Operation Weihnachtswunder (A CK2 Style Quest to Save Christmas!)

[hleghe]

Pessimistic on finding good candidates:
Why?
What is the basis for the pessimism?

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because we'd need to find them? it's usually at least a little hard, and we don't want to be putting someone untrustworthy in our inner circle
that said, i am hoping Wesley is an option for occult, maybe? may be limited by being bound to a location, so we'll have to see

Also we could spend 1 AP "hands on plow" on getting advisor, instead of 1 AP on time with Jack.

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that just boosts our rolls right? i don't think it gives us another action...

Mostly the issue is that it requires a Personal or Free action, and I'm spending all three on time sensitive stuff.

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oh whoops lol, totally missed that (surprised it didn't get caught earlier, have struck that out now)
easy enough to skip talking to jack frost though, so not the end of the world. considering that it's totally understandable to avoid it though, i just personally wanted to get it out of the way with since it's usually a good boost to rolls (though that'll be for later when we can apply stats to them) *and* it improves our survivability/ability to go on missions (such as the one for mary/vixen, though I'm for delaying that until jack heals)

Any thoughts on switching out Occult Advisor for something else (maybe random adventures) so we can Plow it next turn for that sweet +36 to the quality of options?

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hmm, well delaying things could give everyone a chance to settle? which would probably be good narratively.
it'd mean we 2 old guard to start, 2 people who are known and trusted, then two new people, all on subsequent turns (possibly cool). at least assuming there's no action for "instantly do this and we'll send you the coat" from the dwarves that needs diplomacy

Unless a very convincing argument is presented otherwise, I will not be voting for any plan which does not include Mary and Vixen.

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hmm. from my perspective, Mary and Vixen are kind of in a very awkward to reach spot, jack frost as our sneakiest guy is in pretty sorry state and if given some time would be far more able to help, and if things go well this turn we'll be able to get some training/the coat which should improve our prospects quite a bit
I'm not saying we wouldn't be able to succeed without all that, but it'd be a lot chancier and might come with cost, whist two can hopefully stay safe for the time being. (far better than drawing attention right to them when we're all unprepared, or being seen and tracked back then promptly directly messed with)
Meanwhile, things could be a lot smoother if we attempt it when we're more able to fight or have jack/the coat/SEP fields for stealth (depending on how long we can wait)
oh, also it costs an extra personal/free action? for that matter, do you know if "hands to the prow" actually applies there @The Froggy Ninja ? I'm not sure if stats are relevant (though it'd be handy if they were, DC on like lightning is big)

 

[The Froggy Ninja]

oh, also it costs an extra personal/free action? for that matter, do you know if "hands to the prow" actually applies there @The Froggy Ninja ? I'm not sure if stats are relevant (though it'd be handy if they were, DC on like lightning is big)

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That was more meant to indicate that I was spending the free action on it, though you've convinced me to edit my plan anyway.

EDIT: A fair argument was made that trying to rescue Mary and Vixen might be better put off until after Jack recovers a bit and we get the coat. With that in mind, I've swapped the Free action to getting a Diplomacy Advisor and the Personal to adding our 36 to finding an Occult Advisor so we get a quality one. Possibly +54 if we go looking for a Spirit advisor specifically.

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Summary of the changes.

 

[Toboe]

because we'd need to find them? it's usually at least a little hard, and we don't want to be putting someone untrustworthy in our inner circle

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I don't follow on how that would be a problem (unless dice screw us hard).
Like dwarves we'd need to find too. And then convince to be our friends.
A d100 with a bunch of bonuses ought to let us meet a few interesting people.

that said, i am hoping Wesley is an option for occult, maybe? may be limited by being bound to a location, so we'll have to see

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Wesley as Occult advisor?
But he has only 11 in Occult.

that just boosts our rolls right? i don't think it gives us another action...

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Yeah. Its meant as another bonus to advisor getting.

