195 - Forum Diplomacy Steel Rex

[HeadHoncho]

GN-WA

Mighty Red Mage,

I hope things are going well for you!  Requesting my final Ward from you, the GN emissary RO.  Please let me know if that works for you.

By the way, the Dwarven Army that the Ancient Ones mention is the 2DW group.  Just in case you are monitoring the others.

Many thanks!

Best,
Bottlenose

Just following up, thank you!

[mafmiller]

DA - RA

Good Brother,
I have not received a response from you regarding my last missive. I know the Large Ones and the Ruler of the Night Sky are keeping you busy, but I very much hope to hear from you soon. My generals are impatient for my orders.
To victory!,
Roris

[Netstrider]

WA -> GN, AN

Greetings Bottlenose and Old Men!

Confirming a ward on RO, done.

3DW will be beating their rocky little heads against an impenetrable series of domes on the village at JJ this turn. Thanks for the info on 2DW.

I have significant emmys in the Talking Mountains this turn. Do either of you have anything going on in GV, GS, FZ, or DS by any chance? Wouldn't want to get in your way or have you in mine

Red

[HeadHoncho]

GN-WA

Mighty Red Mage,

Thank you very much!

In terms of the population centers, I believe FZ and DS are untouched for the moment, but the Ancient Ones may have been planning to move on them, I will let him speak for them.

I am actually at GV and am basically guaranteed to take it, so my respectful request would be for you to look elsewhere on this one.

I am at GS as well, although I was prepared to give that up to the Ancient Ones, so I will happily concede it to whoever.

Right now, I just want to cement control which would seriously hamper any efforts by the Dwarves to return to Northern Runnimede, given our natural enemy status and his topping out at Suspicious. Once the threat has passed, I would happily share even more of the region.

Best,
Bottlenose

[Jumpingfist]

AN - WA

feel free to take what you like I will move away from the mountains this turn after I take the PC I am located at.

[Jumpingfist]

AN - WA/WI

If not to much trouble could one of you destroy the DW town at MW.

[DuPont]

TR-ALL
Noxious Vapus sat uncomfortably on the throne. He had never meant to rule; he had only ever wanted to be an adviser. That had all changed the day servants had come rushing to him as he was returning to the capital from a diplomatic mission.
"Chamberlain, Chamberlain!" they had shouted. "Big Fart, No Chief!"
Noxious Vapus had never discovered how the Witchlord had smuggled a magic amulet into the palace, but apparently it reacted with methane gas. Nobody knew who had let the fatal fart - it certainly had not been the flatulently disabled king, but whoever dealt it never had a chance to smell it.
It had been a horror since then - everybody looked to him and he had done his best to lead the people south, away from the raging conflict. The troops had been starving, but he had somehow kept them all together and now they had established a base of sorts. It was time to pivot from survival to something more.

GI We are sorry about your people who have been captured. We cannot afford to give them back for free, but if you would like to have them, perhaps you can come up with an offer? Some gold or declare us an ally and send some food?

RA, BL We have nothing against you. You are simply here and we have needs. If you don't want us to bash you, give us another target and fund us. We are for hire. We have big, big armies. We like to bash. We will bash for you or we will bash you. But we will bash.

[mafmiller]

DA - RA

Good Lothaedus,
I am happy to report a major victory over the Large Ones! The Drow legions sustained only about 4% losses, while the 2GI army suffered losses of 65%! We are now at his capital.
I do feel, though, that it would be in our best interests to coordinate a little more closely. Without your economic assistance last month (and as a result of several successful thefts) we were forced to scale back our invasion. Luckily, we anticipated the thefts and had re-worked our orders to have a gold reserve. Still, we were unable to accomplish everything we had intended. Also, you had said that we should send our nobles south of "R" to provoke the peasants there to join our cause, but we find that a few of these hamlets have already joined your fine kingdom.
Shall I concentrate on those locations at "R" and north, as I was previously, then?
How did you fare this month?
Hoping all is well with my dear brother,
Roris

[Netstrider]

WA -> GN/AN

I managed to grab a few villages last month in N. Runimede but now have emissaries with not much to do. The chances of moving to a Gnome/Ancient Ones PC in N. Runimede than a Dwarven one. Do you have specific targets that I might be able to move on?

3DW should not be a force for much longer. I've finally tracked the short-legged ones down and brought them to a decisive battle. 2DW is of division strength and is outside the town at OM.

I suspect this isn't very interesting to you at the moment and you are happy to let the Dwarf do what feeble things he can while you execute your master plan to grab your fourth and final region. It will be interesting to see where that is. I would like to blow something up before the end of this game and have quite a stable of wizards now capable of doing so. Let me know when you can what target your final region will be and I'll see if I can provide some fireworks.

WA -> TR

Dear Noxious,

I would love to be able to help the Troll nation with food. But I am just now getting my villages back and it is Winter in my region. Starting next turn I will commit to providing you 50,000 food and 50,000 gold per turn to keep your efforts going in a direction that is to our advantage.

Red

[HeadHoncho]

GN-WA

Mighty Red Mage,

Thank you for your question, it is an excellent one and I must confess that I have no answer for you right now, aside from mop-up on the Dwarves. But let me get a sense of things and come back to you, perhaps.

Best,
Bottlenose