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About maps, remember we have these ones:
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3remN6x6UdMU2k4VGxzZl9vSXc/edit?usp=shari ng - Stolen Lands annotated
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3remN6x6UdMdWdxY3ZOelRzTFE/edit?usp=shari ng - Stolen Lands with coordinates
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3remN6x6UdMelc4X29nSUplRmc/edit?usp=shari ng - Stolen Lands annotated Gimp file
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3remN6x6UdMS2psenBBaURQWmM/edit?usp=shari ng - Hexographer File - http://www.hexographer.com/
The "Queen" answers:
"The kingdom of Artume lies along the western fork of the Sellen River within a day’s ride of Daggermark, Gralton, and Sevenarches, and 3 or 4 days ride Southwest from here."
Does this mean anything to Szymon?
Yes, we should have a viceroy, instead of a ruler. Tatiana can do it, because it uses Wisdom, too.You can call it as you want, but until the Barons return, the "Viceroy" will be the actual ruler of your kingdom.
Yes, but as Viceroy, it's clear she is not be the legitimate ruler. Plus, she's more outgoing that Tarina, and Viceroy uses Wisdom for the win.
Whatever you have roll works, just need to check and have all (or most) aboard.
As Tarina said, she would need to "explain" how she is the heir to the kingdom... even if right now she would be the ruler.
But i have to say you need somebody more "visible" for ruler... Tarina is not really the extroverted kind, as far as I have seen her.
And by the way... no colonizing the Kobold lands for now... Anything anyone builds there over the day gets destroyed over the night, and all attempts to travel there gets the victim of traps and ambushes.
The way I see it is those two things go kind of hand in hand, Tarina has learned not to attract too much attention to herself for fear of being discovered as being Venetia's daughter. Venetia is for sure a lot more extroverted then her daughter, and Tarina would have to do some major character growth to allow herself to come forward as Venetia's daughter.
Corsario i was meaning the three hexes along the kobold border. I wouldn't try to conquer the kobolds yet. ;-)
The plan with the six colonized heexes was to effectively seal the south stag lands from the north side of the river. And then as we progress we could either conquer those that share a border with Brevoy or move south and crush the remaining bandits.
But now that everyone is back we can discuss further. :-) i did however array them to one. Include the gold deposit we found for further development and two to gives us a border and connection to the Levingtons so that they felt secure in a mutual alliance or treaty. I am sure the bandits won't be coming there way for awhile. ;-)
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Does this mean anything to Szymon?The "Queen" answers:
"The kingdom of Artume lies along the western fork of the Sellen River within a day’s ride of Daggermark, Gralton, and Sevenarches, and 3 or 4 days ride Southwest from here."
Not much... it's another of the highly volatile River Kingdoms. And one not too close to the stolen lands.
You know Artune's King died, and that a new Regent is in charge now...
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Yes, but as Viceroy, it's clear she is not be the legitimate ruler. Plus, she's more outgoing that Tarina, and Viceroy uses Wisdom for the win.Yes, we should have a viceroy, instead of a ruler. Tatiana can do it, because it uses Wisdom, too.You can call it as you want, but until the Barons return, the "Viceroy" will be the actual ruler of your kingdom.
But "Viceroy" is the king representative in a vassal state. You can't use it instead of a Ruler.
Quick note to say that Edeldhur and Daliedhur are on board - not nice that I don't see Daliedhur in the kingdom roster anywhere :/
Originally I had everyone set up as the following.
Marshall - Dali = Daliedhur ;) +5 Economy
Apologies as I shrotened your name in my notes. :( But you are indeed in there! She's so awesome she earns 1 bp on her own on a successful eco check! O.O;
I tried to not skip any of the active players. :( If I did let me know and I will fix it but right now its just Cohorts of course. :(
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Be it so known that the Swordlords of Restov, acting upon the greater good and authority vested within them by the office of the Regent of the Dragonscale Throne, are looking for a body of good standing explorers and entrepreneurs so they can be granted the right of exploration, travel and dominion within the wilderness region known as the Stolen Lands. They will be required to strive against banditry and other unlawful behavior to be encountered, clear the land of perils and monsters, develop the assigned territories and protect their new subjects.
If you are part of a company of venturers, from 5 to 7 in number, with widely known fame and references, interested in settling a new land and bring order and progress to the wilderness, please present yourselves, and your credentials, before His Eminence Lord Mayor Ioseph Sellemius at the City Hall, before the Starday 4th day of Calistril, 4710 AR.
