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Remember how when I talked about making firenectar, I though it should be brewable? Fire rum really burns when it goes down...but yeah, that should make an excellent trade good, as well as some Smith's Stones. Smith's Stone are something we would make, our first magical non sentient item. They are around two inches around, just collected from rocks, and produce heat based on how many of them a nearby. This means that if you have one, it's just a little warm to the touch. If you have twenty of them, it can melt steel. Tada. He might like silk too. In return. We get materials, golem plans, bricks, etc.

And did yours Azaroth.

Turn 6

World:

Tech: Nothing. Fukken' gods ruinin' progress.
Population:
Chaos Creatures: 3
Dwarves: 8
Eladrin: (.0)6
Fae: ?
Goblins: 5
Humans: 100
Wyverns: 9

Azaroth: Ah! A new temple. Good. It will take some time to complete; years, in fact, but you can wait. Meanwhile, The construction attracts followers, interested in this new 'god'. by the time they found out who they really pledged their faith too, it was far too late...Orobos, on his own, goes and destroys the few farmsteads and villages aroun the city, offering them a choice between worshiping you or death. Strangely, they must have all refused, and Orobos enjoy slaughter...you feel no new worshippers from the area, and he seems more...energetic.
Battle Rating: 19
Fear Rating: 5
Followers gained: 2(1), 1(2)
Followers: 3(3), 1(2), 16(1)
Demon: Orobos(War)
Influence used: 31(6 upkeep, 15 temple, 10 channeling(through Orobos))
Influence gained: 47
Influence: 64

Azem: The dwarves, grateful for your knowledge, actually start worshiping you! Wonderful! The goblins you made are less than grateful however, and leave to pursue their own tasks. Sad.
Followers gained: 3(4)
Followers: ''
Worship used: 20(goblins)

Cupiditas: Your Sorceror, Evious, is a fine...person. They prefer to be called they now, which is rather confusing at times, but they are enacting your will. You will allow them their trivialities. It's not as if the Powers have genders, after all. Other than your Imps, that is.
Agony Rating: 6
Lust Rating: 14
Imps: Narcisi, Incubus; Delecta, Succubus
Followers gained: 1(1)
Followers lost: 1(2)
Followers: 2(2), 1(1)
Influence used: 36(6 upkeep, 30 sorceror)
Influence gained: 25
Influence: 37

Inithis: Ah. the afterlife is finished. Now for a Demon. Power-consuming, but worth it. But the most populated city refuses your followers entry, and so you go to the second most; Usael's, funnily enough. The question is one of whether he'll let you in...
Followers: 5(2)
Demon: Cizin, Demon of Death
Influence used: 46(6 upkeep, 40 demon)
Gained: 10
Influence: 64

Javier: What a good nap. Now for the sun god...wait, what? The deity seems to disappear as her faith wavers and dies. As Celestia fades away, you stalk the battlefield, striking down those who would have opposed you. The meager beings scatter before you, and while some die, it would be simply ridiculous to try to kill all of them. Returning to the already weakened mayor, you try to convince the humans, but strangely, they refuse. It seems this leader is not so influential as you thought. The eladrin dies, which is nice, succumbing to your disease. Celestia's power can not be claimed though, as she fades away; she did not die. At her city, they seem to throw off your imp, angry at all the powers, apparently. Your demon, at least, can gather some followers. Of course, some of yours also leave, upset at...something. Probably has to do with trying to make carriers a second time and being disillusioned at your failure and sleeping.
Death Rating: 14
Plague Rating: 4
Followers gained: 1(2)
Followers lost: 4(1)
Followers: 1(4), 3(3), 3(2), 5(1)
Demon: Haiphael the Disguised One(Trickery)
Imps: Rabis, Plague Imp
Influence used: 31(6 upkeep, 15 disease, 10 empower)
Influence gained: 45
Influence:14

Kazar:
Anger Rating: 4
Pride Rating: 14
Followers gained: 3(1)
Followers: 2(6), 3(1)
Demon: Gastarik the Rotting(Undeath)
Sorceror: Tiall of the Grinning Skull
Influence used: 22(7 upkeep, 15 mortal magic)
Influenced gained: 23
Influence: 15

Alrezar: The raiders give you their spoils grudgingly; they seem to have forgotten about that part, but Delmas 'convinces' them. Cecilla watches the ritual, and has 'duly noticed' it. You doubt she'll care much for ceremony or doing everything you say, but she'll probably assist you now.
Followers gained: 0
Followers: 12
Faery Court: Delmas Frost Giant (Cold, Strength), Cecilla Ice Nymph(Water, Fertility)
Magic used: 10(wind magic)
Magic gained: 25(10 normal, 15 ritual)
Magic: 86


Jim: It goes wonderfully! The factory is easily constructed.

Usael:
Followers gained: 3
Followers: 9
Magic used: 10(5 fortification, 5 punching)
Magic gained: 10
Magic: 90

Xandiel: Your town is still small, but with your constructions, even if the mana generators aren't working yet(seems they need souls to function), things are going smoothly.
Followers gained: 3
Followers: 6
Magic used: 15(research)
Magic: 11
Magic: 66

Draco: Well, you seem to have lost some followers as the formerly religious in Celestia's city abandon all the gods. Your eladrin mitigate this a little, but not by much.
Followers gained: None. Boo. Hiss.
Followers lost: 3(2), 1(4) 2(1)
Followers: 1(6), 2(4), 3(2), 8(1)
Prophet: Magistrate Tylea
Worship used: 12(12 upkeep)
Worship gained: 40
Worship: 61

Jebyg: The dwarves adamantly stand their ground, refusing to let the angel convince or defeat them; tough bastards. And they used lava to drive it away cringing! Celestia's power dissipates before you can taste any, but it would have been good to destroy her yourself. Some of the dwarves, you realize, have decided to follow one of the other devils, one who appeals to their tastes...
Followers lost: 3(3)
Followers gained: None. Aww.
Followers: 1(5), 9(3), 8(1)
Prophet: Carolus the Harbinger
Champions: Batar the Destroyer
Worship used:
Worship gained: 40
Worship: 5

Nikalas: Your followers obey, though not without reluctance. But they did, in the end, go, picking up some more coverts along the way. Few heroes were worthy, but, then, there were still a few. Really, it was quite uneventful for you, this decade.
Followers gained: 1(3), 1(2), 3(1)
Followers lost: None
Followers: 1(5), 2(3), 3(2), 13(1)
Prophet: Iskai the Undaunted
Worship used: 13(13 upkeep)
Worship gained: 22
Worship: 13

Protogenos:
Followers gained: None. Sadface. See? Or at least not enough to counter your losses...
Followers lost: 1(2), 1(3)
Followers: 3(3), 7(2), 5(1)
Prophet: Yeiss, Black of Scale and Eye
Worship used: 10(10 upkeep)
Worship gained: 33(worship)
Worship: 55

Ugh...I tried guys. Oh well.

I would post 'Oso's Thoughts' except he's insane, and that would probably be a bad idea.

Because they were often stone cannonballs during that time?

Yeah...no. Chainmail's bonus was partly the flexibility. That flexibility meant it might break a bone or bruise pretty badly, but it won't hack through, as there won't be enough force to push through the links, the blunt of it being transferred to the padded leather beneath, while the edge is stopped on the steel. Besides, even with super strong demons or whatever, Knights in the medieval era were sometimes called pincushions. Why? Because the arrows would get stuck in their armor without going all the way through. Which is why people invented the bodkin arrow and the crossbow. Those were some of the few things that would get through. Up close, many fights eventually became wrestling matches with knives, each trying to get to a weak point in the armor.

An axe will hurt if you hit it against chainmail, but unless you're a goddamn viking berserker in full rage mode holding it with both hands, or get a weak point, it's not going to shear through solid steel. Of course, a poleaxe will go through pretty easy, and even a dagger will kill if you push it through their visor...Just saying that head to head? There's a reason knights ruled the battlefields.

How many points does being demons that have more people and incredible fighting skills cost? 2? Really? Only 2? Especially considering the only diplomacy will really be between you guys? I think an unarmed teen vs. a trained soldier being equal is kinda ridiculous, tbh. But, anyway. GWG's game, just interested to see how things turn out.

On another note, chinese crossbows vs. Mongolian recurve bows(not longbows) is different than Genovese Crossbows vs. English Longbows.