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>>4080153
You currently have 81 loyalists, counting your ruler, mage, and entourage. However, roughly half of them are children too young to work. 17 are trained soldiers, including the 5 Hussein Sisters (also sailors), 14 are farmers, 3 are fishermen, 3 are hunters, 5 are cooks, 2 are merchants, 2 are diplomats, 5 are medics, 2 are smiths, and 3 are carpenters. One, of course, is your mage. If those numbers don't add up, it's because most of the soldiers have other jobs they performed before joining your cause: one is a hunter, one a fisherman, one a carpenter, and one a smith; three are medics, three are farmers. Further to this, any female farmer is, by necessity and custom, also a household cook.

All are humans.
Now, before we start in earnest: who is our leader, exactly? Aside from being a ruler, are they male or female?

A1. Male
A2. Female

What is their principle talent, aside from leadership?

B1. Diplomacy
B2. Trade
B3. Warfare
B4. Sailing
B5. Hunting
B6. Art
B7. Magic

>>4080159
And while you're at it: pitch (or second) names for the leader, and the country which cast you out.

>>4080159
The unified States of Amica

leader name George Washington

A1. Male
B3. Warfare

>>4080159
>Male
>Warfare
>Republic of Genesta

>>4080161
While we wait for a few more votes to roll in, a few ground rules:

A turn takes a week. Once we've settled somewhere, each month will start with a council meeting where major, wide-ranging policy decisions will be made.

If we have a multicultural society, each race/religion/faction will have its own morale. If it drops into negatives and no corrections are made, they will attempt to separate or usurp. If the net morale of the society falls to negative, there will be populist uprisings and rebellions. Right now, you have a +2 morale bonus for humans because they are a huge demographic majority, +2 for a human ruler, and +2 (temporary) for their common cause and immediate existential threat.

As one could expect, having more workers (and with better tools) makes for easier successes on given operations or missions related to their profession. Advancing the related tech or magic fields will also help.

Citizens reproduce themselves provided at least one suitable male/female pair exists of them, though their children are not suitable for most tasks immediately. Humans reproduce so as to produce 5% of their population in children every month, and 10% of their children reach adulthood each year and become more ‘useful’ citizens; elves reproduce 2.5% of their population monthly and 5% of their children come of age each year, while goblins reproduce 7.5% of their population and 20% of their children come of age each year. Other races will have their own metrics for these, should we encounter any. Humans and elves produce half-elves (reproduce 3% a month, 6& come of age each year). Humans and goblins produce... Goblins. Goblins and elves produce nothing but really weird looks at family reunions.

Other races may be encountered later, and common religion/ideology or sufficient admixture may reduce the number of distinct factions you need to manage.

>>4080258
Out of curiosity, I assume Elves and Goblins have actual bonuses they could offer us as an incentive to include them? Offset by the racial tension oc

>>4080280
Indeed!

Goblins will accelerate population growth and produce workers quite rapidly, and are disease resistant and magic resistant. Not very adept at spellcraft, though.

Elves have many more experts, and especially more mages, among their number; their specialists are beyond the capabilities of regular human training due to their longevity. Their half-human offspring have a bit of an edge at magic as well.

In addition, a less homogenous population is more disease resistant over all; a plague that hits humans might leave elves and goblins unscathed.

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>>4080203
Well, our leader is clearly a Prince and General; I guess his name is also George. I refuse the surname on principle, but as a consolation, I will break the tie and say we are leaving the Unified States of Amica.

Month 1, Week 1:
Well, we’re in quite the pickle. Without Prince George or Zane to consult with, though, it is a pickle that rests firmly within our council’s purview.

A. Seeking about the port city, we have many options for how to build our coalition, but only four weeks to do it in. Should we devote our first week to:
A1. Acquiring resources for the journey (pick a resource to focus on, such as food, trade goods, weapons, raw materials, etc.)
A2. Recruiting sailors and fishermen (with a chance of acquiring additional ships)
A3. Recruiting soldiers (to conquer where we go, or to plan for our return and a second war of succession)
A4. Recruiting scholars and mages (to boost out tech and magic trees more readily)
A5. Recruiting general labourers (to make our contingent bigger, faster)

B. Should we focus on humans for recruiting and mercantile efforts?
B1. Yes, humans only
B2. Humans and goblins only
B3. Humans and elves only
B4. Anyone who will join us is welcome

C. How much should we spend on this first search?
C1. Spare no expense
C2. Spend liberally, but make sure we can afford to keep going for the remaining weeks
C3. Spend frugally
C4. Seek only loyalists or desperate folk who will join us for cheap

>>4080369
Also, I should note: if you have an idea that isn't on the list, pitch it as A6, B5, or C5. I'm open to the unexpected!

>>4080369
>A4. Recruiting scholars and mages (to boost out tech and magic trees more readily)
B4. Anyone who will join us is welcome Kobolds tabaxi, beastmen anyone really.
C2. Spend liberally, but make sure we can afford to keep going for the remaining weeks

High tech and people who are good at tech are important.

>>4080369
>A3. Recruiting soldiers (to conquer where we go, or to plan for our return and a second war of succession)

>B4. Anyone who will join us is welcome

>C2. Spend liberally, but make sure we can afford to keep going for the remaining weeks

>>4080369
A5. Recruiting general labourers (to make our contingent bigger, faster)

>The quest is fantasy settlement and we are goddam settling!

B4. Anyone who will join us is welcome

>Anyone as in, ablebodied to work. We can tolerate families with one or two children, I guess.

C3. Spend frugally

Very simple. We keep the labour cheap but recruit people for a coin, thus being bound by contract and no promises of magical lands of extreme riches. We are settling and we are doing it damn good

>>4080388
Scholars? Mages? What comes next, we befriend the knife ears!?
I want calloused strong hands full of dreams capable of building their own future, not fags in frilly robes that are more prone to blow up half a city than to get shit done.

>>4080415
...


[IRL USA is the most tech heavy nation on earth so yeah we should]

>>4080415
I voted for buying better weapons so we have an advantage, both physical and psychological on any hostile natives.

>>4080388
>>4080397
>>4080409
Ten more minutes before we call the vote; if we're still tied on A, I'll roll for it. Currently tied on A, between 3, 4, and 5.

B4 seems pretty good to go. We're cosmopolitan like that

C2 is also winning so far: we're looking to get our money's worth out of whoever it is we're aiming to hire first, but we also need money for other things, and we know it.

Keep in mind, we have three more turns to recruit and purchase supplies after this!

>>4080433

Lets leave the weapon buying and sword hiring for the last week, lest the new monarch thinks we are using the gold he so "graciously" gave us to prolong the uprising!

>>4080419
Let's reach a comprimise. Let's hire the Meat from the meat and potatoes that our people will be. After we got the main chunk of people hired, we can use their workforce for the last 3 weeks to manufacture supplies like rope and cheapen the cost of things we are going to need anyway.

And a plus is that we can get some to be trained by the sailors this three weeks since we will definitely need more of those.

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>4080436

>>4080459
Not the knife ears! Anything but the knife ears!

>>4080459
USA USA USA

>>4080483
So... wanna discus how can we make money out of the scholars and mages for three weeks? Sadly I don't think we will be able to hire much since mages probably come at a premium.

I think we can use the mages n' scholars for networking since they probably come from families and circles of well situated people. That or we only get practitioners that were cast out of the family for reasons.

QM, what magic there is or, what magic the freshly hired wizards know? I think I am messing up your system a little, but using out assets as best as we can feels really nice

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>>4080459
With our first week in port, we've opted to spend well and hire on as large and as general contingent as possible. This has resulted in 10 new human labourers, and 16 goblins! No elves joined us this time, but not for lack of searching--we simply wanted generalists more than specialists, and an emphasis on numbers meant we got more the abundant races.

That said, we didn't hire just anybody--we were paying good coin, so we got men and women of both races who brought some special skills to the tables. We have sculptors, artisans, weavers, more cooks and carpenters, and another smith, each of whom brought special tools along with them.

Now, moving along to Month 1, Week 2:

A. Where should we focus our efforts next?
A1. Acquiring resources for the journey (pick a resource to focus on, such as food, trade goods, weapons, raw materials, etc.)
A2. Recruiting sailors and fishermen (with a chance of acquiring additional ships)
A3. Recruiting soldiers (to conquer where we go, or to plan for our return and a second war of succession)
A4. Recruiting scholars and mages (to boost out tech and magic trees more readily)
A5. Recruiting general labourers (to make our contingent bigger, faster)
A6. Other

B. Should we hire elves? Avoid elves? We have none yet, and they can be very skillful, but they don't always get on with goblins. Should we focus on humans or goblins instead? Or keep up with our cosmopolitan approach?
B1. Focus on hiring elves next
B2. Hire only humans and goblins
B3. Hire only humans
B4. Hire only goblins
B5. Anything goes

C. We have 3/4 of our original gold. How should we go about spending it this week?
C1. Spare no expense
C2. Spend liberally, but make sure we can afford to keep going for the remaining weeks
C3. Spend frugally
C4. Seek only loyalists or desperate folk who will join us for cheap

D. We have a pretty even male/female ratio so far, but hiring labourers tends to skew male (except amongst the very egalitarian goblins). Will this be a point of concern in our future planning?
D1. Don't worry about gender disparities
D2. Focus on more able-bodied men
D3. Hire on some women to balance things out

>>4080496
we sell them on the "adventure" of the new world, of all the new magics, and discoveries to be made. we are bound to get a few suckers and competent people.

>>4080503
BONUS: There has also been some chatter about training up sailors from among the labourers, or using them to make money and craft resources. Do we want to devote any time or energy to that?
E1. Yes, train up some sailors
E2. Yes, use the laborers so far to make some money and craft some resources
E3. No, focus on our recruiting and purchasing efforts

>>4080503
>A4. Recruiting scholars and mages (to boost out tech and magic trees more readily)
B5. Anything goes Kobold, Tabaxi, beastmen whatever really
>C2. Spend liberally, but make sure we can afford to keep going for the remaining weeks
>D3. Hire on some women to balance things out
E2. Yes, use the laborers so far to make some money and craft some resources

we will need breeding pairs.

>>4080511
(the only three races very present among the peoples of Exmuth are elves, humans, and goblins. Just a heads up!)

>>4080511
I support dubs but!

>A4.
>B1. We need the best of the mages
>C1. We need the best of the mages! Damn knife ears...
>D3.
>E2. Yes! The more gold the better!

>>4080518
And I counted. We have room for 260 people

>>4080515
thanks for the clarification.

>>4080518
just because elves are known as the best mages we shouldn't limit ourselves to them, by doing so we might miss out on an excellent humans or goblin

[calling it here for the night have a good one]

>>4080524
We need the edge they can provide...

>>4080511
>>4080518

Post incoming...

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>>4080503
>>4080507
>>4080554
>>4080511
>>4080518

(rolled 1a and 2; I fucked up on the dice formula, so I just used two actual dice)

The council elected to spend our second week in port seeking out mages and scholars, spending liberally to acquire mages in particular; elves and women are preferred, which (coupled with the uncanny beauty of elvenkind) leads to the hiring on of a small contingent of 8 beautiful and ancient elven mages, including six women… Granted, none of them show much more than a scholarly interest in the human bachelors of your contingent, and they and the goblins demonstrate naught but a mutual distaste and wariness. Their magic impressive, though: between their archmagus Wynather Virmoira and the rest of their contingent, they provide you a medium divination capability, and some weaker magic for shoring up defences, summoning and controlling elemental forces, and healing. They also bring a small library along with them.

These elves and their secrets didn’t come cheap, but your goblin and human labourers put in some impressive work; you still come out of the week with 5/8 of the gold you started with, a pretty even male/female ratio, and some extra sundry materials such as rope, spare storage barrels, and comfier bunks for the long journey ahead. Your ships seem to be a bit better-off than when you left them, too.

So, what’s next, for Week 3?

A. Where should we focus our efforts next?
A1. Acquiring resources for the journey (pick a resource to focus on, such as food, trade goods, weapons, raw materials, etc.)
A2. Recruiting sailors and fishermen (with a chance of acquiring additional ships)
A3. Recruiting soldiers (to conquer where we go, or to plan for our return and a second war of succession)
A4. Recruiting scholars and mages (to boost out tech and magic trees more readily)
A5. Recruiting general labourers (to make our contingent bigger, faster)
A6. Other

B. What should our hiring/purchasing approach be this time around?
B1. Focus on elves next
B2. Focus on humans
B3. Focus on goblins
B4. Anything goes
B5. Seek out exotic races with specialized skills (chance of failure)

C. We have 5/8 of our original gold. How should we go about spending it this week?
C1. Spare no expense
C2. Spend liberally, but make sure we can afford to keep going for the remaining weeks
C3. Spend frugally
C4. Seek only loyalists or desperate folk who will join us for cheap

D. Should we get out workers and mages doing anything in particular?
D1. Focus on money-making activities
D2. Network, hire on extra individuals or family members
D3. Train them up (select a focus, such as sailing or scholastic pursuits)
D4. Other

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>>4080574

OP here, going to sleep in 45 minutes and I work tomorrow. I will keep up on this if people reply, though.

>>4080574
A2. Recruiting sailors and fishermen (with a chance of acquiring additional ships)
-More fishermen will help us with food supply on our journey

B4. Anything goes

C3. Spend frugally
We should save some money for supplies

D2. Network, hire on extra individuals or family members
Cheaper, might help morale to have a close knit community

>>4080574
>A2. Recruiting sailors and fishermen (with a chance of acquiring additional ships)

>B2. Focus on humans

>C2. Spend liberally, but make sure we can afford to keep going for the remaining weeks

>D1. Focus on money-making activities

Focus on getting another ship and crew. It would be a major boon to our efforts. We would be able to carry more people and supplies to our future settlement. The hardest part is likely going to be the first few years (esp the winters), so we should really try to make it go well. Also, having multiple ships would help out with trade, which will be vital to our long term success.

On the racial demographics issue, we need to make sure we have a lot of humans. They will naturally have the most morale, so if we have enough of them, we won't have to worry about unrest much.

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>>4080729
Every race has their own morale. I wouldn't want to fight the mages, if the elves get angry. Those pesky knife ears!

People! We have lotsa gold and only two keeps left. We gotta S P E N D and Consooom.

A1.

>We need wooden planks, basic building tools (extra, besides the carpenter's) and materials such as screws, nails and glue/cement to build houses in the encampment. Plus the material will be used to repair the ships if anything bad goes with 'em. (In the end, half-produced materials. Not 100% raw ones, so to speak)

>Seeds. Seeds for crops, herbs and whatever the knife ears want. See if we can raise their morale with any fancy magikkal herb they'd like to grow.

>Whores of good reputation. Incredible boost of morale for all races, guaranteed. Throw in a couple young boys for the elves. They are totally into it the perverts.

>B5.Exotic whores.

Joking, Joking.
>B4. Let's see if anyone comes without being specifically scouted for. At this point, we will need to fill in the bodycount.

C1. We have 5/8th of the money and only two weeks to spend it!!
>Also can we spend some gold to throw in a party? Inside the flagship? Morale.

D2.
>I think the goblins n' elves might get happier with the chance to bring in more of their people.

>>4080865
support

>>4080667
>>4080729
>>4080865
>>4080880
OP up in here phoneposting. Currently, we have:

A tie between A1 and A2
A lean towards B4
A lean towards C1
A lean towards D2

I finish work and get home in about 10-11 hours. I'll post then, and roll for any ties!

>>4080865
Support. But only because the whores

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>>4080880
>>4080865
>>4080729
>>4080667
>>4080575
>>4080574
A1, B4, C1, D2. Posting up

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>>4080575
In our second-to-last week in Exmuth port, the council decides that purchasing supplies should take precedent, and to spare no gold in this pursuit! Of course, this decision (and especially the decision to spend so lavishly) might well have been motivated by the decision to include “exotic whores of good repute” among these vital supplies (which also include seeds, repair materials to supplement those already gathered, and… Well, food and water, one assumes, to keep the prostitutes (and our other settlers) in good health.

