Food conjuring: Let's be honest here, right now our real problem is not the work the castle staff would have in preparing whatever it is, but that the war is making so that everything is scarcer. Instead of summoning prepared food we should try to summon basic unprepared supplies instead. That is, summon flour, sugar, possibly some spices, maybe milk, etc.
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The objections presented for 'summon tables of food' versus 'have the castle staff prepare something' have been that it would blow Jaina's cover as a 'prodigy'. Unless the castle staff runs a much laxer ship than I can imagine, summoning raw ingredients would do the same, plus it would probably require Jaina research some kind of variant to the two established rituals for summoning food. (Bread and water or table of scones and milk per MM). Doable, but a potential waste of time.

In any case, as you say unless we let everyone KNOW that we're summoning the food with magic the PERCEPTION will be that Jaina is 'wasting food'. Not that I really give a damn, since it's such a miniscule amount of food to 'waste' that only people already REALLY looking for something to criticize about Jaina will jump on it. If you are letting everyone know that Jaina is summoning the food with magic I don't see how prepared vs unprepared foods make any difference.

...I think given we are talking about maybe a few hundred small pastries here people may be overthinking this. I would not be at all surprised if Muridan eats FAR more food than that over the few days he's in residence. Likewise I don't see how it's that much trouble for the staff... A last minute feast for nobility might have been an issue, this is literally nothing for even a single professional cook much less an entire cooking staff.
 
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Food conjuring: Let's be honest here, right now our real problem is not the work the castle staff would have in preparing whatever it is, but that the war is making so that everything is scarcer. Instead of summoning prepared food we should try to summon basic unprepared supplies instead. That is, summon flour, sugar, possibly some spices, maybe milk, etc.

Of course, if we do so, we should probably not keep it a secret, otherwise it will look like we are being incredibly decadent and wasteful with food.
Conjured food vanishes if left uneaten.
 
[X] A small party in Castle Boralus would be nice
-[X] After a modest time partying at the castle, take to the streets of the capital and start passing out small party favors to all the young children we meet. Things like a simple but tasty sticky/sweet bun for the commoner children, and perhaps a small cake with 'thank you for your service during this hard war' written on it at each noble estate we can reasonably get to within walking distance.
-[X] Magically conjure food for the party, so the kitchens only need to make the stuff you can't conjure.

6.2 Before the Party

"A small party?" Moira deflated slightly. "It's better than no party, I s'pose."

"Yes, indeed. Now, let's see who we have to invite, since they are already living in the castle's other chambers for their own safety," Jaina conjured up parchment and quill on the spot. She then frowned down at the utensils in her tiny, grubby hands. "I need to make a spell for making ball point pens..."

"What's that?"

"Nothing, now this is who will probably be there..."

Francine Falrevere (13) - Later known as Duke Falrevere, who started and controls the Bloodsail Buccaneers, the only human-led pirating faction not controlled by goblins. Before he became this mustache twirling gentleman of piracy, Francine Falrevere was a snot-nosed, knobby-kneed brat who hated his given first name so much that he starting bawling whenever someone didn't call him 'Duke'. In the distant future, he is both a genius of naval logistics and a criminal mastermind who duped many adventurers into starting slaughtering sprees in the neutral goblin towns all for the promise of what seemed to be a hat.

Wallace Boltscrew (9) - One of the apprentices of the gnome ambassadors to Kul Tiras with a noble lineage, Wally is the son of the Falrevere family's retainers. While he is not close to the full potential of the tinkering gnomes, he was able to built a fully operational submarine by the time when he was twenty, while most of the world still did not believe ships could be anything but wood. At this moment however, he is a klutzy, nasally bookworm with thick glasses who trips over his own feet.

Finnall Goldensword (6) - Rumored to be a bastard daughter of Daelin Proudmoore and a High Elf wizard, Finnall is one of the few who remained behind in the Plaguelands when Arthas turned for the worst. She is perhaps the only one who never once left the frontlines, even when all of her own followers had left her. Jaina doesn't believe those silly rumors... Daelin might have been harsh on the orcs, but he would never have been disloyal to Mother, right? Right??? As Fin is currently, she is so shy, she hides behind Jaina around even people she is familiar with.

Zaphriel Zalaphil (9) - Later a loyal soldier of Kul Tiras, who fought against the Horde even after Daelin had parished and he had sustained crippling wounds that left him barely able to defeat a half-grown peasant, Zalaphil is at this time an aspiring squire. He also has the (mis)fortune of being stepped upon by Muradin Bronzebeard several times. Loyal, but perhaps too loyal if not aligned to Jaina's interests.

