Now's a good time to sell of loot and hand it all out. We can hold on to the potions and wands for now and sell everything else. That'll give us:
17661.64 gp
2943.60 gp per share (Remember this is just the gp value of the share, it'll have a ton of sp and cp in there.)
We'll also have at least a month for Eduard to craft stuff. So, if you have anything you need, put in requests now. Just make sure he's got the spells, or pay the cost for him to transcribe them, and you're good to go.
Also, remember, if you ever want anything from the list. Just post here that you took it and you can remove it from the list yourself. (Like a potion...or wand...or whatever!)
Andrea will get her longspear upgraded to +1 (2000 gold)
Remember, Eduard has Craft Arms and Armor, so as long as we have time to get it enhanced, he can do it for 1,000gp.
I wouldn't mind upgrading my cloak of resistance (+1 to +2, so a crafting cost of 1500) and acquiring a ring of protection +1 (crafting cost 1000gp).
That will be 2500 of my share (thank you for including me!) and I will save the rest. Let me know if you have time for 2 items, otherwise I will go for 1 instead (probably the ring).
Need a new Wand of Infernal Healing (750)
There will be roughly six months of down time between the books. The season is going into fall, followed by winter which is not prime exploring and/or conquering time. It is also harder for spying since it's easy to see footprints in the snow.
The game will pick back up during the spring thaw. Your characters can spend the colder months resting, training, crafting, fitting into the kingdom, etc...
Feel free to continue any RP if you wish and let me know if your characters have any plans for downtime actions.
Waves of icy undead stalking the land? Frost spirits howling through the wilderness!
Andrea turns over and smiles at her lovely dream.
Maybe next winter we can have a Hogfather themes adventure.
Andrea works on strengthening their lines of communication. She doesn't want to have so much time spent between them getting information of a threat and heading out to deal with it.
I’m gonna do the same purchases as Marcus - up the Cloak by +1 and get a ring of protection.
Purchases: We should have more than enough time on our hands if we're going to be doing six months of downtime.
So, in my case I'll finally put magic on my sword (2000gp because it's an old cold iron antique we found.)
As for the Kingdom, I suggest we grab 04,07 and 03,06 and build some Sawmills (8 BP total) and a Road on one of these (2 BP), which leaves us with 25 BP. What would people like to build?
It'd be nice to have something to boost loyalty a bit. Also, a Stockyard in Voronakholm would reduce our consumption by 6, which is a huge boost, though one we can't currently take a lot of advantage from given our granaries are full.
Stockyard sounds good
A monument or two is good for loyalty. We’ve got some deeds we can exalt for ourselves.
I guess we could upgrade the Barracks to a Garrison. That's actually relatively cheap because it's an upgrade and we can use the City Wall as a discount. So it'll only bee 11 BP. The benefit is +2 Loyalty, +2 Stability (and -2 Unrest).
Monuments are 6 BP so if we're going for that, the -1 Unrest should probably be useful. We could get a Library for the same cost, (+1 Loyalty, +1 Economy) and some really good options for using it as a discount or an upgrade later on.
That would leave us 8 BP which we can either save or use on another military unit. We're ahead on Consumption with two full granaries, so it seems like a good time to think about either bumping up one of the armies or making a new one, but I'm also fine with holding off to later in the six month break.
Hmm. Garrison and Library. Make our wizards happy.
Turn 17 Upkeep Phase:
1. Stability Check: DC 41, roll is at +36
2. Pay Consumption: Consumption 0
3. Fill Vacant Magic Item Slots: Two minor wondrous items
4. Modify Unrest: 0
Turn 17 Edict Phase:
1. Assign Leadership: No changes.
2. Claim and Abandon Hexes: Claiming [04,07] (1BP), Claiming [03,06] (1BP)
3. Build Terrain Improvements: Sawmill on [04,07] (4BP), Sawmill on [03,06] (4BP), Roads/Bridge on [04,07] (2BP)
4. Create and Improve Settlements: Garrison in Voronakholm [11 BP], Library in Voronakholm [6 BP]
5. Create Army Units: No changes
6. Issue Edicts: Promotion (Standard) (Stability +2, -2BP), Taxation (Normal) (+2 Economy, - 2 Loyalty), Holidays (6) (+2 Loyalty, -2 BP)
Current Treasury: 8 BP
Economy Roll: 1d20+63/3 +8BP
Alrighty, someone roll our Income!
