That’s a good philosophy not describe too much. Also I would be able to skip and burn the lucifer guy orI am supposed to use Blood magic Because I need to know it to create another character.
I wonder what options you have planned for players who don’t intend to (or succeed in) becoming one of the ruling powers of the post-Hegemony?
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Pull a Diocletian, enjoy a seaside resort.
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Kingmaker, eminence grise, prophet on the run, perpetual rebel…there’ll be a few different options.
Edit: including, of course, corpse. Unquiet or otherwise.
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I am worried about Mara and The demonic saucepan… @Havenstone 
And that led to the question How deep bad ends will be I want that when Mara decided not use anyone with magic If is a ending will have some epilogue. Even if is a sad tale of failure
Kingmaker , i suppose is to support a ruler…
Could i made Suzanne into Queen or another RO? 
I hope it means make me and the Lacoste heir ruling.
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I don’t suppose our group will ever have the juridical or philosophical pedrigree to try and create new institutions of power from the old Hegemony, will it? Something like a loose confederation of allied states sounds like a good plan, but it’d probably be the result of a very lucky scenario
Well… whoever ruling is fine as long as he/she is compassionate and capable , that’s why i will support Suzanne or perhaps that future Aristocrat RO if me myself is rulling
Sarcifer looks fine … i don’t mind an alliance that benefit both side as long as he is trustworthy and honest … A Lawful Evil character is actually an honourable , although dangerous ally … because he/she will stay truth to any agreement even if they are evil
Yep, I recognize that you’re entirely consistent, and this is how you’ve handled just about all of your characters. That said, personally I prefer physical descriptions, especially for RO’s. It makes them feel more real to me and helps me to picture them clearly. Physical chemistry is a necessary element of attraction. For me this falls under show, don’t tell. Telling me I find someone attractive isn’t going to work 99% of the time. Suzane works for me simply because I find her personality sufficiently appealing that I find myself willing to fill in the physical details. That clearly didn’t happen with Breden.
Thom Baylay’s descriptive imagery of the RO’s in Evertree Inn is the most impressive I’ve seen for gende-flippable characters, as Daisy/Dandy managed to charm both myself and @idonotlikeusernames and we have extremely different tastes. I can still vividly picture the droplets of water dripping from her jet-black hair and running down her every curve.
Not that I expect you to change anything, and I still love your writing overall, but I wanted you to understand where I’m coming from on this.
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True, Dandy has managed to leave quite an impression, perhaps the most powerful of all the CoG RO’s to date and, as the Tiger said, the author magnificent use of descriptive text does help.
Other then the gay/straight thing Isn’t that just political?
I mean who doesn’t love a sexy, fictional bad boy/girl. 
(Note that my short, choppy replies should end in a day or two, once I’m back at my real desk with a decent computer.)
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Yep, that. It does tend to significantly change the appearance of the RO in the mind’s eye, but Thom managed to make it work well for both the male and female versions of the character with only very small changes in the descriptive test here and there.
I’ll give you that my friend. 
Oh no! I’ll never get the last word again. 
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So rock the big stage, big tiger! 
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Definition of sexy is subjective as well … Lol, perhaps it is with respect to eyes , voice , lips …or merely the way of walking ? :-)
Anyway, i survive the winter with only 5 casualties … 3 children and 2 adults who scared to death when 2 Theurges flew past them above , but the morale is generally positive… Yeh !!! a successful winter campaign thus far :-)
And Not for being The different always I didn’t find Dandy scene sexy . I mean objectively speaking He should be sexy and is a great written scene still I found it forced into me like a Hurricane. I am really sensitive to anything that smells author want me to fall for it.
However, I felt in love with Semryu first scene he appeared.
Has it been mentioned if Thaumatarch’s heir will be same gender as Breden?
IIRC it was said they’re the opposite of Simon/Suzanne, so yeah, should be the same gender as Breden.
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Is it too spoilery to ask which factors you will take into account when calculating the influence of our faction?
Number of followers, for one. (After subtracting splinter factions led by your disgruntled former lieutenants.) Mages, blood, money. And it’ll quickly become apparent in the diplomacy/espionage phase of each Game 5 chapter whether you’re able to attract enough allies and vassals to be a contender for continental power or whether you ought to be focusing on carving out and defending a smaller circle of control.
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Are you Ahmad Shayard Massoud or Ahmad Shayard Durrani???
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