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    Quote Originally Posted by Spahrep View Post
    I like this guy, he's insane :P
    Thank you Spahrep. ;-)
    Though I haven't been a Dungeon Master for eons the world building persists.
    It's sort of therapy anyway. This is my kooky thoughts outlet sparing my noble kingdom from kingdom forum spam.
    This is a kingdom of stereotypical desegregation. ;-) " Orc can't hold acres " etc.
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    http://www.koboldpress.com/k/front-p...p#.UbJildiOmSI <--- great read for kingdom building :P
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    Age 55 TFC - Faery Warrior - Triple Crown (acres,nw,honor) <Unicorn Stampede>
    Age 56 TFC - Faery Warrior <Fen of the Unicorn>
    Age 57 TFC - Elf Mystic - 1st TFC Prince :P (S) <Rarity>
    Age 58 HRS (S) - Elf Mystic <Space Truckin - Deep Purple>
    Age 59 HRS (M) / AC (M) Faery Merchant <Cantaloupe>
    Age 60 AC (council) - Human Sage <Cerulean Frost>
    Age 60b Simians - Orc Tact <Cerulean Frost Rebooted>
    Age 61 - Silly Pink Ghetto Cats - Dwarf Merchant <Starship Unicorn Express>
    Age 62 - A Ghetto - Human Sage - 1M+ nw <Cerulean Unicorn Adventure>
    Age 63 - Another Ghetto
    Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Riix, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed.

    -- The opinions/rants do not represent my kingdom or its affiliates, only me, and i have a lot of them.

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    Thank you.
    In my time I've played D&D, Aftermath, Stormbringer, Call of Cthulu, Starfleet Battles, Champions, Top Secret, Bushido, Car Wars, and a number of others. I use to love world building, just no time as my hobbies pile up with dust.
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    The utility of speed: It's been discounted by the larger community.
    My curiosity is driven by my limited experience with speed in Utopia. Let's think universally, at least gaming.
    Speed doesn't win but think of the sports that being the fastest constitutes a factor: NASCAR, hockey, boxing, football, etc.
    Speed in roleplaying games: Champions, D&D, Starfleet Battles, Car Wars, Bushido, etc.
    The obvious factors are strategic initiative and recovery, volume of uniques and viable ambush.
    For these reasons alone I see no reason to discard avian tactician. I've played avian tactician and think the thing works. It's been a couple ages and I've grown in experience since. I'll get my chance again and see for myself.
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    And on to organization. IMHO all should be involved to express concerns, but each unit of 8 would have a leader/councilman/woman. The steward assigned to the least effective/experienced unit. The titles are aimed at simplicity as a kingdom may have "A" personalities in any position. Steward in this case refers to the strategic general of combined operations overseeing the war and oow logistics. Monarch is ideally a diplomacy ace: will dictate conduct and final word in kingdom relationships.
    A disciplined learn/plunder/theft doctrine can be relaxed as players demonstrate a responsibility level in smart targeting.
    Each learn/plunder for kingdom strength. The idea here being to keep the science challenged along with the better oow personalities. Plunder to strengthen areas of leverage or weakness like TB, training and dragon horde.
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    OR! Learn from the best. Recently, I spent time in the most formidable kingdom I've ever been part. Think of the worst ghetto you can imagine, but the players are incredible and they stick together. I'd say sticking together despite utter chaos is a very important lesson. I love the sophisticated order this virtual kingdom can execute. You can however give entropy its just due and be very effective. Mind you, the kingdom I speak of had the full array of races and finished in the top 20. Yeah, a few more humans, but all races accounted. The feeling was sink or swim which really feeds your individual aggression and resourcefulness. Say what you will about effort, these guys weren't even trying. A freeing experience I'm honored to have had.
    *to further convince you, this kingdom had no more than 20 provinces and was deep top 20 NW and land. So maybe you gotta be good. ;-)
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    It hasn't gotten past me that this kingdom strat appears to be light on heavy attackers. Experience has taught me to have faith in the softer side of this build. Seeing impressive human attackers and bottom feeding economy personalities my intuition is that this is workable. Looking forward to some challenging wars this age, I can compare what we have and parallel those functions.
