Actually- I should provide a timeline for everybody I guess… I will take my first stab at locating the ring in about 3 turns. Most of the info I have to date is based on rumours, not facts, but it is suggested that the ring isn’t in play until later on in the game- some say turn 15 it show sup, others turn 10. This is similar to dragons in that they can’t be encountered before a certain period of time has elapsed. (A game balance thing- who can stand up against a dragon on turn 2? Thus the delay- more money for GSI, more chances to survive the monsters when they do show up)
My first LAT will be before these timelines, and I dont expect results from it. I suspect Ill just end up confirming some of the tales that get told… More likely than not, it will turns 10-15 before I get my first useful info back, and it may be later still before I get positive co-ordinates (as most rumours state that you need about 150 mage ranks and big bonuses to the spell to actually pinpoint the thing. That means artis and training for Saruman)
I will make an announcement to the teams when I have made my first stab at the problem… anewsletter I guess.
That means I will have Khathog LAT for it Turn 9 after I have convinced my brethren to load him up with 6 mage arties -
hmmmm, net mage rank of 200 should do it, I’m sure they’ll
go for it
HEY— that make me irrelevant! You cant do that! Im the greatest wizard in the game! You’re not ALLOWED to do that…
Actually it would be extremly cool to have that kind of co-operation from your team if it could be done. If you could look for the ring, I could study character hunting instead— part 2 of the search is to see how hard it is to track characters vs tracking the artifact… I was going to ask both sides to name some of thier characters “frodo, bilbo, gollum etc…” to narrow the field of possibilities- I know that some of these names are in use by the game, but Im not sure which… and WHEN they are in use… if gollum can be found turn 1, then does the ring get handed to him later, or is it already there, but not findable?
Many questions. I seriously doubt any one side would be willing to concentrate that much effort into this project though- thus my intent to use WW for the chore…
Anybody interested in actually working towards this end should drop me a line… save me some effort, and allow me to focus on one of the other angles. We all gain by it. Mull it over. How you can manage it though, with a regular war going on, is a mystery to me. I look forward to hearing from you all!
Let’s see, NG is still stuck at Bar-en-Tinnen, Rohan lost again, Buth Oviasa still remains clear, the road to Mirkwood is still open, Dilgul was captured, Elgaer stands to be razed, we recovered more arties, Dorlas was killed in challenge, am I missing anything?
I would also like to point out that the Northmen have pulled a sneak attack on the Rhun. Very dastardly, supposed Free Peoples. Bullying neutrals into submission, eh?
I guess diplomacy is too difficult for the FP. One source quotes an undisclosed high-ranking member of the FP as saying “You mean we have to write to [the Neutrals] EVERY turn?!?!” I wonder how long they’ll leave the WW alone to find his ring? Or how about the Duns who, to my knowledge, have yet to make a public appearance? Don’t be too harsh on the FP. They are, afterall, only elves and elfslaves. Instead, let us pity them and bring them the Mercy Sleep of Knife and Dagger.
-Russ and the FemGobs
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Hey, we were asked nicely to occupy the Rhun capital because the DS had characters there causing trouble. Don’t go turning this around you sneaky buggers. And I’m no elfslave boyo. They’re kind of into the same kind of business you’re in, if you get my meaning. Elfmaidens much more attractive than your half-maggot whatever’s you’re pawning off. This is why I don’t just “believe” it, I know it
