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"The truly desperate harass fishing vessels for food and pocket change. The others? Ore barges, liquors, shells and dyes, and trinkets from Wavecrest's artisans. Food and lumber shipments. Exotic wood. The lucky ones hit pearls, coral and mother-of-pearl crafts, worked metal and tools: the trade to and from the Realm. These are usually better-defended. The ships themselves are also good money when sold." He explains. "How are we going to do this?"

>Ask Tia to carry you (by sea)
>Ask Tia to carry you (by air)
>Ask Mikahil to take charge
>Try and make a raft
>Swim
>Wait

>>30687063
>>Ask Tia to carry you (by air)

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>Who are we?
Maka, an exiled noble recently Exalted as a Zenith-caste Solar. She's in the western city of Tianna as a guest of queen Amata (DB), an old friend. Abyssals are targeting the city for conquest, Lintha pirates have infiltrated it with spies and agents, and half the island is controlled by paranoid Lunars. Fun times.
You are searching for allies,. The Lunars want to take on the Fae, and you promised them your help. After enlisting the help of Dancing Smoke, the island's volcano god, your next aim is the pirates infesting the northern waters. You have two days until the appointment.

>Solar? Zenith? I don't know Exalted...
This quest is as newbie-friendly as possible, and I want it to work as a newbie's intro to Exalted. If you have ANY question, ask in thread. For the setting, google "1d4chan exalted".

>Archive?
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=zenith

>System?
Dicepool-like system. When performing an action, everyone rolls 1d10 when posting. the first X rolls are considered, where X is equal to attribute + ability. Yes, this means that the more people are posting, the stronger Maka is, up to a limit of her attribute + ability.

>XP?
Attributes cost [current score x5] xp. Abilities cost [current score x3] xp, except Zenith costing [(current score x3) -1]. Charms cost 10 xp, except for Zenith-based charms (related to charisma and physical/mental fortitude) which cost 8 xp. At the end of every "session" (thread) you will be presented with a list of possible acquisitions.

>Twitter?
@exaltedfag

>>30687063
>Ask Tia to carry you (by air)

>>30687063
>Ask Tia to carry you (by air)

seems like a decent idea. greater field of vision n' all that.

>>30687063
>Ask Mikahil to take charge

He knows the lay of the land more. But the problem remains that we have no idea how to find a pirate crew.

Is is possible to get to a port back in the city and take a merchant ship out to sea as bait?

>>30687291
>Is is possible to get to a port back in the city and take a merchant ship out to sea as bait?

Yes, but then Mikahil would question your sanity, since it was Maka who wanted to come here on the shore with no boat and no plan rather than head back to town and grab a ship.

>>30687432
What's that, internal consistency?

Naaaaahhhh, that shit's fer faggits.

>>30687063
>Swim

Gotta get in our exercise

>>30687063
>>Ask Tia to carry you (by air)

>>30687063
> ask tia to carry you (by air)

>>30687046
So.

Maka just spent all day riding TiaHorse bareback.

Maka wears no panties nor anything covering her crotch from below.

Maka just spent a whole day grinding her Solar pussy against Tia's pulsing muscled horseback.

No wonder it was a "Comfortable" ride.

>>30687709
Anon, thank you for that, I hand't chuckled that hard for a while

>>30687709
I was gonna comment on how that shit chafes like mad and she'd probably be in agony from doing that, but then I remembered she's not exactly as frail as a human so...probably went down like that, yeah.

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"...Can you fly, Tia?" You ask her. By now, it wouldn't surprise you.

"Yes." She nods, looking very proud.

"...And carry me and Mikahil?"

The Eclipse seems nervous at the idea, but Tia nods again. "I can carry you both no problem."

"We'd draw a lot of attention." He notes. but Tia is already transforming under your eyes. Arms stretch and sprout feathers, the neck bends and shifts, the head changes shape...

Mikahil was probably expecting a roc or a majestic giant eagle or something like that.

Once the transformation is complete, a huge, ash-colored vulture caws at you.

"I, uh." He mumbles, moments before Tia leaps on tour back, grasping your dress with her claws, and lifts you up with large, powerful wing flaps. She brings you hovering over Mikahil, and you grab him from behind as the three of you take flight.

He doesn't seem to enjoy the experience.

You slowly pick up altitude, gaining a literal bird's eye view of the archipelago. From up there, you see several things that draw your attention.

The closest island, roughly triangular in space, has sandy, pleasant-looking shores, and a small wooden dock built on one side. There is a small village inland. Some fields with crops, a tiny settlement.

Further west, a larger isle sports some woodland and a bay that looks like a very safe harbor. You spot two ships there. If there are buildings on the island, you can't see them from this angle.

To the north, a single, small ship sails eastwards. It has a junk-type sail, something uncommon in the west. It's probably not from these parts.

And east of you, near another large island, there is a chase in progress, with a large merchant ship fleeing from a smaller but more agile sailing vessel maneuvering against it.

>Check the small village on triangle island
>Check the bay with two ships anchored
>Check the junk north of you
>Check the ship being chased to the east
>Check the ship doing the chasing to the east

>>30687782
>>Check the ship doing the chasing to the east

>>30687782
>Check the ship doing the chasing to the east

>>30687782
>Check the ship doing the chasing to the east
I'm sure they won't mind us dropping by!

>>30687782
>Check the ship doing the chasing to the east

Considering that villages tend to stay where they are (Sidereal shenanigans aside), we should check out the possible pirate ship first.

The junk is interesting but not quite our priority. Unless someone disagrees.

>>30687821
Relocating villages isn't shenanigans because the Sidereal in question is going to get his (or her) colon prolapsed by audits from their bosses.

Also Paradox. A whole fuck ton of Paradox.

...that might not be the right word. "Fate Spider Angryness"?

>>30687830
Um, 'shenanigans' is just a catch all term for 'doing something' No need to read too much into it, it was just an off the cuff quip.

There's also the fact that moving a little village, even without the proper paperwork, is 'only' a severity 3 offense.

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Tia swings you by the two ships, hovering about one hundred meters above the smaller one. It's a slender two-masts, with no rowers, and a fairly large crew for its size it seems. A black flag with a red shark flaps from its highest mast.

The crew is looking up, fairly astonished at your presence. They seem all well-armed, and judging by their equipment it seems fair to assume that these are, in fact, pirates! Score.

On their part, they're basically dropping their chase, mostly because, well, a man being carried by a half-naked woman being carried by a giant vulture is fairly distracting. The other ship, though a bit slower, is giving them the slip.

>Drop Mikahil on the deck.
>Drop Mikahil on the deck, follow him.
>Tell Tia to land on the deck.
>Aerial Dropkick a pirate.
>Aerial Dropkick the ship.
>Tell Tia to fly low, call out to them (say what?)
>Other?

>>30687914
>Aerial Dropkick a pirate.
who do I have to kill to make me the boss around here?

>>30687046
Oh, hey, we did pick up Majestic Radiant Presence. I want to save up, now, to 10 to see if we can get Tiger Warrior Training Technique under Dawn (super-fast training montage boot camp for anyone we teach; can turn a fishing village into Seal Team 6 in a matter of weeks), some kind of spirit-punching charm under Twilight, or a Bureaucracy-based leadership charm under Eclipse.

