Written by the Victors (Warhammer Fantasy)

Turn 16 Results


[X] Purge Dhar from Territories

Gretchen goes to work at the fallow fields of the Republic's Ration lands. White Light blazes from her eyes as that which she looks upon has the darkness purged from it. The difference is stark. The land that has been treated feels cleaner, and breathing and relaxation comes easier.

It rapidly becomes clear however that Gretchen will have her work cut out for her if she is to continue this. The fields that have been worked by skeletons for decades are far more tainted than those only worked for a few years. Just one light wizard might not be enough to do more than just tread water when it comes to keeping the territory free of dhar.


[X] Outfit a Skeleton Legion
[X] Outfit a Crossbow Skeleton Legion
[X] Attack a nearby prince in force (2 Dice)
-[X] Baron Cauldin
[X] Send out Agitators

For the first time since the founding of the Republic the Vampires of the Executive Council find themselves defeated politically. When the orders from the legislature came down. Halomik spoke of deepening ties with Dante, Moti advocated talking with the dawi more, while Sinfi wanted to make more inroads among the merchants.

Instead, at the urging of the Head Diplomat, the council elected to send out agitators. Men and women speaking of how necromancy has helped them. How the republic isn't so bad. How much easier life is when the skeletons work the fields enriching the common folk, rather than the common folk working the fields to enrich the lords.

Then, once the agitators have had a few months to work, Berthold raises and outfits a pair of skeleton legions. One with Spear, the other with Crossbow. He arranges them in the manner Sinfi has speculated would be most effective, and he marches on Cauldin's Barony.

The Baron is not found wanting. His scouts warn him and his levy is ready to meet Berthold on the field of battle. Unfortunately for the Brettonian, the best answer to the man on horseback has always been disciplined pikemen, and no pikeman is more disinclined to flee than the living dead. Add in the crossbows and the battle was a foregone conclusion.

With the cavalry driven from the field, and the bowmen and foot soldiers fleeing, there was no one to stop Berthold from going to the seat of the Barony and taking over.

It is three days later, as Berthold is distributing the Grain Ration to the gathered townsfolk, that Sinfi turns up. Tearing control over the skeleton troops from him, she delivers the verdict of the legislature. He is sacked from his position on the Executive Council and is placed on Mandatory Sabbatical from Necromancy on pain of death until further notice.

The Republic has just doubled its territory, approximately, and presumably doubled its population. There are new neighbors, new people to feed, and many problems that the republic is not ready for with the necromancer supply being so tight.

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Events and Rumors:

More Stigany settle in the Republic: Lured by rumors of an accepting community, another band of Strigany settle in the burgeoning republic. They are warmly welcomed. More cynically, their mystics are direly needed to alleviate the strain on the republic's necromancers.

Peace?: Brettonia and the Empire have signed a treaty affirming mutual respect for each others borders and territories. This is widely seen as a victory for the Empire as Valten turns attention to the bandits, beastmen, and greenskins that plague the forests of the Empire.

Turn 17


You have 7 Resource Dice to spend between various actions. 1 is locked on Wyrdstone Purchases. 1 Must be spent on Gretchen. Two dice have been pre-allocated by the legislature. You have 3 dice to freely distribute.


Legislative Directive: INTEGRATE NEW TERRITORIES
(Extending the Grain Ration happens automatically because of previous choices.)


Diplomacy

[] Lay of the Land: You have new neighbors, who are they?

[] Attempt to talk to Archbaron Boris
[] Attempt to talk to King Isaac or Queen Sarah
[] Attempt to talk to Thane Josef Okrisson
[] Attempt to talk to Archwizard Pierre

[] Attempt to sow discord between two of the nearby princes
-[] Write in two
[] Investigate one of the nearby princes
-[] Write in who

[] Talk to Dante across the river
[] Build Merchant Connections
[] Send out Agitators
[] Try to buy Warpstone
[] Attempt to hire a Light Wizard.
[] Attempt to get books on Light Magic.



Public Works

[] Promulgate Wight Burial Rites
[] Build More Libraries
[] Build More Bathhouses
[] Buy technical manuals for libraries
-[] Crafts
-[] Science
-[] Merchant
[] Survey for resources
[] Improve farmland
[] Set up new Skeleton Plantations

[] Collect taxes from new territories


Magic

[] Create Reference Tome "Third Principles of Necromancy"
[] Train Necromancers
[] Magical Panoply: Sinfi pt 3
[] Magical Panoply: Moti pt 2
[] Make Warpstone (Warning: Dangerous)
[] The Riddle of Gromril
(Requires one die, costs 1 Warpstone per turn, locks die in until action completes or runs out of warpstone. Progress decays if left fallow)
[] Create Necrofex Colossus, requires 3 dice
-[] Corpse Giant (3 warpstone)
-[] Nightmare Colossi (6 warpstone)
[] Discuss Magical Theory with Gretchen

Gretchen

[] Purge Dhar from Territories
[] Brainstorm Dhar Countermeasures


Judicial Services

[] Compile Law
[] Promulgate laws
[] Train More Arbitrators


Martial

[] Scout surroundings.
[] Set up patrols to guard your borders. (Locks 1 die onto this permanently.)
[] Raise Monstrous Infantry Skeleton Legion
[] Outfit a Skeleton Legion
[] Outfit a Crossbow Skeleton Legion
[] Outfit Black Knights
[] Mass Raise Skeleton Legion (requires 1 unit of Warpstone)
[] Mass Raise Crossbow Skeleton Legion (requires 1 unit of Warpstone)
[] Raid Blue Tooth Goblins
[] Improve Walls around Halomik Town
[x] Improve Defenses throughout the Republic (costs 2 dice, lasts 3 turns)
[] Engage in counter-raiding
[] Attack a nearby prince in force
-[] Write in prince.
[] Help a nearby prince defend their land.
-[] Write in prince.
[] Monster Hunting: Seek monsters and take their bones


To encourage discussion there will be a 1 hour moratorium on voting.