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Who Needs Harmony?: An MLP Empire Quest

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Questor said:
I Work Out: Your wife is…ok, there's no beating around the bush here, your wife could probably break you in half with her bare talons. And while that's not a bad thing at all, you have to admit that you feel a little…inadequate when standing next to her. She's intelligent and attractive, and most importantly, your Queen! You think she deserves a husband that can at least stand a chance against her in an arm wrestling match. There's only one solution to this: start exercising regularly. Cost: 0. Time: One Year. Reward: Increased martial stat, chance to gain Strong Trait, chance to improve Gabriella's opinion of you. Chance of Success: 70%
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Should probably be "Brawny", unless working out somehow changes our DNA.
 
[X]Plan Allies and Knights

Exactly what I want in a plan really. I like the leading one but I don't see the point of Diamond dog contact when we could better relations with the league instead. I might switch if I'm convinced or another less favorable plan looks like it could win.

As for the Try diplomacy option, I agree with the argument by somebodynobody about looking like a peacemaker in the saber rattling but I think it would be a better choice with closer relations to the league from the other diplo actions first.​
 
masterofmadness said:
[X]Plan Allies and Knights

Exactly what I want in a plan really. I like the leading one but I don't see the point of Diamond dog contact when we could better relations with the league instead. I might switch if I'm convinced or another less favorable plan looks like it could win.

As for the Try diplomacy option, I agree with the argument by somebodynobody about looking like a peacemaker in the saber rattling but I think it would be a better choice with closer relations to the league from the other diplo actions first. ​
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Problem here is that any increased relations with other factions causes King Blowhard to Trigger harder, meaning he might go and declare war before we are prepared for it anyway.
 
Somebodynobody10 said:
Problem here is that any increased relations with other factions causes King Blowhard to Trigger harder, meaning he might go and declare war before we are prepared for it anyway.
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See I think this is the area we differ in opinion, I don't think that. I think that we can increase relations without him going to war because he has never shown himself to be diplomatically sensitive. The only time he protests is when it involves troops and is seemly militarily focused to a degree of blindness. Brochard is likely to write off us "Smoozing with our fellow merchants" or whatever negative stereotype we play into. Because of that we can advance our campaign of diplomatic isolation safely and do the action next turn with better results.
 
Its mostly comes from the incoming war with Aquelia. If we win, it will be possible to bring in both wingbardy and Aquelia. The Feathasians will probably settle for some vassel like state as long as they can keep a semblance of independence.

At least thats how i see it.
 
possible combo action:
Stewardship I'm a lumberjack
Personal Painting the forest red


On the extending a peace offer... really it's win-win situation.
a success, we defuse that piticular problem, and but us a few turns before it becomes a problem again.
A failer, well, we know the reasons they are so mad at us, know how to paint them as clear aggressosrs in case of war.

Really, the point of doing the talks at this point is not to succeed at it, but rather being able to say we tried to everyone else, strengthening our diplomatic situation with everyone else. and gaining information one why the aquillerians are takeing such an aggressive stance.
 
masterofmadness said:
See I think this is the area we differ in opinion, I don't think that. I think that we can increase relations without him going to war because he has never shown himself to be diplomatically sensitive. The only time he protests is when it involves troops and is seemly militarily focused to a degree of blindness. Brochard is likely to write off us "Smoozing with our fellow merchants" or whatever negative stereotype we play into. Because of that we can advance our campaign of diplomatic isolation safely and do the action next turn with better results.
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Questor said:
Feathersians for Free Trade: Ignoring complaints from King Brochard of Aquileia, several Feathersian city states have begun trading with his rival Griffonia, enriching both parties and raising questions about the supposedly neutral status of the alliance.
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There were complaints previously, albeit back then it didn't hurt our relations. If we start escalating our involvement even further - especially after Wingbardy, I see it likely that he will go all Triggered again.
 
[X] Try Diplomacy
We should at least try it once. If it fails, oh well, they look more like the aggressors. If we succeed we might be able to call off the war or at least delay it, giving us more time to gather allies and build up our army.
triumph8w said:
Its mostly comes from the incoming war with Aquelia. If we win, it will be possible to bring in both wingbardy and Aquelia. The Feathasians will probably settle for some vassel like state as long as they can keep a semblance of independence.

At least thats how i see it.
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Also depends how strongly they would view us as foreign occupiers. Eh, if a war happens and we win, we can deal with whatever comes up with the options given.
 
[X] Plan Lions, Canines and a Duke
-[X] Investigate the Smoky Mountains
-[X] The Lion's Den
-[X] Throw a Dog a Bone
-[X] Diggy Diggy Hole
-[X] Fungus Farming
-[X] Ocean Navigation Tools
-[X] I Work Out
-[X] Ingratiating the In-Laws
 
[X] Try Diplomacy
Adhoc vote count started by todbo on Dec 28, 2018 at 6:28 PM, finished with 58 posts and 24 votes.
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[X] Try Diplomacy

Of the plans I'll go with this one. Yes, trying to mend relations with Aquileia is one heck of a long shot but as long as we give at least the appearance of trying to settle things down/explain ourselves, we'll remain 'in the right' no matter how things pan out.
 
I just don't think it's worth doing something that will almost certainly fail just on the off chance we look good failing.
 
I just don't think our rival wound declare war on us this early. We are at cold relations not hostile. If it is that easy to get into a war then their was no reason to chose anything but the warrior king. I was hoping to play a different style of game not one where we have to go around beating everyone over then head.
 
Tally time.
Adhoc vote count started by Raptor580 on Dec 28, 2018 at 7:12 PM, finished with 64 posts and 26 votes.
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Adhoc vote count started by Raptor580 on Dec 28, 2018 at 8:18 PM, finished with 70 posts and 28 votes.
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