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Mafia 58 Spoilers - Rot3K Chapter 3 Romance of the 30 Cultdoms

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 04:00 AM

Welcome to the SH thread!


Yup, you guessed it: every single player begins as the leader of their own 1-man faction and has the exact same abilities as every other faction leader. The initial blitz of recruiting will quickly reduce the number of factions to about a half-dozen and the subordinates will begin playing a bigger role as they find, guard and kill each other. The paranoia will become extreme as trusted subordinates get recruited away from under the faction leaders' very noses.


SH pass: dusty
PS pass: greatwall
MM pass: sima (link)


On Recruiting and Officers:

-Recruit actions are submitted with a target army and a personality chosen.
-When a Faction Leader's army is successfully recruited, the officer dies and is replaced with a new one of the indicated personality (an officer is chosen who is historically aligned with the army's new faction and personality).
-When a subordinate officer's army is successfully recruited, the army and officer both change to the new faction and the officer retains the same personality/ability as before.
-Recruiting does not reduce the target's army size (but increases the recruiter's size by 1).

When a faction dies completely it gets reported in the next half-day scene, along with a little story of the Emperor.

For anyone who helps moderate, stuff to remember:
-Resolution order: Friendly-NAs >> officer-actions >> hostile leader-actions
-To determine action success, consider army size, then personality if equal
-the first successful recruit of any player on a single night takes the cake and all after-ones won't succeed
-Guard actions may be submitted in advance for any future night, Finds can be submitted up to 2 days in advance, and Kills must be submitted on the day before they would occur. If someone submits too early, tell them it is too early and won't be counted.
-The results of every successful action are reported to the player that performed the action and to that player's faction leader at the end of night. Unsuccessful actions will receive no report at the end of night.


Index:
SHI post
Officer transition chart by player/army
Officer transition chart by faction
Night Actions (post each)
Example role PMs
Role Selection Randomization

This post has been edited by Path-Shaper: 17 February 2010 - 03:52 AM

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 04:03 AM

Officer Transitions by Player:


Galayn Lord (Bubba)
-Zhang Lu (int warlord)
-recruited night 4 -> becomes Yang Dajang(int-1)
-recruited night 5 -> becomes Yang Dajang(int-1)

Ruse (The Dude)
-Yang Feng (def Warlord)
-recruited night 1 -> becomes Huang Zhong(def-1)
+1 army size night 2 (guarded Spite)
+1 army size night 3 (guarded Spite)
+1 army size night 4 (guarded Spite)
-promoted to Garrison Commander night 4
+1 army size night 5 (guarded Telas)

Telas (Baudin)
-Zhang Ji (off Warlord)
+1 army size night 3 (recruited Tulas Shorn)
+1 army size night 4 (recruited Omtose)

Anomandaris (General King)
-Sun Ce (off Warlord)
-lynched day 1

Okaros (alt146)
-Han Xuan (off Warlord)
+1 army size night 1
-lynched day 2

Meanas (Peanutbutta)
-Tao Qian (int Warlord)
-recruited night 2 -> becomes Yan Liang (off-1)
+1 army size night 3 (killed Tennes)
-1 army size (targetted by Korvalain)

Liosan (Silencer)
-Liu Biao (def Warlord)
-recruited night 1 -> becomes Lü Fan (def-1)
-lynched day 3

Sukul Ankhadu (Gem Windcaster)
-Yuan Shao (def Warlord)
+1 army size night 2 (recruited Meanas)
+1 army size night 3 (recruited Omtose)
+1 army size night 4 (recruited Galayn Lord
-promoted to Governor day 5

Spite (Gwynn ap Nude)
-Liu Zhang (int Warlord)

Tulas Shorn (Shinrei)
-Gongsun Du (def Warlord)
-recruited night 1 -> becomes Wei Xu (def-1)
-recruited night 3 -> becomes Wei Xu (def-1)
+1 army size night 5 (guarded Galayn Lord)

Tennes (Illuyankas)
-Cao Cao (int Warlord)
-killed night 3 by Meanas

Omtose (Mentalist)
-Han Sui (def Warlord)
-recruited night 2 -> becomes Ji Ling (off-1)
-recruited night 3 -> becomes Ji Ling (off-1)
-recruited night 4 -> becomes Ji Ling (off-1)

Korbas (Grief)
-Yuan Shu (off Warlord)
+1 army size night 1 (recruited Liosan)
+1 army size night 2 (recruited Omtose)
+1 army size night 4 (recruited Galayn Lord)
-promoted to Governor night 4
lynched day 5

Korvalain (Morgoth)
-Lu Bu (off Warlord)
+1 army size night 1 (recruited Tulas)
-1 army size night 3 (targetted Meanas)
-lynched day 4

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 04:03 AM

Officer Transitions by Faction:

Day 1:
Cao Cao (Tennes)
Sun Ce (Anomandaris)
Gongsun Du (Tulas)
Zhang Ji (Telas)
Han Xuan (Okaros)
Liu Biao (Liosan)
Liu Zhang (Spite)
Lu Bu (Korvalain)
Tao Qian (Meanas)
Yang Feng (Ruse)
Yuan Shao (Sukul Ankhadu)
Yuan Shu (Korbas)
Zhang Lu (Galayn Lord)
Han Sui (Omtose)


Day 2:
Cao Cao (Tennes)
Zhang Ji (Telas)
Han Xuan (Okaros)
-Guards: Huang Zhong (Ruse)

Liu Zhang (Spite)
Lu Bu (Korvalain)
-Guards: Wei Xu (Tulas Shorn)

Tao Qian (Meanas)
Yuan Shao (Sukul Ankhadu)
Yuan Shu (Korbas)
-Scholars: Lü Fan (Liosan)

Zhang Lu (Galayn Lord)
Han Sui (Omtose)


Day 3:
Cao Cao (Tennes)
Zhang Ji (Telas)
Han Xuan
-Guards: Huang Zhong (Ruse)

Liu Zhang (Spite)
Lu Bu (Korvalain)
-Guards: Wei Xu (Tulas Shorn)

Yuan Shao (Sukul Ankhadu)
-Warriors: Yan Liang (Meanas)

Yuan Shu (Korbas)
-Scholars: Lü Fan (Liosan)
-Warriors: Ji Ling (Omtose)

Zhang Lu (Galayn Lord)


Day 4:
Zhang Ji (Telas)
-Guards: Wei Xu (Tulas Shorn)

Han Xuan
-Guards: Huang Zhong (Ruse)

Liu Zhang (Spite)
Lu Bu (Korvalain)
Yuan Shao (Sukul Ankhadu)
-Warriors: Yan Liang (Meanas), Ji Ling (Omtose)

Yuan Shu (Korbas)
Zhang Lu (Galayn Lord)

Day 5:
Zhang Ji (Telas)
-Guards: Wei Xu (Tulas Shorn)
-Warriors: Ji Ling (Omtose)

Han Xuan
-Guards: Huang Zhong (Ruse)

Liu Zhang (Spite)
Yuan Shao (Sukul Ankhadu)
-Warriors: Yan Liang (Meanas)

Yuan Shu (Korbas)
-Scholars: Yang Dajang (Galayn Lord)


Day 6:
Zhang Ji (Telas)
-Guards: Wei Xu (Tulas Shorn)
-Warriors: Ji Ling (Omtose)

Han Xuan
-Guards: Huang Zhong (Ruse)

Liu Zhang (Spite)
Yuan Shao (Sukul Ankhadu)
-Warriors: Yan Liang (Meanas)
-Scholars: Yang Dajang (Galayn Lord)

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 04:04 AM

NAs Night 1:

Players:
Anomandaris (Sun Ce|off)
Galayn Lord (Zhang Lu|int)
Korbas (Yuan Shu|off)
Korvalain (Lu Bu|off)
Liosan (Liu Biao|def)
Meanas (Tao Qian|int)
Okaros (Han Xuan|off)
Omtose (Han Sui|def)
Ruse (Yang Feng|def)
Spite (Liu Zhang|int)
Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def)
Tennes (Cao Cao|int)
Telas (Zhang Ji|off)
Tulas Shorn (Gongsun Du|def)

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Faction Leader Hostile Actions:

