Kevin's Watch

Xar wrote:

Murrin wrote:My fellow players might want to take this as a lesson: Be very specific when sending your commands to Xar. I did not want the slaughter of innocents. In fact, when I'm told that on average most 'cities' in this game only contain a few hundred followers, and I'm told that a god has built two fortresses in the mountains - not cities - well, can someone tell me why I was wrong to assume they would be home to mostly military?

Fortresses don't necessarily mean that only the military is garrisoned there: they do need to survive somehow, and to be self-sufficient they still need manpower - in the form of civilians. Black Citadel and the other fortress were smaller than cities, more fortified, but still with civilians inside.

As for the command - I know that was not what you intended. But even the most devout soldiers have a tendency to go above and beyond the call of duty in the rage of war - just read up about the Crusades and see what zealous Christian knights did to the "infidels", even to women and children. There is precedent even in the real world for this sort of behaviour. Soldiers are, as an euphemism, a rough lot: during the pillaging or taking of a city, rapes, looting, slaughter, and so on are to be expected, no matter however zealous in their faith they are. Legend holds that when the Crusade took Jerusalem, the Crusaders entered the city in which blood reached their ankles... just to give an idea.

Remember: your people have their own minds (or lack thereof): they will obey your commands, especially if you power them with drps, but they might decide to go beyond them if they think they have permission to do so, if they get excited enough, or if at the very least they are not clearly forbidden from doing so.

Solus wrote:i'll chime in unless Xar has to correct something. You don't have to, but it will help, just as it would probably help if you sent someone more known and important to you than a random worshipper. It's a bit of a gamble, of course. But at worst, you risk nothing and stand to gain something.

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Kinslaughterer wrote:Well its that time of year again...The God of War's earthly persona has received his permits earlier than normal (truly a miracle). Given that I'll be leaving for some serious field work for nearly the most of the next 2 months and a couple of weeks in August as well. I'll be excavating and data recording at several sites in NW New Mexico and SW Colorado, which if anyone has been there can attest to it being a beautiful but lonely and assuredly internet poor region. It looks like I'm going to have to retire my deitiship for the time being. It was quite a bit of fun.
P.S. don't be good unless its in your portfolio!

Kin(s) aka Toringian, God of War

Murrin wrote:I know you're busy, Xar, so I'll understand if you don't have time, but is there a chance we might see an updated map soon? It's been a while.