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Diplomacy / The Claims of the Imperium Chalybs et Sanguis

« on: November 06, 2011, 03:57:29 am »

Addendum, Writ Three Weeks Before the Feast of St. chadz

As the seasons wane and winter begins, the Imperium has only continued to wax.  We find that our strength is more than sufficient to protect and preserve the area which we have currently laid under claim, where the soldiers of Acre march in strength.  It is with this in mind that the officers of the Imperium have seen fit to expand our claim of control, extending our area of influence to include the nearby village of Hanun.  It is there that the Imperium shall construct it a capital, to serve as the center of our economic and peacekeeping operations.

Long live the Imperium Chalybs et Sanguis
Long live the Kingdom of Acre

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The following notice is sent to every village, castle and town, posted in the relevant places for all to see as the month of November begins.

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The Imperium Chalybs et Sanguis doth hearby lay claim to the villages of Shulus and Uslum.

All who enter these lands, be warned.
If you bring with you a desire for peaceful trade, you are welcome and shall find it.
If you bring a desire for war, you will find that as well.

The Imperium claims these lands under its jurisdiction, from now until the passing of the age.
Signed,
Emperor Braeden the Sanguine
General Kophka of Sarmacia
General Duc Volpe


For Shik

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Imperium et Sanguis Chalybs Shulus et villis illius hearby Uslum vindicare.

Omnes qui ingrediuntur terrarum istarum moneantur.
Si tecum attuleris petit placidam negotiamini, et grata sis, inveniet eam.
Ut facere cupiditate incendit bellandi, ut invenies.

Imperium has terras sub se potestate amodo donec succedentibus aetatibus.
Signatum,
Emperor Braeden the Sanguine
General Kophka of Sarmacia
General Duc Volpe

Uslum, Shulus and Hanun

The Imperium claims these lands under its jurisdiction, from now until the passing of the age.
Signed,
Emperor Braeden the Sanguine
General Kophka of Sarmacia
General Duc Volpe
GrandDuke SirCymro of Acre (acting in King Reinhardt's absence)

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General Discussion / Pic leaked on IRC

« on: November 01, 2011, 05:31:36 am »

New feature coming soon!  Finally!

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General Discussion / Looking for Artist to make a banner

« on: October 14, 2011, 06:26:03 am »

I'm looking for an artist to make a banner for the Imperium.  I can provide a small payment in gold if anyone is willing to put one together for us.
If interested, PM me and I can give you the details of what we are looking for.
Thank you.

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Suggestions Corner / Doubled Throwing Weapons

« on: October 14, 2011, 01:55:10 am »

I am suggesting the addition of 4 new throwing "items" which are exactly the same as existing items, except they cost twice as much, have twice as much ammo, and take up two slots.  They would be added for Throwing Daggers, Heavy Throwing Axes, Javelins and Jarids.  The purpose of this addition is to allow a thrower to take the same number of axes and still carry a 0 slot sidearm.  This would reduce the number of throwers running around looking for ammo, and would help throwers from throwing away their last melee weapon.  I think it would be a nice addition, without requiring any new work, since it would use only existing models and really just be a c/p job with a little editing.

Basically, instead of shield + 3 stacks heavy throwing axes, it would allow a thrower to carry a shield, 3 stacks of heavy throwing axes and a dagger.

Example:

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Heavy Throwing Axes
weapon length: 53
weight: 4
accuracy: 126
difficulty: 4
speed rating: 95
missile speed: 15
weapon length: 53
max ammo: 3
thrust damage: 44 cut
slots: 1
Bonus against Shield
Secondary Mode
Cost: 4526 gold

Heavy Throwing Axes x2
weapon length: 53
weight: 8
accuracy: 126
difficulty: 4
speed rating: 95
missile speed: 15
weapon length: 53
max ammo: 6
thrust damage: 44 cut
slots: 2
Bonus against Shield
Secondary Mode
Cost: 9152 gold

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Faction Halls / Imperium Chalybs et Sanguis - NA Strategus/cRPG Clan - Conscripting / Recruiting

« on: October 13, 2011, 07:30:31 pm »

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Imperium Chalybs et Sanguis

The Empire of Steel and Blood

We shall assemble the weak and the broken, and together we shall shame the strong

