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[X] Hustle to contribute to Avalanche's chances of victory at the election.
In the Wake of Monsters - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Exmorri
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- Fantasy
I thought slow and steady gave rerolls throughout the turn? Was that mistaken?
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- Norway
I conceived of Slow and Steady as giving rerolls on the actions it's planned with, since it represents time taken to, well, plan those out in advance. The actions for a regular turn go over the course of months, Slow and Steady is taking days out of your schedule to make sure you're prepared for those months, and more days so you have margin for error against long-term projects getting delayed. It does not apply to surprises springing up during those months, or for miniturn events called on short notice.
I may not have explained this well enough before, but does this at least make sense? It's in-world readiness, not magical luck.
So which god is in charge of luck and how expensive are they to bribe?
On a side note how well known is Marble's smithing skill? The blessing was fairly public and I presume people have noticed his new biceps. However being declared a master of the craft may or may not have passed through the rumour mill, depending on the culture.
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- Norway
Regular people asking that question are usually looking for the sort of luck bestowed by Plentimon, God of Gambling. Legend says he holds a ~poker tournament every year somewhere in the world and blesses the winner. Buy-in is only moderately expensive, but you need a good deal of luck or skill in the first place to get through.
From context, though, I infer you'd want to approach the Moon herself if you want all game rolls to turn up well, and the level of bribe needed to get her personal favor is something like building a consecrated temple-city where the roads are in the shape of characters spelling out prayers and people going about their daily business are simultaneously performing constant acts of worship.
The blessing is fairly well known throughout the city: Oooh, neat, one of the high gods stopped by!
How much Marble has taken advantage of it and mastered recently has been slower to spread, is mostly known among the inter-smithing grapevine and to Marble's immediate family, but the rumor mill is still grinding away in the shadow of larger events. On the next full turn I'll include an option to profit directly from it by taking commissions.
Yep. On the bright side, it was probably one of the safest places to totally whiff, with a friendly audience.
TimEd
Meteor maker
do we get a malus if we wiff another public speaking role again? Because we have had more mediocre rolls regarding group interactions than not.
We are just bad at tooting our own horn
We should pay someone to do it for us.
Fezzes
Knight of King Stannis Baratheon
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
Something for when we hit Stewardship 40, I suppose.
TimEd
Meteor maker
if we reach that, we probably have choice pibk on which god to court favors from.
- Location
- Somewhere
If only we had 100g. The trip is still happening?
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- Norway
You might get a reputation, but you will not get a negative trait. I'm not sure which one of those you meant.
Whoops!
My mistake, I totally forgot I had offered the option to tag along as a worker, so I messed up and left it out of the relevant vote. I'll make sure to add it back next turn - there's frequently someone going on a trip like that, so I can fudge a little and say it's a different caravan or something.Have a prize for catching my screwup there. You may select a topic, group or NPC that you want an interlude or informational post about.
TimEd
Meteor maker
Any of the two really. Its just that we are pretty badass as a Steward. Its nice to see us stumble on stuff like this.
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- Somewhere
Yay, normally I'd choose the intrigue advisor, whomever Marble's current antagonists are, maybe the end game big bad, the viewpoint on the cultivators who took over the city. Or ask for what happens to Marble if he is removed from the council, after the Portlord is replaced?Whoops!
Have a prize for catching my screwup there. You may select a topic, group or NPC that you want an interlude or informational post about.
Instead, I want an interlude on The Divine Bureaucracy. Specifically, Director Shenji of the Celestial Office of Design, God of Transmutative Thaumaturgy with a specified date (day/month/year) of when the interlude takes place (I'd prefer if it takes place in the current present, but sometimes requests really should specify tiny things like want a date number?).
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- Norway
Vote closed, working on the update and the requested interlude, getting back to faster posting!
That was unexpected.
Election Season 2: Misfortunes
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- Norway
[*] Hustle to contribute to Avalanche's chances of victory at the election.
[Campaigning: Diplomacy, 2+15=17.]
Indeed, when you go to negotiate with the scion of Clan Mace, he is quite open and straightforwards about what he wants, and it is within your capabilities to offer:
A large bribe.
You politely hint that this is impractical and suggest other political favors that Clan Avalanche would be able to offer, based on what you were told at the recent family meeting. Rather than take the opportunity to discreetly save face, your counterpart gets more overt and begins suggesting ways for you to embezzle money from the palace treasury and channel it to his clan. His bluntness prompts you to respond in kind: you did not spend weeks filtering out corrupt suppliers and subpar materials from the city wall just to reinstate them now! What would his ancestors think if they saw him, plotting to betray the city and sell out its safety? Only then does he attempt to save face by loudly denying that he is suggesting any such thing.
You are not invited back.
The woman you meet with the next day is not so blatantly greedy, but still wants much the same, cloaked in a better facade of contractual arrangements. Why must this happen to you? Are the smaller clans always this mercenary in selling their loyalty? Or are you perhaps left negotiating with the dregs because all the sensible ones have already promised their support to someone?
In an attempt to get offers more suitable for following up and escalating to your clan head for final agreement, you let 'slip' at a poetry recital a few choice remarks about just how terribly short-sighted and greedy some small and petty people can be. This goes over badly enough that your father afterwards reminds you to be more subtle. A few words are passed inside Avalanche about damage control, and you end up seeing a clan head in person... false fame, since for the man in question to be meeting with you and not with Pillar can only be because his clan is so small to be little more than an extended family group, established within your lifetime. So you listen to the flattery of a minor patriarch on behalf of his score of descendants and in-laws that comprise Clan Rattle, and affirm to him the platitudes you have been told to affirm: that Avalanche is on the rise and will repay loyal clients and so forth.
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Three days later you hear that Bridge Obedience, head of Clan Bridge, is dead. Rumor suggests foul play, coming just as the fifth Great House is to be chosen, but nothing can be proven. You never knew the man, so you feel no sorrow at his passing, and even a tinge of joy: this might be what guarantees Avalanche's elevation if Bridge's plans are thrown into disarray. Inappropriate, perhaps, but perhaps also unavoidable.
It also means a small delay of the election is negotiated, as the funeral ceremonies for the head of a Great House are large and time-consuming and impose obligations on a great many people. The rescheduled conclave is now due to happen just before the next meeting of the Privy Council, and if the election runs long, it might not have concluded the next time you meet Void.
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Voting time. This is a miniturn in a small span of time, so you do not have the normal options - but in the election season, networking and gossiping are still running high, so social opportunities are more easily available. You get one choice from the social actions:
[] Get to know one of your fellow councillors. (choose which)
[] Spy on one of your fellow councillors. (choose which)
[] Socialize and build connections with one of the great clans of Silverport. (choose which)
[] Spend time with someone else. (choose whom)
[] Hustle to contribute to Avalanche's chances of victory at the election.
[] There's always more paperwork to do at the office. Focus on that rather than risk another diplomatic misstep.
QM Notes:
So here's that bad reputation TimEd was wondering about. Ya jinxed it!
