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Omobono posted:
 Sitting Councilmember Another new story to be told across the generations in Ankist... another looming reason to be doubtful, fearful and morose. Not that we needed much encouragement. Regarding the joust, I think it would be nice, but don't have a strong stance. If nothing dramatic happens during this debate, I might back it just a little. [ooc]I do love the card satirizing us - an expensive arena for the games of power played by the council, indeed.
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 Sitting Member Not sure why we should have a tournament but I'm not sure enough to be sure if I should care.
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Feb 2, 2021 17:45
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 Senator Well, let us be thankful that we weren't already heading down. Otherwise we'd be more in the hole than we are now. As for the tournament... I feel like it'd be a waste of funds that are already going down. I don't know if paying for the tournament would be the proper investment. In fact, I can't see much of a loss by NOT doing it. At worst we've gotten a small suggestion from one military member saying, "Hey, what if we did this? That'll be nice." We debate long term consequences, but for all we know, there could be no consequences for not holding a tournament. I'm not being naive. I know we can't always see the forest for the trees. But unless someone goes around spreading rumors that we might have a tourney, people aren't going to be disappointed.
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Feb 2, 2021 21:05
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Treasurer/Navigator I really do think that we could use the time to enjoy ourselves here. We haven't been taking care of ourselves, the nobility. And, out of character, I think that there's way too many fun story opportunities from hosting a tournament to let this go by. I don't know what will happen ,but it'll be interesting. House Lethe, can I take your statement there as that you intend to vote aye? That is how I, personally, am leaning as well.
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Feb 2, 2021 21:32
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 Second Cousin Thrice Removed *A slightly inebriated member of House Pinchay goes to the podium and draws his sword* I'll... I'll see you all on the jaw...jue..Jo... Jousting field!
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Feb 2, 2021 22:24
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Foreman House Pinchay isn't ideologically opposed to good times either. And actually, considering that the last two reigns have swung upwards at the speed of light, it might be good to try killing our sovereign with old age instead. Very well, we are with Houses Lethe and Gambol on this. Break out the expensive wines and let's watch warriors hit each other upside the head.
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Feb 2, 2021 22:31
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Blastinus posted:
Sitting Councilmember Indeed, we truly serve the realm by frittering a way a bit of money today. A toast then, to a long life, a long reign, and a well-worn groove on Her Majesty's throne!
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Feb 2, 2021 23:34
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Blastinus posted:
That's a good idea but lowering Wealth won't necessarily work to accomplish that. Consider the first reign (King Harald V) - wealth was near at the bottom because we spent to gain stuff, but all the other stats were near the top. People felt OK lowering Wealth, but none of the other stats (understandable given their meaning). To be honest, I suspect that Nay will actually have more of an overall negative consequence on Stability. Aye might lose Wealth, but we'll probably gain something else out of it. But I can't see any positive consequences arising from Nay, if you want to affect Stability in that way. Also, Aye just plays into House Lethe's hands open-agenda wise, so I'm a bit on edge about that. Quackles fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Feb 3, 2021 |
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Feb 3, 2021 01:11
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Nea posted:
 Sitting Councilman I am leaning that way, but some of my fellow Dukes are not as sure. A few coins Blessed be The Mother. Bellmaker fucked around with this message at 04:30 on Feb 3, 2021 |
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Feb 3, 2021 03:46
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Senator The monocled nobleman nurses a cup of tea, staring at the black loaf of bread. "There is something wrong with this. Perhaps something military might give us better stuff for our mills."
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Feb 3, 2021 03:48
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scavy131 posted:
Honestly? Yeah. Or Graubrot. Some kind of Rye. Sounds to me like the Mhuirans discovered marling.
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grandalt posted:
Something mill-itary? 
