ok

lets go batshit crazy this time!

>>28187316

alright m8 tell us our history

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>>28187316
This has been a year of change--all years are, I suppose--but the changes brought on in this year put all the rest to shame. As such, I will begin the telling of our story with the very beginning.

In the earliest days when all things were new, our god Orlanth was one among many...

>>28187359

I say we be fierce and barbaric to the extreme: honest and gracious, yet bloodthirsty and merciless to those who slight us.

>>28187409
sounds good to me!

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>>28187390
But he did not remain so for long, for even before he claimed his rightful place, Orlanth was too great to be one of many. His marriage to Ernalda Earth-Mother was just one among many of the great accomplishments that marked him for greatness.

Our tribe was there! Who can tell me what role our ancestors played at the great wedding? Did we stand with Elmal? Drink with Orlanth? Or did our women take council from the Earth Mother?

>>28187409
I always play these games peacefully. I like to think of it as a puzzle by trying to keep everybody happy all the time.

>>28187478

I vote our ancestors stood with Elmal, ever vigilant against the forces of darkness and their heathen gods.

>>28187478
1, Elmal is a pretty cool guy

>>28187478

Elmal the Golden, the Defender, the Lord of the Sun was our best friend in those days. I know this to be true.

Keep in mind, Orlanth boosts Leadership, which is the primary stat of your clan head.

That said, Elmal's my guy too. Anyone else want to have a say?

>>28187542
Well, three people already said Elmal. I'd go Orlanth, but that's because I'm pretty vanilla.

I think that if someone has two or three says in one direction, feel free to go in that direction.

>>28187569

2 or 3 says, giving everyone a couple minutes to reply, seems good.

Wait for too long and people will go to other threads or start samefagging to up their votes.

>>28187542

I know Orlanth is technically the best choice, but come on. Elmal is the shit.

>>28187596

I mean, we can handle a challenge, right guys?

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Indeed, while others stood aside, our ancestors recognized that even at a time of great joy there would be a need for men and women to do their duty.

But that is not the only of our clan's exploits in the heroic age! Who among you remembers the earliest of our tribe's exploits, undertaken at the side of a god-on-earth?

>>28187645
I'm not writing this one out. If anyone has questions ask 'em now, myself or one of your fellows will answer as we can.

>>28187645

Sky Bear for all round goodies and general badassitude

Or Dance since we didn't take Orlanth as our patron god, so we can still get good leadership

>>28187645
We fought at Orlanth's side against Yelm! We are battle-hardened warriors, after all.

Rolled 3

>>28187700
>>28187735
1 = Odayla
2 = Roitina
3 = Orlanth

>>28187796

Alright, so our ancestors were warriors during the age of gods and myths. It's settled.

>>28187828

This. Yelm the Pretender, who dares claim dominion over the Sun when our best good buddy Elmal clearly has it, is the enemy. We clearly fought him in times past.

Long game right guys? And what difficulty?

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>>28187796
Indeed, while our tribe did many great things in the beforetimes, our ancestors tell us stories about fighting alongside Orlanth at Extinguish Field as much as all the other stories combined.

King Vingkot made a request of us that, though small at the time, profoundly marked us. He sent the Nalda Bin to us, to take in. Did we welcome them as our new family, or take them as thralls?

>>28187882

We are strong warriors who have little patience for evildoers. Since our enemies cannot always ransom their men, and sometimes to ransom them would be unwise, it only fits that we hire out some of our captives to our carls.

I vote thralls.

>>28187882
We fight for righteousness. It is unwise to keep those who cannot defend themselves under our oppression. We gave them a chance to work in our tula as cotters.

>>28187877

Long game for sure. And let's make it a goal to acquire DINOSAUR CAVALRY

>>28187882
Imma vote adoption, thralls are a pain.

>>28187882
Thralls are always great

>>28187877
Normal long game, of course. Hard mode just cuts starting resources, which isn't fun.

2 and 2 tie. Next vote breaks.

>>28187882

Though they lacked power or influence, clearly they were our brothers, the scions of Orlanth. Slavery and total dominion is the realm of Yelm, and we fought him for such atrocities, amongst others.

Although thralls are fucking awesome good times for sacrificing to the Earth Shaker for her blessings

>>28188025

Very well. We showed proper guest-right to our vassals the Stick-Farmers and allowed them the right to their own labor.

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>>28188025

Well spoken. Indeed, as Orlanthi, freedom is our dearest grace. The Stick People were made welcome, and today our peoples are one.

