A Kammanist Uprising: Fantasy Communist Revolution Quest
- Thread starter notbirdofprey
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
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- fantasy magic revolution communism
Is someone going to make a plan that's better
- Location
- United States
We need more info before we can make definitive plans such as wardstone quantities available and estimated losses from the cold if we decide to advance.
Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
We have enough wardstones for one set of good fortifications or two sets of "eh" ones.
The issue is I'm not sure about what casualties we can expect from the cold if we order fortifications dug.
The issue is I'm not sure about what casualties we can expect from the cold if we order fortifications dug.
Your officers aren't really sure either. They suspect there will be some, and they probably won't be crippling, but they can't give you a better estimate.
Also, one of the possible results if you took the noble ally advantage was the Emperor deciding to go full monarcho-socialism.
Also, one of the possible results if you took the noble ally advantage was the Emperor deciding to go full monarcho-socialism.
Oh we could have chosen that like the metal gear TNO AU quest
Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
Balinik is the junta whose sole objective is anti-Kammanism. So, it sucks, but I think we do need to build up some fortifications while they can't attack.
The question is the civilian or not civilian labor. Convince is liable to turn into "convince" with implied threats, which I'm definitely leery on, so I'm currently leaning on not using civilian labor. Using civilian labor for this sort of stuff is something we'd want something more organized for, like a dedicated labor force rather than going up to a bunch of civilians' houses and saying "hey, wanna dig trenches in the winter?"
- Location
- United States
Knowing all this, do you have everything you need to put together a completed plan?
Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
Maybe? The other question is Devrograd. Do we want to do Peasant Outreach, even knowing we might not be able to spare that much food for handouts as needed (though we can probably provide warm clothing in fairly significant amounts. We still have a surplus of that IIRC.)
- Location
- United States
We need to look into new means of filling our food stocks regardless, so I'm in favor of trying. If you're still not convinced, put the die into scouting instead.
Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
Hmm, @notbirdofprey what options will we have for increasing our food supply next turn?
You'll have some trade based options, options to increase rationing, and options to investigate rumors of hoarding.
Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
Alright, here we go:
[ ] Plan Outreach
Devrograd
-[ ] Scouting Operations
-[ ] Scouting Operations x2
Avla
-[ ] Anti-Counterrevolutionary Operations
-[ ] Bandit Hunting
-[ ] Coordination with the Farmer's Liberation Army
Ovlo-Selvada
-[ ] Redistribute Defensive Forces
-[ ] Dig in Deeper
--[ ] Do not use civilian labor
Korvio
-[ ] Begin Naval Patrols
-[ ] Dock Repairs
[ ] Plan Bandit Squashing
Devrograd
-[ ] Scouting Operations
-[ ] Scouting Operations x2
Avla
-[ ] Anti-Counterrevolutionary Operations
-[ ] Bandit Hunting x2
Ovlo-Selvada
-[ ] Redistribute Defensive Forces
-[ ] Dig in Deeper
--[ ] Do not use civilian labor
Korvio
-[ ] Begin Naval Patrols
-[ ] Dock Repairs
Alright, I'm not sure on doing Seeding the Countryside until we've got better food security for ourselves. Plus, additional scouting operations will probably let our troops get a better idea of what the peasantry actually wants.
So, the big difference here is between outreach with the Farmer's Liberation Army, or doubling down on hunting the Bandits to make sure we get them, allowing our big Alva army to go do other stuff in the future.
[ ] Plan Outreach
Devrograd
-[ ] Scouting Operations
-[ ] Scouting Operations x2
Avla
-[ ] Anti-Counterrevolutionary Operations
-[ ] Bandit Hunting
-[ ] Coordination with the Farmer's Liberation Army
Ovlo-Selvada
-[ ] Redistribute Defensive Forces
-[ ] Dig in Deeper
--[ ] Do not use civilian labor
Korvio
-[ ] Begin Naval Patrols
-[ ] Dock Repairs
[ ] Plan Bandit Squashing
Devrograd
-[ ] Scouting Operations
-[ ] Scouting Operations x2
Avla
-[ ] Anti-Counterrevolutionary Operations
-[ ] Bandit Hunting x2
Ovlo-Selvada
-[ ] Redistribute Defensive Forces
-[ ] Dig in Deeper
--[ ] Do not use civilian labor
Korvio
-[ ] Begin Naval Patrols
-[ ] Dock Repairs
Alright, I'm not sure on doing Seeding the Countryside until we've got better food security for ourselves. Plus, additional scouting operations will probably let our troops get a better idea of what the peasantry actually wants.
So, the big difference here is between outreach with the Farmer's Liberation Army, or doubling down on hunting the Bandits to make sure we get them, allowing our big Alva army to go do other stuff in the future.
[X] Plan Outreach
The vote's closed. The other half of the turn will be out tomorrow morning, then the results.
Vote closed
Week 6 Actions
Sometimes, it seemed like the Chairman was everywhere, his guards barely able to keep up. He visited factories, handed out clothing, attended meetings, prayed in a small church with a priest who was practically a Kammanist in cloth robes, watched the troops train, attended more meetings, read reports, attended even more meetings...food and sleep were snatched in short intervals wherever he could. That, at least, felt familiar. It almost made him nostalgic for the days he was fleeing the Emperor's men, robbing landlords and giving the largesse to the tenants, every day a battle and every night an adventure.
But in those days, he was a thorn in the side of the enemies of humanity. Now he, and the Revolution that sometimes he led and sometimes led him was like a dagger in their gut. Not fatal, not yet, but something that would slow them and bleed them until the workers rose up to bring peace and prosperity and unity.
He made a mental note to talk to Stefan about that, it might work well as imagery for a poster. The boy might think it too aggressive, and Zenus supposed he could see some of the sense in that - if the Silver Crescent pulled out, they would suffer greatly, and the capitalist nations of the world had ample power to threaten them if they could not unify Avlandia first.
Still, he liked the imagery. Perhaps he would do something else with it. He was beginning to think about writing his memoirs, a sort of testament to the struggles of building a revolution and his thoughts on where to go from here. It would be a lovely thing to make his own contribution next to Kammanist literature, to have his name listed alongside Engloy and Dostin and Lenc and Heveg and the other great thinkers and writers.
The next day, he carved out a few minutes between one meeting and the next and began to write about his first theft, when he stole an apple off a cart and gave it to a beggar.
32 Resources, +9 Resources per week
13 Aether, +2 Aether per week
5 Wealth
Food Situation: Semi-stable, will degrade if Silver Crescent supplies stop coming, trending upwards. Rumors of hoarding
Ammunition: Low-ish, amount is trending upwards
Personal Weapons: Moderate numbers being produced, damaged ones can be repaired. Small stockpile is being built up.
Heavy Weapons: Small numbers being produced, damaged ones can be repaired
Artillery: Small numbers being produced, damaged ones can be repaired
Coal/Wood: Supplies are stable for current usage
Steel: Moderate shortage
Aether crystals: Somewhat severe shortage
Metals: Moderate shortage
Cloth: Excess
The Councils and Committees - 3 Council dice (Council dice have a +5 bonus for Industrial actions thanks to your strong unions), 5 Front dice
[] Eat the Rich: Not literally, of course, but the wealthy and middle-class citizens have gold and jewels and fine art and a great many other riches. Taking a portion of these, based on how much wealth they have, and using it for the benefit of the workers, farmers, and laborers would be an undeniably popular decision. DC 25/80/150/300. Benefit: Subvote. Gain a medium boost to Wealth, with a smaller boost when a new area is conquered. Potential additional benefits. Cost: Will severely cost popular support among certain segments of the population, will have additional or mitigated costs depending on results
[] Arm the Workers: The workers of the city largely stayed out of your way, only a few of the most enthusiastic joined in the Uprising, but that was less because of their attitudes and more because of their relative lack of organization and sheer surprise. Now they are determined and motivated participants in the growing Kammanist state, an essential and determined pillar of support. Should the city come under attack, having them already familiar with arms would be extremely useful. 0/100. Benefits: Worker's councils/unions gain access to more centralized weaponry, can act as purely defensive militia. Very popular with some. Costs: Will require lots (and lots) of weapons, very unpopular with some, lots of armed people.
[] Jailbreaks: The trials have reminded everyone that the prisons still exist. Fortunately, a few volunteer committees have been keeping those inside alive and in relatively good health, but they haven't had the resources to do more. Many inside them will have been imprisoned for political crimes that are no longer illegals, or for crimes of "morality" that Kammanism cares little for, or for things like stealing bread that will no longer happen thanks to the greater equality and wealth under the new economic system. Arranging for finding who belongs in those categories and who the hardened criminals are is an affair that will take time, and then there is the question of what is to be done with those not liberated, but it is a worthy effort and one that will be popular for many. 53/60, DC 0/??. Benefits: Popular support, manpower, there might be interesting people in prison. Costs: Potential backlash, subvote for what to do with those who remain imprisoned.
[] Public Court Martial: The reports coming of outrages committed upon the populace have driven many of the councils into a frenzy, and the Front as well (albeit for different reasons). Finding those who have done the worst deeds, trying them, and punishing them will be a good way to satisfy many of those while not quite giving another concession to your class enemies. 0/30. Benefits: Increase to popular support, increased approval with various army factions, increase in outside legitimacy. Cost: Front Support, slight Hardliner approval
[] To Arms!: Your army is relatively small, and in truth you do not have more than warcasters for the majority of them, something which will remain true for some time, but you have vast reserves of untapped manpower. Whip them up in a frenzy with every promise you can make to encourage more men to join you. Former criminals, dedicated Kammanists, aristocrats and capitalists seeking redemption, simple men and women, you will take all and let all serve. 0/125. Benefits: Massive increase in the number of recruits. Cost: 1 Resource per die
Chairman of the Central Committee of the United Kammanist Front - 4 Chairman dice
[] Walk Among the Workers: See the results of the Uprising for yourself, which should prove very satisfying. It will also provide a different perspective on potential issues or solutions. Lastly, it will allow you to personally address grievances. Some might say it's reckless or risky. What are such things to you? DC 0/?? Benefits: Satisfies your desire for action, ?? Cost: ??