 

[The Froggy Ninja]

@Novus Ordo Mundi, since Jacob doesn't have a statblock yet, can you tell us what his Stewardship would be if we picked him? Also, as an aside, how good is Krampus's mother to be a viable Stewardship Advisor? And is she potentially available for any other positions? I imagine she's got decent Diplomacy or Intrigue given, you know, succubus.

 

[hleghe]

I don't follow on how that would be a problem (unless dice screw us hard).
Like dwarves we'd need to find too. And then convince to be our friends.
A d100 with a bunch of bonuses ought to let us meet a few interesting people.

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hero recruitment is sort of different to regular actions? it's a success regardless, but the quality of the result can vary drastically (to the extent that even if they give us candates, they might not be considered successes? (need to have people trustworthy/that you can work with in the inner circle) whilst dwarves we know we'll hit a degree of success on via bribery. there's also the perhaps more pettier risk of gaining heroes that aren't nice to read, though that's a different matter

Wesley as Occult advisor?
But he has only 11 in Occult.

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fair. i realised the wesly thing when i verified expenses and partially just stuck with it out of coping (the building you're standing in is always a good candidate for someone trustworthy (for obvious reasons) and Wesley's stats *could* increase as a result of the investigation)

that said, if it's a dealmaker/breaker i could maybe switch that to looking for someone? the plan was created before it was revealed that advisors give extra actions, which admittedly makes them pretty hard to justify skipping for now.

however, I seriously don't want to drop the stewardship's "rework shifts(basically gives extra desks for free)+recruit more people (lets us use more desks+possibly gives us advisor candidates)" combo for significantly increasing production (pretty important for a lot of things, having it right away is valuable to be able to build off of that on following turns/start producing toys faster to gain more christmas spirit)

would you be fine dropping promoting Marley if it meant we could search for a diplomacy hero? we have 2 actions in there by default so missing a advisor isn't as significant, though that would mean it'd be jack looking for a candidate. hopefully there's someone in london? at the very least thoughthat means +16 added to the roll

 

[Novus Ordo Mundi]

@Novus Ordo Mundi, since Jacob doesn't have a statblock yet, can you tell us what his Stewardship would be if we picked him? Also, as an aside, how good is Krampus's mother to be a viable Stewardship Advisor? And is she potentially available for any other positions? I imagine she's got decent Diplomacy or Intrigue given, you know, succubus.

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I'd roll 1D10 + 20 for Marley, before Traits. And she probably could run Diplomacy if you choose someone else.

 

[Toboe]

hero recruitment is sort of different to regular actions? it's a success regardless, but the quality of the result can vary drastically (to the extent that even if they give us candates, they might not be considered successes? (need to have people trustworthy/that you can work with in the inner circle) whilst dwarves we know we'll hit a degree of success on via bribery. there's also the perhaps more pettier risk of gaining heroes that aren't nice to read, though that's a different matter

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Its yeah regular action=/= hero seeking, but we have a huge pool to pull from (we are very familiar with the unseren world!) and i trust Novus to make something interesting, so just need to Spin the dice and hope we don't get screwed.

however, I seriously don't want to drop the stewardship's "rework shifts(basically gives extra desks for free)+recruit more people (lets us use more desks+possibly gives us advisor candidates)" combo for significantly increasing production (pretty important for a lot of things, having it right away is valuable to be able to build off of that on following turns/start producing toys faster to gain more christmas spirit)

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Full agree on keeping those actions.

One more thing i realized about your plan:
You have

[ ] Your Mortal Employees: Scrooge and Marley's has six Employees that man the shop. As risky as it might be, you feel that they should know, especially since they or their families might be at risk if Midwinter ever figures out you're Santa. Cost: 5 CS. DC: 130. Bonus: Diplomacy + Occult. Rewards: Your Employees are brought into the knowledge of the Unseen World.

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Without any boosts.
Occult 36, Diplomacy 16.
130-36-16
=94-16
=78
22% chance to make it.
While talking about the unseen world and our Santa'ness to the un-initiated.
Def want to do it before we start taking risks that could reveal us/our workshop, though.

