Ack! Sorry it's a tiny bit late today, folks. I blame absolutely anyone but me! Right, last time, for the first time in a while, we ended without an immediate crisis! Let's see where we go this session, shall we?
Your tribe is delighted with a chance to have a day off. During the celebrations for the massive baby boom, the single biggest series of births your tribe has ever seen, your people make a discovery!Drumming on a hollow log with hands or sticks, shaking strings of bones so that they rattle; it may not seem like much, but from these humble beginnings spring the first musical instruments!Turn ReportPopulation: 49 (28 elders and children)Food: 11/13Morale: 8/15Known Food Sources: Large deer herd, fishing river, wild fruit trees and bushesKnown Resources: Tall timbers (5 days away), Clay (2 days away)Technology: Flint spears and knives, basic stone and wood tools, travois, hide-working, fish-spears, clay pots, crude cold-weather clothes, crude rafts, crude bowsScience: Family wisdom, basic natural lore, crude wound care, basic food preservation, basic navigation, crude map-makingArchitecture: Pit-hutsCivil: Family guidanceCulture: Family stories, bone trinkets, heroic reverence, spirit worship, Crude InstrumentsThe summer sun is warming the land, making sure everyone spends plenty of time in the shade, or down in the river.Known LandmarksA river beside the villageRapids downstreamFlowing fruit tree gladeBerry bush thicketWolf Oak
Action Points: ONEA) Send out scouts (specify direction)B) Send some hunters out to hunt game and catch fishC) Gather resourcesD) Have your wise ones research something (specify)E) Hold a cultural eventF) Craft specific objectsG) OtherH) Ask the elders for advice (No cost)
There you are. Reporting for duty, let's get this session going.
Any chance o getting this updated?H) Ask the elders.
Let's see here. How about...F) Build a bigger food storage building.
>>20443509Nvm
F.) We'll need more food storage for more people. Seems like a good idea.
>>20443509The map will be updated as you explore more. Just request it and I'll post it up. First though, I need to work on the map some more. Seeing as I run another game, not to mention playing in two more, as well as dealing with the wonders of English bureaucracy... Kinda had a lot on my plate. Mia culpa.
>>20443570I support this for now.Also, given that we moved the fruit bearing bushes close to our settlement, are they now harvested passively or do we need to use an action for it in the autumn?We should ask the Riverspirit if she knows the language of the other tribe and can teach it to us? I mean, she said she is also watching the other ones.
D) agriculture
>>20443711We don't know shit about how plants grow. How are we gonna research agriculture without that information?
>>20443729What you need for agriculture is some sort of calender. So you can know when things start growing and when they stop. When to plant, harvest, etc. Then just find a crop and domesticate it.
>>20443782so then let's do that. Research that.
>>20443729>>20443782I guess moving and harvesting the berry bushes is the first tiny step going there. We will probably soon find out about their seeds spawning more bushes.F) Food storage buildan! Need to stock up on food for the bigger tribe.Hey, glad you're back and excited for the new session, OP.
Your tribe spends the season working on a new hut, specially to store food. A lot of work is spent packing mud around the walls, trying to make as safe from vermin as possible.Turn ReportPopulation: 49 (28 elders and children)Food: 11/13Morale: 8/15Known Food Sources: Large deer herd, fishing river, wild fruit trees and bushesKnown Resources: Tall timbers (5 days away), Clay (2 days away)Technology: Flint spears and knives, basic stone and wood tools, travois, hide-working, fish-spears, clay pots, crude cold-weather clothes, crude rafts, crude bowsScience: Family wisdom, basic natural lore, crude wound care, basic food preservation, basic navigation, crude map-makingArchitecture: Pit-hutsCivil: Family guidanceCulture: Family stories, bone trinkets, heroic reverence, spirit worship, Crude InstrumentsThe nights are starting to get colder and the leaves are beginning to turn to their fall colours.Known LandmarksA river beside the villageRapids downstreamFlowing fruit tree gladeBerry bush thicketWolf OakOpen plainsDistant mountains
CORRECTIONArgh, I messed up. Food is 11/14 (the food store isn't that much of an improvement)EVENTIt's the salmon run again! The river is thick with tasty, tasty fish!Action Points: ONEA) Send out scouts (specify direction)B) Send some hunters out to hunt game and catch fishC) Gather resourcesD) Have your wise ones research something (specify)E) Hold a cultural eventF) Craft specific objectsG) OtherH) Ask the elders for advice (No cost)
By the way, OP, didn't you say at the end of the last session that we get two action points from now on?