  Diplomats
 Braeden                   Kophka

Info:

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Mission Statement: To Conquer
Tag: Imperium_ (ICS_ for those with really long names)
TS: 62.104.20.250:10027 Room: Imperium Chalybs et Sanguis (down at the bottom)
Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Chalybs_et_Sanguis/
Forums: http://imperium.freeforums.org/index.php
On IRC, talk to Braeden or Kophka or Earthdforce or Duc_Volpe or Meow or anyone else with an @ -> http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=blood%26steel

Organization:

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This is an Empire.  We present two choices to our enemies, the chalice and the sword.  You may join our table, or you may die.  Obedience is all that is required.

Joining

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As a leader

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Membership:

Membership in the Imperium provides the following benefits:
1. Aid and protection against outside threats
2. Immunity from danger from members of the Imperium
3. Protection for trade within the borders of the Imperium
4. Assurance of mercenaries in defense
5. Assistance in expansion when the size of your faction grows or the Imperium's territory grows

Membership in the Imperium carries the following responsiblities:
1. You must agree to allow trade within your territory. Tariffs or Tolls may be imposed, but they must be reasonable. Reasonable polls will be decided by the Imperium's economic council.
2. You must agree to abide by the Imperium's diplomacy. To survive as one, we must act as one. Control of the diplomacy of the Imperium is done through the Imperium's ruling council.
3. You must agree to abide by the basic standards of behavior of the Imperium. If a member of the Imperium behaves poorly, it reflects on the whole. These standards are:

Do not troll to the point at which it seriously harms the fun of others
Do not cheat people on the market, or refuse to help those who made bad trades with you by accident.
Do not troll new players who need help.

Government of the Imperium
The Imperium has two branches, the Economic and the Ruling. The Economic Council is composed of one delegate from each member group's fief. Larger factions will have a larger representation on the Economic Council. It is responsible for trade agreements, trade regulations and the general taxation of the Imperium to support the central army.

The Ruling Council is composed of the Emperor, who presides over the council, and a delegate from each member faction. This council is responsible for the diplomatic and overall ruling of the council, as well as approving member applications. Applications to join must be approved by an 80% vote of the council. Each faction is given one veto, ever, to overrule that vote. Note that this is not for individual player applications, but for factions joining the Imperium as a whole. Once a faction has joined, it is given the right to send a member to this council, regardless of land ownership or former status. The ruling council has the ability to call the member factions to war, and decides how many troops to ask for from each member group.

Players may still join member factions without any interference, and there is no interference in cRPG play in general, excepting only the mild standards of conduct.

To apply, provide the following to one of the diplomats of the Imperium, and it shall be placed before the Ruling Council in their private forum.

Name of Faction
Members
Current Diplomacy
Current Fiefs
Strategus Goal

As a fighter

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To join as a fighter, simply find the name of someone you'd like to fight with on the contact information, and talk to them.  All leaders are free to individually recruit as they see fit.  Fighters may advance to positions of leadership, or branch out to positions of vassalage should they develop the ability or inclination.

Ranks

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The Empire is lead by an Emperor.  Beneath him are Kings and Warlords, Chieftains and Soldiers.  Rank as a title matters little in the Empire, it is station which holds importance.  There are two types of relationship, that of vassal and that of service.  A soldier in the Imperial Guard owes his service to the Emperor himself, but he is outranked by those who owe vassalage to the Emperor.  While a general might be a peer of the realm's closest friend, his vassals and his lord are more akin to family.  The system is complex, but in times of war, the chain of command is easily simplified and ordered to best ensure the Empire's success.

Banner

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Without Bannerpack
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With Bannerpack
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Diplomacy

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We have no enemies at this time.

Public Memberlist

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Braeden Sanguine
Duc Volpe
Kophka (Diplomat)
Earthdforce (Communications Officer)
Lewp
Dreamer
Fallen
HiresX
Onimaho
Kale Tyrone
Zachariath
Peasant_42
Erathsmus
ZyloRage
DarkRapture

Friends of the Imperium who are actually members but just don't know it yet:
Ghazi_Ogg_of_Crimea

Member Clans

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The Scurvy Dogs
The Sarmacian Raiders
The White Company
Darini Warband
The Crusaders of Acre

Rules:

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Don't be whiny.
Don't cheat people on the market, or refuse to help those who made bad trades with you by accident.
Don't troll new players who need help.

