A Kingdom in the making (Inactive)

Game Master Wrath

I'm pretty happy with the Marshal position but I have to admit, the Warden has me curious. What does the Warden do?

I'm pretty happy with the Marshal position but I have to admit, the Warden has me curious. What does the Warden do?

He's in charge of the police in essence. Basically enforces law in town. Think Sam Vimes from the disc world books.

Cheers

Lev, take over my character for any kingdom building decisions. I'd still like to name it eventually.

Wrath, NPC me for a while.

As you may or may not know my wife is in hospital right now. I just got news her operation likely failed. She is in tears, in shock. I'm beyond words.

I can't play. I don't know when I'll be back. Maybe somedays soon, maybe... I don't know.

Lev, take over my character for any kingdom building decisions. I'd still like to name it eventually.

Wrath, NPC me for a while.

As you may or may not know my wife is in hospital right now. I just got news her operation likely failed. She is in tears, in shock. I'm beyond words.

I can't play. I don't know when I'll be back. Maybe somedays soon, maybe... I don't know.

OUCH, wish you good luck.

@Terra

Not good news for you there Terra but i do wish you and your partner all the best and that your able to return to the game healthy and stress free.

@Wrath

Cheers for the tie to the game. I am happy to fit in where ever my skills can be of use and where the rest of the party are willing to have me.

Lev, take over my character for any kingdom building decisions. I'd still like to name it eventually.

Wrath, NPC me for a while.

As you may or may not know my wife is in hospital right now. I just got news her operation likely failed. She is in tears, in shock. I'm beyond words.

I can't play. I don't know when I'll be back. Maybe somedays soon, maybe... I don't know.

Terra, bad news mate. My thoughts are with you and your family. Take your time, get through it. Best of luck.

Terribly sorry to hear that, Terra! Good luck with everything. You and your family are in my thoughts.

I hope your wife is ok, Terra. take all the time you need.

Wishing you all the best Terra, hang in there, we're all sending you our support.

I think Elsbeth would better apply as Grand Diplomat.

Wander Weir wrote:

I'm pretty happy with the Marshal position but I have to admit, the Warden has me curious. What does the Warden do?

He's in charge of the police in essence. Basically enforces law in town.

That'd be fun but Lev will be happier out in the wilderness so I'll stick with the Marshal role.

Major Forest Name: Karelia Forest

NPC: Nikolai Boravus, an old acquaintance of Lev, is an accomplished scout and woodsman. In his later 30's, he has grown tired of the increased restrictions on hunting and trapping back in Restov and when learning of the new lands in the Greenbelt, decided to re-settle there. He was surprised to find Lev at Oleg's fort and when he learned that the ranger was to be Marshal of the new kingdom he accepted a position as Head Forester.

Wrath: Not sure if that's quite what you're looking for, but there's some thoughts I had for the NPC you asked me to create. Feel free to add, subtract or otherwise edit any details you wish and if you want me to create more, just let me know!

All right, since I'm helping Terra out while he's taking care of his wife and baby, here's where we appear to be at:

Ruler: Anya
Councilor: Svetlana - Is she available for the position, pregnant and all?
General: Alannah
Grand Diplomat: Elsbeth
High Priest: Alandra
Magister: Unfilled - Any suggestions, anyone? Father Kevken might be the best choice.
Marshal: Lev
Royal Assassin: Unfilled (Could look at applying later since there's no penalty to having it vacant.)
Spy master: Bergan (I'd like to see him in that position at least - will that work, Wrath?)
Treasurer: Unfilled - Terra suggested Oleg. Wrath, is he even available? What about Captain Brovoy?
Warden: Potentially our new Samurai PC?

Feel free to add in your thoughts and opinions.

Wander Weir, that is exactly what I needed. Thank you.

Ok, for all of you. At the moment you are short on a few people to fill roles.