Thoughts, other players?

>>30687914
>Aerial Dropkick a pirate.
Gotta make an impression!
More of one I mean.

>>30687914
>Aerial Dropkick a pirate.

Use Iron Kettle Body! Time to kick ass!

>>30687914
>Other
Activate Iron Kettle Body to survive the fall and Solar Hero Style for a better kick.

Then 'drop on in.'

If we have pre-battle time to use our buffs, we should.

>>30687914
>Drop Mikahil on the deck, follow him.

First, dropping him is funny. Second, let's not lead with the punching, but work our way up to the punching if the talking doesn't work. (i doubt it will)

>>30687954
>Implying we're battling and not just making an entrance

>>30687938

I thought about that, but it is kind of pain in the ass. I would rather get what we most need in the immediate future. Do we need that soul punch charm for the Raksha?

>>30687954

Solar Hero Style would be a waste of essence since they can't hurt us anyway with Iron Kettle Body.

>>30687960
>>30687969
It's still worth the flashy entrance. A superhumanly perfect drop kick should really drive in how much they ought to be surrendering. That and we don't know whether or not they might have an Enlightened Essence martial artist on board.

>>30687914
>Aerial Dropkick a pirate.

Time for some shock therapy.

>>30687961
>Do we need that soul punch charm for the Raksha?
No, but we might need it for wayward spirits and DEFINITELY need it for ghosts of all kinds.

The alternatives, as I see it, are Tiger Warrior Training Technique (which is very important because it would actually let us properly utilize recruited mooks) or a Bureaucracy-based leadership charm (which is very important for leading the mooks we're actually utilizing, especially for non-combat purposes).

After all, aside from hitting immaterial things, I think we're solid on combat for the time being. Between Talking to the Heart and Majestic Radiant Presence we also have social stuff covered, at least for the moment. That leaves 'improving people' and 'leading people' as the primary things we want to focus on.

After all, we're currently good at recruiting/talking to people, good at surviving/winning fights, and good at dismissing hordes of Creature of Darkness mooks, but we don't have anything that actually makes us a better leader. We should fix that.

That or pick up a spirit-punch.

That's what I think, anyway. Thoughts, other players?

>>30688027

A-actually don't listen to me since I'm not rational and will vote Hardship-Surviving Spirit as soon as possible. That or up Zenith.

>>30688060
Ah. Those are important to take too, but I think expanding our repertoire to be able to actually fight ghosts/spirits/demons properly, actually able to utilize the people we attract to our cause, and actually able to lead people directly are more urgent.

Once we have those bases covered, I'm 100% on board for more Zenith things.

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"Well, how do you plan to persuade them to join your causeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEee" you drop Mikahil and gently pat on Tia's legs, and she lets go of you.

Your landing, a few seconds later, is impeccable, dropkicking a deck-hand through the wooden boards of the main deck and into the cargo hold.

You find yourself surrounded by an array of bandits, le'er-do-goods, brigands, ruffians and generally unpleasant people, armed with a variety of weapons and instruments of harm. They are mostly clothed like seamen, which means little armor and favoring colorful clothing and headgear.
Ethnically, they seem very diverse, with some having Realm or even eastern traits, and northerners and southerners as well. Their leader seems to be a pure-bred realmer, in fact, judging by his skin tone.
You conclude it's him by the way he curses in what you think is Low Realm, then kicks the closest deck-hand in the ass, brandishing a scimitar angrily. "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, YOU DOGS?!" He screams. "GET HER!"

>Attack him (lethally)
>Attack him (non-lethally)
>Defend yourself against his crew (lethally)
>Defend yourself against his crew (non-lethally)
>Let them attack you
>Persuade them
>Threaten them
>Seduce them

>>30688119
>Defend yourself against his crew (non-lethally)
Let's not kill any more future minions than we need to.

>>30688119

>Defend yourself against his crew (non-lethally)

Let's make a pile of unconscious pirates and then sweetly talk and persuade.

>>30688119
>Let them attack you
With Iron Kettle. Once all of their weapons just bounce off our skin - and the fact that they saw us kick a dude clean through the deck - that should make it clear that it's now 'negotiation time.'

>>30688119
>Let them attack you

Iron Kettle Body. Just walked slowly towards him as the blows glance off our rock hard body staring him down all the while. Then once we come into range demand that he surrender with Majestic Radiance Presence.

>>30688119
Iron Kettle Body!

>Defend yourself against his crew (non-lethally)

Flash a winning smile at Mikahil and Tia, charge into the densest mass we can see and deliver a righteous beat-down.

We'll do the actual recruiting when they start surrendering.

>>30688119
seconding >>30688161 & >>30688164

>>30688178
Forgot to roll for myself.

Rolled 1

>>30688161
Here's my roll.

Rolled 8

>>30688178
>>30688191
I cannot believe i screwed that up...

Changing >>30688149 to >>30688164

Totally forgot about Iron Kettle Body.

Rolled 6

>>30688181
rolling for this

Rolled 3

>>30688217

Oh and a roll

Rolled 10

>>30688119
>Defend yourself against his crew (non-lethally)
>use Iron Kettle Body, if necessary

As funny as seducing would be, it's time to kick some ass

>>30688119
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws8JocOpkvY
Walk towards him and knock out everyone that tries to attack us non lethally.

Charms or not weather we are using we are not letting them grope at us.

We then grab the Realmer by the collar and lift him in the air.

" I want this ship and a crew. Any Obections?"

Rolled 1

>>30688301
oh, and dice dice.
>>30688119

Rolled 3

>>30688119
>Defend yourself against his crew (non-lethally)
Do we even need Iron Kettle? A bunch of very low quality Extras shouldn't even get past our DV

Rolled 9

>>30688119
>Defend yourself against his crew (non-lethally)
Don't forget to "accidentally" flash them. That should distract them.

Rolled 7

>>30688119
Punch and throw around everyone non lethally.

"I am the dread pirate Yu. I am taking this ship!"

Punch around some more people.

"I just started out, how am i doing? On a scale of one to ten?"

Rolled 10

>>30688329
>Don't forget to "accidentally" flash them. That should distract them.
We just dropped a hundred meters onto their ship wearing half of a towel. I think we can consider them all thoroughly flashed.

Rolled 6

>>30688119
>Defend yourself against his crew (non-lethally)
"welcome aboard the "Golden Dawn", first ship of my new fleet. Congratulations, you have the honor of being my very first servants. Any objections?"

>>30688359
Tell me, do you constantly look up whenever you try to run down a merchant ship while doing pirate-ty things? I doubt any of them noticed us until their colleague had a case of bad footing and 'fell' into the cargo hold.

Rolled 10

>>30688400
>I doubt any of them noticed us until their colleague had a case of bad footing and 'fell' into the cargo hold.
At which point our breast-towel was probably stuck to our face instead of our belly.

>>30688400
Considering that you have 2 masts worth of sails to maintain, with the chance of a crewmen being up in the cupola relaying information down, yeah, I'd say it's actually pretty reasonable to be looking up.