So witnessed on this Toilday 2th day of Abadius, 4710 AR, under watchful eye of the Lordship of Restov and authority granted by Lord Noleski Surtova, current Regent of the Dragonscale Throne.
The Swordlords of Restov had a plan. Colonize the Stolen Lands, with Rostland's guardianship, and use the increased strength and manpower in their quest for independence from Issia. So they chartered several groups of adventurers and colonists for it.
- The Silver Dragonflight: "Shock and Thunder", as they were know since a few years back. The already impressive army of the Silver Dragonflight had become unstoppable since the addition of the Dino Rider, "The Edge of Justice" and the logistics and magic abilities of their business acumen.- The White Coven: Mysterious and Enchanting, the group had a sinister reputation. There were whispers of unholy rites and pacts. Of strange worships and relations with evil kingdoms. Of murder and disappearances. Of theft and smuggling. But the really informed and those who had crossed their path knew they were maybe the most powerful force for good south of the Lake of Mist and Veils.
- The Heroes of Restov: After saving the city once and again they were adored for most of the city inhabitants. The joy of having them chosen was equal to the tears of the many maidens that saw their dreams of becoming a wife for one of them lost. Anyway, they were the locals favorites.
- The Oracle's Shadow: This group of 4 infiltrators and spies were reputedly responsive of the disappearance of many a threat to the Rostlands, without the people at large knowing about it. Always discreet and covered in capes and masks, the rumor was that no one alive had seen their faces.
- The Cenobitic Order: Unknown by many this big group of Irori Monks, almost always silent, was a surprise for everyone. Rumors told they had lived in a secluded part of Iobaria wilderness, and were displaced and were looking for a new place to live. Never alone, they seemed like a very introspect and isolated party.
- Rudolf Ferdinand Aldori III: The most famous descendant of Sirian Aldori was selected to relocate, together with his state and Aldori Swordlords school to the Stolen Lands. "The Four Swords", his most gifted students, all members of the Khavortorov family, had a big reputation as charismatic troublemakers.
But the Dragonscale Throne would not sit idly. And they had a plan. Usurp the Swordlords plan and turn it to their advantage. Make the new kingdom a vassal for them and surround Rostland from North and South, quenching their rebellion plans. Their tool for it Rupert Surtova, from the Royal family, appointed by his cousin the King of Restov to be the Leader of the new Kingdom, and secure their alliance to Issia.
But King Rupert I had other plans. He invited all the new barons to a secret meeting where he told them his plans for the new Kingdom, Sloboda, and his ideals of a land of freedom that helped unite Issia and Rostland, preventing the civil war but at the same time. He, solemnly, told you (and put in writing):
"Many before us have tried, and failed, to colonize the Stolen Lands. And in this occasion everybody wants us to fail. My dear cousin at New Stetven wants us to fail, and me die in the process, so he can get rid of me, and at the same time weaken Rostland. Issia wants us to fail so they can keep Rostland dominated. Even Rostland wants us to fail now because we are now part of Issia's plans for they continuous subjugation. The River Kingdoms wants us to fail so they don't have another player in their pathetic squabbles. And the monsters and bandits in the Stolen Lands are betting their lives and fortunes in our failure. And we will fail. Don't doubt it. We don't stand a chance. Unless we stand united. Unless we all join. Unless we trust in one another. But you don't trust me. So we are doomed.
I, King Rupert the First of Sloboda... - That means "liberty" in the archaic Issian Language, I hope you forgive me the liberty - pun intended - of naming the new country, as "Stolen Lands" sound horrible - recognizes the following rights from his peers, the barons of his land, now and forever.
1. All the people in the land shall be free, in action, word, travel, religion and thought. Slavery is forbidden. Only an act against others will be punishable as a crime, and only if condemned by a judge. Nor talk nor ideals can be a crime in itself. Each person possessions are to be preserved unless ordered by a judge.
2. An Oath is sacred. What you say is your bond, and you will be make responsible of it.
3. Each baron, and the King, will be granted a territory, and within that territory his authority will be uncontested, and can enact his own laws and customs, as long as don't restrict the liberty of their subjects or the breaking of oaths. Each baron is the ultimate judge in his territories, and can delegate that capacity in whoever he wants. A baron that breaks the law can be judged, and condemned, by a majority of a jury of all the other barons and the King. A King that breaks the law can be judged, and condemned, by a majority of a jury of all the barons.
