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NEW YEAR
MONTH: JANUS

TREASURY
Gold Incoming 23
Gold Outgoing 0.5
Gold Profits 22.5
Total Gold 27.675
Debt 20
To brother 20
Other 0

STOCKPILES
Lumber Cut 20
Lumber Used 30
Lumber Created -10
Lumber Stockpile 50
Max Stockpile 200
Stockpile Spare 150

Food Grown 15
Food Hunted 20
Food Eaten 23
Food Brewed 5
Excess Food 7
Excess Stored 0
Excess Wasted 7
Food Stockpile 13

Leather Gathered 20
Leather Used 0
Leather Created 20
Leather Stockpile 0
Max Stockpile 0
Stockpile Spare 0

Ale Brewed 5
Ale Drunk 0
Ale Created 5
Ale Stockpile 20
Max Stockpile 200
Stockpile Spare 180

I think the word is "quarrymen"

POPULACE 115
Workers 92 Peasants 62 Hunters 10 Peat Gatherers 20 Builders 56

Soldiers 13 Men at Arms 5 Yeomen 8

LIVESTOCK 24
Cattle 8 Cows 6 Bulls 2 Calves 0
Goats 13 Nannies 10 Billies 3 Kids 0
Horses 3 (Geldings)

TOOLS AND SUPPLIES
Carts 3
Ropes 3
Small Ropes (1d5) 3
Medium Ropes (1d15) 0
Fuses 3
Magic Scroll 1
Hunting Scroll 1

LAND
Turnip Patches 30 Units Turnips 15
Rice Plots 10 Units Rice 0 Months to harvest 3

WORK
PEASANTS 62
UNASSIGNED 0
HERDING 3
Goat Herding 2
Cattle Heading 1
FARMING 50
Turnip Farming 30
Rice Farming 20
GATHERING 2
Gathering Wood 2
PRODUCING 5
Brewing 5
OTHER 2
Renovating Town 2

BUILDERS 56
Quarry 56 Rate 1.5 Draught 4 Carts 0
Total 500 Progress/Month 108 Total Done 501 Total Remaining DONE!
HUNTERS 10
Hunting 10
PEAT GATHERERS 20
Gathering Peat 20 Peat Gathered 23 Peat Price (gold) 1 Profit made 23
Carts 3

LODGINGS 206 Total Spare Room 43
VILLAGE 120 Huts (5) 24 Share Houses (10) 0
Some Room Lodgers 100 Room Spare 20
THOM'S MERCY 60 Huts (5) 0 Share Houses (10) 6
Some Room Lodgers 50 Room Spare 10
KEEP 26
KEEP ROOMS 13 Poor Rooms (1) 3 Decent Rooms (1) 5 Good Rooms 5
Poor Rooms Spare 3 Decent Rooms Spare 3 Good Rooms Spare 0
Some Room Lodgers 7 Rooms Spare 6
BARRACKS 13 Size 20 Soldiers 13
Some Room Spare Room 7

HIRED 1 Total Cost 0.5
Mason (Assistant) 1 Cost/Mason 0.5

Hey, we survived a year and have stuff to show for it! This calls for a party with the peasants. Food, ale, dancing and music, fuck yeah. Besides, it'll be welcome to break up the cold winter.

So are Builders now pretty much pigeon holed into just building stuff now? I mean, how affective are they at other tasks, such as working the quarry?

Assign 20 Builders to create leather tannery

Assign 10 Builders to create stables

Assign remaining builders to work in quarry.

>>7101996
That'll do, it's clear what is meant.

Also, I've done up an XL spreadsheet for everything, so calculating the month shuold be easier/faster.

Big Questions: What do you want your builders to work on now?

>>7102046
Winter is ending, the worst of it has passed. Here, only midwinter is an issue.

Definitely need some kind of warehouse or similar storage building for the leather and other goods we might procure. We keep losing leather to rain and such.

Also, we should work on getting our keep spruced up and suitable for impressing people, now that we've got our own stone supply. Set Dan Ganawb on that, rebuilding the bits that need it, making the rest look nice and tidy.

>>7102066
At quarry working they'd be barely better then peasants. They can do anything else, like a peasant, but in their discipline they are superior to a peasant.

>>7102073
I agree with this, except have 10 work on the tannery, and put 20 to work on the stables plus all 3 ropes.

We had multiple animals die from exposure last month, and I'd like to hopefully see a stable up and running before winter takes any more away from us.

>>7102084
Dan advises that if he leaves the quarry to unskilled workers they'll likely make a right mess of things, and have very little production stonewise.

>>7102073
Can I get a second for this?

>>7102087
Reasonable, I just thought that the stable would probably be a smaller build compared to a tannery.

Posting people again so everyone knows who the fuck is who:

Notable People

You are Thomas (Thom) Green

"Advisors"
- Leold: Your uncle's hunting buddy and friend.
- Smyatt: Accountant, merchant and general manager of the place. Did most of the day-to-day running under your uncle.
- Sir Peter Doobs: Hedge Knight, in service of your uncle. Your cousin, of much lower rank. Newly knighted by your uncle on his deathbed, was uncle's squire before that.
- Erik: Your oldest (bastard) uncle. Was a scholar for most his life, after being exiled from the priesthood for insufficient devotion. Speaks many languages.
- Zeek: Priest of Exidaid. He is proficient at healing small injuries and can handle larger ones with time.
- Baldric: A peasant, of below average intelligence (but high for a peasant). A lackey. Possibly has a touch of the mind fever.
- Marcus: A chef.
- Shorty: Tallest and smartest of the yeomen. Promoted to DOOBS Squire.
- Dan Ganawb: Mason (costs 10 silver per month)

"Deities"
- Byron: An easygoing god who demands little obedience and brings good luck in hunting, battle and general rough endeavors. Thom and Leold's patron deity.
- Exidaid: A god of healing.
- Artagus: A goddess of hunting. She has a local (unmanned) temple nearby.

"Others"
- Urist: A very friendly dwarfen merchant who often brings the town fine wares.
- Sir Pinky: A pet white mouse.
- Lord Sheff: Leader of Seakay, a bordering territory comprised of many towns. Very good relations. He's helped us a bit, and we bought him a fine 30 gold sword. His wife loves cooking, and Sheff loves good food.
- Daughter of Lord Sheff: Beautiful, but not particularly ladylike. She rejoices in alchemy and other hobbies odd for any nobility, let alone a young lady. However she still has many suitors, mainly the richer Seakay merchants.
- Thom's Brother: Leant us a large sum of money to commission Sheff's sword.

Priorities for building:

Warehouse for storing goods.
Smokehouse for preserving meat.
Renovating the keep.
Sturdier dwellings for the peasants (keeps 'em happy, attracts more).

