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[Gervassen]

Please do.

[Talvara]

Anger

Anger

Wait wait wait wait wait, just hug it out like men.

+1 *brohugs jake* its not that hard.

If you haven't got anything nice or productive to say, just say nothing at all. (I hadn't posted in a good while myself)
stabs below the radar or passive aggressive comments aren't worth responding to, just go back to defending or articulating your points.
and ehm... try to not make passive aggressive stabs below the radar.


anyway, Thanks for running the game Mal, It was fun while it lasted its a shame this point is a 'down point' in the story. but I guess arguments are more likely to happen when things are looking grim .

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(edit: actually that last bit of mine could probably be interpreted as passive aggressive, I'm sorry about that, but I do want to leave a thank you for Mal somewhere and thats the way I intended that bit)

[Gamerlord]

Gamerlord, just ignore him. My profile -> ignore list -> add user -> Gervassen. It will be better for everyone.
Since I see "You are ignoring this user." instead of the actual post, I no longer go to super-sayan-level-rage every time I check this game.

Alright kaian. Cos you asked.

[Gervassen]

Yeah, thanks for running the game, for the memories and for all of the fish, Mal. Got better things to do anyway, I guess.

[Maldevious]

It is with a heavy heart that I lock this thread. I feel as if I cannot ignore these last two pages of non-game personal argument after the clear and final warning against such behavior that I gave just a week ago. To not lock the thread at this point would cast my word as a GM in doubt, and then I would likely lose any semblance of control that I may have had previously over the discourse.

I will always look fondly back upon the adventures we created for Sir Stone together. Thank you all, and see you around the forums.

[Maldevious]

Year 7, Winter

Welcome back! Let's do this! Enjoy the game and play well with one another, and please bear in mind that my posting schedule may be erratic due to my newborn son.

A late winter sun is shining as you watch Isaac scamper into a field of daisies and wild grasses after your lovely wife, the Lady Marna. Smiling vaguely, you scan the horizon, and your eyes catch on a small patrol of Rangers skirting the edge of a forest, in the direction of Curbiston. It may be a time of rebirth and renewal, but there is still a pall hanging over the land.

Thinking back over the last several months, all you can remember is vigilance. Bleary-eyed, soul-testing vigilance. Raving bands of plague refugees throwing themselves against patrols of your men, begging for mercy. Many turned away when you told them there was no safety in Feroshire. Many did not and paid the price.

You sent out scouts occasionally, hoping against hope that the black plague flags would no longer be flying over the county seat. After a few months, they informed you that there was no longer any activity on the walls of Curbiston, yet the flags still flew. Thinking of the ghost town brings a chill to your spine, and you are unsure of what exactly that means for your future.

Other dark news has spread to your land. A trading boat plying the river in late winter brought the worrying portent, shouted from their docks as you turned them away, that a massive force of Sea Raiders has landed in the next Duchy over and set up a colony, displacing thousands and killing thousands more. Your smile turns into a grimace as you imagine the implications of this.

Thinking of the winter, you shake your head again slightly. The food supply was strained last year due to the pestilence and harsh snows, and the herds had to be eaten down. More than once, you ate a thin stew with stringy meat that you are rather sure was horse, but never bothered inquiring too intently about. Some things are best left unknown.

The famine, the pestilence, and the upheaval in the land spawned roving groups of bandits, which have mostly stayed away from Feroshire but stand in the way of resuming a normal life. Yet another task to tackle before life becomes what it once was.

Isaac jumps into Marna's arms in the field, and she twirls him about again. Your eyes briefly flitter down to her stomach, which sports the slightest of bumps. She told you of her pregnancy just last month, and you cannot help but smile as you see it. As you think of your future child, you remember that all was not grim during these past months.

The walls were completed late in the fall, and Feroshire now stands well-protected against attack from land. Despite your strict quarantine, the town seems to have grown slightly during these difficult months. Silverhills is occupied again as well, filled with farmers come in from their fields during the famine and doubtless some quarantine breakers.

