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BattleMaster => BM General Discussion => Topic started by: Solari on June 26, 2014, 05:20:25 PM
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It's in caps, so you know it's gonna be good.
We've had these threads before, but I love them every time they pop up and I think it's time to get another one going. I'm interested in stories. Let's hear about the funniest/craziest/coolest character/battle/shenanigan you can recall witnessing in BM. The older, the better. New stuff is also welcome! And frankly, too many people are taking this game way too seriously. It's time to deflate the balloon and sit in awe of/laugh at the collective hijinx over the years.
I'd like to start this party by giving a nod to the Ninja Assassin Wizard that was Jaeger Guile. Through the crafty use of scrolls, this infiltrator would drop monster bombs in Melhed, teleport to another realm, stab the Melite Queen, and then teleport away for plausible deniability. The guy was a one man army for the better part of two weeks, and did as much as any single army to lock that war up. His actions also started a raging debate in Thalmarkin about what "honor" meant, and whether we had become a realm of necromancing northmen. So, here's to you, Ninja Assassin Wizard. Blazing a trail with an army of undead in the vanguard.
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Actually I had a great moment recently. Other than my old experience with Abington when we had a mad king who went bat-!@#$-crazy(which made my first BM experience very amusing), this is probably one of the most interesting things I've experienced in the game.
After Kinron Indirik won the ruler election for Sandalak, the referendum was still going. The election was a close one too. Kurlock(my character) lost by 2 votes and everyone thought it was time to move on then after a turn, another election happened and while most realms simply re-elected their rulers(because both Ikalak and Taselak rulers won by a big margin) Kurlock beat Kinron in the second election by 2 votes and became the new ruler of Sandalak.
Winning the election was awesome and all but Kurlock promised to duel someone to death during his campaign and I felt Kurlock was the midget of his words so made him accept the death duel.
The result? He lost and died. But right after his death, he revived thanks to the 'miracle'(you call it miracle and write it as 'new character protection' which has just been changed to 'new player protection'). With Sandalak being a theocracy, it made things quite awesome. People called him 'immortal' or 'twice blessed' for being lucky with the election and the duel.
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Actually I had a great moment recently. Other than my old experience with Abington when we had a mad king who went bat-!@#$-crazy(which made my first BM experience very amusing), this is probably one of the most interesting things I've experienced in the game.
I was hoping you would chime in. This was so epic.
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When one valiant peasant stood in front of the mighty armies of the Northern Alliance of EC. He charged at the enemy with bare hands and no armour, arrows rained on him but that couldn't stop him until the weight of 6k+ arrows pinned him to the ground. All hail that legendary peasant of Westmoor who went by the name John III Rambo!
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When one valiant peasant stood in front of the mighty armies of the Northern Alliance of EC. He charged at the enemy with bare hands and no armour, arrows rained on him but that couldn't stop him until the weight of 6k+ arrows pinned him to the ground. All hail that legendary peasant of Westmoor who went by the name John III Rambo!
That just happened, didn't it? Can you link to the thread in the forum about it? That was also excellent.
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http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,5801.0.html
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Back when the Morek Empire was still Xinhai, our armies were all down in the south dealing with an unruly Aquilegia (let's not start with who was right or wrong in that political quagmire). While we were thus far away from home, the Libero Empire and Raivan Empire both declared war on Xinhai, seeking to make a quick land grab while there was no one to stop them. Our armies marched back north, then proceeded to kick both of their armies out of Xinhai. Libero quickly surrendered, leaving us free to take out the Raivan Empire in a siege of their townsland and city.
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"A Judge who is also a Cook for the realm dungeon" joke... Stay cheesy, for I want cheese :D
http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,2721.0.html (http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,2721.0.html)
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Back during the Ibby vs Perdan/Caligus war that led to Ibby's demise I played another infil for Caligus. Collecting bounties on EC was an adventure, and also led to my infil being tortured and resigning from being an Infil, running for General, and sparking the war with Ibby by doing a lightning invasion of Fontan and watching the Ibladesh forces moving up into a giant defensive trap when they crossed into Caligus lands. The entire war was amazing, but the opening phases were a blast to be involved in.
