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[neo1096]

I think Im going to make a list and edit each turn of who has and has not gone so we know who needs to go and who's gone already:

Spoiler: Round Three Actions Completed (click to show/hide)

Iituem   X
Omega Alpha   
Webadict   X
Gantolandon   X
Shikogan   X
Andrea   X
Poltifar   X
Dark   X
Kashyyk   X
Servant Corps   X
Rickvoid   
Aqizzar        X
Nilocy

Fixed

[Iituem]

Hmm.  In the event you're being attacked by fireballs from golem mages or something, no, because that would be a Military action.  In the event you're beseiged by some sort of specific magical disturbance, you would probably be able to learn some magic from that.

In the same way that being shot by a rifle doesn't teach you about gunsmithy, you see?  You'd at least need to get hold of one and take it apart.

Since the fireballs are an effect of magic, rather than magic itself, you can use non-magical means to defend against them (e.g. boiled leather shields).  The supplementary spheres generally are used to produce effects for/research traits in the primary spheres, rather than to do any attacking etc themselves - although it might be possible to send mages from one hex to another to deliberately sabotage the attempts of the other mages to create an effect (e.g. by causing all their mana crystals to explode or something).


Edit:  As a note.  Academics (technology) are pretty cut and dry.  Taking on psychic and especially taking on the magic sphere gives the GM a license to screw with you in ways you are not expecting.  You have been warned.

[webadict]

Hmm.  In the event you're being attacked by fireballs from golem mages or something, no, because that would be a Military action.  In the event you're beseiged by some sort of specific magical disturbance, you would probably be able to learn some magic from that.

In the same way that being shot by a rifle doesn't teach you about gunsmithy, you see?  You'd at least need to get hold of one and take it apart.

Since the fireballs are an effect of magic, rather than magic itself, you can use non-magical means to defend against them (e.g. boiled leather shields).  The supplementary spheres generally are used to produce effects for/research traits in the primary spheres, rather than to do any attacking etc themselves - although it might be possible to send mages from one hex to another to deliberately sabotage the attempts of the other mages to create an effect (e.g. by causing all their mana crystals to explode or something).

Okay, well, I'm not gonna waste an action trying to resist fire then...

Hm. Okay. Well then, I'll need to get a hold of this Magic stuff.

[Servant Corps]

The ruins of the "Lighting Temple", built by Salmon Blue-Strip:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Cod Black-Double-Stripe was visibly shaken after the kidnapping. She has sold out,  and she knew it. When she returned back to the PPT, she called for a meeting of the PPT's  elite to tell them the news.Shakingly, and haltingly, Cod talked of an agreement with the  clans to create a Tribal Assembly that would be elected via democratic elections. Everyone,  male and female, rich and poor, would be able to vote in these elections, as long as they  are above the age of adolescence. The PPT would be able to enter in these elections,  forming their own political party. In return, the PPT must agree to turn its military wing  into a "Police Force", to provide unity within the greater Xenopross society. As a gesture  of goodwill, a small portion of this "Police Force" would be composed by the other clans...

Cod: "And the most interesting thing is how this deal was an equal partnership, between the  clans and the PPT. This deal was agreed to voluntarily, and not at all coerced. And they  treated me well, they treated me well, and never hitted me, or punched me, or knocked me  unconscious..."

Then, a lone voice spoke up.

Sardine Black-Stripe: "Engles. Shut up."

Sadrine Black-Stripe was part of the "New Revolutionaries", a polite term for those who  still remember about  PPT othrodoxy, and hated the carreerists who little for PPT othrodoxy. The less polite term is not fit to be printed.

