Cult Creator - The Pilgrims Journey
- Thread starter HeroCooky
- Start date
- Original Mature
cryptoam
building an 1980s encrypted protocol
- Location
- in lockdown waiting and bored...
First, a correction:
Oh dear.
I have a very bad feeling about this.
Remember Aria and the Panopticon?
Should be cracks, not crags(unless the earthquake made hills and mountains).
!!!
Oh dear.
Uh.
I have a very bad feeling about this.
Remember Aria and the Panopticon?
- Location
- Brazil
[X] Yes
That's unfortunate. Not going to use it.
This is ringing all the warning bells.
We had around 35 Goodwill before this Turn, with us having spent 15 and now spending 4, we should have around 16 Goodwill left. We could do "Grease The Wheels" again, but it would bring us preeetty close to 0.
Ouch, that was two bad rolls, on the Action itself and on "Grease The Wheels". We probably can finish this next Turn though.
Way more Success than we needed. I wonder what the overflow is going to do?
Useful, but the only ones that might use shields right now are the Wall. But this will help once we recruit bigger units.
@HeroCooky I just looked up our troops in the Units folder from the last Turn. For some reason, the Wall has Training: Militia (3/6) listed, while the Tech-Scouts have Training: Trained (3/6). I think one of them is wrong.
At least another Turn. Spending Artefacts on this isn't worth it because the overflow is lost, so probably another Personal Action.
I'm surprised the DC wasn't higher, with the Mother in the Forest and stuff.
Yeah, an extra Success is not worth permanent damage. The Forge-Clans would kill us.
Yus, another Scientist to boost rolls and we can get an extra Success again.
Huh? That makes no sense, "Learning To Take Census Pt.1" listed only 2 extra Successes.
Uh, at least it's not the Mother waking up?
It sounds like we're going to need another Action on this.
Could that be the mechanical threat? Some kind of giant earthquake-causing robot? Maybe a tunnel robot?
Hmm, this could be the threat too, but it seems too far away...
We already have guards there. Either hiring more Adventurers or we station the Wall there.
We should send help to the Mutated. It helps them rebuild and we get first-hand accounts about those "noises". Worst case, something is burrowing up to the surface.
[X] No
Succeeding would be nice, but then "Grease The Wheels" next Turn would get us way too close to 0 Goodwill. I prefer failing that one Action over pushing the Psychology projects back.
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
- Location
- Liberl Zemuria.
[X] Yes
I smell opportunity in the earthquake zone. Me thinks we should send a team or two to set up soup kitchens to help the wounded and displaced.
Edit: the two end points for the trade routes could be set up as another route between those if they are close enough together and not on opposite sides of the main hub, IE Us.
I smell opportunity in the earthquake zone. Me thinks we should send a team or two to set up soup kitchens to help the wounded and displaced.
Edit: the two end points for the trade routes could be set up as another route between those if they are close enough together and not on opposite sides of the main hub, IE Us.
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HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
Fixed, it's now properly displayed as "Trained" instead of militia.
Overflow on theories goes straight to the same action again. No success is lost.
Well, she is asleep, and in the wrong section of the Forest.
Fixed it, now shows the 3 correctly.Huh? That makes no sense, "Learning To Take Census Pt.1" listed only 2 extra Successes.
All trade routes open up lines to already established berths.
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
- Location
- Liberl Zemuria.
So does that mean that there are now three routes in the empire now? The Two routes from the Main hub and route from those two that does not pass through the main hub IE us?
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
Ah sorry, I misunderstood what you meant. No, only two lines are active: Jokvi-Tree and Tree-Strul.
But since you now have another berth, you can connect Strul to other cities.
- Location
- United States
Rolling now.
Oof
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
- Location
- Liberl Zemuria.
Are Jokvi and Strul close enough to have a viable route. and would they be willing to do it if we offered to held set it up?
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
All cities can be flown at by every city.
The only linchpin is that you need at least one Airship to do so.
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
- Location
- Liberl Zemuria.
That's the idea. We sell them a transport and get trade going between those cities. And the others will see this and demand the same thus bringing in more money for the pilgrims.
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
The Organized Airship Manufactory allows you to do so.
I assumed the Military was sending people in to check our information. More activity=more danger.
Huh? I was sure... Ah, I asked about how already finished Theories affect the next higher Theories (Common->Advanced, etc.), not about overflow. That explains it. In that case, it would be best to make sure we get 3 Successes on that next Turn.
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I'm really disappointed Labs won, and we spent all that goodwill on something other than psychology. I feel really strongly that we need to help the lost recover, for both strategic and more importantly RP reasons.
Without psycology artefacts there's little we could do. If we had started Illness it would be mostly reliant on automatic successes which would have caused both projects to slow down. Better to focus on one big preoject at a time.
Besides, the situation with the lost seems stable. They are mostly focusing on building themselves a base which will only make it easier to contact them in the future. I think they can hold until we get Illness done.
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Right. Time to get serious about the bunker.
I hope you're right.
Turn 48; Year 11; Month 6; Conversations In The Silence
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
- The Pilgrims
"Sure, I'll tell her that I have feelings for her but have hidden them for over a year while using the veneer of training to get close. Completely sane and not at all creepy," she said, thunking her head back against the cool metal of the gangway in the Knight-Hangar. "God, why didn't you stop me?" Chiedi complained, hiding her face in her hands.
"One," Wiljem calmy began to count. "Because the idea for training was sound, and you didn't propose it to get close to Aria, you rationalized that afterward. Also, someday we will have to contest with Knight-sized Mutants and Machines. Better to figure out how to do that with someone not inclined to squish us. Two, you are too professional to try and flirt in training. Three, I have seen your attempt at flirting. I remain unimpressed." He finished, stuffing another leaf into his mouth and ignoring the light slap against his shoulder.
"I can flirt!" Chiedi retorted, offended. She turned away when Wiljem raised an eyebrow at her, the 'really?' unspoken between them. "I heard people flirt," she amended. Wiljem shook his head in exasperation.
"Listen, from heart to heart? Tell her," he said, looking into her eyes with intensity. "What, exactly, do you have to fear? She will either not reciprocate your feelings, meaning you can start putting this," he began, waving his fork at her, "behind you. Or she will, which makes all this fretting unnecessary. Besides, do you think trying to connect with her through training will make her see you as creepy? On the contrary, if I know anything about Aria, she'll likely be flattered that you tried to do something which would have helped both of you, should nothing come of it all."
Chiedi lifted her head at that, a smile beginning to grow on her face. "You are right-"
"Sorry!" Someone shouted near them, making both flinch. A scholar working on the disassembly and diagnostic of the First Son waved at them from the end of the walkway, his bright red clothes making him stand out. "Sorry," he repeated, pushing his googles upwards. "But have you seen or heard anything out of place lately? Specifically, coming out of any vents?" Both Wiljem and Chiedi shook their heads, causing the man to swear. "Well, thanks anyway." He turned on the spot, walking off again, muttering under his breath.
"Well," Chiedi said, "that wasn't suspicious at all."
***
It was a weird experience for Aria to 'connect' with a machine, though not uncomfortable. More akin to flexing a limb that had fallen asleep, or in a way she had not done for a long time. Although there was a difference in the machine's sophistication; computers induced headaches with the mass of information streaming into her brain, yet Cores proved comfortable and straightforward for the limited sample size she had. After PD had agreed to it, she connected herself to her, dramatically improving their coordination and reaction times. Aria no longer needed to move a muscle to pull the required lever or pedal; a thought was all she needed to move PD. Thought was how both communicated when in the cockpit; speech was not necessary to do so, nor was moving any levers or handles.
A fact she now took full advantage of, sitting next to ^Ä^ while connecting with him. As usual, there was a moment of disorientation as two minds connected or a mind and machine as some would call it. Then, with sharp clearness, the world snapped back into focus, every single speck of dust Aria saw crisp and clear, direction known, with perception blurring and shifting for a moment as things her brain usually ignored were registered before filtered again.
There, a voice softly spoke from within her brain, as the near painful awareness of everything was scaled back to 'only' superhuman clarity. This should be more in line with what you can handle for now."^Ä^?" Aria 'spoke' in her mind, beginning to poke the connection like one would a loose tooth.
Yes, and I would like to thank you for using my chosen name; as difficult as speaking it may be for biological beings such as you. Came the soft voice again, velvety and assured of itself."Nothing to thank me for," Aria deflected, waving a hand in dismissal. "Do you know why I am speaking to you now?"
Yes. The Council wants to know if I'd be ready and willing to help research efforts like the old lady and Angels Demise."Will you?"
Only if asked. Came the response. Aria stayed her thoughts, feeling an explanation coming. An old injury to my मॅट्रिक्स left me unable to use many higher functions of my brain for long. The risk of aggravating the wound is high if I engage the necessary procedures for research."I am sorry to hear that," Aria said, genuinely feeling saddened by his admission. She didn't know what it would feel like to have to limit one's brain due to injuries, nor did she ever wanted to. "But if that is the case, then I will advise the Council against asking you to engage these functions unless in emergencies.
That is all I can ask, ^Ä^ replied, relief flowing back to Aria through the connection they both shared.She also felt the hesitation of him, something laying on his soul. "If there is something you need, please ask. I would be more than happy to help."
Can you talk with me for a bit longer? It is... pleasant, to speak like this with another person. I missed this."Of course," Aria said with a smile, beginning to talk about this and that with ^Ä^, not noticing how minutes turned to hours and then into a new day as an ancient spoke of old times and battles, hopes and dreams, and sorrows held for centuries.
***
"Several gangs have been confirmed to be scouting out the Mirn Consensual. They are the Jackal Hounds, Cleansers, and Night Tropfen, who have lost income and personnel due to prostitutes and performers running away to the Consensual or the Pilgrims. They are currently engaging in intimidation and terror tactics on their remaining personnel, including, but not limited to, physical beatings, forced prostitution, hostages, and legal persecution in seven cases.
While evidence of these cases has been turned over to the Guards as stipulated in section 28.g pertaining to illegal behavior observed by known criminals, the prosecution by authorities is expected to take up to five months.
During this period, at least five separate attacks are to be expected, three by the Night Tropfen, one by the Cleansers, and the last by the Jackal Hounds, with varying degrees of lethality and numbers. These will either be in frontal terror assaults or intimidation and attacks on lone workers going from or towards the Mirn Consensual.
As in section 13.d of our contract, we highly recommend doubling guards for the next two seasons, though hidden from view. If the criminals expect the current level of security, they will be less prepared and more prone to overestimating their strength."
-Summarized report on the security of the Mirn Consensual on gang activity.
***
The miners' rescue in the collapsed mine progressed at a feverish pace, everybody capable of work being put to use. All helped carry rubble, secure passages, distribute food and water as needed, or rested for their next shift in the digging. Scenarios on the state of the trapped miners circulated like wildfires, people shared stories and rumors like they were going out of style, and all who had ever worked underground experienced the silent dread and utter determination to dig them out.
Day in and day out, for over four days, masses of miners hacking away at the rubble and rock blocking their paths, as demands for heavier machinery became louder and louder, before being silenced when a Vanar-Feer Drill-Team arrived on its own initiative, having finished a survey a day prior and decided to help. With their help, a borehole could be driven through the blocking rocks, connecting the miners below to the outside world once more.
With the revelation that only five had been injured in the collapse, spirits soared, and supplies being lowered below allowed the deadline for any hope of recovering the miners alive to be increased to weeks. Still, work continued around the clock, shift after shift coming closer and closer to free their comrades, until, on a foggy morning, rock gave way to artificial light and ragged cheers from the other side.
The rescued miners were ushered into the nearest hospital, but none would require more medication than a saline solution and anti-dehydration treatments.
***
"Should we place the aqueduct here, then?" Marcus asked, placing his finger on the map, causing Kahal to mentally bang his head against a wall. The boy may have an excellent eye for the maths behind architecture, but he had no artistic talent to write home about.
"Here? At the end of the street? Marcus, this will be a focal point of everyday life, as while flowing water in one's home is excellent, nobody spends their entire life inside. People will want to spend it outside, and what better way to do so than in a green space? Here," Kahal continued, marking several circles and routes down. "A garden fits here perfectly, and with only a bit of gardening, you can have trees flourish like weeds, spending shade and tranquility alike."
"But wouldn't we need to take out the middle bridges to do so?" Markus asked, confused at his teacher's insistence on aesthetics.
"Of course it does, but tell me, who will complain about needing to walk a minute longer when they can do so next to a tree within their settlement?"
"Quite a few people, I'd imagine," Markus replied.
Kahal laid his head into his hands, taking a deliberately deep breath, before looking at his student once more. "Nobody. The answer was nobody. People don't care if it takes them a minute longer to switch streets if they have something nice to look at."
"If you say so, boss. So, we place the aqueduct here, plant a garden around the spring, and put the merchants on the first floor?" Kahal stared at his student for a moment before he realized that, yes, he was serious.
"Spirits save me," he muttered, hoping that he could finish the last touches of the expansion to Norqod before Markus murdered his last brain cells.
***
"The Orcist," Turi announced, throwing back the tarp covering the single prototype shield her team had created while she had poked the preservation initiative. "Lightweight at only 11.6 kilograms, it offers full-body coverage thanks to the tower-shield design. This shield enables shield walls to be formed and separated with both speed and ease while not hindering movement too much," she continued, strapping on the shield with one arm while gesturing to two of her assistants with the other, both armed with crossbows. "Two to three people armed with one can defensively block the path through narrow passageways while still allowing for aggressive action. Moreover, it is fully capable of stopping a commercial crossbow cold while being only mildly penetrated by the median military variants." Two bolts slammed into the shield, safely held away from Turi's body, the commercial bolt falling off after failing to penetrate. At the same time, the military variant pierced only a few centimeters into the shield. "Although acid will prove a problem in prolonged engagements, heat-using enemies will find it difficult to cause the wielder to drop the Orcist. This characteristic is thanks to the heat-resistant alloy covering the hardened core of the shield at little minimal cost and weight," Turi continued. She placed the shield against a nearby brazier crackling with fire, not flinching or taking the metal shield away as she continued with her presentation. "While costly in its production, thanks to several methods provided by friendly smiths and armorers, we were able to allow the recycling of most of the shields with minimal fuss. Any questions?" She ended her sales pitch, grinning at the assembled Council.
One of them lifted his hand, staring at her with a bewildered expression. "Yes. Was that presentation necessary?"
"Ah," Turi said, placing her hands in front of her face and pointed at the Councillor. "Kinda. After stumbling upon several notes in a private library, we underran our budget, making our efforts in both the shield and preservation very easy. We tried to return the excessive budget, but Treasury told us we had to spend it due to tax reasons. So we upgraded our security but still had enough left for this presentation."
"Thank you," the Councillor said, mentally adding a visit to the Treasury in his schedule.
"Oh, that reminds me! We studied the preservatives and managed to refine a few methods and collect a few chemicals to increase the edibility of food, but this is my favorite surprise," Turi said, taking out a bottle with 'MILK' written on a label. "Does anyone want to know what edible month-old milk tastes like?"
***
It came without warning.
Without any signs.
Nothing to indicate its coming.
There was silence for one moment, people rising from their beds, eating breakfast, preparing for work, and having one short moment with their family.
The next, the world lurched.
Windows shattered, buildings shook, people were thrown around like mere ants as the ground cracked, and buildings collapsed as sirens began to scream their belated warning into the chaos unfolding underneath their indifferent watch.
Fires began to devour everything, eating through flesh, wood, and fabric with ease, setting ablaze anything in its path, the buildings that had once sheltered their inhabitants now turning into their crematoriums. Smoke billowed from a hundred fires and a hundred settlements as the collapsing houses trapped thousands in their homes, buried alive and injured, or dead. Screams of pain and shock, loss and grief choked the aftermath; when mothers held the smashed corpses of children, siblings tried to comfort their younger siblings as they lay buried and trapped. Fathers, daughters, friends, lovers, and bystanders who would have never met in a thousand different worlds, worked frantically, clearing rubble and giving what little medical aid they could. Every hospital, clinic, and hospice was overrun with the injured and dying, with many triaging the wounded to those who would die and those they could still save, some not even able to provide painkillers to the former. Finally, a general order saw every Knight-Chapter and Regiment march out in force, their organized search and rescue chewing through the debris choking streets and towns.
And that was in those districts which architects had built to a standard, proper building codes followed to the letter and spirits, often beyond at the wishes of their clients. The shaking earth knocked down the Mutated Slums and villages like cards, shattering what little many of them had. Though their death toll was lower in the initial quake, their biology giving enough warning to evacuate as many as possible, following shakes and fires raged like a scythe through wheat. Those with little to them had to try and scrounge whatever remained, as those existences too desolate to be impacted even by this sat aside, empty eyes staring at the carnage around them, indifferent and lost.
Yet, when one looks to the dark in this trying time, they will find it in the looters, the violent gangs trying to blame someone, anyone, for what had happened, and those with the capacity to help but refusing.
And when one looks for the light?
They see hundreds of thousands setting down their works to lift another piece of debris. You will see compassion where before there was only apathy at best, every life held sacred, for now. For this one moment, where it didn't truly matter what one's body looked like, only your ability to help, Human and Mutated shared the work, the tears when another body was found, and the cheers when another survivor was carried away. In this one moment, one could see the seeds of something significant budding if one chooses to grasp the chance.
***
[EMERGENCY]
An Earthquake of 7.3 Magnitude has struck Tessen!
The damage is extensive, and even if you choose to take full potential of the listed Faith Action, many will still die or suffer in its wake. How do the Pilgrims intend to help beyond what they are already doing? More funding for the Hospices, hiring adventurers to coordinate the efforts in outlying villages, fly the Pilgrims Personal Cutter around the clock to import critically needed medicine, etc.?