>>20443887Nope. Your population isn't quite large enough for that yet. You can however hunt and fish with the same action.
>>20443886D.) Research those bushes
>>20443886I want to know if the Riverspirit can teach us the language of the other tribe. If yes:G) Have the Riverspirit teach us the language of the other tribe.We have more than enough food for the winter, and the salmon rush lasted two months the first time it came up.
E) Huh. Well, our food stores are awesome right now, so let's get that festival to praise Chani going!
E) we need a moral boost
>>20443938E) secondedHey OP, do the bushes in our village give us a passive boost of food or will you just couple their harvesting like hunting / fishing. As in gathering and fishing together are one action point?Also do food points adjust in "worth"? Will one point of food last the same length if we have 50 or 100 people? Or does food deplete faster with more people?
>>20443932> Asking a question is a free actionChani says she knows the other tribes language, but she won't teach it to just anybody. If her priestess wants to go downriver, she'll whisper a translation in Rina's ear. She seems to take a delight in witholding her gifts except from those she likes. Speaking of the river spirit...The tribe set to a celebration in honour of chani! The new music pleases everyone and several of the tribe start dancing. Chani herself appears and seems delighted by the new sounds!Turn ReportPopulation: 49 (28 elders and children)Food: 10/14Morale: 10/15Known Food Sources: Large deer herd, fishing river, wild fruit trees and bushesKnown Resources: Tall timbers (5 days away), Clay (2 days away)Technology: Flint spears and knives, basic stone and wood tools, travois, hide-working, fish-spears, clay pots, crude cold-weather clothes, crude rafts, crude bowsScience: Family wisdom, basic natural lore, crude wound care, basic food preservation, basic navigation, crude map-makingArchitecture: Pit-hutsCivil: Family guidanceCulture: Family stories, bone trinkets, heroic reverence, spirit worship, Crude InstrumentsThe summer sun is warming the land, making sure everyone spends plenty of time in the shade, or down in the river.Known LandmarksA river beside the villageRapids downstreamFlowing fruit tree gladeBerry bush thicketWolf OakOpen grasslandsDistant mountains
EVENTThe salmon run is still ongoing, but winding down somewhat.EVENTYour tribe's women are pregnant! It look like there are currently 11 women expecting children. Let's hope there are no complications!Action Points: ONEA) Send out scouts (specify direction)B) Send some hunters out to hunt game and catch fishC) Gather resourcesD) Have your wise ones research something (specify)E) Hold a cultural eventF) Craft specific objectsG) OtherH) Ask the elders for advice (No cost)
>>20443938>>20444006>>20444046What the hell, why are you always for feasting? We've wasted 3 rounds to partying last year, and only two or so to find food? And we still have nearly the top amount of food`?Strange economy. I want to live there.
Only two points? Oh, well.B) Let's get them fishies caught.
>>20444088I've found it weird that our food stores haven't been depleting, as well. I blame leadership.But damn if it's not a glitch I'll abuse~
>>20444046The bushes will need to be harvested manually, taking an action point. This will also include the fruit trees and the bushes still in the wild. It's worth noting that, as it's fall, the fruit is currently ripe and ready to pick!And yes, food points are a constant, but a larger population will deplete them quicker.>>20444088Thanks for bringing this up. I'm still working out the system kinks behind the scenes.
