Peredhil

Just as a matter of historical completeness, here are the Rules I developed for Dragons and Skulls. As it turned out, they weren't needed. -Peredhil (with apologies to Orlan for no Nekkid Rules) Dragons and Skulls is the common name of Dragons and Liches. Thanks to Finnius we know there are four suits: Swords, Crowns (or Royals), Dragons, and Skulls (or Liches). The Cards and Values: 1) there are 15 cards in each suit, in Rank order. For example, in Crowns, King (14) outranks Queen (13), outranks Prince (12), outranks Duke (11), outranks Baron (10), and so on down to Fool (0). The names on the cards vary by suit, but the numbers don't. There is a Fool (0) at the bottom of each suit. A Fool matched against a King is called a Wise Fool. A Wise Fool can beat a King, but nothing else. 2) There are three Trump Orders: Left-Trump, Right-Trump, and No-Trump. Left-Trump: Crowns (Royals) command (beat) Swords, Dragons overthrow (beat) Crowns, Liches Kill (beat) Dragons, Swords slay (beat) Liches. All other Suit match-ups treat as No-Trump. Right-Trump: Swords overthrow Royals (beat Crowns), Crowns summon (beat) Dragons, Dragons collect (beat) Skulls (Liches), Liches break (beat) Swords. All other Suit match-ups, treat as No-Trump. No-Trump: All cards compare Rank order regardless of suit. Examples: Left-Trump: a)Adjacent Suits: Baron (10) of Crowns vs. Valkyrie(11) of Swords. Baron wins due to adjacent Trump-Order (Crowns command Swords). Starving Peasant (1) of Crowns vs. Zombie(2) of Liches. Zombie wins because of Ranking (2 vs. 1), Trump doesn't apply because non-adjacent. Right-Trump: a) Dark Elf Magician(9) of Liches vs. Wyvern(9) of Dragons. Wyvern wins due to adjacent Trump-Order (Dragons collect Skulls). Bounty Hunter(5) of Swords vs. Hydra (12) of Dragons. Hydra wins because of Ranking (12 vs. 5) since Trump doesn't apply. No-Trump: a) Same Rank is a tie. See above '' examples. Sequence of Play: 1) Ante to Geld Pool. 2) Shuffle, deal seven cards to each player. 3) Each Player places three cards face-down in a row in front of themselves.. These are the Pillage, Regular, and Siege Attacks. 4) Each Player places a fourth card face-down behind the Attacks. This is the War card. 5) Players places the remaining cards face-up in front of themselves and total the Rank values resulting in a value from 0 (three Fools) to 42 (for instance a King, a Lich, and a Red Dragon). The player with the highest total calls Trump (Left or Right) Order. 6) The Players bet on the Pillage Attack, money to the geld pool. After betting, they each flip their Pillage Attack Card face-up. Resolve the attack by the Cards and Values rules above. Winner declares Trump Order for the next Attack. Tie means No-Trump for Siege Attack. 7) Either player can pay half the Ante to go into Meditation - they lose their money in the geld pool and give up their seat at the table. 7) Bets are placed into the Pool for the Regular Attack, money goes to the geld pool. After betting, they each flip their Regular Attack Cards face-up and resolve the attack. Winner declares Trump order for Siege Attack. Tie means No-Trump for Siege Attack. Losing Player can Meditate (pay full Ante this time) or continue. Bets are placed into the Pool for the Siege Attack. After betting, flip the Siege Attack Cards face-up and resolve the attack. Winner gets the geld pool and gets to name the Ante for the next round or the Loser may match the current geld pool and call Fool's Challenge. A tie automatically goes into a Fool's Challenge with No-Trump Order. Fool's Challenge: Winner of Siege Attack calls Trump Order. Players flip and compare the remaining card, the War Card. Winner takes entire geld pool, loser loses seat at table. In case of tie (a Fool's Rule situation), the geld pool remains as is, and the round starts over with the same players, and one less card dealt, down to the improbable minimum of four cards. If a four-card hand situation is ever encountered, the geld pool is split evenly between the players and either player may leave the table without penalty.

Transcriber's Note: This is one of my all-time favorite Role Playing threads. Some of the plots woven here are still playing out. (Wyvern's enormous debt to Gyrfalcon for damages, for instance). This is one of, if not the first of, the legendary Wyvern thrown Party spectaculars. This was the first time many of these writers came together in one thread. The complexity of the plots and subplots is amazing, considering each person was posting without coordination - just reading what had come before, and pushing it all forward. Notice the skillful use of other people's characters, and the (for the most part) avoidance of Godlike Power Play. The characters have weaknesses, have flaws - and have fun. Even if you don't know who the players are, it is written well enough you can guess characteristics from the context. It's a long thread, but WELL worth the read. Enjoy. -Peredhil

Happy Birthday Solivaqus! You do realize that, since 19 is a prime number, you have the potential for a wonderful year, yes? Sorry I haven't been giving you the feedback your works deserve of late - I've let Real Life lure me away. Again, Happy Birthday! Hugs -Peredhil

Big birthday hugs for one of the other Half-Elves here Birthday hugs for the Demi-God I cheer Birthday hugs for an Elder of Repute Birthday hugs and here's a bag of loot! Happy Birthday Gyrfalcon. When you were a Conservatory Moderator at the UBB, you were one of the ones that always made me feel welcome and appreciated. I appreciate you right back! -Peredhil

This is a stretch from your normal writing - you should stretch more often. I liked it, it has some deft touches in it, that left me wanting more. Don't worry about duplicating another work if you didn't do it intentionally. There is little new in the writing world - what makes things fresh is HOW you write them. This is fresh.