My idea of an ideal plan:
[]plan: staffing the new home of Santa
-[] Martial: Employ a Master of Arms
-[] Martial: Spent to Take Krampus With You on "Like Lightning"
-[] Diplomacy: The Council of Christmas (Diplomacy)
--[] Feast
-[] Stewardship: Promote From Within (Stewardship - Jacob Marley)
-[] Stewardship: Employ More Spirits
-[] Stewardship: Shift Over
-[] intrigue: Lay low (assigned to Promote From Within(Stewardship - Jacob Marley)
-[] intrigue: spent to Lay low
-[] Learning: Promote From Within (Learning)
-[] Occult: Find Out More About Wesley
--[] More Personal Examination
-[] Occult: Like Lightning
--[] Take Krampus With You
-[]Free: intrigue: The Council of Christmas (Occult)
-[]personals
--[] Hands To The Plow
---[] The Council of Christmas (Occult)
--[] Hands To The Plow
---[] The Council of Christmas (Diplomacy)

My bias/assumptions here is that dwarves are cool, but can wait a turn, we can risk going a turn without getting into combat shape and that the hero search is worth trying and can have great options If the rolls go well.

But If dwarves are very important to you and you feel it can't wait a turn, I think I can still support your plan.

 

[hleghe]

hmm, i can change up some of that for sure (especially switching out revealing the santa thing, rip that DC's still big, stuff like that always trips me up) but still think it's worth keeping up martial training (there's also less need for us to sort the master of arms out if we aren't expecting attack yet, and having the training out of the way is great for bonding (especially since we're doing stuff with Krampus this turn) and preparing for missions?

other than that, the easiest to drop action's probably the local rumor mill (like you've done in the plan above)? sure it's a risk/missed opportunity, but we don't lose tons by delaying it.
that said, what if we we skip looking into wesley, spend a normal occult to recruit someone, and assign the free action to recruiting a hero for diplomacy? i'd be much happier with that, since we still get to interract with the dwarves (plus Wesley gets some personal time this way?)

are you willing to vote for that if i update it? if so should be good, just need to pick something new to do with personals. maybe interracting with jack frost again? i can see a lot of benefit to that, if we don't *need* to boost anywhere specific

 

[Novus Ordo Mundi]

So, stuff Amazon (probably) has:

• The Sack - Ex Nihilo toy creation and hard to steal pocket dimension. Given that we've got the advantages of both having maxed out Occult and Being Santa, I'm pretty sure we could bypass the protection. Might also have other uses, though I imagine it'll be harder for them to use without access to Christmas Spirit or the proper authority.
• The List - Probably the worst of the things they managed to keep. If the expanded powers developable through research include the actual information of Nice and Naughty deeds, then it could allow them to spy on Blitzen, potentially leading them to us, and blackmail probably every politician and CEO on earth.
• The Broom - Potentially allows them to find (and steal from, kill or enslave) another Christmas Ally before we can. It's likely less amiable to leading them to La Befana than it would be for us, but we know they have ways of enforcing compliance. Plus if we do recruit La Befana, she'll probably be suffering a Broomless penalty.
• The Frankincense of Balthasar - This could be bad for us, though how much so really depends on how smart they are about using it. Definitely something to keep in mind when we take contested actions until we can confirm they've burned through their stock of crits.
• The Life of Artaban - Apparently relatively useless to them, because they don't care about Innocents and it might only work on "Allies of Christmas" rather than "Allies of the Holder" which means its primary utility is in keeping us from having it.

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Huh. I wasn't expecting this, but it is a good look at what Amazon (Probably) has. Tell me, what do you want to know? What one of these items exactly does, or which one Amazon/Midwinter doesn't have?

 

[The Froggy Ninja]

Huh. I wasn't expecting this, but it is a good look at what Amazon (Probably) has. Tell me, what do you want to know? What one of these items exactly does, or which one Amazon/Midwinter doesn't have?