>>20444099I'd say pick the fruit for balanced nutrition...ThatsC) Gather fruit. Hopefully notice seeds.
D) calendar
rolled 3 = 3Alright, there's currently three options with one vote apiece. That means it's rolling time!1-2 Fishing3-4 Gather fruits5-6 Research callendar
>>20444257C) I could go for some fruit.
Very much appriciative of a change in diet, the tribe sets out to gather the fruits from the trees and the wild bushes. The bushes growing around the village don't seem to be yielding berries, for some reason. The tribe gathers a great deal of food, although they have no idea how to preserve fruits. Smoking them seems at least a little effective. Some of the fruits are round, red and with a stiff skin, others softer, a gentle orange in colour and possessed of a very large, stone-like core.Turn ReportPopulation: 49 (28 elders and children)Food: 12/14Morale: 10/15Known Food Sources: Large deer herd, fishing river, wild fruit trees and bushesKnown Resources: Tall timbers (5 days away), Clay (2 days away)Technology: Flint spears and knives, basic stone and wood tools, travois, hide-working, fish-spears, clay pots, crude cold-weather clothes, crude rafts, crude bowsScience: Family wisdom, basic natural lore, crude wound care, basic food preservation, basic navigation, crude map-makingArchitecture: Pit-hutsCivil: Family guidanceCulture: Family stories, bone trinkets, heroic reverence, spirit worship, Crude InstrumentsThe summer sun is warming the land, making sure everyone spends plenty of time in the shade, or down in the river.Known LandmarksA river beside the villageRapids downstreamFlowing fruit tree gladeBerry bush thicketWolf OakOpen grasslandsDistant mountains
D) Fruit preservation?
EVENTThe salmon run is over. It looks like the fish have vanished to wherever they came from.EVENTWhile harvesting the fruits, the tribe again encountered a large group from the village downriver. They seemed very surprised to find our tribe at the fruit trees, hanging back until the tribe had picked what they wanted. Several shot our villagers resentful looks as the tribe left for home however.Action Points: ONEA) Send out scouts (specify direction)B) Send some hunters out to hunt game and catch fishC) Gather resourcesD) Have your wise ones research something (specify)E) Hold a cultural eventF) Craft specific objectsG) OtherH) Ask the elders for advice (No cost)
D) food preservation
D) research how to preserve food
>>20444469Cant we do G) send some people as well as Chanis priestess to the other tribe and start negotiating? I think we might have infringed on their usual food source, that ought to lead to bad blood we need to get out of the way.
We should really soon start looking into diplomacy and learning the other tribe's language. Things are starting to look iffy.Another urgent thing: agriculture, defenses (walls...), maybe improving tools / looking into simple mechanisms like the wheel and stuff.Question: Have we looked beyond the river yet? or just explored on our side?If we haven't explored an area, what will it show on the map? Will the map be expanded / more maps?
>>20444578You've only explored one side of the river so far. As you explore more, that blank forest will be peeled back, to reveal more of the land and I'll post an updated, larger map.
