- Location
- Poland
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Damn, all this time I thought it was a bonus for not overworking.
Good to know, changed.
@RookDeSuit, could you remove that line as well?
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In the Wake of Monsters - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Exmorri
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- Fantasy
Good to know, changed.
@RookDeSuit, could you remove that line as well?
More and more I feel spoiled by Stirland. Van Hal kept a tight council and his advisors, by and large, were good at their jobs. Silverport… not so much.
External campaigns seem to be going well. But at the expense of ignoring stuff within the city.
Might have missed our chance at networking. Or perhaps not, rumor and opinion are ficle and ever changing.
Glad we didn't (further) alienate Three.
The wrong question. Better question: Does he like us enough to accept simple not embezzling anymore?
On the Lore issue… better to poke it in the light than to let it fester in the dark.
[X] [Lore] Knowledge is power, and light destroys lies. Distribute it to scholars for thorough investigation.
[X] Plan Fixing Problems
-[X] [Action] Pick between 1 and 6 actions to spend on watching present spending
--[X] 3
-[X] [Action] Go and help out at your experimental forge. It'll surely go better with both your vision and your new understanding to assist.
-[X] [Action] Go out and promote mirrormetal. Find uses for it. Look for more buyers. Advertise. Hustle.
-[X] [Free Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Gold)
-[X] [Action] Slow and Steady. Use an action to take your time to think and plan properly before you do anything else. Other planned actions this turn get a bonus die to their rolls. Cannot be used if overworking.
-[X] [Finance] Stop embezzling.
-[X] [Finance] Pay down remainder of debt immediately. (-69g)
We have been put on notice. If we don't stop embezzling now then next turn Mr Blessed With Vigilance will stop up directly. As such we need to promote the mirrors to make up the short-fall. 3 actions on our job, all focused on current offenders. Partly self-serving, partly because we have kicked out a whole bunch of staff and I don't want to waste time finding out that former employees were stealing. Void wants loyalty, not recovering lost revenue.
Starmetal will cover a multitude of sins.
Approval vote:
[X] Plan Not Just Some Clerk
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- Location
- Somewhere
Your plan and 'Removing Impurities' only differ by name. Why not change the name?
- Location
- California
Because it's essential the same thing without slow and steady.
However, I'm probably going to change plans later. Right now, I'm having a late lunch.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] [Lore] It's dangerous, but we cannot afford to ignore it entirely. Create a secret organization to study it.
[X] Plan Not Just Some Clerk
-[X] [Action] Pick between 1 and 6 actions to spend on watching present spending
--[X] 3
-[X] [Action] Go and help out at your experimental forge. It'll surely go better with both your vision and your new understanding to assist.
-[X] [Action] Go out and promote mirrormetal. Find uses for it. Look for more buyers. Advertise. Hustle.
-[X] [Overwork] Skimp on family obligations. You get an extra action this turn. May damage your social standing.
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Bridge)
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Wisdom)
-[X] [Free Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Gold)
-[X] [Debt] Pay down remainder of debt immediately. (-69g)
-[X] [Embezzling] Stop embezzling.
There isn't ever going to be a good time to really dedicate ourselves to promoting Clan Avalanche for great clan status, so we might as well dive in this turn when we really don't have that much on our plate to worry about. Since we already overworked by skimping on food and sleep a few turns ago, I don't want to risk pushing Marble to the breaking point. Better to miss some family functions in the pursuit of improving the clan's status, especially since we're finally going to get our uncle off our back.
Edit: changed embezzlement from reducing to 10g to canceling all together.
[X] Plan Not Just Some Clerk
-[X] [Action] Pick between 1 and 6 actions to spend on watching present spending
--[X] 3
-[X] [Action] Go and help out at your experimental forge. It'll surely go better with both your vision and your new understanding to assist.
-[X] [Action] Go out and promote mirrormetal. Find uses for it. Look for more buyers. Advertise. Hustle.
-[X] [Overwork] Skimp on family obligations. You get an extra action this turn. May damage your social standing.
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Bridge)
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Wisdom)
-[X] [Free Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Gold)
-[X] [Debt] Pay down remainder of debt immediately. (-69g)
-[X] [Embezzling] Stop embezzling.
There isn't ever going to be a good time to really dedicate ourselves to promoting Clan Avalanche for great clan status, so we might as well dive in this turn when we really don't have that much on our plate to worry about. Since we already overworked by skimping on food and sleep a few turns ago, I don't want to risk pushing Marble to the breaking point. Better to miss some family functions in the pursuit of improving the clan's status, especially since we're finally going to get our uncle off our back.
Edit: changed embezzlement from reducing to 10g to canceling all together.
