Contesting Castles?

[Memnoch]

No, Tripp, I am not intending to do that. I was merely pointing out to
Eric, from what I believed was a legitimate question with someone confused
by the rules as stated... I have since come to the conclusion that Eric is
arguing for the sake of arguing and I am stopping at this point.

Memnoch
- -----Original Message-----
From: lialos@crosslink.net
To: birthright@MPGN.COM
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Contesting Castles?


>Benjamin W Loebick wrote:
>>
>> It is my opinion that castles cannot be contested, only destroyed by
>> siege.
>>
>> Benjamin
>
>It is my opinion that Eric and Memnoch are just trying to fill up all of
>our mailboxes.
>
>Tripp
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[Eric Dunn]

At 04:48 PM 4/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>No, Tripp, I am not intending to do that. I was merely pointing out to
>Eric, from what I believed was a legitimate question with someone confused
>by the rules as stated... I have since come to the conclusion that Eric is
>arguing for the sake of arguing and I am stopping at this point.
>
>Memnoch

Actually, I never argue for the sake of arguing. I don't have near enough
time for it. I do like hearing differing opinions though. Of course, it's
always nice to have em backed up by fact, and/or actual quotes from the
rules, but such is life. :)

Besides, I did get some points that I think are valid-- IE by Ryan:


"> I can see that :) but in my game, I would say that if a ruler says "Nope,
> you can't put a castle in my realm" then it wouldn't happen. He does

I concur. Building a castle takes thousands of people several
years or decades, and they are vulnerable to attack while doing so. On
the other hand, a wizard with a ley line and a Stronghold spell is quite
capable of dropping a huge castle down in the middle of enemy territory --
all (s)he needs to do then is defend it."


Additionally, he writes:

"One amusing option to explore is the idea of Espionage or
Character actions to snatch a fully functional castle away from its owner
and fill it with loyal troops; magic makes such commando raids very
possible, and the situation provides a great adventure with political
motivations and consequences."


I like this idea. That is a cool way to take it over--assuming it's not
chock full of troops at the time, but either way it's an interesting point
and a GREAT role playing idea, that I'll just have to use :)

E

[lialos@crosslink.ne]

Benjamin W Loebick wrote:
>
> It is my opinion that castles cannot be contested, only destroyed by
> siege.
>
> Benjamin

It is my opinion that Eric and Memnoch are just trying to fill up all of
our mailboxes.

Tripp