While it doesn’t 100% determine whether you’ll lose or not, as a new person who doesn’t understand what they’re getting into, it currently has a high chance of causing you to lose. I’ve never beaten the game fully complying with the request so there’s that as well.
Well from what you are saying and how the game plays, he’s essentially a paper tiger. That said, here’s a few more ideas:
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Send a small contingent to find out why you didn’t send the money. This would include 40 soldiers and an emissary that will demand to enter by right of the King. They will state that they demand the money. If you don’t comply, they will effectively act as repo and ransack the kingdom, raising civil unrest. If you deny even that, he will state, a la Palpatine, that you are committing treason and that you will be dealt with. This puts a strain with all other kingdoms and require higher social checks to have a positive relation with them as they are effectively siding against Ludland (figuratively if not literally)
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Send an announcement throughout the Kingdom that you’re still loyal and are under the King’s protection. This announcement slightly lowers all social checks with other natives to the area and increases the amount of time before Noyedas attacks by 1 week as he’s not sure if the King will actually help defend you and needs a few more days to get the info through his spies.
For me, I was already “in for a penny” in relation with the situation. Very little cleverness lol
And I’m by no means saying you can’t do that. All I’m saying is if you can give that person a lore based reward for going that route, it wouldn’t be terrible. An excellent example is in the Infinity series. All actions have a result while still being lore based for that world. Play a young character and people think you’re too young for the position but you suffer less stat decreases over the trilogy. Play too old and you aren’t laughed at, but by the end of the second book, your ancient and all stat checks are harder. Both have a complex choice that you can’t circumvent. “Do I choose young but die early because my battalion doesn’t listen to me, or choose old and potentially die later because I want physically fast enough to dodge that sword strike?”
If no rewards, then incur a penalty. That’s what I’m saying.
Ex. Earlier I asked if there was a way if I could keep the Abyssal Spawn AND start my own religion. That’s because if there wasn’t, I would have a dilemma. I want to be a badass conqueror with star swords and demon armor… but I also want to be considered the messiah. If you only gave me one, it would put CONSIDERABLE weight on that choice. Since I could choose both though, that weight immediately left since I could effectively have my cake and eat it too.
If I can keep all the gold and all the men and the king “only” tells me he’s mad, that means nothing. Have him spread word to the other kingdoms that I’m stealing and thus try to actively smear my name. That causes a “is it worth it?” question to come.
That is a weak argument. Avelyn stresses that this guy is super amazing and waiting just for you. Plus he’s got “Wizard” in his name. He’s preset to be a good guy lol.
Actually, about that… it only works if you ask “why 3 questions”. If you don’t ask that specific question, you can ask as many as you want. Just fyi
Hm… I REALLY hate that idea… so it’s probably a good one lol. Maybe consider both. Like, the WW speaks an old language that you have a rough understanding of. If you’ve gone through the trials, the genderless accidentally allow you complete understanding while otherwise you need a high knowledge for a basic understanding. Low knowledge and no trials means he speaks unintelligibly and Avelyn is disappointed and doesn’t vote for you since “you’re not the one”
Again, if no reward, incur a penalty for not doing it.
Touche. I guess I meant more expanding your borders as technically him allowing your rule over Seilc is like saying you can eat the deer you killed. Nice, but kinda not really
Tbf, that was why I wanted it. I wanted all the power lol
I live to serve
I am off to test this out