- Location
- The Usual Room
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Yep! the Other roll was for Beneficial to Scrooge Vs. Beneficial to Employees/Shoppers (Note: Scrooge has no control over this, in story.)
Operation Weihnachtswunder (A CK2 Style Quest to Save Christmas!)
- Thread starter Novus Ordo Mundi
- Start date
Yep! the Other roll was for Beneficial to Scrooge Vs. Beneficial to Employees/Shoppers (Note: Scrooge has no control over this, in story.)
Sirrocco
Pedantic
On a fluff level, the fact that he can effectively teleport-spam when within 50 feet of Scrooge or Marley, or when inside the Workshop... well....
I suppose that the fact that he likes to cross-dress does fit in with that early 19th century Christmas vibe. He celebrates Christmas in his own way.
I suppose that the fact that he likes to cross-dress does fit in with that early 19th century Christmas vibe. He celebrates Christmas in his own way.
You know whats worse?
"disrespect, insult, attack Ebenezer Scrooge or Jacob Marley"
Disrespect like... Ignoring an order to surrender given by or in the name of Mister Scrooge?
Or trespassing any of the areas the Maid could teleport to?
Or trying to apropriate Christmas from Mister Scrooge, the real Santa, as Amazon are trying to do?
"1 Kilometer of you"
Nice AOE.
"lower Martial+Occult than you"
Our maid has Martial of 28.
Scrooge has Occult of 36. Or 40 during the Holidays. Or 60 during Christmas.
During Christmas Wesley could hand out those instances like candy.
That is good.
But you know what?
If interacting with the Uncleanliness of a person is an occult thing...
60 Occult from Scrooge during Christmas.
+10 from "Next to Godliness"
If its Occult+Stewardship (the values boosted by the traits)... Scrooge has 31 Stewardship, 55 during Christmas.
Sirrocco
Pedantic
It's not quite that abusive. He can only use Scrooge's stats once per turn.
It's significant, but not spammable.
- Location
- The Usual Room
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Warning: This one is a little bit heavy.
Toy Shop's Unique Trait
Mandatory Reporting - The Toy Shop wants people who come in to feel welcome and safe. But sometimes, they aren't. And the Shop will find out those who are responsible.
The longer someone is in the Shop, the more the Shop learns who is hurting them. And if that person is also in the Shop, the Shop finds out more about them too. More is learned if the person being hurt is a child.
What the Shop knows, you know.
New Options Unlocked.
Mandatory Reporting - The Toy Shop wants people who come in to feel welcome and safe. But sometimes, they aren't. And the Shop will find out those who are responsible.
The longer someone is in the Shop, the more the Shop learns who is hurting them. And if that person is also in the Shop, the Shop finds out more about them too. More is learned if the person being hurt is a child.
What the Shop knows, you know.
New Options Unlocked.
OH BOY, WE GET TO DISCOVER AND STOP ABUSE!
39+"Variable Bonus to Martial against those who disrespect, insult, or attack Ebenezer Scrooge or Jacob Marley."
vs
Martial+Occult
5+36=41, outside of Christmas+Holidays Scrooge would eat instances if variable bonus is 3 or more.
7+17=24 Jack Frost would eat instances
16+4+2*5=30 Blitzen would eat instances even if healed of his trauma.
Looking at our current characters as yard stick, there is a good chance that Amazon goons would take instances until they stop disrespecting Scrooge.
Which means until they stop doing Amazon stuff within 1 km of Wesley.
Sirrocco
Pedantic
Depends on how broad that definition of "disrespect" is.
Like, informing them that they are trespassing on Mr Scrooge's private property will almost certainly get that sort of thing on defense if they're going places where they shouldn't be going. That's significant, to be sure. It'll drop on anyone who isn't properly verbally respectful as well. It is a good way to shut down simple goons. It's going to require work to leverage it on anything other than the defense, though.
Also...
Well, Mandatory Reporting would be so *much* more useful for the Krampus. Figuring out how to leverage this in a Christmas-affirming way is going to be interesting.
We'll be taking our version of Christmas a bit darker, I suppose.
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Does being an abuser count as Uncleanliness?
Scrooge and Wesley visit the abuser and clean him.
It does not?
Send the spirits of Christmas+Marley (who counts as one) to have the abuser change their way. Giving the child a gift of the safety all kids should have.
