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Blood of the Frontier (CK2) Completed.

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Welp that is pretty much the epitomy of sage dice which iirc was what happened when some unfortunate QM had to go through the misery of nonstop and near total crit successes. For multiple turns. I could be remembering wrong though

Magoose said:
Triplets. Vasily's got his own trinity to take care of.
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Oh dear god thats going to be a nightmare. Good thing we have servants to help deal with the day to day of raising them while we slaughter mongols

Oh and you have to roll for congenital traits, boosted by our genius and our wife's strength for each one right?
 
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    You were used to the hard lifestyle of soldiering. The marches, the drills, and the classes were all things you could handle. You rose above those challenges at every turn, impressing all of the officers that were observing you.

    But you knew you could be better, and that was all you needed to keep pushing your mind and body to its limits.

    Thankfully your wife had taken a liking to the grand city that you were now residing in for the next three years. She spent days at a time wandering the city, sword by her side to know where everything was. Meeting as many people as she could.

    And at night all the stresses of the day evaporated when you were at home together… Nights that you both cherished with every fiber of your being.

    Diplomacy: With you being at the academy, you are having a very hard time keeping up with the news from the Rus. But you have enough to get by.

    (Choose 1)

    []The Imperial Coronation: Philip the Wise is dead, and Alexander is ascending to the imperial throne. You have been invited to attend his coronation in Berlin. Cost: 10 Chance of success: 100% Reward: You attend Alexander's coronation. Rolled: 1D100 => 50

    For the first time in a long time... You were very hopeful for the future. (Continued in A New Emperor, A New Era)

    Martial: With all your training, skill and knowledge, you might be asked to teach at the academy when you are done. Thankfully the messengers you hired keeps you in contact with Nicholas and the others.

    (Choose 2)

    []Force Strength, The Russian Lord's: You need to know how many men you can call upon your vassals to defend the Rus. Cost: 100 Chance of success: 35% Reward: You learn how many men you can call upon during an invasion and offensive. Rolled: 1D100 => 90+10=100

    Nicholas worked wonders with your lords to get detailed and accurate reports of how many troops you can muster for a defense. It was staggering. Almost 40,000 men could be levied to war if you needed them.

    Reward: You can call upon 40,000 Experienced troops from your vassals. Its full composition will be placed onto the military sheet.

    []Spar with Zima: Zima asked if you wanted to spar. Cost: 0 Chance of success: ???% Reward: You spar with Zima, Relation increase by 5. Rolled: 1D100 => 64+10= 74

    Your Spar with Zima cemented your status as the best swordsman currently in the academy. You fought with such precision and power, that anyone who thought they could take you, was quickly reminded of the spectacle that you and Zima graced the sparring ring.

    And Zima loved it as much as you did.

    Reward: Zima's relation increased by 5.

    Stewardship: Axel is not too worried about the economy, it can only go up from here.

    (Choose 1)

    []Repair the Roads: You order Axel to hire up as many men as he can to repair the roads of the Rus. Cost: 850 Chance of success: 55% Reward: The Roads are repaired. Troops of the Rus get a +10 to rolls when defending the Rus. Disaster roll reduction. +300 to taxes, +400 to domestic trade. Rolled: 1D100 => 95+10=105

    From the messages that you received from Axel, progress on your roads was moving at a breakneck pace... And nearly finished. He had a labor force of three thousand men from all over the Rus working day and night for most of spring and summer building the roads, trying to get all of it done before winter.

    And he had succeeded. The Road system in the Rus was just the latest road system to be built and is connected to other road systems in the Empire. Goods and people could move through the frontier faster than they ever had before. He had also put up watchtowers near the border to make sure that there was no threat to him and his workforce.

    Reward: Disaster Roll decreased by 30 for the next two turns. +400 to taxes, +500 to domestic trade. Troops of the Rus get a +10 to rolls when defending the Rus.

    Intrigue: You can sleep easier at night, knowing there aren't any more assassins trying to slit your throat.

    (Choose 1)

    []Spiders hiding steel: Natasha is willing to get you some contacts within the imperial assassin network, as a thank you for killing Gavelo. Cost 0 Chance of success 30% Reward: You get assassins on your beck and call. Assassination rolls get a -10. New actions will become available when the time comes. Rolled: 1D100 => 64

    Natasha said that because of the current upheaval within the empire because of the new emperor, she can't get to her contacts.

    Failure.

    Learning: Your time at the academy is taking up an enormous amount of your time. But it is worth it.

