The Third Age: A Lord of the Rings RP (OOC)

[Bearon]

Around 17,000 soldiers? Hot damn.

Mind you, I'm not particularly sure about the automatically collected recruitment for NPCs; I'll talk to Liec about that later. But it'll be somewhere near that ballpark in all likelihood.

Sounds good. Looks like Mirkwood's getting some aid.

[Jordslag]

Tolkien Gateway would indicate 20k soldiers at the time of the War of the Ring, so take 10,000 as a base figure, then add to that ten pages of 2000 strength worth of recruitment.

Exactly. You start out with 10,000, then add in 2,000 for missed pages. 20k is canon, so you had to halve it.

[Bearon]

Exactly. You start out with 10,000, then add in 2,000 for missed pages. 20k is canon, so you had to halve it.

Yes... So we're on the same page. I have 17,000 soldiers.

[Jordslag]

Exactly. You start out with 10,000, then add in 2,000 for missed pages. 20k is canon, so you had to halve it.

Yes... So we're on the same page. I have 17,000 soldiers.

No, 10,000 + 2,000 = 12,000.

[Bearon]

Yes... So we're on the same page. I have 17,000 soldiers.

No, 10,000 + 2,000 = 12,000.

Oh my god. Facepalm* 10 pages has passed so that's 2,000 command points for each page meaning in total 20,000 command points. Each lesser man costs 3 command points so that equates to 6,000 - 7,000 command points + the 10,000 I'd have originally for halving my forces meaning 16,000 - 17,000.

[Jordslag]

No, 10,000 + 2,000 = 12,000.

Oh my god. Facepalm* 10 pages has passed so that's 2,000 command points for each page meaning in total 20,000 command points. Each lesser man costs 3 command points so that equates to 6,000 - 7,000 command points + the 10,000 I'd have originally for halving my forces meaning 16,000 - 17,000.

Yeah, well how did you expect me to know the Command point system? Magic?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Oh my god. Facepalm* 10 pages has passed so that's 2,000 command points for each page meaning in total 20,000 command points. Each lesser man costs 3 command points so that equates to 6,000 - 7,000 command points + the 10,000 I'd have originally for halving my forces meaning 16,000 - 17,000.

Yeah, well how did you expect me to know the Command point system? Magic?

Well, it is explained in the OP

[Bearon]

Yeah, well how did you expect me to know the Command point system? Magic?

Well, it is explained in the OP

Oh my god. Facepalm* 10 pages has passed so that's 2,000 command points for each page meaning in total 20,000 command points. Each lesser man costs 3 command points so that equates to 6,000 - 7,000 command points + the 10,000 I'd have originally for halving my forces meaning 16,000 - 17,000.

Yeah, well how did you expect me to know the Command point system? Magic?

[Jordslag]

Well, it is explained in the OP

Yeah, well how did you expect me to know the Command point system? Magic?

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I don't read every goddamn thing in every OP I see.

[Bearon]

I have to go for a while.

[Jordslag]

I have to go for a while.

Bye, I guess. One question: is Dale with or against Mordor?

[G-Tech Corporation]

I have to go for a while.

Bye, I guess. One question: is Dale with or against Mordor?

Technically speaking, neutral, though they are the allies of Erebor. Since Dain has apparently declared war on Mordor for.. some reason?.. it seems that they'll be fighting Mordor as well.

[Jordslag]

Finally, you are here. Are those Humans gonna burn or what?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Finally, you are here. Are those Humans gonna burn or what?

Well, not immediately. I'd start throwing more torches if I were you.

Also, a word to the wise; burning civilians to death tends to make them less inclined to fight with you, instead of against you.

[Jordslag]

Finally, you are here. Are those Humans gonna burn or what?

Well, not immediately. I'd start throwing more torches if I were you.

Also, a word to the wise; burning civilians to death tends to make them less inclined to fight with you, instead of against you.

I'm burning the wall. Don't see any problem with that.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Well, not immediately. I'd start throwing more torches if I were you.

Also, a word to the wise; burning civilians to death tends to make them less inclined to fight with you, instead of against you.

I'm burning the wall. Don't see any problem with that.

Unless I miss my guess, most towns in Rohan were built of wood, and oftentimes had buildings constructed right up against the inside of the wall.

Draw your own conclusions, but I didn't want to be unfair and not warn you.

[Jordslag]

I'm burning the wall. Don't see any problem with that.

Unless I miss my guess, most towns in Rohan were built of wood, and oftentimes had buildings constructed right up against the inside of the wall.

Draw your own conclusions, but I didn't want to be unfair and not warn you.

M'Kay. I think I can stand a chance against a bunch of Unarmed peasants. Go ahead and attack back.

[The Starlight]

It was around that time, yes. TA 1000, thereabouts. The elves came there in the First Age, thousands of years before the Third Age.

Mind you, the reality of a situation doesn't necessarily have a bearing on what sides in a war claim

But what do spiders want with a forest anyway? It makes no sense!
And the reason I am saying this is beccause ICly, he says that they have a stronger right to be in Mirkwood than the elves, which is ridiculous.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Mind you, the reality of a situation doesn't necessarily have a bearing on what sides in a war claim

But what do spiders want with a forest anyway? It makes no sense!
And the reason I am saying this is beccause ICly, he says that they have a stronger right to be in Mirkwood than the elves, which is ridiculous.