4. Each baron will obey the orders of the King, unless they contradict the first two articles. Each baron will cooperate with the others, and with the King, in the defense and protection of all the subjects of the Kingdom.
5. Each baron will choose his own rules of succession. The King will be selected, when needed, by a majority of votes of the barons. A King can be deposed if a majority of the barons vote for it.
I could have written "all", but I need to trust you if you are going to trust me.
6. Each decree of the King can be revoked if the majority of the barons vote against it.
7. All the resources granted by Brevoy to colonize the Stolen Lands belong to Sloboda, and will be used as the King and the Barons see fit. The don't belong to any one person.
I, King Rupert the First of Sloboda swear and sign this, as well as the other 15 barons of the land on this Oathday 16 of Calistril of 4710 AR.
I won't be a King by imposition. I will only be a King if you all trust me, if you all decide to join with me, and create a new nation in Sloboda. I will only be King if we unite. Venetia has a point, I can't order her to be my queen. But I think I can be a good husband to her as I can be a good King for Sloboda. I just need for you to follow me, and we will fail if we do not stand together. We need a king now. somebody to organize us. If we start to fight between ourselves, to squabble between ourselves, we don't stand a chance. But when we triumph, I will be the first in invite you all to select our new king. So if you decide to help me, sign, and we can start created our new home. If you don't, I'll try anyway, but I know I can't do it alone.
You all signed, and the kingdom started in a great shape...
... but then tragedy stuck.You all were taken, magically, into the First world, a place of life and change. Nothing is fixed, nothing is real. Everything evolves and changes, even time, even yourself. Only the Elders, the primordial powers of that place can create islands of existence where things more or less are constant. But even there time don't exists, and dead do not exists, as souls are missing. Because the gods don't come here, and the creatures don't really die because they are not really alive, as they are soulless. But those same creatures will hate us, as we have souls and they don't, and will kill us and devour us in the vain hope of gaining our soul. There is no way to know where we are, as the geography of the First World always changes.
There you faced a powerful enemy, Tarlaxian, a Tarn Linnorm, Tane of Queen Nyrissa, to finally arrive at the Castle at the End of Forever, a magical castle outside of Time, where you caught glimpses of the past and the future, guarded by the phantoms of Edeldhur's lost kinsmen, and greeted by Skyla Seventar, Janus long-vanished mother. She told you that the next time you go, and fight Nyrissa, you will have "Briar" with you, and when you reunite it with Nyrissa, she will die.
The Barons are taken into the castle for the "Dinner of a Thousand Breaths", where they met Queen Nyrissa, ruler of Thousand Breaths, a reign in the First World, who mad with loss is bent on "Capturing" and "Sacrificing" the Stolen Lands to the Elders of the First World, while at the same time killing the heroes before they kill her, as it has been prophetized. There you met some of her minions, too. Illiana, old flame of Marius, a Jabberwock, guardian of the castle, The Worm that Walks and The Gnarly Witch. The barons were served the heads of your cohorts for dinner (so you fear they are dead until you met them again) and asked to surrender to her.
Rupert the First, first king of Sloboda, attacked Nyrissa while commanding the Barons to escape. He managed to destroy the bottle Nyrissa planned to capture the Stolen Lands, but was killed in the process. Rhasadilara Wynterfall, Kaldwell Surtova and Anton Marakov were killed in just seconds, while Venetia, grabbing Rupert's sword tried to hit Nyrissa and was almost killed at the touch of her, being gravely maimed, her flesh melted with the metal of the sword. The rest of you escaped, except for Janus who saw how Marius du'Caat turned on them and become a minion of Nyrissa, fight against him and defeated him, before escaping himself.
All the surviving Barons throw themselves into the Dark Tapestry, and fell into the night. They became Mythic Heroes on the fall, and arrived in a glade next to a ruined castle.
Level 6:
HP:
Ranger Feat: Shield Master
EDIT - realized we are doing max HP.
max HP? Is that right?
I looked back at the recruitment and it was indeed max HP.
Venetia will gain another level in Noble Scion, which increases her HP by 10 to 95. She additionally gains 8 more skill points, and the DC to gather information about her decreases by 1 (making it even harder to hide her illegitimate daughter).
Tarina gains another level in Oracle, also gaining 10 hp to increase to 60. She only gains 5 skill points, and gets 3rd level spells, including Lover's Vengeance, this results in Tarina being back to the point where I had originally built her.