>>7102100
It probably is, but it takes a 5 of them a damn month just to make one little hut. I'd like to think that the stable is quite a bit bigger than that.

Repay our brother half of what is owed, promise full compensation next month.

>>7102073

Sounds fair.

Also make sure Erik is still translating the magic scroll.

>>7102104
Builders > Peasants at building. These guys have some experiance under their belts, and have been taught a few things by Dan whilst constructing the quarry. Still gonna be slow, but less slow

>>7102101
Cheers for that.

Can we get a consensus on the building order? Remember, if they work together, they'll get that done first, there's no advantage to splitting them up (plus together is easier on the paperwork.

If they take x to build one thing, y another, to get both it's gonna be x+y either way. But by focusing on x, then y, you can get x done as early as possible, and both at the same time, for example.

>>7102115

The thing is that that involves sending someone with a boxful of gold coins back to Erondia. DOOOOOOOBS went last time, and was gone for months. We might as well send the full amount, if we're sending any at all.

You know once we get our time in a little better order we should send a letter to Sheff about the tournament to be held here in his honor. It was bounced around in the previous thread, and it seems like it would get us far enough to woo his daughter and ask for her hand. So, what does our town look like, are we close to being representable? How would we appear to the nobles who would visit the town?

>>7102139

Leather stockpile first, then smokehouse, then stables, then review what needs doing.

The stables are a lower priority because the worst of winter is over now, we're probably not going to see any more die-off.

Hey quest lord, completely off-topic, but I re-copied borderlands and the latest demon-tools.Get on messenger?

Inquire to Erik about curing techniques and how well we could improve our leather with a tannery.

>>7102139
Stable first
Tannery second
Keep Rebuilding third

>>7102143
The good thing this time is that we actually have horses that they can take, so the trip can be faster.

Might I make a suggestion though, and say we hold off a month or two?
1. It's still winter, let's let them leave during a calmer month.
2. If we wait another month we can have MORE money to send along with DOOOBS or whoever. 20 gold to repay the debt, but 10 gold or whatever more to try to attract skilled workers (Carpenters, Architects, Agriculturalists, Stable Masters, Shipwrights, etc...), or get more helpful wares.

>>7102173
Here, you know what >>7102157 's building order is fine.

>>7102148
Your town is fairly average for a peasant village. No-one expects it to look great, it's full of peasants.

Thom's Mercy is a bit better, a small farming village, but its peasants are ex-crofters, and the buildings are of higher quality. Not fit for a noble, but nobility would be offended at all but your best rooms as things stand.

Erik advises that a small tourny could expect to get lord Sheff, a dozen knights, and possibly a few bored lower nobility from Erondia and their retainers.

Most nobles would scoff at your keep, as it's rather delapidated, and there are few good rooms. Lower nobility from nearby however would likely understand, although as a border-lord they tend to look down on you anyway.

Is there any way to upgrade the yeomen to men at arms?

>>7102168
As things stand, you;d be stuck using the odious and primitive methods for turning your skins into real leather. He directs you to a scroll by Wikus a scholar of wide reknown: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning#Ancient_methods

>>7102180
Sure, you want a stockpile, or a tannary (will have a stockpile inbuilt, but take longer. Also can tan the skins to make real leather.

>>7102197
What the hell, do the tannery. We are going to need one eventually anyways...

>>7102183

As far as some kind of pretext for handing over the sword goes, I still think a hunting trip would be the best option. We're making a gesture to Lord Sheff first and foremost, more of a "My Lord, I am honoured to consider you a friend, may I present you with this humble gift as a token", rather than "Hey everyone, check out how great my estate is", because the latter option isn't likely to work very well at the moment.

Thus, invite him to a hunt, make a big day of it, end with feasting and entertainers and stuff. Sheff gets impressed by our kind hospitality, things are good.

>>7102189
Better equiptment and training under a sargent. DOOBS is skilled enough to do this though. Leold too , he was a low officer for the Erondian army before he buggered off and became your uncle's retainer, he'd be a bit rusty though and would be less 'focused' then DOOBS.

>>7102212
Did DOOOOOBS finish training those 4 peasants, making them Yeomen?

If so, have him continue working with all the Yeomen. He's got nothing better to do at the moment.

>>7102183
Fuck it! Let's go through with it anyway. At the very least, we can formerly introduce ourselves to the local lords and any nearby peasantry we haven't met yet.

This was posted in the last thread, but I like it. We could also scale it down if there only a half dozen knights or so...

Day 1
Morning to Afternnon
-Last minute preparations
Evening
-Official start to festivities
-Opening Feast
-Presentaion of sword
-Ball/Masquerade?

Day 2
Morning to Noon
-Prayers to gods/goddesses
-Great Hunt
Noon to Evening
-Peasant festivities
-Archery COmpetition
-Sword/mace/individual jousting lists
Evening
-Feasting
-Some form of entertainment? Magician or Dancers perhaps?

Day 3
Morning
-Peasantry activities
-Preparation for finale
Noon to Afternoon
-The Melee (Main Event)
Evening
-Award Ceremony
-Final feast/ball
-End of the official celebration

>>7102205
Seems good. How about this, we send out our brother's repayment next month along with a little extra money. We buy a couple of hounds, hire jesters, fire breathers, and dancers, then buy some spices for our chef to use. When the payment to our brother is made and everyone is back in the keep we send out the message, repair our kitchen and go out hunting. Come back to festivities and food, then present the sword.

>>7102231
Couldn't we just hold a village festival and hold off on the tournament until we have something more presentable?

Remember that we're not just representing ourselves but our people and demense. It's not just our reputation that would suffer from this but also the reputation of our people.

>>7102212
Replace Sheriff with Leold for training, we haven't utilized him enough, and maybe he'll become a better teacher through it all.

>>7102204
Ok, Tannery is GO.

Roll for ropes? Or would you attach them permanently to the quarry (extra production)? First roll counts for all ropes used, 3d5.

>>7102242
>Couldn't we
No.

Why are we being sticks in the mud? Loosen up a bit people.

>>7102231
I like this plan, so long as we call it a Spring Festival, instead of some tournament.

We don't have any room for hardly ANY knights, let alone lords and ladies. We have only shit ale. We don't have any place for their horses. The list goes on.

A local tourney would mean dozens of people coming at the very least. Where the hell would they all stay?

A celebration for the peasants would be good enough at the moment.

>>7102250
Because we are the rulers of a dilapidated keep and just generally run down estate. To throw a huge party now would be like moving into a condemned house, renovating part of it and then inviting all your snootiest friends over to check out your pad before it's done.