King Vingkot made use of our tribe in many ways. Not least among them was as the vanguard of the army raised agaist his enemy:

Boztakang
Ukkar Gra
Chinkis Mor
Tada the Green
Faralinthor
Ves Venna, Son of Valind

whose kind remain our gravest enemies even today.

>>28188078

Rhinoceros riders or White Walkers.

We are proud warriors willing to face even the most terrible of foes.

>>28188107
I have a thing for the trolls actually; there's always blood for Maran Gor...

>>28188130
Agreed! We fought the abhorrent creatures tooth and nail. There is no room in the Glorantha them.

>>28188078
I hate the praxians

>>28188078

The foul beastmen, the rapine Broo and horrendous Walktapi and other foul monstrous creatures, troubled our lands in particular. Truly they were vicious foes, and have been ever since.

I know it'll make it by far harder because we'll have problems with the Ducks. I don't give a fuck

Rolled 1

>>28188107
>>28188151
>>28188152
1 = Ice demons
2 = Trolls
3 = Praxians

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>>28188182

Sweet.

Doesn't this also give us better raiding in the wintertime?

>>28188182

A proper foe for sons of the north, faithful to the gods yet beset by harsh winters.

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>>28188175
Fuck, 4chan refreshed as I posted. Going with the demons anyway, sorry.

>>28188182
Though we fought gloriously against Ves Venna and his ilk, no number of heroes could hold back the Chaos creatures that struck at the foundations of our world, much less the gods who fought against them and crushed us underfoot as they did.

The Storm Age ended

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>>28188256
But hope was not lost. Even in the darkness men dared dream, and one man led the Orlanthi to victory against Chaos.

In doing so, he came to know the strengths of the clans that served him. What did Heort see in the ancient antecedents of our clan: War, peace, or the balance?

>>28188306
War, of course.

>>28188306
Balanced

>>28188306

Balanced.

We must be fierce yet just in our demeanor. We desire the fruits of peace through the terrors of war, and yield to no mortal..

>>28188223
>Doesn't this also give us better raiding in the wintertime?
Had to look it up, but it does. This is going to be amazing.

A couple more minutes for voting.

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>>28188306
Neither consumed by war, nor softened by peace, our tribe held to a balanced path.

In time, the scars left by Chaos receded from the world. We gave thanks to our ancestors and the Living Deities, and worked to revive the gods who had been overcome by Chaos. At this time, one power stood above the rest in the soul of our tribe. Who was it?

The Ancestors
Elmal
Urox
Odayla
Ernalda
Orlanth
Issaries
Lhankor Mhy
Chalana Arroy
Uralda

dammit OP you don't need to wait 15 minutes for each vote

>>28188445
You're right, but I've unexpectedly had family intervening from the start. I'll try to keep things moving along.

>>28188439
We must awaken Elmal first! With him at our side, we will be better prepared should the Chaos return.

>>28188439

Orlanth might be a good choice.

>>28188439
Elmal of course

>>28188439
>Elmal
Loyal thanes up in this bitch.

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>>28188458
In recognition of the oldest ways, not only did we seek to awaken Elmal, but we venerated him greatly.

In time all the gods left us. Orlanth values freedom above all things, and he realized that so long as his people remained on this earth we would never learn true freedom. But he did not abandon us, even now we can speak to the gods, and play out the ancient tales to touch a bit of the divine.

I just had an idea. We that suggest moves for OP can be his council. Depending on how many of us there are, of course.

>>28188564

Not everybody would be able to make it to every thread.

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>>28188532
Strange indeed is this world where the gods sit aloof from mankind. Years ago the dragons came to the tribe offering friendship.

How did the tribe react to the dragons?
Hostilely--Dragons are the enemy!
Poorly--Dragons are not to be trusted.
Coolly--Dragons have nothing to interest us.
Warmly--Dragons have much to offer us.

>>28188564
Just have fun, that's all this is for.

>>28188576
Doesn't particularly matter. Just assume one of the people on the council's identity.

If you don't like any of them, get OP to change someone on the council.

>>28188582

Negative. Don't trust dragons, they see men as pawns or cattle.

>>28188582
We hate dragons. Why trust someone that eats your people?

>>28188582
Don't trust a dragon

>>28188594
I'm cautiously against it. If you want to style yourself around the members of the circle, by all means go ahead, but I won't be giving special consideration to anyone.

>>28188611
>>28188625
When the dragons came to us, we listened and told them to leave. We would have nothing to do with the scalekin.

>>28188582
Our tribe stayed in Heortland, to keep the homeland our ancestors helped form. Well that we did, for the dragons devoured those who had emigrated to Dragon Pass. For two hundred years we thought of it as a place of danger.

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>>28188689
Whoops.