- Location
- The Usual Room
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The Other Stuff
Freezer Room - The Freezer Room is quite cool! Partitioned so you can store different things in different "rooms". You can hold 400 Units of Stuff. Any Cold/Ice/Snow characters can spend some time here to cool off, and help them recover from Injuries. Malus: Defrosted lessens to Minorly Defrosted at the end of Twelve Night 2025, and Removed at the end of Winter 2025
Jack Frost has turned part of it into his permanent living chambers. 100/400 Units Occupied.
The Freezer Room can also be vented throughout the workshop as a Countermeasure. It can be vented four times, and each time it can inflict debuffs and damage to intruders. Those who do not have protection from the cold will suffer more, and those who have Hot, Fire, or Lava elements to them suffer even more.
Spirit Solidifier - Spirits that normally cannot interact with the Seen World now can, as long as they remain in the Workshop! Which means you can now hire them to work for you! You may now hire Spirits to work for Santa. And you know where a lot of spirits are! New Options Unlocked!
Roll (D8): 7
You start with Seven Spirit Employees!
You are no longer Elf Locked
SEP Field Generator: Ever want to make things just less interesting, and something that is really just someone else's problem? Well, now you can! The SEP Field helps keep the Seen World from looking too closely at things. Or even nosy members of the Unseen World! Any attempt to notice something unusual, by a being with 15 or less Occult who does not already know about it, Auto-Fails. Any attempt by someone with less than 30 Occult, or already knows about it, takes -20 to the roll. This does not apply to Santa or any of his workers, obviously.
These can all be improved later on!
3 Minor Upgrades (Crafting Room) + Sirocco Bonus: 4 Minor Upgrades
+4 Crafting Tables. You now have 8 Crafting Tables. 7 Occupied. 1 Free Crafting Table Remains
The Workshop is Operational. Christmas Is Not Dead.
-10 to Amazon and Blake Midwinter during Twelve Nights.
Freezer Room - The Freezer Room is quite cool! Partitioned so you can store different things in different "rooms". You can hold 400 Units of Stuff. Any Cold/Ice/Snow characters can spend some time here to cool off, and help them recover from Injuries. Malus: Defrosted lessens to Minorly Defrosted at the end of Twelve Night 2025, and Removed at the end of Winter 2025
Jack Frost has turned part of it into his permanent living chambers. 100/400 Units Occupied.
The Freezer Room can also be vented throughout the workshop as a Countermeasure. It can be vented four times, and each time it can inflict debuffs and damage to intruders. Those who do not have protection from the cold will suffer more, and those who have Hot, Fire, or Lava elements to them suffer even more.
Spirit Solidifier - Spirits that normally cannot interact with the Seen World now can, as long as they remain in the Workshop! Which means you can now hire them to work for you! You may now hire Spirits to work for Santa. And you know where a lot of spirits are! New Options Unlocked!
Roll (D8): 7
You start with Seven Spirit Employees!
You are no longer Elf Locked
SEP Field Generator: Ever want to make things just less interesting, and something that is really just someone else's problem? Well, now you can! The SEP Field helps keep the Seen World from looking too closely at things. Or even nosy members of the Unseen World! Any attempt to notice something unusual, by a being with 15 or less Occult who does not already know about it, Auto-Fails. Any attempt by someone with less than 30 Occult, or already knows about it, takes -20 to the roll. This does not apply to Santa or any of his workers, obviously.
These can all be improved later on!
3 Minor Upgrades (Crafting Room) + Sirocco Bonus: 4 Minor Upgrades
+4 Crafting Tables. You now have 8 Crafting Tables. 7 Occupied. 1 Free Crafting Table Remains
The Workshop is Operational. Christmas Is Not Dead.
-10 to Amazon and Blake Midwinter during Twelve Nights.
not the sort of thing that's directly beneficial from a logistical perspective but probably pretty important to those kids, and their happiness could in turn be useful?
it would also give us information on some bad actors, though not everyone who's a jerk abuses kids and those who do are probably less likely to go to a random toy shop, so i'm not sure if we'd get any convenient high profile targets for the sprits or anything...
seems like the issue would be actually using the information. maybe it would be good if we got in good with/got someone good in social servies to make use of the info effectively? that way the problems we find can be solved and we get governmental contacts (barely)
- Pronouns
- He/They
I mean, lots of abusive parents keep up a nice facade in public, so there's still a high probability of them dragging their kids along to a toy shop, especially if they're the type to try and use gifts to "make up" for abusive behavior.