To shore up our settler-count, the council also offers up remaining spots on the vessel to the families of our new labourers, so as to build a more robust and tightly-knit community. Some of the sex-workers seem to have taken us up on the latter offer as well, and nobody is quite sure what to make of it.

Some of the more ideologically-motivated members of our initial contingent, and especially the more religiously-minded, are experiencing some misgivings, but over all morale is definitely up among the labourers! I probably helps that the prostitutes and second-hand hires brought booze, as well as tools and an abundant supply of seeds and such for four staple crops: potatoes, apples, wheat, and rice. It’s quite the party in the harbour today!

When you wake up to Week 4 of your final month in port, you find your bleary eyes meeting those of your liege, Prince George, and his royal mage-apprentice, Zane Watson. Neither seems overly impressed at the state of things, but they do cheer up when you show them your month without them has been more fruitful than recent revelries would suggest. Still, we've left him with a bit of a mess to sort out. Watson is just excited to have other mages on board, and a library.

Going into the week, the purse is sadly depleted.

A. Where should we focus our efforts this week?
A1. Acquiring resources for the journey (pick a resource to focus on, such as food, trade goods, weapons, raw materials, etc.)
A2. Recruiting sailors and fishermen (with a chance of acquiring additional ships)
A3. Recruiting soldiers (to conquer where we go, or to plan for our return and a second war of succession)
A4. Recruiting scholars and mages (to boost out tech and magic trees more readily)
A5. Recruiting general labourers (to make our contingent bigger, faster)
A6. Save our remaining gold
A7. Other

B. How should we advise Prince George to handle the fallout of the revelry, and the concerns of the moralists?
B1. Stay out of the matter
B2. Come out in defence of the prostitutes and partiers
B3. Dump the booze and scapegoat the prostitutes (banish them)
B4. Remind people of their religious and filial duties, but don't banish or condemn anyone
B5. Other

>>4082054
C. Zane Watson, Royal Mage-Apprenticoe, has returned! What should his magical specialty be? We never did decide but since he was in jail, it only just now became relevant.
C1. DIvination
C2. Fortification
C3. Elemental Magic
C4. Healing
C5. Necromancy
C6. Other

>>4082058
>A3. Recruiting soldiers (to conquer where we go, or to plan for our return and a second war of succession)
>B4. Remind people of their religious and filial duties, but don't banish or condemn anyone
>C4. Healing

>>4082058
>time travel

Joking, joking.

>C6. Summoning. "Includes the mental domination of mundane and magical creatures, summoning of otherworldly weapons and tools, and summoning of Demonic or undead servants and powers to serve and protect the caster.

I guess it's necromancy-ish but with a twist.

>>4082054
>Our liege, the man that placed all of his hopes in us, found us piss drunk on the harbor. Nice.

A. Crap... g-guys we need sailors. Too much carousing.
>A2. Recruiting sailors and fishermen (with a chance of acquiring additional ships)

>B1. Stay out of the matter
Just like the best politicians there are. "Your concerns are being addressed"

>>4082100
WAIT WE HAVE 22 PROSTITUES?? They know that where we are going they won't be able to use their coins right????

Crap... w-well let's induct them into light labour. Deeply, the wish of every prostitute is to live a normal life...

>>4082107
The prostitutes seem to have joined for a multitude of reasons, but by and large "getting the fuck out of this shithole hometown" surveyed among the top results. Others joined for the promise of adventure, wealth, or even (yes) "a normal life".

>>4082113
Good, good. Everyone has a chance.

"And so the partisans were finally freed of their chains and constrictive enclosures. In high hopes they marched to the harbor just to find a den of debauchery and the royal flagship The Holy Perona defiled"

If needed, we can even prepare a sobbing speech in the lines of "This poor women and men will become outcasts if we banish them out of this enterprise since they mingled with us, the *rebels*".

Do we have enough time to get people in the sailor trade? I am really scared we don't have enough to even drive the ships. Also, elves and their magical divination can guide us through favorable winds! I hope the girls of the late Adminal Hussein won't get too twitchy at the idea.

Rolled 1, 2, 1 = 4 (3d2)

>>4082085
>>4082100
Posting week 4! The end of our first month, and the date of our departure, is upon us!

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>>4082054
>>4082058
>>4082148

A2, B4, and C4.

Zane Watson takes up his new station among the elven mages in their tiny fort of tomes and beakers aboard "The Holy Perona", the Georgian Loyalist flagship. There, he makes fast friends with the elven healer Rathiain Ennelis, and between the two of them, our burgeoning fleet's healing becomes mightier than it was before. Not a bad thing, setting forth for a bold new world full of dangers beyond our current ken!

Our glorious Prince George heeds our wise council, spouting some platitudes to both sides of the moralist debate; we lose no followers, but nobody feels very listened to at the end, and the divide hardly mends when the first wave of morning sickness starts to set in among the goblin prostitutes and many human men begin tugging at their collars and avoiding their wives' steely gazes over dinner. Morale drops a little among humans, goblins, and half-elves--the latter two because they are the largest contingents of our prostitutes. George is exasperated with this inauspicious start to our journey, but a bottle of the booze and a few of "the ladies" being sent over smooths that over nicely, and gives our council time to think.

With an eye towards making us a touch more seaworthy, we hire on what sailors, navigators, and fishermen we can; this is a tough sell with only a small smattering of gold left, but we manage to hire a small contingent, and between them at the Sisters Hussein--our ships' captains, who are hesitant to rest their whole mission's fate in the hands of our eleven diviner--we are also able to train up a dozen or so prostitutes as suitable sailors into suitable sailors. They're not GREAT at it, but in the month(s) ahead, they have plenty more time to learn.

On top of this, we got ourselves a fifth ship, capable of holding more people and supplies down the line! It comes captained by the elf Triandal Brykian, who pledges fealty to our cause, at the request of trading and raiding rights.


A. It's time to set sail! But... Where to? While imprisoned, George had received a letter from the governor of one of his late father's small island trading ports, offering safe harbour and a comfortable home, as well as a degree of authority... But is "a degree" really what we want for our liege, and for our fleet?
A1. Head for the governor's port, at least for now
A2. Set sail for the neighbouring islands, and start our own settlement from scratch
A3. Seek out the fabled continent beyond these islands
A4. Other

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B. The people--especially the partisans--are seeking clarification as to what our ultimate goal is. Are we to cooperate with the otehr colonies, and pay taxes to the "king" who cast us out? Are we to go it alone? Or are we planning to take the fight to our George's "dear brother" when the time is right?
B1. Have Prince George tell them that we are mulling it over
B2. Have him promise revenge upon our return
B3. Suggest a clean break with the past, and a glorious future
B4. Pledge allegiance to the Unified States of Amica, whoever sits upon the throne

C. What should we do about this elven scallywag, Brykian? He is an obvious pirate, even as he aspires to be our first "privateer", and he is making demands for his services and vessel. Still, he and his ship would be useful...
C1. Seize the ship, leave the elf
C2. Accept them both into the fold, and accept his conditions of special piratical privilege
C3. Accept him into the fleet, but negotiate terms using our diplomats and merchants

>>4082183
>A3. Seek out the fabled continent beyond these islands
>B2. Have him promise revenge upon our return
>C3. Accept him into the fleet, but negotiate terms using our diplomats and merchants
Go big or go home

>>4082193
>>A3. Seek out the fabled continent beyond these islands
>>B3. Suggest a clean break with the past, and a glorious future
>>C3. Accept him into the fleet, but negotiate terms using our diplomats and merchants

>>4082217
>>>B3. Suggest a clean break with the past, and a glorious future
changing to
>>B2

OP phoneposting again; pardon the delay, mandatory Windows update in progress.

>>4082217
>>4082223

Buoyed by a stirring speech by your commander-in-chief, the Warrior Prince George, your fleet sets sail on a tide of boiling blood: you may be leaving the Unified States today, but the Prince promises you will return as conquerors! You will retake the throne that is rightfully his, and the wealth and status that befits such loyal and stalwart companions-in-arms! You will seize the wealth of lands which are known today only in legend, build a mighty fortress for your hearts, and feed your families on the meat of abundance and the wine of victory!

Little do the people know that you are starting your journey in a position of weakness. Negotiations with Captain Brykian went poorly; you retained his ship, his crew, and his services, but without any gold to bargain with you had little to offer him. Only by leveraging the "services" of your ample contingent of prostitutes did you manage to sway him to stay, and you still had to promise him a degree of autonomy from the disciplined naval doctrine of the Hussein Sisters, and the rights to anything he or his crew personally find or take from enemies, as well as a plot of land upon finding shore. You have only

There are some bright spots, though: between your cartographers' maps, your sailors' lore, and especially the divination of your mages (under Archmage Virmoira's guidance), you were able to confirm the continent you've promised to your people DOES in fact exist, due east. Your sailors, including those same whores who saved your bacon with Brykian, were able to set you on course and find favourable winds. Your fishermen were... LESS successful, but you DID catch some fish; given that you consume 224 rations each week at the moment, you have 730 rations of food. You also have 672 of water, and 256 of booze (448, minus the wine your prostitutes demanded to help smooth over the Brykian, and two weeks' rations consumed by your beloved Prince for each week that he carouses with these charming women).

Nobody has died yet, and weather has been pleasant enough... But on the horizon, there are storm clouds. The mages tell you that you must traverse this storm to make a straight line for your destination to arrive within 3 weeks; your cartographer Ralphy Moore tells you that an extra week's travel could take you around it, taking advantage of the natural weather-breaking tendencies of a nearby stony island known as Mera's Point.

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>>4082300
A. How should we focus our time and energy on the next leg of the journey? Pick Two:
A1. Carouse to raise morale
A2. Train more of a given profession (pick one that we already have some folks skilled in)
A3. Prepare the ships for rocky weather in weeks ahead
A4. Fishing
A5. Work a spell to create fresh water
A6. Negotiate further with Brykian
A7. Address the Prince's hedonism
A8. Other (suggest something)

B. And what of our course, council? Shall we follow the mages' recommendation and sail straight through to the promised land, or shall we evade the storm by the cartographers' course?
B1. Brave the storm--straight ahead!
B2. Circle around Mera's Point, extending the journey for safety's sake
B3. Make land on Mera's Point (there are few known resources, but no known dangers)

Choose your peril, Council, for Month 2, Week 2 is upon you!

>>4082302
A3. Prepare the ships for rocky weather in weeks ahead
A5. Work a spell to create freshwater

B2. Circle around Mera's Point, extending the journey for safety's sake

>>4082315
change
A3. Prepare the ships for rocky weather in weeks ahead
to
A4. Fishing

>>4082302
>A7. Address the Prince's hedonism

We need the prince in check, lest we fall into debauchery and chaos!

>B3. Make land on Mera's Point (there are few known resources, but no known dangers) A little detour won't hurt. And why don't we leave the prince alone in this one? He commanding the scout party and see if he can scavenge any resource out of it.

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>>4082302
>>4082300
Some fun state-of-the-union demographic info for you.

>>4082325
Remember: you can select two from among the options in A!

>>4082327
Now that's easier than the sheet!

I really didn't expect the prince to behave in such a way... I was thinking in naming each Hassam's daughters into captain of their respective ship, since we have 4 not counting the uh- corsaaar.

Plus, can we get an estimate of how many people they have in their boat? And, is it fast or slow... sinkable... you catch my drift.

>>4082325
>>B3. Make land on Mera's Point (there are few known resources, but no known dangers) A little detour won't hurt. And why don't we leave the prince alone in this one? He commanding the scout party and see if he can scavenge any resource out of it.

we are going to the new world not some islands

>>4082335

Oh GOD I am dummy thicc. The clap of my buttcheeks distracts me from reading!

>A4. Our fishermen are kinda shitty and just 7, but if we take our time by landing in Mera's Point for a day or two, they should get a decent catch.

I do worry... will they catch enough to produce 224 rations?
>A7

on a sidenote, the prostitutes will eventually have a fukton of coin. We could recover our investments somehow xd

>>4082345
we will seduce the natives into joining us

>>4082302
>A4. Fishing
>A5. Work a spell to create fresh water

B2. Circle around Mera's Point, extending the journey for safety's sake

>>4082359
>>4082300
>>4082302

Our carpenters begin to prepare the vessel for rocky weather, utilizing material components to strengthen the hull and further protect our stores of food and grain. They do this under the guidance of the Hussein Sisters, now formally captains of their vessels, as decreed in a ceremony led by the Prince. Our mages do not work fortification magic, for they are too busy supplementing our dwindling water supplies by purifying and desalinating the sea around our vessels; they are not experts in the elements, but they are able to create 48 rations in the week they have.

Meanwhile, our 7 fishermen do what they can to guide our laborers, prostitutes, and various other blue-collar citizenry in their trade. There are not enough lines, lures, and nets to go around, but they make do, and manage to replenish our food stores somewhat. By the time we reach Mera's Point, we have enough food to last about two and a half weeks, and a little over two weeks' of water.

Mera's Point is rocky outcropping barely worthy of the title "island", but it does play host to a small selection of seabirds. In an effort to wait out the storm and replenish supplies (or perhaps mostly to get Prince George away from the wine and whores that have so distracted him these last two weeks), the council encourages him to make landfall for a brief jaunt with a scouting party. He DOES insist on taking Krazir, the feisty red-headed gobliness who has been his most frequent drinking companion... But at least the spartan spires of the stony shore make poor bedding and offer no privacy, and the bottle of wine he attempted to smuggle with him is hurriedly confiscated by one of the accompanying soldiers and returned to our stores.

The storm passes over the island, mostly blocked by the spires as the cartographers predicted. Only one of our vessels, Brykian's, is at all damaged; certain members of the council have to struggle to hide their pleasure at the turn of events. Repair-work is done, and allows certain military scouts loyal to the council and the Husseins (as well as our Prince, of course) to take stock: the ship "Albatross Heart" is sturdier than any other but The Holy Perona, and a dozen of the sailors in our employ are allocated to it (and many seem at least as loyal to Brykian as our burgeoning nation). It also has the best cannons of any of our ships, and is a frequent hangout of the prostitutes with the most naval ambition. Brykian himself seems to be our best sailor, displaying that usual elven mastery of the craft to which he has set his feytouched mind and long lifespan.

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>>4082370
Our Prince returns, soggy but sober, with his soldiers... And with a prize! While they could find no more food, water, or birds and eggs than needed to sustain their away-party, they DID find the skeletal remains of a shipwrecked sailor still clutching a deep blue gem set in a concealing silver locket, itself marked with waves. An examination by Royal Mage-Apprentice Watson and Archmage Virmoira confirms it to be enchanted in some fashion, though it will take time to figure out just what it does.

In addition, Prince George has taken the liberty, as is his privilege you suppose, of inducting Krazir into the way of the sword. She seems pretty good at it, if you're being honest, but all the puns about "already knowing her way around a blade" an such are drawing looks (and getting a bit repetitive).

And so, with storm passed and prince returned, we enter Month 2, Week 3!

A. How should we focus our time and energy on the next leg of the journey? Pick Two:
A1. Carouse to raise morale
A2. Train more of a given profession (pick one that we already have some folks skilled in)
A3. Study the amulet
A4. Fishing
A5. Work a spell to create fresh water OR to grow food
A6. Spy on Brykian, plotting against him
A7. Negotiate further with Brykian
A8. Other (suggest something)

B. Oh gods above, the Prince is in the wine again, and he's talking about inducting Krazir into the guard! It's wholly inappropriate... But he IS the Prince, and its' not as if there's any sort of courtly decorum to worry about. There is, whoever, public opinion...
B1. Discuss the Prince's hedonism
B2. Discuss the Prince's betrothal, line of succession, and his reputation
B3. Discuss Krazir's suitability as a guard
B4. Have Krazir killed
B5. Have Krazir (and/or other prostitutes) barred from the Prince's quarters and the flagship
B6. Let it go
B7. Other

C. The cartographers and casters agree: setting sail northwest will take us to the mysterious continent... But in four weeks, not three, with winds as they are. We don't have enough food or water to last us until then. What should we do?
C1. Tighten our belts across the board
C2. Decide who is expendable, and sacrifice them if needed
C3. Try to chart a course that will take longer, but involve stop-offs on divined or known islands which host plants and animals
C4. Try to speed our journey with elemental magic
C5. Other

(Also, my apologies for making landfall on The Point. I mistakenly counted >>4082340 as a vote for B3. On the bright side, the RNG gave you a magic item for the trouble! I'm going to catch some Zs, and will post the next week's results and options in about 18 hours, unless my fiance and I are busy.)