>>28188594

Problem with that, is doing heroquests. Generally heroquests involve decisions voted on by the people in the thread and perusal of the quest's myth for hints. So you'll be stuck with other people voting on what your character does during the quest, because otherwise they would just have to watch you tell OP what your choices are for like an hour.

I guess there could be a way, radically different, of running a game like this, but it might be better as an actual gaming session: a PnP or whatnot with everyone's characters on a clan council.

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>>28188689
But needs must.

Who among you would not risk danger to avoid sin? Pharaoh divided our people, and we were left with the choice of kin-slaying or escape. Dragon Pass was our solution, a place where we might begin anew, where Pharaoh's agents yet feared to tread.

We named ourselves a balanced clan, to honor our ancestors, and departed our home.

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>>28188761
Quiviniland would be our new home in our new land. Before we could settle, we needed to claim our tula.

How much land did we demand as our right?

Enough for ourselves.
Enough to grow into.
More than enough.
All that we could.

>>28188815

Enough to grow into.

>>28188815
>Enough to grow into.

>>28188815
Let's get greedy. More than enough.

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>>28188824
>>28188855
We thought of the future, but did not fall into greed, and claimed enough land to grow into.

This, then is our clan:
>We stood with Elmal.
>We fought with Orlanth.
>We adopted the Stick People.
>We battled the Ice Demons.
>We are a balanced clan.
>We awoke Elmal.
>We distrust dragons.
>We have more than enough land.

We do not shirk danger, but we do not engage foolishly. We are in Dragon Pass for the long haul.

This is my tribe! This is your tribe! Let us welcome the new year by naming our new tribe!

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>>28188941

METAL WARRIORS

>>28188967
>field too long
Ten letters and spaces.

>>28188941

Since we'll be raiding in Dark season, something snow/ice/winter related?

>>28188941
I'd like to suggest Drakekiler.

>captcha: essential drakedE
Precisely.

>>28189014
You'll need a concrete suggestion. Fimbulvetr maybe.

>>28189034

Drakekiler? Seems a little long. And we we'rent a major player in the dragonkill war, we only distrusted the dragons.

Drakebane could be a shorter clan name along the same lines though. Or Draketooth.

>>28188941
Ice Shield

>>28189062

The dark winter that precedes Ragnarok?

Sounds perfect.

>>28189064

Yeah, we are negative not hostile toward dragons.

>>28189083

According to Wikipedia:

Fimbulvetr is the harsh winter that precedes the end of the world and puts an end to all life on Earth. Fimbulwinter is three successive winters where snow comes in from all directions, without any intervening summer. During this time, there will be innumerable wars and ties of blood will no longer be respected: the next-of-kin will lie together and brothers will kill brothers.[1]

The event is described primarily in the Poetic Edda. In the poem Vafþrúðnismál, Odin poses the question to Vafþrúðnir as to who of mankind will survive the Fimbulwinter. Vafþrúðnir responds that Líf and Lífþrasir will survive and that they will live in the forest of Hoddmímis holt.

This mythology might be related to the extreme weather events of 535–536 which resulted in a notable drop in temperature across northern Europe. There have also been several popular ideas about whether or not this particular piece of mythology has a connection to the climate change that occurred in the Nordic countries at the end of the Nordic Bronze Age dating from about 650 BC. Before this climate change, the Nordic countries were considerably warmer.[2]

In Denmark, Norway, Sweden and other Nordic countries, the term fimbulvinter is still used to refer to an unusually cold and harsh winter.[3]

>>28189116
I thought it would be appropriate.

We learned much from the Ice Demons. How to treat ones deepest enemies, how to treat vengeance as a cold thing, and how to fight in conditions that sane men abhor.

We are clan Fimbulvetr, and we have come to Dragon Pass.

>>28189177

Alright, so who do we have available as our clan chief and councilors? And where can we spend our first year's magic points?

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>>28189177
Pic.

I'm up for doing a year or two tonight. Anyone still here?

>>28189203
Yes, press on.

>>28189203
I am always here, op

>>28189203

Sure, let's do this. And don't forget to archive it, note that Runic Men didn't get saved in sup/tg/ and as a result we can't access all the pics from glitchy Foolz archive.

>>28189203
Let do this OP

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>>28189218
>>28189224
>>28189196
>>28189234
Most excellent. I'll be out of character mostly from now on, I spend more time on the speeches than the uploading.

>>28189229
Will do.

Here's our clan in 1329.

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>>28189243
Fuck everything it's a clan of-- Hello. This is a VERY interesting starting ring.

All right Storm Men, magic us up.

We should put some points in Crops and Herds. We want to be prosperous, after all.

