Fiorenza Rosanante... on Jul 12, 2013 wrote:

And would be a terrible waste of tea and/or cake. Also, have you tried to get icing stains out of wood? Nearly impossible to do!

Yes I have, actually. Difficult but it happens all the time!

Ciao!

Wizard is due for an expansion so I can't complain about that (my crew will see it differently, of course). But we all agree that a new bundle (or two) to celebrate the recent Pirate expansion would be much appreciated.

I have fled the country at the moment (Fiorenza and I are pillaging in the real Marleybone for the next few weeks), so my ships are in drydock and the crew are burning their wages in seedy dives on disreputable activities (Monkey King has invented something called "Full Contact Bingo", don't ask and don't play him for money); hopefully when I am able to go piratin' again in early August the situation will have changed.

-Indigo

Indigo Ring on Jul 13, 2013 wrote:

Wizard is due for an expansion so I can't complain about that (my crew will see it differently, of course). But we all agree that a new bundle (or two) to celebrate the recent Pirate expansion would be much appreciated.

I have fled the country at the moment (Fiorenza and I are pillaging in the real Marleybone for the next few weeks), so my ships are in drydock and the crew are burning their wages in seedy dives on disreputable activities (Monkey King has invented something called "Full Contact Bingo", don't ask and don't play him for money); hopefully when I am able to go piratin' again in early August the situation will have changed.

-Indigo

Oooo! Castles! 18th C. manorhouses! The V&A museum! And so much more! Sounds wonderful -- have a splendid time.

And yes, at first Monkey King did the expected tricks on my ship... though he stopped putting lizards and frogs into Anne's bunk when he found out she was just making pets of them. So now his pranks are more elaborate, but more good natured. I think he likes being with us now, though Ratbeard and Bonny Anne often remind me not to trust him completely (it's one of the few things they both agree on).

Virtuous Anne Radcliffe

I think my lot would be up for a raid on Wizard City. They quite fancy some of those snakes, which they maintain are way too good for pets.

-Indigo

" They quite fancy some of those snakes, which they maintain are way too good for pets."

snacks, not snakes. Just now noticed the typo.

Hopefully you are on to something Chrissys... and today I am seeing new images on the login screen. Something is up...

-Indigo

Indigo Ring on Jul 16, 2013 wrote:

" They quite fancy some of those snakes, which they maintain are way too good for pets."

snacks, not snakes. Just now noticed the typo.

Hopefully you are on to something Chrissys... and today I am seeing new images on the login screen. Something is up...

-Indigo

Well your typo made sense either way lol. Oh I DO hope that class houses are the thing here. Even though my crew would launch a war at being called a landlubber, they all just delight whenever I set up a new house. They always race pell mell through the house calling dibs on perceived 'Best' spots of honor to display their souvenirs. They all collect the most amazing things and they really DO make great conversation pieces when company is over. Well maybe Scratchy's most valuable (Dangerous) pieces are given a place of honor outside where I tell him guests can see them first but I think he takes pride in the fact that they really creep me out. Already Monkey King is trying to set up his Full Contact Bingo as a method to determine who gets which bedroom but thankfully the warning has gone out and he is getting no takers. It will be one of my special scavenger hunts that will decide the order of who picks what and they all enjoy looking for things and I always include a dust rag with each list so that they have the place shining by the time they have combed through it searching for items.
Lol look at me, I am planning the bedroom scavenger hunt and we aren't even sure that is our surprise. Nah I take that back, It's just Gotta be what the clues mean .

New houses and furnishings! Although I suspect the mischief meter was still right, I think I might look into one of those new homes soon. As in, right this very second.

Swashbuckler's hall is very, very nice indeed.

Huzzah for the new houses!!

Here's my plan: buy a house and maybe a furniture pack or two. And move the stuff from the old room and my other house to the new house. Have the crew set everything all up. Then say, nah - that's not right. That needs to be moved there and that cabinet needs to be upstairs and move that down two floors and shift that over there and etc. etc. See how long I can keep 'em distracted (and tired).

CDEWinter - I think you are right. The bazaar is the ideal target, and quite close to a dock. I say we set a charge by the gate that connects the shopping district to olde town and blow it, buying us more looting time (and of course, providing us with a nifty explosion).

-Indigo

CdeWinter on Jul 18, 2013 wrote:

A raid on Wizard City could be quite lucrative. Docking in Olde Town would be the easyiest place, fewer guards, a greater distance from Ravenwood, and the Wizard's Bazaar is just across the street, we would only need to raid one building!

