Atlantis 3.0: Times 59 From: Geoff Dunbar <gdunbar@atlantis.prankster.com> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: Atlantis 3.0: Times 59 Atlantis 3.0 Times November, 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Email admin30@prankster.com with game issues. Visit http://www.prankster.com (or email atlantis@prankster.com) for information or to join. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A mighty Hero meets doctor Freud near Helsicke (Zen story) "My heart is burning, my life is useless. When I wake up in the morning, I just want to sink back in darkness again. Tell me, sage man, what can I do?" The white bearded sage man regarded the shiny hero in plate armor whit a smile. "Maybe your life has to go to a next step, powerful warrior." "All my victories are worthless, then? I've destroyed monsters, I've killed evil city guards. I strike fear in my enemies. I can't believe it's worth nothing." The old sage touched the warrior's forehead and assumed and inspired look. "It's time to learn the ways of cooperation and love, my brave man. This will not be an exciting battle, but a worthy goal for your life." "I'll try, old wise man." "Well, go for your road, and give me 50 silver." The warrior buried his sword and walked away. An year later, the sage man was visited again by the same hero. "Your suggestion didn't gain the peace for me" the warrior said, "I'm hard working for the orphanage in Helsicke, gaining just 12 silver a month. The little bastards shout at me. Nobody ever recognised my change in lifestyle. My girlfriend said that I was no more the same man, and is gone away with a barbarian." The sage man regarded him with a peaceful look. "I can see you made an attempt, but you didn't manage to change your soul. Maybe you have to try harder. Did you reconciliate with your enemies?" The warrior regarded him with amazement. "It's too dangerous, wise man." "You think they will not accept your new ways of thinking... that's because you didn't really changed. Just try it. If you really love them, they will love you." "Well, I'll try..." "Don't forget my 50 silver, please," said the wise man. Many months later, a dirty and wounded man presented himself to the sage man. "I'm happy to see you again," said the old man. "My soul is bitter and angry, sage," said the warrior, "when I tried to reconciliate, my old enemies beat me and made me work at the oars in their galleys. Then they used me as a work animal in their farms. Then they..." The sage man interrupted him: "You tried, but maybe there was no real love in your eyes." "So then?..." "You have to tresaurize this experience, anyway. It's a part of your life. If you accept that, maybe you'll find peace for your soul." "This is all you have to tell me?" "That's all. Please, give me 50 silver." The hero showed his empty purse. "I've not a single coin with me. They didn't pay me, I ate with the livestock." The sage old man raised his eyebrow. "You know my bills. If you don't pay, I'll have to call the militia." "Mmh... I've something for you, then. Wait, I'll retrieve my sword." Some minutes after, the mighty hero kicked away the severed head of the sage man and walked to the near brothel. He was enlightened. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ take those cities ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***************************************************************** * WELLCOME TO THE 70'S BBQ * ***************************************************************** ) ( ) ( ) ) ________ ) ) ( / \ ( ) ) ( | \ ( ) ) ( | \ ---)---()-------(---- | \ / )/ / / / /( / /! \ __\/_\ / (/ / / )/ / (/ /!! \ \_/\_/\___ / / / / )/ / / / !! \/ / | / | \ \ ---------------------- !! _/ _/ _| | \ \ |_ \ 70's HELLFIRE / !! / | / / / / | \ \_ -------------------- | / / | | \ \ \ \ !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! "Oswald, high preist of Cthulhu would like to announce he is putting a price of 1,000,000 silver[1] on the head of following mage." SO OSWALD, BY THIS YOU SHOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH STRONG TO CATCH OUR MAGICIAN...I WON'T BE PROUD OF THAT IF I WAS AT YOUR PLACE... WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT OBSERVATION 8? I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE BIT BEFORE REACHING THIS LEVEL... (HIN HIN HIN) SNESS, the unique...high priest of the BBQs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep going eastward and you will find paradise. The Black Hawk Society ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ah, Gilles, look, a pile of rocks to call our own. Yes Sven, and best of all it doesn't rock back and forth. You never did get your sea legs did you Gilles? No not really. -Da' Fish -A fish out of water... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Shadow Circle (6): >From the Office of the GALE Grand Marshall: Construction of GALE University is proceeding at a remarkable pace, and reports are coming in from all over GALE territory that indicate we are in the midst of a real building boom. Forts, castles, and citadels are popping up all over the place, and not just in established population centers. Stone and laborers are in high demand everywhere. The GALE Grand Marshall has also opened an investigation into claims that Atlantean magic has badly unbalanced the stability of the world as we know it. Reports of massive, well-trained and well-equipped armies being defeated by a handful of men wearing Cloaks of Invulnerability or by one or two magicians are being verified. If you have any information to add to the investigation, please share your feelings and thoughts with the Almighty Geoff. He DOES listen. However, the GALE Grand Marshall categorically denies any involvement with the growing anti-magic movement, which is rallying around the Society for a Magic-Free Atlantis, better known as the SMFA. Membership in the SMFA has been outlawed in many regions, but the protected freedoms of speech and thought in GALE have allowed the Society to grow and prosper in many GALE cities. "We are concerned about these recent trends toward increased magicism, or prejudice toward mages, but at this point there is very little we can do about it legally," the Grand Marshall stated at a recent press conference. "We of course will continue to post well-trained observers in all GALE regions to combat the threat of assasination attempts, but if someone gets a hold of Ring of Invisibility and wants to knock off a mage or two, we will have a hard time stopping them. It is really rather ironic that magic itself could be the downfall of the magician." Glory to GALE!