>>28189259
HERDS AND CROPS TO THE MAX

>>28189259

2 Crops
1 Herds
1 Hunting
2 Diplomacy
1 War

Let's try to get settled in our new village, our holy men have predicted a decent year.

Also, it seems like our clan ring has lots of young people, good to see, but what are the stats on everyone? Do we have an Eurmal devotee to show his hairy ass to our allies while groping their wives?

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>>28189290
>>28189310
Four points left.

>>28189331
Going to go with this if no one has any different ideas. Haven't checked the nobles yet, that will be the first order of business once we're done here.

>>28189344
Sounds good.

>>28189331

Oh and if our token warrior ring member is an Urox berserker make sure he has good stats for crushing the skulls of our rival clans and smiting broos.

>>28189344
We could probably do without the Hunting and War. We want some in reserve in case we have any emergencies.

>>28189356
Every point in War is like spending a point of magic during an individual engagement. I'll leave it up to the Storm Gentlemen to decide what we want, though I reserve the right to break ties.

>>28189331
Going to go with this, unless someone wants to add to >>28189356.

>>28189344
Put one is children, War, and Diplomacy, save the last one

>>28189390

Lets go with 1 in War and not put any in hunting.

>>28189390
Oh, really? Then keep it in War. I feel like we might be fighting a lot.

>>28189405

We probably will be, it's likely we'll get hit by some trolls or something this year.

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The final values for our clan magic. Let's see what our nobles look like.

>>28189390
Remove hunting and only put 1 in diplomacy

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So there's good news and bad news.

The good news is that most of our ring members have Excellents in their primary attribute.

The bad news is that the ones who are Excellent are all over 50.

Oh, and we also have a Trickster, but who cares about him, right? I care very much. He's pretty good, too.

>>28189463
I love Tricksters, too.

And yikes. We might be better off with a mix of old veterans and young come-uppance. Give us room to grow, you know?

>>28189487
Looking closer, we could actually staff a ring reasonably well with whippersnappers. We've got a HUGE number of Elmal worshippers, one of whom is our best magic user.

Here's what I'm going to do: I'm going to pack the ring according to the wishes of the gentlemen. Tell me what you guys want:

A focus on the best stats above all else?
A focus on the best synergy, even if it's not quite optimal? (I recommend this)
Largest life expectancy?
Favorite gods?
Male/female balance?

We've also got an Uroxi on the ring, but a young Vingan and another Humakt worshipper are almost as good at stabbing things. Our best combatant is the Elmalite on the far right of the current ring.

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>>28189463
Kentvent has an awesome name and we must train him up.

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>>28189563
Luckily, he's 25 and a worshipper of Lhankor Mhy, and our best Customs agent to boot (but it's still only Very Good). I'll keep him in.

This is the current clan ring. Quite a few new faces. If anyone wants details on what they do, let me know. For now, though, we move on to part 2 of Sea season.

>>28189676
Remember: No raiding in Sea or Earth, Fire is the traditional raiding time, we CAN raid in Dark season (which most clans cannot do) and Storm is unpredictable.

I suggest either hiring more weaponthanes, scouting the tula, appointing crafters or building a watchtower.

From the map, our feuding partners are on the other side of the Quivinilands. That will make opening hostile negotiations difficult, since we'll have to pay tolls on the way to visit.

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Interesting map though; Lysang is practically in Prax.

Did OP die?

>>28189993
Waiting for suggestions actually. Regardless, looking at the clock revealed that it's time for me to get ready for work. If the thread survives until I get back we'll pick it up where we left off, if not I'll start a new thread tomorrow.

>>28190019
Oh.

Well I don't have any suggestions. I mostly followed the Runic Men but I don't even have a decent grasp of the game mechanics. I'm just waiting for the veteran kings to get this shit rolling because I enjoyed tRM.

>>28190052
>>>/v/res/217327605

This one rhymes

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>>28190052
King of Dragon Pass looks much more intimidating than it is. Which isn't to say that it won't rip you a new one if you fuck up or get unlucky, but there's not a huge amount to it. It's almost like a 4X visual novel, think Civilization without colonization or a grid.

The manual might help.

>>28189676

Seems decent enough.

Bump to wait for OP return

>>28194822
Give me an hour and we'll start.

In the meantime, if anyone wants to suggest a course of action for Sea 2, go ahead.

>>28194971
Bumping this for others who knows about KoDP

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And I'm back.

If no one has any suggestions, I'm going to go ahead and hire five more weaponthanes. A weaponthane fights like five men, so having a bunch is a good idea.

