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iamtheholymolyman 12-29-03, 05:11 PM	Hi everyone, I have 2 characters that i am trying to make back storys for. The first is a 5 guild theif/5 orc warlord/5 warmaster who has lots and lots of followers, in the hundreds. he is half- orc. The second is a 5 guild theif/ 10 dread pirate and he has atleast a dozen ships under his comand. what i am going to try to do is have both characters team up and use their military might and start creating an empire. Both Characters are evil. I know that with only 2-3 hundred troops i cannont conquer a city. my goal is a political take over. So if any one has any suggestions or such, i would love to hear them, thank you.
The_Yellow_Dart_Swinger 12-29-03, 06:20 PM	Just because they don't have an army presently doesn't mean they can't get one.. The best way to get political power is to buy your way in, with enough money you can bribe officials and such to vote for one of the people who is associated with the two characters their. Get enough of them being the mayor's in cities and having high offical power in the kingdom court, and eventually everything will be under your power. Or you could cause mass disorder in a city like killing off the king and all his close advisors, and no one will know what the hell is going on, then you can have your two characters could appear and put everything back into order and taking power that way.
frozen-phoenix-feathers 12-29-03, 07:36 PM	You might not have large enough a number to directly attack a city, but you can take out it's economy. Put a stranglehold on it's food,trade and other income. (goes for a small country too) Raid it's caravans, pirate their convoys, this doesn't just break their econmy down, but also the financial power and you can com across some pretty nice stuff once in a while. Plus, lest I forget, you can always offer "protection", maffia-style, which grants you another handle to grab control.
Morka 12-30-03, 11:28 AM	Originally posted by Winternova on another board (barbarian quotes) "Remeber - it only takes ten drunk men with torches to destroy in minutes what it took fifty men with education fortnights to build." Nothing beat intimidation & terrorism. Alternatively, you could bribe other evil warchiefs (giants, dragons, death knights, mammoth riders, etc.) to enlarge your ranks.
Quijin 01-01-04, 01:10 AM	mammoth riders.....reminds me of Return of the King. there is preperation being made for an undead army. we will use undead dire elephants just like very big higgins landing boats. the chest cavity will pop down and be used as a ramp for the undead to clamber out of. btw, we have bribed stone giants to act as artillery as well and use a local theives guild to start some hell inside the city. so it looks like things are well on their way. :)
Quijin 01-01-04, 01:12 AM	btw, iamtheholymolyman and i are the same person.
Lady Danyon Dehlmari 01-02-04, 05:47 AM	Poison the food and water supplies. Ideally, the poison should be one that can be reversed with an antidote easily enough. It should be slow acting enough that it keeps them very sick- but doesn't kill too quick you want at least some time so this way they don't all drop dead. Have your army move in on the outskirts and set-up camp. Hit the common folk first. Get the message out that you have the only "known" cure. Any man, woman, or child that wishes to join your army will be given the cure. More than likely you'll get a lot of "serf" types signing up. You'll get families signing up. Women and children make good "camp" caretakers. They can help set-up camp, cook, etc. Next to poison, you could also set loose a highly contagious disease that's cured by an herbal remedy with an herb that only your army seems to posses a lot of. A good book to get your hands on is Sun Tzu The Art of War.
Quijin 01-02-04, 04:54 PM	i have actually thought of grabbing that since they did the article in Dragon Magazine.
Quijin 01-02-04, 05:08 PM	i have actually thought of grabbing that since they did the article in Dragon Magazine.