BlackHadou
Bunny-Sensei
That consensus, huh.
A Light in the End of Time (Warhammer Fantasy/Fate)
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That consensus, huh.
Turn 0 - The Faerie and the Dragonslayer
BlackHadou
Bunny-Sensei
"Beowulf. Get food." Arturia declared. "'ll do something about the water. That will keep them from dying of starvation at least."
"Meaningless if we do nothing about the carrion." Yukimura noted. "Then the rest of us sh-"
"No, little Yuki. You go and deal with the wounded." Nobunaga cut the samurai off before he could say too much. "I'll do something about the stench of madness in the air."
"Can you?" Muramasa raised an eyebrow. Nobunaga just nodded.
"I can. I'll burn it out if I have to." The Fool of Owari glanced at Arturia. "Our faerie permitting, of course."
"That doesn't mean anything." Arturia huffed, but Nobunaga just laughed.
"The rest of us will tend to the bodies." Mordred spoke up. "The longer they fester, the worse it gets for all of us."
"Ah, I thought our days of flinging corpses into mass graves were behind us." Ryouma muttered. Muramasa shook his head.
"The dead bring disease." He muttered. "This'd be much easier with a working smithy."
"Well it doesn't." Mordred grumbled. "Let's do this."
"Aye." Yukimura just started walking into town, rolling his shoulders. "Is anyone hurt!? I'm a chirurgeon!"
Arturia envied how easily the lie rolled off his tongue.
[Beowulf Martial 20 + 5 (dice) + 7 (Hrunting and Naegling) = 32 vs DC10 25 - success]
Food. That was the most immediate concern. Without food, everyone would die. That was the logic the party had decided on, and Beowulf didn't see any reason to countermand it. That said, the plains did not look great for hunting.
At a guess, the village only had about eight hundred within it. Too much to be supported by just hunting, but not so many that a great hunt could not assist in keeping them fed. There were many things that normally would not be considered food that could be eaten, after all, like jackals or birds.
"Hmm. The air is unusual here." The search in the plains was not the greatest pickings. Yet in the distance, in the barren crags rising towards heaven, the eagle eyes of Beowulf spotted something.
Something that made him smile. He let out a bellow, rushing into the distance. He could make it there and back within a week easily.
Heroes were heroes, and a dragon would keep people fed easily.
[Food + 24]
[Coffers + 3]
[Arturia Learning 21 + 10 (Identified Magical Effect) + 15 (Excalibur ) + 9 (Dice) = 55 vs DC 10 - Legendary Success]
"Excuse me. How long has the river been like this?"
The first person Arturia chose to ask was a child. Children were much easier to handle, after all. He was a boy, not so young to be an infant, probably closer to a teenager in truth.
"Two weeks." His answer was soft, as he forced the water through a makeshift sieve that wasn't really removing the impurities. He'd probably boil it next. "After his excellencies knights came through and slaughtered the demons. Y-you aren't from here, are you?"
"No." Arturia hummed, finger to her chin as she pondered.
"Are you one of the ladies Damsels? Have you come to save us?" Arturia blinked, glancing back to the boy.
The ladies damsels?
She didn't like the sound of that.
"No again, but I am here to help." Arturia answered. This sounded too much like… No, she needed to keep her thoughts in the present. "How did this happen to the river then?"
"Some spell, I reckin'. Mama thinks it's a curse, cause we refused to give up where the Companions Tomb was. Says we shoulda surrendered it." Arturia wasn't very sure about what that was, but probably a holy ground. There was so very much they didn't know. That they needed to know.
"Companion?"
"Ya' really aren't from around here." The boy sniffed. "What, are ya a witch?" And now he'd raised his guard. Arturia just shook her head.
"... Your lady and her damsels don't sound like they have your interests in mind." She answered blithely. "Or they wouldn't leave you to suffer so. Its been two weeks." She lifted her staff, as she stepped out onto the water. One step. Two steps. Three steps.
Then she turned. The boys mouth had fallen open.
"You lied! You are a witch!"
"Faerie, child." Arturia corrected. "The difference is important. Let me grant your wish."
Her staff lifted just once, before its but slammed into the water. Ether flowed through it, impurities crystalising, rising to the surface, and burning away.
"W-wow." The boy just looked on in wonder. Pure wonder. It saddened Arturia's heart, that for the first time since she'd come here, she saw a flicker of hope. "A-are you the lady!?"
"Just a faerie, child." Arturia answered. "Just a faerie."
[Yukimura Learning 8 + 5 (Experience in emergency surgery) + 5 (Can deal Fire Damage) + 10 (dice) = 28 vs DC 10 + 15 (Mortal injury) = DC 25 - Success]
Yukimura had to admit. The ailments he found among the village were not exactly worthy of a ninjas time. As one of those who had thrown away honour on the battlefield, performing emergency surgery was easy, and dealing with common maladies just as much. The village had proven surprisingly resilient for one that had recently suffered woe.
"You are a chirugeon, right?" Yukimura looked up from the little hut he'd managed to requisition. The speaker was a woman. Quite old, actually.
"Yes. Do you have an infection?"
"No. It's not for me. Please, you have to save him."
"Save who?"
"Sir Geralt. Geralt d'Quenelles. He fell during the battle with the hordes and was left behind. The army had no time to spare tending to him." The woman answered. Yukimura pursed his lips. A knight. That could be good or bad, but having him in their debt would be of value.
Blast it, where was Arturia? She was definitely more suited to this then he was. But she was nowhere to be seen and if the knight was injured, he may be critical. There was no time to look.
"Very well. Take me to him."
The woman, Yukimura learned, was Getrude, the last surviving member of the mayors family and thus de facto leader of the village. It was an odd line of succession, but there was no one else to lead, even if she didn't want it. The knight had been placed in her lodgings as the closest to luxury the village had.
His wounds were grievous. Mortal, even, Yukimura would say.
But he'd seen this wound before, and been saved from it in an equally unconventional way.
"I will need water. He has been inflicted with a rotting poison in the gut. I will have to burn away the infected flesh." Yukimura explained, a flicker of flame burning away the germs around his hands. The woman looked hesitant. "Please, hurry. I have suffered this before. He has been inflicted for seventeen days."
"How did you…" Getrude shook her head. "Nevermind. Will you need sheets or-"
"Bark. From a old dark tree. The rest I have on me." Most humans would be lucky to survive with a chunk of their stomach missing. It was probably the end of Geralt's liquor drinking days. Even so, Yukimura had to try.
Minutes turned to hours. Hours turned to days…
[Mordred Stewardship 14 + 7 (Bonus Stewardship from assistance) + 5 (Oryou assistance) + 5 (Knight of the Round Table) + 3 (Thirteen Vows - For Good) + 5 (Access to Fire attacks) + 4 (dice) = 43 vs DC 45 - Minor Miss]
"There's… so many." Ryouma's voice just made Mordred roll her eyes as she strode forth, armour burning away in magical energy as she did so. It would just get in the way. "Amr! Put some clothes on!"
"Boy. Get me a schmock or something." Mordred barked to one of the peasants as she strode past. "Put your back into it, Ryouma."
"But-"
"Oryou concurs. Ryouma's arms are like noodles. Need more back."
"I can't win, can I." Ryouma just let out a groan, glancing at Muramasa. "Where should we put them?"
"There's too many for a mass grave. We need-"
"A pyre. You get some wood." Mordred answered. "I'm sure a smithy can get a good fire going. I'll do the heavy lifting." That she was slighter and smaller then all three of her companions didn't come up, given she punted a corpse of a blue… thing to the top of the pile without any effort. "No, a pyre won't work. The flesh is bloated. The ash will fall on the village."
"A kiln, then. We'll funnel it away using pressure." Muramasa spoke up. "I can have one ready."
"Then do it. Ryouma, come on you useless bastard!"
"Coming, coming!"
[Nobunaga Learning 12 + 9 (Avenger) + 4 (Demon King) + 6 (Papiyas) + 7 (Dice) = 38 vs DC 15 (Corruption of Tzeentch) = Overwhelming Success]
"You. Come with me." Nobunaga's voice brooked no opposition as he pointed to a small group of teenagers and motioned for them to follow. His eye for talent had not faded in the slightest, and he needed pages and errand boys anyway. Especially if they were spending time here.
They were spending time here. He knew Arturia's type. Bleeding hearts the lot of them. The world needed more of them.
"Who are you?" One was almost punkish. Good. Nobunaga just grinned, glancing over his shoulder.
"The one whose kicking the evil out of here. You, fetch me a cup. You, I need water, and you. Get me some damn tea leaves."
"You want us to get you tea?"
"No, I ordered you to get me tea. Get moving!" The thunderous command sent the boys scurrying, leaving only a girl behind.
"And me?"
"Just your belief will do." Nobunaga answered, taking a seat before a great tree, its leaves ripped away and burned half to ashes. "No, and some answers to some questions, if you will."
"And if I say no?"
"You don't say no to Nobunaga." The demon king retorted. "First question. The hell happened?"
Hell. Ha, that was a good one.
"The demons happened. Everyone was called by his excellency to fight. Most of them haven't come back." The girl answered.
"His excellency?"
"Sir Tancred. Have you lived under a…" She trailed off, examining Nobunaga's face. "You come from the empire!"
"Do I now."
"Either that or yer a demon in disguise."
"Hardly." Well, that one might have been a lie. Nobunaga just pursed his lips, staring at the tree. "Did you know that the demons tied your village's life to this tree? If it dies, so does the village."
"Well, its dead. Are you trying to tell us we are too."
"Trees are resilient. So long as the trunk remains, then the tree continues." Nobunaga chided. "But the corruption seeps into the land like a poison from this spot. To save the land, it needs to be burned out."
"Hah. Sounds like the fancy words of a madman."
"Many have called me mad. Let me back it up with words." Nobunaga retorted. He waved his hand, and with it, the tree ignited.
"Ah! What are you doing!?"
"Burning out the corruption." Really, it was a simple curse. One so insidious that trying to break it with magic would be to everyone's detriment. But Nobunaga was no mage. No, he was a demon king.
And demon king's did not share.
Flames burned and danced around the tree, as wisps of purple drew into its walls, deeper and deeper. Finally, with a snap of Nobunaga's fingers, it ended. The flames vanished, and the tree had become petrified stone, little buds of white on its limbs.
"... Its stone."
"Its petrified." Nobunaga explained. "Now it will stand forever, as will your village." The air already felt purer, less oppressive. It was quite a change. The sun seemed just a little brighter. "Now, I would like some tea."
Oh it would taste so good.
"Aye. This duchy is called Quenelles. Though whether it still counts as a duchy is anyone's guess." She answered dryly. "Seems everyone who can swing a sword was already conscripted by the army as it passed through. We need another few days to light the kiln properly, by the way."
"Shouldn't be an issue. I hope its construction was to your liking." Muramasa spoke up. Mordred just huffed.
"Coulda made it easier to get the corpses in."
"My apologies. I'll do better next time." The pair just looked away from each other, a small grin on their faces. Arturia coughed for attention.
"They worship someone called the lady of the lake." She spoke up. "Apparently there is a chapel to her nearby. I would like to visit it."
"Lady of the lake?" Ryouma frowned. "Isn't that someone from the lands of Britain?"
"Perhaps. I would like to seek the source of it all, regardless." Arturia answered. "If she's a faerie like me, then she'll have to answer when I call."
"And if she is actually a goddess?"
"Goddesses can be faeries too." Everyone fell silent, as a knock rang out at the door. "Come in!"
"Sorry I am late. I have good news. Sir Geralt has awoken." Yukimura declared as he entered. "Oh, Arturia. Your back."
"Aye. Sorry for causing you issues. I had to go upstream to purify the water fully. What did I miss?"
"One of the knights from the battle was mortally wounded and left behind. I treated the rotting flesh. He'll never drink again, but he should be fine." Yukimura declared. "He said a number of things in his delirium I thought useful."
"Such as?"
"Does Fateweaver mean anything to anyone?" No one nodded. Yukimura folded his hands together. "I thought not. He's an enemy wizard, and apparently the one who cursed the town."
"Then his curses are like piss." Nobunaga retorted. "Is there even anything to fear?"
"Probably. Apparently the army was massacred. I'm not sure who's army, but given Geralt's condition, it doesn't look good for the locals." Yukimura answered. "I think it's safe to say whoever is here is it."
"... That's nowhere near enough if these demons decide to turn around." Ryouma muttered. "They'll all be-" Whatever he was about to say was cut off by a scream. He rose with a start, and he and Mordred were out the door before anyone could say a word.
"Oh. Right. Beowulf's back, by the way." Yukimura grumbled. "Honestly, the man has no moder-"
"WHAT POSSESSED YOU TO HUNT A DRAGON!?"
You have 4AP. Each specific task you wish to perform will consume 1AP unless noted otherwise.
[ ] Gather additional food. (DC10 Martial)
-[ ] Assign Servant.
[ ] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
-[ ] Which building?
--[ ] Senji Muramasa
[ ] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
-[ ] Sanada Yukimura
[ ] The Rough Ones (Automatic Success)
-[ ] Sakamoto Ryouma
[ ] Administer the village (Opposed Stewardship vs Getrude Stewardship 5)
-[ ] Oda Nobunaga or Mordred
[ ] Pump the village for information
-[ ] Assign Servant
[ ] Travel to the Grail Church (1ap per Servant)
-[ ] Assign Servant
[ ] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
-[ ] Assign Servant
[ ] Write in.
Arturia Avalon has chosen to act.
[X] Travel to the Grail Church.
If Muramasa does not travel to the Grail Church, he will cease acting as Arturia's adjunct.
"Meaningless if we do nothing about the carrion." Yukimura noted. "Then the rest of us sh-"
"No, little Yuki. You go and deal with the wounded." Nobunaga cut the samurai off before he could say too much. "I'll do something about the stench of madness in the air."
"Can you?" Muramasa raised an eyebrow. Nobunaga just nodded.
"I can. I'll burn it out if I have to." The Fool of Owari glanced at Arturia. "Our faerie permitting, of course."
"That doesn't mean anything." Arturia huffed, but Nobunaga just laughed.
"The rest of us will tend to the bodies." Mordred spoke up. "The longer they fester, the worse it gets for all of us."
"Ah, I thought our days of flinging corpses into mass graves were behind us." Ryouma muttered. Muramasa shook his head.
"The dead bring disease." He muttered. "This'd be much easier with a working smithy."
"Well it doesn't." Mordred grumbled. "Let's do this."
"Aye." Yukimura just started walking into town, rolling his shoulders. "Is anyone hurt!? I'm a chirurgeon!"
Arturia envied how easily the lie rolled off his tongue.
[Beowulf Martial 20 + 5 (dice) + 7 (Hrunting and Naegling) = 32 vs DC
Food. That was the most immediate concern. Without food, everyone would die. That was the logic the party had decided on, and Beowulf didn't see any reason to countermand it. That said, the plains did not look great for hunting.
At a guess, the village only had about eight hundred within it. Too much to be supported by just hunting, but not so many that a great hunt could not assist in keeping them fed. There were many things that normally would not be considered food that could be eaten, after all, like jackals or birds.
"Hmm. The air is unusual here." The search in the plains was not the greatest pickings. Yet in the distance, in the barren crags rising towards heaven, the eagle eyes of Beowulf spotted something.
Something that made him smile. He let out a bellow, rushing into the distance. He could make it there and back within a week easily.
Heroes were heroes, and a dragon would keep people fed easily.
[Food + 24]
[Coffers + 3]
[Arturia Learning 21 + 10 (Identified Magical Effect) + 15 (
"Excuse me. How long has the river been like this?"
The first person Arturia chose to ask was a child. Children were much easier to handle, after all. He was a boy, not so young to be an infant, probably closer to a teenager in truth.
"Two weeks." His answer was soft, as he forced the water through a makeshift sieve that wasn't really removing the impurities. He'd probably boil it next. "After his excellencies knights came through and slaughtered the demons. Y-you aren't from here, are you?"
"No." Arturia hummed, finger to her chin as she pondered.
"Are you one of the ladies Damsels? Have you come to save us?" Arturia blinked, glancing back to the boy.
The ladies damsels?
She didn't like the sound of that.
"No again, but I am here to help." Arturia answered. This sounded too much like… No, she needed to keep her thoughts in the present. "How did this happen to the river then?"
"Some spell, I reckin'. Mama thinks it's a curse, cause we refused to give up where the Companions Tomb was. Says we shoulda surrendered it." Arturia wasn't very sure about what that was, but probably a holy ground. There was so very much they didn't know. That they needed to know.
"Companion?"
"Ya' really aren't from around here." The boy sniffed. "What, are ya a witch?" And now he'd raised his guard. Arturia just shook her head.
"... Your lady and her damsels don't sound like they have your interests in mind." She answered blithely. "Or they wouldn't leave you to suffer so. Its been two weeks." She lifted her staff, as she stepped out onto the water. One step. Two steps. Three steps.
Then she turned. The boys mouth had fallen open.
"You lied! You are a witch!"
"Faerie, child." Arturia corrected. "The difference is important. Let me grant your wish."
Her staff lifted just once, before its but slammed into the water. Ether flowed through it, impurities crystalising, rising to the surface, and burning away.
"W-wow." The boy just looked on in wonder. Pure wonder. It saddened Arturia's heart, that for the first time since she'd come here, she saw a flicker of hope. "A-are you the lady!?"
"Just a faerie, child." Arturia answered. "Just a faerie."
[Yukimura Learning 8 + 5 (Experience in emergency surgery) + 5 (Can deal Fire Damage) + 10 (dice) = 28 vs DC 10 + 15 (Mortal injury) = DC 25 - Success]
Yukimura had to admit. The ailments he found among the village were not exactly worthy of a ninjas time. As one of those who had thrown away honour on the battlefield, performing emergency surgery was easy, and dealing with common maladies just as much. The village had proven surprisingly resilient for one that had recently suffered woe.
"You are a chirugeon, right?" Yukimura looked up from the little hut he'd managed to requisition. The speaker was a woman. Quite old, actually.
"Yes. Do you have an infection?"
"No. It's not for me. Please, you have to save him."
"Save who?"
"Sir Geralt. Geralt d'Quenelles. He fell during the battle with the hordes and was left behind. The army had no time to spare tending to him." The woman answered. Yukimura pursed his lips. A knight. That could be good or bad, but having him in their debt would be of value.
Blast it, where was Arturia? She was definitely more suited to this then he was. But she was nowhere to be seen and if the knight was injured, he may be critical. There was no time to look.
"Very well. Take me to him."
The woman, Yukimura learned, was Getrude, the last surviving member of the mayors family and thus de facto leader of the village. It was an odd line of succession, but there was no one else to lead, even if she didn't want it. The knight had been placed in her lodgings as the closest to luxury the village had.
His wounds were grievous. Mortal, even, Yukimura would say.
But he'd seen this wound before, and been saved from it in an equally unconventional way.
"I will need water. He has been inflicted with a rotting poison in the gut. I will have to burn away the infected flesh." Yukimura explained, a flicker of flame burning away the germs around his hands. The woman looked hesitant. "Please, hurry. I have suffered this before. He has been inflicted for seventeen days."
"How did you…" Getrude shook her head. "Nevermind. Will you need sheets or-"
"Bark. From a old dark tree. The rest I have on me." Most humans would be lucky to survive with a chunk of their stomach missing. It was probably the end of Geralt's liquor drinking days. Even so, Yukimura had to try.
Minutes turned to hours. Hours turned to days…
[Mordred Stewardship 14 + 7 (Bonus Stewardship from assistance) + 5 (Oryou assistance) + 5 (Knight of the Round Table) + 3 (Thirteen Vows - For Good) + 5 (Access to Fire attacks) + 4 (dice) = 43 vs DC 45 - Minor Miss]
"There's… so many." Ryouma's voice just made Mordred roll her eyes as she strode forth, armour burning away in magical energy as she did so. It would just get in the way. "Amr! Put some clothes on!"
"Boy. Get me a schmock or something." Mordred barked to one of the peasants as she strode past. "Put your back into it, Ryouma."
"But-"
"Oryou concurs. Ryouma's arms are like noodles. Need more back."
"I can't win, can I." Ryouma just let out a groan, glancing at Muramasa. "Where should we put them?"
"There's too many for a mass grave. We need-"
"A pyre. You get some wood." Mordred answered. "I'm sure a smithy can get a good fire going. I'll do the heavy lifting." That she was slighter and smaller then all three of her companions didn't come up, given she punted a corpse of a blue… thing to the top of the pile without any effort. "No, a pyre won't work. The flesh is bloated. The ash will fall on the village."
"A kiln, then. We'll funnel it away using pressure." Muramasa spoke up. "I can have one ready."
"Then do it. Ryouma, come on you useless bastard!"
"Coming, coming!"
[Nobunaga Learning 12 + 9 (Avenger) + 4 (Demon King) + 6 (Papiyas) + 7 (Dice) = 38 vs DC 15 (Corruption of Tzeentch) = Overwhelming Success]
"You. Come with me." Nobunaga's voice brooked no opposition as he pointed to a small group of teenagers and motioned for them to follow. His eye for talent had not faded in the slightest, and he needed pages and errand boys anyway. Especially if they were spending time here.
They were spending time here. He knew Arturia's type. Bleeding hearts the lot of them. The world needed more of them.
"Who are you?" One was almost punkish. Good. Nobunaga just grinned, glancing over his shoulder.
"The one whose kicking the evil out of here. You, fetch me a cup. You, I need water, and you. Get me some damn tea leaves."
"You want us to get you tea?"
"No, I ordered you to get me tea. Get moving!" The thunderous command sent the boys scurrying, leaving only a girl behind.
"And me?"
"Just your belief will do." Nobunaga answered, taking a seat before a great tree, its leaves ripped away and burned half to ashes. "No, and some answers to some questions, if you will."
"And if I say no?"
"You don't say no to Nobunaga." The demon king retorted. "First question. The hell happened?"
Hell. Ha, that was a good one.
"The demons happened. Everyone was called by his excellency to fight. Most of them haven't come back." The girl answered.
"His excellency?"
"Sir Tancred. Have you lived under a…" She trailed off, examining Nobunaga's face. "You come from the empire!"
"Do I now."
"Either that or yer a demon in disguise."
"Hardly." Well, that one might have been a lie. Nobunaga just pursed his lips, staring at the tree. "Did you know that the demons tied your village's life to this tree? If it dies, so does the village."
"Well, its dead. Are you trying to tell us we are too."
"Trees are resilient. So long as the trunk remains, then the tree continues." Nobunaga chided. "But the corruption seeps into the land like a poison from this spot. To save the land, it needs to be burned out."
"Hah. Sounds like the fancy words of a madman."
"Many have called me mad. Let me back it up with words." Nobunaga retorted. He waved his hand, and with it, the tree ignited.
"Ah! What are you doing!?"
"Burning out the corruption." Really, it was a simple curse. One so insidious that trying to break it with magic would be to everyone's detriment. But Nobunaga was no mage. No, he was a demon king.
And demon king's did not share.
Flames burned and danced around the tree, as wisps of purple drew into its walls, deeper and deeper. Finally, with a snap of Nobunaga's fingers, it ended. The flames vanished, and the tree had become petrified stone, little buds of white on its limbs.
"... Its stone."
"Its petrified." Nobunaga explained. "Now it will stand forever, as will your village." The air already felt purer, less oppressive. It was quite a change. The sun seemed just a little brighter. "Now, I would like some tea."
Oh it would taste so good.
<---->
"The land is called Bretonnia." Arturia explained as the heroes, minus Yukimura and Beowulf, gathered of the evening. Morded just hummed.
"Aye. This duchy is called Quenelles. Though whether it still counts as a duchy is anyone's guess." She answered dryly. "Seems everyone who can swing a sword was already conscripted by the army as it passed through. We need another few days to light the kiln properly, by the way."
"Shouldn't be an issue. I hope its construction was to your liking." Muramasa spoke up. Mordred just huffed.
"Coulda made it easier to get the corpses in."
"My apologies. I'll do better next time." The pair just looked away from each other, a small grin on their faces. Arturia coughed for attention.
"They worship someone called the lady of the lake." She spoke up. "Apparently there is a chapel to her nearby. I would like to visit it."
"Lady of the lake?" Ryouma frowned. "Isn't that someone from the lands of Britain?"
"Perhaps. I would like to seek the source of it all, regardless." Arturia answered. "If she's a faerie like me, then she'll have to answer when I call."
"And if she is actually a goddess?"
"Goddesses can be faeries too." Everyone fell silent, as a knock rang out at the door. "Come in!"
"Sorry I am late. I have good news. Sir Geralt has awoken." Yukimura declared as he entered. "Oh, Arturia. Your back."
"Aye. Sorry for causing you issues. I had to go upstream to purify the water fully. What did I miss?"
"One of the knights from the battle was mortally wounded and left behind. I treated the rotting flesh. He'll never drink again, but he should be fine." Yukimura declared. "He said a number of things in his delirium I thought useful."
"Such as?"
"Does Fateweaver mean anything to anyone?" No one nodded. Yukimura folded his hands together. "I thought not. He's an enemy wizard, and apparently the one who cursed the town."
"Then his curses are like piss." Nobunaga retorted. "Is there even anything to fear?"
"Probably. Apparently the army was massacred. I'm not sure who's army, but given Geralt's condition, it doesn't look good for the locals." Yukimura answered. "I think it's safe to say whoever is here is it."
"... That's nowhere near enough if these demons decide to turn around." Ryouma muttered. "They'll all be-" Whatever he was about to say was cut off by a scream. He rose with a start, and he and Mordred were out the door before anyone could say a word.
"Oh. Right. Beowulf's back, by the way." Yukimura grumbled. "Honestly, the man has no moder-"
"WHAT POSSESSED YOU TO HUNT A DRAGON!?"
<---->
Until you have restored this area, you will take actions in weeks, not months. Turn 0 will end when the village is restored.
You have 4AP. Each specific task you wish to perform will consume 1AP unless noted otherwise.
[ ] Gather additional food. (DC10 Martial)
-[ ] Assign Servant.
[ ] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
-[ ] Which building?
--[ ] Senji Muramasa
[ ] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
-[ ] Sanada Yukimura
[ ] The Rough Ones (Automatic Success)
-[ ] Sakamoto Ryouma
[ ] Administer the village (Opposed Stewardship vs Getrude Stewardship 5)
-[ ] Oda Nobunaga or Mordred
[ ] Pump the village for information
-[ ] Assign Servant
[ ] Travel to the Grail Church (1ap per Servant)
-[ ] Assign Servant
[ ] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
-[ ] Assign Servant
[ ] Write in.
Arturia Avalon has chosen to act.
[X] Travel to the Grail Church.
If Muramasa does not travel to the Grail Church, he will cease acting as Arturia's adjunct.
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OkayishGatsby
This Titan is Fine
So far so good. What exactly does administering the village do?
Nanimani
Probably listening to music
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Aaaalrighty.
First of all, Masamune has to go to Grail Church. So let's do that.
Same with burning bodies. We went to the effort of gathering them all up, let's spend an action to get rid of them.
Other than that, I'm interested in... well, a lot.
Let's start off with repair a building. There were a number of hints that Muramasa'd be able to do things better with it, and the sooner we get it up, the more cascading effects we'll have there. Issue, though. It appears that we need Muramasa there to do that, and I don't want to separate him from Arturia. @BlackHadou, correct me if I'm wrong.
Scouting is something it'd be better to do sooner rather than later as well. We don't know what kind of dangers/potential allies are in the area, after all. High priority.
Administer the village certainly sounds like something that needs doing, but I'd like an answer as to what the effects actually are before it becomes worth the opportunity cost.
Establishing a Rough Ones office lets people do things that Yukimura or Ryouma aren't able to do for the moment, which sounds like it might help with the whole "There's so many things that need doing and so little AP" puzzle we've got going on. Probably no effects this turn, but may be quite helpful next and the turns after.
First of all, Masamune has to go to Grail Church. So let's do that.
Same with burning bodies. We went to the effort of gathering them all up, let's spend an action to get rid of them.
Other than that, I'm interested in... well, a lot.
Let's start off with repair a building. There were a number of hints that Muramasa'd be able to do things better with it, and the sooner we get it up, the more cascading effects we'll have there. Issue, though. It appears that we need Muramasa there to do that, and I don't want to separate him from Arturia. @BlackHadou, correct me if I'm wrong.
Scouting is something it'd be better to do sooner rather than later as well. We don't know what kind of dangers/potential allies are in the area, after all. High priority.
Administer the village certainly sounds like something that needs doing, but I'd like an answer as to what the effects actually are before it becomes worth the opportunity cost.
Establishing a Rough Ones office lets people do things that Yukimura or Ryouma aren't able to do for the moment, which sounds like it might help with the whole "There's so many things that need doing and so little AP" puzzle we've got going on. Probably no effects this turn, but may be quite helpful next and the turns after.
- Location
- America
As expected, business for Arturia to handle.
Of our four AP I want one for Muramasa to fix the blacksmithy, one for Yukimura to scout the area, and someone to finish the bodies. We only need one person for the last, and the threshold is low.
As for the fourth, our remaining options are to bring a friend on the trip to the chapel, take over the village's administration, set up Ryouma's office, or start questioning the villagers directly. We've yet to do anything that should be particularly offensive to the local Powers That Be, and meeting alone rather than giving the impression we need an armed escort for a discussion would continue that trend. Taking over the administration directly to give us control outright probably isn't a bad early action, but Mordred left to her own devices might make sure any pressing needs are addressed without the AP cost. Information from questioning the locals directly could also be useful, but passive information gathering from the Bakumatsu Office might provide the same intel or it could all be redundant to whatever Yukimura finds. The latter, though, would have additional benefits in the long term.
Tentatively, I'm leaning towards the following:
[ ] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
-[ ] Smithy
--[ ] Senji Muramasa
[ ] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
-[ ] Sanada Yukimura
[ ] The Rough Ones (Automatic Success)
-[ ] Sakamoto Ryouma
[ ] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
-[ ] Beowulf
Of Beowulf, Nobunaga, and Mordred the latter's low learning could keep this problem from being settled this turn if we leave it to her. I'd expect Beowulf to wander farther if left to his own devices, so he gets a specific task.
Of our four AP I want one for Muramasa to fix the blacksmithy, one for Yukimura to scout the area, and someone to finish the bodies. We only need one person for the last, and the threshold is low.
As for the fourth, our remaining options are to bring a friend on the trip to the chapel, take over the village's administration, set up Ryouma's office, or start questioning the villagers directly. We've yet to do anything that should be particularly offensive to the local Powers That Be, and meeting alone rather than giving the impression we need an armed escort for a discussion would continue that trend. Taking over the administration directly to give us control outright probably isn't a bad early action, but Mordred left to her own devices might make sure any pressing needs are addressed without the AP cost. Information from questioning the locals directly could also be useful, but passive information gathering from the Bakumatsu Office might provide the same intel or it could all be redundant to whatever Yukimura finds. The latter, though, would have additional benefits in the long term.
Tentatively, I'm leaning towards the following:
[ ] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
-[ ] Smithy
--[ ] Senji Muramasa
[ ] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
-[ ] Sanada Yukimura
[ ] The Rough Ones (Automatic Success)
-[ ] Sakamoto Ryouma
[ ] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
-[ ] Beowulf
Of Beowulf, Nobunaga, and Mordred the latter's low learning could keep this problem from being settled this turn if we leave it to her. I'd expect Beowulf to wander farther if left to his own devices, so he gets a specific task.
BlackHadou
Bunny-Sensei
Improve it's conditions and lay the groundwork to taking it over. In particular, it'll start moving towards actually housing everyone and reorganising who can work vs who can fight.
Crow
Falling is a Pleasure. Regardless of its Fate
Wait THE ONE-EYED DRAGON IS HERE AND NO ONE TOLD ME?!
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BlackHadou
Bunny-Sensei
Wrong side of the world map.
prince84
In central Dogma flirting with Lilith.
- Location
- The Madness Place
People keep forgetting to assign Muramasa to travel to the Grail Church.
My take on the previously offered plan
[] Keeping the sword with the fairy
[ ] Travel to the Grail Church (1ap per Servant)
-[ ] Senji Muramasa
[ ] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
-[ ] Sanada Yukimura
[ ] The Rough Ones (Automatic Success)
-[ ] Sakamoto Ryouma
[ ] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
-[ ] Beowulf
My take on the previously offered plan
[] Keeping the sword with the fairy
[ ] Travel to the Grail Church (1ap per Servant)
-[ ] Senji Muramasa
[ ] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
-[ ] Sanada Yukimura
[ ] The Rough Ones (Automatic Success)
-[ ] Sakamoto Ryouma
[ ] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
-[ ] Beowulf
Takoe
Dad
- Location
- Xehafort
Yes, Because Kairos sees the past and the future, which means he knew we would be here and will oppose him. The relative strength of the corruption might be a trap, or it might be nothing and be a source of Tzeentchian paranoia for us. You never know with that blue fuck, and especially not when Kairos is involved. The fact that the land wasn't actively changing is already alarming, as is Nobunaga's solution of petrification, since that too is change.
In short, best not to think about it and punch everything that is blue or pink
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There's the real benefit of possibly perma-killing Kairos, that fecking bird is the most annoying, and more importantly confusing bastard out there. Also, as nice as it'd be to get the smithy up and running, I have to agree with delaying it for at least one more turn and sending Shirou off to the Grail Church with Artoria. Gets that out of the way, and if there are any Tzeentchian traps left behind, our widdle mage will be protected by the big strong Saber (in an amusing reversal that'd definitely have the originals blushing hahaha)
- Location
- America
I'm not forgetting to do anything, I'm openly advocating to detach them for the turn. The longer we put off repairs, the more those facilities' absence is going to hurt. If Arturia has to go without an escort for a turn to do so, better it be done while stakes are relatively low. Besides, she's a big enough girl to know not to start a fight when she can't finish it.
[x] Plan: Reconstruction
-[x] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
--[x] Smithy
---[x] Senji Muramasa
-[x] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
--[x] Sanada Yukimura
-[x] The Rough Ones (Automatic Success)
--[x] Sakamoto Ryouma
-[x] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
--[x] Beowulf
The smithy is a necessity I won't budge on, the bodies are a job that can't be left half finished, and we need information. That need is best addressed by Yukimura. Assuming direct control or establishing the Bakumatsu Office will, I assume, both be necessary to start properly organizing the peasant mob into a more capable force and securing our authority. Our action economy being what it is, I don't care which we do first.
I'll also note that if you advocate an alternate plan under the assumption Arturia will require an armed escort to this meeting, that's a role any combat Servant could fill. Send Mordred or Beowulf instead of setting up the Bakumatsu Office and leave the bodies to Nobunaga or Ryouma if you prefer the latter.
[x] Plan: Reconstruction
-[x] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
--[x] Smithy
---[x] Senji Muramasa
-[x] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
--[x] Sanada Yukimura
-[x] The Rough Ones (Automatic Success)
--[x] Sakamoto Ryouma
-[x] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
--[x] Beowulf
The smithy is a necessity I won't budge on, the bodies are a job that can't be left half finished, and we need information. That need is best addressed by Yukimura. Assuming direct control or establishing the Bakumatsu Office will, I assume, both be necessary to start properly organizing the peasant mob into a more capable force and securing our authority. Our action economy being what it is, I don't care which we do first.
I'll also note that if you advocate an alternate plan under the assumption Arturia will require an armed escort to this meeting, that's a role any combat Servant could fill. Send Mordred or Beowulf instead of setting up the Bakumatsu Office and leave the bodies to Nobunaga or Ryouma if you prefer the latter.
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Nanimani
Probably listening to music
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[x] Plan: Reconstruction
-[x] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
--[x] Smithy
---[x] Senji Muramasa
-[x] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
--[x] Sanada Yukimura
-[x] The Rough Ones (Automatic Success)
--[x] Sakamoto Ryouma
-[x] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
--[x] Beowulf
Yeah, alright, let's aggressively build up this turn.
-[x] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
--[x] Smithy
---[x] Senji Muramasa
-[x] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
--[x] Sanada Yukimura
-[x] The Rough Ones (Automatic Success)
--[x] Sakamoto Ryouma
-[x] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
--[x] Beowulf
Yeah, alright, let's aggressively build up this turn.
BlackHadou
Bunny-Sensei
I should point out that Muramasa not being Arturia's adjunct is temporary. You won't permanently lose him unless he dies.
ApocalypticFish
Been reflecting lately.
[x] Plan: Admin
-[x] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
--[x] Smithy
---[x] Senji Muramasa
-[x] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
--[x] Sanada Yukimura
-[x] Administer the village (Opposed Stewardship vs Getrude Stewardship 5)
--[x] Mordred
-[x] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
--[x] Beowulf
Honestly, both the Rough Ones and administrating can probably wait, but I figure we might as well start on admin first, which will probably more directly help the town immediately in comparison. I agree with Plan: Reconstruction otherwise.
-[x] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
--[x] Smithy
---[x] Senji Muramasa
-[x] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
--[x] Sanada Yukimura
-[x] Administer the village (Opposed Stewardship vs Getrude Stewardship 5)
--[x] Mordred
-[x] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
--[x] Beowulf
Honestly, both the Rough Ones and administrating can probably wait, but I figure we might as well start on admin first, which will probably more directly help the town immediately in comparison. I agree with Plan: Reconstruction otherwise.
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Seems viable enough.
Fateweaver, huh. Think I know what the event is.
[x] Plan: Reconstruction
Fateweaver, huh. Think I know what the event is.
[x] Plan: Reconstruction
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[x] Plan: Reconstruction
Well with the realization that it's not that big a deal for Senji to separate from Artoria for a turn, I'm fine with going with the smithy
Well with the realization that it's not that big a deal for Senji to separate from Artoria for a turn, I'm fine with going with the smithy
Nottheunmaker
Altman be praised
- Location
- USG Ishimura
Food and water are well in hand, and nobody's going to die of any existing injuries. Now to get ourselves entrenched.
[X] Plan: Admin Hard
-[X] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
--[X] Smithy
---[X] Senji Muramasa
-[X] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
--[X] Sanada Yukimura
-[X] Administer the village (Opposed Stewardship vs Getrude Stewardship 5)
--[X] Mordred
--[X] Nobunaga
-[X] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
--[X] Beowulf
Keeping things mostly the same as Admin, bit also putting Nobunaga on the Administration action because we don't have much better to do with his 14 Stewardship.
[X] Plan: Admin Hard
-[X] Repair a building. (DC14 Stewardship -> Grand Smith Active)
--[X] Smithy
---[X] Senji Muramasa
-[X] Scout the local area (Intrigue Check)
--[X] Sanada Yukimura
-[X] Administer the village (Opposed Stewardship vs Getrude Stewardship 5)
--[X] Mordred
--[X] Nobunaga
-[X] Burn the Bodies (Stewardship DC 2/Learning 10)
--[X] Beowulf
Keeping things mostly the same as Admin, bit also putting Nobunaga on the Administration action because we don't have much better to do with his 14 Stewardship.
- Location
- America
As long as our three points of agreement win, I'm not especially concerned about building the Office this turn or taking over the village's administration. If this or a derivative is most likely to make sure they get done, I'll flip to it happily.
ApocalypticFish
Been reflecting lately.
The main reason I didn't assign both Mordred and Nobunaga was because the template contained an "or," though there may also be some conflict between them if both attempt to do it. Would it be fine to assign both, @BlackHadou?
BlackHadou
Bunny-Sensei
Yes. However they are the only servants that can be assigned.