Priorities:
Sacrifice to Humakt and Vinga. Get Truesword and Fyrdwomen as soon as reasonably possible.
Explore Tula for delicious trade goods.
Do not, ever, EVER, and I mean NEVER EVER, piss off the Ducks.

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>>28195741
Weaponthanes it i--

FUCKING ICE DEMONS. Here's our first event. It pretty much sucks. Do we:

1. Call up our neighbors for a demon killing party
2. Ask one of the gods we hate with every fiber of our religious being to help us
3. Fight the demons ourselves
4. Do jack shit.

Start the voting.

>>28195741

Either explore or build defences.

>>28195805
Sage advice. We can get started on all of that once we've dealt with the cold ones.

>>28195857
3! Fight the god damn polar gooks!

>>28195857
Not 4 b/c Fuck Ice Demons

Ugh, the rest are trouble b/c not like we are
- reputable
- have alot of resources to spare
- have alot of weaponthanes to spare

if i had to choose i'd go 2 and sacrifice goods

>>28195857

To please our ancestor by making suicidal charges, SEND IN OUR THANES. (choice number 3)

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>>28195891

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>>28195891
>>28195903
Attacking the winds it is. How many people do we send to death and to glory?

Do you want your ancestors to turn their faces away from your clan in shame, knowing their descendants are vile, scum-sucking stick farmers?

Then pray to Valind.

Do you want your ancestors to do all of the above, except also know that you are unmanned beardless horse-spawn?

Then do nothing.

I say:

3.), for we must make war on the blasted Ice Demons.

>>28195946
Send one in three - five Weaponthanes.

>>28195946

if we're gonna fight its all or nothing. Now we chose to fight, send em all.

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>>28195968
A good number. It matches the total magic we have for kicking their ass. 4 magic for one thane? Good deal.

>>28195998
Fuck yeah! We fixed those ice beaners!

>>28195998
Hot damn the ancestors are pleased.

>>28195998
now thats done, i say we explore out Tula!~

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>>28196013
I've never beaten the event with less than ten, with Humakt's Truesword blessing.

It's now Fire season, prime time for raiding. We, being trained in the way of showing Winter the door, can raid during Dark season, so we might want to do other things.

>>28196022
Like explore our territory, where all sorts of treasures might await. Exploring also cuts down on bandit attacks during other events.

Or we could raid the shit out of someone. Up to you lot.

>>28196059
Who are our clan's ancestral enemies? Ie who are we feuding with?
Who are our allies?
Who are our neighbours (and are any of them our allies/enemies?)

We need to know that before raiding, Son of Heort.

>>28195998

holy crap we beat them how did it happen

>>28196059

explore

>>28196089

Ice Demons are our ancestral enemies.

>>28189775 is the map, it looks like the "greydogs" are holding something against us.

>>28196059
>>28196022

explore our village! (think Tula means village)

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>>28196089
We have two enemy clans, the Greydogs and the Anmangarn. The dogfuckers are a peaceful clan, while the Anmangarn are known for raiding.

The Greydogs are actually pretty close by, while the other guys are way over on the other side of the pass.

You can check the map here: >>28189775 Clans in red hate us, clans in blue are allied. Purple clans are ambivalent, though they do range from one to the other.

Looks like we've got votes for exploring, so I'll do that.

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>>28196154
The game suggested that our Humakti lead our expeditionary force, which I agreed with. I sent 4 thanes and five footmen along.

>>28196154

If the Greydogs are peaceful, it might be possible to negotiate with them.

>>28196178

Sounds good.

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And we hit the jackpot. Who likes treasure? Go ahead and suggest another action.

We can:


Raid (give a suggestion)
Explore (give a direction)
Explore the tula
Sacrifice to a god (pick which god)
Try to set up a trade route
Built a fortification
Send out people to try and buy treasure
Send out people on a diplomatic mission
Attempt a heroque bwahahahaha no.

>>28196185
Something to keep in mind.

>>28196225
Oh right, the gods. There's kind of a lot of them. Does anyone need a primer?

>>28196225

I say build a fortification, we might get raided by trolls or horsespawn if we're unlucky.

By the way, how many thanes did we lose to the ice demons?

>>28196225
Explore our tula!

>>28196225
We must raid at least once every year. Even with our Ice Demon training we are still in danger of failing during Dark.

I say Raid, and raid the Greydogs - they might be a peaceful clan, but they have offended our ancestors.

In other words: Kick their buttsa nd take their stuff.

>>28196272
Is this what one calls Orlanthi football?

>>28196272
lets raid, steal some cattle, why not

>>28196287
The Orlanthi call it Footballs, obvious reasons for that being obvious.