Sadrine Black-Stripe: "You want to know why we elected you, Engles? Because Alcoveria, the  last Engles, told us to. And what have you done as your first order of business? Made peace  with the capitalistic oppressors. You sold us out. You---"

Cod Black-Double-Stripe: "Do you think I even want it to happen? Go back to Engles' Method,  do you yet realize why we created such a doctrine? We did it because we knew that the lies  has spread so far, so deep, that we have to counter it, to teach them truth. What we are  doing is exactly the same, we are going to campagin for votes, to win the general Xenopross  election and educate the general population---"

Pupfish Black-Dot interrupted Cod's rant: "What Cod is trying to state is that we do not  have the necessary resources to liberate all the Xenopross. There are many clans out there,  we can't stop them all. Instead, we'd be better off at least making a treaty with the  Clans, so as to peserve our movement."

Sadrine Black-Stripe: "You want this truce with these scum, fine. I won't do anything to interrupt such a deal. But, selling ourselves out won't do anything, Pupfish."

Pupfish Black-Dot: "And what have you done? You never even fought in any wars! I trained the troops, I myself led the charges against the Fascists. And you just sit around criticizing us because we're not 'ideologically pure', but fleeing from the sight of battle like a chicken. You want to be treated seriously...then YOU try to lead something for once."

Sadrine Black-Stripe: "Indeed, I will. Tomorrow, I will take my own military division, and convince as many people as possible to form a brand new Commune, far away from the corrupting influence of the City. You may no longer uphold the First Engles...but I will." And Sadrine walked away with a huff.

Pupfish Black-Dot: "Thanks Madric the bastard's gone. Now, Cod...I have a request."

Cod: "Yes?"

Pupfish: "I want you to run for office in this new Tribal Assembly."

Cod: "But if I do that, then I'll have to give up my position as Engles..."

Pupfish: "That's the point."

[webadict]

I think Im going to make a list and edit each turn of who has and has not gone so we know who needs to go and who's gone already:

Spoiler: Round Three Actions Completed (click to show/hide)

Iituem   X
Omega Alpha   
Webadict   X
Gantolandon   X
Shikogan   X
Andrea   X
Poltifar   X
Dark   X
Kashyyk   X
a1s   
Servant Corps   X
Rickvoid   
Aqizzar   
Nilocy   

For all intensive purposes, a1s seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

[Aqizzar]

The Hammerites hung in waiting at the high branches, studying the dark shapes flittering through the forest below.  They stalked, shifted and tensed, ready to pounce on the unwary Jottar, when from above a Hammerite gave a shout:

"STOP!" he bellowed.  The dark shapes all turned to look up and he gave a war cry.

"Hammertime!"

As one, the Hammerites pulled up their parachute pants and began to war dance on their tiptoes, side to side in the high branches, before swooping down to commence battle.

This must happen.  I wholeheartedly endorse Hip Hop Hammer Monkeys.


"Impressive as ever.  I must admit, it is good to see you back to full form."

Verinaath picked his teeth, watching the clouds go by.  "Nothing beats a good old fashioned slaughter.  I'll still have to whip some spine into the apes."  He curled into a pleading ball, and affected, "Oh no mighty serpent, that forest is too dark!  Can't we just stay in the village?"  The demigod snorted.  "What's a guy gotta do to get a mob moving these ages?  Wimps wouldn't have lasted five minutes without me."

"I wouldn't discount them so quickly.  Some Jottar are getting quite vicious with their hammers.  I sense a strong, ceremonial warrior cult forming."

"No proper economics yet though.  Or proper respect."

"Give it time.  I've documented some enterprising inventors working on simple machinery.  With a bit of industrialization, accumulation of wealth won't be far behind."

The serpent rubbed his six hands together in anticipation.  "That's even better.  Engineers, that's what I need.  I see it now..."  Verinaath paced furiously through the clouds as he plotted.  "It'll take a while, fifty generations maybe, but if I can get some real tinkers going, they can build me a way off this rock.  And make some real coin off the other twerps down there in the process.  Time to kick this God business into high gear."  He snapped his claws for a demographic display.  "Find me some worshipers!  I've got an engineer's cult to build."

