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[Criptfeind]

Hemmed and hawed over my pretender for like a week but in the end just decided to go with one a bit different from what I've played before (probably terrible, but how wrong can you go with Na'ba anyway?) so I'm ready.

[Il Palazzo]

Well, we've heard from a1s that they're still mulling over their choice. But what about RexMundi? Are they still in? Do they know this thread exists?

[MCreeper]

Well, we've heard from a1s that they're still mulling over their choice. But what about RexMundi? Are they still in? Do they know this thread exists?

Well, i PMed him some time ago (not that it would really help), but to no response. We will start once a1s is in, don't think there is any point in waiting for him further.

[a1s]

I have chosen Abysia. Let's start.

[MCreeper]

Game started, and here i am, the only one with default pretender name. Pretender itself may also be most boring. 

[Il Palazzo]

So, I hear Ysians are up to no good. Just sayin'.

[Criptfeind]

Saying Elves are up to no good is tautology.

[Il Palazzo]

A truth is worth repeating. And what truth can be more truthful than warning against the conniving wiles of Ys-men. They are so... wet. And gaudy. And shifty. Nothing like a giant. A giant is dependable, solid. Wearing green tights. Vote to make Valanis gigantic again.

[E. Albright]

LIES! I assure you, of all the nations who are up to no good, it is an objective geographical fact that we are up to less than anyone but the stygian newts.

I think I may have chosen the wrong bless of the two I was waffling between. Ah, well.

No one else is gonna do the breakdown? All right, here it is:

• Mictlan: EuchreJack, the Most High, the Hidden One, Goddess of the Healing Arts, Symbol of Unchallenged Victory
• Argartha: current mood: useless bisexual, God of the Wild Cows, the Unmoving Master, God of the Forest, the Destroyer
• Abysia: Scribbles, Lord of Nature, King of Kings
• C'tis: Obligatory Shrek References, Keeper of the Gardens of Delight, Lady of Flowers and Spring, Bull of the Storms
• Phlegra: Cockheaded Trouser Snake, the Vessel of Might, Dispenser of Fate, Great Defender, God of Dirt
• Ind: Mormigol, Shining Boat of Heaven, the Burning Soul, Prince of Many Names, King of Navigation
• Na'Ba: The Name of God, Opener of the Ways, the Morning Star, the Evening Star, King of the Sacred Eye
• Ys: Rouanez-Vamm Gloar, Rider of the Clouds, the Embracer, She who Embraces

Thrones are Pantokrator, Sun, Shattered, Creation, Destiny, and Splendour. Two of those are pretty awful to claim, but the other four are hawtsome, in a purely liturgical sense. Only one is in the north (but waaaaay north, on top of a mountain), and two are underwater. Oh, and one of the three in the south is up on top of a mountain. This is gonna be ugly, geographically speaking.

[E. Albright]

Of these, there's a few obvious truths. Whole lotta nature gods. A couple of us are really pretty uncreative in our spheres of influence - wait, I'm one of those... uh, I mean, a couple of us are truly devoted to what's most important in life, like hugz.

Not much divine disagreement compared to some conflicts - a bit of squabbling over who exactly embodies the true nature of bovinity seems like the most purely theological dispute we're seeing.

By pure deductive wit, I have concluded that Phlegra is without doubt led by a demilich.

[USEC_OFFICER]

I appreciate how Dominions 5 lets us host climatic battles between Rouanez-Vamm Gloar, The Name of God, Cockheaded Trouser Snake and current mood: useless bisexual.

Also, the majority of test games I ran placed me in the same province, and when they didn't it was in a nearby one. So of course I get stunted across the entire map for the actual game.

[EuchreJack]

I hate you all.
Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Turn Up!

[Criptfeind]

I appreciate how Dominions 5 lets us host climatic battles between Rouanez-Vamm Gloar, The Name of God, Cockheaded Trouser Snake and current mood: useless bisexual.

Also, the majority of test games I ran placed me in the same province, and when they didn't it was in a nearby one. So of course I get stunted across the entire map for the actual game.

Yeah, unless you run the test games with all the correct nations the spawning will almost never work out right in the test game compared to the real game since attempts to spread out people tends to overwhelm starting bias. Even if you run with the right number of players if you use the wrong nations it might not work out since other peoples starting bias can overwhelm your own.

Of these, there's a few obvious truths. Whole lotta nature gods. A couple of us are really pretty uncreative in our spheres of influence - wait, I'm one of those... uh, I mean, a couple of us are truly devoted to what's most important in life, like hugz.

I think it just makes sense that if you're going to be a star in the morning, you'll also be a star in the evening.

[EuchreJack]

I have submitted my CUNNING STRATEGY.  Beware your doom!

And now we are on Turn Three OF MY CUNNING PLAN

[Criptfeind]

Man, I didn't realize internalize the throne placements this game until this turn, but damn, that's pretty lopsided. This really is Ys game to loose, 2 thrones pretty much uncontested and they only need to kill 1-2 land nations in the bottom left to get the other 2 they need to win. That's a very quick and relatively easy path to victory right there. Whereas the southern people are going to need to at least manage to go under water vs Ys in order to win, and the northerners need to basically own the whole map before they win.