Meanas (Tao Qian|int) recruit(def) Tulas Shorn (Gongsun Du|def) - fails (int loses to def)
Spite (Liu Zhang|int) recruit(off) Liosan (Liu Biao|def) - fails (int loses to def)
Galayn Lord (Zhang Lu|int) recruit(off) Tennes (Cao Cao|int) - Tie (army size would reduce but 1 is minimum)
Okaros (Han Xuan|off) recruit(def) Ruse (Yang Feng|def) - SUCCEEDS -> Ruse becomes Huang Zhong(def)
Ruse (Yang Feng|def) recruit(tact) Meanas (Tao Qian|int) - fails (Ruse can no longer recruit)
Korvalain (Lu Bu|off) recruit(def) Tulas Shorn (Gongsun Du|def) - SUCCEEDS -> Tulas becomes Wei Xu(def)
Tulas Shorn (Gongsun Du|def) recruit(off) Meanas (Tao Qian|int) - fails (Tulas can no longer recruit)
Telas (Zhang Ji|off) recruit(tact) Okaros (Han Xuan|off) - Tie (would reduce size but both at 1)
Liosan (Liu Biao|def) recruit Korbas (Yuan Shu|off) - fails (def loses to off)
Omtose (Han Sui|def) recruit (int) Korvalain (Lu Bu|off) - fails (def loses to off)
Korbas (Yuan Shu|off) recruit(tact) Liosan (Liu Biao|def) - SUCCEEDS -> Liosan becomes Lü Fan(tact)


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NAs Night 2:

Players:
Galayn Lord (Zhang Lu|int-1)
Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-2)
Korvalain (Lu Bu|off-2)
Liosan (Lü Fan|int-1)
Meanas (Tao Qian|int-1)
Omtose (Han Sui|def-1)
Okaros (Han Xuan|off-2)
Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-1)
Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1)
Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-1)
Tennes (Cao Cao|int-1)
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-1)
Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-1)

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Subordinate Actions:

Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-1) Guards Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-1) - Tie (no reduction, both 1)
Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-1) guards Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) - SUCCESS, spite is guarded, Ruse gets +1 size


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Faction Leader Hostile Actions:

Tennes (Cao Cao|int-1) recruit(off) Meanas (Tao Qian|int-1) - Tie (Army size cannot be reduced)
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-1) recruit(off) Korvalain (Lu Bu|off-2) - Fails.
Meanas (Tao Qian|int-1) recruit(def) Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-1) - Fails.
Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) recruit(off) Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-1) - Fails.
Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-2) recruit(off) Omtose (Han Sui|def-1) - SUCCEEDS -> Omtose becomes Ji Ling(off)
Okaros (Han Xuan|off-2) recruit(int) Meanas (Tao Qian|int-1) - Fails.
Galayn Lord (Zhang Lu|int-1) recruit(off) Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-2) - Fails
Korvalain (Lu Bu|off-2) recruit(tact) Okaros (Han Xuan|off-2) - Fails
Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-1) recruit(off) Meanas (Tao Qian|int-1) - SUCCEEDS -> Meanas becomes Yan Liang
Omtose (Han Sui|def-1) recruit(off) Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-1) - Omtose can no longer recruit.



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NAs Night 3:

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Players:
Galayn Lord (Zhang Lu|int-1)
Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-3)
Korvalain (Lu Bu|off-2)
Liosan (Lü Fan|int-1)
Meanas (Yan Liang|off-1)
Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1)
Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-2)
Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1)
Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-2)
Tennes (Cao Cao|int-1)
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-1)
Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-1)

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Subordinate Actions:

Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1) Kill Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-2) - fails
Liosan (Lü Fan|int-1) Find Meanas (Yan Liang|off-1) - Liosan is dead.
Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-1) Guard Telas (Zhang Ji|off-1) - fails
Meanas (Yan Liang|off-1) Kill Tennes (Cao Cao|int-1) - SUCCEEDS -> Tennes dies, Meanas gets +1
Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-2) Guard Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) - SUCCEEDS -> +1 size for Ruse

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Faction Leader Hostile Actions:

Korvalain (Lu Bu|off-2) recruit(tact) Meanas (Yan Liang|off-2) - TIE -> Meanas -1 size (had this wrong and -1'd korv and meanas both)
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-1) recruit(tact) Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-1) - SUCCEEDS -> Wei Xu(def-1), Telas gets +1
Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-2) recruit() Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1) - SUCCEEDS -> Ji Ling(off-1) , Sukul gets +1
Tennes (Cao Cao|int-1) recruit() Meanas (Yan Liang|off-1) - would've succeeded, but Tennes is dead
Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-3) recruit Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-1) - fails: Tulas already recruited
Galayn Lord (Zhang Lu|int-1) recruit(off) Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) - TIE
Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) recruit(off) Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-2) - fails

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NAs Night 4

Players:

Galayn Lord (Zhang Lu|int-1)
Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-3)
Korvalain (Lu Bu|off-2)
Meanas (Yan Liang|off-1)
Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1)
Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-3)
Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1)
Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-3)
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-2)
Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-1)

---

Subordinate Actions:

Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-3) guard Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) - SUCCEEDS, Ruse gets +1
Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1) kill Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-4) - fails
Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-1) guard Galayn Lord (Zhang Lu|int-1) - SUCCEEDS, Tulas Shorn gets +1
Meanas (Yan Liang|off-1) kill Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-3) fails

---

Faction Leader Hostile Actions:

Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-3) recruit() Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-4) - fails
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-2) recruit(tact) Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1) - SUCCEEDS -> Ji Ling|off-1, Telas +1
Korvalain (Lu Bu|off-2) recruit(def) Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-4) - fails
Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) recruit(off) Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-3) - fails
Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-3) recruit() Galayn Lord (Zhang Lu|int-1) - SUCCEEDS -> (Yang Dajang|int-1), Korbas +1 PROMOTION.

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NAs Night 5

Players:
Galayn Lord (Yang Dajang|int-1)
Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-4)
Meanas (Yan Liang|off-1)
Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1)
Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-4)
Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1)
Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-3)
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-3)
Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-2)

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Friendly Actions:

Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-4) enlists Galayn Lord (Yang Dajang|int-1) - Galayn Lord +1 - Korbas is dead.

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Subordinate Actions:

Galayn Lord (Yang Dajang|int-1) find Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-4) fails
Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-4) guard Telas (Zhang Ji|off-3) SUCCEEDS -> Telas blocked, Ruse +1
Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1) kill Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-2) - fails (lucky for them)
Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-2) guard Galayn Lord (Yang Dajang|int-1) - SUCCEEDS -> GL blocked (already acted), Tulas +1
Meanas (Yan Liang|off-1) kill Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-3) - fails

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Leader Actions:


Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-3) recruit(tact) Galayn Lord (Yang Dajang|int-1) - SUCCEEDS -> Yang Dajang|int-1, Sukul +1
Korbas (Yuan Shu|off-4) recruit(int) Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1) - SUCCEEDS -> Ji Ling|off-1, Korbas +1 - Korbas dead
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-3) recruit() Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) - fails: Telas Guarded
Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) recruit(off) Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-3) - fails

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NAs Night 6

Players:
Galayn Lord (Yang Dajang|int-1)
Meanas (Yan Liang|off-1)
Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1)
Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-5)
Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1)
Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-4)
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-3)
Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-3)

---

Friendly Actions:

Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-4) enlist for Meanas Meanas (Yan Liang|off-1) -> Meanas gets +1

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Subordinate Actions:

Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1) kill Galayn Lord (Yang Dajang|int-1) - fails
Galayn Lord (Yang Dajang|int-1) find Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) - TIE
Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-5) guard Telas (Zhang Ji|off-3) - SUCCEEDS, Ruse +1

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Leader Actions:

Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) recruit() Meanas (Yan Liang|off-2) - fails
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-3) recruit(int) Galayn Lord (Yang Dajang|int-1) - fails, blocked by Ruse
Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-4) recruit(def) Spite (Liu Zhang|int-1) - SUCCEEDS -> Spite becomes Chunyu Qiong|def-1, Sukul +1

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 04:04 AM

NAs Night 7

Players:
Galayn Lord (Yang Dajang|int-1)
Meanas (Yan Liang|off-2)
Omtose (Ji Ling|off-1)
Ruse (Huang Zhong|def-6)
Spite (Chunyu Qiong|def-1)
Sukul Ankhadu (Yuan Shao|def-5)
Telas (Zhang Ji|off-3)
Tulas Shorn (Wei Xu|def-3)

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Friendly Actions:


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Subordinate Actions:


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Leader Actions:


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Posted 21 January 2010 - 04:04 AM

Collected Scenes:

Day 1 half-day:

At this time the court was in the hands of Zhang Ji, who had made himself regent-general, and Fan Chou, the self-styled regent. These two generals rode roughshod over everyone. WHo at court could protest? Grand Commandant Yang Biao and Treasurer Zhu Jun secretly petitioned Emperor Xian: "Your humble sevant has a plan to turn the two traitors against each other and then summon Cao Cao to purge their faction and secure the court." With Emperor Xian's permission, Yang Biao began manipulating Fan Chou's jealous wife to sow dissension between Zhang Ji and her husband.