>>4082378
>A4. Fishing
A5. Work a spell to create freshwater
B1. Discuss the Prince's hedonism
C3. Try to chart a course that will take longer, but involve stop-offs on divined or known islands which host plants and animals

best of a bad situation

>>4082379
its cool

>>4082378
>A4. Fishing
>A5. Work a spell to create fresh water
>C1. Tighten our belts across the board
Between fishing and collecting rainwater, we should be able to squeeze out the necessary resources if we act a little conservative. If we can magic up fresh water, all the better.

>B2. Discuss the Prince's betrothal, line of succession, and his reputation
If the Prince wants to fuck his painted goblin whores, then let him fuck his painted goblin whores. It's common for men of his sort to have side women to give them "comfort". What is NOT acceptable is this blatantly inappropriate conduct. As a Prince, he has responsibilities he has to take care of, the royal reputation and integrity of the line of succession being paramount. What he's doing with Krazir is going too far, and we have to reign him in before he goes full retard. Being a hedonistic prince is tolerable, but only as long as he otherwise acts like a prince.

>>4082378
>A4. Fishing
>A6. Spy on Brykian, plotting against him
>B2. Discuss the Prince's betrothal, line of succession, and his reputation
>C3. Try to chart a course that will take longer, but involve stop-offs on divined or known islands which host plants and animals

A. How should we focus our time and energy on the next leg of the journey? Pick Two:
>A5. Work a spell to create fresh water OR to grow food
>A6. Spy on Brykian, plotting against him

B. Oh gods above, the Prince is in the wine again, and he's talking about inducting Krazir into the guard! It's wholly inappropriate... But he IS the Prince, and its' not as if there's any sort of courtly decorum to worry about. There is, whoever, public opinion...
>B2. Discuss the Prince's betrothal, line of succession, and his reputation


C. The cartographers and casters agree: setting sail northwest will take us to the mysterious continent... But in four weeks, not three, with winds as they are. We don't have enough food or water to last us until then. What should we do?
>C3. Try to chart a course that will take longer, but involve stop-offs on divined or known islands which host plants and animals

>>4082378

>A4. Fishing
>A5. Work a spell to create fresh water.

>B2. Discuss the Prince's betrothal, line of succession, and his reputation

>C4. Try to speed our journey with elemental magic

I say the hedonism as bigger issue than the possiblility of having a half goblin as His heir to the throne.

>>4082963
human x goblin = goblin

>>4083024
I want the qm to verify that

>>4083097
Confirmed in >>4080258 near the bottom

>>4083103
Ah in that case we need to adress this

>>4082378
>A4. Fishing
>A5. Work a spell to create fresh water OR to grow food

I think we can avoid stopping if we do this every week.
We don't need to train more laborers in other fields of work since we will need the laborers to build the settlement, after all.

>B2. Discuss the Prince's betrothal, line of succession, and his reputation

Fucking everyday with a different woman is not a big deal for a prince, as long as there is discretion and he upholds his duties.

>C1. Tighten our belts across the board

Again, the fishing and magicks can keep us afloat (lmao). I wonder if the knife ears can divine where there is good fish.

OP here, via the magic of cell phones. A4 and A5 seems to be winning, with A6 a contender.

B2 seems to be the faviurite this far, with more people concerned about the Prince's duty and discretion than his personal vices.

C3 (making some stop-offs along our elongated journey) seems to also be leading, though C1 and C4 have some support as well.

And yes, to double-confirm: goblins always breed more goblins.

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>>4082378
>>4083333

We commit our forces to fishing and our mages to the task of creating water; they plan to research new means to utilize elemental spells and fortification or healing spells to grow food from our store of crops, but this will take more time and energy when they are not committed to the more urgent task of ensuring potable water supplies do not run out. Perhaps after Archmage Virmoira and the cartographers find us an island to rest upon and restock by more mundane means? For now, the scholars work at this task.

While they were about that task, our council was debating which of the Prince's behaviors was most in need of correction: his drinking and carousing, or his lack of subtlety and politesse about it. We settled on the latter, and took the young monarch aside for a meaningful talk. His response was as to be expected from a young, brash, slightly-intoxicated warrior being told to rein himself in for the sake of reigning others: not exactly pretty. Not unfairly perhaps, he accused the council of being spoilsports and hypocrites: WE spent his royal funds on fine women-of-pleasure and alcohol, have OUR fill of this sumptuous banquet, and then deny him his own enjoyment? It becomes easy to see how this impulsive and defiant young man might have lost the confidence of the Amican Conclave of Succession.

However... The Prince has long respected his councilors, and his heart (as we know) is good and loyal). He reassures us that he and the prostitutes--including Krazir--have been using the tricks of her trade and the herbs of the healers to prevent pregnancy. That said, he says nothing of measures to avoid disease; we hired reputable whores, but they have been sleeping with sailors and laborers we know less of. He pledges to be more discreet, and to reduce his visitations with his favourite companion, though not without some sadness.

Before he can make good on his promise, though, disaster strikes: a massive fin is spotted parting the waves and churning the sea, and a terrible sea beast curiously approaches! At first curious, the injudicious actions of some of our panicked citizens provokes and initial assault that results in the deaths of three humans (including a young girl), two goblins, and ten others being seriously injured! Further, our attacked boat, that of Kayla Hussein, is lightly damaged. The beast swam away, but glimpses of it are caught following our fleet; a second attack is certain, and the long grasping arms with which it raked our ship and snatched the child off the deck to devour suggest land may not be safe.

However, land we have found! Despite the stresses, our divination and cartography have located three possible islands to land upon: one within a day's travel but small and home to a hostile tribe of near-intelligent apes according to mutterings among the sailors; one uninhabited by any such beings, and replete with food, but a week away; another a similar distance, but further away from the continent.

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>>4084235
Thus, we enter Month 2, Week 1: Battered, bruised, but approaching our destination and with hope just on the horizon!

A. How should we focus our time and energy on the next leg of the journey? Pick Two:
A1. Carouse to raise morale
A2. Train more of a given profession (pick one that we already have some folks skilled in)
A3. Study the amulet
A4. Fishing
A5. Work a spell to create fresh water
A6. Focus on the food-growth spell
A7. Negotiate further with Brykian
A8. Other (suggest something)

B. The dread sea-best of paramount and urgent importance, of course. It is at least 30 meters in length--easily the match of a vessel, but for our cannons! How should we handle it?
B1. Turn about and slay it before continuing
B2. Send some ships ahead to make landfall, while our flagship remains behind to battle it
B3. Send the flagship ahead and use one of the other ships as bait
B4. Face to with magic
B5. Persuade Brykian to face it while we retreat
B6. Full retreat
B7. Other

C. Which of the three islands should we make for? Remember: the sea-best may yet follow us if it survives, or it may not. The first island is closest, but holds other dangers (possibly, if you can ever truly trust the gossip of sailors). The second is apparently ideal, and close to our goal. The third is... Enigmatic. Mysterious. Larger, though, and apparently also lush, replete with edible food, but less of a known quantity. It is also a bit further from our ultimate goal of the continent.
C1. The first
C2. The second
C3. The third
C4. Change of plans: beeline for the continent!

>>4084266
>A1. Carouse to raise morale
B4. Face to with magic (we got the best mages lets use them)
C2. The second (this is the one with no people and food right?)

>>4084266
A. The sooner we have this spells the faster we can rest easy on the supplies! Don't bother with morale! Not now at least...
>A5. Work a spell to create fresh water
>A6. Focus on the food-growth spell

B. Let's sail into the closest island! Fuck those monkeys, our Prince is a warrior!
B>6. Full retreat

C. I think the way to the least casualties is to reach land as fast as possible!
>C1. The first

>>4084266
>A5. Work a spell to create fresh water
>A4. Fishing
Looking at the numbers in OP's (well formatted) spreadsheet, fishing has been somewhat effective, so let's keep it up. The water spell will be very useful once we get it up and running.
>B7. Other
>>Use Divination Magic to figure out how and when it will be vulnerable, then slay it with our entire force
If we can find out how and when it is weak, we can probably kill it in a massed broadside. Divination is our strong point, so let's use it.
>C1. The first
We have soldiers and cannon. Further delay is more of a threat than whatever those apes can pose. Move some of the naval artillery onto land, keep a good watch, and we should be good.

>>4084377
>>4084312
>>4084284
>>4084266

Our Prince's honour guard of loyal partisans lift their glasses high in a toast to battle! Our council cedes to Prince George's judgement this time; he is, after all, a warrior prince, and liquid courage is a well-known phenomenon that might just be called for this day. (A1 won a roll between it, A4, And A6).

While the soldiers are steadying the sword-and-bow hands with drink, and non-essential personnel are taking comfort in songs and sex, our mages and scholars are also busy at work. All but the healers Watson and Ennelis, busy tending to the wounded, work together with the foremost scholars and most studied farmers to finally find a way to turn their water production towards a rudimentary chloromancy! With the use of fortification magic and elemental magic, and a touch of healing, they can now grow force a seedling to explode into an apple or a grain of wheat to bequeath a sheaf through sheer force of will.

We get precious little time to utilize this newfound ability, though; our council deems it wisest to turn our casters next to battle (rolled to break tie, B7 as >>4084377 proposed). Alanis Aragella of the Elves turns her Fortification to our damaged vessel even as carpenters repair it, so that we might be ready when the sea-best returns. Our elementalist, Kailu Elyra, prepares a ritual to summon a ball of flame, while Archmage Virmoira again proves invaluable in preparing us for the next attack. When it comes, our most vulnerable citizens are moved away from the edge of the ship. The ship takes less damage than it might have as the beast tries to haul itself aboard to reach our beloved farmers, labourers, and professional harlots; swordblows and arrows rain down upon it, though, holding it at bay long enough for a single massive blast of flame to immolate the creature's face. As it panics and releases our swaying ship, the cannons of the Husseins and Brykian's Albatross Heart follow it, dissuading the sea-best from returning anytime soon. The five soldiers we lost will be missed, truly, but the five injured and many more unscathed owe their lives to this effort.

The Georgian Loyalists of Amica arrive upon the nearest island in triumph: a Terra Indicta, land without formal name. The shores are too jagged to be truly welcoming, the atmosphere of the dense semi-tropical forest too pregnant with dark possibilities to invite exploration from those of faint heart... But as we have proven, the crew of The Holy Perona does not shrink before adversity! And besides, supplies are running low, and our hunters spot birds and small, mammalian beasts on the hoof from the side of the vessel as we disembark.

We see no sign of ape-creatures, but the fact that the native fauna flee our landing parties is evidence enough that the animals here have learned to fear things in the rough likeness of men, elves, and goblins.

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>>4084484
>>4084484

Welcome to Month 3, Week 1

Keeping in mind we have many injured, dwindling supplies, a depleted military force, and an island full of opportunity and danger before us, what should we do first?

A. How should we focus our time and energy on the next leg of the journey? Pick Two:
A1. Carouse to raise morale
A2. Train more of a given profession (pick one that we already have some folks skilled in)
A3. Study the magic amulet
A4. Fish and hunt nearby areas
A5. Scout the inner island
A6. Scout the coastline
A7. Seek out the ape-creatures (diplomacy)
A8. Seek out the ape-creatures (war)
A9. Begin unloading people and supplies in earnest
A10. Use out new magic bonus to help farm some food
A11. Create water through elemental magic
A12. Other (suggest something)

B. In all the commotion of the sea-beast skirmishes, we lost track of our council's rivalry with Captain Brykian of the Albatross Heart. He DID prove a useful ally in that battle, and his fighting men and women may be useful yet. However, he IS already organizing a scouting party to seek our treasure inland; evidently, he is envious of our Prince's discovery of the amulet, and wants to make good on our promises to give him first right of refusal to any loot he finds on his own. What should we do about Brykian?
B1. Leave him to it; he's earned it
B2. Demand he fall into our chain of command properly
B3. Follow his lead
B4. Ask that he defer to us on important matters, but otherwise give him free rein
B5. Confront him directly
B6. Slip some spies into his party

C. We have lost a Hussein! One of the naval sisters, Kayla, fell valiantly in battle against the beast at sea. The Prince and council provide her the customary rites, and many mourn her loss dearly as a hero deserves. What shall we do about command of her vessel, though?
C1. Bargain it to Brykian as a part of a negotiation down from his current promises (territory, looting rights, raiding rights, and trading rights)
C2. Assign a new captain from among the sailor civilians
C3. But it under the command of Pippa, the ledest living Hussein
C4. Put it under Prince George's direct command
C5. Other

D. Krazir, the goblin prostitute our lord so favours, was among the badly-wounded. It seems she took thats word-training to heart, kept up on it, and was the only goblin casualty of the second attack. She has a degree of respect among the people, especially the goblins as a result; some of the more properly-trained human soldiers still seem to hold her in contempt as "the prince's pet", though they dare not say so too loudly. Prince George, occupied as he is with directing the landing, has not yet taken notice or been informed. What shall we do?

>>4084540
D1. Ask the healers to ensure her speedy recovery
D2. Use this as leverage to ensure she leaves the Prince be
D3. Ask the healers to let her perish
D4. Let the gods and medics decide her fate without any direct intervention
D5. Inform the Prince, and let him handle this matter directly as he sees fit

>>4084540
A4. Fish and hunt nearby areas
A11. Create water through elemental magic
B1. Leave him to it; he's earned it
C2. Assign a new captain from among the sailor civilians
D1. Ask the healers to ensure her speedy recovery

>>4084540

A. How should we focus our time and energy on the next leg of the journey? Pick Two:
>A4. Fish and hunt nearby areas
>A11. Create water through elemental magic

B. In all the commotion of the sea-beast skirmishes, we lost track of our council's rivalry with Captain Brykian of the Albatross Heart. He DID prove a useful ally in that battle, and his fighting men and women may be useful yet. However, he IS already organizing a scouting party to seek our treasure inland; evidently, he is envious of our Prince's discovery of the amulet, and wants to make good on our promises to give him first right of refusal to any loot he finds on his own. What should we do about Brykian?
>B6. Slip some spies into his party

C. We have lost a Hussein! One of the naval sisters, Kayla, fell valiantly in battle against the beast at sea. The Prince and council provide her the customary rites, and many mourn her loss dearly as a hero deserves. What shall we do about command of her vessel, though?
>C3. Put it under the command of Pippa, the eldest living Hussein

D. Krazir, the goblin prostitute our lord so favours, was among the badly-wounded. It seems she took thats word-training to heart, kept up on it, and was the only goblin casualty of the second attack. She has a degree of respect among the people, especially the goblins as a result; some of the more properly-trained human soldiers still seem to hold her in contempt as "the prince's pet", though they dare not say so too loudly. Prince George, occupied as he is with directing the landing, has not yet taken notice or been informed. What shall we do?
>D4. Let the gods and medics decide her fate without any direct intervention

>>4084540
>A4. Fish and hunt nearby areas
>A11. Create water through elemental magic
>B1. Leave him to it; he's earned it
>C3. Put it under the command of Pippa, the eldest living Hussein
>D1. Ask the healers to ensure her speedy recovery

changing C

>>4084540
>>A4. Fish and hunt nearby areas
>>A11. Create water through elemental magic
>>B1. Leave him to it; he's earned it
>>C3. Put it under the command of Pippa, the eldest living Hussein
>>D1. Ask the healers to ensure her speedy recovery

AAARGH fucking anon! Speak about the fookkken options, don't just pick whatever seems best.

A.
>A3. We may actually give this to Brykian in the end. If we willingly give him a piece of loot, and the first loot ever too, he won't have much room to demand more loot afterwards.

