DING DONG, TURN 9
Interesting times up ahead!
Roxorowicz said:
9. holyshit deso has haagenti and golem
at least he says he's gonna concede to my shit. Time to get more resources. I almost feel like raising cunning to 3 now just to try and snatch the golem when it's fielded. But fucking level 5 :/
If Cheddar doesn't outplay Deso now, I think he might perish p horribly
Here we have Deso's not-as-of-yet doom legion. Haagenti is already a bitch.
Fortunately, Jaedar has a spy net and knows of the danger beforehand
Cheddar said:
Turn 9
So deso has haagenti, and he's going to use him to win in a fight. If he has adamantine golem, I'll retreat into the mountains and nuke him with wickedness. Otherwise, I'll beat him with infernal engine. Roxor says he has golem. I almost hope this is the case, if I nuke him then, I can destroy both the golem and haag in one fell swoop. He will rue the day that he crossed me.
Here we have Herostratus capping the garden of delights.
Herostratus said:
Turn 9:
Orb of oblibian turned up in shoppe. It’s expensive but I think I might get it. Of course this feeds the roxor but what can a man do, not like anyone will have solidarity and starve the beast.
As soon as this shit is over i might buy some relics. Probably the mirror of obsession, mostly because I can’t afford to have it used against me.
Truth to be told though, I have no idea what I will do. Perhaps I won’t get orb of oblibian after all.
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(long pause)
I think I will ignore the oblibian orb. I will position myself in a place where I can threaten roxors PoP and trade tit for tat in a vendetta. From here I can also contain Jim. Deso and Ched keeps each others occupied. I will spend my efforts at upgrading my wickedness, which has the nice advantage that I can nuke the oblibian orb holder, who should usually be small, useless and low level. This will let me have a lot of excess bile (not so good) and darkness from the spending patterns however. That’s OK, I might want to go on a relic buying spree for moar prestige.
The orb in question. It's rather bitchy.
DING DING, TURN 10
Roxorowski said:
10. Still thinking about increasing the cunning. But trying to use it this early would be risky as all shit. Now I just need 3 ichor to get charisma to 3. After that we'll powerfarm cunning and int. Also, moving legion to block hero.
But let's move on to the interesting matters
Deso is fully materialised and prepared for war.
Cheddar does not keep him waiting.
Jaedar said:
turn 10.
Taking desos pop, nuking him with hellfire. Optimal endgame is if he loses all but one hp and suicides onto my pop and I get to reclaim the golem, but I doubt that will happen. I'll settle for killing his legion, haag, the golem and taking his pop, hopefully not losing mine in the process, but I can always take it back if his legion dies.
It's like everyone is fucking gearing up, Jim has equipped his legion with the flying carpet. And he's encircling the only pop within his reach.
Meanwhile, Herostratus is being paranoid again
Breivik said:
Turn 10:
Deso has the adamantium golem!
Add a dash of Haagenti to the mix and cheddar might be toast – only way he can win is if he gets a d3 roll on his melee stat and/or combat cards. And to make things better, he will be royally butthurt at deso and not me.
Int sheet: Jim has the carpet. Roxor keeps demanding
Roxor is sulking one move outside of my citadel. If he has the writ of rescindment, I’m kinda fucked… Here’s to hoping fulminata or adamantium guard will turn up in shop. That said, I might be able to vendetta him and steal his PoP or some space.
I think I might do it now, actually. He can’t buy any praetor or anything since he’s the master of the bazaar.
Funny thing is I don't remember even considering bumrushing his HQ back then. But even more funny is that I'd probably succeed without trouble if I tried l0l
Updated my threat list. I think it's rather self-explanatory.
ZOG ZOG, TURN 11
A new event, woooo
WOOOOOO
Roxor said:
11. Hohoho, got the infernal promotion event. This should make for a fairly lulzy surprise if anyone decides to try and bumrush me. If it proceeds like this I might even fucking win by myself without the kingmaker.
Also, I now have 31 flames. WTF
Moving further ahead to block Hero from my turf.
Herpo said:
Turn 11:
Can’t move top, roxor has initiative and can block me. This means sadly I won’t be connected to my stronghold. So… I demand, and increase wickedness.
Foreign relations: Jaedar walked over the mountains and took desos PoP, but once deso takes cheddars PoP his legion will be trapped. I hope they will both be bogged down by each others for the rest of the game.
MEANWHILE...!
Cheddar has taken the vats of torment.
Jaedar said:
Turn 11
Deso resisted. We'll see if he's so lucky again.
OMINOUS
Jim keeps encircling in a rather Alexian manner
WOLOLO, TURN 12
Where more happens than meets the eye.
Something's missing from this picture...
oh, right, Deso's legion!
Cheddar said:
Turn 12
He wasn't. Total cost of vendetta with deso: 4 hellfire. Total gain: 1 new PoP, 12 prestige for killing the legion, 7 for his vendetta failing.
