Thats just flat out false, since we can re-assign her as a free action.
And this is a Mysticism action. As is the Holy Grail action as well. We can double up next turn, then re-assign her to another spot in time for Turn 3.
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And this is a Mysticism action. As is the Holy Grail action as well. We can double up next turn, then re-assign her to another spot in time for Turn 3.
White Wraith
MUDA MUDA MUDA
[X] Don't Be Too Clever
I asked that question in the Discord and got confirmation before I made the post yes. Which is why I explicitly said:
in the post you're quoting. Ignoring that shows that you either glossed over or did not read my post in full, failed to comprehend it or are being dishonest even as you accuse me of stating a falsehood.
It is because we can assign her somewhere else that there's even less of a need to assign her to Mysticism. Because she can be more useful in more pressing areas.
We already have a grail, we don't know what happens when two grails interact and do know that the Grail is both hard to hide and likely to be sought after by other factions.
Grabbing the grail is not in line with attempts to keep a low profile or attempting to remain neutral, the former of which was part of the rationale for the winning turn 1 plan and the latter:
Well, somebody apparently said we should try it maybe.With all of these in mind, i have the beginnings of an overarching, massive plan to turn this shit to our advantage should we go for it, and you guys have the guts to go along with me
We just gotta commit to being that most hated of monsters:
The Neutral.
The lack of the Australian wizards or proper fortifications in particular are complicating factors for a double-grail playstyle though our lack of a Martial adviser and the subsequent probable delay on hiring security staff to help keep out infiltrators is also fairly painful.
Not to say that double-grail isn't viable, just that we've already shot ourselves in the foot somewhat with regards to the playstyle best suited to it.
Unless the goal is to give it to a different faction to give said faction a boost in exchange for favours?
Dace tries to be a father. (noncanon) + 8
- Location
- Norway
Dace tries to be father.
It all had started when Elizabeth had suggested he should try acting like a father. Do to her that you wished someone had done to you when you were younger.
*
Aife was twelve. She had completed a year at Hogwarts, and it had been amazing. It was like all her dreams had come true. She had befriended the Mauraders and alienated that traitor Pettigrew.
What happened now was a different turn of events. Her so called father had taken her on a trip. The coldest man she had ever met had tried to act like a father and had taken her on a camping trip deep into a forbidden forest in the north of Ireland.
What came as a surprise was that her "father" looked dorky as hell. The once stylish man, whose only redeeming trait was the way he looked and dressed, was wearing a giant black hat, a long silly black cape, and a blood red scarf. The rest of his attire was that of an evil pastor.
"Today I will teach you how to effetely kill and harvest vampires. "
She was baffled. She knew she shouldn't have expected a fishing trip, but this was too much.
"isn't that Illegal" she asked, remembering the books in her previous life.
"It certainly would be if those baboons in the ministry had gotten their will. I made sure eradicate any traces of the law as soon as it appeared. "
"What about garlic? I didn't see you bring any with us. "
"Garlic in its natural form would only alert them to our presence and scare them away. Since we intend to purge any living specimen of their kin, it would only hinder us. "
"You are the one who will be purged" a creepy voice from behind made her turn around. An hideous creature. Two tall slim men with bat like features was in front of them. They weren't hot at all.
"Lesser vampires. They are weaker than their kin, gives less useful resources and they hardly poses a challenge "
He threw a vial into the ground. White smoke engulfed them. It was only a moment later as she opened her eyes that she could see that all the vampires were dead. Only her father, who was looking somewhat content for once was still standing.
"White Smog. It paralyzes lesser vampires and slow their reaction time, it is something I developed in my youth. Now, watch me as I pull out its teeth. A vampire's fang works great as an ingrediency in potions for night vision and transformation". He took the head of one of the fallen creatures and started slowly dragging out its teeth with a plier.
"Your turn". He held the head of the other corpse towards her. Its glossy half open eyes staring at her
She wanted to scream, but it was simply to much. She simply stared. Only a low voice in the back of her head telling her "At least she had something to brag about when the school starts, right, Right?"
It all had started when Elizabeth had suggested he should try acting like a father. Do to her that you wished someone had done to you when you were younger.
*
Aife was twelve. She had completed a year at Hogwarts, and it had been amazing. It was like all her dreams had come true. She had befriended the Mauraders and alienated that traitor Pettigrew.
What happened now was a different turn of events. Her so called father had taken her on a trip. The coldest man she had ever met had tried to act like a father and had taken her on a camping trip deep into a forbidden forest in the north of Ireland.
What came as a surprise was that her "father" looked dorky as hell. The once stylish man, whose only redeeming trait was the way he looked and dressed, was wearing a giant black hat, a long silly black cape, and a blood red scarf. The rest of his attire was that of an evil pastor.
"Today I will teach you how to effetely kill and harvest vampires. "
She was baffled. She knew she shouldn't have expected a fishing trip, but this was too much.
"isn't that Illegal" she asked, remembering the books in her previous life.
"It certainly would be if those baboons in the ministry had gotten their will. I made sure eradicate any traces of the law as soon as it appeared. "
"What about garlic? I didn't see you bring any with us. "
"Garlic in its natural form would only alert them to our presence and scare them away. Since we intend to purge any living specimen of their kin, it would only hinder us. "
"You are the one who will be purged" a creepy voice from behind made her turn around. An hideous creature. Two tall slim men with bat like features was in front of them. They weren't hot at all.
"Lesser vampires. They are weaker than their kin, gives less useful resources and they hardly poses a challenge "
He threw a vial into the ground. White smoke engulfed them. It was only a moment later as she opened her eyes that she could see that all the vampires were dead. Only her father, who was looking somewhat content for once was still standing.
"White Smog. It paralyzes lesser vampires and slow their reaction time, it is something I developed in my youth. Now, watch me as I pull out its teeth. A vampire's fang works great as an ingrediency in potions for night vision and transformation". He took the head of one of the fallen creatures and started slowly dragging out its teeth with a plier.
"Your turn". He held the head of the other corpse towards her. Its glossy half open eyes staring at her
She wanted to scream, but it was simply to much. She simply stared. Only a low voice in the back of her head telling her "At least she had something to brag about when the school starts, right, Right?"
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Kufufu
Adequate at best
- Location
- What's it to ya?
We are the best dad.
Tidings from Discord:
Dumbledore got the Grail. Also some other stuff.
Dumbledore got the Grail. Also some other stuff.
You really don't know how that stuff tends to work out, smh.
First off, grabbing both Grails lets us open up its benefits to other factions including our own. This in turn lets Dace become a potential resource that, with sufficient backing behind it, will allow him to get others to enforce his neutrality for them. In turn, given the open nature of the Void-based factions making their move, they in turn have bigger fishes to fry.
By dint of informing Dumbledore of this, and also potentially getting The Terrorist in on it as well, those are the two most powerful Wizards in Britain already made aware of things, and the foundation for a mutually beneficial collaboration. Now that we have a general idea of Dumbledore's overarching scheme along with a good idea of the various pieces at play politically speaking, we can do the actual Intrigue thing and leverage that information into increasing our soft power.
By virtue of an obvious and existential threat existing, and by clearly signalling the fact that Dace is not a threat, we inherently fly under the radar thanks to the very literal shadow that the Void-based factions cast upon the rest of the setting.
lmao
And like this we can do literally whatever the fuck we want for the next few turns and no one will give a shit in the face of Dumbledore and the Void-based factions being stupidly obvious.
