Prince Aladdin Quest (Disney Villains Almost Victorious)

Koraan · May 10, 2021

GrayGriffin said:
If they've actually forgotten about us that might also affect us trying to recruit Iago, since they'd have less reason to trust us with him.

You know, how I have an idea. Maybe in that timeline that girl, who freed sandwitches, fell in love with Jasmine, instead of Al?!

After reading reports:

TempestK said:
practically adopting a young boy she encountered as her younger brother

Though, maybe this time that was a boy, not a girl.

bigking321 said:
Um... isn't this a call of cthulhu thing!?!

force200 said:
Oh shit!

DaOneInDaCorner said:
... nevermind. Now is a perfect time to panic.

Yep. Indeed. Exactly.
Guys, who in favor of quick space program under the motto "Screw that planet, we're out!"?

jwolfe_beta said:
[] Plan Birds and Snooping

I like that one. Though, I'd prefer to switch Al's personal from Diplomacy to Stewardship or Martial, we have good Diplo Advisor, and our Mart and Stew... not as good, at least in term of numbers.
But you made a miscalculation here:

jwolfe_beta said:
DC: 55 (+25 Scherezade+17 Aladdin=+42) DC 30

55-25-17=13

edit: ~~[] Plan Birds, Snooping~~
Sorry, those two plans have similar names, and I made a mistake.
[X] Plan Birds and Snooping

Black.Horus · May 10, 2021

Marlin said:
I believe that plan damages us economically.

As long as there is no other plan involving going to Agrabah. I am not budging.

I am more interested in narrative quality of the story. With the fiasco last turn and the concerning news about Agrabah along with no obvious direct threats to Ababwa in sight. It just feels Weird for Al to not visit Jasmine to at least check on her.

bigking321 · May 10, 2021

Hmmm... my thoughts.

Martial. We have a rare beast hanging around for 3 turns. That kinda locks in look for beasts for me.

Stewardship. I'd prefer to try the Agrabah trade agreement again just to get more connections to them especially with stuff definitely happening there. Not going to be a deal breaker if other people don't want it though.

Diplomacy. Iago. Just Iago.

Intrigue. Spys in Agrabah. We have to figure out what's happening there.

Learning. I'd go heart shaped herb myself but there are a lot of options and I'm not locked in on any of them in particular.

Occult. Honestly, I want golden afternoon. Everything else is basically look for more actions. I want to get something concrete. It will help our advisor and if we succeed we can take the talk to advisors personal and see if we can get them to reveal themselves and unlock some specialist traits. And no matter what I have faith that the benefits we would get from golden afternoon would be worth the cost.

Personal actions. Meh I'm not overly attached to any of them so no deal breakers here. The vist/correspond with Jasmine seem fairly important this round so here's hoping for good rolls whatever we pick.

Koraan · May 10, 2021

bigking321 said:
Stewardship. I'd prefer to try the Agrabah trade agreement again

DC 85. With +15 Sinbad and +11 Aladdin we need to roll 59+.
You want to have a chance to make things better. I understand your position. But didn't you think that another failure (that will be very likely even if omake-writers will add +15) will make things even worse? I don't think we desperate enough to bet on cointoss .

Thozmp · May 10, 2021

[X] Plan Birds and Snooping

trent8688 · May 10, 2021

[X] Plan Birds and Snooping

Swedish15 · May 10, 2021

[X] Plan: Keep Your Friends Close

Marlin · May 10, 2021

[X] Plan Birds and Snooping

I'm changing my vote then, I don't want to split the vote.

@jwolfe_beta don't forget to add Xs.

bigking321 · May 10, 2021

Koraan said:
DC 85. With +15 Sinbad and +11 Aladdin we need to roll 59+.
You want to have a chance to make things better. I understand your position. But didn't you think that another failure (that will be very likely even if omake-writers will add +15) will make things even worse? I don't think we desperate enough to bet on cointoss .

Yes? That's why I had the second part of what you quoted.

bigking321 said:
Stewardship. I'd prefer to try the Agrabah trade agreement again just to get more connections to them especially with stuff definitely happening there. Not going to be a deal breaker if other people don't want it though.

Edit:

Sigh. I'd prefer it if it went for golden afternoon but oh well.

[X] Plan Birds and Snooping

mangawriter77 · May 10, 2021

[X] Plan: Keep Your Friends Close

argonlyzard · May 10, 2021

[X] Plan: Keep Your Friends Close

jwolfe_beta · May 10, 2021

Marlin said:
don't forget to add Xs.

Different time zone. The voting opened after I went to sleep.