Rolled 5

>>30688400
refer to

>>30687914
>The crew is looking up, fairly astonished at your presence.

Rolled 9

>>30688359
That's why they just stood there staring at us until the captain shook them out of it. They've recovered.

I wonder if we could develop a charm based on that. Enemy takes a penalty based on your App or something

Rolled 9

>>30688411
This is a junk at best, and probably actually some kind of oarship. Ships with sails are rare enough to be noteworthy in Creation. So, probably less than two.

>>30688423
Huh, considering i had a part in voting there...how the hell did i miss that?

Rolled 7

>>30688426
Honestly, I would just make it a Scenelong effect that lets you use your Appearance modifier that normally applies to your and your enemies MDV apply to normal DVs as well. Seems easy enough. For example, Appearance 5 vs some Appearance 2 normal dudes? +/-3 to all DVs.

Of course, that kind of falls apart in this quest, since Appearance isn't a thing.

Rolled 10

>>30688449
I'd probably let you ignore it by paying Willpower, or it'd be too powerful.

Rolled 6

>>30688478
>I'd probably let you ignore it by paying Willpower, or it'd be too powerful.
That's fair, it would probably be UMI, after all. Maybe ignore +/-1 per Willpower spent? Make it a Lunar Appearance charm?

How does one begin with the exalted universe?

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Thinking about it. How about we try to sail the ship by ourselves for a while in order to gain sail charm/powers.

Perhaps in this quest there might be Tiger Warrior Training Technique for training sailors instead.

Rolled 7

>>30688507
>Thinking about it. How about we try to sail the ship by ourselves for a while in order to gain sail charm/powers.
Let's hold off on that for a while. Our homeland is a desert and we already have an Eclipse on the ship - not to mention we're trying to make the captain and crew our minions. This is a really solid case of 'let the people working for us handle that.' We don't need to do everything ourselves - we're a leader for a reason.

Also, Tiger Warrior Training Technique applies to Sail as well. It's really quite broad and, if combined with the Lore training charm, can teach every Ability in the game.

>>30688507
Nah, just delegate sailing to Mikahil. We should pick a role and stick to it.

Learning charms with skills that we won't be using or can pawn off on someone else is a waste of xp.

Rolled 2

>>30688503
This
http://jyenicolson.net/exalted/sakuya.html
Is a good introduction
Note that this quest uses a simplified version of the rules

Rolled 5

>>30688527
Don't forget the 1d4chan page. That has a TON of good, condensed, layman's explanations of how the setting works.

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Exalted

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>>30688503

I began with finding Solar Quest, voting for stopping fuckhuge ship with bare hands and later on argued furiously with people who wanted for our character to wear at least a minimum more than white stockings, high-heels and loincloth. I don't know what kind of player it makes me.

Rolled 6

>>30688503
I began with reading "Keychain of Creation" and played in lots of quests

>>30688520
Of course, we really should secure their loyalty before turning them into super soldiers.

Rolled 4

>>30688616
Good thing we have loyalty-securing social charms, but no Training effect charms yet, then.

>>30688616
This is true. Especially before using Soul Enlightening Beneficence on one or two of them

You don't even put on a defense, instead just invisibly focusing on managing the essence flow through your body.

A man finally finds enough courage (or fear of his captain) to charge into you with a sword, point.first, straight to your stomach.

You clench your teeth and brace for the blow, and the blade shatters against your abdominal muscles, snapping neatly in half.

The rest of the crew, who was ready to assault you as well, take a step back and a collective breath.

Their leader sighs, massaging his eyeballs and temples tiredly. He looks really depressed.

After a few seconds of silence (interrupted only by Mikahil climbing out of the water and onboard the ship), he lifts his head, stabs his scimitar into the ship's wooden parapet, and folds his arms resignedly. "...Alright. I'm listening."

>Follow me or I'll kick your teeth in
>Follow me or I'll kill you
>Follow me or I'll sink your ship
>Follow me or I'll bring you to Tianna in chains
>Follow me and I'll lead you to greatness as a pirate
>Follow me and you won't need to bother with pirating anymore
>Follow me and you'll be well rewarded
>Other?
(rolled action)

Rolled 9

>>30688692
>>Follow me and you won't need to bother with pirating anymore
Insert speech about our glorious future empire and it's navy

Rolled 4

>>30688692
>>Follow me and you won't need to bother with pirating anymore

Tianna's going to need a navy, and so are we.

After the immediate problems are dealt with, of course.

Rolled 5

>>30688692
>invisibly
...invincibly?

>Follow me and you won't need to bother with pirating anymore
>Follow me or I'll sink your ship
"No matter how you play it, you're done being pirates either way, lads. Follow me and you'll get to be the first ship in my navy. You'll be paid, well-fed, and will be able to sleep in a proper city without the guard trying to chase you down. Refuse, and I'll sink this ship with all of you on it. It's a good offer - and a damn sight better than you're going to get anywhere else."

Social + Zenith
[Majestic Radiant Presence]
[Talking to the Heart]

Rolled 9

>>30688692
>Follow me and you won't need to bother with pirating anymore
Majestic Radiating presence

>>30688692
>Follow me and I'll lead you to greatness as a pirate
>Follow me and you won't need to bother with pirating anymore

You won't be pirates - you'll be privateers! Defending Tianna's waters, robbing pirates from north, all that jazz and coolness.

Rolled 4

>>30688717
>"No matter how you play it, you're done being pirates either way, lads. Follow me and you'll get to be the first ship in my navy. You'll be paid, well-fed, and will be able to sleep in a proper city without the guard trying to chase you down. Refuse, and I'll sink this ship with all of you on it. It's a good offer - and a damn sight better than you're going to get anywhere else."
>
>Social + Zenith
>[Majestic Radiant Presence]
>[Talking to the Heart]
I'm completely on board for this.

Rolled 4

>>30688717

Yes, this! Rolling for awesomeness.

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>>30688692

>Follow me and you won't need to bother with pirating anymore.

Perhaps go on a speech about how a pirates life usually short one that ends in shipwreck, disease, backstabbing, starvation or dying penniless and joining us would lead to a better life.

Rolled 10

>>30688717
>[Majestic Radiant Presence]
>[Talking to the Heart]
Remember that we have to convince the other pirates back at their port, too. If we want to hit them with those two charms, too, then we'll run be out of Essence (unless we regain some in the meantime)

Rolled 3

>>30688766
Majestic Radiant Presence lasts the entire scene, and if getting back to their port to continue the talks doesn't count as a continuation of this scene, the trip will surely be long enough for us to recover some Essence.

And Talking to the Heart actually is kind of important here.

Rolled 9

>>30688692
>Follow me and you won't need to bother with pirating anymore
>use [Majestic Radiant Presence]
you'll be privateers, hitting realm ships (under our leadership)

Rolled 6

>>30688692
seconding >>30688717

Rolled 4

>>30688717
>>30688730
>>30688766
>>30688782

Wasting 2 more essence on this lot? We have at least four more places to go and probably more.

Lets save the social charms for when there is a meeting of all the captains we corralled.

Seriously think about it a bit

Rolled 9

>>30688819
I don't think we need Talking to the Hearth and hope that MRP will last until we meet them

Rolled 2

>>30688692

Follow me. That is all you need to know. Gather any other captains you know of. Do it and you will be happy because i am pleased. Do not and regret it.