Kufufu
Adequate at best
- Location
- What's it to ya?
He's also become the King of the Erie and established his Conflux Castle.
We should really get to building our city before our chance slips us by.
Yeah with all this shit going on any need to be subtle has gone out the window. Now that someone else has started the arms race doing everything we can just to keep up is hardly suspicious in the slightest. It's simply escalation to match the escalation that others kickstarted themselves.
We are no longer going to be the ones reacted to, but one of many doing the reacting ourselves.
It's very convenient, imo
If the intent is to open its benefits to other factions and we are going Tower, the Grail building will be the Sky Ship. The utility of said ship is to give accurate map information on areas that aren't under a Cover of Darkness(Necropolis) building(unless that limitation got removed). As the +1 stat increase/year was a holdover of a nat 100 in the first timeline and the other bonuses, being creature growth for the grail's town and some income for classic grail buildings, are respectively hard to share and not really worth fighting over.
We did not and do not need a second grail to share this information with others because a single Skyship ought to give us the map information already, unless you intended to experiment with fusing the grails for unpredictable results.
However, other factions could take a look at our having this information(and our being willing to share with those who would act against them in particular) and decide that having secrets(and/or trying to instigate conflict between other factions) has become more important to them than keeping a somewhat distant threat at bay or sharing the information. Because if Dace needs protecting, besieging Dace can hinder factions more martial/mysticism-inclined factions rather heavily.
Like I said. Viable, but it requires a different playstyle. And misreading the situation before deciding to play cautious already caused a moderate setback to said playstyle.
I really don't want to hear this from the guy obsessing with trying to force us to play like a Martial faction at every given opportunity, lol
I wouldn't describe not wanting to be an easy target the moment I realized the collapse of society/central governance followed by some form of armed conflict was inevitable as being "Martial obsessed" or "trying to force us to play like a Martial faction."
Rather, I'd call trying to cover all bases adequately "being a generalist" and "common sense."
But, if we're talking about advice you might not want to hear? I advise you to try and imagine a situation where things don't follow your plan of not getting attacked or where your patrons have more pressing concerns than protecting the guy playing radar for them.
Turn 2: Summer 1982
- Location
- At the computer
Turn 2: Summer 1982
The climate in the United Kingdom is currently taking a turn for the worse, separatist movements are popping up right and left, some muggles, some wizards. It seems the statute of secrecy will soon be a thing of the past.
Still, time passes, and Dace couldn't allow himself to simply go with the flow, if he wanted to survive and thrive. Even with Asia being wiped off the map, he was fairly optimistic about Wales' chances of survival, should adequate preparations be made. Annoying the Carrows was a necessary evil, in that sense.
What was less expected, was Orion Black thanking him politely in his own manor, and asking him not to come back to him with easily obtainable information he already had, lest both of them lose presious time that could be employed elsewhere.
GASL roll : 96. Pass.
GASL Subroll: 2 : Stewardship type.
Which is precisely why he invited the person currently entering his office, and for a moment, he found himself speechless. He had to admit that, when he received her resume, he had no idea of what this woman looked like.
He had imagined as being a strict looking woman, maybe bespectacled, befitting of the record breaker of the Urbanism division in his Academy. What entered instead was a statuesque woman, easily half a head higher than he was, with straight, scarlet locks reaching her hips, stunning green eyes, a beautiful face, and curves that would have seemed exaggerated on anyone else, emphasized by a tight skirt suit that barely reached mid-thigh.
His first thought was that one of his manservants had invited a lady of the night who had then entered the wrong room, before remembering he had people guarding his door and that therefore, the woman in front of him was actually the Academy graduate he was waiting for.
He gestured at the woman to sit, which she did with a smile, and he folded his hands on the desk in front of him.
"First off, I would like to congratulate you for your excellent development within this academy." The woman giggled lightly, her mouth between her hand, but Dace ignored the interruption. "All of the reports I have received speak of you in a very encouraging fashion, although it seems there have been problems with several classmates?"
Her smile didn't falter as she replied.
"Yes. Most of the men I have dated conveniently forgot that I told them I wasn't looking for someone to go steady with yet."
"Indeed?" Dace raised an eyebrow. "You are surprisingly honest about your promiscuous tendancies."
"The reports I have been getting about you left me with the impression that as long as I did my job well and didn't make too many waves, you wouldn't really care who I decided to invite in my bed, sir."
Well, she did have some skill in dealing with people too, if she was that confident about her answer. Nevertheless, that left Dace with the decision on whether or not to hire her.
Does Dace hire Ava Lloyd ?
[] Yes (Since she'll get to choose a house to live in for free, her salary will be reduced to 500 G/t)
-[] Where is she assigned?
[] No
Meanwhile, after talking with Rosier Minor, It was agreed Aife would remain at the manor a bit longer, to recover for the tragic miscarriage she experienced. That didn't mean, however, that she would remain idle, now that she didn't try to kill him every passing second.
Does Dace hire Aife Rosier?
[] Yes
-[] Where is she assigned?
[] No
Advisors decisions :
Current Roster:
Diplomacy:
Stewardship: Myriam Wells
Martial:
Intrigue:
Learning:
Mysticism: Monique Bridge
Note: It will take one turn for advisors to adapt to their new post and therefore, they cannot help on the turn thay are swapped or hired, save for exceptions that will be noted.
Aife : Diplomacy / Martial / Mysticism
Ava : Diplomacy / Stewardship
Monique: All of them.
Myriam: Stewardship
Ava : Diplomacy / Stewardship
Monique: All of them.
Myriam: Stewardship
Gains:
Potion shops 'Montmorency' in England: + 40,000 Galleons/ Turn
Farmer, Farmer and Farmer : +10,000 Galleons/Turn ( Will double upon reaching high size settlement status.)
Potion shop 'Little Montmorency' : +5,000 Galleons/Turn ( Will double upon reaching high size settlement status.)
Spendings:
Gwallawg Academy of Superior Learning : -25,000 Galleons / turn , 1d6 – 3 Chance of Loyal Superior Unit, 1d100-95 chance of Loyal Hero Unit. (Muggleborn population : 95%)
Maintainance, taxes, salaries of the manor: 18,900 Galleons/turn (50 of them, 376 G/t on average)
Order funding: 20,000 Galleons/turn.
Salaries: Myriam Wells : 1 000 Galleons/turn
Resources:
-Lumber Mill. 16 Wood per turn.
- Crystal Mine. 8 Crystals per turn.
-Improved Gold Mine. 15,000 Galleons per turn. 2 Native gold per turn.
-Improved Gem Mine. 12 Gems per turn. 2 Elemental stones per turn.
-Improved Stone Quarry. 24 Stone per turn. 2 Flawless Marble per turn.
Result:
+5100 Galleons
+16 Wood
+24 Stone
+8 Crystal
+12 Gems
+2 Native gold
+2 Elemental stone
+2 Flawless Marble
Potion shops 'Montmorency' in England: + 40,000 Galleons/ Turn
Farmer, Farmer and Farmer : +10,000 Galleons/Turn ( Will double upon reaching high size settlement status.)
Potion shop 'Little Montmorency' : +5,000 Galleons/Turn ( Will double upon reaching high size settlement status.)