- Location
- United States
Makes me wonder if we'll be able to pull a Peter Pan someday.
- Location
- The Usual Room
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Working on the Workshop Sheet. Will be posted to the front page when done. Also, I owe you a Major Upgrade on the Toy Shop (Major Upgrade did not go to the Trait.)
Armory
Master-At-Arms: Unassigned
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 3
Current Defenses:
Basic Cameras
Basic Defensive Wards (Occult) (30/30 Integrity)
Basic Offensive Glyphs (Occult) (One-Time Use, DC: 50. Failure: Take Damage)
Amount of uses: 4 Per Turn
Effective Against: Those without protection from the cold.
Super Effective Against: Those who Hot / Fire / Lava traits.
Current Armament:
Candy Cane Swords (10): Basic Melee Weapons.
Peppermint Pistols (10): Basic Ranged Weapons.
Christmas Spirit Generator
Christmas Spirit Generated Per Season: 10 (30 during Holidays Season)
Christmas Spirit Spent Per Season:
Christmas Battery Cell: 0/2000 CS
Crafting Workshop
Crafting Stations: 8
Beings Per Station: 1
Maximum Workspace: 8
Crafters Employed: 7
Free Workspaces: 1
Toys Created Per Season: 7000
Total Toys For Christmas (Estimation): 35000
Children Served Per Year: 35,000/2,400,000,000
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 8 (1 Per 1000 Toys, Plus 3 Additional)
Additional Items: Bathroom, Breakroom
Any Spirit or Ghost within the Workshop can interact with physical items You can hire Spirits and Ghosts for the Workshop
Garage
Land Vehicle Occupied/Capacity: 0/3
Naval Vehicle Occupied/Capacity: 0/0
Air Vehicle Occupied/Capacity: 0/0
Special Vehicle Occupied/Capacity: 1/1
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 2
Vehicles Currently Held:
The Sleigh of Santa (Christmas Artifact)
Seats: 3 (6 in Emergency)
Health: 1000/1000 HP
Armor: 180/180 (Mundane) / 120/120 (Occult)
Animals Ready to Pull: 1/9
Special: Time Dilator - When the Sleigh was crafted by the Dwarves of Old, they made sure Nicholas could get to all the kids in one night. Even now, the device holds up well!
Special: Armor Plates (+60 Mundane) - Look, sometimes someone panics and starts shooting!
Special: Ground Mode - In case you don't have any magical reindeer able to pull it, you can still travel the roads safely! This does limit who you can deliver to, and is kind of noticeable.
???: Perform Your First Delivery
Santa's Office
Personal Equipment Closet Current/Maximum Capacity: 0/20
Amenities: Mahogany Desk, with 3 Chairs. Holiday Drink and Snack Dispenser.
Emergency Defensive Wards (30/30 Integrity)
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 15
Special Feature: SEP Field Generator
Huh, those Reindeer carrying a Sleigh isn't really interesting. Oh hey, the Premier League is on!
SEP Field: Active.
Current Malus against Investigations or Observations (Worst Malus Applied):
Occult 15 or Less: Auto-Failure
Occult 16 - 30: -20
Those Already In The Know: -20
Sleeping Chambers
Maximum Capacity: 10 Employees
Current Occupants: 7 Employees
Communal Kitchens: 1
Communal Living Rooms: 2
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 16 (2 Per Occupant, Plus 2 Additional)
Stable
Caretaker: Unassigned
Animal Occupancy/Max Occupancy: 1 / 3
Christmas Spirit Expenditure Per Season: 1 (1 Per Animal)
Current Amenities: Sleeping Pens, with plenty of room and separate bathrooms, Food Containers, Plenty of Room. Communal Living Room
Current Occupants: Blitzen, Speed of the Nine.
Storage
Current/Maximum Occupancy: 0/25,000 Units.
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 2
Special Features: Freezer Rooms:
Designed to Keep Things Chill
Occupied/Maximum Capacity: 100/400
Healing Capabilities: 1 Stage Per Turn (Cold/Ice/Snow)
Current Occupants: Jack Frost
The Toy Shop (Scrooge And Marley's)
Indoor Area: 6 Long Aisles, 2 Checkout Areas, Storage Room, Break Room, 2 Bathrooms
Outdoor Area: Loading Dock/Sleigh Exit. Advertisement Chalkboard
Employees: 6
Awareness of The Unseen World: None.
