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Pathos

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Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« on: June 18, 2010, 04:58:07 am »

The Game
Elemental - War of Magic is a fantasy TBS currently in development by Stardock Entertainment. It's got lots of bugs and blah blah features. There is currently almost no magic and very little war, but I figured I could show off the game anyhow. Oh, and the AI sucks at the moment. You can get an achievement for "Beating the Broken AI", but you have to be a sad person.

There doesn't appear to be any NDA, either, so fun times.

Go here for real info.

Choices
Choices, choices. You can pick the world name (not sure if the other options do anything actually useful, at the moment), make a sovereign and pick a faction, at this point in time. All magic skills are useless, so we'll be avoiding them, but everything else is pretty good to go. Oh, and faction choice changes the colour of your borders and roofs on buildings.

My suggestion is that you guys pick a world name, a sovereign name and a faction. You tell me what sort of character you want, and I'll try and make it. You can alter appearance too, but that's too indepth. Just tell me what you want him to look like.

Spoiler: Make A World (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Make A Sovereign (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Pick A Faction (click to show/hide)

Choose now, ladies!
« Last Edit: June 24, 2010, 01:06:01 am by Pathos »
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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2010, 09:14:55 am »

World Name: Oram Alnis
Sovereign Name: Bjorn(♂)/Birna(♀) Bone-Breaker
Sovereign Skills: Fightan and Leadan and Poetry
Sovereign Looks: Fierce Viking
Faction: Tarth

BE VIKINGS! Rape, pillage and burn, in that order! Or was it pillage, rape and burn?
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Pathos

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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2010, 12:26:17 pm »

World Name: Oram Alnis
Sovereign Name: Bjorn(♂)/Birna(♀) Bone-Breaker
Sovereign Skills: Fightan and Leadan and Poetry
Sovereign Looks: Fierce Viking
Faction: Tarth

BE VIKINGS! Rape, pillage and burn, in that order! Or was it pillage, rape and burn?

At the very least, this is getting given in to wherever you can upload your sovereigns to.
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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2010, 04:07:52 pm »

Make a really, really stupid valley girl soverign.  Then laugh at all the bonus points you get by picking stuff that only hurts the useless magic system!

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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2010, 04:18:24 pm »

Make the mightiest warrior you can, and lead hordes of troops to plunder your enemies cities!
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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2010, 07:37:54 pm »

 Insure you have the organizer talent.
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Pathos

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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2010, 04:32:11 am »

Switching my vote to Tarth...

The Epic of Bjorn Bone-Breaker: Sovereign of Tarth
Spoiler: Bjorn Bone-Breaker (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Bjorn Posing (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Summing Up Bjorn (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: World Creation (click to show/hide)

So, here I am. Stuck in the middle of nowhere because my landblowing crew decided that I was too man for their pathetic ways. Yes, I may have rode their wives and daughters like horses at many points in time, but that does not give a reason to throw me overboard. Yes, I may be able to tear my enemies to shreds by freezing their blood, but only a pissant would throw a man overboard for that!

I AM BJORN BONE-BREAKER! I AM A FREE MAN!

I will kill them all, one day. Every single one of those marrow sucking dogs will be put down by my blade. I thank the seas that they threw my closest vassals overboard with me, however, they may be useful in subjugating this pathetic land.

Speaking of the land, I sent my vassals out to scout it out, and draw me a map of the surrounding area. I hunted down what appeared to be a bear, killed it and ate it's liver. I call them sandbears.

They claimed that there was an oasis close by, as well as a small settlement and a woman in an encampment on her own. There also appeared to be a few tombs I could loot. I wonder what I should do first.

Spoiler: Local Area (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Local Area Annotated (click to show/hide)

(( What should we do, folks? Build a city near the oasis or carry on looking for "somewhere better"? Your call. We can't build a harbour / fishery on the cliff edge, you need to find somewhere where the land dips into the water in a sort of ramp / slope. ))
« Last Edit: June 19, 2010, 08:16:08 am by Pathos »
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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2010, 08:16:46 am »

Just editted it to take out anything excessively offensive. I just realised I could probably submit this to the "Elemental Army" thing. 8)
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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2010, 09:08:54 am »

Well, this looks really interested.. And if this is the right position for this..
How much is it?
And what is it?