[] Recruit the Peasantry: Even as they feed your workers, you are aware there is more they could be doing. Ask them to fight for you, to join your cause, to take up the warcaster against the coming men who will ravage their farms, steal their crops, and turn them back into serfs. DC 40/80. Benefits: Boost to Farmer's Liberation Army size. Cost: Less peasants working
[] Olvo and Selvada: The Kammanists in those two cities have proven troublesome, for a variety of reasons. Bringing them into alignment with the Front as a whole will hopefully reduce those troubles. This will entail asking one or two of their leading members to join you and pushing harder on a couple matters they have been lax in, likely while agreeing to make concessions of your own. On the other hand, it might be wiser to wait for the Congress... DC 60/120. Benefits: +1 Front die, greater integration of the front. Costs: Will possibly have to make political concessions, severe consequences if negotiations fail.
[] Bandit Hunting: Your brave soldiers are out hunting bandits, fighting hard against murderers and plunderers backed by the capitalists and aristocrats. It burns you, it burns you to sit inside and attend meetings while such a thing happens. So you will go and check on the morale of your men, hear their songs and stories, and if you get caught in an ambush or two and have to fight yourself, such is life. You've fought monsters and Tiger Stripes and the Emperor's Guard. Bandits will be no trouble. DC 0/20/?? Benefits: Improved morale of soldiers, boost to popular support, propaganda, satisfies your desire for action. Cost: None
Commissar of Diplomacy - 3 Diplomacy dice
[] Tell the World: You have declared your Revolution to all and sundry, and news of it has spread like wildfire - it's on every front page and spoken about near constantly in the shops and restaurants, and likely in the back rooms where capitalists scheme and plot and bribe politicians. But now, with a stronger connection to the outside world through your channels, you can try and control the narrative yourself. You can tell of your victories, the reforms you made, how people are voluntarily forming worker's councils and democratically taking control of the economy, how your triumph is inevitable. You can give heart to other revolutionaries, strike fear into the heart of those who would crush you, and perhaps even gain enough popular support to prevent intervention. DC 0/??. Benefits: Gain attention, possibly gain outside support. The higher the result the better. Cost: None
[] The Red Rag: For a time you ran a Kammanist newspaper in Breton, taking the name from what previous ones had been mockingly called. There hasn't been one in Avlandia since the first months after the Summer Revolts, but it is time to change that. Begin writing for the newspaper again, and find some others who can help. 0/40, DC 30/60/90. Benefits: Gain a vehicle for making statements/propaganda, synergizes with several other actions. Cost: 1 Diplomacy die next turn
[] Sending Support: The Ukortic Free State has suffered a series of defeats, but they are beginning to rally. Any aid you send them will have to pass by Balink, but it would doubtless be invaluable to them. It will also help solidify your somewhat nominal unity. DC 80. Benefit: Send small amounts of equipment to the Ukortic Free State. Costs: Equipment, risk of interception.
[] The Blue Men: Your diplomat has reported that after a defecting Tiger Stripe was able to rally the Black Army, a significant fraction began wearing a bit of blue in honor of him and seem to consider him to be their leader. While he has developed some opposition, he also seems to be the closest thing they have to a competent military commander. Approaching him could help solidify your alliance. DC 0/??. Benefits: Approach the Blue Rider, find out his name and more about him, begin talks with him. Costs: Could potentially upset some of the leadership of the Ukortic Free State
[] The Maygari Revolution: Hearing of a second viable revolution has done a great deal for the morale of the Front, but some of the things you have heard suggest they are rather more fragile than you, as they are apparently at war with all their former subjects and other nations besides. Getting in touch with them will be a multi-week endeavor, and risky for your messenger, but it is absolutely worth it, given the strength of the Maygari and their position, especially if you can gain control of the territory in between you as well. DC 60. Benefits: Send an ambassador to the Maygari Revolutionary Front, will take at least a month before you hear back. A higher result means a better ambassador. Cost: None
[] To The Democrats: The capitalist democracy of Imprado will likely be a focus of intervention should any of the other powers be able to reach them and their forces could be motivated opponents. Even worse, they will likely have a strong appeal to many of the people under your control, possibly leading to counterrevolutionary activity. For all that, there is perhaps enough in common for you to agree to a truce or even a united front. DC 30/??. Benefits: Send an ambassador to Imprado. A higher result means a better pick. Cost: None.
[] To The Reorganized States: The Reorganized States, mostly former territories of fallen empires that would have been puppets of Avlandia or allies in recognition of shared heritage, have now fallen into chaos. The nobles who would have been set over them are overthrown, or in rebellion, or simply gone, and in their place are dozens of different factions, deserters from various armies, revolutionaries and reactionaries and nationalists of every stripe. Surely there must be at least one or two viable revolutionary groups in that mess. DC 80/??. Benefits: Send an ambassador and escort to the Reorganized States, getting you a better idea of what's going on there and if there's any worthwhile allies. Cost: None.
[] Pushing Posters: You are making pamphlets now, printing copies of the Kammanist Manifesto and a few other similar tracts, but you can do better. Make posters, with bold pictures and inspiring slogans and post them throughout the city. Recruiting posters, posted about recent victories, about how you can contribute to the Revolution...propaganda has ever been an advantage of the oppressor, but now it shall be turned into a weapon of the oppressed. 0/85. Benefit: Start making posters for propaganda, develop further propaganda actions. Cost: 1 Resource per die
[] Cargo for the Crescent: The Silver Crescent will be bringing all sorts of supplies to people, mostly food, but also medical supplies, and tents, and warm clothing. You have some to spare of the last two, and finding some red paint for crates shouldn't be too much of a problem. Having them deliver supplies for you would serve as a propaganda coup, and if there are some pamphlets or posters in those crates, you could easily smooth over any hurt feelings from the Crescent. And the opinion of those getting the crates doesn't matter much. 0/30, DC 45. Benefit: Propaganda, popular support. Cost: 1 Resource per die, potentially upset the Silver Crescent.
[] Soothing Fears: Now that the worst of their concerns have been handled, it is time to begin offering other sorts of reassurances. Really, these are nothing more than platitudes, but they will help reassure those who are still unsettled, especially if you make an effort to follow through on your other promises. DC 70. Benefit: Increase in support among the rich and the towns. Cost: None
[] Trade Beginnings: Normally, there's a fair bit of trade, but the Great War and the Revolution have heavily disrupted things. It will take a fair bit of convincing those merchants who remain in Korvio and possibly going through your friends, but you can get trade to flow again, which will help increase your food supplies...at a cost. DC 55. Benefit: Increase in food. Cost: - 1 Wealth or -2 Aether per turn until trade is stopped.
[] Foreign Journalists: Journalists from the victorious powers will surely be arriving soon, and given that these are capitalist nations they will doubtless be peddling all manner of lies to their readers back home. Ask your friends to send some trustworthy reporters to speak of the great strides you are making and call upon the world to support you. DC 40. Benefit: Improvement to foreign attitudes. Cost: ??
Head Political Officer - 2 Politics Dice
[] Political Officers: The new army is apparently very moderate politically. You are confident they will understand more about why they need to fight for Kammanism if they are given better explanations. Find the most impressive members of the Red Guard and appoint them as political officers to provide support and education to the army. DC: 0/50/100. Benefits: Army grows politically radically, increases morale. Cost: Potential backlash.
[] Pull the Softliners: With their recent political victories, the softliners are gaining more power and turning their attention to economic matters. These economic matters have potentially severe consequences for the success of your revolution, so encouraging them to tone down their rhetoric on things like not repudiating all debts and compensation for foreign capitalists might be wise. DC: 60/120. Benefits: More support for hardline economic reform. Costs: Potential loss of Front Support, loss of Softliner Support, potential backlash
[] Factional Investigations: The Front currently has three factions who have split over a variety of issues. Of course, there are also a large number of individuals who have no particular stance, or are only concerned about one or two specific points...the problem is getting an idea of who and what. Take advantage of your reputation to make some conversation and get a better understanding of what the different factions are. DC 0/40/80/120. Benefits: More information on factions. Cost: Potential backlash.
[] Expand the Speechmakers: The speechgivers (or speechmakers) have proven very useful for bolstering adult education and answering questions, but there are only so many of them. First, you will recruit more members of the Front to serve in this capacity, but secondly, you will begin arranging for training more through an understudy program, with enthusiastic workers being given apprenticeships with the speechmakers. 0/70. Benefits: More speeches being given out, training program to gain even more made. Costs: Potential for backlash.
[] Poster Propaganda: You are making pamphlets now, printing copies of the Kammanist Manifesto and a few other similar tracts, but you can do better. People have been eagerly discussing poster designs, you have even been given a few rather extreme ones that have been dropped off with your assistant. You are very familiar with the power of propaganda, and now the people shall wield it.. 0/75. Benefit: Request people to submit poster designs and then begin making them for propaganda, develop further propaganda actions. Cost: 1 Resource per die
[] The Electoral Commission: Comrade Zandi has declared that there shall be a commission to be responsible for investigating voter fraud, false councils, drawing district lines, and other such things, and you agree that it is a necessity. While it is unlikely to be immediately necessary, creating it before the first elections (whenever those will be) is imperative, and you want to give it some time to be able to investigate things. You will have to impress upon those responsible the importance of subordinating themselves to the councils, however... DC 0/50/100/?? Benefit: Form a commission that will be responsible for ensuring elections are free and fair. Cost: None
[] Congress Construction: Preparations for the Congress must go on. You have spent some time establishing who has worries and what concerns need to be addressed, but there are other matters to be settled. Should it only be the Front, or should foreign guests or non-Front members be allowed or invited? Where should it be held? What will be the official agenda? DC 0/?? Benefit: Subvote for congress preparations. Cost: Penalty to Front Support if not taken.
Head of the Reform Commission - 2 Reform Dice
[] Push for Greater Democratization: The councils exist. That is all well and good, but they have little formal power above the local level. Really, they are nothing more than discussion groups, ones which frequently turn raucous and enthusiastic. In some cases, too enthusiastic. Begin encouraging the formation of higher-level councils, begin giving these councils some powers like managing the policing of their sections of the city. DC 30, 0/100. Benefits: Councils gain power, more Council dice, increase in popular support, subvote. Costs: Potential factional problems, ??
[] Land Reform, Stage 2: The first aristocratic estates have been broken up, and some efforts have been made at laying the groundwork for future efforts. A few pieces of modern agricultural equipment are being produced, ever so slowly. It is time to continue the land reform and make proper collectives this time. This will be a more costly effort, requiring at least the beginnings of construction, but the new farms will be more efficient and equitable. The land necessary will come from a combination of the former noble estates, the tenant farmers who have had their debts declared null and void, and peasants who have demonstrated eagerness. 11/200. Benefits: Front support, possibility of popular support among the peasantry, better farming. Costs: Potential backlash, 2 Resources per die.
