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Then why did you say the Tailors are fully paid when we agreed to provide them with 2 Cargo Crafts?
Cult Creator - The Pilgrims Journey
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HeroCooky
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Edit: Disregard this, just checked. Am stoopid.
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...I'll get the hang of it eventually. Would you mind putting some clarifications up in the Glossary, for the benefit of future readers?
Now on a separate note, I have some thoughts on important actions for next turn:
-[] [Black Box] Swap to Gutted Core
We won't need the Airship Technology boost to finish off Pressurized Suspendium.
-[] [Diplomacy] From the Brink [1.5 Goodwill]
--[] (Ashleaf Tea +15, Common People +15) = +30
-[] [Diplomacy] We Are One People! - (Locals) - (3/6 Successes)
--[] (Ashleaf Tea +15, Common People +15, Action Bonus +15, Lead By Example +30, We Can Do It! +20, General Opinion on Mutated (1) +5, Trauma: Common People Purge Survivor -5, Object of Veneration +5, +6FF) = +104
Between Aria's boosts and Doctrine of the Lowest, we can do these actions for Turns 80-81 and complete the first, and maybe the second if we can apply some kind of bonus success to the mix, which incidentally will free up an action to be sent over to Holdings.
-[] [Archeology] Crystal-Garden Expedition
--[] Send It To The Flying Islands
--[] (Flying Islands +20, 3[ENG] +42, +3FF) = +65
-[L] [Archeology] Permanent Scavenging Base - (Floating Monastery) - (1/2 Turns Complete)
-[] [Archeology] Retrieve the Bell
Because I'd feel more comfortable if we had it safely on the ground as soon as possible, and even if we're not going to make this semester's allotments, well, 2/3 will better than nothing.
-[] [Holdings] Industrial Subsidies
--[] Hire Contractors x2
-[] [Holdings] Miniscule Scientific Complex - (12/17 Turns Complete) - [Sandcrete]
--[] Hire Contractors x3
-[] [Holdings] Mercenary Quarters - (0/9 Turns Complete)
--[] Hire Contractors x3
Aside from being prompt on our promises, we need to get the Industrial and Military Districts completed ASAP. We have many major advances ahead, and we need to be able to start spooling up mass production for the common good.
-[] [Martyris] Too Much To Do (Retrieve the Bell)
-[] [Martyris] Too Much To Do (Industrial Subsidies)
-[] [Aria] Lead By Example (We Are One People!)
To support the above.
We won't need the Airship Technology boost to finish off Pressurized Suspendium.
-[] [Diplomacy] From the Brink [1.5 Goodwill]
--[] (Ashleaf Tea +15, Common People +15) = +30
-[] [Diplomacy] We Are One People! - (Locals) - (3/6 Successes)
--[] (Ashleaf Tea +15, Common People +15, Action Bonus +15, Lead By Example +30, We Can Do It! +20, General Opinion on Mutated (1) +5, Trauma: Common People Purge Survivor -5, Object of Veneration +5, +6FF) = +104
Between Aria's boosts and Doctrine of the Lowest, we can do these actions for Turns 80-81 and complete the first, and maybe the second if we can apply some kind of bonus success to the mix, which incidentally will free up an action to be sent over to Holdings.
-[] [Archeology] Crystal-Garden Expedition
--[] Send It To The Flying Islands
--[] (Flying Islands +20, 3[ENG] +42, +3FF) = +65
-[L] [Archeology] Permanent Scavenging Base - (Floating Monastery) - (1/2 Turns Complete)
-[] [Archeology] Retrieve the Bell
Because I'd feel more comfortable if we had it safely on the ground as soon as possible, and even if we're not going to make this semester's allotments, well, 2/3 will better than nothing.
-[] [Holdings] Industrial Subsidies
--[] Hire Contractors x2
-[] [Holdings] Miniscule Scientific Complex - (12/17 Turns Complete) - [Sandcrete]
--[] Hire Contractors x3
-[] [Holdings] Mercenary Quarters - (0/9 Turns Complete)
--[] Hire Contractors x3
Aside from being prompt on our promises, we need to get the Industrial and Military Districts completed ASAP. We have many major advances ahead, and we need to be able to start spooling up mass production for the common good.
-[] [Martyris] Too Much To Do (Retrieve the Bell)
-[] [Martyris] Too Much To Do (Industrial Subsidies)
-[] [Aria] Lead By Example (We Are One People!)
To support the above.
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HeroCooky
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Have done so, hopefully it helps!
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If you are talking about our required Suspendium quotas, then we can't afford to miss them. We intentionally chose such a high quota and delivery schedule because it allowed us to get the Artifact Reclamation Order. Missing any deliveries could result in House Dall being severely punished. We should immediately prioritize getting the required 3 large crystals.
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I'm talking about the Large Crystals for the island floating support, hence the phrase 'semester.' We'll have no problem making this year's coming delivery for the Empire itself, have no fear.
I think it does, but just to make sure... for example, using Illness Of The Mind (Needed 101/143/189)... the Art Crit would be 201/243/289 and Compulsive Behavior (45/89/129) would be Art Crit 245/289/329?
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HeroCooky
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Got it in two!
Hmm, you know, I just realized we could pretty cheaply spend enough Goodwill to get an Artificial Critical Success every Turn. Not sure if that would have a negative effect on the project, though.
No +25 from the Festival for the next attempt but we should start with +45 due to Tea, Commons, and Repeat Action.
Ugh, probably went nowhere with a roll that low. Probably have to try again later. Or maybe we can put an Adventurer Action on that?
Well, crap. The bad omen animals. And even an Alpha version, so that might cause region-wide panic.
Neat. I think we can do more Theory Actions next. Or more Suspendium research. Pressurized Suspendium Part 2 and Look At The Daughters Suspendium Systems have similar research difficulties but PD+DOD+1 Scientist would be enough to finish Pressurized Suspendium Part 2, so we could focus everything else on a different project.
Hopefully, it helps the Tailors. New projects are going to depend on if we need to focus the Specialists somewhere.
More Suspendium research would bind PD, DOD, and the Scientists, so new projects would mostly benefit from Doctors and Engineers. Or we could focus PD and DOD on Psychology research, the Scientists to finish the Suspendium research, and one project for the Doctors or Engineers.
...Huh, I wonder how the Suspendium refund works narratively? Did the airship not run out of Suspendium since the Collapse? Did we stumble over a big crystal?
So one new project and we can finish the Complex if we use Sandcrete on it.
I'm surprised there is no ? on that Action.
Huh, why is the roll-
Ah, that's where it's listed. Too bad we didn't get the +25 to that roll. Maybe the guy wasn't one for parties.
I think the Wardens are the guys associated with the Black Forest, so that's good?
They are a bit late on the expanded Suspendium harvesting operations but good enough.
Hurray for good PR.
Mghmg, really need that radio tower.
Curse you basic human nature. Curse you!
Makes an Action to push various networks back to level 2 more interesting though.
They're going to end up as bandits, won't they?
Ah, that means more politics for Selene to deal with. She might now end up officially as a noble, instead of a "technical" placeholder until a "pure" kid is born.
Hmm, could synergize with a Mausoleum.
And more Intrigue Actions we have to do. We might want to switch that Diplomacy Action to this category, even if that means the Lost stay independent longer.
HeroCooky
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You are right. Im'ma patch that in the next Turn.
A malfunction in the ships internal suspendium storage continuously fed crystal electricity, drastically slowing their decay until you discovered the required suspendium mass for lift-off within its holds and repurposed it for your use.karmaoa said:
Adventurers Guild: "Hey, more work, and therefore more money, for us."karmaoa said:
No. This is a rescinding of a law that disallows Mutated from being paper-pushers, it does nothing to get them seen as a valid and legal option for succession.karmaoa said:
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We only have 3/6 successes, so we're best off committing PD and DOD to wrapping up the Suspendium research. As such we might want to hold off on the Psychology research until next turn. Maybe we put in a Theory action, and throw the Scientists, Doctors, and Engineer(s) on Sticks and Stones? Or alternatively, Scientists/Doctors on Boiling Liquids.
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Hang on a tick. Boss, correct me if I'm wrong, but given the established ArtCrit rules...
Shouldn't this have been an Art Crit success as well, meaning Orphanage should be at 5/7?
HeroCooky
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BTW, that is still ongoing, in case people overlooked it at the end of the Rumor Mill post.
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I can't think of anything appropriate, unless...
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[X] The 4 Walkers with their robot retinue leaving the Bunker.
Now, I proffer another rough draft, as usual. My key thought here is that if the main concern is restoring our lost networks, well, I don't think we need to switch the Diplomacy action to Subversion, we just need to put in an extra action in here or there as needed.
[] Plan Plan
-[] [Black Box] Swap to Gutted Core
-[] [Faith] This Is Not Eternal, Even Stone Will Change
--[] (+6FF) +6
-[L] [Faith] Build An Orphanage - (Big) - (Tessen) - (5/7 Successes)
--[] (Seek Mutated Help [0.1 Goodwill]) = +100
-[] [Diplomacy] From the Brink [1.5 Goodwill]
--[] (Ashleaf Tea +15, Common People +15) = +30
-[L] [Diplomacy] We Are One People! - (Locals) - (3/6 Successes)
--[] (Ashleaf Tea +15, Common People +15, Action Bonus +15, +6FF) = +51
-[] [Subversion] Isolate Your Cells [3.32 Goodwill]
-[] [Subversion] Infiltrate Part 1 - (The Bureau for Civilian Logistics, The Dirty Daggers, The Family)
--[] (Adjudicator +15) = +15
-[] [Martial] Scout Out - (EO-01) - (Rust Scouts)
--[] (+6FF) = +6
-[L] [Martial] Upgrade The CRPS To CREPS - (3/9 Turns Complete)
-[] [Martial] Sir! The Situation Is As Follows (Dispatch the Tailors to clear TOP-01, leaving tactics and force allocation to their discretion)
-[L] [Learning] Pressurized Suspendium Part 2 - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory) - (3/6 Successes)
--[] [DoD], [PD], (Scientific Theory +15, +6FF) = +21
-[] [Learning] Boiling Liquids Last Longer - (Biology/Chemicals) - (0/8 Successes)
--[] (Scientific Theory +15, Mutated: Allied +20, 3[SC] +36, 1[TSC] +18, 3[DOC] +18, 1[SUR] +12, +5FF) = +124
--[] (Chocolate Recipe +5 to Common Chemicals, Food Preservatives +5 to Common Chemicals, Beer Recipe +5 to Common Chemicals, Recipe Fragments +5 to Chemicals, 2x Neuroscopic Chemical Fragments +5 to Chemicals, 2x Larva Vivisection Reports +20 to Advanced Biology) = +70
-[] [Learning] Assemble The Theorists! - (Common Machinery)
--[] (Scientific Theory +15, Black Box +5, +5FF) = +25
--[] (Destroyed Sentinel Remains +20 to Machinery/Armor/Programming/Electronics, 2x Machinery Books +5 to Machinery, 1x Destroyed Eversun Scrap-Knights +5 to Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery) = +35
-[] [Archeology] Crystal-Garden Expedition
--[] Send It To The Flying Islands
--[] (Flying Islands +20, We Can Do It! +20, Trauma: Common People Purge Survivor -5, 4[ENG] +56, +6FF) = +97
-[] [Archeology] Retrieve the Bell
-[L] [Archeology] Permanent Scavenging Base - (Floating Monastery) - (1/2 Turns Complete)
-[L] [Tree of Knowledge] Berth - Small - (3/4 Turns Complete)
-[L] [Tree of Knowledge] Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims - (4/6 Turns Complete)
-[L] [Holdings] Industrial Subsidies
--[] Hire Contractors x2
-[L] [Holdings] Miniscule Scientific Complex - (12/17 Turns Complete) - [Sandcrete]
--[] Hire Contractors x3
-[] [Holdings] Mercenary Quarters
--[] Hire Contractors x3
-[] [Martyris] Too Much To Do (Infiltrate Part 1)
-[] [Martyris] Too Much To Do (Industrial Subsidies)
-[] [Aria] Too Much To Do (Crystal-Garden Expedition)
-[] [Merchants] Procure (?) [? Goodwill]
-[] [Adventurers] ?
-[L] [Herbalists] Anatomical Lectures (2/5 Turns Complete)
-[L] [4S] Suffer Their Arrogance (2/4 Turns Complete)
-[L] [Vanar-Feer] Engineers Galore (2/6 Turns Complete)
-[] [Followers of Light] We Work As One! (Build an Orphanage)
-[L] [Conclave] Eternal Arts (31/84 Turns Complete)
Goodwill Costs: 1.5 + 3.32 + 0.01 + ? = 4.83
-[] [Black Box] Swap to Gutted Core
-[] [Faith] This Is Not Eternal, Even Stone Will Change
--[] (+6FF) +6
-[L] [Faith] Build An Orphanage - (Big) - (Tessen) - (5/7 Successes)
--[] (Seek Mutated Help [0.1 Goodwill]) = +100
-[] [Diplomacy] From the Brink [1.5 Goodwill]
--[] (Ashleaf Tea +15, Common People +15) = +30
-[L] [Diplomacy] We Are One People! - (Locals) - (3/6 Successes)
--[] (Ashleaf Tea +15, Common People +15, Action Bonus +15, +6FF) = +51
-[] [Subversion] Isolate Your Cells [3.32 Goodwill]
-[] [Subversion] Infiltrate Part 1 - (The Bureau for Civilian Logistics, The Dirty Daggers, The Family)
--[] (Adjudicator +15) = +15
-[] [Martial] Scout Out - (EO-01) - (Rust Scouts)
--[] (+6FF) = +6
-[L] [Martial] Upgrade The CRPS To CREPS - (3/9 Turns Complete)
-[] [Martial] Sir! The Situation Is As Follows (Dispatch the Tailors to clear TOP-01, leaving tactics and force allocation to their discretion)
-[L] [Learning] Pressurized Suspendium Part 2 - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory) - (3/6 Successes)
--[] [DoD], [PD], (Scientific Theory +15, +6FF) = +21
-[] [Learning] Boiling Liquids Last Longer - (Biology/Chemicals) - (0/8 Successes)
--[] (Scientific Theory +15, Mutated: Allied +20, 3[SC] +36, 1[TSC] +18, 3[DOC] +18, 1[SUR] +12, +5FF) = +124
--[] (Chocolate Recipe +5 to Common Chemicals, Food Preservatives +5 to Common Chemicals, Beer Recipe +5 to Common Chemicals, Recipe Fragments +5 to Chemicals, 2x Neuroscopic Chemical Fragments +5 to Chemicals, 2x Larva Vivisection Reports +20 to Advanced Biology) = +70
-[] [Learning] Assemble The Theorists! - (Common Machinery)
--[] (Scientific Theory +15, Black Box +5, +5FF) = +25
--[] (Destroyed Sentinel Remains +20 to Machinery/Armor/Programming/Electronics, 2x Machinery Books +5 to Machinery, 1x Destroyed Eversun Scrap-Knights +5 to Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery) = +35
-[] [Archeology] Crystal-Garden Expedition
--[] Send It To The Flying Islands
--[] (Flying Islands +20, We Can Do It! +20, Trauma: Common People Purge Survivor -5, 4[ENG] +56, +6FF) = +97
-[] [Archeology] Retrieve the Bell
-[L] [Archeology] Permanent Scavenging Base - (Floating Monastery) - (1/2 Turns Complete)
-[L] [Tree of Knowledge] Berth - Small - (3/4 Turns Complete)
-[L] [Tree of Knowledge] Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims - (4/6 Turns Complete)
-[L] [Holdings] Industrial Subsidies
--[] Hire Contractors x2
-[L] [Holdings] Miniscule Scientific Complex - (12/17 Turns Complete) - [Sandcrete]
--[] Hire Contractors x3
-[] [Holdings] Mercenary Quarters
--[] Hire Contractors x3
-[] [Martyris] Too Much To Do (Infiltrate Part 1)
-[] [Martyris] Too Much To Do (Industrial Subsidies)
-[] [Aria] Too Much To Do (Crystal-Garden Expedition)
-[] [Merchants] Procure (?) [? Goodwill]
-[] [Adventurers] ?
