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==Falasan / Eston War==
 
  
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===In Amdor with New Troops===
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==Subsections==
  
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''Crip arrives back in Amdor, happy to be back towards the front lines. He takes a moment to visit his old troop, the Amdor Region Security Ensemble, and share a brandy with them. Seeing their name written on paper, he realises why his men were so keen to write their own name for their unit, and sighs a rueful sigh. But he is glad to see that most of them have now agreed on the rules for their various card games, and are getting on rather better than his present lot. He sends a couple of them over to teach his new band of men, while he relaxes with his drink and the company of familiar faces, before remembering something.''
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'''Crip''': Have any of you seen Sir Willem?
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===[[Grindle Family/CripRP/Falasan vs Eston War|Falasan/Eston War]]===
  
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'''One of the A.R.S.E. militia'''': Yes, Sir, he's somewhere in that direction I think, he was training his men earlier, I'm sure.
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===[[Grindle Family/CripRP/Peace Time|Peace Time]]===
  
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''Crip thanks him, and goes to see Willem.''
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===[[Grindle Family/CripRP/Ash Sea Islands War|Ash Sea Islands War]]===
  
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'''Crip''': I see that you are doing well with improving the region, Lord Willem; I am very impressed with your work here since I was last in the area. I have a small confession to make though - a few days ago, my men caught a man they knew to be an Eston spy. He kept claiming he worked for Falasan, and the men rather keenly kept attacking him in the hope that he would reveal his true master. Only then did one of the men admit that he wasn't actually sure whether the man was from Eston or not. It turned out in the end that he was one of your scouts, from what I can tell. I am very sorry for his ordeal; I took him back to Barad Gardor and got the men in question to pay for him to be seen by a healer, so he will hopefully make a good recovery.
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===[[Grindle Family/CripRP/Falasan vs Cagilan-and-others War|Falasan vs Cagilan-and-others War]]===
  
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Crip Grindle (Knight of Elroth)
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===[[Grindle Family/CripRP/Marquis and Priesthood|Marquis and Priesthood]]===
  
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===Teaching [[Skat]] to Lord Willem===
 
  
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''Crip Grindle arrives at Willem's estate in the evening. He enjoys a fine dinner of pickled herring, with drinks a-plenty, and remarks once more on the fine state Amdor finds itself in under Willem's, and Falasan's, rule.
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==The Cast:==
  
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Shortly, they move to the card table, where Crip gets out his pack of cards and, as promised, attempts to teach Willem the game that his men all love to spend their evenings over.''
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'''Crip [[Grindle]]''': ''Knight, then Marquis of [[Elroth]], [[Falasan]]''
  
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'''Crip''': It's called Skat, and we could really do with an extra person or two, since it's a three-player game for three to five people...
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'''Werner''': ''Crip's captain, recruited as part of his second troop, after the first were left as militia in Amdor.  Parted company with Crip when he took up the position of leading militia in Barad Gardor when Crip became a priest.''
  
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''Willem's eyebrows raise already.''
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'''Haragh''': ''Crip's servant, picked up from Eston lands, and obsessed with Loronzo of the Mist.''
  
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'''Crip''': Well, for the purposes of teaching it, let's have a couple more players ''[he draws up a couple of empty chairs, and his captain takes one of them when called to assist]'' My Captain, Werner, an expert at this game it has to be said, and let's call the empty chair Ramardo Van Troup. Ramardo can be the dealer.
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'''Liert''': ''Crip's scribe.''
  
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'''Crip''': ''[grinning]'' So, let me show you how to deal. You deal three to each person, then two on to the table - these are the Skat - then deal round to each player again, four cards the first time, three cards the second time. Ok? I hope that makes sense, because if you get it in the wrong order, you lose ten points. You can deal for Ramardo, if that's ok?
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'''Crip's Men''':
  
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'''Willem''': ''[struggles, but manages successfully to deal in the right order]'' Crip, it would be useful to know the aim of the game before getting to the details such as dealing...
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Lerati: ''A man of many nerves and apologies, killed in battle in Corniel against the Cagilan Empire.''
  