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- Somewhere
Identical meat, dif label.
- Location
- Poland
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Firstly- my original plan just doesn't have Slow and Steady anymore, so no need to change it's name.
Secondly- I don't like Helmsland either... and looks like others are not afraid of annoying Void... so yeah, let's maybe change it.
Suggesting switching to either helping out with our experimental forge (cause Zara helps with that too), or learning Old Tongue (2/3 way there, and we were offered a spot on the secret organization, even if OOC).
@RookDeSuit, @Marlin - thoughts?
- Location
- Burgundian Netherlands
I don't think spreading the knowledge around is anywhere near a good idea. Regular scholars getting their hands on knowledge of the kind detailed in the Book of Gates seems like a Bad End. We don't know what other surprises the Abominations left us, including surprises in human shape.
Also, we kind of have to take the successor action to studying the book with Three, considering the way we broke off the last session. We're concerned that the Abominations left a breadcrumb trail, and Three is struggling, so we can hardly leave her alone now.
If we're voting for a secret organisation to study the Abomination lore, I'm assuming we'll play a part in its founding, so getting to the bottom of this and clearing things with Three seems even more important in that light.
I wonder how she came to that conclusion. The book points out that even before the Abominations came opening gateways to the Demon World was easy. Why does she think that it's more open now? I wonder what else the Abominations told her when they told her that humans could also pass through gates to the Demon World.
@Exmorri Something that's been tickling in the back of my head for a while, what do any of the capital 'G', great Overworld Gods know about the appearance and existence of the Abominations? Surely an event of such catastrophic scale must have reached one of the Incarnae-equivalents, even if it might not have reached the big man himself.
Also, we kind of have to take the successor action to studying the book with Three, considering the way we broke off the last session. We're concerned that the Abominations left a breadcrumb trail, and Three is struggling, so we can hardly leave her alone now.
If we're voting for a secret organisation to study the Abomination lore, I'm assuming we'll play a part in its founding, so getting to the bottom of this and clearing things with Three seems even more important in that light.
I wonder how she came to that conclusion. The book points out that even before the Abominations came opening gateways to the Demon World was easy. Why does she think that it's more open now? I wonder what else the Abominations told her when they told her that humans could also pass through gates to the Demon World.
@Exmorri Something that's been tickling in the back of my head for a while, what do any of the capital 'G', great Overworld Gods know about the appearance and existence of the Abominations? Surely an event of such catastrophic scale must have reached one of the Incarnae-equivalents, even if it might not have reached the big man himself.
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I would approval vote for these if they didn't include embezzlement.
Something to keep in mind: risk of discovery. If Void already knows, which seems likely, then he isn't going to forget just because we hide it better.
- Location
- California
Lol. Yeah, I see how what I did would be weird.
So best thing might be to quit our embezzlement, but we have to hustle the values of our mirrormetal. Maybe, even physical help the forge.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Hmmm... No doubt you're right. It'll be tight, but if we work at the mirrormetal forge after spending a turn promoting it we might be able to come out on top. I'll edit my plan to remove embezzlement all together.
- Location
- California
Remove or stop altogether?
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Stop altogether, my bad for the confusion.
King50000 said:
- Location
- California
[X] Plan Not Just Some Clerk
-[X] [Action] Pick between 1 and 6 actions to spend on watching present spending
--[X] 3
-[X] [Action] Go and help out at your experimental forge. It'll surely go better with both your vision and your new understanding to assist.
-[X] [Action] Go out and promote mirrormetal. Find uses for it. Look for more buyers. Advertise. Hustle.
-[X] [Overwork] Skimp on family obligations. You get an extra action this turn. May damage your social standing.
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Bridge)
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Wisdom)
-[X] [Free Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Gold)
-[X] [Debt] Pay down remainder of debt immediately. (-69g)
-[X] [Embezzling] Stop embezzling.
Has my vote.
-[X] [Action] Pick between 1 and 6 actions to spend on watching present spending
--[X] 3
-[X] [Action] Go and help out at your experimental forge. It'll surely go better with both your vision and your new understanding to assist.
-[X] [Action] Go out and promote mirrormetal. Find uses for it. Look for more buyers. Advertise. Hustle.
-[X] [Overwork] Skimp on family obligations. You get an extra action this turn. May damage your social standing.
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Bridge)
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Wisdom)
-[X] [Free Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Gold)
-[X] [Debt] Pay down remainder of debt immediately. (-69g)
-[X] [Embezzling] Stop embezzling.
Has my vote.
- Location
- Poland
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Yeah, I am jumping on the no stealing bandwagon. It'll make Marble a truly pure soul.