[] The Wealth Tax: Gold and silver that have been hoarded for the pleasure of the wealthy capitalists were purchased with the blood and sweat of the workers. You will not take all of it - they will be allowed to keep family heirlooms and a few other keepsakes - but the majority of it will be taken for the use of the Front and the benefit of the people. It is not currently industrially useful, but you may find some gains to be had, if only by trading it to other capitalists. 11/50. Benefits: Moderate gain to wealth, minor gains to wealth when new areas are conquered/integrated. Cost: Will make some people unhappy.
[] Break Open the Banks: The bankers are an instrument of capitalist oppression and control, and a potent source of wealth. While the rural debts owed to landholders have been declared invalid, many are still burdened by oppressive loans. Furthermore, the controllers of the banks have favored the wealthy with their financial policies. Taking over and reforming these banks will allow for greater control of wealth by the workers, and offer many new opportunities. DC 0/20/40/80/120?? Benefits: Subvote, Front Support, potential to appease various factions.
[] Government Replacement: Many vestiges of the old capitalist and aristocratic government systems remain, in ways subtle and severe. Decorations, positions, procedures...these reforms will be concentrated in the towns, where the worker councils have not been able to remove the majority of the scraps. You will formally disarm and disband their police, remove the mayors and aldermen from their positions, and abolish their government structures to be replaced. DC 0/50/100. Benefits: Front Support, popular with the Hardliners. Costs: Will greatly upset the towns.
[] Worker's Policing: While the People's Police Force is effective at keeping order, they are not as ideologically sound in structure, being an instrument of the Committee instead of the Council. They shall remain, but their role shall shift into a combination of trainers, internal investigators, and elite teams. In their place, responsible for ordinary crime and law-keeping will be the Council Police, made of part-time workers trained and educated for the task and given additional support in a variety of forms. 0/100. Benefits: Gain a more decentralized and community-based police force, one that will certainly be more popular. Costs: They may be less effective due to reduced professionalization. Will require weapons. 1 Resource per die.
[] University Reform: The universities of Avlandia are...small. Relative to other lands at least. Both your magical and your non-magical studies have had their most advanced and innovative ideas come from other countries. But the universities still exist, and students are often a powerful body of support for your policies...or for other ones. They also teach subjects such as history, art, and politics. Being reforming the universities to lower or eliminate entrance fees, to make them more equitable, to have them teach the truth of Kammanism. 39/40. Benefits: ?? Costs: None
[] Free the People: The prisons of the Emperor are still full with those unjustly chained, with those who have committed no crime but speaking against an autocrat or demanding what was rightfully theirs, with those who only sought to survive, with those forcibly alienated. They are all revolutionaries in the making. Set them free, offer them fulfilling, dignified labor, give the opportunity to spread that same freedom to others. 0/80, DC 0/??. Benefits: Free the majority of the imprisoned and recruit them. Costs: None
[] The Old Laws: With the churches somewhat neutered, the various "moral laws" enforced by their rule can be removed. Many are still bound by these conventional strictures, but they are unneeded and harmful. Stripping them away will likely upset people, but it will also demonstrate how the revolution can stretch to every aspect of someone's life. DC 0/??/100. Benefits: All "moral laws" removed. Hardliner approval Cost: Likely to be a severe backlash. Max 1 die.
[] Limited Removal: Instead of removing every law at one broad stroke, a more gradual program can be implemented. Start chipping away at the various moral laws one at a time, gradually bringing full social and political equality. This will ensure less unrest from those among the Front who have not fully liberated themselves, and dramatically decrease the backlash as each small change does not cause the sky to fall. DC 0/??/65. Benefits: "Moral laws" slowly removed. Softliner approval. Cost: Likely to be a moderate backlash. Max 1 die.
[] A Woman's Revolution: Another alternative would be to fully remove these moral laws in one area that will be only somewhat controversial. Women have greatly contributed to the Revolution already - a great many of them are on the Committee, and others have joined the Red Guards - and so it is easier for the Front to accept in their hearts that women are their equals. DC 0/??/55/ Benefits: Full legal equality for women, encouragement for social equality as well. Softliner approval. Cost: Chance of moderate backlash. Max 1 die.
[] A School for Magic: The mage's guilds are a corrupt and moribund institution, a tool of the aristocracy and capitalists. The mages who taught at them have mostly scattered, but for a few. Recruit those few to teach more of magic, while others will be responsible for their education in politics, history, and ideology. 0/40. Benefit: Better mages, improved efficacy of the Find Mages action: Cost: 1 Wealth per die.
Chief Economic Commissar - 6 Industrial Dice
[] Integrate Female Workers: Women can work just as well as men. Equality is a tenet of Kammanism. So, as unpopular as it may be, you will encourage the women of The City to join men in the factories for equal hours, equal pay, and equal work. DC 0/20/40/60/80. Benefit: Front Support, small bonus to industrial actions, potential popular support. Cost: Potential popular support.
[] Horses and Carts: If you want the army to be able to move efficiently, they will need horses and carts to carry their supplies if they are going anywhere away from the Aetherail. Begin collection and organization of both for when they will be needed. 0/30. Benefit: Military logistics improved. Cost: 1 Resource per die, peasant support.
[] Securing Fuel, Pt. 3: With workers toiling away in the mines to gather coal, the supply has stabilized to some degree, but the depths of winter are no time to run out. There are other mines not being used, and the existing ones can be expanded to allow for more workers. A proposal from one of the new members about making charcoal also shows some promise, especially since there is a surplus of wood, although there are not many with experience. 38/200. Benefit: Further increase to fuel supply. Cost: 2 Resources per die.
[] Launch Airships: The army had a few airships stockpiled in their barracks, but the pilots had to be imprisoned and they have no fuel. Begin fixing both those problems so that you will gain a powerful asset - though they are light ships, only really suitable for scouting and a little bombardment, they are likely to be more than what anyone else has right now. 0/30. Benefit: Gain 5 light airships. Cost: 1 Aether per die
[] Identify Mages: While not as ideal as an autocaster (they can't go as long or cast as precisely), mages are extremely useful industrially. And you have a way to identify those with the potential to become them. Use the new dowsing tools to identify those among your populace with the necessary gifts. 56/?? Benefits: Will gain new mages at intervals, unlocks new industrial and military actions. Cost: 1 Aether per die.
[] Light Warcaster Construction: Though you will want to finish reorganizing the existing armament production, you now have the schematics to build modern personal warcasters, which will be essential for equipping the surely enormous armies you will be fielding. Though expensive, it will be vital. 0/40. Benefits: More weaponry (Rifle and pistol equivalents). Cost: 5 Aether and 10 Resources per die. Will accelerate raw material problems.
[] Heavy Warcaster Construction: Though you will want to finish reorganizing the existing armament production, you now have the schematics to build modern heavy warcasters, which will be essential for improving the firepower of your troops. Though expensive, it will be vital. 0/40. Benefits: More weaponry (Machine guns, rifle grenades, and sniper rifle equivalents). Cost: 5 Aether and 10 Resources per die. Will accelerate raw material problems.
[] Light Spellblaster Construction: Though you will want to finish reorganizing the existing armament production, you now have the schematics to build modern light spellblasters. Though expensive, and not as potent as the truly enormous spellblasters used during the Great War, they will be a significant improvement in the firepower of your troops. 0/60. Benefits: More weaponry. (Mortar and field artillery equivalents). Cost: 5 Aether and 10 Resources per die. Will accelerate raw material problems.
[] Wardstone Production: Though you will want to finish reorganizing the existing armament production, you now have the schematics to build modern wardstones. These are unquestionably vital for making your forces capable of standing up to a modern army. 0/30. Benefits: More wardstones. Cost: 5 Aether and 5 Resources per die. Will accelerate raw material problems.
[] The Aetherail Facilities, Pt.1: The Aetherails provide you with a connection to your allied cities, and to several other important towns. The trains which ride it are absolutely essential to your success. Producing more will be vital, as will be repairing existing ones...especially since there are enough similarities in the production lines that they could be used to repair landships, if not make new ones. Begin restarting the facilities, starting by resuming interrupted supply chains and ensuring there are enough workers for full shifts. 0/60. Benefits: Trains produced, new Aetherail, and landship options. Cost: 5 Resources and 5 Aether per die, will cost Aether and Resources per turn once complete and accelerate raw material problems
[] Individual Autocaster Workshops: The production of autocasters is probably the most indirectly important factor in your success: more autocasters means more that can be made. Unfortunately, the mage guilds disliked them enough to keep any major facilities for producing them outside The City, so you have nothing but scattered, small-scale workshops within the bounds of your territory. Get them producing, at any and all costs. You have the mages for this, although not much more. 77/80. Benefits: Increase to all industry, new actions. Cost: 4 Aether per die, will cost Aether per turn once complete and accelerate raw material problems.
[] Handbomb Works: The handbombs were very useful in the trenches, providing a terrible shock to your opponents and being capable of going around corners or over fortifications. The combined magical and physical explosions were also devastating to wardstones. They are already produced on a small scale, but every soldier or Guardsman seems to want more. Establish more shops in The City that will produce these. 0/60. Benefits: More handbomb production. Cost: 3 Aether and 3 Resources per die, will cost Aether per turn once complete and accelerate raw material problems.
[] Aether Mines, Pt.2: With the addition of a small cadre of mages and further infrastructural development, the rather underutilized aether mines can be improved. Some of the members of the planning office estimate that this could double the amount of crystals pulled out of the mines, although most estimates are somewhat more conservative. 52/100. Benefits: Increased Aether income. Cost: 4 Resources per die.
[] Mine Refinement: The existing mines and smelting facilities already in use are designed around pure manual labor, and you do not have enough autocasters to begin mechanizing them. A simpler alternative would be to use the newly recruited mages directly. They have already begun basic safety training, but by learning a few other simple spells they could dramatically improve the effectiveness of your industry. 0/100. Benefits: Improvements to all resources, increase to Resource and Aether income. Cost: Mages.
[] Mage Labor: As an alternative to keeping the mages together and applying them directly to problems, they could be kept as a more decentralized force and given encouragement to work on individual tasks. This might be less strictly efficient, but it will be better for morale, demonstration purposes, and it is a far simpler process. 0/25. Benefits: Random progress on various industrial actions every turn. Cost: Mages.