You also started receiving word from young Sir Denton and Sir Percival late in the winter, stating that their sleepy settlements had mostly seen the plague off. Any good news is welcome at this point.

March and spring are upon you. The land lays open to your hands, Sir Stone, and challenges and opportunities await. Seize the day!

Spoiler: "Baronet Samuel Stone" (click to show/hide)

Age: 26 - February birthday
Spouse: Lady Marna Stone - Age 22 - April Birthday (Three months pregnant)
Children: Sir Isaac Stone - Two Years Old - March Birthday

Good Health
Excellent Fitness

Literate
Natural Archer
Good Swordswman
Fine Man of the People
Above Average Rider
Above Average Woodsman
Above Average Heroic Combatant (fighting against the odds)
Average Etiquette
Average Lancer
Average Shield User
Average Armor User
Average History
Poor Legal Mind
Poor Rhetoric
Poor Medical Mind

Spoiler: "Equipment and Possessions" (click to show/hide)

Weapons
Militia-grade Short Sword
Fine Longsword
Iron-tipped Lances

Armor
Steel Plate Armor
Mail Shirt
Brigandine Armor
Fur cloak and leggings
Iron Shield
Steel Barding for Destrier

Transport
Felucca
Mottled Grey Hunter
White Destrier

Housing
Fine Quarters in Tower
Brick and Lumber Manor
Fine Furniture
Stag Skull
Bear Skull
Bear Pelt Rug
Falconry Mews
Small Hunting Lodge in Northern Forest

Misc.
Bear Claws
Average Clothing
Silver Sun Necklace with Gold Pendant
Bound New Testament
Book of Laws
Cask of Beer
Stone Weights
Draft of "The Incursion of the Sea Raiders and the Battle of Torchester"

Spoiler: "Feroshire (Capital Town)" (click to show/hide)

Treasury - Medium
330 Citizens

Services and Housing
Nice Communal Housing
Mix of Wood and Brick Housing
Nice Inn
Rowdy Inn
Medium Theatre
Small Courthouse
Small School and Scribe
Communal Cellars

Defense
Interior Wooden Palisade with watchtowers
Stone Tower
Stone Walls 
Three longboats
Fake Town for river defense

Trade and Travel
Brick Roads
Large Dockyard
Medium Brick Paved Market
Two-way Ferry
River Parlon (dredged to allow deep draft vessels)
Gravel Road to Carshire
Gravel Road to Silverhills

Industry
Large Clayworks
Smokehouse
Watermill (Lumber Mill and Grindstone)
Growing Medium Shipyard
Brewery
Stables - Large herd of horses
Medium Furniture Workshop

Spoiler: "Your Land" (click to show/hide)

Small (3x city size) population (Loyal)
River Parlon (fertile banks on both sides, light forest to the north)

Settlements
Feroshire - Your capital
Silverhills - Small village by the mines - Palisade

Farming
Nice parcel farms south of the river (four field crop rotation)
Fair parcel farms north of the river (four field crop rotation)
Fine Communal Farm (four field crop rotation)
Medium Vineyard - Ice wine experiment
Communal Grazing Land
Muddy holes in ground (fish ponds without enough water or fish)

Animals
Medium Flock of Sheep
Meager Flock of Cattle
Small Flock of Good Horses

Defense
Fortified Average Barracks, Armory, and Obstacle Course with Furnaces and Forges
Jousting practice field

Trade and Travel
Gravel Roads
Large Warehouse

Industry
Large Fishing Fleet
Fortified Mines near Silverhills (silver, copper, gold, iron, gems)
Metalworks in Silverhills

Misc.
Trash Pit
Graveyard

Spoiler: "Your Forces" (click to show/hide)

Ranged - Longbows, iron short swords, fur armor, mounts
Two elite Archers
One elite Ranger
Six veteran Rangers
One regular Rangers
Nine veteran Archers
Four regular Archers

Melee - Iron halberds, iron brigandine armor, iron short swords, mounts
Two elite Halberdiers
Eleven veteran Halberdiers
Six regular Halberdiers

City Guard - Short bows / Iron short swords, fur armor, wooden shields
Seven regular Wall Archers
Ten regular Watchmen