[ ] (Proposals)
Continued in Interlude: Our Graves Of Greed, Deep Below
***
[EMERGENCY]
An Earthquake of 7.3 Magnitude has struck Tessen!
The damage is extensive, and even if you choose to take full potential of the listed Faith Action, many will still die or suffer in its wake. How do the Pilgrims intend to help beyond what they are already doing? More funding for the Hospices, hiring adventurers to coordinate the efforts in outlying villages, fly the Pilgrims Personal Cutter around the clock to import critically needed medicine, etc.?
[ ] (Proposals)
Continued in Interlude: Our Graves Of Greed, Deep Below
***
Faith: Destructive, Powerful, Magnificent. Faith has moved mountains, healed wounds deeper than flesh, and reduced nations to ash. Harness it to create something that will outlast you and inspire a thousand generations to come. (Choose 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] Wanna Join my Club?
You need people to hear the Pilgrims' message, and you need more people if you want to make sure this does not die before you can get started.
(Chance: Automatic Success
Reward: 1d20+3 Recruits)
[ ] The Pilgrims Need You!
Your missionaries can walk much further and stay out for much longer with the Inn's help, which directly translates to more people hearing the Pilgrims' message, though you may want to focus on one group of people to maximize its effect.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 95%
Reward: 4d20+10 Recruits)
[ ] Feed The Masses
There is a difference between feeding starving, hungry people and ensuring that all have a full belly at the end of the day. That would be the Pilgrims' first significant project, which would do more than keep things from growing worse for the poor.
(Turns: 8
Cost: 55 Materials Upkeep: 16 Materials
Reward: Grand Kitchen, -6 to Piety rolls, +0.5 Goodwill per Turn, 2d20 recruits, 2d12 Goodwill, 2d6 Piety.)
[ ] Establish A Soup-Kitchen - (Choose City) - (Not Mirn)
Another soup kitchen allows you to feed more people, which also makes them like you more. A win-win!
(Chance: 80%
Cost: 4 Materials Upkeep: + 1 Material to soup-kitchens
Reward: 1d6 Recruits, +0.01 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Establish Soup-Kitchens (Bulk)(Ularn/Tessen)
Now that you have a soup kitchen, it is time to expand them to cover the city. About three more should give you a solid base for future expansions and provide your other ventures with places to attach.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 80%
Cost: 11 Materials Upkeep: + 2.5 Materials to soup-kitchens
Reward: 3d6 Recruits, +0.04 Goodwill per Turn, 1d3-1 Goodwill.)
[ ] Expand You Poor Houses - (Choose City)
While you have a house where some people can work themselves out of the holes society left them in, many will need the same. So get to expanding what you have built; the work is not done.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 42%
Cost: 15 Materials, Upkeep: +5 Materials
Reward: Poorhouse - (Expanded), +1 Permanent Recruitment, +0.15 Goodwill per Turn.)
[ ] Establish A Small Hospice - (Choose City)
While a Hospice does cater to the dying, its primary purpose is to heal the sick who cannot afford to see a doctor. Unfortunately, you cannot provide more than the most basic medical procedures until you make some deals and agreements with those who have studied medicine.
(Chance: 40%
Cost: 3 Materials Upkeep: 0.75 Material
Reward: +0.01 Goodwill per Turn, 1d5-1 Goodwill, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Expand Your Hospices
While you have acceptable Hospices, there are many things you can improve; capacity, treatments, things like that. Better get to it!
(Cost: 5 Materials per Hospice, Upkeep: +0.85 Material per Hospice
Reward: +0.05 Goodwill per Turn per Hospice, 1d5+1 Goodwill.)
[ ] Healing For All!
You have the money; they have the expertise. Announce that the Pilgrims will shoulder all costs for any medical procedure done by the Herbalists for the next three months.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Chance: 85%
Reward: Healers gain Influence, 1d3 Goodwill.)
[ ] A Home away from Home - (Location)
While the Tree of Knowledge is the center and Home of the Pilgrims, many projects and actions to help others happen away from it; traveling between the Tree and other cities takes time and, occasionally, resources. A small base closer to those places, serving as a shelter and temporary Home for the Pilgrims working there, could help.
(Cost: 4 Materials, Upkeep: 1.5 Materials
Reward: Local Base, Upkeep of all structure in the chosen location reduced by 0.10 Materials.)
[ ] Build A School - (Big) - (Choose City)
A place of learning, growing, and change, where all are welcome to learn in these halls, whether beggar or lord; none are turned away or asked to pay. Knowledge is a gift that should ever be shared, for it does not diminish when given to others.
(Already build within Mirn.
Turns: 3/5/6
Cost: 15/27/39 Materials, 1/2/3 Faithful, Upkeep: 5/9/13 Materials
Chance: 50%
Reward: 0.1/0.3/0.5 Goodwill, -1/3/5 to Piety Rolls.)
[ ] Build An Orphanage - (Small/Medium/Big) - (Choose City)
Many will question you building this and will push against you doing so. Screw them! These children deserve a future where they can choose the path they walk, not one determined by their supposed caretakers' greed and callousness! They deserve happiness, safety, and love!
(Turns: 3/5/7
Cost: 25/47/68 Materials, 2/4/5 Faithful, Upkeep: 10/17/25 Materials
Chance: 20%
Reward: 0.2/0.5/0.8 Goodwill, -2/4/7 to Piety rolls.)
[ ] Let There Be Lightbulbs
You can put a lightbulb in every single one of your buildings, power it with locally generated electricity, and show just how far you came in a mere 7 Years. That it will cost you is expected, but the sight of light at night, steady and clean, will prove that the Pilgrims can realize their ambitions. Do it so.
(Cost: 53.52 Materials, +0.01 Materials Upkeep to all buildings
Turns: 1
Reward: 2d20 Followers, +3% Piety, -2 to Piety rolls.)
[ ] Build Another 'Consensual' - (Location)
You would charge an entry fee from patrons while leaving the workers alone to make their deals themselves. Creating a safe place for people to ply this trade, offering medicine, sanitary facilities, and guards would help out those who chose this path or make use of it. People sell their labor and time for money, so punishing those whose work is sex is crazy.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 6 Materials
Reward: 'Consensual,' +0.01 Goodwill, 2d4-1 Materials income by charging entry from patrons, unlocks an upgrade.)
[X] Build Upon A 'Consensual' - (Mirn) - (2/3 Turns Complete)
Unexpectedly, the brothel you built seems to have rapidly gained a reputation as a high-class establishment. While good for your purse, less suitable for those who have less than 'expert talents' within the industry. By building new floors and digging some down, you could make enough space for all who tried to work in the Consensual but had to be turned away due to all rooms being full. It would be costly but will help those trying to escape forced sex labor but have no other applicable working skills. You would need to step up the security, though.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 20 Materials, Upkeep: 6 Materials
Reward: Upgraded 'Consensual,' +0.02 Goodwill, +3d4 Income for the Consensual.)
[ ] Ready Immediate Aid For (Mirn/Ularn/Jokvi/Tessen/Strul/Zulmni)
The recent earthquake hit the Region hard, burying many in rubble and wiping out lives without care. Too many are lost, too many injured, and not enough hands are there to help. Drum up what support you can, and do the only thing you can: help.
(Turns: 1
Requires only 1(one) Action, regardless of how many cities are chosen.
Cost: 24.25 Materials per city.
Reward: More survive this catastrophe, fewer people will be stranded, homeless and destitute.
Warning: Not taking this Action at least once will lead to 2d6% Piety loss.)
[ ] Hey, Why Don't We... (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you go about doing it?)
You need people to hear the Pilgrims' message, and you need more people if you want to make sure this does not die before you can get started.
(Chance: Automatic Success
Reward: 1d20+3 Recruits)
[ ] The Pilgrims Need You!
Your missionaries can walk much further and stay out for much longer with the Inn's help, which directly translates to more people hearing the Pilgrims' message, though you may want to focus on one group of people to maximize its effect.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 95%
Reward: 4d20+10 Recruits)
[ ] Feed The Masses
There is a difference between feeding starving, hungry people and ensuring that all have a full belly at the end of the day. That would be the Pilgrims' first significant project, which would do more than keep things from growing worse for the poor.
(Turns: 8
Cost: 55 Materials Upkeep: 16 Materials
Reward: Grand Kitchen, -6 to Piety rolls, +0.5 Goodwill per Turn, 2d20 recruits, 2d12 Goodwill, 2d6 Piety.)
[ ] Establish A Soup-Kitchen - (Choose City) - (Not Mirn)
Another soup kitchen allows you to feed more people, which also makes them like you more. A win-win!
(Chance: 80%
Cost: 4 Materials Upkeep: + 1 Material to soup-kitchens
Reward: 1d6 Recruits, +0.01 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Establish Soup-Kitchens (Bulk)(Ularn/Tessen)
Now that you have a soup kitchen, it is time to expand them to cover the city. About three more should give you a solid base for future expansions and provide your other ventures with places to attach.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 80%
Cost: 11 Materials Upkeep: + 2.5 Materials to soup-kitchens
Reward: 3d6 Recruits, +0.04 Goodwill per Turn, 1d3-1 Goodwill.)
[ ] Expand You Poor Houses - (Choose City)
While you have a house where some people can work themselves out of the holes society left them in, many will need the same. So get to expanding what you have built; the work is not done.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 42%
Cost: 15 Materials, Upkeep: +5 Materials
Reward: Poorhouse - (Expanded), +1 Permanent Recruitment, +0.15 Goodwill per Turn.)
[ ] Establish A Small Hospice - (Choose City)
While a Hospice does cater to the dying, its primary purpose is to heal the sick who cannot afford to see a doctor. Unfortunately, you cannot provide more than the most basic medical procedures until you make some deals and agreements with those who have studied medicine.
(Chance: 40%
Cost: 3 Materials Upkeep: 0.75 Material
Reward: +0.01 Goodwill per Turn, 1d5-1 Goodwill, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Expand Your Hospices
While you have acceptable Hospices, there are many things you can improve; capacity, treatments, things like that. Better get to it!
(Cost: 5 Materials per Hospice, Upkeep: +0.85 Material per Hospice
Reward: +0.05 Goodwill per Turn per Hospice, 1d5+1 Goodwill.)
[ ] Healing For All!
You have the money; they have the expertise. Announce that the Pilgrims will shoulder all costs for any medical procedure done by the Herbalists for the next three months.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Chance: 85%
Reward: Healers gain Influence, 1d3 Goodwill.)
[ ] A Home away from Home - (Location)
While the Tree of Knowledge is the center and Home of the Pilgrims, many projects and actions to help others happen away from it; traveling between the Tree and other cities takes time and, occasionally, resources. A small base closer to those places, serving as a shelter and temporary Home for the Pilgrims working there, could help.
(Cost: 4 Materials, Upkeep: 1.5 Materials
Reward: Local Base, Upkeep of all structure in the chosen location reduced by 0.10 Materials.)
[ ] Build A School - (Big) - (Choose City)
A place of learning, growing, and change, where all are welcome to learn in these halls, whether beggar or lord; none are turned away or asked to pay. Knowledge is a gift that should ever be shared, for it does not diminish when given to others.
(Already build within Mirn.
Turns: 3/5/6
Cost: 15/27/39 Materials, 1/2/3 Faithful, Upkeep: 5/9/13 Materials
Chance: 50%
Reward: 0.1/0.3/0.5 Goodwill, -1/3/5 to Piety Rolls.)
[ ] Build An Orphanage - (Small/Medium/Big) - (Choose City)
Many will question you building this and will push against you doing so. Screw them! These children deserve a future where they can choose the path they walk, not one determined by their supposed caretakers' greed and callousness! They deserve happiness, safety, and love!
(Turns: 3/5/7
Cost: 25/47/68 Materials, 2/4/5 Faithful, Upkeep: 10/17/25 Materials
Chance: 20%
Reward: 0.2/0.5/0.8 Goodwill, -2/4/7 to Piety rolls.)
[ ] Let There Be Lightbulbs
You can put a lightbulb in every single one of your buildings, power it with locally generated electricity, and show just how far you came in a mere 7 Years. That it will cost you is expected, but the sight of light at night, steady and clean, will prove that the Pilgrims can realize their ambitions. Do it so.
(Cost: 53.52 Materials, +0.01 Materials Upkeep to all buildings
Turns: 1
Reward: 2d20 Followers, +3% Piety, -2 to Piety rolls.)
[ ] Build Another 'Consensual' - (Location)
You would charge an entry fee from patrons while leaving the workers alone to make their deals themselves. Creating a safe place for people to ply this trade, offering medicine, sanitary facilities, and guards would help out those who chose this path or make use of it. People sell their labor and time for money, so punishing those whose work is sex is crazy.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 6 Materials
Reward: 'Consensual,' +0.01 Goodwill, 2d4-1 Materials income by charging entry from patrons, unlocks an upgrade.)
[X] Build Upon A 'Consensual' - (Mirn) - (2/3 Turns Complete)
Unexpectedly, the brothel you built seems to have rapidly gained a reputation as a high-class establishment. While good for your purse, less suitable for those who have less than 'expert talents' within the industry. By building new floors and digging some down, you could make enough space for all who tried to work in the Consensual but had to be turned away due to all rooms being full. It would be costly but will help those trying to escape forced sex labor but have no other applicable working skills. You would need to step up the security, though.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 20 Materials, Upkeep: 6 Materials
Reward: Upgraded 'Consensual,' +0.02 Goodwill, +3d4 Income for the Consensual.)
[ ] Ready Immediate Aid For (Mirn/Ularn/Jokvi/Tessen/Strul/Zulmni)
The recent earthquake hit the Region hard, burying many in rubble and wiping out lives without care. Too many are lost, too many injured, and not enough hands are there to help. Drum up what support you can, and do the only thing you can: help.
(Turns: 1
Requires only 1(one) Action, regardless of how many cities are chosen.
Cost: 24.25 Materials per city.
Reward: More survive this catastrophe, fewer people will be stranded, homeless and destitute.
Warning: Not taking this Action at least once will lead to 2d6% Piety loss.)
[ ] Hey, Why Don't We... (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you go about doing it?)
Diplomacy: The art of speaking many words that mean nothing should not be underestimated. A report in the right ear at the wrong time has toppled many a nation. (1 Action Locked)
[X] New Settlement, Who Dis? - (5/6 Turns Complete)
When the Nine Tribes announced that they would be forming a federation with semi-permanent settlements, the various traders within the Pilgrims practically kicked open your doors, demanding that we try to get in on the ground floor. The benefits are many and obvious: access to rare artifacts, herbs, metals, and foods, being able to source needed expertise, ingratiating the Pilgrims to a forming society, having a market where all artifacts are welcome, needed, and desired. Of course, the costs are high, but we should not underestimate the rewards!
(Cost: 80 Materials (Are refunded/not taken if action fails)
Chance: 62% (Once)
Turns: 6
Reward: Nine Tribes Council permanently unlocked as a support faction. Gain ??? if ??? happens.)
[ ] We Are One People! - (Choose Faction)
To harm someone because they look different is idiotic and utterly wrong. You cannot push another down and still call yourself righteous, no matter how they look. Even the lowest deserve our respect as fellow human beings. Start a propaganda campaign to change the Mutated view, bring the people together, and start on the road to reconciliation.
(Cost: 20 Materials
Chance:60/-20% 80/20% for Locals/Elites (rolled each turn)
Successes Needed:4/6 2/4
Reward: +1 Relationship for the Mutated with the chosen faction, +15% Piety, 3d20 Recruits, +1d12 Goodwill)
[ ] School The Diplomat-Corp - (Specialized) - (Choose Target)
Your Training for the diplomats is as comprehensive as possible to create for the foreseeable future. Now you either need institutional knowledge or an in-depth look into one faction to help you out more.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 55% for Locals, 40% for Elite, cannot choose The Union of Herbalists, The Church Of Eden.
Reward: +15 to all rolls involving said faction.)
[ ] High-End Introduction - (Choose Elite Faction)
You should probably introduce yourself to the local Nobility, Church, and Military to assure them that you are no threat and comply with any official and legal requests to ensure no miscommunication with the Pilgrims. It would also ensure that you could ask for help from them in the future.
(Chance: 65% for Nobility and Churches (choose The Emperor, Church of Eden, The Followers of Light), rolled with a +10
Reward: Official point of contact with a faction and unlocks future actions)
[ ] Train The Infiltrator-Corp - (Greater)
What's done is done; now, you can only ensure that they do the best job that they can do.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 45%
Reward: Can infiltrate factions for fewer Materials. Raised Chances to secret actions)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 1 - (Choose Faction)
With spies now available to the Pilgrims, it may be the time to make sure that they are in place to ply their trade. This step primarily focuses on laying the groundwork for future expansions and won't get you any detailed information. It is also nothing more than paying some people to pass on rumors, which is pretty much standard practice within Slatnan and won't raise too many eyebrows. Still, even basic knowledge may allow you to plan farther ahead.
(Cost: 3 Materials
Turns: 3
Chance: 80%
Reward: Target is Infiltrated, displays information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 2 - (Choose Faction)
Further infiltration of chosen organizations will reveal far more secrets and allow far riskier actions to be taken. It will be a step over the law, though, with failure not being a good outcome.
(Needed: Information Network: Rank 1
Cost: 12 Materials
Turns: 2
Chance: 55%
Reward: Spies are planted, displays more information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
[ ] Exfiltrate - (Target)
What is yours is mine; what is mine is none of your concern.
(Chance: 70%, 80% for: The Church Of Eden, Criminal Organizations, The Military.
Reward: 2d6-3 Materials + Chance for Secrets (The Church Of Eden))
[ ] Illuminate - (Target)
Holder of justice, beacon in the dark, I have sinned. Liberate me of my darkness, unburden me of this pain, and my deed feed that may eternally grow.
(Cost: 6 Materials
Chance: 50%, 60% for: The Church Of Eden, Criminal Organizations, The Military.