[] Maltka Reconstruction, Pt. 2: The worst of the damaged buildings and the most vital ones have been repaired enough to keep the snow and rain out, more or less. Now it is time to begin restoring Maltka as a functional city by clearing at least the major arteries of rubble so that wagons and carts and crowds can all pass through them, which will greatly ease the more thorough reconstruction of the city. 15/120. Benefits: Further damage repaired. Cost: 1 Resource per die.
[] Of Iron and Steel, Pt. 2: The mines and smelters are operating now, but there is more to be done. More mines to be reopened, more ore to be turned into metal, more alloys to be made. Proposals of modernizing some of the mining through various autocasters have been brought up, but currently, we lack the tools to do so. However, preparations can be made, although those will mostly be a sideshow compared to increasing production. 30/75. Benefits: Further increases to iron and steel production, slight increase to the production of other metals. Costs: 4 Resources and 1 Aether per die.
[] Alcohol Production: While some would think this would cut into your food supply, you happen to know a few methods of alcohol production which primarily use ingredients that aren't human edible. The results are not particularly excellent, but being able to add an alcohol ration to people's diet and making it universal will have a great impact on morale. The hard part will be getting all the equipment set up and organizing the gathering of the hulls which are usually discarded... 0/45. Benefits: Small quantities of alcohol produced and distributed. Cost: 2 Resources per die.
[] Put Prisoners To Work: You have a relatively small number of prisoners-of-war, some petty criminals, and you will certainly soon have more serious ones as well. Honest labor, when treated with dignity, is supposed to be good for the soul. Put them to work, most likely in farming tasks or perhaps clearing rubble. Backbreaking, to be sure, but you will have to feed them either way. DC 0/25/?? Benefits: Manpower.
[] Industrial Evaluation: As coordination between the sections of the Front grows and travel between the cities does as well, the importance of ensuring industrial efforts are coordinated grows. The already established Commission has proven useful, but it is time for their major task: to evaluate what is being produced and what needs to be produced in Selvada, Olvo, and Korvio. 0/200. Benefits: New actions unlocked, +1 Industrial dice. Costs: Slightly unpopular with the Front.
[] Encourage Cooperative Industries: As an alternative to directly managing various factories and facilities, encouraging the creation of cooperatives, which have begun growing out of the Worker's Councils to some degree. These democratic and self-managed enterprises will make a good step on the road to Kammanism, one that should be eased for those who wish to make it. Offering small sponsorships to those who begun running their workplaces like this while maintaining quality and quantity is the easiest way. 0/100, DC 35. Benefits: A general increase in production, support from the Softliners, popular support. Cost: 3 Wealth per die.
[] Road Clearing: The roads between the cities are suffering from the amount of snow and mud and traffic, and in general are in very poor condition. Gather teams to try and repair them, a task that will be difficult and consume a great deal of manpower without either mages or autocasters. 0/20. Benefits: Travel eased. Cost: 1 Resource per die.
[] Metal Tools: While replacing the various mundane tasks of the world with autocasters is not entirely possible, some efforts can be made to ease the burdens of various workers. The simplest way to do this would be to replace the substandard, shoddy, and sometimes made of wood tools used in various areas of life with higher quality metal ones. Begin an initiative to make these tools so that the general quality of the means of production goes up. 0/150. Benefits: Higher quality tools for everyone. Cost: 5 Resources per die, steel and metal.
Chief Commander of the People's Military - 4 Military Dice
[] City Fighting: You have never fought in a city before. You will need to work out what sort of tactics will work best. Some possibilities come to mind, some more gruesome than others. DC: 0/50, partial progress provides partial benefits. Benefits: Develop doctrine and tactics for urban fighting, unlocks new military and industrial options. Cost: None
[] Political Officers, Bejen's Version: The new army is very moderate politically. They will understand more about why they need to fight for Kammanism if they are given explanations and examples. Find the most impressive members of the Red Guard and appoint them as political officers to provide support and education to the army. Now that they have fought beside the Guard, that will make it easier to identify suitable candidates. DC: 0/30/50. Benefits: Army grows politically radically, increases morale. Cost: Potential backlash.
[] Red Guard Shooting: The Red Guard are skilled and experienced, by and large, but they cannot match the trained veterans of the Imperial Army who have joined you. Have them share some experience, have the Guard practice shooting, turn your most determined troops into your most effective ones. 0/80. Benefits: Red Guard training improves. Cost: None
[] The Protclow Protocol: Signed in the capital of the Doytch Empire nearly sixty years ago, the Protclow Protocol is an agreement between all civilized nations in how to conduct war, especially in regards to noncombatants and prisoners. Agreeing to follow it will win you some approval with the former Imperial Army, plus it's the right thing to do. The hard part will be drilling it into your soldiers, especially the militia. 56/80. Benefits: The moral high ground, the approval of the army, ?? Cost: Breaking your word has consequences.
[] Expand the Militia: You need more manpower. That is undeniable. Through speech and encouragement and example, recruit as many as possible to join the militia and join the fight. The mood in the city suggests that this shouldn't be too troublesome. DC 0/20/40/60/80/100. Benefits: More militia. Cost: Manpower.
[] Expand the Red Guard: You need more manpower. That is undeniable. Through speech and encouragement and example, recruit the most enthusiastic and determined to join the Red Guards and join the fight. The mood in the city suggests that this shouldn't be too troublesome. DC 0/20/40/60/80/100. Benefits: More Red Guard. Cost: Manpower.
[] Integrate the Militia: Rather than recruit directly, General Alexei wants to integrate the militia into the army, using them to fill holes first then creating new units of mixed militia and veterans. This process will be followed for all militias in the future, bringing them directly into the army as its numbers expand. 0/60. Benefits People's Liberation Army and various Red Guards size increases. Cost: No more militia.
[] The Littlest Spellblasters: With production increasing, man-portable spellblasters and the ammunition for them are growing somewhat more common, common enough that a few of your forces can be equipped with them in large quantities. Hurling magic-impregnated stones high into the air so that they arc down to strike foes from above, they hit where wardstones are weakest and fortifications are least likely to protect, making them deadly against the fortified. Pass them out to the People's Liberation Army first and have them drill with them until they are proficient in their use. 0/40. Benefits: Bonus to attacking fortified opponents, beginnings of increase to equipment quality. Cost: 1 Aether per die, ammunition, 500 members of People's Liberation Army unavailable.
[] Lots of Logistics: With coordination growing in the Red Army as a whole, it is time to continue refining your disparate forces into a weapon which will smash the capitalists and aristocrats. But to do so, you need to fix several flaws your force has inherited or developed, including a low priority many assign to making sure that you can transport food and ammunition to your men wherever they are. This is especially significant given the relative lack of mages you can call upon. 0/90. Benefits: Improved logistics for the various armies. Cost: None
[] Winter Maneuvers: With snow thick on the ground, major maneuvers are out of the question, even if you have a sufficiency of cold weather gear. However the development of warmer outfits and mobility aids such as ones the Saamik used could allow you to create a force that can be used for raids. 0/90. Benefits: Will be able to deploy winterized troops in small numbers. Cost: 1 Resource per die
[] Command Coordination: The hierarchy of the Red Guard has been decentralized by necessity for many years, which has the unfortunate side effect of making them somewhat reluctant to obey orders, and the complicated nature of the earlier fighting has led to further confusion. Cormade Bejen and General Alexei will visit the various Red Guard leaders to ensure there will be no further complications. DC 75. Benefit: Reduce poor coordination penalties. Cost: Risk of backlash.
Assistant Secretary - 3 Intrigue Dice
[] Bleeding Balink: Balink is in the hands of the most brutal soldiers, steppe bandits and tiger stripes and iron-face men of the best armies. They have been reported as slaughtering suspected Kammanists in enormous numbers, taking hostages, creating enormous labor drafts to fortify the city and vital points around it. The conditions - and the fact that people are likely fleeing away - make it harder to infiltrate spies in the form of refugees, but it can still be done. DC 80/160. Benefit: Spies in Balink.
[] Pipeline Past Balink: Instead of going into Balink, finding a way to get around it in secret would be simpler and allow for aid to be directed to the Ukortic Free State. You have contacts who can arrange that, although it will be risky, as any shipment could be intercepted. DC 30, 0/80. (Any roll below 30 will cause problems). Benefit: Reduced risk of discovery when sending aid to the Ukortic Free State. Cost: still a risk of discovery
[] Where the Armies Are: The Imperial Army numbered over three hundred thousand at the beginning of the war, and more were recruited near constantly. Sure, lots of them died or deserted, but the High Duke really should have more troops, and there weren't that many in the capital either...you have heard rumors of existing troop concentrations, but that's not enough. Send out spies to visit other cities and try and find where the armies are. DC 90/180. Benefit: Find better information on potentially hostile armies. Cost: ??
[] Into Trokograd: Trokograd and Dedregrad have united into a strange sort of state, but one that seems dedicated to bettering the lot of its people, even if some of their decisions seem questionable. A few well-placed ears could find out a lot more that might explain it, as well as proving useful should you need to go to war against them. DC 50/100. Benefit: Spies in Trokograd-Dedregrad. Cost: ??
[] Into the Sejm: The Wloski (who are apparently different from Avlisi) have declared their independence, which is all well and good, but they seem...sort of Kammanist, you really don't understand what's going on in those cities. Send a few agents into their cities and find out. DC 50/100. Benefits: Spies in the Wloski state. Cost: ??
[] Into the Cities: The Revolutionary cities are probably on your side, but you want to know for sure. What are their workers saying? What changes have they made? What's going on? You want to know. You need to know, can your allies be trusted? DC 40/80. Benefits: Spies in allied cities. Cost: ??
[] Anti-Corruption Operations: You have twice found corruption within the Revolution, and not even the Front is safe. Arrange to create a division of the police responsible entirely for finding corruption and reactionaries. They will use a variety of methods, and neither rain nor snow nor the dark of night shall keep them from their duties. Conducting more extensive and prepared operations will require them. DC 0/??. Benefits: Found a division of the police responsible for finding corruption and counterrevolutionary activity. Costs: ??
[] Soldierly Investigations: Finding out just who has betrayed the Revolution is of utmost priority. While you are loathe to trust the word of class enemies, it will be only one piece of the evidence you assemble. There are several possible ways to find out just who committed deeds worthy of the most heinous of aristocrats upon those they were supposed to be...not protecting, you suppose, but watching. DC ??. Benefits: Find all the soldiers who committed outrages, substantial boost to popular support. Cost: Potential loss of support among the army or Front.