'Course, ye' can just ignore me.
If ye' want.
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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2010, 09:22:02 am »

DO NOT LET PATHOS DECIDE
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If you're gonna go for that, you have to give me an idea of what you want me to do! Damn it.

Well, this looks really interested.. And if this is the right position for this..
How much is it?
And what is it?

'Course, ye' can just ignore me.
If ye' want.

Elemental - War of Magic. If you grab the preorder now, you get into the beta. It's just a fantasy turn based strategy.

EDIT: Or, maybe, as of yesterday, you can't preorder. =p
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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2010, 09:49:52 am »

go to a hut
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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2010, 10:16:34 am »

Aww.. No more preordering?
Juust out of curiosity then.. Are there any other.. *Cough* Methods of obtaining the Beta?
IF YA' KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

And yes. Go to the hut.
Then rape the hut.
Then Pillage it.
Think about burning it too.

Go here for real info.

I giggled, as I can't help but feel that's directed at me. :D
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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2010, 12:09:20 pm »

go to a hut

Brilliant instructions, Sherlock Obvious. =p

Aww.. No more preordering?
Juust out of curiosity then.. Are there any other.. *Cough* Methods of obtaining the Beta?
IF YA' KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

Nope. For the beta, you have to download it exclusively off their Steam-a-like client. Apparently that'll not be necessary for the retail version (as in box in hand), only for digital download, which is good - because otherwise I wouldn't have bought it at all. I understand your frustration. =p

And yes. Go to the hut.
Then rape the hut.
Then Pillage it.
Think about burning it too.

You guys are so aggressive towards inns.

I giggled, as I can't help but feel that's directed at me. :D

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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2010, 02:39:17 pm »

This land sucks. Pillage the inn, then see what that woman is up to. Then start scouting around until we find something more hospitable than this blasted desert.
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Re: Let's Play: Elemental - War of Magic (BETA 2-A)
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2010, 03:28:25 pm »

The Epic of Bjorn Bone-Breaker: Sovereign of Tarth[/u]

The woman approached us early this morning. She offered us her services and said she could get gold from almost anywhere. I thought she was either a thief, a witch or a fool maker. She wanted a mere thirty gold to join us, so I made sure to get a blood oath from her.

Then she went and found one hundred gildar from some statue. I like her already.

(( Raline gives us two gold per turn, since she's got the merchant background. She'll make us our gold back in fifteen turns, and has already stopped the slow loss of 0.4 gold a turn from our two troops. ))

Spoiler: Raline the Weaver (click to show/hide)

After that, she took herself to a nearby inn to rest her dainty little witchthief feet. Some mainland thane offered her a reward if she'd escort his pathetic son back to his estate (a man being escorted by a woman! PAH! What a pansy), and she accepted. I would've torn his head from his shoulders and shoved a brown longship down his neck, but I am not her.

She also discovered an easy harbour nearby, where ships may settle. This may prove useful.

Spoiler: Innsmouth? (click to show/hide)

Whilst she did that, we, the men, decided to hunt towards the other side of her, where we found a grove of trees laden with fruits and another safe harbour. The oasis behind us would probably provide us with more food, but we'd have to FARM for that.

I also found a longsword. I like it, it is heavy and long like my other weapon.

Spoiler: Longsword (click to show/hide)

The witchthief escorted the pansy back to his Clanhouse, where he gave her a BOOK in payment. The place disappeared before her, she claims, or I would have returned myself to demand blood. A BOOK! What use is such a thing?

We met up with her after seeing that the end of the land was a dead end. We could probably settle near the Oasis. I can tell this is a good place. One of my kinsmen argued with me, shouting it was far too hot here for those of us with fair skin, but I know there is something I can do about that. I made him eat the stonedust at my feet for his arrogance, however. He will not do it again.

I suspect Raline wants me, too. No woman can resist my charms.

Spoiler: The Scooby Gang (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Oasis (click to show/hide)

(( Yes, I made decisions without you. =p You have a choice of settling near the Oasis (It's a good idea, trust me) or moving onwards. You also get to choose what to name the city. AND whether or not marry Raline. She'll bear us lots of children. ))

This land sucks. Pillage the inn, then see what that woman is up to. Then start scouting around until we find something more hospitable than this blasted desert.

(( The whole world is a desert. It's basically post magical apocalypse. ))
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