I don't think I need to go into any specific details, but Sevastian was also one of my joys. Causing mayhem in Luria, Morek, and that grubby little republic that he founded....Taking Balance's Retreat from the rogues, being the first and third lord of the region, holding onto it for a RL year...ya, whoever has the region now can go ahead and fix the region description (cause the one you have is rubbish! :P)
I'd like to start this party by giving a nod to the Ninja Assassin Wizard that was Jaeger Guile. Through the crafty use of scrolls, this infiltrator would drop monster bombs in Melhed, teleport to another realm, stab the Melite Queen, and then teleport away for plausible deniability. The guy was a one man army for the better part of two weeks, and did as much as any single army to lock that war up. His actions also started a raging debate in Thalmarkin about what "honor" meant, and whether we had become a realm of necromancing northmen. So, here's to you, Ninja Assassin Wizard. Blazing a trail with an army of undead in the vanguard.
This is my favourite personal moment in BM. Jaeger was an experiment that was wildly successful. And he was also the motivation for the new character that was brought up to BT. ;)
I miss my undead and monstrous armies. :( I also miss harming nobles, stabbing nobles, healing kings, ruining units, and generally being a nuisance to the non-Thalmar. Soon....mmmyessssss....
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This moment is only so great as the side you were on, but it was a pretty big event (diluted in final effect by the ice that came after):
Lyonesse had just decided to join the fight against Darka because of a series of miscommunications (and other factors from both sides, I'm sure). We (Lyonesse) had just finally started getting ourselves together after the initial losses and had developed a pretty good plan to keep ourselves defended, using Hawthorne as basically a forward fortress... We'd sit there, jump out for a hit, jump back in if we lost or detected a big threat. Loaded Hawthorne up with militia to make a direct assault completely unfeasible.
First time we gave it a shot, we jumped out to try and stop a Darkan TO... lost the battle because we didn't quite have enough forces by the last day we had to interrupt it (figured we'd try anyway since we could still stop the TO if we lost well enough). Tried to retreat back to Hawthorne and the newly appointed Duke (no more than a few days in his seat) swapped it over to Darka. Retreated right back into all that militia and a Darkan force that was ready for the flip.
Now of course, I got injured when I essentially assaulted the city, not bothering to check a few hours before turn change (others got orders not to go there)... Before my character woke up (five days later), I assumed someone had sent an infil into the city for me. Completely blindsided by the city flip.
I guarantee that it would have been on this list before I got to posting it if the full effects had time to manifest.
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Rubber Ducky. And the EC newspaper wars. Honestly the whole last days of Oligarch I still see in a kind of halcyon.
I also had a real blast in Irombrozia. Irombrozia's many dying generals, frequent alliance changes, and to me, surprisingly long survival. And of course the chance to troll Anaris is always worth it.
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I remember those days on BT. That was when I had my first ruler character, right next to you guys in Irombrozia. That was a blast.
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I remember those days on BT. That was when I had my first ruler character, right next to you guys in Irombrozia. That was a blast.
You were in that deeply frustrating little Luz de Bia secession in Eno weren't you? Gosh I would get so pissed at y'all. I kept trying to find new combinations of political alignments that might just coax one of the various secessions in the area to come around and align against Rio. Bah. Rio is a festering plague that just won't go away.
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I arrived on BT the turn after Eno seceded, knowing nothing about it until after I arrived and joined. I elected myself judge under the old election system, then a few weeks later became ruler. Those were some crazy times, allied to Iro one day, fighting them the next. Fending off sporadic attacks from Enweil.
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Ay, good moments and memories....strangely, the best I had took place on Beluaterra:
During the first and second age, when Rio was reduced to one city, finally gained a peace, retook territory, then the first invasion started. Rio held and held, there were 8-10 fanatically loyal nobles in our realm then. However, Rio fell right at the end of the invasion...by a hair. We then went into exile to Fronen, fought for them for some months, then returned south well equipped with gold and troops. All but one or two of those who marched north after Rios fall did return south. Rio was recreated, then held against Luz de Bia, first retaking their lands, then fighting a sharp war shortly after recreating the realm. Heady times indeed. I remember us all having a lot of fun, times were tense but the army was extremely dependable and tricky. The group of players was really extraordinary....lots of ideas and enthusiasm.
