- Location
- California
What we need is an turn to a dedicated training action. Consuming spiritual core has effects on people, and I don't want nor think we want this
anywhere near our being. Especially since there appears to be no tradebacks.
Lord of a Fief Quest [Xianxia/Western Fantasy Fusion, CK2-ish]
- Thread starter ChaosCircle
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- Original
anywhere near our being. Especially since there appears to be no tradebacks.
- Location
- USA
Ok so checking things over we spent 400 silver to buy the help of 12 adventurers. Assuming that the lower ranked ones made up the bulk of that force I will be very low end here and assume that only 2 were on our level. Making 10 on the level of our knights.
Assuming that the price that they could command is predicated upon their rank, the top rankers would probably cost more and based on the power of the beast and how it is ranked at 4 and behaved and almost won. I have to assume that power progression is most likely exponential on a steep curve.
As such the higher ranked ones we hired probably accounted for the greater cost of the 400 on their own. Assuming such means that 200 was allocated to those on our rank, making the cost of those below our rank a minuscule 20 silver.
Assuming on the other hand a more even mix of power levels and such means that the price difference can't become very large and as such at 12 for 400, that comes out to a total of 33.33 silver per person. Now assuming that we got roughly half and half, that would probably result in the lower ranks to drop down to 30 and the higher up to 36.
However, the key fact here is that no matter how you look at the matter the economics of things screws us over badly. Any family worth the name could easily fund a group of 50 people at our rank to go rampage on our land, even at a cost of 100 per person. If its only 36 to 50 then its even worst for us.
No matter how I look at it the fact remains that we have to grow in power fast. My numbers are total assumptions, but I did chose them based on how reasonable I felt they were. Notice that the best case is where the cost of a given person increases exponentially from their rank.
Edit: This also does not take into account modifiers to the cost that result of human actions. We piss off a group and suddenly they might cut their rate in half so to speak if they get to screw us over.
Assuming that the price that they could command is predicated upon their rank, the top rankers would probably cost more and based on the power of the beast and how it is ranked at 4 and behaved and almost won. I have to assume that power progression is most likely exponential on a steep curve.
As such the higher ranked ones we hired probably accounted for the greater cost of the 400 on their own. Assuming such means that 200 was allocated to those on our rank, making the cost of those below our rank a minuscule 20 silver.
Assuming on the other hand a more even mix of power levels and such means that the price difference can't become very large and as such at 12 for 400, that comes out to a total of 33.33 silver per person. Now assuming that we got roughly half and half, that would probably result in the lower ranks to drop down to 30 and the higher up to 36.
However, the key fact here is that no matter how you look at the matter the economics of things screws us over badly. Any family worth the name could easily fund a group of 50 people at our rank to go rampage on our land, even at a cost of 100 per person. If its only 36 to 50 then its even worst for us.
No matter how I look at it the fact remains that we have to grow in power fast. My numbers are total assumptions, but I did chose them based on how reasonable I felt they were. Notice that the best case is where the cost of a given person increases exponentially from their rank.
Edit: This also does not take into account modifiers to the cost that result of human actions. We piss off a group and suddenly they might cut their rate in half so to speak if they get to screw us over.
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- Location
- France
[X] Sell the creature's spirit core. (+400 Silver Bars)
People who don't want the potential unknown effects of eating the core...and a generous reputation only works if you are consistently generous
- Location
- Belgium
[X] Consume the creature's spirit core. ( Results in ??? and +40 Power)
I am quite interested in doing this with a so called Outsider spirit beast core. That creature was powerful and smart, let's see what it can give us.
I am quite interested in doing this with a so called Outsider spirit beast core. That creature was powerful and smart, let's see what it can give us.
- Location
- Florida
You are free to write in options that split the difference between existing options at any time. I picked the extremes because that is where I could easily peg stat benefits from.
Your income is 1357 Silver Bars / Season. So its a little more than triple that amount.
I suspect the choice has to do with avoiding the ??? related to the consuming an outsider's spirit core. That and its an Outsider and not something more natural.
Options to eat spirit cores won't be going away, at least for awhile.
So far the main objections to eating spirit cores:
First Vote) Not raw like was suggested.
This Vote) The source is an Outsider and the ??? worries me.
As far as I can tell that is the reasoning.
Mrbrown1000
Working on a story, may post it soon.
- Location
- United states
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Can we delay dealing with the core? I want to consmue it. But, I want us to consume smaller ones to experiment first. IF we realize it's too dangerous we can always sell it later.
[X] Sell the creature's spirit core. (+400 Silver Bars)
[X] Sell the creature's spirit core. (+400 Silver Bars)
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- Location
- Brazil
It wouldn't be fresh anymore.
- Location
- usa
[X] Sell the core and give a portion of the money to the families of the deceased.
- Location
- Florida
It wouldn't be fresh but you could write that in as an option.
You can write in delaying until you do research.
[X] Sell the creature's spirit core. (+400 Silver Bars)
- Location
- Florida
I'm closing the vote because I'll probably not be able to post tomorrow so I wanted to get a post out today.
- Location
- California
edit: Derp, I didn't read what was posted.
