Akaoni
3002
I am suffering from a visit of the sisters in law today, and so I postponed the host by just a few hours.
Take advantage of it if you want!
ah, the dreaded summon in-laws spell…
Hope it didn’t cost too many death gems or blood slaves
Akaoni
3005
New Patch notes!
Summon In Laws (2B, 1 D)
Requires 2 blood slaves, generally labelled “Punk who married my darling girl” or “Gold digging trollop.”
The spell summons the entities known as In Laws, a feared Horror type that wreaks havoc on feasts and tranquility. Wherever they travel they leave a trail of unrest and death in their wake. If cast in a Mountain or Waste province, the caster can use more blood slaves (known as “Utah brides”) to summon a random increase in the number of In Laws.
In Laws can be given orders like a normal commander type. However, they only stay for a random, short period of seasons. Items given to them are then treated as cursed and cannot be returned.
In Laws are considered immortal in the casters dominion. They travel randomly, with a slight preference for provinces high in Growth or Resources.
Caster takes one year of aging damage. This spell is generally only cast in dire circumstances, or when the caster is suffering from Insanity. If cast in a high Luck dominion, the caster might gain a gems or gold.
Illwinter is considering a random event where the spell is cast after a province experiences nine months of Growth dominion.
BTW, turns are up.
Strato
3006
I have to ask: How is Berytos? Did Buttercup go out in a blaze of glory?
Berytos soldiers on, mostly thanks to the quality of those castles. I’m trying to remember what exactly happened to Buttercup. I remember the AI decided to break out of Berytos, which worked briefly and Buttercup laid waste to a good number of my cavalry and archers. He (she?) died in the next battle though when I put the capital back under siege. I think I got a paralyze spell off fairly early and that’s what did it, but I might not remember it right. I think Akaoni got a look at the battle too.
Oh and there’s still that annoying wasteland fort too. My troops kept starving before I could break down the gates, and then Agartha decided to show up and crash my party.
That summon in laws spell is genius by the way.
Kelan
3008
This game end really was already written before I joined in, wasn’t it ;).
Akaoni
3009
Kelan, it is too early to declare an Agartha win in this game. And since I have a grand total of two scouts (they keep getting mind hunted), I cannot agree with Ot that Buttercup was kicking butt. I did not see any of those battles…
Kelan
3010
Bah! You sure?!
I am just amazed at how many gems Pelagia can burn each turn. The gap between our nations in power is pretty evident.
Akaoni
3011
Well, Pelagia has, as far as I can tell, all 3 Queens of Water, 3 Air Queens, 2 earth and 2 fire kings, large numbers of vine ogres, and at least 3 kitted out Melee Pearl Kings.
This does not count the underwater stuff, thats just the stuff on the surface. And he has Mother Oak up, which helps. There is a reason why Sauromantia allied with him, and everyone else (Sorta? Maybe?) is against him.
I feel sorry for Evil Steve, because EA Ryleh got their much needed buff patch…on turn 64.
Oh here we go, its another anti-Pelagia whinge. Yawn. :)
Lets have a look around. I can see a posse of Cons 9 Poison Golems with Cons 8 items and Alt 9 buffs. Must be about 200+ gems of ‘stuff’ kitting out those things. Oh wait, that isn’t Pelagia.
And look at those lovely Conj 9 Tartarians. Scary. Oh wait, that isn’t Pelagia either.
And theres double digit numbers of Niefel Jarls, Arch Devils, Frost Devils, Mecha Devils flying around, all fully kitted. Nice. Oh wait, that isn’t Pelagia either!
And you guys are complaining about VINE OGRES!?!? A CONJ 4 SUMMON!?!?!? Seriously :)
In fact, you guys had better watch out, or I’ll summon some cave grubs or sea dogs to beat up your level 9 SCs ;)
Akaoni
3014
Fully kitted out Niefel Jarls? Well, maybe a couple. The rest have to make do with the numerous Frost Brands we have lying around here. And double digit Arch Devils? Really? My propaganda is working! MUAHAAHAHAHA!!!
Who has Tartarians?
Mecha devils, now thats interesting…
Tartarians are news to me too.
I would be happier with fewer Niefel Jarls in the world though.
Hmmm, just noticed theres still an Agartha Legion of Gods running around too.
Summon Animals should beat it easily, right? :)
Hey! Who you calling animals, eh? We’re the Fae! I’m thinking sprites ;)
Nicely played Akaoni, I didn’t see arrow fend plus mass flight coming even though I probably should have. Back to the drawing board for sure…
Akaoni
3019
I haven’t had a chance to look at the turn yet, dang it. But thanks!
Now, if only Pelagia would bring an army close to me so I can try the same tactic on him. Oh wait, I saw him use that against Berytos…flying vine ogres made for a comical scene.
Side note - I made it to turn 70! Woot! This is the 1st Dominions MP game I’ve done that in (that wasn’t a compstomp/team game). I may not be winning, but I’m still around and doing some kicking. Even made it to Turn 50 in WildRide too. Maybe I’m starting to learn a bit about this game…