/ 3 = 22+8 = 31 BP.
[dice=Economy]1d20+63 / 3 = 22+8 = 31 BP.
Cool. Now for an event!
I vote for Worldwound incursion.
We have an Event.
Result: 01–02 Natural blessing and roll again
A natural event, such as a bloom of rare and beautiful wildflowers or a good omen in the stars, raises your kingdom’s morale. You gain a +4 bonus on Stability checks until the next Event Phase.
For your kingdom, a spectacular nighttime show of a group of shooting stars is taken as a favorable sign that prosperous times are ahead.
Result: 51–75 Beneficial settlement event
Result: 67–75 Remarkable treasure
Remarkable Treasure (Settlement)
The settlement immediately fills one of its open magic item slots (selected randomly) with a better than normal item (medium if a minor slot, major if a medium slot). Treat the settlement’s base value as 50% higher than normal for determining the item’s maximum price. If the settlement doesn’t have any open magic item slots, treat this event as Unexpected Find.
I'll use 2,000 of my share to have Eduard craft me a Belt of Incredible Dexterity +2. I'm surprised I don't have one already, honestly.
Next turn expansion:
I recommend we take Lilandria's Keep and the hex south of the capital. Build a Farm on the southern hex and maybe a Fort on the Keep if it counts as a Ruin?
That will all cost:
Claim 2 hexes - 2 BP
Farm - 4 BP
Fort - 12 BP
21 BP remaining
We could use a bump to Loyalty.
Maybe a Jail (14 BP) and a Graveyard (4 BP)?
That's a +3 Loyalty, +2 Stability (we're going to be good on stability for a long while).
Make sure she has final say on what happens to her keep.
Oooh. Graveyard! Lots of army fodder
Lilandria's Keep does count as a Ruin. If you construct a fort on that hex, will you still keep a prison there and will Lilandria still be allowed to stay there?
I think Othniel will want her to stay. :)
Oh, of course. We'll just fix up her fort to be nicer and send her some more guards to keep things safe in the area. :)
Happy New Year everybody!
The holidays have been particularly hectic for me, as I've just moved 13 hours across the country. We're still working on getting everything moved in so my posting won't be back to to normal for a little bit yet. Please GMPC me as needed!
Happy New Year. :)
No worries Marcus. We'll be finishing up the Kingdom building phase and any downtime purchases and actions.
Then I'll start posting back to the gamethread about what's been going on around your own kingdom and any rumors you have heard about the other fledgling kingdoms. I'll answer any questions or elaborate on anything you want more info on. After that, we will move on to the intro for the next book.
Turn 18 Upkeep Phase:
1. Stability Check: DC 43, roll is at +40 (+4)
2. Pay Consumption: Consumption 0
3. Fill Vacant Magic Item Slots: Two minor wondrous items
4. Modify Unrest: 0
Turn 18 Edict Phase:
1. Assign Leadership: No changes.
2. Claim and Abandon Hexes: Claiming [02,06] (1BP), Claiming [06,08] (1BP)
3. Build Terrain Improvements: Fort on [02,06] (12BP), Farm on [06,08] (4BP)
4. Create and Improve Settlements: Jail Voronakholm [14 BP], Graveyard in Novyi Svet [4 BP]
5. Create Army Units: No changes
6. Issue Edicts: Promotion (Standard) (Stability +2, -2BP), Taxation (Normal) (+2 Economy, - 2 Loyalty), Holidays (6) (+2 Loyalty, -2 BP)
Treasury: 3 BP
Economy Roll: 1d20+63/3 + 8 BP
/ 3 = 29 + 8 = 37 BP
Our economy is strong! Ignore any signs that may or may not point to economic troubles!
Developing the hex with our 'special' prison won't cause issues will it? I'm thinking less from a mechanical perspective and more an IC one; a good chunk of the point of it, for her and us, is its isolated location away from civilization. Is our fey warden going to want farmers clear-cutting nearby patches of forest? Will that allow rumors of certain goings on there to leak out among the civilians, who might not understand the advantages of a vampiric fey uh...minding certain prisoners? Might not be the best idea.