Eh, Shaggai can claim what he wants ICly. Forests are actually good living locations for IRL spiders, because of high animal life concentrations, and a high density of foliage.

[Jordslag]

But what do spiders want with a forest anyway? It makes no sense!
And the reason I am saying this is beccause ICly, he says that they have a stronger right to be in Mirkwood than the elves, which is ridiculous.

Eh, Shaggai can claim what he wants ICly. Forests are actually good living locations for IRL spiders, because of high animal life concentrations, and a high density of foliage.

And GREAT places for Spider Webs.

[Bearon]

Of course I'm against Mordor the entire post is to try to balance the RP.

[Liecthenbourg]

Realm: Dale.
Leader: Brand.
Race(s): Men of Dale.
History: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Dale
Alignment: Good.
Goal(s): Expansion of Dale and the defeat of Mordor.
Territory: Dale.
Fortresses: Lake Town.
Strength: 10,000 Dale Spearman, 7,000 Dale Archers.

Dale, may I remind you, is also a fortress. Ish. Count it though.

Accepted regardless.

[Bearon]

Awesome. Mark wood if you want reinforcements send emissaries to Dale.

[The Starlight]

Across the River the Orcs watched the comings and goings of the Elves of Lorien; in some force they had marched up from the south, giving aid to those who had been few in number before. It was intriguing, to see the Elves log those trees that had already lived in the land of ancient times, though few they were in the rolling plains, and see them replant other trees from their Golden Wood to the south. In the minds of many it was a fitting analog for the ways of the Galadrim and the west; only one mode of thought they could accept, regardless of the equal veracity of that way of living, and they would destroy and uproot that with they found against their own close-minded thoughts, as they tore down the old trees to make way for those of their native land. The Orcs were of a more adaptable kin; hounded and hunted over the many long years throughout all of Middle-Earth, they could be found living in deep forests, in craggy hills, at the roots of towering mountains, and even, as their brothers the Gongs did in the east, roaming here and there across the broad plains. By contrast the Elves were a people of trees only, set in their ways, an artifact of ancient times unable to let go of their vanished glory and look to the future. They were fading, while men and Orcs secured their own dominions upon Arda. Here, this battle for Lorien, was but a symptom of the wider turning of the world, and soon Elf-kind would be no more than a fading memory amidst the silent trees of Lorien. Black and sinuous the road to the south now wound up to the ramparts of the growing construction, and many wains brought timber and skilled artisans to aid in the construction. Knowledge too they brought, from the passages of the Silverlode, and a fiendish idea of replication came soon into the hearts of the engineers attendant upon the Fastness, and a hard labor was begun.

I am building a wooden palisade, I could have a storage of wood you know..
And since when did orcs become metaphorical and philosophical?
And sure, elves love trees, but they provide cover for my Wardens and are just plain beautiful too. So I wouldn't call the elves one -dimesional.
I love how you keep trying to invent ways for your orcs to hate my elves. Curious, what is your favorite race in Middle-Earth? I like hobbits, dwarves and elves.
Well, I'm not burning down the trees, am I? That's what you would do. And where are these trees I am "cutting down" anyway?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Across the River the Orcs watched the comings and goings of the Elves of Lorien; in some force they had marched up from the south, giving aid to those who had been few in number before. It was intriguing, to see the Elves log those trees that had already lived in the land of ancient times, though few they were in the rolling plains, and see them replant other trees from their Golden Wood to the south. In the minds of many it was a fitting analog for the ways of the Galadrim and the west; only one mode of thought they could accept, regardless of the equal veracity of that way of living, and they would destroy and uproot that with they found against their own close-minded thoughts, as they tore down the old trees to make way for those of their native land. The Orcs were of a more adaptable kin; hounded and hunted over the many long years throughout all of Middle-Earth, they could be found living in deep forests, in craggy hills, at the roots of towering mountains, and even, as their brothers the Gongs did in the east, roaming here and there across the broad plains. By contrast the Elves were a people of trees only, set in their ways, an artifact of ancient times unable to let go of their vanished glory and look to the future. They were fading, while men and Orcs secured their own dominions upon Arda. Here, this battle for Lorien, was but a symptom of the wider turning of the world, and soon Elf-kind would be no more than a fading memory amidst the silent trees of Lorien. Black and sinuous the road to the south now wound up to the ramparts of the growing construction, and many wains brought timber and skilled artisans to aid in the construction. Knowledge too they brought, from the passages of the Silverlode, and a fiendish idea of replication came soon into the hearts of the engineers attendant upon the Fastness, and a hard labor was begun.

I am building a wooden palisade you forgot to mention that.
And since when did orcs become metaphorical and philosophical.
I love how you keep trying to invent ways for your orcs to hate my elves.
Well, I'm not burning down the trees, am I? That's what you would do. And where are these trees I am cutting down anyway?

Erm, you're building a wooden pallisade. Since it seemed unlikely you were chopping down Lothlorien to build your pallisade- not to mention the pallisade likely isn't near done yet- I thought it was reasonable to assume that the Elves were cutting down trees to the north of Lorien.

Orcs have always been metaphorical and philosophical, when seen from the perspective of third-person narration! And I do too, its fun to write

Burn? Oh no, you cut them down, then burn them in a furnace, if you need fuel. Or burn them if nasty elves might be using them for cover. Just burning them outside of a furnace is simply silly. Wasteful and inefficient, one of the few true crimes in Mordor.

-sagenod-