-[L] [Herbalists] Anatomical Lectures (2/5 Turns Complete)
-[L] [4S] Suffer Their Arrogance (2/4 Turns Complete)
-[L] [Vanar-Feer] Engineers Galore (2/6 Turns Complete)
-[] [Followers of Light] We Work As One! (Build an Orphanage)
-[L] [Conclave] Eternal Arts (31/84 Turns Complete)
Goodwill Costs: 1.5 + 3.32 + 0.01 + ? = 4.83
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[X] The 4 Walkers with their robot retinue leaving the Bunker.
[X] Aria and her wife
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Just checking in. The update was scheduled for a couple days ago. Everything all right, HeroCooky?
HeroCooky
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Work, and me preparing to move but having several things (internet, keys, paint, select new furniture) hit snags before the moving part is even happening (that cause my desire to break out the mortar to sky rocket) are conspiring against me.
Luckily, I only have to finish the fight/Blood Deer part and the Steel Research, so I'll likely be done this weekend, and if not, then on monday.
Turn 80; Year 19; Month 6; Reports, Fights, And Death
HeroCooky
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Pilgrim Intelligence Report
Topic: "Drakes"
Topic: "Drakes"
Goal of the Investigation: Gather historical information regarding the recovered Artifact "Heart of Drakes," alongside any data regarding its capabilities if implanted into a willing volunteer.
Analysis: Uncovering any information regarding the Artifact "Heart of Drakes" Artifact ran into troubles on multiple accounts despite the assets committed to discovering any information pertaining to its uses, capabilities, drawbacks, or scientific value. Due to the Artifact's age, and rareness, little could be found within public archives and libraries, alongside what was accessible from local Forge-Clan information storehouses. Further digging within private libraries and data terminals of nobles, collectors, and researchers unearthed little to no actionable information, as all that could be gathered regarding the Artifact were several surviving comics with "Drakes" being mentioned off-handedly in a negative, almost disdainful manner. Finally, a breakthrough occurred when Agent Ne'zyr described the Artifact to a Forge-Clan Artificer specializing in the reverse-engineering of bio-mechanical components, who, upon demands to see the object in question, confirmed it to be a part of a series of implants used by a nation before the Collapse to, in their words: "Commit the highest heresy of all that can be done: take a person's ability to reason and think by turning them into nothing more than a servile drone." Upon further questioning, the "Heart of Drakes" was revealed to be a means by which a person could be transformed from an ordinary person into a trained, highly-efficient Deniable Operations Soldier (Then referred to as either a DEOS or Deus due to them being used to achieve seemingly impossible missions, often at the cost of their own life), who lacked any and all capacity to reason independently if not required for their assigned tasks or handlers.
Conclusion: The "Drake of Hearts" is a bio-mechanical augmentation device capable of turning any volunteer into a soldier capable of operating on the same level as the Royal Guards on a purely biological level and would likely be able to surpass them if adequately equipped with the best we can acquire from either our Artifact Vault or bought from other Scavenger Operations or Noble Houses. The loss of all Sapient/Sentient capacity would require the assignment of several permanent handlers explicitly trained to care for and direct the resulting Drake until their expiration in either combat, illness, or due to age.
Agent Notes: We highly advise keeping this Artifact in the most secure portion of the Vaults. Further, we strongly recommend additional efforts be undertaken to fortify the high-security areas against intruders so that this Artifact cannot be used against the Pilgrimage, the Empire, or Tessen. Any person that wishes to use this Artifact should be excluded from any position of authority within our ranks indefinitely, without any chance of reconsideration.
There it stood before the scouts. The impossible, and legendary, bigger sibling of the Blood-Deer.
Ten meters of fetid and bloody glory and horror, a behemoth of cervid majesty that looked imperiously at all it beheld, uncaring about the small brook of acidic blood it left behind with every step, nor did it indicate that it noticed the bubbling and sizzling of metals and concrete and plants it left behind with every step. The stench of decay and blood was utterly revolting and nauseating for every Pilgrim, with none but the most ardent carrion eaters able to stand the smell, as its unnatural fleshy form offered nothing but nightmares to all who behold it.
And yet, if one could look beyond all that, look past the shredded muscles and rotting tangle of flesh hanging from its antlers and skull, there is a myth. A myth that there is more than an animal behind those eyes of black and red, an intelligence of wisdom more terrible and frightful than any Mutant or Machine could offer. A myth that tells of ancient calamities awakening from where they stand, their final resting places nourishment to harbingers of doom, and creators of an apocalypse generations in the making. None dare harm this beast, for none want them to lay their bones to rest where they live.
Regardless of all that, some say that beyond all that, those who approach this being and offer it flesh and blood of kin and kith; they are graced by omens of what is to come, a vision given in words and memories that are yet to form and happen. For as the Alpha is the seed of an end, so too does that end spring from a seed that knows what is to come. But those are merely rumors...right?
The Pilgrim Scouts do not wait to see if that could be true, seeking shelter in distance and blissful ignorance of its existence beyond the most clinical of reports.
Others can worry. They can drown themselves in alcohol and need not remember.
The Tailors are a satisfactory mercenary company with a history of combat that saw them on both the winning and losing sides, their skills bought with blood, tears, and sweat. Training and equipment saw them through those days when their commanders were less than acceptable, and their commanders saw the triumph when they had equipment best left unmentioned or glossed over. They fought in nearly every landscape and condition one could imagine, from the ruins of the Leta's Folly Region that stretched from horizon to horizon to the underground caverns crisscrossing many a settlement. Their people shivered in the night of the desert; they sweated during the day's burning sun, marched through thick forests filled with the cries of animals, and stood before armies in dead areas where not even rain had touched the ground in years. What they had yet to do in all those years of service was to fight within a Necropolis, to plunge deep within and march right back out, with no history or memoir available to the commander chosen for the task to learn from.
Yet, with the lives of their soldiers and their honor at stake, the commander swallowed their pride with a heavy heart and easy mind, hounding any and all scavengers and expeditionary members of the Pilgrims for any scrap of information they could gain, no advice unheeded or ignored, each collected to slowly assemble an ever more increasing web and map of the Forest of Rust so that they may fulfill their duties as ordered.
And then, with all preparations done and nothing but fretting left, the commander gave the order to march, leading a force of 800 into the Rusting Forest, heeding all advice and map they had gained and constructed.
Less than 100 would leave the Necropolis.
There was no fault to be had with the decisions of the killed commander. Indeed, their leadership was all that ensured they survived their trip back. Simple poor luck had seen them stumble across an enemy that they could not chase off quickly; their forces bloodied enough for other denizens to smell weakness and take their price of flesh and life with the sounds of screaming men and women being dragged into the night or alleys, away from their comrades.
Still. They did what was tasked of them.
The location was free of the Machines that had guarded it.
Pilgrim Intelligence Report
Topic: "Tailors of the Burned Skies"
Topic: "Tailors of the Burned Skies"
Goal of the Investigation: Establishment of the history of the Mercenary Company "Tailors of the Burned Skies" for use by the Council and House Dall as we walk onward on our Paths.
Analysis: Founded in 567 AC by Marya M'ci after her service in the military got cut short due to a dishonorable discharge after she committed extra-judicial mob justice against an uncovered mass-murderer, her Company consisted of her, seven fellow soldiers similarly discharged, and a local man she had met during the lynching that would later marry her. Their equipment consisted of weapons and armor available to civilians. However, several grenades had been bought in a black market deal that allowed her small band to come to prominence in 569 before her group was dragged to court by the then-branded Mercenary Association, now called Adventurers Guild, for operating outside their Imperial Jurisdiction, without a Licence, endangerment of citizens as their use of explosives resulted in a swarm of now-extinct flesh-worms falling upon a village, and the illegal extermination of a flesh-worm swarm without an issued extermination request approved by the Association. The group quickly folded and agreed to pay off their fines and legally join to avoid having their equipment taken as reparations, alongside a black-listing for any further mercenary work within the Empire.
The group would continue at a much more sedated pace until, in 588, Marya M'ci increased her Company's size to encompass fifty members, including three Scout Lizards, one of which she would ride, and the commissioning of several flamethrowers to use in contracts against swarms of Mutants or Animals. Unfortunately, records are spotty after this purchase, notably due to several fire-based incidents, until 724 AC, when Seva 'Pen Dragon' Terror completed her seventy-eight poem in battle atop her War Lizard, impressing a nearby Noble enough to propose to her to be her Misstress in exchange for a Knight and the required training. Her husband enthusiastically pushed her to accept, but she refused, punching the Noble in her face, breaking her nose and jaw, and knocking out her teeth. A rival Noble House subsequently rewarded her with a Knight and the required training. Her husband never forgave her for not taking the first offer, arguing that she could have punched the Noble's teeth out after gaining legal ownership, leading to them gaining two Knights. He got punched in the face and lost two teeth after saying this for the first time.
The "Tailors of the Burned Skies" continue with their slow rise as a reliable mercenary company capable of taking on most requests from clients, using funds and materials gained due to contracts, opportunistic scavenging, and pilfering/butchering/disassembling of defeated opponents/Mutants/Animals/Machines. However, they were also known to possess a sometimes extremely violent leadership clique rife with internal dissent along relationship lines, blood lineages, and plain jealousy between the leaders of the various combat branches. This internal unrest resulted in a split of the Company after a disastrous battle in 901 AC, where the companies artillery and robotic units split, forming the "Steel Teeth Bombadiers," a mercenary regiment now in the permanent employ of a Noble House in the South-Eastern portion of the Empire. This loss was keenly felt but used by Deradi Munadi, Agatel Lh-a's father, to unify the Company under a singular command, practically executing the dissenting branch commanders in one-on-one combat after they refused to submit. However, he escaped legal repercussions due to a law dating back to 56 AC in the Region they resided within that allowed honor duels. That law has since been removed, and he was banned from the Region after that incident, taking his Company to safer pastures.
The years since then have been kind and easy-going on the Tailors, allowing Deradi to retain control over the Company and to bequeath command over to his daughter after he was mortally wounded in a battle with several Bandit Clans rebelling against the rightful expansion of the Empire. She has since found her footing as a relatively hands-off commander focused on the political and logistical aspects of her job far more so than the commanding portions, using the Tailor's large numbers to subdivide her Company to cover more ground, secure more contracts, and bring in more money. This has turned some veterans away from her leadership, dissatisfied with the lack of unity, while attracting more people to her banner for the protection of a large-scale Company while retaining the small-scale freedom associated with smaller mercenary bands.
Conclusion: The "Tailors of the Burned Skies" are a reliable, storied, and well-led Company, able to call upon history to bolster its troops, retain and gain talent, operate war machines without suffering from any neglect of their components, and be relied upon to keep to contracts as they have yet to break a single one. They have proven trustworthy in honoring their service to all contract holders and can be expected to continue doing so.
Agent Notes: The only thing worth mentioning is the absence of combat experience in a Necropolis. However, their sergeants and Unit Leaders have not refrained from asking for help or tips for what to expect on their journey into their first assignment.
Steel.
The most essential of materials on Calynth, the source of all shields against the dark that humanity shelters under, the origin of every torch it raises high aloft to banish the darkness assailing it every step of every day on an unceasing deluge of claw, fang, tool, and byte since the Collapse.
With it, nations have risen from insignificant holdouts, rising aloft banners of resistance and rebellion against the new order that has established itself. Without, even the grandest bastion from the days of yore fell under the eternal flood of malevolent horrors and monsters that attack one and all without rest or pause, their goal nothing less than to rip and tear and feed and kill every adult, child, and Machine-Mind that stands before them unbowed or cowered.
It is a material that sees armies clad in the armor and weaponry needed to crush that which deems itself above humanity, the material by which masters of their craft and novices produce artifices of wonder and learn to burn that bright light of progress once more with every day that passes. With it, Knights shake the earth they walk upon in legion, their battles a beacon of hope and humanities roar of defiance against the worst that Calynth throws at them, their Pilots' spirits unbowed as they clad themselves in every blend and form, from brittle to esoteric, from bolted on sheets to honeycombed specialist pieces, they all take from steel in all its forms to guard and kill. By it, fortresses are raised from nothing, the towering citadels that house tens of thousands standing defiant against time since their construction when their skeletons of steel were filled with concrete, their skins covered in shaped plates, their undersides shielded by acid and tunnelers, and their skies secured by vigilant eyes operating crossbow, lance, and more.
Legends and myths tell of a time ancient, when even the Collapse was still centuries in the future, when nations measured their might and prowess by the amount of steel they produced, not the strength of their armies, and now that old legend is more accurate than ever. For as a nation has steel, so too does it expand and secure itself; every tool and arm crafted from that fundamental metal that can be fashioned, every building reinforced and expanded, until production cannot meet demand and yet more mills are constructed to feed the ever-hungry maw of humanity that devours it above even food itself. There has been no time when steel production has ever met demand, no instance where it overflowed in the warehouses as no buyers could be found. As production capacity grows, so too does demand, for every coin spent less on acquiring it is another coin that can be spent procuring it, another coin to be used to make a profit and expand, another furnace to roar with humanities industriousness and defiance against all odds to feed more lights against the dark yet.
And yet, while people eagerly create the means to produce more steel, they too guard the means to do so in equal jealousy and greed, always quick to ensure none can benefit when they can.
The Pilgrims care not about that.
They decided to research the means by which they could build a furnace and cauldron to cast steel, and so they did, their scholars and engineers unceasing effort until a satisfactory method was found, proven, and disseminated to all who needed or asked of it paying off within record time.
It may take time until industrial production could be created in Norqod, yet every step on this Path would deliver another life from devastation, another Journey allowed to continue against all odds.
The beating heart of industry had never died on Calynth; it had only ever rested when all seemed lost. And if the Pilgrims had anything to say about it, it would never cease to beat stronger with every passing year, each Age bringing yet more triumph and glory to one and all people that call this planet home.
Pilgrim Intelligence Report
Topic: "The Family"
Topic: "The Family"
Goal of the Investigation: Uncovering as much information regarding the criminal syndicate's operating structure, membership, and objectives known as "The Family" to allow further strategic planning.
Analysis: Founded after the dissolution of the last Region-Wide Criminal Syndicate led by "Holy Rose," "The Family" has quickly established itself in Jokvi and Zulmni using pre-existing ties to local gangs, enterprises, and rackets. The head of the Family, known simply as "Bloom," has, using various legal and illegal methods, expanded their reach deeply into the surrounding territories of the two cities, allowing the usage of several smuggling routes once laid fallow due to the attention of the Guard and vigilant Detectives. The exact locations and methods are unknown due to those enterprises' secrecy and cellular nature. Still, the increase in illegal or untaxed goods allows no other conclusion. It is further bolstered by the bragging of some less-than-bright members talking about their existence and usage when inebriated. Attempts to uncover more information regarding them have led to several deaths of disposable assets and informants and have thus been paused for now.
What members have been identified have either been self-identified via brandings and tattoos of a thorned rose in a rising sun or verbal braggings and declarations made to solicit compliance and submission of targets of rackets or random acts of violence/thievery. The only notable members are the 47-year-old Natri 'Slice' Bahrau acting as the owner of a Family-owned drinking establishment used to fence goods to the lower strata of society, and the 84-year-old 'Madam Harta' acting as the Misstress of several brothels.
Several other businesses have also been identified to belong to "The Family," tanneries, wineries, blacksmiths, clothing, furniture, and toy manufactories chief among them, with further dabbling into the banking and caravansary sectors. Those businesses are wholly and entirely above board, with little to even suggest any connections to criminal enterprises exist beyond the absence of gangs near them trying to steal, take, or relieve workers of their daily pay when they leave those buildings. In fact, "Family" enforcers were noticed to keep the peace and allow the various stalls, vendors, and workers a safe environment to sell and buy wares, go to and from work, and relax. Most of those stalls sport the symbol of "The Family" in a visible location, on either their stalls or on a handy plate to avoid trouble by readily displaying their allegiance, protection, and willing submission to the new ruler of their city's underworld.