But to extrapolate on that, it wouldn't just reflect poorly on us, it would reflect poorly on our advisors and our smallfolk which could create sour feeling and negatively effect realm stability. Thankfully we're well liked enough as a Lord that the negative feelings wouldn't cause too much of a dent, but why force it to happen at all?

Right, no tourney, let's just stick to a small gathering to go on a hunting trip. Bring back our kills to the chef so he may create a tasty feast (Sheff is a man who loves his food), and a touch of entertainment. Present the sword, and ask him about paying a visit to his land sometime (In order to meet his daughter).

>>7102255
>>7102262
We also have the rest of winter, a ton of new peasants, a reliable source of stone and wood, bringing in over 20 gold a month, and have advisers smart enough to pull it off.

We've just finished our largest project yet and have almost completely transformed our holdings. If the "snooty" people can't recognize a locale on the rise, they aren't worth their position and will pay for it later.

>>7102274

They're nobles, and used to living accordingly.

The accommodations we have to offer are minimal. We've got good hunting land and a quarry, yes, but if a visiting noble has to stay in a sub-opulent room then that's what they'll remember the most, and what they'll bitch about to the other nobles the loudest. Our reputation will suffer as a result.

>>7102247
Leold trains the yeomen in the basics of drills and swordplay, however the training does often take the form of hunting.

>>7102230
Yep, they;'re yeomen now. Doobs AND leold to train them? Teamwork will help. To get much better though, they're gonna need better weapons. Atm, they have spears, made from sharpened wood. That's it. No metal spearheads even.

>>7102288
And not just our reputations. It will negatively effect the reputation of our family because it will seem that we've been raised poorly and haven't been taught proper hospitality.

This would be bad enough if it weren't for the fact that we owe our brother 20 gold and he did us a large favour by lending us the 30 gold in the first place.

>>7102274
A quarry took us 4 months to build- even using dynamite to assist.

We need a rebuilt keep, a nice manor house, stables, and tournament grounds at the very least.

When were you planning on holding this tournament?

Inquiring on the status of our search for a Artagus Priest. Would also like to ask Marcus what needs to be done to fix his kitchen and what supplies he needs to make a meal suitable for Sheff.

>>7102291

...that's a bother.

Add a smithy to the build list. And unless we've got an available source of metal ores, we're going to need to import iron as well.

Once Erik's done with his translating, we could perhaps send some prospectors out into the rocky northern territory to see if there's any chance we might be able to set up a mining operation.

Let's look to the now people, the tourney or hunting party will come later. Let's just get DOOOBS and Leold to train our Yeomen and skip to the next month and get some more shit done.

>>7102288
That's why we have subjects and stone. We can rebuild and redesign in this time.

>>7102297
Months away, that much is certain. Had we started earlier we'd be better off, I admit. If the idea is truly hated then I won't argue anymore because I seem to be alone.

I warn though, quests that become "srs business" tend not to last.

>>7102303
We paid the Mason's guild to do magical prospecting for us. On the proviso that we split returns 50/50.

We should probably speak to Don about that if we're going to look for ores.

>>7102309
I like the idea of a tournament. I just think it should wait for a better time.

You seem to be in two minds about the tourney.

Doobs and Leold are for it, they think a bit of excitement would be good. Erik and Smyatt caution that you should wait, although your lands are fine for a border-lord on the rise, your keep isn't so great, and Erondian lords are used to finer things. The other border lords are too far away for anything planned soon, but maybe start preparing now for a bigger event later, and have the smaller one now?

Baldric is so excited by the prospect of either a fair or tourny, that he goes to wash his best rags. However, in the water, they wash away.

>>7102319
I vote we go for a fair.

It will give the peasantry a chance to celebrate and still bring some merriment to the realm.

Do another public relation thing.
Walk about the town and give a random child a funny hat and name him "jester of the day"

>>7102319

A spring fair is fine for now, it's a bit of festivity after the winter.

We can have a tourney at a later date, once we're in a position whereby we can offer our guests the appropriate level of hospitality. I'd be inclined to hold onto it as something to host once we've made it and have a domain we can really be proud of.

>>7102314
No, actually you sent off to the miners guild inquiring about that. They haven't got back to you. The miner's guild grand hall back in Kapheights is a long way away, so I wouldn't worry yet.

>>7102319
I love Baldric.

Honestly, I say we do a Spring Fair just for our little village. But I think we should be working towards having a nice little tourney maybe half a year to 9 months down the line.

>>7102329
Did that last thread.

>>7102344
Ah. Guess I misunderstood. Sorry, brah.

>>7102348
>Do another public relation thing.
>another public relation
>another

I know, I suggested it ffs. Do it again, the townsfolk will think it's an annual event.

>>7102347
Sounds like a better plan.

Spring fair it is then. A well-earned day off for most the peasantry. Music, food, ale, and the whole course.

Did we decide on peasant competitions yet?

I think we're pretty settled on a small festival for the townsfolk. Use some of our ale and have our soldiery do a little demonstration to inspire the villager, maybe even have Baldric, Pinky, Shorty and Erik form a band.

>>7102329
You repeat your PR tactic of proclaiming a child a jester of the day. Again it is met with approval, your peasants good opinion of you is re-enforced.

>>7102342
Hold the fair on the first day of Calendar Spring (Febus 1st)? Any particular preparations apart from giving the peasants a day off?

Also, on the tanary, where did you decide to build it? Erik states that it will smell foul.

>>7102388
If we put the tannery in the northwest near the swamp would the smell attract trolls and would the wind blow the smell over Thom's Mercy?

>>7102388
Off to the side of the village nearest to the ashes/swamp. Definitely not close to the road, river, or anywhere near the main keep.

>>7102388
hmm...Guessing wind usually blows west to east...Between Thom's Mercy and the keep, more east though, toward the forest.

For the festival:
-10 barrels of ale to the peasantry, free of charge
-Archery competition for Yeomen, Hunters, whoever. 10s for 1st place, 5s for 2nd place, and 2s for 3rd
-Try to locate a minstrel or bard for entertainment.

>>7102351
All good.

>>7102385
> Music, food, ale, and the whole course.
>Music
The only person with any skill with an instrument is Erik, and the only instrument available is Baldric's Air Lute.

Declare a feast? Will go through extra food, but that could be worth it. How much ale? You have 20 units in your stockpile, which will get everyone propper drunk.

>>7102424

Might as well provide the full 20, we weren't using it anyway and it's not high enough quality to be worth trading. It'll make sure it's an awesome party.

After that we can assign more people to the brewery to boost production, now that Suncaps are back in season.

>>7102444
This is good.

We should have a post stationed at our side of the bridge to inform us of who's passing by, I'm sure we would have spotted a bard passing by for hire in the past year...