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'''Crip''': Oh yes, of course. Well, quite simply, you are trying to get to 61 points.
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Prutu: ''A man of few words, killed in battle in Chagasu against the Cagilan Empire.''
  
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'''Werner''': Unless you're going for scheider, Sir.
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Junn: ''The third, and grumpiest, of the remaining men from Crip's original second troop, killed in battle in Corniel against the Cagilan Empire.''
  
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'''Crip''': Oh yes, of course, unless you're going for scheider, in which case you need 91 points. Now then, if you scheider, then you get double points.
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Ulrith: ''One of only six men to have survived the battle of Aja.  Calm and reliable.  Killed in battle in Chagasu against the Cagilan Empire.''
  
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'''Werner''': Unless you declare it in advance, Sir.
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Hurgle: ''Killed heroically in [[Grindle_Family/CripRP/Falasan_vs_Eston_War#Crip_Meets_a_Talerium_Duke|battle in Meneriel]].''
  
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'''Crip''': Oh?
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Yuji: ''A man of much strength.  Killed protecting Crip and his fellow soldiers in [[Grindle_Family/CripRP/Ash_Sea_Islands_War#Battle_in_Aja|battle in Aja]].''
  
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'''Werner''': Yes, Sir, if you declare it in advance, it's worth triple.
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Kruthi: ''Keen and religious.  Killed in the same battle in Aja.''
  
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'''Crip''': It is? Oh, fair enough. Good job you're here, Werner! And then, Sir Willem, if you get schwartz, then it's worth triple. And in advance, Werner?
 
  
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'''Werner''': Five times, sir.
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==Unit Reports==
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Crip's scribe, Liert, produces unit reports for his army when he has one.  Crip has so far discovered the following about the origins of the numbers represented on those reports. Here is his current file on this:
  
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'''Crip''': Five times, eh? Lovely. Ok.
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===My Statistics===
  
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'''Willem''': But I thought it was 61 or 91, and 91 is not double 61.
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'''Physical Age''': ''straightforward''
  
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'''Crip''': Ah, no, not double the 61, double the unit score for the game.
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'''Character Class''': ''straightforward''
  
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'''Willem''': And what's the unit score?
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'''Honour''': ''the number of times my name has been mentioned favourably in inns and taverns which my scribe frequents''
  
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'''Crip''': Well, it depends what game we're playing...
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'''Prestige''': ''the number of times my name has been mentioned in my scribe's company by anyone of great importance, such as region lords or royalty''
  
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'''Willem''': I thought we were playing Skat?
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'''Gold''': ''straightforward, though I wish I didn't have an ex-pickpocket as a scribe - there's no way he should know such information''
  
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'''Crip''': Ah, no, the version of the game, I mean to say. That is, either tournee, solo, grand, nullo, gucki or ramsch. Oh, and Werner, make sure I don't forget to explain about the Matadores...
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'''Bonds''': ''straightforward, though again I have no idea how he manages to find this out when I keep them on my person at all times''
  
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Crip Grindle (Knight of Elroth)
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'''Status''': ''unless I write something different myself, this always seems to be "ok", unless I've been injured, in which case he just puts "wounded"''
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'''Time Pool''': ''something to do with how long we have until the men's brandy rations run out, and therefore how much time before I will get murmerings in the ranks if I give them more orders''
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===Unit Statistics===
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'''Captain (+X)''': ''the figure in brackets is the number of [[Skat]] tournaments that the captain has won''
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'''Type''': ''straightforward: infantry, archers or cavalry, I believe''
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'''Strength''': ''number of men under my command; wounded listed separately''
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'''Training''': ''still not sure on this one''
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'''Weapons/Armour''': ''still not sure on these two''
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'''Damage''': ''still not sure on this one''
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'''Morale''': ''equal to the percentage of men who want seconds at dinner - my scribe is utterly convinced that only happy men have hungry stomachs''
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'''Cohesion''': ''equal to the number of men who stay after dinner to play cards, less the number of arguments that they have in my scribe's presence during the day''
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'''Combat Strength''': ''my scribe asks three local respectable people to give a mark out of ten both for my men and for my captain.  I have labelled these as Mm1, Mm2 and Mm3 for the men, and Mc1, Mc2 and Mc3 for the captain.  He then gives his own small score for my personal servant based on what I believe to be a somewhat arbitrary whim, which I have labelled as Ms.  The total combat strength is then calculated as:''
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((Mm1 + Mm2 + Mm3) * (Number of men))  +  (Mc1 + Mc2 + Mc3)  +  Ms
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''This confusing formula appears to give a reasonable approximation of our strength in battle.  How much brandy the scribe drank before concocting this, I dread to think.''
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'''Designation''': ''a vague description of the sort of work I've been asking them to do recently''
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'''Last paid''': ''straightforward''

