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Lemniscate Blue
Apr 21, 2006

Here we go again.

Junpei posted:

No stat changes.

Prey and kidnappings and terrified subjects sound pretty great, but let's not lose sight of our true purpose: We're doing it for a shitload of money.

EDIT: Update in last post of the previous page.

Lemniscate Blue fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Jun 11, 2017

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Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?


Terrified subjects give us a little bit of everything, and let us play around with nationbuilding

Dinictus
Nov 26, 2005

May our CoX spray white sticky fluid at our enemies forever!
HAIL ARACHNOS!
Soiled Meat

TheGreatEvilKing posted:

Five, because I'm very curious as to how the hell that works.

Probably like this, I would wager.

Anyway, we're in this for the sheer amassing of our wealth. How else can a proper wyrm rest upon a bed of coins?

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Of course we're in it for the money!

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!

It's all about the money, money, money posted:

Dragons without hoards are nothing more than scaly failures. You can hear the gold sing to you, and you want more of it.

You push off from your rocky spire and glide outwards on the wind. You smell the faint scent of human cooking fires. Where to start?

Conquer the nearby village.
Fly directly to a big city and confront the human queen there.
Head to the mountain pass used by all the merchants.
Send one of my goblin minions to announce my new rule to the queen of the neighboring realm.


Brutality: 20% - Finesse: 80%
Cunning: 59% - Honor: 41%
Disdain: 93% - Vigilance: 7%
Infamy: 52%
Wealth: 5000 gold coins
Wounds: Uninjured

Avalerion
Oct 19, 2012

Start with just a village before expanding.

AfroSquirrel
Sep 3, 2011

The village will enable us to control the food supply of the city. Once you have a human's stomach, his heart will soon follow.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



If we want gold, we should start with the merchants.

TheGreatEvilKing
Mar 28, 2016





Annoy the queen

Gilgamesh255
Aug 15, 2015
Village. Gotta start with baby steps before you can run.

Xarn
Jun 26, 2015
Confront the queen.

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars


Just a little out of the way place where we can consolidate our power.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!
Dragon of Mountain Pass©

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!

You piss me off! posted:

Why the nearest village?

It's better to start small and see if they have any defenses.
People should learn that living near me is a terrible, terrifying idea.
I just want to burn peasants (and their thatched-roof cottages)!


Stats unchanged.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



As much as I want to go with the Trogdor reference, for stat reasons I'll say we want to start small.

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars


They're small enough that we can consolidate our position.

Avalerion
Oct 19, 2012

Start small and see what kind of defenses they'll throw at us.

Gilgamesh255
Aug 15, 2015
Like I said, baby steps.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!

Eensy-weensy tiny-winy viwwage posted:

Good thinking! Clever planning like this will be useful later on, when you'll face more worthy opponents.

KURAE (TAKE THAT!) posted:

You soar above the local village. From here you can see fields of crops, shepherds with their flocks, and a few wagons filled with vegetables. It's fairly small, though. In the center of the village you can see a hanging banner, displaying the livery of the queen.

What do you do to the village?

Set the town afire and suffer no one to live.
Destroy a few buildings before conquering the village.
Demand their surrender and obeisance.


Stats unchanged, and what the heck is a livery?

Added Space
Jul 13, 2012

Free Markets
Free People

Curse you Hayard-Gunnes!

Junpei posted:

Stats unchanged, and what the heck is a livery?

Like the symbols on flags, but on your chest.

Surrender, brief mortals

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?


An insignia/coat of arms.

Also, demand surrender.

Comstar
Apr 20, 2007

Are you happy now?
Demand their surrender and obeisance. They will fight back, we need to use some Force in our Recon.

Avalerion
Oct 19, 2012

No point in destroying our future subjects and property, demand their surrender.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!

Bow to me posted:

You land in front of the largest group of humans and say, "Grovel before me, humans, or be devoured!"

They grovel. Oh, how they grovel. There's no one here who would even think of challenging you, so they squirm on the ground and sing your praises. They're planning to betray you, of course, but for now they're terrified and docile.

The humans offer you the meager tribute that their village can muster up. It's not much, but every gold coin counts. With a belly full of their sheep, you take to the air again.

Finesse increases; Infamy decreases.

What now? posted:

What's next?

Fly directly to a big city and confront the human queen there.
Head to the mountain pass used by all the merchants.
Send one of my goblin minions to announce my new rule to the queen of the neighboring realm.
That's enough activity on my part. I'm heading back to my lair.


Brutality: 17% - Finesse: 83%
Cunning: 59% - Honor: 41%
Disdain: 93% - Vigilance: 7%
Infamy: 47%
Wealth: 5750 gold coins
Wounds: Uninjured

Avalerion
Oct 19, 2012

Try the pass merchants use, should give us an idea if our tactics so far will also work on a better stock of humans rather than just the peasantry.

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars


Now that we have consolidated, we advance (and solidify our new territory against a peasant rebellion by denying them supplies from elsewhere). To the pass!

Comstar
Apr 20, 2007

Are you happy now?
Head to the mountain pass used by all the merchants.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Where there's merchants, there's gold!

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

Get the goblin ready. Time to consolidate our foothold.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!

Dragon of King Pass posted:

Interesting choice. Why start with the mountain pass?

Control trade, and I'll control the kingdom.
Merchants are rich and cowardly. If they want to pass into the kingdom, they can afford to pay me well.
Merchants taste good, and so do their horses.
Hijacking a few wagon trains is an easy way to decorate my lair.


Stats unchanged, and this is back!

AfroSquirrel
Sep 3, 2011

It's all about control.

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars


AfroSquirrel posted:

It's all about control.

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?


C.R.E.A.M.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



If we control the kingdom's trade, we can make even more money!

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!

Control is the key posted:

An insightful analysis.

Cunning increases.

There's one main pass through the mountains that all merchants use, mostly because it has a good road. The human queen has her own toll booth here. You can see a line of wagons making their way through the pass even now. How do you want to handle this?

Be sneaky and terrify the toll keepers into giving me all the money they collect.
Eat the toll keepers and settle in for a bit to extract my own tolls.
Swoop down and take the train of wagons for myself.


Brutality: 17% - Finesse: 83%
Cunning: 65% - Honor: 35%
Disdain: 93% - Vigilance: 7%
Infamy: 47%
Wealth: 5750 gold coins
Wounds: Uninjured

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Our reign of terror begins now!

VivaLa Eeveelution
Apr 3, 2011

This wagon is mine
And those that follow in line
That blue balloon
The Princess June
They're mine mine mine mine mine.

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?


Extortion is what a smart dragon does. Straight up taking wagons will scare merchants off to using different passes, and if we set up ourselves then we can't be off doing other things. Much better to just stop by every week and pick up our protection money.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!

...how can you even sneak when you're that big? posted:

You can be stealthy when you put your mind to it, and you can be patient. You wait until dark before you stalk close to the toll keepers' blockade. When he comes outside to answer the call of nature, you rise up suddenly in front of him. His scream is a delight to hear.

What do you ask for?

"Turn over every penny you have collected in tolls, or I will eat you!"
"You will give me half of your tolls, now and forever. That's assuming that you want to live…."


No stat changes.

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Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?


Half, we get our cut and if his bosses notice he's sending nothing home he'll get replaced and we'll have to do all this bullshit again.

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