Spendings:
Gwallawg Academy of Superior Learning : -25,000 Galleons / turn , 1d6 – 3 Chance of Loyal Superior Unit, 1d100-95 chance of Loyal Hero Unit. (Muggleborn population : 95%)
Maintainance, taxes, salaries of the manor: 18,900 Galleons/turn (50 of them, 376 G/t on average)
Order funding: 20,000 Galleons/turn.
Salaries: Myriam Wells : 1 000 Galleons/turn
Resources:
-Lumber Mill. 16 Wood per turn.
- Crystal Mine. 8 Crystals per turn.
-Improved Gold Mine. 15,000 Galleons per turn. 2 Native gold per turn.
-Improved Gem Mine. 12 Gems per turn. 2 Elemental stones per turn.
-Improved Stone Quarry. 24 Stone per turn. 2 Flawless Marble per turn.
Result:
+5100 Galleons
+16 Wood
+24 Stone
+8 Crystal
+12 Gems
+2 Native gold
+2 Elemental stone
+2 Flawless Marble
Treasury:
254,562 Galleons
16 Wood
24 Stone
8 Crystal
12 Gems
2 Native gold
2 Elemental stone
2 Flawless Marble
24 Stone
8 Crystal
12 Gems
2 Native gold
2 Elemental stone
2 Flawless Marble
Rumor mill:
Dace heard about whispers, nightmares, and rumours of odd, metallic, doglike creatures wielding wicked-looking weapons. Whatever those were, they appeared at the same time people disappeared in Northumbria....
[] What in the world...
Monique has approached Dace about his research for an Order anchor. She said that there was likely a chance of it having reappeared, but some readings from the monitoring charms indicated that something, or more likely someone, was triggering them right now.
[] Well then...
Turn 2 : Summer 1982
Diplomacy: Advisor : No one : Actions : 1
The world is currently spiraling out of control, and due to the panic, people's passions are exacerbated. Grudges will be aired, and feuds will be declared.
[] Visit the Welsh Ministry, try to build up contacts. The people over there like him well enough, and they are bound to be more competent that those english clowns, but one never knows who they can meet, and what they can find. The construction of his own little city-state probably didn't go unnoticed, so he might as well nip any legal problem in the bud.
40% Chance of success.
[] Attend Academy graduation. He is, after all, the owner, founder and the one who funds the Gwallawg Academy of Superior Learning, located in Cardiff. This will increase his chance of people with exceptional potential stepping up next year, such as Myriam and Miss Evans.
40% Chance of success.
[] Meet with your people (write in option). Just because they're already working for him doesn't mean that he has to neglect them.
60 % Chance of success. Chance to establish a SL with a named subordinate, chance to discover promising people, chance to increase loyalty.
[] Mingle with the populace. Being a proper lord is knowing one's people. And Dace really doesn't get people, so he hopes being seen will be enough.
40% Chance of success. Chance of people stepping up to help. Will reduce people's suspicions.
Stewardship: Advisor : Myriam Wells : Actions : 2
Available actions:
[][Myriam] All hands on deck : Myriam will take care of a stewardship action for Dace.
[][Myriam] Bookkeeping for dummies : Myriam will increase the efficiency of Dace's finances and businesses by a margin. (Need to be assigned to a specific taxk)
[][Myriam] Aggressive expansion: Myriam will look around and point out good business opportunities ripe for the picking.
Perhaps it was because she heard of the new graduate, or maybe it was because there wasn't much time left before the predicted collapse, but it seems that Myriam was doubling down on her efforts to either prove her worth, or at least to bring results. (94) And results, she brought.
No price increase this turn.
[] Develop your budding empire, you need to spend gold to earn more gold, after all.
Costs: 10,000 G. Gains variable.
20% Chances of success
[] Find sources of building materials. Your contacts went out of business not that long ago, and you need good sources. Guaranteed access to Wood and Stone production facilities. Chance of getting access to Gem, Crystal, Sulfur or Mercury production facilities.
[] Sell business:
-[]Montmorency : 700,000 G
[] Build accomodations [Requires: Buy the surrounding lands] . Having those nearby means that Dace's servants could invite people to live there, increasing the pool of manpower he can draw on. It will also increase their happiness, since they won't have to worry overly much about their families.
-[] Basic accomodations: Just a few houses, nothing too fancy.
Costs: 500G
Once settled, will gain Dace 91,250G (all charges and taxes taken care of) per turn.
-[] Middling accomodations: Enough houses to found a small village, with basic services in place.
Costs: 35,500G
Once settled, will gain Dace 182,500G (all charges and taxes taken care of) per turn.
-[] Major settlement: Housing, entertainment, animal pens and room for expansion, this small town is pretty much self sufficient.
Costs: 179,000G (Available due to previous choices)
Once settled, will gain Dace 912,500G (all charges and taxes taken care of) per turn.
The Abbot Family will like you more. + 10 to recruitment rolls. (Not GASL)
-[] Massive project: An expansive, fortified, self sufficient Large town that can house up to a hundred thousand of people, finished in time due to the abuse of the shortcut called magic. It has everything Myriam and you could think of, save for advanced magical learning establishments.
Costs: 521,500G (Available due to previous choices)
Once settled, will gain Dace 1,825,000G (all charges and taxes taken care of) per turn. + 20 to recruitment rolls.(Not GASL)
The Abbot, Carrow and Fawley families will like you more.
[] Settle. Dace will invite people to come live in that settlement of his, however, this means he won't be able to change its size as easily anymore.
[] Expansion: Dace hasn't got nearly enough place right now. He needs to correct that.
Costs: 200,000G
Dace will own most of the lands in the magical side of Gwynedd, Powys and Perfeddwlad.
[] Resource hunt. (write-in owned land) : The land has many riches. Whether or not they were discovered is another matter entirely.
Costs: 5000G
70% Chances of success
Martial: Advisor: No one. Actions : 1
This isn't really Dace's cup of tea, and it kind of shows. He also really hopes someone will come to do it for him soon, because he knows he isn't good at it.
[] Hire more security staff. Having people on hand to check whether or not people are trustworthy would save Dace lots of trouble.
Costs: 2,000G
40% Chances of success.
-10 to enemy infiltration rolls.
[] Find a Security Chief (Martial adviser). Dace needs all the help.
Costs: 5,000G
40% Chances of success.
Dace gets a Martial advisor.
[] But will that security chief be the best? No. Try to poach an auror or two! Considering what they're doing with them, they won't be missed. Risky, though in the current climate, it is much less than it would. In England, anyways.
Costs: 10,000G
40% Chances of success.
Dace gets a Martial advisor (high quality).
[] Militia. Dace has the lands, but he lacks the people to keep it safe. Surely, he could afford to hire a few people to keep the place safe, right?
Costs: 10,000G
40%Chances of success.
Dace gets the bare bones of a militia going on.
Intrigue: Advisor: No one. Actions : 2
Dace is not sure he'll ever find anyone he can trust with this to help him. Especially since... You know.
[] Plot against: (Will receive intel on their moves, plus additional actions if the opportunity arises.)
-[] Dumbledore's little club of vigilantes.
5% Chance of success.
-[] Voldemort's band of hooligans.
50% Chance of success + 10 (pride)
-[]The muggles
100% Chance of success
-[] The Ministry of Magic (English).
80% Chance of success
-[] The Ministry of Magic (Welsh).
