How To Stop Intruders? Options

alright so...ive only had this problem once or twice...i guess my dreams arent that interesting but...how to stop eavesdroppers? is there a barrier you can set up while you sleep?

the castle is worthless until its built. no lords or ladies, or possible treasure hidden within. Just a bunch of thralls moving stones and putting up useless walls.

Thats the beauty of human imagination. A real castle takes years to fully finish and even then some get added on to later in the castle's life. You, on the other hand, only need to imagine the castle and its built. In your case the barbarians wouldn't see pesants toiling on castle walls they'd see a formidable fortress located in a stragetic spot that would make it very difficult to take. Of course if they are educated barbarians then they may lay siege to your abode and starve you out. However these educated barbarians would have to be the type that are really determined to get you. If your castle is under siege then you beseech the local lords of neighboring lands (summon your servitors or get help from a friend) to send reinforcements and hopefully trap the barbarians in a pincher mannuver between your castle and an allied army.

Remember though your "castle" is how you see it (it could be as simple as a forcefield or as elaborate as you imagination can concieve) and really it doesn't just protect your dreams, but you in general. Any field of energy, or barriers you create will act as your fortress of solitude.

WHAT IF, metaphorically speaking, these barbarians...who happen to be passing through, are educated barbarians...and they think..."oh these peasants are building a castle...in the future i know where to pilfer cuz they MUST be building this castle for SOME reason. Besides, whose endorsing it?...and what could they possibly be planning to do with so much space? Potentially, a rich spendthrift decided to put his mistress away in the country...but then again, if they could so blatantly afford it in the first place why would they be using cheap labor as opposed to the long term cost effective mason worker?" (hehe

The flaw between the barbarian vs castle and dream deffense is time. It only takes you as much time as needed to complete any rituals or even just run through your room building up walls of energy. A real castle takes much longer to finish. Also keep in mind, just because your fortress might not be finished doesn't mean its not finished enough to defend you. Most castles were built with lesser deffenses around them and an army was near by to protect the investment - you wouldn't want to build a castle just to see it sacked before it was finished so you protect it with even say knights or hell since this is all hypothetical you'd have your assortment of wizzards and soothsayers and maybe even a mythical creature on your side. And if you were in the mid-east maybe you'd have templar on guard, which might be more intimidating than the castle itself. So again, most barbarians would see this as too much of risk to try an take. The monestary down the road with no protection is a turkey shoot. Now on the other hand if you did something to piss off a barbarian army then you'd fill them with resolve and then you would have a problem on your hands. But usually an army of barbarians looses out to an army of professional knights and soldiers.

Being clever barbarians that they are, theyde figure all kind of factors opposing such a silly economic venture...After all, castles depreciate with time and local barbarians must drastically reduce the housing's appraisal and purchase value...and then theyd all decide as a group that castles were a very disagreeable prospect because of so many indeterminate factors...and theyd all realize investing was the wisest choice. Unfortuanately, theres always that one person...who would pipe up and remind them, "Hey we're barbarians. Not priests...pilfer!!!!!!" and theyde all revert to stupid people who attack whatever looks the biggest and shiniest cuz theres a remote possibility of booty.

Just don't try to piss off any barbarians and if you do either be prepared to fight, which you would still have the upper hand, or be prepared to except extortion - and medieval France is perfect example of that not working. Also remember if big enough barbarian army wants to take you out your best bet is to find strength in numbers and combine your armies with allies. Even then I believe the mongul hordes are an example of that not being enough. Point is you can protect yourself against 99.9% of all barbarians there's just that tiny fraction that can get you no matter what.

If we take an eastern twist and look at Feudal Japan we see Dynamo and their generals employing ninjas to take out prominate figures - rival leaders, Ronin and political figures. These ninjas proved to be pretty affective and were hated by the Samuri as warriors without honor (really they had honor they just didn't think dying battle was the way to go). Then there were the ever alluring Geishas. These were female ninja, highly elite, who trained as "entertainers" and then they'd play on the male ego and get in favor with powerful people, either as a spy or to kill them.

But again you'd have to be pretty special to be scoped out by a ninja or geisha. Not saying you are not special everybody is in their own way but barbarians are more likely to attack say Bush (hopefully) rather than you.

This post has been edited by Acid09: Jul 6 2007, 05:58 PM