>A6. Scouting the coastline may prove to be fruitful. H*ck we can find a den of pirates or smugglers. Odd that our pirate doesn't know of it. Also our cartographers should be here as well, to make a map of the island for our growing records. If this is an uncharted; unnamed island, we get to make history!

B. I want to let him go and wish him the best. Ask him if he needs supplies too, or ask him if we can send the 3 hunters with him. Betcha that monkey meat will taste delicious.

>B6.Slip some spies. However, I don't think its "discrete" but we are asking him to carry our hunters in good will.

C. I don't want to give the ship to Brykian... but!

>C1. Bargain with the following chooses
>Brykian, you have to choose between remaining a corsair or becoming a naval lord. Choose between
>Keeping territory and trading rights
or
>Keeping looting and raiding rights.

With his promise, he will get the ship in compensation for relinquishing the rights he lost. Maybe even negotiate between ONLY territory or looting. OR trading and raiding.

D. Oh for fuck sakes... actuallly it's a great oportunity to reaise the goblin's morale and their acceptance of humans.

>D1. Make a huge deal of healing her, that she was pivotal in the beast's defeat and she shows promise as the... GOBLIN LEADER!! see?? if she's infatuated (¿¿¿???) with the Warrior Prince, we will have the goblin in our palms

>>4084651
changing to support

>>4084664
Across the board, or just on one issue?

>>4084684
the whole thing

>>4084544
>>4084595
>>4084607
>>4084641
>>4084651
>>4084694

Having made temporary encampment by letting down anchors on the shore of a scarcely-explored island a month's sailing away from our homeland. we opt not to disembark too many of the civilians. Instead, we stay on board with our wounded and our supplies. Our fishermen fish, shoring up our dwindling food stores; sadly, by the third week of the month, our fresh water from home (and from our elemental magic) has run dry. Our people turn to alcohol to remedy this problem, our poor Prince George more than most when he learns of the damage his irresponsible fraternizing has wrought to his goblin sex-friend. Carousing was had, yet morale remained low.

Then again, the Prince's tendency to overindulge might just as well have been exacerbated by boredom, the council reasoned, as he was noticeably more composed when the sea-best was battering our boats about. Thus, while the healers (including Royal Mage-Apprentice Zane Watson) went to work mending Krazir and the other warriors who defended The Holy Perona, the council concocted a plan.

We encouraged the Prince's grief-stricken idea to leave his sword with Krazir, something to comfort her; when he declared his intent to give a speech to the bravery of her and the goblin-folk, we nodded along. It made his noble heart feel better, and it gave us time to call our diplomats and merchants to our side, and to meet with Captain Brykian, the elven brigand. We 'offered' him the aid of our hunters, few in number, and as a show of good faith, we also offered him the vessel of fallen Kayla Hussein: "The Cutlass Deep". However, just like our hunters were to serve as eyes and ears for teh council, our vessel's title came at a cost: he must join the fleet properly, as a naval lord, and accept some degree of our authority.

Captain Brykian, though he knew plainly knew what was afoot, accepted. The Hussein Sisters, for their part, seemed less than pleased with our allocation of their sister's ship, but the half-elven prostitutes and their families, as well as about half the sailors, definitely approved of the formal joining of forces.

Our scouting parties set out, one inland and one to circle the coast; Brykian, now Naval Lord Brykian, set out to captain his new vessel... And so, through our clever machinations, Prince George and his soldiers came to be the obvious choice to lead the inland exploration party, carrying him away from the harlotry and drunkenness on shore before it can corrupt him further.

Damn, we're good.

Month 3 Week 2: COMING UP

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Decoding the amulet will take time, and while Krazir is well on the way to recovery, she and our other (more seasoned) wounded warriors are all still healing. Half the population is dehydrated and hungover, and only our carefully-enabled shows of unity have kept morale up. The Husseins aren't very pleased, but the soldiers who might beloyal to them are all eitehr hurt or out with the Prince; however, this DOES mean that aside from our Elementalist, we are relatively defenceless.

A. How should we focus our time and energy while we wait for our scouts to get back and our otehr oeprations to finish? Pick Two:
A1. Carouse to raise morale
A2. Train more of a given profession (pick one that we already have some folks skilled in)
A4. Fish and hunt nearby areas (only amateur hunters remain)
A5. Clear some trees and farm some crops (with or without magic)
A6. Bring down some of the cannons from the ships for defence
A7. Begin unloading people and supplies in earnest
A8. Create water through elemental magic
A9. Send out anotehr small party to find fresh water
A10. Other (suggest something)

B. Krazir is looking to be well on her way to recovery. How serious are we about this "goblin leader" thing? All we know about her is that she has sex for money, is pretty decent with a sword for a beginner, and Prince George thinks she's a fun companion (though that may be mostly due to the sex and her tolerance for drink).
B1. Let's just leave that as a matter of speeches and commendations for now; she is mostly just a brave-but-foolhardy hooker
B2. Elevate her to an actual position of leadership over goblins
B3. Induct her into the guard, as the Prince half-jokingly suggested, but with proper training
B4. On second thought, walk back some of the Prince's flourishy language

C. Between assigning a Hussein naval vessel to an elven pirate and offering so many kind words to the ONLY goblin who bothered to actively battle the sea-beast, we have set some of the human veterans of our force on edge; their demographic shrinking with the recent loss of life and the human-goblin couplings during carousings hardly helps matters. This, combined with the familial strife caused by our robust sex-worker population, the drunkenness and dehydration among our populace, could get ugly soon. What do we want to do about this?
C1. Await the Prince's return. George will set this right.
C2. Smooth things over with Pippa Hussein (explain your approach)
C3. Admonish the grumblers for disloyalty
C4. Reassure the concerned humans of their primacy in our breakaway nation
C5. Continue to appeal to the non-humans and half-humans, more deliberately

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>>4084749
Woops, somehow cut off morale. Well, here it is, and with more demographic charts!

>>4084749
>A2. Train more
fishermen
>A8. Create water through elemental magic

>B3. Induct her into the guard, as the Prince half-jokingly suggested, but with proper training

>C2. Smooth things over with Pippa Hussein (explain your approach)
to dumb to find words, but i will support any anon who does find some

>>4084749

A. How should we focus our time and energy while we wait for our scouts to get back and our other operations to finish? Pick Two:
A1. Carouse to raise morale
Morale is pretty low and we need to at least try and raise it
A8. Create water through elemental magic
We need water, scouting for it might fail since we don't know the layout of the island at all

B. Krazir is looking to be well on her way to recovery. How serious are we about this "goblin leader" thing? All we know about her is that she has sex for money, is pretty decent with a sword for a beginner, and Prince George thinks she's a fun companion (though that may be mostly due to the sex and her tolerance for drink).
B1. Let's just leave that as a matter of speeches and commendations for now; she is mostly just a brave-but-foolhardy hooker
She shows potential with the sword but we don't know enough about her yet, maybe in time.

C. Between assigning a Hussein naval vessel to an elven pirate and offering so many kind words to the ONLY goblin who bothered to actively battle the sea-beast, we have set some of the human veterans of our force on edge; their demographic shrinking with the recent loss of life and the human-goblin couplings during carousings hardly helps matters. This, combined with the familial strife caused by our robust sex-worker population, the drunkenness and dehydration among our populace, could get ugly soon. What do we want to do about this?

C4. Reassure the concerned humans of their primacy in our breakaway nation

>>4084749

>A8. Create water through elemental magic
>A9. Send out another small party to find fresh water

Water's so urgent, we need to double down. Tide us over and try and find a replenishment for our stores.

>B1. Let's just leave that as a matter of speeches and commendations for now; she is mostly just a brave-but-foolhardy hooker

'On the way to recovery' is not 'recovered'. Perhaps look at induction again when she's actually restored to her abilities enough to demonstrate them

C1. Await the Prince's return. George will set this right.

>>4084765
A. We need to get as much people working as possible, but believe that hunters will return with game... right? Idle hands create runny mouths. We don't want people to have the energy to complain.

>A2. Soldiers. Ideally goblin laborers.
>A9. We need a source of fresh water, magically created water can only last that much and we need a larger source to stockpile our barrels.

B. Having a leader or a delegate is great to adress problems as a whole (and for someone to take the blame when things go bad. That someone has to be NOT us)

>B1. No official statement for now, but step her aside and tell her how important it is for her to answer to the Prince's expectations and that she can't let him down now that she is needed the most. She has to take a proactive role within her people and get them to be extra useful.

C2. *cough* "Pippa Hussein, there are no necessary sacrifices but sacrifices we make because we can't find another alternative. The ship is a device to weaken our, mmm, corsair demands. If we *reward* him by what he has accomplished he will be tied to us and his words won't have as much weight when he demands loot, raiding rights or even land. On the other hand, you? You will have the first ship we ever make. How does that sound? Admiral?" *wink wink* *nudge, nudge*

(also the first ship we ever make will probably be ass... but we never lied)

>>4084749
A8. Create water through elemental magic
A4. Fish and hunt nearby areas (only amateur hunters remain)
B3. Induct her into the guard, as the Prince half-jokingly suggested, but with proper training
C2. *cough* "Pippa Hussein, there are no necessary sacrifices but sacrifices we make because we can't find another alternative. The ship is a device to weaken our, mmm, corsair demands. If we *reward* him by what he has accomplished he will be tied to us and his words won't have as much weight when he demands loot, raiding rights or even land. On the other hand, you? You will have the first ship we ever make. How does that sound? Admiral?" *wink wink* *nudge, nudge*

>>4085065
>>4085056
>>4084854
>>4084813
>>4084804
>>4084749

Water is of paramount concern, and so the council sets the mages to desalinating some immediately, while we begin to train goblins and humans into soldiers and fishermen to shore up our other weaknesses. To keep both major races appeased and on-side, Krazir is offered only gratitude and well-wishes, as well as the option to join the guard (which she blanches at); it is Pippa Hussein that the council summons to offer power and prestige.
We promise her a vessel of her own at earliest convenience, and the rank of Fleet Admiral; she responds that’s he thought this to already be a given, as a result of her history and her family's service, and ‘humbly requests' that we offer her the same title and land that we have offered Brykian.

Our desalination and water production efforts achieve an unexpected breakthrough: Watson reports that he and our elven elementalist and diviner have cracked the code of the magic amulet Prince George so serendipitously found on Mera's Point. Virmoira'a divinations told the tale of a seafaring mage from ages past who used this charm to communicate across still bodies of water with his sailor lover, and to guide it favourably; when a storm swept up which he could not contain or contact the sailor through, he rushed out to sea to save him; he found only wreckage and the sated sea-beast. The heartbroken mage refused to return from the island, and died of the elements , still clutching the amulet in death…

But hey! Bright spot: it can be used to boost diving or water magic, though only one such ritual on any given month, and only in the hands of a caster with skill in the field. With it, the elementalist is able to conjure enough water to see our people through to the return of Prince George's party.

>>4086271

And return they do! However, not all is well: they come back fewer in number, and with wounded, even as we finally finish mending the victims of the sea-beast's strike. The Prince reports that ape-creatures assaulted them in the forests, setting upon them with stones and spears from the trees as they rested at a (another bit of good news) expansive lake shored by fruit-bearing bushes and home to small varieties of pig-bodied, hoofed rodents and easily-flushed monkeys. They traced the river back, giving us another way to acquire water, and carried back as much food as they could while fending off the guerilla assault. The Prince reports furiously that he did nothing to provoke the attacks, and that the apes were not receptive to diplomacy.

Brykian returns the next week, binging fish and kelp (a field of it apparently could provide a boost to our food reserves as well, and is home to many delicious varieties of seafood). He reports high cliffs hiding grey, sandy oases of calm. He also reports ape-creatures watching him from the cliffs, which almost seem carved in places into semi-natural castle or dungeon; they peered out of seaside caverns like widows and parapets, and hung from high spires. He, too, says he did nothing to provoke their hostility, but our spy tells a different tale: he tells of a group of apes gathered in one of the oases around a great, polished orb of blue stone in reverence, and of a gaily-adorned an painted one among them who Brykian first attempted to hail and then, when the ape-creatures drew spears and hefted rocks, fired his cannon upon. The apes scattered, but took some casualties; Lord Brykian was apparently quite stymied to find they had rolled their stone idol away despite this, before he could seize it.

(Options forthcoming--updating a laptop to run spreadsheets and such so I can hang out for pre-Valentines and post at the same time, like a boss)

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>>4086271
>>4086273

A. How should we direct our focus on Month 3, Week 3? Pick Two:
A1. Carouse to raise morale
A2. Train more of a given profession (pick one that we already have some folks skilled in)
A4. Fish, hunt, gather water (nearby, deep in woods, or around the coast)
A5. Clear some trees and farm some crops (with or without magic)
A6. Bring down some of the cannons from the ships for defence
A7. Begin unloading people and supplies in earnest
A8. Create water through elemental magic
A9. Prepare to evacuate the island
A10. Other (suggest something)

B. Well... There sure is a lot to deal with this week, but let's start with our internal issues, beginning with Pippa Hussein. What should we do about her request?
B1. Accede to it without conditions
B2. Accede to it only if she agrees to give a public speech to help raise morale
B3. Refuse her impudent demands
B4. Leave it up to Prince George

C. And what of Lord Brykian and his faulty testimony? He may well have started a war for a rock! Then again... Can ape-creatures really be considered worthy of consideration?
C1. Publicly confront and detain Lord Brykian, and strip him of his title
C2. Privately admonish him
C3. Do not reveal we have been spying yet, but keep him close until we sort out his SNAFU
C4. Encourage him to continue his scouting, and to raid apes as he encounters them

D. Last but not least, there is the matter of... The ape-creatures. In addition to their maps, our cartographers have produced sketches of the inhabitants of this place (if so they may be called): surprisingly bare, human faces, large teeth, shiny eyes, and shaggy coats that would give the impression of a human in a costume if not for length necks and prehensile feet. They lob stones with great force and accuracy, larger than something man-sized should be able to heft with such ease, and they have spears and group tactics. They killed four of our men, wounded four more, but by our spy's account, Brykian killed at least three, and our Prince's party slew another 16 (giving far betetr than they got). What should be our next move?
D1. Defend our perimiter, and stay close to base; do not seek them out
D2. Seek them out to make peace
D3. Scour the forests and slay or capture whoever threatens our people
D4. Assault their cliffside fortress directly with our ships
D5. Other

>>4086362
>A8. Create water through elemental magic
>A9. Prepare to evacuate the island
>B2. Accede to it only if she agrees to give a public speech to help raise morale
>C3. Do not reveal we have been spying yet, but keep him close until we sort out his SNAFU
>D1. Defend our perimeter, and stay close to base; do not seek them out

do we have the food to make it to the Continent

>>4086370
Currently, we have enough food to last a week and a half at sea, not counting what our fishermen scrounge up or our mages produce with chloromancy.

>>4086376
How many weeks to the continent?

>>4086379
Divination and cartography suggests 2-3 weeks... But they've been off before, albeit mostly due to sea-beasts and storms.

>>4086362
>A8. Create water through elemental magic
>A4. Fish around the coast
>B2. Accede to it only if she agrees to give a public speech to help raise morale
>C3. Do not reveal we have been spying yet, but keep him close until we sort out his SNAFU
>D1. Defend our perimeter, and stay close to base; do not seek them out

>>4086362
>>A8. Create water through elemental magic
>>A4. Fish around the coast
>>B2. Accede to it only if she agrees to give a public speech to help raise morale
>>C3. Do not reveal we have been spying yet, but keep him close until we sort out his SNAFU
>>D1. Defend our perimeter, and stay close to base; do not seek them out

we need to get more food then

Post coming up!