Danny Savoy (12) - Later known as Dannol Scurvgrin, the pirate lord who rivaled even Duke Falrevere in sheer skill of arms and ruthlessness as a ship captain despite never building up an entire faction to back himself up, Danny is a sickly boy who can't walk anywhere without his walking stick. He likes to sunbath and play with kittens, and is often the target of opportunity for many other noble-born boys who aspire to be bullies, such as Francine Falrevere. He is known to hold a grudge.

Eadric Crestfallen (16) - Later known as Eadric the Pure, Eadric left Jaina's service when she announced she would be fighting Daelin to save Thrall, an act that Eadric decried as horrifying. After the defeat of Archimond at the World Tree, Eadric joined the Argent Dawn to save the other human survivors from the Undead. Eadric, even at this young age, seemed to believe that humans should stand above all other races in the world, though perhaps the High Elves are their only equal. He is a Knight-Errant who was left to safeguard Kul Tiras, and is the son of the Duke of Crestfall, the second largest island within the Kul Tiras domain, second to the main island only.

Hammerton Drisbeard (8) - Son of the Count of Drisburg, the only Dwarf nobility sworn to Daelin Proudmoore of note, Hammerton does not have much of a future compared to the others, since he later dies to the undead scourge that burned down Drisburg. A hearty fellow, Hammerton was known to be one of the few who advocated more equality amongst races, mainly because Drisburg has equal portions of gnomes, dwarves, and humans in its population. He distrusts High Elves and thinks of them only as sneaky, big-eared knowledge-stealing poofs, however. He never grows to be much of a fighter, though he was a rising star in Kul Tiras politics before the undead struck.

"... Are ye done yet?" Moira complained.

"Yes, yes, now let me conjure up some chilled mead, and we'll be set." Jaina rolled her eyes good-naturedly. Somehow, this sort of interaction, so unlike the long-term planning and the magical studies she had done in the past, seemed to set herself at ease rather than cause her to stress over things.

What could this strange phenomenon be?

Maybe she should ask Father about it when she saw him next?

As it turned out, Jaina could conjure just about anything necessary for the party, and by the time all the invitations were written (by Moira), Jaina's formulas were all ready to come into fruition. Tarts and sweet stuffs of all sorts, bubbly, fizzy drinks, and all that, were all but overflowing from her fingertips, and she might have conjured enough scones and bread to fill entire barrels. It was better to have more than enough, than to have less, after all.

Strangely, some of the kitchen hands (apprentices and journeymen, really, since all the best and brightest were taken to go with Daelin), seemed oddly affronted by all of this. They would avoid Jaina not long after that, and she felt there was nothing she could do about it.

[ ] Stay with Moira Bronzebeard at the head table and socialize with whoever approaches. It is in the host's interests to be always visible at the party!
[ ] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
[ ] The teenage nobles have formed different factions, even at this age, it would be best to go and stop them from coming to conflicts at the party!
[ ] While it might not be for the best, Jaina isn't used to talking to boys. Why not gather the girls at the party and socialize with them in depths?
 
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[ ] The teenage nobles have formed different factions, even at this age, it would be best to go and stop them from coming to conflicts at the party!

Won't work, we've not yet established respect amongst the Younger generation.

[ ] Stay with Moira Bronzebeard at the head table and socialize with whoever approaches. It is in the host's interests to be always visible at the party!

Passive, won't net us respect as a leader.

[ ] While it might not be for the best, Jaina isn't used to talking to boys. Why not gather the girls at the party and socialize with them in depths?

Will net us less social links.

Therefore:

[X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
-[]Finnall Goldensword Priority 1
--[]Hammerton Drisbeard Priority 2
---[]Danny Savoy Priority 3
----[]Wallace Boltscrew Priority 4
-----[] Francine (Duke) Falrevere Priority 5


Get to know our sister and the Dwarf, then bullied boy with the kittens, ideally taking our secret onee-sama along with us(what six year old doesn't like kittens?).

Leave Boltscrew until last because we'd probably get sucked into an extremely nerdy discussion that makes everybody else lose interest and make us forget the time.

If Falrevere is still at the party and we didn't get caught in a long discussion with Boltscrew, go for Bloodsail Social Link completionism. If nothing else, he's talented at Naval warfare and logistics, if we can get him loyal to us we'll get a great chief of staff. If not, we'll probably get some Stewardship and Martial related insights out of it

We have above average charisma at 16, a low diplomacy score of 6 and we are three.


Wallace because he looks to be our size(again, we're three)
Finnal because she's the closest to us in age(probably our half-sister and possible "in" with the High Elves)
Danny because he is sickly and likes kittens(what three year old doesn't like kittens?) also might allow us to establish respect amongst the younger generation if we successfully protect him if anybody bullies him.