I'll get some Troggie slingshots to fire the barrels of atomic yum, and then it's off to Grizzelheim which should have a stormgate to Wizard City.

What if the wizards attack us? Hopefully we are strong enough to beat them.

Dreaming Jill Underwood level 20

Quentin Atherton on Jul 19, 2013 wrote:

Good luck with THAT. You would never even make it pass the ice wizards, and they are the first line of defense in Wizard City, and the weakest type of wizard there is, in attack power, not in defense.

I'm not worried, I have developed what I think would be a great plan.
First, we use some Marleybonean Galleons to bombard the commons area and the merchant area from out in the skyway, we can also use the Troggie slingshots to throw the Atomic Yum into Wizard City. This will create a very nice distraction and make it much harder for the wizards to actually get to Olde Town. The rest of the pirates can land in Olde Town and raid the bazaar. And remember, Unicorn Way is already filled with skeleton pirates, we already have allies inside Wizard City that could be of use.

Quentin Atherton on Jul 19, 2013 wrote:

Good luck with THAT. You would never even make it pass the ice wizards, and they are the first line of defense in Wizard City, and the weakest type of wizard there is, in attack power, not in defense.

Perhaps a night raid in an empty realm? A Back up plan could be gaining access through Pigswick as their wizards were, shall we say, not on the powerful side?

I have to admit, usually I have no real inclination for the er, traditional life of a pirate -- raiding and plunder and the like (I'm the despair of Ratbeard. But he loves me anyway); enough gold to maintain my companions and my ship is sufficient. But now, with these beautiful new houses available, and furniture (!), I begin to understand the meaning of avarice. O yes, I would love to have a beautiful home with elegant architecture, delightful vistas, and lovely furniture to arrange in aesthetically pleasing ways! And it is going to take me a long time to save my pennies... hmm, raiding this 'Wizard City', huh?

No, wait, what am I thinking! We shouldn't raid Wizard City, even if we could. Not only would it be wrong - after all, what have they done to us?--we need to keep our minds focused on our main enemies. Maybe these wizards could be important allies against the Armada! If we weaken them, we could be indirectly helping the Armada. I'd hate that! Besides, I heard that Wizard City was full of students. Students never have any money, right?

Virtuous Anne Radcliffe

Anne Radcliffe on Jul 20, 2013 wrote:

I have to admit, usually I have no real inclination for the er, traditional life of a pirate -- raiding and plunder and the like (I'm the despair of Ratbeard. But he loves me anyway); enough gold to maintain my companions and my ship is sufficient. But now, with these beautiful new houses available, and furniture (!), I begin to understand the meaning of avarice. O yes, I would love to have a beautiful home with elegant architecture, delightful vistas, and lovely furniture to arrange in aesthetically pleasing ways! And it is going to take me a long time to save my pennies... hmm, raiding this 'Wizard City', huh?

No, wait, what am I thinking! We shouldn't raid Wizard City, even if we could. Not only would it be wrong - after all, what have they done to us?--we need to keep our minds focused on our main enemies. Maybe these wizards could be important allies against the Armada! If we weaken them, we could be indirectly helping the Armada. I'd hate that! Besides, I heard that Wizard City was full of students. Students never have any money, right?

Virtuous Anne Radcliffe

You have a very excellent point, Anne - a raid on Wizard City may get us what we desire (our crews to be happy), but it might serve as a disadvantage to us and a convenience to the Armada. If the wizards were to hold animosity toward us, it might provoke events such as the Armada alliancing with the wizards and having an easier way to defeat us. That would definitely be unfortunate.

And Anne, a correction- students DO possess money. It may not look it, but we Pirates are students, students of Ol' Fish Eye, Madame Vadima, The Commodore, Morgan LaFitte, and Mordekai, (in my case, Fish Eye, Vadima, and LaFitte) and I have tons of gold. And a wizard I met sometime back in Mooshu (she was rather, err, difficult to negotiate with to say the least) told me she possesses exactly 130,000 worth in gold coins, and I doubt she took me trying to borrow a couple coins of it as a peace agreement. Might I add she had a rather preeminent strength over mine with that bow and spear she had. Unlike anything I've seen before. -shudders- Funny how we shared the same name, though her surname differed from my own.

So, Ciao!