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Tell me what the List does.
Though if I had to guess, I'd say they probably don't have the Broom. We explicitly know they have the Frankincense and Life, and of the remaining three options, the Broom is the one that's most likely to not have been at the North Pole, or at least that Blitzen wouldn't know about successfully making it out.
EDIT: Well, that or the List, since Jack said he'd burned his documents but I think he'd have mentioned if that included the List.
EDIT2: Though it would be hilarious if the answer was actually Frankincense because they immediately blew all three charges on turn 0. Probably bad if they used those on things like tracking down holiday spirits, but still hilarious.

 

[Toboe]

are you willing to vote for that if i update it?

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Sure.

but still think it's worth keeping up martial training (there's also less need for us to sort the master of arms out if we aren't expecting attack yet, and having the training out of the way is great for bonding (especially since we're doing stuff with Krampus this turn) and preparing for missions?

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No problem.

Is this what the plan would look like with your suggestions taken?

plan: staffing the new home of Santa, compromise
-[] Martial: Train With Krampus
-[] Martial: Spent to Take Krampus With You on "Like Lightning"
-[] Diplomacy: Reach Out To The Germanic Dwarves
--[] Offer A Trade
--[] Feast
-[] Stewardship: Promote From Within (Stewardship - Jacob Marley)
-[] Stewardship: Employ More Spirits
-[] Stewardship: Shift Over
-[] intrigue: Lay low (assigned to Promote From Within(Stewardship - Jacob Marley)
-[] intrigue: spent to Lay low
-[] Learning: Promote From Within (Learning)
-[] Occult: The Council of Christmas (Occult)
-[] Occult: Like Lightning
--[] Take Krampus With You
-[]Free: Diplomacy: The Council of Christmas (Diplomacy)
-[]personals
--[] Hands To The Plow
---[] The Council of Christmas (Occult)
--[] Hands To The Plow
---[] The Council of Christmas (Diplomacy)

 

[The Froggy Ninja]

-[] Martial: Train With Krampus

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You can't do that. It requires either a free or personal action

 

[hleghe]

Is this what the plan would look like with your suggestions taken?

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more or less, though training still takes a personal action so one of those has to be taken off i think? hard to say which, diplomacy is generally more valuable (may not be the case here if we're doing a covert war but it's still useful for politics which seems like it'd be a factor with everyone in the unseen world being relevant, hard to say) but occult's our higher stat and may *also* be more valuable
there's also the option of forgoing both of them and chatting to jack frost, which may seem less valuable but i can definitely see appeal for

 

[Toboe]

more or less, though training still takes a personal action so one of those has to be taken off i think? hard to say which, diplomacy is generally more valuable (may not be the case here if we're doing a covert war but it's still useful for politics which seems like it'd be a factor with everyone in the unseen world being relevant, hard to say) but occult's our higher stat and may *also* be more valuable
there's also the option of forgoing both of them and chatting to jack frost, which may seem less valuable but i can definitely see appeal for

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We could move occult advisor back to checking wesley and take the support action that was occult advisor for training.

Diplo has the more immeadiate big hurdle (dwarves) which we'd rather get right (because when retrying we'd need to re-pay the bribe).

If we we're to skip both, we could use the free personal on dwarves. Be extra thorough.

 

[Markala]

[X]plan: getting the Christmas train-sleigh into gear MK1

 

[Novus Ordo Mundi]

Tell me what the List does.
Though if I had to guess, I'd say they probably don't have the Broom. We explicitly know they have the Frankincense and Life, and of the remaining three options, the Broom is the one that's most likely to not have been at the North Pole, or at least that Blitzen wouldn't know about successfully making it out.

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The List of Those Naughty And Nice.

If you are alive, your true name is on the List. Hell, even if your dead, if you're a spirit you're true name is on the List.

