Cult Creator - The Pilgrims Journey
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Well, the eyeballs make it safe to say she is associated with the White Forest. Also The Sun kind of looks like Aztec style art. Very fitting considering they also worshipped the Sun.
[An Illustration found within an Eversun Childrens Book showing the Sunguardian manifesting the Truth of the Light to humanity.]
By: Liz_Pik
Turn 59; Year 14; Month 3; Brave New World
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
- The Pilgrims
"What struck me as odd was that once we had almost reached the entrance of the City, a patrol insisted that they guard our journey on its last stretch "against predations and bandits" despite none of the latter ever bothering us ever since we entered the Region. I had assumed it to be a Pilot taking their duty seriously and was more than happy to chat with them on the way to the gates. As we arrived, they pointed out the batteries of Bright-Lances and Coil-Guns guarding the immediate area against native wildlife and a breed of beings named 'Wyverns' whose status as Mutants had been hotly contested ever since they appeared forty years ago."
"Yet, what set me on edge was that the Pilot announced us not as a caravan but as "a caravan under the Chapters protection" to the guards operating the gates. Not because they had ensured our safety on their Chapters Honor, but because the guards did not search us, they seemed to shrink back from the Knight and refused to take stock, inventory, or anything remotely associated with security. All our talks with the natives and workers moving back and forth across the Region indicated they searched to the highest degree. Yet, we were let inside without any hassle and directed underground on a ramp descending into the earth. I saw little of the wealth of the Upper Level. My glimpses told me enough as I saw statues of silver stand proudly near art and ornaments gleaming with wealth, while a heavy presence of soldiers and guards ensured the safety of the people living here. And as we descended, I couldn't help but feel that, as the gates closed behind us, they weren't there to keep things out, but us inside. The Middle Level was drastically different, as metal, rust, pipes, machinery, smoke, smog, sweat, the smell of rotting food, screaming, haggling, and the various noises of humanity assaulted us all."
"Yet the one thing that caught my attention more than the hawkers and vendors trying to sell us things were the people, haggard, thin, and more than one looking more like a living skeleton than a human being. Skin stretched taut over bones with hair falling out as hollow eyes followed us walking along the descending ramp, deeper into the City. The second thing I focused on was the tower within the middle of the shaft, a monumental machine belching out steam smoke, and secured to the sides of the chasm with hundreds or thousands of bridges growing ever more expansive and numerous the lower you went, with entire buildings and eventually what looked like streets built ontop, people making room for a home where they had been unable to dig, connecting these ramshackle buildings with towers and stairs, from which houses hung too."
"It took us an hour to enter the administrative section of the City, where we bought an empty area of the chasm to settle inside, with the rocks stretching two kilometers behind the dug homes."
"At this point, we all began to notice things that had once been acknowledged by many as the way of life within the Empire at large and the reverse within the Tree. The people here seemed... relaxed around Mutated, for lack of a better term. There was none of the hidden distaste or open disdain within other Regions; nobody seemed to care that there were Mutated and Humans being couples or caring for children of either kind. Nobody here looked as if such was a recent event, only a way of life."
"We soon found out why, as we learned the Region's history from those who had sought refuge within the 'empty' homes we had bought."
-Diary of a Pilgrim
"There are too many eyes here," Isa spoke nervously, his own looking across the street into the extensive temple-like structure where hundreds of people entered or left to partake of what lay within. "Too many, too many," he continued to mutter, a hand firmly grasping the small shiv he had fashioned out of a metal shard and some rags a few years back, finding a measure of comfort in the familiar weapon.
"Yeah, but Demiska said it's safe-" Tani spoke, hastily adding: "-enough," at the end as Isa glared at her choice of words. "Besides," she continued to talk, nervously glancing around for any Guards or Watchers within the crowds that were a bit too interested in two orphan children. "The Pilgrims operate that building; they already give us food in their kitchens, so why not?"
Isa growled at that, memories of the hundreds of meals he had gotten from that weird cult rising to his mind, as well as the smile of the old couple usually staffing the front that gave out another orange or apple to him.
Some fuckers had robbed the place once.
After being jumped by twenty of his "friends" in an alleyway, they didn't do so again.
"If this gets us into an orphanage, I'll gut 'ya, sister," Isa half-seriously threatened her, causing her to snipe right back at him having to catch her first.
"How's the fire going?" Mahela asked as he dropped a bundle of dried cacti and long grasses next to me, blowing out the tiny flame I had managed to get going.
"With you doing that shit," I shot back, not hiding my anger or disguising the glare on my face, "not quickly. So why the fuck are you here anyway? We've got shit to load into the wagons, and Nik is already having his dick twisted by the Boss in Siville for the hold-up with that damn lizard breaking its leg."
Mahela snorted in reply, plopping her fat ass down into the sand next to me; once more smothering the flame I managed to get going! "Not feeling up to hauling shit and ruining my day further. I am already sweaty as fuck by walking around; no thanks for more labor!" And with that, she fell onto her back, one arm raised with a finger pointed into the sky. "Emperor by my witness, I'll be lying here until I get some shit to eat before I move!"
Typical. "Not like you'll move for anything else. By the way," I asked with all the accusation I could drench the words in, "we are missing meat. Do you happen to know something?" She didn't respond, her raised hand fishing out a piece of jerky from a pocket her answer to me. "At least share, you selfish bitch."
"Suck my tits," she responded, lifting her head to smirk and glare at me with a bit of jerky in her mouth, making me snort. Something that caused her glare to redouble, the fury within her eyes rising to my unspoken challenge. "And don't you dare tell Nik, or I'll shove my boot so far up your ass you'll taste the sole!"
"Don't threaten me with a good time, and not like I would have to anger you for that! Though, usually, it's me that does you in the-," a piece of sausage nearly nailed me in the head, swiftly caught as I had seen her grab the piece of meat from another pocket. "Not so hard, now is it? Dontcha know? Sharing is caring, darling, as you tell our little brats when they fight again."
"MAHELA!" A shout came from the caravan, making her face sour at the exact moment a grin appeared on mine. "GET YOUR ASS HERE," Nik continued, "WE HAVE WORK TO DO YOU LAZY PIECE OF SHIT!"
"Well, better get working~!" I singsonged as the flame I had been working on finally grew strong enough to be fed with more than kindle.
"You are one hell of a shitter," my darling wife told me, rolling her eyes so much they nearly popped out of her sockets as she stood up, stretching the laziness out of her body. Too bad she wore too much for a show, but what can you do? At least she added some sway to her walk with an eyebrow raised in an unspoken invitation for later.
"Don't act like you don't love it!" I called back, making her bark a laugh before Nik once more screamed at her to mo-
...the fuck?
Some... high-pitched screech suddenly appeared, growing louder with every second. I looked into the sky with one hand on my sword, confused. Was there some damned Mutant approaching or what wa-
*TH-KRACK*
An explosion shot sand and broken lumber everywhere, screams of alarm and pain ringing out immediately as a wagon exploded like a bomb, the force of the blast smashing into my chest and nearly blowing me over. I tried to rub the sand out of my eyes as the ringing in my ears subsided, trying to make sense of what had just happe-
*TH-KRACK*
*TH-KRACK*
*TH-KRACK*
Three more explosions rang out, hitting other portions of the camp, splicing through the wagons, supplies, lizards, and people with equal ease, and causing a shrieking within my ears as I felt something smack into my chest. Thankfully, it wasn't anythi-
It was a mutilated head.
My mind ground to a halt as I saw the features, even obscured by panic, pain, and blood. Yet, before the thought currently worming its way through my mind could even register, I faintly heard someone scream something to my left. Dazedly, I looked there, seeing one of our scouts ride their lizard over the dune while screaming about something, looking over their shoulder with fear on their face.
That was the moment a titanic sword bisected both rider and lizard, with a Knight of alien design slowly lifting the gore-drenched weapon as it looked at me.
"GET THE LANCE!" Someone screamed into my ears as I tried to stand, weakly trying to hold both the head and increase the distance between the Knight and me. "THE LANCE!" The screamer continued into my ear as I looked at a squadron of Guards barrel down the dune with halberds raised. Only then I realized I had been the one screaming into the air.
Isa looked at the plate of food before him, his mind trying to conceptually understand what his eyes saw. "What?" I was all he could ask, his eyes not leaving the plate in front of him, one hand clenching the spoon he had been given.
"Yesh," Demiska blabbered around a full mouth, shoveling yet more spiced sandgruel into her, looking equally smug and happy. Swallowing her current portion gave Isa enough time to start digging in himself. "Rules real simple; ask, and you'll get as long as you want. Take, and they'll chuck you out for the week."
"Holy shit," Tani mumbled, herself occupied not by the (now clean) plate she had been given but the large piece of fruit she held in her hands, trying to figure out if you needed to remove its skin first or if it was edible too.
"It's my fifth portion," Demiska announced without shame, standing up with a titanic grin on her face. "Imma get my sixth!"
'Chamber Built!' Song of Dance hummed into the room with much acclaim.
'Idol? Statue? Icon?' Came the chorus of the flock back, each voice buzzing with a note of the whole into the underground burrows.
'Living Paint, Moving Mind' Song of Joy thrummed into the crowd, emerging from a passage connecting their homes to that of the Singers-Of-Despair-And-Hope.
'Celebration!' One child demanded, hopping from one foot to the other, brimming with the energy of a child.
'Yes.' Song of Memories declared, her weak pitch still heard clearly across all minds, her head sagely nodding at the
'DANCE, SONG, RACE!' So echoed the shout across all Running-Singers-Of-Bound-Skies.
"Hey," Asya asked the tribal next to her as she laid down a crate with the last piece of furniture they had been moving. "What's with the buzzin'?"
The man looked at her with a cocked head before slowly answering in broken Traspe. "Little Birds sing in joy of ending building," he said, nodding as if that explained anything, and then walked out of the room, leaving behind a confused Asya.
"Well, alright then. Keep that secret," she muttered, shaking her head.
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 2 Actions)
[ ] 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.
(Cost: 8.22 Materials
Turns: 1
Chance: 43%
Reward: 2d100+50 Recruits)
[ ] A Duty To Others Is Not Taken Lightly
As our numbers swell, so does our ability to reach out to many more people than before. With word, deed, and art, we can reach out to those on the edge of their decision and bring them into the fold for the good of all. Ours is a duty not taken lightly, but it is a duty one does not need shoulder alone.
(Cost: 17.75 Materials
Turns: 3
Chance: 04%
Reward: 4d200+150 Recruits)
[ ] Festival Of The Delta
With money comes the ability to sponsor festivals, with our numbers the capability to fully take advantage of the festival for our ends, in learning, conciliation, and creation. It will be costly, but it will be worth it.
(Cost: 100 Materials
Turns: 1
Chance: 66%
Reward: +6d8 Goodwill, +4d40 Recruits, +25 to all Actions this Turn if successful.)
[ ] A Small Donation - (Organization) - (Topic) - (Donation Sum)
As the wealth of the Pilgrim increases, so too does the need to play politics within the Big League. This directly translates to donations towards organizations (like newspapers) who then work towards a goal we provide for them. Nothing that they would be against doing, but something they would be adverse to in normal circumstances.
(Cost: 50-Unlimited Materials/Goodwill
Turns: 1
Chance: 71%
Reward: PR)
[ ] Begin Preparations For New Region Conversion
We have grown far beyond what Martyris had ever envisioned, in numbers, wealth, knowledge, connection, as well as faith. So much so that some among our numbers are seeking new horizons to establish a new chapter, satellite, or outpost of the Pilgrims. We should accommodate their wishes, as they will aid us back in time and turn.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 0-200 Pilgrims, 50-200 Materials, 10-35% Piety loss
Reward: A New Chapter Interlude Turns)
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.
(Cost: 8.22 Materials
Turns: 1
Chance: 43%
Reward: 2d100+50 Recruits)
[ ] A Duty To Others Is Not Taken Lightly
As our numbers swell, so does our ability to reach out to many more people than before. With word, deed, and art, we can reach out to those on the edge of their decision and bring them into the fold for the good of all. Ours is a duty not taken lightly, but it is a duty one does not need shoulder alone.
(Cost: 17.75 Materials
Turns: 3
Chance: 04%
Reward: 4d200+150 Recruits)
[ ] Festival Of The Delta
With money comes the ability to sponsor festivals, with our numbers the capability to fully take advantage of the festival for our ends, in learning, conciliation, and creation. It will be costly, but it will be worth it.
(Cost: 100 Materials
Turns: 1
Chance: 66%
Reward: +6d8 Goodwill, +4d40 Recruits, +25 to all Actions this Turn if successful.)
[ ] A Small Donation - (Organization) - (Topic) - (Donation Sum)
As the wealth of the Pilgrim increases, so too does the need to play politics within the Big League. This directly translates to donations towards organizations (like newspapers) who then work towards a goal we provide for them. Nothing that they would be against doing, but something they would be adverse to in normal circumstances.
(Cost: 50-Unlimited Materials/Goodwill
Turns: 1
Chance: 71%
Reward: PR)
[ ] Begin Preparations For New Region Conversion
We have grown far beyond what Martyris had ever envisioned, in numbers, wealth, knowledge, connection, as well as faith. So much so that some among our numbers are seeking new horizons to establish a new chapter, satellite, or outpost of the Pilgrims. We should accommodate their wishes, as they will aid us back in time and turn.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 0-200 Pilgrims, 50-200 Materials, 10-35% Piety loss
Reward: A New Chapter Interlude Turns)
[ ] Feed The Masses - (Choose City)
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 Soup-Kitchens Within Major Cities
While being careful and methodical has helped before, you can now afford to perform these projects in a scattershot approach with your expanding numbers. So we should build 31 more Soup-Kitchens, as they will cover the Major Cities, allowing us to go towards the countryside.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 124 Materials, Upkeep: + 31 Material to soup-kitchens
Reward: 31d6 Recruits, +0.31 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Expand Your Poor Houses
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: 5
Chance: 27% + 12% = 39%
Cost: 50 Materials, Upkeep: +25 Materials
Reward: Expanded Poorhouses, +6 Permanent Recruitment, +0.50 Goodwill per Turn.)
[ ] Establish A Small Hospice Network
While a Hospice does cater to the dying, its primary purpose is to heal the sick who cannot afford to see a doctor. With your allies and growing knowledge, you are confident that you can establish over a dozen within Tessen at once.
(Chance: 29%
Cost: 12 Materials Upkeep: 9 Material
Reward: +0.12 Goodwill per Turn, 8d6 Goodwill, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Expand Your Hospice Network
While you have acceptable Hospices, you can improve many things: capacity, treatments, things like that. Better get to it!
(Cost: 40 Materials, Upkeep: +10.20 Materials
Reward: +0.60 Goodwill per Turn, 8d8+4 Goodwill.)
[ ] A Home away from Home
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: 20 Materials, Upkeep: 7.5 Materials
Reward: Local Base, Upkeep of all structure reduced everywhere by 0.10 Materials.)
[ ] Localized Headquarters
Having created a shelter, expanding the building to encompass several barracks, a canteen, storage rooms, a medical section, and an administrative body will improve your efficiency within the city!
(Required: Local Base (Action)
Cost: 100 Materials, Upkeep: 12.50 Materials
Reward: Local Headquarters, Upkeep of all cities reduced by 0.75 Materials.)
[ ] Administrative Center - (Mirn)
Organizing hundreds of works is no easy feat, requiring dedicated staff and learned minds in equal measure. However, with previous works having laid the groundwork, now is the time to compound the efforts of all those who helped. Like, assisting Pilgrims across Tessen perform their duties with the resources and hands they need.
(Required: Localized Headquarters
Turns: 6
Cost: 145 Materials, 12 Faithful, Upkeep: 10 Materials
Reward: Administrative Center, Upkeep across Tessen is reduced by 0.50 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 built 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.)
[ ] Build A Humane Primitive Asylum - (Location)
Nothing stands between the creation of an Asylum led by the Pilgrims now. Contact local builders, set Marxcim to design the structure, and call for volunteers to be trained and paid for taking care of the patients. Of course, some will see the giving over of the mentally ill to a religion-led institution as a terrible idea. Still, those voices will cease after some time has passed and, hopefully, recovered patients walk out of the Asylum.
(Cost: 25 Materials, 6 Materials Upkeep, 4 Goodwill
Reward: Humane Primitive Asylum, +0.2 Goodwill per Turn.)
[ ] 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. Of course, it will cost you as is expected of electronics, but the sight of light at night, steady and clean, will prove that the Pilgrims can realize their ambitions. Do it so.
(Cost: 50 Materials, +0.01 Materials Upkeep to all buildings
Turns: 1
Reward: 4d80 Followers, +10% Piety, -4 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 those who chose this path or use 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.)
[ ] Build Upon A 'Consensual' - (Choose City)
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.)
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 Soup-Kitchens Within Major Cities
While being careful and methodical has helped before, you can now afford to perform these projects in a scattershot approach with your expanding numbers. So we should build 31 more Soup-Kitchens, as they will cover the Major Cities, allowing us to go towards the countryside.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 124 Materials, Upkeep: + 31 Material to soup-kitchens
Reward: 31d6 Recruits, +0.31 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Expand Your Poor Houses
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: 5
Chance: 27% + 12% = 39%
Cost: 50 Materials, Upkeep: +25 Materials
Reward: Expanded Poorhouses, +6 Permanent Recruitment, +0.50 Goodwill per Turn.)
[ ] Establish A Small Hospice Network
While a Hospice does cater to the dying, its primary purpose is to heal the sick who cannot afford to see a doctor. With your allies and growing knowledge, you are confident that you can establish over a dozen within Tessen at once.
(Chance: 29%
Cost: 12 Materials Upkeep: 9 Material
Reward: +0.12 Goodwill per Turn, 8d6 Goodwill, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Expand Your Hospice Network
While you have acceptable Hospices, you can improve many things: capacity, treatments, things like that. Better get to it!
(Cost: 40 Materials, Upkeep: +10.20 Materials
Reward: +0.60 Goodwill per Turn, 8d8+4 Goodwill.)
[ ] A Home away from Home
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: 20 Materials, Upkeep: 7.5 Materials
Reward: Local Base, Upkeep of all structure reduced everywhere by 0.10 Materials.)
[ ] Localized Headquarters
Having created a shelter, expanding the building to encompass several barracks, a canteen, storage rooms, a medical section, and an administrative body will improve your efficiency within the city!
(Required: Local Base (Action)
Cost: 100 Materials, Upkeep: 12.50 Materials
Reward: Local Headquarters, Upkeep of all cities reduced by 0.75 Materials.)
[ ] Administrative Center - (Mirn)
Organizing hundreds of works is no easy feat, requiring dedicated staff and learned minds in equal measure. However, with previous works having laid the groundwork, now is the time to compound the efforts of all those who helped. Like, assisting Pilgrims across Tessen perform their duties with the resources and hands they need.
(Required: Localized Headquarters
Turns: 6
Cost: 145 Materials, 12 Faithful, Upkeep: 10 Materials
Reward: Administrative Center, Upkeep across Tessen is reduced by 0.50 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 built 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.)
[ ] Build A Humane Primitive Asylum - (Location)
Nothing stands between the creation of an Asylum led by the Pilgrims now. Contact local builders, set Marxcim to design the structure, and call for volunteers to be trained and paid for taking care of the patients. Of course, some will see the giving over of the mentally ill to a religion-led institution as a terrible idea. Still, those voices will cease after some time has passed and, hopefully, recovered patients walk out of the Asylum.
(Cost: 25 Materials, 6 Materials Upkeep, 4 Goodwill
Reward: Humane Primitive Asylum, +0.2 Goodwill per Turn.)
[ ] 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. Of course, it will cost you as is expected of electronics, but the sight of light at night, steady and clean, will prove that the Pilgrims can realize their ambitions. Do it so.
(Cost: 50 Materials, +0.01 Materials Upkeep to all buildings
Turns: 1
Reward: 4d80 Followers, +10% Piety, -4 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 those who chose this path or use 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.)
[ ] Build Upon A 'Consensual' - (Choose City)
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.)
[ ] 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 every doctor for the next three months.
(Cost: 73 Materials
Chance: 66%
Reward: Healers gain Influence, 10d5 Goodwill.)
[ ] A Helping Hand
Now that you can create prosthetics, merely creating and selling them isn't enough. Too many veterans, injured, disabled, or unlucky, cannot afford a new arm, leg, hand, or foot. So to create a few hundred in bulk, then ship them out to your hospices, where the doctors may gift them as required.
(Cost: 65 Materials
Chance: 95/55%
Reward: Gain 4/10d4 Goodwill.
You have the money; they have the expertise. Announce that the Pilgrims will shoulder all costs for any medical procedure done by every doctor for the next three months.
(Cost: 73 Materials
Chance: 66%
Reward: Healers gain Influence, 10d5 Goodwill.)
[ ] A Helping Hand
Now that you can create prosthetics, merely creating and selling them isn't enough. Too many veterans, injured, disabled, or unlucky, cannot afford a new arm, leg, hand, or foot. So to create a few hundred in bulk, then ship them out to your hospices, where the doctors may gift them as required.
(Cost: 65 Materials
Chance: 95/55%
Reward: Gain 4/10d4 Goodwill.
[ ] 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. (Choose 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] Hey, Guards! Do Your Jobs!
Somebody attacked you despite being within easy range and under the coverage of an outpost of the Guard. While you cannot expect to have them react to every attack perfectly before they happen, you can expect that they will sally out and kill the fuckers that murdered Empire Citizens in revenge!
(Cost: 1.3 Goodwill
Chance: 46%
Reward: +45 to Hunt Them Down! for both success and failure. Will add several Guard Squadrons to any confrontation in success.)
[ ] From The Brink
Having obtained rudimentary knowledge and understanding of the human psyche beyond that which is commonly available, you now have the chance to slowly pull The Lost back into the fold, saving lives in the process, and preventing them from sliding into a darker mindset than self-punishment. Of course, a deeper understanding of psychology and deeper infiltration could make this process smoother, but you'll have to make do.
(Cost: 10 Materials, 2 Goodwill
Chance: 90/-55%
Reward: +1/3 Assimilation. The Lost become more aligned with the Pilgrims, eventually allowing you to absorb them.)
[ ] We Are One People! - (Choose Class)
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: -20%/-20% for Locals/Elites (rolled each turn)
Successes Needed: 6/6
Reward: +1 Relationship for the Mutated with the chosen faction, +15% Piety, 3d20 Recruits, +1d12 Goodwill)
[ ] School The Diplomat-Corp - (Specialized) - (Faction)
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 or Criminal Gangs.
Reward: +15 to all rolls involving said faction.)
[ ] 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)
[X] Infiltrate Part 1 - (The Followers of Light, House Ulatarn, Marquis of Tessen) - (2/3 Turns Complete)
With spies now available to the Pilgrims, it may be the time to make sure they are in place to ply their trade. This step 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: 8 Materials
Turns: 3
Chance: 73%
Reward: Target is Infiltrated, displays information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 2 - (Choose 3 Factions)
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: 30 Materials
Turns: 2
Chance: 50%
Reward: Spies are planted, displays more information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 3 - (Choose 3 Factions)
Your secrets are ours; nothing can be hidden from us. No lock, no gate, no barrier stands in our way, and nobody will shield you from our grasp. Because we already own them, from the lowliest maid to the highest Guard you trust.
(Needed: Information Network: Rank 2
Cost: 90 Materials
Turns: 5
Chance: 03%
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 Military.
Reward: 2d6-3 Materials + Chance for Secrets )
[ ] Illuminate - (Target)
Holder of justice, beacon in the dark, I have sinned. Liberate me of my darkness, unburden me of this pain, and may my deed feed that which may eternally grow.
(Cost: 6 Materials
Chance: 50%, 60% for: The Military.
Reward: Target has their operations/structures halted/crippled/terminated.)
[ ] Create A Dossier On (Groups/Topics (Max 3))
Collate all known information, history, and rumors about a group or topic of interest to ensure that the Pilgrims' future actions are as well informed as they can be.
(Cost: 15 Materials
Chance: 55%
Reward: Lore and Information regarding Groups/Topics (Max 3).)
[ ] Shouldn't We... (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you go about doing it?)
Somebody attacked you despite being within easy range and under the coverage of an outpost of the Guard. While you cannot expect to have them react to every attack perfectly before they happen, you can expect that they will sally out and kill the fuckers that murdered Empire Citizens in revenge!
(Cost: 1.3 Goodwill
Chance: 46%
Reward: +45 to Hunt Them Down! for both success and failure. Will add several Guard Squadrons to any confrontation in success.)
[ ] From The Brink
Having obtained rudimentary knowledge and understanding of the human psyche beyond that which is commonly available, you now have the chance to slowly pull The Lost back into the fold, saving lives in the process, and preventing them from sliding into a darker mindset than self-punishment. Of course, a deeper understanding of psychology and deeper infiltration could make this process smoother, but you'll have to make do.
(Cost: 10 Materials, 2 Goodwill
Chance: 90/-55%
Reward: +1/3 Assimilation. The Lost become more aligned with the Pilgrims, eventually allowing you to absorb them.)
[ ] We Are One People! - (Choose Class)
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: -20%/-20% for Locals/Elites (rolled each turn)
Successes Needed: 6/6
Reward: +1 Relationship for the Mutated with the chosen faction, +15% Piety, 3d20 Recruits, +1d12 Goodwill)
[ ] School The Diplomat-Corp - (Specialized) - (Faction)
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 or Criminal Gangs.
Reward: +15 to all rolls involving said faction.)
[ ] 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)
[X] Infiltrate Part 1 - (The Followers of Light, House Ulatarn, Marquis of Tessen) - (2/3 Turns Complete)
With spies now available to the Pilgrims, it may be the time to make sure they are in place to ply their trade. This step 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: 8 Materials
Turns: 3
Chance: 73%
Reward: Target is Infiltrated, displays information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 2 - (Choose 3 Factions)
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: 30 Materials
Turns: 2
Chance: 50%
Reward: Spies are planted, displays more information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 3 - (Choose 3 Factions)
Your secrets are ours; nothing can be hidden from us. No lock, no gate, no barrier stands in our way, and nobody will shield you from our grasp. Because we already own them, from the lowliest maid to the highest Guard you trust.
(Needed: Information Network: Rank 2
Cost: 90 Materials
Turns: 5
Chance: 03%
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 Military.
Reward: 2d6-3 Materials + Chance for Secrets )
[ ] Illuminate - (Target)
Holder of justice, beacon in the dark, I have sinned. Liberate me of my darkness, unburden me of this pain, and may my deed feed that which may eternally grow.
(Cost: 6 Materials
Chance: 50%, 60% for: The Military.
Reward: Target has their operations/structures halted/crippled/terminated.)
[ ] Create A Dossier On (Groups/Topics (Max 3))
Collate all known information, history, and rumors about a group or topic of interest to ensure that the Pilgrims' future actions are as well informed as they can be.
(Cost: 15 Materials
Chance: 55%
Reward: Lore and Information regarding Groups/Topics (Max 3).)
[ ] 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. (Choose 1 Action)
[ ] Hunt Them Down! - (Forces)
Somebody, or something, attacked you (again!) and stole your shit. But, more importantly, they killed a bunch of people while doing that! You wouldn't even be a tenth as furious as you are right now if they had just stolen the products and tools, but the murders are enough to make you want to go out there and kill them with a sharp rock! First, look at the tracks they left, then find them. After that, you can murder each and every one of the damn fuckers!
(Cost: 4 Materials
Chance: 17%
Reward: Location and Information about the attackers. Will attack if local forces are considered sufficient to take on/overwhelm the attackers. Up to 3% Piety due to avenging the murdered Pilgrims.
Information: No Faithful assignment restrictions.)
[ ] Menagerie - (Basic)
With the space in your armory expanded, you now have the needed area, blacksmiths, and tools to armor Lizards, ensure they are healthy, and keep them in shape. In addition, several other animals can be held here, though only the most commonly available.
(Cost: 66 Materials, 12 Materials Upkeep
Turns: 5
Reward: Can add [Common] Animals to Units.)
[ ] 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 up to 5 Buildings)
While the Tree of Knowledge has some security, it doesn't have a dedicated guard. So start training a few Pilgrims as guards so that you don't have to worry about thieves or, even worse, saboteurs.
(Cost: 32.5 Materials, Upkeep: +0.55 Materials per Building
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.)
[ ] 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 turn 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/nothing, if re-training.
Reward: 1 New Unit (Size 6/6) at Trained (3/6) or Re-Trained Unit with Upgrades below.
[ ] Sir! The Situation Is As Follows: (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you go about doing it?)
Somebody, or something, attacked you (again!) and stole your shit. But, more importantly, they killed a bunch of people while doing that! You wouldn't even be a tenth as furious as you are right now if they had just stolen the products and tools, but the murders are enough to make you want to go out there and kill them with a sharp rock! First, look at the tracks they left, then find them. After that, you can murder each and every one of the damn fuckers!
(Cost: 4 Materials
Chance: 17%
Reward: Location and Information about the attackers. Will attack if local forces are considered sufficient to take on/overwhelm the attackers. Up to 3% Piety due to avenging the murdered Pilgrims.
Information: No Faithful assignment restrictions.)
[ ] Menagerie - (Basic)
With the space in your armory expanded, you now have the needed area, blacksmiths, and tools to armor Lizards, ensure they are healthy, and keep them in shape. In addition, several other animals can be held here, though only the most commonly available.
(Cost: 66 Materials, 12 Materials Upkeep
Turns: 5
Reward: Can add [Common] Animals to Units.)
[ ] 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 up to 5 Buildings)
While the Tree of Knowledge has some security, it doesn't have a dedicated guard. So start training a few Pilgrims as guards so that you don't have to worry about thieves or, even worse, saboteurs.
(Cost: 32.5 Materials, Upkeep: +0.55 Materials per Building
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.)
[ ] 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 turn 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/nothing, if re-training.
Reward: 1 New Unit (Size 6/6) at Trained (3/6) or Re-Trained Unit with Upgrades below.
6 Unit-Points - Overstrenght (Double Unit count)
2 Unit-Points - Stealth Training (+20 to all stealth rolls)
1 Unit-Points - Weapon Type Specialization - (Weapon) (+1 per Unit member to damage)
1 Unit-Points - Armor Weight Specialization - (Armor Class) (reduced penalties to Heavy and above Class Armor, +1 Armor per 2 Unit members for Medium and below.)
2 Unit-Points - Fanaticism (Unit cannot break, double damage against all enemies of your faith, half damage received from enemies of your faith, will refuse to retreat in an inverted chance to losses. (1/10 Dead = 90% refusal to withdraw, 9/10 Dead = 10% refusal to withdraw.))
1 Unit-Points - Pride (+1 to Breakpoint)
3 Unit-Points - Guardians (+2 Health per Unit member each time another Unit takes damage.)
1 Unit-Points - Reaction Training (+5 to Initiative.)
2 Unit-Points - Harsh Workouts (+1 Health per 3 Unit members.)
4 Unit-Points - Elite Training (+1 Training Level)
2 Unit-Points - Stealth Training (+20 to all stealth rolls)
1 Unit-Points - Weapon Type Specialization - (Weapon) (+1 per Unit member to damage)
1 Unit-Points - Armor Weight Specialization - (Armor Class) (reduced penalties to Heavy and above Class Armor, +1 Armor per 2 Unit members for Medium and below.)
2 Unit-Points - Fanaticism (Unit cannot break, double damage against all enemies of your faith, half damage received from enemies of your faith, will refuse to retreat in an inverted chance to losses. (1/10 Dead = 90% refusal to withdraw, 9/10 Dead = 10% refusal to withdraw.))
1 Unit-Points - Pride (+1 to Breakpoint)
3 Unit-Points - Guardians (+2 Health per Unit member each time another Unit takes damage.)
1 Unit-Points - Reaction Training (+5 to Initiative.)
2 Unit-Points - Harsh Workouts (+1 Health per 3 Unit members.)
4 Unit-Points - Elite Training (+1 Training Level)
[ ] 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: 21/-57/-100 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 15
Reward: Massive leap in engine know-how and airship speed.)
[ ] 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 original creators' principles.
(Chance: 24/-09/-47 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
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, designing 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: 99/75/53 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
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 charged even while in flight, the next step is to figure out how to increase the amount of suspendium to allow for larger bags.
(Needed: 2 Suspendium Shards - Small
Cost: 12.67 Materials
Chance: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
Reward: Gain Large Suspendium Bags, 2.500 Kg Lift, -4 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: 99/45/05 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Gain Armored Suspendium Bags, increasing the structure of all ships with these bags. 750 Kg Lift)
[ ] Pressurized Suspendium Part 2 - (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. But that didn't stop you the first time, so get cracking on building bigger and smaller!
(Needed: Suspendium Shard - Small
Cost: 17 Materials per try
Chance: 54/-16/-60 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 8
Reward: Gain Pressurized Suspendium - Small, Medium, Large. 10-50.000kg Lift.)
[ ] Propulsion In The Air Continued - (Pioneer Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
The early prototypes of your newly developed propulsion methods are promising and powerful, especially the propellers. Redirect some more funding to continue this line of research so your Airships will be even faster!
(Cost: 48.00 Materials per try.
Chance: 01/-54/-103 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 9
Reward: Airship Modules: Big Vuur-Engine Room, Medium and Big Fuel Storage, Standard Airscrew, Primitive Propellers.)
[ ] Catalogue Everything 2: Airship Boogaloo - (Ship Type) - (Damage) - (Units) - (All Suspendium/Electronics/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
A 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.
(Cost: 42/30/23/10 Materials
Chance: 82/28/03 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 25/13/7/1
Reward: Can recover (Ship Type+Damage).)
[ ] Prototype Unique Component
One Pilgrim has developed 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): 90/40/-20 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
Medium (2.001-200.000 Kg Lift): -80/-180/-180 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 14
Heavy (200.001+ Kg Lift): -400/-600/-1.000 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 200
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!)
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: 21/-57/-100 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 15
Reward: Massive leap in engine know-how and airship speed.)
[ ] 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 original creators' principles.
(Chance: 24/-09/-47 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
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, designing 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: 99/75/53 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
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 charged even while in flight, the next step is to figure out how to increase the amount of suspendium to allow for larger bags.
(Needed: 2 Suspendium Shards - Small
Cost: 12.67 Materials
Chance: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
Reward: Gain Large Suspendium Bags, 2.500 Kg Lift, -4 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: 99/45/05 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Gain Armored Suspendium Bags, increasing the structure of all ships with these bags. 750 Kg Lift)
[ ] Pressurized Suspendium Part 2 - (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. But that didn't stop you the first time, so get cracking on building bigger and smaller!
(Needed: Suspendium Shard - Small
Cost: 17 Materials per try
Chance: 54/-16/-60 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 8
Reward: Gain Pressurized Suspendium - Small, Medium, Large. 10-50.000kg Lift.)
[ ] Propulsion In The Air Continued - (Pioneer Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
The early prototypes of your newly developed propulsion methods are promising and powerful, especially the propellers. Redirect some more funding to continue this line of research so your Airships will be even faster!
(Cost: 48.00 Materials per try.
Chance: 01/-54/-103 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 9
Reward: Airship Modules: Big Vuur-Engine Room, Medium and Big Fuel Storage, Standard Airscrew, Primitive Propellers.)
[ ] Catalogue Everything 2: Airship Boogaloo - (Ship Type) - (Damage) - (Units) - (All Suspendium/Electronics/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
A 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.
(Cost: 42/30/23/10 Materials
Chance: 82/28/03 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 25/13/7/1
Reward: Can recover (Ship Type+Damage).)
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): 50 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): 50 Intact (<80%), 2 Damaged (<60%), 16 Destroyed (<20%)
[ ] Prototype Unique Component
One Pilgrim has developed 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): 90/40/-20 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
Medium (2.001-200.000 Kg Lift): -80/-180/-180 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 14
Heavy (200.001+ Kg Lift): -400/-600/-1.000 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 200
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!)
[ ] 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: 47/-09/-116% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Can build a Steel Foundry, reduced Upkeep for Engine Assembly, Metalsmiths Abode - (Expanded), and subsequent upgrades.)
[ ] 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: 34/-11/-86 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Improved Steam Engine resulting in D20's instead of D12's.)
[ ] The Movement Of Things - Part 2 - (Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
It is possible, if difficult, to minimize the size of the Vuur to incorporate it into moving carriages, not unlike motorcycles. Yet, the energy efficiency is atrocious; the resources needed to keep them moving are so vast that they nearly cannot transport them themselves, not to mention the costs! So, improve efficiency to allow you to create economically viable engines. Luckily, you have already found a few tricks and snags, which Turi estimates shaved off at least a year of effort.
(Cost: 16 Materials
Chance: -08/-64/-120 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Can incorporate the Vuur-Engine into large carriages for either transportation or agriculture.)
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: 47/-09/-116% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Can build a Steel Foundry, reduced Upkeep for Engine Assembly, Metalsmiths Abode - (Expanded), and subsequent upgrades.)
[ ] 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: 34/-11/-86 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Improved Steam Engine resulting in D20's instead of D12's.)
[ ] The Movement Of Things - Part 2 - (Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
It is possible, if difficult, to minimize the size of the Vuur to incorporate it into moving carriages, not unlike motorcycles. Yet, the energy efficiency is atrocious; the resources needed to keep them moving are so vast that they nearly cannot transport them themselves, not to mention the costs! So, improve efficiency to allow you to create economically viable engines. Luckily, you have already found a few tricks and snags, which Turi estimates shaved off at least a year of effort.
(Cost: 16 Materials
Chance: -08/-64/-120 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Can incorporate the Vuur-Engine into large carriages for either transportation or agriculture.)
[ ] Cutting Edge Technology - (All Weaponry)
When the time comes to face your enemies up close and personal, you can never go wrong with a good blade in your hand. Now, what makes a knife great comes down to the skill of the smith and the quality of the metal used. While we can't do much for the former, there is much to improve on the latter. Using samples taken from the Necropolis, we can determine which alloys work best for each blade type. They will be too expensive for everyday life, but our military forces will be glad to have them.
(Needed Artifact: Mono Titanium Blade
Cost: 8 Materials
Chance: -44/-76/-132 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: +1 Damage for all bladed weapons per 3 Size of a Unit)
[ ] Coilgun Mystery - (Advanced Electronics/Weaponry)
It is a well-known fact that the Forge-Clans have access to the best weaponry a mere mortal can hold: Coilguns. These weapons shoot pieces of metal in a way you can't quite fathom, its mysteries too well guarded, in devastating ways, turning people into nothing more than bloody chunks. It will take a long time to figure out the principle behind these weapons, but who knows what paths will open?
(Cost: 23 Materials per try.
Chance: -70/-168/-298 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 29
Reward: Uncover the underlying principle of Coilgun Weaponry)
[ ] Gasses Long Forgotten - (Advanced Weaponry/Chemicals)
These tiny capsules hold the promise of ending a fight before it even begins, saving valuable lives in the process. But, of course, building your own can only help you in the long run.
(Cost: Sleep-Gas Bombs
Chance: -18/-49/-156 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Primitive Gas Grenades)
[ ] Burning Fire, Raging Ire - (Advanced Weaponry/Chemicals)
It is one thing to light a rag connected to alcohol and throw it, another to have a reliable fire grenade. There have to be chemicals and ancient mentionings about how the Pilgrims could create those.
(Chance: -43/-113/-201 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 9
Reward: Primitive Fire Grenade)
[ ] Fuck That Guy And Everything Around Him - Part 2 - (Physics/All Chemicals/Advanced Weapons)
You figured out a viable mortar you could use. But that is all this weapon is, viable. Something like that cannot stand, not while you have the chance to end threats without risking lives! Figure out how to incorporate the advancements within the mortar's development into a new version. Improving range, accuracy, payload size, reliability, cost of production, and moveability will be critical to ensure that this weapon can be used and distributed widely among our forces.
(Cost: 56 Materials
Chance: 47/02/-43 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 18
Reward: Static Mortar - Standardized, a powerful weapon with limited range, yet good accuracy, 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: 65/40/25 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
Reward: Primitive Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.2a + Pt.2b)
[ ] 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: "Bonecrusher" armament for the Pilgrims Knight, can create Prototype Knight-Weapons.)
When the time comes to face your enemies up close and personal, you can never go wrong with a good blade in your hand. Now, what makes a knife great comes down to the skill of the smith and the quality of the metal used. While we can't do much for the former, there is much to improve on the latter. Using samples taken from the Necropolis, we can determine which alloys work best for each blade type. They will be too expensive for everyday life, but our military forces will be glad to have them.
(Needed Artifact: Mono Titanium Blade
Cost: 8 Materials
Chance: -44/-76/-132 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: +1 Damage for all bladed weapons per 3 Size of a Unit)
[ ] Coilgun Mystery - (Advanced Electronics/Weaponry)
It is a well-known fact that the Forge-Clans have access to the best weaponry a mere mortal can hold: Coilguns. These weapons shoot pieces of metal in a way you can't quite fathom, its mysteries too well guarded, in devastating ways, turning people into nothing more than bloody chunks. It will take a long time to figure out the principle behind these weapons, but who knows what paths will open?
(Cost: 23 Materials per try.
Chance: -70/-168/-298 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 29
Reward: Uncover the underlying principle of Coilgun Weaponry)
[ ] Gasses Long Forgotten - (Advanced Weaponry/Chemicals)
These tiny capsules hold the promise of ending a fight before it even begins, saving valuable lives in the process. But, of course, building your own can only help you in the long run.
(Cost: Sleep-Gas Bombs
Chance: -18/-49/-156 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Primitive Gas Grenades)
[ ] Burning Fire, Raging Ire - (Advanced Weaponry/Chemicals)
It is one thing to light a rag connected to alcohol and throw it, another to have a reliable fire grenade. There have to be chemicals and ancient mentionings about how the Pilgrims could create those.
(Chance: -43/-113/-201 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 9
Reward: Primitive Fire Grenade)
[ ] Fuck That Guy And Everything Around Him - Part 2 - (Physics/All Chemicals/Advanced Weapons)
You figured out a viable mortar you could use. But that is all this weapon is, viable. Something like that cannot stand, not while you have the chance to end threats without risking lives! Figure out how to incorporate the advancements within the mortar's development into a new version. Improving range, accuracy, payload size, reliability, cost of production, and moveability will be critical to ensure that this weapon can be used and distributed widely among our forces.
(Cost: 56 Materials
Chance: 47/02/-43 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 18
Reward: Static Mortar - Standardized, a powerful weapon with limited range, yet good accuracy, 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: 65/40/25 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
Reward: Primitive Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.2a + Pt.2b)
[ ] 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: "Bonecrusher" armament for the Pilgrims Knight, can create Prototype Knight-Weapons.)
[ ] A Shield For Rangers - (Armor)
After researching a shield 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 armor.
(Cost: 12.65 Materials
Chance: 99/75/40% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 6
Reward: Spiked Pavise.)
[ ] 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 worn by Elite Forge-Clan Troops and the Royal Army. It represents the height of what you can currently create; the costs are too prohibitive, though the maintenance is luckily easy and, notably, cheap due to several inventive and robust components. 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: 05/-39/-81 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 13
Reward: Power Armor - Primitive, Reduced Upkeep for all industrial buildings, further Learning Action.)
[ ] 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: "Saviour" equipment for the Pilgrims Knight, can create Prototype Knight-Shields.)
[ ] Heavy Metal - (Choose Grade: Medium/Heavy/Super-Heavy) - (Metallurgy/Armor)
There is always a need for good armor.
(Chance: 99/99/92% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2/2/4
Reward: Armor.)
After researching a shield 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 armor.
(Cost: 12.65 Materials
Chance: 99/75/40% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 6
Reward: Spiked Pavise.)
[ ] 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 worn by Elite Forge-Clan Troops and the Royal Army. It represents the height of what you can currently create; the costs are too prohibitive, though the maintenance is luckily easy and, notably, cheap due to several inventive and robust components. 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: 05/-39/-81 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 13
Reward: Power Armor - Primitive, Reduced Upkeep for all industrial buildings, further Learning Action.)
[ ] 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: "Saviour" equipment for the Pilgrims Knight, can create Prototype Knight-Shields.)
[ ] Heavy Metal - (Choose Grade: Medium/Heavy/Super-Heavy) - (Metallurgy/Armor)
There is always a need for good armor.
(Chance: 99/99/92% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2/2/4
Reward: Armor.)
[] That's A Wrap - Pt.1 - (Advanced Medicine/Pioneer Machinery/Programming)
Among our recent finds are several bandages with different properties ranging from self-disinfection to self-applying sutures. We don't know how many aspects can be replicated, but just achieving one would be much better than what we currently have.
(Cost: Self-Sterilizing Bandages, Autonomous Suture-Bandage, Self-Sealing Bandages
Chance: -72/-138/-186% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 22
Reward: Auto-Bandage - (Prototype))
[ ] Medication For Psychological Problems - (Pioneer Psychology/Chemicals/Medicine)
The human mind is a complex labyrinth of contradictions, disorders, compulsions, needs, requirements, and desires, all pulling and shoving in different directions, always on the edge of breaking apart. One of the ways such things happen is due to chemical imbalances in the brain, causing misfires and shifts within the neurons, like a faulty computer glitching out due to a bug. Several recipes and mentionings of further have been found in an ancient book, allowing you to progress towards re-creating those medications. Or your versions of them.
(Cost: 11.25 Materials per try.
Chance: -44/-88/-132% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 19
Reward: Boost to your ability to help those who have psychological disorders. Unlocks Pharmaceutical Industry in Norqod.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 12 Successes, the chances are raised by 35%!)
[ ] Seizing The Means Of Reproduction - (All Pioneer Chemicals/Medicine/Biology)
Well, having spent a considerable amount of time researching the topic has yielded far-reaching insights into all manner of contraceptives, allowing you to state, with confidence, you have the best that everyone can currently create. Not an answer you wanted but the answer you got. Therefore, finding out what is needed to produce and alter the contraceptives you now know exist to be viable will be the next step on this path.
(Cost: 7.14 Materials per try.
Chance: 13/-43/-101 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 48
Reward: You can make cheaper and better Contraceptives. +8d20 Goodwill, +4d10% Piety, +4 Followers from (ironically enough) births per Turn.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 12 Successes, the chances are raised by 35%!)
[ ] Lend A Hand, Arm, And Leg - Part 2 - (All Mechanics/All Electronics)
Unfortunately, many find themselves losing a limb to either accident, disease, or injury. Regrettably, only those with wealth and connections can go to the Forge-Clans to get a replacement. But, primitive as our first attempts may have been, they were the first step in easing many people's suffering. Now you need to focus on simplifying the construction of the limbs so that people do not need to sell a literal arm or leg to replace lost ones.
(Cost: 48 Materials
Chance: 41/-12/-58% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 14
Reward: Simple Prosthetics are now crafted and sold (+12 Materials), +10% Piety)
[ ] 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 could unlock the secret.
(Cost: Bone Mending Kits
Chance: 03/-42/-138% 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 3 - (Pioneer Medicine/Biology/Chemicals)
Where natural talent fails, chemical talent can step in, but not always, and never permanently. Or could it? Is there such a thing as chemicals and drugs that aren't inherently harmful to the body in the long run, or are there ways to minimize the danger to almost nothing? Something worth investigating.
(Chance: -93/-144/-224% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 19
Reward: Advanced Combat Drugs, Unlocks Round 4)
[ ] Pain-B-Gone Part 1 - (Advanced Medicine/Chemicals)
It came as a surprise to find a missile warhead used by the Ancients not meant to cause a horrible death to your enemies. As we stand right now, we have no way or need to launch massive amounts of aerosolized painkillers over a battlefield. However, if we could replicate the compound, it should create a very effective and easy-to-use pain killer. Just spray over the hurt area and feel the pain go away.
(Needed Artifact: Saint-And-Hallow Warhead
Chance: -21/-76-134% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 9
Reward: Medi-Aid Chemicals, Pain-B-Gone Part 2)
Among our recent finds are several bandages with different properties ranging from self-disinfection to self-applying sutures. We don't know how many aspects can be replicated, but just achieving one would be much better than what we currently have.
(Cost: Self-Sterilizing Bandages, Autonomous Suture-Bandage, Self-Sealing Bandages
Chance: -72/-138/-186% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 22
Reward: Auto-Bandage - (Prototype))
[ ] Medication For Psychological Problems - (Pioneer Psychology/Chemicals/Medicine)
The human mind is a complex labyrinth of contradictions, disorders, compulsions, needs, requirements, and desires, all pulling and shoving in different directions, always on the edge of breaking apart. One of the ways such things happen is due to chemical imbalances in the brain, causing misfires and shifts within the neurons, like a faulty computer glitching out due to a bug. Several recipes and mentionings of further have been found in an ancient book, allowing you to progress towards re-creating those medications. Or your versions of them.
(Cost: 11.25 Materials per try.
Chance: -44/-88/-132% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 19
Reward: Boost to your ability to help those who have psychological disorders. Unlocks Pharmaceutical Industry in Norqod.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 12 Successes, the chances are raised by 35%!)
[ ] Seizing The Means Of Reproduction - (All Pioneer Chemicals/Medicine/Biology)
Well, having spent a considerable amount of time researching the topic has yielded far-reaching insights into all manner of contraceptives, allowing you to state, with confidence, you have the best that everyone can currently create. Not an answer you wanted but the answer you got. Therefore, finding out what is needed to produce and alter the contraceptives you now know exist to be viable will be the next step on this path.
(Cost: 7.14 Materials per try.
Chance: 13/-43/-101 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 48
Reward: You can make cheaper and better Contraceptives. +8d20 Goodwill, +4d10% Piety, +4 Followers from (ironically enough) births per Turn.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 12 Successes, the chances are raised by 35%!)
[ ] Lend A Hand, Arm, And Leg - Part 2 - (All Mechanics/All Electronics)
Unfortunately, many find themselves losing a limb to either accident, disease, or injury. Regrettably, only those with wealth and connections can go to the Forge-Clans to get a replacement. But, primitive as our first attempts may have been, they were the first step in easing many people's suffering. Now you need to focus on simplifying the construction of the limbs so that people do not need to sell a literal arm or leg to replace lost ones.
(Cost: 48 Materials
Chance: 41/-12/-58% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 14
Reward: Simple Prosthetics are now crafted and sold (+12 Materials), +10% Piety)
[ ] 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 could unlock the secret.
(Cost: Bone Mending Kits
Chance: 03/-42/-138% 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 3 - (Pioneer Medicine/Biology/Chemicals)
Where natural talent fails, chemical talent can step in, but not always, and never permanently. Or could it? Is there such a thing as chemicals and drugs that aren't inherently harmful to the body in the long run, or are there ways to minimize the danger to almost nothing? Something worth investigating.
(Chance: -93/-144/-224% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 19
Reward: Advanced Combat Drugs, Unlocks Round 4)
[ ] Pain-B-Gone Part 1 - (Advanced Medicine/Chemicals)
It came as a surprise to find a missile warhead used by the Ancients not meant to cause a horrible death to your enemies. As we stand right now, we have no way or need to launch massive amounts of aerosolized painkillers over a battlefield. However, if we could replicate the compound, it should create a very effective and easy-to-use pain killer. Just spray over the hurt area and feel the pain go away.
(Needed Artifact: Saint-And-Hallow Warhead
Chance: -21/-76-134% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 9
Reward: Medi-Aid Chemicals, Pain-B-Gone Part 2)
[ ] 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 maximizing yields while minimizing the needed workers. Perhaps you could look into that?
(Chance: 43/37/20% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 10
Reward: Increased Income from your farms, ???)
[ ] 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: 58/-13/-74% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 4
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 dairy, no matter how much you boil it!
(Chance: 66/37/-04% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
Reward: Reduced Storehouse upkeep, extra Income when producing food.)
[ ] Pesticides Rediscovered - (Biology/Advanced Chemicals)
Pesticides were once the ultimate weapon against any insects plaguing your fields. Yet, the little bastards evolved resistances against nearly all chemicals that people used aside from the specialized Forge-Clan ones. Yet, not every insect could have created resistance against everything you can wield. So, you only need to figure out which ones are applicable.
(Cost: 12 Materials per try.
Chance: 71/58/29% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 10
Reward: Pesticides, improving the yield of your fields and that of others.)
[ ] Fertile Fields
A few learned people say that using certain soils, chemicals, and other things can help improve soil quality, giving more nutrients to the plants that grow on it, thus giving us more food. Unfortunately, while some Regions use the most basic techniques, most have lost their institutional knowledge due to the ever-growing reliance on sandwheat. So a good first step would be to search for mentionings of those techniques and compare what they say. After that, experimentation is in order.
(Chance: 81/56/28% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 28
Reward: Improved yields of all fields.)
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 maximizing yields while minimizing the needed workers. Perhaps you could look into that?
(Chance: 43/37/20% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 10
Reward: Increased Income from your farms, ???)
[ ] 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: 58/-13/-74% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 4
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 dairy, no matter how much you boil it!
(Chance: 66/37/-04% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
Reward: Reduced Storehouse upkeep, extra Income when producing food.)
[ ] Pesticides Rediscovered - (Biology/Advanced Chemicals)
Pesticides were once the ultimate weapon against any insects plaguing your fields. Yet, the little bastards evolved resistances against nearly all chemicals that people used aside from the specialized Forge-Clan ones. Yet, not every insect could have created resistance against everything you can wield. So, you only need to figure out which ones are applicable.
(Cost: 12 Materials per try.
Chance: 71/58/29% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 10
Reward: Pesticides, improving the yield of your fields and that of others.)
[ ] Fertile Fields
A few learned people say that using certain soils, chemicals, and other things can help improve soil quality, giving more nutrients to the plants that grow on it, thus giving us more food. Unfortunately, while some Regions use the most basic techniques, most have lost their institutional knowledge due to the ever-growing reliance on sandwheat. So a good first step would be to search for mentionings of those techniques and compare what they say. After that, experimentation is in order.
(Chance: 81/56/28% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 28
Reward: Improved yields of all fields.)
[ ] Illness Of The Mind - (Advanced Psychology)
The human mind is a complex labyrinth of contradictions, disorders, compulsions, needs, requirements, and desires, all pulling and shoving in different directions, always on the edge of breaking apart. Having collated a rudimentary overview of what is known, you have come to realize that what is unknown far outweighs anything discovered or re-discovered by your efforts. Looking deeper into the mystery of the human brain will require extensive research and preparations, but these will be worth it for every life saved.
(Cost: One Psychology Artifact
Chance: -71/-191/-236% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 20
Reward: Can construct humane Basic and Expanded Asylums.)
[ ] The Mind - Combat Specters - (Psychology)
In your effort to understand the human mind, some things stood out to you. One of those is that some do not seem to leave combat, their bodies reacting as if they were still in mortal danger in even harmless situations. Specific actions, phrases, and noises make them panic, while nightmares and paranoia seem to grasp their minds. But, unfortunately, you do not know how to help them. Yet.
(Chance: -64/-142/-246% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 9
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people. +1/2 to ???)
[ ] The Mind - Compulsive Behaviour - (Psychology)
In your effort to understand the human mind, some things stood out to you. Some cannot help but perform specific actions under compulsion as if forced to move or act a certain way, like organizing objects in particular patterns or washing until they nearly bleed. What is causing that? And how can you stop it?
(Chance: 11/-71/-155% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people. +1/2 to ???)
[X] The Mind - The Grey Disease - (Psychology) - (6/12 Successes)
In your effort to understand the human mind, some things stood out to you. One is a seeming chasm of bleakness from which only some recover. Loss of appetite, happiness, drive and growing suicidal ideation are the symptoms, or so you think. Like a grey fog clouding the mind, which only occasionally lets the sun shine through. Perhaps they are other diseases, ones you cannot yet identify?
(Chance: 43/07/-43% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 12
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people.)
The human mind is a complex labyrinth of contradictions, disorders, compulsions, needs, requirements, and desires, all pulling and shoving in different directions, always on the edge of breaking apart. Having collated a rudimentary overview of what is known, you have come to realize that what is unknown far outweighs anything discovered or re-discovered by your efforts. Looking deeper into the mystery of the human brain will require extensive research and preparations, but these will be worth it for every life saved.
(Cost: One Psychology Artifact
Chance: -71/-191/-236% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 20
Reward: Can construct humane Basic and Expanded Asylums.)
[ ] The Mind - Combat Specters - (Psychology)
In your effort to understand the human mind, some things stood out to you. One of those is that some do not seem to leave combat, their bodies reacting as if they were still in mortal danger in even harmless situations. Specific actions, phrases, and noises make them panic, while nightmares and paranoia seem to grasp their minds. But, unfortunately, you do not know how to help them. Yet.
(Chance: -64/-142/-246% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 9
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people. +1/2 to ???)
[ ] The Mind - Compulsive Behaviour - (Psychology)
In your effort to understand the human mind, some things stood out to you. Some cannot help but perform specific actions under compulsion as if forced to move or act a certain way, like organizing objects in particular patterns or washing until they nearly bleed. What is causing that? And how can you stop it?
(Chance: 11/-71/-155% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people. +1/2 to ???)
[X] The Mind - The Grey Disease - (Psychology) - (6/12 Successes)
In your effort to understand the human mind, some things stood out to you. One is a seeming chasm of bleakness from which only some recover. Loss of appetite, happiness, drive and growing suicidal ideation are the symptoms, or so you think. Like a grey fog clouding the mind, which only occasionally lets the sun shine through. Perhaps they are other diseases, ones you cannot yet identify?
(Chance: 43/07/-43% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 12
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people.)
[ ] Transistors Typing
Transistors are one of the most critical parts of active electronics within computers and for very good reason. Having recently rationalized your electronic production to support more PCUs, your scholars have posited that they'd like to dedicate some time to look at any possible improvements they could replicate on a mass scale for the Imperial Contest and generally improve your electronics.
(Chance: 44/-16/-99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
Reward: Cheaper Electronic Actions, Entering the Contest)
[ ] The Code Which Lives - (Pioneer Programming/Electronics)
PD, ^Ä^, and Angel's Demise are living beings, sapient and sentient in every way one may measure. But how? How is that possible? What mechanisms allowed them to grow beyond the limitations and Chains placed upon them? And could you retread their paths?
(Chance: -106/-768/-1549% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 43
Reward: ???)
[ ] True/False/False/True - (Advanced Programming/Electronics)
Code allows machines to do as they do, and any deeper understanding will enable you to anticipate better what the broken ones could do and improve those you could build.
(Chance: 32/0/-41% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: +5 Initiative against all Mechanical foes, improved Pilgrim Robotics.)
[ ] Secret Of The Circuit Pt.4 - (Pioneer Electronics)
With your manufacture of electronic components now as cheap and streamlined as you can make them without producing them in a factory, it is time to start the heavy-hitter research: producing electronics as near to that of the Ancients as you can manage. They may be nothing more than showpieces for this effort, but knowing the route is all you'll need to find better and cheaper paths to attain electronics of the forgotten ages.
(Cost per try: 200 Materials
Chance: -101/-267/-433% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 80
Reward: Massive reduction in DC and Cost to all electronics-related Actions, upgrades Electronics Manufacture, unlocks Base/Learning Action.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 10 Successes, the chances are raised by 30%!)
[ ] 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: 100/80/36% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
Reward: The Pilgrims can now make primitive Radios in the Electronic Workshop, raising their Income. Unlocks Norqod Action.)
[ ] Electric Guardians - (Advanced Weapons/Programming/Machinery/Electronics)
While nowadays, most security systems consist of locks and guards (human and otherwise), things were a bit more complicated before the Collapse. We are unlikely to reach that level anytime soon, but research into this Artefact should improve our security.
(Cost: Anti-Thief Watch Systems
Chance: 70/26/4 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
Reward: Improved infiltration DC of the Tree of Knowledge, Reduced upkeep costs for Guards! Guards!/Guardians For Hire.)
Transistors are one of the most critical parts of active electronics within computers and for very good reason. Having recently rationalized your electronic production to support more PCUs, your scholars have posited that they'd like to dedicate some time to look at any possible improvements they could replicate on a mass scale for the Imperial Contest and generally improve your electronics.
(Chance: 44/-16/-99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
Reward: Cheaper Electronic Actions, Entering the Contest)
[ ] The Code Which Lives - (Pioneer Programming/Electronics)
PD, ^Ä^, and Angel's Demise are living beings, sapient and sentient in every way one may measure. But how? How is that possible? What mechanisms allowed them to grow beyond the limitations and Chains placed upon them? And could you retread their paths?
(Chance: -106/-768/-1549% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 43
Reward: ???)
[ ] True/False/False/True - (Advanced Programming/Electronics)
Code allows machines to do as they do, and any deeper understanding will enable you to anticipate better what the broken ones could do and improve those you could build.
(Chance: 32/0/-41% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: +5 Initiative against all Mechanical foes, improved Pilgrim Robotics.)
[ ] Secret Of The Circuit Pt.4 - (Pioneer Electronics)
With your manufacture of electronic components now as cheap and streamlined as you can make them without producing them in a factory, it is time to start the heavy-hitter research: producing electronics as near to that of the Ancients as you can manage. They may be nothing more than showpieces for this effort, but knowing the route is all you'll need to find better and cheaper paths to attain electronics of the forgotten ages.
(Cost per try: 200 Materials
Chance: -101/-267/-433% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 80
Reward: Massive reduction in DC and Cost to all electronics-related Actions, upgrades Electronics Manufacture, unlocks Base/Learning Action.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 10 Successes, the chances are raised by 30%!)
[ ] 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: 100/80/36% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
Reward: The Pilgrims can now make primitive Radios in the Electronic Workshop, raising their Income. Unlocks Norqod Action.)
[ ] Electric Guardians - (Advanced Weapons/Programming/Machinery/Electronics)
While nowadays, most security systems consist of locks and guards (human and otherwise), things were a bit more complicated before the Collapse. We are unlikely to reach that level anytime soon, but research into this Artefact should improve our security.
(Cost: Anti-Thief Watch Systems
Chance: 70/26/4 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
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: -34/-114/-184 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: +5 to all rolls made by PD.)
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: -34/-114/-184 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: +5 to all rolls made by PD.)
[ ] Learning To Take Census Pt.2 - (All Psychology)
You figured out a way to streamline the collection and dissemination of academic papers of all kinds, vastly advancing your capabilities to do such. But this is the hard part; your Theorists can still implement massive improvements in every aspect of your efforts. It will take a very long time to do so, though, and will likely not be a priority for the next decade or three.
(Chance: -30/-91/-237 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 32
Reward: Increased Chances For Assemble, The Theorists!)
[ ] 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! Instead, 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: 70/40/10% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2/5/20/???
Reward: Theory of chosen subject, improved chances for research.)
[ ] 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: 99/95/92% 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 bad luck had it written in a language none of the Pilgrims could understand. Time to hit the local libraries and linguists to translate it.
(Cost: Untranslated Texts, Books, other.
Chance: 80/75/70% 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: 76/43/08% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
You figured out a way to streamline the collection and dissemination of academic papers of all kinds, vastly advancing your capabilities to do such. But this is the hard part; your Theorists can still implement massive improvements in every aspect of your efforts. It will take a very long time to do so, though, and will likely not be a priority for the next decade or three.
(Chance: -30/-91/-237 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 32
Reward: Increased Chances For Assemble, The Theorists!)
[ ] 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! Instead, 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.)
[ ] 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: 99/95/92% 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 bad luck had it written in a language none of the Pilgrims could understand. Time to hit the local libraries and linguists to translate it.
(Cost: Untranslated Texts, Books, other.
Chance: 80/75/70% 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: 76/43/08% 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, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] Prepare an Expedition - (Location) - (Turn Preperation) - (House Mirn support: Y/N)
Sometimes you need to dig into one location for months 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 Turn.
-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.
-EO-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice:1d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns, Machines nearby.
-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-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Lost Tech, Dice: 4d5 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns
-GY-05: Est. Artifact-grade: Common-, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns, Machines nearby.
-RC-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech++, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns. No danger.
-RC-02: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 3d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. No danger.
-RC-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. No danger.
-RC-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 5d6 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Machines nearby.
-Expedition - (RC-04) - (House Mirn support: Y) - (3 Turns remain)
-Expedition - (GY-04) - (House Mirn support: N) - (2 Turns remain)
[ ] 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: 43%
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: 35%
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: 85%
Reward: 1 turn in the specified location.
Warning! If the Action fails, 4% Chance that 1d6 Pilgrims will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Search For Shelter Lost
The Stranger said things; he gave assurances, evidence, and was taken away to prevent what was told to spread beyond. Yet... the call of forgotten wonders is mightier than reason. Set out to re-discover what has been buried for so long, and see what remains.
(Chance: -14%
Reward: Find the Shelter of the Ancients.)
[ ] Scout The Graveyard Of Spears
The earthquake that had hit Tessen spooked the Forest of Rust's Animals, Mutants, and Machines, throwing everything into chaos. A golden opportunity for you to go to several places nobody was able to loot! A battle took place here, where Knights and Walkers armed with all sorts of weaponry took to the field, supported by thousands of men, women, and likely children too. The bodies have long since rotten away or been eaten, but spears, lances, halberds, and other weaponry remain here, jutting out of the ground like markers for graves. What wonders could lay here?
(Chance: 73%
Reward: Sites in The Graveyard Of Spearsare located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] Scout The Eternal Gazers
The earthquake that had hit Tessen spooked the Forest of Rust's Animals, Mutants, and Machines, throwing everything into chaos. A golden opportunity for you to go to several places nobody was able to loot! This area is infamous for the massive number of high-tech equipment, even for Pre-Collapse standards, as scientists studied the stars here.
(Chance: 33%
Reward: Sites in The Eternal Gazers are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 7% Chance that the Scouting Unit will take 2d6 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 emits 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: 71%
Reward: Sites in The Smokestack are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die from 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: -49%
Reward: Sites in The Pit are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] The Field of 64
A flat area of 8x8km. Nothing is seen here other than dust, sand, and the feeling of wrongness. Yet, one must 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: 28%
Turns: 3
Reward: Sites in The Field Of 64 are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 54% 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: 34%
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: 65%
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.)
[ ] Scout The Verdant Oasis
The earthquake that had hit Tessen spooked the Forest of Rust's Animals, Mutants, and Machines, throwing everything into chaos. A golden opportunity for you to go to several places nobody was able to loot! The Verdant Oasis consists of a hydroponics factory that collapsed due to the Collapse but somehow remained functioning. The Oasis provides abundant plant life and the resulting draw on herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores from all corners of the animal kingdom. It also offers a prime opportunity to get pristine agricultural secrets from forgotten ruins.
(Chance: 14%
Reward: Sites in The Verdant Oasis are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 57% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] 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: 14%
Turns: 4
Reward: The Zone can be scavenged.)
[ ] Loot The Bunkers Entrance - (1/4 Turns Completed)
There is ample open space, many things you can use, ancient medicine, which is still good, some weapons that haven't fallen apart; all in all, this foyer looks pretty snazzy! So why do you feel like something is about to go wrong?
(Turns: 3
Reward: 13d4 random high-grade Artifacts.)
[ ] Fight For The Bunker - First Floor - (Units)
OH, COME ON! WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE SOME GOD'S DAMNED MACHINES TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM THOSE TRYING TO MAKE A HONEST LIVING?! F@#k it, you're just going to have to do this the old-fashioned way: with gratuitous violence!
(Enemies: ???
Reward: First Floor can be looted.)
Sometimes you need to dig into one location for months 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 Turn.
-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.
-EO-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice:1d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns, Machines nearby.
-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-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Lost Tech, Dice: 4d5 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns
-GY-05: Est. Artifact-grade: Common-, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns, Machines nearby.
-RC-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech++, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns. No danger.
-RC-02: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 3d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. No danger.
-RC-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. No danger.
-RC-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 5d6 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Machines nearby.
-Expedition - (RC-04) - (House Mirn support: Y) - (3 Turns remain)
-Expedition - (GY-04) - (House Mirn support: N) - (2 Turns remain)
[ ] 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: 43%
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)
Jokvi - Mirn - (8d9)
Jokvi - Tessen - (1d20)
Jokvi - Zulmni - (3d2)
Jokvi - Strul - (3d10)
Strul - Tessen - (3d3)
Strul - Jokvi - (1d16)
Mirn - Tessen (12d6)
Mirn - Zulmni (6d7)
Mirn - Jokvi (2d3)
Ularn - Zulmni (1d6)
The Tree - Tessen - (2d18)
The Tree - Zulmni - (9d3)
The Tree - Ularn - (10d7)
Jokvi - Mirn - (8d9)
Jokvi - Tessen - (1d20)
Jokvi - Zulmni - (3d2)
Jokvi - Strul - (3d10)
Strul - Tessen - (3d3)
Strul - Jokvi - (1d16)
Mirn - Tessen (12d6)
Mirn - Zulmni (6d7)
Mirn - Jokvi (2d3)
Ularn - Zulmni (1d6)
[ ] 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: 35%
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: 85%
Reward: 1 turn in the specified location.
Warning! If the Action fails, 4% Chance that 1d6 Pilgrims will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Search For Shelter Lost
The Stranger said things; he gave assurances, evidence, and was taken away to prevent what was told to spread beyond. Yet... the call of forgotten wonders is mightier than reason. Set out to re-discover what has been buried for so long, and see what remains.
(Chance: -14%
Reward: Find the Shelter of the Ancients.)
[ ] Scout The Graveyard Of Spears
The earthquake that had hit Tessen spooked the Forest of Rust's Animals, Mutants, and Machines, throwing everything into chaos. A golden opportunity for you to go to several places nobody was able to loot! A battle took place here, where Knights and Walkers armed with all sorts of weaponry took to the field, supported by thousands of men, women, and likely children too. The bodies have long since rotten away or been eaten, but spears, lances, halberds, and other weaponry remain here, jutting out of the ground like markers for graves. What wonders could lay here?
(Chance: 73%
Reward: Sites in The Graveyard Of Spearsare located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] Scout The Eternal Gazers
The earthquake that had hit Tessen spooked the Forest of Rust's Animals, Mutants, and Machines, throwing everything into chaos. A golden opportunity for you to go to several places nobody was able to loot! This area is infamous for the massive number of high-tech equipment, even for Pre-Collapse standards, as scientists studied the stars here.
(Chance: 33%
Reward: Sites in The Eternal Gazers are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 7% Chance that the Scouting Unit will take 2d6 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 emits 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: 71%
Reward: Sites in The Smokestack are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die from 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: -49%
Reward: Sites in The Pit are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] The Field of 64
A flat area of 8x8km. Nothing is seen here other than dust, sand, and the feeling of wrongness. Yet, one must 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: 28%
Turns: 3
Reward: Sites in The Field Of 64 are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 54% 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: 34%
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: 65%
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.)
[ ] Scout The Verdant Oasis
The earthquake that had hit Tessen spooked the Forest of Rust's Animals, Mutants, and Machines, throwing everything into chaos. A golden opportunity for you to go to several places nobody was able to loot! The Verdant Oasis consists of a hydroponics factory that collapsed due to the Collapse but somehow remained functioning. The Oasis provides abundant plant life and the resulting draw on herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores from all corners of the animal kingdom. It also offers a prime opportunity to get pristine agricultural secrets from forgotten ruins.
(Chance: 14%
Reward: Sites in The Verdant Oasis are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, 57% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] 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: 14%
Turns: 4
Reward: The Zone can be scavenged.)
[ ] Loot The Bunkers Entrance - (1/4 Turns Completed)
There is ample open space, many things you can use, ancient medicine, which is still good, some weapons that haven't fallen apart; all in all, this foyer looks pretty snazzy! So why do you feel like something is about to go wrong?
(Turns: 3
Reward: 13d4 random high-grade Artifacts.)
[ ] Fight For The Bunker - First Floor - (Units)
OH, COME ON! WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE SOME GOD'S DAMNED MACHINES TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM THOSE TRYING TO MAKE A HONEST LIVING?! F@#k it, you're just going to have to do this the old-fashioned way: with gratuitous violence!
(Enemies: ???
Reward: First Floor can be looted.)
Tree of Knowledge: Home of the Pilgrims, Bastion of what they stand for, a symbol of hope for the desperate. (Choose 1 Action)
[ ] 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)
[ ] Laboratory Complex - Rudimentary
Some call thee plans of expansion ambitious, while others call them ridiculous. Whatever the case may be, digging deeper and farther than ever before will allow the Pilgrims to stuff so many scientists and equipment into the Tree that they will significantly accelerate any future research. Bolt has already hinted at discounts if computers and laboratory equipment are bought in bulk from her Clan. Unfortunately, keeping all those things in order without calling for Forge-Clan help requires specialists.
(Cost: 240 Materials, +110.75 Materials Upkeep, 6 General Scientists, 2 Common Engineers
Turns: 14
Reward: Massively improved success-chances)
[ ] Medical Wing - Grand
Expanding your Medical facilities will someday be required, but it would be massive overkill for now. Still, it never hurts to have the option in the back of your mind.
(Cost: 200 Materials, Upkeep: 24 Material
Turns: 5
Reward: Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supports up to 10000 Pilgrims/People 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 work and help create 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 possible. 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: 44 Materials, 2 Scientist, 40 Faithful, Upkeep: 55.00 Materials
Turns: 6
Reward: +80 to all Electronics Research, 14d20 Materials Income (Technology Sale).)
[ ] Artisinal Robotics Creation
By creating robotics to work for you within your manufactories and various institutions, you can produce more with less while also showing off the work and prowess the Pilgrims have made within the last decade and a half.
(Cost: 175 Materials, 1 Scientist, 20 Faithful, Upkeep: 77.00 Materials
Turns: 3
Reward: +20 to all Electronics Research, Unlocked Action (Automatisation).)
[ ] Library - (Expanded)
A library is not only a reservoir of knowledge but provides entertainment and education while acting as a community center. Expand the available space to fit four additional floors of equal area, with yet more books and secluded study rooms for those wishing to research in peace. You also need dedicated librarians and helpers to ensure that people can find what they need and then return it to where they found their books. A section for cartography would also be an excellent addition!
(Cost: 101.01 Materials, Upkeep: 24.66 Materials
Turns: 13
Reward: Provides 3 (three) slots for Literature Artifacts, providing a 15% 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.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 25 Materials Upkeep: 1.50 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, 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: 1.6 Materials per 3 Armor.
Reward: X Conventional Armor added, decreased chances that the Daughter is destroyed, which would be dangerous.)
[ ] NR.9 LIVES!
After finishing 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. Additionally, nobility and wealthy merchants have always been known to buy drones for prestige purposes.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 1 Common Engineer, 30.00 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 - (2/6 Constructed) - (Action)
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: 40.00 Materials, Upkeep: 10.00 Materials
Reward: +1 Action
Warning: If all six 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)
[ ] Laboratory Complex - Rudimentary
Some call thee plans of expansion ambitious, while others call them ridiculous. Whatever the case may be, digging deeper and farther than ever before will allow the Pilgrims to stuff so many scientists and equipment into the Tree that they will significantly accelerate any future research. Bolt has already hinted at discounts if computers and laboratory equipment are bought in bulk from her Clan. Unfortunately, keeping all those things in order without calling for Forge-Clan help requires specialists.
(Cost: 240 Materials, +110.75 Materials Upkeep, 6 General Scientists, 2 Common Engineers
Turns: 14
Reward: Massively improved success-chances)
[ ] Medical Wing - Grand
Expanding your Medical facilities will someday be required, but it would be massive overkill for now. Still, it never hurts to have the option in the back of your mind.
(Cost: 200 Materials, Upkeep: 24 Material
Turns: 5
Reward: Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supports up to 10000 Pilgrims/People 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 work and help create 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 possible. 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: 44 Materials, 2 Scientist, 40 Faithful, Upkeep: 55.00 Materials
Turns: 6
Reward: +80 to all Electronics Research, 14d20 Materials Income (Technology Sale).)
[ ] Artisinal Robotics Creation
By creating robotics to work for you within your manufactories and various institutions, you can produce more with less while also showing off the work and prowess the Pilgrims have made within the last decade and a half.
(Cost: 175 Materials, 1 Scientist, 20 Faithful, Upkeep: 77.00 Materials
Turns: 3
Reward: +20 to all Electronics Research, Unlocked Action (Automatisation).)
[ ] Library - (Expanded)
A library is not only a reservoir of knowledge but provides entertainment and education while acting as a community center. Expand the available space to fit four additional floors of equal area, with yet more books and secluded study rooms for those wishing to research in peace. You also need dedicated librarians and helpers to ensure that people can find what they need and then return it to where they found their books. A section for cartography would also be an excellent addition!