Christmas Spirit Generated: 2D20 (Winter through Fall)/ 6D30 (Advent)/ 0 (Christmas/Twelve Night (Shop is Closed))
Shop Traits
Mandatory Reporting - The Toy Shop wants people who come in to feel welcome and safe. But sometimes, they aren't. And the Shop will find out those who are responsible.
The longer someone is in the Shop, the more the Shop learns who is hurting them. And if that person is also in the Shop, the Shop finds out more about them too. More is learned if the person being hurt is a child.
If the Shop knows, you also know. However, it won't overwhelm you with the information.
Armory
Master-At-Arms: Unassigned
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 3
Current Defenses:
Basic Cameras
Basic Defensive Wards (Occult) (30/30 Integrity)
Basic Offensive Glyphs (Occult) (One-Time Use, DC: 50. Failure: Take Damage)
Special Features: Freezer Rooms:
Put the bad guys on ice!Amount of uses: 4 Per Turn
Effective Against: Those without protection from the cold.
Super Effective Against: Those who Hot / Fire / Lava traits.
Current Armament:
Candy Cane Swords (10): Basic Melee Weapons.
Peppermint Pistols (10): Basic Ranged Weapons.
Christmas Spirit Generator
Christmas Spirit Generated Per Season: 10 (30 during Holidays Season)
Christmas Spirit Spent Per Season:
Christmas Battery Cell: 0/2000 CS
Crafting Workshop
Crafting Stations: 8
Beings Per Station: 1
Maximum Workspace: 8
Crafters Employed: 7
Free Workspaces: 1
Toys Created Per Season: 7000
Total Toys For Christmas (Estimation): 35000
Children Served Per Year: 35,000/2,400,000,000
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 8 (1 Per 1000 Toys, Plus 3 Additional)
Additional Items: Bathroom, Breakroom
Special Features: Spirit Solidifier
The Unseen Made Seen, The Incorporeal Made CorporealAny Spirit or Ghost within the Workshop can interact with physical items You can hire Spirits and Ghosts for the Workshop
Garage
Land Vehicle Occupied/Capacity: 0/3
Naval Vehicle Occupied/Capacity: 0/0
Air Vehicle Occupied/Capacity: 0/0
Special Vehicle Occupied/Capacity: 1/1
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 2
Vehicles Currently Held:
The Sleigh of Santa (Christmas Artifact)
Seats: 3 (6 in Emergency)
Health: 1000/1000 HP
Armor: 180/180 (Mundane) / 120/120 (Occult)
Animals Ready to Pull: 1/9
Special: Time Dilator - When the Sleigh was crafted by the Dwarves of Old, they made sure Nicholas could get to all the kids in one night. Even now, the device holds up well!
Special: Armor Plates (+60 Mundane) - Look, sometimes someone panics and starts shooting!
Special: Ground Mode - In case you don't have any magical reindeer able to pull it, you can still travel the roads safely! This does limit who you can deliver to, and is kind of noticeable.
???: Perform Your First Delivery
Santa's Office
Personal Equipment Closet Current/Maximum Capacity: 0/20
Amenities: Mahogany Desk, with 3 Chairs. Holiday Drink and Snack Dispenser.
Emergency Defensive Wards (30/30 Integrity)
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 15
Special Feature: SEP Field Generator
Huh, those Reindeer carrying a Sleigh isn't really interesting. Oh hey, the Premier League is on!
SEP Field: Active.
Current Malus against Investigations or Observations (Worst Malus Applied):
Occult 15 or Less: Auto-Failure
Occult 16 - 30: -20
Those Already In The Know: -20
Sleeping Chambers
Maximum Capacity: 10 Employees
Current Occupants: 7 Employees
Communal Kitchens: 1
Communal Living Rooms: 2
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 16 (2 Per Occupant, Plus 2 Additional)
Stable
Caretaker: Unassigned
Animal Occupancy/Max Occupancy: 1 / 3
Christmas Spirit Expenditure Per Season: 1 (1 Per Animal)
Current Amenities: Sleeping Pens, with plenty of room and separate bathrooms, Food Containers, Plenty of Room. Communal Living Room
Current Occupants: Blitzen, Speed of the Nine.
Storage
Current/Maximum Occupancy: 0/25,000 Units.