See if we can't round up a somewhat-local minstrel, otherwise air lute it up, when everyone is drunk.

Also, for ale and competitions >>7102419

>>7102424
If it takes 20 barrels to get everyone proper drunk, then 20 it is. Just make sure we get a few of the soldiers to remain sober. They can still partake in the festivities, but they need to be able to deal with any drunkards that cause problems.

>>7102400
The smell would be about the same as the swamp, and only blow over when the swamp does anyway. It wouldn't attract or repel the trolls, but the offal and gore might attract them a little.

>>7102419
You put the word out for a bard. How much do you offer the bard?

For a fair, 5 silvers is customary. The villagers will offer him food and lodgings as long as he decides to stay. A higher purse will attract more minstrels, and higher quality ones.

>>7102405
It blows from the north mostly, but storms and gales tend to roll in from the west. Southern winds bring rain, and eastern winds bring unusually fair weather.

>>7102453

Skill isn't particularly mandatory for a rustic spring festival. Get a bunch of peasants drumming on buckets and barrels or whatever, it's enough to dance to.

>>7102468
The customary price will do.

>>7102468
Double it to 10s.

Hell, it's our first celebration, and we are still only spending roughly 10% of one months income.

>>7102491
seconding genorosity

>>7102460
Remember peasantry from the surrounds will come to a festival if word gets out. 20 is to account for them as well.

>>7102470
Peasant dances often just have clapping and singing, with a few less musically challenged kids on barrel-drums.

>>7102444
They did all die off, so you're currently out.

>>7102496
Third.

Even if we don't get anything impressive the peasantry will know that we tried to get them something awesome.

>>7102491
Less then that. Check your income again mate. The masons mostly have gone back, only Dan remained behind.

>>7102491
>>7102496
10s it is. That's 1 gold BTW. 10s to the gold, 100 coppers to the silver. But you're making 23g/month.

>>7102498

All of them? Shit. We need to remember to hold some over next winter.

I guess it's turnips and rice for now, unless we can find some other crop that'll grow on our lands.

>>7102498
Not even one survived? Eesh. Urist wasn't kidding when he said that most would die in winter.

Do we know of any way that we could preserve Suncap spores for next time, or are any of the farmers skilled enough in horticulture to know how to breed a frost resistant strain?

>>7102516
I meant like on the festival overall (minstrel, Archery prizes, extra food, wine, etc...).

>>7102517
You can trade with Seakay for most traditional crops, and Urist was going to bring some other crops back too. I haven't forgotten about him.

>>7102517
They don't store well in cold conditions, and you ate them first, as they don't store as well as the rice.

>>7102523
>are any of the farmers skilled enough in horticulture to know how to breed a frost resistant strain?
Alright, this made me laugh out loud. My friend, I think you are VASTLY overestimating our peasantry.

>>7102534

Hm, OK. Do we have any land that's even slightly suitable for other crops, or is it all turnips all the time?

>>7102536
Well, they are our peasantry, afterall. They are pretty badass.

I was thinking mostly of the ex-crofters though. They might not be highly educated but they might know a bit about their profession. I mean, peaches used to be poisonous until we domesticated them. The people who did it didn't know the words horticulture or such, but they still managed it. Same as the people who turned wolves into dogs.

They might not be intelligent or educated, but they might have surprising skills.

>>7102529
What/how much for the archery prize? You might get a few takers from about if you put a decent prize up. Also, there's time to import wine from Seakay, if you send a someone down with x gold to a winery, they should be able to get the wine to you just in time. Some good wine for the important people might go down well.

>>7102536
VASTLY. They've only seen suncaps this year for the first time. They supplement their food with button mushrooms, but only gather them from the wild in small amounts, they can't cultivate them. Suncaps were bred by the dwarves for cultivation above land, but in warmer climes where the winter is less bad. Urist picked them up from the south.

A couple are growing wild around the place, but it'll take major effort to make them cultivatable en masse again. And a lot of patience.

>>7102594
see
>>7102419

>>7102560
The old village, as it's starting being called, could expand into other crops, you have a fair bit of room left. Thom's Mercy only can grow Mushrooms as far as you know. It could grow other stuff, at reduced rates though.

>>7102625
Whoops cheers for that.
>10s for 1st place, 5s for 2nd place, and 2s for 3rd
That's a gold for first place. You're sure to get a fair show for that. In fact, Doobs and Leold intend to participate.

That's 1.7g for archery comp, 1g for the Bard's Purse (half to the best bard, as decided by you, rest shared out amongst all the bards that come traditionally) and 20 barrels of Suncap and Turnip Ales. Any other costs?

>>7102655
I wouldn't mind sending out for the wine from Seakay. We've been giving a lot of attention to the peasantry but a small something that the aristocracy would enjoy wouldn't go amiss.

>>7102668
Agreed, get a barrel of finer ale. 1g was the cost last time, no?

>>7102626

What's a crop that provides a decent pay-off for the labour invested?

Turnips are reliable, but only give 0.5 food per peasant-plot each month and don't store very well.

Rice is pretty good, but only harvestable every third month (unless we get a bunch of fields in rotation - so 12 rice plots, with 4 providing a harvest each month). It stores pretty well in the granary, however.

Suncaps are the supercrop and provide 2 units of food per peasant-plot per month, but don't store very well and die over winter.

What other options do we have? Something that we can hold in the granary for a while would be good, meaning a cereal crop perhaps. Oats are pretty hardy, but require ploughable land so might not be suitable for the crofters' plots. Actually, cereals could be risky as they're only harvestable one or two times a year, and if that harvest gets trashed by rain then your SOL.

How about potatoes?

>>7102668

Get a few golds' worth of wine, and maybe write to Sheff for his advice on which of his lay's wines might go best with venison, since we're going to be hunting.

Also, I'd propose sharing some of the spoils of the hunt with the peasantry, to make it a proper feast. If we can bag a handful of deer or boar that should be enough to go round.

>>7102655
Seems fine, let's just get this ball rolling. We've spent around 90 posts for a single month.

>>7102708
The question is, do potatoes exist in this setting?

>>7102708
>How about potatoes?

inv4 potato famine

>>7102708
Speaking as an Irishman, DON'T FUCKING DO IT! EVERYONE WILL DIE!

>>7102699
1gold was a smallish cask of fine dwarven fireale. You'll get a barrel of stuff not as fine (but still fit for a noble) for about the same.

>>7102740
>>7102708
Taters are an option. You've sent word out, expect a Seakay merchant to come by early next month.

>>7102735
Agreed. Let's do this.

