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[The Navigator]

I've just started a new game with the resolve to once and for all learn adventure mode... without getting my throat ripped out by wolves. This time, knowing the dangers that lie beyond the village I decide to look around a bit first and find a camel. I name this camel Bob. Bob had an iron buckler in his inventory which I wanted and, knowing no other way of retrieving it, I attack Bob, cleaving him in two and sending the corpse flying into a tree.

Obviously, a fight starts to break out, with Pundik, an axeman I recruited joining in the fun. A crossbowman shoots the sword out of my guy's hand, and I briefly retaliate with a thrown turtle. That's when things start to get weird. You see, I start getting these messages about a shopkeeper breaking a poor child's arm, and a muskox starts mauling the crossbowman.

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After throwing a few things at the crossbowman (namely the buckler, another turtle, my sword and the bolt embedded in my hand) he finally dies and the muskox bleeds to death. Meanwhile, Pundik is just wailing on the natives.

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Since then, everything has devolved into chaos. As far as I can figure, there are no actual sides. Everyone is killing everybody. Neighbor against neighbor. I've seen a mob of children run up and literally tear the limbs off a merchant. One of my later incarnations was wandering down a deserted, corpse filled street when Pundik charged out of a house, roared something about my demise and was promptly mowed down by a bowman, who was himself gutted by a spearman.

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Is this supposed to be happening? Edit: No, I no longer care. Far too much fun.




Update: Ooh, right between the eyes! (Mental note: must have that spear)

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[Phantom]

I think thats a Loyalty Cascade, basically its like a mini cuban revolution.

[The Navigator]

I... I must know this this "cascade" works. Only to ensure it never happens again, you understand.

[Phantom]

Member of civ attacks another civ member= Gets branded enemy
Person who attacks also gets branded.
Eventually you'll get one dude standing left, for example, Fidel Castro.

[The Navigator]

Member of civ attacks another civ member= Gets branded enemy
Person who attacks also gets branded.
Eventually you'll get one dude standing left, for example, Fidel Castro.

So, you're saying that if I start an adventurer from a certain civ, then attack another member of that civ, anyone who then attacks me gets branded an enemy of the state as well?

[Phantom]

Da comrade.

[The Navigator]

You can't see it, but there is an incredibly evil grin on my face at this moment.

[Phantom]

Um...
*Phantom, Human Swordmaster clad in adamantine hacks at The Navigator*

[The Navigator]

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The spear will be mine! Viva la Revolution!

[Phantom]

You sir, are insane.
*Phantom starts the Bay Of Twelves Crisis*

[smjjames]

That should be spear WOman, not spearman as it says the character is female.

[piecewise]

You do us crazy men proud.

Now make the children drown in their own vomit.

[Ieb]

It is a well known fact that the random touch of Armok has a long tradition of driving people completely insane. Ingame technicality explanations aside.

You should repeat this in every city. Later, level up, gather the survivors as followers and become God-Emperor. Go and commit genocide on the lesser races.

[Neruz]

If i recall, what happens is anyone who attacks a member of a civ is marked as an enemy of that civ, causing members of that civ to attack the enemy.

But if the attackee was already a member of the civ, being marked as an enemy doesn't remove their civ status; so they're marked as an enemy of that civ, causing that civ to attack them, but they're still a member of that civ, so anyone who attacks them is also marked as an enemy of that civ.

So on, ad infinitum.

[Bricks]

I had something similar when archer shot at me and instead hit another member of his civ.  Pretty hilarious, though one side won out pretty quickly.  It was great cover for my multilegendary, almost perfect stats adventurer to run through the forest and sneak.  Of course, I get caught by a pikeman later who immediately runs me through, despite my multiple-armed adventurer using three shields with at least +5 legendary shieldbearing.  Ugh.

I hope someone can figure out how to reliably start these sort of conflicts.  I'd also like the ability to attack someone from stealth, say, by throwing a rock, and have the victim think it was someone else who threw the rock.