Re: Welcome back home

by Zeiss Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:24 pm

The only people who have real experience with relief efforts are the Order. And they brainwash people.

You overestimate the difficulty of the task. If someone needs food, you provide it to them. Same thing for clothes, shelter or healing. You take some of the recruits we have and you delegate the responsibilities. Janwall also needs to be rebuilt after what we did there. That's a great chance to help people on a grand scale.

You're a player character. By default, you can potentially do better than any NPC. The real problem is that you won't have enough resources to help everyone.

Or I could just say it like this: you can do it.

by K Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:27 pm

I guess we could start with Janwall. Might build a rapport with Radnaal while we're at it.

by Zeiss Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:35 pm

Then write a post where you accept my proposition. Go go go! Smile

by K Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:03 pm

Edited my last, so i don't double-post.

by Zeiss Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:28 pm

Might as well say it here.

I assigned around twenty people to your division K (the exact number is irrelevant). They are under your orders. You can train them too if you want.

One long-term goal: rebuild Janwall.

A few suggestions:

Hire a few white mages. When we have some money...
Organize the refugees. Maybe even find them a job. If you wish to convince some NPCs but don't feel capable of doing so, ask Sareth for help. He's our Ambassador after all.
When Kolson has brought back the food from the docks, and after me and Rory secured it, you could distribute it equally.
If there are children, they probably need teachers. In fact, you could teach any human how life on Dereth is.

You don't have to do this. If you have a better idea, go for it. And you can assign your recruits to any of these tasks.

by Rory Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:03 am

All hail the Overseer! We live in the Veil, we die in the Veil!

by Zeiss Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:20 pm

Calm down, you sound like someone from Game of Thrones. I might get stabbed any minute now.

By the way Rory, one of my last posts was for you. Not sure if you caught that.

And have you guys read our older posts recently? Especially the thread where we discuss whether we should join the Order or not. Man, we mellowed a lot.

by K Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:51 pm

I remember posting one all in red letters. That... may not have been a good idea.

by Zeiss Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:11 pm

I found that post! Man, almost two years ago. It brings me back.

The posts:

*laughing*

You were pissed.

by K Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:39 pm

I was.

by Zeiss Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:40 pm

*laughing out loud*

That's great.

by K Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:51 pm

That thing with the Gnolls had kept me up well into 5 or 6 AM if i remember right, after everyone else but you, me and Raver had left. Doing that everyday for that first month or so made me jet-lagged without even leaving the country.

by Zeiss Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:45 pm

I looked and it seems like I posted these around 2:00pm, which would be 7:00 or 8:00pm for you? It doesn't really matter. Smile

But hey guys, have a look at Arch's wiki. He created new entries: http://archengeias.wikia.com/wiki/Archengeia%27s_Wiki

by K Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:15 pm

Those four were during the day, i remember (was between sessions, when Arch wasn't around), but if you check the ones from the first session you'll probably find the hour a tad later. Or if you want the extreme example, check the fight with Herzul of Mauradine (or Suzy, as i call him). The sun was well and up by the time i hit the sack.

by Rory Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:13 am

I've read some. That time when we were exploring the ship. My RP was pretty hilarious. Ah, beginning, the rough ride and adjusting our expectations and learning to RP better... I don't miss it.

My outburst was a reference to Fallout, Zeiss. Thank you for pointing out that thing you were trying to say to me, I'll give a response shortly.

by Zeiss Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:58 am

We did become better roleplayers. Let's never return to that time.

Things would be very different if we restarted the campaign with the same characters.

by K Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:32 pm

Higaide would have been a Lord Elf Barbarian named Icecream. He'd roar his own name as a warcry before he attacked.

by Rory Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:00 pm

Rory's official title in the Exchange at this current time is Master-at-Arms.

by Zeiss Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:03 pm

Okay. I edited my post where I listed all of our actions with this title.

by Archengeia Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:18 pm

I am glad at least one of you is reading as I slowly update the wiki heh

by Zeiss Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:39 am

Good thing I did too since I realized that I was missing twelve skill points. I am now trained in 17 of the 27 available skills. Talk about being a jack of all trades. Cool

I really like reading about the notable NPCs who are walking around in the world. And I would be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy seeing my character's name on that list, including his childhood friends. Well, these names are probably there because I'm playing a PC, but it still feels like someone gave me a medal. *Star Wars ending scene plays in the background*

I also found quite amusing the fact that the title of Overseer I chose for myself is also used by the leader of the Bloodied Flock. Not going to change it though since it perfectly describe Zeiss' role within the Exchange. A guy who funds relief efforts like me should not let himself be called Warlord, at least not by his own men. The other Blocs can call me whatever.

by Zeiss Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:48 am

And another update on the titles. This time, I made a chart of what the Exchange's hierarchy looks like... or should I say what it will look like. As of now, many people must fill multiple roles at the same time.

This list may change.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4pdKgiss7uFMGFPX3JaeDNYUW8/view

by Rory Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:29 am

About that, I decided to remove mention of any relationships and conquests from the document on Rory's family. Totally unnecessary, sends the wrong message, and if it made you uncomfortable I apologize. Now that I'm reminded of the wikia you've been working on, I also think it's too personal and, well, TMI, basically, for wiki content. Not that new management would find anything in those details that couldn't go on the wiki. For reasons.

A part of me likes being at the top of that hierarchy tree...

"You've got to project power, especially when you're weakened."
--Royland Degore, Telltale's Game of Thrones

I'm not having Rory morph into Royland, he's just my new favorite character.

by Archengeia Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:29 pm

Y'know it took me a while to realize what Rory meant, I thought he meant I shouldn't be listing info in the wikia period heh. But to come clean I always was going to let you guys have a say on your own character pages once I get that far.

In a... somewhat unrelated note, there is the possibility of a serious RL issue coming up. If it does, this campaign and my online presence will go on hold and I am not certain when that would expire. Don't want to worry anyone, but if I simply vanish one day that's probably why. Figured I owed you guys a heads up.

by K Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:35 pm

All the best, whatever it may be.

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