One day, after Zhang Ji persuaded Fan Chou to come home with him after court. They ate and drank until late. Fan Chou went home drunk and coincidentally was seized with stomach cramps. "You've been poisoned!" cried Lady Fan, and she forced an emetic on him. He felt better after vomiting. "I collaborated with Zhang Ji in the takeover; what cause has he to do me in? If I don't act first, however, I'll be the loser," Fan Chou said and quietly readied his army for an attack on Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji, informed of Fan Chou's moves, said, "How dare he!" and sent his own forces against his own collaborator. The two armies, tens of thousands in all, fought in a free-for-all just outisde the capital, at the same time availing themselves of the opportunity to plunder the populace.

Zhang Ji's nephew, Zhang Xiu, surrounded the palace with his men. He put the sovereign in one carriage, the Empress in another, and assigned Jia Xu and Zuo Ling to escort them out of the capital. The rest of the palace staff and the women followed on foot. As they crowded through the rear gate of the ministerial house, Fan Chou's soldiers accosted them and killed many with volleys of arrows. At that moment Zhang Ji rode up and forced Fan Chou's men to give way.

Thus did the imperial party got out of the city. But, burdened by wounded and with no supplies, would they escape the grasp of the villains Fan Chou and Zhang Ji?

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Day 1 lynch:

One day Sun Ce was leading some troops in a hunt by Xishan in Dantu. They had a large deer on the run. Sun Ce's horse, given free rein, had chased it up a hillside. Sun Ce found himself among some trees, where three men with spears and bows appeared. "We are Xu Gong's men, here to avenge our lord," they cried. One of the men had raised his bow and positioned an arrow. He shot Sun Ce in the cheek. Sun Ce pulled the arrow out, took his own bow, and shot back. The man fell as the bowstring sang. The remaining two forced Sun Ce back, jabbing wildly with their lances. It was a struggle to the death. Sun Ce was stabbed in several places, and his horse was maimed. His life was hanging in the balance when Chen Pu rode up with a small party and hacked the two assailants to pieces.

Once home, Sun Ce sought the services of the healer Hua Tuo, but the physician had gone to the north, leaving behind a disciple. He was summoned to treat Sun Ce's wounds. "The arrow," the doctor observed, "was tipped with a poison that has penetrated the bone. You need a hundred days' quiet convalescence before the danger will pass - and don't let moods of anger affect you, or the wounds will not heal." Sun Ce, it so happened, had a most irascible nature and was frustrated that he could not be cured that very day.

After some twenty days of resting, the patient heard that a messenger had returned from the capital, and he called him for questioning. "Yuan Shu," the messenger began, "is quite wary of you, my lord, and his counselors respect your prestige. The only exception is Lü Fan." "And what does he have to say?" Sun Ce asked. The messenger hesitated, angering Sun Ce, who pressed him to convey facts. "Lü Fan told Yuan Shu," the envoy finally admitted, "that you were not a serious concern because you are reckless and always ill prepared, hasty and deficient in strategy, a foolhardy man sure to die by a scoundrel's hand." "That fool dares to rate me! I'll take his capital!" Sun Ce swore.

But as the shout burst from Sun Ce, his wounds reopened and he fainted. His mother had him carried to a bedchamber, but he failed to regain consciousness. With that Sun Ce passed away at the age of twenty-six.

Anomandaris(General King) is dead. He was the Warlord Sun Ce.

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Day 2 half-day:

The imperial procession passed Xinfeng and reached the Baling bridge. It was autumn, and a sharp west wind was blowing. Hundreds of troops clattered onto the bridge, blocking the carriages. "Who wants to pass?" a harsh voice demanded. Privy Counselor Yang Qi rode onto the bridge and answered, "The Emperor. Who dares prevent us?" Two generals stepped up to Yang Qi. "We are here," they said, "at the order of General Fan Chou, we cannot allow you to pass." The Emperor was distraught. "Out of the wolf's lair," he lamented, "and into the tiger's mouth. What can we do?" His whole entourage trembled. Fan Chou's rebels edged closer. Then, to the blast of drums another general appeared from behind a hill, unfurling a giant banner reading "Yuan Shu of the Great Han." He had one thousand soldiers ready for combat.

Hearing that the Emperor was passing, Yuan Shu had come to offier his services. Now his army stood opposite Fan Chou's. Fan Chou's general, Li Meng, rode before the two lines and denounced Yuan Shu. Shu turned to his line and called for Ji Ling, who charged out, battle-axe in hand, on a superb steed. Ling went straight for Li Meng and cut him down in a quick exchange. Yuan Shu then overpowered Fan Chou's forces and drove them off some twenty li.

The Emperor proceeded to Anyi to establish his capital there. The procession enetered Anyi, but finding no building with an upper story, the royal couple had to stay beneath the thatched roof of a simple farmhouse without a gate. A screen of brambles on all sides took the place of an outer wall. In the farmhouse the Emperor conferred with his ministers while the generals stood guard outside. There, the court first learned new reports that the armies of Sun Ce, Yang Feng, Liu Biao and Gongsun Du had all fallen. The chaos was on all sides now...

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Day 2 lynch:

After Liu Bei completed his conquest of Liu Biao's domain, he turned his eyes south to the rest of Jing province. Han Xuan, governor of Changsha just south of the river, immediately sent forth his top general Wei Yan with all the troops he could muster, but the army was decimated in a fiery ambush perfectly executed by Liu Bei's strategist, Xu Shu. With Liu Bei's troops overrunning his capital, Han Xuan fled south with his son, Han Hao, to the remote regions controlled by governor Jin Xuan. Han Xuan said, "Zhao Fan's Gui Yang has tens of thousands of troops, more than enough to hold off Liu Bei. If they receive us, we can kill the governor, take his land, and rebuild our strength until we're ready to stand against Liu Bei. That way we can recover the whole of Jing." Thus agreed, father and son presented themselves. But the governor, feigning illness, postponed their reception and kept them in a guesthouse.

Before long spies reported to the governor that Liu Bei was established in Changsha and had no intentions of marching to Gui Yang. Delighted with the news, Zhao Fan positioned armed men behind the wall hangings in the official hall and had the visitors shown in. The formalities concluded, the governor bade them be seated. It was bitter cold. Han Xuan, seeing no cushions on the floor, asked, "May we have mats?" Glaring at them, the governor said, "Your heads are going on a long journey. What do you want mats for?" Han Xuan was taken aback. Zhao Fan shouted, "Guards! What you waiting for?" The executioners rushed out and beheaded the men where they sat. The governor had their heads place in a wooden box, which he dispatched to Changsha. Liu Bei received the heads and sent to Gui Yang a thousand catties of fine silk as a token of appreciation. Thereafter, Liu Bei made no plans to conquer Gui Yang.

Okaros (alt146) is dead. He was the Warlord Han Xuan.

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Day 3 half-day:

The Emperor entered Luoyang and saw the ruin of his former capital - the palace buildings burned out, the streets and markets desolate. Everything was overgrown with weeds. The walls of the palaces were crumbling. Emperor Xian ordered Yuan Shu to build a small dwelling to serve as a provisional palace. In the meantime court was held in the open woods.

Grand Commandant Yang Biao appealed to the Emperor: "The decree with which you honored me has yet to be dispatched. At present Yuan Shao has the most powerful army in the northeast. He should be summoned to support the royal house." "I have so ordered," said the Emperor. "A second petition is not necessary. Send someone and be done with it." In accordance with the imperial will, an envoy was sent.

In Luoyang the Emperor found all in ruin. Even the walls were beyond repair. Moreover, reports of new threats from Fan Chou and Zhang Ji alarmed him. To Yuan Shu the Emperor said, "Our messenger has not returned. Our enemies could come at any time. What can we do?" Yuan Shu replied, "I will fight to the death to protect Your Majesty." But Dong Cheng said, "Look at our walls and how few soldiers we have! What if we fail? I recommend that Your Majesty proceed to Cao Cao's camp." The Emperor approved, and that day the court set out for the region east of Huashan. Horses were so scarce that the officials followed the Emperor's carriage on foot.

The procession was hardly under way when clouds of dust darkened the sky ahead, and the air throbbed with drums and gongs. Masses of troops loomed in the distance. Emperor and Empress were too frightened to speak. A single rider approached. It was the imperial envoy. "General Yuan Shao," he reported, "has called up every soldier in the northeast and is coming in response to your decree. He has sent Yan Liang on ahead with ten top generals and fifty thousand picked men to deal with the threat to Luoyang from Fan Chou and Zhang Ji." At last the Emperor felt safe.