Reward: Target has their operations/structures halted/crippled/terminated.)
[ ] Shouldn't We... (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you go about doing it?)
When the Nine Tribes announced that they would be forming a federation with semi-permanent settlements, the various traders within the Pilgrims practically kicked open your doors, demanding that we try to get in on the ground floor. The benefits are many and obvious: access to rare artifacts, herbs, metals, and foods, being able to source needed expertise, ingratiating the Pilgrims to a forming society, having a market where all artifacts are welcome, needed, and desired. Of course, the costs are high, but we should not underestimate the rewards!
(Cost: 80 Materials (Are refunded/not taken if action fails)
Chance: 62% (Once)
Turns: 6
Reward: Nine Tribes Council permanently unlocked as a support faction. Gain ??? if ??? happens.)
[ ] We Are One People! - (Choose Faction)
To harm someone because they look different is idiotic and utterly wrong. You cannot push another down and still call yourself righteous, no matter how they look. Even the lowest deserve our respect as fellow human beings. Start a propaganda campaign to change the Mutated view, bring the people together, and start on the road to reconciliation.
(Cost: 20 Materials
Chance:
Successes Needed:
Reward: +1 Relationship for the Mutated with the chosen faction, +15% Piety, 3d20 Recruits, +1d12 Goodwill)
[ ] School The Diplomat-Corp - (Specialized) - (Choose Target)
Your Training for the diplomats is as comprehensive as possible to create for the foreseeable future. Now you either need institutional knowledge or an in-depth look into one faction to help you out more.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 55% for Locals, 40% for Elite, cannot choose The Union of Herbalists, The Church Of Eden.
Reward: +15 to all rolls involving said faction.)
[ ] High-End Introduction - (Choose Elite Faction)
You should probably introduce yourself to the local Nobility, Church, and Military to assure them that you are no threat and comply with any official and legal requests to ensure no miscommunication with the Pilgrims. It would also ensure that you could ask for help from them in the future.
(Chance: 65% for Nobility and Churches (choose The Emperor, Church of Eden, The Followers of Light), rolled with a +10
Reward: Official point of contact with a faction and unlocks future actions)
[ ] Train The Infiltrator-Corp - (Greater)
What's done is done; now, you can only ensure that they do the best job that they can do.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 45%
Reward: Can infiltrate factions for fewer Materials. Raised Chances to secret actions)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 1 - (Choose Faction)
With spies now available to the Pilgrims, it may be the time to make sure that they are in place to ply their trade. This step primarily focuses on laying the groundwork for future expansions and won't get you any detailed information. It is also nothing more than paying some people to pass on rumors, which is pretty much standard practice within Slatnan and won't raise too many eyebrows. Still, even basic knowledge may allow you to plan farther ahead.
(Cost: 3 Materials
Turns: 3
Chance: 80%
Reward: Target is Infiltrated, displays information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 2 - (Choose Faction)
Further infiltration of chosen organizations will reveal far more secrets and allow far riskier actions to be taken. It will be a step over the law, though, with failure not being a good outcome.
(Needed: Information Network: Rank 1
Cost: 12 Materials
Turns: 2
Chance: 55%
Reward: Spies are planted, displays more information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
[ ] Exfiltrate - (Target)
What is yours is mine; what is mine is none of your concern.
(Chance: 70%, 80% for: The Church Of Eden, Criminal Organizations, The Military.
Reward: 2d6-3 Materials + Chance for Secrets (The Church Of Eden))
[ ] Illuminate - (Target)
Holder of justice, beacon in the dark, I have sinned. Liberate me of my darkness, unburden me of this pain, and my deed feed that may eternally grow.
(Cost: 6 Materials
Chance: 50%, 60% for: The Church Of Eden, Criminal Organizations, The Military.
Reward: Target has their operations/structures halted/crippled/terminated.)
[ ] Shouldn't We... (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you go about doing it?)
Martial: To live, you need power, for which you need knowledge. Luckily, you have the latter in spares. (1 Action Locked)
[ ] Scout Out.
While you know that enemies exist in one location, you do not know what forces they represent and how many. Remedy that.
(Takes 1 Unit - (Specify which)
Chance: 75%, starts Combat if failed by more than 20%
Reward: Numbers and composition of Enemies are revealed at the chosen location.)
[ ] Guards! Guards! - (Specify Building)
While the Tree of Knowledge has some security, it doesn't have a dedicated guard. Start training a few Pilgrims as guards so that you don't have to worry about thieves or, even worse, saboteurs.
(Cost: 6.5 Materials, Upkeep: 0.55 Materials
Turns: 1
Reward: Pilgrim Guards are assigned to the building, sharply increased DC for malicious actions against it.)
[ ] Make A Man Out Of You! - (Choose Trainer Unit) - (Choose Training Unit)
Now that the Unbroken returned from the Crusade, you can access an experienced and highly trained Unit. See if they can't share some of that experience with your other teams and teach them a thing or two.
(Needed Unit Training: (3/6)
Turns: 3
Reward: +1 Training Level, up to the training Units level, -1.)
[X] Build An Armory - (Grand) - (1/4 Turns Complete)
Having a building for your arms and armor, where people can swiftly outfit themselves and be ready for defensive or offensive action against attackers, is just plain common sense. You feel that this is the maximum of a militia you could operate without raising suspicion.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 24 Materials
Reward: Can supply and equip 18 Units. Unlocks further actions)
[ ] Build A Training Field - (Expanded)
A big field to run laps around with some practice dummies for ranged and melee Combat is lovely and all, but it isn't enough. Buy state-of-the-art equipment, have a dedicated trainer on hand, and refine your methods for training people for the worst-case scenarios.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 18 Materials, 1 Faithful, +2 Materials upkeep
Reward: Can recruit Units at (3/6 Trained) instead of (2/6 Militia))
[ ] Upgrade The Central Region Security To (Private Security/Mercenary Command)
Now with the CRS established and securing our various facilities around Tessen, we have the possibility to both upgrade and expand its operations or turning the organization into a licensed offshoot of the Tessen Adventurer Guild. The first would improve our security with more extended training for guards, intensified background checks, and qualitative improvements. The latter would make us money back at the expense of inviting more corruption or agents into the structure.
(Turns: 3/5
Cost: 32.50/27.00 Materials, 12.45/9.55 Materials Upkeep
Reward: CRS (Private Security/Mercenary Command), which improves the security of all facilities and Pilgrims within Tessen/gains us money via mercenary contracts, can be upgraded to CRS - Elite Private Security/Elite Mercenary Command.)
[ ] Pump Those Legs! - (Choose A Unit-Name)(Choose Equipment)
You have things people want. Some of those are not the kind to kindly ask for a price, but instead, take. Well, the Pilgrims may be idealists, but they are long-used to the horrors of the Wastes. Formalize them in a military unit.
(Cost: X(Equipment) Materials, 0.5 Goodwill, +2.50 Materials Unit-Upkeep
Reward: 1 New Unit (Size 6/6) at Militia (2/6)
[ ] Sir! The Situation Is As Follows: (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you go about doing it?)
While you know that enemies exist in one location, you do not know what forces they represent and how many. Remedy that.
(Takes 1 Unit - (Specify which)
Chance: 75%, starts Combat if failed by more than 20%
Reward: Numbers and composition of Enemies are revealed at the chosen location.)
[ ] Guards! Guards! - (Specify Building)
While the Tree of Knowledge has some security, it doesn't have a dedicated guard. Start training a few Pilgrims as guards so that you don't have to worry about thieves or, even worse, saboteurs.
(Cost: 6.5 Materials, Upkeep: 0.55 Materials
Turns: 1
Reward: Pilgrim Guards are assigned to the building, sharply increased DC for malicious actions against it.)
[ ] Make A Man Out Of You! - (Choose Trainer Unit) - (Choose Training Unit)
Now that the Unbroken returned from the Crusade, you can access an experienced and highly trained Unit. See if they can't share some of that experience with your other teams and teach them a thing or two.
(Needed Unit Training: (3/6)
Turns: 3
Reward: +1 Training Level, up to the training Units level, -1.)
[X] Build An Armory - (Grand) - (1/4 Turns Complete)
Having a building for your arms and armor, where people can swiftly outfit themselves and be ready for defensive or offensive action against attackers, is just plain common sense. You feel that this is the maximum of a militia you could operate without raising suspicion.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 24 Materials
Reward: Can supply and equip 18 Units. Unlocks further actions)
[ ] Build A Training Field - (Expanded)
A big field to run laps around with some practice dummies for ranged and melee Combat is lovely and all, but it isn't enough. Buy state-of-the-art equipment, have a dedicated trainer on hand, and refine your methods for training people for the worst-case scenarios.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 18 Materials, 1 Faithful, +2 Materials upkeep
Reward: Can recruit Units at (3/6 Trained) instead of (2/6 Militia))
[ ] Upgrade The Central Region Security To (Private Security/Mercenary Command)
Now with the CRS established and securing our various facilities around Tessen, we have the possibility to both upgrade and expand its operations or turning the organization into a licensed offshoot of the Tessen Adventurer Guild. The first would improve our security with more extended training for guards, intensified background checks, and qualitative improvements. The latter would make us money back at the expense of inviting more corruption or agents into the structure.
(Turns: 3/5
Cost: 32.50/27.00 Materials, 12.45/9.55 Materials Upkeep
Reward: CRS (Private Security/Mercenary Command), which improves the security of all facilities and Pilgrims within Tessen/gains us money via mercenary contracts, can be upgraded to CRS - Elite Private Security/Elite Mercenary Command.)
[ ] Pump Those Legs! - (Choose A Unit-Name)(Choose Equipment)
You have things people want. Some of those are not the kind to kindly ask for a price, but instead, take. Well, the Pilgrims may be idealists, but they are long-used to the horrors of the Wastes. Formalize them in a military unit.
(Cost: X(Equipment) Materials, 0.5 Goodwill, +2.50 Materials Unit-Upkeep
Reward: 1 New Unit (Size 6/6) at Militia (2/6)
[ ] Sir! The Situation Is As Follows: (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you go about doing it?)
Learning: Knowledge is Power. (Choose 2 Actions, 1 Action Locked)(Artifacts can be attached to one learning Action to provide the inherent bonus but are consumed unless unique buildings are present)(Scientists must now be assigned to provide their bonus, similar to Faithful, abbreviated to SC. (Adding -[PD] or -[DoD] will add 1(one) Success to 1(one) active research.)
[ ] Gather Propulsion Data - (All Machinery/Chemicals)
It should surprise no one that the Daughter has the single most advanced engines globally, rivaled perhaps only by one Dreadnought. So figuring out how to reproduce those systems would be prudent in case of failure and offer a giant leap in native capabilities.
(Chance: -45/-175/-347 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 31
Reward: Massive leap in engine know-how and airship speed.)
[ ] Gather Structural Information - (All Metallurgy/Physics)
It should surprise no one that the Daughter is the single most advanced Airship globally, rivaled perhaps only by one Dreadnought. Learning how to build as structurally sound as her creators would allow native airships to better weather any attacks and survive the inevitable crashes when their suspendium is destroyed better. Or enable the crew to endure the touchdown in some manner.
(Chance: 21/-69/-142 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 16
Reward: Increased Structural Integrity for all Airship Components.)
[ ] Look At The Daughters Suspendium Systems - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
When an Elder Forge-Clan Engineer looked at how the Daughter stays afloat, his exact words were: "What in Myra's Holy Name is this abomination to sanity?" So figuring out how it works and reproducing these systems will likely be a pipe-dream for decades and centuries. Still, even a rough outline would show the principles the original creators followed.
(Chance: -44/-89/-139 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 17
Reward: Reduction for all Suspendium Research.)
[ ] Structural Integrity Studies - (Advanced Physics)
Building your first Airship revealed the myriad of flaws, restrictions, and troubles that will plague all future attempts to create more. Above all, trying to design a ship around, under, or above upwards forces is problematic. However, the pull and subsequent stresses upon material and components is nothing to dismiss, so figuring out how to negate, or at the least minimize, those forces will prove a godsend for future attempts.
(Cost: 57.25 Materials
Chance: 43/12/.19 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 16
Reward: Structural Integrity +1/2/3 for all modules in Light/Medium/Heavy Airships.)
[ ] Large Suspendium Bags - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
Now that you have figured out how to keep suspendium bags charged even while in flight, figuring out how to increase the amount of suspendium to allow for larger bags is the next step.
(Needed: 2 Suspendium Shards - Small
Cost: 12.67 Materials
Chance: 66/34/01 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Gain Large Suspendium Bags, 2.500 Kg Lift, -5 Structure.)
[ ] Armored Suspendium Bags - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
It's one thing to be within a cart, on the ground, and another to be in the air held aloft by bags filled with crystals. Bags, which can, quite easily, be punctured and set aflame by a single well-placed shot or flying Mutant taking offense. While this will reduce the service-ceiling of the Airship, it will increase its survival chances in a fight.
(Cost: 6.43 Materials
Chance: 15/-34/-79 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Gain Armored Suspendium Bags, increasing the structure of all ships with these bags. 750 Kg Lift)
[ ] Pressurized Suspendium - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
Rather than trying to get more Suspendium inside a flammable bag which can be ripped open by anything, why not miniaturize and pressurize the crystals instead? Case in point, doing so may have a slight chance of exploding.
(Needed: Suspendium Shard - Tiny
Cost: 5 Materials
Chance: -34/-106/-200 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
Reward: Gain Pressurized Suspendium, allowing a much higher rate of lift in exchange for instability. 5.000 Kg, -3 Structure, 10% to explode if taking damage.)
[ ] Propulsion In The Air -(Advanced Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
Moving around on the ground is easy; driving around in the air, less so. Relying on sails is good, but what if there is no wind? How do you move around then?
(Cost: 17.31 Materials
Chance: -01/-56/-101 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
Reward: Airship Modules: Tiny and Small Vuur-Engine Room, Tiny Fuel Storage, Prototype Airscrew.)
[ ] Catalogue Everything 2: Airship Boogaloo - (Ship Type) - (Damage) - (Units) - (All Suspendium/Electronics/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
Second verse like the first. Before you can get those ships up and running, or flying in this case, you need to understand how their systems interact with each other and how they can be repaired or powered up enough to get back to the Tree.
-[ ] Forge-Clan Gamble: +2 Successes per Turn in exchange for locking in an Action/s to retrieve 1d3-1 Hull/s.
-[ ] Local Examination: Increase Success Chance by 100%, 20%-Chance to be attacked by unknown forces.
-[ ] Take It Apart: (Airship Type, Damage): Increase Success Chance by 55%, 5%-Chance to be attacked by unknown forces, 2d8 Airship Artifacts.
[ ] Prototype Unique Component
One of the Pilgrims has come forward with a new and novel application of known or old technology for Airships. We could look into its efficacy.
(Cost: ??? Materials, ??? Suspendium
Chance: ???/???/??? for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: ???
Reward: Requested Module. Describe what you want, and I'll tell you what it will cost/require.)
[ ] Prototype Unique Designs - (Link To/List Of Proposed Design) - (Common Mechanics/Hydraulic/Armor/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
Now that you have developed standardized modules, building a specific airship around or with those components would be safe.
(Cost: 25 Materials + (Design Costs)
Chance:
Light (0-2.000 Kg Lift): 50/00/-50 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 4
Medium (2.001-200.000 Kg Lift): -150/-250/-350 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 26
Heavy (200.001+ Kg Lift): -500/-700/-1.100 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 450
Reward: Airship Desing is being manufactured and sold. The Price is pre-rolled and applied to all subsequently assembled airships of the same line.
Warning: Insufficient institutional knowledge makes designing Medium+ Airships unpractical.
WARNING: Airships incur Material and Suspendium costs in their production.
WARNING: Organized Airship Manufactory missing! Production cannot occur!)
(Cost: 42/30/23/10 Materials
Chance: 28/-47/-113 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 45/30/17/5
Reward: Can recover (Ship Type+Damage).)
It should surprise no one that the Daughter has the single most advanced engines globally, rivaled perhaps only by one Dreadnought. So figuring out how to reproduce those systems would be prudent in case of failure and offer a giant leap in native capabilities.
(Chance: -45/-175/-347 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 31
Reward: Massive leap in engine know-how and airship speed.)
[ ] Gather Structural Information - (All Metallurgy/Physics)
It should surprise no one that the Daughter is the single most advanced Airship globally, rivaled perhaps only by one Dreadnought. Learning how to build as structurally sound as her creators would allow native airships to better weather any attacks and survive the inevitable crashes when their suspendium is destroyed better. Or enable the crew to endure the touchdown in some manner.
(Chance: 21/-69/-142 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 16
Reward: Increased Structural Integrity for all Airship Components.)
[ ] Look At The Daughters Suspendium Systems - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
When an Elder Forge-Clan Engineer looked at how the Daughter stays afloat, his exact words were: "What in Myra's Holy Name is this abomination to sanity?" So figuring out how it works and reproducing these systems will likely be a pipe-dream for decades and centuries. Still, even a rough outline would show the principles the original creators followed.
(Chance: -44/-89/-139 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 17
Reward: Reduction for all Suspendium Research.)
[ ] Structural Integrity Studies - (Advanced Physics)
Building your first Airship revealed the myriad of flaws, restrictions, and troubles that will plague all future attempts to create more. Above all, trying to design a ship around, under, or above upwards forces is problematic. However, the pull and subsequent stresses upon material and components is nothing to dismiss, so figuring out how to negate, or at the least minimize, those forces will prove a godsend for future attempts.
(Cost: 57.25 Materials
Chance: 43/12/.19 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 16
Reward: Structural Integrity +1/2/3 for all modules in Light/Medium/Heavy Airships.)
[ ] Large Suspendium Bags - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
Now that you have figured out how to keep suspendium bags charged even while in flight, figuring out how to increase the amount of suspendium to allow for larger bags is the next step.