Hammerton is twofold: We might be able to change his position on Elves or we might be able to use him to get closer to our half-sister by protecting her.
This would incidentally make us talk to:
1 2 Humans
1 Dwarf
1 Gnome
1 Half-Elf

@midnightmissiles, is this possible or am I confusing "Go and mingle" with the "Teenage Nobles" action?

Edit: Wallace is human.

EditEdit: Prioritized and added reasoning behind it.

EditEditEdit: Added Falrevere on the lowest prio and reasoning for it.
 
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All of the choices seems like a good idea, or at least their weighted pros and cons set them at a equilibrium. Having said that, mingling is probably the best answer, it feels that way at least.

[X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
 
...I should have anticipated that 'wasting supplies' thing would insult the kitchen staff. Somebody making your job irrelevant and basically showing they don't trust your work is hardly flattering.

Well, perhaps we can make it up to them later.
 
[X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
-[X] Moira Bronzebeard Priority 1
-[X] Finnall Goldensword Priority 2
-[X] Hammerton Drisbeard Priority 3
-[X] Danny Savoy Priority 4
-[X] Wallace Boltscrew Priority 5
-[X] Francine (Duke) Falrevere Priority 6

Sounds good to me.
 
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If we go we should grab Moira Bronzebeard along for the ride, so she does not feel left out. Lets handle potential future enemies with care and see to it if we can no turn them to our allies, or at least neutrals.
 
[X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
-[X] Moira Bronzebeard Priority 1
-[X] Finnall Goldensword Priority 2
-[X] Hammerton Drisbeard Priority 3
-[X] Danny Savoy Priority 4
-[X] Wallace Boltscrew Priority 5
-[X] Francine (Duke) Falrevere Priority 6
 
In the distant future, he is both a genius of naval logistics and a criminal mastermind who duped many adventurers into starting slaughtering sprees in the neutral goblin towns all for the promise of what seemed to be a hat.
Snerk

"... Are ye done yet?" Moira complained.

"Yes, yes, now let me conjure up some chilled mead, and we'll be set." Jaina rolled her eyes good-naturedly. Somehow, this sort of interaction, so unlike the long-term planning and the magical studies she had done in the past, seemed to set herself at ease rather than cause her to stress over things.

What could this strange phenomenon be?
And more trauma, again. Jaina pretty much graduated from having issues to buying the lifetime subscription, hasn't she. Poor kid.
 
[X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
-[X] Moira Bronzebeard Priority 1
-[X] Finnall Goldensword Priority 2
-[X] Hammerton Drisbeard Priority 3
-[X] Danny Savoy Priority 4
-[X] Wallace Boltscrew Priority 5
-[X] Francine (Duke) Falrevere Priority 6

Point taken @remulian.
 
[X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
-[X] Moira Bronzebeard Priority 1
-[X] Finnall Goldensword Priority 2
-[X] Hammerton Drisbeard Priority 3
-[X] Danny Savoy Priority 4
-[X] Wallace Boltscrew Priority 5
-[X] Francine (Duke) Falrevere Priority 6
 
[X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
-[X] Moira Bronzebeard Priority 1
-[X] Finnall Goldensword Priority 2
-[X] Hammerton Drisbeard Priority 3
-[X] Danny Savoy Priority 4
-[X] Wallace Boltscrew Priority 5
-[X] Francine (Duke) Falrevere Priority 6




Finally caught up with reading all the pages. Sounds fun so far. :)
 
[X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
-[X] Moira Bronzebeard Priority 1
-[X] Finnall Goldensword Priority 2
-[X] Hammerton Drisbeard Priority 3
-[X] Danny Savoy Priority 4
-[X] Wallace Boltscrew Priority 5
-[X] Francine (Duke) Falrevere Priority 6
 
[X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
-[X] Moira Bronzebeard Priority 1
-[X] Finnall Goldensword Priority 2
-[X] Hammerton Drisbeard Priority 3
-[X] Danny Savoy Priority 4
-[X] Wallace Boltscrew Priority 5
-[X] Francine (Duke) Falrevere Priority 6
 
[X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
-[X] Moira Bronzebeard Priority 1
-[X] Finnall Goldensword Priority 2
-[X] Hammerton Drisbeard Priority 3
-[X] Danny Savoy Priority 4
-[X] Wallace Boltscrew Priority 5
-[X] Francine (Duke) Falrevere Priority 6
 
X] Go about and mingle amongst the guests, because there are actually many people who should get to know Jaina better, if even at all!
-[X] Moira Bronzebeard Priority 1
-[X] Finnall Goldensword Priority 2
-[X] Hammerton Drisbeard Priority 3
-[X] Danny Savoy Priority 4
-[X] Wallace Boltscrew Priority 5
-[X] Francine (Duke) Falrevere Priority 6
 
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