    (In Progress)
    [X]Study at the Imperial Military Academy: You are now old enough to study military academy of Rome, a place where even the greatest military mind can learn more. It is also a good place to make friends with future officers and with the old guard. Cost: 600 Chance of success: 100% Reward: You get a d2 in all stats for 4 turns, and new actions become available. You also gain a specialization (Combat modifiers). Lose one action in all categories for the duration of Vasily's stay.

    Stat growth:

    Diplo:1D2 => 2

    Martial:1D2 => 2

    Stewardship:1D2 => 2

    Intrigue:1D2 => 2

    Learning:1D2 => 2

    Personal Combat:1D2 => 2

    (Choose 1)

    []The Art of War: A translated book came to your desk from Fulk. He got it off a Chinese merchant when he was in Constantinople on leave. He said you would find it interesting. Cost: 0 Chance of success: 90% Reward: You read the art of war. ??? Rolled: 1D100 => 89

    Your new friends took a great interest in the Art of War. (Continued in The New Guard)

    Personal: Zima is the light of your life. Someone you could never replace.

    (Choose 1)

    []Meet fellow Cadets: You decided to spend time with your fellow cadets, to see what they're like. Cost: 0 Chance of success 100% Reward: You meet fellow cadets of the imperial army academy. Rolled: 1D100 => 91

    You met a few cadets that seemed to enjoy your company and were engrossed in the Art of War. (Continued in The New Guard)

    Pregnancy Roll: 1D100 => 99+20=119: Zima is pregnant. With Triplets… (Continued in The Trinity.)

    Disaster Roll: 1D100 => 2:

    "Did our agents succeed in their mission in China?"

    "Yes, sir… And we have exactly what we need from them."

    "Good… We might just stand a chance against any threat that comes our way. Now bring them in."

    (Continued in Potential Victory)

    AN: Enjoy.
     
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    • So Zima is on 75/100 on relations... will her being pregnant with triplets lead to a higher relations boost?

    Also 40,000 levy troops all at experienced... cool, alongside us trying to rebuild the Imperial army in the region and our own personal army it should be enough to stall any great horde long enough for the rest of the empire to reinforce.
     
    Magoose said:
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    Diplomacy: With you being at the academy, you are having a very hard time keeping up with the news from the Rus. But you have enough to get by.
    (Choose 1)

    []The Imperial Coronation: Philip the Wise is dead, and Alexander is ascending to the imperial throne. You have been invited to attend his coronation in Berlin. Cost: 10 Chance of success: 100% Reward: You attend Alexander's coronation. Rolled: 1D100 => 50

    For the first time in a long time... You were very hopeful for the future. (Continued in A New Emperor, A New Era)
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    Not that great a roll, but definitely not bad. Too bad we couldn't get better than dead neutral, but we might get some good stuff from this anyways.

    Martial: With all your training, skill and knowledge, you might be asked to teach at the academy when you are done. Thankfully the messengers you hired keeps you in contact with Nicholas and the others.
    (Choose 2)

    []Force Strength, The Russian Lord's: You need to know how many men you can call upon your vassals to defend the Rus. Cost: 100 Chance of success: 35% Reward: You learn how many men you can call upon during an invasion and offensive. Rolled: 1D100 => 90+10=100

    Nicholas worked wonders with your lords to get detailed and accurate reports of how many troops you can muster for a defense. It was staggering. Almost 40,000 men could be levied to war if you needed them.

    Reward: You can call upon 40,000 Experienced troops from your vassals. Its full composition will be placed onto the military sheet.

    []Spar with Zima: Zima asked if you wanted to spar. Cost: 0 Chance of success: ???% Reward: You spar with Zima, Relation increase by 5. Rolled: 1D100 => 64+10= 74

    Your Spar with Zima cemented your status as the best swordsman currently in the academy. You fought with such precision and power, that anyone who thought they could take you, was quickly reminded of the spectacle that you and Zima graced the sparring ring.

    And Zima loved it as much as you did.

    Reward: Zima's relation increased by 5.
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    We got literally the best result we could have gotten with those lords, thank goodness! And a better rep with our wifey is always good.

