Jeboboid
Draconic GM
- Location
- United Kingdom
I don't really care about the benefits of actions, aside from when they're purely clerical I'm afraid. I'd much rather do it cos it's a nice thing to do. Maybe I could write about Dawngleam, Annabelle and Lillymist having tea together on an afternoon off or something
I think I'd like that.
Whiteeyes
Crazy Pacifist Genius v3.9
- Location
- Pennsylvania, USA
Heroes are rare, you have been getting good rolls.
- Location
- New York
[x] Berburta
Entropy Judge
Recurring Bouts of Misanthropy
Also probably worth it to keep a broader base of species throughout the staff.Indeed!
Also, I'd prefer we get Berburta, purely because they specialize in treating injuries, which I believe we're more liable to get, considering our courses
- Location
- va
[x] Berburta
[X] Berbuta
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
[X] Berburta
I feel I should point out that while our preventative security is decent, IE the wardstone, for reactive security, we only have a Watcher Golem. Perhaps we should go ahead and get a Combat Golem next turn?
By preventative security, I imagine that the wardstone makes it harder for people we don't want to get in to...well, get in. By reactive security, I mean people who can help out in something like a monster attack. Yes, staff and notable students can help out, but I think that it would be easier to have something exclusively for the job of handling incursions like monster attacks, hence the Combat Golem.
I feel I should point out that while our preventative security is decent, IE the wardstone, for reactive security, we only have a Watcher Golem. Perhaps we should go ahead and get a Combat Golem next turn?
By preventative security, I imagine that the wardstone makes it harder for people we don't want to get in to...well, get in. By reactive security, I mean people who can help out in something like a monster attack. Yes, staff and notable students can help out, but I think that it would be easier to have something exclusively for the job of handling incursions like monster attacks, hence the Combat Golem.
^^
More money would be advisable first. We got a number of good combatants on staff, but a school needs to be a better SCHOOL to turn a profit first.
[X] Berburta
Not much call for a specialist disease healer on a routine basis. Any routine sniffles can be dealt with in house, and anything bigger should be using a hospital(instead of keeping the sick students around other students) anyway
Plus it's easier all round to have the doctor be female in a girls school.
More money would be advisable first. We got a number of good combatants on staff, but a school needs to be a better SCHOOL to turn a profit first.
[X] Berburta
Not much call for a specialist disease healer on a routine basis. Any routine sniffles can be dealt with in house, and anything bigger should be using a hospital(instead of keeping the sick students around other students) anyway
Plus it's easier all round to have the doctor be female in a girls school.
Agreed.
[X] Berburta
Actually, are there any other settlements on our world at all? Let alone a hospital.
Incidentally. Dang, we dodged a bullet with a hero failing a class.
And Sachiko truly is a Hero.
Fuck tactics, going in raw.
Actually, considering her fighting style, that's probably why Lillymist was so frustrated with her:
...Lillymist's fencing style specializes in subtlety. Maybe we should have Shantae tutor her instead.
...Lillymist's fencing style specializes in subtlety. Maybe we should have Shantae tutor her instead.
[x] Berburta
And you said you'd be amazed if we ever had two in a school at the same time. Didn't even take us a semester.
And you said you'd be amazed if we ever had two in a school at the same time. Didn't even take us a semester.
We have the ability to host functions for students. We do have to plan it a month ahead, we really should do that next turn.
And hire a representative so that they can set up those sorts of things.
Also, while I don't think we should get both doctors. It bears in mind to remember we are in a jungle. Disease happens.
Edit: I'm not sure if representatives would actually set up those things, but I think they can.
And hire a representative so that they can set up those sorts of things.
Also, while I don't think we should get both doctors. It bears in mind to remember we are in a jungle. Disease happens.
Edit: I'm not sure if representatives would actually set up those things, but I think they can.
Whiteeyes
Crazy Pacifist Genius v3.9
- Location
- Pennsylvania, USA
And you said you'd be amazed if we ever had two in a school at the same time. Didn't even take us a semester.
I may have underestimated how much you bribed the Dice Lord. You apparently just have pies that are that good.
Jeboboid
Draconic GM
- Location
- United Kingdom
Pie is the best bribe
Fellow administrators, I think it's time we talked about our goals.
At this point, we are pretty much a functioning school. We nearly have all the basics down, so it's time to decide which direction we want to expand in. I, and I'd hazard to say many of you, have entertained the idea of one day turning Rèalta into the next Alpha or Omega Academy, or something akin to Mahora or Academy City, even. But such a day is far off, and in the meantime, we must use what limited funding and actions we have to decide how best to grow our school.
Do we, in the next few months, dedicate ourselves foremost to exploration and research in the hopes that the wilderness will provide us with the edge we seek? Or do we spend our time searching for more teaching staff so that our students may learn from a more comprehensive curriculum? Do we train our most excellent students to compete in the inter-school competitions so that their performance might bring us more prestige? Make deals with Headmasters of other schools for support?
'Ah, but why not take all of those options, and while we're at it, add in several more?', I hear you ask. Well, yes, that's possible. But then there's no plan, only the taking of whatever opportunities we're presented with. And with no plan, I believe our school will stay in mediocrity far longer than if we concentrate on making one thing about our school special. While it's nice to be known on our world for offering a better-than-decent education in a wide variety of subjects, it's better to be known across the multiverse for offering this one very special thing that's not available anywhere else!
