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Mind-bogglingly popular game series that you follow from early on and cannot stop, waiting for new installment like a drooling addict.

Long-runner soap opera you're too invested into to just stop watching it.

A fun little comic strip in the daily newspaper that's been around forever.

3/6

Who said it's fun? I didn't for sure.

I'm just waiting here for it to die horribly already so it will stop showing on my Unread Posts list.

[Tiruin]

Err, to be precise about this, it IS his idea, and if more context was to help its believability, that means he's anticipatory OR confident in our actions (or just in facing his own countrymen. I mean, that does hit morale even in well drilled or disciplined soldiers, even if you're a claimant to the throne in some ways)

A

[Haspen]

You decide to let him and his soldiers go fight Karkhuta.

You continue on southwest, reaching the walls of Lametanian capital in about a week. No one but some lone archers hiding in bushes and small groups of horsemen harass your approach, but they're easily punished. Your scouts in meantime gathered info about the capital's defenses:

Lametanians have hastily constructed many siege engines on the tower walls and lots of militia was accumulated from southlands. Some say that about three thousand armed men are stationed at the capital, with another group, mixed with Damdamian mercenaries, camping south of the city, their numbers about eight hundred.

During a council with your officers, it is agreed to...

A) Send a messenger to King Salus, asking for surrender.
B) Begin a sitting siege of the mighty castle.
C) Start the battle with some destructive Blackheart volleys.

[Criptfeind]

A

[birdy51]

C.

[Tiruin]

[...]
Lametanians have hastily constructed many siege engines on the tower walls and lots of militia was accumulated from southlands. Some say that about three thousand armed men are stationed at the capital, with another group, mixed with Damdamian mercenaries, camping south of the city, their numbers about eight hundred.[...]

dem thick walls though.

Is waiting beneficial for us? Because militia aren't useful if their morale is borken.

A because it's nice of us to do so rather than just charge in. We haven't had that MUCH of a grievance to just instantly battle right?

[Kashyyk]

A - Maybe Salus will see sense and try to buy us off after the insult. We may also be able to lie that Karkhuta is on our side as well as one of his sons and convince him to abdicate. Might as well try talking after all.

[Haspen]

You decide to send a messenger to King Salus as your Army is anxiously camping just outside maximum range of trebuchets and other catapults on the walls.

The messenger returns next morning as King Salus have decided against surrender and even negotiations. Just as you prepare to hold a council with your officer, one of your guards steps up to you.

"Sire, a stranger claiming to be a Lametanian courtier wants to talk with your privately."

A) "A very unsubtle attempt at assassination by paranoid Salus. Get rid of the agent!"
B) "Sure, I will talk to him. Bring him to me at once."

[Kashyyk]

B - Seeing as we're in a state of war it would be totally acceptable and logical to have the guy searched first

[Criptfeind]

B-I bet we don't do it anyway.

[Harry Baldman]

B! We're Charismatic and thus always up for a chat.

[Twinwolf]

I mean it seems like "search the guy for weapons" is never included for some reason.

[VoidSlayer]

I hope Salus knows the price for assassinations in these situations.  Didn't one of our other kings burn the old capital to the ground and salt the earth?

B

If he tries to assassinate us, we burn the city to the ground.

[Haspen]

The man is allowed to meet you after guards check him up for weapons.

You two then hide in your tent, where the courtier takes his hood off and bows his head in respect.

"Greetings, King Yoe. I am Malcos, aide to Prince Otalan. The Prince tried to persuade King Salus to surrender, but King Salus has been recently growing more and more unreasonable. Therefore Prince Otalan offers to make a deal; he will arrange for his father's disappearance and bends his knee to you, but you will make him King of Lametania in return."

Seems the details of Alac's deal with you haven't reached the court yet.

A) Tell the messenger about Alac's deal with you.
B) Simply refuse the deal.
C) Agree to the deal to make Otalan the new King of Lametania.

[Criptfeind]

If we can split the kingdom into multiple sub places that'd be pretty good.

A

[Kashyyk]

C -Let Prince Alac and Kharkuta beat each other up for a bit, then defeat the survivor.  We totally didn't announce our support of him to the world did we?

Worst case, Prince Malcos will be vilified in the public eye for murdering his father.  And provide even more support for Alac. There are so many opportunities to mess with these guys!