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Kingdom on the World's Edge [A Fief Builder / Cultivation Quest]

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You know you don't need to put those notes on the end anymore. Mystical elixirs are basically worthless to you and Nuan Heng is in charge of both the profits from the resort and access to it.
 
I know I've been kind of slow updating. I've taken on more than I can chew quest wise. So I decided that to try and make up for it I'd at least provide the action results. This is just the draft and has no fluff. I'll try and finish it tomorrow, but I can't guarantee it.

Royal Tribute: $33,281
Royal Government: -$4,800
Ministries -$370
Divisions: -$3,360
Border Forts: -$250
Expenditures: -$10,000

Royal Budget: $14,501
Royal Treasury: $62,756
New Balance $77,257

Gang Junjie
-[X] Artificer - +2 Qi Spirit
-[X] Cultivation – Cultivate the Piercing Blade School (7 Qi Total)
--[X] At the Imperial Cultivation Site (would be 10 Qi at a Metal site)

Junjie Spirit: 72 [2/5]
Junjie Piercing Blade: Adequate Monarch [7/10]

-[X] Talk to someone
--[X] Zheng Yijun
--[X] Discuss purchasing Royal Elixirs occasionally. Especially Sage Elixirs.

Junjie Merchant: Skilled Grandmaster [6/10]
New Action: Purchase Royal Elixir
Duchess Zheng is willing to provide a limited number of Royal Elixirs for sale each year.
-[ ] Healing Elixir +1 ($60)/+2 ($300)
-[ ] Combat Elixir +1 ($60)/+2 ($300)
-[ ] Skill Elixir +1 ($90)/+2 ($450)
-[ ] Cultivation Aid ($4500)

-[X] Go hunting with Li Mei

Junjie Piercing Blade: Adequate Monarch [8/10]
The Violet Dragon's Hunger Clock: Reduced 1 Tick

-[X] Survey A Province (3 Base Ticks +3 Treasure)
--[X] Xian Gu

Xian Gu Pillar (Design): [6/10]

Li Mei
-[X] Li Mei: Celestial Blood - +5 Qi Spirit, +5 Qi Administration,
-[X] Li Mei: Cultivation – Cultivate the Administration Skill (6 Qi Total)
--[X] At the Imperial Cultivation Site

Li Mei Spirit: Spirit: 292 [0/3]
Li Mei Administrator: Skilled Monarch [10/15]

-[X] Li Mei: Build A Qi Pillar (3 Base Ticks +2 Treasure +1 Book)
--[X] In Lan Yu
--[X] With help from Ministry of Diligence for +4 Ticks
-[X] Ministry of Diligence: Build A Qi Pillar

Cost: $10,000
Lan Yu Water Pillar [10/10]
Lan Yu Pillars: 2/5

-[X] Li Mei: Disperse The Qi (4 Base Ticks +2 Treasure)
--[X] With help from the Grand Academy for +4 Ticks
-[X] Grand Academy: Disperse The Qi

New Action: Disperse the Qi [10/10]
[ ] Construct a Dragon Array (Difficult Monarch Administration)
Carve immense arrays in the cliffs around Xian Gu in order to disperse the Qi to surrounding provinces.

Cost: $50,000
Increases Qi Density: Lan Yu, Quhan, Mountain Rhino Sect

--[X] Helping Li Mei
-[X] Li Mei: Help Tiangong against Baishan

Overseer Xiang Shufen dies of "complications"
Duchess Yang Xiuying Secedes
Emperor Guyuang and Empress Yasu negotiate a deal.
The Violet Dragon's Hunger Clock: Paused
New Major Clock: Surrounded by Giants: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Nuan Heng
-[X] Nuan Heng: Cultivation – Cultivate the School of the Mud Ball (+11 Qi)
-[X] Nuan Heng: Cultivate the Merchant Skill (+11 Qi)
-[X] Nuan Heng: Cultivate the Sage Skill (+11 Qi)
-[X] Nuan Heng: Cultivate Spirit (+11 Qi)

Nuan Heng Spirit: 38 [2/5]
Nuan Heng Mud Ball: Skilled Grandmaster [5/15]
Nuan Heng Merchant: Adequate Grandmaster [4/10]
Nuan Heng Sage: Adequate Grandmaster [4/10]


Yan Xiu
-[X] Yan Xiu: Cultivation – Cultivate the School of the Steam Cloud (+11 Qi)
-[X] Yan Xiu: Cultivate the Diplomacy Skill (+11 Qi)
-[X] Yan Xiu: Cultivate the School of the Demon's Command (+11 Qi)
-[X] Yan Xiu: Cultivate Spirit (+11 Qi)

Yan Xiu Spirit: 26 [1/5]
Yan Xiu Steam Cloud: Skilled Grandmaster [5/15] +5
Yan Xiu Diplomacy: Expert Grandmaster [5/5] Capped
Yan Xiu Demon's Command: Adequate Grandmaster [4/10]

Li Chao
-[X] Spend time with Li Chao (DC 9)
--[X] With Li Mei
-[X] Li Mei: Spend time with Li Chao (DC 9)
--[X] With Junjie

Li Chao Caged Sun: Expert Warrior
Li Chao Piercing Blade: Expert Apprentice (4/5)
Li Chao Piercing Blade: Expert Apprentice (3/5)

-[X] Wailing Fog Village: Steal Cultivation Manual (4 Ticks base, +2 Treasure)
--[X] Grandmaster Ninja
--[X] Use Perfected Elixir for +2

Grandmaster Ninja Scroll: 10/10
The Shadow Arts
Improves Cultivation (Ninja): 100%, +1 Qi
Minimum General: Warrior
Maximum General: Grandmaster


-[X] Pale Moon Sect: Transcribe a Rare Manuscript from Guohaimen

The Mountain Advances
Improves Cultivation (Stone Fist): 100%, +1 Qi
Minimum General: Warrior
Maximum General: Grandmaster


-[X] Embassy: Vassal Relations (4 Ticks +2 Ticks Treasure)
--[X] City of Xu

The City of Xu: Increase minimum level of the White Anteater Cult in Longshan to Spreading
 
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Year 34: Results
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    • Year 34: Results

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    [X] Plan Dispersing Qi (Part 1)
    -[X] Artificer - +2 Qi Spirit
    -[X] Cultivation – Cultivate the Piercing Blade School (7 Qi Total)
    --[X] At the Imperial Cultivation Site (would be 10 Qi at a Metal site)
    -[X] Talk to someone
    --[X] Zheng Yijun
    --[X] Discuss purchasing Royal Elixirs occasionally. Especially Sage Elixirs.
    -[X] Go hunting with Li Mei
    -[X] Survey A Province (3 Base Ticks +3 Treasure)
    --[X] Xian Gu
    -[X] Spend time with Li Chao (DC 9)
    --[X] With Li Mei
    -[X] Li Mei: Celestial Blood - +5 Qi Spirit, +5 Qi Administration,
    -[X] Li Mei: Cultivation – Cultivate the Administration Skill (6 Qi Total)
    --[X] At the Imperial Cultivation Site
    -[X] Li Mei: Build A Qi Pillar (3 Base Ticks +2 Treasure +1 Book)
    --[X] In Lan Yu
    --[X] With help from Ministry of Diligence for +4 Ticks
    -[X] Li Mei: Disperse The Qi (4 Base Ticks +2 Treasure)
    --[X] With help from the Grand Academy for +4 Ticks
    -[X] Li Mei: Help Tiangong against Baishan
    -[X] Li Mei: Spend time with Li Chao (DC 9)
    --[X] With Junjie
    -[X] Nuan Heng: Cultivation – Cultivate the School of the Mud Ball (+11 Qi)
    -[X] Nuan Heng: Cultivate the Merchant Skill (+11 Qi)
    -[X] Nuan Heng: Cultivate the Sage Skill (+11 Qi)
    -[X] Nuan Heng: Cultivate Spirit (+11 Qi)
    -[X] Yan Xiu: Cultivation – Cultivate the School of the Steam Cloud (+11 Qi)
    -[X] Yan Xiu: Cultivate the Diplomacy Skill (+11 Qi)
    -[X] Yan Xiu: Cultivate the School of the Demon's Command (+11 Qi)
    -[X] Yan Xiu: Cultivate Spirit (+11 Qi)
    -[X] Wailing Fog Village: Steal Cultivation Manual (4 Ticks base, +2 Treasure)
    --[X] Grandmaster Ninja
    --[X] Use Perfected Elixir for +2
    -[X] Grand Academy: Disperse The Qi
    --[X] Helping Li Mei
    -[X] Pale Moon Sect: Transcribe a Rare Manuscript from Guohaimen
    -[X] Ministry of Diligence: Build A Qi Pillar
    -[X] Embassy: Vassal Relations (4 Ticks +2 Ticks Treasure)
    --[X] City of Xu
    -[X] Goldwood: Oversee Business Venture (Year 3)
    --[X] $10,000
    --[X] 5 Years
    -[X] Harrow Hounds: Drill the Army (Year 3)
    --[X] Siege Tactics (Primarily Defensive Ones)
    --[X] 5 Years a second time
    -[X] Shrine Maidens: Minister to the Population (Year 1)
    --[X] Mountain Rhinos
    --[X] And 5 Years again
    -[X] Elixir: Gain a Mystical Poison
    -[X] Special Note: Make sure Yan Xiu and Nuan Heng have access to the Cultivation Resort this turn (-$8 profits)
    Royal Tribute: $33,281
    Royal Government: -$4,800
    Ministries -$370
    Divisions: -$3,360
    Border Forts: -$250
    Expenditures: -$10,000

    Royal Budget: $14,501
    Royal Treasury: $62,756
    New Balance $77,257


    Junjie

    Last year you achieved an epiphany with your understanding of the piercing blade. So, not wanting to lose that burst of enlightenment, you spend some time in the wild lands meditating on your blade forms and leaving patches of wilderness sliced to ribbons. Unfortunately you don't make quite as much progress as you would like. You can definitely see what you need to do, but there is a substantial amount of training in footwork and various forms before you can call yourself an expert in the blade.