Tarina's wolf gains a HD because Tarina's effective druid level changed, it gains 11 more HP, and 1 measly skill point.
no problem still have to level my character, Danath is in the in the process of selling that money pit... errr... house. ;D
8th and 1 and 6th. Max HP got it and will have it posted today/tonight alaska time.
Will get back to work here.
Can't wait to see what story driven ideas Corsario is still cooking up for Seraph. Its gonna be a blast I am sure.
Will get leveled up by tomorrow.
Ni has several doctor's appointment the next couple of days. His hands are messing up on him. Mainly his right hand which is his dominant hand. Really sucks.
Heir - Tarina +2 Loyalty
Councilor - Mulray +3 Loyalty
General - Seraph +3 Stability
Grand Diplomat - Maria Borgnok +4 Stability
High Priest - Tatiana +4 Stability
Magister - Neji +4 Economy
Marshall - Dali +5 Economy
Spymaster - Xi'Tir +2 Economy
Treasurer - The aid, forgot his name/NPC +4 Economy
Warden - Halcorg +5 Economy
With Cosario's (rightful) concerns about placing Tarina into the Heir role for right now, unless we can get Rupert's daughter to assume that role does any one else seem like a better interim ruler? Ruler isn't the only position that may change with the return of the PCs anyway.
Tarina should be the "ruler" for the time being. She has a high Charisma so that should give us +4 on whichever city attribute we want it on, Economy is usually most important at the beginning.
Initially, the ruler is a Baron. We, as the representatives of the missing Barons, can vote in their stead and vote Tarina as the Baron until the true Barons return. As long as she rules with a fair and just hand, the settlers of Slobada should not care that she is sitting in the place of the true barons.
Tarina Lebeda or Tarina Medvyed?
If she announces herself as Tarina Lebeda, she doesn't need to come open about being Venetia's daughter yet, since she has her foster mother (which is one of Venetia's follower's).
With her foster mother as an adviser of sorts I think Tarina Lebeda could work better as ruler rather then coming forward as Tarina Medvyed.
You could always just take on an alias to hide your connection with either family. Tarina Dabrovski or Tarina Johnson or Tarina DualCursedOracleOfNature or something else.
I had you as ruler until you said otherwise. ;)
That was why the economoy rolls were lower lol. :D
As, like Halcorg, I assumed we were going for broke on the eco rolls.
Also with a magci shop we can turn around and sell off items to boost our bp which with a high ECO check we can accomplish. :)
Creating a second fake identity may be going too far, as Tarina already has her developed identity as Tarina Lebeda, not that Lalia has much connection to the Lebeda family, and no where near Venetia's connection to the Medvyed family.
Actually, Tarina could take the name of the nation, Tarina Sloboda, and rather then it being an alias, it could be a declaration that house Lebeda has no claims over the land.
The name of the nation would be great, you are declaring yourself to be part of the new nation. Each new ruler could do likewise so as to show that they are giving up their connections to foreign lands and rulers, and are dedicated to Slobada.
^ That is awesome and I agree!
Meanwhile, Neji tries to figure out how to get Janus' staff to Slobada. They were expecting Janus to come and get them once all the formalities were settled. As well all know, that wasn't exactly what happened.
I vote that she airlifts them in one by one via flying robot.
Sorry to rain on the parade, but Tatiana needs some convincing to make Tarina ruler let alone take the name of the kingdom. I don't remember Tarina taking any formal stance in the protection of Anando nor showing any leadership in the cohort group. In fact, if Tarina takes the name Sloboda, Tatiana would actively work to remove her post haste for presuming way too much.
To shorten a lot of RP, here is Tatiana's point of view:
1. The cohort group is only the caretakers of the Sloboda
2. The only one with legitimate authority is Anando
3. She willing to let someone have the leadership chair as the first among equals as long as rules 1 and 2 are followed.
All this is moot, if Tarina reveals herself as a legitimate heir.
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If having Tarina is such a problem then Seraph would more then gladly deal with the position.
1. Recognizing she is only a caretaker she would sign official documents to step down immediately when the Barons returned or after a two year period of Rule. Following a vote by the people on who should be the next Ruler. If elected again (Unlikely as we know what will be kinda happening~ ;)) she wouldn't serve more then 2 x 2 Year terms and be ineligible for a 3rd election.
