Monster Marriage Quest
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ScissorSlipper
Barber cat
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[X]"If the rules on long-term hiring could be relaxed in regard to non-military jobs, that would greatly improve our ability to actually use any funds paid for Cores, as well as improve our ability to develop our territory."
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Can't vote everything. Pick one of those three blocks to be voting for: you can just edit out the 'X'es in whatever you decide to drop, or make a new post voting for just one.
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- Earth
[X]"I think trading Cores for Cores would be more than fair. Say, three types in exchange for our many copies of one type?" Your understanding of Cores suggests that an actual tit-for-tat per Core would be viewed as extremely greedy, but surely three different Cores for 50+ copies of one Core is fair? Maybe even generous to them?
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[X]"I met a Breed who could modulate his voice to not offend the ears of non-Integrated humans. Could you provide anything like that?"
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[X]"I met a Breed who could modulate his voice to not offend the ears of non-Integrated humans. Could you provide anything like that?"
Why not? Wouldn't it just mean that all those options are acceptable. The highest ranked single plan would still be the only one that wins.
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Voting literally everything on offer is the same thing as offering no vote unless and until a write-in occurs, or in this case unless and until somebody else submits a different set of sub-votes for the Core one. It's basically the same thing as 'no vote', but more of a bookkeeping headache for me (More votes to track), and coming from a new voter it raises the possibility that they've misunderstood how voting/Quests in general/this Quest in specific works. If it's the last scenario, I want to educate. Even if it's not, I'd rather not encourage people to Just Vote All Valid Options.
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[X]"I think trading Cores for Cores would be more than fair. Say, three types in exchange for our many copies of one type?" Your understanding of Cores suggests that an actual tit-for-tat per Core would be viewed as extremely greedy, but surely three different Cores for 50+ copies of one Core is fair? Maybe even generous to them?
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[X]"I met a Breed who could modulate his voice to not offend the ears of non-Integrated humans. Could you provide anything like that?"
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[X]"I met a Breed who could modulate his voice to not offend the ears of non-Integrated humans. Could you provide anything like that?"
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It's difficult to overstate how much of a big deal flying scouts are for warfare.
I think a core for flight should be considered very carefully.
I think a core for flight should be considered very carefully.
Kai Merah
Hound Hearted Hedonist
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- Somewhere in the corners of my imagination
Alright, here's my opinion. Asking for more meat is immediate short term gains, at the expense of long-term gains. It's a one-time windfall which can't really be replicated. We should be focusing on our ability to gain more meat and productivity in the long-term, rather than accepting a windfall.
The best ways to increase our productivity is by managing our human resources better. We have a ton of money sitting in the castle doing absolutely nothing, because Caras can't spend it on anything. Or possibly, we could use the money to buy meat above the meat we're taxing from the populace.
I think the best option is to get cores to both manage the threats against us, as well as manage our human vassals better. There's already bad blood between Caras and Freewheeling Raptors, so it's not like it matters too much if we piss him off more, and the Council already said that until our burner-worm detection cores were properly proliferated, they'd keep other lords from interfering in our lands. That should be plenty of time for us to shore up our defences, which we ought to do anyway to defend from Commoner incursions. The ability for long-range communication and coordination even with non-integrated vassals is important enough to be worth pissing off someone our husband already has bad blood with anyway. Even if we can't hire our human vassals, we can at least talk to the mayors and such more regularly and quickly, as well as communicating with any breed-guards we have in the field.
[X]"I think trading Cores for Cores would be more than fair. Say, three types in exchange for our many copies of one type?" Your understanding of Cores suggests that an actual tit-for-tat per Core would be viewed as extremely greedy, but surely three different Cores for 50+ copies of one Core is fair? Maybe even generous to them?
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[x]"Freewheeling Raptors had a terribly convenient method of long-range communication with even non-Integrated humans. Would you be able to advocate on our part for this technique?"
Since I'm not sure how popular my variant of this vote will be, given a number of others already voting for the 'more human voice' sub-option, I'm also voting for the second best option of
[X]"If the rules on long-term hiring could be relaxed in regard to non-military jobs, that would greatly improve our ability to actually use any funds paid for Cores, as well as improve our ability to develop our territory."
The best ways to increase our productivity is by managing our human resources better. We have a ton of money sitting in the castle doing absolutely nothing, because Caras can't spend it on anything. Or possibly, we could use the money to buy meat above the meat we're taxing from the populace.
I think the best option is to get cores to both manage the threats against us, as well as manage our human vassals better. There's already bad blood between Caras and Freewheeling Raptors, so it's not like it matters too much if we piss him off more, and the Council already said that until our burner-worm detection cores were properly proliferated, they'd keep other lords from interfering in our lands. That should be plenty of time for us to shore up our defences, which we ought to do anyway to defend from Commoner incursions. The ability for long-range communication and coordination even with non-integrated vassals is important enough to be worth pissing off someone our husband already has bad blood with anyway. Even if we can't hire our human vassals, we can at least talk to the mayors and such more regularly and quickly, as well as communicating with any breed-guards we have in the field.