    Junjie Spirit: 72 [2/5]
    Junjie Piercing Blade: Adequate Monarch [7/10]

    Before you leave the Wild Lands however you meet up with Li Mei. It has been some time since the two of you have had the opportunity to go hunting, or even spend much time together alone. As monarchs you are both exceptionally fast and there is very little that can stand in your path so the pair of you spend a few months wandering around the Wild Lands seeing the sites.

    Li Mei shows you the mountain village where she grew up, and the lightning scarred valley where she perfected her lightning. You show her the secluded glade where you ascended to grandmaster and from the top of the highest peak in the Spine point out the Folded Mountains where you grew up.

    It's actually not as far away as you remember. The trip that took years for your ragged band of retainers is one you could probably do in a few weeks. You idly consider making the trip and crushing your old enemies, but what would be the point? It's been thirty years, and the Qi is so poor that most of them are likely dead by now.

    Li Mei seems to sense your mood and prods you into a spar. The ensuing battle pushes you to your limit and ends with a few mountain peaks destroyed.
    The trip ends with the pair of you skimming far to the north to try and find the shores of the Blue Sea. Unfortunately you run out of time before you can find it and as the pair of you return to Longshan you consider just how much land is out here. You share your insight with Li Mei and she muses that with the Qi Pillars all this wasteland could actually be colonized now.

    Junjie Piercing Blade: Adequate Monarch [8/10]
    The Violet Dragon's Hunger Clock: Reduced 1 Tick

    Separating from Li Mei you make the trip across Longshan and to the southern forest where the Viridian Elk Tribe lives. The land is poor here to put it lightly. The Qi drought continues to blight the region as so many Imperials drain the accumulated Qi of centuries.

    The tribe itself is doing slightly better. You can sense several Qi gathering formations and what feels like a stockpile of Spirit Stones bleeding Qi into the surroundings. It seems Duchess Zheng has found a source of wealth to support her tribe.

    She hasn't forgotten who aided her in the worst of the drought however and eagerly welcomes you with a lavish banquet. After the banquet you spend several days relaxing in the tribe's compound touring the surrounding forest and being shown the Alchemical halls.

    Throughout it all you discuss various topics with Zheng. Although she is an alchemist and you are an artificer there are shared commonalities in your work involving Qi infusement and refinement formations that leave you with several interesting insights. And more importantly you find that Zheng has managed to produce Royal Elixirs at a fairly steady pace.

    Most of them she sells to Duchess Mu, they are the source of her new prosperity. However she is happy to set one aside for your purchase each year.

    Junjie Merchant: Skilled Grandmaster [6/10]
    New Action: Purchase Royal Elixir

    Duchess Zheng is willing to provide a limited number of Royal Elixirs for sale each year.
    -[ ] Healing Elixir +1 ($60)/+2 ($300)
    -[ ] Combat Elixir +1 ($60)/+2 ($300)
    -[ ] Skill Elixir +1 ($90)/+2 ($450)
    -[ ] Cultivation Aid ($4500)

    After your visit is done you return to Xian Gu at last. It almost feels like Xian Gu doesn't need more Qi, but you know any source will help. Unfortunately after examination of the region actually finding a good location for a Qi Pillar proves challenging.

    With your new understanding of nature along with understanding of the Qi Pillar technique it quickly becomes clear to you that Xian Gu is not natural. The entire valley was clearly already shaped by monumental forces into a monumental Qi Pillar. Beyond anything you are currently capable of. In fact you're pretty sure it should be producing more Qi than it is. If you had to guess you would say that there is a formation underground siphoning most of the Qi from the pillar before it has a chance to emerge. Your mind immediately jumps to Qǐméng Zhě and the fact that the ancient spirit beast seems to be stuck in the valley. But well you shouldn't jump to conclusions.

    Eventually you manage to find two secluded valleys, one to the north and one to the west, that should provide a suitable place for you to build qi pillars. It helps that there seems to be some leakage from Xian Gu proper.

    Xian Gu Pillar (Survey): [6/5]
    Xian Gu Pillars: 1/3
    Xian Gu Qi Density: 2

    Li Mei

    Before she accompanies Junjie on the sight seeing trip Li Mei spends some time improving her skills at administration by reading old records and sorting through the mountains of reports generated by the Longshan ministries. She soon comes up with a set of techniques to deal with paperwork even more efficiently.

    Li Mei Spirit: Spirit: 292 [0/3]
    Li Mei Administrator: Skilled Monarch [10/15]

    Later in the year Mei oversees the Ministry of DIligence in installing a new Qi Pillar in Lan Yu. Fortunately Lan Yu has the massive Sage Eye lake to work with, which is already an excellent source of water Qi. By digging out a series of holding ponds and damming up a few valleys several rivers and lakes are formed that concentrates and redirects the Qi into a usable form for the cultivators of Lan Yu.

    Cost: $10,000
    Lan Yu Water Pillar [10/10]
    Lan Yu Pillars: 2/5

    With large scale Qi projects still on her mind Mei then goes to Xian Gu where she helps you survey the province. However while you are looking into places to put new pillars she is looking more deeply into the existing Qi gathering formations.

    Much like you she quickly realizes that they are artificial. This makes her task both easier and harder. It's easier because the Qi is already running through concentrated channels that can be tapped into. It's harder because whoever built this did not neglect their security formations. Mei has to work carefully to avoid being obliterated by the ancient defensive works.

    Still Mei is a genius and with the sages from the grand academy helping her chart every possible sequence she manages to calculate where she can insert her own formations into those lining the cliffs.

    This will be an extremely difficult task requiring rare and expensive treasures to handle the amount of Qi involved, but once it is complete Mei believes that the rest of the kingdom should see significant benefits.

    The Qi in Xian Gu isn't just present in massive quantities, it's also substantially denser than in the rest of the kingdom. Me believes that introducing it into the surrounding provinces should act as a catalyst to increase the density in those provinces. Which will have benefits both for cultivation and for improving the Qi pillars themselves.

    New Action: Disperse the Qi [10/10]
    [ ] Construct a Dragon Array (Difficult Monarch Administration)
    Carve immense arrays in the cliffs around Xian Gu in order to disperse the Qi to surrounding provinces.

    Cost: $50,000
    Decrease Qi Density: Xian Gu
    Increases Qi Density: Lan Yu, Quhan, Mountain Rhino Sect

    With her studies Mei dons her armor and her gauntlets and flies into Baishan to contribute her power to Tiangong's invasion. However, rather than battle, a messenger soon invites her to attend a conference between Baishan and Tiangong. It seems that they are contemplating peace.

    The camp Mei alights in reminds her of her first meeting with King Guanyu, before he ascended. The tents are plain and when she is ushered inside she finds that the furniture is solidly built and lacking in adornments. Emperor Guanyu is a far cry from those days however. Now clad in imperial robes he is the very picture of a conquering emperor.

    Standing across the table from him however Empress Yasu presents no less intimidating a picture in her armored robe and phoenix headdress. The two imperials are glaring at each other and their presence is starting to make the lesser cultivators tremble. Which is not surprising for Mei is the third most powerful cultivator in the tent. Neither of the imperials seem to have brought any monarchs and only a handful of grandmaster advisers.

    Something which makes her a bit of a moderating force. It seems that the talks had been stalled over the matter of territory. Overseer Xiang had apparently died of his injuries and Guanyu was claiming his entire duchy as spoils of war. Yasu however claimed that was far too much and that Tiangong had not even captured it properly. The arrival of Mei and the reminder that she was both capable of wiping out any other monarch in the region and fully on Tiangong's side started things moving again.
    They eventually come to a deal. Xiang's duchy will be split with Tiangong receiving the western three quarters as reparations for the provocations that started the war. Meanwhile Yasu would take the easternmost portion as her personal domain. Important because that is where the actual capital city of Baishan was. Finally Tiangong and Baishan will sign a peace treaty of at least three decades.

    Things are just wrapping up when everyone is surprised with the sudden arrival of two monarchs. They are Li Rong and Duchess Yang. Duchess Yang pointedly ignores Empress Yasu and instead swears loyalty to Mei as Queen of Longshan. Empress Yasu looks apocalyptic, but now it is Emperor Guanyu's turn to smugly back Longshan's own territorial ambitions.

    Li Rong takes Mei aside after everything is over, "Sorry I didn't tell you about this ahead of time. I've been working with Xiuying for a bit, and when she told me the other dukes hadn't actually sworn oaths to Empress Yasu yet I saw an opportunity."

    Mei nods, "Yasu must be fairly desperate. She could fight Tiangong or the dukes, but not both. That's why Xiang had to die. He was her biggest opponent and with him gone she can offer Tiangong some rich lands to satisfy them."

    "Exactly, and that same desperation means she can't fight us on this. Not with Guanyu backing us. Still you need to be careful Mei. You've proven you're a fighter, and with four monarchs Longshan is nothing to scoff at. But we have Imperials on every side now and none of our own. We'll be the obvious choice for either the desperate or the powerful."

    Mei pauses, "What exactly did you promise Yang? What are we getting here?"

    Her uncle grins, "Well it would hardly do for her to be in a different kingdom than her husband would it."

    Mei punches him in the shoulder, "Haha well congratulations then old man. When's the wedding."

    Rong shrugs, "A few years probably. After we get the Qi problem sorted out. The problem is she wants to keep her domain relatively separate. At least until one of us hits Imperial so we can make a proper empire instead of the kind of kludge we've got going. But we're still getting some stuff out of it."

