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I'm not going to weigh in on the logic of either side's arguments, but I will ask that everyone read over what they write and really consider if the words they used are polite and won't be inflammatory intentionally or not. You cant account for people's tolerances perfectly but at least try to say your piece without saying things that can be easily construed as overly dismissive of the other side of the argument, thank you.

Please endeavour to be cordial. :^)
 
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[X] Plan All the Facilities, 3.88 maximum
[X] Plan: Durin's Dream
[X] Plan: The Bird Is The Word


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[X] Rune House for the Rune Hold
[X] Plan Reliable works
[X] Plan A Wonder In The Cold North
[X] Plan Books and Runesmiths Do Not Mix
 
By the way, Anyone voting for Wonder in the Cold North, you should understand that I am not finishing it or posting it.

It fails to achieve what I want and you should vote for @Xepheria's Plan Books and Runesmiths Do Not Mix instead, as I feel that gets close enough to what I want.
 
[X]Plan: Even Talking Runesmiths, Cant use mine and my heirs forge.
-[X] Food:
--[X] Extravagant: +3 actions. +5 Size. +3 Learning. +2 Communication. You'll provide a wide variety of fine ales and food, though that will necessitate the hiring of a handful of Chefs as well. Multiple Halls are dedicated to serving as dining spaces, with separate eating areas for smaller gatherings as well.
-[X] Lodgings:
--[X] Extravagant: +4 actions, +7 Size, +2 Learning and Communication. Rooms big enough to be considered rather well off, with enough of them to comfortably fit the entire population of the town and then some. Such a scale would doubtlessly need grand galleries with enough levels that only the mightiest Clan Halls are larger in scope. A Karak in miniature. Plenty of room and plenty of rooms for people to simply loiter around and chat.
-[X] Shopping:
--[X] Extravagant: +3 actions, +6 Size, +3 Learning and Communication, Requires Exceptional Lodgings at minimum. Using Jorri's numerous contacts and speaking with the inhabitants in Khazid Okraz you could probably set up a reagent market to provide a wide array of more basic reagents within the Workshop. It would be of no benefit to you, but it would mean those learning under you need not go far to gather the reagents they need. Which means they spend more time learning and less time futzing about.
-[X] Defenses:
--[X] Marvellous: +5 actions, +12 Size, Requires Extravagant Lodgings at minimum, Unlocks Capstone Project write-in vote, +1 Conservative and Radical Runesmith Standing. Insane? Maybe to some. Secure? Beyond question. Almost enough to make you think more can't be done, almost. As before, but even Grander. Great Artillery pieces capable of shooting wyverns from the sky, of launching boulders that can paste entire bands of enemy warriors. Runic defenses second only to the Karak itself. You'll create something so impressive that by virtue of its strength Gloin will most likely make it the lynchpin of the Karak's outer defenses. If staffing the lesser option was difficult this would be near impossible with just your Hearth Guard, you will most certainly need extra bodies to man this structure to full readiness, around say a middling-sized Clan's worth of warriors. Then to top it all off, you plan to create a defensive work so mighty, so grand, that only a southern hold could hope to match it! You would not beggar yourself, but you would feel the cost of such an undertaking.
-[X] Aesthetics: The finishing touch to the whole shebang. More than the decor, it is the theme, the feel, the very image of your new Workshop.
--[X] Extravagant: +5 actions, ???, +1 Conservative and Radical Runesmith Standing. This. Now this is something you want to be known across more than just the Far North. A true Wonder of the realms, and an edifice of such fine Craftsmanship that even the most hidebound Conservative to the most revolutionary Radical can appreciate the efforts put into the structure, if not the purpose. Kraka Drakk will certainly appreciate the association.
-[X] Classes: The Entire purpose of this is to make a place to teach these youngsters. What, or perhaps who else would you allow?
--[X] Let Master Runesmiths disseminate Runes or related knowledge from here if they wish: 1 MAXIMUM, +4 Learning and Communication. Roughly doubles the rate of new Rune dissemination in the Far North. WILL BEGIN NORMALIZING SHARING OF RUNELORE IN THE REGION. If a Master Runesmith wishes to share a Rune they have developed you will, after proper vetting, give them access to the Workshop's facilities to do so.
-[X] Forum: Having Runesmiths around the compound and each other will get them talking. It's simply a matter of what you want to do about it.
--[X] Make it part of the plan: 1 MAXIMUM +5 Learning, +15 Communication, Requires Exceptional Lodgings at minimum, +2 Radical Runesmith Standing, +1 Conservative Runesmith Standing. Noticeable increase to the creation of new Runes in Kraka Drakk, and half that for the Region. WILL BEGIN NORMALIZING GREATER DIPLOMACY AND CLOSER TIES BETWEEN RUNESMITHS IN THE REGION. This shall be a place for Runesmiths and their ideas to be forged and purified by the rigours of honest academic and sometimes physical debate. Halls from which they make spectacle and debate with each other should they wish. Better than them ruining the bars in town at the very least.
-[X] Business: Should the Workshop allow for Runesmiths to pursue the mundane realities of business, finding buyers, suppliers and patrons, within its walls?
--[X] Disallow it: +1 Conservative Runesmith Standing. If you want to go about finding commissions you can do that on your own time and somewhere that's not here.
-[X] Forging: You are RuneSMITHS after all, and a Smith is nothing without a forge.
--[X] Not an ember: You have a Workshop, go use it you wazzok!
-[X] Procurement:
--[X] …and Discounts: 1/2 MAXIMUM, +2 Learning +5 Communication, Requires Exceptional Shopping at minimum. Roughly doubles the quality of Runecraft across Kraka Drakk and half that for the Region. Get Jorri and perhaps Gloin on the case, and you're certain that you can find a way to offset the cost of reagents for prospective students and regular tournament winners. What better way to cultivate talent? They can certainly pay off the debt to the Karak.
-[X] Library:
--[X] Extensive and Rare: 1 MAXIMUM, +10 Learning, +5 Communication, -2 Conservative Runesmith Standing, -1 Radical Runesmith Standing. WILL BEGIN NORMALIZING THE WRITING DOWN OF CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE IN THE REGION. Books on every reagent you know of, some even written by your own hand. Wisdom and lessons learned from multiple sources about enemy magic, and more. No Runelore, and no Elven texts, but it would certainly help the common Runesmith get up to snuff.