Simple enough, right?

Rolled 2

>>30688819
>Wasting 2 more essence on this lot? We have at least four more places to go and probably more.
>
>Lets save the social charms for when there is a meeting of all the captains we corralled.
>
>Seriously think about it a bit
Or, alternatively, spend essence now to ensure we can get brought, nice and smoothly, to deal with more pirates.

Plus, even if we spend two essence, that will still leave us two more for the big speech to the gathered pirates.

And that's assuming there actually is a town of pirates to capture out that. So far, this is just the one ship. We don't know any more than that.

>>30688730
>>30688717
We do not even have money to pay them.

Think about what you are saying and promising.

Rolled 7

>>30688692
>Follow me and you won't need to bother with pirating anymore
>use [Majestic Radiant Presence]
>don't use [Talking to the Heart]

>>30688819
I think getting all the captains will take some time

Rolled 10

>>30688848
It will be pathetically easy to either ask Amata to pay them or, failing that, use our incredible talents to earn enough money to pay for a single crew. Amata herself specifically said she would prefer having pirates recruited to having them continue raiding.

>>30688851
>I think getting all the captains will take some time
Probably, plus tomorrow we have to be at the lake to meet up with Talon, right?

>>30688861
This. Plus increased traffic through our waters means more taxes, tarrifs, whathaveyou. Factor in the inevitable increase in trade and it almost pays for itself.
Oil up the dancing bitches, tonight we party.
Oh and we should ask exasperated-captian who the toughest pirate in these waters is, so we know who to take out first.

>>30688692
>Follow me and you won't need to bother with pirating anymore

I don't think using a charm is needed since we managed to cow them with a small demonstration. And i prefer saving essence sor now.

Soc + Zen + 3 = 1 8 6 3 10 1 3 9 7 10 = 7 successes

"My name is Maka, and I'm here to make you an offer." You say, holding out your arm as a giant black vulture swoops down from the sky and perches on it.

They listen. Not like they have much else to do.

[Majestic Radiant Presence + Talking to the Heart. Essence: 2/5]

"I need a navy." You explain.

They look at each other in utter disbelief.

"You are going to make a lot more than you can gain by preying shipment around here. I'll see with Queen Amata that you get a full pardon if you accept."

A man lifts his hand. "If we refuse?"

"You can keep being outlaws. On the wrong side of the law, hounded, barely scraping by. Bad food. Probably ending your live in the gullet of a shark somewhere in the ocean out there." You explain.

You hear murmurs of assent among the crew. You are being pretty convincing, after all. Also, quite distracting. You can only imagine how long these people have been at sea without seeing a woman.

"And what you intend us to do?" The captain steps forward.

>Join Tianna's navy
>Whatever I tell you to
>Be Privateers, keep doing what you did, just do it for me
>Fight the Wavecrest navy
>Fight the Realm navy
>Fight the Fair Folk
>Fight the Abyssals
>Fight the Lintha
>Be part of my campaign to return to Gem
>Other?

(you can select multiple choices)

Rolled 3

>>30688900
>Be part of my campaign to return to Gem
>Be Privateers, keep doing what you did, just do it for me
>Whatever I tell you to
A combination of these. We're securing ourselves a force here, rather than trying to secure a force for Tianna - at least at the moment. We need to finally get some personally-loyal cronies, rather than just borrowing stuff from Amata.

Rolled 8

>>30688900
>Whatever I tell you to
>Some fighting, some privateering to weaken my enemies

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>>30688900

>Whatever I tell you to
>Be Privateers, keep doing what you did, just do it for me

Lets have the pirates be loyal to us instead of to Tianna.
While I doubt Queen Amata is going to have a face heel turn and betray us I would be more comfortable if we give her a reason to keep us around.

If she tries to boot us out, she looses her navy.

>>30688900
>Whatever I tell you to

Don't bother with explaining anything else, just make them follow us. Adding conditions just makes it seem like they have say in how this is going to go.

Unlike our previous efforts, we CAN strong arm these guys.

Rolled 3

>>30688900
>Whatever I tell you to

Rolled 8

>>30688900
>Whatever I tell you to

Is this where we start being seductive?

Rolled 2

>>30688942
Let's not. It's just a personal preference, but having a pirate crew who's loyal primarily because they want to gangbang us just sounds shitty.

Rolled 2

>>30688900
>>Whatever I tell you to

This will include:
>Fight the Fair Folk
>Fight the Abyssals
>Fight the Lintha

And being aligned with Tianna's navy.

Rolled 6

>>30688951
think of it as an additional perk, not the main reason for their loyalty.

>>30688900
>Whatever I tell you to

It's simple, they want to bargain for something here, but they also know that they aren't in a position of bargain. Just keep with it.

Rolled 10

>>30688967
"Additional perk" got covered when they got to see our everything during that first fall. Trying to be seductive now is basically saying, "And if you do well, you get to run a train on me."

>>30688900
>Whatever I tell you to
>Some fighting, some privateering to weaken my enemies
>Probably become Tianna's auxiliary, unofficial navy.

>>30688900
>>Be Privateers, keep doing what you did, just do it for me

Rolled 3

>>30688978
Agreed. We aren't a slut.
Okay, not a COMPLETE slut.
...We still have standards!

Rolled 4

>>30688900
>Whatever I tell you to
>Some fighting, some privateering to weaken my enemies
>some prayer to me would be appreciated, too

Rolled 6

>>30688982
>>30688962
>>30688927

+1

>>30688900

>Whatever I tell you to
For starters we will be fighting all the forces of the island that are unfriendly. No more Fairfolk, No more Lintha, No more Abyssals.

We have much work to do after all...

>>30688978
Thus far our dating pool has been rather exclusive. Royalty, Exalted, perhaps the odd God.

Smelly Sailors are not on that list.

Rolled 8

>>30689007
>Thus far our dating pool has been rather exclusive. Royalty, Exalted, perhaps the odd God.

>Smelly Sailors are not on that list.
Exactly. We may be a bit of a slut, but we're a slut with the highest of standards.

Rolled 3

I never said seduce them, I said act seductively

Rolled 2

>>30689024
Right, which adds or suggests the promise of future sexualizing. If we're not planning on ever banging any of them, being seductive is counterproductive. We're trying to have actual authority over our new minions here, not sexually-frustrated sycophants.

>>30688900
> whatever i tell you to.
But dont worry boys you wont be alone. Every pirate around is getting this offer. You are just lucky enough to be first.

Rolled 3

>>30688900
seconding >>30689071
maybe add that people that do good can expect promotions

Rolled 1

>>30689082
>maybe add that people that do good can expect promotions
Way too much detail. Don't just start spaghetti-ing information everywhere.

Rolled 4

>>30689090
really? Because promoting the best instead of the strongest could get us loyal and competent minions

Gem is pretty far inland, we wouldn't be able to support a privateer fleet directly.

Maybe if we conquered Harborhead or something.

Rolled 6

>>30689100
"Promotions" are a useless concept when they're the first ship in our crew. Promotion to what, praytell? We're already offering them a brand new life and lifestyle.