    He ticks off on his fingers,"Xiuying herself is an excellent alchemist. Probably the best in the region. Countess Min grows a lot of spirit herbs. Not too much use to us outright, but she's there in case we need to buy some more. Countess Guiying works in luxury treasures. So she's pretty rich. Though those taxes will go to Xiuying for now. Scholar Su is one of the leading experts in herblore and Wood techniques. And then of course Countess Yi leads the Night Orchid Sect."

    The Violet Dragon's Hunger Clock: Paused
    New Major Clock: Surrounded by Giants: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
    New Monarch: Duchess Yang Xiuying
    Duchy: Maroon Palace
    County: Sun Garden Palace
    County: Silver Light Sect
    County: Rain Heart Cult
    County: Hidden Mouse Sect

    Nuan Heng

    Nuan Heng spends the year cultivating. It isn't quite an entire closed door session, but he is definitely focusing on his path rather than more worldly concerns. He also improves his skill with the Mud Ball school and trains his abilities as a merchant and sage.

    Nuan Heng Spirit: 38 [2/5]
    Nuan Heng Mud Ball: Skilled Grandmaster [5/15]
    Nuan Heng Merchant: Adequate Grandmaster [4/10]
    Nuan Heng Sage: Adequate Grandmaster [4/10]

    Yan Xiu

    Yan Xiu is also working on her cultivation. Her silver tongue is unmatched throughout the kingdom, and likely throughout the entire region, but she also spends some time on her illusion skill with the Steam Cloud School. And at the end of the year she experiments with summoning a few spirits.

    Yan Xiu Spirit: 26 [1/5]
    Yan Xiu Steam Cloud: Skilled Grandmaster [5/15]
    Yan Xiu Diplomacy: Expert Grandmaster [5/5] Capped
    Yan Xiu Demon's Command: Adequate Grandmaster [4/10]

    Li Chao

    For the first time in his life Li Chao rejects either your or Mei's help in his studies. He's fourteen now and seems to be feeling somewhat rebellious and independent. He seems to be wanting to go off on an adventure soon and is focused on preparing himself for it. He's improving his expertise with his Cage Sun artifact using the scrolls Mei prepared. But he's also been studying both you and Mei's fighting styles and training himself in them to prepare himself for the outside world.

    Li Chao Caged Sun: Expert Warrior
    Li Chao Piercing Blade: Expert Apprentice (4/5)
    Li Chao Eternal Storm: Expert Apprentice (3/5)

    Shadow Mistress Akane presents you with a new scroll at the end of the year. The results of the ninjas's relentless scouring of the region it was stolen from a minor sect's library in Baishan. The scroll contains the description of several techniques for suppressing and disguising Qi. This should allow ninjas to slip past even much more powerful cultivators.

    Grandmaster Ninja Scroll: 10/10
    The Shadow Arts
    Improves Cultivation (Ninja): 100%, +1 Qi
    Minimum General: Warrior
    Maximum General: Grandmaster

    A small caravan of sages makes the journey to Guohaimen now that the war is mostly over. They look through Duke Yijun's massive library and find an excellent treatise on the School of the Stone Fist. It isn't the rarest or most exciting scroll, but it provides several interesting insights on the school and how to use Earth Qi.

    The Mountain Advances
    Improves Cultivation (Stone Fist): 100%, +1 Qi
    Minimum General: Warrior
    Maximum General: Grandmaster

    Ambassador Chun travels to the City of Xu and meets with Bishop Jiang. The two go over several of the minor points of friction between Xu and the rest of the Longshan. The largest of these is the fact that Xu has almost entirely converted to the cult of the White Anteater. And they want to spread their belief to the rest of the kingdom.

    The City of Xu: Increase minimum level of the White Anteater Cult in Longshan to Spreading
     
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    • Arcanestomper said:
    For the first time in his life Li Chao rejects either your or Mei's help in his studies. He's fourteen now and seems to be feeling somewhat rebellious and independent. He seems to be wanting to go off on an adventure soon and is focused on preparing himself for it. He's improving his expertise with his Cage Sun artifact using the scrolls Mei prepared. But he's also been studying both you and Mei's fighting styles and training himself in them to prepare himself for the outside world.
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    Y'all wanna take the serious training action next turn before we see him off?
     
    We need to make an suitable place for let Uncle ascend but it's not that bad. We have a good economy to churn out the pilars.

    Also yeah, having chao some heavy duty training if he wants to strike on his own.
    He is old enough to understand that yeah, both of his parents are wierdos even by cultivator standards.
     
    Arcanestomper said:
    Xian Gu Pillar (Survey): [6/10]
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    Wait, wasn't Survey an Ordinary Action and thus only has a 5 tick clock?

    Arcanestomper said:
    Lan Yu Pillars: 2/5
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    Wait, did Lan Yu already have a Pillar? I'm pretty sure we put our first one in Quhan?

    CedeTheBees said:
    Y'all wanna take the serious training action next turn before we see him off?
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    Possibly. The odds of failure (and thus worsening our relationship) are pretty high (we have around a 52% chance of passing the DC with two chances and the +2) but it might be worth it.

    MrRobot said:
    We need to make an suitable place for let Uncle ascend but it's not that bad. We have a good economy to churn out the pilars.
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    We have a place, the problem is him sustaining himself thereafter. It'd be rough on the country at this point...we need more Pillars. Also, we're still in our 'temporary taxes' grace period. I dunno how our economy is gonna look after that wears off, though hopefully it'll be fine given the high taxes we can charge higher ranking cultivators.

    MrRobot said:
    Also yeah, having chao some heavy duty training if he wants to strike on his own.
    He is old enough to understand that yeah, both of his parents are wierdos even by cultivator standards.
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    I think they're pretty normal by Monarch standards...but yes, Monarchs are weird compared to most cultivators.
     
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    DeadmanwalkingXI said:
    I think they're pretty normal by Monarch standards...but yes, Monarchs are weird compared to most cultivators.
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    Ultraviolent genki girl that loves animals, giant nerd that decides to do crazy stuff seemingly on the dyme. You expect an Monarch to be haughty and austere not to behave like nerds on a world tour every moment they are not working.
     
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    MrRobot said:
    Ultraviolent genki girl that loves animals, giant nerd that decides to do crazy stuff seemingly on the dyme. You expect an Monarch to be haughty and austere not to behave like nerds on a world tour every moment they are not working.
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    I think a certain amount of eccentricity is common among Monarchs based on those we've seen and dealt with.

    Sirrocco said:
    So... don't we have, like, two Emperors pretty much sitting ready to advance as soon as we find places for them to do so?
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    It's not the advancement site that's the problem. We found one (and have been using it to cultivate, even)...the issue is that once they advance, they still require ongoing Qi supplies...and our land doesn't have the supplies in question. We need a lot more Qi Pillars or some conquest (or both!) before an Emperor is sustainable.
     
    DeadmanwalkingXI said:
    It's not the advancement site that's the problem. We found one (and have been using it to cultivate, even)...the issue is that once they advance, they still require ongoing Qi supplies...and our land doesn't have the supplies in question. We need a lot more Qi Pillars or some conquest (or both!) before an Emperor is sustainable.
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    I'd thought that individual Monarchs/Emperors were able to simply choose to not cultivate, just run on internal generation, and therefore not be horrible sucking voids in the landscape?

    Like, the bit where they consume an enormous amount of Qi to get through the process is certainly a thing, but I think that the ongoing costs can largely be handled through personal restraint.... right?
     
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    Sirrocco said:
    I'd thought that individual Monarchs/Emperors were able to simply choose to not cultivate, just run on internal generation, and therefore not be horrible sucking voids in the landscape?

    Like, the bit where they consume an enormous amount of Qi to get through the process is certainly a thing, but I think that the ongoing costs can largely be handled through personal restraint.... right?
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    Maybe they can, but telling a cultivator to not cultivate is like telling a drug addict to not take drugs, while they are snorting coke right in front of you as you are giving your lecture on moral values.
     
    Sirrocco said:
    I'd thought that individual Monarchs/Emperors were able to simply choose to not cultivate, just run on internal generation, and therefore not be horrible sucking voids in the landscape?

    Like, the bit where they consume an enormous amount of Qi to get through the process is certainly a thing, but I think that the ongoing costs can largely be handled through personal restraint.... right?
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    The mechanics seem to support this, but Arcanestomper specifically warned that it'd be an issue just supporting an Imperial even if they didn't cultivate, so I remain concerned.
     
    An Imperial would have to have complete self control to do that. A monarch can eat a few Qi and the kingdom can handle it. An Imperial eating just 1 point of Qi would blight the land currently. Which also means no skill gains and much less ability to use techniques for things.
     
    Tldr we need to double down on land surveys, get a lot o pilars and have an excuse to increse taxes, Qi drought is very real concern we can blame most of the problems, so giving other cultivators the choice between paying more taxes or having to cultivate less and they would turn against the poor on a dyme.
     
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    • Rumors Turn 35

    Imperial Demands
    Despite the war and civil unrest the Land of Zithers has continued to call on Baishan to fulfill its ancient treaty obligations and send soldiers to the aid of its eastern neighbor. So far Baishan has managed to put this off, but with Overseer Xian dead the task falls to Empress Yasu, and if there is one area she lacks it is diplomatic finesses. It seems that the foreign ambassadors have managed to maneuver her into pledging a substantial numbers of reigments to their conflict.

    Cultivation Missteps
    It seems that grandmaster Zhou Jun of the Plum Blossom Temple has suffered some deviation. Rumors have it that he withdrawn to his rooms and summoned a number of doctors to attend him. The grandmaster is already fairly old, and there is considerable jockeying among the temple orders for who will succeed him as grandmaster of the temple.

    A Cartographic Expedition
    For some reason grandmaster Qiang in the duchy of Guohaimen has ordered a thorough survey of his lands. This has sparked quite a bit of discussion as the grandmaster is by no means a new ruler, and presumably already knows where everything is. As such cultivators are wondering if this is cover for finding some hidden realm or tracking down a wayward disciple.