It is the one artifact not crafted by the Germanic Dwarves, instead written, bound, and indwelled with knowledge by none less then the Norse God Odin, and gifted to Nicholas of Myra. In it's base form, it tells the one who holds it where a person falls on the Naughty/Nice spectrum, provided they are within line of sight of you. It also tells if they are alive or dead, though this is limited to line of sight as well. It does not tell the holder where they are.

However, it does much more, should the holder of the title Santa Claus ever want it to. With time, it can tell where a person is with pinpoint accuracy, every good and bad deed they ever did, every hope and fear. It can tell your final fate, and what afterlife awaits you, should you not change your ways. It is not omniscience, but it can be close enough that it scared Nicholas to never take it past the base form, outside of being able to tell Naughty/Niceness and Life/Death from up to ten kilometer away.

The List can be destroyed, but only by Odin burning it himself. No other God or Goddess can do it.

Blake Midwinter holds the List. And they hold no such fears. They want to unlock the full power of the List, by force if necessary. And they will be making Occult Actions towards this. The good news is, this will take a good portion of time and treasure to do.

 

[Toboe]

It is the one artifact not crafted by the Germanic Dwarves, instead written, bound, and indwelled with knowledge by none less then the Norse God Odin, and gifted to Nicholas of Myra.

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Same pantheon at least.

However, it does much more, should the holder of the title Santa Claus ever want it to. With time, it can tell where a person is with pinpoint accuracy, every good and bad deed they ever did, every hope and fear. It can tell your final fate, and what afterlife awaits you, should you not change your ways. It is not omnipotence, but it can be close enough that it scared Nicholas to never take it past the base form, outside of being able to tell Naughty/Niceness and Life/Death from up to ten kilometer away

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With a strong spiritual link to Santa Clause.

The dwarves might be able to create a compass attracted to it, rather than magnetic north.

 

[The Froggy Ninja]

The List of Those Naughty And Nice.

If you are alive, your true name is on the List. Hell, even if your dead, if you're a spirit you're true name is on the List.

It is the one artifact not crafted by the Germanic Dwarves, instead written, bound, and indwelled with knowledge by none less then the Norse God Odin, and gifted to Nicholas of Myra. In it's base form, it tells the one who holds it where a person falls on the Naughty/Nice spectrum, provided they are within line of sight of you. It also tells if they are alive or dead, though this is limited to line of sight as well. It does not tell the holder where they are.

However, it does much more, should the holder of the title Santa Claus ever want it to. With time, it can tell where a person is with pinpoint accuracy, every good and bad deed they ever did, every hope and fear. It can tell your final fate, and what afterlife awaits you, should you not change your ways. It is not omnipotence, but it can be close enough that it scared Nicholas to never take it past the base form, outside of being able to tell Naughty/Niceness and Life/Death from up to ten kilometer away.

The List can be destroyed, but only by Odin burning it himself. No other God or Goddess can do it.

Blake Midwinter holds the List. And they hold no such fears. They want to unlock the full power of the List, by force if necessary. And they will be making Occult Actions towards this. The good news is, this will take a good portion of time and treasure to do.

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Omnipotence is infinite power, infinite knowledge is omniscience.
More on topic, it's about as bad as I suspected. It's good to know the Dwarves made all of the Gifts of Santa though, so making friends with Nidavellir should help us get more info on the other Gifts, both the ones we have and the ones we don't. The fact that the title of Santa Claus is important is also good, we might be able to summon it, or at least contest Midwinter's capacity to unbind it via our own Occult actions.

Same pantheon at least.

With a strong spiritual link to Santa Clause.

The dwarves might be able to create a compass attracted to it, rather than magnetic north.

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They may also be able to introduce us to Odin. We know he and Nicholas hung out and he made the List so we can probably trust him enough to let him in on what's going on and get his own perspective on it. Odin almost certainly has the Trickster trait too so Jack would probably be able to help with the initial meeting.

 

[Novus Ordo Mundi]

Omnipotence is infinite power, infinite knowledge is omniscience.

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Fixed! I get my Omnis all mixed up.