The other very worthwhile time was during the last invasion....first being part of forging an alliance to aid Enweil, then fighting umpteen battles on their behalf....we did kill a load of daimons, nearly managed to save Enweil, at the end had our whole army (no troops left for homedefense, none at all) marching for Enweils capital which was threatened by daimons....did arrive one halfday too late, still decide to attack, did not manage to beat the daimons. If we'd been one halfday earlier we'd have managed, defending their capitals walls jointly with Enweil. That was a huge disappointent....which was capped by Chenier accusing us of doing it on purpose. Go figure. Then, once Enweil fell, with Rio cut off in the south the siege mentality was great as well....we fought back and forth against the daimons, the dark walls closing in all the time, hope seemed lost, yet we marched an army from Grehk to near Fheuvenehm to hunt daimons....then right back again since the daimons attacked our very northern tip from the darkness. Longest march of a cohesive army that I know about. Then actually surviving the invasion...that was a blast.
All in all I had lots of fun with Rio - both politically, being in part responsible for its 'interior design', all our laws...which I actually think are the reason Rio has been so resilent over the ages. Then, lots of fun being its general in several different occasions, mostly starting when things looked bleak, mostly being able to turn things around....hugely satisfying. Again, no other game gave me such moments.
So three cheers for BM!
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I can't remember the exact details, but one of my favorite moments was when an assassin finally claimed the largest bounty ever put in place, and immediately lost all of the gold because they were bonds and he changed realms for protection. Someone else can fill in the full story, as I'm sure y'all know it.
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I can't remember the exact details, but one of my favorite moments was when an assassin finally claimed the largest bounty ever put in place, and immediately lost all of the gold because they were bonds and he changed realms for protection. Someone else can fill in the full story, as I'm sure y'all know it.
A classic indeed. :)
The infil was Guy from Sirion who collected the 7k+ bounty from Evangeline, Queen of Westmoor's head, then joined Ibladesh to avoid Sirion's insane property taxes (old feature) and indeed lost all of the bounty because it was in bonds.
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The infil was Guy from Sirion who collected the 7k+ bounty from Evangeline, Queen of Westmoor's head, then joined Ibladesh to avoid Sirion's insane property taxes (old feature) and indeed lost all of the bounty because it was in bonds.
I laughed hard at this one... masterpiece.
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Then he rage quitted right after LOL
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The other very worthwhile time was during the last invasion....first being part of forging an alliance to aid Enweil, then fighting umpteen battles on their behalf....we did kill a load of daimons, nearly managed to save Enweil, at the end had our whole army (no troops left for homedefense, none at all) marching for Enweils capital which was threatened by daimons....did arrive one halfday too late, still decide to attack, did not manage to beat the daimons. If we'd been one halfday earlier we'd have managed, defending their capitals walls jointly with Enweil. That was a huge disappointent....which was capped by Chenier accusing us of doing it on purpose. Go figure.
I don't really remember, but that sounds like something I'd have done. Didn't you guys like lag for one turn before entering the city in order to wait for stragglers? There's always suspicious things going on with everything Rio does. Always.
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Something recently actually made me feel all kinds of emotion at once. My character Kori started off in Saffalore and upon its destruction joined Barca...blahhh blahh blahh 10 in game years go by. Kori is banned for murdering Lurian peasants with his rival Chuldah. The judge who banished Kori is protested out and forced into exile. Kori then goes to Swordfell and again starts a massive protest against the realms judge due to being banished yet again for starting trouble with Thometheous(The Barcan judge whom banished Kori) Erasmus is elected Suffete of Barca, Kori's ban is lifted. Upon his return Kori contracts leprosy in the desert of silhouettes. The Barcan Lord Justice Childerik goes idle and Kori is elected to replace him. Now here is the interesting part.