We've got to expand in that direction sooner or later. She'll either be okay with us making her fort look nicer or she won't. Either way we really aren't going to just leave the forest alone.
Lilandria wants one of the courtyards inside the fort to be enclosed, accessible only through her private quarters in the fort and would like to eventually have it roofed over in glass at at least 20 feet in height. (She is willing to wait a while on the glass roof since it will be a big undertaking.)
She needs a place to garden and to keep her man-eating vines. She will also move a few tiny fey into the garden as well.
She will also want a large, fenced garden/park area to be allocated for her to plan located outside, but right by the fort. There will be no man-eating plants in that one since it is outside the fort and the general populace may wander through it. There will be some special things living in it though.
Basically, she is trying to arrange for those two places to be safe for a few other fey creatures to settle in so that they will not be killed by incoming settlers to the area.
All of that is perfectly fine. In fact, the Fort that's manned by guards/scouts can be totally separate from her place. I figured she wouldn't mind us sprucing up the place and adding guards that essentially work for her out there. If only to keep other adventurers from the lands to our east and south from wandering in and trying to kill her. ;)
But yeah, she can make it as creepy as she wants. We need to start getting our people adjusted to these things soon. When annex the Lizard people they're going to have to get used to them being part of the nation. Speaking of which, Alexander needs to start meeting with the chieftain more often and talking about educating and training the young.
For the next Event roll, chance is set back down to 25%.
Recommendations for expansion:
Thorn River Camp [07,04] (which gives us control of all of the Thorn River) and two hexes south of Novyi Svet [09,05]. Then make a Sawmill on [05,06] at the start of Skurk River and a Farm on [09,05] and a Road on [06,06]
Total: Claim 2BP + Sawmill (3BP) + Farm (4BP) + Road (3BP) = 12 BP
As for buildings we could actually do well by a Bardic College. Not that Alexander is biased or anything! ;) It's a big boost to Loyalty and the discount from the library makes it 20 BP. We'd have enough BP left to build a Library in Novyi Svet or a Graveyard in Voronakholm.
We might also want to think about expanding Voronakholm. We'll be running out of space soon and it only costs 2 BP to open up another district there.
I like the idea of claiming all of the Thorn River, and building a Sawmill, farm, and road.
As for buildings, I'm okay with a Bardic College, and then building a graveyard in Voronakholm. Next turn we should expand Voronakholm to another district.
Do we need to build any houses for anything to work?
Andrea replaces the old cultist hideout into hideouts for Urgathoians!
Out of curiosity, does Andrea intend to dabble in the creation of undead at all?
To much time and resources needed really. 50 gp for a measly skeleton?
We could always pay for the army of undead with BP. Then it's just a matter of what CR they are. :)
Turn 19 Upkeep Phase:
1. Stability Check: DC 45, roll is at +44
2. Pay Consumption: Consumption 0
3. Fill Vacant Magic Item Slots: Two minor wondrous items
4. Modify Unrest: 0
Turn 19 Edict Phase:
1. Assign Leadership: No changes.
2. Claim and Abandon Hexes: Claiming [07,04] (1BP), Claiming [09,05] (1BP)
3. Build Terrain Improvements: Sawmill on [05,06] (3BP), Farm on [09,05] (4BP), Road on [06, 06] (3BP)
4. Create and Improve Settlements: Bardic College Voronakholm [20 BP], Library in Novyi Svet [6 BP]
5. Create Army Units: No changes
6. Issue Edicts: Promotion (Standard) (Stability +2, -2BP), Taxation (Normal) (+2 Economy, - 2 Loyalty), Holidays (6) (+2 Loyalty, -2 BP)
Treasury: 2 BP
Economy Roll: 1d20+67/3 + 9 BP
/ 3 = 26 + 8 = 34
I was curious, what with the whole Urgathoa thing.
Shhhh...Pharesmian. *Whistles innocently*
Oh. So definitely no undead military units. :(
Did I say that? I never said that. We just don't bring up the 'U' word. Call them circulatory challenged.
I'm not sure that's an actual possibility. If Andrea is pretending to be a Pharasmin, we simply can't be using undead or supporting the use of undead. I mean, it's the thing she exists to get rid of. :P
Plausible deniability!
I mean, you could pretend to be a priest of any other god an still make some undead. Probably not LG gods, but...maybe. Just not Pharasma. :P