07:45 PM

What can I say, except 'bleh'? I've taken a couple random Ulmish provinces, lost a couple random Manx provinces, diseased some more 170 random troops, and our respective armies are doing a great job at avoiding any actual battle at all costs. Ulm's skirmishers left my capital and decided to siege some random fort instead, while my skirmishers are trying to siege Skaven's capital... mmh, it's a place of bad luck, I think.

I've still got the Gargoyle on my back, and Ulm still has the Forge up and running, and I still don't think I can actually go on the offensive against the Ulmish hordes. I do not have any clever idea to turn the tables, so I'm looking up for the cavalry to charge in and win the day. You got that, T'ien Ch'i?

Actually, I think I've got a pretty good idea... A random event just gave me a Skull Talisman, which shall be the cornerstone of my counterstrike. Beware!