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It's been about 100 years since Kavodel was founded. Generations of Kavodelians have lived and died in the city. As far as they're concerned heresy and experimentation and whatever the gently caress lef is working on is is traditional values.
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Voting closed 16 minutes ago.
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Meanwhile on Discord.... posted:Diog: You Someone pick a number between one and ten thousand. ONE person. This is breaking the tie.
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Diogines posted:Someone pick a number between one and ten thousand. ONE person. This is breaking the tie. 3287
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Thank you. That was all we needed.
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Didn't pick 420 a shameful goon indeed
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Slaan posted:Didn't pick 420 a shameful goon indeed Not an emptyquote
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You've doomed us all
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CloFan posted:You've doomed us all Nah, that's only a partial doom. Some will be undoomed.
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A doom you survive is a doom that lied on its entrance exams to doom school.
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3287 is divisible by 19, which is 1 better than 18. I for one welcome our new underlord Le(viathan?)!!
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So to circle back to cauldron chat, I had thought that the packet of herbs I left steeping in there for the last several months had been exhausted. This was incorrect. Since I took them out the whole house continues to reek like exotic spices. It smells really REALLY good, but it's not like I can put them back in. Next time I will simply quadruple the size of the sachet while leaving the amounts the same, that way all the flavors will embed where they're supposed to be. Update two is that it has reactivated and continues to occasionally burble. Really hope it's done roiling before December.
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SniperWoreConverse posted:Update two is that it has reactivated and continues to occasionally burble. Really hope it's done roiling before December. Sniper's house, early 2021 (dramatisation, colourized): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y8Rqvz-Jcg
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I got drunk and passed out in my chair last night. Who won?
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Discussions on blood alcohol happened, so the entire thread won
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Zeroisanumber posted:I got drunk and passed out in my chair last night. Who won? Tied again lmao
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Zeroisanumber posted:I got drunk and passed out in my chair last night. Who won? Ties. Ties all the way down.
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Enough ties that Sojenus use them as a bungee cord.
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Processing Error 324. Capybara Data Segmentation Fault Detect. Please Stand By. [...] ....uh, well that was... something. Expect uh... yeah, expect... something later today.
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Hmmm these are not the typical water dwelling rodents I've read so much about. They must be those cybernetic capybaras you see hawked on the dark web. Strange times.
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Obviously Tudiya is finally allowed to reveal all the steam engines and trains and battleships locked in the vault now that we've officially discovered steel and coal.
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Lefkandi invented the iron side ship, allowing us to attack the ocean more aggressively. I'm impressed it managed to segfault the capy network.
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Diogines posted:Processing Error 324. Constantine I definitively defeats Licinius at Chrysopolis, and becomes sole Emperor ALSO Crispus destroys Licinius' naval fleet in the Dardanelles, allowing his father Constantine the ability to cross over the Bosphorus into Asian provinces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/324 I'm not sure what that means 
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Diogines posted:Processing Error 324.  Can't wait. This is the good stuff.
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My hope is that its almost completely unrelated to anything that came up, we just happened to discover like eighty draculas all at once in Kavodel while trying to explain coal to someone.
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tudiya says "oh, you found the caches of coal zepa carefully hid nearby? great, let's take the elevator down to his hidden bunker, it's time for you to chat with him"
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Diogines posted:Processing Error 324. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfVOzapzXHI I'll send the tech down to administer percussive maintenance.
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That Italian Guy posted:Sniper's house, early 2021 (dramatisation, colourized): Talking to it, sure, saying supporting nurturing things to it, yeah. Sleeping with it? No but I've passed out drunk next to it.
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ETA 1-2 hours.
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You've got my intrigue, Beaky.
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We either rolled a nat20 or a nat1
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Zeroisanumber posted:We either rolled a nat20 or a nat1 Horseshoe theory of critical outcomes in CYOA.
