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In the wonder that is the internet, there's only plain text and it's up to the reader to determine the tone of others' words. I just tend to take what others say seriously unless they make it clear it's friendly banter and I know they're joking around. When it comes to an RP, I assume we're all here to help build a neat environment to interact with and act out the IC to an extent that is plausible and practical. With your boasting about your unit, I assumed you meant what you said, which translated into thinking you were in play-to-win tryhard mode. So thanks for clearing that up, I s'pose; no hard feelings.

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Who is waiting on me to make a post?

I'll post again after the next mention of the king.
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Heyyyy dere's an escape canoe waiting for y'all

Btw, might be getting up some lore about the Darratu tribe and some others that might be important later on.
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Aristo said
I'll post again after the next mention of the king.


"King"

Not but seriously, does that mean you're waiting on me?
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Kinda sorta; I was planning the Guard's next actions on whatever the King may be doing at this point in time.
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"King"Not but seriously, does that mean you're waiting on me?


Hey Spark, did you have a makeover or something? No... Whait! I seeeee, you've been working out in the gym now, haven't you?
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I'm scottish Aristo, I talk shit. Don't take it seriously all the time.


I can somewhat support this. My dad had a customer overseas in Scotland or somewhere around there, and my dad would spend over an hour writing the emails and checking them and checking them again and again to make sure that he doesn't set off the Scottish guy, because he's like a really short fused 20-artillery-shells-on-a-fuse. He just 'splodes once the slightest thing sets him off.

Anyways:
Ladies, ladies!
Everyone knows that my super-duper automatic crossbows will totally beat all armor plating because they've got Armor Piercing and High Explosive bolts. Duuuuh! My T.I.E. fighters [To Internet Explorer!] will pull in all enemies in a warp of crappiness! My super-heavy howitzer cannons shall bombard the world with piles of poo and jam! WE WILL FLOOD THE VALLEYS WITH HOT TEA!

And on with the seriousness,
I know that Vocators are trained and trained and trained, but the ones that my character has seen and fought against so far were, what, 15? Right? Myth has been training for more than fifteen years. He's two times older than them, and then a little bit more. I honestly don't see how they can be such a threat to someone that's been as trained as Myth, or by someone who lives in their armor like the Knights. They're good, I'm sure, but young age and a high level of skill kinda go opposites: the older you get, the better.
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Somewhere around that Wilson, as I said these are the grunts being sent at you. I mean in what kinda game do you face off the boss first? Nah if you prove a bigger threat they'll send bigger badder bad guys after you. Anyway it is long past bed time but bloody "to be continued" on tv shows kept me up.
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I would love to post hut as I said, three hours unless you want a shitty "I'm on my phone which might die soon thumb keyboard autocorect blah!" Post. (Now it's about 45 minutes by the way.)
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Also, Major Armstrong is one of maybe five men who is allowed to sparkle. Edward Cullen does not make the list. (But Breda does when he's impersonating Major Armstrong. The sparkles have to be paper though)
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"Lightning was angry. This mere mortal thought she could dodge him as if he were an arrow! His life and his entire existence spanned only a few seconds, but for him, they were years. He was hurtling through space, unrecognizable space, towards a black-clad target. He screamed as he went, letting out a deafening blast of thunder, screaming all the several years of his life, slowly making his way from spots that were easy to pass through with the least resistance. As he neared the girl, and the girl seemed to move oh-so-slowly to the side, he continued screaming. The conductivity of her body pulled Lightning in, seething with hatred that this mere mortal could possibly think she could possibly dodge HIM?! This was a major @*$&%#$ offensive action against one so powerful as Lightning. Lightning burst on, now with his course corrected and slamming into the girl."

Totally awesome imagination for Myth.

#TheRelicsImaginationReward
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Wuddit be ok if the Imperials shifted some of their men towards the docks and begin launching missiles to stop boats from escaping?
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Bing, I don't think you understand how this is going down. Usually an invasion force will meet some kind of resistance if they try to march across a capital city and start firing arrows into the water.

Also I know I said I'd post, But I'm dead tired and I can't think of anything important to say. Artemis is following Strawberry and Lillian is looking for her friends.
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Bing, I don't think you understand how this is going down. Usually an invasion force will meet some kind of resistance if they try to march across a capital city and start firing arrows into the water.Also I know I said I'd post, But I'm dead tired and I can't think of anything important to say. Artemis is following Strawberry and Lillian is looking for her friends.


Strawberry?
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he's going to have a new name every time i talk about him
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wilson called him "Drama queen:"
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Somewhere around that Wilson, as I said these are the grunts being sent at you. I mean in what kinda game do you face off the boss first? Nah if you prove a bigger threat they'll send bigger badder bad guys after you. Anyway it is long past bed time but bloody "to be continued" on tv shows kept me up.