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Many moons ago, someone submitted the 99 Things an Ultimate Evil Overload Should, or Should Not, Do. Can that person re-post it, or mail a copy to npc103@psu.edu? I only have a list that goes to 77, and I'd like the whole thing. Edduard, Starks of Winterfell (234) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRD Industries (155): --Atlantis Press (AP)-- AIF Takes A Beating Near Staklesse Last week, someone at AIF headquarters failed to tell the general staff that the campaign to capture Staklesse had begun. As the generals sat in a tent playing poker, the troops marched fearlessly into battle. Idiote (6004), behind, leader [LEAD], chain armor [CARM], 15 horses [HORS], mithril sword [MSWO], tactics 5, combat 2, riding 2. and his IPC buddies lay in wait, and ambushed the valiant AIF soldiers. Assaulted from three sides, the AIF troops broke and ran, with IPC troops in pursuit. The slaughter went on far into the night, and more than 1300 AIF soldiers were killed. The IPC suffered fewer than 400 casualties. The AIF has convened a Court of Inquiry to investigate the events that led to this debacle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Baal looked up from his books, irritation obviously written all over his face "YES? What is it?" The guard hesitated, nerviously eyeing the preserved monkey brains and kobold hands over the work table. Baal snapped shut the book in his hand, "I said, WHAT IS IT?" "Sir, the men are confused. The orders they received, well they didn't seem right." "What do you mean?" "They were the same as last month's." "Oh Shit." "They carried them out sir, even though they were confused by them. Oh and sir?" Baal looked at the guard, the irritation replaced with resignation "What else is wrong?" "Baxtian asked me to remind you that next month is the first month of winter." "Wonderful." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Chosen of Cthulhu (40): CNN - Cthulhu News Network, brings you propaganda from around the world. ________ / \ | \ | \ | \ \ __\/_\ \ \_/\_/\___ \/ / | / | \ \ _/ _/ _| | \ \ |_ / | / / / / | \ \_ | / / | | \ \ \ \ The infamous 70's mage Pinpanikaye (1820) remains at large. One UNCLE source states, "We've gotten several tips and we're following up on them all. The million silver reward is a real motivator." Pinpanikaye's evil invisible clones are expected to go on a killing spree in the Riggenthorpe area this month. Officials urged residents to take anti-assassination measures, but citizen reaction has been slow. Rumors say the God's are discussing the variable nature of stealth which could shorten the time needed to catch the invisible clones by a month or two. UNCLE's normal spokesman Rommel was unavailble for comment on the SEP/UNCLE war his aids saying he was "dead tired" and looked just "hellish". Sun Tzu acted as spokesman for UNCLE in their on going war, he stated "Most of SEP's last big army was destroyed last month. A balloon will be flying in to initiate an attack and keep the remains of the army from escaping. We're in the mop up phase of the war now, the fat lady is singing, the troops will be home for Christmas." Trade factions are urged to say close to towns and cities until the mop up is complete. As the SEP/UNCLE war winds down and the GALE/Nameless war seems to be reigniting hotter than ever. Rumors have it GALE lost around 6000 men and three mages this month in two major battles. This reporter predicts lots of braging and complaining, but anything is better than the current void in the times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ War, Famine, and Death sat at the planning table, poring over the map of Atlantis. "Where the hell is Pestilence?" demanded War. "Dunno," replied Famine, "Pass the chips." "A pox upon him!" cried War, "We go on without the plagued bastard!" "Do I get to kill him?" asked Death. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nameless... we come for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chronicles of The Tribe The Tribe is now almost ready for being a full-trade venture! Zillions of horses, some winged ponys and a lot of food. Prosperity is good. However, it is never enough. We are already too small again... Paulo, Parrot-Man of The Tribe (123) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dunster News Report: ************************************************************ You dodged the Bullet last turn. It won't happen this turn. Col. Davis Looked out over the Mountain at his part of this great Army. He commanded a full division of all types of men. He called the assembled men to attention the sound boomed through the mountain pass. "Men we begin the Greatest battle of this Campaign today", a cheer as loud as thunder arose from his men, his chest welled with pride, "WE WILL PURGE OUR COUNTRY OF THE INVADERS OR DIE IN THE ATTEMPT. THERE WILL BE NO RETREAT THERE WILL BE NO SURRENDER!!!!". We go now to fight them in the mountains and then we will take it to them in the City of CARAHUE, This we must do in the NAME OF FREEDOM!!". The cheering of the men rose to a shattering pulse. "DIVISION!" echoed by the unit commaders, "RIGHT FACE!, FIX BAYONETS!, CHARRGGGEEE!" We will see what the battle may bring. Grayson, Field Marshall, The Dark Legion (7) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Glass Chompers (65): The dragon appears to be asleep, but the men know that as soon as they make the slightest noise it will be upon them... http://www.kraby.pair.com I would like to thank all the people who let me know when information on my page is incorrect or outdated! If you have any changes or new information, please let me know! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ************ PINPA, CHOSEN BY CTHULHU!!! ************ We minstrels are more than honored by the last Times announcement of The Chosen Of Cthulhu > Oswald, high preist of Cthulhu would like to > announce he is putting a price of 1,000,000 > silver[1] on the head of following mage. > > * Pinpanikaye (1820), The Minstrels (70), 1,000,000 silver (or equivalent in magical item) is the best price ever put on someone's head, and I'm personally honored to see what I'm worth for my enemies. I'm tempted to add another 1,000,000 silver on my own head, but since everybody saw I was Stealth 8, I doubt there will be any Obse 8 candidate for the hunting. Sorry Oswald. ;-) However, as the captain of Minstrel-Air (Gate 5), I must reply to the accusation which originated this reward : The captain is not responsible for his passengers! I'm sorry if the clones I have transported ever happen to hurt you, but I haven't manufactured any of them. They belong to someone else, and have simply paid their ticket for the flight. So I shouldn't be held accountable for what they do out of my plane. I'm sure every fellow Gate 5 would back me up in this claim. Maybe we should start a union. ;-) > What upset Cthulhu so much (It almost woke up) > was placing mithril armor on double bow assassins. > Assassins (and their victims) do not wear armor, > such a waste of resources cannot be tolerated Hey, Oswald, please explain to your spleepy God that he should quickly understand the use of the mithril armors when he'll try to "get their rings off their dead bodies"!!! As for waste of resources, we don't have much to learn from someone who has 1,000,000 un-used silver !! ;-) Pinpanikaye, high priced captain of Minstrel-Air :) ***************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Masterson was still, as always, master of all he surveyed. Life was quite comfortable. The last few statues that had been placed in his garden were concrete all the way to the core, indicating an overall improvement in the quality of his underlings. The money was still rolling in quite nicely. His new partners, despite a tendency to dress in robes and gesture arcanely, had taken over several of the local tradesmen's guilds and were delivering Masterson's cut of the profits and membership fees on time. Still, Masterson was getting a bit tired of the problems with some of his overseas holdings - particularly the western ones. In the beginning, he'd been able to skim cash off of those operations to build up his headquarters here. Lately, though, things had gone a bit sour with them; new gangs were trying to muscle in on his holdings, and the cash flow into headquarters had dried up. In fact, Masterson had been required to send in several teams of specialists to "troubleshoot" the problems in the last couple of months. This couldn't be allowed to go on very much longer. Perhaps, thought Masterson to himself, I should send one of my own men out to take over operations personally, reporting directly to me. The far eastern franchise was doing just fine under Cutter's guidance; in fact, Cutter was pulling in a hefty cut of the longshoremen's union dues. But who could he send to take over the western operations? That was a tough question, one that would require extensive thought. Masterson hollered for the butler to fetch a fresh bottle of chianti, and started thumbing out his little black book. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Constitution of Liberty (230): BYING PRICES AUGUST 1997 for all starting cities (only trade sums over 100000 silver, nothing to sell, also very interested in magical items) DBOW: 800 silver FLOA: 300 silver MSWO: 300 silver MARM: 800 silver WING: 1000 silver (only Helsicke) = Aztira@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ladies and Gentlemen, In one corner, tonight, we have the reigning champion. With over 50 confirmed kills and only 3 losses, STEA 8 (applause) In the other corner, the challenger. A gritty, precise sort with no wins to date, but lots of potential, OBSE 8 (applause) Let the games begin! Personally, I have heavily invested in the current obse/stea rules. Having realized early on (within the first 15 turns) the importance of invi vs. true, I focused serious energies on obtaining an obse8 mage. To change the rules now would be completely unfair to my faction's development. If somebody else had found it first, I doubt that they would be arguing to change the rules. If you want to protect somebody, give her/him a ring and study to stea8. The only units in the game who are "essential" are mages. Yes, it is true that this means that all mages need to be stealth 5. With proper training, this should only take 8 turns. Then you don't need to worry about assassins any more. Any other units can be quickly replaced. That is, of course, unless my obse8 mage/assassin comes to your town.... (loud applause) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Glorious Organization of Divineship (GOD) --------------------------------------------------- GOD is a peaceful alliance with headquarters in Jotel. The members are Roses On White Lace (91) & Elves of Essedail (93). GOD FLEET WIPED OUT! A GOD fleet was entirely whacked by the Nameless alliance in something called "The Slaughter". Or as Lord Smygelfh said: "Where the hell did they find that balrog?" BATTLING UNDEAD! The GOD force continued to whack undead in the Salen mountains. No GOD knighs were ever close to getting hurt, but they were too few to efficiently get rid of all undead. "Give us another two months", the local commander asked. As always, the Monster-Guide can be visited at http://www.student.tdb.uu.se/~m96thd/GOD ------------------------------------------------------------ GOD can be reached at m96thd@student.tdb.uu.se ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Up