At the suggestion of Shao's generals, the Emperor returned to his former palace in Luoyang. Yan Liang stationed his army outside the city. The next day Yuan Shao arrived with the main force, established camp, and was received. Prostrating himself below the stairs to the imperial dais, Yuan Shao acknowledged his sovereign. The Emperor bade him stand and commended him for his service. Yuan Shao and his advisors spent the rest of the day updating the Emperor on recent events: after Tao Qian's general Zhang Kai had killed Cao Cao's family, Cao Cao had invaded Xu and Yang. In the west, Han Sui had come into conflict with his sworn-brother Ma Teng, and a great battle was fought between them at Tianshui. Tao Qian and Han Sui's forces were both completely wiped out.

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Day 3 lynch:

After assisting the Emperor's flight, Yuan Shu had returned to his own capital at Shouchun. Fighting losing battles with Cao Cao to the north and Han Xuan to the south, Yuan Shu feared he would soon see his province aflame. Seeing his lord's despair, Chen Lan proposed that they invite the great warrior Lu Bu to assist in defending the province. Many of the advisors and court officials argued sternly against inviting a traitorous fiend like Lu Bu into their province, but Yuan Shu was desperate and sent Yan Xiang as envoy to Lu Bu, who was currently stationed in Xiapi, asking for assistance. The envoy departed and returned a week later with Lu Bu's acceptance. On the appointed day, Yuan Shu personally lead a force east to meet Lu Bu's own army. As Yuan Shu's force passed through Elm Bridge Gate, Shu was told that his aide Lü Fan had strung himself upside down above the city portals, a written protest in one hand, a sword in the other. Lü Fan was threatening to cut the rope and dash himself to death if his warnings were not heeded. Yuan Shu called for the protest note, which said in essence:

Your aide Lü Fan weeps blood, appealing in all sincerity. "Effective medicine is bitter to the mouth but remedies disease. Loyal words offend the ear but benefit one's conduct." In ancient times King Huai of Chu ignored the advice of Qu Yuan and covenanted at Wuguan, falling prey to Qin. Now Your Lordship lightly leaves his home district to welcome Lu Bu at Fucheng. Will you return the way you came? If only you would put Chen Lan publicly to death and break off with Lu Bu, the entire population of Zhong as well as your own house would benefit.



Angered by what he had read, Yuan Shu said, "I go to meet a humane and benevolent man, a kindred spirit of noble intent. How often do you mean to affront us this way?" Lü Fan uttered a single cry, severed the rope, and crashed to his death. Yuan Shu set off for Fucheng with thirty thousand soldiers. Behind him rolled a thousand carts loaded with grain, money, and silk for tribute.

Liosan (Silencer) is dead. He was Lü Fan, a scholar of Yuan Shu's forces.

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Day 4 half-day:

One day the Emperor summoned Yuan Shao to the palace. Receiving the messenger, Shao noticed that his eye was clear and his manner energetic. "You at least are plump enough. How do you take care of yourself?" "No special method," replied the man. "I have fared hard and simply for thirty years." Shao nodded and continued, "And what office do you hold?" "I was recommended for filial devotion and honesty," the messenger replied, "and have served Liu Bei, as well as Zhang Yang. When I heard the Emperor was back in the eastern capital, I came to pay my respects and was appointed court counselor. I am Dong Zhao, a native of Dingtao in Jiyin." "A name long known to me," replied Shao. "How fortunate to meet with you here."

Yuan Shao admired the aptness of Dong Zhao's replies and proceeded to ask him about the condition of the royal house. "My lord," he answered, "the loyal army you command has saved the court from chaos and rescued the Son of Heaven. For this you rank with the Five Protectors of antiquity, who safeguarded the sovereigns of the Zhou dynasty. In the present instance, however, we have many generals with many ambitions; they may not always obey you. Therefore it might be more advantageous to move the Emperor from Luoyang to Ye. On the other hand, the court is newly installed here in the former capital after a period of shuttling about, and men of near and far yearn for stability. Another move will be widely resented. Still and all, extraordinary acts win extraordinary merit. The choice is yours."

Yuan Shao, who was timid of taking bold actions, took Dong Zhao's hand and smiled. "I really wanted to move the court," he said, "but your counsel has persuaded me I dare not, lest the high ministers who oppose the move turn against me."

So it was that the court remained in Luoyang, which was eventually rebuilt and the lands about recultivated until the capital became prosperous and defensible once more. Meanwhile, Yuan Shao completed his conquest of Cao Cao's territories, eliminating Cao's forces entirely.

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Day 4 lynch:

After being fighting with Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Kong Rong and Yuan Shu, Lu Bu abandoned his fortress at Xiaopei and retreated west. Bypassing Yuan Shao's armies at Luoyang and Xuchang, he brought his forces to Wan and began a campaign against Zhang Ji, hoping to steal from Ji the imperial forces that once followed Lu Bu's own command. They met in a great clash at Tong Gate, and after Lu Bu's generals Song Xian and Wei Xu were lost in the fighting, Lu Bu retreated back to the pass.

After two weeks of scattered engagements, Song Xian and Wei Xu returned to the pass with a few dozen men and called out, "We are former commanders of Lu Bu's who have been forced to surrender against our will. Zhang Ji is treacherous and unreliable and has used us ill. We want to work for our former lord again. Let us in at once." Lu Bu warily allowed only the two brothers up to the pass. They disarmed, left their horses, and went in to tell Lu Bu, "Zhang Ji has only just arrived in full force. Attack his camp tonight before they dig in. We will take the lead." Lu Bu accepted the proposal.

Following the two generals with more than ten thousand men, Lu Bu approached Zhang Ji's camps. Suddenly a roar went up behind him, and an ambush was sprung from all sides. Lu Bu dashed back to the pass but found it already in the hands of Zhang Ji's commanders, Lei Xu and Hu Che'er. Lu Bu turned north and rode to seek refuge with the chief of the Xiongnu. Zhang Ji took control of the pass and sent men after the fugitive.

Lu Bu entered the territory of the Xiongnu nation and came before their khan. Dismounting and pressing himself to the ground, Lu Bu said, "Zhang Ji has devoured my homeland. Now he has designs on yours. With your assistance we could protect the north." But the khan rebuffed him. "I have no quarrel with Zhang Ji," he said. "Why should he invade my land? Are you trying to foment hostilities?" Lu Bu saw the khan make a hand gesture, but before Lu Bu could turn around two of the khan's guards had buried their swords in his chest and another three had grabbed hold of his halberd. In anger Lu Bu thrust off the guards off his halberd and swung it into the faces of the two who had stabbed him. The khan had drawn his own sword and as Lu Bu turned about the Xiongnu chief neatly decapitated the warrior.

Korvalain (Morgoth) is dead. He was the Warlord Lu Bu.

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Day 5 half-day:

The campaign against Lu Bu complete, Yuan Shao invited Liu Bei, who had joined in the fighting at Xiaopei, to return with him to the capital. The next day Emperor Xian held court. After receiving news of the defeat of Lu Bu by Zhang Ji and the Xiongnu, and of Zhang Lu's forces' collapse in Hanzhong, Yuan Shao hailed Liu Bei's feats of arms and presented him. Attired in court apparel, Bei paid homage at the base of the steps to the throne. The Emperor then instructed him to ascend. "Tell me of your lineage," the Emperor said. "I can trace my ancestry through Prince Jing of Zhongshan," Liu Bei replied, "back to his father, Jing, the fourth emperor. My grandfather was Liu Xiong, my father Liu Hong." Emperor Xian ordered the director of the Imperial Clan to recite from the clan registry.

The Emperor checked the order of the lineage and found that Liu Bei was indeed an imperial uncle. Elated, Emperor Xian summoned him to an adjoining room, where they enacted the formalities befitting uncle and nephew. The Emperor mused, "Yuan Shao abuses his authority to the point that state affairs are out of our control. But now we may have a remedy in this heroic uncle of mine."

The Emperor guided Liu Bei to the ancestral temple and then into the Gallery of Meritorious Officials, in whose honor the Emperor burned incense before walking on with Liu Bei to admire the portraits. "So splendid, so heroic the forefather," sighed the Emperor, "so fainthearted and feeble the progeny. One can't help sighing." As he spoke, he directed Liu Bei's attention to the portraits of the two officials on either side of the Supreme Ancestor. "Is this not Zhang Liang," he went on, "lord of Liu? And this, Xiao He, lord of Cuo?" "Indeed," replied Liu Bei, "the Supreme Ancestor relied greatly on them in founding the dynasty." The Emperor observed that no one was near and whispered, "So should you, uncle, stand by us." "I have no merit," Liu Bei answered, "to serve as they served." "We remember well," the Emperor continued, "your service in fighting the tyrant Dong Zhuo, for which no reward could suffice." Then, pointing to his garments, he added, "Won't you wear this robe of mine and tie it with this girdle so that you will always seem to be by my side?"