What little we have uncovered about their long-term objectives revolve around their businesses' steady and slow growth, establishing lines of communication to subverted Imperial Institutions, and a potential partnership with a Noble House to boost their standing and rank. The latter is theorized to either be a means by which "The Family" could increase their reach or be a sign that the syndicate has been nothing more than a pawn lead by a scion of said Noble House trying to improve their rank and fortune by any means necessary.
Conclusion: "The Family" uses a multi-layered approach in their dealings that are neither disruptive nor prohibitively damaging to overall society, opting for a slow spread of their influence to allow themselves to digest any acquisitions before moving on to other goals. The usage of, or being used by, a Noble House shows that they are competent and willing to play the long game, more interested in beneficial deals than taking everything they can, damned be the costs.
Agent Notes: Unless they ramp up hostilities, intolerable activities, or treasonous actions, they should be left alone unless we have the means to pluck them out, petal, stem, and root, to avoid an extant branch from regrowing the entire structure to harm or destroy the Pilgrimage.
Floating Islands Descent - 96% Intact - -2% per Season
1/3 Large Crystals Supplied - 1 Season Remains
2 Missable Deadlines Remain
1/3 Large Crystals Supplied - 1 Season Remains
2 Missable Deadlines Remain
Available Bonuses:
55 Distributable Points from Ambit.
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. (Choose 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] Communal Outreach - (Repeatable)
A hand given to the downtrodden, shattered, destitute, and outcast is not always accepted. Sometimes, the people who need help the most slap it away in rage at the sight of their "betters deigning to elevate the dirt beneath them," as some have said so eloquently.
(Cost: 6 Goodwill
Turns: 2
Chance: 42%
Reward: +4% Piety)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Collapse Their Gravity - (Repeatable)
Even with the best intentions, unfucking the BHVs, on any scale, will be a monumental task requiring many hands and more people to work with you. Although Baron Esker has found some skill in improving the BHVs, in more than one letter to Lady Selene, he remarked that it would be cheaper to burn the whole settlement down and build anew were it not for those that already lived within.
(Cost: 14 Goodwill
Turns: 4
Chance: 13%
Reward: +2% Piety, +1 Mutated Opinion (Once), Slightly Improved QoL within some BHVs, allowing you to strangle the cause of many problems at the root.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Blessed Journeys - (Repeatable)
You can say what you want, but sometimes the best option is to burn the bridge behind you and never look back. Contact whatever caravans you can to see if you can't bribe them to take on Mutated out of the BHVs they visit. Of course, while popular with the Mutated, people won't like that you are giving "criminals and scum" a free card to civilization.
(Cost: 30 Goodwill
Reward: +3% Piety, +1 Mutated Opinion (Once), gives a safe way out of the BHVs for the Mutated.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
A hand given to the downtrodden, shattered, destitute, and outcast is not always accepted. Sometimes, the people who need help the most slap it away in rage at the sight of their "betters deigning to elevate the dirt beneath them," as some have said so eloquently.
(Cost: 6 Goodwill
Turns: 2
Chance: 42%
Reward: +4% Piety)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Collapse Their Gravity - (Repeatable)
Even with the best intentions, unfucking the BHVs, on any scale, will be a monumental task requiring many hands and more people to work with you. Although Baron Esker has found some skill in improving the BHVs, in more than one letter to Lady Selene, he remarked that it would be cheaper to burn the whole settlement down and build anew were it not for those that already lived within.
(Cost: 14 Goodwill
Turns: 4
Chance: 13%
Reward: +2% Piety, +1 Mutated Opinion (Once), Slightly Improved QoL within some BHVs, allowing you to strangle the cause of many problems at the root.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Blessed Journeys - (Repeatable)
You can say what you want, but sometimes the best option is to burn the bridge behind you and never look back. Contact whatever caravans you can to see if you can't bribe them to take on Mutated out of the BHVs they visit. Of course, while popular with the Mutated, people won't like that you are giving "criminals and scum" a free card to civilization.
(Cost: 30 Goodwill
Reward: +3% Piety, +1 Mutated Opinion (Once), gives a safe way out of the BHVs for the Mutated.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] 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 to maximize its effect.
(Turns: 1
Chance: 43%
Reward: 2d100+50 Recruits)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 3.50 Goodwill)
[ ] 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 to shoulder alone.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 04%
Reward: 4d200+150 Recruits)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 3.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Low, Not Lowly
Some do not wish to remain and fight for such with every fiber among the poor, desperate, and huddled masses. Those we do not seek out with this effort, but those who made pacts to sell their fellows for money or status. Their choice may be one they believe to be done consciously, but in reality, it is made from circumstance and hidden desperation. We cannot bring all who fell up, but we can start with some.
(Turns: 1
Chance: 56%
Reward: +2% Piety, +2d6 Followers)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] This Is Not Eternal, Even Stone Will Change
We know where to seek those who banded together into gangs and which members must be targeted to shatter them into a thousand pieces. What we are doing may not be strictly legal, but infiltration and subversion of criminal elements is a long tradition among growing religions. Even better, many who had found homes amongst the gangs can be brought into the fold.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 45%
Reward: +5% Piety, +6d8 Followers, slowly erodes Tessens Gang-Culture)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 10.00 Goodwill)
[ ] Begin Preparations For New Region Conversion
We have grown far beyond what Martyris had envisioned in numbers, wealth, knowledge, connection, and faith. So much so that some among our numbers seek 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, 10-35% Piety loss, -6 to -20 to Piety Rolls
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 to maximize its effect.
(Turns: 1
Chance: 43%
Reward: 2d100+50 Recruits)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 3.50 Goodwill)
[ ] 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 to shoulder alone.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 04%
Reward: 4d200+150 Recruits)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 3.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Low, Not Lowly
Some do not wish to remain and fight for such with every fiber among the poor, desperate, and huddled masses. Those we do not seek out with this effort, but those who made pacts to sell their fellows for money or status. Their choice may be one they believe to be done consciously, but in reality, it is made from circumstance and hidden desperation. We cannot bring all who fell up, but we can start with some.
(Turns: 1
Chance: 56%
Reward: +2% Piety, +2d6 Followers)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] This Is Not Eternal, Even Stone Will Change
We know where to seek those who banded together into gangs and which members must be targeted to shatter them into a thousand pieces. What we are doing may not be strictly legal, but infiltration and subversion of criminal elements is a long tradition among growing religions. Even better, many who had found homes amongst the gangs can be brought into the fold.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 45%
Reward: +5% Piety, +6d8 Followers, slowly erodes Tessens Gang-Culture)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 10.00 Goodwill)
[ ] Begin Preparations For New Region Conversion
We have grown far beyond what Martyris had envisioned in numbers, wealth, knowledge, connection, and faith. So much so that some among our numbers seek 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, 10-35% Piety loss, -6 to -20 to Piety Rolls
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 worsening for the poor.
(Turns: 8
Reward: Grand Kitchen, -6 to Piety rolls, +0.5 Goodwill per Turn, 2d20 recruits, 1d6 Goodwill, 2d6 Piety.)
[ ] Establish Soup-Kitchens Within Outlying Towns
While being careful and methodical has helped, you can now afford to perform these projects in a scattershot approach with your expanding numbers. With the major cities now being adequately covered, with few people going through their day without encountering a Pilgrim Sponsored food kitchen, we can branch out into the smaller outlying towns, with populations of ten thousand people and less.
(Turns: 11
Reward: 60d20+80 Recruits, +0.90 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Improve 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 expand what you have built; the work still needs to be completed.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 44%
Reward: Improved Poorhouses, +0.10 Goodwill per Turn, -2 to Piety Rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Establish A Small Hospice Network
While a Hospice caters 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%
Reward: +0.12 Goodwill per Turn, 2d2 Goodwill, unlocks further actions.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (City Territory)
Your treatments of the sick and injured within the Cities have enjoyed great popularity among the population. More and more people are coming to seek your aid, knowing that they will receive a quality of treatment and healthcare they couldn't afford. Unfortunately, that drive to seek treatment means that many people take journeys that will worsen their injuries beyond help and leave them dying in the place where they sought healing. We should create several hospices operating with minimal oversight outside the central trade lane and establish themselves for future expansions.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 10 Faithful
Reward: +0.20 Goodwill per Turn, +2 Recruits per Turn.)
[ ] 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 resources. A small base closer to those places, serving as a shelter and temporary Home for the Pilgrims working there, could help.
(Reward: Local Base improving logistics and coordination.)
[ ] Localized Headquarters
Creating a shelter and 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)
Reward: Local Headquarters.)
[ ] Administrative Center - (Mirn)
Organizing hundreds of workers is challenging, 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 to perform their duties with the necessary resources and hands.
(Required: Localized Headquarters
Turns: 6
Cost: 12 Faithful
Reward: Administrative Center.)
[ ] Build A School - (Small/Medium/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 be shared, for it does not diminish when given to others.
(Already built within Mirn.
Turns: 3/5/6
Cost: 1/2/3 Faithful
Chance: 50%
Reward: 0.1/0.3/0.5 Goodwill, -1/3/5 to Piety Rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 16.75 Goodwill)
[X] Build An Orphanage - (Big) - (Tessen) - (5/7 Turns Complete)
Many will question you building this and will push against you doing so. Screw them! These children deserve a future where they can choose their Path, not one determined by their supposed caretakers' greed and callousness! They deserve happiness, safety, and love!
(Turns: 3/5/7
Cost: 2/4/5 Faithful
Chance: 20%
Reward: 0.2/0.5/0.8 Goodwill, -2/4/7 to Piety rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.001 Goodwill)
[ ] 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 caring for 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. Your efforts in uncovering aspects of the human psyche have increased costs, and you can now help.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 7.44 Goodwill
Reward: Humane Primitive Asylum, +0.11 Goodwill per Turn.)
[ ] 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
Reward: 'Consensual,' +0.01 Goodwill, unlocks an upgrade.)
[ ] Build Upon A 'Consensual' - (Choose City)
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
Reward: Upgraded 'Consensual,' +0.02 Goodwill.)
[ ] Cleaning Up The Mess - (Location)
Despite all you currently know about how Black Hole Villages operate, are constructed, and unintentionally reinforce poverty and crime via a feedback loop, helping those stuck within them will not be easy. Nor will it be a quick thing, done once and done cheaply. It will cost you money, time, materials, connections, and favors to help the Mutated within turn the villages into a settlement that people can live in without considering the sword's edge.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 50 Goodwill
Reward: Lessened Suffering of the Mutated
Notice: Goodwill costs will be reduced by 15 per use, down to 30. Strul has been "Cleaned.")
[ ] Mausoleum of the Forgotten - (City)
Last resting place of those who no longer have any that remember them, and the final site of their remains we manage to recover from wherever they died. Let their souls walk without the chains of disturbed slumber or defiled quiet.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded, -1 Piety.)
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 worsening for the poor.
(Turns: 8
Reward: Grand Kitchen, -6 to Piety rolls, +0.5 Goodwill per Turn, 2d20 recruits, 1d6 Goodwill, 2d6 Piety.)
[ ] Establish Soup-Kitchens Within Outlying Towns
While being careful and methodical has helped, you can now afford to perform these projects in a scattershot approach with your expanding numbers. With the major cities now being adequately covered, with few people going through their day without encountering a Pilgrim Sponsored food kitchen, we can branch out into the smaller outlying towns, with populations of ten thousand people and less.
(Turns: 11
Reward: 60d20+80 Recruits, +0.90 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Improve 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 expand what you have built; the work still needs to be completed.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 44%
Reward: Improved Poorhouses, +0.10 Goodwill per Turn, -2 to Piety Rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Establish A Small Hospice Network
While a Hospice caters 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%
Reward: +0.12 Goodwill per Turn, 2d2 Goodwill, unlocks further actions.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (City Territory)
Your treatments of the sick and injured within the Cities have enjoyed great popularity among the population. More and more people are coming to seek your aid, knowing that they will receive a quality of treatment and healthcare they couldn't afford. Unfortunately, that drive to seek treatment means that many people take journeys that will worsen their injuries beyond help and leave them dying in the place where they sought healing. We should create several hospices operating with minimal oversight outside the central trade lane and establish themselves for future expansions.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 10 Faithful
Reward: +0.20 Goodwill per Turn, +2 Recruits per Turn.)
[ ] 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 resources. A small base closer to those places, serving as a shelter and temporary Home for the Pilgrims working there, could help.
(Reward: Local Base improving logistics and coordination.)
[ ] Localized Headquarters
Creating a shelter and 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)
Reward: Local Headquarters.)
[ ] Administrative Center - (Mirn)
Organizing hundreds of workers is challenging, 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 to perform their duties with the necessary resources and hands.
(Required: Localized Headquarters
Turns: 6
Cost: 12 Faithful
Reward: Administrative Center.)
[ ] Build A School - (Small/Medium/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 be shared, for it does not diminish when given to others.
(Already built within Mirn.
Turns: 3/5/6
Cost: 1/2/3 Faithful
Chance: 50%
Reward: 0.1/0.3/0.5 Goodwill, -1/3/5 to Piety Rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 16.75 Goodwill)
[X] Build An Orphanage - (Big) - (Tessen) - (5/7 Turns Complete)
Many will question you building this and will push against you doing so. Screw them! These children deserve a future where they can choose their Path, not one determined by their supposed caretakers' greed and callousness! They deserve happiness, safety, and love!
(Turns: 3/5/7
Cost: 2/4/5 Faithful
Chance: 20%
Reward: 0.2/0.5/0.8 Goodwill, -2/4/7 to Piety rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.001 Goodwill)
[ ] 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 caring for 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. Your efforts in uncovering aspects of the human psyche have increased costs, and you can now help.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 7.44 Goodwill
Reward: Humane Primitive Asylum, +0.11 Goodwill per Turn.)
[ ] 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
Reward: 'Consensual,' +0.01 Goodwill, unlocks an upgrade.)
[ ] Build Upon A 'Consensual' - (Choose City)
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
Reward: Upgraded 'Consensual,' +0.02 Goodwill.)
[ ] Cleaning Up The Mess - (Location)
Despite all you currently know about how Black Hole Villages operate, are constructed, and unintentionally reinforce poverty and crime via a feedback loop, helping those stuck within them will not be easy. Nor will it be a quick thing, done once and done cheaply. It will cost you money, time, materials, connections, and favors to help the Mutated within turn the villages into a settlement that people can live in without considering the sword's edge.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 50 Goodwill
Reward: Lessened Suffering of the Mutated
Notice: Goodwill costs will be reduced by 15 per use, down to 30. Strul has been "Cleaned.")
[ ] Mausoleum of the Forgotten - (City)
Last resting place of those who no longer have any that remember them, and the final site of their remains we manage to recover from wherever they died. Let their souls walk without the chains of disturbed slumber or defiled quiet.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded, -1 Piety.)
[ ] Healing For All! (Write-In Artifacts)
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.
(Chance: 66%
Reward: Healers gain Influence, 5d3 Goodwill.)
[ ] A Helping Hand
Now that you can create prosthetics, more than merely creating and selling them is required. Unfortunately, too many veterans, injured, disabled, or unlucky, cannot afford a new arm, leg, hand, or foot. So to create a few hundred in bulk, ship them out to your hospices, where the doctors may gift them as required.
(Chance: 95/55%
Reward: Gain 2/5d2 Goodwill.
[ ] Festival Of The Delta
With money comes the ability to sponsor festivals, and 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.
(Turns: 1
Chance: 40%
Reward: +1d8 Goodwill, +2d20 Recruits, +25 to all Actions this Turn if successful.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.75 Goodwill)
[ ] A Small Donation - (Organization) - (Topic) - (Donation Sum)
As the Pilgrim's wealth increases, so does the need to play politics within the Big League. This directly translates to donations towards organizations (like newspapers) that work towards a goal we provide for them. Nothing they would be against doing, but something they would be adverse to in normal circumstances.
(Cost: 50-Unlimited Goodwill
Turns: 1
Chance: 71%
Reward: PR)
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.
(Chance: 66%
Reward: Healers gain Influence, 5d3 Goodwill.)
[ ] A Helping Hand
Now that you can create prosthetics, more than merely creating and selling them is required. Unfortunately, too many veterans, injured, disabled, or unlucky, cannot afford a new arm, leg, hand, or foot. So to create a few hundred in bulk, ship them out to your hospices, where the doctors may gift them as required.
(Chance: 95/55%
Reward: Gain 2/5d2 Goodwill.
[ ] Festival Of The Delta
With money comes the ability to sponsor festivals, and 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.
(Turns: 1
Chance: 40%
Reward: +1d8 Goodwill, +2d20 Recruits, +25 to all Actions this Turn if successful.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.75 Goodwill)
[ ] A Small Donation - (Organization) - (Topic) - (Donation Sum)
As the Pilgrim's wealth increases, so does the need to play politics within the Big League. This directly translates to donations towards organizations (like newspapers) that work towards a goal we provide for them. Nothing they would be against doing, but something they would be adverse to in normal circumstances.
(Cost: 50-Unlimited Goodwill
Turns: 1
Chance: 71%
Reward: PR)
[ ] Hey, Why Don't We... (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)
Diplomacy: The art of speaking many words that mean nothing should not be underestimated. At the wrong time, a report in the right ear has toppled many nations. (Choose 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] From The Brink
Having obtained rudimentary knowledge and understanding of the human psyche beyond what is commonly available, you can slowly pull The Lost back into the fold, saving lives 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: 1.5 Goodwill
Chance: 95/-30%
Reward: +1/3 Assimilation. The Lost become more aligned with the Pilgrims, eventually allowing you to absorb them.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[X] We Are One People! - (Locals) - (3/6 Successes)
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, unite the people, and start on the road to reconciliation.
(Chance: -20%/-20% for Locals/Elites (rolled each turn) +15 to the next attempt.
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. However, you need institutional knowledge or an in-depth look into one faction to help you more.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 40%
Reward: +15 to all rolls involving said faction.)
[ ] Create A Dossier On (Groups/Topics (Max 3))
Collate all known information, history, and rumors about a group or topic of interest to ensure the Pilgrims' future actions are as well-informed as possible.
(Chance: 55%
Reward: Lore and Information regarding Groups/Topics (Max 3).)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Shouldn't We... (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)
Having obtained rudimentary knowledge and understanding of the human psyche beyond what is commonly available, you can slowly pull The Lost back into the fold, saving lives 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: 1.5 Goodwill
Chance: 95/-30%
Reward: +1/3 Assimilation. The Lost become more aligned with the Pilgrims, eventually allowing you to absorb them.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[X] We Are One People! - (Locals) - (3/6 Successes)
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, unite the people, and start on the road to reconciliation.
(Chance: -20%/-20% for Locals/Elites (rolled each turn) +15 to the next attempt.
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. However, you need institutional knowledge or an in-depth look into one faction to help you more.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 40%
Reward: +15 to all rolls involving said faction.)
[ ] Create A Dossier On (Groups/Topics (Max 3))
Collate all known information, history, and rumors about a group or topic of interest to ensure the Pilgrims' future actions are as well-informed as possible.
(Chance: 55%
Reward: Lore and Information regarding Groups/Topics (Max 3).)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Shouldn't We... (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)
Subversion: Sometimes, you must convince people they need help with means other than an open hand and a friendly face. A dagger to the back of those who chain them would be a good start. (Choose 1 Action)
[ ] Home of Dusk
A structure is needed to store, train, and keep things you'd rather not have out in the open, be they machines, people, or items. Several places have been considered, though only one, shielded in a small valley smothering everything within in an ever-present half-shadow, has proven suitable. Setting aside funds to create a keep there would prove trivial to your agents.
(Cost: 5.75 Goodwill, Upkeep: 2 Goodwill
Turns: 5
Reward: Home of Dusk increases all chances to subvert your enemies and unlocks improvements to the structure and your training methods.)
[ ] Holding Chambers
Torture is inefficient, sloppy, and gives nothing but information spouted to stop the pain. Isolation and removal of all but the bases things, however...they can be good tools to use to ply weak minds to our advantage. It will also be an excellent place to store those you cannot kill but need to...dispose of.
(Cost: 21 Goodwill, Upkeep: 1.24 Goodwill
Turns: 2
Reward: Holding Chambers, increasing gathered information from caught spies and subversives.)
[ ] Isolate Your Cells
A liver does not need to know what the heart does, and the foot should not care where the hand is placed. Your Information Networks should work akin to that, as they should focus on their tasks, not on those of others.
(Cost: 3.32 Goodwill
Turns: 1
Reward: Reduced chance of getting your entire network subverted.)
[ ] The Good Gardeners
Every farmer and gardener will tell you; plants need pruning. There needs to be someone going around, cutting off unwanted and unneeded parts of those plants, be they trees or bushes, to allow the rest to grow more healthily. Some plants need to be ripped out root and stem so that they do not kill other plants that are good for the soil. Some may have fallen prey to blight and need to be removed for the good of all others. Those are valuable lessons to learn and good things to do. Find some people willing to become gardeners for the Pilgrims.
(Cost: 42 Goodwill, Upkeep: 6.48 Goodwill
Turns: 8
Reward: Gardeners.)
[ ] Audit Everything
Yes, we did make an audit of all our networks and holdings...but what about a second one? You know, to ensure we got everyone that may try to fuck us over?
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Turns: 1
Chance: ???
Reward: Ensured that your Networks still work entirely for your ends.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.90 Goodwill)
[ ] Train Your Infiltrators - (Greater)
To work within the shadows of society is more than melding into the masses; it means being able to sink below even the mud and muck of a city and emerge within gilded halls and palaces without arousing suspicion.
(Turns: 4
Chance: 22%
Reward: Higher chances for infiltration, reduces the possibility of having your Information Networks discovered and subverted.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 1 - (Choose Three Factions)
It is time to ensure your spies 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 little more than paying some people to pass on rumors, which is standard practice within Slatnan and will raise only a few eyebrows. Still, even basic knowledge may allow you to plan farther ahead.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 85%
Reward: Target is Infiltrated, displays information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 2 - (Choose Three 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, with failure not being a good outcome.
(Needed: Information Network: Rank 1
Turns: 2
Chance: 60%
Reward: Spies are planted, displays more information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 3 - (Choose 3 Factions)
Your secrets are ours; nothing can be hidden from us. No lock, gate, or barrier stands in our way; 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
Turns: 4
Chance: 15%
Reward: Spies are planted, displays more information in the rumor mill, almost guarantees Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Exfiltrate - (Target)
What is yours is mine; what is mine is none of your concern.
(Chance: 80%
Reward: Chance for Secrets)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+5 to roll = 2.00 Goodwill)
[ ] Illuminate - (Target)
Burn their homes, raze their sanctuaries to the bedrock, let nothing stand but ruins, and leave nothing behind but ash and the taste of defeat. They will not be allowed to meddle in our Paths any longer.
(Chance: 60/10/-40%
Reward: Target has their operations/structures halted/incapacitated/terminated.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+10 to roll = 3.00 Goodwill)
A structure is needed to store, train, and keep things you'd rather not have out in the open, be they machines, people, or items. Several places have been considered, though only one, shielded in a small valley smothering everything within in an ever-present half-shadow, has proven suitable. Setting aside funds to create a keep there would prove trivial to your agents.
(Cost: 5.75 Goodwill, Upkeep: 2 Goodwill
Turns: 5
Reward: Home of Dusk increases all chances to subvert your enemies and unlocks improvements to the structure and your training methods.)
[ ] Holding Chambers
Torture is inefficient, sloppy, and gives nothing but information spouted to stop the pain. Isolation and removal of all but the bases things, however...they can be good tools to use to ply weak minds to our advantage. It will also be an excellent place to store those you cannot kill but need to...dispose of.
(Cost: 21 Goodwill, Upkeep: 1.24 Goodwill
Turns: 2
Reward: Holding Chambers, increasing gathered information from caught spies and subversives.)
[ ] Isolate Your Cells
A liver does not need to know what the heart does, and the foot should not care where the hand is placed. Your Information Networks should work akin to that, as they should focus on their tasks, not on those of others.
(Cost: 3.32 Goodwill
Turns: 1
Reward: Reduced chance of getting your entire network subverted.)
[ ] The Good Gardeners
Every farmer and gardener will tell you; plants need pruning. There needs to be someone going around, cutting off unwanted and unneeded parts of those plants, be they trees or bushes, to allow the rest to grow more healthily. Some plants need to be ripped out root and stem so that they do not kill other plants that are good for the soil. Some may have fallen prey to blight and need to be removed for the good of all others. Those are valuable lessons to learn and good things to do. Find some people willing to become gardeners for the Pilgrims.
(Cost: 42 Goodwill, Upkeep: 6.48 Goodwill
Turns: 8
Reward: Gardeners.)
[ ] Audit Everything
Yes, we did make an audit of all our networks and holdings...but what about a second one? You know, to ensure we got everyone that may try to fuck us over?
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Turns: 1
Chance: ???
Reward: Ensured that your Networks still work entirely for your ends.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.90 Goodwill)
[ ] Train Your Infiltrators - (Greater)
To work within the shadows of society is more than melding into the masses; it means being able to sink below even the mud and muck of a city and emerge within gilded halls and palaces without arousing suspicion.
(Turns: 4
Chance: 22%
Reward: Higher chances for infiltration, reduces the possibility of having your Information Networks discovered and subverted.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 1 - (Choose Three Factions)
It is time to ensure your spies 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 little more than paying some people to pass on rumors, which is standard practice within Slatnan and will raise only a few eyebrows. Still, even basic knowledge may allow you to plan farther ahead.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 85%
Reward: Target is Infiltrated, displays information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 2 - (Choose Three 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, with failure not being a good outcome.
(Needed: Information Network: Rank 1
Turns: 2
Chance: 60%
Reward: Spies are planted, displays more information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 3 - (Choose 3 Factions)
Your secrets are ours; nothing can be hidden from us. No lock, gate, or barrier stands in our way; 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
Turns: 4
Chance: 15%
Reward: Spies are planted, displays more information in the rumor mill, almost guarantees Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Exfiltrate - (Target)
What is yours is mine; what is mine is none of your concern.
(Chance: 80%
Reward: Chance for Secrets)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+5 to roll = 2.00 Goodwill)
[ ] Illuminate - (Target)
Burn their homes, raze their sanctuaries to the bedrock, let nothing stand but ruins, and leave nothing behind but ash and the taste of defeat. They will not be allowed to meddle in our Paths any longer.
(Chance: 60/10/-40%
Reward: Target has their operations/structures halted/incapacitated/terminated.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+10 to roll = 3.00 Goodwill)
Martial: To live, you need power, for which you need knowledge. Luckily, you have the latter in spares. (Choose 2 Actions, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] 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.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Can add [Common] Animals to Units.)
[ ] Scout Out. - (Location) - (Units)
While you know that enemies exist in one location, you must 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 needs 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.
(Turns: 1
Reward: Pilgrim Guards are assigned to the Tree, sharply increased DC for malicious actions against it.)
[ ] Make A Man Out Of You! - (Choose Trainer Unit) - (Choose Training Unit)
Now that the Unbroken returned from the Crusade, you can access an experienced and highly trained Unit. See if they can't share some of that experience with your other teams and teach them a thing or two.
(Needed Unit Training: (3/6)
Turns: 3
Reward: +1 Training Level, up to the training Units level, -1.)
[X] Upgrade The CRPS To CREPS - (3/9 Turns Complete)
With the CRPS established and securing our various facilities around Tessen, we can upgrade and expand its operations. Doing so would improve our security with more extended training for guards, intensified background checks, and qualitative improvements.
(Turns: 9
Reward: CRS - Elite Private Security, which improves the security of all facilities and Pilgrims within Tessen.)
[ ] 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. The Pilgrims may be idealists, but they are long used to the horrors of the Wastes. Formalize them in a military unit.
(Cost: 0.5 Goodwill
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 do it?)
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.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Can add [Common] Animals to Units.)
[ ] Scout Out. - (Location) - (Units)
While you know that enemies exist in one location, you must 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 needs 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.
(Turns: 1
Reward: Pilgrim Guards are assigned to the Tree, sharply increased DC for malicious actions against it.)
[ ] Make A Man Out Of You! - (Choose Trainer Unit) - (Choose Training Unit)
Now that the Unbroken returned from the Crusade, you can access an experienced and highly trained Unit. See if they can't share some of that experience with your other teams and teach them a thing or two.
(Needed Unit Training: (3/6)
Turns: 3
Reward: +1 Training Level, up to the training Units level, -1.)
[X] Upgrade The CRPS To CREPS - (3/9 Turns Complete)
With the CRPS established and securing our various facilities around Tessen, we can upgrade and expand its operations. Doing so would improve our security with more extended training for guards, intensified background checks, and qualitative improvements.
(Turns: 9
Reward: CRS - Elite Private Security, which improves the security of all facilities and Pilgrims within Tessen.)
[ ] 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. The Pilgrims may be idealists, but they are long used to the horrors of the Wastes. Formalize them in a military unit.
(Cost: 0.5 Goodwill
Reward: 1 New Unit (Size 6/6) at Trained (3/6) or Re-Trained Unit with Upgrades below.
6 Unit-Points - Overstrength (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)
None, though time will change this...
[ ] Sir! The Situation Is As Follows: (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do 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.)
[ ] Aerodynamics 101 - (All Physics)
Lifting something off the ground is only half the job. For example, we have figured out that some shapes fly better than others, but we have no idea why—time to get one of your research teams to nail down the laws that govern aerodynamics.
(Chance: 29/12/-13% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 3
Reward: Better Airship Propulsion, Additional Projects.)
[ ] Gather Propulsion Data - (All Machinery/Chemicals)
It should surprise no one that the Daughter has the single most advanced engine 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 flaws, restrictions, and troubles plaguing 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 are nothing to dismiss. Therefore, determining how to negate or minimize those forces will prove a godsend for future attempts.
(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.)
[ ] 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 in the air, held aloft by bags filled with crystals. Bags can 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.
(Chance: 99/50/15 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Gain Armored Suspendium Bags, increasing the structure of all ships with these bags. 7.500 Kg Lift)
[X] Pressurized Suspendium Part 2 - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory) - (3/6 Successes)
Rather than getting more Suspendium inside a flammable bag that can be ripped open by anything, why not miniaturize and pressurize the crystals instead? Of course, 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
Chance: 77/-01/-30 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
Reward: Gain Pressurized Suspendium - Small, Medium, Large. 100-500.000 Kg 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!
(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 - (Choose Category) - (Damage Level) - (Security Forces) - (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 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 of being attacked by unknown forces, 2d8 Airship Artifacts.
(Chance: 89/35/10 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 24/12/6/1
Bonus: +50 due to Soaring Wrenches
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: (Design Costs)
Chance:
Light (0-20.000 Kg Lift): 99/60/30 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
Medium (20.001-2.000.000 Kg Lift): 15/-20/-40 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Heavy (2.000.001+ Kg Lift): -145/-245/-335 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 100
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: Airships incur Material and Suspendium costs in their production.
Lifting something off the ground is only half the job. For example, we have figured out that some shapes fly better than others, but we have no idea why—time to get one of your research teams to nail down the laws that govern aerodynamics.
(Chance: 29/12/-13% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 3
Reward: Better Airship Propulsion, Additional Projects.)
[ ] Gather Propulsion Data - (All Machinery/Chemicals)
It should surprise no one that the Daughter has the single most advanced engine 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 flaws, restrictions, and troubles plaguing 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 are nothing to dismiss. Therefore, determining how to negate or minimize those forces will prove a godsend for future attempts.
(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.)
[ ] 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 in the air, held aloft by bags filled with crystals. Bags can 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.
(Chance: 99/50/15 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Gain Armored Suspendium Bags, increasing the structure of all ships with these bags. 7.500 Kg Lift)
[X] Pressurized Suspendium Part 2 - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory) - (3/6 Successes)
Rather than getting more Suspendium inside a flammable bag that can be ripped open by anything, why not miniaturize and pressurize the crystals instead? Of course, 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
Chance: 77/-01/-30 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
Reward: Gain Pressurized Suspendium - Small, Medium, Large. 100-500.000 Kg 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!
(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 - (Choose Category) - (Damage Level) - (Security Forces) - (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 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 of being attacked by unknown forces, 2d8 Airship Artifacts.
(Chance: 89/35/10 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 24/12/6/1
Bonus: +50 due to Soaring Wrenches
Reward: Can recover (Ship Type+Damage).)
Warships (Armed 500 ton): 3 Intact (<80%), 1 Damaged (<60%)
Cargo Crafts (Unarmed 1000 ton): 8 Intact (<80%), 2 Damaged (<60%)
Line Vessels (Armed 200 ton): 12 Intact (<80%), 4 Damaged (<60%), 8 Destroyed (<20%)
Personal Cutters (Unarmed 20 ton): 50 Intact (<80%), 2 Damaged (<60%), 16 Destroyed (<20%)
Cargo Crafts (Unarmed 1000 ton): 8 Intact (<80%), 2 Damaged (<60%)
Line Vessels (Armed 200 ton): 12 Intact (<80%), 4 Damaged (<60%), 8 Destroyed (<20%)
Personal Cutters (Unarmed 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: (Design Costs)
Chance:
Light (0-20.000 Kg Lift): 99/60/30 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
Medium (20.001-2.000.000 Kg Lift): 15/-20/-40 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Heavy (2.000.001+ Kg Lift): -145/-245/-335 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 100
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: Airships incur Material and Suspendium costs in their production.
[ ] Tiantemu Alloying - (Advanced Mechanics/Metallurgy/Hydraulics)
The creation of steel is vital for many things, most notably all armaments of the Empire, but also all its defensive installation. However, beyond that, the search for ever-better alloys and alloying processes consumes many an industrialist and metallurgist, with the next step in material science ruthlessly chased. In our case, that would be the process by which we can create Tiantemu Alloys, used predominantly in the building of fortifications, as they are mixed with Neuotinium, the ancient alloys found in every Necropolis and supremely light and resistant to wear and tear.
(Chance: -08/-67/-201% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 11
Reward: You can upgrade your Steel Foundry.)
[ ] MORE STEAM! - (Advanced Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
You have a steam engine now, 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.
(Chance: 34/-11/-86 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Improved Steam Engine.)
[ ] 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 could be better; 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 some tricks and snags, which Turi estimates shaved off at least a year of effort.
(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 creation of steel is vital for many things, most notably all armaments of the Empire, but also all its defensive installation. However, beyond that, the search for ever-better alloys and alloying processes consumes many an industrialist and metallurgist, with the next step in material science ruthlessly chased. In our case, that would be the process by which we can create Tiantemu Alloys, used predominantly in the building of fortifications, as they are mixed with Neuotinium, the ancient alloys found in every Necropolis and supremely light and resistant to wear and tear.
(Chance: -08/-67/-201% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 11
Reward: You can upgrade your Steel Foundry.)
[ ] MORE STEAM! - (Advanced Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
You have a steam engine now, 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.
(Chance: 34/-11/-86 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Improved Steam Engine.)
[ ] 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 could be better; 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 some tricks and snags, which Turi estimates shaved off at least a year of effort.
(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 facing your enemies up close and personal, you can never go wrong with a good blade in your hand. 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 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
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 well-known 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?
(Chance: -50/-148/-278 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 promise to end a fight before it even begins, saving valuable lives. But, of course, building your own can only help you in the long run.
(Cost: Sleep-Gas Bombs
Chance: -13/-44/-151 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. Such chemicals and ancient mentionings about how the Pilgrims could create those must exist.
(Chance: -38/-108/-196 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.
(Chance: 57/12/-33 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. Admittedly, 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: 75/50/35 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 and reinforcing the hammer should give your Knight/s a powerful weapon in future fights. It would also allow you to glimpse 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 facing your enemies up close and personal, you can never go wrong with a good blade in your hand. 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 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
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 well-known 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?
(Chance: -50/-148/-278 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 promise to end a fight before it even begins, saving valuable lives. But, of course, building your own can only help you in the long run.
(Cost: Sleep-Gas Bombs
Chance: -13/-44/-151 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. Such chemicals and ancient mentionings about how the Pilgrims could create those must exist.
(Chance: -38/-108/-196 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.
(Chance: 57/12/-33 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. Admittedly, 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: 75/50/35 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 and reinforcing the hammer should give your Knight/s a powerful weapon in future fights. It would also allow you to glimpse 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 regarding materials, but it could provide a leg up in armor.
(Chance: 99/75/40% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 6
Reward: Spiked Pavise.)
[ ] Power Armor - Primitive - (Advanced Electronics/Hydraulics/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 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: 1 Advanced Electronic and 1 Advanced Hydraulics/Armor Artifact
Chance: 25/-19/-61% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 13
Reward: Power Armor - Primitive, 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 be able to recreate this 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 regarding materials, but it could provide a leg up in armor.
(Chance: 99/75/40% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 6
Reward: Spiked Pavise.)
[ ] Power Armor - Primitive - (Advanced Electronics/Hydraulics/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 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: 1 Advanced Electronic and 1 Advanced Hydraulics/Armor Artifact
Chance: 25/-19/-61% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 13
Reward: Power Armor - Primitive, 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 be able to recreate this 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 are still determining how many aspects can be replicated, but 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.
(Chance: -39/-83/-127% 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)
Having spent considerable time researching the topic has yielded far-reaching insights into all contraceptives, allowing you to state that you have the best everyone can create outside of the Forge-Clans. Not an answer you wanted but the response you got. Therefore, the next step will be to determine what is needed to produce and alter the contraceptives you know are viable.
(Chance: 18/-38/-96 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/Electronics)
Unfortunately, many lose 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.
(Chance: 61/12/-38% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 14
Reward: Simple Prosthetics are now crafted and sold, +10% Piety)
[ ] Sticks And Stones - (All Machinery/Electronics/Metallurgy/Common Biology)
Until recently, all the knowledge about the human body's interior eventually traced back to horrific sources. 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: 28/-17/-113% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 16
Reward: Vast Radiological improvements, treatment improvements 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 only sometimes 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: -88/-139/-219% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 19
Reward: Advanced Combat Drugs, Unlocks Round 4)
[ ] Pain-B-Gone Part 2 - (Advanced Medicine/Chemicals)
The creation of Medi-Aid Chemicals is an excellent step in the right direction, yet one that requires close oversight and studious application without deviation from standard patterns and with severe costs if the solutions are improperly or falsely applied. Studying how and why such things happen and how to reduce the failure states will take a lot of time but should yield enough data to create a follow-up project to eliminate flaws and improve the product further.
(Chance: -13/-50/-104% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 17
Reward: Pain-B-Gone Part 3)
Among our recent finds are several bandages with different properties ranging from self-disinfection to self-applying sutures. We are still determining how many aspects can be replicated, but 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.
(Chance: -39/-83/-127% 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)
Having spent considerable time researching the topic has yielded far-reaching insights into all contraceptives, allowing you to state that you have the best everyone can create outside of the Forge-Clans. Not an answer you wanted but the response you got. Therefore, the next step will be to determine what is needed to produce and alter the contraceptives you know are viable.
(Chance: 18/-38/-96 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/Electronics)
Unfortunately, many lose 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.
(Chance: 61/12/-38% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 14
Reward: Simple Prosthetics are now crafted and sold, +10% Piety)
[ ] Sticks And Stones - (All Machinery/Electronics/Metallurgy/Common Biology)
Until recently, all the knowledge about the human body's interior eventually traced back to horrific sources. 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: 28/-17/-113% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 16
Reward: Vast Radiological improvements, treatment improvements 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 only sometimes 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: -88/-139/-219% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 19
Reward: Advanced Combat Drugs, Unlocks Round 4)
[ ] Pain-B-Gone Part 2 - (Advanced Medicine/Chemicals)
The creation of Medi-Aid Chemicals is an excellent step in the right direction, yet one that requires close oversight and studious application without deviation from standard patterns and with severe costs if the solutions are improperly or falsely applied. Studying how and why such things happen and how to reduce the failure states will take a lot of time but should yield enough data to create a follow-up project to eliminate flaws and improve the product further.
(Chance: -13/-50/-104% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 17
Reward: Pain-B-Gone Part 3)
[ ] Boiling Liquids Last Longer - (Biology/Chemicals)
Turi flash-boiled some milk on accident. It has yet to go bad, making her wonder why. Also, I will not drink two-month-old dairy, no matter how much you boil it!
(Chance: 76/47/06% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
Reward: Longer lasting food.)
[ ] 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: 20
Reward: Improved yields of all fields.)
Turi flash-boiled some milk on accident. It has yet to go bad, making her wonder why. Also, I will not drink two-month-old dairy, no matter how much you boil it!
(Chance: 76/47/06% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
Reward: Longer lasting food.)
[ ] 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: 20
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 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 this will be worth it for every life saved.
(Cost: One Psychology Artifact
Chance: -01/-43/-89% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Reward: Can construct humane Basic and Expanded Asylums.)
[ ] The Mind - Compulsive Behaviour - (Psychology)
Some things stood out to you while trying to understand the human mind. 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 themselves until they nearly bleed. What is causing that? And how can you stop it?
(Chance: 55/11/-29% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people. +1/2 to ???)
[ ] The Mind - The Black Pit - (Advanced Psychology)
It is... difficult to understand the workings of the human mind, as many of those you interviewed and treated tried to explain how they felt, thought, and what happened in their lives, with you not understanding or coming closer to identifying anything but parts of what could be happening within them. Yet, there are common themes among them:
-The growing ideation of death.
-Their belief in their worthlessness.
-And many other things, we do not have a significant enough pool to say if the Black Pit causes them.
(Chance: -23/-54/-97% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 18
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 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 this will be worth it for every life saved.
(Cost: One Psychology Artifact
Chance: -01/-43/-89% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Reward: Can construct humane Basic and Expanded Asylums.)
[ ] The Mind - Compulsive Behaviour - (Psychology)
Some things stood out to you while trying to understand the human mind. 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 themselves until they nearly bleed. What is causing that? And how can you stop it?
(Chance: 55/11/-29% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people. +1/2 to ???)
[ ] The Mind - The Black Pit - (Advanced Psychology)
It is... difficult to understand the workings of the human mind, as many of those you interviewed and treated tried to explain how they felt, thought, and what happened in their lives, with you not understanding or coming closer to identifying anything but parts of what could be happening within them. Yet, there are common themes among them:
-The growing ideation of death.
-Their belief in their worthlessness.
-And many other things, we do not have a significant enough pool to say if the Black Pit causes them.
(Chance: -23/-54/-97% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 18
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people.)
[ ] A Friend In Code - (All Machinery/Mechanics/Metallurgy/Programming/Electronics/Hydraulics)
Having finished the Drone Manufacture, your scholars and engineers are rearing to go for another round against the mysteries of the machine. In particular, they wish to further their understanding of creating more military drones to help our field forces better.
(Chance: 11/-58/-133% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Unlock Generic Melee Spider, Generic Ranged Quadruped, Generic Melee Quadruped, Unlocks further Learning Actions.)
[ ] Vision Beyond the Sight Part 1 - (Electronics/Advanced Electronics)
Both Daughter of Dawn and Indomitable Bastion possess technology that allows them to detect objects and people at a great distance and then present those to the crew. Such a technology could be of great use to us. Of course, replicating DoD and IB sensors is way beyond our current abilities, but creating the most basic of such devices should be manageable.
(Chance: -07/-39/-59% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Unlock Prototype Radar Tower, Unlocks Further Actions)
[ ] 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 their limitations and chains? And could you retread their paths?
(Chance: -86/-748/-1529% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 43
Reward: ???)
[ ] Secret Of The Circuit Pt.4 - (Pioneer Electronics)
With your manufacture of electronic components 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. Of course, 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.
(Chance: -81/-247/-413% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 80
Reward: Massive reduction in DC to all electronics-related Actions, upgrades Electronics Manufacture, unlocks Base/Learning Action.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 10 Successes, the chances are raised by 30%!)
[ ] Automation - (Pioneer Programming)
Automation is a broad term that can cover many areas of technology where human input is minimized. For example, one can use it to describe the highly sophisticated robotics used by the Forge-Clans in their steel mill and heavy-duty industries or the various simple but effective machines installed in the widespread manufactories within the Empire. Wherever a machine can do the job instead of a person, automation offers many enticing and dangerous possibilities. However, even the most ardent advocate for the idea has to recognize that, without considering how to implement such programs, they remain useless or detrimental due to the high costs such things often incur.
(Chance: -18/-92/-138% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 10
Reward: Unlocks Base/Learning Action.)
[ ] Radio-Chatterweb - (Electronics/Advanced Electronics/Programming/Machinery)
Having created the means by which we can now communicate over long distances with other Chapters and built radio towers tuned into our frequency, it is now time to start with the creation of a more advanced system of interlocking communication arrays that will automatically filter out the various "noises" coming from ruins, Machines, and Necropoli', while not losing any capability in the process. A long and challenging task, but one that will greatly benefit us in the long run.
(Chance: -88/-125/-171% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 19
Reward: Further tie Out-Of-Region Chapters and Contacts into the Pilgrim Sphere of Influence, spreads the Pilgrim Faith automatically around built Radio Towers.)
Having finished the Drone Manufacture, your scholars and engineers are rearing to go for another round against the mysteries of the machine. In particular, they wish to further their understanding of creating more military drones to help our field forces better.
(Chance: 11/-58/-133% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Unlock Generic Melee Spider, Generic Ranged Quadruped, Generic Melee Quadruped, Unlocks further Learning Actions.)
[ ] Vision Beyond the Sight Part 1 - (Electronics/Advanced Electronics)
Both Daughter of Dawn and Indomitable Bastion possess technology that allows them to detect objects and people at a great distance and then present those to the crew. Such a technology could be of great use to us. Of course, replicating DoD and IB sensors is way beyond our current abilities, but creating the most basic of such devices should be manageable.
(Chance: -07/-39/-59% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Unlock Prototype Radar Tower, Unlocks Further Actions)
[ ] 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 their limitations and chains? And could you retread their paths?
(Chance: -86/-748/-1529% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 43
Reward: ???)
[ ] Secret Of The Circuit Pt.4 - (Pioneer Electronics)
With your manufacture of electronic components 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. Of course, 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.
(Chance: -81/-247/-413% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 80
Reward: Massive reduction in DC to all electronics-related Actions, upgrades Electronics Manufacture, unlocks Base/Learning Action.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 10 Successes, the chances are raised by 30%!)
[ ] Automation - (Pioneer Programming)
Automation is a broad term that can cover many areas of technology where human input is minimized. For example, one can use it to describe the highly sophisticated robotics used by the Forge-Clans in their steel mill and heavy-duty industries or the various simple but effective machines installed in the widespread manufactories within the Empire. Wherever a machine can do the job instead of a person, automation offers many enticing and dangerous possibilities. However, even the most ardent advocate for the idea has to recognize that, without considering how to implement such programs, they remain useless or detrimental due to the high costs such things often incur.
(Chance: -18/-92/-138% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 10
Reward: Unlocks Base/Learning Action.)
[ ] Radio-Chatterweb - (Electronics/Advanced Electronics/Programming/Machinery)
Having created the means by which we can now communicate over long distances with other Chapters and built radio towers tuned into our frequency, it is now time to start with the creation of a more advanced system of interlocking communication arrays that will automatically filter out the various "noises" coming from ruins, Machines, and Necropoli', while not losing any capability in the process. A long and challenging task, but one that will greatly benefit us in the long run.
(Chance: -88/-125/-171% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 19
Reward: Further tie Out-Of-Region Chapters and Contacts into the Pilgrim Sphere of Influence, spreads the Pilgrim Faith automatically around built Radio Towers.)