Latest revision as of 21:31, 11 August 2008

Subsections

Please select a period of time:

Falasan/Eston War

Peace Time

Ash Sea Islands War

Falasan vs Cagilan-and-others War

Marquis and Priesthood

The Cast:

Crip Grindle: Knight, then Marquis of Elroth, Falasan

Werner: Crip's captain, recruited as part of his second troop, after the first were left as militia in Amdor. Parted company with Crip when he took up the position of leading militia in Barad Gardor when Crip became a priest.

Haragh: Crip's servant, picked up from Eston lands, and obsessed with Loronzo of the Mist.

Liert: Crip's scribe.

Crip's Men:

Lerati: A man of many nerves and apologies, killed in battle in Corniel against the Cagilan Empire.

Prutu: A man of few words, killed in battle in Chagasu against the Cagilan Empire.

Junn: The third, and grumpiest, of the remaining men from Crip's original second troop, killed in battle in Corniel against the Cagilan Empire.

Ulrith: One of only six men to have survived the battle of Aja. Calm and reliable. Killed in battle in Chagasu against the Cagilan Empire.

Hurgle: Killed heroically in battle in Meneriel.

Yuji: A man of much strength. Killed protecting Crip and his fellow soldiers in battle in Aja.

Kruthi: Keen and religious. Killed in the same battle in Aja.


Unit Reports

Crip's scribe, Liert, produces unit reports for his army when he has one. Crip has so far discovered the following about the origins of the numbers represented on those reports. Here is his current file on this:

My Statistics

Physical Age: straightforward

Character Class: straightforward

Honour: the number of times my name has been mentioned favourably in inns and taverns which my scribe frequents

Prestige: the number of times my name has been mentioned in my scribe's company by anyone of great importance, such as region lords or royalty

Gold: straightforward, though I wish I didn't have an ex-pickpocket as a scribe - there's no way he should know such information

Bonds: straightforward, though again I have no idea how he manages to find this out when I keep them on my person at all times

Status: unless I write something different myself, this always seems to be "ok", unless I've been injured, in which case he just puts "wounded"

Time Pool: something to do with how long we have until the men's brandy rations run out, and therefore how much time before I will get murmerings in the ranks if I give them more orders

Unit Statistics

Captain (+X): the figure in brackets is the number of Skat tournaments that the captain has won

Type: straightforward: infantry, archers or cavalry, I believe

Strength: number of men under my command; wounded listed separately

Training: still not sure on this one

Weapons/Armour: still not sure on these two

Damage: still not sure on this one

Morale: equal to the percentage of men who want seconds at dinner - my scribe is utterly convinced that only happy men have hungry stomachs

Cohesion: equal to the number of men who stay after dinner to play cards, less the number of arguments that they have in my scribe's presence during the day

Combat Strength: my scribe asks three local respectable people to give a mark out of ten both for my men and for my captain. I have labelled these as Mm1, Mm2 and Mm3 for the men, and Mc1, Mc2 and Mc3 for the captain. He then gives his own small score for my personal servant based on what I believe to be a somewhat arbitrary whim, which I have labelled as Ms. The total combat strength is then calculated as:

((Mm1 + Mm2 + Mm3) * (Number of men)) + (Mc1 + Mc2 + Mc3) + Ms

This confusing formula appears to give a reasonable approximation of our strength in battle. How much brandy the scribe drank before concocting this, I dread to think.

Designation: a vague description of the sort of work I've been asking them to do recently

Last paid: straightforward

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