[] Finding the Presses: The first sign of counterrevolutionary activity in some time has appeared. While not strictly legal, whoever is printing these false and inflammatory pamphlets is doing so while hidden, which is certainly suspicious. While you will not necessarily arrange for action to be taken against them, being aware of who and what they are doing will be useful. DC ?? Benefit: Find who is printing anti-Kammanist activities, launch a raid if they are doing something illegal, option to raid them even if they aren't. Cost: ??
But in those days, he was a thorn in the side of the enemies of humanity. Now he, and the Revolution that sometimes he led and sometimes led him was like a dagger in their gut. Not fatal, not yet, but something that would slow them and bleed them until the workers rose up to bring peace and prosperity and unity.
He made a mental note to talk to Stefan about that, it might work well as imagery for a poster. The boy might think it too aggressive, and Zenus supposed he could see some of the sense in that - if the Silver Crescent pulled out, they would suffer greatly, and the capitalist nations of the world had ample power to threaten them if they could not unify Avlandia first.
Still, he liked the imagery. Perhaps he would do something else with it. He was beginning to think about writing his memoirs, a sort of testament to the struggles of building a revolution and his thoughts on where to go from here. It would be a lovely thing to make his own contribution next to Kammanist literature, to have his name listed alongside Engloy and Dostin and Lenc and Heveg and the other great thinkers and writers.
The next day, he carved out a few minutes between one meeting and the next and began to write about his first theft, when he stole an apple off a cart and gave it to a beggar.
32 Resources, +9 Resources per week
13 Aether, +2 Aether per week
5 Wealth
Food Situation: Semi-stable, will degrade if Silver Crescent supplies stop coming, trending upwards. Rumors of hoarding
Ammunition: Low-ish, amount is trending upwards
Personal Weapons: Moderate numbers being produced, damaged ones can be repaired. Small stockpile is being built up.
Heavy Weapons: Small numbers being produced, damaged ones can be repaired
Artillery: Small numbers being produced, damaged ones can be repaired
Coal/Wood: Supplies are stable for current usage
Steel: Moderate shortage
Aether crystals: Somewhat severe shortage
Metals: Moderate shortage
Cloth: Excess
The Councils and Committees - 3 Council dice (Council dice have a +5 bonus for Industrial actions thanks to your strong unions), 5 Front dice
[] Eat the Rich: Not literally, of course, but the wealthy and middle-class citizens have gold and jewels and fine art and a great many other riches. Taking a portion of these, based on how much wealth they have, and using it for the benefit of the workers, farmers, and laborers would be an undeniably popular decision. DC 25/80/150/300. Benefit: Subvote. Gain a medium boost to Wealth, with a smaller boost when a new area is conquered. Potential additional benefits. Cost: Will severely cost popular support among certain segments of the population, will have additional or mitigated costs depending on results
[] Arm the Workers: The workers of the city largely stayed out of your way, only a few of the most enthusiastic joined in the Uprising, but that was less because of their attitudes and more because of their relative lack of organization and sheer surprise. Now they are determined and motivated participants in the growing Kammanist state, an essential and determined pillar of support. Should the city come under attack, having them already familiar with arms would be extremely useful. 0/100. Benefits: Worker's councils/unions gain access to more centralized weaponry, can act as purely defensive militia. Very popular with some. Costs: Will require lots (and lots) of weapons, very unpopular with some, lots of armed people.
[] Jailbreaks: The trials have reminded everyone that the prisons still exist. Fortunately, a few volunteer committees have been keeping those inside alive and in relatively good health, but they haven't had the resources to do more. Many inside them will have been imprisoned for political crimes that are no longer illegals, or for crimes of "morality" that Kammanism cares little for, or for things like stealing bread that will no longer happen thanks to the greater equality and wealth under the new economic system. Arranging for finding who belongs in those categories and who the hardened criminals are is an affair that will take time, and then there is the question of what is to be done with those not liberated, but it is a worthy effort and one that will be popular for many. 53/60, DC 0/??. Benefits: Popular support, manpower, there might be interesting people in prison. Costs: Potential backlash, subvote for what to do with those who remain imprisoned.
[] Public Court Martial: The reports coming of outrages committed upon the populace have driven many of the councils into a frenzy, and the Front as well (albeit for different reasons). Finding those who have done the worst deeds, trying them, and punishing them will be a good way to satisfy many of those while not quite giving another concession to your class enemies. 0/30. Benefits: Increase to popular support, increased approval with various army factions, increase in outside legitimacy. Cost: Front Support, slight Hardliner approval
[] To Arms!: Your army is relatively small, and in truth you do not have more than warcasters for the majority of them, something which will remain true for some time, but you have vast reserves of untapped manpower. Whip them up in a frenzy with every promise you can make to encourage more men to join you. Former criminals, dedicated Kammanists, aristocrats and capitalists seeking redemption, simple men and women, you will take all and let all serve. 0/125. Benefits: Massive increase in the number of recruits. Cost: 1 Resource per die
Chairman of the Central Committee of the United Kammanist Front - 4 Chairman dice
[] Walk Among the Workers: See the results of the Uprising for yourself, which should prove very satisfying. It will also provide a different perspective on potential issues or solutions. Lastly, it will allow you to personally address grievances. Some might say it's reckless or risky. What are such things to you? DC 0/?? Benefits: Satisfies your desire for action, ?? Cost: ??
[] Recruit the Peasantry: Even as they feed your workers, you are aware there is more they could be doing. Ask them to fight for you, to join your cause, to take up the warcaster against the coming men who will ravage their farms, steal their crops, and turn them back into serfs. DC 40/80. Benefits: Boost to Farmer's Liberation Army size. Cost: Less peasants working
[] Olvo and Selvada: The Kammanists in those two cities have proven troublesome, for a variety of reasons. Bringing them into alignment with the Front as a whole will hopefully reduce those troubles. This will entail asking one or two of their leading members to join you and pushing harder on a couple matters they have been lax in, likely while agreeing to make concessions of your own. On the other hand, it might be wiser to wait for the Congress... DC 60/120. Benefits: +1 Front die, greater integration of the front. Costs: Will possibly have to make political concessions, severe consequences if negotiations fail.
[] Bandit Hunting: Your brave soldiers are out hunting bandits, fighting hard against murderers and plunderers backed by the capitalists and aristocrats. It burns you, it burns you to sit inside and attend meetings while such a thing happens. So you will go and check on the morale of your men, hear their songs and stories, and if you get caught in an ambush or two and have to fight yourself, such is life. You've fought monsters and Tiger Stripes and the Emperor's Guard. Bandits will be no trouble. DC 0/20/?? Benefits: Improved morale of soldiers, boost to popular support, propaganda, satisfies your desire for action. Cost: None
Commissar of Diplomacy - 3 Diplomacy dice
[] Tell the World: You have declared your Revolution to all and sundry, and news of it has spread like wildfire - it's on every front page and spoken about near constantly in the shops and restaurants, and likely in the back rooms where capitalists scheme and plot and bribe politicians. But now, with a stronger connection to the outside world through your channels, you can try and control the narrative yourself. You can tell of your victories, the reforms you made, how people are voluntarily forming worker's councils and democratically taking control of the economy, how your triumph is inevitable. You can give heart to other revolutionaries, strike fear into the heart of those who would crush you, and perhaps even gain enough popular support to prevent intervention. DC 0/??. Benefits: Gain attention, possibly gain outside support. The higher the result the better. Cost: None
[] The Red Rag: For a time you ran a Kammanist newspaper in Breton, taking the name from what previous ones had been mockingly called. There hasn't been one in Avlandia since the first months after the Summer Revolts, but it is time to change that. Begin writing for the newspaper again, and find some others who can help. 0/40, DC 30/60/90. Benefits: Gain a vehicle for making statements/propaganda, synergizes with several other actions. Cost: 1 Diplomacy die next turn
[] Sending Support: The Ukortic Free State has suffered a series of defeats, but they are beginning to rally. Any aid you send them will have to pass by Balink, but it would doubtless be invaluable to them. It will also help solidify your somewhat nominal unity. DC 80. Benefit: Send small amounts of equipment to the Ukortic Free State. Costs: Equipment, risk of interception.
[] The Blue Men: Your diplomat has reported that after a defecting Tiger Stripe was able to rally the Black Army, a significant fraction began wearing a bit of blue in honor of him and seem to consider him to be their leader. While he has developed some opposition, he also seems to be the closest thing they have to a competent military commander. Approaching him could help solidify your alliance. DC 0/??. Benefits: Approach the Blue Rider, find out his name and more about him, begin talks with him. Costs: Could potentially upset some of the leadership of the Ukortic Free State
[] The Maygari Revolution: Hearing of a second viable revolution has done a great deal for the morale of the Front, but some of the things you have heard suggest they are rather more fragile than you, as they are apparently at war with all their former subjects and other nations besides. Getting in touch with them will be a multi-week endeavor, and risky for your messenger, but it is absolutely worth it, given the strength of the Maygari and their position, especially if you can gain control of the territory in between you as well. DC 60. Benefits: Send an ambassador to the Maygari Revolutionary Front, will take at least a month before you hear back. A higher result means a better ambassador. Cost: None
[] To The Democrats: The capitalist democracy of Imprado will likely be a focus of intervention should any of the other powers be able to reach them and their forces could be motivated opponents. Even worse, they will likely have a strong appeal to many of the people under your control, possibly leading to counterrevolutionary activity. For all that, there is perhaps enough in common for you to agree to a truce or even a united front. DC 30/??. Benefits: Send an ambassador to Imprado. A higher result means a better pick. Cost: None.
[] To The Reorganized States: The Reorganized States, mostly former territories of fallen empires that would have been puppets of Avlandia or allies in recognition of shared heritage, have now fallen into chaos. The nobles who would have been set over them are overthrown, or in rebellion, or simply gone, and in their place are dozens of different factions, deserters from various armies, revolutionaries and reactionaries and nationalists of every stripe. Surely there must be at least one or two viable revolutionary groups in that mess. DC 80/??. Benefits: Send an ambassador and escort to the Reorganized States, getting you a better idea of what's going on there and if there's any worthwhile allies. Cost: None.
