Your are correct Veronica, the top row along the map is off limits - this marks the boundary with Brevoy. You'll need to pick another hex to expand to.
Leveton gains a free Shop, Stable, or Watchtower due to the presence of Bokken's trading post.
I vote for shop.
I went in favor of the watchtower because it was the most expensive thing on the list and some free defense at a time when our funds are going towards expanding our economy seems wise.
Changed the top most hex for the hex directly to the right of the trading post.
Sorry for missing the past couple weeks, will post the next couple of kingdom turns now.
Treasury 12BP
Still can't fail, +1BP
Treasury 13BP
No Consumption
We should claim the Moon Radish patch Hex just below Leveton (-1BP).
Treasury 12BP
We should then build a Sawmill (+1Stability, +1 BP at end of turn, -3BP) and a Road (-1BP) in the new hex.
Treasury 8BP
For now I think we should sit on our BP, we're going to want to putting some serious consideration towards a second stockyard.
Things are good as is.
Tax time.
+15 BP next turn +1 From Sawmill. Money, money, money! Money!
Events
No event.
Treasury 24BP !!
Still can't fail, +1BP
Treasury 25BP !!
No Consumption
We should claim the Swamp Witch Marshes just below New Hope, that'll put us up to Size 11. That allows us to Build 2 buildings in a settlement in addition to the free house, make 3 Terrain Improvements and claim 2 hexes. We should use that second hex claim to claim the Bandit camp hex just bellow the Moon Radish hex. (-2BP)
Treasury 23BP
We should then build a Sawmill (+1Stability, +1 BP at end of turn, -3BP) in the new Bandit hex.
Treasury 20BP
If we build a second stockyard in Leveton it'll add and additional 4 Consumption BP to our kingdom, funding a second army of the party's choice.
Treasury 0BP
Things are good as is.
Empty Treausry, that means it'sTax time.
+11 BP next turn +2 From Sawmill. A good chunk of change. +13 BP next turn
Events
Yes.
Beneficial Kingdom event, sweet.
Discovery.
Discovery (Settlement): Scholars unearth a bit of ancient lore or devise important new research of their own. Fame increases by 1 and Lore increases by 1d4.
New Hope
After doing some math I have determined that we have 5 Consumption BP surplus. This means we can recruit an additional army equal in size and skill to our current one. I am going to do this next turn, what does everyone think is a good idea? I'm thinking about recruiting some cavaliers.
Everyone loves cavaliers!
Treasury 13BP
It's actually possible to fail this, going to change that this turn. We passed anyway, so +1 BP for us.
Treasury 14BP
No Consumption
We've done a lot of expanding, time to consolidate before making another push.
We've three of these, I think we should spend one on a road in the Bandit camp hex, we'll be putting a city on the temple of the elk hex eventually and the road bonuses are a good investment. We've got alot of surplus Consumption bp right now so we don't need to build anything else though it is worth noting here that we can build a farm in the swamp witch marshes and a fishery in that hex along with the bandit camp hex. (-1BP)
Treasury 13BP
Okay so we're making an army of 100 lvl 4 Cavaliers.
Treasury 13BP
We should then build a couple of Dance Hall and house in Leveton, the extra loyalty is needed and the eco boost can't hurt. The house will cancel some of the Unrest gained, we can deal with the rest of it next turn when the stability check comes around. (+2 Eco, +4 Loyalty, +2 Unrest -1 Unrest, 7BP)
Treasury 0BP
Things are okay as is.
Time for gold.
+12 BP, +2 From sawmills, +14 BP next turn.
Events
nope.
In my head I just heard Oleg's crotchety voice complaining about those damn kids dancing to loud music all night.
Ha!
Oleg should show up as a ghost and haunt the place just like that!
Treasury 14 BP
Pass, we remove that lingering point of unrest from Kevin Bacon teaching kids to dance in Leveton.
No Consumption
Still in no shape to expand, need to boost our Stability.
We still don't need any more Consumption BP so we should save our cash for now.
As gross as it is public infrastructure is important so it's high time we built a dump in Leveton and a Trade Shop for some more eco growth. (+2 Stability, +1 Eco -14 BP).
Treasury 0BP.
We don't need to change anything yet.
No withdrawals.
Nice, +14 BP +2 Income make +16 BP next turn.
Events
Yes
Damn I'm good. Another beneficial Kingdom Event
Good Weather
Good Weather: Good weather raises spirits and productivity. Economy, Loyalty, and Productivity increase by 2 until the next Event phase.
Also what are we doing with our newly minted 100 lvl 4 knights.
Patrol the roads?
