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by Keith_w » Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:38 am | |
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How do people who use roman numerals know what a percentage is, much less calculate it?
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by Weird Harold » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:27 am | |
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Perhaps speaking Latin helps, since "percent" is a corruption of "per centum" meaning "for each hundred." .
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by evilauthor » Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:34 am | |
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Concept was probably introduced by an "angel" by accident. He needed to talk about percentages with mere mortals for some reason (War of the Fallen?) and decided that work-arounds weren't going to cut it. |
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by OrlandoNative » Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:19 am | |
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Mmmm... I don't remember if it's ever explicitly stated that the assassins hired by Emerald were actually Charisians. They were supposedly mercenaries for hire; so they may have been from anywhere... ...or at least anywhere but Emerald; I would think. (A nice touch would have been for them to be from Corisande; that would have certainly deflected the subsequent investigation had Merlin not come along; and Nahrman is certainly clever enough to have thought of that.) Thus their attempt to assassinate Caleb might not actually technically be treason, though the penalty is probably the same. I agree, however, that having that conversation out in the open would appear contradictory to the intended result; however, it's also unlikely that *anyone* other than a known and completely trusted person would be allowed to hold a private, one-on-one conversation with Caleb *after* the assassination attempt. "Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again."
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by Isilith » Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:41 am | |
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The book stated that the assassins were Desnarian, not sure where it was at though. It was just a one line, almost random, comment on them. |
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by n7axw » Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:52 pm | |
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IIRC from OAR, they were Desnairians who were recruited locally by Nahrman's people. When any group seeks political power in God's name, both religion and politics are instantly corrupted.
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by anwi » Wed Jul 01, 2015 3:10 pm | |
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Yes, that would be a convincing reason, if Cayleb would be the only person that can assume the role of supreme allied commander in the theatre. I'd point out that role can be more appropriately fulfilled by a senior Charisian commander. Cayleb could e.g. have appointed Domynyk Staynair, who is also a member of the inner circle and more expendable than a reigning head of state. (Roosevelt had Eisenhower, e.g.) And given the relationship between the RoS and the EoC, Cayleb shouldn't need to be present just to overrule Stohnar, while overall strategic command should not depend critically on several 5-days. Finally, Cayleb is now parked in Siddar City for the whole of LAMA and a part of MTAT. And in this whole time, we haven't gotten specific descriptions from RFC on critical decision taken by Cayleb, which only he could have made. I take this as strong indications that RFC is overstreching Cayleb's stay in Siddar City. Might be RFC has a valid reason for that, but there my imagination fails me... |
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by OrlandoNative » Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm | |
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Which was, again, somewhat dumb of Nahrman's agent. Desnairians would have no inherent reason to attempt to assassinate the then Crown Prince. You also don't want a local connection if you're trying to divert any suspicion away from the Duke of Tirian. While he obviously wasn't figured into the assassination plans, it would have been much more unlikely that Merlin could have so (relatively) easily convinced the King, the first Councillor, and his spymaster that it was an Emerald plot if they'd been (even displaced) Corisandians; given the active emnity between Charis and Corisande. "Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again."
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by OrlandoNative » Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:16 pm | |
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Well, Siddar City is closer to Zion than Telesburg is. And, one must admit, having *Caleb* march into the Temple himself rather than even the ranking Imperial Army commander would certainly make a statement like no other. Of course, I don't really see the Temple's offensive collapsing quite that quickly, but one never knows. Actually,however, I think you're missing the point. Or, at least, trying to read more into it. Caleb being in Siddar City is theatre, basically showing how important he - and, by extension, the entire EoC - considers the alliance with Siddarmark. It's not like he *has* to be back home, his wife and co-ruler should easily be able to handle any "administrivia" there that happens in his absence. But nothing short of having her swap places with him can show the EoC's solidarity with his (relatively new) allies, and I don't see him putting her in a more dangerous position if he can be there himself. That's really all the reason needed for him to remain where he is at present. "Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again."
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by Fubar » Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:38 pm | |
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Been re-reading LAMA and the snippets so I'm up to date.
This one stuck out at me. Probably a typo in the snippet that the continuity fairy will hit with their magic hammer but still. In LAMA, Ehdwyrd Howsmyn talks about the new cartridge based ammo and related pistols and firearms. It is pointed out explicitly that both pistol and rifle cartridges are using a .45 caliber bullet and on purpose. Different sizes/grains but the same caliber to make some of the manufacturing easier. In the snippets Howsmyn talks about .45 pistol ammo and .50 rifle ammo. Having just read LAMA the day before seeing this it stuck out at me. The fix? Just have the continuity fairy change it to .45 in HFQ. Also in LAMA completely fails to mention the limited edition "heavy" pistol with a 5 round chamber that takes rifle rounds. The one Merlin uses to demonstrate the advantage of pistols with speed loaders to various Powers That Be. No-prize answer: The Delthak Works didn't make any, it was all Owl! Merlin has the only two in existence. |
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