[] Pushing Posters: You are making pamphlets now, printing copies of the Kammanist Manifesto and a few other similar tracts, but you can do better. Make posters, with bold pictures and inspiring slogans and post them throughout the city. Recruiting posters, posted about recent victories, about how you can contribute to the Revolution...propaganda has ever been an advantage of the oppressor, but now it shall be turned into a weapon of the oppressed. 0/85. Benefit: Start making posters for propaganda, develop further propaganda actions. Cost: 1 Resource per die
[] Cargo for the Crescent: The Silver Crescent will be bringing all sorts of supplies to people, mostly food, but also medical supplies, and tents, and warm clothing. You have some to spare of the last two, and finding some red paint for crates shouldn't be too much of a problem. Having them deliver supplies for you would serve as a propaganda coup, and if there are some pamphlets or posters in those crates, you could easily smooth over any hurt feelings from the Crescent. And the opinion of those getting the crates doesn't matter much. 0/30, DC 45. Benefit: Propaganda, popular support. Cost: 1 Resource per die, potentially upset the Silver Crescent.
[] Soothing Fears: Now that the worst of their concerns have been handled, it is time to begin offering other sorts of reassurances. Really, these are nothing more than platitudes, but they will help reassure those who are still unsettled, especially if you make an effort to follow through on your other promises. DC 70. Benefit: Increase in support among the rich and the towns. Cost: None
[] Trade Beginnings: Normally, there's a fair bit of trade, but the Great War and the Revolution have heavily disrupted things. It will take a fair bit of convincing those merchants who remain in Korvio and possibly going through your friends, but you can get trade to flow again, which will help increase your food supplies...at a cost. DC 55. Benefit: Increase in food. Cost: - 1 Wealth or -2 Aether per turn until trade is stopped.
[] Foreign Journalists: Journalists from the victorious powers will surely be arriving soon, and given that these are capitalist nations they will doubtless be peddling all manner of lies to their readers back home. Ask your friends to send some trustworthy reporters to speak of the great strides you are making and call upon the world to support you. DC 40. Benefit: Improvement to foreign attitudes. Cost: ??
Head Political Officer - 2 Politics Dice
[] Political Officers: The new army is apparently very moderate politically. You are confident they will understand more about why they need to fight for Kammanism if they are given better explanations. Find the most impressive members of the Red Guard and appoint them as political officers to provide support and education to the army. DC: 0/50/100. Benefits: Army grows politically radically, increases morale. Cost: Potential backlash.
[] Pull the Softliners: With their recent political victories, the softliners are gaining more power and turning their attention to economic matters. These economic matters have potentially severe consequences for the success of your revolution, so encouraging them to tone down their rhetoric on things like not repudiating all debts and compensation for foreign capitalists might be wise. DC: 60/120. Benefits: More support for hardline economic reform. Costs: Potential loss of Front Support, loss of Softliner Support, potential backlash
[] Factional Investigations: The Front currently has three factions who have split over a variety of issues. Of course, there are also a large number of individuals who have no particular stance, or are only concerned about one or two specific points...the problem is getting an idea of who and what. Take advantage of your reputation to make some conversation and get a better understanding of what the different factions are. DC 0/40/80/120. Benefits: More information on factions. Cost: Potential backlash.
[] Expand the Speechmakers: The speechgivers (or speechmakers) have proven very useful for bolstering adult education and answering questions, but there are only so many of them. First, you will recruit more members of the Front to serve in this capacity, but secondly, you will begin arranging for training more through an understudy program, with enthusiastic workers being given apprenticeships with the speechmakers. 0/70. Benefits: More speeches being given out, training program to gain even more made. Costs: Potential for backlash.
[] Poster Propaganda: You are making pamphlets now, printing copies of the Kammanist Manifesto and a few other similar tracts, but you can do better. People have been eagerly discussing poster designs, you have even been given a few rather extreme ones that have been dropped off with your assistant. You are very familiar with the power of propaganda, and now the people shall wield it.. 0/75. Benefit: Request people to submit poster designs and then begin making them for propaganda, develop further propaganda actions. Cost: 1 Resource per die
[] The Electoral Commission: Comrade Zandi has declared that there shall be a commission to be responsible for investigating voter fraud, false councils, drawing district lines, and other such things, and you agree that it is a necessity. While it is unlikely to be immediately necessary, creating it before the first elections (whenever those will be) is imperative, and you want to give it some time to be able to investigate things. You will have to impress upon those responsible the importance of subordinating themselves to the councils, however... DC 0/50/100/?? Benefit: Form a commission that will be responsible for ensuring elections are free and fair. Cost: None
[] Congress Construction: Preparations for the Congress must go on. You have spent some time establishing who has worries and what concerns need to be addressed, but there are other matters to be settled. Should it only be the Front, or should foreign guests or non-Front members be allowed or invited? Where should it be held? What will be the official agenda? DC 0/?? Benefit: Subvote for congress preparations. Cost: Penalty to Front Support if not taken.
Head of the Reform Commission - 2 Reform Dice
[] Push for Greater Democratization: The councils exist. That is all well and good, but they have little formal power above the local level. Really, they are nothing more than discussion groups, ones which frequently turn raucous and enthusiastic. In some cases, too enthusiastic. Begin encouraging the formation of higher-level councils, begin giving these councils some powers like managing the policing of their sections of the city. DC 30, 0/100. Benefits: Councils gain power, more Council dice, increase in popular support, subvote. Costs: Potential factional problems, ??
[] Land Reform, Stage 2: The first aristocratic estates have been broken up, and some efforts have been made at laying the groundwork for future efforts. A few pieces of modern agricultural equipment are being produced, ever so slowly. It is time to continue the land reform and make proper collectives this time. This will be a more costly effort, requiring at least the beginnings of construction, but the new farms will be more efficient and equitable. The land necessary will come from a combination of the former noble estates, the tenant farmers who have had their debts declared null and void, and peasants who have demonstrated eagerness. 11/200. Benefits: Front support, possibility of popular support among the peasantry, better farming. Costs: Potential backlash, 2 Resources per die.
[] The Wealth Tax: Gold and silver that have been hoarded for the pleasure of the wealthy capitalists were purchased with the blood and sweat of the workers. You will not take all of it - they will be allowed to keep family heirlooms and a few other keepsakes - but the majority of it will be taken for the use of the Front and the benefit of the people. It is not currently industrially useful, but you may find some gains to be had, if only by trading it to other capitalists. 11/50. Benefits: Moderate gain to wealth, minor gains to wealth when new areas are conquered/integrated. Cost: Will make some people unhappy.
[] Break Open the Banks: The bankers are an instrument of capitalist oppression and control, and a potent source of wealth. While the rural debts owed to landholders have been declared invalid, many are still burdened by oppressive loans. Furthermore, the controllers of the banks have favored the wealthy with their financial policies. Taking over and reforming these banks will allow for greater control of wealth by the workers, and offer many new opportunities. DC 0/20/40/80/120?? Benefits: Subvote, Front Support, potential to appease various factions.
[] Government Replacement: Many vestiges of the old capitalist and aristocratic government systems remain, in ways subtle and severe. Decorations, positions, procedures...these reforms will be concentrated in the towns, where the worker councils have not been able to remove the majority of the scraps. You will formally disarm and disband their police, remove the mayors and aldermen from their positions, and abolish their government structures to be replaced. DC 0/50/100. Benefits: Front Support, popular with the Hardliners. Costs: Will greatly upset the towns.
[] Worker's Policing: While the People's Police Force is effective at keeping order, they are not as ideologically sound in structure, being an instrument of the Committee instead of the Council. They shall remain, but their role shall shift into a combination of trainers, internal investigators, and elite teams. In their place, responsible for ordinary crime and law-keeping will be the Council Police, made of part-time workers trained and educated for the task and given additional support in a variety of forms. 0/100. Benefits: Gain a more decentralized and community-based police force, one that will certainly be more popular. Costs: They may be less effective due to reduced professionalization. Will require weapons. 1 Resource per die.
[] University Reform: The universities of Avlandia are...small. Relative to other lands at least. Both your magical and your non-magical studies have had their most advanced and innovative ideas come from other countries. But the universities still exist, and students are often a powerful body of support for your policies...or for other ones. They also teach subjects such as history, art, and politics. Being reforming the universities to lower or eliminate entrance fees, to make them more equitable, to have them teach the truth of Kammanism. 39/40. Benefits: ?? Costs: None
[] Free the People: The prisons of the Emperor are still full with those unjustly chained, with those who have committed no crime but speaking against an autocrat or demanding what was rightfully theirs, with those who only sought to survive, with those forcibly alienated. They are all revolutionaries in the making. Set them free, offer them fulfilling, dignified labor, give the opportunity to spread that same freedom to others. 0/80, DC 0/??. Benefits: Free the majority of the imprisoned and recruit them. Costs: None
[] The Old Laws: With the churches somewhat neutered, the various "moral laws" enforced by their rule can be removed. Many are still bound by these conventional strictures, but they are unneeded and harmful. Stripping them away will likely upset people, but it will also demonstrate how the revolution can stretch to every aspect of someone's life. DC 0/??/100. Benefits: All "moral laws" removed. Hardliner approval Cost: Likely to be a severe backlash. Max 1 die.
[] Limited Removal: Instead of removing every law at one broad stroke, a more gradual program can be implemented. Start chipping away at the various moral laws one at a time, gradually bringing full social and political equality. This will ensure less unrest from those among the Front who have not fully liberated themselves, and dramatically decrease the backlash as each small change does not cause the sky to fall. DC 0/??/65. Benefits: "Moral laws" slowly removed. Softliner approval. Cost: Likely to be a moderate backlash. Max 1 die.
[] A Woman's Revolution: Another alternative would be to fully remove these moral laws in one area that will be only somewhat controversial. Women have greatly contributed to the Revolution already - a great many of them are on the Committee, and others have joined the Red Guards - and so it is easier for the Front to accept in their hearts that women are their equals. DC 0/??/55/ Benefits: Full legal equality for women, encouragement for social equality as well. Softliner approval. Cost: Chance of moderate backlash. Max 1 die.
[] A School for Magic: The mage's guilds are a corrupt and moribund institution, a tool of the aristocracy and capitalists. The mages who taught at them have mostly scattered, but for a few. Recruit those few to teach more of magic, while others will be responsible for their education in politics, history, and ideology. 0/40. Benefit: Better mages, improved efficacy of the Find Mages action: Cost: 1 Wealth per die.