(Needed: 2 Suspendium Shards - Small
Cost: 12.67 Materials
Chance: 66/34/01 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Gain Large Suspendium Bags, 2.500 Kg Lift, -5 Structure.)
[ ] Armored Suspendium Bags - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
It's one thing to be within a cart, on the ground, and another to be in the air held aloft by bags filled with crystals. Bags, which can, quite easily, be punctured and set aflame by a single well-placed shot or flying Mutant taking offense. While this will reduce the service-ceiling of the Airship, it will increase its survival chances in a fight.
(Cost: 6.43 Materials
Chance: 15/-34/-79 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Gain Armored Suspendium Bags, increasing the structure of all ships with these bags. 750 Kg Lift)
[ ] Pressurized Suspendium - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
Rather than trying to get more Suspendium inside a flammable bag which can be ripped open by anything, why not miniaturize and pressurize the crystals instead? Case in point, doing so may have a slight chance of exploding.
(Needed: Suspendium Shard - Tiny
Cost: 5 Materials
Chance: -34/-106/-200 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
Reward: Gain Pressurized Suspendium, allowing a much higher rate of lift in exchange for instability. 5.000 Kg, -3 Structure, 10% to explode if taking damage.)
[ ] Propulsion In The Air -(Advanced Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
Moving around on the ground is easy; driving around in the air, less so. Relying on sails is good, but what if there is no wind? How do you move around then?
(Cost: 17.31 Materials
Chance: -01/-56/-101 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
Reward: Airship Modules: Tiny and Small Vuur-Engine Room, Tiny Fuel Storage, Prototype Airscrew.)
[ ] Catalogue Everything 2: Airship Boogaloo - (Ship Type) - (Damage) - (Units) - (All Suspendium/Electronics/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
Second verse like the first. Before you can get those ships up and running, or flying in this case, you need to understand how their systems interact with each other and how they can be repaired or powered up enough to get back to the Tree.
-[ ] Forge-Clan Gamble: +2 Successes per Turn in exchange for locking in an Action/s to retrieve 1d3-1 Hull/s.
-[ ] Local Examination: Increase Success Chance by 100%, 20%-Chance to be attacked by unknown forces.
-[ ] Take It Apart: (Airship Type, Damage): Increase Success Chance by 55%, 5%-Chance to be attacked by unknown forces, 2d8 Airship Artifacts.
Warships (Armed 500 ton): 3 Intact (<80%), 1 Damaged (<60%)
Cargo Crafts (Unarmed 1000 ton): 10 Intact (<80%), 2 Damaged (<60%)
Line Vessels (Unnarmed 200 ton): 14 Intact (<80%), 4 Damaged (<60%), 8 Destroyed (<20%)
Personal Cutters (Unnarmed 20 ton): 56 Intact (<80%), 2 Damaged (<60%), 16 Destroyed (<20%)
Cargo Crafts (Unarmed 1000 ton): 10 Intact (<80%), 2 Damaged (<60%)
Line Vessels (Unnarmed 200 ton): 14 Intact (<80%), 4 Damaged (<60%), 8 Destroyed (<20%)
Personal Cutters (Unnarmed 20 ton): 56 Intact (<80%), 2 Damaged (<60%), 16 Destroyed (<20%)
[ ] Prototype Unique Component
One of the Pilgrims has come forward with a new and novel application of known or old technology for Airships. We could look into its efficacy.
(Cost: ??? Materials, ??? Suspendium
Chance: ???/???/??? for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: ???
Reward: Requested Module. Describe what you want, and I'll tell you what it will cost/require.)
[ ] Prototype Unique Designs - (Link To/List Of Proposed Design) - (Common Mechanics/Hydraulic/Armor/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
Now that you have developed standardized modules, building a specific airship around or with those components would be safe.
(Cost: 25 Materials + (Design Costs)
Chance:
Light (0-2.000 Kg Lift): 50/00/-50 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 4
Medium (2.001-200.000 Kg Lift): -150/-250/-350 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 26
Heavy (200.001+ Kg Lift): -500/-700/-1.100 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 450
Reward: Airship Desing is being manufactured and sold. The Price is pre-rolled and applied to all subsequently assembled airships of the same line.
Warning: Insufficient institutional knowledge makes designing Medium+ Airships unpractical.
WARNING: Airships incur Material and Suspendium costs in their production.
WARNING: Organized Airship Manufactory missing! Production cannot occur!)
(Cost: 42/30/23/10 Materials
Chance: 28/-47/-113 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 45/30/17/5
Reward: Can recover (Ship Type+Damage).)
[ ] Lend A Hand, Arm, And Leg - Part 1 - (All Mechanics/All Electronics)
Unfortunately, many find themselves losing a limb to either accident, disease, or injury. Unfortunately, only those with wealth and connections can go to the Forge-Clans to get a replacement. We found the remains of an ancient prosthetic in the Necropolis; in its current state, it is unusable, but we might be able to glean enough of its design to begin crafting our own. Primitive as these first attempts may be, they will be the first step in easing many people's suffering.
(Cost: Dilapidated Prosthetic
Chance: 41/21/05% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 4
Reward: Primitive Prosthetics are now crafted and sold (+3 Materials), +4% Piety)
[ ] Steel Casting - (Common Mechanics/Common Metallurgy/Common Hydraulics)
The Empire covets very few things as good steel. Many have desired it from Knights to armor and weapons, construction materials, or base components, yet few have the industrial capacity to produce it in enough quantities. Not for lack of trying, though, but because demand always outstrips supply. Learning how to make quality steel on your own would entail the entire process, sped up by helpful notes, diagrams, and theories, but it will still need many tests and trials. Knowledge cannot replace expertise, after all. Too bad that the industrial magnates will not share their secrets with you, but you understand wanting to keep an edge over competitors, even if it slightly rankles you.
(Chance: -02/-69/-216% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Reward: Can build a Steel Foundry, reduced Upkeep for Engine Assembly, Metalsmiths Abode - (Expanded), and subsequent upgrades.)
[ ] Secret Of The Circuit Pt.3 - (Advanced/Pioneer Electronics)
After you had created the PCU, several issues propped up immediately. The most pressing issue was that you were straining the very limits of your manufacturing capabilities, meaning that the PCU's will remain niche and only for the rich until that problem is fixed. So, for now, we will focus on making our electronics cheaper and easier for mass production, enabling us to license their manufacture to enterprising merchants and industrialists and sell them cheap enough to spread our PCU far and wide.
(Cost: 120 materials
Chance: -64/-197/-349% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 25
Reward: Massive reduction in DC and Cost to all electronics-related Actions, upgrades Electronics Manufacture, unlocks Base/Learning Action.)
[ ] Primitive Radios - (Electronics/Advanced Electronics)
Perpetual Defiance mentioned offhandedly that 'the frequencies are surprisingly clear.' causing a near revolt by Turi, trying to get PD to spill all she knew about radios and how they worked. Even though she could not provide much more than 'the basics' as she called them, a radio would boost everything. You have to build one now!
(Chance: 37/-05/-49% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
Reward: The Pilgrims can now make primitive Radios in the Electronic Workshop, raising its Income.)
[ ] MORE STEAM! - (Advanced Hydraulic/Advanced Machinery/Advanced Metallurgy)
You have a steam engine now, yes, but why stop at what you have? There is always room for improvements, even incremental ones! So see what you can do with your Vuur-Engine.
(Cost: 25 Materials
Chance: -47/-101/-252 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 26
Reward: Improved Steam Engine resulting in D20's instead of D12's.)
[ ] The Movement Of Things - Part 1 - (Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
The Vuur-Engine uses steam to power various applications via mechanical means. Said plainly: it turns a wheel. Sure, you have found some novel ways to use that, but there must be more, shouldn't there? Like driving a cart, or something similar?
(Cost: 16 Materials
Chance: 25/-14/-52 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Primitive Prototype for a train and tractor.)
[ ] Agricultural Studies - (Chemicals/Biology)
Something occurred to you the other day. While many people have the needed tools and knowledge to plant crops, there are almost no studies on why some soil is better than others or what type of irrigation is the best for what environment. There is also next to no information on how to maximize yields while minimizing the needed workers. Perhaps you could look into that?
(Chance: 13/07/00% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 12
Reward: Increased Income from your farms, ???)
Unfortunately, many find themselves losing a limb to either accident, disease, or injury. Unfortunately, only those with wealth and connections can go to the Forge-Clans to get a replacement. We found the remains of an ancient prosthetic in the Necropolis; in its current state, it is unusable, but we might be able to glean enough of its design to begin crafting our own. Primitive as these first attempts may be, they will be the first step in easing many people's suffering.
(Cost: Dilapidated Prosthetic
Chance: 41/21/05% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 4
Reward: Primitive Prosthetics are now crafted and sold (+3 Materials), +4% Piety)
[ ] Steel Casting - (Common Mechanics/Common Metallurgy/Common Hydraulics)
The Empire covets very few things as good steel. Many have desired it from Knights to armor and weapons, construction materials, or base components, yet few have the industrial capacity to produce it in enough quantities. Not for lack of trying, though, but because demand always outstrips supply. Learning how to make quality steel on your own would entail the entire process, sped up by helpful notes, diagrams, and theories, but it will still need many tests and trials. Knowledge cannot replace expertise, after all. Too bad that the industrial magnates will not share their secrets with you, but you understand wanting to keep an edge over competitors, even if it slightly rankles you.
(Chance: -02/-69/-216% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Reward: Can build a Steel Foundry, reduced Upkeep for Engine Assembly, Metalsmiths Abode - (Expanded), and subsequent upgrades.)
[ ] Secret Of The Circuit Pt.3 - (Advanced/Pioneer Electronics)
After you had created the PCU, several issues propped up immediately. The most pressing issue was that you were straining the very limits of your manufacturing capabilities, meaning that the PCU's will remain niche and only for the rich until that problem is fixed. So, for now, we will focus on making our electronics cheaper and easier for mass production, enabling us to license their manufacture to enterprising merchants and industrialists and sell them cheap enough to spread our PCU far and wide.
(Cost: 120 materials
Chance: -64/-197/-349% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 25
Reward: Massive reduction in DC and Cost to all electronics-related Actions, upgrades Electronics Manufacture, unlocks Base/Learning Action.)
[ ] Primitive Radios - (Electronics/Advanced Electronics)
Perpetual Defiance mentioned offhandedly that 'the frequencies are surprisingly clear.' causing a near revolt by Turi, trying to get PD to spill all she knew about radios and how they worked. Even though she could not provide much more than 'the basics' as she called them, a radio would boost everything. You have to build one now!
(Chance: 37/-05/-49% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
Reward: The Pilgrims can now make primitive Radios in the Electronic Workshop, raising its Income.)
[ ] MORE STEAM! - (Advanced Hydraulic/Advanced Machinery/Advanced Metallurgy)
You have a steam engine now, yes, but why stop at what you have? There is always room for improvements, even incremental ones! So see what you can do with your Vuur-Engine.
(Cost: 25 Materials
Chance: -47/-101/-252 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 26
Reward: Improved Steam Engine resulting in D20's instead of D12's.)
[ ] The Movement Of Things - Part 1 - (Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
The Vuur-Engine uses steam to power various applications via mechanical means. Said plainly: it turns a wheel. Sure, you have found some novel ways to use that, but there must be more, shouldn't there? Like driving a cart, or something similar?
(Cost: 16 Materials
Chance: 25/-14/-52 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Primitive Prototype for a train and tractor.)
[ ] Agricultural Studies - (Chemicals/Biology)
Something occurred to you the other day. While many people have the needed tools and knowledge to plant crops, there are almost no studies on why some soil is better than others or what type of irrigation is the best for what environment. There is also next to no information on how to maximize yields while minimizing the needed workers. Perhaps you could look into that?
(Chance: 13/07/00% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 12
Reward: Increased Income from your farms, ???)
[ ] A Shields For Rangers - (Armor)
After finishing research into a shield that your militia and troops could use, one of your scholars came forth with designs for one that your ranged troops could use. It wouldn't be a short endeavor and costly in terms of materials, but it could provide a leg up in terms of armor.
(Cost: 12.65 Materials
Chance: 72/41/10% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
Reward: Spiked Pavise.)
[ ] Electric Guardians - (Advanced Weapons/Programming/Machinery/Electronics)
While nowadays, most security systems consist of locks and guards (human and otherwise), before the Collapse, things were a bit more complicated. We are unlikely to reach that level anytime soon, but research into this Artefact should improve our security.
(Cost: Anti-Thief Watch Systems
Chance: -27/-69/-101 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Reward: Improved infiltration DC of the Tree of Knowledge, Reduced upkeep costs for Guards! Guards!/Guardians For Hire.)
[ ] A Study Of Scarlet Blue Pt.1 - (All Physics/Chemicals/Hydraulics)
PD's way of keeping cool is via a blue-red liquid, which also contains vital components needed for her internal and external self-repair capabilities. During a cooling cycle, the fluid passes through several devices meant to siphon off and reduce temperature. With a firm(er) grasp on how such a thing works mechanically, it is now possible to attempt a peek into what makes PD's coolant systems tick and maybe see if there are any ways to improve the same.
(Chance: -64/-174/-294 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 16
Reward: +5 to all rolls made by PD.)
[ ] Fuck That Guy And Everything Around Him - Part 1 - (Physics/All Chemicals/Advanced Weapons)
Your scavengers found what the Vanar-Feer tell you is an Artifact to launch rockets and other high explosives. While you are aware of what missiles are, you thought them confined to Knights or static emplacements; being able to craft a portable version would net you a powerful weapon on the battlefield. The chemical compositions will require extensive testing, but with some help from recently unearthed Artifacts, the delivery methods are easy to figure out.
(Required Artifact: Self-Loading Rocket Tube or Ammunition Storage Feeder
Cost: 22 Materials
Chance: 17/-03/-23 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
Reward: Static Mortar - Prototype, a decently powerful weapon with limited range, deployed before the battle.)
[ ] BURN IN HOLY FIRE! - Part 1 - (Physics/All Chemicals/Advanced Weapons)
Recently, your expedition acquired a surprisingly intact flamethrower from the Necropolis. The weapon may not be as good as those produced by the Forge-Clans today, but seeing as this version was intended for civilian use, you can excuse that. No pre-collapse government wanted potent weapons in the hands of their slaves, you see. Nonetheless, with this Artifact, you will start down the path of creating Pilgrim-designed flamethrowers and all their uses in warfare and pest removal.
(Needed Artifact: Intact Civilian Flamethrower
Chance: 35/10/-15 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Primitive Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.2a + Pt.2b)
[ ] Power Armor - Primitive - (Advanced Electronics/Advanced Hydraulics/Advanced Armor)
Somehow, without even meaning to, the combination of ancient schematics, PD, the 4S, and your efforts, have resulted in actual, if primitive, Power Armor as worn by Elite Forge-Clan Troops and the Royal Army. It represents the height of what you can currently create; the costs too prohibitive, though due to several inventive and robust components, the maintenance is luckily easy and, notably, cheap. The single suit you have created has been used to develop cheaper ones to be worn by your Units. Figuring out a way to mass-produce, or at least not so costly, produce them would massively help contend sites within the Forest Of Rust.
(Cost: 24 Materials, 1 Advanced Electronic, and 1 Advanced Hydraulics/Armor Artifact
Chance: -40/-84/-126 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Power Armor - Primitive, Reduced Upkeep for all industrial buildings, further Learning Action.)
[ ] Optical Camouflage - (Advanced Chemical/Advanced Biology)
Invisibility is not something that someone without a mutation can achieve. However, by studying patterns, how various Machines and Mutants perceive their environments and building upon previous successes, the Pilgrims Scholars are confident that they can create the best self-made stealth clothes on this side of the equator. Considering that there is only a few islands down-under, that is a severe boast.
(Chance: 21/-31/-97% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 12
Reward: Reduced chance to be detected + increased chance to complete all scouting actions, replaces Ghillies(Standardized))
[ ] Repair The Hammer - (Weapons/Metallurgy/Alloys)
Finding this weapon was a stroke of luck! After all, making a weapon for Knights is much more complicated than giving them a big metal piece! While damaged, patching the hammer up and reinforcing it should provide your Knight with a powerful weapon in future fights. It would also allow you a glimpse into the inner workings of Knight-Weapons.
(Needed Artifact: Damaged Knight-Weapon: Hammer
Chance: 99/99/85% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
Reward: "Bonecrusher" armament for the Pilgrims Knight, can create Prototype Knight-Weapons.)
[ ] Repair The Shield - (Armor/Metallurgy/Alloys)
Together with the hammer, your scavengers found a discarded shield. While there is a rather big hole in the middle and the edges have been somewhat melted, you should nonetheless be able to recreate this piece of armor for your Knight after studying it.
(Needed Artifact: Damaged Knight-Equipment: Shield
Chance: 99/99/95% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
Reward: "Saviour" equipment for the Pilgrims Knight, can create Prototype Knight-Shields.)
[ ] Reach Out And Stab Someone - (Weapons)
A weapon the Pilgrims found in the Forest that you could study for re-creation. While this would be less useful for your scouts, it is a good weapon for guards and other warriors who don't have to be mobile. The extended reach is also helpful if some Mutant tries to eat you, so it's worth researching.
(Needed Artifact: Glaive
Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Weapon: Glaive, has traits "Two-Handed," "Reach," and "Monster-Slayer")
[ ] Illness Of The Mind - (Psychology)- (2/15 Successes)
As your returned volunteers settle into their lives once more, it has become apparent that something is wrong. Some dislike the close nature of crowds; others are frightened by loud noises or have frequent nightmares. The answer to these changes has been found, but not the cures. There is talk of a long recovery, challenging and sometimes near impossible, but not entirely. All that is required is dedicating the time and effort needed to understand the intricacies of the human psyche. No problem, right?