Kori executes a Rogue named Rue whom was "The Hunchback" Chuldah's lover. Chuldah challenges Kori to a duel, we wound each other(Imagine a hunchback and a leper dueling). Our Suffete Erasmus tells Chuldah to cut it out and not be angry over the death of a lowly peasant. Chuldah is offended by this and duels Erasmus. Chuldah has the lowest possible swordsmanship and Erasmus is a skilled fighter. Though Erasmus is killed.(Honestly Erasmus is one of the best Characters I have ever seen in battlemaster. Yes I know there are many good ones but this one actually made me kinda sad when he died.) Kori then duels Chuldah to avenge his fallen leader and kills the hunchback. Kori is then elected Suffete of Barca.
All of this over a peasant.......
Of course there is much more fluff in between but for secrecy I cannot reveal the whole story. I don't feel comfortable talking extensively about an active character. Seriously Kori is one of the most random characters I have ever had. I never really had high hopes for him but apparently that's what it takes haha.
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I just had a great one.
Skarn on the colonies declares a one man war on the Assassins, and has made two trips to the Dark Citadel thus far. First trip up he wounds a royal, seriously wounds the Duke of the capital (and his relative, another region Lord). Second trip to the citadel, Skarn seriously wounds aforementioned royal (500 gold bounty), the Ruler, and the Duke of the capital again.
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Something recently actually made me feel all kinds of emotion at once. My character Kori started off in Saffalore and upon its destruction joined Barca...blahhh blahh blahh 10 in game years go by. Kori is banned for murdering Lurian peasants with his rival Chuldah. The judge who banished Kori is protested out and forced into exile. Kori then goes to Swordfell and again starts a massive protest against the realms judge due to being banished yet again for starting trouble with Thometheous(The Barcan judge whom banished Kori) Erasmus is elected Suffete of Barca, Kori's ban is lifted. Upon his return Kori contracts leprosy in the desert of silhouettes. The Barcan Lord Justice Childerik goes idle and Kori is elected to replace him. Now here is the interesting part.
Kori executes a Rogue named Rue whom was "The Hunchback" Chuldah's lover. Chuldah challenges Kori to a duel, we wound each other(Imagine a hunchback and a leper dueling). Our Suffete Erasmus tells Chuldah to cut it out and not be angry over the death of a lowly peasant. Chuldah is offended by this and duels Erasmus. Chuldah has the lowest possible swordsmanship and Erasmus is a skilled fighter. Though Erasmus is killed.(Honestly Erasmus is one of the best Characters I have ever seen in battlemaster. Yes I know there are many good ones but this one actually made me kinda sad when he died.) Kori then duels Chuldah to avenge his fallen leader and kills the hunchback. Kori is then elected Suffete of Barca.
All of this over a peasant.......
Of course there is much more fluff in between but for secrecy I cannot reveal the whole story. I don't feel comfortable talking extensively about an active character. Seriously Kori is one of the most random characters I have ever had. I never really had high hopes for him but apparently that's what it takes haha.
Ah, too bad I missed this :P I can't believe Erasmus is dead!
I was overloaded with work (and still am).
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I always wanted to know what will happen if equipment is destroyed. Now I'll have (read: I'll be forced) to experience that.
Ataash Fissoa Sataareth
Captain Aldric (+5)
Type: Infantry
Strength: 26 men
Training: 67 %
Weapons/Armour: 90% / 90%
Damage: 99 %
Morale: 88 %
Cohesion: 83 %
Combat Strength: 296
Encounter Setting: defend
Deployment Line: rearguard
Deployment Formation: box
Designation: army
Last paid: 4 days ago
Provisions: 80 %
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Your men will begin to get wounded by it's own crap...
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They already get wounded and sometimes die I believe. Just don't know what will happen if it reaches 100%, maybe they'll get caught by the cops for indecent exposure! :P
EDIT: sometimes *die*, forgot to put it there.
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It just stops at 99%
Also, your men can be injured at much lower damage. I think I've seen it happen as low d mid 60's.
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I'm pretty sure I reached 100% a few times. Nothing special happens, just wounded men frequently.