The very first Call of Duty was hard when that was the first FPS you ever played. Like, they didn't even give you a GUN
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CRAP
You're running up a hill to a factory with mortars slamming down all around you and machineguns firing at you, and all they gave you was a cartridge of Kar98 rounds!
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@Aristo, as long as the Constabularies of relics is secret you're accepted. Another thing to note, when you confiscate a relic the person dies.....remember that? They're not interchangeable among people, they form a permanent bond. I'll send you a PM though.


I was looking back at the characters, especially Itani, since I'd probably be facing her, and I figure this might be relevant to the Vocators and their Empire.
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No Bite and All Bark said
wilson called him "Drama queen:"


Yup yup yup.
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I mean in what kinda game do you face off the boss first?


In Final Fantasy Desidia Duodeciem, if you go through the tutorial it'll ask you "Are you good at this game?" And you can either answer "I'm the best" or "I've still got some things to learn", and if you answer the first one you'll be thrown into a supped up version of the final boss fight with a level one character, the generic starting equipment and skills, and no retries. It's TECHNICALLY possible to beat it I think.
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We joke a lot, and we don't always make it clear we are doing so. But if there's a discussion where it seems like we're taking part in a reproductive organ length comparison, you can feel safe that yes, it is a joke. We couldn't care whether the Empire wins or not. Sure it'd be fun, but its not necessary. We like using history, and rather than guess at what another knows, we base our arguments upon the basis that others don't know the same. Yes, we knew you know things, Aristo, but its easier for us to write things the way we do. It also helps explain why we say what we do, say a bit on what we know.

We've had actual OoC fights once or twice over the years, and they're never fun. They generally only end with someone swinging a big hammer (either a GM or a mod).

Anyways, one final bit about crossbows:
http://indie-rpgs.com/archive/index.php?PHPSESSID=b58fb884b56fa5941d8f49250603d6c4&topic=10676.msg113199#msg113199
When we use history as a reference in our arguments, it is to explain our understanding too. It doesn't affect situation whether others actually know quite a bit too.
Going from the linked source, there's an indicator why heavy plate (which undeniably is expensive) and powerful crossbows existed side by side. The church, which had a hell of a lot of power back then (with wider range of wielding it than single nobles), outlawed the heavier crossbows because they were too lethal to the nobility. In essence, they denied access to a certain tech because it was too effective. At close range, the only way for plate armor to stop a heavy crossbow is for it to be so thick that it can't easily be penetrated. Unfortunately, that would also mean that its too heavy to carry, let alone fight in.

As we don't have access to the linked source's source, we can't back up the argument with the best type of stuff: verifiable facts. But someone referencing a person that actually did a thesis on just this sort of comparison is better than most sources. And it "feels" more reliable than other arguments (including ones we've used).

As for Iron armor in the civil war and such: that makes sense. handheld firearms of that era did not have the armor-piercing capabilities of heavy crossbows or modern guns. Mind you, a crossbow bolt that doesn't hit close to a 90-degree angle might not penetrate the armor, instead being deflected. But same can be said for some levels of guns. Mind you, we'd think having a poorly aimed crossbow bolt bounce off your shiny plate armor ought to give you at least a moment's pause. Chances are, at least one might be lucky enough to go penetrate and cause all sorts of inconvenient wounds.
In fact, the early armored ships were used in this era because weapons weren't good against them. Those were called "Ironclads". Care to guess how their hulls were made resistant against cannons?

Now, on to funny theories:
Maybe someone in this RP has archer protectors that are actually made of thick iron? sure, it would be heavy, but it'd be at least as strong as a stone wall, but easier to move. Heavier than wood & hides, but resistant to pesky things like fire. Of course, unless some nation has access to a lot of raw metal, it might be cheaper to have steel plated oak (or similar dense wood) for such protectors.

Also, we'd gladly welcome input from others about the Empire. If you want to have it compared to our idea, feel free to PM us & Sep. We have bones and a few tendons, but we don't have the rest of the body yet.

Edit: Read up on the IC now (only one post, but still). Lightning damage doesn't behave like that. While (obviously) very powerful, lightning is basically electricity. Electrical burns, unless there's a lot of surface contact, are subtle. It might just be a tiny red or black dot on say, a finger (or here, hip), maybe with a little bleeding at the contact point (a few drops of blood). There'll also be a similar small black spot where the electricity was grounded. Thats the extent of the visible injuries. The fun bit about electrical burns? They're nasty on the inside. It can go from merely a bit shaken inside to that much of the insides between the two points are utterly fried. With lighning, it'll be more towards the higher end.
Correction: Lightning wounds are a bit more obvious, but they're still not as extreme as you described, WilsonTurner:
https://www.google.no/search?q=lightning+strike+wound&client=ubuntu&hs=JKI&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=VCoAVLCxB8jk4QSls4H4Cg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1215&bih=671

The nature of wounds is a bit more than a hobby for us, which is why we reacted here. We don't get paid to make realistic fake wounds, but we do it actively as part of the local Red Cross. Going from those images in the linked google search, we think we'd actually like to make a lightning strike wound later.
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