 

[The Froggy Ninja]

It is not omniscience, but it can be close enough that it scared Nicholas to never take it past the base form, outside of being able to tell Naughty/Niceness and Life/Death from up to ten kilometer away.

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So did Midwinter somehow manage to stay ten klicks away while he was doing all this or were his Naughty senses just not strong enough to tell the relative Naughtiness between "started thinking of profit over charity" and "is going to betray all his friends to destruction, death or slavery" and mistook the latter for the former?
EDIT: As an aside, who else was on the Council of Christmas? Krampus was Martial, Jack was Intrigue and Midwinter was Stewardship but who were Diplo, Learning and Occult? Was Eldras among them?

 

[hleghe]

yep, crimbo artifacts are heavy. thankfully it looks like it might be a while before midwinter has some real use for it, but note that even without full power he could probably still use it to vet the nature of anyone he's working with (if someone's a good person and might should be kept away from unethical stuff, or if they're a selfish one and shouldn't be given opportunities to cause problems?), which would give him a bit more influence in the company/business negotiations? or with a bit of walking around he could try and root out anyone trying to when it comes to spies (which would be pretty inconvenient for us later on, but i guess they won't necessarily think to try it unless their guard is up?)

with that in consideration, it's probably wise to make sure we're ready for them to develop an information advantage by that point if we can't steal it back quick enough? make sure there's nobody vulnerable (such as Blitzen/Vixen/Mary, (though we definitely have time before we need to take action here, please prioritise more urgent stuff first) and able to deal with them always able to find us (locations that are definitely secure and the ability to not get pinned down? though that'd be something we'd work on over time, probably with workshop/sleigh upgrades where smart)
another consideration is that it might be more effective to directly counter any occult actions they're doing to gain control over it. if there's an option it's probably going to cost them more time then it costs us, at least
@Novus Ordo Mundi do we know this information in-character? if so, would it be possible to indirectly contest his claim over stuff like that (i assume the occult actions are to usurp being Santa, if it's not just brute force), either by actively denying this or purposely reinforcing our claim as being Santa?

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on another note, sorry to interrupt the lore, but had a think and have amended my plan. happily, it should now be able to recruit all action types we lack while applying stat buffs to the searches, and it only skips like a couple actions i was initially going for too? (iirc those are the rumour mill, revealing ourselves to employees, and some investigation for Wesley or some such? hard to remember specifics, but thankfully stuff that's not essential)

what I'm thinking is we can put our personal to improve our attempts to hire someone via occult so we can find someone who's already a friend, giving us someone trusted, and assign jack frost (via laying low) to recruiting someone for diplomacy (which would presumably give him a chance to vet them and get more reliable candidates, avoiding any concerns over reliability? and i think he'd have a decent shot finding diplomacy candidates in london too, since someone mundane is fine when the impotant thing's personality?)
meanwhile, our bonus free action can be assigned to promoting Marley, which doesn't need any stats

We could move occult advisor back to checking wesley and take the support action that was occult advisor for training.

Diplo has the more immeadiate big hurdle (dwarves) which we'd rather get right (because when retrying we'd need to re-pay the bribe).

If we we're to skip both, we could use the free personal on dwarves. Be extra thorough.

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sorry, not quite sure what you mean by "support action" or "occult advisor for training". though regardless of that, does the current plan seem fine? partially worried i'd screwed up somewhere but it can fit in both dwarves, stewardship combo and trying to fill all 4 councilor positions (whilst still having the actions buffed so it's not a major risk), so i'm pretty happy with it (aside from it possibly being worth bribing the dwarves more?)


@Dinfinity @Markala just to be clear, i've changed the plan, are you still up for it? should have the things i prioritised the most (setting up for operations, setting up organisation-wise) but i'd understand if it's not ideal now
should be set for a full council if things go well, though!

