Sorraine vs. Ohnar West

[Indirik]

Oh, yay, here come the trash-talking death duelers...

[Gustav Kuriga]

Yay! I'm only dueling to surrender!

[bluexmas]

Are those similar to death-eaters?

[Indirik]

They could be. After all, they're both evil.

[D'Espana]

That said, sizable wars were started over insults all the time, and harboring known enemies of the King or other powerful nobles was a perfectly acceptable cause for war, both of which would have been applicable in Coralynth's case.

Not to mention the religious angle, of course.

Yep, the mixture of reasons is quite convincing. I'm sure some places in that age were overriden for way less serious stuff. But then, I'm definitely not an expert in history...

[Bedwyr]

Yep, the mixture of reasons is quite convincing. I'm sure some places in that age were overriden for way less serious stuff. But then, I'm definitely not an expert in history...

And, of course, if one wants to indulge in some cold-blooded power politics (as would also have been realistic) Coralynth might well be concerned about Sorraine taking over the entirety of Ohnar West and want to grab a bit of it for themselves to off-set the growth of their most likely war partner.

[Gustav Kuriga]

And, of course, if one wants to indulge in some cold-blooded power politics (as would also have been realistic) Coralynth might well be concerned about Sorraine taking over the entirety of Ohnar West and want to grab a bit of it for themselves to off-set the growth of their most likely war partner.

Sorraine is quite amenable to Coralynth getting the city along with both Badlands. We want the rurals.

[Indirik]

Some of Sorraine is. Not all.

[Gustav Kuriga]

Well, I am, and I'm sure Queen Mathilda is as well. There's most of the power of the realm right there.

[Indirik]

I'm not saying it's not a good idea. Just that I don't think *everyone* agrees.

[Scarlett]

That said, sizable wars were started over insults all the time,

I don't know about sizable wars. What did you have in mind?

[Indirik]

Why is it that as soon as a war starts, there's always a certain number of people that approach every battle challenging anyone at all on the side to death duels? IMO, I view this as bad as those who constantly insult others and then refuse duels, or those who call random people on the other side stupid and then claim that they've insulted the other person so they *must* duel to the death over it.

[Velax]

People with high Swords to want to challenge anyone and everyone to duels because they'll know they'll win, and trash talking is a way to provoke people into that. I must admit to being guilty of that myself one or twice, but only against characters I really don't like. Ohnar also happens to have a higher proportion of high Swords people than most realms, for whatever reason.

[Gustav Kuriga]

Well they'll have to wait until I'm done dueling Wilhelm. Game mechanics won't let me duel anyone else.

[Lorgan]

I lost a death duel to a guy with 20% less swordskill than me AND we picked the same strategy. Duels are a game of luck, not skill.