>>4086390
>>4086394
>>4086362
Our elementalist, Kailu Elyra, proves increasingly invaluable: leading the circle and holding Mera's Teardrop in hand, they are able to produce ALMOST enough food to reliably sustain our population for a week on her own... But it's not quite enough. Only our access to fresh water from the island can ensure nobody goes without and potentially perishes. It's enough to make one wonder what Virmoira could do with her divination using the powerful charm...
We ask Lord Brykian to stay close to the rest of the fleet in the bay; though he grumbles and gripes, insisting that tehre's no need to fear savage beast-men when we have cannons and magic, he agrees to guard our small army of goblin and human fisherfolk. With sailors and soldiers encouraged to cooperate by a speech given during the public promotion of Admiral Pippa Hussein, they are freed (for now at least) from their ethnic squabbles to work togetehr for the common good; our investment is proven wise, for we are able to haul up a truly tremendous amount of kelp, fish, and crustaceans. Our people feast, though they are not yet truly free from worry. Morale improves.
Our soldiers patrol the perimeter of the bay. Movement is spotted several times among the trees, and sightings of leering, almost-human faces are reported by several patrols. Goblin jumpiness coupled with first-patrol jitters? Maybe, but Captain Aaron Owen (our seniormost surviving human partisan) says he's seen them too. At least there were no casualties or skirmishes? However, if we need water to leave this place, we will need access to the river or lake.

A. How should we direct our focus, as our thrid month comes to a close? Pick Two:
A1. Carouse to raise morale
A2. Train more of a given profession (pick one that we already have some folks skilled in)
A3. Fish, hunt, gather water (nearby, deep in woods, or around the coast)
A4. Clear some trees and farm some crops (with or without magic)
A5. Bring down some of the cannons from the ships for defence
A6. Begin unloading people and supplies in earnest
A7. Create water through elemental magic (with or without Mera's Teardrop?)
A8. Use divination (specify a focus, and if the Teardrop is being used)
A9. Prepare to evacuate the island
A10. Scout the interior and/or the coast
A11. Other (specify)

>>4086551
>A7. Create water through elemental magic (with or without Mera's Teardrop?)
>A3. Fish, hunt, gather water (nearby, deep in woods, or around the coast)
fish

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>>4086551
B. What should we do about our water shortage, though? We know what Owen would prefer, and the Prince seems to support his Captain; he lost friends and allies in those woods, and now that Krazir is on the broder patrols... Well, he hasn't been seeing ehr, but he has brought her up. It clearly weighs heavily on him that he taught ehr swordplay and gave her a blade. Guilt and vengeance drive him, but is he wrong?
B1. Send a peaceful delegation to negotiate a ceasefire with the apes (if trading anything, specify)
B2. Send in troops and labourers to gather the water we need to leave
B3. Capture apes to use as leverage to negotiate for water
B4. Attack the apes outright (by land and/or sea) to draw their attention while we obtain water
B5. Screw this: wage war on the apes and conquer this island in the name of Prince George!
B6. Hold our spot on the shore; we're in no rush

>>4086551
>B1. Send a peaceful delegation to negotiate a ceasefire with the apes (if trading anything, specify)

>>4086556
>>4086560
Using the Teardrop for that water production? And ware you trading anything?

>>4086561
with the teardrop and let's find out what they need before we tip our hand, take a little of everthing exept the food stuffs

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>>4086557
>>4086551

>>4086551
A. How should we direct our focus, as our third month comes to a close? Pick Two:
>A3 Fish, hunt, gather water around the coast.

>>4086557
B. What should we do about our water shortage, though? We know what Owen would prefer, and the Prince seems to support his Captain; he lost friends and allies in those woods, and now that Krazir is on the border patrols... Well, he hasn't been seeing her, but he has brought her up. It clearly weighs heavily on him that he taught her swordplay and gave her a blade. Guilt and vengeance drive him, but is he wrong?
>B1. Send a peaceful delegation to negotiate a ceasefire with the apes discus trading depending on what the apes want.

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>>4086640
>>4086565
>>4086560
>>4086557
>>4086551

Month 4 starts off similar results to before: ballooning food stores, enough to feed our population for three weeks without even fishing, but a near-shortage of water despite the sue of the Teardrop. More children were born from our previous revelries, enough to easily replace the dead, but there will be years yet before this increasingly-large population of infants can actually do much of use. In that time, many wonder aloud, can we continue to produce enough water to keep us al alive without access to the inland?

Our council sees these problems to be far off, but we head the mood: Prince George declares a diplomatic delegation, assigning our diplomats and merchants to the task. We bring a small smattering of all our goods--not enough to make theft a dangerous proposition to our stores, but enough to communicate what we can offer for sweet, lifegiving water. Despite his protestations, we deny the Prince\s desire to accompany the delegates; he is too valuable to risk and, after having personally killed several ape-creatures, they may well be out for his blood in particular.

A day goes by, and then another. We guard our defences, but what apes we were seeing are no longer present at our defensive perimeter. The Prince takes to patrolling the border himself, against our protestations. Fear grows darkly in the hearts of men, elves, and goblins.

At long last, our party returns: of the 10 soldiers and 10 civilians we sent, Only 15 men and women return. One is dead, they declare, and four others captured: an elven smith, two goblin laborer/soldiers, and Ariana Riley, a long-serving diplomat of noble birth. All women.

Riley's husband, our other diplomat, is equal parts shell-shocked and furious, and all the people's blood boil for a mission of rescue or revenge. Plotting begins, swords are sharpened, farming implements turned to warlike purpose in a hundred idle hands.

But then, a curious thing happens: five apes, by their size and visible breasts also all female, approach our defensive line. They wander out of the woods one morning, heads bowed and hands kept above their heads in supplication. They are taken captive without a fight.

....What?

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>>4086670
A. Oh gods, we need time to think. How will we keep the people busy? Pick two:
A1. Military drills, but formal, so nobody does anything crazy
A2. Unloading weapons from the boats
A3. Fishing and hunting nearby, or up the coast (or inland, if you really want)
A5. Revelry--bring out the booze!
A6. A speech (religious, militant, pacifying?)
A7. Training (specify a career we already have people trained in)
A8. Funerals, but elaborate
A9. Suggest some combination, or another option

B. Alright, and we have... Captives? In exchange? What do we do with these apes?
B1. Execute them
B2. Study them, physically and culturally, but without harsh methods
B3. Torturous interrogation
B4. Free them
B5. Free them, with trade goods in tow
B6. Other (suggestion)

C. And this is surely a step to far.... Right? Prince George thinks so. The sailors and soldiers think so.

Brykian wishes to head inland and take them back, though the gleam in his eye suggests he has at least as much interest in what else he might find there. The trade delegates DID mention the leader of the apes that attacked them wearing many fine stones strung about is body on string of some sort, after all.

Our elven mages Virmoira and Elyra tell us that, if we could but hold out and focus on training one more mage, we could simply leave this place without ever heading inland; one might call it cowardice, but perhaps Virmoira's third eye has seen and heard what our spies have already told us: our less combat-minded folks, especially those with children, fear remaining here any longer.

And of course, there is always the option of trying diplomacy again, or stealing the captives abck bloodlessly...

C1. Take the boats and assault the cliffside fortress
C2. March inland and save the captives by force
C3. Send our hunter-spies to scout, and free the captives bloodlessly if they can
C4. Hold back, and use our divination to scry the captives (with or without Teardrop)
C5. Attempt diplomacy again (describe plan)

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>>4086670
Oh, and a quick correction:

>>4086679
>A1. Military drills, but formal, so nobody does anything crazy
A8. Funerals, but elaborate
B2. Study them, physically and culturally, but without harsh methods
C4. Hold back, and use our divination to scry the captives (with

>>4086679
A1. Military drills, but formal, so nobody does anything crazy
A8. Funerals, but elaborate
B2. Study them, physically and culturally, but without harsh methods
C4. Hold back, and use our divination to scry the captives (with Teardrop)

>>4086687
>>4086701
Heading to bed, but will check in on this after work!

>>4086679
A. Oh gods, we need time to think. How will we keep the people busy? Pick two:

>A3. Fishing and hunting nearby, or up the coast (or inland, if you really want)
>A8. Funerals, but elaborate


B. Alright, and we have... Captives? In exchange? What do we do with these apes?

>B2. Study them, physically and culturally, but without harsh methods


C. And this is surely a step to far.... Right? Prince George thinks so. The sailors and soldiers think so.

Brykian wishes to head inland and take them back, though the gleam in his eye suggests he has at least as much interest in what else he might find there. The trade delegates DID mention the leader of the apes that attacked them wearing many fine stones strung about is body on string of some sort, after all.

Our elven mages Virmoira and Elyra tell us that, if we could but hold out and focus on training one more mage, we could simply leave this place without ever heading inland; one might call it cowardice, but perhaps Virmoira's third eye has seen and heard what our spies have already told us: our less combat-minded folks, especially those with children, fear remaining here any longer.

And of course, there is always the option of trying diplomacy again, or stealing the captives back bloodlessly...

>C4. Hold back, and use our divination to scry the captives with Teardrop

>>4086679
>A1. Military drills, but formal, so nobody does anything crazy
>A8. Funerals, but elaborate
>B2. Study them, physically and culturally, but without harsh methods
>C4. Hold back, and use our divination to scry the captives ( Teardrop)

>>4086679
WAR
WAR SHALL BE WAGED UPON

>A2. Unloading weapons from the boats
>A6. A speech (religious, militant, pacifying?) WAR. VENGEANCE. UNCIVILIZED MONSTERS. FIRE. FIRE TO ALL THEIR HOMES. DESTRUCTION OF THEIR IDOLS AND CONSUME THEIR YOUNG.

B. This is XCOM baby
>B3.

C. So what if Brykian wishes for loot? Tell him we have to first kill 'em all and then we can loot as much as he pleases. I mean, we save the girls and then we uh- maybe get something
C2. March inland and save the captives by force

>>4086687
>>4086701
>>4086761
>>4086902
>>4086948

OP checking in on lunch. Seems we're curently leaning towards distracting the people with drills and funerals while we study our captives and scry on our enemies.

A reminder: to use the Teardrop for scrying means NOT using it for water production this week. That means, unless we head inland, we cannot produce enough potable water to keep everyone healthy and in good spirits.

>>4087404
then do not use it for Scrying

The Council stymies Brykian's plans yet again, to his obvious irritation and Admiral Hussain's smug amusement; still, it is not only Lord Brykian who is upset by this decision, but our Lord Diplomat and even our beloved Prince! As for the people, we keep them too occupied to revolt: we hold grand funerals for those lost to the skirmishes, reminding them of the glorious future ahead and of tour triumphs against the sea-beast. So too do we remind them of the Amican War of Succession: we have weathered worse, we remind them, and we will yet be victorious! We begin to drill them hard, both preparing them for what might come and keeping them too busy to stage an organized revolt.

And revolt they just might, if we do not take immediate action! Too late does the council recall that using Mera's Teardrop to scry will impact our ability to generate water. Coupled with the drills, our people are exhausted by the week's end, many too weak from dehydration to fight. With so many baying for blood (encouraged by Lord Brykian, according to our spies), immediate action may well be necessary to avoid our well-prepared and desperate militia taking action on their own to seize the water they need—or worse yet, staging a coup or creating a lasting schism!

Still, our magic-weaving is not without results: Royal Mage-Apprentice Watson and Archmage Virmoira use the Teardrop to great effect, while our merchants study and attempt to communicate with the captive ape-women. What emerges is a picture of an alien civilization with norms far different from our own: a people who venerate and carve the stones of their island as a spiritual rite, and to whom the acquisition of gems and precious minerals is a mark of prestige and holy rite. Their leader is an enormous ape, grown to large to exit his seaside citadel below the earth, and who adorns himself with diadem and armour of a blue-grey jade and crudely-hammered gold. His female subjects mine these and work them, while the males hunt and gather, and he keeps a tremendous harem; it is to these functions he has committed our captured citizens, including the diplomat. It is a grave indignity, but the apes do not seem to see it as such: by providing us four respected and fertile females in return they believe they have opened the lines of diplomacy, and normalized relations after our ‘invasion' and Brykian's assault. This is common custom among their species, following disputes between clans.

The knowledge that we are no longer at war from the perspective of the ape-lord will likely be small comfort to the loved ones of those women taken and killed. Can we afford a war though? Scrying has shown us ape-beings in the hundreds, at least twice the size of our remaining population…

Month 4, Week 3: Coming Up

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>>4088052
(Woops, Week 2 rather. Shows me for posting before I get home to my spreadsheet!)


A. The War for the island of the apes is of course our paramount concern right now, and we’re fighting I tat a disadvantage: of our 112 working-age citizens, fifteen are laid up with dehydration, another six are still somewhat injured from the last skirmish, and 4 are... Well, captive ape females who pretty much just groom each other all day. Our four captured people are alive, but subjected to unconscionable conditions by a fighting force that is technologically-inferior but physically and numerically superior, and which knows this place better than we do. Morale is low, bloodlust high. What do we do?

A1. Swear the mages to secrecy, and leave the women to their fate so we can move onward without further bloodletting
A2. Storm the lake to refresh our stores
A3. Scour the woods to capture and/or kill hunting apes
A4. Send our ships to bombard the seaside caverns/citadel
A5. Other, or a combination
B. What shall we do with the captives?

B1. Put them to work
B2. Keep them safe and take care of them, as is civilized
B3. Execute them
B4. Free them
B5. Free them, with trade goods
B6. Other
C. What shall we do about Lord Brykian’s behaviour?

C1. Publicly confront him
C2. Privately admonish him for inciting discord
C3. Detain him quietly, without public comment
C4. Have him assassinated
C5. Commend him on his insight
C6. Other
D. To what other purposes will we focus our people and resources? Pick two:

D1. Fishing/hunting (near, inland, or coast)
D2. Water-gathering
D3. Defensive patrols
D4. Unload our shipboard cannons
D5. Begin farming in earnest
D6. Prepare to flee
D7. Create water through magic (using the tear, or no?)
D8. Scry (using the tear, or no?)
D9. Heal our dehydrated and wounded
D10. Prepare to leave the island
D11. Other (suggestion?)

>>4088111
A2. Storm the lake to refresh our stores
B4. Free them
C4. Have him assassinated
>D9. Heal our dehydrated and wounded

>>4088123
(You can pick two for D)

>>4088194
>D2. Water-gathering

Seems we may have to wait until a less romantic evening to see what comes next!

A. The War for the island of the apes is of course our paramount concern right now, and we’re fighting I tat a disadvantage: of our 112 working-age citizens, fifteen are laid up with dehydration, another six are still somewhat injured from the last skirmish, and 4 are... Well, captive ape females who pretty much just groom each other all day. Our four captured people are alive, but subjected to unconscionable conditions by a fighting force that is technologically-inferior but physically and numerically superior, and which knows this place better than we do. Morale is low, bloodlust high. What do we do?

>A5. Storm the lake with some soldier and at the same time bombard the seaside caverns/citadel

B. What shall we do with the captives?

>B1. Put them to work
We need to keep an eye on them of course but we can use some extra hands

C. What shall we do about Lord Brykian’s behaviour?

>C2. Privately admonish him for inciting discord
He can still be useful and we can always assassinate him when we aren't as much need of sailors/captains as we are now.

D. To what other purposes will we focus our people and resources? Pick two:

>D2. Water-gathering

>D9. Heal our dehydrated and wounded

>>4088111
Trips, QM, trips.

A. We gotta... this sucks qm, why are you making this quest hard, engaging and interesting instead of the usual easy peachy stuff!

>A1. We won't forget about those women... yet.

B. XCOM. baby
>B3. But, QM, do they speak our same language?

C. bro
>C2. Stop it bro, work WITH us, not for us; not against us. We are in this together, you can't sail back to Exmuth anyway.

D. Welp, we are not in war so, let's head to the river downstream and gather water. Plenty of it. I wonder, can we send one of the ships to the River Mouth with all our water barrels and haul water in one large gulp? Pun intended. Of course, use boats. Don't strand the ship on the shore, god.

>D2. To the river mouth!
>D9. To raise morale, we gotta at least try to get 'em back to shape.

>>4088860
>>4088430
>>4088206
>>4088123

Storming the lake is presently popular, though whether we re-open hostilities by telling our citizens of the captured women's fate is up in the air.

We are torn on how to treat the captives we've been gifted: is it, in fact, XCOM baby? Or are we to free them or put them to work?

Privately admonishing Lord Brykian seems to be the popular response, though assassinating him is an option down the line (or even now).

