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Spirit of an Age (Exalted)

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[X] Pick a name for your publishing house
-[X] Perspective's publishing: First in the business.
[X] Grow the publishing business
[X] Spend xp?
-[X] Merit: Language - Old Realm
-[X] Linguistics to lvl 3
 
Voting is still open for a couple hours yet.
Adhoc vote count started by Aranfan on Nov 2, 2017 at 5:17 PM, finished with 452 posts and 11 votes.
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Perspective Publishing Turn 1
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    • Descending Air, RY 758

    Perspective Publishing

    Available capital: 4

    Options:

    Act Upon the World, Insufficient Influence

    [] Grow Wealth
    Seek new customers to increase your revenue stream and profits.
    Difficulty 3, Goal Number: 7, Capital Required 3, Interval: One Month

    [] Grow Competence
    Train your apprentices in the black art of printing.
    Difficulty 3, Goal Number 7, Capital Requried: 3, Interval: One Month

    [] Start up Newspaper
    Invest your profits and salary into starting that newspaper. Starting a newspaper from scratch will be much harder than the Printing Business.
    Difficulty 4, Goal Number: 20, Capital Required: 4, Interval: One Month


    Note: Please include how much capital you are investing in the action(s) you vote for. Actions without enough capital invested fail.

    Personal Action:

    What does Liberalism do in his spare time? Pick 1.

    [] Write a book on how to run a business and be a merchant
    [] Write a book on the social contract
    [] Study the scientific literature of this world (Raise Occult, costs xp)
    [] Study the philosophies and art of the this world (Raise Lore, costs xp)
    [] Practice your superpowers (learn a charm, costs xp)
    [] Write in

    OOC: +5xp. Starting up the Publishing House was Difficulty 4 Goal Number 12. I rolled the 15d10 Cha+Bur+Excellency myself privately, and you got 15 successes. Which is absurd, but that's why there's such a differential between the seeming ease of establishing the Printing Press and starting up the newspaper. You just rolled like gangbusters.
     
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    • [X] Grow Competence
    Train your apprentices in the black art of printing.
    Difficulty 3, Goal Number 7, Capital Requried: 3, Interval: One Month

    We want a good base for starting our newspaper.

    [X] Write a book on how to run a business and be a merchant

    Good linguistics training and helps our goals.
     
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    fictionfan said:
    We want a good base for starting our newspaper.
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    1. The newspaper will be a seperate organization, with it's own stats. It will start at Competence 1, just like Perspective Publishing. Perspective Publishing having higher competence just means they are less likely to fuck things up on the printing end.

    2. Please include how much capital you are investing in each action.
     
    [X] Grow Wealth
    Seek new customers to increase your revenue stream and profits.
    Difficulty 3, Goal Number: 7, Capital Required 3, Interval: One Month

    Money talks.

    [X] Practice your superpowers (learn a charm, costs xp)
    -[X] Pen Trumps Sword

    We should probably get this before writing our books - it's basically 10 free dice.
     
    [X] Grow Wealth 3
    Does this increase income stream or is it a one-time injection? If it's a permanent increase, I'm for it.

    [X] Study the scientific literature of this world (Raise Occult, costs xp)
    I'm for getting a basic understanding of all the different fields we can. Starting with Occult.
     
    Aranfan said:
    1. The newspaper will be a seperate organization, with it's own stats. It will start at Competence 1, just like Perspective Publishing. Perspective Publishing having higher competence just means they are less likely to fuck things up on the printing end.

    2. Please include how much capital you are investing in each action.
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    Well in that case we don't want Perspective Publishing taking too much of our attention when we brach out.

    [X] Grow Competence (Capital 3)
    Train your apprentices in the black art of printing.
    Difficulty 3, Goal Number 7, Capital Requried: 3, Interval: One Month

    We want a good base for starting our newspaper.

    [X] Write a book on how to run a business and be a merchant (Capital 1)
     
    Aranfan said:
    That is an essence 2 charm. You are only Essence 1.
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    Oh my bad.

    [X] Grow Wealth 3
    Seek new customers to increase your revenue stream and profits.
    Difficulty 3, Goal Number: 7, Capital Required 3, Interval: One Month

    [X] Study the scientific literature of this world (Raise Occult, costs xp)
     
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    [X] Grow Wealth 3

    We should get some money regardless of what we intend to do. And as a perk we spread out more writing meaning we'll encourage people learning to read (though that is more of a long term plan).

    [X] Get to know the kingdom.

    We are new in these parts and we intend to start a newspaper catering to their interests... It would be good if we knew what those interests are before we start. Where to look for news would also be a good thing to know before we start. Last but not least it would be helpful to know which factions we are dealing with here because once we start making waves (more than we already have) people will start plots involving us one way or another.

    Not sure if the results from this would be considered to have an xp cost.
     
    [X] Grow Competence (4)

    [X] Study the scientific literature of this world (Raise Occult, costs xp)

    I don't really want to try and write anything persuasive until we have pen trumps sword.
     
    theflyingbiscuit said:
    I cant find where it says what these do.
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    Principle of Motion and Hurry Home are both spirit charms. Hurry Home returns you to your sanctum immediately, and Principle of Motion lets you flurry while ignoring the usual restrictions. So with Principle of Motion you could flurry two attacks and you wouldn't get the -3 penalty for flurrying on either of them.
     