Reserve
Mandatory Bow or Halberd Training for Able-bodied Men

Spoiler: "Your people" (click to show/hide)

Skilled Potters
Above Average Jewelers
Above Average Trappers
Above Average Miners
Above Average Horse Breeders
Average Metalworkers
Average Wine Makers
Average Masons
Journeymen Furniture Builders
Journeymen Weaponsmiths
Journeymen Armorers
Novice Siege Engineers

Spoiler: "Nearby" (click to show/hide)

Market Town of Carshire - Gravel Road
Folesden - Land of Count Foles - Downstream - No signs of life
   * Curbiston - County Seat of Folesden
Land of Sir Denton - Upstream
Land of Sir Percival - Adjacent to Sir Denton's land, across the river
Hemswood Abbey - Far Upstream - Known for dark beer
Lands of Duke Erran - Across the river to the north - Used for hunting
   * Torchester - Duke Erran's Capital - Damaged metropolis with a bustling port located on a wide estuary
Sea Raider Lands - Adjacent to Duke Erran's lands on the coast

Spoiler: "Known Lords by Rank and Relationship" (click to show/hide)

King Edward Geronos IV, Lord of the Falls, Keeper of the Flame, Seer of the Dawn - Known

Duke Erran - Fond

Count Arthur Foles - Your Liege Lord - Friendly
Count Gorgan - A fine fighter - Introduced
Count Zanders - Dislike

Sir Derrick Denton - Slightly warm but distant
Sir Alan Percival - Close Friend
Sir Uriel Lope - Count's Marshall - Formal but respectful
Sir Melvin - Lady Marna's brother, Duke Erran's nephew - Close friend
Sir Ivanson - A renowned jouster - Acquaintance

Lady Marna - Wife - Loving
Lady Iris - Lady Marna's mother, Duke Erran's younger sister - Cordial

Isaac Stone - Your First Son - Toddler

Spoiler: "Important Citizens by Occupation" (click to show/hide)

Luther Logan - Sword and Mace - Squire
Fin - Captain of the Militia
Oswald - Ranger Captain
William Dent - Steward, Mayor
Victor Irlof - Master of the Market, Treasurer
Ian Wood - Carpenter, Councilman
Marge Kannity - Brewer
Gunther Agnacious - Philosopher - Tutoring Arthur Foles

Shipwright
Architect
Armorer
Weaponsmith
Horse Breeder
Scribe
Healer
Monk Healer
Wool Merchant

Spoiler: "In Fond Remembrance" (click to show/hide)

Tor - Your first Captain - Killed by the brigand "Ox" in a forest skirmish
Sir Alan - Your first squire - Killed in the Battle of Torchester
Sir Blake Denton - Your good friend and confidant - Killed in the Battle of Torchester
Count Aaron Foles - Fell drunkenly to his death from the balcony of a whorehouse
"Count" Owen - Executed for "murder"
"Countess" Foles - Executed for "murder"
Curtis Stumpf - Miner, Councilman - Killed in the Sixth Year Plague

[ansontan2000]

IT'S A MIRACLE! SIR STONE LIVES ON!

[Gamerlord]

O_o

YEEEEEESSS

[GreatWyrmGold]

Ahem. There's a game going on, guys.

We need to figure out the state of the land, ASAP. Between the last dregs of the plague, the famine surely striking places other than here, the Raiders, and the many deaths from those three, major changes will have happened...and since we've been in quarantine, we haven't been in a position to hear news from the surrounding countryside.
How would you guys feel about sending out a scouting group to try and determine how the kingdom is doing? Specifically, the state of the nearby nobles which we do not know, confirmation of the complete depopulation of Foleston (if possible), and the state of such places as Hemswood Abbey, Torchester, the national capital, etc.

Also, the farmers need to return to the fields this spring.

[Theodolus]

Agreed with GWG, though I would like to propose that we only send out those scouts who do not have families they are supporting. Just in case one of them catches a remnant of the plague, you see.

Also, thanks for bringing this back Mal!

