DM Bloodgargler's Kingmaker - Stolen Lands

Game Master karlprosek

Sounds like a solid plan to me.

Edict Phase

Step 1: done

Step 2: Claim Hex (done)

Step 3: Build Terrain Improvements

Step 4: Create and Improve Settlements

With the Stability success and unrest at 0, you get 1 BP

spending...
1 BP to claim the hex
4 BP for a farm in the hills

current wealth in treasury 23BP (you will be getting between 6 and 12 from taxes)

now.. in Hope's Haven you may build 1 building (+ another if it is a dwelling)

Vladimir had earlier suggested a House (3BP 20 remaining) and a Mill(6BP 14 remaining)

Let's stick with that.

OK..

Step 5: Create Army (skipping)

Step 6: Issue or Modify Edicts (assume skipping?) (this is holidays, taxation, and promotion)

Step 7: Collect Taxes

1d20 + 18 ⇒ (14) + 18 = 32 = 10 gold gained from taxes

---Event Phase---
25 percent chance: 1d100 ⇒ 95

Next Month

---Upkeep Phase---

Step 1: Stability Check DC23: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34

Step 2: Pay Consumption 1 (Treasury now 23BP)

Step 3: n/a

Step 4: n/a

---Edict Phase---

Step 1: Assign Leadership
Brother Aster now gone... will replace with Malylev (we can assume it happens by this point, and just work out in gameplay in the near future)

>Step 2: Claim Hex?

Step 3: Build Terrain Improvements

Step 4: Create and Improve Settlements (build buildings)

Personally, I think we should focus on claiming the hexes surrounding the capital first, and make them produce.
If nobody has any objection, let's claim E5 and make it farmland also?

E5 is a fine claim. Claim it and farm it. All in favor of continuing to claim and farm.

As far as buildings, let's go for an Inn this month and hopefully, we'll generate enough BP to consider a granary in the next month or two.

Continue to skip step 5 this month. I assume the celebration Garborn is interested in would be considered a promotion. I'd be okay with a token promotion here.

Slightly longer term, it might be an idea to claim hexes north, build a road and connect to Oleg's place, then we can begin to flood Restovs market with cheap food stuff from our abundant farms, as well as lumber.
Considering THEIR long term plan, they are going to need a stockpile of that.

Claiming an outer area of the forest and building a lumber yard could also give us a little BP boost.

I agree that we will really need a road to the north.

Other long-term idea: Another settlement further south, on the other side of the lake, with water trade.

Oh, I like that idea, we've got all these rivers, why not make use of them?

Agreed on both counts. With the road north being the priority.

Once we have the road to Oleg's, perhaps a river route or road leading into the forest to the west, where we can turn the old bandit camp into a lumber camp?

That would be a good place for one. I know it doesn't make any difference mechanically, but the camp would be able to supply lumber to both Hope's Haven and Oleg's.

I like the idea that we are building our kingdom just like a character - we make mechanical choices, but we also make choices about its story and its personality. :)

OK claimed hex where Thorn and Shrike meet to the north
Farm 4Bp
Inn 10BP

tax collection: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (18) + 19 = 37 = 12 BP ... back up to 21 BP

event phase 75 percent chance: 1d100 ⇒ 78

We are now at Midsummer.. the end of Sarenith.. the start of Erastus. (June and July)

---Upkeep Phase---

Step 1:stability check DC 24: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (17) + 18 = 35 unrest already at 0.. therefore +1BP

Step 2: Consumption is 0

Step 3: n/a

Step 4: n/a

---Edict Phase---

Step 1: Leadership (stays same)

Step 2: Claim Hex... Continue northward?

>D,4 along Thorn River (grants river resource, bridge which keeps cost of road within hex from doubling)

>or D,5 including Lair of Sycamore Hills
(QUOTE: A Lair is usually a cave or defensible shelter that can be used as a defensive fallback point, a storage location, or even a guardpost or prison. If you claim a hex with a Lair, Stability increases by 1. If you construct a Fort or Watchtower over a Lair, its Defense increases by 1. At the GM's option, a Lair may allow access to an underground cavern hex)

I had actually thought we might claim E4 and make that farmland as well.
You know, everything around the town first, then expand north.

Let's go with E4 and farm this round and build the granary. That should allow us to bank excess grain next month and then go with D4 next month. I like the idea of controlling as many of the bridges as possible.

Thoughts?

Yes, that sounds like a a plan to me.

Ok...

Claiming E,4.. 1BP
farm 4BP
Granary 12BP

This leaves you with 5BP in the treasury.

A few things...