We're all pretty much in agreement about the need to rehydrate, heal, and gather water, though.

Posting up soon, but I'm holding off for a bit to see if anyone breaks the stalemate on B (or swings this around still further).

>>4088111
>A1. Swear the mages to secrecy, and leave the women to their fate so we can move onward without further bloodletting
>B2. Keep them safe and take care of them, as is civilized

>C4. Have him assassinated

>D2. Water-gathering
since we are not longer at war

>>4088968
we can't just leave our people captive!

>>4088974
not forever, but until we have a chance to successfully get them back.
right now, attacking with sick and dehydrated people, being outnumbered and in unknown terrain, would only end this quest imo.

>>4088993
Right, so we get our supply problem fixed. then we raid the monkeys and save our people. followed by leaving immediately after. like in Pirates of the Caribbean

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>4088968
>>4088959
Alright, posting!

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>>4089049

As Week 3 of Month 4 rolls around (for real this time), the council is faced with hard decisions. It is decided to swear the mages to secrecy for now--to tell the people of the fate of their Lady Riley was being subjected to such abuses would surely stir her husband and all the soldiers into a greater fervor, and force our hand even as others seek to leave this terrible place. With our people sick, injured, and dehydrated, we fear this could destroy us all.

On the matter of the captive ape-women 'gifted' to us by their strange subterranean overlord, we are... Torn. The council can reach no consensus, and so we compromise: we put them to work as laborers (a task the ape-women seem more than willing to accommodate us on) and feed and care for them in a civil manner. We can always free or execute them later, after all, and extra laborers are useful right now: we have water to replenish, now that we are no longer at war. Meanwhile, aboard our ships, those too exhausted or injured to participate are hurriedly mended by our team of mages and medics.

Yes, to replenish our stores of water will help with morale in two ways: it will make people feel physically better, AND it will create the impression of decisive action. No longer do we cower in the bay: we move inland, in force, to take what we need! Little do our people know that the march of armed guards alongside our laborers is mostly for show, and that the apes who skulk sneakily and watch warily in the shadows of the trees are actually of the impression we are peacefully cohabitating.

There is one last matter, though: Brykian. The elven corsair may or may not have outlived his usefulness, but all are agreed that his shit-stirring tendencies have presented our council and our Prince an unacceptable obstacle. After much deliberation as to whether to admonish him or assassinate him, lots are drawn. He is condemned to death! Our spies and partisan loyalists are in place, he covert execution seemlessly executed on an inland trip to gather water. He will cause no further disturbances... But, given is obvious popularity with roughly half our remaining soldiers and sailors, and the half-elves, what shall we do to explain his disappearance?

>>4089075

What next, Loyalist Council, as we enter our final week of our forth month in exile?

A. What purpose shall we turn our people towards? Pick two:
A1. Continue to gather water non-magically
A2. Bring our elementalist (and the Teardrop?) to the lake to take advantage of our maximum water-gathering capabilities
A3. Hunt/gather/fish (inland, on the coast, or a combination)
A4. Scout (further inland, or towards the coastal citadel of the ape-lord)
A5. Scry (who/where/what? Teardrop, or no?)
A6. Attempt contact with the apes near the lake
A7. Attempt to capture or kill some of the apes near the lake
A8. Attack the citadel by sea
A9. Disembark our people and/or shipboard weapons
A10. Begin farming this island
A11. Prepare to evacuate the island
A12. Other (suggestion?)


B. A contingent led by Lord Diplomat Riley is demanding answers and action in regards to the apes and the people they captured. What shall we tell them?
B1. Tell them the truth
B2. Tell them the women are alive, but do not elaborate on their conditions
B3. Tell them the fate of the women is unknown
B4. Refuse to tell them anything
B5. Other

C. So, 'Lord' Brykian is a thorn in our side no longer! His expertise will be missed, but by assigning his ship to the Hussain Sisters', we consolidate control of our naval forces and our strategy in this and future crises. He WAS broadly popular among our military and naval men and women, though, and the prostitutes. How shoudl we handle his death?
C1. He mysteriously disappeared (apes may well be blamed)
C2. He fell off a cliff or boat while fishing/scouting
C3. He was killed or captured by apes
C4. He died in a hunting accident
C5. He died in a petty domestic dispute (choose a scapegoat)
C6. He was a traitor and justly detained and executed
C7. Other

D. Do we tell Prince George, who had something of a friendly rivalry with the corsair by this point, the truth of his fate?
D1. Yes
D2. Yes, but frame and spin it in a way to make us undeniably justified
D3. No

>>4089090
>A1. Continue to gather water non-magically
>A2. Bring our elementalist (and the Teardrop?) to the lake to take advantage of our maximum water-gathering capabilities
>B3. Tell them the fate of the women is unknown
>C4. He died in a hunting accident
>D3. No

Also: to answer an earlier question, a comvination of divined isnights and stufy has helped us to communicate basic ideas thriugh gestures with our captives, and we mutually understand a few words now, though ape-people struggle to produce the same range of vocalizations as humans, elves, and goblins. They seem to msotly communicate by grunts, elaborate sign language, and context clues.

>>4089124
support, to add onto the women situation, say we are working on finding out more information.

>A1. Continue to gather water non-magically
>A2. Bring our elementalist (and the Teardrop?) to the lake to take advantage of our maximum water-gathering capabilities

>B4. Refuse to tell them anything

>C4. He died in a hunting accident

>D3. No

>>4089090
>A1. Continue to gather water non-magically
>A2. Bring our elementalist (and the Teardrop?) to the lake to take advantage of our maximum water-gathering capabilities
>B2. Tell them the women are alive, but do not elaborate on their conditions
>C4. He died in a hunting accident
>D3. No

>>4089090

A. We need to stock up on water! And look at food, slowly dwindling, the motherfucker.
>A1. Continue to gather water non-magically. I want those barrells filled to capacity! If they are filled, order the carpenters to make more!

>A12. ¡The first write in baby! ¿Fortifications? Let's begin by clearing the surrounding forest, gathering wood for planks and what give ya. With the wood we can add to our stock and think about making a palisade around the perimeter and maybe dig a moat but that will be as laborious or worse. And, remember Laborers? Time to put those 28 bodies to work for real!

B.

B1. They are indeed alive and safe but might be subjected to tiny monkey cock... Yeah, fuck it, let's tell 'em that.

C.
>C1. He was drunk and mumbling about loot and idols made out of gold and his ambition to take it all for himself. His greed got the best of him and his vice (the rum) was the catalyst for him being missing. "Let's remember Brykian and his story so no one commits the same mistakes as him. Be mindful of your excesses and wise everyday"

D. Grow up prince, man up and grow a pair.
>D1. WELCOME TO WAR KID.

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>>4089614
>>4089124
>>4089152
>>4089412
>>4089448

With all our laborers working under the protection and supervision of our soldiers, and especially with Mera's Teradrop turned by Elementalist Elyra to the cause of water-gathering, our barrels are soon full with a great surplus, our our people's thirst is quenched once more! No apes trouble us during our daytime laboring, though they are spotted waiting for us to leave to take their own fill.

Many of our people openly wonder why we do not capture or kill them, especially since (according to us) the fate of our women is unknown. Though at the very least our people do not blame the ape-men for the tragic loss of Lord Brykian (slain in a 'hunting accident, and laid to rest in his beloved sea by his most loyal men, with a stirring eulogy to his bravery given by own blissfully-ignorant prince), allowing them to travel freely and watch us at work is a pill many find hard to swallow.

The newest troublemaker is Lord Diplomat Riley, who desperately seeks news of his wife. We have told him that as soon as we know more, we will communicate it; he asks, loudly and publicly, why we do not interrogate the ape-women in our captivity, or capture some otehr ape if these ones do not know. Our workers begin to harass and bully the four ape-women as they labor; uncomprehending of why we would be so hostile to them when our peoples are 'at peace', they become agitated, and then despondent. Surely the apes in the forest see how we are treating the women they "exchanged" with us...

We have enough food and drink to last a little over a week without replenishment. A few more weeks of this peaceful water-gathering and some fishing and foraging, we could easily amass enough supplies to leave this place, but the continued friction between our people and the apes of this island threatens our ability to do so without an uprising of some sort.

>>4089625
Month 4, Week 4:

A. How shall we muster our efforts as a civilization to start off this week on Monkey Island?
A1. Gather wood and build fortifications around our laborers at the lake and our bay, to offer a sense of privacy and safety (with or without magic? specify)
A2. Gather more water by mundane means
A3. Gather more water by magic (use the teardrop? specify)
A4. Scry (who, what, where? specify)
A5. Hunt/gather/fish (coastal areas, further inland, and/or around the lake? specify)
A6. Scout further inland
A7. Capture or kill some apes near the lake
A8. Attempt to scare off the apes near the lake
A9. Attempt diplomacy with the apes near the lake
A10. Attack the sea citadel
A11. Prepare to evacuate the island
A12. Other (specify)

B. What shall we do about the treatment of our ape-woman "guests"? What of Lord Diplomat Riley?
B1. Remind our people to be kind to the ape-women, for they are noncombatants and doing their best to help us
B2. Allow the current behaviour to continue
B3. Execute the ape-women
B4. Free the ape women (with or without trade goods?)
B5. Admonish our people for their behaviour (how harshly?)
B6. Cease using the ape-women for labour, and return them to their captivity (with or without food and water?)
B7. Other

C. Our farmers and cartographers have expressed some interest in capturing some of the local fauna, either to breed for livestock (like the rat-pigs or some small island fowl), or as curiosities (like the non-sapient primates of the island). What do we think?
C1. Have at it!
C2. Just flora, no fauna; they could have diseases, or be hard to keep shipboard
C3. Leave them be; focus on harvesting what we need to leave
C4. Other

>>4089637
A2. Gather more water by mundane means
B4. Free the ape women (with trade goods try to get them to understand we can't our women back.)
C1. Have at it!

>>4089668
>>4089637
Sorry, I should have specified: you can choose two for A.

>>4089637
A9. Attempt diplomacy with the apes near the lake

>>4089637
A. Laborers to work! Magics to magic!
>A1. Make 'em pallisade!. I wonder if elementalists can force roots to grow in the planks so we don't have to dig so deep to fixate the planks in place. Plus it would make the palisade taller and durable.

>B4. With no goods. And tell them we don't wish to exchange women so rely that message to your fatass king and give our waifus back. Alas, send a merchant there why not and see if he can negotiate a ransom since the monkey fag likes shiny baubles, let's offer him shiny baubles. We can make a collect for the ransom. One gold coin each?

>C3. Eh

>>4089695
oof.

>>4089709
>A5. Let's see if we can fish in the lakeshores. H*ck maybe carry a boat there or drive it there upstream. The monkeys might get interested by this and we could trade that technology for the women as well.

>>4089668
>>4089698
>>4089709
>>4089710
There seems to be a lot of disagreement over where to focus our energy, but a general sentiment that we should try to re-open diplomacy with the apes by freeing their women and sending either merhcnats or trade goods along to negotiate with the ape-lord in the deep caverns of the citadel. SO far, everyone seems pretty okay to let our bored farmer class and our curious science-minded cartographers do whatever they want with local plant and animal specimens.

I'll wait a bit longer before posting, in case anyone wants to break some ties on A or swing the debate on B and C in a different direction.

>>4089768
Posting, rolled for ties. A2 and A5, B4 with merchant assigned, C3.

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>>4089878

We close the fourth month of our exile by attempting to retrieve our lost people. We are so few, and our citizens' hearts are hurting: we need them back.

A decision is made to free the ape-women, though by their confusion and dismay, they clearly take it as banishment or punishment. In an effort to soften the blow and score a diplomatic victory, we assign our Lord Merchant, Remy Pearson, to the party; wisely, we do not send our Lady merchant on this task, given what has become of our last cadre of female diplomatic envoys. We send him with gold and what jewelry we can scrounge, in the hopes this shiny, mineral-based wealth will appeal to the plutocratic master of the ape-folk. Pearson and the Lady Merchant Josephine George have both been paramount in deciphering the communication methods and culture of the ape-men as well, so this is seen as our best effort at communicating that we wish to trade by other means, and not by way of a tribal wife-exchange.

While we await their return dedicate our efforts to scouring the lake, the source of our newfound prosperity and abundance: we bring a few boats carefully up-river, and make preparations to bring a ship over-land (to avoid the jagged rocks of the nearest estuary) and to use it to fish further, while impressing the apes with our technology. For lack of a command to cry, our casters divide labour: Fortification Mage Aragella helps protect the ship and boats during transport, while Elementalist Elyra aids in gathering water, using the Teardrop to do so; the rest of the mages divide up to assist in both tasks, and the end result is an increase in water and the promise of better fishing to come: the lake is not as abundant as the kelp forests, but now we can fish both! The fishermen do say they could do with more rods and nets, though.

No diplomatic envoy is sent back by our ape neighbors, nor does our Lord Merchant return. The arrival of the ship is plainly terrifying to the ape-men, though: shrieks ring out when it arrives, and sightings of these eerie hominids cease for the rest of the week. It is strangely, hauntingly calm. As we tell the farmers and cartographers, it is simply a matter of focusing on the harvest and waiting for what might come, one supposes...

Month 5, Week 1:

How do we focus our energies this week? Pick two:
A1. Gather wood and build fortifications around our laborers at the lake and our bay, to offer a sense of privacy and safety (with or without magic? specify)
A2. Gather more water by mundane means
A3. Gather more water by magic (use the Teardrop? specify)
A4. Hunt/gather/fish (coastal areas, further inland, and/or around the lake? specify)
A6. Scout further inland
A7. Prepare to evacuate the island
A8. Consolidate our forces (the lake region? elsewhere?)
A9. Attempt domestication of local flora and fauna
A10. Other (please specify)

>>4089935
B. What do we do about the away-party? Do we put our trust in them, scry their whereabouts, send reinforcements?
B1. Scry the away-party (with the Teardrop, or no?)
B2. Send military reinforcements
B3. Send our other merchant and/or diplomat with guards
B4. Send a ship to the seaside citadel
B5. Sit tight, do nothing

C. Lord Diplomat Riley is a consistent needler of the public sentiment now, like a less-foreign Brykian. He is a stalwart ally of the Prince George, and makes no deliberate effort to usurp us or our authority, but he stokes fears quite effectively by accident as he mourns and pines after his wife. What should we do?
C1. Leave the man to his angsts; all will come right in time, when we resolve this issue and rescue our people
C2. Admonish him publicly, perhaps detain him if need be
C3. Call him in to privately discuss the matter (how much do we tell him? how harsh should we be?)
C4. Assassinate him! It worked for Brykian.
C5. Have Pricne George console him, and give a morale-raising speech
C6. Other

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I also finally took the time to do up proper demographic charts on Excel. No more shifting colours and proportions for us! Welcome to an age of consistency.

>>4089935
>A1. Gather wood and build fortifications around our laborers at the lake and our bay, to offer a sense of privacy and safety
We will need a solid base on land to fight against the apemen soon. Depending on the effectiveness of the fortification magic, we can employ it. Most important is clearing trees away from nearby so that the apemen will have no way to sneak up on our laborers
>A4. Hunt/gather/fish
Keep fishing the kelp forest and dry as much fish as possible for our departure

>B1. Scry the away-party
Use the teardrop, we've got a good enough source of water at the moment. If these savages are just gonna kill and abduct our citizens, we'll need to clear them out of the island

>C5. Have Prince George console him, and give a morale-raising speech
Have know that we have done what we can, but that dealing with these primatives requires time

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>>4090208
Waiting on more replies...

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>>4090323

For the Unified States and our breakaway Loyalists!

>>4090208
support

>>4090329
I love this one

>>4090208
+1

>>4089935

A. Water is ok but now, *sigh* food is dwindling. I retract from attempting to make fortifications because TAKE A LOOK AT MORALE. Everyone is so fed up of this island that we better focus on storing supplies, rescuing our people and fucking away.

>A2. We already have a secure source of fresh water that outperforms that of magic.