    A Princely Sum
    It seems that Jiahao An has recently come into quite a bit of wealth from some source. Enough to fully renovate the Jiahao clan compound and purchase several rare treasures. The grandmaster was once the minister of security under Overseer Xiang so there are all manner of rumors to where the wealth came from. Ranging from being paid off by Yasu's assasins, to raiding the treasury after the overseer's death, to simply have a beneficent encounter with some ancient.

    Secret Turn 35

    Your ninjas are constantly looking for new and interesting information to uncover. Several of them stumble on a lead in Tiangong as they overhear several ministers discussing Emperor Guanyu's latest obsession. It seems that he has been delving deep into the royal archives and requesting ancient manuscripts from the sects. So much though that the court rumors have it that he actually decided to stop the war with Baishan early in order to focus on whatever his project is.

    Intrigued the ninjas carefully scout the archives when the emperor is verified to be far far away. After inching through several extremely powerful wards they are able to examine the scrolls that he has been perusing and piece together his latest obsession. It seems that he has been working to improve the Qi Pillar technique that he received from Longshan. Specifically he has been working on an even larger scale version that will be able to gather Qi suitable for a monarch instead of simply a grandmaster.

    The work is nowhere near complete, but from what the ninjas can gather the end result is going to be very expensive and involve remodeling entire provinces.

    Xian Gu: Built Ministry of Warriors
    Quhan: Li Zhen studied General
    Lan Yu: Started work on a Qi Pillar
    City of Xu: Surveyed Province
    Plum Blossom Temple: Raised a regiment (Pool Guardians)
    Mountain Rhino Sect: Sectmaster Gu studied Merchant
     
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    • Arcanestomper said:
    A Cartographic Expedition
    For some reason grandmaster Qiang in the duchy of Guohaimen has ordered a thorough survey of his lands. This has sparked quite a bit of discussion as the grandmaster is by no means a new ruler, and presumably already knows where everything is. As such cultivators are wondering if this is cover for finding some hidden realm or tracking down a wayward disciple.
    Click to expand...
    Click to shrink...
    ...Do we have someone else who is starting on Qi Pillars?
     
    I'm kind of embarrassed to say this because of how slow I already was, but an emergency project has come up at work that's probably going to eat most of my time for the next week or two. I'm still going to work on my quests, but unfortunately they are likely to be even more intermittent than normal.

    Fortunately I already did most of the work. So I can probably get the next turn up tomorrow.
     
    Year 35: Warriors and Alchemists
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    • Year 35: Warriors and Alchemists

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    Another year dawns and you find yourself every more concerned with the Qi in Xian Gu. Now that you are paying attention you can feel that it's slowly getting worse every year. Fortunately your Qi pillars are helping, but not enough. You need a permanent solution.

    You've considered levying the population. After all they are taking advantage of the land to cultivate themselves far in advance of what they could anywhere else. You might as well make use of that pool of advanced cultivators.

    Especially since it's one of Longshan's only strengths. Baishan, Tiangong, and Lugong all have imperials as well as far more wealth, population, and Qi than Longshan. What you have is the highest density of high level cultivators in the entire Four Kingdoms. With four monarchs and at this point dozens of grandmasters you can easily fight anything short of the personal attention of one of the other imperials.

    And even that is up for debate. Not only is Li Mei incredibly capable, but you've been examining the brush she took from Xiang. It's really incredible. A venerable artifact that actually seems to contain a tiny mystic realm to capture its targets in. It's the first time you've ever seen something like it, and while you can barely comprehend it you think you could probably use it to capture even an imperial for a short time.

    You have one other advantage. With Duchess Yang transferring her allegiance to Longshan and your personal friendship with Duchess Zheng you have access to both of the best alchemists in the region. That means not only do you have a source of powerful elixirs, but with suitable ingredients they can even make cultivation aids that would greatly assist one of you in reaching Imperial should it prove necessary.

    Longshan Monarch Qi: 28.7

    Minor
    A Shortness of Breath: [X] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
    A Gift for the Duke: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

    Medium

    Major
    The Violet Dragon's Hunger: [X] [X] [X] [ ] [ ] (Locked)
    Surrounded by Giants: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

    Severe
    Qi Drought: [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [ ] [ ] [ ]

    Yearly Actions

    Artificer Bonus
    --- [ ] Select a trait, skill, or technique to boost with 2 Qi. [Cultivation, School of the Iron Hammer, School of the Cave's Treasure]

    Celestial Blood:
    --- [ ] Select two traits, skills, or techniques to spend 5 Qi on. This can be divided between further skills if desired.

    Year Thirty Five Actions

    You may personally take 4 actions without penalty. You may lead up to 2 additional actions by taking on up to 2 stress. Each point of stress gives you a -1 to all rolls.

    Li Mei may make 4 actions without penalty. She may take up to 2 additional actions by taking on up to 2 stress. Each point of stress on Li Mei increases the Violet Dragon's Hunger clock by one tick.

    You can perform most actions in Quhan as well as Xian Gu. In which case the appropriate treasury is used.

    Yan Xiu may take 3 actions without penalty. Nuan Heng may take 2 as he needs to spend one governing Xian Gu. They may lead up to 1 additional action each by taking on up to 1 stress.

    I have decided to change how organizations are handled. Pick five organizations to stay active. Assign the others with five year long term actions. Every five years you'll get a chance to revisit which organizations you want active. If you want to make an organization that is currently in a long term action one of the dormant ones you can break it's current action.

    Large Organizations (+10)
    The Puppet Corps can perform one conquest action and succeed on any action with a Skilled Monarch. Once it finishes training on Turn 38.

    Medium Organizations (+7)
    The Harrowed Hounds may perform one Conquest Action and succeed on any action with Skilled Grandmaster +2. (Available in Turn 37)

    The Ministry of Diligence may perform one Administration action and succeed on Skilled Grandmaster +2.

    The Academy of Xian Gu may perform one Sage or Quest action at Skilled Grandmaster +2.

    The Embassy of Xian Gu may perform one Diplomacy action at Skilled Grandmaster Diplomat+2.

    The ninjas of the Wailing Fog village may perform one Espionage Action for you with a Skilled Grandmaster NInja+2. (+3 for information gathering.)

    Goldwood Trading Hall can perform one trading action and succeed on any action with a Skilled Grandmaster Merchant+2. (Available in Turn 36)

    The shrine maidens of the White Anteater Cult may perform one Priest Action with a Skilled Grandmaster Priest+2. (Available in Turn 36)

    Small Organizations (+5)
    The necromancers of the Pale Moon sect may perform one Learning Action for you with Skilled Master Sage+2.

    Other
    The Spirit Beast Ranch will train 2 Warrior Moles

    Alchemist Hall (47): 75 Perfect Grade Gold Elixirs
    21/26/32/39:

    Artificer's Foundry (33): 12 Gold Treasures
    21/26/32/39:

    Adventurer's Guild: Three Quest Rolls at 28
    Gold Spirit Beasts Parts x20

    The Embassy Increases relation with one other party (0/5)
    The Temple Increases conversion in one county (0/5)


    Obsolete Actions
    A lot of the actions you've done can be done again. Such as founding a second alchemy hall or another embassy. I have only removed them to save space and because you all haven't been doubling up on anything except military units.

    Long Term Actions

    [ ] Closed Doors Cultivation:
    --[ ] Years Spent Training: Years x 10% bonus for Qi gain
    --- [ ] Select a trait, skill, or technique to boost with the Qi gained.
    --- Benefit: Automatically take 10 on each action
    --- Benefit: Automatically breakthrough if a gate is reached.

    [ ] Govern a City/County/Duchy
    --[ ] Years Spent Governing: Increase effective Administration bonus ticks by one per year.
    --- Benefit: Increases tax revenue by 10% per tick.
    --- Benefit: Free Training: Administration/Cultivation for each three actions total.
    --- Benefit: Increase Order while governing.

    [ ] Go on an Epic Quest
    --[ ] Years Spent Adventuring: Gain +2 to loot roll per year.
    --- Benefit: Gain one extra loot roll each year
    --- Benefit: Free Training: Primary Combat School/Cultivation for each three actions total.

    [ ] Set up a long term infiltration
    --[ ] Pick an objective
    --[ ] Years Spent Spying: Increase effective Ninja bonus ticks by one per year.
    --- Benefit: Each additional year decreases the discovery chance.
    --- Benefit: Adds an espionage clock to finish infiltration
    --- Benefit: Free Training: Ninja/Cultivation for each three actions total.

    [ ] Set up an Embassy
    --[ ] Pick a neighbor
    --[ ] Years Spent Negotiating: Increase effective Diplomat bonus ticks by one per year.
    --- Benefit: Each additional year gives a chance to find out information on the subject.
    --- Benefit: Adds a diplomacy clock to increase relations each year.
    --- Benefit: Free Training: Diplomat/Cultivation for each three actions total.

    [ ] Oversee Business Venture
    --[ ] Invest money
    --[ ] Years Spent Dealing: Increase effective Merchant bonus ticks by one per year.
    --- Benefit: Adds a trade clock to generate profit
    --- Benefit: Free Training: Merchant/Cultivation for each three actions total.

    [ ] Drill the Army
    --[ ] Pick a military formation
    --[ ] Years Spent Leading: Increase effective Genera bonus ticks by one per year.
    --- Benefit: Adds a general clock to recruit and train more soldiers as long as the action lasts.
    --- Benefit: Free Training: General/Cultivation for each three actions total.

    [ ] Research an Aspect of the World
    --[ ] Pick an research topic
    --[ ] Years Spent Researching: Increase effective Sage bonus ticks by one per year.
    --- Benefit: Passively teaches disciples involved in the research.
    --- Benefit: Adds a research clock to finish one level of the research each year.
    --- Benefit: Free Training: Sage/Cultivation for each three actions total.

    [ ] Minister to the Population
    --[ ] Pick a County
    --[ ] Years Spent Researching: Increase effective Priest bonus ticks by one per year.
    --- Benefit: Exorcizes local evil spirits and gains virtue.
    --- Benefit: Adds a religion clock to increase conversion in the county each year..
    --- Benefit: Free Training: Priest/Cultivation for each three actions total.

    Special

    [ ] Limit Cultivation in Xian Gu (Difficult Grandmaster Administration)
    Nuan Heng can institute a system of Qi rationing limiting how much each sect can draw on the local Qi. This will require a complicated system of allocation, hundreds of clerks, and careful monitoring, but the real issue will be the population of Xian Gu itself. They will undoubtedly object. It is one thing to not cultivate when there is no Qi. It is another to be barred from using the Qi that is right there.

    No cost: Nuan Heng has already set up a ministry to monitor the situation. They simply aren't enforcing anything yet.
    Xian Gu Relationship: Hostile

    [ ] Adjust the City Limits (Ordinary Monarch Administration)
    It would be a fairly complicated task but it would be possible to reevaluate how sects cultivate and grow in denser qi environments. Then the city projections could be recalculated based on the new information and the city limits redrawn to limit the population to something more sustainable.

    As this would displace a fairly large number of cultivators they would not be happy. But at least you wouldn't need to stop anyone from cultivating.

    No cost: Nuan Heng has already set up a ministry to monitor the situation. They could refocus their efforts.
    Xian Gu Relationship: Cold

    [ ] Disperse the Qi (Difficult Monarch Sage)
    It isn't often that cultivators need to disperse Qi, and never on such huge scales. Sages would need to be assigned to study the problem and figure out a way to redirect Qi out of Xian Gu and into the surrounding regions without draining any one spot unduly or pooling Qi into even denser formation. This wouldn't even be possible if you hadn't already spent effort unlocking the secrets of Qi pillars.

    An alternative solution would be to reduce the total Qi being produced in Xian Gu, but you suspect it is a result of Qǐméng Zhě's presence, and besides why would you waste Qi like that.

    Much like the Qi pillars this is only the first step. You would need to actually build whatever system you came up with afterwards.

    Cultivation

    Spirit Stones: Provides one point of Qi
    Monarch: $1200
    Grandmaster: $60

    Cultivation Aids: Provides +1 Qi Intake for one action
    Grandmaster: $240
    Monarch: $4800


    Purification Elixirs: Remove one point of Qi Deviation
    Grandmaster: $75
    Monarch: $1500


    [ ] Meditation: Generates a task or refines Qi into Spirit
    --- [ ] Select a trait, skill, or technique to boost with the Qi gained.
    ------ [ ] Who benefits from this boost?

    [ ] Purification Ritual: Spend 2 Qi to remove 1 Qi Deviation up to Qi Intake

    [ ] Attempt a Breakthrough to a Minor Realm (Spirit 132): This grants +1 to all use of cultivated abilities, such as fighting.

    [ ] Attempt a Breakthrough to a Major Realm (Spirit 264): (Locked until Peak Monarch) This increases the skill ca, the realm multiplier by x2, and resets the realm bonus to 0 to all use of cultivated abilities, such as fighting.

    Yan Xiu Special (+2)

    [ ] Summon Spirits (Variable Realm)
    Yan Xiu can summon spirits to perform tasks for her. These spirits work exactly like secondary characters at the master level. When summoned, specify the desired skill for a spirit. Depending on the difficulty of the task Yan Xiu may summon a spirit with a poor, average, or good level of that skill.

    Spirits will perform their actions on the turn after they are summoned. Yan Xiu may summon previously summoned spirits without a roll.

    Nuan Heng Special (+4)

    [ ] Improve Crop Yields (Difficult Grandmaster)
    Mostly the peasant farmers tend to their farms without much oversight from cultivators. As long as enough spirit grain and other foods are produced to ensure there is food to go around then everything is well. Most cultivators focus on fighting anyway, and those who do follow a path of literal cultivation prefer to spend their efforts on rarer and more useful spirit herbs.

    Still sometimes it would benefit an area to have cultivators and scholars check over the fields, reroute rivers, dig terraces, and generally bend their mighty abilities to the task of ensuring an abundant supply of food.

    Can be done once every five years per county.
    Increases Food Supply based on roll.

    Administration

    [ ] Subsidize the Minor Sects (Variable Monarch) - Important
    The Oaths of Fealty specify that Longshan will help fund the minor sects in each region. Not every cultivator is good enough to join a major sect so they form smaller clans, tribes, schools, guilds, and so on that are usually led by a few masters and have their own traditions. They are too small to really have much impact beyond their immediate surroundings, but they are still a source of cultivators. Having a wide pool to draw on means the kingdom will always have someone with the skill set needed for a variety of tasks. And who knows they might produce a genius from time to time.

    Costs: $350 per vassal
    Gives Longshan Trait: Minor Sects
    Adds Minor Clock: Queenly Responsibilities: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

    [ ] Conduct a Census (Ordinary Monarch):
    It would be worthwhile to conduct a census of the kingdom. To check who exactly lives in the kingdom and where. There's a lot of people though and a lot of ground to cover. It would probably be best to devote an actual ministry to handling this.

    New Ministry: The Bureau of Mortals
    Cost: $370/Turn
    Updates County Demographics Every Five Years

    [ ] Formalize Vassal Agreements (Variable Monarch) (Li Mei Only)
    A broad vassal agreement has been reached that will apply to all your vassals, but not every vassal is the same. It would still be possible to modify your individual agreement's to take their exact situation into account. (Weight: Vassals/Slight Vassals/Slight Kingdom/Kingdom)
    –[ ] Vassal
    Make a contract with a specific vassal detailing their personal obligations and rights. Can be done even with a general agreement in place. But may anger other vassals if they feel they are being treated unfairly in comparison.

    [ ] Found a New Ministry (Easy Grandmaster): Much easier than a whole government would be to found a new branch of government to deal with some particular task. You have a few candidates in mind.

    -[ ] The Ministry of (Write In) ($50/Turn): Request a government function. Can typically do one specific action each turn.

    [ ] Disband a Ministry (Ordinary Grandmaster): You may find that a ministry is no longer useful. It will take some work to overcome the inertia of bureaucracy, but you can disband those that you no longer wish to fund.

    [ ] Food Aid (Sect) (Variable Grandmaster)
    Sometimes you just want to help someone out for your own reasons. Perhaps you want to make them indebted to you. Perhaps you don't want to keep them as a buffer state. Perhaps you just want to do good. Whatever the reason you can put together shipments of food and mundane goods to help troubled regions.

    This will provide enough food to keep a sect and its surroundings stable for a year. The DC affects how much it cuts into your own supplies.

    Cost: $300
    Improves Relations
    Improves Stability of Target Region

    [ ] Food Aid (Kingdom) (Variable Monarch)
    Sometimes you just want to help someone out for your own reasons. Perhaps you want to make them indebted to you. Perhaps you don't want to keep them as a buffer state. Perhaps you just want to do good. Whatever the reason you can put together shipments of food and mundane goods to help troubled regions.

    This will provide enough food to keep an entire kingdom and its surroundings stable for a year. The DC affects how much it cuts into your own supplies.

    Cost: $4,000 + $2,000 (Increased Food Prices)
    Improves Relations
    Improves Stability of Target Region

    Royal Decrees

    [ ] Survey a Province (Ordinary Monarch Sage)
    Surveyors and Sages scour a province examining natural formations, the populace, and any sources of Qi in the region. Then they perform extensive calculations and divinations to determine what will be needed to create a Qi Pillar in the region.

    Reveals Existing Qi Levels
    Reveals Potential Qi Pillar Locations

    [ ] Design a Qi Pillar (Difficult Monarch Sage)
    It's not enough to just know where a qi pillar can go. Each one must be designed individually taking into account all the characteristics of the land and possible interactions with other qi springs, pillars, and dragon veins.

    [ ] Construct a Qi Pillar (Difficult Monarch Administration) (Requires Design a Qi Pillar)
    Work crews of cultivators directed by sages alter the entire landscape of the region to align the flow of energy to create an artificial Qi spring known as a Qi Pillar. This is a massive endeavor, but results in a huge prosperity boost to the region.

    Cost: $10,000
    Creates Qi Pillar: Mystic

    [ ] Construct a Dragon Array (Difficult Monarch Administration)
    Carve immense arrays in the cliffs around Xian Gu in order to disperse the Qi to surrounding provinces.

    Cost: $50,000
    Decrease Qi Density: Xian Gu
    Increases Qi Density: Lan Yu, Quhan, Mountain Rhino Sect

    City Expansion

    [ ] Expand the CIty (Ordinary Grandmaster)
    Xian Gu now has ample room for all its current residents and plenty of room for growth, but you can always plan for the future. In time you may need to expand again. This will be a monumental endeavor, but would make your city a real landmark in the kingdom.

    Cost: $10,000
    Increases City Infrastructure: Medium City

    [ ] Encourage Population Growth (Ordinary Grandmaster):
    The city is actually a bit overcrowded now. However you can still spread the word that you are looking for more citizens to fill your city through your merchant contacts. Offer some subsidies for new arrivals and build a few new neighborhoods.

    Cost: $100 per 1,000 Mortals
    Cost: $400 per 1,000 Apprentices
    Cost: $1,500 per 1,000 Warriors
    Cost: $1,250 per 100 Masters
    Increases Population: By appropriate amount

    [ ] Encourage Economic Activity (Ordinary Grandmaster):
    You can subsidize the expansion of a specific industry. Have a few workshops built and offer discounts on raw materials through your trading hall. Buy back the products. It's a bit of an artificial cycle, but hopefully after a few years the industry will be self-sustaining.
    -[ ] Type of Industry

    Cost: $100
    Maintenance: $25/turn
    Add Minor Clock: Unstable Industry [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
    Increases Industry: +1 Trade Goods
    Increase Imports: +1 Raw Materials

    Alchemy

    [ ] Brew low grade mystic elixirs for sale (Ordinary/Expert Grandmaster) This consumes three mystic herbs per elixir, and creates five elixirs by default. This costs $21.60 for imported ingredients. It produces $20 worth of output which is five +1 consumable items. Beating each additional DC will increase the grade of the elixirs by one, which increases the bonus by 1, and the price as well ($4, $8, $20, $40 per elixir). The amount of elixirs produced can be decreased lowering the needed herbs proportionality and reducing the DC by 1 for each fewer elixir.