[ ] A Study Of Scarlet Blue Pt.1 - (All Physics/Chemicals/Hydraulics)
PD keeps cool via a blue-red liquid, which also contains vital components 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 grasp on how such a thing works mechanically, it is now possible to examine what makes PD's coolant systems tick and see if there are any ways to improve it.
(Chance: -24/-104/-174 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: +5 to all rolls made by PD.)
PD keeps cool via a blue-red liquid, which also contains vital components 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 grasp on how such a thing works mechanically, it is now possible to examine what makes PD's coolant systems tick and see if there are any ways to improve it.
(Chance: -24/-104/-174 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: +5 to all rolls made by PD.)
[ ] Know Thy Enemy - (Choose) - (All Biology+Medical/Mechanical+Machinery+Electronics Depending on Enemy)
With the increasing number of protective duties our adherents take upon themselves, we should study our foes' biological/mechanical makeup to identify weak points and strengths. With such knowledge, we can purposefully target their vulnerable spots.
(Cost: 1 Corpse/Wreck of an Enemy
Chance: 48/12/-24 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Increased Damage and Information for an Enemy)
[ ] Learning To Take Census Pt.2 - (All Psychology)
You figured out a way to streamline the collection and dissemination of academic papers, vastly advancing your capabilities. 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 that you will examine, nail down, and figure out how the universe works, allowing you to reverse-engineer the wonders of past glories and build your very own! Make it so.
(Information: 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 need more knowledge to bring back the Ancients' technology; for now, that is not true for their fashion. Use the clothes in the old world's ruins and return to the past 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: Change the fashion around the Region, outraged moral guardians, and Tahmid styles on the Region.)
[ ] Translations For Beginners - (Linguistics) - (1 (one) Artifact)
Finding these texts was a stroke of luck, but bad luck had them 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 - (What Topic/Item?)
Well, you found something. Something you have yet to learn 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
With the increasing number of protective duties our adherents take upon themselves, we should study our foes' biological/mechanical makeup to identify weak points and strengths. With such knowledge, we can purposefully target their vulnerable spots.
(Cost: 1 Corpse/Wreck of an Enemy
Chance: 48/12/-24 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Increased Damage and Information for an Enemy)
Human - Corpse Information
Human - Mutated - Corpse Information
Spider-Drone - Wreck
Sentinel - Wreck
Autonomous Turret - Wreck
Eversun Scrap-Knight - Wreck
Human - Mutated - Corpse Information
Spider-Drone - Wreck
Sentinel - Wreck
Autonomous Turret - Wreck
Eversun Scrap-Knight - Wreck
[ ] Learning To Take Census Pt.2 - (All Psychology)
You figured out a way to streamline the collection and dissemination of academic papers, vastly advancing your capabilities. 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 that you will examine, nail down, and figure out how the universe works, allowing you to reverse-engineer the wonders of past glories and build your very own! Make it so.
(Information: 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 need more knowledge to bring back the Ancients' technology; for now, that is not true for their fashion. Use the clothes in the old world's ruins and return to the past 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: Change the fashion around the Region, outraged moral guardians, and Tahmid styles on the Region.)
[ ] Translations For Beginners - (Linguistics) - (1 (one) Artifact)
Finding these texts was a stroke of luck, but bad luck had them 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 - (What Topic/Item?)
Well, you found something. Something you have yet to learn 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 and how you came upon that idea. If you mark a relevant artifact for this research, the Action will have better success chances.)
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) - (House Mirn support: Y/N)
Sometimes you must dig into one location for months to fully exploit it.
(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: 3 Turns, Mutants nearby?
-WO-06: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 2d3 per Turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. No danger?
-SO-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane-, Dice: 3d2-2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. No danger?
-SO-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 2d2 per Turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. No danger?
-EO-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 1d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns, Machines nearby?
-SST-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: XXX Turns, Machines Present?
-SST-02: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d6+1 per turn, Max. Yield: XXX Turns, Machines Present?
-SST-03: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 2d4-1 per turn, Max. Yield: XXX Turns, Machines Present?
-SST-04: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 3d3+3 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns, [?Dreadnought Present?]
-TOP-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++ [Electronics/Advanced Electronics/Advanced Machinery/Hydraulics], Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns.
-TB-01: Est Artifact Grade: Common+/Rare [Airship Related] - 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. [8x Blood-Deer, 1x Alpha Blood-Deer present.]
-TB-03: Est Artifact Grade: Rare- [Airship Related] - 2d4+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns.
-GY-01: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns, No Danger?
-GY-05: Est. Artifact-grade: Common-, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns, Machines nearby?
-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?
-Doomed Fortress: Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech-Unique, Dice: 1d4+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 1 Turn. No danger.
Expedition - (WO-03) - (3 Turns Remaining) - (House Mirn support: Y)
Expedition - (Doomed Fortress) - (1 Turn Remaining) - (House Mirn support: N)
[ ] Recover Airship - 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, Suspendium, and luck to escape notice, and they will travel across the sky once more!
(Personal Cutter Cost: 5 Small Suspendium Shards
Line Vessel Cost: 1 Medium Suspendium Shard
Cargo Craft Cost: 1 Medium and 17 Small Suspendium Shards
Chance: 43%
Reward: 1 Intact Airship Recovered
Warning: If this Action fails, unknown forces will attack.)
-[ ] Establish A Supply Route To (City)
(Reward: Rapid Reaction Forces Ready)
-[ ] Establish A Trade Route From (Location) To (Location)
(Reward: Anchorage (Tiny) in target Location, Increase Route prosperity.)
-[ ] Guard The Skies - (Location)
(Cost: Line Vessel
Reward: Aerial Dominance)
[ ] Loot The First Bunker Floor
Let's go!
[X] Permanent Scavenging Base - (Floating Monastery) - (1/2 Turns completed)
The Floating Monastery has proven to be a treasure trove for weird, unusual, and downright bizarre things to grab. And while you seized everything of high value that could easily be moved, you still have a lot of stuff remaining that needs dedicated teams to unlock, unlatch, unbolt, unwell, and all other un-things one can think of. Building the shelters, facilities, and logistics for such an endeavor would result in a slow trickle of Artifacts every season.
(Turns: 2
Reward: +1 Lost Tech Psychology Artifact per Turn.)
[ ] Crystal-Garden Expedition
Gathering Suspendium for anything other than the quota will require you to set up specific expeditions to 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.
(Chance: 40%
Reward: 2 Large Suspendium Shards.
Warning: If this Action fails, 3d30 Pilgrims will die. Boni, Traits, and Tenets apply.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 4.00 Goodwill)
-[] Send It To The Flying Islands
Patching the flaking off patches of Suspendium up would allow Vanar-Feer to devise a more permanent solution to keeping the islands floating or descent at a place of our choosing.
(+25 to the Chance of Success.)
[ ] 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, there is a 4% chance that 1d6 Pilgrims will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] The Smokestack's Bowels
Deep within the massive belly of the Smokestack, an ancient factory still churning out and recycling vast amounts of goods lies, forgotten and discarded, information, technical blueprints, and all manner of things that are worth more than a dozen times their weight in pure Jewel. The sheer amount of technologies that could be recovered if one could go past the Machines here...
(Chance: -376%
Turns: 9
Reward: The Smokestack's Bowels are mapped.
Notice: Rolled each turn.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] Search For Shelter Lost
The Stranger said things; he gave assurances and evidence and was taken away to prevent what was told from spreading 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. Your dreams now know the path...
(Chance: 45%
Reward: Find the Shelter of the Ancients.)
[ ] 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 could 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, there is a 7% Chance that the Scouting Unit will take 2d6 casualties due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Scout The Pit
You are still determining what you'll find here, only sure you are 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.)
[ ] 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, there is a 15% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from 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, there is a 68% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from 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 could 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 for pristine agricultural secrets from forgotten ruins.
(Chance: 14%
Reward: Sites in The Verdant Oasis are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 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 Necropolis. Foolish, yet finding it could unearth treasures beyond imagination or prove a giant disappointment. PD's maps are heavily corrupted, but she has provided some landmarks that may still exist.
(Chance: 14%
Turns: 4
Reward: The Zone can be scavenged.)
Sometimes you must dig into one location for months to fully exploit it.
(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: 3 Turns, Mutants nearby?
-WO-06: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 2d3 per Turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. No danger?
-SO-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane-, Dice: 3d2-2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. No danger?
-SO-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 2d2 per Turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. No danger?
-EO-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 1d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns, Machines nearby?
-SST-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: XXX Turns, Machines Present?
-SST-02: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d6+1 per turn, Max. Yield: XXX Turns, Machines Present?
-SST-03: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 2d4-1 per turn, Max. Yield: XXX Turns, Machines Present?
-SST-04: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 3d3+3 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns, [?Dreadnought Present?]
-TOP-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++ [Electronics/Advanced Electronics/Advanced Machinery/Hydraulics], Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns.
-TB-01: Est Artifact Grade: Common+/Rare [Airship Related] - 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. [8x Blood-Deer, 1x Alpha Blood-Deer present.]
-TB-03: Est Artifact Grade: Rare- [Airship Related] - 2d4+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns.
-GY-01: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns, No Danger?
-GY-05: Est. Artifact-grade: Common-, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns, Machines nearby?
-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?
-Doomed Fortress: Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech-Unique, Dice: 1d4+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 1 Turn. No danger.
Expedition - (WO-03) - (3 Turns Remaining) - (House Mirn support: Y)
Expedition - (Doomed Fortress) - (1 Turn Remaining) - (House Mirn support: N)
[ ] Recover Airship - 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, Suspendium, and luck to escape notice, and they will travel across the sky once more!
(Personal Cutter Cost: 5 Small Suspendium Shards
Line Vessel Cost: 1 Medium Suspendium Shard
Cargo Craft Cost: 1 Medium and 17 Small Suspendium Shards
Chance: 43%
Reward: 1 Intact Airship Recovered
Warning: If this Action fails, unknown forces will attack.)
-[ ] Establish A Supply Route To (City)
(Reward: Rapid Reaction Forces Ready)
-[ ] Establish A Trade Route From (Location) To (Location)
(Reward: Anchorage (Tiny) in target Location, Increase Route prosperity.)
-[ ] Guard The Skies - (Location)
(Cost: Line Vessel
Reward: Aerial Dominance)
The Tree - Mirn
The Tree - Tessen
The Tree - Zulmni
The Tree - Ularn
Jokvi - Mirn
Jokvi - Tessen
Jokvi - Zulmni
Jokvi - Strul
Strul - Tessen
Strul - Jokvi
Mirn - Tessen
Mirn - Zulmni
Mirn - Jokvi
Ularn - Zulmni
The Tree - Tessen
The Tree - Zulmni
The Tree - Ularn
Jokvi - Mirn
Jokvi - Tessen
Jokvi - Zulmni
Jokvi - Strul
Strul - Tessen
Strul - Jokvi
Mirn - Tessen
Mirn - Zulmni
Mirn - Jokvi
Ularn - Zulmni
[ ] Loot The First Bunker Floor
Let's go!
Possible Rewards:
Unknown Amount of Artifacts
8x Guardians
Area Purpose:
Warehouse
Unknown Amount of Artifacts
8x Guardians
Area Purpose:
Warehouse
Possible Rewards:
Weapon Artifacts
4x Minor Bright-Lance Turrets
1x Caretaker-Swarm
Area Purpose:
Defensive Position
Weapon Artifacts
4x Minor Bright-Lance Turrets
1x Caretaker-Swarm
Area Purpose:
Defensive Position
Possible Rewards:
Chance for Data-Crystals, highly-priced Artifacts often detailing petabytes of information and research.
12x Workers
2x Guardians - Trooper
Area Purpose:
Laboratory
Chance for Data-Crystals, highly-priced Artifacts often detailing petabytes of information and research.
12x Workers
2x Guardians - Trooper
Area Purpose:
Laboratory
Possible Rewards:
A large amount of Machinery, Mechanic, Metallurgy, Hydraulic, Programming, Electronic, and Physic Artifacts
4x Caretaker-Swarms
1x Worker
Area Purpose:
Manufacturing
A large amount of Machinery, Mechanic, Metallurgy, Hydraulic, Programming, Electronic, and Physic Artifacts
4x Caretaker-Swarms
1x Worker
Area Purpose:
Manufacturing
Possible Rewards:
8x Caretaker-Swarms
6x Omni-Gazers
Area Purpose:
Robot Storage
8x Caretaker-Swarms
6x Omni-Gazers
Area Purpose:
Robot Storage
Possible Rewards:
A Titanic amount of low-level Biology, Medicine, and Machinery Artifacts
Chance for Lost-Tech Seeds
2x Caretaker-Swarms
2x Omni-Gazers
3x Guardians - Trooper
9x Guardians - Sniper
3x Guardians - Command
Area Purpose:
Greenhouse
A Titanic amount of low-level Biology, Medicine, and Machinery Artifacts
Chance for Lost-Tech Seeds
2x Caretaker-Swarms
2x Omni-Gazers
3x Guardians - Trooper
9x Guardians - Sniper
3x Guardians - Command
Area Purpose:
Greenhouse
Possible Rewards:
A large amount of Armor and Weapon Artifacts
6x Guardians - Trooper
4x Caretaker-Swarms
1x Medium Bright-Lance Turret
Area Purpose:
Armory
A large amount of Armor and Weapon Artifacts
6x Guardians - Trooper
4x Caretaker-Swarms
1x Medium Bright-Lance Turret
Area Purpose:
Armory
Possible Rewards:
14x Guardians - Trooper
3x Guardians - Sniper
1x Guardian - Command
8x Minor Bright-Lance Turrets
6x Medium Bright-Lance Turrets
2x Large Bright-Lance Turrets
1x Plasma-Lance
4x Plasmathrowers
7x Caretaker-Swarms
8x Omni-Gazers
Area Purpose:
Bastion And Elevator
14x Guardians - Trooper
3x Guardians - Sniper
1x Guardian - Command
8x Minor Bright-Lance Turrets
6x Medium Bright-Lance Turrets
2x Large Bright-Lance Turrets
1x Plasma-Lance
4x Plasmathrowers
7x Caretaker-Swarms
8x Omni-Gazers
Area Purpose:
Bastion And Elevator
Possible Rewards:
A large amount of Armor and Weapon Artifacts
5x Guardians - Trooper
1x Caretaker-Swarms
1x Medium Bright-Lance Turret
Area Purpose:
Armory
A large amount of Armor and Weapon Artifacts
5x Guardians - Trooper
1x Caretaker-Swarms
1x Medium Bright-Lance Turret
Area Purpose:
Armory
[X] Permanent Scavenging Base - (Floating Monastery) - (1/2 Turns completed)
The Floating Monastery has proven to be a treasure trove for weird, unusual, and downright bizarre things to grab. And while you seized everything of high value that could easily be moved, you still have a lot of stuff remaining that needs dedicated teams to unlock, unlatch, unbolt, unwell, and all other un-things one can think of. Building the shelters, facilities, and logistics for such an endeavor would result in a slow trickle of Artifacts every season.
(Turns: 2
Reward: +1 Lost Tech Psychology Artifact per Turn.)
[ ] Crystal-Garden Expedition
Gathering Suspendium for anything other than the quota will require you to set up specific expeditions to 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.
(Chance: 40%
Reward: 2 Large Suspendium Shards.
Warning: If this Action fails, 3d30 Pilgrims will die. Boni, Traits, and Tenets apply.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 4.00 Goodwill)
-[] Send It To The Flying Islands
Patching the flaking off patches of Suspendium up would allow Vanar-Feer to devise a more permanent solution to keeping the islands floating or descent at a place of our choosing.
(+25 to the Chance of Success.)
[ ] 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, there is a 4% chance that 1d6 Pilgrims will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] The Smokestack's Bowels
Deep within the massive belly of the Smokestack, an ancient factory still churning out and recycling vast amounts of goods lies, forgotten and discarded, information, technical blueprints, and all manner of things that are worth more than a dozen times their weight in pure Jewel. The sheer amount of technologies that could be recovered if one could go past the Machines here...
(Chance: -376%
Turns: 9
Reward: The Smokestack's Bowels are mapped.
