Yeah but these events do limit role-playing by forcing some, well, events on your characters. Though to be honest I seriously doubt anyone will spare any attention to them concerning what the next Senate Session will be about.
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Agreed, the White still have and will have many corrupt and incompetent members just like the Blues have and will have many greedy, selfish merchants.I'd say to keep some though. One demes may say it has changed but habits are hard to change(i say that for all be it Blues, Reds or Whites)
In my opinion these events should just become rarer while new events involving the new-white members come more often.
Oh, and we shouldn't be able to just make our faction better in-game though role play without maluses- if we're talking whites for example, the new white events should be both positive and negative.
Well, when we reach the part of both arguing about important members AND insult other Senators we may, haha
Problem being that if we listened to ourselves the senators would be ubermensch
Its not like we need to get rid of those events. Maybe adding a line where it limits those events to, for example, before of 1530.
Edit: That way we could see a development of the imperium political and cultural changes through the time. Besides you don't need to do it all alone Czoklet, you have a mini-community that, I'm sure, its willing you help you (including me).
Edit: That way we could see a development of the imperium political and cultural changes through the time. Besides you don't need to do it all alone Czoklet, you have a mini-community that, I'm sure, its willing you help you (including me).
Stop teasing us that much!
Should I?
Noted, I would gladly use your help seeing that I expect to be pretty busy in September as well
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Should I?
Noted, I would gladly use your help seeing that I expect to be pretty busy in September as well
Somehow this is all obviously part of the Pisans master plan.
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Yeah, I'll do what I can to help out as well. Do not remove the events now, history is written only once - now we need to deal with it. This IS madness, after all.
And about new events, there should be a downside, I just couldn't think of one quickly while I was writing my post.
And about new events, there should be a downside, I just couldn't think of one quickly while I was writing my post.
I'm back, after two awful months, and I'm glad to see this aar is still alive and well. And I'm almost as glad to see it hasn't moved on too far without me. I'd half expected to have missed a couple of senate sessions and having been kicked out of the game, but I see life has made demands on you as well Czokletmuss. Still, a lot has happened and a lot has yet to be done, and I'm looking forwards to seeing what fate awaits the Imperium and its Senate in these terrible times.
It would be great if we could reform the faction bonuses and events, with balanced positives and negatives. I'd imagine the Whites would be good at tax efficiency, production, administrative efficiency, stability, revolt risk and missionary strength, and bad at trade efficiency, discipline, morale, naval combat efficiency, and arguably interest rates (the new Whites being pro fiscal discipline and anti deficit spending. The Blues, being into private finance should perhaps be better at securing loans trough their private connections (though the Whites are connected to the extremely wealthy Faith, so the point could be made either way.) Perhaps the faction in power could also influence the monarch point gain in addition to the bonus provided by the focus, giving a bonus to the factions respective area of interest, since the ideas or policies that put the factions in power also drains their needed points.
It would be great if we could reform the faction bonuses and events, with balanced positives and negatives. I'd imagine the Whites would be good at tax efficiency, production, administrative efficiency, stability, revolt risk and missionary strength, and bad at trade efficiency, discipline, morale, naval combat efficiency, and arguably interest rates (the new Whites being pro fiscal discipline and anti deficit spending. The Blues, being into private finance should perhaps be better at securing loans trough their private connections (though the Whites are connected to the extremely wealthy Faith, so the point could be made either way.) Perhaps the faction in power could also influence the monarch point gain in addition to the bonus provided by the focus, giving a bonus to the factions respective area of interest, since the ideas or policies that put the factions in power also drains their needed points.
Welcome back Serpent, long time no see
Yes, you will have the option to change them during Faction Meetings before the next Session. I don't know exactly how this is going to work but I'll come up with something by the time next chapter is released. Remember however that Faction bonuses can't bee too strong - it would go against the spirit of the story (Imperium is absolute autocracy after all) and I don't want to buff myself, quite the contrary as you may have noticed
Yes, you will have the option to change them during Faction Meetings before the next Session. I don't know exactly how this is going to work but I'll come up with something by the time next chapter is released. Remember however that Faction bonuses can't bee too strong - it would go against the spirit of the story (Imperium is absolute autocracy after all) and I don't want to buff myself, quite the contrary as you may have noticed
I don't want to buff myself, quite the contrary as you may have noticed
Nooooooooooo, we never would have guessed!
