His Majesty's Dragons

General Havoc · Post by **General Havoc** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:55 pm

I know that, Avian. I meant that the dragon was heading towards you in the air.

Avian Obscurities · Post by **Avian Obscurities** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:00 pm

ahhhhh, kk

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:08 am

Man I hope the Royal Navy isn't the batch that grabbed that egg. Whoever did is likely to have a bad day.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:24 am

Can we point them to the Bismark?

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:25 pm

"I always thought of dragons as tearing shit up and starting fires. Big fires. Sort of like an oversized, reptilian Marine."

-Garret, Cruel Zinc Melodies

Hey Havoc, what about having a pow-wow in orca? (Frostfell's bottlenose is so-so)

Avian Obscurities · Post by **Avian Obscurities** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:33 pm

"You know I SPEAK whale...."

-Dory, Finding Nemo

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:49 pm

"I always thought of dragons as tearing shit up and starting fires. Big fires. Sort of like an oversized, reptilian Marine."

-Garret, Cruel Zinc Melodies

I must find this...

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:02 pm

Glen Cook's Garret books are noir Private Eye detective books set in the fantasy city of Tunafare. Basically two kindgoms have been waging a generations long war over an area rich in silver (which can fuel major league sorcery). There's a universal draft. Garret did his five in the Marines. Women in Tunafare expect to lose some of their male relatives to the war. That's the way things are. As a result of the economic damage that losing a chunk of their male population, an immigration policy encouraging nonhumans to come to the city and work was put in place, which includes draft exemptions. Fast forward a number of years and you have little nonhuman neighborhoods and mixed breed kids and racial issues.

Garret works as a PI, solving various fantasy related mysteries. A small horde of exotic characters orbits Garret, who has a very noir PI attitude.

"In a sane world she would be locked up in cage with no door. Instead she is given every tool to act out whatever wickedness dreams up."

Avian Obscurities · Post by **Avian Obscurities** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:06 pm

seems like a clever premise, although I have yet to find a "fantasy-mystery" series that I like. I find them a little too tongue in cheek frequently.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:21 pm

The noir keeps it from getting too cloying. It doesn't dwell on the dark, but there's enough nasty to keep it from getting too cute. Garret, for example, was raised by a single mother because his dad didn't survive his tour. His brother bought the farm as well and it killed his mother.

Another bit with an adolescent dwarf.

"Mister Garret, you gotta come help. We were guarding the place and we were attacked. My folks were beat up pretty bad."

"Alright Mindy. Give me your axe, your sword, and your shield and then run over to the guard shack and get Saucehead Tharpe and the boys."

"But what will that leave me with if I encounter trouble?"

"Your other sword, your daggers, you truncheon, your boots, your teeth, and whatever you have concealed in your trouseau. Now go."

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:54 pm

Avian, are you trying to get me killed?

God I hate players.

Avian Obscurities · Post by **Avian Obscurities** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:10 pm

what, why? I'm shooting at the one coming at ME.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:30 pm

Cynical Cat wrote:Avian, are you trying to get me killed?

God I hate players.

Not like Frostfell's ever pulled something like that before...

But I did see the post and go "Well, Fuuuck".

Avian Obscurities · Post by **Avian Obscurities** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:32 pm

yeah well it's been kinda quiet around here anyway.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:33 pm

Avian Obscurities wrote:what, why? I'm shooting at the one coming at ME.

You're shooting at the dragons who aren't attacking. They're just making big noisy, threat displays because they're looking for an egg. Now that they've been shot at, we're likely to have to fight four huge dragons which start at Frostfell's size and then go up. If we live through it, we'll be in no shape to take on Bismark.

So you are hereby awarded the Knights Cross by a greatful Fatherland.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:11 pm

Thus the fog of war...
because no one radioed us to tell us not to shoot.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:25 pm

LadyTevar wrote:Thus the fog of war...
because no one radioed us to tell us not to shoot.

Since no one else is shooting despite their being Lords of the Deep on deck and Frostfell yelled that they're looking for an egg, that excuse doesn't fly.

Avian Obscurities · Post by **Avian Obscurities** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:32 pm

To be clear there was rationalization behind the response. It wasn't done out of Leroy Jenkins bravado*. Things are happening very fast, Allen is still a young captain, and Lt. Bennett is so overcome with awe at seeing something essentially step right out of myth that even his normal steadfast wisdom in draconic behavior is momentarily forgotten. The crew sees what is literally a mountain of angry dragon headed toward them and have no choice but to make their immediate reaction be an instinctive one. It makes the most narrative sense.

(*at least, not entirely.)

General Havoc · Post by **General Havoc** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:04 pm

I concur with the narrative sense of the action. It is not incumbent on a player to metagame the most advantageous reaction to a situation, but to portray actions that make sense given the circumstances. Had Avian not done this, I would have rolled dice to determine if the gunners on the nearby ships did the same thing.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:06 am

I'm not saying it's bad rpging to open fire, I'm saying there's good reason and supporting evidence not to. I'm also saying this is going to suck.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:00 am

I'm agreeing that this is going to suck.

I am also saying that those dragons in flight, with the Lord bearing down upon them, probably didn't hear Frostfell's roar ... or worse misheard it.
This is why the dragons have Radios, to (hopefully) prevent mishaps like this. But once the gun's fired, there's no taking back the shot. Those in the air are about to get smacked around.

Avian Obscurities · Post by **Avian Obscurities** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:30 am

"I'm also saying this is going to suck."

It is Havoc's game, so...it usually does.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:54 pm

Look, who is the blood thirsty, murder luster among us?

*Frostfell raises his claw*

So obviously if he isn't fighting, fighting is a bad idea.

KlavoHunter · Post by **KlavoHunter** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:54 pm

Looks like you guys accidentally stumbled into a Total Party Kill.

Now if that weren't the case, I would be curious to see what the offspring of a Spitfire and a Turkish Kazilik would be. Probably on the heavier end of Mediumweight?

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:28 pm

The Spitfire's from a Kazilik bloodline, in this game.

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