Notice: Rolled each turn.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] Search For Shelter Lost
The Stranger said things; he gave assurances and evidence and was taken away to prevent what was told from spreading 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. Your dreams now know the path...
(Chance: 45%
Reward: Find the Shelter of the Ancients.)
[ ] 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 could 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, there is a 7% Chance that the Scouting Unit will take 2d6 casualties due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Scout The Pit
You are still determining what you'll find here, only sure you are 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.)
[ ] 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, there is a 15% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from 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, there is a 68% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from 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 could 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 for pristine agricultural secrets from forgotten ruins.
(Chance: 14%
Reward: Sites in The Verdant Oasis are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 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 Necropolis. Foolish, yet finding it could unearth treasures beyond imagination or prove a giant disappointment. PD's maps are heavily corrupted, but she has provided some landmarks that may still exist.
(Chance: 14%
Turns: 4
Reward: The Zone can be scavenged.)
Tree of Knowledge: Home of the Pilgrims, Bastion of what they stand for, a symbol of hope for the desperate. (2 Actions Locked)
[X] Berth - Small - (3/4 Turns Complete)
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
Reward: Can modify three Light Airships for exploration or trading without special projects, will generate prosperity once airships become more widespread, which rises with their availability, can be upgraded into Berth - Medium)
[ ] Laboratory Complex - Rudimentary
Some call the plans of expansion ambitious, while others call them ridiculous. Whatever the case, digging deeper and farther than ever will allow the Pilgrims to stuff so many scientists and equipment into the Tree that they will significantly accelerate future research. Bolt has already hinted at discounts if we buy computers and laboratory equipment in bulk from her Clan. Unfortunately, keeping all those things in order without calling for Forge-Clan help requires specialists.
(Cost: 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 your mind.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supports up to 10000 Pilgrims/People before it becomes useless.)
[ ] Masters' Retreat - Grandiose
You have managed to lure in specialists and experts of various fields with pay and recognition, exciting work, steady employment among friendly people, and the chance to have their creations recognized by thousands. Now, you'll embark on the next step: getting True Masters to settle into the Tree of Knowledge.
(Turns: 7
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 information gleaned from studying. Therefore, ensure that your Black Box is expanded and equipped with more tools to study Artifacts better.
(Cost: 2 Scientists, 1 Engineer
Turns: 6
Reward: 10% not to use up an Artifact, can slot 1(one) Artifact to provide 15% (rounded down) of the Artifact bonus continuously.)
[ ] Electronics Manufacture
Now that you can produce electronics, you want to have as many as possible. The problem is that you must create those by hand, 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: 2 Scientists, 40 Faithful
Turns: 6
Reward: +80 to all Electronics Research.)
[ ] Library - (Expanded)
A library is a reservoir of knowledge and provides entertainment and education while acting as a community center. Expand the available space to fit four additional floors of equal area, with 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!
(Turns: 13
Reward: Provides 3 (three) slots for Literature Artifacts, providing a 15% Boost to their bonus.)
[X] Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims - (4/6 Turns Complete)
Last resting place of those who no longer have any that remember them, and the final site of their remains we manage to recover from wherever they died. Let their souls walk without the chains of disturbed slumber or defiled quiet.
(Turns: 6
Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded, -4 Piety.)
[ ] 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
Reward: Prosperity and increased Technological Proliferation.)
[ ] Armor The Daughter - (Armor Points)
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. Let's fix her as we live in reality; why don't we?
(Reward: X Conventional Armor added, decreased chances that the Daughter is destroyed, which would be dangerous.)
[ ] Pilgrim Radio
Let long-forgotten power thrum through reactivated machinery, let ancient airwaves long lain dormant once more sing with the voices of our people, and let there be one more monument to human ingenuity and progress reclaimed among the Wastes. Let song take through electronic air and humm victory over nature once more.
(Turns: 5
Reward: +2d10% Piety, +4 Recruits per Turn)
[ ] Assemble A Logic Bank - (Location) - (WARNING! Last One!)
Now that you have unlocked the secrets to building computers, you should take advantage of it, even if it will cost a pretty crown. And the one already created is already lightly straining your electronic supply in maintenance.
(Turns: 3
Reward: +1 Action
Warning: If all six are taken, the Electronics Workshop operates at a half output.)
[ ] 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
Reward: Can modify three Light Airships for exploration or trading without special projects, will generate prosperity once airships become more widespread, which rises with their availability, can be upgraded into Berth - Medium)
[ ] Laboratory Complex - Rudimentary
Some call the plans of expansion ambitious, while others call them ridiculous. Whatever the case, digging deeper and farther than ever will allow the Pilgrims to stuff so many scientists and equipment into the Tree that they will significantly accelerate future research. Bolt has already hinted at discounts if we buy computers and laboratory equipment in bulk from her Clan. Unfortunately, keeping all those things in order without calling for Forge-Clan help requires specialists.
(Cost: 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 your mind.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supports up to 10000 Pilgrims/People before it becomes useless.)
[ ] Masters' Retreat - Grandiose
You have managed to lure in specialists and experts of various fields with pay and recognition, exciting work, steady employment among friendly people, and the chance to have their creations recognized by thousands. Now, you'll embark on the next step: getting True Masters to settle into the Tree of Knowledge.
(Turns: 7
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 information gleaned from studying. Therefore, ensure that your Black Box is expanded and equipped with more tools to study Artifacts better.
(Cost: 2 Scientists, 1 Engineer
Turns: 6
Reward: 10% not to use up an Artifact, can slot 1(one) Artifact to provide 15% (rounded down) of the Artifact bonus continuously.)
[ ] Electronics Manufacture
Now that you can produce electronics, you want to have as many as possible. The problem is that you must create those by hand, 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: 2 Scientists, 40 Faithful
Turns: 6
Reward: +80 to all Electronics Research.)
[ ] Library - (Expanded)
A library is a reservoir of knowledge and provides entertainment and education while acting as a community center. Expand the available space to fit four additional floors of equal area, with 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!
(Turns: 13
Reward: Provides 3 (three) slots for Literature Artifacts, providing a 15% Boost to their bonus.)
[X] Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims - (4/6 Turns Complete)
Last resting place of those who no longer have any that remember them, and the final site of their remains we manage to recover from wherever they died. Let their souls walk without the chains of disturbed slumber or defiled quiet.
(Turns: 6
Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded, -4 Piety.)
[ ] 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
Reward: Prosperity and increased Technological Proliferation.)
[ ] Armor The Daughter - (Armor Points)
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. Let's fix her as we live in reality; why don't we?
(Reward: X Conventional Armor added, decreased chances that the Daughter is destroyed, which would be dangerous.)
[ ] Pilgrim Radio
Let long-forgotten power thrum through reactivated machinery, let ancient airwaves long lain dormant once more sing with the voices of our people, and let there be one more monument to human ingenuity and progress reclaimed among the Wastes. Let song take through electronic air and humm victory over nature once more.
(Turns: 5
Reward: +2d10% Piety, +4 Recruits per Turn)
[ ] Assemble A Logic Bank - (Location) - (WARNING! Last One!)
Now that you have unlocked the secrets to building computers, you should take advantage of it, even if it will cost a pretty crown. And the one already created is already lightly straining your electronic supply in maintenance.
(Turns: 3
Reward: +1 Action
Warning: If all six are taken, the Electronics Workshop operates at a half output.)
[ ] Let's Build A (Write-In)
(What do you want to build, and what should the building provide?)
Holdings: Norqod developed into a small town over the short time you founded it, with thousands now calling it home with glee and relief. Come what may, these people have had a better life thanks to your actions. (Choose 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] Bee Fields
Bees are about the size of an adult human's thumb and have the temperament of a wasp, with re-growable stingers. You do not want the things anywhere near your homes and much less harvest what they have without heavy full-body sealing armor. However, their honey is delicious.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Honey and Wax, with a large area nobody and nothing goes through.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Radio Station - (Focus)
Radio Stations require specialized equipment and trained personnel to staff and operate. That is if one commissions the machines from the Forge-Clans, which you no longer need to do. With Pilgrim-Created Radios slowly assembled within the workshop, you can create a Radio Station for your needs and wants. Expanding the station will also be in the cards later down the line!
(Turns: 3
Reward: Radio Station, allowing you to project your Influence across the Region to all that own radios and listen outside the Region.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(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 where backers can build what industries, entice their creation, and supply them will be vital for taking back that piece of history.
(Turns: 6
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. Like a Steel Foundry.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] The Evergreen Gardens - Tiny
A vanity project, sure, but creating a hydroponics facility dedicated to growing and mixing rare plants for every purpose would aid in many things, from prestige to medicine and even food.
(Turns: 3
Reward: A barebone framework and facility for dedicated gardens to raise plants for industrial, medical, and recreational purposes.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(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
Reward: Norqod gains a Trade District, allowing for the creation of storage hubs, trade lanes, merchant quarters, banks, skewed deals, and much 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.
(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
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. 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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Mercenary Quarters
While mercenary groups of sufficient size usually deploy and build their own housing and infrastructure when under long-term contracts, these communities are typically makeshift compared to even haphazardly planned districts of proper towns and cities. And, once abandoned, those parts can quickly turn into slums, as dependents and civilians that have chosen to settle there remain behind, with all the failings of the mercenary construction now permanent and a seedbed of crime and misery. By properly planning and creating a district for the Tailors of the Burned Skies, we can ensure that such does not happen once we no longer require their service or they are destroyed while also increasing their Morale, Loyalty and reducing the risks of them creating problems with the townsfolk.
(Turns: 9
Reward: Improved Mercenary Morale and Loyalty, Decreased chance of problems due to Mercenaries.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Organized Airship Manufactory - 1 Line - (Design)
Forget making a few little ships! The way is to mass-produce components and available designs and fit them in a specialized hangar! Of course, first, you must provide the required Suspendium and Materials, but then? Then you can get rich!
(Turns: 5
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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Write-In.
Bees are about the size of an adult human's thumb and have the temperament of a wasp, with re-growable stingers. You do not want the things anywhere near your homes and much less harvest what they have without heavy full-body sealing armor. However, their honey is delicious.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Honey and Wax, with a large area nobody and nothing goes through.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Radio Station - (Focus)
Radio Stations require specialized equipment and trained personnel to staff and operate. That is if one commissions the machines from the Forge-Clans, which you no longer need to do. With Pilgrim-Created Radios slowly assembled within the workshop, you can create a Radio Station for your needs and wants. Expanding the station will also be in the cards later down the line!
(Turns: 3
Reward: Radio Station, allowing you to project your Influence across the Region to all that own radios and listen outside the Region.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] 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
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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Expanded Clinics
With the minimum level of medical care distributed across Norqod, we can work on expanding the various clinics in both the scale and quality of their operation. With more space and personnel, alongside an increased pool of multiple chemicals, herbs, remedies, and on-demand vaccines, we can grow them into local focus points for fights against diseases and holding stations for more severe injuries and illnesses until space has been freed in dedicated institutions.
(Turns: 7
Reward: More people can receive treatment for illnesses and injuries, reducing mortality.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(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: 6 General Doctors/Upkeep: 2.75 Goodwill
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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Large 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 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. (And situated in plain view of a fortification.) Expanding your area to include safe places for caretakers to rest, relax between shifts, and get themselves checked via blood testing and breath analyzers bought from Forge-Clans should up your security by a few notches.
(Turns: 9
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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
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
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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Expanded Clinics
With the minimum level of medical care distributed across Norqod, we can work on expanding the various clinics in both the scale and quality of their operation. With more space and personnel, alongside an increased pool of multiple chemicals, herbs, remedies, and on-demand vaccines, we can grow them into local focus points for fights against diseases and holding stations for more severe injuries and illnesses until space has been freed in dedicated institutions.
(Turns: 7
Reward: More people can receive treatment for illnesses and injuries, reducing mortality.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(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: 6 General Doctors/Upkeep: 2.75 Goodwill
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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Large 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 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. (And situated in plain view of a fortification.) Expanding your area to include safe places for caretakers to rest, relax between shifts, and get themselves checked via blood testing and breath analyzers bought from Forge-Clans should up your security by a few notches.
(Turns: 9
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.
(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 where backers can build what industries, entice their creation, and supply them will be vital for taking back that piece of history.
(Turns: 6
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. Like a Steel Foundry.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] The Evergreen Gardens - Tiny
A vanity project, sure, but creating a hydroponics facility dedicated to growing and mixing rare plants for every purpose would aid in many things, from prestige to medicine and even food.
(Turns: 3
Reward: A barebone framework and facility for dedicated gardens to raise plants for industrial, medical, and recreational purposes.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Academy of the Fundamentals
Hiring trained academicians to teach the basics of the understood sciences should be fine, especially if you can offer board and room to them within the academy alongside large spaces to teach and experiment on (mostly) their terms.
(Turns: 7
Reward: A barebones academy and a halt to the loss of scientific information disseminated to the public.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Enlarge The Public Libraries
Libraries are public spaces that allow people within a community to learn, expand their horizons, meet peers and family during district events, relax, enjoy a good read in peaceful silence, and even request extra prints to be done should they wish to purchase a specific book. By expanding the libraries, we chip away at everything that plagues a community, from ignorance to loneliness, while also adding opportunities for people to educate themselves further.
(Turns: 7
Reward: Growing Happiness)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[X] Miniscule Scientific Complex - (12/17 Turns Complete)
Hiring and retaining trained experts in the sciences will be a significant undertaking, not even talking about the sheer cost of the vast array of machines, equipment, and safety features you need to install to keep the experts occupied and helpful in your studies.
(Turns: 17
Reward: +1 Auto-Success, which still advances your understanding of your research subjects.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
Hiring trained academicians to teach the basics of the understood sciences should be fine, especially if you can offer board and room to them within the academy alongside large spaces to teach and experiment on (mostly) their terms.
(Turns: 7
Reward: A barebones academy and a halt to the loss of scientific information disseminated to the public.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Enlarge The Public Libraries
Libraries are public spaces that allow people within a community to learn, expand their horizons, meet peers and family during district events, relax, enjoy a good read in peaceful silence, and even request extra prints to be done should they wish to purchase a specific book. By expanding the libraries, we chip away at everything that plagues a community, from ignorance to loneliness, while also adding opportunities for people to educate themselves further.
(Turns: 7
Reward: Growing Happiness)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[X] Miniscule Scientific Complex - (12/17 Turns Complete)
Hiring and retaining trained experts in the sciences will be a significant undertaking, not even talking about the sheer cost of the vast array of machines, equipment, and safety features you need to install to keep the experts occupied and helpful in your studies.
(Turns: 17
Reward: +1 Auto-Success, which still advances your understanding of your research subjects.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(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 for prostitution and gambling, with several others already making plans for outdoor decorations and attractions. But, of course, Guards must constantly patrol here, so you must build a small barrack.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Reduction in crimes.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(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. Everything from cards to boxing, gladiator fights, racing, and betting on events. But remember: the House always wins.
(Turns: 3
Reward: Increased Happiness)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Paper Mile - (Tone)
Large Printshops will be situated here, churning out books, leaflets, pamphlets, novellas, posters, and newspapers, supplying the population's ravenous hunger for cheap entertainment and news.
(Turns: 6
Reward: 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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Brewers Run
Alcohol is the first-ever beverage humanity manufactured and drank, right after blood from beasts, if some myths are to be believed.
(Turns: 3
Reward: Brewers)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Mausoleum of the Forgotten
Last resting place of those who no longer have any that remember them, and the final site of their remains we manage to recover from wherever they died. Let their souls walk without the chains of disturbed slumber or defiled quiet.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded. Increase in happiness.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
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 for prostitution and gambling, with several others already making plans for outdoor decorations and attractions. But, of course, Guards must constantly patrol here, so you must build a small barrack.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Reduction in crimes.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(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. Everything from cards to boxing, gladiator fights, racing, and betting on events. But remember: the House always wins.
(Turns: 3
Reward: Increased Happiness)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Paper Mile - (Tone)
Large Printshops will be situated here, churning out books, leaflets, pamphlets, novellas, posters, and newspapers, supplying the population's ravenous hunger for cheap entertainment and news.