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Feb 3, 2021 05:50
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Hi! I had a go at the game this weekend with some friends, and we've enjoyed it quite a lot, so I'm going to have to bow out. Have fun Fat Samurai fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Feb 3, 2021 |
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Fat Samurai posted:Hi! I had a go at the game this weekend with some friends, and we've enjoyed it quite a lot, so I'm going to have to bow out. Have fun  House Cyfoeth is now first in list to receive some sign up reinforcements, if it's among the new players' preferences. This is also a reminder that if you want to sign up you can voluntarily skip your turn at the wheel and simply play as a "regular" noble, by posting your opinions without taking the more active roles
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Mostly Accurate Senate Status Report brought to you by House Daucus Power/Coins House Lethe: 9 Power, 11 Coins House Gambol: 7 Power, 13 Coins House Pinchay: 9 Power, 11 Coins House Cyfoeth: 5 Power, 7 Coins House Daucus: 10 Power, 11 Coins Pressure Rating Unfathomably Low - It's joust a tournament. Seriously, this reign has been boring so far. Ever since House Gambol's bold declaration, the votes so far have been fairly tepid, with many Pass and Gather Powers. The problem is, no one has really seen things worth fighting for enough so far. It's kind of a stalemate. I expect things will get bad when the next sticker or bitterly contested decision shows up. Also, Queen Athene was a better name, in my opinion, but that's just me Hidden Agenda Prediction The usual warning applies. House Gambol is doing the old Pass and Gather Money thing again. At this point, it's too early to tell what their agenda is, but there are some logical guesses based on their past performance and their getting to pick first. Agenda: Rebel or Opulent Confidence: #_ _ _ _ House Lethe... I have a working theory that they and House Daucus are fated to disagree. On, like, almost everything. I even checked the map of Ankist - Olwyn and Natar are next-door neighbors. It explains a lot, at least. Agenda: Extremist Confidence: ## _ _ _ House Cyfoeth seems to have overextended themselves a bit. Can they make it back up soon? To be fair, maybe they're why everyone has been playing it conservative. Each house is realizing, in their own time that overextending will come back and bite them in the rear - so it's worth picking their moment. Agenda: Moderate Confidence: #_ _ _ _ House Pinchay is also playing it cool this reign... so far. We'll see how they fare when debates heat up. Agenda: Greedy Confidence: ## _ _ _ And then there's us, the loyal underdogs. Er, wait. Overdogs? We do have the most Prestige, but it was mostly by accident. I swear. We're the loyal updogs. Agenda: Planning and scheming about what to have for dinner. Confidence: Zzzzzz.
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Feb 3, 2021 10:55
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High Scholar We just spent money preventing starvation, do we need to spend more money to show off via a joust? Seems in poor taste, does it not?
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Feb 3, 2021 17:03
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oldskool posted:
Senator The Esteemed Lord from House Daucus has the right of it. There is a time to be loose with the purse-strings:hardship, famine, war. And there are times where unnecessary spending must be prevented. I'd argue that such frivolity does little other than show the smallfolk that we'll throw pennies towards their lives while we toss gold around for our own amusement at the drop of a hat.
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Feb 3, 2021 17:26
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scavy131 posted:
Sitting Councilmember But if I may pose a counter-argument: What if something amusing occurs?
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Feb 3, 2021 17:31
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C... posted:
This raises an important question - does Ankist have a court tradition of the jesting arts?
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Quackles posted:
TravelLog posted:This raises an important question - does Ankist have a court tradition of the jesting arts? There's gotta be one. If there isn't, there's gotta be a dilemma about instituting one. Senator I'm going to be honest, I feel "what's the worst that can happen" to be a compelling argument to go aye. It's not taunting Murphy if the worst would be funny.
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Senator On the one hand, we could be responsible and save funds, possibly with a Morale penalty. On the other hand, we could throw caution to the wind and see what happens when we spend more money, possibly extending the reign in the process unless we run into lose-lose dilemmas later down the line. Can't say I feel particularly strongly about either course of action, but I'm sure the house knows best on this one. [ooc]Seriously though, every bone in my "Accept all events to see the consequences" dungeon crawler body is screaming for this Aye even though the same logic can be applied to Nay, it's a tough choice despite the piddly stakes[/ooc]
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LPFinale posted:
[ooc]Circumstances like these make me wish we were playing over-the-board, as my Gloomhaven campaign involved a ton of "but what if we had picked the other option..." cheaty reading.