(Cost: One Psychology Artifact
Chance: 9/-46/-101% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 15
Reward: +1 replenishment per Turn, can construct humane Primitive Asylums.)
After finishing research into a shield that your militia and troops could use, one of your scholars came forth with designs for one that your ranged troops could use. It wouldn't be a short endeavor and costly in terms of materials, but it could provide a leg up in terms of armor.
(Cost: 12.65 Materials
Chance: 72/41/10% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
Reward: Spiked Pavise.)
[ ] Electric Guardians - (Advanced Weapons/Programming/Machinery/Electronics)
While nowadays, most security systems consist of locks and guards (human and otherwise), before the Collapse, things were a bit more complicated. We are unlikely to reach that level anytime soon, but research into this Artefact should improve our security.
(Cost: Anti-Thief Watch Systems
Chance: -27/-69/-101 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Reward: Improved infiltration DC of the Tree of Knowledge, Reduced upkeep costs for Guards! Guards!/Guardians For Hire.)
[ ] A Study Of Scarlet Blue Pt.1 - (All Physics/Chemicals/Hydraulics)
PD's way of keeping cool is via a blue-red liquid, which also contains vital components needed for her internal and external self-repair capabilities. During a cooling cycle, the fluid passes through several devices meant to siphon off and reduce temperature. With a firm(er) grasp on how such a thing works mechanically, it is now possible to attempt a peek into what makes PD's coolant systems tick and maybe see if there are any ways to improve the same.
(Chance: -64/-174/-294 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 16
Reward: +5 to all rolls made by PD.)
[ ] Fuck That Guy And Everything Around Him - Part 1 - (Physics/All Chemicals/Advanced Weapons)
Your scavengers found what the Vanar-Feer tell you is an Artifact to launch rockets and other high explosives. While you are aware of what missiles are, you thought them confined to Knights or static emplacements; being able to craft a portable version would net you a powerful weapon on the battlefield. The chemical compositions will require extensive testing, but with some help from recently unearthed Artifacts, the delivery methods are easy to figure out.
(Required Artifact: Self-Loading Rocket Tube or Ammunition Storage Feeder
Cost: 22 Materials
Chance: 17/-03/-23 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
Reward: Static Mortar - Prototype, a decently powerful weapon with limited range, deployed before the battle.)
[ ] BURN IN HOLY FIRE! - Part 1 - (Physics/All Chemicals/Advanced Weapons)
Recently, your expedition acquired a surprisingly intact flamethrower from the Necropolis. The weapon may not be as good as those produced by the Forge-Clans today, but seeing as this version was intended for civilian use, you can excuse that. No pre-collapse government wanted potent weapons in the hands of their slaves, you see. Nonetheless, with this Artifact, you will start down the path of creating Pilgrim-designed flamethrowers and all their uses in warfare and pest removal.
(Needed Artifact: Intact Civilian Flamethrower
Chance: 35/10/-15 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Primitive Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.2a + Pt.2b)
[ ] Power Armor - Primitive - (Advanced Electronics/Advanced Hydraulics/Advanced Armor)
Somehow, without even meaning to, the combination of ancient schematics, PD, the 4S, and your efforts, have resulted in actual, if primitive, Power Armor as worn by Elite Forge-Clan Troops and the Royal Army. It represents the height of what you can currently create; the costs too prohibitive, though due to several inventive and robust components, the maintenance is luckily easy and, notably, cheap. The single suit you have created has been used to develop cheaper ones to be worn by your Units. Figuring out a way to mass-produce, or at least not so costly, produce them would massively help contend sites within the Forest Of Rust.
(Cost: 24 Materials, 1 Advanced Electronic, and 1 Advanced Hydraulics/Armor Artifact
Chance: -40/-84/-126 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Power Armor - Primitive, Reduced Upkeep for all industrial buildings, further Learning Action.)
[ ] Optical Camouflage - (Advanced Chemical/Advanced Biology)
Invisibility is not something that someone without a mutation can achieve. However, by studying patterns, how various Machines and Mutants perceive their environments and building upon previous successes, the Pilgrims Scholars are confident that they can create the best self-made stealth clothes on this side of the equator. Considering that there is only a few islands down-under, that is a severe boast.
(Chance: 21/-31/-97% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 12
Reward: Reduced chance to be detected + increased chance to complete all scouting actions, replaces Ghillies(Standardized))
[ ] Repair The Hammer - (Weapons/Metallurgy/Alloys)
Finding this weapon was a stroke of luck! After all, making a weapon for Knights is much more complicated than giving them a big metal piece! While damaged, patching the hammer up and reinforcing it should provide your Knight with a powerful weapon in future fights. It would also allow you a glimpse into the inner workings of Knight-Weapons.
(Needed Artifact: Damaged Knight-Weapon: Hammer
Chance: 99/99/85% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
Reward: "Bonecrusher" armament for the Pilgrims Knight, can create Prototype Knight-Weapons.)
[ ] Repair The Shield - (Armor/Metallurgy/Alloys)
Together with the hammer, your scavengers found a discarded shield. While there is a rather big hole in the middle and the edges have been somewhat melted, you should nonetheless be able to recreate this piece of armor for your Knight after studying it.
(Needed Artifact: Damaged Knight-Equipment: Shield
Chance: 99/99/95% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
Reward: "Saviour" equipment for the Pilgrims Knight, can create Prototype Knight-Shields.)
[ ] Reach Out And Stab Someone - (Weapons)
A weapon the Pilgrims found in the Forest that you could study for re-creation. While this would be less useful for your scouts, it is a good weapon for guards and other warriors who don't have to be mobile. The extended reach is also helpful if some Mutant tries to eat you, so it's worth researching.
(Needed Artifact: Glaive
Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Weapon: Glaive, has traits "Two-Handed," "Reach," and "Monster-Slayer")
[ ] Illness Of The Mind - (Psychology)- (2/15 Successes)
As your returned volunteers settle into their lives once more, it has become apparent that something is wrong. Some dislike the close nature of crowds; others are frightened by loud noises or have frequent nightmares. The answer to these changes has been found, but not the cures. There is talk of a long recovery, challenging and sometimes near impossible, but not entirely. All that is required is dedicating the time and effort needed to understand the intricacies of the human psyche. No problem, right?
(Cost: One Psychology Artifact
Chance: 9/-46/-101% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 15
Reward: +1 replenishment per Turn, can construct humane Primitive Asylums.)
[X] Learning To Take Census Pt.1 - (All Psychology) - (10/14 Successes)
If one problem plagues the advancement of knowledge globally, then it is the scattered nature of said knowledge. Therefore, we should create protocols, training, and other initiatives to start gathering all the scattered pieces of information in one place so that our work to uplift humanity becomes (ever so slightly) more manageable.
(Chance: 61/32/03 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 14
Reward: Increased Chances For Assemble The Theorists!)
[ ] Sticks And Stones - (All Machinery/Electronics/Metallurgy/Common Biology)
Until recently, all the knowledge we have about the human body's interior eventually traces back to horrific sources of one sort or another. But discovered in an ancient Bone-Mending Kit was a mysterious box that seems to see inside a person. Those images are better than anything modern medicine can produce by a massive margin. There's no overstating how much such an ability could help treatment - if only we can unlock the secret.
(Cost: Bone Mending Kits
Chance: -40/-137/-252% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 16
Reward: Vast Radiological improvements, reduction in Upkeep for all medicinal buildings, +8% Piety, +2d3 Goodwill)
[ ] Combat Stimms Round 2 - (Advanced Medicine/Biology/Chemicals)
While your first batch of combat drugs is potent, they lack the usability of more conventional boosters like caffeine and adrenaline. Refining what you have already created while also creating new ones could give a Pilgrim the needed edge where they would have died otherwise in future confrontations.
(Chance: 01/-36/-74% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 4
Reward: Basic Combat Drugs, Unlocks Round 2)
[ ] Chemicals For Future! - (Biology/Chemicals)
It is well known that specific techniques enable food to last longer, like salting and drying meat. If one goes at that from another angle, then the use of particular chemicals can dramatically expand the shelf-life of food.
(Chance: 26/-73/-164% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Reduced Storehouse upkeep, extra Income when producing food.)
[ ] Boiling Liquids Last Longer - (Biology/Chemicals)
Turi flash boiled some milk on accident. It has yet to go bad, making her wonder why. Also, no, I will not drink two-month-old milk, no matter how much you boil it!
(Chance: 16/-16/-36% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
Reward: Reduced Storehouse upkeep, extra Income when producing food.)
If one problem plagues the advancement of knowledge globally, then it is the scattered nature of said knowledge. Therefore, we should create protocols, training, and other initiatives to start gathering all the scattered pieces of information in one place so that our work to uplift humanity becomes (ever so slightly) more manageable.
(Chance: 61/32/03 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 14
Reward: Increased Chances For Assemble The Theorists!)
[ ] Sticks And Stones - (All Machinery/Electronics/Metallurgy/Common Biology)
Until recently, all the knowledge we have about the human body's interior eventually traces back to horrific sources of one sort or another. But discovered in an ancient Bone-Mending Kit was a mysterious box that seems to see inside a person. Those images are better than anything modern medicine can produce by a massive margin. There's no overstating how much such an ability could help treatment - if only we can unlock the secret.
(Cost: Bone Mending Kits
Chance: -40/-137/-252% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 16
Reward: Vast Radiological improvements, reduction in Upkeep for all medicinal buildings, +8% Piety, +2d3 Goodwill)
[ ] Combat Stimms Round 2 - (Advanced Medicine/Biology/Chemicals)
While your first batch of combat drugs is potent, they lack the usability of more conventional boosters like caffeine and adrenaline. Refining what you have already created while also creating new ones could give a Pilgrim the needed edge where they would have died otherwise in future confrontations.
(Chance: 01/-36/-74% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 4
Reward: Basic Combat Drugs, Unlocks Round 2)
[ ] Chemicals For Future! - (Biology/Chemicals)
It is well known that specific techniques enable food to last longer, like salting and drying meat. If one goes at that from another angle, then the use of particular chemicals can dramatically expand the shelf-life of food.
(Chance: 26/-73/-164% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Reduced Storehouse upkeep, extra Income when producing food.)
[ ] Boiling Liquids Last Longer - (Biology/Chemicals)
Turi flash boiled some milk on accident. It has yet to go bad, making her wonder why. Also, no, I will not drink two-month-old milk, no matter how much you boil it!
(Chance: 16/-16/-36% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
Reward: Reduced Storehouse upkeep, extra Income when producing food.)
[ ] Assemble The Theorists! - (Common/Advanced/Pioneer/Specific Quester Requested Theory)
Stagnation. Complacency. Fear. Those are the three things that have hampered the progress of science the most, bar none. No longer, you say! You will see to it that you will examine, nail down, and figure out the right way in which the universe works, allowing you to not only reverse-engineer the wonders of past glories but build your very own! Make it so.
(Information: Either choose an example below or add a previously discussed theory with the QM's approval.
Chance: 30/00/-30% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 3/9/27/???
Reward: Theory of chosen subject, improved chances for research.)
[ ] Heavy Metal - (Choose Grade: Medium/Heavy/Super-Heavy) - (Metallurgy/Armor)
There is always a need for good armor.
(Chance: 99/85/55% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2/2/4
Reward: Armor.)
[ ] Fashion Revival - (Repeatable)
While most Artefacts found in the Ancients' ruins are beyond anyone's ability to replicate, some are much easier. The Pilgrims lack the knowledge to bring back the Ancients' technology; for now, that is not true for their fashion. Use the clothes found in the old world's ruins and get back to the past's style!
(Needed Artifacts: Clothing Related (Fancy Dress, Lingerie), they won't be used up, merely copied.
Chance: 86/66/46% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: +1 permanent Material income per clothing-related Artifact and Success, changing the fashion around Mirn, outraged moral guardians)
[ ] Translations For Beginners - (Linguistics) - (1 (one) Artifact)
Finding these texts was a stroke of luck, but it was bad luck that had it written in a language none of the Pilgrims can understand. Time to hit the local libraries and hit up local linguists to translate it.
(Cost: Untranslated Texts, Books, other.
Chance: 60/55/50% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Translated Artifact)
[ ] Detective Courses For Beginners - (Unknown Artifact)
Well, you found something. Something you have no idea what it is or does. It is time to call up some experts and figure out what that thing is for, even if it takes some time.
(Cost: Unknown Artifact.
Chance: 35/05/-25% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
Stagnation. Complacency. Fear. Those are the three things that have hampered the progress of science the most, bar none. No longer, you say! You will see to it that you will examine, nail down, and figure out the right way in which the universe works, allowing you to not only reverse-engineer the wonders of past glories but build your very own! Make it so.
(Information: Either choose an example below or add a previously discussed theory with the QM's approval.
Machinery | Weapons | Armor | Mechanics | Chemicals | Medicine | Psychology | Metallurgy | Programming | Electronics | Biology | Hydraulics | Physics | Suspendium
Reward: Theory of chosen subject, improved chances for research.)
[ ] Heavy Metal - (Choose Grade: Medium/Heavy/Super-Heavy) - (Metallurgy/Armor)
There is always a need for good armor.
(Chance: 99/85/55% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2/2/4
Reward: Armor.)
[ ] Fashion Revival - (Repeatable)
While most Artefacts found in the Ancients' ruins are beyond anyone's ability to replicate, some are much easier. The Pilgrims lack the knowledge to bring back the Ancients' technology; for now, that is not true for their fashion. Use the clothes found in the old world's ruins and get back to the past's style!
(Needed Artifacts: Clothing Related (Fancy Dress, Lingerie), they won't be used up, merely copied.
Chance: 86/66/46% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: +1 permanent Material income per clothing-related Artifact and Success, changing the fashion around Mirn, outraged moral guardians)
[ ] Translations For Beginners - (Linguistics) - (1 (one) Artifact)
Finding these texts was a stroke of luck, but it was bad luck that had it written in a language none of the Pilgrims can understand. Time to hit the local libraries and hit up local linguists to translate it.
(Cost: Untranslated Texts, Books, other.
Chance: 60/55/50% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Translated Artifact)
[ ] Detective Courses For Beginners - (Unknown Artifact)
Well, you found something. Something you have no idea what it is or does. It is time to call up some experts and figure out what that thing is for, even if it takes some time.
(Cost: Unknown Artifact.
Chance: 35/05/-25% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
(Write in something you want to research, as well as how you came upon that idea. Better success-chances to the Action if you mark a relevant artifact for this research.)
Archeology: The secrets of the past will illuminate the future; may we learn from their mistakes. (Choose 1 Action)
[ ] Prepare an Expedition - (Location) - (Turns)
Sometimes you need to dig into one location for months on end to exploit it fully.
(Can only be used on locations already scouted out. For every Turn you spend on this Action, an expedition spends 2(two) at the chosen target. Once the expedition has left, it no longer requires one Action.)
-House Mirn support: Y/N
(25% of the recovered artifacts are given over; no need for security or clearing places on your own)
-WO-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare-, Dice:4d2-5 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns, Mutants nearby.
-WO-06: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice:2d3 per Turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. No danger.
-SO-01: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane-, Dice:2d2-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 1 Turns.
-SO-02: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane+, Dice:2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 1 Turn. No danger.
-SO-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane-, Dice:3d2-2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. No danger.
-SO-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice:2d2 per Turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. No danger.
-TOP-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++ [Electronics/Advanced Electronics/Advanced Machinery/Hydraulics], Dice:3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Machines nearby.
-TB-01: Est Artifact Grade: Common+/Rare [Airship Related] - 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. Mutants nearby.
-TB-03: Est Artifact Grade: Rare- [Airship Related] - 2d4+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. [4 Minor Bright-Lance Turrets, 5 Sentinels Units (6/6), 9 Caretaker-Swarm Units (12/12), 13 Omni-Gazers identified.]
-GY-01: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns, No Danger.
-GY-02: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns, Machines nearby.
-GY-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns, No Danger.
-GY-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Lost Tech, Dice: 4d5 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns, Hibernating Mother (Named Wendigo, Behemoth) present! Mimics nearby.
-GY-05: Est. Artifact-grade: Common-, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns, Machines nearby.
-Expedition - (SO-02) - (1 Turn remaining)
[ ] Recover Personal Cutters - Intact - (Units)
It is done! After much sweat, blood, and tears have flowed, you finally figured out how to restore these ancient ships from their slumber! It will only take some muscle, some Suspendium, and luck to escape notice, and they will travel across the sky once more!
(Cost: 6 Materials, 5 Small Suspendium Shards
Chance: 56%
Reward: 1 Intact Personal Cutter Recovered
Warning: If this Action fails, unknown forces will attack.)
-[ ] Establish A Supply Route To (City)
(Reward: Reduce Upkeep by 65%)
-[ ] Establish A Trade Route From (Location) To (Location)
(Cost: 17.13 Materials, Upkeep: 3.75 Materials
Reward: Anchorage (Tiny) in target Location, Income dependant on the route.)
[ ] Crystal-Garden Expedition
Gathering Suspendium for anything other than the quota will require you to set up specific expeditions, so you can either use it to feed your research or airship production or gather a buffer of Suspendium should you be cut off for one reason or another.
(Cost: 15 Materials
Chance: 40%
Reward: 1 Large Suspendium Shard.
Warning: If this Action fails, 2d60 Pilgrims will die. Boni, Traits, and Tenets apply.)
[ ] Send Out The Scavengers (Choose A Location)
Sometimes, it is not worth sending an expedition to a location due to its low yield or quality.
(Chance: 99%
Reward: 1 turn in the specified location.
Warning! If the Action fails, 2% Chance that 1d6 Pilgrims will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Scout The Eastern Outskirts
The Forest of Rust is not something you want to barge in unprepared. Scouting small areas will result in both routes to promising sites and return information on possible hostile forces.
