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Why do I see Ymaryn scholars looking at foreign books wondering why the hell everyone is so obsessed about war?
Ymaryn Successor Quest (Paths of Civ AU)
Why do I see Ymaryn scholars looking at foreign books wondering why the hell everyone is so obsessed about war?
Traders will definitely ree. It's no go.
A loan would work since will we gain income for the interest and traders will have less of a leg to stand on since it's in the interest of the kingdom.
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I am going more for narrative effects here.
A trade deal, even unfavorable one, means more contact between our policies, merchants and guilds who depend on new goods. Such ties do make it harder to go to war.
This said, it will anger the peacocks, but I think also weaken them.
On the other hand a trade deal with the Amber Road may make the traders happy, because opening their markets means more barge traffic.
And I would consider a combo loan/trade deal to the Khem at the same time. They get a net treasury at no cost, we get potentially 2 opinion with them. They have next to no reason to say no.
And I would consider a combo loan/trade deal to the Khem at the same time. They get a net treasury at no cost, we get potentially 2 opinion with them. They have next to no reason to say no.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
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- He/Him
I don't agree with this logic as the traders are a split between Peahens and Peacocks with a lean towards the latter. Antagonising them is more likely to push them towards the Peacocks and therefore strengthen the Peacocks on top of giving the Peacocks a valid talking point about the Peahen king.
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
Congratulations. You have found a button.
How did button pushing work out in PoC again?
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
That analysis was made before the Khem announced the canal. Traders are moving towards Peacock now.
At what point could we start a project to help the merchants get sailing ships in response to the canal?
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Plan Oshha
-[X] Authority: Survey Tinshore Province: Tinshore has been surveyed many times, but technology and the skill of surveyors is always improving. It might be possible to find something of use there. (???%. 1 Year. Resources?)
-[X] Influence: Touch The Cow, Do It Now, Western Wall: The Sacred Warding in Western Wall collapsed when the Divine Weapon took the sacred herds to add to his own and those of his followers. Restore it. (70%, 3 years, +Western Wall Loyalty)
-[X] Influence: Deepen Alliance: Having built the foundations of a strong relationship with another polity, see about deepening the ties that bind you. (80%. 2 Years. +1 Alliance Level, -Opinion = new Alliance Level, cannot be used if this would take their opinion below 5)
--[X] Amber Road
-[X] Influence: Determine Internal Factions: Receive a dossier on the relevant internal factions of a polity you have diplomatic relations with. This will allow you to support or oppose their internal factions to be more favorable to your interests.
--[X] Khemetri
-[X] Personal: Relax with Family (-Stress)
Okay, I want to put our Authority on a 1 Year long action so we should have both available for next year to do the Math Reform so I'm sticking it on a Survey action (I don't care which province). Beyond that, giving the Sacred Warding to Western Wall and furthering our Alliance with Amber Road so we can forgive their loan for the Opinion. The final Influence is going towards figuring out the internal politics of the Khem action since the Banner Company doesn't give Influence anymore and I would rather not strengthen the Peacocks right now. The personal action is going to be stress reduction.
-[X] Authority: Survey Tinshore Province: Tinshore has been surveyed many times, but technology and the skill of surveyors is always improving. It might be possible to find something of use there. (???%. 1 Year. Resources?)
-[X] Influence: Touch The Cow, Do It Now, Western Wall: The Sacred Warding in Western Wall collapsed when the Divine Weapon took the sacred herds to add to his own and those of his followers. Restore it. (70%, 3 years, +Western Wall Loyalty)
-[X] Influence: Deepen Alliance: Having built the foundations of a strong relationship with another polity, see about deepening the ties that bind you. (80%. 2 Years. +1 Alliance Level, -Opinion = new Alliance Level, cannot be used if this would take their opinion below 5)
--[X] Amber Road
-[X] Influence: Determine Internal Factions: Receive a dossier on the relevant internal factions of a polity you have diplomatic relations with. This will allow you to support or oppose their internal factions to be more favorable to your interests.
--[X] Khemetri
-[X] Personal: Relax with Family (-Stress)
Okay, I want to put our Authority on a 1 Year long action so we should have both available for next year to do the Math Reform so I'm sticking it on a Survey action (I don't care which province). Beyond that, giving the Sacred Warding to Western Wall and furthering our Alliance with Amber Road so we can forgive their loan for the Opinion. The final Influence is going towards figuring out the internal politics of the Khem action since the Banner Company doesn't give Influence anymore and I would rather not strengthen the Peacocks right now. The personal action is going to be stress reduction.