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    The Strange Physics
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    • @Aranfan
    Liberalism holds a box. In front of him there is a basket

    Swish ... thunk

    An apprentice walks into the room and watches Liberalism pick up the box before walking back.

    A claw goes forward throwing the box. Swish... thunk.

    "What are you doing."

    "Practicing throwing."

    Swish thunk

    "Maybe you should take a break."

    "Yeah alright."

    Liberalism turns away and passes the box to his tail and throws it.

    Swish crinkle.

    Liberalism turns around and sees the box in the basket.

    He picks the box back up and tries to repeat the tail throw exactly.

    Swish thunk.

    He tries a few more times.

    Swish thunk.

    Swish thunk.

    Swish thunk.

    Frustrated he picks up the box and puts it in his mouth before throwing it with his head.

    Swish crinkle.

    "This requires more research." He mumbles.

    _____________________________________________________

    "Alright now I want you to throw these knives at that board." Liberalism says gesturing to a board 10 feet away.

    "Sir I don't have any experience…"

    "Less talk more action."

    "Sigh"

    Thunk.

    "Three misses one low point hit." Liberalism says writing on a sheet of paper.

    "See I told …"

    "Now I want you to jump off this table and while in the air, throw all those knives at the target." Liberilsm says patting a table behind them.

    "How am…?"

    "Do it."

    Thunk
    Thunk
    Thunk

    "Three hits one miss. Anyway, thank you for your time. Please collect your pay and tell the next person to come up."
    ______________________________________________________________________________

    A Sidereal holds a book in hand and glares at some pattern spiders.

    'Visuals, drama and success: How adding flair to actions makes them more successful.' the title reads.
    It is totally their fault.
     
  • Apocrypha
    • theflyingbiscuit said:
    @Aranfan
    Liberalism holds a box. In front of him there is a basket

    Swish ... thunk

    An apprentice walks into the room and watches Liberalism pick up the box before walking back.

    A claw goes forward throwing the box. Swish... thunk.

    "What are you doing."

    "Practicing throwing."

    Swish thunk

    "Maybe you should take a break."

    "Yeah alright."

    Liberalism turns away and passes the box to his tail and throws it.

    Swish crinkle.

    Liberalism turns around and sees the box in the basket.

    He picks the box back up and tries to repeat the tail throw exactly.

    Swish thunk.

    He tries a few more times.

    Swish thunk.

    Swish thunk.

    Swish thunk.

    Frustrated he picks up the box and puts it in his mouth before throwing it with his head.

    Swish crinkle.

    "This requires more research." He mumbles.

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    "Alright now I want you to throw these knives at that board." Liberalism says gesturing to a board 10 feet away.

    "Sir I don't have any experience…"

    "Less talk more action."

    "Sigh"

    Thunk.

    "Three misses one low point hit." Liberalism says writing on a sheet of paper.

    "See I told …"

    "Now I want you to jump off this table and while in the air, throw all those knives at the target." Liberilsm says patting a table behind them.

    "How am…?"

    "Do it."

    Thunk
    Thunk
    Thunk

    "Three hits one miss. Anyway, thank you for your time. Please collect your pay and tell the next person to come up."
    ______________________________________________________________________________

    A Sidereal holds a book in hand and glares at some pattern spiders.

    'Visuals, drama and success: How adding flair to actions makes them more successful.' the title reads.
    It is totally their fault.
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    Now see, I was going to give this a canon, but then the last line turned up. I'm not cruel enough to canonize that. Not at this stage in the game. 1xp added to Liberalism's sheet, and into Apocrypha it goes.
     
    Fight in the night
  • Apocrypha
    • @Aranfan
    In the dark, a man waits.

    His ears are in rapt attention. Outside the city is muted as it rests for the night. Outside he hears footsteps. His body tenses up ready to fight, but soon the people pass, their footsteps vanishing into the distance.

    He relaxes.

    Hours pass as footsteps near and pass, the city sounds grow softer and softer.

    Footsteps approach the door. There is frantic whispering between a few people.

    The man in darkness draws his weapons.

    The handle jiggles before opening.

    Four men enter the building their eyes wandering around the room, before they spot the machine off to the side.

    "Is that it?" One says pointing to the press in the center.

    "What else could it be. I have never seen anything like it." a second taller one says

    "Whelp let's get to work." the first one says.

    The man stands up.

    "Leave." The man growls.

    The group pauses to turn to look at the man. Eyes failing in the face of the shadow.

    A crossbow bolt emerges from the darkness embedding himself in the second man' shoulder.

    "Get him." A third voice loudly whispers, his group charging forward drawing their short swords.

    The man in the dark charges forward to meet them his own sword in hand.

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    A blade is pressed against a throat.

    "Leave."

    Fear in his eyes the man nods and walks out leaving his dead and dying compatriots to litter the floor.

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    Morning comes.

    An apprentice opens the door.

    "Good morning." the apprentice says.

    "Good morning." the guard says.

    He looks around to see blood marking the floor and making tracks as bodies were dragged off to a neighboring room.

    "It happened again?"

    "Sadly."

    "Judging by the mess, you did not have to wake the master up, this time."

    "Thankfully."

    "Indeed, you can take off now. I can finish cleaning up."

    The guard nods and walks out of the building.
    Hoping this gets canon.
     
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    • Reminder that stunts will help the rolls. It will be applied to the first roll after the planning period, rather than being wasted on the planning period.
     
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