The question I would put forward is, what is this one specialty that we could have, that none of the other academies could hope to match? We have our proximity to the unexplored wilderness working in our favour, represented by Rèalta's 'Exotic' trait (as listed in the OP). This is apparently interesting enough to net us an audience with Calif Noradzir. So is our specialty new discoveries then? But our students haven't been involved in any of our discoveries so far. Is our specialty hand-to-hand combat, seeing how fully one third of our notable students have mastered this subject? But we don't have any special advantage for teaching this in the wilderness. I don't see us becoming known across the multiverse for hand-to-hand expertise while we're out in the sticks.
Our specialty has to be some opportunity that we can impart onto our students. Or rather, it's not Rèalta that should be known for this specialty, but rather Rèalta's graduates should be known for possessing some ability that can only be gained at Rèalta. What can we give to our students that will make our school famous and attractive?
Do we, in the next few months, dedicate ourselves foremost to exploration and research in the hopes that the wilderness will provide us with the edge we seek? Or do we spend our time searching for more teaching staff so that our students may learn from a more comprehensive curriculum? Do we train our most excellent students to compete in the inter-school competitions so that their performance might bring us more prestige? Make deals with Headmasters of other schools for support?
'Ah, but why not take all of those options, and while we're at it, add in several more?', I hear you ask. Well, yes, that's possible. But then there's no plan, only the taking of whatever opportunities we're presented with. And with no plan, I believe our school will stay in mediocrity far longer than if we concentrate on making one thing about our school special. While it's nice to be known on our world for offering a better-than-decent education in a wide variety of subjects, it's better to be known across the multiverse for offering this one very special thing that's not available anywhere else!
The question I would put forward is, what is this one specialty that we could have, that none of the other academies could hope to match? We have our proximity to the unexplored wilderness working in our favour, represented by Rèalta's 'Exotic' trait (as listed in the OP). This is apparently interesting enough to net us an audience with Calif Noradzir. So is our specialty new discoveries then? But our students haven't been involved in any of our discoveries so far. Is our specialty hand-to-hand combat, seeing how fully one third of our notable students have mastered this subject? But we don't have any special advantage for teaching this in the wilderness. I don't see us becoming known across the multiverse for hand-to-hand expertise while we're out in the sticks.
Our specialty has to be some opportunity that we can impart onto our students. Or rather, it's not Rèalta that should be known for this specialty, but rather Rèalta's graduates should be known for possessing some ability that can only be gained at Rèalta. What can we give to our students that will make our school famous and attractive?
tl;dr Our school isn't going to be the best school in the multiverse for a while longer, but how do we get there from here?
Doctors cost money to upkeep.
We have a pretty small budget.
Something for later
Good point. We can try that next.
I'd point out that our wilderness location allows us hands on monster and dungeon training
...So, since we're talking about how a third of our notable students have mastered hand-to-hand combat, I feel like pointing out that every single one of our notable students share a class: History. Is it just coincidence? Does Wildthorn have some secret that attracts notable individuals?
Being the only male teacher in a school of teenage(for their species) girls, who has a heroic past and lots of cool war stories?
Wouldn't be surprised if half the school was crushing bad on him.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
And since this is a Magical Girl school, half of the other students have other reasons not to crush on him.
Well, now is a good time to talk about goals short term and mid term, though I don't feel we are off the ground enough for long term goals. We have the bare bones, yes, but we don't have the bare muscle to back it up and hold it together yes.
Each course type has a basic building that we can get and likely expansions beyond that as seen in evidence by the Arena's hologram upgrade. While I don't want to rush each one of those into a high level, each building will save immeasurable amounts of time and effort from our students and catapult our students abilities to significant levels.
Most of us were leaning towards making our school's specialty that of raising adventurers. To that end I had suggested several courses centered around dealing with dangers of the world and living a life where one could be highly independent. This ended up including all of the Hazardous courses, many of the controversial courses, and courses like book keeping, cooking, and law.
I think that is still a good rough guideline for where we should take the school, aiming to become the premiere adventuring academy. For now that means getting someone in dungeoneering, which I feel Wildthorn would be a good candidate for, playing nicely off of his history knowledge and hero status.
As such, I'd like to put forward some short term and mid term goals:
Short term: (The rest of this semester and next semester)
Each course type has a basic building that we can get and likely expansions beyond that as seen in evidence by the Arena's hologram upgrade. While I don't want to rush each one of those into a high level, each building will save immeasurable amounts of time and effort from our students and catapult our students abilities to significant levels.
Most of us were leaning towards making our school's specialty that of raising adventurers. To that end I had suggested several courses centered around dealing with dangers of the world and living a life where one could be highly independent. This ended up including all of the Hazardous courses, many of the controversial courses, and courses like book keeping, cooking, and law.
I think that is still a good rough guideline for where we should take the school, aiming to become the premiere adventuring academy. For now that means getting someone in dungeoneering, which I feel Wildthorn would be a good candidate for, playing nicely off of his history knowledge and hero status.
As such, I'd like to put forward some short term and mid term goals:
Short term: (The rest of this semester and next semester)
- Get basic building upgrades
- Build relationships with teachers
- Gain understanding of staff abilities
- Gain student loyalty (we are going to be having really important students from our school, really need this)
- Improve basic academics
- Have Wildthorn learn Dungeoneering
- Find a way to fix Lillymist's negative modifiers
- Set up a more thorough security network in school
Jeboboid
Draconic GM
- Location
- United Kingdom
I like this general plan, though I will still probably vote for whatever plan catches my interest at the time