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Quote from: Urist Mc Dwarf on December 23, 2016, 02:31:15 pm

Quote from: Kashyyk on December 23, 2016, 01:46:04 pm

Awesome.

As Miss Wizard is now firmly on our side, we could just just break the minds of the knights and Duke, then let her play puppet master to the entire duchy. Converting some of them willingly will make things easier for her and I imagine would improve secrecy as well.

I'd suggest converting/breaking the knights, then finally break the Duke.

+1 Have some of the cult members invite a couple of knights to a meal.

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I'm all for converting those knights - nice and slowly.
Having a few top-notch trained men turn over to us, will benefit us greatly. Well, more like our plans. Still, having a few dark knights to protect our cultists and wordbearers, is something we might want to spend a bit of power on.

Quote from: Urist Mc Dwarf on December 23, 2016, 08:28:42 pm

Quote from: killerhellhound on December 23, 2016, 07:53:21 pm

Also ask the witch if she knows any of the kights well enough to assist in converting them.

We should ask the priest too.

The priest is a slave, I don't think he has the mental ability to answer

Her name is... Mischa Alwiz. Yes, that's totally her name. Or Mis-Wiz for short. What a fortunate coincidence!

Have the wizard tell the duke the priests were interrogating a Necromancer they believed to be the source of the evil, and that they'd make a report when they were done. Add that they have gotten a confession of working with the town witch to incite a riot.

Quote from: Kashyyk on December 22, 2016, 08:53:42 am

The best human would have 10 mental power, so at absolute worst we outstrength the Wizard and High-Priest by 30%. It would be costly, but we'd win it. This assumes they are both the epitome of human mental ability (which I doubt) and that they work together perfectly (which I also doubt).

Thus if it comes to it, we can subdue the Duke-elect's magical backup. The bigger problem would be his knights who we can hopefully keep at bay until we are able to mentally subdue them as well.

This is all assuming everything goes tits up and it turns into a fight between just Nokgluvgn and the Ducal party.

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However, I think we should use this excellent opportunity to convert as many of these people as possible. This will give us serious influence across the rest of the dukedom. Ideally they would all be willing converts, but at worst we could just break all their minds and let a promising Wordbearer puppet them all from the shadows.

Quote from: The Plan

My plan mainly involves reacting to opportunity, so it probably won't happen in the exact order below:
1. Invite the High-Priest to the temple and give him a "Join me or Suffer for Eternity" offer similar to the ex-priest. I suspect he'll say no, in which case we break his mind.
2. At night, we should give each knight nightmares, corrupting them and generally making sleep unpleasant. As we're now more powerful and focusing on less people, we should be able to tailor each dream for their recipient and start them on the track a lot more quickly than otherwise.
3. I'm least certain on what to do with the Wizard, as he's both the most unpredictable and as likely to recognise demonic incursions as the High-Priest is. Maybe corrupt all his magic to evil, slowly converting him in the process? It'd be nice to have a skilled caster on our side after all.
4. Preferably after we've successfully broken/converted everyone else, we should whisper blasphemies and ambitious thoughts in the Duke's ear. If only those subordinates of yours were more competent or more loyal, if only you had the power to demonstrate your worth, you could do great things. Oh look, all your followers will do exactly what I say. Oh look, I could you all this power. If only you serve me, you will have everything you ever wanted...

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Quote from: Comatose on December 20, 2016, 07:41:19 am

Return to Nuulyd, and declare that despite losses, the evil was cleansed.

This, sounds like a good course of action. +1

As for the option of taking over the town, remember that most of those priests came from other towns. We can return them to there, and have them preach the new way - but without some glamour, like our wordbearers can use, the people won't listen easily. Luckily, our enslaved priests, can easily introduce the new priest-acolytes from Nuulyd, which will take over the village shrines now lacking a priest.

All in all, I'd be all for "taking over" Nuulyd, and thus entirety of the local church.

I am sure we can agree it's time to move on to the next town, to spread our influence. At the same time, though, our Wordbearer has done well for us. She deserves a toy or two to play with. We should let her take her picks of the litter. Let her feel agency on how many, but, curb her greed after two are chosen.