NEW MONTH
FEBUS

STOCKPILES
Gold Incoming 23
Gold Outgoing 0.5
Gold Profits 22.5
Total Gold 47.975
Debt 20
To brother 20
One Time Costs 2.7
Fair 2.7

Lumber Cut 20
Lumber Used 30
Lumber Created -10
Lumber Stockpile 40
Max Stockpile 200
Stockpile Spare 160

Food Grown 15
Food Hunted 25
Food Eaten 25.8
Food Brewed 5
Excess Food 9.2
Excess Stored 0
Excess Wasted 9.2
Food Stockpile 25

Skins Gathered 25
Skins Used 0
Skins Created 25
Skins Stockpile 0
Max Skin Stockpile 0
Stockpile Spare 0
Leather Created 0
Leather Stockpile 0
Max Leather Stock 0

Ale Brewed 5
Ale Drunk 0
Ale Created 5
Ale Stockpile 20
Max Stockpile 200
Stockpile Spare 180

POPULACE 129
Workers 106 Peasants 76 Hunters 10 Peat Gatherers 20 Builders 56

Soldiers 13 Men at Arms 5 Yeomen 8

Advisors 9

Growth 3
2 local lads come of age, 1 miagrant comes in.

LIVESTOCK 24
Cattle 8

Goats 13

Horses 3

TOOLS AND SUPPLIES
Carts 3 Quarry 0 Peat 3
Ropes 3 Used 0 Spare 3
Small Ropes (1d5) 3 Used 0 Spare 3
Medium Ropes (1d15) 0 Used 0 Spare 0
Fuses 3
Magic Scroll 1 Months to tranlation 2
Hunting Scroll 1 Taught 1 Untaught 0

LAND
Turnip Patches 30 Units Turnips 15
Rice Plots 10 Units Rice 0 Months to harvest 2

WORK
PEASANTS 76
UNASSIGNED 14
HERDING 3
Goat Herding 2
Cattle Heading 1
FARMING 50
Turnip Farming 30
Rice Farming 20
GATHERING 2
Gathering Wood 2
PRODUCING 5
Brewing 5
OTHER 2
Renovating Town 2

BUILDERS 56
Tannary 56 Rate 1.5 Draught 4 Carts 0
Total 500 Progress/Month 90 Total Done 0 Total Remaining 500
Lumber Used 30 Stone Used 0
HUNTERS 10
Hunting 10
PEAT GATHERERS 20
Gathering Peat 20 Peat Gathered 23 Peat Price (gold) 1 Profit made 23
Carts 3

>>7102822
Set the migrant to chop wood, that way wood stocks won't decrease.

LODGINGS 206 Total Spare Room 43
VILLAGE 120 Huts (5) 24 Share Houses (10) 0
Some Room Lodgers 100 Room Spare 20
THOM'S MERCY 60 Huts (5) 0 Share Houses (10) 6
Some Room Lodgers 50 Room Spare 10
KEEP 26
KEEP ROOMS 13 Poor Rooms (1) 3 Decent Rooms (1) 5 Good Rooms 5
Poor Rooms Spare 3 Decent Rooms Spare 3 Good Rooms Spare 0
Some Room Lodgers 7 Rooms Spare 6
BARRACKS 13 Size 20 Soldiers 13
Some Room Spare Room 7

HIRED 1 Total Cost 0.5
Mason (Assistant) 1 Cost/Mason 0.5

THE FAIR:
A number of bards has come forth, and a decisoin for the best bard awaits you. There are two contenders. One plays a traditional ballad well known and loved by the peasantry, whereas the other played a Norse Saga from times long gone. This style of music has gone out of style for some time, but it was well received and excellently performed. Which do you chose?

Also, Roll a d20 (aiming high) for archery contest results, and a d5 (aiming high again) for an extra fair bonus.

>>7102771

Only if you base your entire diet on a single crop. Diversify a bit (as we have been doing), and the failure of one crop won't lead to widespread famine.

We had some trouble with the Suncaps all dying at once, but now we know what to expect we can plan accordingly.

I'm not rolling any more guys, every single last one of my rolls have sucked. Someone else do it.

rolled 8 = 8

I vote for the Norse ballad-thing. Yes-yes.

>>7102873
In this borderland we encourage high culture. At least if others agree with me.

Lord Sheff brings his hounds and some retainers for the hunt. Among them is Raslin, the captain of his guard. Raslin intends to enter the archery tourney.

What to sacrifice at the temple? Heart of a young stag that the hunters brought in? Or something else entirely?

>>7102873
The Norse one sounds METAL AS FUCK

Him

>>7102900
You're fired.

>>7102873

Probably the one who played the traditional ballad and was better-received by the peasantry - however, talk to the other bard afterwards and pick his brains for what he knows of Norse lore. Get him to talk to Erik about it, it might assist him with his scroll-translation project.

Also, if this other bard is more technically proficient than the more popular one, we might be tempted to keep him on as court musician. What's his price?

Don't be dumb, if we roll, we roll and take the consequences. It's not a quest if it's all perfect all the time.

rolled 3 = 3

>>7102890
Why are you rolling a d25?

Rollan for FAIR BONUS. If I fail, tell my wife I said... I failed.

>>7102915
Well, a 3 is slightly more than half.

I say we visit the boys who came of age and encourage them.

>>7102915
Oh, sorry. Wanted to have two rolls, one d20 and one d5. My mistake. Besides, I failed anyway, so it's not that much of a big deal.

Adding my vote to the Norse bard.

>>7102896
Stag's heart is fine.

rolled 18 = 18

>>7102896
The heart should be good.

Also, attempting archery d20

>>7102841
Whoops, growth 14, 13 young local lads and a migrant. 3 was next months:

>>7102890
2 Votes for norse, awesome. The young minsteral, named Aegon, is very pleased, and asks for the honour of being your court bard. (Traditionally a court bard is paid a small amount, in your case a silver a month, plus board and food on par with a favoured retainer.)

The Archery contest goes well, with no major mishaps. One of the hunters gets a lucky shot and wins the gold peice, Raslin takes the 5 silvers, and Doobs the 2 silver. Leold was thwarted early on by poor winds, and didn't qualify for the finals.

I vote for the more popular one. Remember: one of the goals of the fair is to make the peasants like us more. Going for the more popular bard will make them like us more.

>>7102928
Do this. And
>>7102939
congratulate the winners.

It's worth the gamble, I say go for the Nord.

>>7102915
3: The hunters before the fair manage to bring in not one, but two great boars. Give them as a feast to the peasantry, or take them for the nobles (You and Sheff) and their retainers?

>>7102938
Ok, better roll, right dice, NEW ARCHERY RESULT.
Sheff himself manages to get the archery gold, with a series of lucky shots. Although there are better archers there, he wins fair and square with more then a fair helping of luck. He is greatly pleased by this. Doobs takes second position, and one of your hunters takes third. Leold narrowly misses out on the finals in a hard semi with Doobs, Yourself, Sheff and Raslin.