Life is worth that which you pay for it... Swim team, drill team, marching band, football - The greater the effort and price, the better the payoff, the more the mindset of the elite seeps in... Which is a key to Special Forces mentality, when I think about it...

Happy 18th birthday Xaious, Master of Time I hope it's a good day And you'll accept this little rhyme on your birthday Xaious, Master of Time... -Peredhil

Remind me not to upset you...

That's so right I could weep.

Nicely done!

LOL This is wonderfully whimsical. Marvelous fun.

Very well done! heaves a sigh of relief that he has THREE children and a steady job. Getting to go to foreign lands and kill interesting people you meet is one of the steadiest jobs the world has...

LOL! As a Bard of Terra, you have automatic membership of course, but it's always Polite when someone grandfathered in our Rules comes by and shows WHY they have automatic membership.

Heh. Cabaret is for the sort of philosophical chat you find in any college dorm's common room. This would be an Assembly Room post - single (or multiple by arrangement) author story. The Banquet Room is for Poetry. The Library is for anything that's appeared first somewhere else - be sure to give credit to the source to the best of your ability! etc etc etc. It's so great having you back! Peredhil Politely bows and zips away

Title search! Opporknockity tunes but once? Anyone intelligent can be smart, but it takes someone who's really screwed up once or twice to be wise. I may be dumb, but I'm FAR from smart (Junior Samples, from a '60s Hee Haw episode. ) or... Learn

Thank you, Yui-chan

You don't have to post to be here. You can always read, even silently. If you were totally idle, like so many in our IRC channel are... You'd be an Ancient! Hugs Just because your Muse has gone away That's not a reason to stay and play...

Do you have the suggested list of freewrites? This looks like an intriguing exercise...

Happy birthday Canid! Gives her 17 healthy rabbits instead of a cake, and a good scratching around the ruff.

Peredhil tries a (bad) Mexican movie accent. Thees love. Where you get thees love? I want thees thing por mi escribios.

Hugs

ooohph. A gut poem. In my experience, it does help (me at least) to get the feeling outside enough to put into words. For some people, words when deeply feeling come easily. For me, that isn't the case. Hugs

Stale AOD Initiate those I like =) Reminds me of when we were kids and ehrm... my mate wrote this song named..."dai, dai, dai" - I am somehow sure Jez was involved in that... __________________________________________ Ex-owner of the holy grail, Member of the Official A1 Zombie Club, Inventor of Green Slime and Initiate of the Pen is Mightier than the Sword

Zool47 Patron Saint of Aspiring Bards Wyvern reintroduced me to this classic AM post. I'll transcribe it later when I have some time.

Greased [Death Rock showed me this the other day. I had to scribble it down cuz the guards wouldn't let him hand it to me since he was behind the plexiglass.* *Note to the Death Rock wannabe's out there: That's what you get when you attack Creed in the middle of their concert and nearly beat the lead singer, Scott Sapp, to death with his own mic.] *** SKELETON SONG (this here is fer all them losers who wanna sell their asses out to the execs who wanna take yer face an' plaster it all over the place, then market a nifty little whiner rock tune. I stole this from Creed, but they best not say anythin' about it 'r next time, I'll really try to rip off that poser Sapp's head.) This is the part where ya hear the big drum This is the part where ya hear the bass thrum This is the part where ya hear guitar licks This is the part where the whiny singer kicks This is the intro! This is the intro! Listen to it ro-OCK! This is the intro! This is the intro! It's tryin' to ro-OCK! This is the second verse This tones down the song This is the second verse This turns on the blondes This is the bridge! This is the bridge! This is the chorus! This is the chorus! Ya shout it out really looouuud! This is the chorus! This is the chorus! This is where ya sell ooouuuttt! This is the chorus! This is the chorus! It's always two verses long! This is the chorus! This is the chorus! It's the "best" part of the song! This here is the third verse Here ya make it personal It stupidly perverse How ya can map it out This is the bridge! This is the bridge! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! Save yaself the effort! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! This is the bridge! This is the bridge! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! Save yaself the effort! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! This is the bridge! This is the bridge! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! Save yaself the effort! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! Repeat the chorus! End with "Thank you, Cleveland!" "Thank you! Now die!"