TLDR: Currently in my plan: Jack Frost's finding someone for diplomacy while taking it easy, Scrooge's handling promoting marley with the bonus action we have, learning's dedicated to promoting Celica, and one of our occult actions is spent searching for someone for Occult (and it's buffed by hands to the plow),

 

[The Froggy Ninja]

Notable people worth contacting/tracking down:

• Odin: Norse trickster deity of wisdom and magic. He was buddies with Old Saint Nick and crafted the List. Probably at least somewhat trustworthy/pro-Christmas and definitely a good guy to know. The Dwarves may be able to put us in contact.
• Xistoria: Krampus's mother, a succubus who defected from Hell to join her son. Runs a brothel on the continent. Apparently a very solid Stewardship/Diplo Hero and it'd probably be a good idea to let her know her son's alive.
• La Befana: Powerful witch associated with both Christmas and Epiphany, one of the Twelve Days. Status unknown, her Broom may or may not be in Midwinter's possession.
• Mary Christmas and Vixen: Ex-Mrs. Claus and the Rage of the Nine respectively. Both managed to escape the Takeover to a top secret safehouse. Probably safe for now but we should definitely try to track them down once Jack gets better, especially since both apparently have anger issues that might be feeding into each other. Mary was a Potential Santa.
• Eldras: Head Elf under Santa, possesses knowledge of elflore and toycraft. Apparently a bit old fashioned and uninterested in technological advancement. Status unknown, either a slave of Amazon or leading the remaining Free Elves while trying to protect them from supernatural predation of the literal and figurative variety. Probably the latter given he's been rolling. Potential Santa
• The Son: Yeshua of Nazareth, the big J, Christ himself of Christmas fame. By all accounts a cool guy, presumably pro-Christmas, apparently one of the only Heavenly beings that don't hate Krampus.
• The Grinch: Exists and is hopefully still pro-Christmas. Noted gadgeteer and thief. Otherwise, status unknown.
• Judas Iscariot: Infamous, repentant, might still be in Hell but definitely doing poorly given he rolled a 4 at the end of Turn 0. Potential Santa

 

[Novus Ordo Mundi]

Mary Christmas and Vixen: Ex-Mrs. Claus and the brains of the Nine respectively. Both managed to escape the Takeover to a top secret safehouse. Probably safe for now but we should definitely try to track them down once Jack gets better. Mary was a Potential Santa.

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Vixen was the Rage of the Nine, I think. I'll need to double check.

Also, gonna be busy for the next few hours, at least. I am reading, but may not respond outside of quick responses.

 

[Toboe]

sorry, not quite sure what you mean by "support action" or "occult advisor for training". though regardless of that, does the current plan seem fine? partially worried i'd screwed up somewhere but it can fit in both dwarves, stewardship combo and trying to fill all 4 councilor positions (whilst still having the actions buffed so it's not a major risk), so i'm pretty happy with it (aside from it possibly being worth bribing the dwarves more?)

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I mean taking the action that is used to Support the Occult advisor search

--[] Hands To The Plow
---[] The Council of Christmas (Occult)

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And move it to be the additional Action used for training with Krampus.
Because currently my plan is illegal as I need to spend one more action on Krampus training.

This plan is illegal:

plan: staffing the new home of Santa, compromise
-[] Martial: Train With Krampus
-[] Martial: Spent to Take Krampus With You on "Like Lightning"
-[] Diplomacy: Reach Out To The Germanic Dwarves
--[] Offer A Trade
--[] Feast
-[] Stewardship: Promote From Within (Stewardship - Jacob Marley)
-[] Stewardship: Employ More Spirits
-[] Stewardship: Shift Over
-[] intrigue: Lay low (assigned to Promote From Within(Stewardship - Jacob Marley)
-[] intrigue: spent to Lay low
-[] Learning: Promote From Within (Learning)
-[] Occult: The Council of Christmas (Occult)
-[] Occult: Like Lightning
--[] Take Krampus With You
-[]Free: Diplomacy: The Council of Christmas (Diplomacy)
-[]personals
--[] Hands To The Plow
---[] The Council of Christmas (Occult)
--[] Hands To The Plow
---[] The Council of Christmas (Diplomacy)

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Because

[ ] Train With Krampus - Krampus wants to get you in shape to fight. Hopefully this won't hurt too much… DC: 1 / 50 / 100 / 150. Cost: 5 CS, 1 Additional Personal or Free Action. Result: Martial Gains. ???