(Turns: 6
Reward: 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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Brewers Run
Alcohol is the first-ever beverage humanity manufactured and drank, right after blood from beasts, if some myths are to be believed.
(Turns: 3
Reward: Brewers)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Mausoleum of the Forgotten
Last resting place of those who no longer have any that remember them, and the final site of their remains we manage to recover from wherever they died. Let their souls walk without the chains of disturbed slumber or defiled quiet.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded. Increase in happiness.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(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
Reward: Norqod gains a Trade District, allowing for the creation of storage hubs, trade lanes, merchant quarters, banks, skewed deals, and much 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.
(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
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. 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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Mercenary Quarters
While mercenary groups of sufficient size usually deploy and build their own housing and infrastructure when under long-term contracts, these communities are typically makeshift compared to even haphazardly planned districts of proper towns and cities. And, once abandoned, those parts can quickly turn into slums, as dependents and civilians that have chosen to settle there remain behind, with all the failings of the mercenary construction now permanent and a seedbed of crime and misery. By properly planning and creating a district for the Tailors of the Burned Skies, we can ensure that such does not happen once we no longer require their service or they are destroyed while also increasing their Morale, Loyalty and reducing the risks of them creating problems with the townsfolk.
(Turns: 9
Reward: Improved Mercenary Morale and Loyalty, Decreased chance of problems due to Mercenaries.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] House Dall Palace Gardens
Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. By planting public and private gardens, House Dall can display its splendor, wealth, and patronage of the arts without running afoul of any toes, as most people see gardens as something all should enjoy.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Gardens will bring more prestige to House Dall.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. By planting public and private gardens, House Dall can display its splendor, wealth, and patronage of the arts without running afoul of any toes, as most people see gardens as something all should enjoy.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Gardens will bring more prestige to House Dall.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Organized Airship Manufactory - 1 Line - (Design)
Forget making a few little ships! The way is to mass-produce components and available designs and fit them in a specialized hangar! Of course, first, you must provide the required Suspendium and Materials, but then? Then you can get rich!
(Turns: 5
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.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Write-In.
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)
-[ ] Buying Stuff
(Write in what you want to purchase. Locked to maximum rare technology)
-[ ] Procure (Write-In)
(Gain various benefits, services, and insights, ranging from bonuses to Actions to Progress in technologies, and even help achieve initiatives like We Are One People.)
[ ] The Adventurer Guild - (1 Action)
-[ ] Guardians For Hire - (Choose Location)
(Reward: 1 Facility has security against violent actions)
-[ ] Take 'Em Out - (Choose Target)
(Cost: 1 Goodwill
Reward: Chosen targets' plans are temporarily halted due to attacks)
-[ ] Investigate
(Cost: 2 Goodwill
Reward: Chosen targets' plans for the next two turns are revealed.)
-[ ] Suppliers Of Many Wares Of Medicine And Equipment (What do you need/want?)
(Cost: 4 Goodwill
Reward: "Things That Fell Off A Wagon.")
[X] The Union Of Herbalists - (1 Action)
-[ ] Institutional Knowledge
(Cost: 1.50 Goodwill
Reward: +30 to Biological/Medicinal Learning Rolls)
-[ ] Study Sessions
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 7 (seven) Turns
Reward: 1 trained General Doctor)
-[X] Anatomical Lectures - (2/5 Turns Complete)
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 5 (five) Turns
Reward: 1 trained Surgeon)
-[ ] 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, and unlock more moves at certain control thresholds.)
[X] Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science - (1 Action)
-[ ] In The Name Of Profit - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 2 Goodwill
Reward: +1 Progress for chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] In The Name Of Education - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 3.50 Goodwill
Reward: +2 Progress for chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] Because of SCIENCE! - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 0.50 Goodwill
Reward: +15 to chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] In the name of SCIENCE! - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 1 Goodwill
Reward: +35 to chosen Learning Action)
-[X] Suffer Their Arrogance - (2/4 Turns Complete)
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 4 (four) turns
Reward: 1 trained General Scientist)
-[ ] Suffer Their Droning
(Cost: 1 General Scientist for 6 (six) turns
Reward: 1 Trained Scientist)
-[ ] Buying Stuff
(Write in what you want to purchase. Locked to maximum rare technology)
-[ ] Procure (Write-In)
(Gain various benefits, services, and insights, ranging from bonuses to Actions to Progress in technologies, and even help achieve initiatives like We Are One People.)
[ ] The Adventurer Guild - (1 Action)
-[ ] Guardians For Hire - (Choose Location)
(Reward: 1 Facility has security against violent actions)
-[ ] Take 'Em Out - (Choose Target)
(Cost: 1 Goodwill
Reward: Chosen targets' plans are temporarily halted due to attacks)
-[ ] Investigate
(Cost: 2 Goodwill
Reward: Chosen targets' plans for the next two turns are revealed.)
-[ ] Suppliers Of Many Wares Of Medicine And Equipment (What do you need/want?)
(Cost: 4 Goodwill
Reward: "Things That Fell Off A Wagon.")
[X] The Union Of Herbalists - (1 Action)
-[ ] Institutional Knowledge
(Cost: 1.50 Goodwill
Reward: +30 to Biological/Medicinal Learning Rolls)
-[ ] Study Sessions
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 7 (seven) Turns
Reward: 1 trained General Doctor)
-[X] Anatomical Lectures - (2/5 Turns Complete)
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 5 (five) Turns
Reward: 1 trained Surgeon)
-[ ] 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, and unlock more moves at certain control thresholds.)
[X] Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science - (1 Action)
-[ ] In The Name Of Profit - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 2 Goodwill
Reward: +1 Progress for chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] In The Name Of Education - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 3.50 Goodwill
Reward: +2 Progress for chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] Because of SCIENCE! - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 0.50 Goodwill
Reward: +15 to chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] In the name of SCIENCE! - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 1 Goodwill
Reward: +35 to chosen Learning Action)
-[X] Suffer Their Arrogance - (2/4 Turns Complete)
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 4 (four) turns
Reward: 1 trained General Scientist)
-[ ] Suffer Their Droning
(Cost: 1 General Scientist for 6 (six) turns
Reward: 1 Trained Scientist)
[ ] The Imperial Family - (1 Action)
-[ ] Petition For (Topic)
(Turns: 10/1
Cost: 20 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: 0.25 Goodwill
Reward: +5 to the first two rolls in the next Combat.)
[ ] The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics - (1 Action)
-[ ] Commission A Survey
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Chance: Rolled for usefulness
Reward: Locates 1(one) additional resource in Tessen)
-[ ] Meet Cryptic Benefactors (Chosen Actions)
(Cost: 15 Goodwill
Reward: Roll with Advantage for 2 specified Actions.)
-[ ] Grease The Wheels - (Action)
(Can be taken multiple times.
Cost: 25 Goodwill
Reward: Gain 1d6 Turns/Successes on any Building/Action)
[] 3-Point University - (1 Action)
-[] Rectorate Interventions - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 35 Goodwill
Reward: You cannot roll below 65 for the chosen Action.)
-[] Guest Lectures - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 15 Goodwill
Reward: Roll an additional 1d50 for the chosen Action.)
-[] Exchange Program - (Specialist)
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Reward: Gain a chosen Specialist for this Turn. 10% Chance to gain a random Specialist for free.)
-[] Research Subsidies - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 20 Goodwill
Reward: Remove 1d3 required Successes from one Learning Action. Cannot go lower than 3.)
-[ ] Petition For (Topic)
(Turns: 10/1
Cost: 20 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: 0.25 Goodwill
Reward: +5 to the first two rolls in the next Combat.)
[ ] The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics - (1 Action)
-[ ] Commission A Survey
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Chance: Rolled for usefulness
Reward: Locates 1(one) additional resource in Tessen)
-[ ] Meet Cryptic Benefactors (Chosen Actions)
(Cost: 15 Goodwill
Reward: Roll with Advantage for 2 specified Actions.)
-[ ] Grease The Wheels - (Action)
(Can be taken multiple times.
Cost: 25 Goodwill
Reward: Gain 1d6 Turns/Successes on any Building/Action)
[] 3-Point University - (1 Action)
-[] Rectorate Interventions - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 35 Goodwill
Reward: You cannot roll below 65 for the chosen Action.)
-[] Guest Lectures - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 15 Goodwill
Reward: Roll an additional 1d50 for the chosen Action.)
-[] Exchange Program - (Specialist)
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Reward: Gain a chosen Specialist for this Turn. 10% Chance to gain a random Specialist for free.)
-[] Research Subsidies - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 20 Goodwill
Reward: Remove 1d3 required Successes from one Learning Action. Cannot go lower than 3.)
[X] Forge Clan Vanar-Feer - (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.)
-[X] Engineers Galore - (2/6 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 for 6 (six) turns
Reward: 1 Engineer)
-[ ] Commission A Knight
--[ ] Malachial-Pattern
(Turns: 4, Cost: 36 Goodwill, Armor: 200/200, Structure: 60/60)
--[ ] Hadramiel-Pattern
(Turns: 4, Cost: 68 Goodwill, Armor: 350/350, Structure: 40/40)
--[ ] Gezuria-Pattern
(Turns: 5, Cost: 105 Goodwill, Armor: 650/650, Structure: 80/80)
--[ ] Commission An Unique-Pattern
(Turns: 8, Cost: 20 Goodwill, Armor: 10 points for 0.10 Goodwill, Structure: 2 points for 0.05 Goodwill)
[ ] The Followers Of Light - (1 Action)
-[ ] For The Nation - (Action)
(Cost: 3.5 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) - (31/84)
(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: ??? Goodwill
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: ??? Goodwill
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.)
-[X] Engineers Galore - (2/6 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 for 6 (six) turns
Reward: 1 Engineer)
-[ ] Commission A Knight
--[ ] Malachial-Pattern
(Turns: 4, Cost: 36 Goodwill, Armor: 200/200, Structure: 60/60)
--[ ] Hadramiel-Pattern
(Turns: 4, Cost: 68 Goodwill, Armor: 350/350, Structure: 40/40)
--[ ] Gezuria-Pattern
(Turns: 5, Cost: 105 Goodwill, Armor: 650/650, Structure: 80/80)
--[ ] Commission An Unique-Pattern
(Turns: 8, Cost: 20 Goodwill, Armor: 10 points for 0.10 Goodwill, Structure: 2 points for 0.05 Goodwill)
[ ] The Followers Of Light - (1 Action)
-[ ] For The Nation - (Action)
(Cost: 3.5 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) - (31/84)
(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: ??? Goodwill
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: ??? Goodwill
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)
-[ ] Aquire Artifacts - (Name, Grade, (opt. Specific Boni))
(Buy an Artifact with a specific bonus directly.)
-[ ] Rare Odds And Ends - (Category)
(Cost: 4.25 Goodwill
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?))
-[ ] Aquire Artifacts - (Name, Grade, (opt. Specific Boni))
(Buy an Artifact with a specific bonus directly.)
-[ ] Rare Odds And Ends - (Category)
(Cost: 4.25 Goodwill
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
(Goodwill)
-[ ] Investigate For Heresy
(25 Goodwill)
-[ ] Ask For Help
(What, How)
-[ ] Send Support
(Goodwill)
-[ ] Investigate For Heresy
(25 Goodwill)
-[ ] 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)
[ ] Pathene Weaving - (Equipment Description)
One of the things your mother told and taught you was the ability to weave your hair into challenging and fantastic equipment. These range from vests hardening in response to physical trauma to spears capable of shooting lightning guided by plasma trails. Too bad you need to cut your hair for such things to become a reality.
(Cost: Arias Hair
Turns: 4
Reward: Pathene Equipment)
[ ] Communion of Unsight - (Martyris) - (Write-In 2 Questions)
I have questions. You will answer.
(Reward: Answers.)
[ ] 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 when a shift in attention is required.
(Cost: 0.01 Goodwill
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 A 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. Well, you are an official religion; you can 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 too much to do and not enough hands. Start helping out.
(Can be taken multiple times.
Reward: +1 Action is done)
[ ] Lead By Example (Write in Action)
Help your People, and 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 - (Goodwill Cost) - 2 (Two) Turns cooldown.
Not everything can always be sunshine and rainbows; sometimes, shit goes sideways, and people must be reminded that failure is not the world's end.
(Cost: 5/12/30 Goodwill
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 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: According to the available Followers, the maximum amount of Faithful is created.)
[ ] 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
One of the things your mother told and taught you was the ability to weave your hair into challenging and fantastic equipment. These range from vests hardening in response to physical trauma to spears capable of shooting lightning guided by plasma trails. Too bad you need to cut your hair for such things to become a reality.
(Cost: Arias Hair
Turns: 4
Reward: Pathene Equipment)
[ ] Communion of Unsight - (Martyris) - (Write-In 2 Questions)
I have questions. You will answer.
(Reward: Answers.)
[ ] 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 when a shift in attention is required.
(Cost: 0.01 Goodwill
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 A 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. Well, you are an official religion; you can 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 too much to do and not enough hands. Start helping out.
(Can be taken multiple times.
Reward: +1 Action is done)
[ ] Lead By Example (Write in Action)
Help your People, and 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 - (Goodwill Cost) - 2 (Two) Turns cooldown.
Not everything can always be sunshine and rainbows; sometimes, shit goes sideways, and people must be reminded that failure is not the world's end.
(Cost: 5/12/30 Goodwill
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 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: According to the available Followers, the maximum amount of Faithful is created.)
[ ] 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
Let me know if you spot any mistakes or have questions so I can provide a better experience.
AN: Moving will be happening soon, so things will slow down for me.
A moratorium will be until 07.06.23 at 17:00 CET.
Voting will be closed [This Year] at 17:00 CET.
Omake Bony can be applied until 20:00 CET.
I will roll [This Year] at 17:00 CET if no one has rolled yet.
Updates will be online [This Year] at 17:00 CET.
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- Location
- Queensland, Australia
... Well. I have a feeling that we're going to need to help the Tailors rebuild now. Or at least, put some effort into making up for that massacre they suffered on our orders. And we probably shouldn't expect much more aid from them. At least of the same degree of danger aka minimise Necropolis fighting.
Oh, and we should absolutely get as full a report on how things went for them as possible, analyse all of that data and then give them one of the copies we make of it. Because that was a successful military campaign into a Necropolis that went wrong. The knowledge of how things went is probably near-priceless.
Oh, and we should absolutely get as full a report on how things went for them as possible, analyse all of that data and then give them one of the copies we make of it. Because that was a successful military campaign into a Necropolis that went wrong. The knowledge of how things went is probably near-priceless.
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HeroCooky
Unverified Monstergirl
They lost less than 7% of their total strenght. They fully expected to loose everyone if things went wrong. In that light, any survivors are a massive amount of survivors!
- Location
- Queensland, Australia
Okay yeah, so they've got more than I thought when I first typed up that comment (with vague memories of them numbering in possibly the high thousands having been the reason why I edited the comment slightly after posting it) but for a single action, a fatality rate of 90% is... It's not something we want to keep up if we're to ensure the mercenaries in debt to us remain willing to be in debt to us and/or unwilling to take the reputation loss of breaching contracts with us. And worse, if it keeps up then others would be very accepting of them breaching those contracts because we are obviously 'ill using a valuable resource'. It'll still be a stain but not a disastrous one.
So we're going to want to be very cautious of further deployments into the Necropolis. Personally I suspect we're going to want to do an active scouting action in support to basically act as pathfinders for them so they don't stumble upon another disaster like they did her, or at least aren't as likely to do so. Unless it's a valuable enough prize to make up for that such as needing to clear out the Zone because if there's any chance of either securing that region as a semi-permanent deep necropolis safe zone, or even more valuably though hilariously unlikely, a permanent settlement then I think everyone would recognise that's something worth the cost. So long as we take proper pre-cautions regarding getting them there that is. No need to be foolish about it.
I still want to compile a record of how the expedition went and analyse it though, because those documents would be extremely valuable for us in our future efforts in the necropolis.