15% Chance of success
[] Plots are good for the purse! With all those people dying left and right... A whole continent disappeared, someone has to step in , in the stead of those poor foreign investors...
-[] Plot to take over shops in Diagon Alley (England, London).
--[] Plot to have them come to Dace's new settlement. [Requires Major settlement or above]
Costs 10,000G/Business.
-[] Plot to take over shops in the Green Alley (Wales, Cardiff)
--[] Plot to have them come to Dace's new settlement. [Requires Major settlement or above]
Costs 10,000G/Business.
[] Compulsive plotting is also good for the morale!
-[] Go on a matchmaking spree. Chance to increase Diplomacy, gain RP with some people, reputation. Need to select your targets.
-[] Go on
[] Keep an ear to the ground. Things happen around here, that Dace should keep an eye on.
Maintains Rumor mill.
Learning: Advisor: No one. Actions : 2
Dace's not letting anyone not from his family handle those books. Ever. Allowances may be made for a few other people, but he can count them on his fingers.
[] Attend lessons to his own Academy. Since he's the owner, he can attend for free. [You may only attend four of them in total, and then, never again] Choose 1 to 4 (will only take one action) :
-[] The economy section is booming with activity rignt now, because of the panic from America disappearing, and they have taking upon themselves the tasks of studying the effects of this event. Still, a few lecturers put together a few lessons about Basic Estates. + 1,000 Experience.
-[] He didn't think there were classes about basic self defense here, but there they were. Basic Combat is always reliable in a pinch. + 1,000 Experience.
-[] Strangely enough, there were a few shady personalities there, and it appears that there is a black market in his Academy. Oh well, life is the best teacher, and he was fairly sure Basic Stealth wouldn't be taught in a magical academy anyways. + 1,000 Experience.
-[] With all of the things going on right now, few people choose to focus on the old texts of old battles, however, Dace thinks Basic Tactics are still very much important. + 1,000 Experience.
-[] Half of the work with magic is to know how to defend against it, and here, in the wizarding world, knowing Basic Magic Resistance is paramount. [Requires Combat classes to be taken] + 1,000 Experience.
[] Relocate the Academy [Available due to previous choices][Requires massive project] : The world as Dace knows it is ending. He was certain of it. As such, it wouldn't be unreasonable to gather his resources and assets in order to keep them safe.
Costs: 100,000G
The Gwallawg Academy of Superior Learning will be relocated to the unnamed town. It will be safer and open the way for upgrades, but the limit of subjects taught to heroes will go down to four.
[] Open a new academy[Requires massive project] : This one will directly enter in conflict with Hogwarts, as it will take care of children from middle to high school. However, it won't teach just magic. As the GASL did, this one will teach everything the muggles do, and magical subjects.
Cost : 800,000G
Will increase people's loyalty and happiness, give bonuses to GASL due to synergy and open further options.
[] The old tales are sometimes true. (write-in. Must be something Dace came in contact with.)
The Gwallawg library may not be the biggest, but all of it is true, which is more than any other library can boast.
[] The Old kingdom. The enemy they're confronted to is old, very old, from an era thought lost. However, now, Dace knows better. The enmy was vanquished once already, time to try and find out what's needed to do it twice.
[] Matters of the Court. William Black, an enigmatic figure to be sure. Yet, when there's a hero-king, there's a bloodline.
[] A hero under any other name. Scythe is an enigmatic figure, but what's interesting here, are the people he interacted with.
Mysticism : Advisor: Monique Bridge: Actions : 2
Monique has settled pretty well, even if she essentially filled her office with two-toned bears and Aife seems deathly scared of her. And she babbles a lot about the nature of emotions. And then, there's her unfortunate tendancy of causing mischief by having people fight each other because she's bored....
Well, she was the most competent person for the job.
[][Monique] Secret mission! Dace sends Monique hunt down artifacts. Results variable.
[][Monique] Magical menagerie : Monique bragged that she was very good at hunting down creatures. Time to take her up on that boast.
[][Monique] The infernal machine: Monique will begin experimenting with scraps, materials, and magic to try and create golems.
[] Find himself an assistant. With all the chaos, someone has to be found. There are a lot of alumni of GASL running around, so it shouldn't be too hard to find anyone. Also, Dace didn't trust Monique to be left alone to her own devices for too long.
40% Chance of success.
Cost: 10,000G
Dace finds a Mysticism advisor.
[] Saint Graal. Dace has a Holy Grail. It's nice and shiny, but what would be even better would be two of them.
80% Chance of success.
Dace finds another Grail.
[] Anchor hunting. Dace remembers those, and the power they bring to bear. However, he still needs to look for them.
-[] Write in Anchor type ( Order, Death, Chaos, Nature or Life)
85% Chance of success.
[] Blue lines. Dace found those within him, and they don't feel like they belong to the five elements paradigm. Thefeore, they're probably something else...
70% Chance of success.
Costs: 1x Native Gold.
[] Dissection. Dace knows his enemy, and knows, more or less, how it works. He also knows he's resistant to the stuff, so why not get a sample and try to see what makes it tick in more detail.
20% Chances of success.
Costs: 5,000G, 1x Elemental stone.
[] The shattered tower. The warning was heard, however, Dace doesn't know anything about it. No where, no when, no how and no why. His current theory is about it being a nexus of some sort. Still, just because he would heed the warning, didn't mean anyone else would.
40% Chances of success.
Personal: Actions : 3 (5 if both Aife and Ava are recruited)
[] Spend time with Social Links.(+2 RP)
-[]Write-in
[] Personal supervision. Supervise an action from the other sections. Gain +10 to rolls if Stewardship or Diplomacy action, +20 if Martial, Leraning or Mysticism action, +30 if Intrigue action. (May be used multiple times, but not on the same actions.)
Aaaand here it comes, the dreaded... Interlude choice! (Withheld because most of the action was spread through turn 1 and 2 so separating wouldn't make much sanse)
[] The League of Extraordinary gentlemen CharlesQuest
[] I think I skipped an episode. Or ten. VoldieQuest
[] I can't even be upset about my plans failing. ConfluxQuest
[] I think I need a bigger shovel. DeathQuest
[] Diggy Diggy Hole. NatureQuest
[] Maniacal cackling 101. BladeQuest
Votes for the Interlude end in 24h, votes for the plans end in 72h.
Kufufu
Adequate at best
- Location
- What's it to ya?
So, odds of the unclaimed Order Anchors crumbling to dust like the Chaos Anchors?
Kufufu
Adequate at best
- Location
- What's it to ya?
- Location
- Yes
[X] I can't even be upset about my plans failing. ConfluxQuest
Can't vote on the plans but I can vote for...
A Dumbledore Interlude!
Can't vote on the plans but I can vote for...
A Dumbledore Interlude!
Well then, here's where we go full Hail Mary and take advantage of that wonderful course correction that Dumbledore is gonna provoke from literally every other faction on the board. The time for subtlety has temporarily passed, since we're no longer gonna be the first people to go Full Ham! No reason to let a good opportunity go to waste!
[X] Plan The Shadow of Audacity
-[X] Yes, hire Ava Lloyd
--[X] Stewardship
-[X] Yes, hire Aife
--[X] Diplomacy
-[X] Visit the Welsh Ministry, try to build up contacts. The people over there like him well enough, and they are bound to be more competent that those english clowns, but one never knows who they can meet, and what they can find. The construction of his own little city-state probably didn't go unnoticed, so he might as well nip any legal problem in the bud.