Raid now in Fire 2, Sacrifice in Earth (Humakt and Vinga), build Fortification in Dark, Explore/Raid in Storm

>>28196268
One. I'm in awe.

>>28196305
An extraordinarily solid plan. Want to hit the Greydogs like >>28196272 suggested?

>>28196319
>One. I'm in awe.
He headbutted an ice-demon so hard they both exploded

Raiding it is then. The ring has its preferences, any objections?

>>28196319

Yes. Attack the Greydogs.

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>>28196374
Board ate my image.

>>28196378
Greydogs it is.

>>28196305
this sounds good to me for a little while.

next year or so we could start building a trade route maybe and playing around with the allocation of the workers.

Also Heortson, remember to periodically adjust the thanes to get on patrol. They're lazy fucks at times

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Unfortunately they saw us coming from a mile away. What are the battleplans? Choose:
--Whether we sacrifice (and who to),
--What the objective of the raid is,
--What our tactics are

Quick note: I forgot to bring along our auxiliaries, so we're fighting without healers this time. I'll make a point of bringing ten or so with us on future raids.

>>28196392
>at times
The only part of your statement that is untrue; they'll take any excuse to stop patrolling.

>>28196444
One magic to humakt, plunder, charge.

>>28196444

>no healers
dammit

We won't have time to sacrifice, we're outnumbered on their land and they've spotted us.

We should use 2 magic, skirmish aiming to kill: make a retreat and try to pick them off.

>>28196481

We'd be stopped immediately if we tried that, and we'd lose weaponthanes because we forgot to bring auxiliaries.

Keep in mind, magic into war at the beginning of the year counts as one point into each individual raid, so we've got one point in this battle already.

>>28196495
>>28196511
Going with this then, and yes I'm an idiot for forgetting.

>>28196529

Both those posts were me, I was just replying to that other guy.

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>>28196537
It's fine, the post was going to say "Next response calls it".

Battle event: what does our Vingan do? She's pretty great by the way, Very Good Leadership and... I want to say Excellent Combat.

>>28196567
right click her face to check her stats (or left, who remembers?)
TAKE HUGE RISKS! NO PAIN NO GAIN!

>>28196567

Her stats are strong. Have her order a defensive line to stop the berserker, we're already fighting this battle defensively anyway.

I bought this game the first time this sort of thread rolled around, thinking it looked interesting.

I then realized that I had no idea how to play it. I decided "fuck it" and made all the choices which sounded like they would've max'ed out my clan's warring capabilities, proceeded to make the most belligerent council of Humakt worshippers possible, and then raid the Lonisi clan at all possible times (because the game generated me with a Lonisi feud.)

My save file is named "FUCK THE LONISI".

>>28196606

Did you defeat the Lonisi?

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>>28196590
Fuck me, I wish I'd known that was available during events

>>28196630

To hell with it, fight the berserker. Let's see what our qt 3.14 redhead shieldmaiden is capable of.

>>28196630
Should have said: Seeing these stats, does anyone want to suggest a different course of action for Onelisin?

>>28196623

I sure tried. They eventually tried to send a peace offering that was basically "Jesus fuck you crazy bastards, we'll give you tribute on a yearly basis if you just leave us the hell alone"

I requested the max tribute, and they said that would basically be equivalent to demanding they all starve to death. And I was like "THAT'S THE IDEA YOU FAGGOTS"

At which point they started making allies for defense and after several more raids I realized I was almost bankrupt on the cow front.

It was fun though.

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>>28196590
>>28196656
Single combat it is.

And she did good, our Pucelle.

>>28196630
man i never knew you can see their stats in battle screen Q__Q

>>28196700

>even though we didn't win the battle
2ominous4me

How many did thanes we lose?

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>>28196692
you did good

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>>28196700
It wasn't enough though.

I think we might want to sacrifice to Chalana Arroy.

>>28196700
mah gurl

>>28196623
Is it possible to eliminate another tribe?
It really annoys me that I've burnt their tula to the ground, taken all their cows and they give me all their food, yet they're still somehow to survive no matter how many times I raid them

>>28196725

Good plan. We should do that as our first action in Earth season.

>>28196725
hm. A phyrric loss for us.

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Event first though!

A thrall started a rebellion against the people he served, the Vostang. They smashed the rebellion, and now the leader begs for our mercy. What do we do?

>>28196755
we are against thralldom?
FOIGHT THOSE FUCKERS!
MUH ANCESTORS!

>>28196755

We should try and convince the Vostangi to stop pursuing him.

>>28196755
>>28196770
MUH ANCESTORS!

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>>28196770
>>28196782
Fighting the power.