    [ ] Brew low grade mystic poisons for personal use (Ordinary/Expert Grandmaster) This consumes three mystic herbs per vial, and creates five poison vials by default. This costs $21.60 for imported ingredients. It produces $20 worth of output which is five +1 consumable combat items. Beating each additional DC will increase the grade of the elixirs by one, which increases the bonus by 1, and the price as well ($4, $8, $20, $40 per vial), however you don't know where you could sell these. The amount of vials produced can be decreased lowering the needed herbs proportionality and reducing the DC by 1 for each fewer vial. Using a poison vial in combat as part of a successful espionage action will automatically inflict an additional wound.

    Artifice

    (Note: Cave's Treasure allows for an artificer to use that path to substitute for Iron Hammer. In which case they do not need to spend anything on ore, but the resulting treasure will crumble to dust after two years if not used by someone with the appropriate grade of Cave's Treasure.)

    [ ] Produce two mid grade Mystic treasures for sale (Ordinary/Expert Grandmaster): This consumes 40 units of Mystic ore. This costs $57.60 for imported ingredients. It produces $100 worth of output which is two +1 permanent items that are limited to a specific action. (i.e. Combat rolls) Choosing the harder task will increase the grade by one, which increases the bonus by 1, and the price as well ($50, $250).

    [ ] Produce a mid grade Royal treasure for sale (Ordinary/Expert Monarch): This consumes 20 units of Royal ore. This costs $115 for imported ingredients. It produces $200 worth of output which is a single +1 permanent item that is limited to a specific action. (i.e. Combat rolls) Choosing the harder task will increase the grade by one, which increases the bonus by 1, and the price as well ($200, $1000).

    [ ] Produce a mid grade Imperial treasure for sale (Ordinary/Expert Imperial ): This consumes 20 units of Imperial ore. This costs $460 for imported ingredients. It produces $800 worth of output which is a single +1 permanent item that is limited to a specific action. (i.e. Combat rolls) Choosing the harder task will increase the grade by one, which increases the bonus by 1, and the price as well ($800, $4000).

    Quest

    [ ] Go on an Adventure (DC: ??): Your time is limited, but there are things you can find in the wild lands that you can't get anywhere else, or would at least be very expensive.
    (Depending on the roll you can find useful locations, harvest rare materials, loot treasures, tame spirit beasts, increase your cultivation, and possibly reduce stress.) (Will spawn a roll to determine what exactly you need to overcome. May cause a bonus or penalty depending on your school.)

    Espionage

    [ ] Steal Treasures (Variable Realm): Treasures are valuable to cultivators and are extremely expensive. You can make your own, but it's always cheaper to steal them from someone else.
    --- [ ] Write in what kind of treasure or treasures you want to steal

    [ ] Steal Cultivation Manuals (Variable Realm): The vast majority of cultivators practice what is known as the Path of Three Peaks. This is the path of continuous self improvement. Taking in the Qi of the world and refining it with your own body to improve your soul. It is a long, steady path that has been well charted by those who came before. There are rumors of entirely different paths that a cultivator might walk, such as the Path of Primal Energy, or the Demonic Paths, but there are also variations in the Three Peaks. By restricting yourself to certain courses of action you can cut shortcuts for the Qi in your Dantian. This greatly accelerates cultivation, at the cost of flexibility. You can gain a manual granting a bonus of +25% to +100% XP to Cultivation at the cost of limiting yourself to a specific school or schools of thought.

    [ ] Steal Forbidden Cultivation Manuals (Variable Realm): There aren't a lot of things that are truly forbidden to the cultivators of the world. But there is a whole subsection of schools that focus on sacrificing the lives of others for power. It's not so much that cultivators care about mortals, though of course there are always heroes, but rather those paths eventually lead to powerful bloodthirsty cultivators who bring ruin to entire regions of the world. Of course being a powerful bloodthirsty cultivator yourself might not be so bad. You can gain a manual granting a bonus of +25% to +100% XP to Cultivation for a specific Demonic Cultivation Art.

    [ ] Steal Technique Manuals (Variable Realm): The Ten Great Schools are so common that no sect can lay claim to their origin. They comprise a set of fundamental techniques that serve cultivators in all walks of life well. But they are general and perhaps not so well suited to specialization. There are other less well known schools that have techniques that reward those who are willing to walk a narrower path. You gain a +25% to +100% XP to <Insert School> technique manual, this bonus improves the speed at which you train these techniques.

    [ ] Assassinate (Task ?): Attempt to eliminate a target through poison or other means. You have no real targets in mind for now but in the future, if you do, this is a useful activity.

    [ ] Collect information on someone specific. (Task Variable): Occasionally you want to investigate someone specific. Depending on their cultivation and personal security this could range from trivial to very difficult, but you the Wailing Fog will attempt to carry out your orders regardless.
    -- [ ] Select a Target
    ---[ ] Ordinary Master for Master
    ---[ ] Ordinary Grandmaster for Grandmaster
    ---[ ] Ordinary Monarch for Monarch
    ---[ ] Ordinary Imperial for Imperial

    Acquires 2-3 facts about the Target

    [ ] Collect information on your neighbors. (Easy Grandmaster): There are many travelers and many rumors in the Four Kingdoms. It is fairly simple to collect publicly known information on the important powers in the region. The hard part is winnowing the true facts from the exaggerated rumors. Assign your ninjas to this task and have them collate a report for your archives.
    -- [ ] Select a Target

    Acquires 4-6 facts about the Target

    [ ] Investigate the Kingdom of Tiangong (Ordinary Monarch): The kingdom of Tiangong is one of the primary sources of high quality treasures in the region. If you seek to establish your own forge it would be wise to investigate their methods so you can disrupt or copy them as needed.

    Acquires 2-4 facts about the Kingdom of Tiangong
    Acquires 1 secret about the Kingdom of Tiangong

    [ ] Investigate the Kingdom of Lugong (Ordinary Monarch): The kingdom of Lugong has its own internal problems. Both sisters have their own plans, and you might be able to exploit that. However you have already gathered all the most readily available information. It will take a real expert to learn more.

    Acquires 2-4 facts about the Kingdom of Lugong
    Acquires 1 secret about the Kingdom of Lugong

    [ ] Investigate the Kingdom of Baishan (Ordinary Monarch): The undisputed regional master Baishan has many powers and many secrets. It would be best to learn more about them so you don't end up as a puppet of one of their noble clans.

    Acquires 2-4 facts about the Kingdom of Baishan
    Acquires 1 secret about the Kingdom of Baishan

    [ ] Perform Counter Espionage (Variable): You need more security around your holdings. You can task your agents with infiltrating your own population and working to locate and foil any spies that may be hiding among them. (Increases difficulty of espionage actions targeted against you by one step.

    [ ] Purchase Information
    You have a good relation with the Wailing Fog Village and they have a substantial archive of information that they have already collected. For a price they would release some of that information to you. (You can purchase as much information as you like with one action)
    ---[ ] $2/Fact (Ex: Information on a Grandmaster)
    ---[ ] $5/Secret (Ex: What a Grandmaster is planning.)
    ---[ ] x2 for information on Tiangong
    ---[ ] x5 for Monarch level information
    ---[ ] x25 for Imperial level information

    Trade & Investment

    [ ] Embark on a Trade Expedition (Variable Grandmaster) ($50-$300 Goods + 10% caravan cost)
    Examine current market trends and determine what would be most profitable to buy and sell in the region. You'll need to outlay a significant amount in order to purchase your trading goods and outfit your caravan. But if you made the right predictions and have good haggling skills you can make it all back and more.

    Returns Goods Value + (10%, 20%, 50%, %100)
    Special: Goldwood Hall can take this action and make a roll as if it were a Merchant 20 character.

    [ ] Improve the Goldwood Trading Hall (Ordinary Monarch):
    The Goldwood Trading Hall is the biggest business in Xian Gu, and that is no formality now. They truly do rank among the largest merchant organizations in the region. Unfortunately the very largest of guilds are all backed by people more powerful than yourself. For the Goldwood Hall to move into new territory they must have backing to match. Backing you can provide.

    Improve Relationship: Family
    Increase size: Large Merchant Clan
    Operating Costs: $5,000
    Gross Income: $6,000
    Net Income: $1,000/Turn

    Can perform two Trade Actions for you at 25.

    [ ] Sign a Contract to sell your Treasures (Ordinary Monarch): Once they are set up, formalize your relationship with Xiu and Heng by signing a contract to sell your treasures only through them.

    Gain +$30/turn in return for locking in a minimum of 1 artifice production action per turn. You would be giving this Merchant clan a monopoly on selling your product.
    Locks Trade Route [Artifice] to being controlled by this Clan if it is taken.

    [ ] Caravan Post (Ordinary Grandmaster)
    The trade expedition you sent out made a decent profit, but looking over its accounts you notice much of that profit was eaten up by the initial outfitting costs of purchasing animals and hiring guards for the journey. It would be useful to set up a small extension to the guild hall with a stable and barracks for guards. That way you could have everything you need prepared ahead of time.

    Cost: $300
    Reduces Trade Expedition Costs: -%10

    [ ] Search for Imperial Raw Materials (Ordinary Monarch)
    You don't necessarily need a Thousand Winters Ice Blossom specifically anymore, but you could still look and see if any sects in Baishan would be willing to sell one or materials of a similar grade. It would be expensive, but could prove very useful.