>>30689105
Sandships are an actual thing in the Southern dunes. Not as common as camel caravans, but a fair bit faster.

Rolled 3

>>30689105
we could also try and lower the land between Gem and the ocean and make it a port city

>>30689116
>Promotion to what, praytell?
being Enlighened, becoming a Priest in our Cult, being picked for Tiger Warrior Training etc.

Rolled 3

>>30689125
>being Enlighened, becoming a Priest in our Cult, being picked for Tiger Warrior Training etc.
None of which is relevant information at the moment since we can't Enlighten people yet, don't have a Cult, and don't have Tiger Warrior Training Technique. You know what they call making promises you don't - and might never - have the means to provide? They call that a lie - or, at best, irrelevant.

Rolled 8

>>30688900
>Whatever I tell you to
>Worship me

Rolled 8

>>30689125
>we could also try and lower the land between Gem and the ocean and make it a port city
Well, let's see here. Gem is about... 1500 miles from the coast in a volcanic mountain range with equal parts desert and arable well-lived coastline and plains between them. So, we would only need to kill/displace a few million people to do that.

Basically what I'm saying is that's fucking retarded.

Rolled 4

>>30689143
>Basically what I'm saying is that's fucking retarded.
But it's possible.
Do you think it'd be easier to cause a Wyld Incursion and use Wyld shaping to do it?

Rolled 4

>>30689134
Pretty much.
Talking about things we cannot do right now and being seductive is a waste of time.

They already relented on doing whatever we want. Now we need to be a firm autocrat and not a cajoling thing.

>>30689151
Everything is possible, we could head out tomorrow to the realm and attempt to take control of the defense grid. It's possible after all.

Rolled 5

>>30689151
I think it would get the entire Realm, the entire Bureau of Destiny, and a number of other Solar and Lunar exalts out to murder us. And, despite being both an exalt and a protagonist, that's not something we can survive.

Oh, and despite being technically possible, it's functionally impossible without some First Age infrastructure to handle that level of landscape reshaping. It would be easier to just get our pirates a sandship.

Rolled 8

>>30689143
I think I remember seeing some (homebrew?) charms for Kimbery charms for that. We just have to somehow befriend one and convince him to help us

I thought we already had a big argument about trying to conqueror Gem last session.

While Gem is rich in resources, the main reason why people want to get it is because of metagaming reasons.

How about we just focus on fortifying and entrenching ourselves in the west so we don't get wyld hunted or killed when the abyssals come back.

Rolled 3

>>30689172
1. By canon, Green Sun Princes are secret. Unlike what happened with Thorns and the Mask of Winters, they haven't had a 'coming out' moment yet.
2. We're not doing with with Akuma.
3. Lintha are the main dudes in Creation well-known for using Kimbery charms, and they are fairly solidly our enemies.

Rolled 1

>>30689176
>get it is because of metagaming reasons.
I think most reasons NOT to want it are metagaming reasons

Rolled 3

>>30689176
>While Gem is rich in resources, the main reason why people want to get it is because of metagaming reasons.
No, the main reason we want to get it is because that's the country we're actually royalty of. Maka is a queen who's been exiled from Gem, her homeland. Obviously we're going to focus on Tianna for the first arc of the game - there's a ton to do here, and it's where our current allies need help.

But we are going back to Gem eventually.

>>30689185
Most people don't want it because of common knowledge reason AKA it's in the middle of nowhere and is entirely dependent on the food area with a realm affiliated city state

>>30689189
This + we don't really have anything to tie us to Gem OOC. IC Maka probably has friends and enemies and an actual emotional attachment to the place, but we don't know anything about that.

>>30689176
>DON'T get it is because of metagaming reasons.

fix'd

"Mostly, the same things you do: fight on the seas. Consider yourselves privateers. My enemies will be your enemies."

"...But you're Exalted." He notes, looking VERY worried.

The crew murmurs.

"Yes, my enemies are a bit... dangerous. There are Fae, Abyssals, the Lintha..."

They're looking pretty pale already. "How can we possibly face those enemies?" Someone asks.

"With me leading you? You can. I'll make sure of it." You explain."In any case, I won't expect you to do anything impossible or unreasonable."

The captain lifts his hat and scratches his head. "...I wonder what counts as reasonable or unreasonable for you."

"I have no interest in losing a valuable crew of loyal followers." You reassure him. "By the way, You're going to stay the captain. I don't have any experience in sailing. What you say?"

"I'll have to put this to the vote of the crew." He says. "Alright, boys. What do you think?"

The crew gathers 'round and begins to talk, sneaking glances at you.

Mikahil reaches your side, still dripping wet. "How did it go?"

"Fairly okay." You reply. "They're voting."

"I'll stay in backup if you don't mind. I don't really want to get involved" He says.

The pirate captain returns to you. "The crew of the Bloodshark accepts to pledge their loyalty to you."

"Bloodshark?" You wonder. "That's the ship's name?"

"Aye." He takes his hat off. "As a tribute to Siakal, goddess of blood and war on the seas. I am its captain, Rubel Sareni. At your service from now on."

>Sail with me back to Tianna's port
>Keep preying on ships in this region
>Keep preying on ships in this region, except those that trade with Tianna
>Show up at Azure Lake in two days
>Sail to the harbor in triangle island
>Sail to the nearby bay
>Keep pursuing that ship you were about to board
>Intercept the ship north of here
>Bring me back to the coast
>Other?
>Rename chip (to what?)
>Ask a question?

Rolled 7

>>30689234
>Show up at Azure Lake in two days
>Ask a question?
"Where can I try to recruit more captains to my flag?"

Rolled 2

>>30689234
>sail to where we can recruit more pirates, I trust you to know where that's possible

>>30689234
>Keep preying on ships in this region, except those that trade with Tianna
>Bring me back to the coast

Rolled 4

>>30689234
>Keep preying on ships in this region, except those that trade with Tianna
>sail to where we can recruit more pirates, I trust you to know where that's possible

>>30689217
>knowing that Gem is in the middle of nowhere, is reliant on others for food and has no strategical importance
>metagaming
Choose one

Rolled 1

>>30689234
Intercept ships north of here.

Ask about about other pirate ships and hideouts or ports of call around here.


We need to grow our fleet, if we want to take out the Lintha. Not much use against the fiarfolk but eh.

Rolled 1

>>30689234
seconding >>30689251 & >>30689258

Rolled 8

>>30689234
>sail to the biggest pirate harbour in the region

Rolled 3

>>30689234
>Show up at Azure Lake in two days
>Ask where to find more pirates

Rolled 9

>>30689200
But it's also rich, well-defensible, and, most importantly, the land to which Maka is actually royalty, her true home, where she grew up, host to any friends and family she might still have, and so forth.

Maka is the Queen of Gem. Is that a shitty place to be queen of? Maybe. But it's still the place we're going once we've got Tianna sorted regardless.

Rolled 8

>>30689296
>Maka is the Queen of Gem.
She's a Solar, so she has the Mandate of Heaven to rule all of Creation. She has as much of a claim on Gem as on any other nation in Creation not already ruled by a Solar

>>30689296
As I said earlier Gem isn't self sufficient and the realm will strangle it once an anathema take power.