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I am (pleasantly... for a given value of pleasant) surprised that Bubba has survived, albeit blinded. Well, such is Rome.
Pisa has fallen?!! Glorious! Strip them to the bone and salt the barren earth.
The Whites have proven themselves as corrupt as any other politicians. I am not surprised.
I second the notion of expanded events. Perhaps something to refer to the "Renaissance" of sorts, both positive (boost to base tax and advisors?) and negative (filthy republican traitors, instability etc?) I assume the Senate's power will expand at least slightly as the period goes on, and of course even an autocracy could change and evolve. It would be horrifyingly fascinating to contemplate what such a world would look like. This assumes, of course, that Rome survives the war.
Of course it will. Right? Right?
Pisa has fallen?!! Glorious! Strip them to the bone and salt the barren earth.
The Whites have proven themselves as corrupt as any other politicians. I am not surprised.
I second the notion of expanded events. Perhaps something to refer to the "Renaissance" of sorts, both positive (boost to base tax and advisors?) and negative (filthy republican traitors, instability etc?) I assume the Senate's power will expand at least slightly as the period goes on, and of course even an autocracy could change and evolve. It would be horrifyingly fascinating to contemplate what such a world would look like. This assumes, of course, that Rome survives the war.
Of course it will. Right? Right?
Sure...
Just kidding, in this universe Turks are long gone - just like the French and English and Russians and several other groups - so at least there is no risk that 1453 will happen.
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OR WILL IT?!
- So, was getting conquered part of your Master Plan?
- Of course!
- And what is the next step in this master plan of yours?
- To crash mankind. Leaving no survivors.
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Wow. You really can't let yourself win can you Czo? As soon as you win a minor victory and have things looking up you get involved in four wars and a rebellion. The Diabolus and the other Dark Powers are laughing tonight.
On a side note: can it be assumed that certain Roman government branches (the Inquisition or equivalent in particular) have the right to operate freely in the vassals of the empire?
On a side note: can it be assumed that certain Roman government branches (the Inquisition or equivalent in particular) have the right to operate freely in the vassals of the empire?
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UPDATE
I've finished the new revised rules of this interactive AAR:
Please feel free to comment on them, there is still time to make some changes if needed. The completely new part includes titles 4-6. The rules still seem to be kinda too long but on the other hand if we're going to role-play a true Senate this is how it has to be. We could obviously abandon the Factions, amendments, motions, Speakers, discussion and all that and instead just use the simple system "post YES or NO in the next 48 hours" but where's the fun in that?
I'm also working on new rules concerning character submissions.
There is no inquisition in the Imperium but yeah, I see no reason for which imperial officials should not be able to carry out their duties in Aragon or Bavaria.
I've finished the new revised rules of this interactive AAR:
Please feel free to comment on them, there is still time to make some changes if needed. The completely new part includes titles 4-6. The rules still seem to be kinda too long but on the other hand if we're going to role-play a true Senate this is how it has to be. We could obviously abandon the Factions, amendments, motions, Speakers, discussion and all that and instead just use the simple system "post YES or NO in the next 48 hours" but where's the fun in that?
I'm also working on new rules concerning character submissions.
Just wait for the next chapter...
There is no inquisition in the Imperium but yeah, I see no reason for which imperial officials should not be able to carry out their duties in Aragon or Bavaria.
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No inquisition? Darn, looks like I need to reread the earlier chapters again. I'm getting excited about the next chapter, especially if it is as grimdark as you are making it out to be. Makes one wonder how the children of the senators who grow up in these times will be when they reach adulthood. Service in a losing war and other desperate situations might cause a lot of PTSD and other mental scars that will go on to influence the imperium at the next senate.
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Athanatoi under the Komnenos domestikos (whose name I've forgotten
) acted like an Inquisition and they still do although on a lesser scale I'd say.As if
They'll either be war heroes who decided the fate of the Imperium (
) or they would have stayed away from the war front (I'm tempted to do so with my next who will surely be paranoid given the death of his father). At least I hope the Blues still alive following their questioning will act scarred. ( @Leandor : I hope your character will be less mighty given he lost his principal source of money and was under the interrogation )