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Author Topic: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort: Reclaimed, Again! (And Again)  (Read 172314 times)

varnish

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« Reply #495 on: December 21, 2011, 11:34:06 am »

((I don't remember writing most of that. Most of yesterday is a blur, in fact... oh well!))

From the Memoirs of Wilberforce Amber Ropenourished


Dear readers, I invite you to imagine the celebration that ensues when one breaks two sieges at once. I invite you to imagine it, as I don’t remember much other than the initial moments. The stockpiles of drink are quite depleted.

I do remember the nice little contest we set up in the arena built by the previous inhabitants. While the contest was small, it had its moments of glory and high humor. Unless the humor was low, I’ve never been sure of the difference between the two. I put a small amount down on the outcome, a friendly little wager. Now I only hope that the Scout’s memory has been as... muddled as my own.

We had placed a goblin thief, a flying head and one of those exceptionally angry badgers in the arena. The audience was gathered and the beasts duly released to do glorious battle with one another.



The badger struck first at the head, seeming to be offended by the very concept of flight.



Alas, its efforts were for naught, as the freakish head survived the assault and took flight, out of the arena itself (something we should have considered). This distraction enabled the goblin thief to claim victory. He fended off the rending teeth and claws of the badger, and struck it down with a single blow.



He was given his reward (in the form of silver crossbow bolts) and we all retired to the dining hall, myself having learned a valuable lesson. Never bet on the badger.

...........................

Next: Ghosts are (still) Problems.
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armeggedonCounselor

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« Reply #496 on: December 21, 2011, 01:34:34 pm »

Honey badger don't give a fuck.

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« Reply #497 on: December 21, 2011, 06:12:29 pm »

Well that arena fight was amusing. Hopefully we'll get a yak next time.
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort Thing
« Reply #498 on: December 21, 2011, 06:29:31 pm »

Well that arena fight was amusing. Hopefully we'll get a yak next time.

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« Reply #499 on: December 21, 2011, 10:48:54 pm »

Interesting note: elf merchants arrived at the same time as the siege, and were slaughtered. The one survivor? A yak, who was knocked into an dry pond. Hm...

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« Reply #500 on: December 22, 2011, 11:18:14 am »

You should totally rescue that yak. Who knows how useful he may be in the future...
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« Reply #501 on: December 22, 2011, 11:44:12 am »

((Perhaps.))

A Short Discussion on Ghosts

Ishar and Kogut were dining with Remalle, Peregar and Balnash, and Bayar. They weren’t dining in the dining hall, for various reasons; instead they’d got together in the old mayor’s office. They were united in mutual suffering.

“It’s the endless howling that gets to me."



"I go to the dining hall, the thing is there, howling away. I thought ghosts lived in hard to reach places that, you know, people never went to!”

“You’re lucky, man.” Balnash said. “I’ve got the same ghost following me wherever I go. I don’t even remember the bastard that well, and that doesn’t stop ‘im."



"I haven’t had a night’s rest since the day it started.” He turned to Remalle. “I wish you could carve a damn memorial for the guy and get it done with.”

“I told you, I can’t memorialize someone when I don’t remember a single thing about them! It doesn’t work that way. I don’t know why, but it doesn’t. I mean, how would you like it if you’d died, and I wrote on your slab “Balnash: He Sure Was a Person.”

“I wouldn’t like it at all, but mainly because of the dyin’ part.”

 “I guess the ghosts aren’t a real bad problem, compared to some of the other things around here.” Bayar put in.

“Oh yes”, Ishar said, a note of bitterness in her voice. “Ghosts aren’t that bad at all.”

“Hey, you know, you could say that the ghosts around here are ‘armless’! Eh?” The others stared at him.

“What?”

((My enthusiasm for the fort is at low ebb right now. Is it time to change things up a bit? I don't know.))
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort Thing
« Reply #502 on: December 23, 2011, 12:19:09 pm »


((My enthusiasm for the fort is at low ebb right now. Is it time to change things up a bit? I don't know.))

oh. That's not good.  :o

Whatever you change, it should be epic!
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort Thing
« Reply #503 on: December 23, 2011, 09:29:11 pm »

Do something crazy. Finish the bridge, then build a new fortress on the other side that leads to the underworld.
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort Thing
« Reply #504 on: December 24, 2011, 04:26:30 pm »

When the bridge is finished, rig it so that if the fortress is about to be taken over, have it so that one lever pull will collapse the bridge. Make a fortress underneath the bridge as well, hanging underneath it.
« Last Edit: December 24, 2011, 05:21:20 pm by jetex1911 »
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« Reply #505 on: December 24, 2011, 04:38:48 pm »

How far did you reach with the bridge itself? I imagine it's waaaaay far from finished.
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« Reply #506 on: December 24, 2011, 06:34:02 pm »

This picture is somewhat outdated, but shows how far there is to the opposite shore, sort of. It's hard to judge the distance.



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« Reply #507 on: December 24, 2011, 06:35:04 pm »

MMMMM..What kind of pie?
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« Reply #508 on: December 24, 2011, 06:40:31 pm »

MMMMM..What kind of pie?
PIE FLAVOUR PIE
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« Reply #509 on: December 24, 2011, 06:46:51 pm »

MMMMM..What kind of pie?

Apple!

And a kind of sweet/savory traditional pie that I can't remember the name of. It had apples, and chicken, and cabbage, and wine, and onion and other great things in it. And I made the crust with lard, because lard is best.

I did not make recursive pie.
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