>>7102990

Let the peasants have them!

rolled 5 = 5

Rolling for the bonus prize

>>7102990

Give them to the peasants, and encourage the two boys who came of age. Let's score ourselves some Awesome Lord points.

>>7102928
During the festivities you have Baldric bring you the thirteen young lads. You encourage them to work hard, but today to drink, with the rest of the adults they have only just joined, and even share a mug of Suncap Ale with them. They later do miserably in the archery, but have a great time anyways. +1 peasant :)

>>7103003
having an off day?

Let the peasants have it, the Lords will eat what we kill.

>>7102990
My mind says give it to Sheff in celebration of his victory. But my heart says give it to the peasantry.

...

Give it to the peasants.

>>7103020

Good; we need the peasants to be happy. Do we move on to feasting now, then?

>>7103039
The peasants are already pretty happy.

>>7103030
Well 5 out of 5 isn't bad.

>>7103044
except we already rolled the d5. :p

Let's give it to the nobles, the peasants are happy and this will increase our standing with the nobles and Sheff making our rise up the ranks easier.

>>7103052
Well someone roll a d20 then, I refuse on account of my horrible horrible luck.

rolled 14 = 14

>>7103070
Okay then.

>>7103070
The d20 has also been rolled.

>>7103003
>>7102995
The peasants are pleased with the boars and your generosity. A further peasant happiness.
>>7103006
Thirteen, The two was a mistake, next moths growth.

The hunt goes well, the stag's heart bringing you good luck as you bring in a few boars, a stag of good size, and with the hunting dogs, many rabbits. Also, you kill an animal, you don't recognise, Erik identifies it as a Rootbird. It's a flightless bird which apparently burrows under trees, and eats the insects in trees. They're very rare and excellent eating.

>>7102990
Guys, why are you being so silly...

We have TWO boars. One for the peasants one for the nobles. Obviously 1 isn't enough to feed either on there own, but they would make a fine center piece at each table.

And it's not like we expected 2 boars to feed 200+ peasants anyways...)

>>7103070
are you guys even reading the thread?

>>7103089
I did, and I barely even knows what's going on.

>>7103084
We also just brought in a ton more animals. It's a treat for them and a treat for us.

>>7103080
>flightless bird which apparently burrows under trees, and eats the insects in trees

Kiwi?

>>7103104
A very tasty kiwi.

>>7103100

Hmmm. Maybe we could use this as a chance to find some talented people among our peasantry. How about a competition with the stag (prestigious animal) as a prize or something? We just had archery, maybe we could test something else.

Best hunt ever.

Also I apologize, "NEW ARCHERY RESULT." confused me.

Unrelated currently, but have we established our heraldry?

>>7103104
No, I'm true blue. :P

Seriously though, no. Not a RL animal.

>>7103100
Bigno. I can only work on what I hear before I make the decision on the result.

>>7103099
Fair is going well, peole are VERY happy with you, and so is Sheff. Everything going as well as could be hoped in fact.

Present Sheff with the sword now?

>>7103129
Yes, it seems like an appropriate time.

>>7103129
To a future of camaraderie and friendship! Present it.

>>7103129
Do it.

Praise Thom.

>>7103167
You ARE Thom...

>>7103129

Yup, do it. Make a little speech. Talk about how proud we are of our people, and how we are pleased with their hard work over the last year, and about what an honour it is to have our esteemed neighbour here to share in our triumphs, and how we greatly enjoy is company on the hunt and look forward to inviting him to many more in future, and so on and so forth - congratulate the peasants and pay Sheff compliments, but don't get obsequious or fawning. Then, as a token of our friendship with Lord Sheff of Seakay, let us present him with this gift.

>>7103167
>>7103173
I find this incredibly amusing, but I don't know why.

>>7103173
No way

>>7103125
Is ok. First guy rolled a d25, and I didn't notice.

>>7103123
Is there a second or another idea?

>>7103128
No. You're current heraldry is the Family White Ent on a Vert green field, however, you can redesign it, or just add something to it, as you're a Border Lord in your own right now. Your uncle had The Ent weilding a spear as his heraldry before he became lord of Teajy, afterwards he incorporated a silver coronet to the ent, and darker green saltire (cross) on the field.

On the topic, Peter Doob's heraldry incorporates the Doobs family Or-gold wyvern on a Azure blue field, with your uncle's ent in Azure white in the top right for his lord. The Doobs family is your mother's side.

>>7103183
Seconding this.

>>7103206
>Azure blue
>Or-gold

Being redundant or just explaining words for the unknowing?

Personally, I think we should change it just a little to represent our takeover, not sure what though.

>>7103183

Thirding. Don't get super-flowery. We wanna make sure we sound genuine.

I mean, we ARE, but we wanna make sure we sound it, too.

>>7103225
Clearly we need an Ent growing out of a cart of peat. The Ent is holding a block of stone in one hand and cradling the smallfolk to his chest protectively in his other arm.

>>7103183
Done. He graciously accepts, and invites you to his castle at the end of March for his families traditional Ancestor's Banquet, celebrating the day his Great Grandfather won the right to a border state in a Tourny.

It promises to be a great event, and you gladly accept.

What is more, he returns the gift, turning to Raslin and telling him to fetch your gift. The gift is a fine hunting dog, by the name of Stark. Although he states it couldn't be a match for the sword, he hopes you and Stark have many fine hunts.

>>7103225
Explaining. I knew Azure and Or (they're in my College's Heraldry, and mine also.), but the rest are from the great scribe Wikius. :P

>>7103251

Graciously accept; if it's a gift from him, it's gotta be a good one. He's a bro.

Cool a hunting dog, now pinky has someone to pal around with.

>>7103265
I figured. Sounds good, but for our own touch.

>>7103251

Awesome. On with the festivities! Meat and booze for all! Aegon, rock out for us!

>>7103268
You accept graciously. It is a young dog, and on closer inspection it's a large puppy, and has much growing do to. Sheff explains that it's from his best bitch, and his own personal hunting dog, who is too old now to come hunting and is enjoying a great retirement breeding with all the best hunting dogs. He turned down 20gold for its sire in his youth, when he was but a third son and had no prospect of inheriting. He suggests you keep it close at all times so it can adjust to you and to make sure none but you feeds it while it is still young.

>>7103251
>Stark
I'm envisioning this dog as a Direwolf.

That said, doesn't this pretty much conclude the festival? Or are there still things left unresolved?

>>7103307
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX_mDfRib8k

>>7103314
Damn, that IS nice. Glad we had such a top-notch gift ourselves.