While the fruit is still fresh, your Wise Ones look into ways to possibly preserve it. Some of the food is used up with failed attempts, but the Wise Ones finally think they have a few ideas that should work, to preserve the fruit through the winter.Turn ReportPopulation: 49 (28 elders and children)Food: 11/15Morale: 10/15Known Food Sources: Large deer herd, fishing river, wild fruit trees and bushesKnown Resources: Tall timbers (5 days away), Clay (2 days away)Technology: Flint spears and knives, basic stone and wood tools, travois, hide-working, fish-spears, clay pots, crude cold-weather clothes, crude rafts, crude bowsScience: Family wisdom, basic natural lore, crude wound care, basic food preservation, basic navigation, crude map-makingArchitecture: Pit-hutsCivil: Family guidanceCulture: Family stories, bone trinkets, heroic reverence, spirit worship, Crude InstrumentsThe summer sun is warming the land, making sure everyone spends plenty of time in the shade, or down in the river.Known LandmarksA river beside the villageRapids downstreamFlowing fruit tree gladeBerry bush thicketWolf OakOpen grasslandsDistant mountains
CORRECTIONIt's winter. I keep forgetting to update the master copy of the turn report.Action Points: ONEA) Send out scouts (specify direction)B) Send some hunters out to hunt game and catch fishC) Gather resourcesD) Have your wise ones research something (specify)E) Hold a cultural eventF) Craft specific objectsG) OtherH) Ask the elders for advice (No cost)
>>20444764G) send some people as well as Chanis priestess to the other tribe and start negotiating- Chani can translate.
D) Research building better huts with the use of wood.
>>20444788Nevermind. Changing my vote to this.
>>20444788G) Diplomacy time! Send some warriors (Trym), Wise ones, the Shaman and Chani down there with some trinkets or pots as gifts. (I think they liked the pots)
>>20444863Adding to that, bring some instruments with us and show them the dance of our people should the negotiations be succesful.
>>20444888>Danceofmypeople.jpegNo, no, I am not going to make such an obvious pun!Trym takes his spear and hand-picks a group of hunters to travel downriver with Rina and a handful of the wise ones, aiming to speak with the other tribe.Turn ReportPopulation: 48 (25 elders and children)Food: 11/15Morale: 10/15Known Food Sources: Large deer herd, fishing river, wild fruit trees and bushesKnown Resources: Tall timbers (5 days away), Clay (2 days away)Technology: Flint spears and knives, basic stone and wood tools, travois, hide-working, fish-spears, clay pots, crude cold-weather clothes, crude rafts, crude bowsScience: Family wisdom, basic natural lore, crude wound care, basic food preservation, basic navigation, crude map-makingArchitecture: Pit-hutsCivil: Family guidanceCulture: Family stories, bone trinkets, heroic reverence, spirit worship, Crude InstrumentsThe snows of winter now blanket the land, covering the ground and the branches of the trees in white.Known LandmarksA river beside the villageRapids downstreamFlowing fruit tree gladeBerry bush thicketWolf OakOpen grasslandsDistant mountains
The raft arives at the other village and the party is greeted with curiosity and not a little mis-trust. The other tribe gathers to greet the party. Chani, it seems, is as good as her word and Rina can feel a soft whisper in her ear, translating every word the other tribe speaks.How will the party begin to introduce themselves to the other tribe?
>>20445106by offering goods trade
>>20445106Offer gifts of good tiding, like fruits, or some musical instruments or something.
>>20445133This.
>>20445133This sounds like a plan.
>>20445133What kind of goods should be offered. I can't work with just generics here. Pottery? Instruments? Food? Bone ornaments?
>>20445240Bone Jewelry. Seems like enough of a luxury to get their attention.
>>20445256Seconded
>>20445256Thirded
>>20445256Do you mean by that, we should keep the clay pots (and maybe instruments) for trading instead of gifting? I suppose they are more valuable. After all, last time they fancied our pots IIRC.And we don't know if they have instruments yet.But if diplomacy goes well, we should really show off our music to them.
>>20445297Yeah, if we gift our best stuff, what will they trade.That being said, we should probably centralize our clan's leadership if we're gonna keep doing inter-village negotiations.
>>20445333Yes, some basic level of government would soon be appropriate, I believe. Especially if we keep making babbies.(Maybe a council of different areas of expertise? Trym from the hunters, wise ones, shaman, [crafters], women)
>>20445366>women as a different level of expertise.Take that shit elsewhere.