A4. We need to ask the fishermen to fish, but it seems their tools are not enough for all of them! So, can the fishermen passively fish while the

>Hunters hunt inland for some pigs n' monkeys. Kinda awkward meal but... at least be thankful we have land-based meat

B. FFS.

>B1. Use the teardrooooop

>C5. Prince be useful FFS. Guess this counts as training....

>>4089935
How do we focus our energies this week? Pick two:
>A1. Gather wood and build fortifications around our laborers at the lake and our bay, to offer a sense of privacy >and safety with magic
>A4. Hunt/gather/fish around the lake
If we end up going to war we should make sure to keep the civilians safe

B. What do we do about the away-party? Do we put our trust in them, scry their whereabouts, send reinforcements?
>B1. Scry the away-party with the Teardrop
Thanks to the lake water isn't an issue.

C. Lord Diplomat Riley is a consistent needler of the public sentiment now, like a less-foreign Brykian. He is a stalwart ally of the Prince George, and makes no deliberate effort to usurp us or our authority, but he stokes fears quite effectively by accident as he mourns and pines after his wife. What should we do?
>C5. Have Prince George console him, and give a morale-raising speech
We can't keep assassinating troublemakers, someone will get suspicious

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>>4090208
>>4090375
>>4090457
>>4090535

Our soldiers, hunters, and laborers turn their attention to chopping down trees for wood, further scattering what ape-folk dare approach our camp; this wood is largely turned to the purpose of fortifications, helping to shield our people from attack. None too soon, either, as a goblin boy is snatched up and stolen away by a creature not unlike a great, mangy black lion that springs like lightning from the forest and then retreats! With the ape-men shrinking back, it seems their dangers they kept at bay have taken their place.

This isn't to say the threat of the ape-men is gone. We use Mera's teardrop to scry, and the circle of mages, led as always by Virmoira, shows the council the fate of our merchant and laborers: they are all bloodied captives in a great wooden cage, while the ape-women we sent back have been beaten in punishment. Virmoira's relic-boosted magic senses the great shame the ape-women feel, and fear among the apes at our tools, our ship, our wall, our expansion. They see the coming of the ship and the 'banishment' of the ape-women as a rejection of their attempt at diplomacy, and the ape-lord's fury is unleashed in great howls of rage at our caged envoys. It is apparent from the divination that attempts to explain the trade of gold in lieu of wives has been met with incomprehension and then outrage--the ape-lord cannot fathom the trading away of 'gifts' from the venerated earth for something as paltry as finite lives of living people.

He means to drive 'the invaders' off the island, and masses forces, armed with their spears, stones, and clubs. Numbers are uncertain, but daunting. The wall was the final straw--a 'theft' of land and access to the lake which keeps his people alive, which they had 'generously' shared with us on our chosen schedule. War is one once more, and our males live only so that he can learn from them what he can of us and our capabilities. The female captives remain alive only at his pleasure, but their treatment worsens significantly.

As our council takes in this horrifying report from the mystics, our Prince comforts the Lord-Diplomat that his wife is fine. He tells our people that ALL will be fine, that our council and our envoys will return us to peace, and that before long we will leave this place for our promised land on the continent. If worse comes to worst, he says, our soldiers and mages will protect us!

Our fourteen soldiers. Our six mages. Against at least one hundred ape-men.

Month 5, Week 2: Coming Up

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>>4090586
(now with proper food update, to reflect the success of your fishermen and foragers, sorry. bottom right.)

A. The apes will attack next week, if not this week, that much is certain from the Archmage's vision. Our people are in high spirits, but high spirits will not save them from what comes next. What do we do?
A1. Strike the citadel by ship, using The Albatross Heart's cannons and our magical ranged capabilities to blast our way in if we can
A2. Send in our hunter-spies to attempt an assassination of the ape lord
A3. Strike by land with our soldiers and hunters (with or without mages?)
A4. Some combination or other option of attack (specify!)
A5. Attempt diplomacy again (how? specify!)
A6. Evacuate to the ships now, leaving behind whatever we must!

B. What should we tell our people? We must notify prince George, but... Morale has just improved. Dare we weaken it again so soon?
B1. Keep the news among the soldiers, mages, and what sailors are needed for our plans; let the civilians labor in peace for now
B2. Get everyone on high alert

C. What else will we do, as we plan for the upcoming conflict or seek to avert it? Choose TWO:
C1. Hunt/fish/gather (specify coat, inland, or lake area)
C2. Seek out the great cat and capture or slay it
C3. Roll out the main guns from the ships to fortify the wall
C4. Set the civilians to defensive patrols (may tip our hand on B)
C5. Gather more water (mundane means only, or magic? if magic, do we use the teardrop? this would render it unusable for any water-based elemental defense)
C6. Fortify the wall further (magic, or only mundane? specify)
C7. Move people to/from the bay en masse
C8. Other (please specify)

>>4090603
>A1. Strike the citadel by ship, using The Albatross Heart's cannons and our magical ranged capabilities to blast our way in if we can
Grapeshot and fireballs will make quick work of these savage apes. This should be a rapid assault to retrieve our citizens, using shock and awe to prevent casualties. The moment we have them, get back to the ship and come back

>B1. Keep the news among the soldiers, mages, and what sailors are needed for our plans; let the civilians labor in peace for now
They have no way to effect the outcome, knowledge will only cause distress. Same reason people are more scared of flying than driving, the idea of being helpless is far worse than real danger.

>C7. Move people from the bay en masse
>C5. Gather more water
Stock up on water and get ready to leave, one way or another we're leaving this island soon. The savages can have their rock, we're bound for far greater lands

>>4090603
A. The apes will attack next week, if not this week, that much is certain from the Archmage's vision. Our people are in high spirits, but high spirits will not save them from what comes next. What do we do?
>A1. Strike the citadel by ship, using The Albatross Heart's cannons and our magical ranged capabilities to blast our way in if we can

B. What should we tell our people? We must notify prince George, but... Morale has just improved. Dare we weaken it again so soon?
>B1. Keep the news among the soldiers, mages, and what sailors are needed for our plans; let the civilians labor in peace for now

C. What else will we do, as we plan for the upcoming conflict or seek to avert it? Choose TWO:
>C5. Gather more water mundane means only
>C7. Move people to/from the bay en masse

>>4090618
>>4090680
yup

>>4090680
huh...>>4090618
I think exactly the same

>>4090789
>>4090732
>>4090680
>>4090618
"Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ," as the old Amican saying goes. I suppose we'll see which bit applies to the council in the fullness of time.

Regardless, there is no more time to deliberate: now is the time for action! Margot and Sia Hussein aid in the evacuation of people and water, but public sentiment is mixed; Prince George has declared we are to leave, and that our people will soon be freed from the apes, but has not elaborated beyond this. Every soldier and sailor--even Krazir and her fellow goblin recruits--are called to action. Our people know something is up, but we carefully hide the full extent from them so they can focus on the task at hand. Even without the use of magic, unfettered access to the water and all hands on deck means that we are able to stockpile enough barrels of fresh water to preserve us for almost a month! There is a tension in the air, but also excitement. Most civilians are ready to leave the tyranny of what they have taken to calling "Monkey Island".

Meanwhile, Admiral Pippa Hussein is captaining the Albatross Heart, formerly the ship of the corsair Captain Brykian. She does not know how deliberately-executed his fate was, but she certainly can't hide her smug self-satisfaction at having obtained by 'fate' his ship, his land and trade rights, and more. This gives her all the more incentive to prove herself, and she brings up her sister Kayla's ship--also now hers once more--to accomplish this, filled with sailors, soldiers, and of course our mages. We have brought nearly all of them, only leaving behinds those necessary to the evacuation and Prince George himself. It is hardly enough, with 11 soldiers and 22 sailors, but 6 mages and an elemental-boosting artefact make a lot of difference, as do truly impressive artillery.

With the aid of divination, we are able to catch favourable winds and approach from the ideal angle to catch the ape-men by surprise; they still see us coming, but not well enough in advance to evacuate the seawall before our cannons ring out. It takes a few volleys of fireballs and cannonballs (we'll have to keep an eye on ammo; we don't have much more left!) but we are able to blast open a hole in the base of the cliff. With the Teardrop's power, we flush the hole in their defences like a clogged pipe, sweeping dozens of screeching and wailing ape-warriors out to sea (along with, perhaps unfortunately, women and children). A moment later, we lower a rope to swing down our armed forces.

[...]

>>4091130

Our earlier Teardrop-augmented divination allows us to pinpoint the location of the ape-lord and his harem, where his captives too are kept; Captain Aaron Owen takes the lead, leading a column of goblins. Though these gobbos were mere laborers or prostitutes before, training and drilling has sharpened their skills, battle has tested their mettle, and they are at home in the dark confines of the surprisingly-elaborate ape mines. With surgical precision belying their lack of practical experience, they beeline for the chamber of the ape-lord, losing only a single warrior along the way!

Alas, the ape-lord, fat and bloated though he is, also stands at 12 feet tall, and is mightier and has a thicker hide than any beast we have encountered shy of the sea-beast. Only through concerted effort and kiting are our forces able to overcome him; they do not slay him, but Krazir puts the prince's sword to good use and gouges his eye, causing him enough distress for Captain Owen to free our captives and make good on their escape. In the process, though, both Krazir and Aleksander Hussain (Pippa's own son) are injured in the desperate flight by hurled stones and spears.

Still, as we evacuate with every single captive in (relatively) good shape, it can't help but feel like a glorious victory to everyone involved. A cheer goes up, and the heroes of the hour are received to great applause: Hussain the Younger, Captain Owen, as well as Elementalist Elyra and even 'Prince's Pet' Krazir! Tehre will be time to mourn the dead later, and Watson, Rathian, and the medics are already tending to the wounded heroes.

We have won the day, Loyalists, for our people and for the One True King of Amica!

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>>4091154
Month 5, Week 3: Return to the Sea

We drift in the bay of Monkey Island now, replete with water but short on food. I suppose that's what fishermen are for, though! What should we prioritize?

A. Pick two focuses for our fleet:
A1. Fish (the open ocean? the kelp forests, closer to the apes?)
A2. Gather water by magical means (Teardrop, or no?)
A3. Scry (destination? enemies? sea-beast? something else? Also: specify if we use the teardrop)
A4. Hold funerals and give speeches and commendations (to whom will we offer the commendations?)
A5. Carouse to celebrate our victory
A6. Attack the apes' citadel again! Smash our foes for their transgressions!
A7. Retake the bay
A8. Depart this island for distant shores
A9. Other (specify)

B. What of the 'innocent' ape-women and apelings we cast adrift?
B1. Let the savages drown
B2. Rescue them and bring them aboard for medical care
B3. Rescue them and drop them off on the bay
B4. Slaughter them for sport and vengeance

C. Several of our soldiers--goblins, to be precise--snatched up gold, gems, and carved stone orbs and idols during their retreat. It's in their nature, I suppose. What do we do about this, though?
C1. Nothing wrong with spoils of war--they earned them, let them keep the goods
C2. Demand some or all of it as tribute for the Prince
C3. Make them share it with their human leaders and allies
C4. Make them through the cursed idols away
C5. Other

(Also, please note: all our captured females are now trained as miners out of necessity, and equipped with pickaxes; when the trauma of their ordeal settles, that may prove useful someday. A sad way to acquire a skill, but there we have it.)

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>>4091176
Attached: demographic updates and my usual belated corrections (I am sloppy at this)

>>4091176
>A8. Depart this island for distant shores
A1. Fish (the open ocean? the kelp forests, closer to the apes?)

B2. Rescue them and bring them aboard for medical care
C1. Nothing wrong with spoils of war--they earned them, let them keep the goods

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>>4091176
>A1. Fish the kelp forest
Getting some of the animals higher on the food chain from the kelp forest would be useful, as they'd provide far more meat. Can we choose the same option twice? If so, have everyone work at harvesting as much food as possible. If not,
>A8. Depart this island for distant shores

>B1. Let the savages drown
Too much work to save them with no real payoff

>C1. Nothing wrong with spoils of war--they earned them, let them keep the goods
They'll probably gamble them away in time, spreading the spoils throughout the fleet

>>4091200
>Too much work to save them with no real payoff

we are their betters it falls to us to do the right thing

>>4091176
>A1. Fish (the kelp forests)
>A8. Depart this island for distant shores
>B3. Rescue them and drop them off on the bay
>C1. Nothing wrong with spoils of war--they earned them, let them keep the goods

>>4091176
A. Pick two focuses for our fleet:
>A1. Fish the kelp forests
>A3. Scry for additional food sources with the Teardrop


B. What of the 'innocent' ape-women and apelings we cast adrift?
>B2. Rescue them and bring them aboard for medical care


C. Several of our soldiers--goblins, to be precise--snatched up gold, gems, and carved stone orbs and idols during their retreat. It's in their nature, I suppose. What do we do about this, though?
>C3. Make them share it with their human leaders and allies.
The goblins should get first pick and the majority of the loot though

>>4091154
WE WON NIGGA
TAKE THAT MODERFOKERS YEEEEEHAAAW

>>4091176
>A6. Attack the apes' citadel again! Smash our foes for their transgressions!

WAR WAR WAR TOTAL WAR WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

>A4

>B4. VENGEANCE NEVER ENDS

>C1.

The spoils of battle will be plenty of food.

>A5. Carouse to celebrate our victory
>A8. Depart this island for distant shores

>B2. Rescue them and bring them aboard for medical care
C1. Nothing wrong with spoils of war--they earned them, let them keep the goods

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>>4091193
>>4091200
>>4091249
>>4091287
>>4091307
>>4091565
A1, A8, B2, C1

Despite the presence of the apes on the shore, our ships stay close to Monkey Island for a while longer--just long enough to harvest the kelp forest's resources one last time, and to rescue the noncombatant ape-folk we inadvertently washed out to sea. There are a few abortive attempts to attack us by spear and thrown boulder from the open wound into the ape-lord's sanctum, but a few retorts from our cannons put a quick stop to this. In the end, 21 ape-folk are saved: 4 adult females, 9 female apelings, 3 male apelings, and 5 unarmed adult males. All are hypothermic, many wounded, and our medics and magical healers have their work cut out for them. There is a certain amount of dispute as to what to do with them next, though, especially the males... And ESPECIALLY when it becomes apparent one of them is a 'scultpor-priest' of their strange mineral-based religion. The others are all miners, hunters, and laborers, with the women being miners by default.

For now, our fishing fleet--newly equipped with rods and nets--is able to feed our entire population AND our ape-man 'guests' for as long as we choose to keep them aboard. The kelp forests ARE a huge boon, enough so that our fishermen at least are almost--ALMOST--sad to leave them behind as we depart.

We leave the goblin soldiers their spoils, and before long some of this wealth is circulating amongst our idle laborers and tradespeople through barter or gambling... But mostly within the goblin community, and with much of it inevitably filtering to the prostitutes, to sit amongst their golden hoard of coins.

As we begin to drift out to sea, we enter Month 5, Week 4, and approach our fifth month of exile!

(NOTE: A religion section has been added to the sheet, reflecting predominant religious beliefs of our various races, and their respective opinions of our governance. This, too, affects morale.)