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Summer, 1032 - The Spirit Stone Cave
- Location
- Florida
[X] Sell the creature's spirit core. (+400 Silver Bars)
Roll from previous post:
1D100+10 => 73 (Positive Landmark) [next post]
Spirit Stone Mine:
1D100+10 => 104 (Rank 10)
1D100+10 => 73 (Positive Landmark) [next post]
Spirit Stone Mine:
1D100+10 => 104 (Rank 10)
You ripped out the Outsider's spirit core and stared at it for a moment while you contemplated swallowing it down in front of so many witnesses, then you reconsidered. You had no idea what sort of monster this Outsider was or what consuming its spirit core would do to you. The idea of consuming a spirit core in front of witnesses also worried you, it was a practice that was legal but not socially accepted. It would be a loss of face to devour a core in front of so many witnesses. So you handed it off to one of your knights and gave orders for it to be sold. It would cover the costs of your adventurers and that was a worthy end in and of itself.
A part of you felt guilt for not rewarding the families of the men who died for your victory but they were adventurers. They would have died at the end of a beast's claw one day regardless of your actions. The fact it happened to be this day, this victory was only relevant in so far as it made you feel guilty. Guilt was not enough to move you to action or loosen your purse. It was simply an emotion you registered and discarded a minute later.
Scouts were dispatched to investigate the small, decayed jungle to your south. They returned to report at its center the red, glowing gash in the air was still there. A portal to the Outside, a violation of the natural world and natural law. A place alien to you and your kind. A cold certainty settled in your stomach as you realized this would not be the last of these monsters to roam your lands nor would it be the last time you would sacrifice the souls of adventurers to fight such evil.
The current matter settled for the moment, you moved on to the villages of Xidi, Xijiang and Xiamen. They threw feasts in your honor, as was right and proper, and left you to sleep in the best bedroom available in the knight's manor. It was the good life and you enjoyed it although you did not seek out willing maids or the like. You had a potential marriage candidate in mind and it would not be good to give offense so early in the courtship.
It was not until you explored the lands to the southwest of Xiamen did you discover something of interest once more. The horses could not get enough of the grass, devouring entire patches to the bare earth. A part of you wondered if it was another poisoned area you could sell to the highest bidder.
Once your men established camp, you slipped into your tent to test the waters and sat cross legged on a patch of grass so you could see what you were dealing with. You closed your eyes and slipped into a meditative trance. You began to take deep, measured breaths of pranayama variety as you attuned yourself to the spirit energy that rose from the ground and nourished the spirit grass. Green spirit energy glowed bright enough to be visible through your closed eyelids, a common side effect of areas of high spirit density. A good sign.
You lost any sense of time as you meditated upon your breath, as you began to inhale and exhale the raw energies of the Earth, its spirit energy. You filtered that spirit energy through your lungs and into your spirit core, your soul. This process empowered mortal flesh with unnatural power and was known as cultivation. Of course, you were only doing this for a short period...too short for a measured gain in actual power.
After a few hours of meditation you were certain this place had a spirit density of two. That was high enough to grow spirit grain if you fenced off the area, as you reached out with your senses to try to gauge the breadth of the area you came to the conclusion it was likely smaller than your current spirit grain operation. Unfortunate, but still a profitable place to exploit.
You left the grass alone this time, it did not mater if it had properties of medicinal value...you intended to clear the land and plant spirit grain. That was settled reality as soon as you realized the spirit density of the place.
That settled your retinue moved on to the village of Hunan to complete your Lord's Tour of the villages within your domain. They had cuisine of beef to serve, a nice change, but there was little to recommend the village in and of itself. It was simply another poor rural village under your control. Just one with an excess of milk and cows. It might make a meal enjoyable but it was hardly something that warranted your time.
Satisfied that your tour was over, your retinue gathered what food they could afford and ventured into the Tian Shen Mountains. A place filled with spirit beasts of varying power levels, spirit beasts you would likely have to fight if you were to survive the rigors of your expedition. You were alright with that, after all you were of the third rank and it would be others who truly suffered during this expedition. A fact that made you feel a pang of guilt at the callousness of it but you needed power if you were to do the greatest good for the greatest number and that meant sacrifices must be made.
It was during this adventure that you discovered a river with shiny gem-like stones on its banks. You could sense the strength of their qi, their spirit energy. So you dismounted near the river and scooped up one of these precious stones only to confirm it glowed with its own inner light, proof positive that this river had a veritable fortune in spirit stones simply lining its banks.
You had your men collect what they could from the river's banks, gathering these valuable stones for later use.
So you did what your greed instructed you to do and followed that river for several days until you found its source. A massive cave which was seemingly home to both an underground river and a fortune in spirit stones. You could see from the entrance that there were more such stones inside. The question was, did you dare enter? Or would you simply note this location for later reference?
[ ] Investigate the Cave. There was a fortune in there and you intended to acquire what you could before setting up a fortress to mine this vein of spirit stones.
[ ] Something was knocking chunks of spirit stones free so they floated down the river. That something might eat you. Perhaps you should note the location and move on.
++ Your men gathered 800 Rank 1 Spirit Stones, 80 Rank 2 Spirit Stones, 8 Rank 3 Spirit Stones, 1 Rank 4 Spirit Stone
[X] Investigate the Cave. There was a fortune in there and you intended to acquire what you could before setting up a fortress to mine this vein of spirit stones.
Leave the normies outside though, same with the knights. They are going to be more a detriment than a help in a place like this.
Leave the normies outside though, same with the knights. They are going to be more a detriment than a help in a place like this.
- Location
- USA
@ChaosCircle can you provide the power scale for each rank of spirit stone and how much one could expect to gain from a stone?
- Location
- UK
[X] Something was knocking chunks of spirit stones free so they floated down the river. That something might eat you. Perhaps you should note the location and move on.
I think it would make more sense to come back in future once we've prepared an expedition powerful enough to take on rank 10 creatures.
I think it would make more sense to come back in future once we've prepared an expedition powerful enough to take on rank 10 creatures.