Rolled 6

>>30689234
>go meet more pirates
>Show up at Azure Lake in two days

stop talking about Gem, please

>>30689314

The mandate of heaven means approximately diddly squat right now. It also has the issue of 'An awful lot of Gods, Sids and DB say no'. Gem is the place that Maka has an actual legitimate claim to outside 'Conky says it's cool that you guys all have to bow to me'

>>30689234
>Ask a question?

Where is the biggest pirate hideout around here?

Go there.

>>30689319
unless we control places in the Island Tribes that can trade with us

Rolled 8

>>30689314
>She has as much of a claim on Gem as on any other nation in Creation not already ruled by a Solar
It's not about claim, it's about personal attachment. She's already royalty of that place, it's already her home, and she's already expressed wishes to someday end her exile.

>>30689319
>As I said earlier Gem isn't self sufficient and the realm will strangle it once an anathema take power.
Which will be a problem, but doesn't change the fact that Maka's already been calling herself Queen of Gem and talking about her eventual return home. That's a problem to deal with, not a threat to avoid.

For example, it means we should probably work with a volcano god and a farming god to make the volcanic hills arable and nice. We already have one such god as an ally, so we've already made progress on that front.

Saying 'fuck Gem' is just throwing away Maka's characterization because her homeland is inconvenient. We should be accepting the problems of Gem and working to fix them, not casting aside our protagonist's past entirely.

>>30689314
UCS withdrew the Mandate. He even told Maka in a vision, and explained her that getting the Mandate back depends also on Maka's actions as an Exalted and His representative on Creation.

>>30689234

>Ask a question?
Ask where where the pirates hang out

The more Pirates that choose the follow us the better.

>>30689234
Sail to the largest pirate hideout they know of-we need more people, and I'm willing to bet there's at least a couple lagre hidden ports bigger than the obvious ones

Rolled 1

>>30689234
>Tell them to start worshiping you
>Ask where pirates hang out

>>30689361
This.

Though I also agree with others in the thread that Gem is a discussion for another time.

>>30689234
Ask where the largest pirate hideout is-we can go there ourselves. Then tell them to head to Tianna's port to report themselves, and head to Azure Lake in 2 days

Rolled 1

>>30689234
>Sail to the nearby bay
Two more ships, GET

>>30689360
>Island Tribes
>Trade with Gem
This is not how geography work

>>30689361
>For example, it means we should probably work with a volcano god and a farming god to make the volcanic hills arable and nice. We already have one such god as an ally, so we've already made progress on that front.
Except Gem has no water to spare for farming it's in the middle of a fucking desert near the elemental pole of fire.

>Saying 'fuck Gem' is just throwing away Maka's characterization because her homeland is inconvenient. We should be accepting the problems of Gem and working to fix them, not casting aside our protagonist's past entirely.

Not wanting to be ruler of Gem isn't throwing aways anything. It's accepting that Gem has no inerrant value to the kingdom we will make in the west.

>>30689436
Except for UCS telling us to do well and he'll give us the Mandate. That's kinda important.

Rolled 5

>>30689436
>Except Gem has no water to spare for farming it's in the middle of a fucking desert near the elemental pole of fire.
It's actually easy enough to get the right kind of god or sorcery to create springs of water - or even volcanic hotsprings - even in the deep South. That's another problem to fix, not something to make us just avoid the place.

And it's still our damn home, and we're still - even now - calling ourselves Queen of Gem. So it is, absolutely, throwing away our characterization.

>>30689436
What are trading posts and land trade routes? There is almost nothing from the Tribes to Gem. The Silent Crescent tribes are in the north bit of that forest to the west, we could probably go past it and set up farming settlements

>>30689436
What I'm hearing you say is that Gem needs our help. We're a Solar, we need to do what they're supposed to and help out the city

Rolled 10

>>30689470
>There is almost nothing from the Tribes to Gem.
There's almost nothing fluffed, you mean. The unfluffed places in Creation aren't uninhabited wasteland. They have just as much going on in them as, say, the Scavenger Lands. They're just left open for the ST to populate with whatever they want.

That fact is one of the many reasons that our metagame knowledge about what is and isn't around Gem is worthless and why we should be really waiting for Exaltedfag to - eventually - tell us what we know in-character.

>>30689470
It's like asking the south of India to trade with China via the Himalaya that's not counting the swamp and jungle

>>30689491
>implying exaltedfag will ever tell us what we know in character

Early archive, juuuuust in case. I even got the tags right this time!

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/30687046/

"Well then, Rubel. Sail towards wherever you believe that I could best recruit other pirates."

"...I'm sorry?" He asks.

"I told you that I wanted a navy, right?" You grin. "You're the first, but not the only ones, and not the last."

He hesitates. "...Look, I'm assuming you're not from around here, right?"

"If you have something to say, say it. I know I'm not from the West. I'm recruiting you for a reason." You reply.

"Not all pirates like each other. Actually, we all pretty much hate each other's guts. We tolerate each other in harbors because otherwise it'd be an endless bloodbath, but uniting all the pirates of the archipelago is quite ridiculous. They're going to resist."

"Well, then we'll sink them." You reply, matter-of-factly. "You know, Amata has long wanted to get rid of the pirates around her island. I decided it would be better to put you to good use, instead. A mutually beneficial relationship."

"We can't really challenge all of them with just the Bloodshark, right?" He asks in disbelief.

"Why not?" You reply. "I told you: I'm leading you."

"But you know nothing about naval warfare!"

"But I know how to do the impossible." You grin. "Sail away. Prepare the men for battle."

He gives up and turns, barking orders to his men.

Mikahil whispers in your ear: "...You're thinking big."

"I always do."

"How far did you think things through? Many will not settle just for the promise of a pardon from Amata or with you showing some leg. How do you intend to feed, maintain and pay for such a fleet?"

>Amata will take care of that
>We'll prey on Wavecrest shipping
>We'll prey on Realm shipping
>We'll conquer a nearby Wavecrest island and take control of it
>We'll trade and ship goods in the West
>We'll search for treasure

Rolled 3

>>30689526
>implying Gem will actually become relevant
We have to deal with the Abyssals, the Lintha and the fae and then build up a powerbase here before we can return to Gem

>>30689545
>We'll trade and ship goods in the West

Rolled 10

>>30689545
>Amata will take care of that
>We'll trade and ship goods in the West
>We'll search for treasure
And we'll give them all the same offer. Join us and get paid, pardoned, and a bed, or we'll sink you.

I fully expect to have to sink some ships. I'm okay with that too.

Rolled 6

>>30689545
>We'll prey on Realm shipping
>We'll conquer a nearby Wavecrest island and take control of it
>We'll trade and ship goods in the West

>>30689545
>We will establish a corsair port on one of the Island of the archipelago

Rolled 2

>>30689563
>I fully expect to have to sink some ships. I'm okay with that too.
why not jump aboard, throw the crew in the water and add the ship to our fleet?

>>30689571
Dude, delete that shit.

Rolled 9

>>30689545
>Amata will take care of that
>We'll trade and ship goods in the West

Once our immediate problems are dealt with, Tianna suddenly has clear sea routes for buttloads of trade and such.