Also, changing preparations for Helmsland for mirrormetal selling. We'll need that money now.
Your math is wrong. We're paying 35g a turn on the debt, and our total upkeep is 88. This means that once the debt is gone, our total upkeep will be 53, not 63. If we cut down to 10g a turn, we're positive before the ? from mirrormetal. Admittedly, only by seven per turn, but we're only at +12 per turn now before the ?, so it's not that much of a loss compared to where we are now.
- Location
- va
[X] [Lore] It's dangerous, but we cannot afford to ignore it entirely. Create a secret organization to study it.
[X] Plan Removing Impurities
[X] Plan Removing Impurities
Genesys
(Discrete Mokona)
- Location
- California
Hm. If we pay down the debt now, 60g +mirrormetal is barely enough to cover our costs, plus maybe 10-15 g of surplus?
We won't be able to make any heavy moves to develop in personal interests, though, due to low surpluses, and upkeep costs. Starmetal will cash out when it finishes development, but that'll be a while, and until then, we have a small budget for that.
We won't be able to make any heavy moves to develop in personal interests, though, due to low surpluses, and upkeep costs. Starmetal will cash out when it finishes development, but that'll be a while, and until then, we have a small budget for that.
I'm okay with cutting embezzlement entirely, but I want that smithing training, I want that work to hit a breakthrough, and none of the plans with a chance are doing that.
The budgetvwill be tight but positive
We'd need the following infrastructures:
-Messenger service or ministry dedicated to relaying messages and goods. It wouldn't need a state monopoly, only state backing, the small party merchants who can't afford their own caravans will gladly make use of it for a fee.
--We'd also want to work with the spymaster to piggyback their observers onto this.
-We'd need local offices to carry out administration, but far from oversight they're liable to do their own thing. We'd need a Ministry of Audits authorized to monitor and report back regarding accounts, with personnel on some form of rotation.
-Lower rank clerks have to be hired locally, we can't afford the overhead of shipping them back and forth, but higher rank officials CAN be trained and vetted locally for reliability and loyalty before being dispatched.
-We'd want to divide power a bit. Make it a bit harder for them to go independent by splitting authority across a double or triple signature approval at the highest levels.
The budgetvwill be tight but positive
This line made the update incidentally. Heh.
Oh huh, someone's pulling intrigue against us.
Okay, so as far as I'm aware, our information relay capacity is basically runner on a horse, which is too far to administrate directly, and vulnerable to bandits.
We'd need the following infrastructures:
-Messenger service or ministry dedicated to relaying messages and goods. It wouldn't need a state monopoly, only state backing, the small party merchants who can't afford their own caravans will gladly make use of it for a fee.
--We'd also want to work with the spymaster to piggyback their observers onto this.
-We'd need local offices to carry out administration, but far from oversight they're liable to do their own thing. We'd need a Ministry of Audits authorized to monitor and report back regarding accounts, with personnel on some form of rotation.
-Lower rank clerks have to be hired locally, we can't afford the overhead of shipping them back and forth, but higher rank officials CAN be trained and vetted locally for reliability and loyalty before being dispatched.
-We'd want to divide power a bit. Make it a bit harder for them to go independent by splitting authority across a double or triple signature approval at the highest levels.
[X] [Lore] It's dangerous, but we cannot afford to ignore it entirely. Create a secret organization to study it.
[X] Plan Not Just Some Clerk
-[X] [Action] Pick between 1 and 6 actions to spend on watching present spending
--[X] 3
-[X] [Action] Go and help out at your experimental forge. It'll surely go better with both your vision and your new understanding to assist.
-[X] [Action] Go out and promote mirrormetal. Find uses for it. Look for more buyers. Advertise. Hustle.
-[X] [Overwork] Skimp on family obligations. You get an extra action this turn. May damage your social standing.
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Bridge)
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Wisdom)
-[X] [Free Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Gold)
-[X] [Debt] Pay down remainder of debt immediately. (-69g)
-[X] [Embezzling] Stop embezzling.
[X] Plan Not Just Some Clerk
-[X] [Action] Pick between 1 and 6 actions to spend on watching present spending
--[X] 3
-[X] [Action] Go and help out at your experimental forge. It'll surely go better with both your vision and your new understanding to assist.
-[X] [Action] Go out and promote mirrormetal. Find uses for it. Look for more buyers. Advertise. Hustle.
-[X] [Overwork] Skimp on family obligations. You get an extra action this turn. May damage your social standing.
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Bridge)
-[X] [Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Wisdom)
-[X] [Free Action] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (Gold)
-[X] [Debt] Pay down remainder of debt immediately. (-69g)
-[X] [Embezzling] Stop embezzling.