Damages inflicted: Haagenti dead, Golem Destroyed, projected returned legion strength 3/1/3. In other words, a pretty damn good trade, even if I had to skip drawing resources for 2 turns. Almost feel bad for deso, but fuck, I tried being friends with him
M) he got what he deserved.
Roxor is offering a trade, ichor for hellfire. I doubt he's going really hard for one of the praetors currently in the shoppe, even if caim is strong. That leaves... martial? Interesting if so. Might have to watch out for a scorched earth or pandacap strategy from him. I should try to releive hero of one of his pops eventually, he's gaining far too much prestige as it is.
Boom! In the face! And followed by a clean uppercut, well done.
Fucking powergamed wickedness, mang.
Rox said:
12. Whoa, Cheddar nuked Deso's superlegion with haagenti and adamantine golem o_O
I wish I could get some fucking ichor to go with my 12 souls, 31 flames and 13 darkness. Gonna try to trade those flames for cheddar's ichor.
Of course, there is actually no 'built in' trading in SI. But you can do fairly quick and painless resource exchanging via demands
Derpo said:
Turn 12: nuthing lol
Oh, there ws one thing. Desos legion disappeared… Jaedar nuked it?
Is cheddar harbinger + wickedness?
I might buy vassago actually, just to counter that shit (if im not entirely wrong the infernal affliction tests vs level roll).
<@Jaedar> yup, rolled max damage on one affliction
<@Jaedar> and one shot it
If only
desocupado kept a journal where he could contain all his rage for all to see
SCHWANG SCHWING, SUPER-EXCITING TURN 13
European Union said:
13. Cheddar's ichor should come next turn. I'll be able to raise charismas then. He believes the ichor is for martial, gud.
After that it's gonna be cunning powerfarming and trolling hero. I think Deso is gonna be out of the game for a loooooooooooooong time now, maybe even for good. Jim's situation is not looking too good either.
Ched said:
Turn 13 and 14
Trading with roxor, demanding da tribute. Gonna get a third order slot before I do anything offensive.
The norwegian LIBRUL has fallen back to his HQ
Herostratus said:
Turn 13:
Piercing lunge in tribute, gr4te. Nothing much else happens. I will bid on Vassago for OP ritual defense, I think. Although… That might rotate in a better praetor that might ultimately help cheddar more, hue. Well, I will risk it.
Vassago is this fine gentleman. He's a p cool guy. And that's p much it.
DING DING, TURN 14
Roxor said:
14. Hey, cool, I can increase both charisma AND cunning this turn. Gonna do just that. Assembling so much darkness again for cunning 4 will be a bitch though.
Someone sent a paladin against me. Oh noez I lost 6 prestige!!!
I'm thinking of getting meself the superlegion promotion and assaulting hero's garden of delight in the near future. Gonna use the promotion next turn before I get to become regent again.
That paladin was pretty much sent against the worst target possible. But they couldn't know, could they
Time to increase me sum stats
It pretty much bled my coffers dry (except for that retardedly high amount of flammen), but hell if it's not worth it.
Meanwhile, in other countries
Herpo said:
Turn 14:
Vassago replaced by the unthreatening Zepar, lOl. Otherwise not even movement from ched. I will be raising my wickedness to 3 and demanding tribute.
This, according to Herostratus, is the "unthreatening" Zepar. In reality, he's a motherfucking beast. He's got so much defence and hp he can beat most praetors simply by attrition in single combat. And that combat card blocking special? It's very much a superhard counter to any martial arts build. The curse of deceit is only a bonus.
So yeah, that was another supahexciting turn.
TURN 15 AIN'T MUCH BETTER EITHER
Cheddar demanding from me to end the trade
Roxor said:
15. Right, let's promote and move legion. Afterwards we'll demand from herpo and gather resources.
Giving away surplus flames
Moving legion
Upgrading legion.
It's pretty costly, but what you gonna do.
Oh hey, look who's back on the map ^-^ A bit of a, uh, shadow of its former glory, suffice to say.
Meanwhile in Norway,
Hero said:
Turn 15:
I got “Expel the heretic”
Oh my. The possibilities…
well, I will get my dude closer to the dungeon heart, then use it. It’s random so theres a problem…
D:
TURN 16
AS FASCINATING AS THE LAST ONES
Jose said:
16. Legion promoted. Got a massive hp boost, but rather shitty stats. Gonna demand 2 cards and get sum minion tribute.
Here's my pretty new legion. Its HP is off the charts.
To be honest, I have no idea why I settled for only 2 cards back then when I could have demanded 4.
Not much going on around other fronts.
Turtler Cheddar said:
Turn 16
Getting 4 wickedness, didn't even have to consolidate. Not sure if I should go for int for more nukes/turn, or deceit.
Cowardly Herostratus said:
Turn 16:
Roxor got super promotion on legion, it’s now a fucking beast.
Jim still doing absolutely nothing other than hurling an insult every now and then.
And here's the final standing as of turn 16.
Stay tuned for more.