3 1/2 Maximum (Standing Changes: 1 Radical -1 Conservative(including the negatives from Maximum usage) Learning: 29, Communication: 36, Size: 27, Actions: 22.
 
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[X] Plan Books and Runesmiths Do Not Mix

@Dutch my thoughts about the Library have refined themselves based on my original preference for Limited I stated last night. I have settled on the range of None to Extensive being what I could accept, with Limited being the preference, as I do not like the idea of what the maximum normalizes with our current methods of recording information. Even for stuff that is only reagents (before everybody points out there is no runelore, I know, I am objecting to the idea of normalizing recording certain information).

If we had a more active form like holocrons, assessments from the recorded memories of Runesmiths that can act as active test proctors, or otherwise involve some level of active intelligence I'd be perfectly happy with it. At the moment however, I don't think it is time to try normalizing this particular thing, even though I do want to in the future as I think the preservation of knowledge is important. This is part of my reasoning to @Sir LagsAlot in wanting to get as many Conservative lineages involved as well: Get them included so that the knowledge spreads from dwarf mind to dwarf mind.
This assumes of course that something like that will ever be possible at such a grand scale.

I don't think even the Master Rune of Kingship would be meet those requirements. Sharing memories is one thing, artificially creating an incorporeal active intelligence to manage and test recipients is something different altogether. Let alone as something to be mass produced.
 