    Cost: $150

    [ ] Import Spirit Beasts (Ordinary Grandmaster): You have ambitions of opening your own Beast Ranch or Ranches. Unfortunately with no locally available animals you will need to import some from other parts of the World's Edge.

    Allows you to pick 1 of 3 random spirit beast types to import.
    Each additional type of beast improves Spirit Beast Ranch revenue by $5.

    [ ] Hire Wailing Fog Ninjas (Ordinary Appropriate Realm):
    As part of your agreement with the Wailing Fog Village you may hire their ninja to help carry out tasks for you. Wailing Fog Ninja are specialized in counter espionage. (You may hire ninja of different realms, and as many as you can afford, but one roll will be made for each ninja and it will determine how skilled they are.)
    ---[ ] $3/Turn per Warrior Ninja
    ---[ ] $14/Turn per Master Ninja
    ---[ ] $90/turn Grandmaster Kumiko (Special: This is the wailing fog village leader. She can only be hired once every few turns and has fixed stats. She is very good at what she does.)
    ---[ ] $80/turn Grandmaster Souta (Special: This is the wailing fog branch village leader. He can only be hired once every few turns and has fixed stats. He is very good at what he does.)

    [ ] Hire Pale Moon Necromancers (Ordinary Appropriate Realm):
    As part of your agreement with the Pale Moon Sect you may hire their disciples to help carry out tasks for you. Pale Moon sect necromancers specialize in studying the principles of the body and using their knowledge to raise undead soldiers to attack their enemies. (You may hire necromancers of different realms, and as many as you can afford, but one roll will be made for each necromancer and it will determine how skilled they are.)
    ---[ ] $4/Turn per Warrior Necromancer
    ---[ ] $15/Turn per Master Necromancer
    ---[ ] $100/turn Grandmaster Rho (Special: This is the leader of the Pale Moon Sect. He can only be hired once every few turns and has fixed stats. He comes with a free regiment of undead.)

    [ ] Hire Lotus Blade Cultivators (Ordinary Appropriate Realm):
    You are a generous patron of the Lotus Blade Academy and as such you are more than welcome to hire members of the school to carry out tasks for them. Given your patronage Wu Fen is willing to offer a steep discount. Disciples of the Lotus Blade are extremely strong in duels whether with other cultivators or spirit beasts. (You may hire disciples of different realms, and as many as you can afford, but one roll will be made for each cultivator and it will determine how skilled they are.)
    ---[ ] $2/Turn per Warrior Disciple
    ---[ ] $8/Turn per Master Disciple
    ---[ ] $50/turn Grandmaster Wu Fen (Special: The mistress of the Lotus Blade. She can only be hired once every few turns and has fixed stats. She is very very good at what she does. Every other hiring you won't need to pay anything for her assistance.)

    [ ] Hire Cultivators
    You have good relations with a number of sects now. You can hire various specialists if need be. You can approach any sect that is currently helpful to you.
    ---[ ] $4/Turn per Warrior Disciple
    ---[ ] $15/Turn per Master Disciple

    [ ] Train at the Lotus Blade Academy:
    You can choose to send your followers to train at the Lotus Blade Academy. They have a good selection of cultivation manuals that will allow anyone below Master to cultivate more efficiently. They also have a series of good technique manuals for the Lotus Blade that allows members of the Academy to train it far more effectively.

    One follower can train for free each year. After that it costs $4 per follower.

    [ ] Purchase Royal Elixir (Once)

    Duchess Zheng is willing to provide a limited number of Royal Elixirs for sale each year.
    -[ ] Healing Elixir +1 ($60)/+2 ($300)
    -[ ] Combat Elixir +1 ($60)/+2 ($300)
    -[ ] Skill Elixir +1 ($90)/+2 ($450)
    -[ ] Cultivation Aid ($4500)

    Diplomacy

    [ ] Improve an Embassy (Variable Monarch)
    The shrine maidens have been pulling double duty as both diplomats and priestesses, but this division is detracting from their full potential. Some of them have found their call more in secular matters arguing and cajoling foreign emissaries than tending to the White Anteater. With some careful persuasion you can move these shrine maidens into your personal service as the core of your new diplomatic corps.

    Passively increase relations with two factions.
    Increase size: Large Embassy
    Operating Costs: $4,800
    Can perform one diplomatic action

    [ ] Vassal Relations
    -[ ] The Mountain Rhino Sect: Neutral; (Easy Grandmaster):
    -[ ] The City of Xu: Friendly; (Ordinary Grandmaster):
    -[ ] The Plum Blossom Temple: Friendly; (Ordinary Grandmaster):
    It's always a good idea to keep your eye on your vassals. Send emissaries to talk with them and see how they feel about the kingdom and their place in it.

    Will generate a Vassal Request
    Improves relationship with a Vassal, to a maximum of Helpful.

    [ ] Develop a relationship with a sect (Ordinary Grandmaster):

    You still have contacts with various sects around the region from your grandmaster days. You've moved a bit beyond them personally, but they could still be useful as friends and allies.

    Improves relationship with a Sec, to a maximum of Friendly.

    [ ] Develop a relationship with the Kingdom of Tiangong (Ordinary Monarch):
    The mountainous kingdom to your north is already a friendly power, and you have a loose alliance with them. However it could be closer.

    Will generate a Royal Request
    Improves relationship with the Kingdom of Tiangong, to a maximum of Helpful

    [ ] Develop a relationship with the Kingdom of Lugong (Ordinary Monarch):
    You have made peace with your southern neighbor. It is a somewhat uneasy peace however and Yi Xinyi is somewhat unpredictable. It might be a good idea to develop more stable relations with the kingdom.

    Will generate a Royal Request
    Improves relationship with the Kingdom of Lugong, to a maximum of Helpful

    [ ] Develop a relationship with the Kingdom of Baishan (Easy Monarch): (Locked)
    Baishan is currently undergoing a civil war. Thus relations with the kingdom as a whole are not currently possible.

    Will generate a Royal Request
    Improves relationship with the Kingdom of Baishan, to a maximum of Helpful.

    [ ] Open Negotiations with a Kingdom
    Sometimes you want to talk with foreign powers about situations that have arisen or might occur. This involves sending your diplomats to meet with the other party and navigating through their courts in order to garner a meeting with one of the serious political players in the other nation.
    -[ ] Write In (Topic of Negotiation)

    Conquest & War

    [ ] Design Fort Improvements (Administration: Ordinary Monarch)
    Improving the forts isn't just a matter of throwing up walls and digging new supply cellars. The forts must be surveyed for their strengths and weaknesses to see what the most effective changes would be.

    [ ] Expand the Border Forts (Ordinary Monarch):
    The border forts along Longshan's frontiers are fine enough. They adhere to the standard doctrine for such things and can hold entire regiments. But they could always be better. Expand their walls, stockpile more supplies, build more forts. There are always improvements to be made here.

    Cost: $10,000
    Maintenance: $500/Turn
    Provides +2 to all Defensive Conquest Actions in your Kingdom


    [ ] Found a Division (Ordinary Monarch)
    Longshan is getting big enough that it's time to consider forming an actual division. It will be a long hard process to find an appropriate general and train the thousands of necessary troops, but it will give you a real force on the battlefield. You could also incorporate your existing regiments to make the process a little easier.

    Costs: $1,200/Turn; Costs increase by $360/turn until it reaches $4,800/Turn.
    Can perform one Conquest Action for you.
    Force Level: 3,102

    [ ] Plan a War
    Assign one or more generals to come up with a plan to invade or defend against another nation. This will involve picking units and tactics to fight the war along with listing the various amounts of supplies needed to adequately supply them. The plans can be saved for the appropriate situation.

    [ ] Help Yi Da in a Civil War (Locked until Lugong Civil War)
    -[X] Puppet Corps (Ambush)
    -[X] Cloud Tigers (Royal Guard)
    -[X] Ice Wolves (Cavalry)
    -[X] Old Apes (Elite Shock Cavalry)
    -[X] Wu Fen (Grandmaster)
    -[X] Mountain Rhino 1 (Heavy Infantry/Unreliable)
    -[X] Mountain Rhino 2 (Heavy Infantry/Unreliable)
    -[X] Gu (Grandmaster/Unreliable)
    -[X] Gang Junjie (Monarch)
    -[X] Li Mei (Monarch)
    Cost: $1,480 per year

    [ ] Help Tiangong against Baishan
    According to your military report the best outcome for you would be to send one of Longshan's Monarchs to support Tiangong's forces and wreak havoc in Baishan. Li Rong is occupied governing Yan Lu, but Li Mei and Gang Junjie are both free.

    [ ] Call up Longshan's Vassals
    Your vassals owe you military duties in addition to their tribute. You don't strictly need them to help Tiangong, and calling them now would leave Longshan somewhat undefended. But if you want to actually take any territory you'll need soldiers to hold the ground your monarchs take.

    Learning

    [ ] Teach a Class
    You are skilled in passing on cultivation knowledge to others. Choose a group of cultivators to teach. The entire class will gain Qi as if they had made a meditation check with one tenth of your Qi Intake as a bonus. This does include the benefits of your higher realm Qi if applicable.

    Ex: A grandmaster with Qi Intake 6 teaches a class of masters. Each student gets 0.6 Grandmaster Qi in addition to their normal Qi Intake. This translates to 12 more Master Qi each.

    [ ] Write down a Technique Manual (Variable Appropriate Realm)
    Choose a skill that you know and write a manual on how to train that skill. A successful roll will create a manual of the (Apprentice/Warrior/Master/Grandmaster) realm. Anyone else training that skill will gain a +1 Qi bonus in training that skill until they reach a level of skill capped by the manual's realm. Depending on the task difficulty they will also receive a (25%/50%/75%) improvement to their cultivation in that skill. Alternatively the bonus can be downgraded to increase the realms covered by one. (Default is two realms)

    [ ] Copy a Technique Manual
    Make a copy of a technique manual you already own. This doesn't have to be one you wrote yourself.