[Gervassen]

Happy days are here again.

Okay. Definitely check out Curbiston, we have a man trapped inside that hell. I say we go in person on this one, load our halberdiers and archers into our long boats in case the survivors degenerated into gangs of lawless scavenging thugs. If there's no law and order in the city, take the Keep and re-establish such; try to find Gunther, Count Arthur, the Rat, etc.;  also, we need to secure the valuables of the dead against those people who would take advantage of this tragedy to loot them all. In our treasury vault they should be safe until reclaimed. The county armoury must be emptied rather than falling into the wrong hands, too. This operation to ensure that the riches of Curbiston aren't plundered may take the whole month and multiple boat-loads, but in the mean time, sitting in the Keep symbolically establishes us as the new Count.

Let's send our rangers beyond our borders with drovers to drive livestock to our pastures for safe-keeping, and they can send for a carter whenever they find a full granary in a ghost village. Unlike our town, in which we nearly starved because so many survived, the dead don't need to eat, so grain stores and roaming untended herds of livestock and horses should be scattered across hard-hit regions.

Let's lift our ban on refugees, but give them a little quarantine. If our rangers meet a community that has become too isolated by plague, let them know of our relatively strong community. All the expeditions would still be subject to short quarantines, too, but a hard winter tends to isolate people and essentially enforce its own quarantine on all victims, so I'm fairly sure the plague is gone.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Agreed with GWG, though I would like to propose that we only send out those scouts who do not have families they are supporting. Just in case one of them catches a remnant of the plague, you see.

Good point.

Okay. Definitely check out Curbiston, we have a man trapped inside that hell. I say we go in person on this one, load our halberdiers and archers into our long boats in case the survivors degenerated into gangs of lawless scavenging thugs. If there's no law and order in the city, take the Keep and re-establish such; try to find Gunther, Count Arthur, the Rat, etc.;  also, we need to secure the valuables of the dead against those people who would take advantage of this tragedy to loot them all. In our treasury vault they should be safe until reclaimed. The county armoury must be emptied rather than falling into the wrong hands, too. This operation to ensure that the riches of Curbiston aren't plundered may take the whole month and multiple boat-loads, but in the mean time, sitting in the Keep symbolically establishes us as the new Count.

I'm not sure how long lawless thugs would last without anyone to thug upon. And no, I'm not sure if "thug" is a word. Still, sending armed people with the scouts is a sensible precaution...if nothing else, it's deterrence.
I also like how you explained that by looting the valuables, we would be protecting them from looters. Before we do that, though, we need to make sure that there isn't a legitimate local authority to protest...or at least that we store it in a different section of the vault.

Let's send our rangers beyond our borders with drovers to drive livestock to our pastures for safe-keeping, and they can send for a carter whenever they find a full granary in a ghost village. Unlike our town, in which we nearly starved because so many survived, the dead don't need to eat, so grain stores and roaming untended herds of livestock and horses should be scattered across hard-hit regions.

I agree, although as above we need to make sure that there isn't anyone alive with claims on the grain and livestock before taking it.

Let's lift our ban on refugees, but give them a little quarantine. If our rangers meet a community that has become too isolated by plague, let them know of our relatively strong community. All the expeditions would still be subject to short quarantines, too, but a hard winter tends to isolate people and essentially enforce its own quarantine on all victims, so I'm fairly sure the plague is gone.

Sounds good. I think that most carriers of the plague would have been dead/hiding after the winter, too, so that's good.

[Gamerlord]

We shouldn't go to Curbiston in person just yet. First let's find out what happened to the Duke.

[GreatWyrmGold]

We shouldn't go to Curbiston in person just yet. First let's find out what happened to the Duke.

We need to send someone there, though.
And I don't think anyone is advocating scouting in person.

[Gervassen]

I am advocating that, actually. The first person there to establish control looks like the new Count. That's important in a world turned upside down. All the legitimate claimants are... well, let's be frank, Arthur is probably dead.

It's dangerous tp go in person, but remember we were discussing this back when the city was full of plague victims, and it's only got safer since then.