(Chance: 99%
Reward: Sites in the Eastern Outskirts are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 1% Chance that the Scouting Unit will take 1d6 casualties due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Scout The Smokestack
Old rusting machines lie here, standing vigil over wonders of old. Engines are heard working throughout the area while the smokestack continues to emit black smoke. What surprises await you once past the guardians? What greatness lies locked away? A metric shit-ton of angry Machines, that's what! PD has warned you against going there, as your scouts would have to contend with over a thousand drones!
(Chance: 76%
Reward: Sites in The Smokestack are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked.)
[ ] Scout The Pit
You are not sure what to find here, only that you are probably the first to look for artifacts. But your scouts have reported feeling like they are being watched...
(Chance: 99%
Reward: Sites in The Pit are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 18% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] The Field of 64
A flat area of 8x8km. Nothing is seen here other than dust, sand, and the feeling of wrongness. Yet, one has to wonder what would necessitate such a large flat area. Or what could be beneath it? PD informed you that massive machines lie beneath, purpose unknown.
(Chance: 51%
Turns: 3
Reward: Sites in The Field Of 64 are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 28% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Scout The Bonetunnels
PD informed you of a series of tunnels that run deep beneath the surface, filled with dead beings' bones and corpses. Animals, Mutants, and even Machines descend into their depths to die, leaving behind mountains of bones. What could be found here?
(Chance: 28%
Turns: 2
Reward: Sites in The Bonetunnels are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 15% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked.)
[ ] Scout The Tenebris Library
PD informed you of the location of an ancient library called the Tenebris by the RI. It is wholly encapsulated, and no window or light fixture illuminates the inside. Why would you build a library without lights?
(Chance: 63%
Turns: 3
Reward: Sites in Tenebris Library are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 68% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked.)
[ ] Search for the Zone
Your efforts to learn more about the Region have yielded an unusual fruit, knowing that your Knight was most likely part of the Revival Initiative. This polity operated deep inside the Forest, scavenging for artifacts like you, but they took it a step further. They build a small town in the Necropoli. Foolish, yet finding it could end up unearthing treasures beyond imagination or prove a giant disappointment. PD's maps are pretty heavily corrupted, but she has provided some landmarks which may still exist.
(Chance: 13%
Turns: 4
Reward: The Zone can be scavenged.)
[ ] Open The Bunker
The Bunker beneath a section of the Wall has never been opened, and whatever is inside is worth all efforts to open it, without a doubt! Now you only need to find a way to open it without being swarmed by a thousand Mutants and dozens of Machines.
-[ ] Use DoD
Adds +5% to the counter, 50% Chance to destroy any benefits should the door be opened.
-[ ] Pull with the DoD
Adds +7%, +19%, and +24% for the first three tries, and +24% every try afterwards.
Warning: Can be attacked while carrying out this action by flying enemies.
Cost: 103 Materials
-[ ] Hire A Forge-Clan Drill
Add +3% per Turn.
Cost: 40.90 Materials
(Chance: 7%, +1%per try
Reward: The Bunker may be scavenged.
Warning: No Boni applies for any reason.)
Sometimes you need to dig into one location for months on end to exploit it fully.
(Can only be used on locations already scouted out. For every Turn you spend on this Action, an expedition spends 2(two) at the chosen target. Once the expedition has left, it no longer requires one Action.)
-House Mirn support: Y/N
(25% of the recovered artifacts are given over; no need for security or clearing places on your own)
-WO-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare-, Dice:4d2-5 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns, Mutants nearby.
-WO-06: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice:2d3 per Turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. No danger.
-SO-01: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane-, Dice:2d2-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 1 Turns.
-SO-02: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane+, Dice:2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 1 Turn. No danger.
-SO-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane-, Dice:3d2-2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. No danger.
-SO-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice:2d2 per Turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. No danger.
-TOP-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++ [Electronics/Advanced Electronics/Advanced Machinery/Hydraulics], Dice:3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Machines nearby.
-TB-01: Est Artifact Grade: Common+/Rare [Airship Related] - 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. Mutants nearby.
-TB-03: Est Artifact Grade: Rare- [Airship Related] - 2d4+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. [4 Minor Bright-Lance Turrets, 5 Sentinels Units (6/6), 9 Caretaker-Swarm Units (12/12), 13 Omni-Gazers identified.]
-GY-01: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns, No Danger.
-GY-02: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns, Machines nearby.
-GY-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns, No Danger.
-GY-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Lost Tech, Dice: 4d5 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns, Hibernating Mother (Named Wendigo, Behemoth) present! Mimics nearby.
-GY-05: Est. Artifact-grade: Common-, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns, Machines nearby.
-Expedition - (SO-02) - (1 Turn remaining)
[ ] Recover Personal Cutters - Intact - (Units)
It is done! After much sweat, blood, and tears have flowed, you finally figured out how to restore these ancient ships from their slumber! It will only take some muscle, some Suspendium, and luck to escape notice, and they will travel across the sky once more!
(Cost: 6 Materials, 5 Small Suspendium Shards
Chance: 56%
Reward: 1 Intact Personal Cutter Recovered
Warning: If this Action fails, unknown forces will attack.)
-[ ] Establish A Supply Route To (City)
(Reward: Reduce Upkeep by 65%)
-[ ] Establish A Trade Route From (Location) To (Location)
(Cost: 17.13 Materials, Upkeep: 3.75 Materials
Reward: Anchorage (Tiny) in target Location, Income dependant on the route.)
The Tree - Mirn - (9d5)
The Tree - Tessen - (2d18)
The Tree - Zulmni - (9d3)
The Tree - Ularn - (10d7)
The Tree - Strul - (7d18)
Jokvi - Mirn - (8d9)
Jokvi - Tessen - (1d20)
Jokvi - Zulmni - (3d2)
Jokvi - Ularn - (6d19)
Jokvi - Strul - (3d10)
Strul - Mirn - (12d15)
Strul - Tessen - (3d3)
Strul - Zulmni - (12d12)
Strul - Ularn - (5d14)
Strul - Jokvi - (1d16)
The Tree - Tessen - (2d18)
The Tree - Zulmni - (9d3)
The Tree - Ularn - (10d7)
The Tree - Strul - (7d18)
Jokvi - Mirn - (8d9)
Jokvi - Tessen - (1d20)
Jokvi - Zulmni - (3d2)
Jokvi - Ularn - (6d19)
Jokvi - Strul - (3d10)
Strul - Mirn - (12d15)
Strul - Tessen - (3d3)
Strul - Zulmni - (12d12)
Strul - Ularn - (5d14)
Strul - Jokvi - (1d16)
[ ] Crystal-Garden Expedition
Gathering Suspendium for anything other than the quota will require you to set up specific expeditions, so you can either use it to feed your research or airship production or gather a buffer of Suspendium should you be cut off for one reason or another.
(Cost: 15 Materials
Chance: 40%
Reward: 1 Large Suspendium Shard.
Warning: If this Action fails, 2d60 Pilgrims will die. Boni, Traits, and Tenets apply.)
[ ] Send Out The Scavengers (Choose A Location)
Sometimes, it is not worth sending an expedition to a location due to its low yield or quality.
(Chance: 99%
Reward: 1 turn in the specified location.
Warning! If the Action fails, 2% Chance that 1d6 Pilgrims will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Scout The Eastern Outskirts
The Forest of Rust is not something you want to barge in unprepared. Scouting small areas will result in both routes to promising sites and return information on possible hostile forces.
(Chance: 99%
Reward: Sites in the Eastern Outskirts are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 1% Chance that the Scouting Unit will take 1d6 casualties due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Scout The Smokestack
Old rusting machines lie here, standing vigil over wonders of old. Engines are heard working throughout the area while the smokestack continues to emit black smoke. What surprises await you once past the guardians? What greatness lies locked away? A metric shit-ton of angry Machines, that's what! PD has warned you against going there, as your scouts would have to contend with over a thousand drones!
(Chance: 76%
Reward: Sites in The Smokestack are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked.)
[ ] Scout The Pit
You are not sure what to find here, only that you are probably the first to look for artifacts. But your scouts have reported feeling like they are being watched...
(Chance: 99%
Reward: Sites in The Pit are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 18% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] The Field of 64
A flat area of 8x8km. Nothing is seen here other than dust, sand, and the feeling of wrongness. Yet, one has to wonder what would necessitate such a large flat area. Or what could be beneath it? PD informed you that massive machines lie beneath, purpose unknown.
(Chance: 51%
Turns: 3
Reward: Sites in The Field Of 64 are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 28% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Scout The Bonetunnels
PD informed you of a series of tunnels that run deep beneath the surface, filled with dead beings' bones and corpses. Animals, Mutants, and even Machines descend into their depths to die, leaving behind mountains of bones. What could be found here?
(Chance: 28%
Turns: 2
Reward: Sites in The Bonetunnels are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 15% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked.)
[ ] Scout The Tenebris Library
PD informed you of the location of an ancient library called the Tenebris by the RI. It is wholly encapsulated, and no window or light fixture illuminates the inside. Why would you build a library without lights?
(Chance: 63%
Turns: 3
Reward: Sites in Tenebris Library are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 68% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked.)
[ ] Search for the Zone
Your efforts to learn more about the Region have yielded an unusual fruit, knowing that your Knight was most likely part of the Revival Initiative. This polity operated deep inside the Forest, scavenging for artifacts like you, but they took it a step further. They build a small town in the Necropoli. Foolish, yet finding it could end up unearthing treasures beyond imagination or prove a giant disappointment. PD's maps are pretty heavily corrupted, but she has provided some landmarks which may still exist.
(Chance: 13%
Turns: 4
Reward: The Zone can be scavenged.)
[ ] Open The Bunker
The Bunker beneath a section of the Wall has never been opened, and whatever is inside is worth all efforts to open it, without a doubt! Now you only need to find a way to open it without being swarmed by a thousand Mutants and dozens of Machines.
-[ ] Use DoD
Adds +5% to the counter, 50% Chance to destroy any benefits should the door be opened.
-[ ] Pull with the DoD
Adds +7%, +19%, and +24% for the first three tries, and +24% every try afterwards.
Warning: Can be attacked while carrying out this action by flying enemies.
Cost: 103 Materials
-[ ] Hire A Forge-Clan Drill
Add +3% per Turn.
Cost: 40.90 Materials
(Chance: 7%, +1%per try
Reward: The Bunker may be scavenged.
Warning: No Boni applies for any reason.)
Tree of Knowledge: Home of the Pilgrims, Bastion of what they stand for, a symbol of hope for the desperate. (Choose 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] Berth - Small
Expanding the Anchorage to fit three Light vessels comfortably would allow us to equip and use them for exploration purposes and start trading in small quantities.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 65 Materials, Upkeep: 10.50 Materials
Reward: Can modify three Light Airships for exploration or trading without special projects, will generate Income once airships become more widespread, which rises with their availability, can be upgraded into Berth - Medium)
[X] Laboratories - Grand - (1/5 Turns Complete)
Now that you have some built, it is time to expand those labs! But, unfortunately, building and equipping those labs will be too costly, to put it lightly.
(Cost: 60 Materials, +20.00 Materials Upkeep
Turns: 5
Reward: Massively improved success-chances)
[ ] Medical Wing - Expanded
Expanding your Medical facilities will someday be required, but for now, it would be massive overkill. Still, it never hurts to have the option in the back of your mind.
(Cost: 40 Materials, Upkeep: 8.14 Material
Turns: 3
Reward: Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supports up to 2500 Pilgrims before it becomes useless.)
[ ] Artisanal Quarters - Grand
Glassblowers, Jewelers, And Goldsmiths are the next logical step in expanding the Trees industrial capabilities. They will enable you to do much more fine works and help in the creation of delicate industries. If only such artisans weren't so pricey.
(Cost: 76 Materials, Upkeep: 13.64 Materials
Turns: 3
Reward: Lowered costs for all equipment, increased chances for all research, can be upgraded.)
[ ] Black Box - (Expanded)
There can never be such a thing as too much care, and too much information gleaned from studying. Therefore, ensure that your Black Box is expanded and equipped with more tools to better study Artifacts.
(Cost: 40 Materials, 2 Scientists, 1 Engineer, Upkeep: 16.70 Materials
Turns: 6
Reward: 10% not to use up an Artifact, can slot 1(one) Artifact to provide 15% (rounded down) of the Artifacts bonus continuously.)
[ ] Electronics Manufacture
Now that you can produce electronics, you want to have as many as you possibly can. The problem is that you have to create those by hand, which is a long and complicated process, requiring oversight, expensive materials, and a clean environment. So increasing the manufacturing space already available and automation will, in turn, increase your profits. Easy math!
(Cost: 84 Materials, 2 Scientist, 40 Faithful, Upkeep: 35.00 Materials
Turns: 8
Reward: +60 to all Electronics Research, 12d20 Materials Income (Technology Sale).)
[ ] Library - (Basic)
A library is not only a reservoir of knowledge but provides entertainment and education while acting as a community center. Digging out a large space for a few dozen rows of books would be a good start when making one within the Tree. You would also make space for a bookbinder and a printer to maintain and add to your collection and preserve originals. You can add multiple floors later.
(Cost: 26.50 Materials, Upkeep: 6.61 Materials
Turns: 6
Reward: Provides 1(one) slot for Literature Artifacts, providing a 10% Boost to their bonus.)
[ ] Assemble An Engine - (Location)
Now that you have developed a Steam Engine, you should see building them for your mines or farms. Whatever you think is more pressing or profitable. But the costs.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 85 Materials Upkeep: 2.55 Materials
Reward: Turns all D4's into D12's, increases static Income by 50% rounded down.)
[ ] Armor The Daughter
Alright, you have a giant airship, it represents the biggest and most obvious target in any hostile area, and there are currently gaps in her armor. You need to either fix that asap, or hope that nobody will attack the Empire in the next three decades, or be attacked by you. Seeing as we live in reality, let's get her fixed up; why don't we?
(Cost: 2 Material per 3 Armor.
Reward: X Conventional Armor added, decreased chances that the Daughter is destroyed, which would be dangerous.)
[ ] NR.9 LIVES!
After having finished her education, your Engineer asked if she could be given a workshop to ply her trade more effectively. While pricy, the ability to create disposable Units for Combat would preserve lives, and nobility and wealthy merchants have always been known to buy drones for prestige purposes.
(Turns: 5
Cost: 1 Common Engineer, 40.00 Materials, Upkeep: 2.00
Reward: Tiny Drone-Manufacture, allowing you to create Combat Drones for your Units/Heroes and Civilian Drones for selling (+15 to Technology Sales), unlocks a Learning Action.)
[ ] Assemble A Logic Bank - (1/3 Constructed) - (Choose Category)
Now that you have unlocked the secrets to building computers, you should take advantage of doing so, even if it will cost a pretty crown. And the one already created is already lightly straining your electronic supply in maintenance.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 66.60 Materials, Upkeep: 15.00 Materials
Reward: +1 Action
Warning: If all three are taken, the Electronics Workshop operates at a half profit.)
[ ] Let's Build A (Write-In)
(What do you want to build, and what should the building provide?)
Expanding the Anchorage to fit three Light vessels comfortably would allow us to equip and use them for exploration purposes and start trading in small quantities.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 65 Materials, Upkeep: 10.50 Materials
Reward: Can modify three Light Airships for exploration or trading without special projects, will generate Income once airships become more widespread, which rises with their availability, can be upgraded into Berth - Medium)
[X] Laboratories - Grand - (1/5 Turns Complete)
Now that you have some built, it is time to expand those labs! But, unfortunately, building and equipping those labs will be too costly, to put it lightly.
(Cost: 60 Materials, +20.00 Materials Upkeep
Turns: 5
Reward: Massively improved success-chances)
[ ] Medical Wing - Expanded
Expanding your Medical facilities will someday be required, but for now, it would be massive overkill. Still, it never hurts to have the option in the back of your mind.
(Cost: 40 Materials, Upkeep: 8.14 Material
Turns: 3
Reward: Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supports up to 2500 Pilgrims before it becomes useless.)
[ ] Artisanal Quarters - Grand
Glassblowers, Jewelers, And Goldsmiths are the next logical step in expanding the Trees industrial capabilities. They will enable you to do much more fine works and help in the creation of delicate industries. If only such artisans weren't so pricey.
(Cost: 76 Materials, Upkeep: 13.64 Materials
Turns: 3
Reward: Lowered costs for all equipment, increased chances for all research, can be upgraded.)
[ ] Black Box - (Expanded)
There can never be such a thing as too much care, and too much information gleaned from studying. Therefore, ensure that your Black Box is expanded and equipped with more tools to better study Artifacts.
(Cost: 40 Materials, 2 Scientists, 1 Engineer, Upkeep: 16.70 Materials
Turns: 6
Reward: 10% not to use up an Artifact, can slot 1(one) Artifact to provide 15% (rounded down) of the Artifacts bonus continuously.)
[ ] Electronics Manufacture
Now that you can produce electronics, you want to have as many as you possibly can. The problem is that you have to create those by hand, which is a long and complicated process, requiring oversight, expensive materials, and a clean environment. So increasing the manufacturing space already available and automation will, in turn, increase your profits. Easy math!
(Cost: 84 Materials, 2 Scientist, 40 Faithful, Upkeep: 35.00 Materials
Turns: 8
Reward: +60 to all Electronics Research, 12d20 Materials Income (Technology Sale).)
[ ] Library - (Basic)
A library is not only a reservoir of knowledge but provides entertainment and education while acting as a community center. Digging out a large space for a few dozen rows of books would be a good start when making one within the Tree. You would also make space for a bookbinder and a printer to maintain and add to your collection and preserve originals. You can add multiple floors later.
(Cost: 26.50 Materials, Upkeep: 6.61 Materials
Turns: 6
Reward: Provides 1(one) slot for Literature Artifacts, providing a 10% Boost to their bonus.)