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[...] Please keep in mind that we have still not reached "the present" because events occured in the interim which had to be accounted for. The Quantum Waveform has not yet fully collapsed but will do so shortly, thank you. [...] Diogines posted:A group of Blooded Men, mostly ages 20 through 50 but several older as well have hands filled with gold and silver and packs full of the bones and preserved flesh of monsters and, according to Snarls's nose, several actual demons. It is their intention to make the long trip to Seir and try to barter with these things to buy Seir Bows, weapons of great power which all the men of Kavodel have of course heard of and which none have ever seen, except that some (falsely) believe your bow to be from Seir. According to Chait(when he would talk with you) and Indor(when she would and could talk to you) and Puabi(who would still talk with you but whom you have not spoken with in a while) and Every-Strike(who can and often does talk, or at least sing with you more often than you wish he would at times), while exotic materials from monsters and demons can be used to make wonderful things, they usually have to be prepared in a special way or used right away, so while Tamzi the Lion and his friends have what would sell for literal fortunes, plural, as a sacred offering in many cities, they probably won't be seen as valuable crafting materials in Seir. You discreetly tell Tamzi that you have been told by other men, reputable men whose guidance you trust that the Awidan, King of Seir both crazy, a heretic, a crazy heretic AND a tyrant and that you just don't think its a great idea if they go, they probably won't sell you a bow anyway. You don't mention your declined... invitation and so as to avoid putting words in El's mouth you are clear in explaining that you heard "other reputable men" tell you these things, even if you don't name them. Tamzi is truly surprised to hear this is the case and a short time later he and his fellows decide to try their luck at buying some bows in Baitel instead. You tell them about Hadad of Dinhaba, though caution them that he probably won't sell one, but perhaps they will have luck some place else in that enormous city? It is a big city after all and they bring considerable riches with them. Diogines posted:Speaking of very long distance travel, some men in Kavodel are rather rich. This should hopefully not come as a shock to you. Kavodel is producing vast amounts of food and metal and livestock and leather, you have a silver mine and large sums of silver and gold are accumulating as payment for the things which Kavodel sells to others. The Blooded merchant Arakhu is Eleazar's Grandson and a very successful merchant who has lead caravans from Kavodel to more distant cities before, Kavodel merchants don't usually go further than Acco or Dor, Arakhu is one of the few who has. Apparently the man has it in his mind to send a caravan, escorted by Blooded Men to fetch expensive goods from Kinnot. The trip is long, VERY long, it is further away than Baitel is but it Arakhu expects to turn a big profit on it. You have heard of Kinnot, of course. You invite Arakhu to your home and host him for dinner before his long trip and discuss many topics with him, trying to give the appearance that you are after investment ideas. You try to be as discreet as possible you ask him about many rumors you have heard from the Donut and hidden among many others ask him about Chorazin. Arakhu seems to be very knowledgeable about goings on in the Donut, he has been a source of information for you before and according to him, he heard that Chorazin was conquered by a rival a few years ago. Gareb is not happy when you ask him to join Arakhu for the purpose of recruiting men of art and culture to teach in Kavodel, but, he agrees... providing you don't ask him to set on the Magistrate's chair for fifteen years. Which you agree to. He also asks that you arrange the marriage of two of your descendants to two of his, you are already related at this point but it seems two more of his brood are in need of spouses. With him also went a considerable amount of gold and silver and some high quality Blooded Bronze. And so unexpectedly but delightedly joined by one of the Mighty Men of Kavodel, Arakhu and his men set off. Whether or not you have made a massive mistake in risking the men of Kinnot learning of what happened in Chorazin... or the men of Kavodel, remains to be seen and is something you probably won't learn about for years, if it does happen. On the bright side, maybe you will have some new, better artists on hand to preserve for posterity the terrible things your father is going to do if he ever discovers about what happened at Chorazin? Diogines posted:
Punish him? You rather like these stories and make no secret of that fact, Gaddiel is be commended for taking such efforts to carry out the task YOU gave him, to teach children to read and write. Nothing he has done is a crime and he is not trying to corrupt the youth of Kavodel. You do your best to try to assuage the fear and anger of the crowd and many seem moved by your words, but not all seem satisfied. You even give Gaddiel a raise, though you do so away from the crowd so as to not provoke them. Gaddiel continues writing his stories and other teaches in Kavodel begin sharing them as well. It would not be long until copies of Gaddiel's stories began spreading even in Dor and Acco. Diogines posted:
You decided to keep guidance from Adina and Ahaz about Burn Rock. Your son seemed rather excited about it in a way few things besides rocks can excite him. "Father, this stuff is... its... its fantastic. We never have enough fuel for refining the ore and it will spare wood we sorely need elsewhere." Adina seemed rather excited as well "If we dig up enough of this we won't need to take down another tree to keep the forges burning." It was a short time later when you finally revealed your discovery of "High Silver" to Tudiya, as well as Burn Rock. You show him some of what you have made from High Silver so far and your father keeps a neutral expression, guarding well whatever it is he is thinking. He asks you a number of rather pointed and increasingly less subtle questions akin to "Did you pull this out of some abandoned ruin or steal it from demons, you actually found this on your own? Really? REALLY?" Until he finally just asks you that... several times in several different ways to ensure that no possible interpretation of his words could let you weasel out of giving him a straight answer. You tell him that what you have found is far better than just iron and try to persuade him to allow a handful of the elite smiths of Kavodel to experiment with it, men you trust entirely to keep these things secret. Certainly not every man in Kavodel can have Blooded Bronze, but with this... you could outfit every man in Zepath AND Kavodel with better armor and weapons, while cutting less trees!  And then he is pensive for a long moment and then says "I wish to pray upon it. We will discuss this more tomorrow." You leave to spend some quality time with Danal and his familly. The next day you meet with Tudiya again in his home and he tells you "Select four men you trust. Make clear to them that if any of this is somehow learned by others without my leave, the consequences wreaked upon all of them, and you as well, shall be dire. If any refuse to agree to this, or if you have changed your mind, I wish to know."  Two months and a week have passed. Adina has been rather excited with his labors and his family, who he scarcely sees anyway would probably have cause to think he had died if they did not know better. Tudiya has called together his counsel and thus from Kavodel come yourself, Uriah and Adina. Adina is not a member of the counsel, but Gareb has gone on a long journey on your behalf and so you brought Adina instead, along with a number of the best High Silver things that he, you and the two other smiths have made. And so spears, swords large and small, shields and armor bearing Zepathan iconography all lay stacked atop the table. This comes rather as a surprise to the Mighty Men of Zepath, as well as to Uriah and Asahel. Ishamal and your And so Tudiya explains to all present what has been found. Burn Rock, a new form of fuel better than wood which can be dug from the ground and the making of "High Silver" from iron, both of which are abundant near Zepath. Tudiya asks you and Adina to discuss some of the properties of the metal and make some demonstrations of them and when you are finished Tudiya says "The use for such things is obvious. Never will a day come when every man can have Blooded Bronze and no man has much love for the conquered spoils of the Bnaimokt. High Silver is tougher than bronze and so I bring this matter before you today, my wise counselors, to discuss whether or not it would be wise to teach others to make High Silver and begin harvesting more Burn Rock." Accusations are swiftly leveled and just as swiftly denied that you discovered these things from demons and that they are an obvious attempt to corrupt the good men of Zepath! Clearly this is an attempt to undermine ancient Zepathan values and corrupt the public! Voices are raised and impolite words said repeatedly. Many objections are raised by all but one the Mighty Men of Zepath who seem outraged at this, perhaps none more vocally than Zimran who insists that your "murder metal" will burn down half the interior as the men there will swiftly learn of it and those who discover it first make war on the the rest! At this Tudiya says "Perhaps they will. Perhaps. But as you have wisely and properly counseled me many times, Zepath must come first. If fools and heretics are driven to kill each other because they believe stolen secrets give them an advantage, then that is a problem for foreigners to worry after and not a problem to trouble us." Zimran