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C... posted:[ooc]Circumstances like these make me wish we were playing over-the-board, as my Gloomhaven campaign involved a ton of "but what if we had picked the other option..." cheaty reading. Also, the deadline to submit your votes is in about 14h!
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That Italian Guy posted:We may do a series of "what it's" once the campaign is over, if the thread wants it I admit I was totally hoping that you would show both halves of the back of the dilemma card (even though the second half is upside down) once we decided.
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LPFinale posted:
[ooc]I mean, Aye is the easy option. Why not pick Nay and see what happens?[/ooc]
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Reign of Queen Ilysia I, Dilemma 2, Resolution Vote Results posted:
Vote Outcome posted:
Reign of Queen Ilysia I, Event: JOUST! History of the Kingdom of Ankist posted:Hall of Rulers - Foreman/Sitting Councilmember: Phelddagrif (also Treasurer)   - Sitting Councilmember: Nea - Treasurer/Navigator: LPFinale - Sitting Councilmember: scavy131 (also Treasurer) - High Scholar/Sitting Councilmember: TravelLog (also Treasurer)   - Sitting Councilmember: SporkChan - Treasurer/Negotiator: Covski    Stakes:  During this Dilemma we'll have a few changes to the normal discussion rules: since this is a secret vote, you don't have to post your opinions itt, unless you want to for any reason! This means you can feel free to discuss your options on the Discord channel in secret, then provide me with:
Since this is a secret vote, we'll still have a 48h window for the vote, but I'll update once I have all the bets, if this happens before the deadline. Also, in case it was unclear from the text, trashing all these cards means that there will be no signing rights on this vote either!
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Mmm, how exciting! Mmm, and this Mhuiran fried dough, mmm, wonderful! The honey on top is a nice touch 
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OOC Clarification: Since this is a secret vote, and the only instructions are to bet on either fighter, is the option to Pass still available or must houses select one fighter to support?
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Feb 4, 2021 16:15
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This is wonderful! Worth every penny. Another ooc question - can we put power on one fighter and bid on the other?
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scavy131 posted:OOC Clarification: You can vote with 0 power and gold. That's a pass. E: C... posted:This is wonderful! Worth every penny.
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Feb 4, 2021 16:48
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Since the vote is secret can the houses lie in thread about who they're supporting? This would allow more trash talking in thread since they wouldn't have to worry about giving anything away.
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Omobono posted:You can vote with 0 power and gold. That's a pass. Specifically, there's no opportunity here to Gather Power. Day-Drunk Progress: 2 Ciders I worry for Ser Milner. The design of his armour leads me to believe he'd have difficulty seeing out. Ah, but the opportunity for an exciting mystery knight situation!
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Feb 4, 2021 17:34
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OK, this was worth it after all. Now, who to bet on?
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Feb 4, 2021 18:06
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High Scholar "Ah, the tourney. This reminds of the time that Edward, Black Prince of Mhuir, rode disguised against Sir Ulric von Enkhal in the year 27."
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Senator Give him the chair, good sir knight! The chair!
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Sitting Councilmember Do not let this current tourney make us forget that in the Grand Toruney of 98, Sir Calaway, The Undertaker, threw Maan Kindheim off the tourney ring, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.
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Senator I do hope this tournament ends up in a melee duel rather than just jousting. I hear that "ties" on the jousting tournament can end up like that. If so, I do hope we get to see Sir Ghildar, the champion of the people, drop his elbow onto Sir Milner. That would be quite electrifying!
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scavy131 posted:
Day-Drunk Progress: 2 Ciders, a Lager, and an Ale A timeless bout, none can disagree! Tell me sir, did your family that day favour Sir Kindheim, known by his soiled garments to be a friend of the common man?
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scavy131 posted:OOC Clarification: whitehelm posted:Since the vote is secret can the houses lie in thread about who they're supporting? This would allow more trash talking in thread since they wouldn't have to worry about giving anything away. You can of course say whatever you want itt, the different rule is that you don't have to be open about your voting intentions itt if you don't want to. This also mean that lying is acceptable in this vote.
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Also my favourite jouster of all times is the mercenary known as Rowdy Paid Piper.
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