Chief Economic Commissar - 6 Industrial Dice
[] Integrate Female Workers: Women can work just as well as men. Equality is a tenet of Kammanism. So, as unpopular as it may be, you will encourage the women of The City to join men in the factories for equal hours, equal pay, and equal work. DC 0/20/40/60/80. Benefit: Front Support, small bonus to industrial actions, potential popular support. Cost: Potential popular support.
[] Horses and Carts: If you want the army to be able to move efficiently, they will need horses and carts to carry their supplies if they are going anywhere away from the Aetherail. Begin collection and organization of both for when they will be needed. 0/30. Benefit: Military logistics improved. Cost: 1 Resource per die, peasant support.
[] Securing Fuel, Pt. 3: With workers toiling away in the mines to gather coal, the supply has stabilized to some degree, but the depths of winter are no time to run out. There are other mines not being used, and the existing ones can be expanded to allow for more workers. A proposal from one of the new members about making charcoal also shows some promise, especially since there is a surplus of wood, although there are not many with experience. 38/200. Benefit: Further increase to fuel supply. Cost: 2 Resources per die.
[] Launch Airships: The army had a few airships stockpiled in their barracks, but the pilots had to be imprisoned and they have no fuel. Begin fixing both those problems so that you will gain a powerful asset - though they are light ships, only really suitable for scouting and a little bombardment, they are likely to be more than what anyone else has right now. 0/30. Benefit: Gain 5 light airships. Cost: 1 Aether per die
[] Identify Mages: While not as ideal as an autocaster (they can't go as long or cast as precisely), mages are extremely useful industrially. And you have a way to identify those with the potential to become them. Use the new dowsing tools to identify those among your populace with the necessary gifts. 56/?? Benefits: Will gain new mages at intervals, unlocks new industrial and military actions. Cost: 1 Aether per die.
[] Light Warcaster Construction: Though you will want to finish reorganizing the existing armament production, you now have the schematics to build modern personal warcasters, which will be essential for equipping the surely enormous armies you will be fielding. Though expensive, it will be vital. 0/40. Benefits: More weaponry (Rifle and pistol equivalents). Cost: 5 Aether and 10 Resources per die. Will accelerate raw material problems.
[] Heavy Warcaster Construction: Though you will want to finish reorganizing the existing armament production, you now have the schematics to build modern heavy warcasters, which will be essential for improving the firepower of your troops. Though expensive, it will be vital. 0/40. Benefits: More weaponry (Machine guns, rifle grenades, and sniper rifle equivalents). Cost: 5 Aether and 10 Resources per die. Will accelerate raw material problems.
[] Light Spellblaster Construction: Though you will want to finish reorganizing the existing armament production, you now have the schematics to build modern light spellblasters. Though expensive, and not as potent as the truly enormous spellblasters used during the Great War, they will be a significant improvement in the firepower of your troops. 0/60. Benefits: More weaponry. (Mortar and field artillery equivalents). Cost: 5 Aether and 10 Resources per die. Will accelerate raw material problems.
[] Wardstone Production: Though you will want to finish reorganizing the existing armament production, you now have the schematics to build modern wardstones. These are unquestionably vital for making your forces capable of standing up to a modern army. 0/30. Benefits: More wardstones. Cost: 5 Aether and 5 Resources per die. Will accelerate raw material problems.
[] The Aetherail Facilities, Pt.1: The Aetherails provide you with a connection to your allied cities, and to several other important towns. The trains which ride it are absolutely essential to your success. Producing more will be vital, as will be repairing existing ones...especially since there are enough similarities in the production lines that they could be used to repair landships, if not make new ones. Begin restarting the facilities, starting by resuming interrupted supply chains and ensuring there are enough workers for full shifts. 0/60. Benefits: Trains produced, new Aetherail, and landship options. Cost: 5 Resources and 5 Aether per die, will cost Aether and Resources per turn once complete and accelerate raw material problems
[] Individual Autocaster Workshops: The production of autocasters is probably the most indirectly important factor in your success: more autocasters means more that can be made. Unfortunately, the mage guilds disliked them enough to keep any major facilities for producing them outside The City, so you have nothing but scattered, small-scale workshops within the bounds of your territory. Get them producing, at any and all costs. You have the mages for this, although not much more. 77/80. Benefits: Increase to all industry, new actions. Cost: 4 Aether per die, will cost Aether per turn once complete and accelerate raw material problems.
[] Handbomb Works: The handbombs were very useful in the trenches, providing a terrible shock to your opponents and being capable of going around corners or over fortifications. The combined magical and physical explosions were also devastating to wardstones. They are already produced on a small scale, but every soldier or Guardsman seems to want more. Establish more shops in The City that will produce these. 0/60. Benefits: More handbomb production. Cost: 3 Aether and 3 Resources per die, will cost Aether per turn once complete and accelerate raw material problems.
[] Aether Mines, Pt.2: With the addition of a small cadre of mages and further infrastructural development, the rather underutilized aether mines can be improved. Some of the members of the planning office estimate that this could double the amount of crystals pulled out of the mines, although most estimates are somewhat more conservative. 52/100. Benefits: Increased Aether income. Cost: 4 Resources per die.
[] Mine Refinement: The existing mines and smelting facilities already in use are designed around pure manual labor, and you do not have enough autocasters to begin mechanizing them. A simpler alternative would be to use the newly recruited mages directly. They have already begun basic safety training, but by learning a few other simple spells they could dramatically improve the effectiveness of your industry. 0/100. Benefits: Improvements to all resources, increase to Resource and Aether income. Cost: Mages.
[] Mage Labor: As an alternative to keeping the mages together and applying them directly to problems, they could be kept as a more decentralized force and given encouragement to work on individual tasks. This might be less strictly efficient, but it will be better for morale, demonstration purposes, and it is a far simpler process. 0/25. Benefits: Random progress on various industrial actions every turn. Cost: Mages.
[] Maltka Reconstruction, Pt. 2: The worst of the damaged buildings and the most vital ones have been repaired enough to keep the snow and rain out, more or less. Now it is time to begin restoring Maltka as a functional city by clearing at least the major arteries of rubble so that wagons and carts and crowds can all pass through them, which will greatly ease the more thorough reconstruction of the city. 15/120. Benefits: Further damage repaired. Cost: 1 Resource per die.
[] Of Iron and Steel, Pt. 2: The mines and smelters are operating now, but there is more to be done. More mines to be reopened, more ore to be turned into metal, more alloys to be made. Proposals of modernizing some of the mining through various autocasters have been brought up, but currently, we lack the tools to do so. However, preparations can be made, although those will mostly be a sideshow compared to increasing production. 30/75. Benefits: Further increases to iron and steel production, slight increase to the production of other metals. Costs: 4 Resources and 1 Aether per die.
[] Alcohol Production: While some would think this would cut into your food supply, you happen to know a few methods of alcohol production which primarily use ingredients that aren't human edible. The results are not particularly excellent, but being able to add an alcohol ration to people's diet and making it universal will have a great impact on morale. The hard part will be getting all the equipment set up and organizing the gathering of the hulls which are usually discarded... 0/45. Benefits: Small quantities of alcohol produced and distributed. Cost: 2 Resources per die.
[] Put Prisoners To Work: You have a relatively small number of prisoners-of-war, some petty criminals, and you will certainly soon have more serious ones as well. Honest labor, when treated with dignity, is supposed to be good for the soul. Put them to work, most likely in farming tasks or perhaps clearing rubble. Backbreaking, to be sure, but you will have to feed them either way. DC 0/25/?? Benefits: Manpower.
[] Industrial Evaluation: As coordination between the sections of the Front grows and travel between the cities does as well, the importance of ensuring industrial efforts are coordinated grows. The already established Commission has proven useful, but it is time for their major task: to evaluate what is being produced and what needs to be produced in Selvada, Olvo, and Korvio. 0/200. Benefits: New actions unlocked, +1 Industrial dice. Costs: Slightly unpopular with the Front.
[] Encourage Cooperative Industries: As an alternative to directly managing various factories and facilities, encouraging the creation of cooperatives, which have begun growing out of the Worker's Councils to some degree. These democratic and self-managed enterprises will make a good step on the road to Kammanism, one that should be eased for those who wish to make it. Offering small sponsorships to those who begun running their workplaces like this while maintaining quality and quantity is the easiest way. 0/100, DC 35. Benefits: A general increase in production, support from the Softliners, popular support. Cost: 3 Wealth per die.
[] Road Clearing: The roads between the cities are suffering from the amount of snow and mud and traffic, and in general are in very poor condition. Gather teams to try and repair them, a task that will be difficult and consume a great deal of manpower without either mages or autocasters. 0/20. Benefits: Travel eased. Cost: 1 Resource per die.
[] Metal Tools: While replacing the various mundane tasks of the world with autocasters is not entirely possible, some efforts can be made to ease the burdens of various workers. The simplest way to do this would be to replace the substandard, shoddy, and sometimes made of wood tools used in various areas of life with higher quality metal ones. Begin an initiative to make these tools so that the general quality of the means of production goes up. 0/150. Benefits: Higher quality tools for everyone. Cost: 5 Resources per die, steel and metal.
Chief Commander of the People's Military - 4 Military Dice
[] City Fighting: You have never fought in a city before. You will need to work out what sort of tactics will work best. Some possibilities come to mind, some more gruesome than others. DC: 0/50, partial progress provides partial benefits. Benefits: Develop doctrine and tactics for urban fighting, unlocks new military and industrial options. Cost: None
[] Political Officers, Bejen's Version: The new army is very moderate politically. They will understand more about why they need to fight for Kammanism if they are given explanations and examples. Find the most impressive members of the Red Guard and appoint them as political officers to provide support and education to the army. Now that they have fought beside the Guard, that will make it easier to identify suitable candidates. DC: 0/30/50. Benefits: Army grows politically radically, increases morale. Cost: Potential backlash.
[] Red Guard Shooting: The Red Guard are skilled and experienced, by and large, but they cannot match the trained veterans of the Imperial Army who have joined you. Have them share some experience, have the Guard practice shooting, turn your most determined troops into your most effective ones. 0/80. Benefits: Red Guard training improves. Cost: None
[] The Protclow Protocol: Signed in the capital of the Doytch Empire nearly sixty years ago, the Protclow Protocol is an agreement between all civilized nations in how to conduct war, especially in regards to noncombatants and prisoners. Agreeing to follow it will win you some approval with the former Imperial Army, plus it's the right thing to do. The hard part will be drilling it into your soldiers, especially the militia. 56/80. Benefits: The moral high ground, the approval of the army, ?? Cost: Breaking your word has consequences.
