Dramatica - A Very Dramatic Game. Game on.

[Gregstrom]

Well, in an unexpected twist the amazons aren't dead yet. And even better, Pedoseion is! Party time in Themiskyra

[Aethyr]

A vile rumor has reached the Masters ears; it tells of people from the west that follow a half-blind so-called god. It is said that these people are warriors and have defeated many nations.

What, pray-tell could be vile about such a story? Indeed, the weak should perish at the hands of the strong—this is the WAY of things. Is this not written in the code of the Bakemono?

Yes, the weak should and must perish…there is nothing vile that. No, it is the manner of that perishing that is unspeakable, shameful to any true warrior.

What, you might ask is shameful about the death of a warrior? What could possibly be vile about a glorious death by combat? Ah…but what if we told you that this conquest, this inevitable destruction of lesser peoples, was not accomplished through strength of arms? No, it was not
steel or arcane forces that won the day. It is said that these peoples defeat their foes by killing little girls. Shame.

Now, you begin to understand. You think you comprehend the disgust the Master feels. You do not. These people, these so-called warriors who claim that their place in the after-life is secured by a glorious death, used rats to help them. Rats. Shame. Surely Valhalla is closed to such as these.

As shameful as it is the Master understands that the Bakemono cannot win this battle—the power of the blood of virgins is too STRONG. The followers of Old One-Eye will have their “victory”, and whatever this so called “Valhalla” holds for those who seek victory through the blood of little girls.

[Gregstrom]

So much for party time in Themiskyra. Thanks for a good game, everybody.

[FAJ]

Yes, this was a very enjoyable game! I am a turn or two from being extinguished as well.

I wish only that I would have had some more exposure to the Dwarves and Skaven. This was my first MP game with mod nations. I found it to be a good time all around!

[Baalz]

So, is that a concession or anybody think there is any chance I won't win?

[Burnsaber]

Originally Posted by Baalz

So, is that a concession or anybody think there is any chance I won't win?

Yeah, I think so. At least I concede, all that cold dominion renders my national troops unusable. My only regret is not managing to defeat Abysia.

Unless I hear any objection within the next 24h, I will declare the game finished.

Good game, enjoyable all around. More detailed AAR to follow.

[Baalz]

Oh well, looks like I won't get to use the nasty stuff that I've been building towards *forever* and is just now coming online. The one-two punch of that heavy dominion push was being supported by a bunch of immortals. Vamps, obviously I've got coming out my ears (supported now by darkness, fog warriors, marble warriors and iron bane), but I also stockpiled enough pearls to empower two different liches up to S2 for soul drain + bone griding or soul drain + darkness + neverending skellispam/imps heavy bombers risking just a cap and staff + 2X lifelong protections. Being immortal, seemed like a reasonable investment of 80 pearls apiece - and having nothing but lizard shamans I'd been piling up pearls for awhile. I also had just south of 300 D gems that was intended to be dumped into burden of time a short time before war with Shin along with astral corruption hopefully going up the same turn. I hadn't lined up an efficient way to cast that yet (probably would have ended up alchemizing a bunch of F/W/N gems and empower one of those liches a couple more times in astral then done a bunch of blood empowerings...I was pulling in 100-150 slaves per turn so no problem there). Hmmm, or does one of the Heliophagus have astral magic? I don't remember.

Gah, I had some absolutely abysmal luck very early in this game. My pretender got feebleminded by one (un)lucky mind burn in the final fight with Arco. He was intended to be empowered in blood and be my platform for summoning vamp lords, wraith lords and liches. Ended up having to double empower a D1 dwarf to do that which was very expensive at that point of the game and slowed me down a good bit in getting vamps. I considered suiciding my pretender and hoping when I called him back the feeblemind was healed but I just couldn't bring myself to do it as I just *knew* he'd still be feebleminded after all that. Plus, being dom-10 and stealthy it wasn't totally worthless just to have him sneaking around amazon lands leading into my attack and dom push.

[Baalz]

*smacks forehead* I left out the best part. Those liches were to be accompanied by vanadrotts cloud trapezing, holding a staff of storms and 2 more lifelong protections. Scripted to mistform the turns bonegrinding was going off, life for a life when not.

[SciencePro]

Good job baalz. Congrats

[Aethyr]

Baalz, a masterful game indeed. Congratulations.