Who leads? Remember, further to the top and left means higher skill, even if the stats are nominally identical.

>>28196806

Elmalandti, CHAMPION OF BASED STORMBULL

TIME TO GO BERSERK ON THESE BITCHES

>>28196806
Onelisin! She knows how to shank a bitch. Also she's relatively young.

>>28196806
Chop, chop. Baranthos gotta learn to be the choppiest. Make a man outta you, son.

>>28196806
That is one classy-looking Uroxi...
It worries me...

>>28196806
I'm joining this thread now, hope thats alright. Obviously I have read all thats happened so far, as Elmal seems to be our main deity why not get Baranthos to lead it?

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Apologies, something came up.

>>28196827
>>28196849
Elmalandti is our man! How many go with him to buttkick for goodness?

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>>28196961

>>28197001
I second this.

>>28196961

Send 2 thanes and all the footmen, we need some unwounded thanes to guard home in case of emergency.

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>>28197001
>>28197013
Oh boy.

Full disclosure: I'm posting this from work. My boss doesn't care, on the condition that I do my job. If I vanish for long periods of time without saying anything, that's probably why.

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>>28197055
That went quite well.

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>>28197055
I have no idea what I'm suggesting btw

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>>28197069

>>28197069

Good work, brave thanes.

Now, to sacrifice to Challana Arroy and fortify our tula.

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>>28197069
Note that we got a single point of magic for that event.

It is now Earth season, harvest time. We will not raid at this time, but we can do all sorts of other things. I would recommend sacrificing to Chalana Arroy to learn the Healing miracle.

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>>28197124

>>28197124

>we got a single point of magic for that event
Our ancestors bless us again.

Let us sacrifice goods to Chalana Arroy, since she is not fond of bloodshed, and gain her aid in healing our wounded warriors.

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>>28197142
>>28197149
Unfortunately we did not put any points of Clan Magic into Mysteries last Sacred Time. As such, I offered the good goddess 14 goods, since she hates the spilling of blood.

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>>28197197
Haha, forgot to trim the border.

Chalana Arroy blessed us with the Resurrection ritual, proving that the gods do have a sense of humor. Resurrection only works on clan notables.

>>28197222
Chal is being salty...

>>28197222

We must fortify, then. This is going to be a hard winter with half our army unable to carry their spears. If the trolls attack, or worse, if our ancient enemies appear again...

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>>28197222
Given that Dark season was prophesied to be mild, I went ahead and sacrificed again. This time we got Healing.

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>>28197266
The Osgosi clan decided to call in the favor we owed, asking us for magic. Do we give, or turn them away? And how much, or why do we turn them away?

>>28197286

offer gifts instead

>>28197286
We should listen to the trickster. He seems like an educated and respectable fellow.

>>28197286
....we got a classy-looking uroxi and a wise trickster...
guys, I am spooked.

>>28197319
Is this a vote to give the customary amount?

>>28197345
sure. but you guys did see the uroxi, right?
he looks downright stable!

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We gave up three points of magic. Ironically, we're back where we started the year.

>>28197371
He shares his portrait with the tribe leader from my other game.

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>>28197388
We're not out of the event woods yet though. Our gemstones caught the attention of a trader, who wants to buy them from us. I'm actually not sure whether the third option give more goods than producing crafts from the gems (which we can do anyway, if at a lower rate).

>>28197426
Fuck him

>>28197426

Enough with it, no sale.

>>28197426
>>28197434
Seconded. Fuck that guy.

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>>28197426
He dares question our skill at soap stone carving!? No deal!

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We told him to show us his honor.

He refused.

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It is now Dark season. Difficult weather makes raiding impossible for most clans, but we aren't most clans.

That said, we've kinda got lots of hurt people and no defenses. So do we put up some walls or ask mother for healing? If the latter, indicate how many goods you want to offer up.

Keep in mind that the ice demons hate us and come most often in Dark season.

>>28197536

Throw up walls.

>>28197536
What good are walls if we have no one to defend them with? Heal our gangstas.

>>28197569

Good point, let's heal first.

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>>28197569
>>28197579
We've got thirty-four men down, so I offered up thirty goods. Everyone's on their feet now.

No event, so pick your second Dark season action. Building walls will cost 50 goods, of our 55. Do it anyway?

>>28197536
healing, 20 goods

>>28197622
build walls, defenses are good to have (I usually get them as soon as possible

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>>28197622
Why not? Who needs goods anyway?

>>28197622

Do it anyway, and pray springtime comes quickly.

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>>28197638
>>28197643
The walls went up, and an event I've never seen before goes off. Talking (god?) rock, what do?