Yeah, they are probably best for internal security for now. Since we aren't at war with anyone, I guess the occasional posting on the border with the kobolds (to make sure they don't try anything) would also be handy. At some point we'll probably have to have a tourney. :)
Treasury 16 BP
Can't fail, woo free BP
Treasury 17BP
No Consumption
We should claim the Skunk River Estuary and the Hermit Woods, we can build lumber camps there and a fishery on the estuary later. 9-2BP)
Treasury 15BP
Two Sawmills seems like the smart play (-6BP, +2 Stability and +2 Income), and a farm in the Swamp Witch marshes to balance out our consumption. (-2BP) That leaves us with a Fishery still able to be built in 3 hexes, The Bandit Camp hex, the Swamp Witch Marsh hex and the Skunk river Estuary hex.
Treasury 7BP
With all the logging we're doing we should probably set aside some land in our capital for a park (-4BP, +1 Loyalty). It's cheap and lets us build another house in Leveton. (-3BP)
Treasury 0BP
Still nothing needs changing.
No Withdrawals.
+12BP from taxes +4BP form income gives us +16BP next turn. Really digging these sawmills.
Events
Good weather fades away.
No.
Just from a flavor point I was wondering if the party would be okay with claiming hexes with fey activity but not building sawmills or fisheries in them, making them a sort of Royal woods-cum-National park were it's illegal to hunt/fish or collect lumber in them. That's about three hex's I can see so far on the map. The Nixie Pond, the Dryad's Grove to the left of New Hope and the Fey Woods to the bottom left of Leveton above the Temple of the Elk.
It's not optimal but I like the idea.
100% agree re: fairy woods.
Seres approves! As long as we are looking at an overall integrated plan with the fey, and not a kind of Native American reservation system.
Old Beldame's hex might fall into that category too.
If that's the case the I'll take her hex off the fishery list, I assume the fey won't object to farmers? All the hexs marked for fey at the moment are woodlands.
I would like to still build roads and highways through the hexs though, or is that too invasive?
I agree that it's only a good first step towards the protection of fey lands in the area. No one wants a reservation system, so how many hexes should we protect? Too few and it just turns into a token effort, too many and we stunt our kingdom's growth.
Actually is there any way we could intergate the Dryad or local fey of higher power into the conversation. Maybe once the leyline/Primoridal tree plot line gets going we can look at it more closely.
Yeah, I'm definitely looking at integration, if we can get them on board. They won't be a collective group though, so it will depend on the individual fey we (or our scouts) encounter. I'd expect the fey who agree to join us can be productive hexes, like farms but providing... fey stuff.
And we totally need an army of pixies!
We could also go Lord of The Rings and recuit a massive army of Treants, put them in a hex and disguise it as a forest....I think I know how I want to protect the Primordial Tree now. Fangorn Forest anyone?
I agree with Seres, once we achieve some sort of alliance, we should be able to "build" roads and farms even if that just means guided paths through natural forest or fey picking berries.
Now that our kingdom has gone up a size over the next few turns were going to see alot of growth and resources begin to flood in. I'll keep building up the kingdom to be pretty self sustaining and wealthy but that's also pretty boring. So if anyone has any ideas for national projects or goals let me know! Now is the best time so that we can plan it out.
Hey, isn't there a bonus for hitting a certain kingdom size?
(Search for "Gaining Experience for Leadership", as they mistakenly didn't turn it into a header.)
During the predawn darkness of a bleak, frozen winter morning, your ranger scouts encounter an army massing on the snow covered tundra of your western frontier, near the abandoned bandit camp. The soldiers wear winter white camouflage over black enameled armor. Their shields and banners depict a black spiral on a sold white field. The men all have pale shaved heads and wear burly black beards. A herald with a helmet stylized as a grinning fanged skull addresses the rangers.
"Know that the Narlmarches are the sovereign domain of the Theocracy of Yog-Sothoth. Any further colonization or encroachment within the forests will be considered an act of war. The armies of Harrows Deep stand ready to enslave your weak kingdom of unbelievers if New Hope continues its reckless expansion. Any further aggression by your liege against the faithful of 'Umr at-Tawil, or our sublime unseelie fey allies, will result in a swift and merciless retribution. I pray that the people of New Hope embrace the darkness of Yog-Sothoth before our dark lord arrives to claim their black souls."
Sooo, that happened. Uhhh, so who wants to indulge in some military spending. YAYYY.
Sigh, so we haven't even met with the trolls in "slow time" and now we have to deal with these ass-clowns in "fast time"?
Looks like it. So what's our game plan chief? What should we build and recruit? For something as big as this the party should be involved with the process.
Just had a look on Roll20, these guys look to be about our size, can't say for sure without knowing more but damn how did we miss that?
Treasury 16BP
Can't fail, +1BP
Treasury 17BP
No Consumption
At the moment Claiming hexes is NOT the smartest idea since looking at the map the only real hexes to claim are a part of the Nalmarches. I am not poking that nest yet.
Building the two Fisheries in the Bandit Camp Hex and Skunk River Estuary Hex. -8 BP
Treasury 9BP
Okay so we're going to buy Mounts for our Rangers (-2BP), then we're going to start putting up city walls in our cities. (-4BP +2 Defense)
Treasury 3BP
Don't think we need to change anything at the moment
No withdrawals.
....Well piss. That's +10 BP, +4 from Income so only +14BP next turn
Events
Yes
Sigh, looks like this month is not going our way. Happy 4712 everyone!
Building demand. Oh thank Erastil! That's the least dangerous event on that list.
Let's see what New Hope wants.
Building Demand (Settlement, Continuous): The citizens demand a particular building be built (01—75) or demolished (76—100). Select the building type randomly from those available for the settlement. If the demand is not met by the next Event phase, Unrest increases by 1. Alternatively, you can suppress the citizens' demands and negate the event by succeeding at a Loyalty check, but this reduces Loyalty by 2 and increases Unrest by 1.
Okay DM, what do the good folk of New Hope demand?
Yikes! Is this the same place that the Stag Lord and Nugrah fled to?
Agree that building fortifications and growing our military is the way to go... secure what we have before adding more. Can we get "special" troops, like friendly fey?
The people of New Hope demand a Guildhall!
That's pricey but we actually can build one next turn thanks to our trade shop discount, however it will be the only thing we build next turn. It's still not a bad idea, the extra eco and loyalty will help in the long run.
Treasury 17 BP
Can't fail +1 BP
Treasury 18 BP
No Consumption
We're saving BP this turn for the Guildhall.
We're saving BP this turn for the Guildhall.
We're saving BP-*record skip*
Time to build the Guildhall and end the event...Wait hold on...that can't be right...
Ahem, so ah, due to clerical error the rules for upgrading were confused with the rules for discounted buildings...So instead of the original 17BP the Guildhall was projected to cost it will instead cost 24BP. We will be able to build this next turn but until then.
*record scratch*-this turn for the Guildhall.
We're saving BP this turn for the Guildhall.
We're saving BP this turn for the Guildhall.
+10BP +4BP Income =+14BP Next turn
Events
+1 UNREST, the people really want that Guildhall.
No
Right so last turn was a wash I'm just going to skip forward and do the next one now.
Treasury 32BP
We still can't fail, remove the point of unrest from the event.
No Consumption
We should claim the lizard folk fens and Candelmere lake. (-2BP)
Treasury 30 BP
Sawmill in the Fens (-3 BP +1 Income BP +1 Stability)
Treasury 27 BP
Guildhall (-24 BP +2 Economy +2 Loyalty, Discounts a Stable, Pier or Trade Shop)
Treasury 3 BP
Nothing to see here, move along
Our people have expensive taste, time to bill them for it!
Nice, +15 BP +5 Income BP, G@* d!#n I love sawmills. We should apologize to Corax sometime....umm actually what happened to him. We, we should probably find him. Anyway +20 BP next turn.
Events
Guildhall built, the event ends.
Yes
Beneficial settlement event
Nice, time New Hope stopped hogging all the events.
Noblesse Oblige
Noblesse Oblige (Settlement): A noble family offers to construct a Monument (01—50) or Park (51—100) in your settlement at the family's own expense. The nobles pay all costs and Consumption for this purpose.
Free monument.
Alright, way to go nobles.
GIANT STATUE OF OLEG.
I PROPOSE WE RENAME THE CITY TO OLEGIA.
Sorry for missing the last couple of weeks, been in orthopedics. Will post them now.
Treasury 23 BP
Can't fail, +1BP
Treasury 24 Bp
For the very first time we have consumption, -2 BP
Treasury 22BP
We should hold off for now
We're slapping a fishery in the Fens and Candelmere lake, removing our consumption. (-8 BP, +2 Consumption BP)
Treasury 14 BP
We could use a watchtower in the capital (-12BP +2 Defense)
Treasury 2 BP
Nothing to do right now
Money to fund the military please!
*Grumble* It'll do. +11 BP and +5 Income BP vis-a-vis our lovely sawmills makes +16 BP next turn.
Events
No
Treasury 18 BP
Can't fail, +1BP
Treasury 19 BP
No Consumption, as it should be.
Still not a good idea to expand yet.
