Pantheon: The Third Age - Rules and Comments Thread

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:02 am

I'm dying to read the cryptic hints for the upcoming turn.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:47 am

There's one.

And I'd like to say a few things.

1) What caam did with her character is the biggeest surprise I've had in three games!! Unbelievable!!! Quite a thing to rewrite her in such a way, to such a degree!!

2) But what caam wanted and what Calais wanted seem to be very different things. Calais screamed in horror and pain, eh? Which is why Zephyr must do something about it. His sister didn't choose this, just because caam did. So, despite what I think of caam's move, Zephyr feels otherwise, more than somewhat.

3) You folks can't imagne how difficult it was to keep quiet the last month!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!!!!

But here's what happened... Within moments of the post where Calais becamse Vashitva, I decided what I was going to do. But a decent amount of Pantheon is played OOC, eh? Truly, I wish none of us ever knew who was playing which deity. I wish it was all IC. But it's not. So Fist had to back up what Zephyr said. Fist had to disappear, so I wouldn't seem all happy about things. And Fist couldn't contradict what Zephyr said. When asked if I would return as another deity, I said, "I couldn't stay away from Pantheon if my life depended on it." True enough, eh?

But the great deception (Zephyr's Gambit

) was the plan from Day 1. Xar was worried about me not posting, and called me on the phone two days after Calais became Vashitva. I told him then what I was going to do. I told him I would not post as Fist that Zephyr was Unbinding, because I couldn't actually lie OOC in order to make my IC plan work, so I asked him to keep an eye on what I said. And I sent him Z's previous two posts several days before they were posted, so he'd know what was up. (The only exception was my txts with Pam. Despite my telling her OFTEN that I don't like to discuss the game OOC the way she does, she keeps at it. She asked me point-blank so many times that I had to come out and tell her that yes, Z was Unbinding. But, of all the players, she's the one whose reaction I *MOST* needed to be genuine. Couldn't have her being all giggly, and saying she knew some big secret, when she should have been upset that Zephyr was Unbinding. So...)

I'm telling you, folks, this has been a hell of a month for Fist and Zephyr!

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:51 am

Zephyr wrote:Yes, this is my way of saying that everything I've said and done since Calais died has been a sham.

God damnit, I had my damn suspicions and I ignored them. I was too greedy to listen to them.

Well done, Fist. There has been some excellent roleplaying there, and I salute you.

Anyway, Nor Yekith is about to do something which may be his 'swan song'.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:54 am

Oh, one last thing. Fist, I noted you wrote something in Zephyr's latest post. I think you may have majorly understimated something . . .

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:24 am

I'm sure there's plenty of room for underestimating on my part. It's all a gamble, eh?

But we'll see how it plays out.

And thanks for the kind words. I had to go all out with it so you would ignore any suspicions. Heh.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:27 am

Fist and Faith wrote:And thanks for the kind words. I had to go all out with it so you would ignore any suspicions. Heh.

I think you gave me a massive lure and I really fell for it - not that really it means anything, because I just needed drps for something special this turn.

It does bring to my mind that I should have played my politics better this age. Nor Yekith does spend too much time worrying about Zephyr, given that his philosophies are not really at odds with Zephyr's. I should have been less obvious a villain, and more subtle.

Post by **Arcadia** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:46 am

Fist, you drove me crazy without any texting these past weeks!

Post by **Madadeva** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:04 pm

Well played, Fist! Well played indeed!!

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:57 pm

Although I do have to add one thing. I have to admit, Fist, that I find your game style odd

. You keep referring to the fact that you want your own part of Eiran where you can play without interruption (from other gods). Yet, you aren't prepared to let others have the same thing. To be honest, you were the instigator of the war this age - I just entered it because of the nature of the eclipse alliance. Your current reasoning is that Zephyr wants to attack Nor Yekith because of what he did to Calais. However, I was asked by her player to mutate her; not the other way around. I honestly wanted a cease fire between our gods because I just want to tell Nor Yekith's story.

Fist, I do want to keep playing Nor Yekith, but you have to accept that you cannot have it as your game and then attack other players. You cannot have it both ways.

If Nor Yekith is destroyed, and it's a big 'if', I will play another interesting deity next age. Just do not ask us to respect your idea - next age - of having your own corner of Eiran without having to deal with problems from other deities when you are the instigator of most conflict in the current age.

Please note that there was no anger in my writing this post. Nor frustration. I just wanted to point out something.

Kind regards.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:59 pm

Thanks, Creator.

caam, I drove myself crazy! :LOLS:

Our flurry of txts just now was fantastic!! Hehe.

Lore, I don't know... Mutating the heads off of folks so they'll be better slaves is a philosophy Z is pretty opposed to. Heh

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:02 pm

Fist and Faith wrote:Lore, I don't know... Mutating the heads off of folks so they'll be better slaves is a philosophy Z is pretty opposed to. Heh

What's wrong with mutating heads off people to be better slaves?

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:12 pm

Hmm... When you put it like that...

Post by **Arcadia** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:37 pm

Oh, yes. The mutation of Calais was my idea since I was so unhappy with her as a character. Lore was kind enough to agree to my request. I really had no direction for her as I hadn't planned her out well. This was a good way for her to rise like a Phoenix, as it were, and start anew.

Post by **Dorian** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:39 pm

Lore has a point Fist. the Void would have never attacked Zeph if he hadnt shown aggression towards Etz etc I have always found it odd how Zeph has played the victim when he was the antagonist

I had intended some roleplay with you over the last turn but when you announced your unbinding I didnt bother. Now Im a tad gutted it didnt get to happen.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:03 pm

Well, it's a matter of perspective, eh? Z definitely made the first physical move. But Ez simply was not going to be permitted to claim more forests than Z was, and not so much as allow Z to remove his followers from the newly claimed. Again, Z is the only one with a destroyable physical domain, so I don't expect anyone to understand what is necessary. But when the one claiming my domain won't negotiate in any way...

And I'm sure that, despite Nor Yekith's atrocities against Z's sister, the Void will, once again, consider Z the guilty party. Anybody here have a sister? But as Z said, bring it on!

And yeah, I was shocked at the thought that the Void was going to interact! I was looking forward to it! I wish it had happened before Z's announcement to Unbind, so I could have found out what it was about.

Post by **Dorian** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:10 pm

LOL The Eclipse isnt as functional as it once was. Nor Would need to convince the People of Inritus to retaliate. At the moment theyre happy to stay on Inritus and mind their own business

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:13 pm

Vashitva wrote:This was a good way for her to rise like a Phoenix, as it were, and start anew.

A shame you didn't ask our resident Phoenix deity instead, eh?

And Fist, even if you did play me like master, I am too happy about you remaining in the game to care...

Post by **Madadeva** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:29 pm

Madadeva wrote:BTW, challenges for us re: Watchies - best of Pantheon

Zephyr's Sacrifice Ruse

kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 829#708829

Slight change to prior post!!!

Post by **Arcadia** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:37 pm

It wouldn't have worked with o-gon-cho.O-gon_cho didn't have the right alignment. Calais was good for the most part. She would just have been more good. Calais would have been the same. She needed a drastic change to free her up and make her interesting again.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:55 pm

*nodding*

I do understand, although I still believe one can be interesting and remain "good." Even if cho isn't all good, necessarily.

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