2. Anando (Who preferred to remain the Royal Treasurer) would have a very strong opinion and active control of the finances of the kingdom and how they should be allotted in its development. He would become acting Regent once we secured Alexandria and if he agreed to it.
3. It would be Seraph's top priority to not only lead the kingdom but locate this Heiress of Rupert Surtova's. She has enough manpower to try and make this happen and would be greatly reliant on the other cohorts in seeing a successful mission occur.
However she can remain the General, it really doesn't matter to me but that was just my suggestion above~ I had selected the position's based on what feedback I received before everything went quiet for awhile.
Seraph is updated to lvl 6~ Working on Danath!
Both Characters are leveled! Aru is becoming beastly and this is gonna be fun come Marshall 2 >:D. Well More fun I mean!
Apologies for my prolonged absence guys - last weeks have been crazy hectic.
Tackling down the upgrades to my characters now - so Edeldhur (Baron) should be level 7/Mythic 1 and Daliedhur should be level 6, correct?
No, Eldehur should be Wizard 8/Mythic 1. We leveled and gained a Tier. You are correct that Daliedhur should be 6.
Ok. Thanks Halcorg - will correct that ;)
Wow... Edeldhur looks NASTY at Level8/Archmage1. I am finishing spells and whatnot and then will put it all in the alias, but just the skillset is uncanny all by itself - I like it :D
Yeh, Kiri is not so bad either. Archmage is fun.
Xi'Tir is leveled, will get Ni'Tir tomorrow! :D
So looking forward to Marshall 2 with Danath! :D Up his Cha again and start increasing his command bonuses and such. He will be a BEAST. At least diplomatically. :)
Should we build a shrine as one of our last buildings?
Then we could build a bridge to cross the river more easily?
It would invite trade as well and leave us with 17 bp left before the next kingdom event. :)
A bride would be awesome, make it so number one...what do you mean I can't have a captain's chair on the bridge?
Trivium - A crossroads where three roads meet. :)
Levington Lands, Fort Serenko and a bridge. :D
@Corsario Don't like the shrine eh? What do you suggest~ :) Each cost about 8 BP to do, however we'd have 25 BP to spend before the Kingdom would be at 0 BP Soooo... I haven't rolled any rolls for selling magical items as I didn't want to be too cheap like that. I could roll to sell some to up our BP by a small amount and go for something like a Temple and if we are really lucky it could be a chapel/castle. :D
NG Size 6 Kingdom
Control DC 27
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Statistics
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Economy 21; Loyalty 6; Stability 15
Consumption 0; Income Modifier 0; Unrest 0; Unrest/Turn 0
Fame 2; Infamy 0
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Leadership
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Heir (Ruler) Tarina
Councilor Mulray
General Seraph
Grand Diplomat Maria
High Priest Tatiana
Magister Neji
Marshal Dali
Spymaster Xi'Tir
Treasurer Anando
Warden Halcorg
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Hexes
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Plains
Improvements Farm, Road
Plains
Improvements Farm, Road
Plains
Improvements Farm, Road
Plains
Improvements Farm, Road
Plains
Improvements Farm, Road
Trivium (Capital Trade City)
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Settlements
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Trivium
NG Small Town
Corruption +0; Crime +0; Law +0; Lore +1; Productivity +0; Society +2
Danger +0
Demographics
Population 1500
Marketplace
Base Value 3,000 gp; Purchase Limit 5,000 gp; Spellcasting 4th
Minor Items 4 wondrous items; Medium Items 2 wondrous item; Major Items 1 wonderous items.
Buildings: House, House, House, Magic Shop, Noble Villa (Free due to kingdom event), Bridge, ?????
Hexes Claimed
Destroyed Bridge Hex, Three Hexes (Along the Kobold Border) between Trivium and Levington's, and Shrike Fall's (Exploit Gold Deposit)
Whoops nevermind, they fixed that rule and stopped that magic item selling thing for more BP's. Which is good. :) Also I didn't realize the upgrade rules. Well crap...
Turn 2 Noble Villa (Free on Turn 2) Halves Luxury Store Building
Turn 3 Build Luxury Store (Which upgrades to Magic Shop would cost... 14 BP... Which could be upgraded later for... 40 BP to make up the difference in creating a Magic Shop. Hmmmmmmmm.
Going that route gives us around 25+40 = 65 BP remaining to build with................................................. Well Crap.
Apologies guys as I messed it up here, didn't realize some of the rules had changed.
Corsario Email going your way~