Dhoomstriker
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Glory to Greece: All Trade Leads to Athens
For my first story, take number two, Pericles has set about a quest to dominate the world's trade in exotic goods: prairie dogs, jade, truffles, black pearls, and the like.
Note to veteran Stories & Tales Forumers:
Not only is this story my first one, it is also my first thread, so I'd appreciate any encouragement and support that you can give to me.
The Rules
1. I will attempt to gain control of all sources of bonus Food, Hammers, and Commerce added to the map via random events. Such events include, but are not limited to, the following: jade, black pearls, truffles, sea turtles, prairie dogs, appleseed, tin, etc. I will be relying on the game to auto-generate signs in order to find the location of these added bonuses--if a sign fails to appear, then I do not need to claim said corresponding bonus.
2. All Victory Conditions will remain enabled and I can achieve any Victory Condition that I would like to try for, but when I win the game, all bonuses that were correctly assigned a sign by the random-event generator must exist within my Cultural Borders
A couple of implications from rule 2 are that:
a) There is almost certainly going to be some warring
b) Taking on a Vassal could be a dangerous proposition, since if they trigger a bonus-based random event after I take them on as a Vassal, then their City would not be within my Cultural Borders and I'd probably have to first divest myself of that Vassal (which is not easy to do but is possible--I have done it) and then take the City by force
c) I have to be careful about accidentally triggering a Victory Condition, such as Domination, before all of the bonuses are under my Cultural influence--otherwise, despite what the victory screen will say, I will have lost the game!
The Game's Settings
Difficulty Level: Immortal
Speed: Normal (let's not make warring too easy by picking Epic Speed)
Random Events: On
Tribal Villages (aka Huts): Off
Other settings: default values (Barbs on, Vassals on, tech trading on, etc)
Leader: Randomly-selected
Opponents: Randomly-selected
Map type: Fractal with a Tropical Climate, so we are likely to see a lot of Jungles outside of each player's capital's fat crosses (I am pretty certain that the map script will remove all Jungle within the fat cross of every player's initial capital location--no guarantees for a human player that moves their Settler, though!)
Here's a screenshot of the game's Settings page:
Here's a screenshot of the starting area:
For my first story, take number two, Pericles has set about a quest to dominate the world's trade in exotic goods: prairie dogs, jade, truffles, black pearls, and the like.
Note to veteran Stories & Tales Forumers:
Spoiler :
Please avoid the use of the p-word in this thread. I will do the same.
If you don't know what the p-word stands for, then I simply ask that you not try to guess what it means.
I would like to encourage on-topic replies. For example, you might quote part of my story and comment on it. You might also request to take a role in my story. You are also welcome to give suggestions as to how you think Pericles or the other members of the story should proceed in their actions.
If you do want to play a role in my story, then please help me out by providing the following information:
a) Your desired job role. I will have ultimate say on your job title, but you can suggest an appropriate job title, too.
b) Figure out what colour you'd like your name to be coloured and tell me that colour. Please actually pick a valid forum colour by selecting the appropriate option and then checking the relevant COLOR tag's value. For example, Pericles' colour is RoyalBlue. Feel free to duplicate colours of any other character in the story, since I will run out of unique colours that are reasonably visible in short order, anyway. Try not to pick a really-hard-to-see colour or else I may have to veto your selection and assign a different colour.
c) Choose a respectful title for you to use when addressing Pericles. I may not always use it or I may forget to use it, but it can add a tiny bit of personality to each character. I don't really want you describing your character's personality, though, as your character's mood will change depending upon the nature of the conversation, as I see fit, completely according to my whims.
Thank you and enjoy your stay!
If you don't know what the p-word stands for, then I simply ask that you not try to guess what it means.
I would like to encourage on-topic replies. For example, you might quote part of my story and comment on it. You might also request to take a role in my story. You are also welcome to give suggestions as to how you think Pericles or the other members of the story should proceed in their actions.
If you do want to play a role in my story, then please help me out by providing the following information:
a) Your desired job role. I will have ultimate say on your job title, but you can suggest an appropriate job title, too.
b) Figure out what colour you'd like your name to be coloured and tell me that colour. Please actually pick a valid forum colour by selecting the appropriate option and then checking the relevant COLOR tag's value. For example, Pericles' colour is RoyalBlue. Feel free to duplicate colours of any other character in the story, since I will run out of unique colours that are reasonably visible in short order, anyway. Try not to pick a really-hard-to-see colour or else I may have to veto your selection and assign a different colour.
c) Choose a respectful title for you to use when addressing Pericles. I may not always use it or I may forget to use it, but it can add a tiny bit of personality to each character. I don't really want you describing your character's personality, though, as your character's mood will change depending upon the nature of the conversation, as I see fit, completely according to my whims.
Thank you and enjoy your stay!
Not only is this story my first one, it is also my first thread, so I'd appreciate any encouragement and support that you can give to me.
The Rules
1. I will attempt to gain control of all sources of bonus Food, Hammers, and Commerce added to the map via random events. Such events include, but are not limited to, the following: jade, black pearls, truffles, sea turtles, prairie dogs, appleseed, tin, etc. I will be relying on the game to auto-generate signs in order to find the location of these added bonuses--if a sign fails to appear, then I do not need to claim said corresponding bonus.
2. All Victory Conditions will remain enabled and I can achieve any Victory Condition that I would like to try for, but when I win the game, all bonuses that were correctly assigned a sign by the random-event generator must exist within my Cultural Borders
A couple of implications from rule 2 are that:
a) There is almost certainly going to be some warring
b) Taking on a Vassal could be a dangerous proposition, since if they trigger a bonus-based random event after I take them on as a Vassal, then their City would not be within my Cultural Borders and I'd probably have to first divest myself of that Vassal (which is not easy to do but is possible--I have done it) and then take the City by force
c) I have to be careful about accidentally triggering a Victory Condition, such as Domination, before all of the bonuses are under my Cultural influence--otherwise, despite what the victory screen will say, I will have lost the game!
The Game's Settings
Difficulty Level: Immortal
Speed: Normal (let's not make warring too easy by picking Epic Speed)
Random Events: On
Tribal Villages (aka Huts): Off
Other settings: default values (Barbs on, Vassals on, tech trading on, etc)
Leader: Randomly-selected
Opponents: Randomly-selected
Map type: Fractal with a Tropical Climate, so we are likely to see a lot of Jungles outside of each player's capital's fat crosses (I am pretty certain that the map script will remove all Jungle within the fat cross of every player's initial capital location--no guarantees for a human player that moves their Settler, though!)
Here's a screenshot of the game's Settings page:
Here's a screenshot of the starting area: