Holy shit, we really were Aurelian's pride and joy.
A true girldad, incredible
Ave Imperator: A Roman Empire Quest
- Thread starter HydroG3
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- Original Alt. History Historic
A true girldad, incredible
PrognosticHannya
Far Too Enthusiastic About Etymology
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Praenomen didn't actually exist in Silvia's time, you just had a series of nomen and then a cognomen, with the cognomen being the thing people called you. She could absolutely just have two names, but as I said most aristocrats had more than 2.
HydroG3
Annoyingly Historical
- Location
- East Coast USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Yeah, I mean, scipio africanus was not his birth name. His real name was Publius Cornelius Scipio, but he gained more names through his deeds.
Turn 2
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HydroG3
Annoyingly Historical
- Location
- East Coast USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] The Villa Hadriana: The Complex of homes and offices built by the emperor Hadrian it in a sorry state. Having been abandoned for more than fifty years it is somewhat in a state of disrepair. Around three hours from Rome by horse or carriage, it would keep you safe to a degree and could impress but it needs work, though once fully repaired it would be a grand thing, one that would give much prestige.
For all the bad you have recently experienced in life, there is some good as well. The reading of your fathers will sent a shockwave through the city of rome. Unlike some other rulers, his will was not read aloud as a part of some succession ceremony, nor was it given to the senate to oversee. Instead it was read by his daughter, a child whom he left a great deal of wealth to. You knew this would be too controversial as you were his only heir, but for an emperor's will, especially the Restitutor Orbis, to be read in an unceremonious way caused surprise.
Opinions of these events were split mostly among the differing social class of the city. To the common people there was little care that she was a woman, many of these people knew of a wife or daughter who took their husbands or father's assets when they died. Through her they were promised games and feasts and that was enough for almost all of them to associate her name with good tidings. The richer plebeians were also not against it as most of them had little care for the will and its contents, little care was put on a daughter inheriting wealth from their father, for in these rich families to keep wealth in the family was not something any of them would besmirch. Most were simply content to reap the benefits of festivals but not overjoyed like the urban poor, simply an understanding indifference.
The divisiveness was found mostly among the aristocracy and senators. It was not an uncommon practice of the era for emperors to give a portion of their wealth to their supporters after their passing, and many of the senators felt slighted by being left nothing in the will. Though only nominal outrage could be given as most of Aurelian's actual supporters were the commanders he was giving wealth to, with most of the nobility only allying themselves with him when it was advantageous.
On top of that revelation and its fallout you were fortunate in the events regarding the many businessmen your father was contracted with. Getting most of them in your pocket through a mixture of cunning and guile there is now a somewhat sizable but steady flow of income into your coffers.
That wealth will hopefully also be useful in the repair and reconstruction of your new home, the Villa Hadriana. Being a massive complex it will cost a great deal to repair but when complete it will be a monument for all who visit to behold. You did not know the state it was currently in and it would take time to find out before you could work to move into it.
But all your successes paled in comparison to the triumph that was your meeting with the urban cohort. Most of the men in this unit served for years with your father and watched as you worked alongside him, seeing his affection and love of his only child. Knowing their loyalty these soldiers were sworn to your service and protection by your father. They now serve you and it seems as long as you do not needlessly throw away their lives then you have access to a loyal contingent of extremely skilled veterans who feel a similar rage for their former commander's death.
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Rome was currently in a state of semi upheaval, but that was the norm. Rome's governance has always been tied to imperial power and without an emperor to give orders one of two things always happens to those officers assigned to govern. They either appeal to the senate in order to gain legitimacy or those officers simply hold on to their office claiming that only the next rightful emperor can remove them from office.
In the current situation only a few of those people went to the senate, mostly the religious officials and the individuals holding ceremonial roles. Almost all of the bureaucrats simply decided to hold onto their jobs and truthfully that was perfectly fine for you.
From the information you have gathered the praetorians in the east and one of your fathers legions have declared a new emperor in thrace. The fact that many of the other legions don't recognize him is only a small blessing. His lack of military power currently combined with most of the imperial bureaucracy not recognizing him blunted any power he might have.
The three main issues this has caused is a sudden increase in senatorial power, the chance of more generals and governors claiming the emperorship and the issue of the praetorian guards still left in the city.
Those remaining thugs number just under four hundred as most went east with your father. Their commander is the nephew of the praetorians general in the east and it has been a not uncommon sight to the guards trying to intimidate the people into giving support to the pretender in thrace.
Your father was able to plant a few of his veterans in his organization and through them you are receiving a number of concerning reports. From ideas of forming a shakedown racket of the city's merchants, to intimidating senators and killing rivals. The most concerning rumors you have heard were about their plans focusing on you. Some have advocated for killing you and your mother, others have discussed seizing your new and substantial wealth, but the most troubling were the idea to kidnap the two of you and shipping you to the east for one of you to marry the new emperor and give legitimacy.
Times right now are turbulent and your position is still insecure, but you will persevere. Your father taught you better than to surrender and let others take what is yours. Now you will decide what to do.
Current Goal
My Name is Silvia Aurelian, You kill my father, prepare to die: The praetorian guards killed your father. You will seek revenge against those who are part of this unit and remove their threat from the empire.
You have a +5 bonus for actions regarding defeating the praetorians. If they are not removed from the city by the end of turn 2, then a roll will happen with possible consequences.
Dice:
You have
2 Personal Dice, (You are 14 years old, there is only so Much you can do)
2 Free Dice (With only your friends and close allies to aid you there is not much you can delegate)
1 Martial Dice (With Titus Lucan and the urban cohort loyal you can assign them to one Martial Task)
Resources:
0 + 40,000 - 0 Upkeep= 40,000 Denarii
Martial
[] Develop Martial: Despite your good education on the matter of military tactics, you could always be better. Spend some time working to better educate yourself on these matters.
[] Speak to the Guards: Before your father went east, he gave you and your mother a set of guards. 30 veteran legionaries and 10 trusted gladiators who your family bought and then freed. You should speak to them and gauge their mood.
DC:??
[] March For Vengeance: You have a force of loyal soldiers with you, the urban cohort are sword to your protection, and you doubt they would object to getting justice for your fathers murder.
DC: 30
Needs a unit assigned
[] Unit Actions: There are many things you can do with different military units. More will become available to you as time goes by. A Unit can only do one Unit Action per turn.
[] Reinforce Unit: reinforces a unit to full capacity, recruiting takes one turns salary per member.
No Dice Cost or Need for Advisor
[] Merge Unit: Merge two units
No Dice Cost or Need for Advisor
[] Train a unit: Train a unit to improve one of their stats
No Dice Cost
Plan Format Example:
[X] Reinforce Unit: Urban Cohort
No Dice Cost or Need for Advisor
[] Merge Unit: Merge two units
No Dice Cost or Need for Advisor
[] Train a unit: Train a unit to improve one of their stats
No Dice Cost
Plan Format Example:
[X] Reinforce Unit: Urban Cohort
Diplomacy
[] Develop diplomacy: Your mother gave you a decent enough education in diplomacy, but maybe you could develop skills in this field if you work toward it.
DC:??
[] Speak to Senators: While the Senate is an old and somewhat toothless institution, it can still provide legitimacy. With a new emperor to the east, maybe you could rally senators against him.
DC: 50
[] Talk to the Distant Loyalists: There are several generals, specifically ones in Gaul and Britannia, who were loyalists of your father and fought with him in the Illyrian wars. They know you, and you know them, so maybe you should send them letters to gauge their feelings.
DC: 30/50/80
[] Talk with your Mother: Your mother has been distraught since the death of her husband and your father, while she is doing better now you should talk to her and see how she is doing.
DC:35
Stewardship
[] Welcome to my humble abode: You need to have your new home properly inspected, as it has sat abandoned for more than 50 years. What state it is in and what needs to be prepared is the main thing on your mind when pondering the choice about your new home.
[] The Ledgers of our Parents: Now you have access to your fathers books and accounts after gaining his will. Now you should put in the work to go through them and see what you now own. It will be a long and boring process but it is necessary.
[] Festivals: The people of Rome have heard your fathers will and wish for a great game to be held in his name and honor. Bonus has been given this task but he seeks your guidance upon what to do. He has informed us that different festivals have different supporters and some will give you favor from those groups.
DC:???
Choose one of the Listed festivals below.
[] Feast: Food is always popular, especially amongst the urban poor. It will make the city happy and it hopefully shouldn't be too expensive. (Cost: 300,000 Denarii )
[] Chariot Race: These games are always a great spectacle, especially amongst the equites who oft sponsor the racers. Held in the circus maximus a series of races should wow the people. (Cost: 250,000 Denarii )
[] Gladiatorial Games: Gladiatorial games are always popular, but can sometimes be a hit and a miss. Either a somewhat boring spectacle or a fantastic display of prestige, a set of games can wow the people. (Cost: 350,000 Denarii )
[] Naumachiae: These mock naval battles are always popular but extremely expensive. Though it will wow the entire population with ease, it is extremely expensive. (Cost: 450,000 Denarii )
[] Religious Ceremony: There are many religious festivals in Roman tradition, find one and celebrate with great pomp. Though it is a smaller affair than others and is more suited to the aristocrats who use festivals as a way to politick and network. (Cost: 200,000 Denarii )
Budget: 1,200,000 Denarii
[] Chariot Race: These games are always a great spectacle, especially amongst the equites who oft sponsor the racers. Held in the circus maximus a series of races should wow the people. (Cost: 250,000 Denarii )
[] Gladiatorial Games: Gladiatorial games are always popular, but can sometimes be a hit and a miss. Either a somewhat boring spectacle or a fantastic display of prestige, a set of games can wow the people. (Cost: 350,000 Denarii )
[] Naumachiae: These mock naval battles are always popular but extremely expensive. Though it will wow the entire population with ease, it is extremely expensive. (Cost: 450,000 Denarii )
[] Religious Ceremony: There are many religious festivals in Roman tradition, find one and celebrate with great pomp. Though it is a smaller affair than others and is more suited to the aristocrats who use festivals as a way to politick and network. (Cost: 200,000 Denarii )
Budget: 1,200,000 Denarii
(1/4 Turns Passed this year without a festival)
Intrigue
[] Develop my Intrigue: Your education in the finer and more insidious points of diplomacy never really started. You could spend some time developing this skill.
DC: ??
[] Speak to the Speculares: The speculators were the scouts and spies of the army. Even in Rome they heard much, and many were loyal to your father; maybe you could get them to work with you.
DC: ??
[] Word on the Street: May people whisper in rome. From senators to thieves and all those in between talk of many things. Maybe you could look into anything special in the city.
DC: ??
[] What are they Saying about Me?: The opinions of the factions and groups of the city are important to take into effect. It would not hurt to have some of your friends slip coins to people across the city to gauge their mood.
DC:40
Cost:1,000 Denarii
[] Investigate an institution & groups
DC:??
These are the groups you can currently investigate
[] The Senate
[] Aediles
[] Optimates
[] Populares
[] Imperialists
[] The Senate
[] Aediles
[] Optimates
[] Populares
[] Imperialists
Skills
[] Develop Skills: There are several skills you already know; maybe you should work to improve the ones you possess instead of trying to get new ones.
Choose a skill from the character sheet
(In plan Put down, (Develop Skill: ### )
DC:??
Only use for one Task, They are not needed but give bonuses related to skills as Qm discretion.
[]Septimus Bonus
Skills
Skills
Skills
[]Septimus Bonus
Skills
- Legalist 3 +15
- Roman Law 2 +10
- Writer 2 +10
- Bureaucrat 2 +10
- Politicking 2 +10
- Orator 1 +5
Skills
- Military Tactics 3 +15
- Asymmetric Warfare 2 +10
- Military Fortification 2 +10
- Commander 2 +10
- Cavalryman 2 +10
- Orator 1 +5
Skills
- Mathematics 3 +15
- Geometry 2 +10
- Logistics 2 +10
- Architecture 2 +10
- Metallurgy 2 +10
- Polyglot 1 +5
[] Urban Cohort, Veteran Skill, (600/800)
Write Plan
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[X] Plan: Rome is mine.
Martial
[X] March For Vengeance: You have a force of loyal soldiers with you, the urban cohort are sword to your protection, and you doubt they would object to getting justice for your fathers murder.
DC: 30
[X] 1 personal dice, free dice,1 martial dice
[X]Gallio Amandus
Stewardship.
[X] Welcome to my humble abode: You need to have your new home properly inspected, as it has sat abandoned for more than 50 years. What state it is in and what needs to be prepared is the main thing on your mind when pondering the choice about your new home.
[X] free dice
[X] Donis of Syracuse
Intrigue.
[X] Speak to the Speculares: The speculators were the scouts and spies of the army. Even in Rome they heard much, and many were loyal to your father; maybe you could get them to work with you.
DC: ??
[X] 1 personal dice
[X] Septimus Bonus
This is the first time I've done this. I hope my plan works out.
Martial
[X] March For Vengeance: You have a force of loyal soldiers with you, the urban cohort are sword to your protection, and you doubt they would object to getting justice for your fathers murder.
DC: 30
[X] 1 personal dice, free dice,1 martial dice
[X]Gallio Amandus
Stewardship.
[X] Welcome to my humble abode: You need to have your new home properly inspected, as it has sat abandoned for more than 50 years. What state it is in and what needs to be prepared is the main thing on your mind when pondering the choice about your new home.
[X] free dice
[X] Donis of Syracuse
Intrigue.
[X] Speak to the Speculares: The speculators were the scouts and spies of the army. Even in Rome they heard much, and many were loyal to your father; maybe you could get them to work with you.
DC: ??
[X] 1 personal dice
[X] Septimus Bonus
This is the first time I've done this. I hope my plan works out.
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HydroG3
Annoyingly Historical
- Location
- East Coast USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
This isn't Really formatted right. Advisors aren't dice, they are a thing you add to a task to get their bonus. you have two personal dice that get your bonus's, two free dice that don't have natural bonus, and one martial dice that can only be used for martial decisions. Look at the format at the bottom of the turn.
Example for one of your decisions would be
[] March For Vengeance
[] 1 Personal Dice, 1 Free Dice
[] Gallio Amadus
Also it needs to be [X] not [] in front of the plan name for the tallying software to properly recognize it. don't worry i made similar mistakes when i started reading quests.
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What are Probus, Diocles and Constantius currently up to?
HydroG3
Annoyingly Historical
- Location
- East Coast USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Diocletian is currently the Dux Moesiae, Probius is commander of the forces in Syria and the Levant. I don't know which Constantius as there were a lot, but the cesear Constantius is currently a tribune in Dalmatia. Diocletian and Probius were loyalists to your father and know of you, but their relationship with you is still up in the air.
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HydroG3
Annoyingly Historical
- Location
- East Coast USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
You could, but most gladiator games were fought by trained professionals. And I will roll for it and people could either support you or think you're bloodthirsty and kinda crazy.
Why not feed them to animals? Considering their beloved emperor was murdered, the people must be out for blood.
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Thank you!
I think I've fixed it. Tell me if I need to modify anything else or if it's ready to count in the voting.
I think I've fixed it. Tell me if I need to modify anything else or if it's ready to count in the voting.
HydroG3
Annoyingly Historical
- Location
- East Coast USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
You also have 1 martial dice to allocate
- Location
- California
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] A failure to plan is a plan to fail
[X] March For Vengeance
[X] 1 Personal Die, 1 Martial Dice
[X] Gallio Amandus
[X] Urban Cohort
[X] Reinforce Unit: Urban Cohort
[X] The Ledgers of our Parents
[X] 1 Free Dice
[X] Donis of Syracuse
[X] Talk with your Mother
[X] 1 Personal Dice
[X] What are they saying about me?
[X] 1 Free Dice
[X] Septimus Bonus
[X] March For Vengeance
[X] 1 Personal Die, 1 Martial Dice
[X] Gallio Amandus
[X] Urban Cohort
[X] Reinforce Unit: Urban Cohort
[X] The Ledgers of our Parents
[X] 1 Free Dice
[X] Donis of Syracuse
[X] Talk with your Mother
[X] 1 Personal Dice
[X] What are they saying about me?
[X] 1 Free Dice
[X] Septimus Bonus
[X] Plan secure the eternal city
-[X] March For Vengeance
--[X] Urban Cohort
--[X] 1 Personal dice, 1 martial dice, Gallio Amandis
-[X] Speak to Senators
--[X] 1 free dice, Septimus
-[X] Talk with your Mother
--[X] 1 Personal Dice
-[X] The Ledgers of our Parents
--[X] 1 free dice, Donis of Syracuse
-[X] March For Vengeance
--[X] Urban Cohort
--[X] 1 Personal dice, 1 martial dice, Gallio Amandis
-[X] Speak to Senators
--[X] 1 free dice, Septimus
-[X] Talk with your Mother
--[X] 1 Personal Dice
-[X] The Ledgers of our Parents
--[X] 1 free dice, Donis of Syracuse
[X] Plan: Rome is mine.
- Pronouns
- Male
[X] Plan: Rome is mine.
- Location
- Poland
[X] A failure to plan is a plan to fail
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A more unorthodox and significantly riskier route might be to marry Zenobia's son and install him on the Persian throne as a Roman client.
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- Location
- Poland
Wouldn't work, Persia is too big and too far away to rule from Rome like that.
HydroG3
Annoyingly Historical
- Location
- East Coast USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I want to say that the formatted plan went a bit wonky with the voting software. Only put [X] in front of the plan name, not in front of every task selected, only put [] in front of those. Also with March for Vengeance, no unit was assigned so I'm taking a bit of liberty and assigning the urban cohort.