[X]"I think trading Cores for Cores would be more than fair. Say, three types in exchange for our many copies of one type?" Your understanding of Cores suggests that an actual tit-for-tat per Core would be viewed as extremely greedy, but surely three different Cores for 50+ copies of one Core is fair? Maybe even generous to them?
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[x]"Freewheeling Raptors had a terribly convenient method of long-range communication with even non-Integrated humans. Would you be able to advocate on our part for this technique?"
Since I'm not sure how popular my variant of this vote will be, given a number of others already voting for the 'more human voice' sub-option, I'm also voting for the second best option of
[X]"If the rules on long-term hiring could be relaxed in regard to non-military jobs, that would greatly improve our ability to actually use any funds paid for Cores, as well as improve our ability to develop our territory."
Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
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I really do think it matters. From what we've seen, while they may not like each other, the blood can still get significantly worse. There's a difference between "bad blood" and "is waiting for an opportunity to attack." Communication with vassals can also be accomplished with a "talk to the humans" Breed without the added fuss. Admittedly with apparently reduced effectiveness in at least one-to-one communications, but I'll take that over risking opening a second front.
Kai Merah
Hound Hearted Hedonist
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- Somewhere in the corners of my imagination
I don't think a 'talk to humans' breed will be particularly good at humaning, and indeed, may cause misunderstandings if we try to use them for communication. I sincerely believe long range communication is better and more useful, and we will have the time of Council ban regarding attacks against us to fortify our territory.
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[X]"It would certainly help if more raw material could make its way to our castle, to cover the costs of growing the required Cores and help us prepare for future conflict with the Commoners."
[X]"If the rules on long-term hiring could be relaxed in regard to non-military jobs, that would greatly improve our ability to actually use any funds paid for Cores, as well as improve our ability to develop our territory."
[X]"If the rules on long-term hiring could be relaxed in regard to non-military jobs, that would greatly improve our ability to actually use any funds paid for Cores, as well as improve our ability to develop our territory."
Torgamous
Aspiring Gynoid
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A two front war is still bad, fortified territory or no. It's not worth insisting on a mysterious direct-to-human communication method with unknown limitations instead of a town crier Breed.
[X]"I think trading Cores for Cores would be more than fair. Say, three types in exchange for our many copies of one type?" Your understanding of Cores suggests that an actual tit-for-tat per Core would be viewed as extremely greedy, but surely three different Cores for 50+ copies of one Core is fair? Maybe even generous to them?
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[X]"I met a Breed who could modulate his voice to not offend the ears of non-Integrated humans. Could you provide anything like that?"
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[X]"I met a Breed who could modulate his voice to not offend the ears of non-Integrated humans. Could you provide anything like that?"
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Wow, this is still neck-and-neck. Currently the Core trade/request for fireproofing/flight/a toggle for The Voice is the winning vote, but still by just one vote, with the other contenders tied with each other.
I'm having a rough time at the moment and so probably wouldn't be able to start writing today anyway, but in light of the above I'm definitely not closing the vote today.
I should perhaps emphasize that it's a ban, as in a declaration of a rule, but how it will be enforced was not raised. There's a very significant difference between 'the Council will set a watch to make sure the rule is not violated' and 'if the Council find out it was violated, they will then punish the violator, which doesn't undo whatever harm the rule violation might have caused'. Sabrina doesn't currently know how the Council intends this edict to work.
I'm having a rough time at the moment and so probably wouldn't be able to start writing today anyway, but in light of the above I'm definitely not closing the vote today.
I should perhaps emphasize that it's a ban, as in a declaration of a rule, but how it will be enforced was not raised. There's a very significant difference between 'the Council will set a watch to make sure the rule is not violated' and 'if the Council find out it was violated, they will then punish the violator, which doesn't undo whatever harm the rule violation might have caused'. Sabrina doesn't currently know how the Council intends this edict to work.
[X]"I think trading Cores for Cores would be more than fair. Say, three types in exchange for our many copies of one type?" Your understanding of Cores suggests that an actual tit-for-tat per Core would be viewed as extremely greedy, but surely three different Cores for 50+ copies of one Core is fair? Maybe even generous to them?
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[X]"I met a Breed who could modulate his voice to not offend the ears of non-Integrated humans. Could you provide anything like that?"
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[X]"I met a Breed who could modulate his voice to not offend the ears of non-Integrated humans. Could you provide anything like that?"
Tithed_Verse
Vainglorious
- Location
- Iowa
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[X]"If the rules on long-term hiring could be relaxed in regard to non-military jobs, that would greatly improve our ability to actually use any funds paid for Cores, as well as improve our ability to develop our territory."
