Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread

[Groin Redbeard]

I'm glad that our posts are amusing everyone Folwren! Erbrand won't strike at Thornden, as he very well might Crabannan (ha, spelled it right, I think). I won't spoil the rest of what I have in mind, but those few posts have unleashed a dam of possibilities for me.

I'll see what I can do this evening.

[Folwren]

Groin, I am definitely looking forward to your post to see just what Erbrand does.

Elempi, I've posted for Saeryn. That might amuse you.

This certain has turned into a courtship story....seriously....

-- Folwren

[Kath]

In her mind’s eye she saw Erbrand and Kara embracing, and Harreld and Kara watching at a little distance, holding hands.

Folwren, unless Erbrand has yet another rival, that second Kara maybe ought to be Ginna?

[Folwren]

Hahahaha! Thanks! I GREATLY appreciate that!

Oh, the hought is hillarious!

-- Foley

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Kath

Folwren, unless Erbrand has yet another rival, that second Kara maybe ought to be Ginna?

Hahaha! Ouch, I'm taking that hit for Ginna. So much for friendship.

[Groin Redbeard]

Sorry that I wasn't able to get my post up yesterday. It was game night with the Boy Scouts and we took longer than I thought. Y'all will be happy to know that I borrowed several ideas for the games from toDay. The sack-fight was hit, no one could refrain from doing it a second time!

Originally Posted by Kath

Folwren, unless Erbrand has yet another rival, that second Kara maybe ought to be Ginna?

One war at a time, please!

My post is up. Although the two have not resorted to blows with fists, I dealt a few venomous blows with words at your character, Folwren, please don't take them as if I was directing them at you, just your character. Also, please note that the last sentence that Erbrand says is not one of mock, he really knows that Thornden is superior to him in fighting and knows that he will probably fall under Thornden's staff. I hope the post is what you wanted, I certainly enjoyed writing it.

[Folwren]

Oh my goodness!

Nogrod, this certainly confuses matters. I'll PM you.

Groin, that's quite a post! Poor Thornden! Poor Erbrand! Such a misunderstanding! And he stormed off, so Thornden doesn't have a chance to answer!

No worries, I took absolutely nothing personally.

Okay, I guess that's all that can be said at this point. I might post once more before the quarterstaff fight, but it looks like we're ready for you, Noggy.
Cheers.

-- Folwren

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by Folwren

Groin, that's quite a post! Poor Thornden! Poor Erbrand! Such a misunderstanding! And he stormed off, so Thornden doesn't have a chance to answer!

Did you want to post? I'm sorry, the reason I ended the discussion was because I remembered Nogrod saying he'll get the game posted today. Tell you what I'll take out the last sentence in my post so that Thornden may respond if he wishes, and if Nogrod posts the game I'll simply edit my post.

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard

if Nogrod posts the game I'll simply edit my post.

No need to rush people. Lommy and Greenie just went to their mother's place and I'm starting to pick up the pieces for the Q-staff -thing. It will anyway take a few posts - which also means a few days - to have it done.

Originally Posted by lmp

Sorry to rain on your game, Noggie, but the three way quarterstaff fight seems unworkable to me. I suggest a play-in round by non-soldiers and less experienced soldiers instead. Up to you, of course.

The problem with the latter is that it calls for 11 matches of quarterstaff fighting... I'm afraid I'll run out ideas before it's completed - and it takes hours to write and read.

But I'm working on a concept right now and here's a few I've been entertaining myself with thus far. If anyone is around, please comment:

1. Totally anarchic three way fight, everyone against the two others. Short-lived alliances, treachery, cunning "back-whacking" (thanks for the term Foley!).

2. A litle more ordered three way fight where at any time there are only two fighting each other but either one can call the third one to the fray in their place by fex. touching them with the staff or something.

3. A team fight (teams of two or three). The teams might be something naturallish like "resident craftsmen", "newcomers", "household staff"... whatever, depending mostly on whether there would be teams of two or three.

4. Other?


I'll be online for a few hours so please feek free to come forwards with your opinions.

[Nogrod]

I think I'm going to make it a team event after all. After looking at the contestants and considering the amount of writing (and reading for you... ) it's the easier way still promising nice opportunities to come up with fun suprises and stuff like that. There's ample room for all kinds of teamplay and mayhem but it could be held together better than the anarchic three way fight.

Now I'm just asking for your opinions on the following line-ups eg. whether it should be a two-man teams or three-man -teams game.


My suggestions for the teams would be as follows.

Pair-game:

Eodwine 43
Thornden 25
*easy, the leaders*

Balvir 40+
Lithor 49
*elderly soldiers*

Aethelstan 23
Osmund 21
*soldiers, were already together in the wood-mission*

Garstan 35
Stigend 30
*the craftsman-duo*

Harreld 35
Erbrand 28
*both are craftsmen as well*

Dan 24
Crabannan 38
*the newcomers who are not craftsmen*

Three-man teams:

Eodwine
Thornden
Balvir
*leaders*

Lithor
Aethelstan
Osmund
*soldiers*

Garstan
Stigend
Harreld
*resident craftsmen*

Erbrand
Dan
Crabannan
*newcomers*


If you wish, we can make the winning team members fight it out in the end to find out the single champion... but I'm not sure how good an idea it would be.

Also, if you strongly protest against a team-game or the line-ups I've suggested * I'll promise to reconsider this.


* the line-ups could be made via lottery as well...


PS. A pair-game would be nice but it has some logistical problems as it leads to six games and thence for three winners... but using lmp's suggestion of a "play-in" might solve that; but who should be the two pairs that could just relax the first round, the leaders and the elderly soldiers? That might be plausible.