> Sorry for the delay. I've really not had much sleep lately. I'll keep the thread going as long as I can, but tonight may be a little short...Rina steps forward and offers the other tribe strings of bone trinkets, explaining that they are gifts, to show goodwill. While they are mostly accepted graciously, one of the men they are offered to scowls."We cannot eat bone," he said angrily, "Why do you try to give us trinkets when what we really need is food for the winter? Your tribe are the ones from the herds and the fruit trees. Is the river no longer enough for you?"NOTEI forgot to mention. The other tribe still seem to be living in semi-permanent, sturdy tents. From what is visible, they use stone tools and there are a few signs of them knowing how to use bows like ours; a few arrows next to a log seat, a handful of dropped, knapped arrowheads... By the river, there are racks of air-drying deer meat.
>>20445482Offer them fruits and meat.
Apologize and offer some food.
>>20445482We've always hunted the dear. We are willing to trade food for the winter, but we require something in return.
>>20445524>apologize and offer them food as well as our knowledge of food preservationfix'd
>>20445570They're airdrying their meat, they probably know how to preserve food.
>>20445460Dude, what?No idea what you want from me.
>>20445460>>20445607Alright, alright, that's enough of that. Women did constitute a different aspect of society to the men, historically speaking. For the sake of this setting however, you can assume that the women perform the same tasks as the men. So you're both in the right.The beligerant stranger snorts, looking suspicious, "Kind of you. I'll gather some others to take a share from your village. But the fact remains that there are too many of us in this area. If you stick to your fish in the future and leave the forest to us, there's room for us both. Keep hunting the deer and taking our fruit though and one of us will have to go." It's not a threat, by the sound of it. Not quite, at least. But it's close.
Well, that was successful.
>>20445694maybe if they weren't being passive-aggressive fucks whilst we were picking 'their' fruit trees, they wouldn't be in this situation.
>>20445694So we will have to scout for new food sources or look into agriculture soon. I doubt overfishing will do us any good.And I still don't know what the problem was. I'm not a native english speaker so I guess "areas of expertise" and "women" somehow suggested that they don't partake in normal activities like hunting and gathering?If that offended anyone, sorry. As I said I'm not a native english speaker so mistakes like that may happen.
>>20445694Salmon runs occur upstream first. So their village would get the fish before it reached ours...
>>20445694Screw these guys. Seriously. Bunch of pricks. We try and help them and they're asshats about it.
>>20445871I heard that. I say we take them out and save ourselves the butthurt of having them come to us.
>>20445847Right, there's that too.Adding to that, we wouldn't get any more hides from the deer. We would have to trade for it. And fish don't give us an additional resource besides food. Not mentioning they would have 2 food sources.What a shitty deal.
What is the estimated population from the number of huts?
>>20445939At a guess, you'd say their numbers are slightly less than yours. Maybe 30 to 40 of them.It is worth noting that the guy you're speaking to doesn't look like he's in any position of authority. He's just haranguing Rina and the rest of the other tribe is simply falling in line. Herd mentality is a bitch at times.
>>20446008Ask to speak with their chieftain, leader, eldest or relevant equivalent.
>>20446008So, all we gotta do is pop this fool and the rest will fall in line?Sounds like a job for Trym Wolfsbane.
Okay /tg/, I'll level with you here. I have no idea how much sleep I've missed over the past week, but I think it's safe to say I need at least a couple of early nights. I'm actually feeling a little loopy and frankly don't think I can focus to run the game in this condition. For starters, without providing clear-cut responses and categories, I'm finding it a bitch and a half to even sort out what you're calling for. So, for tonight at least, I'm calling the thread here. I'll archive it on sup/tg/, as usual and the next thread will be at 4:30PM, Eastern Standard Time, on Saturday.Again, I'm really sorry tonight's was short. I'll try to plan a little better for the next one and get some sleep, so I'm not totally helpless. Goodnight!
Well, you get some good sleep then. I'd rather wait for a good thread than force a mediocre one.
Don't feel bad. I dozed off there a little myself.See you saturday. Now, get some sleep.