Christmas Spirit Expended Per Season: 2
Special Features: Freezer Rooms:
Designed to Keep Things Chill
Occupied/Maximum Capacity: 100/400
Healing Capabilities: 1 Stage Per Turn (Cold/Ice/Snow)
Current Occupants: Jack Frost
The Toy Shop (Scrooge And Marley's)
Indoor Area: 6 Long Aisles, 2 Checkout Areas, Storage Room, Break Room, 2 Bathrooms
Outdoor Area: Loading Dock/Sleigh Exit. Advertisement Chalkboard
Employees: 6
Awareness of The Unseen World: None.
Christmas Spirit Generated: 2D20 (Winter through Fall)/ 6D30 (Advent)/ 0 (Christmas/Twelve Night (Shop is Closed))
Shop Traits
Mandatory Reporting - The Toy Shop wants people who come in to feel welcome and safe. But sometimes, they aren't. And the Shop will find out those who are responsible.
The longer someone is in the Shop, the more the Shop learns who is hurting them. And if that person is also in the Shop, the Shop finds out more about them too. More is learned if the person being hurt is a child.
If the Shop knows, you also know. However, it won't overwhelm you with the information.
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- Location
- The Usual Room
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Just a heads up, the Garage is updated, complete with the Sleigh of Santa!
Sirrocco
Pedantic
Christmas has not yet succumbed, as long as we remain.
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- The Usual Room
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- He/Him
There's more, I just got too tired to continue updating last night. Will continue this morning.
- Location
- The Usual Room
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Alright, this is the official Novus Good Morning post! I am feeling good and energized.
So, bit of an explanation: I am doing the Front Page work first, because admittedly I am not the best at it. So it's a point of focus for this quest. That does mean a slight delay on the first update, but I feel like I want you to have all the information before making decisions. As Turn 0 is Twelve Night, it will be a little different then the Normal Turns, as you're getting everything up and running to start Turn 1 (Winter).
Also, Toy Storage is now Storage. Since I still want you to have plenty of room to story both toys, and non-toys, I've added 5,000 Units to the storage to reflect this.
If all goes well, first update should be no earlier then tonight, and no later then Monday.
And seriously, thank you all for coming along with me on this quest. I think you're going to enjoy this.
So, bit of an explanation: I am doing the Front Page work first, because admittedly I am not the best at it. So it's a point of focus for this quest. That does mean a slight delay on the first update, but I feel like I want you to have all the information before making decisions. As Turn 0 is Twelve Night, it will be a little different then the Normal Turns, as you're getting everything up and running to start Turn 1 (Winter).
Also, Toy Storage is now Storage. Since I still want you to have plenty of room to story both toys, and non-toys, I've added 5,000 Units to the storage to reflect this.
If all goes well, first update should be no earlier then tonight, and no later then Monday.
And seriously, thank you all for coming along with me on this quest. I think you're going to enjoy this.
- Location
- The Usual Room
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Front Page is (Hopefully) done! There were a few increases in Christmas Spirit expenditures, due to the Special Features. But nothing major, and they will pay back in spades!
Also, The Toy Store's Major Upgrade is revealed! The Shop can generate a lot more Christmas Spirit then before! Except on Christmas, when the shop is Closed.
Edit: One Last Roll
Also, The Toy Store's Major Upgrade is revealed! The Shop can generate a lot more Christmas Spirit then before! Except on Christmas, when the shop is Closed.
Edit: One Last Roll
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- Location
- The Usual Room
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Any weapon developed in the Workshop will most likely be Christmas-themed at first. Though once you get a Master of Arms (or a Martial Adviser), you can acquire other Mythological Weapons, or even Mundane Weapons! Or, you can make Stewardship Actions to make trades, though you'd need to make some diplomatic ventures first for that.
Also, I like the idea of a Turkey Bazooka! +1 Turkey Bazooka
- Location
- United States
More like chicken cannon. Those are actually real.
What research path to get Christmastree-machineguns?
That being:
A decorated Christmas tree, attack is the tree starting to spin faster and faster until ornaments fly where the tree is aiming.
Supernaturally, the ornaments are only flying into that direction and somehow the ornaments on the tree aren't getting less despite ornaments flying off.
- Location
- The Usual Room
- Pronouns
- He/Him
That actually sounds like a Countermeasure then a Weapon. Especially since trees are pretty big. Though I could say that they can be mobile, with two Spirits carrying it to a location, then activating it. That might need it's own category. Probably a Heavy Weapon? I'd need to think on that.