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    D&D Parallels:
    I'm inclined to look at the various personality/race combinations much in the light of D&D 4th edition. There is some intuitive shifting one might do to draw correlation. For instance, I find the undead cleric best relates to the dwarf earth warden. This can dictate build strat as I see this as a defender roll. Attack is primal with none of the modifiers we see in other classes, but the build is tough. This stacker combo works toward attacking those that threaten your econo-t/m provinces, HA specialists or basically anyone that requires defensive engagement. Yours is a diet of giving as much as you get.
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    D&D Parallels:
    Avian tactician by my interpretation mimics the elf archer-ranger. This is a fast aggressive build that takes the fight to the enemy heavies. Befuddling speed and ambush immunity make this a hard shot even to the vaunted avian cleric. Like D&D after the avian tactician/elf archer-ranger deals it's striker damage the undead cleric takes over to occupy the damaged foe. The undead cleric build, again emphasizing durability, is a trump match to avian cleric. Plague, elite generation, and lower losses are my foundation for this assessment.
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    D&D Parallels:
    Elf mystic is somewhat enigmatic in comparison, but is best compared to warlock sporting sorcerer offensive efficiency. This isn't a mobile build like warlock. It is the job of the elf to be the magical striker; a bit sniper, a bit howitzer. Elf can operate in a semi-fighter role using it's magic to further military endeavor. At it's most specialized it presents the surgical scope to deal with any build short of stalemating another elf mystic.
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    D&D Parallels:
    The most similar in build and capability are the halfling rogue and halfling rogue. lol. This is your martial striker. Efficient and reliable in it's own skin with a little trouble in practice. At first appearing independent, but ultimately a team symbiotic.
    Like the elf this is a combination that can scrap the intentions of your enemies from the inside out. Capable of some attack capability I'm inclined to join kingdoms that have representation of this potent build.
    Last edited by StratOcastle; 30-06-2013 at 20:26.
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    D&D Parallels:
    Human merchant is your half-elf bard. This build offers a myriad of support. From attack capability, aid, ops and sabotage on soft targets the human merchant is the oil that makes the machine run smoothly. The merchant personality is gifted with bonuses that allow resources to be distributed where a nudge may be needed. This is a build that looks meh from the stat sheet that delivers when the rubber hits the road. Complex to my simple mind and a boon to the intellectual.
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    D&D Parallels:
    Dwarf war hero is your elf swordmage. This is one with deceptive gifts widely misunderstood, but I'll give it a try. A softer attacker with core independence. This is the build that least strains your aid strategy and can contribute advantage under conditions of war. A support defender that can zero enemies for undead cleric or buffer attacks aimed at your specialists. Scenarios would include knocking enemies out of max gains vs avian tactician and the ability to engage undead. This is a positioning strat that requires the ability to measure enemy threat levels.
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    D&D Parallels:
    Orc warrior is comparable to dragonborn fighter very much in the way our fighters engaged mages. This strat can flourish when the gloves are off. It is the orc warriors job to break the UB, initially crumple big HA, and make oow plunder profitable. Part of a sequential HA triad, orc warrior/avian tactician/undead cleric, this build is the spearhead. Orc warrior is, with elf mystic and halfling rogue, the physical side to the deep breakers as well. Perhaps the most underrated of the archetypes. The spell list punctuates the poleax this combination represents.
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    D&D Parallels:
    The faery sage occupies the gray area of elf Druid and invoker. This build is your Super Space Control Ship as the Kzinti Dreadnaught is to Starfleet Battles. The idea is to offer general control over non-military sectors. Your capabilities are medium to strong support to the specialists like elf mystic, halfling rogue. Aid is another facet of this combination. You belong to the triad of dwarf war hero/faery sage/human merchant: the cog that drives the wheel.
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    Correct me then, instead of being a dick about it.
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