Returning home, Liu Bei discovered in the girdle a secret decree written in the Emperor's own blood:

Of late the treasonous Yuan Shao, abusing his authority, insulting and degrading his sovereign, has connived with his cohorts to the detriment of our dynasty's rule. Day and night we brood on this, dreading the peril to the realm. Think of the obstacles and hardships the Supreme Ancestor faced when he founded this dynasty: forge a union of stouthearted men, stalwarts of unimpaired integrity and unimpeachable loyalty; exterminate this perfidious faction and restore the security of our holy shrines for our ancestors' sake. I have cut my finger and shed this blood to compose this decree confided to you. Remain vigilant. Do not fail our hopes.


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Day 5 lynch:

After fighting off his northern aggressors, Yuan Shu had concentrated on expanding his territory south into the lands formerly held by Liu Biao and the Sun family. Soon his reign stretched south the Chaisang and westwards through Jing right up to the borders of Huang Zhong's domain. It was in the eastern lands of Wu, however, that Yuan Shu would meet his gravest threat - Liu Yao. Brother of the esteemed Liu Dai and a humane but mighty governor in his own right, Liu Yao had conquered Wang Lang's fertile plains and Yan Baihu's mighty fleet intact, and now wielded these two resources to dominate the land from Jian Ye to Jiang Xia. After the death of Sun Ce, Liu Yao had taken in refugees from the Sun family's forces, including the generals Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and Chen Wu, as well as Sun Ce's sister Sun Shang Xiang, who was now Liu Yao's wife. But above all of Liu Yao's resources and officers, it was Taishi Ci - a fearless warrior from Huang Xian who could break through a fifty-thousand-man siege by himself - that Yuan Shu feared the most.

The two forces engaged each other at Lu Jiang. Yuan Shu sent out his top general Zhang Xun for personal combat. Taishi Ci spotted Zhang Xun, raised his spear, and rode out to meet him. The two horsemen tangled, closing and breaking some forty or fifty times. Then Zhang Xun yielded and made for his line; Taishi Ci galloped after. Zhang Xun began circling round his formation; Taishi Ci would not let up. From a point of vantage, Yuan Shu's general Qiao Rui drew his bow and, sighting true, shot Taishi Ci in his left eye. Bellowing in pain, Taishi Ci plucked out the arrow; the eyeball had stuck fast to the point. "The essence of my parents cannot be thrown away," he cried, and swallowed the eye. He pulled out his own bow, placed the arrow and shot at Zhang Xun, striking Xun squarely in the back. Turning, he went for Qiao Rui and speared him in the face before he could defend himself. Zhang Xun fell dead from his horse and Qiao Rui toppled from his vantage point. The spectacle left both sides aghast.

Taishi Ci rode back to his men. Heartened by their general's merits, Liu Yao's forces delivered slaughter on the leaderless troops of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu's slain soldiers were strewn over the blood-soaked field. Thousands more fled. His former commanders, Lei Bo and Chen Lan of Mount Song, plundered his treasure, grain, and fodder. Bandits kept Shu from returning to his base city, Shouchoun, and he was forced to remain at Jianting with barely a thousand men, most of them old and weak. It was midsummer. He had thirty pecks of wheat to feed his followers. Many of his own family had already starved to death. Shu could not swallow the coarse meal and asked the cook to find some honeyed water to ease his thirst. "We have bloody water," the cook said, "no honey." Suddenly Shu, who had been seated on his couch, groaned and toppled over. He spit up mouthfuls of blood and died.

Korbas (Grief) is dead. He was the Governor Yuan Shu.

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day 6 half-day:

Liu Bei read the imperial edict through his tears. He could not sleep that night and in the morning returned to the library to reread the document. But no concrete plan occurred to him. Finally he fell asleep against his desk pondering the means to get rid of Yuan Shao.

The courtier Jian Yong arrived, intending to discuss with Liu Bei the most recent news of Yuan Shu's defeat in Zhong by Liu Yao. Recognizing his master's intimate friend, the gateman did not stop him, and he straight into the library. Jian Yong saw Liu Bei dozing at his desk, a silk scroll under his sleeve. The imperial "we" was barely visible on it. Becoming curious, Jian Yong quietly took up the document. After reading it, he stowed it in his own sleeve. "Imperial Uncle Liu," he cried, "are you not ashamed? How carefree to be sleeping so!" Liu Bei came to immediately. Missing the decree, he felt his senses swim and his limbs fail. "You plan to murder Yuan Shao, then?" Yong demanded. "I shall have to denounce you." "Brother," Liu Bei wept, "if that is your intention, the house of Han expires."

"I was simply playing a part," Jian Yong reassured Liu Bei. "Our clan has enjoyed the fruits of service to the Han for many generations. Far from failing in loyalty, I mean to lend my all to the task of destroying the traitor." "The dynasty is fortunate indeed if you are so minded," Liu Bei responded. "Let us retire, then," Jian Yong suggested, "and draw up a loyalist pledge to do our duty to the Emperor whatever the risk to ourselves and our clans."

In great excitement Liu Bei fetched a length of white silk and wrote his name at the head. Jian Yong added his, and suggested his trusted friend General ______ would surely be willing to make cause with them. Liu Bei also proposed his trusted friends Commandant _______ and Counselor _______. At the moment a servant announced all three officials had arrived in quick succession. "Thus Heavan aids us!" Liu Bei exclaimed and sent for the three. Each eagerly added his own name to the pledge.

The unexpected arrival of Ma Teng, governor of Xiliang, was announced. "Say I am not well and cannot receive him," Liu Bei instructed the gateman. But when this answer was brought, Ma Teng shouted angrily, "I saw him only yesterday at the Donghua Gate in a new robe and girdle. Why is he giving me excuses?!" Flicking his sleeves, Ma Teng turned to leave. "And no one to save the dynasty!" he said with a sigh. Liu Bei caught his words and held him back, saying, "What do you mean, 'no one to save the dynasty'?" "I am fuming over Yuan Shao's insurrection of His Highness, but it seems even the closest relative of the ruling house has sunk in dissipation and gives no thought to punishing the traitor. How could you be one to relieve the dynasty's distress?" "There are eyes and ears everywhere," Liu Bei cautioned. "You must lower your voice." "Those who crave life above all," Ma Teng retorted, "are unfit to discuss serious matters." Convinced of Ma Teng's loyalty, Liu Bei said at last, "Restrain yourself a moment, my lord. I have something to show you." He drew the governor into his chamber and handed him the imperial edict.

As he read, Ma Teng's hair stood on end; he bit his lips until blood covered his mouth. "If you plan to act," he said, "my Xiliang troops will help." Then Liu Bei led the governor to meet the other supporters of the indictment against the prime minister. At Liu Bei's request, Ma Teng affixed his signature, confirming his oath with a swallow of wine and some drops of blood. "What we swear here we will never disavow," he said, and pointing to the five men, he added, "If five more will join us, our cause will succeed." "Loyal and stalwart men," Liu Bei warned, "are all too few. If we take in the wrong ones, we will only ruin ourselves." Ma Teng asked to see the register of current office-holders. Coming to the names of the house of Liu, he clapped his hands and cried, "Here is the man we must talk to!"

Whom did Ma Teng name?

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Day 6 lack-of-lynch:

"Whom do you recommend?" Liu Bei had asked Ma Teng. "I see here the name of Huang Zhong, protector of Jingzhou. Why not try him?" was the reply. "He's that villainous Han Xuan's man, he can't get involved in this." "Han Xuan was a tyrant to his people and was easily conquered by yourself, my lord," Ma Teng responded, "but Huang Zhong has now reclaimed the Jing province and rules it benevolently. Furthermore, his own personal soldiers are among the fiercest in the land. He is here in the capital in anticipation of receiving a promotion to District Commander, but he is no man of Yuan Shao's. I'm sure he is more than willing to organize against Shao, but he feels thwarted, unequal to Shao's many guards. Try to enlist his help - I know he will respond eagerly." The group dispersed with Wu Shi cautioning, "Let's not be too hasty. This requires careful consideration."