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Buy / Want to Hire: Artist

« on: October 11, 2011, 08:00:23 pm »

I will pay in gold for an artist willing to create a banner and header picture for a clan thread.  Must be competent, willing to make adjustments until I'm satisfied and willing to use either steam or IRC to discuss the details.  PM me with some examples of your work and the price you would request.

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Buy / Braeden is looking for a lot of things

« on: October 06, 2011, 10:32:25 am »

Looking for:
Leather Gloves
Red Wisby Gauntlets
Heavy Gauntlets

Byrnja
Black Lamellar
Gothic Plate with Bevor
Milanese Plate

Steel Bolts
Arbalest

2h swords (Bast., Heavy Bast., Longsword, Miaodao, Katana anything 15 str or less really.)
Morningstar

Destrier
Arabian Warhorse

Heavy Throwing Axes
Throwing Spears
Throwing Daggers
Any other throwing weapons you want to get rid of

I would also, absolutely, love an Elder's Practice Longsword.

My stuff for trade is found here:  http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,16453.0.html
I also have a mw crossbow, but I rather like it and would only trade it for an exceptional deal.

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Game Admin Feedback / [Global] Meow

« on: October 05, 2011, 08:25:02 pm »

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDIkpY6QsQU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSMCRD35ch4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pHiB4ty3ao&feature=grec_index

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Discuss.

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Spam / [ONCE AND FUTURE] Nuffen

« on: October 03, 2011, 08:35:58 pm »

Pretty much a great admin, who did a lot of amazing work to keep the game fun and free from trouble.

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Game Admin Feedback / [NA] Braeden

« on: October 03, 2011, 07:06:21 pm »

This thread is for all who wish to bring accusations against Braeden the Sanguine, Lord of Maras, Defender of the West, Rahl of D'Hara, Monk of the Templar, Sword of the Shogun, Hand of the Tsar, Master Negotiator, Captain of the Forlorn Brigade, Blue Hood of the Ninja, King of the Darini, Emperor of the Imperium Chalybs et Sanguis and Lord of the House of Medici.  Tremble before him and despair.

Compliments also welcome.

Braeden's Handy-Dandy List of Ways to Not Get Banned For A Long Time

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1.  Your sister / brother did not do it.
1b.  Neither did your dog
1c.  No I would not believe it was your goldfish

2.  Admitting your mistake is better than saying the admin is lying.

3.  An hour long rant in IRC full of profanity and rage will not help.  Except in getting you banned from IRC.

4.  If you do wish to dispute it, offer proof.  Or witnesses who don't dispute everything admins do.  Good, reliable witnesses.
4b.  Also make sure you use the proper forum.  The unban forum is for disputes / attempts for leniancy.  Not the faction hall or general forums.

5.  Show remorse.  There is nothing less likely to help you than defiance.  Apologize for your tk / leeching / cheating, own up to it, and you might just find that admins are reasonable people who don't really want to ban you as much as they want people to follow the rules.  (This not applicable for all admins.)

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Suggestions Corner / [Stats] Throwing Heirloom Overhaul

« on: October 01, 2011, 11:46:42 pm »

As the stats work currently, heirlooming throwing daggers gives precisely the same benefit as heirlooming heavy throwing axes.  All throwing, in fact, gains the same modifiers.  These modifiers are pretty good for the low tier items, because they accompany larger ammunition amounts.  25 cut becoming 29 for 8 Daggers is a rather good boost.  However, 44 cut becoming 48 cut for three axes is not nearly as nice.  Throwing weapons are unique in possessing a very limited damage pool, while archers and crossbows are also limited, their limit is generally much larger.

Previously, heirlooming throwing gave "large bag of balanced" instead of "masterwork" as the final modifier.  I would suggest a return to this for the Francisca, Throwing Hammer, Throwing Axe, Heavy Throwing Axe, Javelins, Throwing Spears and Jarids.  For most of these, it would provide 4 ammo, 5 for throwing spears.  It would reduce the total damage per hit of +3 throwing weapons in this tier while at the same time increasing the player's total damage potential for a round of play.

