Duke Trenada's Last Gamble

[The Old Hack]

In the Stygian Citadel, the Duke holds a war council...





The Duke reveals a terrible truth: there is simply not enough gold to feed the colony even now. But he has a plan.



The Duke and his loyal followers set out on a perilous journey. Due to the fact that nonperilous journeys do not really happen in the Archipelago.





Arrival in Old Port.





A chat with an old... friend?





The Duke boldly leads his company into darkness.





The travellers pass the slave markets and bazaar beneath the Old Port...





...to journey deeper, ever deeper into the endless night below.





Arrival to the gates of a dark city.




The Duke unfolds his plan: to gamble all his gold, and by doubling it gain what he needs to feed his subjects.





Inside the drow casino, the Duke meets another old... friend...




Nearly seventy-five thousand gold ride on a single spin of the wheel. And then...





...as victory seems almost within grasp, terrible defeat takes its place.




Two Loyalists venture another desperate gamble, and pay the price when they first win and then lose.




The Duke bids a last farewell to Patrician Dalton and Citizen Deirdre.



Well, this event was a total blast. We came so close to success, having doubled the gold and then failing to redouble it, winning almost enough to cover the original amount back and then losing the throw where we tried to get back to the target amount. The Dominion will face dire times now, but the story is not over. Not yet at any rate!

[Egon the Monkey]

Cool screenies, but almost impossible to read. I'd suggest posting thumbnails that link to full size ones so we can see what's being RPed there.

[The Old Hack]

I know. Bloody Photobucket. I wish I could make it do as I want. I may redo the first post if I can work out how to get the full size screenies somehow, or try that other service recommended here.

[Porkolt]

Also.
 
Pretty damn spoilertastic.

[Howlando]

Screenshots are posted with my permission. Rumors about this event are going to fly.

And I wanted to demonstrate that the fate of the Duchy literally was being decided on true random dice rolls.

I would have loved for Trenada to come back with great sacks of gold, and for him to spend it to turn the Dominion into a gilded palace.

Alas, it was not to be.

[Porkolt]

I'll admit.
 
Letting the setting hang on the flip of a coin is pretty fucking awesome.

[EfUA_undercover]

Sweet shots. Shame I couldn't make it at that time :(.

[Damien]

This reminds me of everytime I've been to a casino...

....


$5 Trenada hit a strip joint straight after.

[Garem]

BAHAHAHAHA.

Wow. Just wow. Very awesome stuff.

[Giselle123]

$5 Trenada hit a strip joint straight after.

Well, they were in Drow lands so the Strippers are gonna be male.
 
Maybe that's what you meant?

[Portal Rat]

-Please- upload these to imageshack or something. Some of us are old and can't read those tiny little blurry letters.

EDIT: Thank you so much. That is much easier to read.

[Yalta]

Yes we need reloaded screenies, they are just slightly unreadible.
 
Have the setting so totally open to change and not pre-determined is why EFu is so amazing.

[newoptimum]

A problem is discussed, and a plan...



The Duke's cure for seasickness



One last gamble?



The Last Gate



The road into Traensyr



Somewhat inefficient architecture



Nothing ventured...



*gasp...*



I had to leave early, before it turned into a slave auction.  Unfortunately that left me in a bit of a pickle when I logged in later.



Thanks to Howland and all the other players for a night of great ups and downs!

[SilentSouth]

Oh my word... Epic is an understatment.
Fucking amazing. well done.

[Listen in Silence]

God I love this server.