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So I suggested

plan: staffing the new home of Santa, compromise with Krampustraining
-[] Martial: Train With Krampus
-[] Martial: Spent to Take Krampus With You on "Like Lightning"
-[] Diplomacy: Reach Out To The Germanic Dwarves
--[] Offer A Trade
--[] Feast
-[] Stewardship: Promote From Within (Stewardship - Jacob Marley)
-[] Stewardship: Employ More Spirits
-[] Stewardship: Shift Over
-[] intrigue: Lay low (assigned to Promote From Within(Stewardship - Jacob Marley)
-[] intrigue: spent to Lay low
-[] Learning: Promote From Within (Learning)
-[] Occult: Find Out More About Wesley
--[] More Personal Examination
-[] Occult: Like Lightning
--[] Take Krampus With You
-[]Free: Diplomacy: The Council of Christmas (Diplomacy)
-[]personals
--[] used for Krampus Training
--[] Hands To The Plow
---[] The Council of Christmas (Diplomacy)

Alternatively
plan: staffing the new home of Santa, compromise with Occult advisor
-[] Martial: Employ a Master of Arms
-[] Martial: Spent to Take Krampus With You on "Like Lightning"
-[] Diplomacy: Reach Out To The Germanic Dwarves
--[] Offer A Trade
--[] Feast
-[] Stewardship: Promote From Within (Stewardship - Jacob Marley)
-[] Stewardship: Employ More Spirits
-[] Stewardship: Shift Over
-[] intrigue: Lay low (assigned to Promote From Within(Stewardship - Jacob Marley)
-[] intrigue: spent to Lay low
-[] Learning: Promote From Within (Learning)
-[] Occult: The Council of Christmas (Occult)
-[] Occult: Like Lightning
--[] Take Krampus With You
-[]Free: Diplomacy: The Council of Christmas (Diplomacy)
-[]personals
--[] Hands To The Plow
---[] The Council of Christmas (Occult)
--[] Hands To The Plow
---[] The Council of Christmas (Diplomacy)

 

[The Froggy Ninja]

Vixen was the Rage of the Nine, I think. I'll need to double check.

Also, gonna be busy for the next few hours, at least. I am reading, but may not respond outside of quick responses.

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She's mentioned in Blitzen's Santa Blurb as having been the smartest of the reindeer, though she's mentioned in his flashback as very angry and in your summary of the Reindeer's titles she's called the Rage and Dasher is the Intelligence. As an aside, why did the Reindeer need a Rage?

Also, I'm working on a Witches Omake where various immortal witches get together for a post-solstice meeting and notice La Befana isn't there (they assume she's laying low so as to not answer the question prematurely) is there a problem with the existence/current states/Winter Solstice Rituals of the following witches?

• Baba Yaga, collected a few new skulls, made a new potion and one of her horses just gave birth so she might have to lure over a hero since her grazing land is getting close to capacity
• Circe and Medea, living it up on Lesbos, used the Solstice in their game of inventing new animals to figure out how weird they can be before they count as Unseen. Pretty sure they've finally topped the Platypus this year.
• Morgana, still healing her little brother
• Aradia and Lilith, visiting Xistoria as part of their "finally divorced Lucifer" world tour
• Hecate, cast a divine-grade fertility ritual because Persephone is empty nesting again
• Muma Pădurii, cursed the fuck out of the Timber Mafia and drove the CEO (possibly Head of Acquisitions or something) of IKEA mad
• La Befana, still MIA, presumed lying low but who knows with Midwinter/Amazon.

EDIT: Also, can I get Krampus's mom's name for the Aradia and Lilith scene?