All that trade is going to need a navy to protect. And getting experienced sailors and their ships saves us a huge cost in training and building up a new navy from scratch.

Rolled 3

>>30689571
This is a blue board. You should delete that before you get banned. And of course it's not - if it was, it would be Azure Bay. The pirate crew will be heading inland for this.

>>30689545
"Well, now that ships won't be preyed on as much, we'll have a lot more ability to trade with people, especially in the West. Plus, we can use some of the more rowdy ships as privateers, preying on Wavecrest shipping until some of the other islands are weak enough for us to occupy easily. Do you have advice for other ways to go about fleet maintenance if Amata doesn't approve? "

>>30689545
>We'll trade and ship goods in the West

>Amata will take care of that

>We'll conquer a nearby Wavecrest island and take control of it

We'll trade to make money, and borrow from Amata if there is a deficit. Hopefully it won't come to that.

The conquering comes after things settle down.

Rolled 5

>>30689574
That's good too. Honestly, this is a game without cannons, so most of this shit is with ramming and boarding anyway. Most sinking will involve us literally leaping over to the other ship, kicking over their mast, killing their oarmen, and punching a hole in their hull.

Rolled 2

>>30689582
>>30689565

Conquering maybe sounds like a bad idea to advertise. For now.

Rolled 7

>>30689585
or Tia turning into a Whale/Kraken and breaking them in half

Rolled 7

>>30689592
Exactly. Our options for sinking largely involve using our actual bodies to smash a ship apart.

>>30689545

>We'll trade and ship goods in the West
>Amata will take care of that

When we gain strong not-pirate navy and get rid of Lintha, trade will flourish.

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>>30689570
Second along with future port location Unless we find a good location for a manse on one of the other islands

Rolled 8

Don't forget to make them worship us.
I want that Essence regen

Rolled 9

>>30689616
Finding a coastal manse/demense for a palace-cathedral should honestly be one of our highest priorities, once an alliance with the Three Rivers is secured.

>>30689591
Well, the crew should be kept in the dark yes.

But Tia can be trusted, the interesting thing is if we can trust Mikahil...

Thoughts about him? Trust him or not? Or seduce him to ensure his loyalty or something?

Rolled 4

>>30689625
maybe the Raksha have a Freehold we could turn into a manse?

Rolled 9

>>30689623
That can come after we bring them their first victory. But, yes, these should be the first members of our cult.

>>30689623

Voting against this. We want to be worshiped, we should do something WORTH worshiping. Not just going 'Worship me'. Kick an asshole got in the Balls, Beat up a Fey Noble.

Something that would make people worship of their own free will. Not because they were ordered.

>>30689631
I say trust him to do what's best for his own cause.

Rolled 7

>>30689637
That would work too. Especially if it's coastal.

>>30689637
Even if they do, we don't have the crafting and occult expertise.

Irene is the only crafter we know, and we don't know any sorcery or sorcerers.

>>30689637
Seeing as they are in three river territory I don't think we'd be allowed to use it

Rolled 5

>>30689642
Dude, Prayer and worship is literally just a business transaction like anything else.
You can use prayer as emails if your a Sidereal and in the Realm there are days where you have to worship a spirit so it doesn't starve

>>30689662
have Tia claim it?

Rolled 9

>>30689662
No, they're not. Tianna is in the SE of the island, Three Rivers are NE, and the fair folk are on the West part of the island. The issue is that the fair folk and the Three Rivers share a closer border, and are more antagonistic towards each other.

>>30689655
Zaan?

>>30689671

It may be a business transaction but this would be forcing them into it because 'Want prayer'.

I'd rather our priestess queen do something genuinely worship worthy rather than just bullying people into worshiping.

Rolled 6

>>30689704
It's asking them to give us something they can't use themselves and get for free

>>30689693
Know well, not just know. Just asking out the blue 'Hey can you make me a manse?' Seems to be a futile effort.

>>30689725
Mortals don't see it like that. Maka might not see it like that.

Rolled 8

>>30689730
who said we expect him to do it for free?
I'm sure we can figure out something.

>>30689725

It's also asking them to worship up. Which has implications that I'd rather have from willing woshippers. Not manhandled prayer batteries.

Rolled 3

>>30689545
>you showing some leg
hey, I'm showing ALL the leg

Why has Mikahil never reacted to our outfit, anyways?

>>30689545
This is actually a tough call for me

>Amata will take care of that

We don't want to promise more from Tianna than we already have since we don't know how deep their coffers are. Besides, Amata has already expressed a deep distaste for pirates.

>We'll prey on Wavecrest shipping
Doesn't that affect trade with Tianna? Even if it doesn't, other Wavecrest captains would notice that the pirates are focusing on them and ignoring Tianna's ships. That might not end well.

>We'll prey on Realm shipping

Seems lucrative, but it's adding another enemy to our roster. They'll also begin to wonder what unified these pirates and made them bolder.

>We'll conquer a nearby Wavecrest island and take control of it

I suppose this could work, but wouldn't it mean making the inhabitants support our pirate fleet. I suppose it could be win-win if they provide defense from rogue pirates and Lintha.

>We'll trade and ship goods in the West

The most problem-free option, with the possibly complication that pirates might not be interested in being merchant vessels.

>We'll search for treasure

Tempting, but maybe too vague to satisfy a hungry crew

Rolled 4

>>30689881
>Seems lucrative, but it's adding another enemy to our roster. They'll also begin to wonder what unified these pirates and made them bolder.
don't forget that we're planning to kill the Lintha, so the overall number of attacks on realm ships should remain stable or even fall, so intervention should be unlikely

Rolled 10

>>30689877
I'll bet he's seen some shit.

Rolled 2

>>30689545
> amata will take care of it.
Because she stands to prosper from this venture, because maka often doesn't think before acting, and because she probably will.
> we'll trade and ship goods in the west
Because its useful and support s tiannas economic growth
>we'll prey on our biggest competitor
My guess is wavecrest
> TREASURE
because treasure

Rolled 8

>>30689925
So you're saying we need to try harder?

Rolled 1

>>30689877
He is an austere diplomatic genius... who has a completely different type.

Rolled 6

>>30689964
>who has a completely different type
I'm betting his type is 'dashing, eloquent, and muscular men.'

Rolled 7

>>30689978
possible
Oh well, can't have them all

>>30689545
>Amata will take care of some of it
>We'll trade and ship goods in the West
>And then we will either search for treasure take over a island or do some piracy. You did say some Exalts were leading big time pirates, right?

"We'll get them to become a regular naval force. Mostly trade, some privateering." You explain. "If there are any short-term expenses, I'm sure Amata will foot the bill."

"Does Amata know about this?" He replies, not too convinced. "Besides, Rubel is right. You don't know much about sailing, and, I'd add. I don't think you know much about trading. Especially here in the West, where there's a lot of competition."

You shrug. "I'll let them handle it. I don't need to bother myself with such details, right?"

"Neither do they." He points out. "They're pirates. Most of their 'trading' is done at sword-point. You'd need someone capable of handling a merchant enterprise of vast size, and make it profitable and workable from day one."