40% Chance of success.
-[X] Mingle with the populace. Being a proper lord is knowing one's people. And Dace really doesn't get people, so he hopes being seen will be enough.
40% Chance of success. Chance of people stepping up to help. Will reduce people's suspicions.
-[X][Myriam] Aggressive expansion: Myriam will look around and point out good business opportunities ripe for the picking.
-[X] Build accomodations [Requires: Buy the surrounding lands] . Having those nearby means that Dace's servants could invite people to live there, increasing the pool of manpower he can draw on. It will also increase their happiness, since they won't have to worry overly much about their families.
--[X] Massive project: An expansive, fortified, self sufficient Large town that can house up to a hundred thousand of people, finished in time due to the abuse of the shortcut called magic. It has everything Myriam and you could think of, save for advanced magical learning establishments.
Costs: 521,500G (Available due to previous choices)
Once settled, will gain Dace 1,825,000G (all charges and taxes taken care of) per turn. + 20 to recruitment rolls.(Not GASL)
The Abbot, Carrow and Fawley families will like you more.
-[X] Expansion: Dace hasn't got nearly enough place right now. He needs to correct that.
Costs: 200,000G
Dace will own most of the lands in the magical side of Gwynedd, Powys and Perfeddwlad.
-[X] Settle. Dace will invite people to come live in that settlement of his, however, this means he won't be able to change its size as easily anymore.
-[X] But will that security chief be the best? No. Try to poach an auror or two! Considering what they're doing with them, they won't be missed. Risky, though in the current climate, it is much less than it would. In England, anyways.
Costs: 10,000G
40% Chances of success.
Dace gets a Martial advisor (high quality).
-[X] Plots are good for the purse! With all those people dying left and right... A whole continent disappeared, someone has to step in , in the stead of those poor foreign investors...
--[X] Plot to take over shops in Diagon Alley (England, London).
---[X] Plot to have them come to Dace's new settlement. [Requires Major settlement or above]
Costs 10,000G/Business.
--[X] Plot to take over shops in the Green Alley (Wales, Cardiff)
---[X] Plot to have them come to Dace's new settlement. [Requires Major settlement or above]
Costs 10,000G/Business.
-[X] Matters of the Court. William Black, an enigmatic figure to be sure. Yet, when there's a hero-king, there's a bloodline.
-[X] A hero under any other name. Scythe is an enigmatic figure, but what's interesting here, are the people he interacted with.
-[X][Monique] The infernal machine: Monique will begin experimenting with scraps, materials, and magic to try and create golems.
-[X] Anchor hunting. Dace remembers those, and the power they bring to bear. However, he still needs to look for them.
--[X] Order
85% Chance of success.
-[X] Blue lines. Dace found those within him, and they don't feel like they belong to the five elements paradigm. Thefeore, they're probably something else...
70% Chance of success.
Costs: 1x Native Gold.
-[X] Personal supervision. Supervise an action from the other sections. Gain +10 to rolls if Stewardship or Diplomacy action, +20 if Martial, Leraning or Mysticism action, +30 if Intrigue action. (May be used multiple times, but not on the same actions.)
--[X] Plot to take over shops in Diagon Alley (England, London).
--[X] Plot to take over shops in the Green Alley (Wales, Cardiff)
--[X] Blue lines. Dace found those within him, and they don't feel like they belong to the five elements paradigm. Thefeore, they're probably something else...
-[X] Well then...
-[X] Spend time with Social Links.(+2 RP)
--[X] Aife Rosier
-[X] I can't even be upset about my plans failing. ConfluxQuest
254,562 - 521,500 - 500 -200,000 -10,000 - 10,000 - 10,000 = -487,438
Projected Next Turn Income:
5100 Galleons + 1,825,000 Galleons = 1,830,100 - 487,438 = 1,342,662
A couple important things to remember: Once the economic system collapses, lending money wont really be a thing anymore. Once everything falls apart and things start going to hell, the value of credit is going to go way, way up and the only way to attract investment will be to become one of the new nerve centers of culture remaining. As such, while the obvious first idea is to try and populate the town this is mistaken.
As more shit goes to hell, land will become even more of a premium, and real estate will consequentially become far more expensive. This is the lowest those real estate prices are going to be for a long while yet, so it behooves us to secure more land as soon as possible for future expansion. Once we do that, we'll have more flexibility to develop the settlement further next turn. Incidentally, by making it obvious that Dace is setting up a major settlement in Wales to run counter to the mess thats going on in Ireland and the rest of the world, that will attract potential investors as well. Thankfully, Dace is now immune to corruption, so long as it remains clear that this is a purely business related venture then there's going to be no question as to the nature of his motivations.
This is our one chance to go full fucking ham without major consequence, so if we don't take it before everything comes crashing down around our ears we will have essentially crippled ourselves. We can sell Montmoremency next turn, but for now we need to go all in on laying down the foundations for the new settlement so that we have a strong economic base in the town.
Going for a new martial advisor goes without saying as well, and the fluff indicates that there will be less of a problem than usual by going headhunting for Aurors, so lets just go for it.
As far as Myriam's action goes, we need to generate a huge amount of income to fuel expansion and acquisition of resources to stabilize the settlements growth so we can afford the various research and acquisition actions we'll be taking in the very near future. Monique's action promises to unlock an excellent new unit type that seems to be independent of alignment for the moment, and we rather do need to begin recruiting stuff so this is as good an opportunity as any. Besides, Golems are immune to charm spells and whatnot from what I hear, so let's get that going ahead of time.
Spending both Intrigue actions on poaching businesses is fairly straightforward to that end as well. We need to beef up our income tremendously moving forward, and this is the best chance to do so when the winds are so clearly changing in the setting. It'll make waves, and those waves will give us opportunities to take, and risks to navigate. Either way, its something that we can use.
Aife goes into diplomacy because, frankly speaking, we need more than one diplomatic action per turn. We need to open up SLs with our advisors, or else we risk another situation like what happened with freaking Oliver of all people last Quest. Which is also why I'm spending an SL action on Aife, while also using Double Down slots on both Intrigue actions as well as that Blue Lines research thing to up it's odds to 90% as that seems like it will unlock the Fable mechanics for Dace personally, which is always a plus.
In turn, researching William Black and Scythe at the same time has an obvious symmetry, and if successful will enable Dace to likely make the connection between the two along with the nature of the Black Family and likely the foundation of Jack of Blades grudge IC.
I think, I hope.
So yeah, that's my bet.
Edit: QM informed me on Discord that I still had space for an additional Diplo and Stewardship action thanks to taking on Advisers in those categories this turn so...Im taking advantage of them lol
[X] Plan The Shadow of Audacity
-[X] Yes, hire Ava Lloyd
--[X] Stewardship
-[X] Yes, hire Aife
--[X] Diplomacy
-[X] Visit the Welsh Ministry, try to build up contacts. The people over there like him well enough, and they are bound to be more competent that those english clowns, but one never knows who they can meet, and what they can find. The construction of his own little city-state probably didn't go unnoticed, so he might as well nip any legal problem in the bud.
40% Chance of success.
-[X] Mingle with the populace. Being a proper lord is knowing one's people. And Dace really doesn't get people, so he hopes being seen will be enough.
40% Chance of success. Chance of people stepping up to help. Will reduce people's suspicions.