Bergan has travelled to the frontier with you, but he is woefully unsuited for the role of Spy master. He would make a good councilor though. Remember that only Oleg and Svetlana know he as a bandit before you redeemed him

Oleg will need to be convinced to leave his shop and set up with you guys in your new settlement. I suggest sending Elsbeth to try and convince he and Svetlana to travel there. Elsbeth, this will require a diplomacy roll. I advise you not to use your seductive trait on him though, as it may upset Svetlana hehe. Could you please post a suitable in character entrance on how you go about this.

Captain Brovoy would suit the marshall, warden or general. They're all filled so mostly there is now nothing to tempt him south. He will be a staunch ally on the dorder lands though.

Father Kevkin has set up a village near the shrine you cleared. He won't give that up to be a magister. If the kingdom expands to include his land, then he may well do so, but for now it isn't an option for him.

So, roles that will remain unfilled for now - magister, royal assassin, spy master.

Cheers

I'll soon be too busy for a couple of weeks.Not sure how the x-mas work will affect my posting rate, but it'll definitevily slow down a lot.

Personally, I'd rather Oleg and Svetlana stayed at their shop and continued to bring wares into the region as they're already doing. I was just nominating them for various positions to follow up on Terra's thoughts and because I couldn't think of anyone else.

If Bergan will make a good Councillor, I say let's give him the job. I'd like to take advantage of him in whatever way we can.

I'm not concerned about the Royal Assassin right now but we definitely need to get a magister as soon as possible. Neither Oleg nor Svetlana are suited to that. I doubt they'd be of much use as spy master either (another reason to let them stay where they are). Are there any other NPCs we've forgotten about, Wrath? Can we perhaps try to recruit someone to do it?

you need Oleg for treasurer. He's good at balancing money, and without a treasurer early on, things could get ugly. Oleg has run a trade post on the frontier for years. He knows what to do here.

Other than that, I listed the ones missing now. Getting a magister may require building a tower for one at this stage. Keep an eye out for NPC's that may come along as well. Building good realtionships is always useful this way.

Cheers

Oops, I forgot about treasurer. Okay, then he can do that and Svetlana can relax while she deals with her pregnancy.

Sounds good all around.

After working through the first shock, and getting my head back on straight, here are some thoughts and announcements

The Kingdom will officially be known as Schwertmark. It keeps the german theme of Rostland, is suitably martial for a "wilderness conquest" scenario, and avoids corny references to the Stag Lord or banditry.

Anya claims the title of "Princess". That is suitably generic and unlikely to cause much offense at the court of Brevoy, but makes clear her reign is independant of another (as a "normal" noble title would imply).

Im half back in the game. I try to post when i have time and spare mental cycles. Not every day, and probably not walls of text, but hopefully not to leave you hanging anymore.

Sounds good?

I'm fine with everything. How's your wife?

Schwertmark is good, though I'm glad this is a pbp so I don't have to try pronouncing that. :)

As Gandal has already asked, how is your wife doing?

The river flowing through the forest will be the Tränen river, or River of Tears, going with the Germanic theme. The other will be the Freiheit river (River of Freedom) symbolizing the new beginning.

She'll be released from hospital either tomorrow (1.12) or the day after. We don't yet know if everything turned our right - the wound is too delicate for any close examination yet. Despite some very disheartening evidence, we keep as much hope as we can.

If further treatment is needed, she'll probably have a more severe surgery in early feb next year.

Sh (as in SH..) ve (enVElope) rtmark

Keeping with the new beginning theme, how about Lake Neuanfang?

been fighting a medical condition that's got me headachy and exhausted. Will post when I can. I have another kingdom running post to make soon hopefully. Most likley tomorrow if it all goes to plan.

Hey Wrath:

I've had a really busy day so far today and the weekend is looking even busier. My apologies in advance but I might be a little quieter than I'd like until Monday (it's Friday here at the moment). I'll still post when I can though.