[] Expand the Militia: You need more manpower. That is undeniable. Through speech and encouragement and example, recruit as many as possible to join the militia and join the fight. The mood in the city suggests that this shouldn't be too troublesome. DC 0/20/40/60/80/100. Benefits: More militia. Cost: Manpower.
[] Expand the Red Guard: You need more manpower. That is undeniable. Through speech and encouragement and example, recruit the most enthusiastic and determined to join the Red Guards and join the fight. The mood in the city suggests that this shouldn't be too troublesome. DC 0/20/40/60/80/100. Benefits: More Red Guard. Cost: Manpower.
[] Integrate the Militia: Rather than recruit directly, General Alexei wants to integrate the militia into the army, using them to fill holes first then creating new units of mixed militia and veterans. This process will be followed for all militias in the future, bringing them directly into the army as its numbers expand. 0/60. Benefits People's Liberation Army and various Red Guards size increases. Cost: No more militia.
[] The Littlest Spellblasters: With production increasing, man-portable spellblasters and the ammunition for them are growing somewhat more common, common enough that a few of your forces can be equipped with them in large quantities. Hurling magic-impregnated stones high into the air so that they arc down to strike foes from above, they hit where wardstones are weakest and fortifications are least likely to protect, making them deadly against the fortified. Pass them out to the People's Liberation Army first and have them drill with them until they are proficient in their use. 0/40. Benefits: Bonus to attacking fortified opponents, beginnings of increase to equipment quality. Cost: 1 Aether per die, ammunition, 500 members of People's Liberation Army unavailable.
[] Lots of Logistics: With coordination growing in the Red Army as a whole, it is time to continue refining your disparate forces into a weapon which will smash the capitalists and aristocrats. But to do so, you need to fix several flaws your force has inherited or developed, including a low priority many assign to making sure that you can transport food and ammunition to your men wherever they are. This is especially significant given the relative lack of mages you can call upon. 0/90. Benefits: Improved logistics for the various armies. Cost: None
[] Winter Maneuvers: With snow thick on the ground, major maneuvers are out of the question, even if you have a sufficiency of cold weather gear. However the development of warmer outfits and mobility aids such as ones the Saamik used could allow you to create a force that can be used for raids. 0/90. Benefits: Will be able to deploy winterized troops in small numbers. Cost: 1 Resource per die
[] Command Coordination: The hierarchy of the Red Guard has been decentralized by necessity for many years, which has the unfortunate side effect of making them somewhat reluctant to obey orders, and the complicated nature of the earlier fighting has led to further confusion. Cormade Bejen and General Alexei will visit the various Red Guard leaders to ensure there will be no further complications. DC 75. Benefit: Reduce poor coordination penalties. Cost: Risk of backlash.
Assistant Secretary - 3 Intrigue Dice
[] Bleeding Balink: Balink is in the hands of the most brutal soldiers, steppe bandits and tiger stripes and iron-face men of the best armies. They have been reported as slaughtering suspected Kammanists in enormous numbers, taking hostages, creating enormous labor drafts to fortify the city and vital points around it. The conditions - and the fact that people are likely fleeing away - make it harder to infiltrate spies in the form of refugees, but it can still be done. DC 80/160. Benefit: Spies in Balink.
[] Pipeline Past Balink: Instead of going into Balink, finding a way to get around it in secret would be simpler and allow for aid to be directed to the Ukortic Free State. You have contacts who can arrange that, although it will be risky, as any shipment could be intercepted. DC 30, 0/80. (Any roll below 30 will cause problems). Benefit: Reduced risk of discovery when sending aid to the Ukortic Free State. Cost: still a risk of discovery
[] Where the Armies Are: The Imperial Army numbered over three hundred thousand at the beginning of the war, and more were recruited near constantly. Sure, lots of them died or deserted, but the High Duke really should have more troops, and there weren't that many in the capital either...you have heard rumors of existing troop concentrations, but that's not enough. Send out spies to visit other cities and try and find where the armies are. DC 90/180. Benefit: Find better information on potentially hostile armies. Cost: ??
[] Into Trokograd: Trokograd and Dedregrad have united into a strange sort of state, but one that seems dedicated to bettering the lot of its people, even if some of their decisions seem questionable. A few well-placed ears could find out a lot more that might explain it, as well as proving useful should you need to go to war against them. DC 50/100. Benefit: Spies in Trokograd-Dedregrad. Cost: ??
[] Into the Sejm: The Wloski (who are apparently different from Avlisi) have declared their independence, which is all well and good, but they seem...sort of Kammanist, you really don't understand what's going on in those cities. Send a few agents into their cities and find out. DC 50/100. Benefits: Spies in the Wloski state. Cost: ??
[] Into the Cities: The Revolutionary cities are probably on your side, but you want to know for sure. What are their workers saying? What changes have they made? What's going on? You want to know. You need to know, can your allies be trusted? DC 40/80. Benefits: Spies in allied cities. Cost: ??
[] Anti-Corruption Operations: You have twice found corruption within the Revolution, and not even the Front is safe. Arrange to create a division of the police responsible entirely for finding corruption and reactionaries. They will use a variety of methods, and neither rain nor snow nor the dark of night shall keep them from their duties. Conducting more extensive and prepared operations will require them. DC 0/??. Benefits: Found a division of the police responsible for finding corruption and counterrevolutionary activity. Costs: ??
[] Soldierly Investigations: Finding out just who has betrayed the Revolution is of utmost priority. While you are loathe to trust the word of class enemies, it will be only one piece of the evidence you assemble. There are several possible ways to find out just who committed deeds worthy of the most heinous of aristocrats upon those they were supposed to be...not protecting, you suppose, but watching. DC ??. Benefits: Find all the soldiers who committed outrages, substantial boost to popular support. Cost: Potential loss of support among the army or Front.
[] Finding the Presses: The first sign of counterrevolutionary activity in some time has appeared. While not strictly legal, whoever is printing these false and inflammatory pamphlets is doing so while hidden, which is certainly suspicious. While you will not necessarily arrange for action to be taken against them, being aware of who and what they are doing will be useful. DC ?? Benefit: Find who is printing anti-Kammanist activities, launch a raid if they are doing something illegal, option to raid them even if they aren't. Cost: ??
This is not thread mark
Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
Could this action be used to satisfy Zenus's desire for action? It seems to fit him.
In practical terms, it's writing letters, so no.
- Location
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Plan Finishing What We've Started
Councils and Committees
-[X] Jailbreaks (1 Front Dice)
-[X] Public Court Martial (1 Front Dice)
-[X] Arm The Workers (3 Front Dice)
-[X] To Arms! (3 Council Dice)
Chairman of the Central Committee of the United Kammanist Front
-[X] Olvo and Selvada (3 Dice)
-[X] Bandit Hunting (1 Dice)
Commissar of Diplomacy
-[X] The Red Rag (1 Dice)
-[X] Soothing Fears (2 Dice)
Head Political Officer
-[X] Expand the Speechmakers (1 Dice)
-[X] Congress Construction (1 Dice)
Head of the Reform Commission
-[X] Worker's Policing (1 Dice)
-[X] University Reform (1 Dice)
Chief Economic Commissar
-[X] Aether Mines Pt. 2 (2 Dice)
-[X] Mine Refinement (2 Dice)
-[X] Of Iron and Steel Pt. 2 (1 Dice)
-[X] Road Clearing (1 Dice)
Chief Commander of the People's Military
-[X] Political Officers, Bejen's Version (1 Dice)
-[X] The Protclow Protocol (1 Dice)
-[X] Command Coordination (2 Dice)
Assistant Secretary
-[X] Anti-Corruption Operations (1 Dice)
-[X] Soldierly Investigations (2 Dice)
Here's my plan for what we should do. I'm open to suggestions, though!
Councils and Committees
-[X] Jailbreaks (1 Front Dice)
-[X] Public Court Martial (1 Front Dice)
-[X] Arm The Workers (3 Front Dice)
-[X] To Arms! (3 Council Dice)
Chairman of the Central Committee of the United Kammanist Front
-[X] Olvo and Selvada (3 Dice)
-[X] Bandit Hunting (1 Dice)
Commissar of Diplomacy
-[X] The Red Rag (1 Dice)
-[X] Soothing Fears (2 Dice)
Head Political Officer
-[X] Expand the Speechmakers (1 Dice)
-[X] Congress Construction (1 Dice)
Head of the Reform Commission
-[X] Worker's Policing (1 Dice)
-[X] University Reform (1 Dice)
Chief Economic Commissar
-[X] Aether Mines Pt. 2 (2 Dice)
-[X] Mine Refinement (2 Dice)
-[X] Of Iron and Steel Pt. 2 (1 Dice)
-[X] Road Clearing (1 Dice)
Chief Commander of the People's Military
-[X] Political Officers, Bejen's Version (1 Dice)
-[X] The Protclow Protocol (1 Dice)
-[X] Command Coordination (2 Dice)
Assistant Secretary
-[X] Anti-Corruption Operations (1 Dice)
-[X] Soldierly Investigations (2 Dice)
Here's my plan for what we should do. I'm open to suggestions, though!
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Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
We only have a slight surplus, that's not enough for Arm the Workers IMO. I'd instead have the surplus Free Dice placed on getting Metal Tools or more reforms (a 2nd die on Worker's Policing would be a decent start.)
If we're gonna go Bandit Hunting, I'd prefer two dice instead of one for safety reasons. I also think Olvo and Selvada would better wait for the Congress.
I am very worried about the implications of forming a division of police meant for internal investigations. "Corruption" and "Counterrevolutionary Activities" can be interpreted very broadly.
Also, you need a - in front of each [ ] that isn't the plan name.
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[X] Plan Finishing What We've Started
- Location
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Pronouns
- She/Her
We're producing moderate amounts, and being able to have more defensive militia groups without harming our current army capacity is definitely a plus to me. However, perhaps starting arming the workers, and assigning the extra dice elsewhere would be a compromise we could agree on?
Eh, The Bandit Hunting DC is 0/20/???, I think we're fine. What would you propose we do with the other 2 chairman dice, then?
That's true, but I think that setting up an actual infrastructure like this in combination with Worker's Policing would be better then just having to either go by the seat of our pants or use military assets for stuff like that. We're going to have to go after counterrevolutionaries eventually, there's already actions relating to that in the intrigue section.
Thanks, fixed!