>>7103307
Aegon tells the Saga of Fneg the Fell handed, and his wolfhound Ikol, a gift from the gods. This tale goes down very well given the circumstance, and Sheff is greatly pleased. He requests that you bring Aegon to the Ancestors Feast.

>>7103314
Sounds like one of the direwolves from ASoIaF. Especially with the name Stark.

This is a fantastic gift. Once it gets older we'll need to use it for breeding to continue its line.

>>7103330
Theoretically, we could bring up his youngest daughter now. Not sure if now's the best time, though.

Also, she sounds awesome, although it's been stated that as we get rank, other ladies will lie within our grasp. There could be someone MORE awesome.

>>7103314

He apparently knows how to raise them. Does he have any tips? If we're going to be going on more hunts with him in the future, it wouldn't do at all to raise such a fine gift badly.

>>7103342

That should be done! His old songs will hearten all of us, and remind us of the glories of our forebears.

>>7103357
We've already got an appointment to come visit him in March. We'll be able to meet his family and lay on some charm then.

It would look more seemly to discuss courting his daughter after we've actually met her rather than before.

>>7103357
Let's not broach the topic yet, we haven't even met her or seen any potential rivals for her.

>>7103380

Agree with this. The atmosphere's good now, we shouldn't risk committing to something we'd regret later.

>>7103364
Perhaps we might commission him to write or learn the song of one of Lord Sheff's ancestors of note?

>>7103330
Reference Found: Of Ice and Fire.

Info gained: Sheff was a dog breeder in his youth, before he looked to inherit. His father had given him a Northern Wolfhound, a monster of a dog and a very valuable one at that as his coming of age gift. His 2nd brother, mere hours older who had gotten a Shield of Dwarven Blacksteel, with the Sheff familly heraldry felt slighted and when on the hunt Paul Sheff (our sheff) got injured by a boar, abandoned him to die. The hound not only saved his life by killing the Boar, but helped him find his way back. The older brother was stripped of all rank and wealth, and exiled from Seakay, given a post as a lowly Captain in the Eastern Erondian Army. The hound, named Redfear was his constant companion from that day on.

>>7103424
Is Aegon also a aSoIaF reference?

In the books he was somewhat of a bookish poet before he found the book of prophecies that made him become a warrior.

>>7103424
Having these Easter eggs in the quest was a brilliant idea. Something I'll have to start incorporating into my own quest (and IRL games).

It's interesting to see as the worthwhile quests rolled out how each brought something new to the table.that became incorporated by other GMs.

>>7103363
Feed him yourself, and keep him with you at all times. Don't feed him smaller animals like chickens or rabbits.Take him hunting from a young age, and NEVER take his kill from him. Whist still young he may bite back (and hard), and whilst older this will be unlikely, but it's still not a good idea. If he is sick, nurse him with a mixture of milk and blood.

>>7103399

That's possible, yeah. Actually beyond Lord Sheff are there any other nobles we know of?

>>7103424

Holy shit, our puppy is all kinds of badass.

Proposal: between now and March, have Erik give us as much instruction on matters alchemical as he can. I reckon that if we can nerd out with Sheff's daughter then we're in with a good chance, and having the lord of our prosperous neighbouring lay as a father-in-law would be a pretty good thing.

Plus, Sheff's pretty awesome in his own right. We've totally lucked out in having him as a neighbour.

>>7103399
Seconding.

>>7103461
Seconding this, it seems a good idea.

>>7103451
I stole it from ant quest, where he gave us a free roll, including acess to a table with potential for MAGIC SUPER MUTANT ANTS (which we got a 30 on straight out) when we guessed one of the 5 games that influenced him.

Do you think we should start setting aside a small amount of stone each month from the quarry for future keep reconstruction and expansion efforts? Easier than suddenly losing quarry income by having to divert where all our stone goes when it's time to begin reconstruction.

Also, we need to buy more wagons and other work-multiplying equipment.

>>7103513
We already make a killing off of peat. I'd say put aside 30-50% of the stone for domestic consumption and then export the rest.

>>7103443
No actually. He's from elsewhere, I think he was nabbed from the same original place too.

>>7103399
:D I was hoping you guys might think of this.

>>7103461
Alchemgeek out. Ok. You can only learn the basics from what you have, and most of it will be theory, but Erik will teach you all that he can. Roll a d20 (aim high) to see how well you do this month. Best month of learning gets counts when it comes down to it.

NB: d20s will usually aim high, testing against a stat (wanting low) will be a d10 always (but not every d10 will be a stat test either).

>>7103513

Regarding this... since we have the luck to have a friendly neighbour, should we specialise and trade? We already have a quarry - that's something we could work on, stone and stoneworking are precious things.

>>7103513

I'd imagine that stone is one of those things that's not so hard to stockpile - it doesn't decay, and you can leave a stack of stones wherever you like. So, as long as we keep production going then we can use what we need for keep repairs/upgrades, and then sell the surplus if it looks to be economically viable.

The problem with stone is that it's heavy and bulky, and thus not really suitable for long-distance trading.

rolled 1 = 1

>>7103532
Let's get our learnan on.

>>7103549
What are book? :(

>>7103513
On the topic of things to do, I'm in favor of having a watch on the road. We can't make people pay taxes because it's not ours, but just reporting in on what's coming on the road. An early detection system if you would.

The "Ash" from the last swamp fire is curious, perhaps it may be more fertile, like a slash and burn farm area?

Otherwise, I think the trolls have been too quite for too long. Not one action from them over the winter? I think we might have to settle this before the year is out.

>>7103482
Looks like I should go read that one's archives, then. I've taken my fair share of concepts from quests I enjoy--Firstquest/Deathwish Quest as the most notable one for snagging ideas.

Heck, even when True Heroes quest made everyone realize that you could run a quest based on text instead of just pictures, and people would follow it, that ended up changing how things worked and opened up an avenue for the non-drawfags to partake in running quests.

>>7103549
Alchemical fire burns away all our hair.

>>7103549

>natural 1

Fffffffffffffuck. You've doomed us all!

>>7103530
Where to? The northern Seakay villages which have been peatching in to buy your burny-swamp-muck can't afford stone. You'll want a market for that. Also, I put the 14 people who weren't working onto quarry duty, there's no-one else there since the builders started on the Tannery. And since the quarry is done, you've had some ropes freed up to either add to quarry production or to help build the tannery. 3d5 work per rope, roll and say where you want 'em.

>>7103549
Oh that RNG...

>>7103572

Nah, we were learnan the theory. We just flunked our first chem test. :c

>>7103572
Don't worry, it's only theory. He hasn't actually started playing with alchemical fire yet. What's he gonna get from learning from a book? A papercut?

rolled 2, 2, 1 = 5

>>7103580
I vote tannery since we apparently are going to have more stone than we can build with/market at the moment.