[ ] Assemble An Engine - (Location)
Now that you have developed a Steam Engine, you should see building them for your mines or farms. Whatever you think is more pressing or profitable. But the costs.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 85 Materials Upkeep: 2.55 Materials
Reward: Turns all D4's into D12's, increases static Income by 50% rounded down.)
[ ] Armor The Daughter
Alright, you have a giant airship, it represents the biggest and most obvious target in any hostile area, and there are currently gaps in her armor. You need to either fix that asap, or hope that nobody will attack the Empire in the next three decades, or be attacked by you. Seeing as we live in reality, let's get her fixed up; why don't we?
(Cost: 2 Material per 3 Armor.
Reward: X Conventional Armor added, decreased chances that the Daughter is destroyed, which would be dangerous.)
[ ] NR.9 LIVES!
After having finished her education, your Engineer asked if she could be given a workshop to ply her trade more effectively. While pricy, the ability to create disposable Units for Combat would preserve lives, and nobility and wealthy merchants have always been known to buy drones for prestige purposes.
(Turns: 5
Cost: 1 Common Engineer, 40.00 Materials, Upkeep: 2.00
Reward: Tiny Drone-Manufacture, allowing you to create Combat Drones for your Units/Heroes and Civilian Drones for selling (+15 to Technology Sales), unlocks a Learning Action.)
[ ] Assemble A Logic Bank - (1/3 Constructed) - (Choose Category)
Now that you have unlocked the secrets to building computers, you should take advantage of doing so, even if it will cost a pretty crown. And the one already created is already lightly straining your electronic supply in maintenance.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 66.60 Materials, Upkeep: 15.00 Materials
Reward: +1 Action
Warning: If all three are taken, the Electronics Workshop operates at a half profit.)
[ ] Let's Build A (Write-In)
(What do you want to build, and what should the building provide?)
Holdings: Norqod is starting to look more like an actual village at the rate you are building. The only thing missing is a market and some basic infrastructures, then you will be able to declare the founding over! (Choose 1 Action, 1 One-Turn Action)
[ ] Expand The Living Spaces - Subsidized
Now that you have a moment to breathe, figuring out how to solve the issue of overcrowding permanently, without direct and special attention every season, is advised. One possible avenue is by covering a (large) part of the cost. Although, with how little Mutated and their families usually have, this could turn the village into one giant ghetto.
(Turns: 1
Upkeep: 10 Materials
Reward: Housing problem delayed! +0.50 Materials in Taxes per Turn.)
[ ] Contractual Expansion
With a construction and digging company on-site and on friendly terms, you could expand the contract into a perpetual affair thanks to your patronage. Although costly, this will allow you to choose what quality the new homes will have, influencing how many can be built. Furthermore, the selected quality will have an irreversible effect on the culture and demographics of Norqod. This contract can be changed or expanded upon in a few years.
(Turns: 2
Upkeep/Income: Depending on the choice below, adds every 4(four) Turns.
Reward: Housing problem delayed!)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Ghetto
(Note: Median Mutated Living.
Upkeep: 0.01 Material, Tax Income: 0.10 Materials)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Poor
(Upkeep: 3 Materials, Tax Income: 4.50 Materials)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Adequate
(Note: Median Commoner Living.
Upkeep: 9 Materials, Tax Income: 12 Materials)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Good
(Note: Median Merchant Living.
Upkeep: 13 Materials, Tax Income: 21 Materials)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Great
(Upkeep: 27 Materials, Tax Income: 45 Materials)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Mansions
(Note: Median Noble Living.
Upkeep: 40 Materials, Tax Income: 76 Materials)
[ ] Expand The Marketplace - Industrial Focus
Now that you have a market that can sell products and materials for the populace to fulfill their needs, you could focus on developing the industrial capacity, aiding all industrial projects greatly.
(Turns: 5
Cost: 9.70 Materials
Reward: Industrial Marketplace, cheaper/better Industrial Actions, +6 Materials in Taxes.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Expand The Marketplace - Population Focus
While the people in Norqod can fill their existential needs, like food or clothing, reliably with the provided goods, luxuries are absent, with many things like books, newspapers, fine clothing, medicine, educational materials, rudimentary entertainment, and more a rare thing. For most inhabitants, mostly Mutated, having access to those goods is a big step up, yet we could provide more, making their lives easier and happier.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 18.15 Materials
Reward: Population Marketplace, cheaper/better Population Actions, +2.50 Materials in Taxes.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Simple Hospital
With the increase in Norqod's populations, the small clinics will struggle to fulfill the demand for medical aid or procedures soon. However, a single, three-story hospital with enough capacity to treat 100-ish people simultaneously, and around 300-400 at once, in emergencies, should cover most cases where surgeries and more extensive medical knowledge are required. Future expansions could include a medical campus, technological upgrades, specialized wards, plague-quarantine areas, and more!
(Turns: 3
Cost: 17 Materials, Upkeep: 5 Materials
Reward: Norqod is more resistant to plague and gains more self-sufficiency. Also, you help more people at once, as they don't have to walk to the Tree's medical wing to get proper treatmen.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Industrial Subsidies - [Industrial Specalization]
When one looks at the ruins of the old world, one cannot miss the titanic forges of industry, the vast halls of robotic workers, and massive production centers. However, compared to today, even the least of those ancient places towers above what the best Forge-Clans can produce, with mountains of goods being produced in days, where we would struggle to do so in years. Therefore, planning out where backers can build what industries, how to entice their creation, and supply them will be vital for taking back that piece of history.
(Turns: 6
Cost: 49 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains an Industrial specialization, allowing for the creation of manufactories, industrial hubs, early factories, steel mills, and all manner of industrial production lines. This will allow for the creation of vast machine wonders and industrial products by the Pilgrims.
Does not specialize Norqod should another specialization be taken, but this path remains open.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Schooling Incentives - [Academic Specialization]
Change is the result of learning. By turning Norqod into a bastion of both academia, where legions of students are churned out under the watchful eyes of educated teachers, a repository of knowledge, in whose venerable halls and vaults within libraries overshadowing all, or a place for the refinement of the spirit and soul within temples and sanctuaries, we will ensure that future generations will live in the shadows of trees planted today.
(Turns: 9
Cost: 67 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains an Academic specialization, allowing for the creation of schools, academies, universities, libraries, research complexes, and all that one can imagine. To be a bastion of knowledge, a light of understanding within the dark is no easy task, nor a short one. But a seed planted today can grow into a towering behemoth tomorrow. This will speed up the dissemination of technologies researched by the Pilgrims.
Does not specialize Norqod should another specialization be taken, but this path remains open.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Blue Light District - [Cultural Specialization]
With the Pilgrim building the Consensuals in Tessen, nothing speaks against allowing various brothels to be opened in Norqod, as long as they adhere to specific guidelines, restrictions, inspections, and standards. With the overwhelming Mutated presence, those establishments will see a particular type of clientele within their shops. Alongside those, restaurants, cafés, taverns, artisans, and tea shops can be incentivized, and with the frequent trade caravans coming through, they will have enough customers. Legal drugs and gambling can be allowed in all shops that acquire both the license and the needed Regional requirements set by House Tessen. The Guards need to be expanded as well to preserve the peace and take care of any troublemakers.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 16.50
Reward: Norqod gains a Cultural specialization, which opens up further opportunities like theaters, cinemas, artistic academies, and more. It would also allow the Pilgrims to spread their faith further than ever by sheer cultural osmosis.
Does not specialize Norqod should another specialization be taken, but this path remains open.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Airship Trade Anchor And Depot - [Trade Specialization]
With the advent of the nascent Airships, creating the needed infrastructure to harbor, supply, repair, upgrade, modify, and unload trade goods or passengers will prove both prudent and vital. While other places may take that particular place in the sun, staking our claim early will enable us to dominate the whole.
(Turns: 5
Cost: 52 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains a Trade specialization, allowing for the creation of storage hubs, trade lanes, merchant quarters, banks, skewed deals, and a whole lot more, only limited by our imagination. Money is in the air, boys, girls, and others! We only need to grasp it with our hands!
Does not specialize Norqod should another specialization be taken, but this path remains open.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] House Dall Barracks - [Military Specialization]
As a Prevter house, house Dall will be required to outfit both troops in defense of the Empire and secure the resource for which they have been installed. Creating barracks for foot soldiers is the first step, allowing the nascent House Dall Retinue to discover promising recruits and commanders from the local populace. Which, by necessity, includes Mutated, requiring more Materials to accommodate the different physiology and dietary requirements of the same.
(Turns: 7
Cost: 24 Materials, Upkeep: 7.00 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains a Military specialization, allowing the recruitment of more sophisticated and specialized troops, expands the defensive and offensive capabilities of House Dall, and opens the path for a potential Knight Retinue. Following this path can generate safe routes into the Forest Of Rust, allowing Suspendium harvesting operations and the search for Artifacts to be expanded considerably.
Does not specialize Norqod should another specialization be taken, but this path remains open.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] House Dall Palace
While 'palace' may be too strong a word for the residence planned, it contains all one needs to know about the subject. House Dall, as a noble lineage not bound to the Pilgrim Faith (due to Martyris only marrying into the House), will, sooner or later, require a residence from where they may oversee and administer Norqod and the Suspendium harvests.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 25 Materials
Reward: House Dall gains a Noble Palace, where they may live, work, and greet guests. Not required until one member of House Dall isn't a Pilgrim.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Engine Assembly
The Tree is not suited for the industry needed to build your Fuur-Engine in any appreciable quantities, neither the forges nor smelters. Norqod, on the other hand, can easily support such an assembly, allowing you to produce the engines cheaper while selling ordered ones. Well, once people are living in Norqod anyway.
(Requirement: Prepare Quarters, Dig Out A Marketplace
Turns: 7
Cost: 35 Materials, Upkeep: 10.90 Materials
Reward: Massive reduction to Assemble An Engine, 6d12 Materials to Technology Sales, massively increased prosperity in Norqod.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Organized Airship Manufactory - 1 Line - (Airship (Can be changed)) - (0-2.000 Kg) - (Insert Company Name)
Forget making a few little ships! Mass-producing components and available designs and fitting them in a specialized hangar are the way to go! Of course, you need to provide the required Suspendium and Materials, but then? Then you can get rich!
(Turns: 5
Cost: 35 Materials, Upkeep: Airship Line Dependent
Reward: Organized Airship Manufactory, allowing you to build and sell Airships to your specifications. House Dall gets rich.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Write-In.
Adding House Dall will lessen the Pilgrims gain but increase those of House Dall.
Now that you have a moment to breathe, figuring out how to solve the issue of overcrowding permanently, without direct and special attention every season, is advised. One possible avenue is by covering a (large) part of the cost. Although, with how little Mutated and their families usually have, this could turn the village into one giant ghetto.
(Turns: 1
Upkeep: 10 Materials
Reward: Housing problem delayed! +0.50 Materials in Taxes per Turn.)
[ ] Contractual Expansion
With a construction and digging company on-site and on friendly terms, you could expand the contract into a perpetual affair thanks to your patronage. Although costly, this will allow you to choose what quality the new homes will have, influencing how many can be built. Furthermore, the selected quality will have an irreversible effect on the culture and demographics of Norqod. This contract can be changed or expanded upon in a few years.
(Turns: 2
Upkeep/Income: Depending on the choice below, adds every 4(four) Turns.
Reward: Housing problem delayed!)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Ghetto
(Note: Median Mutated Living.
Upkeep: 0.01 Material, Tax Income: 0.10 Materials)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Poor
(Upkeep: 3 Materials, Tax Income: 4.50 Materials)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Adequate
(Note: Median Commoner Living.
Upkeep: 9 Materials, Tax Income: 12 Materials)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Good
(Note: Median Merchant Living.
Upkeep: 13 Materials, Tax Income: 21 Materials)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Great
(Upkeep: 27 Materials, Tax Income: 45 Materials)
-[ ] Housing Quality: Mansions
(Note: Median Noble Living.
Upkeep: 40 Materials, Tax Income: 76 Materials)
[ ] Expand The Marketplace - Industrial Focus
Now that you have a market that can sell products and materials for the populace to fulfill their needs, you could focus on developing the industrial capacity, aiding all industrial projects greatly.
(Turns: 5
Cost: 9.70 Materials
Reward: Industrial Marketplace, cheaper/better Industrial Actions, +6 Materials in Taxes.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Expand The Marketplace - Population Focus
While the people in Norqod can fill their existential needs, like food or clothing, reliably with the provided goods, luxuries are absent, with many things like books, newspapers, fine clothing, medicine, educational materials, rudimentary entertainment, and more a rare thing. For most inhabitants, mostly Mutated, having access to those goods is a big step up, yet we could provide more, making their lives easier and happier.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 18.15 Materials
Reward: Population Marketplace, cheaper/better Population Actions, +2.50 Materials in Taxes.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Simple Hospital
With the increase in Norqod's populations, the small clinics will struggle to fulfill the demand for medical aid or procedures soon. However, a single, three-story hospital with enough capacity to treat 100-ish people simultaneously, and around 300-400 at once, in emergencies, should cover most cases where surgeries and more extensive medical knowledge are required. Future expansions could include a medical campus, technological upgrades, specialized wards, plague-quarantine areas, and more!
(Turns: 3
Cost: 17 Materials, Upkeep: 5 Materials
Reward: Norqod is more resistant to plague and gains more self-sufficiency. Also, you help more people at once, as they don't have to walk to the Tree's medical wing to get proper treatmen.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Industrial Subsidies - [Industrial Specalization]
When one looks at the ruins of the old world, one cannot miss the titanic forges of industry, the vast halls of robotic workers, and massive production centers. However, compared to today, even the least of those ancient places towers above what the best Forge-Clans can produce, with mountains of goods being produced in days, where we would struggle to do so in years. Therefore, planning out where backers can build what industries, how to entice their creation, and supply them will be vital for taking back that piece of history.
(Turns: 6
Cost: 49 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains an Industrial specialization, allowing for the creation of manufactories, industrial hubs, early factories, steel mills, and all manner of industrial production lines. This will allow for the creation of vast machine wonders and industrial products by the Pilgrims.
Does not specialize Norqod should another specialization be taken, but this path remains open.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Schooling Incentives - [Academic Specialization]
Change is the result of learning. By turning Norqod into a bastion of both academia, where legions of students are churned out under the watchful eyes of educated teachers, a repository of knowledge, in whose venerable halls and vaults within libraries overshadowing all, or a place for the refinement of the spirit and soul within temples and sanctuaries, we will ensure that future generations will live in the shadows of trees planted today.
(Turns: 9
Cost: 67 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains an Academic specialization, allowing for the creation of schools, academies, universities, libraries, research complexes, and all that one can imagine. To be a bastion of knowledge, a light of understanding within the dark is no easy task, nor a short one. But a seed planted today can grow into a towering behemoth tomorrow. This will speed up the dissemination of technologies researched by the Pilgrims.
Does not specialize Norqod should another specialization be taken, but this path remains open.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Blue Light District - [Cultural Specialization]
With the Pilgrim building the Consensuals in Tessen, nothing speaks against allowing various brothels to be opened in Norqod, as long as they adhere to specific guidelines, restrictions, inspections, and standards. With the overwhelming Mutated presence, those establishments will see a particular type of clientele within their shops. Alongside those, restaurants, cafés, taverns, artisans, and tea shops can be incentivized, and with the frequent trade caravans coming through, they will have enough customers. Legal drugs and gambling can be allowed in all shops that acquire both the license and the needed Regional requirements set by House Tessen. The Guards need to be expanded as well to preserve the peace and take care of any troublemakers.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 16.50
Reward: Norqod gains a Cultural specialization, which opens up further opportunities like theaters, cinemas, artistic academies, and more. It would also allow the Pilgrims to spread their faith further than ever by sheer cultural osmosis.
Does not specialize Norqod should another specialization be taken, but this path remains open.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Airship Trade Anchor And Depot - [Trade Specialization]
With the advent of the nascent Airships, creating the needed infrastructure to harbor, supply, repair, upgrade, modify, and unload trade goods or passengers will prove both prudent and vital. While other places may take that particular place in the sun, staking our claim early will enable us to dominate the whole.
(Turns: 5
Cost: 52 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains a Trade specialization, allowing for the creation of storage hubs, trade lanes, merchant quarters, banks, skewed deals, and a whole lot more, only limited by our imagination. Money is in the air, boys, girls, and others! We only need to grasp it with our hands!
Does not specialize Norqod should another specialization be taken, but this path remains open.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] House Dall Barracks - [Military Specialization]
As a Prevter house, house Dall will be required to outfit both troops in defense of the Empire and secure the resource for which they have been installed. Creating barracks for foot soldiers is the first step, allowing the nascent House Dall Retinue to discover promising recruits and commanders from the local populace. Which, by necessity, includes Mutated, requiring more Materials to accommodate the different physiology and dietary requirements of the same.
(Turns: 7
Cost: 24 Materials, Upkeep: 7.00 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains a Military specialization, allowing the recruitment of more sophisticated and specialized troops, expands the defensive and offensive capabilities of House Dall, and opens the path for a potential Knight Retinue. Following this path can generate safe routes into the Forest Of Rust, allowing Suspendium harvesting operations and the search for Artifacts to be expanded considerably.
Does not specialize Norqod should another specialization be taken, but this path remains open.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] House Dall Palace
While 'palace' may be too strong a word for the residence planned, it contains all one needs to know about the subject. House Dall, as a noble lineage not bound to the Pilgrim Faith (due to Martyris only marrying into the House), will, sooner or later, require a residence from where they may oversee and administer Norqod and the Suspendium harvests.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 25 Materials
Reward: House Dall gains a Noble Palace, where they may live, work, and greet guests. Not required until one member of House Dall isn't a Pilgrim.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Engine Assembly
The Tree is not suited for the industry needed to build your Fuur-Engine in any appreciable quantities, neither the forges nor smelters. Norqod, on the other hand, can easily support such an assembly, allowing you to produce the engines cheaper while selling ordered ones. Well, once people are living in Norqod anyway.
