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Atamara / Re: The Current War
« on: January 20, 2012, 07:36:41 PM »
A major duchy just left Caergoth. The realm is finished, mainly because of incompetent leadership.
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And your character was pestered for several weeks to share information, and chose not to. Which just shows the same problem as we had in the Fourth Invasion: from the GM's perspective, the information is all out there, "lots" of people know. But from player perspectives, actually a very few people know (and more know because they are OOC friends or on IRC a lot, which is an entirely different issue).
Some buildings have a low chance to shut down even in perfect conditions.
In know that Triunism and Astroism both have strong presences in Zuma lands; not sure who's dominant right now.
And, really, who does know much about the Zuma? Not very many people on Dwilight have ever fought against them. We've all probably seen the occasional huge battle report. But those are doubtless just wild stories the bards tell, right? But who has actually even seen a dwilight daimon, let alone faced them in battle?
But Brance has been part of what is probably the two largest fortress sieges that Dwilight has ever seen, on the winning side. His side has been victorious in every war they've taken part in. So, why should he expect the Zuma to be any different?
I currently have . . . 8752 gold and bonds on hand.
Siege of Valkyrja?
I hate to break it to you, but Tolkien's work is, by and large, fantasy, not historical.
I'm pretty sure he meant that Indirik claiming exposure to (pseudo-)medieval settings mainly comes from Shakespeare is wrong. I concur; popular fiction has probably shaped most of our minds way more than William did. Then again, BM might be attracting a fanbase of WS-junkies?
This can hardly be seen as surprising, given that this is by far the most exposure most people have to anything close to medieval European culture.
I think the lands of the Zuma are well-known to those bordering the Zuma--problably not so much for those in Storm's End.