Durielle can switch which of Economy, Loyalty, or Stability her bonus goes to. It has been on Stability, should it switch to Economy or stay on Stability? (It is essentially a choice between 1BP a month vs 15% less chance for a rise in Unrest)

Your Command DC (now 25) goes up by 1 every hex you add to your kingdom.
Currently (with Durielle's +3 bonus going to Stability) you have Economy and Stability both at 19.

Step 1 of Upkeep is Determine Kingdom Stability:
Attempt a Stability check... 1d20+Stability score (19 or 16) vs DC 25.
If you succeed, Unrest decreases by 1 (if this would reduce Unrest below 0, add 1 BP to your Treasury instead). If you fail by 4 or less, Unrest increases by 1; if you fail by 5 or more, Unrest increases by 1d4.

(Subtract your kingdom's Unrest from all Economy, Loyalty, and Stability checks. If your kingdom's Unrest is 11 or higher, the kingdom begins to lose control of hexes it has claimed. If your kingdom's Unrest ever reaches 20, the kingdom falls into anarchy.)

Let's switch Durielle to Economy for now.

I suppose we might want to go easy on growing until we've increased Stability a bit more with buildings and such.
But the fun happens when we reach a size of 26, when the ruler can add his charisma to two checks, and by then we might also have a marriage, then we'd have two rulers to both add their charisma to two scores.

Heh, Garborn sure ships Vladimir and Marisol.

tax collection: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (17) + 22 = 39 = 13 BP

I suppose we might want to go easy on growing until we've increased Stability a bit more with buildings and such.

But the fun happens when we reach a size of 26, when the ruler can add his charisma to two checks, and by then we might also have a marriage, then we'd have two rulers to both add their charisma to two scores.

Heh, Garborn sure ships Vladimir and Marisol.

If you've read the rest of the game prior to your arrival, they do a pretty good job of that on their own.

@DM BG - On the spreadsheet you show a total of -4 penalty to Loyalty. Where is that comming from? I know 2 of the 4 is comming from normal taxation, but where does the other 2 come from?

Yeah.. -2 from taxation, +1 from festivals

the -3 comes from adjusting the High Oracle bonus. It doesn't change as it should, and naturally goes to Loyalty. Therefore on the "other" column I manually adjust.

Once we stop expanding we should start building Roads in all our hexes, for the immediate Economy bonus and the eventual Stability bonus.

A Watchpost has a stability bonus and stacks with other terrain improvements- as we build the road to Oleg's we can put one in the Abandoned Mine hex along with a mine.

Alright... We can move one from the dinner party if everyone is about ready.
If we have no more convo, I'll post a wrap up tomorrow about this time.

Sounds good to me.

Time to get back to the exploring!

Mal misses his lion buddy. Let's go!

Have we lost Durielle again? Haven't seen a post from her in nearly a month.

Sorry so slow again. Back to work after shutdown, and now shorthanded.. working mad hours trying to get caught up.

No worries. Plenty busy my self.

Sorry, been slammed at work. Should be back to regular posting rate now.

where to? and if going directly after the mushrooms, what path?

How about south one hex then loop around the bottom of Candlemere Lake along the shore then come up north into the Fungal Hills hex? That looks like it would only be 2 hexes of travel.

That works for me.

Agreed!

Hey, everyone! I live in the Portland, OR metro area and am stepping in to say that my head is not in the game at the moment.

First, the important part: I am OK. I don't know what view of us you are getting from the news, but Portland is not filled with crazy riots or widespread civil unrest. However, we have had some significant and serious escalations in the past couple of weeks, and that makes it hard to focus on entertainment.

I am not quitting, nor do I plan to quit, it's just that at the current time it is difficult to find the mental energy to devote here.

I don't want to launch a political discussion about it as that's going to do the exact opposite of what I need. What I need is a little time.'

Thanks for listening.

Hang on! My parents and my brother live in Portland. I've been following the feeds.

I hear ya Nico... understood completely.

Yeah, I've had just about enough of this guy.

I've had just about enough of these dice rolls!

Agreed on both counts.

He has lived long enough.

Marisol accompanies her husband, still occasionally pushing her damp hair out of her face. She's pretty sure at this point that a confrontation with some kind of evil spirit is inevitable.

Husband? Did Vlad and Marisol toe the knot when I wasn't looking? (Not that he'd be opposed to the idea) ;)

If that is the case we need to get a new Grand Diplomat soon, as Marisol would a 2nd Ruler.

Sorry, was in a hurry. If you like it, put a ring on it.

Nothing to apologize for, just giving you a bit of grief.

:)