    Stewardship: Axel is not too worried about the economy, it can only go up from here.
    (Choose 1)

    []Repair the Roads: You order Axel to hire up as many men as he can to repair the roads of the Rus. Cost: 850 Chance of success: 55% Reward: The Roads are repaired. Troops of the Rus get a +10 to rolls when defending the Rus. Disaster roll reduction. +300 to taxes, +400 to domestic trade. Rolled: 1D100 => 95+10=105

    From the messages that you received from Axel, progress on your roads was moving at a breakneck pace... And nearly finished. He had a labor force of three thousand men from all over the Rus working day and night for most of spring and summer building the roads, trying to get all of it done before winter.

    And he had succeeded. The Road system in the Rus was just the latest road system to be built and is connected to other road systems in the Empire. Goods and people could move through the frontier faster than they ever had before. He had also put up watchtowers near the border to make sure that there was no threat to him and his workforce.

    Reward: Disaster Roll decreased by 30 for the next two turns. +400 to taxes, +500 to domestic trade. Troops of the Rus get a +10 to rolls when defending the Rus.
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    YEAH BABY!!!

    Intrigue: You can sleep easier at night, knowing there aren't any more assassins trying to slit your throat.
    (Choose 1)

    []Spiders hiding steel: Natasha is willing to get you some contacts within the imperial assassin network, as a thank you for killing Gavelo. Cost 0 Chance of success 30% Reward: You get assassins on your beck and call. Assassination rolls get a -10. New actions will become available when the time comes. Rolled: 1D100 => 64

    Natasha said that because of the current upheaval within the empire because of the new emperor, she can't get to her contacts.

    Failure.
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    Mm, not terrible, as it implies we can try again, and it might be easier too. So...that's something.

    Learning: Your time at the academy is taking up an enormous amount of your time. But it is worth it.

    (In Progress)
    [X]Study at the Imperial Military Academy: You are now old enough to study military academy of Rome, a place where even the greatest military mind can learn more. It is also a good place to make friends with future officers and with the old guard. Cost: 600 Chance of success: 100% Reward: You get a d2 in all stats for 4 turns, and new actions become available. You also gain a specialization (Combat modifiers). Lose one action in all categories for the duration of Vasily's stay.

    Stat growth:
    Diplo:1D2 => 2
    Martial:1D2 => 2
    Stewardship:1D2 => 2
    Intrigue:1D2 => 2
    Learning:1D2 => 2
    Personal Combat:1D2 => 2

    (Choose 1)

    []The Art of War: A translated book came to your desk from Fulk. He got it off a Chinese merchant when he was in Constantinople on leave. He said you would find it interesting. Cost: 0 Chance of success: 90% Reward: You read the art of war. ??? Rolled: 1D100 => 89

    Your new friends took a great interest in the Art of War. (Continued in The New Guard)
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    Great personal growth, I love this going to school system! And Art of War...damn, wonder will come from that?

    Personal: Zima is the light of your life. Someone you could never replace.
    (Choose 1)

    []Meet fellow Cadets: You decided to spend time with your fellow cadets, to see what they're like. Cost: 0 Chance of success 100% Reward: You meet fellow cadets of the imperial army academy. Rolled: 1D100 => 91

    You met a few cadets that seemed to enjoy your company and were engrossed in the Art of War. (Continued in The New Guard)
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    Cultivating future friends and allies...awesome, exactly what we needed.

    Pregnancy Roll: 1D100 => 99+20=119: Zima is pregnant. With Triplets… (Continued in The Trinity.)
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    ...yep...good thing, as a Russian Prince in Rome, we literally have the best healthcare people in the world...triplets can be dangerous in this time period.

    Disaster Roll: 1D100 => 2:

    "Did our agents succeed in their mission in China?"

    "Yes, sir… And we have exactly what we need from them."

    "Good… We might just stand a chance against any threat that comes our way. Now bring them in."

    (Continued in Potential Victory)
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    Hmm...So...Disaster rolls are for others, not us...hoping for Gunpowder, then! Maybe some of those faux rockets the Chinese had too!
     
    Wow. Much dice love this turn. Intrigue was the only real flop, but more than made up for by practically everything else. We may have done TOO WELL at getting the wife pregnant though.
     
    Triplet are really dangerous in this time period, not to say of the eventual succession headaches if at least two survive our protagonist
     
    drake_azathoth said:
    Wow. Much dice love this turn. Intrigue was the only real flop, but more than made up for by practically everything else. We may have done TOO WELL at getting the wife pregnant though.
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    Yanez said:
    Triplet are really dangerous in this time period, not to say of the eventual succession headaches if at least two survive our protagonist
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    On the other hand, more chances of someone managing to inherit ALL of the genetic traits, us and the wife are passing on.
     
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