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[Zangi]

Point for Asylon, it is not a theocratic realm... freedom of religion here too...  but yea, having tons of priests come in and incite hate when we tried to Takeover was disconcerting.

[sambojin]

Oh good, the game seems to work fine on my phone as well. Not bad for an old Nokia E63. I had to book mark all the main pages (as I can't get the side navigation bar to appear under Opera), and I'll be jiggered if I know how I'll log out, but geez this will be handy to kill off the odd boring lunch break.

"So how was your day at work Sambo?"
"Verily 'twas shite"

[danaris]

Oh good, the game seems to work fine on my phone as well. Not bad for an old Nokia E63. I had to book mark all the main pages (as I can't get the side navigation bar to appear under Opera), and I'll be jiggered if I know how I'll log out, but geez this will be handy to kill off the odd boring lunch break.

There's a rudimentary mobile version of the site under development, and you can get at it at http://m.battlemaster.org/.

[Ehndras]

Since my character is a bit of a pagan, Summerdale (with it's freedom of religion) was pretty much the only place to go. Now he's stuck between two highly theocratic realms. Rock and a hard place, eh?

Nice! There are no other roughly-pagan realms? I roleplay as I am in real life, therefore, a pagan. I don't mind being in Terran because they don't press religion. I'm a member of another religion called Truinism - which sounds pretty damn close to pantheistic/panentheistic paganism - and has a temple in the region I'm lord of. So, I'm happy.

[ConscriptFive]

sambojin, by far that was the most epic intro letter I've ever seen.  You totally need to repost that here for posterity's sake.

[danaris]

Since my character is a bit of a pagan, Summerdale (with it's freedom of religion) was pretty much the only place to go. Now he's stuck between two highly theocratic realms. Rock and a hard place, eh?

Nice! There are no other roughly-pagan realms? I roleplay as I am in real life, therefore, a pagan. I don't mind being in Terran because they don't press religion. I'm a member of another religion called Truinism - which sounds pretty damn close to pantheistic/panentheistic paganism - and has a temple in the region I'm lord of. So, I'm happy.

It's important to realize that "Pagan", in BattleMaster, has absolutely nothing to do with the word's modern connotations. It simply means you follow one of the myriad belief systems that does not yet have a formally founded religion in the game.

Indeed, one could found a religion in BattleMaster that closely mimicked many of modern paganism's beliefs, and many BattleMaster characters who are "pagans" actually follow well-structured religions that just don't happen to have an official in-game presence on their continent.

[SeaBee]

There's a rudimentary mobile version of the site under development, and you can get at it at http://m.battlemaster.org/.

Oh, very nice.

Since my character is a bit of a pagan, Summerdale (with it's freedom of religion) was pretty much the only place to go. Now he's stuck between two highly theocratic realms. Rock and a hard place, eh?

My pagan character is stuck, too. I know a few of our pagans are in Astrum now, are they tolerating Summerdale's open-religion policies or just ignoring religion in favor of snatching up more territory with as little fuss as possible?

This was a great victory for Astrum, honestly. All they had to do was let Morek destroy Summerdale's army, then they could quietly accept new territories without any effort or obligation (so far as I'm aware), along with more nobles to fight in their wars. They made out like bandits.

[sambojin]

By all means copy/paste it here. That's one thing that this phone really is useless for. I like the RP side of this, even if we get smashed I'll go down using medieval gibberish to the best of my ability. I actually hope people don't think I'm spamming, but with three days of potentially lethal travel to get where I'm going, I thought I might get the ball rolling a bit. I'm stoked that I might get free passage to the capital, but I'm a bit miffed that my poor archers had to disband to do it. Oh well, hopefully plenty more where they came from

[sambojin]

Thanks danaris, just tried the mobile site and it seemed to work fine. So much easier than jumping between bookmarks (plus I couldn't make new characters via the normal site on my phone). It's quick, efficient and displays all the info required. Plus I can log out properly now.

Cheers

[Ehndras]

Since my character is a bit of a pagan, Summerdale (with it's freedom of religion) was pretty much the only place to go. Now he's stuck between two highly theocratic realms. Rock and a hard place, eh?

Nice! There are no other roughly-pagan realms? I roleplay as I am in real life, therefore, a pagan. I don't mind being in Terran because they don't press religion. I'm a member of another religion called Truinism - which sounds pretty damn close to pantheistic/panentheistic paganism - and has a temple in the region I'm lord of. So, I'm happy.

It's important to realize that "Pagan", in BattleMaster, has absolutely nothing to do with the word's modern connotations. It simply means you follow one of the myriad belief systems that does not yet have a formally founded religion in the game.

Indeed, one could found a religion in BattleMaster that closely mimicked many of modern paganism's beliefs, and many BattleMaster characters who are "pagans" actually follow well-structured religions that just don't happen to have an official in-game presence on their continent.