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>>4091883
A. What shall we do about the apes?
A1. Once they are well enough to do so, let them paddle home in a couple of our small boats; we can use our wood to make more
A2. Integrate them into our society (women and children only? men as well? even the priest?)
A3. Enslave them
A4. Other (suggest something)

B. Where shall we set sail for? We have enough food to last a week, but can fish for more at sea; we have water enough to last for 2 and a half weeks, even without using magic. We can hop to an island closer to the continent within a week, and according to our sailors it is wealthy in resources (especially fruit and animals) with a week. We can reach another, larger nearby island, largely uncharted but also believed to be lush, by taking a week's detour, but it will take us further from the continent we originally sought. Lastly, we could beeline it for the continent, with no more stop-overs.
B1. Island-hop towards the continent
B2. Take a detour to the mysterious, larger island
B3. Beeline it for the continent
B4. Scry (select a target, specify if you use the Teardrop) before deciding.
B5. Ask the apes what they know of the nearby area before deciding
B6. Other (suggest something)

C. Should we concern ourselves with the religion of our populace? It does seem to be at the heart of our hostilities with the ape-men, and some of the frictions we experienced earlier with moralists. As wealth concentrates amongst gamblers and prostitutes, and power amongst irreligious leaders and feycraft practictioners, it could lead to still further tensions.
C1. We should remain officially secular
C2. To strengthen Amican identity, we should encourage formal conversion to Amican Polytheism, including the faith of our officially-secular Prince
C3. To strengthen unit, we should enforce a state religion (irreligion, polytheism, or other?)
C4. We should found our own faith, for our new nation

D. How shall we focus our efforts this week while we travel? Choose two:
D1. Carouse to raise morale
D2. Train more of a given profession (pick one that we already have some folks skilled in)
D3. Fishing
D4. Magical food-growth
D5. Issue commendations and titles/authority (to whom?)
D6. Diplomacy with the Sculptor-Priest of the apes
D7. Other (suggest something)

>>4091910
>A4. Other
Drop them off on some beach, boats are far to valuable to give them to the apes and they're too stupid to be valuable citizens. Enslaving them would be too much effort compared to the benefits they'd provide. We've already got racial tensions between the goblins and everyone else, no reason to add more fuel to the fire

>B1. Island-hop towards the continent
Quick expeditions to collect fresh water from visible streams and grab any visible land animals for food. Scry for the best locations using the teardrop, we've enough fresh water to use it without going thirsty

>C1. We should remain officially secular

>D3. Fishing
>D4. Magical food-growth

>>4080153
>This is Colonial Builder
>Down to factions and set-up
>But without builder elements
Shame

>>4091958
You mean layouts of fortifications and buildings and such?

I'm sorry to report I'd be pretty shit at that, unfortunately.

While we wait on a couple more votes to roll in, mind if I ask you regular /qst/ers what protocol is for when a thread, like ours, auto-sages? Do we wait for it to slide off the catalog before we make a new one, or should I be doing that?

Apologies for pronounced noobishness. I'm more of a /tg/ guy normally, and only recently did I wander over to see where all those civilization quests I used to love went.

>>4091910
A2. Integrate them into our society (women and children only? men as well?) not the priest let him row home.

B1. Island-hop towards the continent

C4. We should found our own faith, for our new nation call it Reformed Amican Polytheism

D4. Magical food-growth
D3. Fishing

>>4092057
>>4091928
Food acquisition is clearly a priority, and we're happy enough to hop over to a small island NOT populated by strange and alien beastmen to replenish with a wider variety of provisions than fish and seaweed. However, we're holding out for a tie-breaker on the other matters!

>>4092038
the QM mans up and keeps posting, knowing that the cool anons sort threads by last replay and not by bump order. However, when you see the thread by page 5-6 you better be thinking of a new thread BUT two threads of the same quest in the catalog is anatema

>>4091983
We are pulling a Kentaro Miura right now. (We haven't left the boats for years)

>>4091910

A. Well...
A4. Make them walk the plank.

B.
> B3. Beeline it for the continent. God please. I think it's 3 weeks worth of travel ahead.

C. Hmm yes, religion
>C2. We will eventually return and overthrow the prince's brother so...

D.
>D3.
>D4. M A G I C

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>>4091910
>>4091883
(Splitting the difference on A and C)

It is decided that we cannot have the ape-men among us; they seem hardly intelligent to our other racial groups, and the recent war with them leaves a poor taste in the mouths even of those among us who WEREN'T enslaved to the harem of a huge primate mine-operator. We summarily try their priest for their people's crimes by proxy, condemn his wicked faith, and make him walk the plank; the rest, we cage and prepare to release on the next island we hop to, but ONLY once we are done with it. Still, we're not monsters: we rescued them, and we'll feed them and care for their injuries until we let them go; they're hardly a huge drain on resources right now, when our fishermen are so much more productive than when we were last at sea! In addition to this, we have our mages join forces with our idle farmers to focus their chloromancy upon our apple seeds; we explode a small smattering of them into hundreds of (admittedly small and bland) apples, enough to stave off scurvy.

The condemnation of 'stoneworship' becomes a kicking-off point for a religious renewal. In the hopes of solidifying a lasting group identity among our disparate peoples, we discuss religion with our liege; the Prince himself is not overtly faithful, but is amiable to embrace the gods more regularly. Any blessings are appreciated! With his consent, we found Amican Reformism, a new take on the old religious tenets of Amican Polytheism.

This announcement is coupled with our arrival upon an apparently-unpopulated island, small but rich in flightless fowl and strange rodents and reptiles not unlike some seen on Monkey Island; no monkeys OR ape-men, though! At least, none we've seen or anyone can remember hearing about. Still, the local fauna are wary of us. They've been preyed upon by humanoids before...

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>>4092415

A. So, you're starting your own religion! Well, refounding an existing one? It's up to you.

Traditionally, Amican Polytheism (dominant religion of our old nation, but not hugely followed within the capital or among the largely-irreligious upper crust) emphasizes ceremonial rites to various human ethnic deities corresponding to seasons, improtant events, and certain aspects of the natural world. Feycraft, practiced by most of our mages and one half-elf prostitute and her child, is a far more ancient religion focused upon legendary ancestors from the halcyon realms of the "True Fey" from which elves claim lineage and derive their magic. Goblins are almost universally irreligious, their culture having little room for anything more than a vague idea of "the collective spirit of the people" and maybe (maybe!) reincarnation.

What aspects of these faiths shall we retain? What shall we add to them to differentiate reformism?

A1. Found our new faith on permissiveness, freedom, and a multiethnic character; incorporate elven ancestral True Fey and goblin reincarnation and collective spirit into the faith, emphasizing the "collective and emergent spirit of the new Amica" as a driving principal and force
A2. Found our new faith on an explicit hierarchy of peoples and cultures, with Amican humanity at the top and destined for greatness; emphasize the glorious destiny of our people and our human rituals and gods, and prioritize gods of civilization, warfare, and legendary Amican heroes and leaders
A3. Found the faith on principles of individualism and individual character, without over-emphasis on race or tradition; prioritize the development of the individual's spiritual and moral strength, especially loyalty and communal duty
A4. Other (write in)

B. At present, our faith has one (one) adherent outside of the council: Prince George. There will no doubt be many more, but how shall we jump-start our faith? We started it for a reason, after all, and that wasn't to drive a wedge between our leader and his people!

B1. Strongly encourage our prominent human leaders, such as Captain Owen, Zane Watson, and the Hussains to covert to the new faith
B2. Seek to convert the elves and/or goblins to the faith, as well as humans
B3. Prioritize converting humans, and let the other races sort out their own souls
B4. Mandate the faith for all citizens, and outlaw or penalize other faiths
B5. Let our religion speak for itself, and allow the others so long as they persist
B6. Other (suggestions?)

>>4092417
C. Now that we have arrived upon the stop-off island! What shall we do now? Choose two:
C1. Scout inland
C2. Celebrate our arrival with some carousing
C3. Search the coat for good fishing
C4. Hunt near the beachhead
C5. Chop down some trees to construct (boats? Tools? What?)
C6. Scry (what? And with the teardrop, or no?)
C7. Study magic (specify how)
C8. Train our people (select a profession we have members in)
C9. Disembark en masse
C10. Produce water magically (Teardrop, or no?)
C11. Seek out sources of fresh water
C10. Other (suggestions?)


[NOTE: please note updated demographics. Forgot to tag some kids with a religion)

>>4092417
>A1. Found our new faith on permissiveness, freedom, and a multiethnic character; incorporate elven ancestral True Fey and goblin reincarnation and collective spirit into the faith, emphasizing the "collective and emergent spirit of the new Amica" as a driving principal and force

B5. Let our religion speak for itself, and allow the others so long as they persist

C2. Celebrate our arrival with some carousing

C10. Produce water magically (Teardrop,

>>4092417
>A3. Found the faith on principles of individualism and individual character, without over-emphasis on race or tradition; prioritize the development of the individual's spiritual and moral strength, especially loyalty and communal duty
We'll be the only civilized people in the new continent, a strong sense of duty to your community will be vital

>Strongly encourage our prominent leaders, regardless of race, to covert to the new faith
>B5. Let our religion speak for itself, and allow the others so long as they persist
Don't force it on them, but it's natural for the council to speak more with the leaders and hopefully they'll come around

>C4. Hunt near the beachhead
Ideally catch some of the flightless birds or pigrats alive so we've got something we can start domesticating
>C11. Seek out sources of fresh water

What aspects of these faiths shall we retain? What shall we add to them to differentiate reformism?

>A1. Found our new faith on permissiveness, freedom, and a multiethnic character; incorporate elven ancestral True Fey and goblin reincarnation and collective spirit into the faith, emphasizing the "collective and emergent spirit of the new Amica" as a driving principal and force


B. At present, our faith has one (one) adherent outside of the council: Prince George. There will no doubt be many more, but how shall we jump-start our faith? We started it for a reason, after all, and that wasn't to drive a wedge between our leader and his people!
>B5. Let our religion speak for itself, and allow the others so long as they persist


C. Now that we have arrived upon the stop-off island! What shall we do now? Choose two:
>C2. Celebrate our arrival with some carousing
>C11. Seek out sources of fresh water

>>4092417
>A3. Found the faith on principles of individualism and individual character, without over-emphasis on race or tradition; prioritize the development of the individual's spiritual and moral strength, especially loyalty and communal duty
>B5. Let our religion speak for itself, and allow the others so long as they persist
>C4. Hunt near the beachhead
Ideally catch some of the flightless birds or pigrats alive so we've got something we can start domesticating
>C11. Seek out sources of fresh water

>>4092417
>A3. Found the faith on principles of individualism and individual character, without over-emphasis on race or tradition; prioritize the development of the individual's spiritual and moral strength, especially loyalty and communal duty
>B5. Let our religion speak for itself, and allow the others so long as they persist
>C1. Scout inland
>C2. Celebrate our arrival with some carousing

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>>4092431
>>4092498
>>4092575
>>4092640
>>4092746

Prince George declares that this "New, reformed Amican ideal" shall be based upon individualism and the strengthening of the soul through acts of loyalty, duty, honour, and moral fortitude. It quickly becomes clear that this new faith defines 'moral fortitude' a little different, though, because The prince's next act is to declare it is time to celebrate our recent military and spiritual victories with some good ol' fashioned revelry! Our thinking? "Let us show the people the joy of Amican Reformism!"

We don't abandon our responsibilities to this end, though: while people and alcohol are being organized, we sen out a small cadre of hunters, soldiers, and laborers to seek out a source of fresh water; since we aren't using The Teardrop for anything else, we have Archmage Virmoira take a break from her vino to divine them a direction. They march out to find us a means to refresh and sustain our citizens' supplies, and along the way catch some animals for the spit. BY the time they return with news of a deep reservoir of fresh water nearer the centre of the island, the rest of our adult population is thoroughly pickled, and their find is but one more cause for celebration!

When the festivities draw to a close at the end of the month, we are practically out of alcohol (a possible cause for concern?), but Reformism is an overnight sensation! Its ideology proves unexpectedly popular among the goblins, demanding little in the way of pointless ritual. Irreligious prostitutes, and their loyalest clients, are happy enough to join in with a faith that kicks off with a rocking party. Two of the three living Hussain sisters, both Lord and Lady merchant, and one of our Lord Diplomats all formally commit their spirit to the Prince's new national faith by the time they are a few drinks in, with only Lady Diplomat Riley, Royal Mage-Apprentice Watson, and Admiral Hussain declining to formally shift from their irreligion (or, in Lady Riley's case, a renewed traditional Polytheism she discovered within herself while in captivity). Converts from the adherents of Feycraft are nonexistent, and coverts from traditional Polytheism are minimal, but more than a quarter of our people are now self-declared (and slightly hungover) Reformists!

As we kick-off Month 5 Week 2, what shall we do?
A1. Scout (the coast? inland?)
A2. Gather water (Magic, or no? Teardrop, or no?)
A3. Scry (destination? enemies? sea-beast? something else? Also: specify if we use the teardrop)
A4. Attempt to ferment booze from our magically-grown aplples
A5. Hold a religious festival
A6. Free the apes
A7. Hunt and forage
A8. Attempt to capture some of the local fauna for domestication
A9. Unload more of our people from the boats for a temporary encampment on shore
A10. Other (suggest something)

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>>4092949

B. During the festivities, Prince George found an opportunity to depart for bed when he grew weary; our spies, however, report that he did not go to sleep, but sent for Krazir. Our spy reports that the 'revelry' continued, as well as a heartfelt conversation about his fears and guilt for the injuries she has repeatedly sustained since she became a warrior at his suggestion, and then still more 'revelry'. She was sent away afterwards, and under cover of darkness and in a hood, but... No coin exchanged hands. What do we make of this?
B1. They are exercising the discretion we demanded; leave them to it, and call off the spies
B2. Keep an eye on them to make sure this doesn't blossom into anything more public
B3. Speak to the Prince, and discourage this strongly
B4. Speak to the Prince about taking a human wife and producing an heir, just in case birth control methods fail with this goblin harlot
B5. Reassign Krazir to patrols and missions that keep them apart, and hope this ember cools
B6. Assassinate Krazir
B7. Other (suggestion)

C. Our scouting party has had some water and cleared their heads, and is now prepared to give their full report! Captain Aaron Owen reports that they drew this pristine water we now enjoy in no natural well, but what appears to be a flooded cave system of some sort, with clear evidence of workmanship by the hands of some intelligent being. Should we investigate further?
C1. Use magic to begin draining the flooded ruins for exploration--everyone knows dungeons mean treasure!
C2. Nevermind that--we're leaving as soon as we're done here, anyway, and we have no time for such pointless side-quests!

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>>4092949
Also: updating resources to reflect the new island.

>>4092949
>A2. Gather water
>A8. Attempt to capture some of the local fauna for domestication
This place is a good stopping point, but we need to be supplied for the two week(?) journey to the new continent

>B4. Speak to the Prince about taking a human wife and producing an heir, just in case birth control methods fail with this goblin harlot
Ideally a believer in Reformism or a holdover who has the potential to convert

>C2. Nevermind that--we're leaving as soon as we're done here, anyway, and we have no time for such pointless side-quests!
As much as I would love more magic items, we've got a very small number of soldiers and losing them in some merman dungeon isn't worth it

>>4092949
As we kick-off Month 5 Week 2, what shall we do?
>A2. Gather water
>A8. Attempt to capture some of the local fauna for domestication

B. During the festivities, Prince George found an opportunity to depart for bed when he grew weary; our spies, however, report that he did not go to sleep, but sent for Krazir. Our spy reports that the 'revelry' continued, as well as a heartfelt conversation about his fears and guilt for the injuries she has repeatedly sustained since she became a warrior at his suggestion, and then still more 'revelry'. She was sent away afterwards, and under cover of darkness and in a hood, but... No coin exchanged hands. What do we make of this?
>B5. Reassign Krazir to patrols and missions that keep them apart, and hope this ember cools


C. Our scouting party has had some water and cleared their heads, and is now prepared to give their full report! Captain Aaron Owen reports that they drew this pristine water we now enjoy in no natural well, but what appears to be a flooded cave system of some sort, with clear evidence of workmanship by the hands of some intelligent being. Should we investigate further?
>C1. Use magic to begin draining the flooded ruins for exploration--everyone knows dungeons mean treasure!

>>4093027
It is indeed about a two week sailing to the continent's coast.You presently have juuust enough food, but not enough water. If tehre are any delays, you could run out of both.

>>4092966
nice dubs

>A5. Let's bless our departure
>A6. Fuck 'em

>B1. The prince needs a support and a confidant, whatever race or sex it might be.

>C2. >pointless side quests. Kentaru Miuraaaa let us find the contineeent

>>4093027
>>4093039
>>4093049
Giving it anotehr ten minutes for someone to flip the vote on B or to break the tie, then I'm rolling for it!

Currently, it seems food and water are our priority, and the dungeon is decidedly not.

>>4093039
+1

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>4093074
>>4093071
Alright, rolling for C, then!