(Requirement: Prepare Quarters, Dig Out A Marketplace
Turns: 7
Cost: 35 Materials, Upkeep: 10.90 Materials
Reward: Massive reduction to Assemble An Engine, 6d12 Materials to Technology Sales, massively increased prosperity in Norqod.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Organized Airship Manufactory - 1 Line - (Airship (Can be changed)) - (0-2.000 Kg) - (Insert Company Name)
Forget making a few little ships! Mass-producing components and available designs and fitting them in a specialized hangar are the way to go! Of course, you need to provide the required Suspendium and Materials, but then? Then you can get rich!
(Turns: 5
Cost: 35 Materials, Upkeep: Airship Line Dependent
Reward: Organized Airship Manufactory, allowing you to build and sell Airships to your specifications. House Dall gets rich.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Write-In.
Adding House Dall will lessen the Pilgrims gain but increase those of House Dall.
Support: Many people try to take advantage of you. Fortunately, they are willing to give you something back. (Actions as advertised)
[ ] Merchants - (All Are Free Actions)
-[ ] Take Out A Flat Loan
(0-450 Materials loaned for four turns at 5% interest)
-[ ] Take Out A Continuous Loan
(0-500 Materials loaned with 12% interest per Turn)
-[ ] Sell Businesses Norqod Location Privileges
(Gain 6d20 Materials (-3d every use, +1d every Turn not used))
-[ ] Buying Stuff
(Write in what you want to purchase. Locked to maximum rare technology)
-[ ] Selling Artifacts
(Write in artifacts that you want to sell)
-[ ] Backroom Deals - (Once Per Turn)
(Reduce Upkeep of one(1) structure by 0.50 Materials, can only be taken once a turn.)
[ ] The Adventurer Guild - (1 Action)
-[ ] Guardians For Hire - (Choose Location)
(Cost: +1.3 Materials to Upkeep
Reward: 1 Facility has security against violent actions)
-[ ] Take 'Em Out - (Choose Target)
(Cost: 6 Materials
Reward: Chosen targets plans are temporarily halted due to attacks)
-[ ] Investigate
(Cost: 3 Materials
Reward: Chosen targets plans for the next two turns are revealed.)
[ ] The Military - (1 Action)
-[ ] Fell Off The Wagons - (Request 1 Piece Of Equipment)
(Cost: variable
Reward: 1 Piece Of Equipment - Military Grade.)
-[ ] War Lessons
(Cost: 2 Material
Reward: +5 to the first two rolls in the next Combat.)
[ ] The Union Of Herbalists - (Choose 1 Action)
-[ ] Institutional Knowledge
(Cost: 3.69 Materials
Reward: +30 to Biological/Medicinal Learning Rolls)
-[ ] Study Sessions - (Locked for 1(one) Turn)
(Cost: 1 Faithful, 2.32 Material per Turn, for 8(eight) turns
Reward: 1 trained General Doctor)
-[ ] Buying Stuff
(Write in what you want to purchase. Locked to maximum Common technology)
-[ ] A Helping Hand - (Choose Faction)
(Cost: 1 Biological/Medicinal Artifact
Reward: Increase the control of the chosen faction by 1d6+4%, doubled for rare artifacts, worsened relations to other sub-factions, decreased cost for Union of Herbalists actions, unlocks more actions at certain control thresholds.)
[ ] Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science - (Choose 1 Action)
-[ ] In The Name Of Profit - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 15 Materials
Reward: +1 Progress for chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] Because of SCIENCE! - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 4 Materials
Reward: +15 to chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] Suffer Their Arrogance
(Cost: 1 Faithful, 6 Material per Turn, for 4(four) turns
Reward: 1 trained General Scientist)
[ ] Criminal Organisations - (1 Action)
-[ ] Auction- (Choose Artifact)
(Chance: 100%
Roll 1d2, on 1, add 1d50 to the price, on a 2, subtract 1d50)
-[ ] Sabotage - (Choose Target)
(Chance: 100%
Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: Chosen targets plans are temporarily halted due to attacks)
-[ ] And Oh, My! - (Choose Faction)
(Chance: 100%
Cost: 10 Materials
Reward: Blackmail of chosen faction obtained)
[X] Forge Clan Vanar-Feer - (1 Action Locked)
- [ ] Made To Order
(Cost: Variable
Reward: Variable
Use: Write what you wish to commission. (Art, weapons, armor, tools, resources, or machines are examples of this.)
-[X] Engineers Galore - (Engineer) - (3/6 Turns Complete)
After the arriving Forge-Clan Elders saw that you had the same appreciation for technology as they did, and with the support of both DoD and PD, they decided to impart some knowledge about the world to some of you 'who knew what they are doing.'
(Cost: 1 Faithful, 15 Material per Turn, for 6(six) turns
Reward: 1 Engineer)
-[ ] Commission A Knight-Frame For ^Ä^
--[ ] Malachial-Pattern
(Turns: 4, Cost: 150 Materials, Armor: 200/200, Structure: 60/60)
--[ ] Hadramiel-Pattern
(Turns: 4, Cost: 300 Materials, Armor: 350/350, Structure: 40/40)
--[ ] Gezuria-Pattern
(Turns: 5, Cost: 700 Materials, Armor: 650/650, Structure: 80/80)
--[ ] Commision An Unique-Pattern
(Turns: 8, Cost: 200 Materials, Armor: 10 points for 2 Materials, Structure: 2 points for 5 Materials)
[ ] The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics - (1 Action)
-[ ] Commission A Survey
(Cost: 40 Materials, 5 Goodwill
Chance: Rolled for usefulness
Reward: Locates 1(one) additional resource in Tessen)
-[ ] Meet Cryptic Benefactors
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Reward: 4d20 Materials for 2(two) Turns)
-[ ] Grease The Wheels - (Action)
(Cost: 15 Materials, 15 Goodwill
Reward: Gain 1d6 Turns/Successes on any Building/Action)
-[ ] Take Out A Flat Loan
(0-450 Materials loaned for four turns at 5% interest)
-[ ] Take Out A Continuous Loan
(0-500 Materials loaned with 12% interest per Turn)
-[ ] Sell Businesses Norqod Location Privileges
(Gain 6d20 Materials (-3d every use, +1d every Turn not used))
-[ ] Buying Stuff
(Write in what you want to purchase. Locked to maximum rare technology)
-[ ] Selling Artifacts
(Write in artifacts that you want to sell)
-[ ] Backroom Deals - (Once Per Turn)
(Reduce Upkeep of one(1) structure by 0.50 Materials, can only be taken once a turn.)
[ ] The Adventurer Guild - (1 Action)
-[ ] Guardians For Hire - (Choose Location)
(Cost: +1.3 Materials to Upkeep
Reward: 1 Facility has security against violent actions)
-[ ] Take 'Em Out - (Choose Target)
(Cost: 6 Materials
Reward: Chosen targets plans are temporarily halted due to attacks)
-[ ] Investigate
(Cost: 3 Materials
Reward: Chosen targets plans for the next two turns are revealed.)
[ ] The Military - (1 Action)
-[ ] Fell Off The Wagons - (Request 1 Piece Of Equipment)
(Cost: variable
Reward: 1 Piece Of Equipment - Military Grade.)
-[ ] War Lessons
(Cost: 2 Material
Reward: +5 to the first two rolls in the next Combat.)
[ ] The Union Of Herbalists - (Choose 1 Action)
-[ ] Institutional Knowledge
(Cost: 3.69 Materials
Reward: +30 to Biological/Medicinal Learning Rolls)
(Cost: 1 Faithful, 2.32 Material per Turn, for 8(eight) turns
Reward: 1 trained General Doctor)
-[ ] Buying Stuff
(Write in what you want to purchase. Locked to maximum Common technology)
-[ ] A Helping Hand - (Choose Faction)
(Cost: 1 Biological/Medicinal Artifact
Reward: Increase the control of the chosen faction by 1d6+4%, doubled for rare artifacts, worsened relations to other sub-factions, decreased cost for Union of Herbalists actions, unlocks more actions at certain control thresholds.)
[ ] Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science - (Choose 1 Action)
-[ ] In The Name Of Profit - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 15 Materials
Reward: +1 Progress for chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] Because of SCIENCE! - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 4 Materials
Reward: +15 to chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] Suffer Their Arrogance
(Cost: 1 Faithful, 6 Material per Turn, for 4(four) turns
Reward: 1 trained General Scientist)
[ ] Criminal Organisations - (1 Action)
-[ ] Auction- (Choose Artifact)
(Chance: 100%
Roll 1d2, on 1, add 1d50 to the price, on a 2, subtract 1d50)
-[ ] Sabotage - (Choose Target)
(Chance: 100%
Cost: 7 Materials
Reward: Chosen targets plans are temporarily halted due to attacks)
-[ ] And Oh, My! - (Choose Faction)
(Chance: 100%
Cost: 10 Materials
Reward: Blackmail of chosen faction obtained)
[X] Forge Clan Vanar-Feer - (1 Action Locked)
- [ ] Made To Order
(Cost: Variable
Reward: Variable
Use: Write what you wish to commission. (Art, weapons, armor, tools, resources, or machines are examples of this.)
-[X] Engineers Galore - (Engineer) - (3/6 Turns Complete)
After the arriving Forge-Clan Elders saw that you had the same appreciation for technology as they did, and with the support of both DoD and PD, they decided to impart some knowledge about the world to some of you 'who knew what they are doing.'
(Cost: 1 Faithful, 15 Material per Turn, for 6(six) turns
Reward: 1 Engineer)
-[ ] Commission A Knight-Frame For ^Ä^
--[ ] Malachial-Pattern
(Turns: 4, Cost: 150 Materials, Armor: 200/200, Structure: 60/60)
--[ ] Hadramiel-Pattern
(Turns: 4, Cost: 300 Materials, Armor: 350/350, Structure: 40/40)
--[ ] Gezuria-Pattern
(Turns: 5, Cost: 700 Materials, Armor: 650/650, Structure: 80/80)
--[ ] Commision An Unique-Pattern
(Turns: 8, Cost: 200 Materials, Armor: 10 points for 2 Materials, Structure: 2 points for 5 Materials)
[ ] The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics - (1 Action)
-[ ] Commission A Survey
(Cost: 40 Materials, 5 Goodwill
Chance: Rolled for usefulness
Reward: Locates 1(one) additional resource in Tessen)
-[ ] Meet Cryptic Benefactors
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Reward: 4d20 Materials for 2(two) Turns)
-[ ] Grease The Wheels - (Action)
(Cost: 15 Materials, 15 Goodwill
Reward: Gain 1d6 Turns/Successes on any Building/Action)
Heroes: Sometimes, you have to get your own hands dirty. Sometimes you want to relax since leading the Pilgrims rarely leads to a dull moment. (Martyris: Choose 2 Actions, Aria: Choose 1 Action)
[ ] Search For The Grave Of The Shattered Eye
A crazed man gave Martyris instructions and directions towards a grave where he "could find a crack through the lies, safely." It is evident that the man was dangerous, having been dragged off by InSec, but whatever he wanted to show off could turn out to be valuable. Maybe.
(Notice: If Martyris takes this Action, it takes up two actions. This is because a hero may not stop taking this Action once it started.
Turns: 4
Reward: ???, +1 to (3\²]SN@'+ßz _
WARNING: DO NOT TAKE; WARNING_ DO NOooT Taaaaaa-aKE; WAGIIN; DO OT KET²³@}43t })
[ ] Shift Your Bureaucracy From (Category) To (Category)
Sometimes the need arises where efforts have to be reduced in one area and expanded in another when no additional resources are available to do so otherwise. Today is one of those times where a shift in attention is required.
(Cost: 1 Material
Reward: 1 Action is shifted from the first to the second category, active next Turn.)
[ ] Condemn An Organization/Person As Heretical/Forbidden - (Choose Target) - (Write-In Reason)
You knew something like this would happen. Somehow, somewhere an organization or person would manage to draw your full ire. Not in the sense that you disagree with something they did, but what they represent and how they act in life. Well, you are an official religion, and as such, you are allowed to condemn them. Do so.
(Trait Needed: Arbitrator
Cost: All support options for the chosen organization will be void; the Leader will most likely hate you.
Reward: Opposing factions will love this act. A good enough reason can give you additional benefits.)
[ ] Training Is My Favorite Hobby! - (Aria)
Now that you have a Pilot, they need to know what they are doing. While learning by doing is certainly a way to go about it, Humans and Mutated's squishiness tends to block that within the Tree. Now all that is needed is to internalize the lessons.
(Trait Needed: Knight-Pilot
Turns: 6
Reward: Aria advances to (3/6) Training.)
[ ] Too Much To Do - (Action)
There is simply too much to do and not enough hands to do it. Start helping out.
(Can be taken multiple times.
Reward: +1 Action is done)
[ ] Lead By Example (Write in Action)
Help your People, motivate them by taking a personal interest in their work. You won't just sit around either. Two more hands are always needed.
(Reward: +20 to 1 Action)
[ ] Personal Introduction (Write in Organization)
Some factions and organizations could have things that would benefit the Pilgrims; Money, Machines, Connections, Public support, and many more. Unfortunately, that means introducing yourself, which may or may not paint a giant target on your back.
(Chance: 55%, rolled with a +15
Reward: Chosen organizations support-network unlocked.)
[ ] Cool Tempers - (Material Cost)
Not everything can always be sunshine and rainbows, sometimes shit goes sideways, and people need to be reminded that failure is not the end of the world.
(Chance: 40%, +10% for 5 Materials, +20% for 12 Materials
Reward: +1% Piety, and 1 additional for every +10 rolling above 60)
[ ] Guiding Hand
There are some Pilgrims who stand at the edge of committing themselves to the Pilgrims cause. You should speak to them, see what stops them and try to either bring them in or make them realize that they would make a mistake if they did so.
(Reward: The maximum amount of Faithful is created, according to the available Followers.)
[ ] Relax - (Can Specify What Activity)
All work and no play makes hairs grey and is quite unpleasant.
(Reward: The chosen Hero relaxes, avoiding burnout and bad traits.)
[ ] Write In
A crazed man gave Martyris instructions and directions towards a grave where he "could find a crack through the lies, safely." It is evident that the man was dangerous, having been dragged off by InSec, but whatever he wanted to show off could turn out to be valuable. Maybe.
(Notice: If Martyris takes this Action, it takes up two actions. This is because a hero may not stop taking this Action once it started.
Turns: 4
Reward: ???, +1 to (3\²]SN@'+ßz _
WARNING: DO NOT TAKE; WARNING_ DO NOooT Taaaaaa-aKE; WAGIIN; DO OT KET²³@}43t })
[ ] Shift Your Bureaucracy From (Category) To (Category)
Sometimes the need arises where efforts have to be reduced in one area and expanded in another when no additional resources are available to do so otherwise. Today is one of those times where a shift in attention is required.
(Cost: 1 Material
Reward: 1 Action is shifted from the first to the second category, active next Turn.)
[ ] Condemn An Organization/Person As Heretical/Forbidden - (Choose Target) - (Write-In Reason)
You knew something like this would happen. Somehow, somewhere an organization or person would manage to draw your full ire. Not in the sense that you disagree with something they did, but what they represent and how they act in life. Well, you are an official religion, and as such, you are allowed to condemn them. Do so.
(Trait Needed: Arbitrator
Cost: All support options for the chosen organization will be void; the Leader will most likely hate you.
Reward: Opposing factions will love this act. A good enough reason can give you additional benefits.)
[ ] Training Is My Favorite Hobby! - (Aria)
Now that you have a Pilot, they need to know what they are doing. While learning by doing is certainly a way to go about it, Humans and Mutated's squishiness tends to block that within the Tree. Now all that is needed is to internalize the lessons.
(Trait Needed: Knight-Pilot
Turns: 6
Reward: Aria advances to (3/6) Training.)
[ ] Too Much To Do - (Action)
There is simply too much to do and not enough hands to do it. Start helping out.
(Can be taken multiple times.
Reward: +1 Action is done)
[ ] Lead By Example (Write in Action)
Help your People, motivate them by taking a personal interest in their work. You won't just sit around either. Two more hands are always needed.
(Reward: +20 to 1 Action)
[ ] Personal Introduction (Write in Organization)
Some factions and organizations could have things that would benefit the Pilgrims; Money, Machines, Connections, Public support, and many more. Unfortunately, that means introducing yourself, which may or may not paint a giant target on your back.
(Chance: 55%, rolled with a +15
Reward: Chosen organizations support-network unlocked.)
[ ] Cool Tempers - (Material Cost)
Not everything can always be sunshine and rainbows, sometimes shit goes sideways, and people need to be reminded that failure is not the end of the world.
(Chance: 40%, +10% for 5 Materials, +20% for 12 Materials
Reward: +1% Piety, and 1 additional for every +10 rolling above 60)
[ ] Guiding Hand
There are some Pilgrims who stand at the edge of committing themselves to the Pilgrims cause. You should speak to them, see what stops them and try to either bring them in or make them realize that they would make a mistake if they did so.
(Reward: The maximum amount of Faithful is created, according to the available Followers.)
[ ] Relax - (Can Specify What Activity)
All work and no play makes hairs grey and is quite unpleasant.
(Reward: The chosen Hero relaxes, avoiding burnout and bad traits.)
[ ] Write In
If you spot any mistakes or have questions, tell me so I can provide a better experience.
Also, finally figured out how to change the thread-icon!
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Oh shit
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
- Location
- Liberl Zemuria.
huh well that happened. Obviously the Pilgrims will help and the Cutters can carry stuff. Not much but there are enough that a stable supply line can be formed out of them. We even have the DoD to help with relief operations.