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So many damn options, too many unique plans. Just found another copy, current list as is:
Plans, indented is copy:
[] Plan: Academy City
-[] Plan Balanced Progress
[] Plan Build a third Karak, 3.88 maximum
-[] Plan All the Facilities, 3.88 maximum
[] Plan: Max benefits
-[]Plan MaxedBenchmarksWithoutMaxingOut
[] Plan Snorri's Wondrous Workshop
[] Rune House for the Rune Hold
[] Plan: Advancing Runecraft to New Heights!
[] Plan: Basic Forum
[] Plan Snorri's Workshop: MAXIMUM SNORRIDRIVE!
[] Plan Lets not go overboard too much
[]Plan: Double Learning and triple Communication while staving off excumication? : Ill formatted and needs re-editing but not missing anything
[] Rune House for the Rune Hold v2
[] Plan All the Facilities, 2.5 Max Services.
[] Plan: Maximum 2.83 = 2
-[]Plan Reliable works

Invalids:
[] Plan: Durin's Dream : Missing multiple options
[] Pushing for reasonable sustainable change based on established precedent and Building a Wonder : Missing multiple options
 
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So many damn options, too many unique plans. Just found another copy, current list as is:
Plans, indented is copy:
[] Plan: Academy City
-[] Plan Balanced Progress
[] Plan Build a third Karak, 3.88 maximum
-[] Plan All the Facilities, 3.88 maximum
[] Plan: Max benefits
-[]Plan MaxedBenchmarksWithoutMaxingOut
[] Plan Snorri's Wondrous Workshop
[] Rune House for the Rune Hold
[] Plan: Advancing Runecraft to New Heights!
[] Plan: Basic Forum
[] Plan Snorri's Workshop: MAXIMUM SNORRIDRIVE!
[] Plan Lets not go overboard too much
[]Plan: Double Learning and triple Communication while staving off excumication? : Ill formatted and needs re-editing but not missing anything
[] Rune House for the Rune Hold v2
[] Plan All the Facilities, 2.5 Max Services.
[] Plan: Maximum 2.83 = 2
-[]Plan Reliable works

Invalids:
[] Plan: Durin's Dream : Missing multiple options
[] Pushing for reasonable sustainable change based on established precedent and Building a Wonder : Missing multiple options
[]Plan Reliable works : Missing library vote
Thanks again! Though so many people already voted on some of them, can't really take them off. I think the missing ones can be interpreted as picking the lowest level. I appreciate your work nonetheless! 🙂
Edit: I will look through the copies but it will take a bit of time.
 
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This assumes of course that something like that will ever be possible at such a grand scale.

I don't think even the Master Rune of Kingship would be meet those requirements. Sharing memories is one thing, artificially creating an incorporeal active intelligence to manage and test recipients is something different altogether. Let alone as something to be mass produced.
It doesn't have to be 1:1 to holocrons exactly. Even MRune of Kingship and a variation of the runes we have based off item ownership and control could be enough. Prospective student touches rune and "reads" them, it gives a yes/no answer on if they're worthy for the knowledge and opens up if yes. No active intelligence. Anything at all that generally allows a dwarf to "imprint" their idea of worthiness for others to need to meet would go a long way here.
 
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I was really surprised that Books and Runesmiths Do Not Mix is leading, I don't see why we should settle for a plan with less than 25 learning.
 
[X]Plan Max Benefits

[X] Plan All the Facilities, 3.88 maximum

[X] Plan All the Facilities, 3.88 maximum

[X]Plan MaxedBenchmarksWithoutMaxingOut

[X] Plan: The Bird Is The Word

[X] Not Backing Down

[X] Plan A Seed for Something Magnificent

[X] Plan Snorri's Workshop: ALMOST MAXIMUM SNORRIDRIVE!

[X] Plan Max Class, Forum, Proc and minor Forg and Lib

I am pretty cool with any plan with near max MAX, Max classes, and Max Forum.
 
[X] Plan Books and Runesmiths Do Not Mix
[X] Plan Snorri's consternation, Reckoner Edition
 
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