-[X][Myriam] Aggressive expansion: Myriam will look around and point out good business opportunities ripe for the picking.
-[X] Build accomodations [Requires: Buy the surrounding lands] . Having those nearby means that Dace's servants could invite people to live there, increasing the pool of manpower he can draw on. It will also increase their happiness, since they won't have to worry overly much about their families.
--[X] Massive project: An expansive, fortified, self sufficient Large town that can house up to a hundred thousand of people, finished in time due to the abuse of the shortcut called magic. It has everything Myriam and you could think of, save for advanced magical learning establishments.
Costs: 521,500G (Available due to previous choices)
Once settled, will gain Dace 1,825,000G (all charges and taxes taken care of) per turn. + 20 to recruitment rolls.(Not GASL)
The Abbot, Carrow and Fawley families will like you more.
-[X] Expansion: Dace hasn't got nearly enough place right now. He needs to correct that.
Costs: 200,000G
Dace will own most of the lands in the magical side of Gwynedd, Powys and Perfeddwlad.
-[X] Settle. Dace will invite people to come live in that settlement of his, however, this means he won't be able to change its size as easily anymore.
-[X] But will that security chief be the best? No. Try to poach an auror or two! Considering what they're doing with them, they won't be missed. Risky, though in the current climate, it is much less than it would. In England, anyways.
Costs: 10,000G
40% Chances of success.
Dace gets a Martial advisor (high quality).
-[X] Plots are good for the purse! With all those people dying left and right... A whole continent disappeared, someone has to step in , in the stead of those poor foreign investors...
--[X] Plot to take over shops in Diagon Alley (England, London).
---[X] Plot to have them come to Dace's new settlement. [Requires Major settlement or above]
Costs 10,000G/Business.
--[X] Plot to take over shops in the Green Alley (Wales, Cardiff)
---[X] Plot to have them come to Dace's new settlement. [Requires Major settlement or above]
Costs 10,000G/Business.
-[X] Matters of the Court. William Black, an enigmatic figure to be sure. Yet, when there's a hero-king, there's a bloodline.
-[X] A hero under any other name. Scythe is an enigmatic figure, but what's interesting here, are the people he interacted with.
-[X][Monique] The infernal machine: Monique will begin experimenting with scraps, materials, and magic to try and create golems.
-[X] Anchor hunting. Dace remembers those, and the power they bring to bear. However, he still needs to look for them.
--[X] Order
85% Chance of success.
-[X] Blue lines. Dace found those within him, and they don't feel like they belong to the five elements paradigm. Thefeore, they're probably something else...
70% Chance of success.
Costs: 1x Native Gold.
-[X] Personal supervision. Supervise an action from the other sections. Gain +10 to rolls if Stewardship or Diplomacy action, +20 if Martial, Leraning or Mysticism action, +30 if Intrigue action. (May be used multiple times, but not on the same actions.)
--[X] Plot to take over shops in Diagon Alley (England, London).
--[X] Plot to take over shops in the Green Alley (Wales, Cardiff)
--[X] Blue lines. Dace found those within him, and they don't feel like they belong to the five elements paradigm. Thefeore, they're probably something else...
-[X] Well then...
-[X] Spend time with Social Links.(+2 RP)
--[X] Aife Rosier
-[X] I can't even be upset about my plans failing. ConfluxQuest
254,562 - 521,500 - 500 -200,000 -10,000 - 10,000 - 10,000 = -487,438
Projected Next Turn Income:
5100 Galleons + 1,825,000 Galleons = 1,830,100 - 487,438 = 1,342,662
A couple important things to remember: Once the economic system collapses, lending money wont really be a thing anymore. Once everything falls apart and things start going to hell, the value of credit is going to go way, way up and the only way to attract investment will be to become one of the new nerve centers of culture remaining. As such, while the obvious first idea is to try and populate the town this is mistaken.
As more shit goes to hell, land will become even more of a premium, and real estate will consequentially become far more expensive. This is the lowest those real estate prices are going to be for a long while yet, so it behooves us to secure more land as soon as possible for future expansion. Once we do that, we'll have more flexibility to develop the settlement further next turn. Incidentally, by making it obvious that Dace is setting up a major settlement in Wales to run counter to the mess thats going on in Ireland and the rest of the world, that will attract potential investors as well. Thankfully, Dace is now immune to corruption, so long as it remains clear that this is a purely business related venture then there's going to be no question as to the nature of his motivations.
This is our one chance to go full fucking ham without major consequence, so if we don't take it before everything comes crashing down around our ears we will have essentially crippled ourselves. We can sell Montmoremency next turn, but for now we need to go all in on laying down the foundations for the new settlement so that we have a strong economic base in the town.
Going for a new martial advisor goes without saying as well, and the fluff indicates that there will be less of a problem than usual by going headhunting for Aurors, so lets just go for it.
As far as Myriam's action goes, we need to generate a huge amount of income to fuel expansion and acquisition of resources to stabilize the settlements growth so we can afford the various research and acquisition actions we'll be taking in the very near future. Monique's action promises to unlock an excellent new unit type that seems to be independent of alignment for the moment, and we rather do need to begin recruiting stuff so this is as good an opportunity as any. Besides, Golems are immune to charm spells and whatnot from what I hear, so let's get that going ahead of time.
Spending both Intrigue actions on poaching businesses is fairly straightforward to that end as well. We need to beef up our income tremendously moving forward, and this is the best chance to do so when the winds are so clearly changing in the setting. It'll make waves, and those waves will give us opportunities to take, and risks to navigate. Either way, its something that we can use.
Aife goes into diplomacy because, frankly speaking, we need more than one diplomatic action per turn. We need to open up SLs with our advisors, or else we risk another situation like what happened with freaking Oliver of all people last Quest. Which is also why I'm spending an SL action on Aife, while also using Double Down slots on both Intrigue actions as well as that Blue Lines research thing to up it's odds to 90% as that seems like it will unlock the Fable mechanics for Dace personally, which is always a plus.
In turn, researching William Black and Scythe at the same time has an obvious symmetry, and if successful will enable Dace to likely make the connection between the two along with the nature of the Black Family and likely the foundation of Jack of Blades grudge IC.
I think, I hope.
So yeah, that's my bet.
Edit: QM informed me on Discord that I still had space for an additional Diplo and Stewardship action thanks to taking on Advisers in those categories this turn so...Im taking advantage of them lol
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[X] Plan Complete City Package, now with people and education.
Rumours:
-[X] Well then...
Hiring:
-[X][Ava Lloyd] Yes
--[X] Diplomacy
-[X][Aife Rosier] Yes
--[X] Diplomacy
Diplomacy:
-[X] Visit the Welsh Ministry, try to build up contacts. The people over there like him well enough, and they are bound to be more competent that those english clowns, but one never knows who they can meet, and what they can find. The construction of his own little city-state probably didn't go unnoticed, so he might as well nip any legal problem in the bud.
40% Chance of success.
-[X] Meet with your people (Monique Bridge). Just because they're already working for him doesn't mean that he has to neglect them.
60 % Chance of success. Chance to establish a SL with a named subordinate, chance to discover promising people, chance to increase loyalty.
-[X] Mingle with the populace. Being a proper lord is knowing one's people. And Dace really doesn't get people, so he hopes being seen will be enough.
40% Chance of success. Chance of people stepping up to help. Will reduce people's suspicions.