    [ ] Theorize improvements to a School (Ordinary Appropriate Realm)

    By refining a school's style you can improve the efficiency of the school. You can choose either an aspect of that school's uses or how fast it can be learned. Upon completion of your pondering you will have created a new school with a 25% bonus to either the rate of learning or to a certain subset of actions of the original school. However the school will be limited to the realm of the task used to create it.

    -[ ] Retrain yourself (Optional)

    As the school's founder you are intimately familiar with it. During the process of making the improvements you can optionally choose to retrain yourself to use the new variants rather than the old ones. This transfers all your progress in the old school to the new one for free.

    [ ] Create a new School of Techniques (Difficult Appropriate Realm) (Multi Turn)

    Sometimes you desire to walk a path no one else ever has. Either because your circumstances are unique or because you need to accomplish some task that is not covered by the more common schools. It's not easy to come up with an entirely new technique, but it can be very valuable. However the school will be limited to the realm of the task used to create it.

    -[ ] Retrain yourself (Optional)

    As the school's founder you are intimately familiar with it. During the process of making the improvements you can optionally choose to retrain yourself to use the new variants rather than the old ones. This transfers all your progress in the old school to the new one for free.

    [ ] Complete a Technique Manual (Ordinary Appropriate Realm) (Multi Turn)
    Sometimes you will gain an incomplete technique manual. Either because it is too high for your current understanding or because it is missing parts. By carefully studying it you can fill in what you are missing so that you can create a more complete set of manuals.

    Creates a new manual at the (Apprentice/Warrior/Master/Grandmaster/Monarch/Imperial) realm based on a current manual. If you practice the school's techniques yourself you can step up to two realms at time. Otherwise only one. If you step the manual down a realm, then the new manual's bonus will be the same as the old manual. If you step up a realm, then the bonus will degrade by one step as well.

    [ ] Study Cultivation (Ordinary Monarch)
    How does the world work? What is Qi? How do the elements interact? By learning to understand everything around you you can more fully comprehend the laws of the world. This reduces the cost of each point of Spirit by 1 Qi until you reach the Tribulation gate to break through to the next realm.

    [ ] [ ] [ ] Study Someone Else's Cultivation (Ordinary Monarch)
    It is possible to give other people insight into their own cultivation. By carefully studying their current path and writing a manual you can aid them in their own understanding. This creates a manual that someone else can use to emulate the Study Cultivation action.

    [ ] Found a Grand Academy (Ordinary Monarch)
    Found a Grand Academy dedicated to fostering scholars of all sorts who will seek out knowledge in the world and improve their collective understanding of it.This will take some time to set up, and unfortunately rely solely on your funding, but it will in time produce both sages and great works of knowledge.

    Costs: $4,800/Turn
    Provides source of Sages
    The skill of these Sages will improve with time.
    Can perform Two Sage action after five turns.

    [ ] Improve Annex (Ordinary Monarch)
    The necromancy annex in the academy is doing quite well. You could increase its funding yet again. It would become almost a twin of the academy proper. One where the more uncommon arts are taught as compared to the academy's class on the classic schools.

    Increase size: Large Pavilion
    Operating Costs: $4,800 - ($50 Trade)
    Decrease cost of hiring more necromancers
    Can perform two Learning actions

    [ ] Establish a Sect
    You want a steady source of cultivators loyal to you. So you will establish a new sect. This will not be an easy process. You will need to establish the curriculum, hire teachers, and recruit talented disciples. And even then it will be twenty years or so before any of the new graduates are ready to work for you. Still you have time for long term planning.
    -[ ] Determine Sect Curriculum
    -[ ] Invite skilled teachers (Easy/Ordinary/Difficult Grandmaster)
    -[ ] Recruit talented Disciples (Easy/Ordinary/Difficult Grandmaster)
    Costs: $150/Turn + $7.5 per 10 disciples
    Result: In approximately 20 years you will be able to recruit graduates from the sect. Their abilities will be determined by how well each of the three sub actions went. This will also stabilize the price per turn as the sect recruits enough of its own graduates to be able to perform various profitable activities. You will be able to call on the sect in times of crisis as well. Though how well they will be able to assist will depend heavily on how long the sect has been established.

    [ ] Write a Book (Ordinary Grandmaster) (Requires sage and another skill of at least Master)
    You have long felt that there were certain inefficiencies in the way things have been done. Now you will combine your practical experiences and theoretical knowledge to thoroughly examine a certain aspect of society and publish a book detailing ways in which it could be improved.

    Unlocks Upgrades for the actions governed by the skill
    These upgrades increase the bonuses or reduce penalties for those actions

    [ ] Transcribe a Rare Manuscript from Guohaimen
    Send scribes to the library of Guohaimen in order to search for potentially useful techniques. The libraries are vast and not ordered according to the traditions of Longshan's scholars. So it is up to the gods what the scribes will bring back.

    One Random Technique Manual of at least the Grandmaster level

    Religion

    [ ] Construct a Temple Complex (Ordinary Monarch)
    The shrine maidens have been pulling double duty as both diplomats and priestesses, but this division is detracting from their full potential. Once you have split off the more secularly inclined shrine maidens the rest can rededicate themselves to religious matters.

    Spreads White Anteater belief in two counties
    Increase size: Large Temple
    Operating Costs: $4,800
    Can perform one religion action

    [ ] Proselytize (Easy Grandmaster/Xu Ordinary Grandmaster)
    The word of the white anteater is spreading. Most people in the kingdom have heard of it. But most do not really believe. Continue the good work one city at a time.

    [ ] Exorcize Spirits (Easy Master)
    Not all spirits are benevolent. And unfortunately they tend to pop up fairly frequently. Take a trip around the local region getting rid of the worst ones.

    [ ] Care for the People (Ordinary Master)
    Heal the sick, resolve disputes, and council those who are emotionally conflicted. This will help soothe the populace and gain Virtue at the same time.

    Family

    Li Chao loves and looks up to you. You can do no wrong in his eyes, but that can change. Failing to spend time with him will lead to him growing more distant as the years pass.

    Li Mei: +0
    Gang Junjie: +0

    [ ] Indulge Li Chao (DC 7 no bonuses)
    Let Li Chao do what he wants. Play the games he chooses and let him have his own way. He'll love this, but it could lead to him becoming spoiled. His love for the parent involved will increase. Failure will lead to him becoming spoiled however.

    [ ] Spend Time with Li Chao (DC 9)
    Devote part of your time with Li Chao to teaching him various aspects of the world and playing games in equal measure. Take him to see various sights and give him a broad grounding. He'll probably like this, but it might not be very useful. Success will give him SP in a random skill as if the Teach a Class action was taken.

    [ ] Train Li Chao (DC 11)
    Give Li Chao a rigorous education. He's a prince and he needs to learn many many subjects in order to rule his future subjects. This will give him SP in cultivation, administration, and one other random subject as if the Teach a Class action was taken for all three. But he probably won't like it. Failure subtracts from his Love for the parent teaching him.

    [ ] Secure Li Chao
    You are powerful, but you have enemies. Place Li Chao under strict supervision and guard to prevent anyone from abducting or harming him. This will give him a point of Stress.

    [ ] Have another Child (DC: 8) Requires Gang Junjie and Li Mei
    Cultivators spend all their time strengthening their bodies and fortifying it with massive quantities of Qi. This helps them personally, but presents a problem when attempting to have children. As a delicate new life has not been strengthened sufficiently to withstand such dense Qi. As such the more powerful a cultivator the more difficult it is for them to conceive. Masters tend to have a slightly harder time than normal, but Grandmasters and above need to take special steps to carefully meditate with their partners and delicately mesh their Qi to form a protective formation for the embryo as it develops.

    Junjie Personal [Automatic success]

    [ ] Go Hunting with Li Mei: Li Mei is a good friend, and one of the few people of at least your realm in the area. Journey to the capital and invite Li Mei to join you for a round of drinking or maybe a spirit beast hunt. This will improve your relationship with her and let the two of you talk strategy in person.

    Reduce The Violet Dragon's Hunger Trouble Clock by 1 to a minimum of 0.

    [ ] Talk to Someone
    Sometimes you just need to talk to someone specific. You can set aside some time to track them down and deal with their problems. Or perhaps set them on a different path than the one they are currently on.
    - [ ] Who are you contacting (Write In)

    [ ] Vacation: Reduce stress by 1.

    Mei Personal [Automatic success]

    [ ] Performing Judgements (Locked until Another Example clock ticks down)
    This isn't something that Li Mei can push off on anyone else. She has to personally sit in judgment of the officials who are found to violate her new laws to show that she is paying attention and that the crime will be just as severe as the law says.

    [ ] Review the Army with Gang Junjie: Your new husband is a good friend, but he's overly cautious. He keeps talking you out of invading your neighbors, and admittedly he has good points. But you have good points too! Take him to review the army you've built and show him Longshan is ready for war.

    Increases The Violet Dragon's Hunger Trouble Clock by 1.

    [ ] Talk to Someone
    Sometimes you just need to talk to someone specific. You can set aside some time to track them down and deal with their problems. Or perhaps set them on a different path than the one they are currently on.
    - [ ] Who are you contacting (Write In)

    [ ] Track down your Father
    You've been meaning to do this forever. He didn't leave many clues, but you're going to find that no good son of a bitch and give him a beating for what he did to your mother.

    [ ] Vacation: Reduce stress by 1.
     
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    • I think these two are a must:

    [ ] Train Li Chao (DC 11)
    [ ] Have another Child (DC: 8) Requires Gang Junjie and Li Mei

    Chao will probably be gone for a bit so his time slot should be free for a new kiddo.
     
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