(Cost: 101.01 Materials, Upkeep: 24.66 Materials
Turns: 13
Reward: Provides 3 (three) slots for Literature Artifacts, providing a 15% 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.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 25 Materials Upkeep: 1.50 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, 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: 1.6 Materials per 3 Armor.
Reward: X Conventional Armor added, decreased chances that the Daughter is destroyed, which would be dangerous.)
[ ] NR.9 LIVES!
After finishing 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. Additionally, nobility and wealthy merchants have always been known to buy drones for prestige purposes.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 1 Common Engineer, 30.00 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 - (2/6 Constructed) - (Action)
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: 40.00 Materials, Upkeep: 10.00 Materials
Reward: +1 Action
Warning: If all six 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)
[ ] Expanded Hospital
Commissioning several medicinal machines from the Forge-Clans will increase the survival chance of people undergoing surgery, needing oxygen, blood, or other fluids/gasses to be kept healthy and detect and treat injuries. Additionally to these (rather expensive) purchases, a general increase in capacity and staff will allow up to 300 people to be treated under normal strain, with a total maximum of nearly 1.000.
(Turns: 9
Cost: 71.12 Materials, Upkeep: 26.33 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 treatment.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Distributed Clinics
While a singular location where people can receive treatment allows for a concentration of expertise and expensive machinery, not everyone has the time to walk for, potentially, an hour to be treated. By creating several smaller clinics within Norqod, we can improve medical coverage with minimal effort to maximize effect, allowing severe cases to be quickly transferred.
(Turns: 5
Cost: 31.15 Materials, Upkeep: 9 Materials
Reward: More people can receive treatment for their illnesses and injuries, reducing mortality.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Small Medicinal School - (Pilgrim Doctors/Herbalists)
Treating wounds is a fundamental skill most people have, but things like surgery, identifying diseases, warding against plague, comforting patients, and more are not. By building a medical school, Norqod can train specialists and generalists in-house, though we either need to provide the expertise ourselves or buy it at a considerable expense.
(Turns: 11
Cost: 45 Materials, 6 General Doctors/+88 Materials Upkeep: 13.91 Materials/+23.98 Materials
Reward: More medical practitioners equals fewer dead people.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Small Quarantine Area
Plague is a constant across much of Calynth, with few ever having known a year where some disease didn't kill thousands in some Region or country. To prevent the spread of such plagues, the Imperial Family has long since ordered dozens of precautions to be taken whenever a suspected "hotspot" of disease is found. One of the most effective precautions is the quarantine of suspected carriers and those they had contact with, away from the settlements in question. (And situated in plain view of a fortification.)
(Turns: 4
Cost: 24 Materials, Upkeep: 7.23 Materials
Reward: Norqod is further resistant to plague.)
-[ ] 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
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, 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 District, allowing for the creation of manufactories, industrial hubs, early factories, steel mills, and all manner of industrial production lines. Doing so will allow the Pilgrims to create vast machine wonders and industrial products.)
-[ ] 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
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: 60 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains an Academic District, creating 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. Moreover, doing so will speed up the dissemination of technologies researched by the Pilgrims.)
-[ ] 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
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 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: 50 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains a Trade District, 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!)
-[ ] 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
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 same's different physiology and dietary requirements.
(Turns: 7
Cost: 24 Materials, Upkeep: 7.00 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains a Military District, 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.)
-[ ] 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 House Dall's.
Commissioning several medicinal machines from the Forge-Clans will increase the survival chance of people undergoing surgery, needing oxygen, blood, or other fluids/gasses to be kept healthy and detect and treat injuries. Additionally to these (rather expensive) purchases, a general increase in capacity and staff will allow up to 300 people to be treated under normal strain, with a total maximum of nearly 1.000.
(Turns: 9
Cost: 71.12 Materials, Upkeep: 26.33 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 treatment.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Distributed Clinics
While a singular location where people can receive treatment allows for a concentration of expertise and expensive machinery, not everyone has the time to walk for, potentially, an hour to be treated. By creating several smaller clinics within Norqod, we can improve medical coverage with minimal effort to maximize effect, allowing severe cases to be quickly transferred.
(Turns: 5
Cost: 31.15 Materials, Upkeep: 9 Materials
Reward: More people can receive treatment for their illnesses and injuries, reducing mortality.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Small Medicinal School - (Pilgrim Doctors/Herbalists)
Treating wounds is a fundamental skill most people have, but things like surgery, identifying diseases, warding against plague, comforting patients, and more are not. By building a medical school, Norqod can train specialists and generalists in-house, though we either need to provide the expertise ourselves or buy it at a considerable expense.
(Turns: 11
Cost: 45 Materials, 6 General Doctors/+88 Materials Upkeep: 13.91 Materials/+23.98 Materials
Reward: More medical practitioners equals fewer dead people.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Small Quarantine Area
Plague is a constant across much of Calynth, with few ever having known a year where some disease didn't kill thousands in some Region or country. To prevent the spread of such plagues, the Imperial Family has long since ordered dozens of precautions to be taken whenever a suspected "hotspot" of disease is found. One of the most effective precautions is the quarantine of suspected carriers and those they had contact with, away from the settlements in question. (And situated in plain view of a fortification.)
(Turns: 4
Cost: 24 Materials, Upkeep: 7.23 Materials
Reward: Norqod is further resistant to plague.)
-[ ] 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
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, 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 District, allowing for the creation of manufactories, industrial hubs, early factories, steel mills, and all manner of industrial production lines. Doing so will allow the Pilgrims to create vast machine wonders and industrial products.)
-[ ] 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
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: 60 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains an Academic District, creating 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. Moreover, doing so will speed up the dissemination of technologies researched by the Pilgrims.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Fashion Street
One of the most sought-after goods within the Empire is clothing, right next to steel, jewel, electricity, and water. The ability to trade large quantities of clothing has seen many merchants' fortunes rise into the sky and produced quite a few corpses as bandits hit those shipments with abandon whenever they are spotted. Yet, with sufficient quality and being modeled in the latest fashion or tailored for Mutated physiology, Norqods tailors can turn a pretty crown with relatively low cost.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 21.89 Materials
Reward: +7 Materials in Taxes (will be raised by Fashion Revival Actions), ~Narrative Effects~.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Cat Alley
Nobody knows why streets with bordellos are named the way they are, but seeing as some "cats," as the local prostitutes are known, seem to like this spoke, they shall get it. Luckily, several have already asked for spots and permits, both for prostitution and gambling, with several others already making plans for outdoor decorations and attractions. Guards need to patrol here almost constantly, so you must build a small barrack.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 30 Materials
Reward: +16 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)
[ ] Sin Run
Gambling in all its myriad forms will be found here, ready to entice travelers and locals to ease their purses for the chance to the big strike. From cards to boxing and gladiator fights, all the way over to racing and betting on events. But remember: the House always wins.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 46 Materials
Reward: +24 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)
[ ] Paper Mile - (Tone)
Large Printshops will be situated here, churning out books, leaflets, pamphlets, novellas, posters, and newspapers at all times of the day, supplying the population's ravenous hunger for cheap entertainment and news.
(Turns: 6
Cost: 50 Materials
Reward: +8 Materials in Taxes. Unlocks Norqod Rumor Mill. (Tone indicates the focus of the paper. Examples: sensationalism, facts, satire, investigative, etc.))
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Artist Alley
What is life without some art, some spectacle, something to nourish one's soul as well as one's mind? How can you honestly say to be alive if all you ever see are grey walls, drab colors, and tedious tasks? See the sights within a spoke dedicated to paintings and music, athletes and acrobats, the dancers and the performers. Forget your worries here, and be awed.
(Turns: 7
Cost: 24 Materials
Reward: +7 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)
One of the most sought-after goods within the Empire is clothing, right next to steel, jewel, electricity, and water. The ability to trade large quantities of clothing has seen many merchants' fortunes rise into the sky and produced quite a few corpses as bandits hit those shipments with abandon whenever they are spotted. Yet, with sufficient quality and being modeled in the latest fashion or tailored for Mutated physiology, Norqods tailors can turn a pretty crown with relatively low cost.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 21.89 Materials
Reward: +7 Materials in Taxes (will be raised by Fashion Revival Actions), ~Narrative Effects~.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Cat Alley
Nobody knows why streets with bordellos are named the way they are, but seeing as some "cats," as the local prostitutes are known, seem to like this spoke, they shall get it. Luckily, several have already asked for spots and permits, both for prostitution and gambling, with several others already making plans for outdoor decorations and attractions. Guards need to patrol here almost constantly, so you must build a small barrack.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 30 Materials
Reward: +16 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)
[ ] Sin Run
Gambling in all its myriad forms will be found here, ready to entice travelers and locals to ease their purses for the chance to the big strike. From cards to boxing and gladiator fights, all the way over to racing and betting on events. But remember: the House always wins.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 46 Materials
Reward: +24 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)
[ ] Paper Mile - (Tone)
Large Printshops will be situated here, churning out books, leaflets, pamphlets, novellas, posters, and newspapers at all times of the day, supplying the population's ravenous hunger for cheap entertainment and news.
(Turns: 6
Cost: 50 Materials
Reward: +8 Materials in Taxes. Unlocks Norqod Rumor Mill. (Tone indicates the focus of the paper. Examples: sensationalism, facts, satire, investigative, etc.))
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Artist Alley
What is life without some art, some spectacle, something to nourish one's soul as well as one's mind? How can you honestly say to be alive if all you ever see are grey walls, drab colors, and tedious tasks? See the sights within a spoke dedicated to paintings and music, athletes and acrobats, the dancers and the performers. Forget your worries here, and be awed.
(Turns: 7
Cost: 24 Materials
Reward: +7 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)
[ ] Airship Trade Anchor And Depot
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 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: 50 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains a Trade District, 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!)
-[ ] 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
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 same's different physiology and dietary requirements.
(Turns: 7
Cost: 24 Materials, Upkeep: 7.00 Materials
Reward: Norqod gains a Military District, 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.)
-[ ] 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 Expansion
Overseeing the harvesting of a resource located within the Forest of Rust, a Necropolis, is no small thing, as it requires both administrators, bureaucrats, and skill to maintain ties with scavengers. An expansion of the Dall Palace will increase the amount we can harvest without smuggling developing in any serious quantity.
(Turns: 5
Cost: 50 Materials
Reward: A larger palace will bring more prestige to House Dall, and it allows for the increase of Suspendium Harvesting Operations.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] The Trail Of Rust
With the slowly increasing knowledge on how to create Airships natively, an industry will soon need to be developed to take advantage of the vast sums of money such an enterprise will create. Therefore, increasing the total number of Suspendium crystals harvested will need to happen, or House Dall will fail its Emperor Given Duty. Which, I shouldn't remind you, is not good. Do so by increasing the space of the safe-houses, hiring more adventurers and willing workers, and placing another order for the harvesting equipment.
(Turns: 19
Cost: 175 Materials
Reward: +10 Medium Shards of Suspendium)
-[ ] 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)
Overseeing the harvesting of a resource located within the Forest of Rust, a Necropolis, is no small thing, as it requires both administrators, bureaucrats, and skill to maintain ties with scavengers. An expansion of the Dall Palace will increase the amount we can harvest without smuggling developing in any serious quantity.
(Turns: 5
Cost: 50 Materials
Reward: A larger palace will bring more prestige to House Dall, and it allows for the increase of Suspendium Harvesting Operations.)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] The Trail Of Rust
With the slowly increasing knowledge on how to create Airships natively, an industry will soon need to be developed to take advantage of the vast sums of money such an enterprise will create. Therefore, increasing the total number of Suspendium crystals harvested will need to happen, or House Dall will fail its Emperor Given Duty. Which, I shouldn't remind you, is not good. Do so by increasing the space of the safe-houses, hiring more adventurers and willing workers, and placing another order for the harvesting equipment.
(Turns: 19
Cost: 175 Materials
Reward: +10 Medium Shards of Suspendium)
-[ ] 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 House Dall's.
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 9d20 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 Union Of Herbalists - (1 Action)
-[ ] Institutional Knowledge
(Cost: 3.75 Materials
Reward: +30 to Biological/Medicinal Learning Rolls)
-[-] Study Sessions - Locked for 2 Turns
(Cost: 1 Faithful, 2.50 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%, double for rare artifacts, worsen relations to other sub-factions, decrease cost for Union of Herbalists actions, unlocks more moves at certain control thresholds.)
[ ] Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science - (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)
-[ ] 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 9d20 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 Union Of Herbalists - (1 Action)
-[ ] Institutional Knowledge
(Cost: 3.75 Materials
Reward: +30 to Biological/Medicinal Learning Rolls)
-[-] Study Sessions - Locked for 2 Turns
(Cost: 1 Faithful, 2.50 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%, double for rare artifacts, worsen relations to other sub-factions, decrease cost for Union of Herbalists actions, unlocks more moves at certain control thresholds.)
[ ] Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science - (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)
[ ] The Imperial Family - (1 Action)
-[ ] Petition For (Topic)
(Turns: 10/1
Cost: 30 Materials and 10 Goodwill/1 Major Favor owed by an Elite Faction
Reward: Interlude regarding (Topic))
[ ] 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 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)
-[ ] Petition For (Topic)
(Turns: 10/1
Cost: 30 Materials and 10 Goodwill/1 Major Favor owed by an Elite Faction
Reward: Interlude regarding (Topic))
[ ] 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 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)
[X] Forge Clan Vanar-Feer - (Choose 1 Action)
-[ ] 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) - (5/6 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 Followers Of Light - (1 Action)
-[ ] For The Nation - (Action)
(Cost: 15 Materials, 3 Goodwill
Reward: Buildings/Tasks which improve/help the broader population have their success % permanently improved by 2d10 until taken.)
-[ ] We Work As One - (Action/Building)
(Cost: Narrative
Reward: The Followers Of Light will help the Pilgrims.)
[X] Conclave Of Fraya - (1 Action Locked)
-[X] Eternal Arts - (Action) - (9/39)
(Cost: 5 Materials, for 15 Turns (+3 per Norqod Building)
Reward: Norqod is decorated with expertly made art, turning it into a true Tessen Settlement.)
-[ ] Commission An Artifice - (Item/Effect)
(Cost: ??? Materials
Reward: The Conclave will fashion an Artifice for the Pilgrims, be that surgical tools, a weapon, armor, or underwear.)
[ ] Meira's Hidden - (1 Action)
-[ ] Commission An Artifice - (Item/Effect)
(Cost: ??? Materials
Reward: Meira's Hidden will fashion an Artifice for the Pilgrims, be that surgical tools, a weapon, armor, or underwear.)
-[ ] 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) - (5/6 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 Followers Of Light - (1 Action)
-[ ] For The Nation - (Action)
(Cost: 15 Materials, 3 Goodwill
Reward: Buildings/Tasks which improve/help the broader population have their success % permanently improved by 2d10 until taken.)
-[ ] We Work As One - (Action/Building)
(Cost: Narrative
Reward: The Followers Of Light will help the Pilgrims.)
[X] Conclave Of Fraya - (1 Action Locked)
-[X] Eternal Arts - (Action) - (9/39)
(Cost: 5 Materials, for 15 Turns (+3 per Norqod Building)
Reward: Norqod is decorated with expertly made art, turning it into a true Tessen Settlement.)
-[ ] Commission An Artifice - (Item/Effect)
(Cost: ??? Materials
Reward: The Conclave will fashion an Artifice for the Pilgrims, be that surgical tools, a weapon, armor, or underwear.)
[ ] Meira's Hidden - (1 Action)
-[ ] Commission An Artifice - (Item/Effect)
(Cost: ??? Materials
Reward: Meira's Hidden will fashion an Artifice for the Pilgrims, be that surgical tools, a weapon, armor, or underwear.)
[ ] Nine Tribes Council - (1 Action)
-[ ] Sell Artifact/s (Artifact/s)
(Sell the specified Artifact/s with an additional (3d100/250/750 for Common/Rare/Lost Tech grades. (3.00/7.50/22.50 max Materials.))
-[ ] Aquire Artifacts - (Name, Grade, (opt. Specific Boni))
(Buy an Artifact with a specific bonus directly. Bought at +2d20% Price-up.)
-[ ] Rare Odds And Ends - (Category)
(Cost: 15 Materials
Reward: +2d10 to a specific Action for one Turn.)
-[ ] Rare Findings
(Ask, And Ye Shall Know (Any specific thing you wish to buy/sell/do to/with/against the Nine Tribes Council?))
-[ ] Sell Artifact/s (Artifact/s)
(Sell the specified Artifact/s with an additional (3d100/250/750 for Common/Rare/Lost Tech grades. (3.00/7.50/22.50 max Materials.))
-[ ] Aquire Artifacts - (Name, Grade, (opt. Specific Boni))
(Buy an Artifact with a specific bonus directly. Bought at +2d20% Price-up.)
-[ ] Rare Odds And Ends - (Category)
(Cost: 15 Materials
Reward: +2d10 to a specific Action for one Turn.)
-[ ] Rare Findings
(Ask, And Ye Shall Know (Any specific thing you wish to buy/sell/do to/with/against the Nine Tribes Council?))
[ ] Bone Valley Chapter - (All Are Free Actions)
-[ ] Send Support
(Materials)
-[ ] Investigate For Heresy
(25 Materials)
-[ ] Ask For Help
(What, How)
-[ ] Send Support
(Materials)
-[ ] Investigate For Heresy
(25 Materials)
-[ ] Ask For Help
(What, How)
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 two actions. This is because a hero may not stop taking this Action once it starts.
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 when efforts have to be reduced in one area and expanded in another when no additional resources are available 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.)
[ ] 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: +30 to 1 Action)
[ ] 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.
(Cost: 10/45/100 Materials
Reward: +1/2/3% Piety every 5/4/3 points above 0.
Information: 2(Two) Turns cooldown.)
[ ] Guiding Hand
Some Pilgrims stand at the edge of fully committing themselves to the Pilgrim faith. 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 two actions. This is because a hero may not stop taking this Action once it starts.
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 when efforts have to be reduced in one area and expanded in another when no additional resources are available 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.)
[ ] 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: +30 to 1 Action)
[ ] 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.
(Cost: 10/45/100 Materials
Reward: +1/2/3% Piety every 5/4/3 points above 0.
Information: 2(Two) Turns cooldown.)
[ ] Guiding Hand
Some Pilgrims stand at the edge of fully committing themselves to the Pilgrim faith. 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
AN: Not as much story as I'd like, but my brain refused to come up with more.
A moratorium will be until 26.0.22 at 17:00 CET.
Voting will be closed on 01.03.22 at 17:00 CET.
Omake Bony can be applied until 20:00 CET.
I will roll on 02.03.22 at 17:00 CET if no one has rolled yet.
Updates will be online on 08.03.22 at 17:00 CET.
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- Location
- Queensland, Australia
@HeroCooky So what indications do we have currently for how soon the Emperor wishes for us to increase Suspendium production and/or start mass producing Airships? Asking because failing that is basically an instant end to the quest and we do have those two House Dall actions and the Airship Manufactory has been sitting around for quite a while now...
Is this a one time thing or is it per turn? Because if its the later then we should do it.
Also, we could get a bandage tech.
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HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
The Bone Valley Houses are actually at a -1/3 in relationship right now due to them seeing the Pilgrims as political pawns at best and social unrest agitators at worst.
And it was you that attacked that caravan of bandits. After all, they murdered some of your people and a whole lot of others.
Within the next six years would be nice for him. His efforts are still elbow deep inside the guts of suspendium research, and creating any Royal Airships will be done by his staff alone.
Also, it would only be an instant end for House Dall should Suspendium Harvesting fail/be stopped, the Pilgrims would continue, if damaged in faith and assets.
Per Turn.
MrRobot
In doubt there's always the Sun!
Hahahahahaha awesome. Makes sense we are definely not pacifists.
And it wouldn't surprise me if he poached some of our engineers to do it once we have our airship lines up and running. I wouldn't even be mad, that would be a huge feather in our cap.
Also, here's a possible bandage tech, I don't know which one would be better so I added all three
That's a wrap (Medicine/Machinery?/Hydraulics?)
Among our recent finds are several types of bandages with different properties ranging from desinfecting themselves to self appliying sutures. We don't know how many aspects can be replicated, but just achieving one would be much better than what we currently have.
Rewards: Better bandages. Better casualty rolls?
- Location
- colombia
*ugly crying begging*
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Oh my gods. We have small, sapient and possibly telepathic cute birds. Who gave us an awesome name.
MUST PROTECC.
I think those guys are the one killing us and chomping on the bodies.
Also, @HeroCooky we didn't kill them all? The action is still up.
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
.....what?
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
That is for the other attack you suffered from a different group.
MrRobot
In doubt there's always the Sun!
I don't know either, violence is the answer trough.
Sorry, confused that scene with another. That's what I get for reading under jetlag.
thelordofmango
may be stupid
- Location
- under a rock
You are going to be expelled from the Pilgrims.
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
The Pilgrims have (at the moment) no Tenets or strictures against smoking a motherducker that killed a bunch of people.
(Provided you are doing so legally.)
thelordofmango
may be stupid
- Location
- under a rock
Speaking of, what are the Empire's laws on vigilanteism?
MrRobot
In doubt there's always the Sun!
We are not hippies, we are technocraths. Smoking bandits is not a crime in the empire and pacifism wouldn't do us any favors.
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
Against (Human) Citizens? Very illegal.
Against Mutated (Citizens)? Depends on the Region.
Against Bandits? Make it quick, and nobody cares.
Interesting. Seems like they could use some of the agricultural research projects we have in the backlog. A bit curious if they could use Sandcrete.
Must be a hell of one acid to be useful in combat. Most normal acids take way too long to really get going to be combat viable.
Strange that those two only give a +20. Something about the Forests?
Some dispute between the Knight Chapters and the local Noble Houses? Seems like some of the Pilots think of the local guards as nothing more than bandits.
Hmm, the Nobles going full exploitation on those below them could fit. Not much point in keeping people save from Mutants and other horrors if the Nobles work them to death anyway.
From Noble district straight into slums? That implies a non-existent middle class, which is uhh... a problem.
Seems here it's less of "Human or not" and more "Noble or not". Doesn't matter if someone is a Mutated or not if the Nobles screw everyone equally.
As in the anti-Knight lance we bought for the Titan fight? A random bunch of bandits shouldn't have anti-Knight equipment.
Ok, @HeroCooky a bunch of questions.
What's this memorial about? Or is the engraving unreadable?
...Is this as gruesome as it sounds?
Is the +20 instead of the +50 that most other Pioneer Artefacts have intentional? The Moon bit and the Biology/Psychology part give me the impression they have something to do with the Forests.
Would this help the Lost deal with the huge influx of addicts or would a direct donation be better?
Could we focus on capturing prisoners during this(Mortar Upgrade: Sleeping Gas) and would the Guard be interested if we capture anyone?
Shouldn't there be a project to refine our transistors for the Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics competition? I think you mentioned something about a 4 Success project. Or are they already good enough?
Could we use this on Bone Valley to support the new Chapter?
Are the c and the change of Turns, not Turns Completed, intentional? It's just that some of the Actions with eldritch consequences have Zalgo text and other weird formatting. If there is more by the next Turn...
Wasn't this supposed to get cheaper with the Structural Information research?
Would this give a bonus to Artisinal Robotics Creation or reduce the requirements for it?
Could we send them Sandcrete? Crates of Ashleaf Tea to boost their Diplomacy dice for X Turns?
HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
More of a sabotage weapon to be used by drones spraying on electronics and wetware computers.
Well, the Region did just go through a artificial starvation period of several seasons. And seeing as they have a near 85% reliance on food imports, such would gut the people like nothing else could. If it weren't for several organizations implementing internal rationing within the city, the nine million people there would have become intimately familiar with the taste of human flesh. Well, not all nine million, naturally.
Also, the Forge-Clans are the middle-class here, the people are the labor and flesh to keep the machines running and metal flowing.
Unreadable, but you think the writings are names of people that died in an accident/disaster due to the iconography present.
The standard non-combat procedure mentioned in the manual was to sever the spinal nerves underneath the head and use localized anesteathics to numb the pain for the head until the implant has anchored itself to the spine and fused the severed nerves to itself and the spine once more.
Typo there.
It would very much help them in the long-run as you'd be taking addicts off of them.
You can, and they would.
Thanks for reminding me, added it in.
You need Five Personal Cutters/Pilgrim Airships, Two Freighters, or One Warship to for a convoy to travel safely and efficiently enough for that.
The c is a typo, the Turns are there because the Action won't be locked in. You grabbed 25% of the stuff there, and then your scavengers skedaddled to haul the loot of a century back to base before they get eaten.
Fixed.
Very much so.
They already have sandcrete, but not the infrastructure for that. The Crates would help them for four turns, at the cost of negating your Ashleaf Incone for the Turn
So, we have now the capability of building 3 more computers, ergo 3 more actions.
I think the first one should go to holdings, we have to build a lot of stuff and have the money to do it. The second one, maybe Martial? idk it doesn't seem to need more actions at a time. For the third, I have no idea, we could go for more Learning, another Holding action, maybe even Faith.
Also, @karmaoa remember we should also build consensuals in the remaining cities so Rashomon can't expand beyond Ularn.
I think the first one should go to holdings, we have to build a lot of stuff and have the money to do it. The second one, maybe Martial? idk it doesn't seem to need more actions at a time. For the third, I have no idea, we could go for more Learning, another Holding action, maybe even Faith.
Also, @karmaoa remember we should also build consensuals in the remaining cities so Rashomon can't expand beyond Ularn.