[X] Plan Oshha
Isn't that a bit below our level of abstraction?
Not the same merchants, so it wouldn't help. The problem is these are the people who move stuff around within Ymar. We can't do without them or our economy grinds to a halt and people starve.
And the canal hurts those specific people who made lots of money moving goods from one shore to the other by barge. Helping navel traders doesn't fix the problem.
- Location
- The Deep Blue Sea
That depends, is it *a* button or *THE* button?
What "button pushing" are you referring to in PoC? It's been a while since I read through it so my memory's a bit foggy
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- He/Him
[X] Plan Diplomacy and Rebuilding
-[X] Authority: Build Ties: Common Ground can be found anywhere, since people are always people. Simply by dealing forthrightly with people, and addressing their concerns in an honest manner or telling them why you can't, you can improve their opinion of you. (10%, 4 years, +1 Opinion)
--[X] Rus
-[X] Influence: Deepen Alliance: Having built the foundations of a strong relationship with another polity, see about deepening the ties that bind you. (80%. 2 Years. +1 Alliance Level, -Opinion = new Alliance Level, cannot be used if this would take their opinion below 5)
--[X] Amber Road
-[X] Influence: Survey Core: The Core has been surveyed many times, but technology and the skill of surveyors is always improving. It might be possible to find something of use there. (???%. 1 Year. Resources?)
-[X] Influence: Touch The Cow, Do It Now, Western Wall: The Sacred Warding in Western Wall collapsed when the Divine Weapon took the sacred herds to add to his own and those of his followers. Restore it. (70%, 3 years, +Western Wall Loyalty)
-[X] Personal: Attend to a particular action personally. (Provides bonus to action)
--[X] Build Ties
I want to focus on reaching out to the Rus while our actions towards them are in recent memory. Balthazar personally helping should go a long way to convincing the tribes of our sincerity. Using our authority on building ties will guarantee the best possible result with the Rus, though it does also mean we'll have to wait at least two more years to do the Math Reform with two influence. I also want to survey the Core in the hopes of discovering our ancient canal, as well as it being a 1 year action.
-[X] Authority: Build Ties: Common Ground can be found anywhere, since people are always people. Simply by dealing forthrightly with people, and addressing their concerns in an honest manner or telling them why you can't, you can improve their opinion of you. (10%, 4 years, +1 Opinion)
--[X] Rus
-[X] Influence: Deepen Alliance: Having built the foundations of a strong relationship with another polity, see about deepening the ties that bind you. (80%. 2 Years. +1 Alliance Level, -Opinion = new Alliance Level, cannot be used if this would take their opinion below 5)
--[X] Amber Road
-[X] Influence: Survey Core: The Core has been surveyed many times, but technology and the skill of surveyors is always improving. It might be possible to find something of use there. (???%. 1 Year. Resources?)
-[X] Influence: Touch The Cow, Do It Now, Western Wall: The Sacred Warding in Western Wall collapsed when the Divine Weapon took the sacred herds to add to his own and those of his followers. Restore it. (70%, 3 years, +Western Wall Loyalty)
-[X] Personal: Attend to a particular action personally. (Provides bonus to action)
--[X] Build Ties
I want to focus on reaching out to the Rus while our actions towards them are in recent memory. Balthazar personally helping should go a long way to convincing the tribes of our sincerity. Using our authority on building ties will guarantee the best possible result with the Rus, though it does also mean we'll have to wait at least two more years to do the Math Reform with two influence. I also want to survey the Core in the hopes of discovering our ancient canal, as well as it being a 1 year action.
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
A way to consistently gain some desired resource without any apparent cost beyond spending actions.
Besides 2 influence and a treasury.
If we take too many. We could be giving them the power to obliterate our economy by throwing us in the red.
- Location
- The Deep Blue Sea
I thought this wasn't on the table because Rus tribes are too decentralized?
It's the only option available on the table as far as I can tell.
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- He/Him
We were told that the other standard diplo actions aren't available because of their decentralization, but Build Ties explicitly is possible