[] Plan Birds and Snooping
-[][Martial] Have the hunters look for warbeasts specifically
DC: 70/80/90/100 ( (+10 Ahmed+16 Aladdin+27 Will=+56) DC 14/24/34/44
Cost: 1000 gold
-[][Stewardship] Friends in Deed
DC: 45 (+15 Sinbad+11 Aladdin=+26) DC 19
Cost: 1,000 Gold
-[][Diplomacy] If you Give a Parrot a Job...
DC: 55 (+25 Scherezade+17 Aladdin=+42) DC 13
Cost: 2000 Gold
-[][Intrigue] Send spies to Agrabah to discreetly keep an eye on things
DC: 55 (+20 Haroud+27 (maybe +20) Aladdin=+47/67 DC 8 or autopass
Cost: 1500 Gold
-[][Learning] Over Hill and Dale
DC: 40 Autopass
Cost: 1500 Gold
-[][Occult] Hidden Hollows and Gilded Glens
DC: 60 (+30 Mage+12 Aladdin=+42) DC 18
Cost: 2000 Gold
-[][Personal] A Cover is not the Book
DC: 15/95 (Aladdin +17) Autopass/DC 78
-[][Personal] Correspond with Jasmine
DC: 1
-[][Will Personal] A Strong Back
--[][Martial] Have the hunters look for warbeasts specifically

Edit: new version of the plan on a later page.

TempestK · May 10, 2021

Marlin said:
@TempestK I'd like an answer to the below question.

Can I use "Now Hiring" to focus on all the Setrep territories near Ababwa? Or do I have to focus on a divide between Ababwa, north setreps, and south setreps?

The latter. Different areas will have different things going on.

TheGleeman · May 10, 2021

[X] Plan: Keep Your Friends Close

TempestK · May 10, 2021

Surprisingly close vote so far. Also, I'd like to thank each and every one of you that's been reading, voting and participating. I think this has been one of my most successful and well-received projects on this site so far. You're all absolutely brilliant people.

Detroy42 · May 10, 2021

[X] Plan Birds and Snooping

sounds like this is the best at the moment.

POTDL · May 10, 2021

[X] Plan Birds and Snooping

jwolfe_beta · May 10, 2021

My biggest problem with Friends Close is the 15,000 Gold price tag for 'Golden Afternoon'. It's a useful action to be sure and we will want to do it eventually, but at the moment we simply don't have the gold reserves and income to pull it off.

Our current income is 8,500 and if you look at the majority of the 'cheaper' actions (aside from those that don't cost anything) they're in the 1000 to 2000 range. It would take ~3 turns not spending anything to get back the gold spent on GA with the upkeep increase, and we would be spending gold on various actions during that time.

On another matter:
@TempestK
Does sending heroes on adventures have any effect on them being able to do personal actions for the turn etc?

bigking321 · May 10, 2021

TempestK said:
Also, I'd like to thank each and every one of you that's been reading, voting and participating.

No problem.

It's got a really interesting premise as a setting, same as doofquest, but you've given it a different twist by making it classic and having the villains nearly win.

You've put effort and world building into it so it's fun and interesting to be involved in.

TempestK · May 10, 2021

jwolfe_beta said:
Does sending heroes on adventures have any effect on them being able to do personal actions for the turn etc?

If they're sent on an adventure that burns up a personal action. It's not only the travel time involved, but also research beforehand, and recovery both mental and physical afterwards. I will add that to the Adventure infopost.

bigking321 said:
You've put effort and world building into it so it's fun and interesting to be involved in.

Thanks so much!

jwolfe_beta · May 10, 2021

TempestK said:
If they're sent on an adventure that burns up a personal action. It's not only the travel time involved, but also research beforehand, and recovery both mental and physical afterwards. I will add that to the Adventure infopost.

Figured it would be something like that. Like talking, adventures are not a free action.

Paddywagon Man · May 10, 2021

[X] Plan: Keep Your Friends Close

bigking321 · May 10, 2021

Wait... why is plan keep your friends close doing cats in the cradle instead of looking for the rare beast that's only here for 3 turns?

If that's what you guys want to do, that's fine, no problem. I'm just curious what the reason is for it.

DaOneInDaCorner · May 10, 2021

Had a thought. But all of the people in this setting/edition of DVV are relatively low-tech, all things considered. Exceptions exist yes, but even the Atlantis tech seems based on "magical crystals" of a sort, and isn't well understood by the people who utilize the tech nowadays.

With that said, are we, Ababwa, partially locked in terms of technology? Or are we able to achieve massive scientific and technological projects that would inevitably put us on par with factions from the Gridlocked edition? And if that's a yes... can enemy factions achieve the same if they so wish? My mind points towards Atlantis in that regard of course, since Maleficent and the Horned King for example are more likely to focus on magical rather than scientific pursuits.

jwolfe_beta · May 10, 2021

DaOneInDaCorner said:
With that said, are we, Ababwa, partially locked in terms of technology? Or are we able to achieve massive scientific and technological projects that would inevitably put us on par with factions from the Gridlocked edition? And if that's a yes... can enemy factions achieve the same if they so wish? My mind points towards Atlantis in that regard of course, since Maleficent and the Horned King for example are more likely to focus on magical rather than scientific pursuits.

Depends on if we manage to get our mitts on Gummi technology and/or Mechanicles's gear.

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