[Folwren]

So, the teams would be fighting against each other? For instances, Thornden and Eodwine would fight against Balvir and Lithor? That might be interesting. In a sense, it would at first be like two individual bouts going on. And then, once one contestant on one team was knocked down, it would be two against one, and that person would quickly be overcome. Is this right? It sounds interesting. People could have all sorts of opportunity to come up with strategies or something.

I think if you'd rather do that and can't think of any other quick way that you could write it, then I wouldn't mind. I'm just speaking for myself.

By the way, thanks for your help on the issue I PMed you about.

-- Foley

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Folwren

And then, once one contestant on one team was knocked down, it would be two against one, and that person would quickly be overcome. Is this right?

Possibly... there might be room for some heroism as well... we'd need to see what the dices say.

But you got the idea right.

Originally Posted by Foley

can't think of any other quick way that you could write it

There are no quick ways for me... only less gigantic ones.

[Folwren]

Oh! He's alreayd edited! I see! I see! Excellent. This is even more fun. I am definitely deriving FAR too much pleasure from this.

I'll post tonight.

-- Foley

[littlemanpoet]

I think I like what you've had Harreld say, Foley. I was considering asking you to change it so that Harreld demands an apology from Erbrand for Thornden's sake, but upon consideration, that's something Eodwine would do, not Harreld. So it's just right how it is. I like how Thornden stays above it. Hee hee! I like the good cop/bad cop action here.

[Folwren]

Great. I was a little worried that I handled things wrong.

Groin, what about your character? Did I do alright by him?

-- Foley

[Thinlómien]

Foley and Groin! *dies laughing*

[Nogrod]

Looking at the latest developements I must say this quartestaff-fight will become quite a game indeed. Just look up above and see that I had planned Erbrand and Harreld to be a pair in the fight!!!

I will be letting an unbalanced lottery to decide the outcomes but it is very well possible that if Erbrand and Harreld will go through they might meet Thornden and Eodwine as well... Quite a nice situation. Should I unbalance the dices a bit more to assure that actually happens?

Okay, I won't push it. But we'll see.

If you people have any ideas how your characters would react to those possible scenarios, please let me know. First it would be a question of how Harreld and Erbrand would fight together as a team?

[Nogrod]

PS. (this time meaning "pro-scriptum") If you wish not to spoil the fight, read the actual thread first...


But to all those wishing to have a sneak-view behind the scenes of the first match here's the deal.

1. AH
2. OH
3. AH
4. DH
5. OH
6. CH
7. CH
8. CK
9. AH
10. AH
11. CFH
12. CH
13. CH
14. DK
15. DH
16. OK
17. AH
18. AH
19. AFH
20. OH
21. OH
22. AH
23. CH
24. DH
25. CH
26. OH
27. AH
28. AFH
29. AH
30. AH
31. DH
32. OH
33. OFH
34. OFH
35. CFH
36. AH
37. OH
38. DH
39. CH
40. AK
41. OH
42. DFH
43. DH
44. CH
45. AFH
46. OFH
47. DH
48. OH
49. DH
50. CFH
51. OH
52. AFH



I only managed to advance to the 11th. step. Both Dan and Osmund would have had some nice moves just coming... But this really ended quickly - and just the way it should have if one looks at how it went... Scary

So what is it?

XH is X gives a hit to someone
XFH is X gives a forceful hit to someone eg. makes a great performance
XK is X makes a winning move against someone

*

The number of hits given to any person involved is in proportion to their stamina and energy, the number of forceful hits is in proportion to their strengtht, superior agility or balance gives one the possibility of ducking a hit etc... And all that was run through a randomiser (this is just plain wonderful site!) giving me this result. You'll see it verbalised in the thread.

I may upgrade my system for the next round actually adding some "outstanding saving manouvers" there as well so that it's not only the number of hits coming first to determine the result. Well, it was not so much of that this time but I can see it might go that way pretty easily, with less outstanding luck.


And if Harreld and Erbrand have issues, those need to take precedence. So what do you think elempi and Groin?


* Of course A means Aethelstan, O means Osmund, D is for Dan and C for Crabannan...

[Nogrod]

Gwath and Eonwë

I made a short dialogue between your characters in the beginning of my post and I dared to enter Crabannan's mind in the latter part of the post. Please let me know if it's okay or if I should change something.

[Folwren]

Well, to pass the time of day, I have written a post for Saeryn.

I have two things to say. One, it is very interesting writing about one character talking so about another of my characters... And two, I have been reading far too much Jane Austen lately, clearly.

-- Foley

[Lhunardawen]

Originally Posted by Elempi

"But just between you and me, I think that if our smith had not gotten such a fire lit in his heart for Ginna, I would have expected that she'd make a good match for our Thornden. What think you?"

Oh my goodness. I guess this means you guessed correctly? You know, I really wanted Ginna and Thornden to be an item from the very beginning, but Harreld won even ME over. It would have been interesting, though. Don't you think so, Foley?

Hahaha, suddenly I can't wait to bring Randvér to the Hall.

[Folwren]

Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

Oh my goodness. I guess this means you guessed correctly? You know, I really wanted Ginna and Thornden to be an item from the very beginning, but Harreld won even ME over. It would have been interesting, though. Don't you think so, Foley?

Hahaha, suddenly I can't wait to bring Randvér to the Hall.

Don't I think...? What? lol! Caught even ME off guard there! I didn't know it was an option. That's hilarious. I guess it could've been a go, but I don't know what's going to happen once Randver comes, so I won't say anything at all about whether it'll be possible in the future at all...

-- Foley