Well fuck you too scaly lizard snake!
BAH!
Oh well, I don't have any problem delaying the design stuff for the heart a turn.
She has a family, she has something more than two hammers and the doll he'd made.
Karstah can only nod, not able to trust her voice.
The head of the Miner's Guild bows his head, "I'll take absolute responsibility for this. Shard Wyrm, a large one going by the scale of the system we've uncovered so far. Though we're concerned about one thing, the tunnel structure and overall range correlate with existing knowledge of their movement patterns, but the tunnels themselves...they're smoother than anything we've seen or recorded. I'm writing to the heads of the Miners Guilds in the other holds for any more information they may have, but I can't exclude the possibility of this being a new breed of creature we have not yet seen, some offshoot not unlike the Greedy Trolls or Branakroki."
Grumbling erupts across the room.
"First the trolls, now this…" Gormak grunts out before taking a hearty swig from his tankard.
You said it buddy, you said it.
Before you can open your mouth Bara speaks up,"I can lend my expertise with the warriors you're planning to assign. The work with the Reclamation is at a stage that the youngsters can take up the slack. I can't in good conscience go about campaigning and leave the hold in such a position."
"Aye! This grand tale of Reclamation shall have no element of tragedy on my watch. The Steel Matron speaks truthfully, the refugees are currently in a state of consolidation before their next push. Better then, that I do my part to secure the hold while I have the chance! A wonderful addition to this saga!" Dwalin shouts enthusiastically.
God I love Dwalin. Scream it out to your hearts content buddy.
I also like the little hierarchy going on here. Bara does whatever she wants, Dwalin follows the inspiration, Lorna looks up to her elders amongst them Otrek and obviously Snorri, and then Brynna applies her Zornish attitudes.
[ ] Durazkul: [Cost: 4 actions] Student of the Odd will proc. The tubers sit in your home right now, waiting to be tested. You've at least confirmed that they do in fact provide a useful amount of improved healing. Combining the effects with Valaya's spring does not do as much as you'd hoped, but it does increase a dwarf's natural healing more than if they had only used one of either method. Perhaps there's more to it than you think?
- [ ] Guild Expertise [Cost: 20 favours with Kraka Drakk] Gain 2 progress. The Farmers Guild is a smaller institution, average in all quantitative respects. But Dwarf farmers serve an important role in society, after all they grow the stuff your people make into fine brews and ales. While they can't help you find out how useful the material is in Runes, if it is at all, they're certainly willing to offer their expertise in more mundane research.
@soulcake is it possible to finish this research with just Guild Expertise?
[] Plan Noperope Begone
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Aid: Nai,
Gain: +2 Progress to Defence. In. Depth Pt. 4, if completed then she will add progress to another task in the hold. The work must be done, and you will admit you've been caught in nothing but your Gruntaz at this juncture. You'll gladly accept her aid.
-[] Teach your apprentices.
[Cost: 1 Action] Locked in for 12 turns.
-[] [Simple] Defence. In. Depth. Pt. 4:
[Cost: 4 actions] Productivity Like no Other will proc. There's now a system of tunnels beneath the hold, the foul creation of a Shard Wyrm that has so far been silently patrolling beneath Kraka Drakk for reasons you are not entirely sure of. Whatever the case the beasts are no friend of your people, new species or no, and this one will have to be dealt with the old fashioned way. The other Runelords are well on their way of contributing, but they've made a, perhaps unconscious, decision to leave the tunnels solely to you to turn into a deathtrap for any beastie that dares rear its head here once more. 2 Actions.
-[] [Simple] A Better Smelter:
[Cost: (6 -3) = 3 actions, x1 Voidstone] Productivity Like no Other will proc. Due in 3 Turns. 1 action locked in, more can be added. You and the Brotherhood have agreed to share information and knowledge in the creation of a new, larger Furnace array. The completed smelter will be for your use, seeing as you're using your own voidstone for the job, and the Brotherhood will disseminate this new design to their members. Many eagerly await the chance to use the Voidstone they've managed to find. +1 Extra Action.
If we can add in Durazkul with no actions that'd be good.
but i love the precedent here of the runes of warning, that'll be useful in the long run.
