Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
It's also the silliest, least useful of actual combat skills being tested. The prizes are really nice, even without the VS armor for the runners up.
A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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- Germany
We already own huge tracts of sparsely populated land and are actively colonizing more. We won't run out of space for the Legion.
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- Germany
I know, but small steps. Let the Westerosi have their horseback dick-waving contest for now.
I would still add the armor to the runner-up.
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I get that but... how do I explain it....it doesn't sit right with me that despite a legionaries being loyal to us all it takes for someone to own land is a tournament...it just doesn't feel right. Do you get where I am coming from? I know its purely emotional but still ...
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It's also the one most cultuerally valued by the westerosi, and the one that the most amount of knights will be skilled at. Giving it special prominence is a tiny concession when it comes down to it.
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Alright.
Okay, so assuming everyone who's given the option is going to ask for the very most:
Joust 1st Prize: Reinforced Segmented Valyrian Steel Fullplate -- 55 lbs, Valyrian Steel Greatsword -- 8 lbs, Valyrian Steel Horse Barding -- ??? lbs
Joust 2nd Prize: Reinforced Segmented Valyrian Steel Fullplate -- 55 lbs, Valyrian Steel Greatsword -- 8 lbs
Joust 3rd Prize: Valyrian Steel Greatsword -- 8 lbs
Melee 1st Prize: Reinforced Segmented Valyrian Steel Fullplate -- 55 lbs, Valyrian Steel Greatsword -- 8 lbs
Melee 2nd Prize: Valyrian Steel Greatsword -- 8 lbs
Melee 3rd Prize: Valyrian Steel Greatsword -- 8 lbs
Total: 213 lbs of Valyrian Steel, not including the Horse Barding.
That's... Huh. That's actually not too bad. @Goldfish @Azel if you want we can probably manage an armor for second place of the Melee and Joust.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
Now is as good a time as any to let them know that priorities have shifted somewhat.
As I mentioned earlier with the mage duels, in addition to that, we should also have the melee event done in the same manner. With the MirrorVision system in place, there could be several days with melee matches broadcast, with each fight being between two well-rested and undamaged fighters. That should attract a lot of repeat viewers and would be more exciting as well. We can just do away with the free-for-all completely.
Here's what I have for prizes right now. Prize money has been equalized across each event.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
I took off the VS armor from everyone but the 1st place winners. No more VS horse barding, either. It's been replaced with +1 armor instead.
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- United States
I know, it was just a point of reference for me.
In any case, we do have enough Valyrian Steel to hand out for propaganda here. It shouldn't hurt at all if we include second place of both the joust and the melee.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
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Any more ideas? Padding out the details somewhat with fluff would really help make for flavorful interludes later on.
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@Goldfish @Azel
An idea to give out more than four plots of land would be those tourney winners getting especially good and large parts of it. We could then offer smaller spots for 'men who distinguish themselves in and out of the tourney.' That would give a lot of ambitious knights hope that they could still get land even if they don't win the massive competition by swearing to us.
An idea to give out more than four plots of land would be those tourney winners getting especially good and large parts of it. We could then offer smaller spots for 'men who distinguish themselves in and out of the tourney.' That would give a lot of ambitious knights hope that they could still get land even if they don't win the massive competition by swearing to us.
Now's also not a great time for that, seeing as this whole thing is a PR focused event. We can give an inch here, it really doesn't matter.
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Alright, let's get the details out of the way.
This is our current stockpile, with the 92 lbs of Valyrian Steel spent on weapons gifted to approved faiths in Sorcerer's Deep already accounted for.
300 lbs is earmarked for the trip to Yi Ti, which then leaves us with 531 lbs.
We have plenty for our propaganda purposes, and even if we didn't, I deliberately didn't use up all the spiders for a reason. In the unlikely event that we run out, we can just make more Valyrian Steel.
This is our current stockpile, with the 92 lbs of Valyrian Steel spent on weapons gifted to approved faiths in Sorcerer's Deep already accounted for.
And this is what we're going to be using to forge the Harbinger.
That leaves 831 lbs of Valyrian Steel at our disposal.
300 lbs is earmarked for the trip to Yi Ti, which then leaves us with 531 lbs.
We have plenty for our propaganda purposes, and even if we didn't, I deliberately didn't use up all the spiders for a reason. In the unlikely event that we run out, we can just make more Valyrian Steel.
Algalon
Herald of the Titans
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- Celestial Planetarium
I'm not too enthusiastic with land price either. The (formerly) Disputed Lands and rest of the Hinterlands were barely developed. This is not the kind of environment where a Westerosi Knight would serve as decent overlord. The Essossi nobility, for all their corruption, were at least proper merchants. The Westerosi nobility on the other hand look down on trade and economics.
That aside, the updated gold prices seem rather low, don't they? It's not like we're hurting for money, so I think we can afford to be generous here. The higher the price money, the more people will be willing to risk the journey.
That aside, the updated gold prices seem rather low, don't they? It's not like we're hurting for money, so I think we can afford to be generous here. The higher the price money, the more people will be willing to risk the journey.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
That's exactly what I'm doing. Get out of my brain, Crake! There's scary shit in here, dude...
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Blood Sacrifice Monks or Sword Sages
Though why not both
You all know the idea of a entire order of blood magic kung fu fighters we terrorize others with appeals to your draconic sense of power and domination. Also if we ever become a God like thing then Blood Magic is going to be a domain or just Blood in general. We really are highly invested into blood sacrifice to the point that Viserys looks at all enemies in terms of how much is this one ritualy being killed worth?
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- United States
That's one of my main concerns, yeah. I don't want to end up hindering our own development with this.
Yeah, the prizes definitely need to have their cash raised. Not obscene Robert levels, but definitely more than they are.
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- Germany
*looks at population*
Take 100,000 IM and invite others to chime in to show their wealth and generosity. Bragging rights.
That sounds cute, but will come off as silly in practice. I would rather let Glyra loose on the cities to do something like this at her iwn discretion.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
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- USA
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- United States
And that would seriously hamper them if they were trying to set in a Free city and become a merchant, but that's not what we're asking of them. What we want is exactly what knights have been doing for centuries, set up farmers and villages while policing the land and enforcing their Lord's authority, as well as being high-quality troops in times of war. Not having a comprehensive understanding of trade or respect for economics isn't actually that big a deal in this regard, this ain't going to significantly hamper our development.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
I've increased the prize money to 5000 for 1st place, 3000 for 2nd, and 1500 for third for each category. Keep in mind that prior to our rediscovery of the method to create Valyrian Steel, the stuff was almost priceless in Westeros. We're also giving out a lot of enchanted gear, too, all of it very hard to come by elsewhere. If someone is capable of placing in the top three positions, they're already formidable, so giving them basic adventurers gear on top of that is a serious prize that significantly enhances their prowess.
As for the land, the former Disputed Lands are no longer disputed. They're going to be developed by us in the coming months and years. Getting a nice piece of that now can't hurt, and the good-sized chunk of prize money would allow them to set up shop, build a home, hire workers, etc.
Crake
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
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- USA
Also we have direct rule bonuses. If we direct stimulus into their fiefdom with intent to improve the land and develop the region, one, we can write laws to ensure that land rights allow the transition from "hamlets surrounding a holdfast policing the area" into "several townships and a major settlement with multiple burgeoning businesses" years down the line.