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Game Balance Discussion / Buff Heirloomed Bolts

« on: September 29, 2011, 07:36:19 am »

Just the regular ones, not steel.  If you look, you'll see that regular bolts have the following stats:

weapon length: 63
weight: 2.5
weapon length: 63
max ammo: 16
thrust damage: 0 pierce
slots: 1

As opposed to masterwork bolts, which are:

weapon length: 63
weight: 2.5
weapon length: 63
max ammo: 16
thrust damage: 0 pierce
slots: 1

I think this is probably unintentional, and would suggest improving the damage to +1, +3, +5 at each applicable heirloom level.  Or just updating the website if this is already the case.

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Realism Discussion / Battle mode is unrealistic

« on: September 28, 2011, 06:58:25 pm »

Also siege is unrealistic

Implement permadeath please. For realism's sake.

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Sell/Trade / For Sale / Trade: +1 Light Mail & Plate

« on: September 22, 2011, 06:57:51 am »

Current Inventory:

Thick Light Mail and Plate

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weight: 17
body armor: 48
leg armor: 18
difficulty: 12

Things I am looking for:
Light Crossbow (+1/2/3)
Steel Bolts (+2/3)
Black Lamellar Armor (+1/+2/+3)
Money

I'm also interested in acquiring equipment not on this list if it is accompanied by gold.  The only exceptions are the Longsword, Destrier and Arabian Warhorse, as I already posses those.

Old Inventory (sold/traded)

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Thick Druzhina Lamellar Armor
Masterwork Long Hafted Blade
Thick Knightly Heater Shield
Balanced Katana
Tempered Long Espada Eslavona
Masterwork Shaska
Masterwork Red Tassel Spear
Masterwork Crossbow
Deadly Light Lance
Sharp Steel Bolts

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Faction Halls / The Darini Warbands (_TDW) Recruiting Soldiers

« on: September 03, 2011, 08:52:14 am »

The Darini Warbands

THE DARINI HAVE DRUNK OF THE CUP

Strategus Name: Darini Warband
Tag: _Darini
Color: Green
Banner: 50 renown required to carry a banner (in other words, still working on that, please hold)

History

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Diplomacy

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Friendly with friends

Contact Information

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As there are no other members atm, no TS yet.

I can be found on the forums here, on IRC and on steam, PM for steam information.

Recruitment

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I'd love to have more players.  Requirements are: aspiration to greatness, able to follow orders of superiors, desire to have a lot of fun in Strategus and cRPG, not a troll, at a minimum tolerant of RP.  Oh, and everyone has to like you (yes, for now, just me).  Oh, and you have to fit the alignment.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Equipment

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No restrictions, besides things that are terribly mismatched.  Please don't wear Samurai hats with your plate, it just looks silly.

Builds

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The Darini Warbands encourage diversity.  We want our members to have a wide range of skills, an army needs all sorts of weapons at its disposal.  We do, however, want to play strategus, and we want to do it without casualties.  Therefore, we require 1 shield skill of all melee builds.  Because seriously, it is one build point, and that old board shield will save us from a lot of casualties.

Organization

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The Darini Warbands are plural.  We will be organized under a loose coalition system, members should find someone they feel comfortable fighting with and want to learn from and join their warband.  A warband could be organized around fighting style, all archer or shielders for example, or it could be mixed.  Any given warband may have restrictions on equipment within it, but there are no clan-wide requirements.  Every warband is semi-autonomous in Strategus.  They raise their own troops, their own equipment, and conduct their own business.  Attacks should be cleared through the clan as a whole, but in war, a warband is largely free to raid or engage the enemy as it wishes.  Only the leader of the Darini can gather the warbands for an attack, and generally this will only be done for major offensives.  All warbands are expected to merc for one another, and all will be part of the same training and tournaments in cRPG.

In the event of major decisions that will affect the entire clan, the decision will be made with the agreement of the leadership of all the warbands.  Should the leader of the Darini need replaced, the warband leadership will choose a replacement from among them.  If they cannot come to an agreement, they will continue to discuss it until they can.

Should When we take land, this should be the equivalent of a weak feudalism.