The next night Liu Bei pocketed the imperial decree and paid a quiet call on Huang Zhong. Flanked by his sworn-brother and top general Wei Yan, Zhong received him in a small chamber. After host and guest were seated, Huang Zhong said, "Only a most serious occasion would bring the imperial uncle in the dead of night." "I couldn't risk coming by day," Liu Bei replied. "Yuan Shao would have suspected something." Huang Zhong called for wine, and Liu Bei went on, "The other day at the hunt, Wei Yan seemed set to kill Yuan Shao when he took the Emperor's bow, but you motioned him off. Why?" Taken by surprise, Huang Zhong parried the question, asking, "How do you know that?" "No one else noticed," Liu Bei said, "but I did." Unable to maintain his pose of indifference, Huang Zhong answered, "My brother, outraged by Shao's insolent ambition, acted impulsively."

Liu Bei his his face and wept. "If only the vassals at court compared with Wei Yan," he cried, "the peace of the land would be assured." Huang Zhong said, "With His Excellency Yuan Shao in power, is not the peace of the land already well assured?" Liu Bei's face stiffened as he rose. "It is only because you have ruled your own province so kindly that I opened my heart and soul to you. Why have you played me false?"

Would Huang Zhong denounce Liu Bei's plot?

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Day 7 half-day:

Why have you played me false?" Liu Bei asked. "Lest you play me false, Imperial Uncle," Huang Zhong admitted at last, "I had to test you." Liu Bei then produced the secret edict. Dismay and indignation welled up in Huang Zhong as he read the Emperor's sacred words.

Next, Liu Bei handed him the loyalists' pledge bearing six signatures: Liu Bei, Imperial Uncle; Jian Yong, an official in the Ministry of Works; _______, commandant of the _______ command; ______, _______ counselor; _______, General of ________; and Ma Teng, governor of Xiliang. "Since the Emperor has charged you with the task of punishing the traitor," Huang Zhong said, "I commit myself to the cause and offer my fullest devotion." The two men continued talking until the fifth watch; then they parted.

To avoid arousing Yuan Shao's suspicions, Huang Zhong took to his back garden, planting and tending vegetables, keeping his purposes hidden. Wei Yan asked, "Brother, why have you lost interest in the great issues of the realm and given yourself to a commoner's toil?" "This is something you might not appreciate," responded Huang Zhong, and his brother did not ask again.

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While Ma Teng was in the capital, Luo Yang, Ma Chao remained in charge of the Xiliang forces. Initially there were several skirmishes with the nearby forces of Zhang Ji from Chang'an, so both commanders lead their own armies to meet at An Ding. Zhang Ji presented many gifts to Ma Chao, and Chao saw the wisdom of a truce. The two armies settled their camps around the city and feasted each other every day. Once Zhang Ji retired drunk and discreetly asked his chamber attendants if there were any courtesans in the town. Zhang Ji's nephew Xiu whispered obligingly that he had noticed a rare beauty the day before. On Zhang Ji's orders Xiu took fifty armed guards and brought her back. She proved as attractive as Zhang Ji had anticipated. "To have met you today," Zhang Ji pronounced, "is a blessing from Heaven. I would like you to share my mat and pillow this evening and then accompany me back to Chang'an where you will enjoy luxury in tranquility. What is your answer?" Unknown to the Zhangs, however, this beauty was Ma Chao's sister, Ma Yunlu.

When Ma Chao learned of this development, he was infuriated and silently vowed vengeance upon Zhang Ji. The following day, he went to Zhang Ji's tent and said, "Many of my troops have run away. I request permission to station my men inside your camp let more flee." Ji approved, and Chao moved into the encampment, divided his forces into four groups, and passed secret orders amongst his men. Ma Chao hosted Zhang Ji at that evening's banquet, entertained him attentively, and sent him home late and drunk. During the banquet, Ma Chao's cousin Ma Dai had slipped into the camp and stolen the weapons from Zhang Ji's tent.

Later that night, while Zhang Ji and Ma Yunlu were carousing, Ji heard voices and the sound of restless horses. He sent a guard outside who reported that Ma Chao's men were making night rounds. Zhang Ji suspected nothing. Toward the second watch there was an outcry: a cartload of hay had caught fire. "It's only an accident!" Zhang Ji shouted. "Don't panic!" Moments later fire broke out on all sides. Ma Chao's men were at the front gate, mounted and brandishing lances. Grabbing a sword from a nearby soldiers the enemy poured in, Zhang Ji advanced and cut down twenty men. The horsemen drew back, but the foot soldiers came forward. On either side spears poked up like reeds. Armorless, Zhang Ji fought on valiantly, taking scores of cuts. Then his sword cracked and he threw it aside. He picked up two of the enemy bodily and wielded them as weapons, felling eight or nine. Ma Chao's soldiers kept their distance and shot at him, but Zhang Ji fought on despite the pelting arrows. Another group of soldiers burst in from behind and speared him through the back. Three or four howls broke from Zhang Ji's lips. Then he expired, his blood soaking the ground where he fell. Even after he was dead, no one dared pass his corpse into the main tent.

Telas (Baudin) is dead. He was the Warlord Zhang Ji.

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End scene:

One day when Wei Yan was away and Huang Zhong, now Imperial Protector of Jing, was watering his plants, two of Shao's generals, Yan Liang and Chunyu Qiong, led a score of men into the garden, summoning the Imperial Protector to the garden of the Prime Minister. There, a smiling Yuan Shao greeted Huang Zhong. "That's quite a project you have under way at home," Yuan Shao said in a tone that turned Huang Zhong's face pale as dust. Taking Huang Zhong's hand, Shao led hm to his own garden. "You have taken up a most difficult occupation in horticulture," Shao continued. "Just to while away the time," Zhong answered, relieved. "There is nothing else to occupy me."

Entering the garden, Huang Zhong was met by Zhang Xiu, who recently took over his uncle Zhang Ji's forces, but with pardon from the throne for Ji's atrocities. Xiu had just recently been promoted to Imperial Inspector of Yongzhou. "I was admiring the plums on the branch," the Shao remarked, "and having some wine just heated, I decided to invite Your Lordships for a drink at this little pavilion." Regaining possession of himself, Huang Zhong went along with Yuan Shao and Zhang Xiu. Delicacies had already been set out: a plate piled with new green plums and a jar brimming with warmed wine. Sitting opposite one another, the three men drank freely and enjoyed themselves without constraint.

The wine had enlivened their spirits when dark clouds appeared and overspread the heavens: a flash storm was threatening. An attendant pointed to what seemed like a distant dragon suspend on the horizon. The three men leaned against the balcony and watched it.

Yuan Shao turned to his guests and asked, "Do my lords understand the dragon's multiform manifestations?"

"Not in great detail," Huang Zhong replied.

"The dragon," Yuan Shao continued, "can enlarge and diminish itself, surge aloft or lie beneath the surface of the water. Enlarged, it creates clouds and spews mist. Diminished, it can veil its scaly form from view. Aloft, it prances triumphant in the upper realm of space. Under the surface, it lurks among the surging breakers. Now in the fullness of spring it mounts the season, like men who would fulfill an ambition to dominate the length and breadth of the land. In this respect the dragon can well be compared to the heroes of the age. You gentlemen have traveled widely and surely must be familiar with the great heroes of recent years. Please try and point them out for me."

"How can these eyes of mine sight heroes?" Zhang Xiu said. "Set your modesty aside," Shao urged. "Thanks to Your Excellency's gracious benefaction," Huang Zhong responded, "We each have succeeded in serving the dynasty. But as for the heroes of the realm, such things are more than we would know of." "Even if you do not know any personally," the Prime Minister persisted, "you should at least have heard of some."

"Liu Yao of Jianye?" Huang Zhong ventured. "His warriors are first rate, his provisions abundant. Would he be one?" "Dry bones," Shao laughed, "rattling in the grave. Sooner or later I will have him."

"Yuan Shu, then," Zhang Xiu suggested. "For four generations the Yuans held highest office and many officials served under them. Shu protected the Emperor, but also had a firm grip on Huainan, where he was supported by capable men. Would you count him?" "His expression was fierce enough," Shao said. "But his courage was thin. He enjoyed conniving but lacked decision. He played for high stakes but begrudged personal sacrifice, spotted a minor gain and risked his life. No hero he!"

Huang Zhong asked, "And how would you rate Liu Biao, a paragon whose reputation still stretches across the realm?" "Liu Biao?" Shao answered. "A name without substance, and no hero either."

"There is Sun Ce," Zhang Xiu suggested. "In his prime, he had the potential to sweep across the entire Southland." "Sun Ce," Shao replied, "stood on his father's reputation. He's no hero."

"Though he wandered with no lord or army, Lu Bu was still a fearless warrior who could ride a thousand li in a single day and slaughter a dozen men before dismounting. No man will ever match his prowess, what greater hero could there be?" The Prime Minister laughed "Lu Bu may be a great warrior, but it availed him naught in ruling the people and it was only a matter of time before his wanderings got him poisoned or strangled by the many he offended. One cannot call such a life heroic!"

"Cao Cao had many fine officers and administered Chen Liu with a strict and efficient government." "Cao Cao was prone to fits of anger, executing his officers and repenting later. Even if I had not conquered him, his followers would not have borne his temper much longer." came the reply.

"Fan Chou took over the armies of the fallen villains Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si and none dared match his strength," Huang Zhong said, "surely he is a hero." "What Fan Chou had in numbers he lost in poor strategy and his indulgences to women and wine." was the Prime Minister's response.

"Zhang Lu administrated the dangerous region of Hanzhong for years and mastered many of the mystical arts of the great Taoist sages, surely he was a formidable hero!" proclaimed Zhang Xiu. "His administration was corrupt and his mystic arts were mere illusions," was the reply.

"Liu Bei is an imperial uncle and a benevolent leader to all his officers and people. When displaced, entire towns gave up their livelihood to follow him to his next settlement. How can such exemplary virtue not be worthy of the title of hero?" "Liu Bei is no hero," Shao declared. "He owns no land, holds no title and is disrespected by the lords across the realm. The people follow him only to their own demise."

"There is Dong Cheng," Huang Zhong put in, "he is a noble man, of the Empress' lineage and serves the realm with virtue and justice." "Dong Cheng appears noble but will use dishonourable means to satisfy his own ambition," was the reply, "surely you would not consider such a man a hero!"

"Yan Baihu's fleet knew no equal across the entire Great River," suggested Zhang Xiu. "To clash with him upon the water was to lose. Would he be a hero?" "Yan Baihu had many ships, but not the will to hold them," was the Prime Minister's reply. "He was replaced as easily as a knife splits bamboo and the fleet is now in Liu Yao's hands."

"Liu Zhang," Huang Zhong said, "perhaps he could be considered." "Though connected to the royal house," Yuan Shao said, "he was nothing but a watchdog by the gate and hardly deserves the name of hero."

"Then," Zhang Xiu continued, "what about the great generals Yang Feng, Han Sui and Ma Teng of the west, the Gongsuns Zan and Du of the far north, and Wang Lang of the south-east?" "Or," added Huang Zhong, "the Imperial-appointed Governors Tao Qian, Kong Rong, Liu Dai, Jin Xuan, Zhao Fan, Lu Kang and Liu Du? Each of these men has ample land, valiant officers and could raise an army at a moment's notice." Yuan Shao clapped his hands and laughed. "Petty mediocrities,"he said, "beneath our notice."

"Truly," said Huang Zhong, "I can think of no one else." Zhang Xiu agreed.

"Now," the Prime Minister went on, "what defines a hero is this: a determination to conquer, a mine of marvelous schemes, an ability to encompass the realm, and the will to make it his."

"Who merits such a description?" asked the two lords.

Shao pointed first to Huang Zhong, then to Zhang Xiu, then to himself. "The heroes of the present day," he said, "number but three - and they are each at this very table."

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Here's an example of a role PM:

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Army Name: Mockra

Officer Name: Cao Cao
Officer Type: Faction Leader (Warlord)
Officer Personality: Intelligent

You are Cao Cao, a fearsome dictator in times of war and an able minister in times of peace. Good thing we're in a time of war or you'd be no fun at all. Your average Tuesday is to meet a new scholar praised across the land, find him insulting, execute him and feel sorry about it later. Your clan has not yet arisen to high prestige, so you currently have no officers and will need to recruit stout heroes from across the land.

Every night, Cao Cao may attempt to recruit the army of your choice to your side.

As Cao Cao increases in prestige, he can wield more authority. Every promotion in rank, he can learn or upgrade one of the following abilities:

Enlist Troops - used once each night, adds +1 army size to the army of your choice.
(Once you have this ability you can upgrade to having two uses of this ability per night)

Directive - Each night you can send a message to the army of your choice. They will receive it the morning after.
(Once you have this ability you can upgrade it to automatically be sent to all your subordinates, though you will not learn who they are)

Deploy Catapults - Each night you can Heal the army of your choice, preventing any Kills against that player.
(Once you have this ability you can upgrade to Arbalests, which safeguard the chosen army from all hostile actions)


They're all more or less the same, just some stylistic differences and different officer bios.



PM for faction leader-turned offensive subordinate:

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The _____ army has been routed and is now commanded by ______, a _________ of ______.

Every night you may attack another army of your choosing.

Your forces must be lead by your personally, so you can only give these orders on the day before your attack.



PM for faction leader-turned defensive subordinate:

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The _____ army has been routed and is now commanded by ______, a _________ of ______.

Every night you may dispatch your forces to the garrisons along certain borders of your territory, countering any moves your neighbours would make (Guard).

You may submit pre-emptive orders to your forces at any time.



PM for faction leader-turned intelligent subordinate:

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The _____ army has been routed and is now commanded by ______, a _________ of ______.

Every night you may scatter your forces deep inside enemy territory to determine the size, allegiance and commanding officer of the army of your choosing.

Information changes quickly, so you are only able to dispatch these orders a maximum of two days before the operation.


PM for newly-recruited subordinate:

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Your commanding officer, _______, has defected to ______'s forces along with your entire ________ army!

You maintain the same officer, personality and abilities as before.

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 04:10 AM

Role Selections:

Definitive Warlords:
(randomized, players added in order as sign ups go)
1.Zhang Lu - Bubba - Galayn Lord - cobra
2.Yang Feng - The Dude - Ruse - jeep
3.Zhang Ji - Baudin - Telas - dodge
4.Sun Ce - GK - Anomandaris - gtoo
5.Han Xuan - alt - Okaros - charger
6.Tao Qian - PB - Meanas - challenger
7.Liu Biao - Silencer - liosan - gtxx
8.Yuan Shao - Gem - Sukul Ankhadu - fiat
9.Liu Zhang - Gwynn - Spite - mini
10.Gongsun Du - Shinrei - Tulas Shorn - ford
11.Cao Cao - Illy - Tennes - chevy
12.Han Sui - Ment - Omtose - toyota
13.Yuan Shu - Grief - Korbas - duster
14.Lu Bu - Morgoth - Korvalain - dart
15.Fan Chou - ________ - Rashan - bmww
16.Liu Bei - ________ - Silchas Ruin - vdub

Additional warlords:
(add-on if more people sign up)
Wang Lang
Dong Cheng
Kong Rong
Liu Yao
Ma Teng
Jin Xuan
Yan Baihu
Gongsun Zan
Liu Du

Leftovers:
Zhang Yang (officers given to gongsuns if necessary)
Zhao Fan (officers given to han xuan if necessary)
Lu Kang (give to yan baihu/wang lang/liu yao if needed)
Liu Dai



Randomized alt order:
1.galayn lord - cobra
2.ruse - jeep
3.telas - dodge
4.anomandaris - gtoo
5.okaros - charger
6.meanas - challenger
7.liosan - gtxx
8.sukul ankhadu - fiat
9.spite - mini
10.tulas shorn - ford
11.tennes - chevy
12.omtose - toyota
13.korbas - duster
14.korvalain - dart
15.rashan - bmww
16.silchas ruin - vdub

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 01:49 AM

View PostD, on 21 January 2010 - 04:05 AM, said:

Here's an example of a role PM:

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Army Name: Mockra

Officer Name: Cao Cao
Officer Type: Faction Leader (Warlord)
Officer Personality: Intelligent

You are Cao Cao, a fearsome dictator in times of war and an able minister in times of peace. Good thing we're in a time of war or you'd be no fun at all. Your average Tuesday is to meet a new scholar praised across the land, find him insulting, execute him and feel sorry about it later. Your clan has not yet arisen to high prestige, so you currently have no officers and will need to recruit stout heroes from across the land.

Every night, Cao Cao may attempt to recruit the army of your choice to your side.

As Cao Cao increases in prestige, he can wield more authority. Every promotion in rank, he can learn or upgrade one of the following abilities:

Enlist Troops - used once each night, adds +1 army size to the army of your choice.
(Once you have this ability you can upgrade to having two uses of this ability per night)

Directive - Each night you can send a message to the army of your choice. They will receive it the morning after.
(Once you have this ability you can upgrade it to automatically be sent to all your subordinates, though you will not learn who they are)

Deploy Catapults - Each night you can Heal the army of your choice, preventing any Kills against that player.
(Once you have this ability you can upgrade to Arbalests, which safeguard the chosen army from all hostile actions)



So what do the Offensive and Defensive warlords get? And how does one get promoted in Rank?

Also, what happens if you recruit someone who has also recruited someone else?

