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You easily cite from memory the written records where the priests of old gave the Kings of old the power to annul the holy oath of matrimony if one of the two partners directly applies to the King (even if that's extremely rare), and your brother did so back then. Therefore, the Archpriest has no reason to interfere in this particular matter.

The Archpriest stares at you, bemused, for a while, before waving his hand.

"Still, the divorce left an impression on the people and that's why Romuald had to be moved away from power. I can see, however-" The Archpriest stands up. "That you, King Feodh, are more compliant and harmonious with traditions and religion of our land. That is satisfactory enough." He bows his head.

"It is time I rejoin my brothers and sisters. Fare thee well." And so he leaves.

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In other news, you receive report from the gold mines a few days later. Apparently, the new soil holds well and the miners continue to exploit wealthy veins of gold, bringing extra profits to the Treasury this year!


As you finish your morning meal, the advisor brings the Scrolls of Kingdom Status to your table:

Happiness: 7
Population: 5
Economy: 9
Army: 6

"My liege! I am pleased to announce that our Treasury is full with valuables and coinage. It would be most satisfying to see it spent on some noble or grandiose thing, don't you agree?"

A) Naaaah. *take a swim in your sea of riches!*
B) Give a coin to each peasant and vagrant in the Kingdom in a public show of generosity.
C) Hire artisans to produce a large bronze statue of you in the middle of the capital city!
D) Declare a new budget for the Army, increasing its yearly expenses but also its overall effectiveness.
E) Procure foodstuffs and send the money to poorly developed areas so that people might prosper and find new places to live for their extended families!
F) Send some of the wealth to your aunt, Queen Sela, to boost the relations between your nations.
G) Sponsor the refurbishment of the Holy Library, where holy texts both ancient and modern are stored; the clergy will sure like this!

You explain that you're merely granting your subjects what they want to ensure their happiness and prosperity.

"I see." The Archpriest stares at you for a moment and then takes a sip of a drink.

"I heard that the southern parts of Luathbas had seen steadily increasing number of Damed's worshippers, travelers mostly amongst those, of course, but it is a reason for worry. Mayhaps your governors there did not inform you yet? So I do it now. May I have your pledge that you shall not endanger our beautiful and traditional way of life by mingling with those xenophobic, zealot scum of the south?"

A) "But of course."
B) "If the people decide to pray to some god or another, I cannot stop them."
C) "Nay! It's time for glorious religious revolution!"
D) "Maybe. Who knows, they might have good ideas to take for ourselves."

You write him a letter in which you want to make it a proper deal in public and with proper level of cooperation between the two armies, rather than making it a shallow secret. You do not mention anywhere you want to give up on this proposal.


Thanks to the squeaky blaring of the 57 goat-trumpets of the Pantheon, you learn of the Archpriest's arrival before the guards even reach your throne room.

The Archpriest, as always wearing thick white robes, bows his head as he enters the council room and sits on the opposite side of the table from you. The servants bring some snacks and drinks and then the Archpriest dismisses his entourage; you dismiss the guards and servants of the palace.

"So, what brings you here, Archpriest." The middle-aged man smiles.

"It is hard to call it heresy, but you have been making inroads into workings of the Cult, King Feodh. What is it I heard, sponsoring the scribes, allowing construction of temples of rememberance?"

A) "That is not your concern, Archpriest. I don't pry into your administrative decisions, and you shouldn't into mine."
B) "I am merely responding positively to the audiences that my subjects wish for. If they want to build temples to honor my ancestors, I shall allow them; if they want to write biographies praising us, I will be most happy to let them."
C) "Make love with your arse and don't waste my time anymore, Archpriest! Luathbas and its subjects belong to Houlandines, not the Pantheon!"

After a rather terrible opening to a Defend mission at Hong Kong Electronics Factory (Gennady panicked, Raphael knocked down to Yellow), I've decided to toss caution to the wind while Raphael went berserk.

So I had Maya the sniper run forward and snipe a Democrats' goon that showed up; Archer ran in front of her and dodged TWO bullets, before mowing down two students at about 50% chance of hit. Meanwhile, Raphael woke up and thanks to morale/berserk mechanic, he had 8 action points, so he ran forward and started lobbing grenades at enemies; 6 concussion grenades later, 4 LDF students, 2 officers and 2 revolutionaries were dead - that being whole secondary assault team.

Meanwhile, Archer and Maya decided to go running and gunning; window shards flying, the duo have shot down another trio of chinese. In the end, Maya finished by sniping a grenade-armed Revolutionary that tried to sneak up on Archer's blind spot.

The mission, which started awfully, ended in glorious no further wounds and all enemies dead within 10 turns. Aw fucking yeah.

Hit: 107+15-30-35 = 57
Hit roll: 84, miss!

Knife Thrower A counterattacks!
Hit: 101-15-20 = 66
Hit roll: 28, hit!
Damage: 13-1-8 = 4dmg
Cecil is Poisoned!

Knife Thrower A counters again!
Hit: 101-15-20 = 66
Hit roll: 88, miss!

Simple tactical preplanning:

Obviously we go for abominations and TW first; the Golems have only 5 MOV so it will take a while for them to catch us if we all rush for the southern enemies v;

Hit: 115-30-35 = 50
Hit roll: 4, hit!
Damage: 13-1 = 12dmg

Knife Thrower A counters!
Hit: 101-20-15-27 = 39
Hit roll: 5, hit!
Damage: 13-1 = 12dmg
Shaelynn is Poisoned!

10+9 = Up to 19HP healed

//Dingoningoding!

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Ideas for post-testgame ruleset additions:

increase all techs by 1 level when it comes to RP requirements

So techs currently requiring 80 would need 120, 120 would now require 200, and so on, with Cybernetics taking 1000RP to research. Its because it's A) much easier to build infrastructure and thus Labs in EoM, and B) there is much more ways to get bigger RP bonuses going.

possible Mars victory condition: reach certain no-bonus tech and build a superimprovement in 10 turns
for example positronics and synthorganics would give you Psionics, which allow construction of Mindtower, which enslaves all enemy peeps, or a further step from Matter Transmission would be Space Fold which would allow construction of Gateway which lets you send troops anywhere on Mars in instant and thus insta-conquer all enemies :3

I guess the supertechs would require 1000RP each, and you would need about 10 Turns to complete the Superimprovements?

Thoughts? v;