Stewardship:
-[X] Build accomodations [Requires: Buy the surrounding lands] . Having those nearby means that Dace's servants could invite people to live there, increasing the pool of manpower he can draw on. It will also increase their happiness, since they won't have to worry overly much about their families.
--[X] Massive project: An expansive, fortified, self sufficient Large town that can house up to a hundred thousand of people, finished in time due to the abuse of the shortcut called magic. It has everything Myriam and you could think of, save for advanced magical learning establishments.
Costs: 521,500G (Available due to previous choices)
Once settled, will gain Dace 1,825,000G (all charges and taxes taken care of) per turn. + 20 to recruitment rolls.(Not GASL)
The Abbot, Carrow and Fawley families will like you more.
-[X] Settle. Dace will invite people to come live in that settlement of his, however, this means he won't be able to change its size as easily anymore.
-[X][Myriam] All hands on deck : Myriam will take care of a stewardship action for Dace.
-[X] Sell business:
--[X]Montmorency : 700,000 G
Martial:
--[X] But will that security chief be the best? No. Try to poach an auror or two! Considering what they're doing with them, they won't be missed. Risky, though in the current climate, it is much less than it would. In England, anyways.
Costs: 10,000G
40% Chances of success.
Dace gets a Martial advisor (high quality).
Intrigue:
-[X] Plot against: (Will receive intel on their moves, plus additional actions if the opportunity arises.)
--[X] The Ministry of Magic (English).
80% Chance of success
--[X]The muggles
100% Chance of success
Learning:
--[X] Relocate the Academy [Available due to previous choices][Requires massive project] : The world as Dace knows it is ending. He was certain of it. As such, it wouldn't be unreasonable to gather his resources and assets in order to keep them safe.
Costs: 100,000G
The Gwallawg Academy of Superior Learning will be relocated to the unnamed town. It will be safer and open the way for upgrades, but the limit of subjects taught to heroes will go down to four.
-[X] A hero under any other name. Scythe is an enigmatic figure, but what's interesting here, are the people he interacted with.
Mysticism:
- [X][Monique] Magical menagerie : Monique bragged that she was very good at hunting down creatures. Time to take her up on that boast.
-[X] Anchor hunting. Dace remembers those, and the power they bring to bear. However, he still needs to look for them.
--[X] Order
--[X] Nature
Personal:
-[X] Personal supervision. Supervise an action from the other sections. Gain +10 to rolls if Stewardship or Diplomacy action, +20 if Martial, Leraning or Mysticism action, +30 if Intrigue action. (May be used multiple times, but not on the same actions.)
--[X] Plot against: (Will receive intel on their moves, plus additional actions if the opportunity arises.)
---[X] The Ministry of Magic (English).
--[X] But will that security chief be the best?
--[X] Anchor hunting. Dace remembers those, and the power they bring to bear. However, he still needs to look for them.
---[X] Order
-[X] Spend time with Social Links.(+2 RP)
--[X] Aife Rosier
--[X] Myriam Wells
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Adviser-wise Miriam should give us enough actions per turn. If not? We can flip somebody else to Stewardship should we actually need it. Which we probably won't because the city will make us filthy rich through tax money.
But Dace sucks at people so doubling up on Diplomacy Advisers seems like a pretty good idea.
The Mingle option explicitly says that it's a case of Dace walking among the people and hoping it does something. It's Dace trying to People when he just got an Untouchable Heart..
Probably better to leave this until we have an adviser as the fluff makes it clear that Dace doesn't really know what he's supposed to do here.
Meanwhile, the Ministry option mentions a possible Legal issue involving the city state, which seems like a job for [Manipulation].
Plotting to poach an Auror and some businesses have my approval, though poaching the Auror only has a 40% chance of success so I'd rather try for synergy with infiltrating the English ministry(which has an 80% chance) and supervising to make sure we get to poach aurors(and maybe some other stuff if the infiltration goes well) and get off relatively scot-free. Though I am of course, open to arguments.
The Academy has a resale value of 2 million Galleons, I want that thing safe. Also, relocating it paves the way for upgrades and GASL has been kind to us so far. If nothing else? It seems more pressing than learning about the Black Family of over a thousand years ago.
If you're asking "why go so heavy on the Anchors?"
Last turn we failed to get an Anchor because we rolled below Dumbledore and he managed to grab it before we could get to it.
This turn somebody seems to be trying to destroy the Order Anchors if the Chaos Anchors were anything to go by.
If we want Order? We'll want to beat that roll.
Nature in case the Order Anchor still gets disintegrated before we can plant it. Worst case we go Fortress(Rampart is Life secondary and seems to value Empathy more), best case we can set up somebody like Aife as a Rampart vassal in an attempt to get Nature's Bounty to spread across Wales, keep Land of the Dead from encroaching on Wales.
Attempting to SL not!Junko because Dace has his misgivings about her and because she traumatized Aife with the goat. Might want to talk to the both of them.
Acting on the Rumour mill hasn't cost us a Social Action so far, it just takes an Intrigue action to activate.
As for the City project... The "Once Settled" qualifier seems rather important when there's a "settle" option right next to it.
If nothing else, getting an extra year's worth of tax money is probably better at snowballing ourselves into something worthwhile even if it were possible to go half a million into debt this turn while delaying getting it settled until the next.
Though on a side-note, looting, riots, doomsday cults and the government collapsing to the point where it will struggle to enforce property rights tend to be rather rough on real estate values. A case of "there goes the neighbourhood."
The downside of this is of course that people are less willing to sell unless you're offering security yourself. For which Dace would probably needs a Militia at least.
Given that Dace currently has no armed forces to speak of, that option isn't on the table yet, so may as well try and get the real estate legally. It has nice synergy with setting up a vassal if nothing else.
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And the interlude is on a different timer. I'm treating it as a separate vote, vote for whatever you think is best.
Rumours:
-[X] Well then...
Hiring:
-[X][Ava Lloyd] Yes
--[X] Diplomacy
-[X][Aife Rosier] Yes
--[X] Diplomacy
Diplomacy:
-[X] Visit the Welsh Ministry, try to build up contacts. The people over there like him well enough, and they are bound to be more competent that those english clowns, but one never knows who they can meet, and what they can find. The construction of his own little city-state probably didn't go unnoticed, so he might as well nip any legal problem in the bud.
40% Chance of success.
-[X] Meet with your people (Monique Bridge). Just because they're already working for him doesn't mean that he has to neglect them.
60 % Chance of success. Chance to establish a SL with a named subordinate, chance to discover promising people, chance to increase loyalty.
-[X] Mingle with the populace. Being a proper lord is knowing one's people. And Dace really doesn't get people, so he hopes being seen will be enough.
40% Chance of success. Chance of people stepping up to help. Will reduce people's suspicions.
Stewardship:
-[X] Build accomodations [Requires: Buy the surrounding lands] . Having those nearby means that Dace's servants could invite people to live there, increasing the pool of manpower he can draw on. It will also increase their happiness, since they won't have to worry overly much about their families.
--[X] Massive project: An expansive, fortified, self sufficient Large town that can house up to a hundred thousand of people, finished in time due to the abuse of the shortcut called magic. It has everything Myriam and you could think of, save for advanced magical learning establishments.