Looks like it could be a very fun game to watch! :whistle:

Sir Thursday

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 02:13 AM

View PostSir Thursday, on 08 February 2010 - 01:49 AM, said:

So what do the Offensive and Defensive warlords get? And how does one get promoted in Rank?

Also, what happens if you recruit someone who has also recruited someone else?

Looks like it could be a very fun game to watch! :whistle:

Sir Thursday


Warlord personalities is just for action resolution, all warlords have the same abilities.

You can only get recruited once a night, so if two people try to successfully recruit the same person in one night, the first one gets them.
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 03:57 AM

I also sent a second part to the role messages to everyone saying:

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Extra Info I forgot:

-Your current army size is 1 (like everyone else).

-When you give a recruit action, specify the type of subordinate you'd like (int/off/def). The success of the action depends on *your* size and personality, but if successful your subordinate *may* become the specified personality.

-Once you have multiple abilities, they are all usable in the same night.

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 04:24 AM

Baudelas:

Telas, on 08 February 2010 - 03:39 AM, said:

Hmmm so does this basically make me a cult? i assume thats what the recruiting armies thing is. I havent read the OP yet, so ido that now

Telas, on 08 February 2010 - 03:49 AM, said:

Hmmm looks like my questions were basically answered by the OP like i suspected.


Gwynn/Spite:

Spite, on 08 February 2010 - 04:38 AM, said:

Looks very cool, thanks. Will have to give some thought on what subs I would like to recruit before the game actually starts.



Tulas Shinrei:

Spite, on 08 February 2010 - 04:38 AM, said:

Looks very cool, thanks. Will have to give some thought on what subs I would like to recruit before the game actually starts.

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 05:33 AM

OkarAlt:

Okaros, on 08 February 2010 - 05:31 AM, said:

I has teh catapults!

I am very confused by this setup, but I just woke up and have a shitload to do today, so I will try puzzle things out tonight. My main question is when I try recruit an army, do I just get +1 to army size, or am I a cult? Or some wierd mix of the two?



When you (successfully) recruit you get +1 army size AND the army joins your team. It's win-win!
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 01:14 PM

This does look extremely awesome now I've seen all the rules - I wonder if people would approach this differently at all if they knew that everyone was a faction leader?

Wish I had had time to play... :whistle:

Couple of questions:

1) Does recruit count as a hostile action? Seems like it'll reduce faction growth somewhat if it is...

2) If you succeed in recruiting someone that has already has subordinates, do they become your subordinates too?


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Posted 08 February 2010 - 02:00 PM

View PostSir Thursday, on 08 February 2010 - 01:14 PM, said:

This does look extremely awesome now I've seen all the rules - I wonder if people would approach this differently at all if they knew that everyone was a faction leader?

Wish I had had time to play... :whistle:

Couple of questions:

1) Does recruit count as a hostile action? Seems like it'll reduce faction growth somewhat if it is...

2) If you succeed in recruiting someone that has already has subordinates, do they become your subordinates too?


Sir Thursday


They probably would.

1) yes, it is a (the) hostile action of faction leaders
2) No, just the faction leader gets recruited (and becomes a subordinate), so if the faction is strong the surviving subordinates could still win.
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 02:12 PM

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Meanas, on 08 February 2010 - 08:13 AM, said:

OK questions because this is a massively complicated game.

1) So I start as a faction leader with nobody on my team, right? Recruitment is how I make up for that.
2) Do I know if I'm offensive, defensive, or tactical? (If so, which am I? seems tactical)
3) When you say I learn/upgrade one of the stated abilities when I promote, you mean when I hit rank 4/7/10/13?
4) Seems like my recruit action is processed near-last so I'm going to submit an action now, knowing that later if I change it, I go to the back of the line.

Recruit Tulas Shorn

Just cuz he's the only other person I know is in the game.


1) Right.
2) Tactical (Intelligent is the same thing)
3) When you increase in *rank*, which occurs when your *army size* reaches 4, 7, 10 or 13 (only the first time)
4) Noted.



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Korvalain, on 08 February 2010 - 08:24 AM, said:

So as of now I'm not able to use any of the three powers listed at the bottom of the post? But I'm the faction leader and I can try to night kill, correct?

forgive me, I just got up :whistle:



Negative. All you can do right now is recruit. You can learn the bottom abilities as you rank up. Killing is for subordinates.

OkarAlt:

Okaros, on 08 February 2010 - 10:55 AM, said:

I think some distinction needs to be made between a player and his/her army. So when I recruit I gain a subordinate player (and therefore his army), as well as increase the size of my own army. I gather I can only recruit other people's subordinates? Does my army's size have any impact on whether my recruit is successful? And you're saying it's possible for me to change the disposition of a recruited subordinate if certain conditions that I dont know are met.

Have I got a decent grasp of the game, or am I completely off mark?



Player, alt and army go hand in hand and don't change in relation to each other. The alt is just the name of the army. The Officer commanding the army is a seperate variable, though, as is the size of each army.

Your army's size affects whether any hostile action, including recruit, is successful. If army size is the same, than personality determines whether it succeeds.

And yes, it is possible to change the disposition of a recruited subordinate if certain conditions are met. That you don't know.


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Anomandaris, on 08 February 2010 - 01:00 PM, said:

This reads a bit like my dominion war game lol.

Right I can recruit armies.

I can send orders

Or deploy catapults to protect them.

Ok do I get to pick one action a night?

Anomandaris, on 08 February 2010 - 01:09 PM, said:

And kill


You can currently recruit armies and that's it. As you rank up you can learn new abilities, including Heal, send message and boost other players' army strength.

When you have multiple abilities you can do them all in the same night.

You cannot kill. Only subordinate (offensive) officers can kill, whereas you are a faction leader.
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 05:52 PM

Spite, on 08 February 2010 - 03:43 PM, said:

Night Action: Recruit Liosan - offensive



Galayn Lord, on 08 February 2010 - 03:44 PM, said:

Night one - Recruit tennes


Noted so you won't lose your place but please specify a personality as well.

Galayn Lord, on 09 February 2010 - 12:48 AM, said:

Offensive





Telas, on 08 February 2010 - 04:21 PM, said:

ok as i understand atm there are no provisionals but i can leave an order of what i want to do and update it if i change my mind until nightfall but every time i do my place in the list is reset? On that info and as i think i can only recruit today il leave an order of

recruit Anomandaris (Tactical)

please tell me if im understanding something wrong there.

EDIT because i didnt actually mean tennes, because im getting vague wiffs of leader from him, given that there isnt really much to go on yet.

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 05:59 PM

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Tennes, on 08 February 2010 - 05:50 PM, said:

Cao Cao!? HOW DID YOU KNOW MY FAVOURITE WAS CAO CAO?!?!

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


Luck of the draw (unlike last time).

Actually I thought your fav would be Lu Bu...

Tennes, on 08 February 2010 - 06:51 PM, said:

The greatest piece of tactical advice ever given in a Dynasty Warriors game was DO NOT PURSUE LU BU. Besides, the amount of setbacks Cao Cao comes back from is ridiculous, the other Three Kingdoms leaders are hypocrites and jerks (this means you, Liu Bei) and he gets Zhang Liao to join his side after defeating Lu Bu.

Lu Bu is pretty high up on my list of favourites, though.


Plus, Cao Cao has the highest kill count in the entire novel, if you count all the billions of executions he orders.

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Posted 08 February 2010 - 08:42 PM

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Ruse, on 08 February 2010 - 06:52 PM, said:

Awwwww man. Leader huh. Never been very god at this role. Well, here we go!! Some questions.

Do I currently have any followers right now?

As of now, my only NA is to be able to recruit. Correct?

So all leaders have size 1 right now? Meaning that night one, unless 2 leaders recruit the same person, the first recruit will be a success?

I think thats it for now. gonna go read the OP and see what I missed. This could be a crazy game.



You do not currently have any followers.

Correct.

All armies have size 1 right now. Meaning that actions' success will depend solely on personality-types. As with every night, if anyone is multiple-targeted for recruitment only the first successful one will count.

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Anomandaris, on 08 February 2010 - 07:15 PM, said:

Right thanks for clearing this up.

So recruiting works with me asking you to recruit a certain type of army?



And you pick a target.

Morgalain:

Korvalain, on 08 February 2010 - 07:40 PM, said:

Aha, well then I'd like to recruit for the offensive officer, is that right? How do I upgrade a power?



You gotta pick a target player, too (it's just like a normal recruit, but you also specify a personality you'd like and maybe you'll get it)!

You upgrade a power by telling me what you want and when you get promoted you'll get it.
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