Alright so my plan right now is to build roads in all our hexes, not only does this have the fluff reason of linking our territory together and speed travel it also has a nice mechanical benefit. Every 4 hexes gives +1 Stability, every 8 +1 Eco. So I'm going to build three in the Fang Berry Thickets (-1BP), the Skunk river estuary (-2BP) and the Swamp witch marshes (-1Bp). (-4BP)
Treasury 15BP
Building a Barracks in Leveton (+2 Defense +1 Law, -6 BP) and since our neighbors are theologically driven nut cases who will inevitably try to seed cultists to tear us down we should deploy some theological defenses of our own, shrine to Erastil in Leveton (-8 BP +1 Loyalty)
Treaury 1BP
Nothing right now
Back the Attack! Buy war bonds!
Sigh, maybe next week. Same result, +16 BP next turn.
Event
Yes
Beneficial Settlement event
Leveton is getting some love again.
Outstanding Success, nice.
Outstanding Success (Settlement): One of your kingdom's citizens creates an artistic masterpiece, constructs a particularly impressive building, or otherwise brings glory to your kingdom. Fame increases by 1, your Treasury increases by 1d6 BP, and Unrest decreases by 2. You gain a +4 bonus on Economy checks until the next Event phase.
Sweet, Treasury is 5 BP with +16BP next turn.
For those of you who are interested in my ongoing art project on the kingdom map, no building more roads in our hexes is not an excuse to indulge my habit.
Yessss shrine to Erastil yessss my agenda moves forward
I mean, wait, what? Nothing!
Could we fluff the event as a particularly impressive shrine to Erastil?
So I had an idea, we have a direct road to Brevoy why don't we send our Diplomat Cvetka to ask for help dealing with the theocracy of Yog-sothoth? I'm sure they don't want to see their investment wasted and don't want an evil/crazy/potentially hostile influence on their border. Also I do seriously think we should have most of the party pick up leadership for the ruler bonuses+cohorts to send on exploration. We still have far too much of the map hidden.
Too many urgent events keep us from exploring. I agree that we'd benefit from clearing more hexes, if able. I think sending an envoy north is a great idea, but suspect they'll send any real help.
If I weren't already badly feat starved, I'd take Leadership.
Treasury 21 BP
Can't fail +1 BP
Treasury 22 BP
No Consumption
I do want to keep expanding, but I also don't want to spark conflict before we're ready. I am however loath to leave the Dryad and nixie pond vulnerable to the theocracy since we did promise to help them. We know the staglord is aligned with the unseelie fey and if they expand to claim those hexes we can't expect good things to happen to the few fey allies we have.
However just from what we can see of their boarder we are a larger kingdom, most of our kingdom is fertile plains and rivers that is pretty much self sufficient. We have the stronger economy from what I can see and have a well established road network that is only increasing in size. Waiting for our enemy to expand and take away that advantage isn't a smart idea.
So I'm proposing to the party, we claim the hexes under the headline of protecting our Seelie fey allies. We recruit an size able force of men, it will put us in consumption but we have the income to support it for now.
I'll sideline a couple BP for now and the party can let me know what we want to do. (-2BP)
Treasury 20 BP
Roads for the Road god...wait Abadar's not our state religion. Roads in the Hermit woods OR Nixie Pond if we take it (-2BP), the Lizard folk fens OR Dryad woods if we take it (-2BP) and Candelmere lake (-1BP)
Treasury 15BP
Another set of City walls in Leveton and New Hope (-4BP) and another house in Leveton (-3BP).
And if we're claim the fey hexes we'll recruit the Defenders of the Hearth, a gargantuan (1000 men) strong army of level 2 fighters. It'll put our consumption at 12 per turn but we make 15 BP per turn minimum.
Treasury 8BP
For now we're good
Money please and thank you.
Sometimes I feel our people don't want to pay taxes. +13 BP next turn +5 Income BP, +18 BP next turn.
Events
Nope
Even if Brevoy send a token force every bit counts. Looking at the rules could we use a trade edict? If we establish a profitable route with Brevoy then they'll be more interested in defending us and it'll it'll make us more valuable as an ally.
Will claiming the hex go against what we said we were going to do? Don't know that I'm OK with claiming the fey hex.
We never said we weren't going to claim the fey hexes. My plan was always to claim them but we're not going to build sawmills/mines/fisheries in them. Basically anything that would drain the natural resources we're not going to do in those hexes. I was thinking they'd be king's woods/national parks, i.e protected places for the conservation of nature. We would still build roads and farms if possible in the hexes so they'd still give the kingdom something back.
Besides if we don't claim them eventually the Theocracy will.