Costs: 521,500G (Available due to previous choices)
Once settled, will gain Dace 1,825,000G (all charges and taxes taken care of) per turn. + 20 to recruitment rolls.(Not GASL)
The Abbot, Carrow and Fawley families will like you more.
-[X] Settle. Dace will invite people to come live in that settlement of his, however, this means he won't be able to change its size as easily anymore.
-[X][Myriam] All hands on deck : Myriam will take care of a stewardship action for Dace.
-[X] Sell business:
--[X]Montmorency : 700,000 G
Martial:
--[X] But will that security chief be the best? No. Try to poach an auror or two! Considering what they're doing with them, they won't be missed. Risky, though in the current climate, it is much less than it would. In England, anyways.
Costs: 10,000G
40% Chances of success.
Dace gets a Martial advisor (high quality).
Intrigue:
-[X] Plot against: (Will receive intel on their moves, plus additional actions if the opportunity arises.)
--[X] The Ministry of Magic (English).
80% Chance of success
--[X]The muggles
100% Chance of success
Learning:
--[X] Relocate the Academy [Available due to previous choices][Requires massive project] : The world as Dace knows it is ending. He was certain of it. As such, it wouldn't be unreasonable to gather his resources and assets in order to keep them safe.
Costs: 100,000G
The Gwallawg Academy of Superior Learning will be relocated to the unnamed town. It will be safer and open the way for upgrades, but the limit of subjects taught to heroes will go down to four.
-[X] A hero under any other name. Scythe is an enigmatic figure, but what's interesting here, are the people he interacted with.
Mysticism:
- [X][Monique] Magical menagerie : Monique bragged that she was very good at hunting down creatures. Time to take her up on that boast.
-[X] Anchor hunting. Dace remembers those, and the power they bring to bear. However, he still needs to look for them.
--[X] Order
--[X] Nature
Personal:
-[X] Personal supervision. Supervise an action from the other sections. Gain +10 to rolls if Stewardship or Diplomacy action, +20 if Martial, Leraning or Mysticism action, +30 if Intrigue action. (May be used multiple times, but not on the same actions.)
--[X] Plot against: (Will receive intel on their moves, plus additional actions if the opportunity arises.)
---[X] The Ministry of Magic (English).
--[X] But will that security chief be the best?
--[X] Anchor hunting. Dace remembers those, and the power they bring to bear. However, he still needs to look for them.
---[X] Order
-[X] Spend time with Social Links.(+2 RP)
--[X] Aife Rosier
--[X] Myriam Wells
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Adviser-wise Miriam should give us enough actions per turn. If not? We can flip somebody else to Stewardship should we actually need it. Which we probably won't because the city will make us filthy rich through tax money.
But Dace sucks at people so doubling up on Diplomacy Advisers seems like a pretty good idea.
The Mingle option explicitly says that it's a case of Dace walking among the people and hoping it does something. It's Dace trying to People when he just got an Untouchable Heart..
Probably better to leave this until we have an adviser as the fluff makes it clear that Dace doesn't really know what he's supposed to do here.
Meanwhile, the Ministry option mentions a possible Legal issue involving the city state, which seems like a job for [Manipulation].
Plotting to poach an Auror and some businesses have my approval, though poaching the Auror only has a 40% chance of success so I'd rather try for synergy with infiltrating the English ministry(which has an 80% chance) and supervising to make sure we get to poach aurors(and maybe some other stuff if the infiltration goes well) and get off relatively scot-free. Though I am of course, open to arguments.
The Academy has a resale value of 2 million Galleons, I want that thing safe. Also, relocating it paves the way for upgrades and GASL has been kind to us so far. If nothing else? It seems more pressing than learning about the Black Family of over a thousand years ago.
If you're asking "why go so heavy on the Anchors?"
Last turn we failed to get an Anchor because we rolled below Dumbledore and he managed to grab it before we could get to it.
This turn somebody seems to be trying to destroy the Order Anchors if the Chaos Anchors were anything to go by.
If we want Order? We'll want to beat that roll.
Nature in case the Order Anchor still gets disintegrated before we can plant it. Worst case we go Fortress(Rampart is Life secondary and seems to value Empathy more), best case we can set up somebody like Aife as a Rampart vassal in an attempt to get Nature's Bounty to spread across Wales, keep Land of the Dead from encroaching on Wales.
Attempting to SL not!Junko because Dace has his misgivings about her and because she traumatized Aife with the goat. Might want to talk to the both of them.
Acting on the Rumour mill hasn't cost us a Social Action so far, it just takes an Intrigue action to activate.
As for the City project... The "Once Settled" qualifier seems rather important when there's a "settle" option right next to it.
If nothing else, getting an extra year's worth of tax money is probably better at snowballing ourselves into something worthwhile even if it were possible to go half a million into debt this turn while delaying getting it settled until the next.
Though on a side-note, looting, riots, doomsday cults and the government collapsing to the point where it will struggle to enforce property rights tend to be rather rough on real estate values. A case of "there goes the neighbourhood."
The downside of this is of course that people are less willing to sell unless you're offering security yourself. For which Dace would probably needs a Militia at least.
Given that Dace currently has no armed forces to speak of, that option isn't on the table yet, so may as well try and get the real estate legally. It has nice synergy with setting up a vassal if nothing else.
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And the interlude is on a different timer. I'm treating it as a separate vote, vote for whatever you think is best.
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The problem with going all in on infrastructure for now means we're losing out on the opportunity to snatch up the various parties scrabbling in a panic before an equilibrium is reached before the market crash begins in earnest.
There are at least two factions better at the money game than Dace in Reaver and the Malfoys, so playing catch up with them is a losing effort. They'll simply be more attractive when all things are considered.
No, our best bet is to do as malls do and ensure that when the time comes for the grand opening we have as much space filled as possible, which boosts consumer and investor confidence, which in turn draws in further business.
Additionally, the primary value of mingling around has little to do with actually bonding with the peasantry and everything to do with
Which is what we want to do. This turn lets us go full ham, but we cant take it for granted that some people won't grow suspicious of Dace as a relevant player. This helps further settle those suspicions and keeps Dace below the radar, imo.
There are at least two factions better at the money game than Dace in Reaver and the Malfoys, so playing catch up with them is a losing effort. They'll simply be more attractive when all things are considered.
No, our best bet is to do as malls do and ensure that when the time comes for the grand opening we have as much space filled as possible, which boosts consumer and investor confidence, which in turn draws in further business.
Additionally, the primary value of mingling around has little to do with actually bonding with the peasantry and everything to do with
That.
Which is what we want to do. This turn lets us go full ham, but we cant take it for granted that some people won't grow suspicious of Dace as a relevant player. This helps further settle those suspicions and keeps Dace below the radar, imo.
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- California
Either plan is good, but I have a major misgiving in;
Not plotting against the Muggles to either handle or direct them. Especially in light of the Ministry's early attempts to cover up the collapse of America.
Not plotting against the Muggles to either handle or direct them. Especially in light of the Ministry's early attempts to cover up the collapse of America.
Its not that I disagree, but we have to do risk management and that means letting some things fall by the wayside in favor of stuff thats more immediately urgent.
Blue Lines are necessary because thats Daces body, which we can leverage into a counter to HBS potentially. The Anchor is necessary for the infrastructure and research applications. And so on and so forth. Economic stuff is necessary to be able to keep our heads above water once the crash hits. Things of that nature, you know? Those are probably our most pressing concerns, tbqh.
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