Reading all these names, I fear we may have created a "Democratic People's Republic of Equalia", with its capital of Justice. :)

This is cultural discrimination!!! I want some italian names around the Kingdom. :P

This is cultural discrimination!!! I want some italian names around the Kingdom. :P

I shall name a street in your honour my friend (hehe).

There'll be more chances for naming things soon. I named the city in the end, to match the current theme. However, there will be new towns pop up as we go, and I'll give you a chance to name some of them Gandal. I have Varisia in my head as a kind of Italian nation, maybe a group of travelling Varisians make their home here at some point.

Cheers

Dal momento che ho iniziato..sorry :)
Since i started the discussion, from what i read of Golarion, Varisia is more like Romania.The most italian inspired nations should be Cheliax (Renaissance Italy) and Taldor(Late Roman Empire).

That's almost exactly how I saw it as well.

Hehe, no problem. I believe at some point, a group of Chelaxians may well come to the land. That sounds very tempting given Elsbeth's past (BWAHAHAHAHAHahahahhahahha.....er, sorry)

That woud be perfect to close some unfinished business. Let them come when Elsbeth is level 20, and they are no greater than 5

Wrath

Relative to the map in the Players Guide? Where have we established this keep and where do our bounds of control end/ownership end?

Wrath

Relative to the map in the Players Guide? Where have we established this keep and where do our bounds of control end/ownership end?

I'll update the map tonight with your borders drawn in and other things noted. Using my iPad at moment, or I'd do it now

Bloody hell, sry bout the incorrect handle on that post. Cant change it now as its been too long.

Also, how many XP do we have? your DM alias is still at about 7500.
And we haven't received the share of the staglord's loot? or has it all been expended in the kingdom?

Gandal, I updated the xp. Currently 9050.

Most of the loot from the staglords fort is going to be used to kit out your troops and start repairing the castle etc. So all the gold from the trade goods and spare weapons really isn't available to your characters. As for the rest, it is really up to you guys to divide it amongst yourselves. I have enough to run without tracking your loot hehe.

Cheers

Nice mapping!

All the games i was in (and running one) with the upcoming of December died or are dying, sometime players disappear without even warning.
This is the only game that is still going,and wanted to thank all of you for being still here despite the extra burden of this month.

A merry Christmas to you all. Christmas eve here, and since forced to type these out on an iPad I'll not be posting again till get back home in a few days. We'll be running a tourney when get back.

Hoping you all have a great time with family and friends.

Cheers

Happy holidays to everyone!

Happy holidays all of you

Just to make things clear, I pulled out of the priest thread chiefly to avoid going all over Alandra's responsibilities, not because I think its unimportant.

Noted, I probably worded it a little poorly when i typed that up. It also gives her a more active roll to play in this situation, which is important in winning folk to her faith if she truly wants that.

I love Alandra, perceptive, wise and blunt as a hammer.

The elite guards for Anya I definitely pan on developing as soon as we can afford to, in fact I had the idea of offering whoever wins the tournament the position of leading Anya's personal guard.

At the moment Alannah sort of plays a dual role of General and Anya's bodyguard which is just how it developed so far.

Some more thoughts on equipment for troops

City Guards (Police) - Studded leather, shortsword, billy (truncheon) and daggers. Also a whistle and lantern on pole for night duty. Badges.

Castle Guards (Army) - Studded leather, Longspear, shortsword, dagger. Sergents most likely have shield and longsword instead. Tabard.

Marshalls (Rangers in essence) - Studded leather, longbows, daggers. Provisions for long ranging patrols in low settlement lands. Badges

They're my ideas on how those folks would be equipped at this stage. Basic training as I stated in the other thread (1st level warriors or commoners, about half and half.) These will change with time and more people living in your region.

I haven't worked out numbers for each yet, nor an algorythm for how that will change with time, but will do so soonish I guess.

Also, I moved this discussion to this thread as its more appropriate than the In Character thread.

Cheers

I was thinking Elsbeth might want to call a male calistrian apprentice (cleric lvl 1 too much?) as her follower.