>>28197675
Befreind that rock.

>>28197675
i'm inching towards befriending or anual worship.

lets go with annual sacrifice.

>>28197675

I sense a trap, but I might be a little paranoid. Befriend it.

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>>28197675
I think I remember it's a bro rock... but I'm likely wrong. Can't go wrong with annual sacrifices for the stone god.

>>28197675
Uroxi knows what is up

>>28197675
Test eet

>>28197704
>>28197733
Just so you know, befriending it will get us a one-time benefit. Worshipping it will get us an annual one. Assuming this isn't a terrible trap, of course.

Currently at 3 to 3 worship and befriend. Anyone want to break the tie?

>>28197775

You're the chieftain, 3 and 3 and you make seven. Just like a clan ring. You decide.

>>28197775
Worship it

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>>28197793
>>28197797
Worshipping it is.

Who leads the ritual? I think our man Elmalandti, but just in case.

>>28197830

Seconded.

>>28197830
Orstalor

>>28197830
Elmalandti seems the best choice

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Rolled 6

>>28197830
I'm letting the dice gods decide. 1 is top left and 7 is bottom right.

>>28197880

>the dice gods select the trickster

The Storm Bull adherent named after Elmal leads the ritual. How many cows do we gut for the rock?

>>28197880
Eurmal is with you.

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>>28197907
One to fifteen.

>>28197880

Yesss! Orstalor gonna make friends with the rock!

>>28197923
All the cows.

Rolled 15

>>28197923
Im consulting the dice gods again as I have no clue what an appropiate amount is.

>>28197940
make it 8 this needs to be annual so we need to keep in maintainable

>>28197923
8

>>28197923
2

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We're split 2 and 2. Since we've just confirmed the dice gods are Eurmal, I went with 15.

>>28197959
Prompt says this year; we should get to choose in future years.

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>>28198007
No one suspects a thing

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>>28198007
We've earned a new shrine. Cool effect, should help when I forget to set weaponthanes patrolling.

It's now Storm season, Dark season's less assholish younger brother. We can do anything, but expeditions that leave our tula have a chance of failure.

Given that we have six goods, I'd recommend getting some trade routes going, raiding, or exploring/

>>28198106
Raid, let's go a-viking.

>>28198122
not until dark

>>28198106
I personally always explore, but I usually fail epically at this game

so lets go trading

>>28198106

I think we can trust this hill spirit, if it's giving us an actual bonus for using his favorite rock as his shrine.

Send for a trade route with our allies to the south, and then do some exploran'

>>28198106
lets explore

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Rolled 1

>>28198106
1 = trade
2 = raiding
3 = sexploring

>>28198140
Valind is our enemy. that means we get bonuses for raiding during dark

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>>28198159
Trading it is. I'm sending along five thanes to keep Orlgard company. Wish them luck.

What do we want to do with the rest of Storm season?

>>28198106
Let the clan's finest representative of Issaries or Lhankor Mhy go to our neighbours, and give them gifts, and give them good words and let us make trade with one-another, that we might strengthen the bonds of the people of Orlanth and earn many cattle-worths of silver.

(TLDR: Trade!)

>>28198273

Cattle Raid on greydogs, go Gorilla Warfare on their asses

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>>28198273
Football!

>>28198273
Sacrifice cattle to Humakt or Vinga, for we need both Truesword and Fyrdwomen.

We do not want to raid, for we have sent weapon-thanes with Orlgard, and would be much-weakened if we were to raid now.

>>28198340

Good point. Sacrifice to Humakt to try and get Truesword then.

>>28198273
I just checked, we have 40 odd farmers sitting on their asses. We could set them to making crafts, get some industry going.

>>28198307
>>28198312
Still though, the Greydog sons of bitches need a reminding of why they don't study war no more, and >>28198340 has an excellent point. Humakt prefers cattle sacrifices anyway.

Rolled 1

>>28198340
He sounds more sensible than I. 2+ on a d6 and I change my vote
>>28198312
to his instead.

>>28198366
Either ready more hides of land for the farmers to work, or convert to crafters (I prefer to over-farm, you cannot at any point have too much food.)

But crafters = good. You can do so much with goods. So, so much.

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>>28198368
Dice gods gonna Eurmal. That said, we're still sacrificing to Humakt.

And now we are as gods. One of our Weaponthanes is worth ten mere mortals, and two of anyone else's thanes.

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>>28198528
The good news keeps coming, we've got a second trade route.

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>>28198552
Sacred time is here again. This is our clan. I love that you can see the structures you've created. The shrine to our pet rock (Tarard Riel) is to the southwest.

>>28198592
What can we do?