>>7103541
I'd assume we'll need a specialist architect if we're to begin repairs or expansion, and that requires money--probably more than getting the quarry made did. Setting aside stone lets him get right to work.

Also, if we build a dock on that river, shipping the stone would be a LOT cheaper. Quest Lord, is the river deep/wide enough for that sort of thing?

>>7103580

Keep the ropes on the quarry, it'll give us a permanent boost to stone output. We can buy more ropes when the next dwarven caravan arrives.

>>7103591
Headache

>>7103591
It's going to turn out he was researching the behaviour of ants in mid-summer or something

>>7103597
We could probably shift Dan away from the quarry once he's trained up our peasants. Then he could oversee production of the larger buildings.

>>7103597
>Dock

Which way does the Tami flow? Bridgeward or opposite?

>>7103591
>>7103588

Well, hey, let's turn this failure into an opportunity!

When we talk to (was it Sheff's?) daughter, we can say something about how we're learning Alchemy, but it's slow going; maybe she has some tips for us?

We gotta keep that in mind.

>>7103580
Which places need stone? Are you suggesting that if we build a market, someone will come and start buying it? That seems less likely than finding out about current or future construction projects and offering them a decent deal, or shipping it downriver via barge to a more populated region.

Just watch. We'll finally end up being able to marry the youngest daughter, and she'll blow up the keep doing one of her experiments.

>>7103609
FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU

>>7103616
We can build on either side, I don't think it's really an issue even if the bridge blocks river traffic.

>>7103667
Except, the other side isn't our land.

Erondia is a power we are not a part of. I would not seek trouble.

now that we have given the sword, we should focus on getting money back to bro

>>7103667
I think he's concerned more about the current. Sailing against the current can be difficult enough without factoring in a big ass load of stone.

>>7103557
One of the men at arms? Or get the peasants set an informal watch? Won't take any labour, but won't work as well.

>>7103558
Anti-fate did a great quest. Also Drew the archlich is a fave of mine.

>>7103597
Mason can do basic repairs. An architect would be needed for new stuff, but Dan with guidance form Erik will be more then capable of fixing up what you have.

>>7103592
>>7103603
Can we get some talk, and a consesus? You're making 2.8 units of stone a month as things are, and the tannary is 90 a month, at 90/500.

Either way, those rolls stay.

>>7103611
Nope, that could be vaguely useful.

You manage to accidentally destroy one of Erik's scrolls. Luckily he knew it all anyway, and it was a copy, but he no longer owns the original, and thus you won't be able to use that scroll. He has to teach you by word. It's d18s now, until you progress past that scroll (total of 10, including your one on all dice). Electronic dice come in so many "shapes" and "sizes". :D

>>7103597
The Tam is wide and deep enough for that, but you don't have any boats or rafts. None of the villagers know much of this, and more then a simple raft will be needed. Also, the river flows east, then turns south, down the Seakay border to the sea. Exports from here are the Westerlands (Inventively named West Erondia) and Seakay, along the river.

rolled 5 = 5

>>7103717
Fine then. Rolling.

>>7103691
Easy enough to get permission, especially if we give him use and/or a cut of the profits. Of course, too many cuts and we won't be profiting from our quarry. The current is the concern, though. Heck, for all we know it heads into wilder lands (unlikely historically but possible).

>>7103694
Seconding. And add a gift to thank him for being a bro.

>>7103691

Legally, we are, actually, if I'm remembering right. We just aren't policed. We don't pay taxes, but we don't get the benefit of soldiers or protection.

>>7103717
>One of the men at arms? Or get the peasants set an informal watch? Won't take any labour, but won't work as well.

Personally, I'd like to have a wooden tower posted with the ability to use a signal fire to be seen from the keep. I'd station two yeomen and just have them do rotating shifts with the other yeomen. Idea being that one could head for the keep and report in while the other stays and watches if needed.

>>7103717
Seconding using them for the quarry. Long-term benefits over short-term.

>>7103734
We're not good at this alchemy business, are we?

>>7103735
Third.

We're making a buttload of gold at the moment. We could probably pay back what we owe plus another ten as thanks. Alternately, we go gift hunting.

What sort of things does our brother enjoy, Quest Lord?

>>7103616
Bridgeward. A barge could pas under the bridge, but real ships are a nono. The westerlands used to extend further up the river, and the bridge was orinally build so that barges could pass underneath. Every repair has kept this feature.

>>7103632
Erik and Smyatt don't know the local market for stone, but Smyatt will look into it. Stone is expencive, so only lords and merchants can buy it, and merchants don't like trading in it, as getting it around eats up profits.

Ask around whenever you see anyone who might be a potential buyer, you never know who you might find.

.>>7103667
The river is the border between Erondia and Seakay, and when it passes the road, you and Seakay.

>>7103694
Should be a decent 2 month round trip on horseback. One there, one back.

>>7103776
hookers and blow

>>7103789
Is Sheff interested in stone at all?

Perhaps we could sell it at slightly below the market rate ~7.5-8.0 because he's a bro. His close proximity means we probably wouldn't do too badly out of the deal.

>>7103789
>>Ask around whenever you see anyone who might be a potential buyer, you never know who you might find.

What we could do is CREATE consumers. Get someone nearby building a new castle, bridge, or cathedral, and make sure that they're using us as their main supplier.

Maybe a bard talking of some prophesy regarding construction could get the ball rolling on that?

>>7103834
pure brilliance

Missed this and the last one, just curious as to whether out plan to deliver the sword to Sheff to meet his daughter worked out or not.

>>7103840
Why, thank you.

I was thinking something about how the lord to " fuse the the stones of his neighbors into a mighty castle, to be the rock for a foreign foe to dash itself to pieces upon" would be remembered in history, gain riches and fame and fellowship, yadda yadda.

Or something about how a giant cathedral would curry the favor of the gods and attract pilgrims.

>>7103849
We go to meet his daughter in a couple months. We gave him the sword, he loved it, gave us an awesome hunting dog.

>>7103859
Cool. Any more hidden bonuses? I saw the Digganob one, at least.

>>7103865

There were a few, yeah.

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It's already been found that seakay = /ck/. But Sheff = Chef.

Also, maybe convert some rice into a rice wine.

>>7103834
>>7103855
If we do this, we'd best be really secret about it... and expand the quarrying operations as much as possible. Like, have our bard talk to other bards, and those bards do the actual rumor mongering and story singing. We really don't want to get caught having made a fake prophesy for our own prophet, that will wreck out rep.

But if we can get away with it then hell yes.

i guess this thread won't continue until tomorow or something....

Bump on the rare chance that OP comes back.

bump