is adamant in his protest that "This fell thing is not in the Old Tales! Nowhere is in the Old Tales do men work iron!" Tudiya pauses for a moment and says "I have thought carefully upon each of the stories of Old, of the Sacred Law, the Laws of Labaras and the ways of our Fathers. And many prescribe how a thing is to be done and things which can be done and things which cannot be done but nowhere is a list prescribed saying that this the totality of all known arts and no others may be worked. As men of learning surely you all well know is that the list of prohibitions is considerable in length, yet nowhere in them does it say such a thing. Ophal is even said to teach otherwise unknown arts, which surely means there are arts unknown which are permitted to be used. There are no evil rocks in the Old Tales, these are simply rocks we knew not of before, no more and no less." Obel in a more... restrained tone than most of the other Mighty Men says "My King, these are not the ways of our fathers." Tudiya shakes his head and says "Until a time came when Our Father left Baitel, it had been the ways of of HIS father, of Labaras himself to live in the shadow of Mount Har. Still, he left. To honor the ways of our fathers is not only to dogmatically do exactly as they have done, but to honor the intention of their will. It is to the sacred laws we must RIGIDLY adhere to the letter while embodying the spirit, but the ways of our fathers have no such letters written and so it is only to the spirit which not only must we follow, but to only which we can follow. Our Fathers never mined metal, and if we did exactly as they did and took no metal from the ground, then with the fall of Tanaach and Ibleam OUR city would fall to ruin for want of tin and copper. It was the ways of our fathers to take any thing which might aid them to protect our people and slay El's foes and put it to good use and never has such been seen more clearly to me than it has now" he says as he lifts an Embigener and places it on the table "Enkidel, you are to begin the digging of vast quantities of iron from the ground and to search if any burn rock can be found closer to Zepath. Adina, I wish you to begin teaching the smiths of Kavodel and Zepath how to make “High Silver” and though men may buy and trade it among Zepath and Kavodel freely, it is never to be sold or given to any foreigner and any found by the Tower Guard will be confiscated and those responsible punished, furthermore...” This... this does not go over well at all with the Mighty Men most of whom seem truly outraged. In the ensuing argument, during which both voices and tempers are high, one of the Mighty Men insists that Tudiya is ignoring their wise counsel, they who have ever defended Zepath! What has Enkidel, the son of a farmer(Adina, which is not true, he was a smith) and the son of a traitor(Uriah, very not true, his father was not a traitor) done to defend the city!? Danal, who has been fairly quiet during this counsel meeting finally spoke up at that saying "Uriah has slain more demons than all on this side of the table, and their sons, and their sons combined. My father is not ignoring your wise counsel, he cherishes it, but you are ignoring all that occurs beyond the walls of Zepath. The demons have been stirred and they will not look past us even if we decide to be willfully blind, we should arm every man we can as best we can, even the unblooded. Enkidel is preeminent among all of our people at both the arts of war and of the forge, it is wise for our King to listen to him on such matters, just as it is wise for our King to listen to you on those other matters where your knowledge and experience is superior." It had seemed after Acco that Tudiya might abandon even Acco and Dor and perhaps he still may, it had seemed that he would return to more traditional Zepathan values... and perhaps he will, but not entirely? What this will mean for the future is uncertain… [...] We apologize for the lack of a vote. We did not want to keep you waiting any longer but we need just a little more time to reach the point where you actually make new decisions. We thank you for your continuing patience. [...] We are not abandoning our channel in IRC, it is not shutting down but given the fact that most people have decided to move to an inferior chat client, Discord, we will start linking it as well. Discord Link: https://discord.gg/SPZ7Hyn [...] Travic's Awesome Index: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3550307&pagenumber=4080&perpage=40#post473373440 If you want to, feel free to join us on irc #madgod on synirc.net. The channel tends to always have some people in it and is especially active when updates go up. If you do not know what IRC is, here is a web based chat version which will not require you to register or download anything: http://chat.mibbit.com/ Diogines fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Mar 16, 2022 |
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