"You-"

"I'm not going to be able to do anything for now." He interrupts you. "I have other business to attend to, remember? I shouldn't even be here, I should already be on a ship headed for Coral right now."

The vulture caws threateningly at him.

"I'm trying to help, Tia." He replies, almost offended. Meanwhile the ship is underway, approaching the bay where you saw those two ships earlier. You see there is a rather large village built around it.

"If you play your cards well, you'll have three ships by midday. Maybe a fleet by night." Mikahil notes. "But you'll have to find ways to keep them fed, clothed and paid, or they're not gonna stay with you for long."

(roll, mental + eclipse)

>Focus on increasing your fleet right now, worry about that later
>Ask Mikahil for advice
>Ask Tia for advice
>Ask Rubel for advice
>Change your mind (don't increase your fleet)
>Change your mind (go back on your decision to convert pirates into traders)
>Adjust your plan (they will become traders in the long term, until them the focus will be training and reforming)
>Stick to your plan (either they or I will figure out how to become high sea traders)

Rolled 1

>>30690049
>>30689910
>>30689881

So the overall idea seems to get some help from Amata in the short term, and perhaps some small amount of contribution or buy in in our business venture (I'd like to outsource some fleet level officers from her navy when they have extended shore leave) coupled with some merchant trading and shipping to get them some legitimacy in the archipelago.

Then we couple that with Taking over a Island and doing some Piracy on Realm Shipping that should offset Lintha decreas in attacks since we will hunt the Lintha down.

Correct?

Rolled 2

>>30690085
>Change your mind (go back on your decision to convert pirates into traders)
raid realm ships

Rolled 4

>>30690085
>>Ask Mikahil for advice
>>Ask Tia for advice
>>Ask Rubel for advice
>>Adjust your plan (they will become traders in the long term, until them the focus will be training and reforming)
These.

Rolled 1

>>30690085
>>Adjust your plan (they will become traders in the long term, until them the focus will be training and reforming)

Rolled 6

>>30690085
>Change your mind (go back on your decision to convert pirates into traders)
raid realm ships
>>30690097
seems about right

Rolled 9

>>30690085

>Adjust your plan (they will become traders in the long term, until them the focus will be training and reforming)

the rolls don't look good...

Rolled 7

>>30690085
>Adjust your plan

Rolled 7

>>30690097
>>30690099
>>30690101
>>30690108
oh, our first botch. I guess we just fail of thinking of any way of feeding them?

Amata said she'd prefer converted pirates to dead pirates

Rolled 9

>>30690085

>Focus on increasing your fleet right now, worry about that later

We don't need them to stay with us for long, just long enough to handle this fair folk business then we can focus on the logistics of a trade/privateer fleet.

But it is a problem that we'll have to deal with, just now right now.

Rolled 1

>>30690085
>Adjust your plans
How do rolls work? First dice? Dice attached to winning option?

Rolled 4

>>30690085
>Ask Mikahil for advice
>Ask Rubel for advice
>Adjust your plan (they will become traders in the long term, until them the focus will be training and reforming)

Rolled 3

Change your mind (go back on your decision to convert pirates into traders)
raiding

>>30690119
>>30690122
>>30690134
>>30690135
too late. Damn you, dicegods

Rolled 10

>>30690085
>Ask Rubel for advice
He should know his buisness.
> Increase the fleet right now.
No time like the present If they find out a Exalt is press ganging ships they are going to run away.
>Ask Tia for advice
She has been here for some time

>Adjust your plan.
They are going to be a navy, but since they know pirating they could do with some military training from Tianna, and some mercantilism primers. For now they can do piracy i guess or we get them into bootcamp ASAP once we deal with the Fae.

However we really need some lump gold to pay the upkeep.

Rubel or Tia should know about that some things.

Rolled 7

Tia's advice is just going to be "punch them if they demand pay"

Rolled 4

>>30690134
The dice there >>30690097 was not linked... I hope we get to discount it, since it was posted right when Exaltefag did.

Rolled 1

>>30690158
doesn't matter, the 5th one's a failure, too

>>30690085
>Ask Mikahil for advice
>Adjust your plan (they will become traders in the long term, until them the focus will be training and reforming)

Rolled 4

>>30690235
Forgot my roll, sorry.
(not that it matters with how many there are already)

Mental + Eclipse: 1 2 4 1 (BOTCH!)

"Nonsense." You reply to Mikahil with disdain. "How hard can high sea trading be?"

You turn around as he slowly facepalms, called by Rubel. "We're here, boss." He says, as the ship tosses anchor in the shallow bay. This is a pirate haven by every sense of the word it seems: a village of rogues and outcasts built entirely to support raiding activities: growing food, working wood, fencing goods.

You and Rubel (and Tia, perched on your shoulder) head down to the docks as his crew hits the alehouses and brothels of the village with glee. "Well, we didn't get that ship in the end, so our cargo hold is empty." He comments. "They'll burn their last bits of silver and the last few cowries they have stashed away today and tonight. We'll have to find another prey tomorrow."

"No, it's okay." You reply to him with confidence. "You'll become traders."

"Oh." You see a lot of questions passing though his mind as he shifts expressions in front of you. "...I guess? You'll be handling that?"

You pat his back. "You will."

>Gather information on the two ships
>Gather information on fences and merchants
>Ask who's the boss in town, go talk to him
>Ask who's the boss in town, fight him
>Let your crew rest, then board the ships
>Board the ships on your own
>Gather a crowd, make a proclamation
>Other?

Rolled 6

>>30690294
>Gather information on the two ships
we want ships, not a town

Rolled 3

>>30690294
>Gather a crowd, make a proclamation

Rolled 2

>>30690294
>Gather a crowd, make a proclamation
Declare this city to be under our glorious solar rulership, demand any that have a problem with it defeat us in combat

Rolled 3

>>30690294
Hmmm. I don't know why, but I was expecting something more like Nassau or Tortuga.

Rolled 1

>>30690294
>Ask who's the boss in town, go talk to him
What skill does trading fall under?

Rolled 6

>>30690294

>Gather information on the two ships

come on!

Rolled 8

>>30690294
>Ask who is boss in town talk to him.
Incoming night caste.

>>30690359
Eclipse.

Rolled 8

>>30690294
>Gather information on the two ships
Another idea on how to finance our fleet, leave some of the Wyld of the Raksha, learn Wlyd-shaping and create tons of raw materials that our ships can then sell

>>30690294
I wonder how easy it's going to be to lose their loyalty through mismanagement?

Rolled 2

These dice, they suck.

Rolled 3

>>30690390
Isn't wyld shaping mostly a twilight thing?
>>30690337
Everyone draws weapons.

Rolled 7

>>30690425
>Isn't wyld shaping mostly a twilight thing?
It's entirely a Twilight thing.

Also, we're not very close to the Wyld proper.

Rolled 1

>>30690425
>Isn't wyld shaping mostly a twilight thing?
So? You can do stuff that isn't in your Caste, you know.
And Solar Wyld-shaping is such bullshit

>>30690435
there's some on the same island as we are. Going there once a month and creating a shiton of Gold/Diamonds/Pearls/Whatever should be pretty easy