Honestly? This is the only thing we can't eventually get for ourselves. Cores? Knowing it's possible is the first step towards developing it, it'll just cost an unknown, but large amount of resources and an unknown, but long, period of time
Resources? Useful, but we gradually generate resources on our own, albeit slowly and at a terrible rate.
The ability to put our friends on our payroll? We're already planning to make significant usage of our friends to help us with this whole 'war' thing. It'd be nice to be able to actually pay them for it.
Honestly? This is the only thing we can't eventually get for ourselves. Cores? Knowing it's possible is the first step towards developing it, it'll just cost an unknown, but large amount of resources and an unknown, but long, period of time
Resources? Useful, but we gradually generate resources on our own, albeit slowly and at a terrible rate.
The ability to put our friends on our payroll? We're already planning to make significant usage of our friends to help us with this whole 'war' thing. It'd be nice to be able to actually pay them for it.
Ya, this convinces me
[X]"If the rules on long-term hiring could be relaxed in regard to non-military jobs, that would greatly improve our ability to actually use any funds paid for Cores, as well as improve our ability to develop our territory."
[X]"If the rules on long-term hiring could be relaxed in regard to non-military jobs, that would greatly improve our ability to actually use any funds paid for Cores, as well as improve our ability to develop our territory."
I wouldn't get too greedy here. We've made progress, but remember, we're here because the Council is angry with us. Getting too uppity now is just asking for a smackdown.
I wouldn't get too greedy here. We've made progress, but remember, we're here because the Council is angry with us. Getting too uppity now is just asking for a smackdown.
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Sick and tired of being Sick and Tired
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If I make another vote or change my vote I should make that a seperate post right? I think just doing an edit replacing the last post of mine would not tabulate properly?
Tithed_Verse
Vainglorious
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- Iowa
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I honestly don't know.
BUUUUT. After doing whatever you do, you can hit the 'new tally' button and see if it tabitulated correctly.
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- St. Petersburg
[X]"I think trading Cores for Cores would be more than fair. Say, three types in exchange for our many copies of one type?" Your understanding of Cores suggests that an actual tit-for-tat per Core would be viewed as extremely greedy, but surely three different Cores for 50+ copies of one Core is fair? Maybe even generous to them?
Cores. No suboptions; whatever is agreed upon. Flyers are what I care most about, and they seem like they will make the cut.
Cores. No suboptions; whatever is agreed upon. Flyers are what I care most about, and they seem like they will make the cut.
Kai Merah
Hound Hearted Hedonist
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- Somewhere in the corners of my imagination
Alright. So the choices are, on one hand, flying, fireproof, speaking Breed, or on the other hand, ability to hire humans for noncombat roles. I imagine that means administrators primarily. Perhaps town criers. Maybe spies? Advisors?
Without an ability to speak to such humans at range, I'm not sure how useful such humans will be. Maybe advisors would help, but that still would require Caras to follow their advice, and I'm not sure he'd trust non integrated humans. Hence, I'll throw my vote behind the other popular option.
[X]"I think trading Cores for Cores would be more than fair. Say, three types in exchange for our many copies of one type?" Your understanding of Cores suggests that an actual tit-for-tat per Core would be viewed as extremely greedy, but surely three different Cores for 50+ copies of one Core is fair? Maybe even generous to them?
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[X]"I met a Breed who could modulate his voice to not offend the ears of non-Integrated humans. Could you provide anything like that?"
Without an ability to speak to such humans at range, I'm not sure how useful such humans will be. Maybe advisors would help, but that still would require Caras to follow their advice, and I'm not sure he'd trust non integrated humans. Hence, I'll throw my vote behind the other popular option.
[X]"I think trading Cores for Cores would be more than fair. Say, three types in exchange for our many copies of one type?" Your understanding of Cores suggests that an actual tit-for-tat per Core would be viewed as extremely greedy, but surely three different Cores for 50+ copies of one Core is fair? Maybe even generous to them?
-[X]"Zyzixion has fireproofing, and as the frontline against Burner Worms that would greatly help us do our duty."
-[X]"Flight would help us fend off the Szumowiny, and is currently outside our wheelhouse, but I notice it is very common in Soissons."
-[X]"I met a Breed who could modulate his voice to not offend the ears of non-Integrated humans. Could you provide anything like that?"
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Lurking_Badger
Cheese Enjoyer
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- Wisconsin
We could also just have our own sheep farms by just hiring people and buying sheep. As the wife of the local lord, we already own enough land to put them on. Hiring some builders to make/modify some buildings for us since that usually takes a long time, so that probably falls under long-term hiring. Also, I've been thinking of paying a merchant to buy animals from another Lord's territory and bringing them back.