That's the meaning of the modern name as well, unless you're going for Christian connotations in which case it changes meaning completely. I'd just lump the non-structured pagans with the more paganistic structured groups because hey, if you want to be part of an organized religion you join it; that and being a part of Truinism is like being a non-aligned pagan because no one bloody says anything and I've yet to see a single Priest around here. <_< Hell, I only joined Truinism so that I could get these peasants to stop complaining that I believed in SA and not Truinism, once I get past the hating-on-SA detail. (from the utilitarian point of view of course, barring my personal beliefs and fondness for Truinism over SA)

Nothing beats the Way of the Hammer though. I may have gotten utterly murdered in battle and then went broke when 3 nations sieged my home region, but damn it all to Valhalla if I didn't utterly adore RPing with a bunch of drunken Nord berserkers defending their homeland and their heathen beliefs! HAIL ODIN!

[danaris]

It's important to realize that "Pagan", in BattleMaster, has absolutely nothing to do with the word's modern connotations. It simply means you follow one of the myriad belief systems that does not yet have a formally founded religion in the game.

Indeed, one could found a religion in BattleMaster that closely mimicked many of modern paganism's beliefs, and many BattleMaster characters who are "pagans" actually follow well-structured religions that just don't happen to have an official in-game presence on their continent.

That's the meaning of the modern name as well, unless you're going for Christian connotations in which case it changes meaning completely.

In my experience, these days when people describe themselves as "pagan", they mean that they follow some sort of polytheistic, nature-centric belief system with a vaguely Celtic feel to it.

It's possible that I've just happened to encounter a particular slice of the population As always, YMMV.

[ConscriptFive]

On behalf of sambojin, here's his wonderfully subtle DF intro letter to Summerdale:

Good day my Good Sirs and Ladies of this fair realm,

My name is Graham el Gato and I stumble into this swirling maelstrom of conflict from a far off region known as Mountainhome. Whilst the people of my homeland tend to be a dour and short people, we have no lack of courage or abilities in battle. Unfortunately we have destroyed all opposition in our homeland, by various noble and chivalric means, so there is a want from people such as myself for the opportunity to serve as our forefather's did, in battle. Whilst not lacking in weapons, armours or the will to use them, we lacked enemies that could stand up to our might without becoming mere sport for us. Our lands are rich, our serfs regularly beaten and our soldiers trained in the highest arts of war. Which brings me to me point, dear nobles.........

I, Graham el Gato, having heard of this great land of your's and the battles and honour to be gained, have travelled here at great expense and no-lack of foot-sore, to swear my fealty to one of the Lords of this land, that I may gain the honour both myself and my family line surely deserve. In swearing fealty to you, I shall forever be your servant, to place my blade as you will. I come with my household guard "The Cat's Arrows", numbering twenty fearless archers of true aim so that we may serve you in battle. For the boon of your friendship and the ability to serve you wilfully, I respectfully ask for lodgings in an estate at your leisure, so that my men may be rested and gather no battle-rust as you survey what may be required of us. I will humbly keep this land good and true, so that it's people and resources might be more useful to your Lordship, in the forms of wealth and land improvements to be garnered from them. Though they be not my kin-folk, I shall look after your peasants well. For after all, useless they may be, but who else will turn the spades and till the earth. Alas, 'tis their position in life, and 'tis mine to merely make sure they turn the earth and tend the crops all the faster...............

I also intend to gather more troops to supplement my current squad and train them so that we may defend your lands for your Lordship's honour. Indeed, if it is you will, we shall drain the battle flagons and charge your enemies, no matter the odds. Such is the way of my people and 'tis our honour to do so.

Should any Lords in this fair realm need a knight to serve them and tend their estates, to raise crops, troops, taxes and bloody hell if required, it would be my pleasure to correspond with ye.

Graham el Gato

Graham el Gato (Noble)

I cracked up laughing at the useless peasants line.

[sambojin]

 
Yes, you can have quite a bit of fun in this game. It's amazing how it sets the scene in a game when everyone roleplays their character out. Whilst most nobles can spell, aren't dyslexic, alcoholic, foul-mouthed or short and bearded, Graham el Gato is. He's not a dwarf, but you might be able to mistake him for one on a foggy morn'. He's noble, polite, communicative, but really there's a bleary-eyed psycho hiding an axe, waiting to make his last stand by standing on a pile of enemy bodies. We're fighting a massive seige, half the land is under the heal of the invaders, so it should be fun. I actually think we should be able to cause a hell of a lot of damage if we get a few more sign-ups. Now as long as those villainous scum are good to their word, I can get to my estate and start doing things.
It's a pity there's not more games like this one. The game isn't complex, but by god a simple message system can make it pretty big in scope.

Oh, and the next day starts in about 25mins, so if you sign up now (really quick if you have a gmail account) you can pretty much get back-to-back turns. Disband your troops and run like hell to Nifelheim. For the honour of !Fun! And Bay12.

[ConscriptFive]

... few more sign-ups ... For the honour of !Fun! And Bay12.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Makes you wonder what happened on April 9th
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106998.msg3178434#msg3178434

[SeaBee]

The Queen is dead, long live the ... to be determined.

Mixed feelings on this one.