"Oh wonderful!  See what some bloodshed did for your mood?  Well, I've been tracking the immaterium, and I believe some progressive Jottar can...  Oh dear.  I believe there's another presence in the mind-scape."

"What the hell?  That wasn't there last generation, was it?  Tell me some good news, that its a cult mentality forming."

"I'm afraid not.  The waveform is not a recognized manifest pattern, and the Jottar only know it as 'Jeff'.  I believe it may be an outsider."

Verinaath started.  "What?  I thought I was supposed to alone down here.  Is the cordon still in place?  How did somebody get through it?"

"I just tried asking, but I can't get a signal through the cordon field."

"I want you to think about what you just said.  Pfft.  Some prison."  Verinaath grumbled over this new threat to his scheme.  "So the system failed again, just not in my favor.  No matter.  If some hillbilly deity wants to horn in my congregation, then that's all the more reason to get started..."

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Worship me, dammit!:  Try anything I can manage to get the Jottar to worship Verinaath.  Inspiring dreams, dramatic combat, shower them with trinkets, anything.

Insert Tab A:  Concurrently, try to inspire a sense of building and tinkering.  A genuine machine cult, such as a stone-age culture can manage.

[neo1096]

I think Im going to make a list and edit each turn of who has and has not gone so we know who needs to go and who's gone already:

Spoiler: Round Three Actions Completed (click to show/hide)

Iituem   X
Omega Alpha   
Webadict   X
Gantolandon   X
Shikogan   X
Andrea   X
Poltifar   X
Dark   X
Kashyyk   X
a1s   
Servant Corps   X
Rickvoid   
Aqizzar   
Nilocy   

For all intensive purposes, a1s seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

Fixed

[Poltifar]

Hey, hey, Webadict, why are you so intent on being resistant to me??? I'm peaceful
If you DO attack me, expect fearce resistance, and probably an alliance against you (me and Serani). Also, I'll convince Urist to help me.

[Kashyyk]

well, If you attack JJ will come to the fore, just what I need.

[webadict]

Hey, hey, Webadict, why are you so intent on being resistant to me??? I'm peaceful
If you DO attack me, expect fearce resistance, and probably an alliance against you (me and Serani). Also, I'll convince Urist to help me.

I only wanted to be resistant to Magic in general. You never know what will pop up in a world that's being controlled by other people. Nothing against your Species in general.

You know, except for the whole enslaving thing.

[andrea]

well, webadict, while a "i'll conquer you all" specie is good for roleplay, it isn't good for surviving. everything you say or do, people will htink it is meant to damage them (and probably is).

[webadict]

well, webadict, while a "i'll conquer you all" specie is good for roleplay, it isn't good for surviving. everything you say or do, people will htink it is meant to damage them (and probably is).

I wasn't all for that survival business. What fun is it to be a good guy? Ya know? You can't save the world without somebody to try and destroy it.

[Gantolandon]

I wasn't all for that survival business. What fun is it to be a good guy? Ya know? You can't save the world without somebody to try and destroy it.

Or enslave. Or even pacify. In my opinion it would be even hard for a species not to be violent in the beginning. Being friendly to others is not something that pays off for a short time, it needs some time to evolve.

Of course, I may be wrong. I have seen only one example of a species which have grown sentient.

[andrea]

hey, i never complained about it. was just saying that it is normal that when you say anything, people think it is bad for them. mainly because it usually is.

your role in the game is important , and i accept it. when i complain about you, it is as serani leader or i am just saying that people will always think that you are dangerous.

also, probaby evil and good might depend also on the actions and the rolls that iwll happen in the future. if after i put theocracy as serani government madric somehow get most followers in the serani lands (i hope not!) then serani would become more xenopross-like(again, i hope not!)
later i'll post my actions and EPs.

random htought: if serani are enslaved, they still exist, so should i be able to still control them?

[Dark]

I approve of Webadict being one of the bad guys. Without him, there would be no need for Endren.