[x] Plan Three Prongs
-[X] Prototype light magic Dharscope [0/???]
-[X] Enforce laws on new territories
-[X] Help a nearby prince defend their land.
--[X] Thane Josef Okrisson
We need to Get some plan on Light Magic to prototype our methods. We need to get these laws enforced so people know what is going on. But, we can also help Josef Okrisson. If we can do that he might be more amenable to us and show other baronies that there are diplomatic options other than trying to kill us on sight. On a less empathic stance of saving the one Thane who won't kill on sight, it does help having one more barony stay alive to assist us in the future.
Helping Josef defend his town against a waaagh isn't "military adventurism" it's "diplomacy by other means". Just because both involve skeletons going about and doing violence doesn't mean that there aren't a whole host of differences in the context and results of that violence.
As op has said it counts as a diplomatic action. I believe the Dharscope is a good start since being able to identify the best places to start applying anti dhar wards would be a good thing to try out.
[x] Plan Three Prongs
-[X] Prototype light magic Dharscope [0/???]
-[X] Enforce laws on new territories
-[X] Help a nearby prince defend their land.
--[X] Thane Josef Okrisson
[x] Improve Defenses throughout the Republic (costs 2 dice, lasts 3 turns)
The walls are at last finished. Every village in the republic has walls now. None too soon either, considering that the walls were manned even during construction and saw battle against the goblins. The republic as a whole is able to breathe easier.
[x] Pay Gretchen's Student Debt
It takes a while to get the first third of the payment for copies of Gretchen's schoolbooks. Its a lot of gold and silver to get together. Fortunately she doesn't need to lug it all the way to altdorf. She only needs to transport it to Karak Izor and, as she is a member of the Empire in good standing, the banking system of the old world will handle the matter.
Still, that's a long way to transport such a large quantity of precious metal, and a lot of bandits to go through. The Republic's typical method of guarding such things would be… frowned upon, by the Dawi of Karak Izor, so a different method must be used. As such Moti goes with her as a guard.
They are indeed attacked several times in their journey upriver. Some times by bandits, more often by Goblins, and zero times by anything that actually stood to threaten a vampire of Moti's caliber backed up by a light wizard. There are actually worryingly few points where Moti has to fast talk would be taxmen.
Still, they reach Karak Izor and Gretchen makes her deposit. She spends the trip back to Halomik Town deep in thought.
[X] Enforce laws on new territories
[X] Collect taxes from new territories
Arbiters are sent out and taxes are collected. Along with taxes come the representatives of the conquered communities, eager to have their say in the administration of the republic.
Warding buildings from dark magic is something that light wizards have been doing for quite a while according to Gretchen. It is quite simple to test if those wards work against un-directed dark magic as well as against curses simply by throwing an unshaped mass of dhar at a ward set.
Once that's confirmed Gretchen is put to work warding the various grain stores of the Republic. The wards are sadly not the sort of thing that do not need maintenance. The Bad Moon's influence means that the wards will wear out over the years and need to be reapplied every decade or so.
[solved problem/20]
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Events and Rumors:
A Book!: Doctor Hans Grenfeld moved to the Strigany Republic a few years ago to take advantage of the lax laws and attitudes towards the desecration of corpses in order to do anatomy research. He has published the results of his dissections in a book titled Human Anatomy, and since he was in good standing and a respected expert beforehand the book sends waves through the medical community of the Old World.
[+Prestige]
Waaagh continues: The greenskin threat only intensified this year, as there were even more goblins and some of them had magical gear. Marshall Sinfi and your necromancers were able to keep the villages safe, but it was a close things a couple of times.
[+ War Banner to Armory, +Biting Blade to Armory]
Yeah, we should probably start using it, but even so I do not think it is realistic to either spend 1 Warpstone per turn, or to consistently spend multiple of them so when we hit say 15 or so we should really cut off the trade. If we get too much of it building up we might become a target for Skaven, even if the do generally fare badly against the undead. There is just too many of them comparatively.
Yeah, we should probably start using it, but even so I do not think it is realistic to either spend 1 Warpstone per turn, or to consistently spend multiple of them so when we hit say 15 or so we should really cut off the trade.
Because to spend warpstone you need to consistently have the dice to do magic. cutting off the trade is something you do once and then the local warpstone trader does not show up at your door.
We do... but every dwarf who finds out will want to murder us with a passion that makes the most zealous witch hunter on the planet seem tolerant and laid back.
We do... but every dwarf who finds out will want to murder us with a passion that makes the most zealous witch hunter on the planet seem tolerant and laid back.
We'd be literally making their most sacred metal, the one that takes runes best, out of the essence of corruption. I'm pretty sure if we can do it that is a form of blasphemy in their eyes only superseded by stealing runecraft itself.
We'd be literally making their most sacred metal, the one that takes runes best, out of the essence of corruption. I'm pretty sure if we can do it that is a form of blasphemy in their eyes only superseded by stealing runecraft itself.
You have 8 Resource Dice to spend between various actions. 1 is locked on Wyrdstone Purchases. 1 Die is locked paying Gretchen's Student Debt. 1 Must be spent on Gretchen. You have 5 dice to freely distribute.
Legislative Directive: Anti-Waaagh Measures
Diplomacy
[] Lay of the Land: You have new neighbors, who are they?
[] Attempt to talk to Archbaron Boris
[] Attempt to talk to King Isaac or Queen Sarah
[] Attempt to talk to Thane Josef Okrisson
[] Attempt to talk to Archwizard Pierre
[] Attempt to sow discord between two of the nearby princes
-[] Write in two
[] Investigate one of the nearby princes
-[] Write in who
[] Talk to Dante across the river
[] Build Merchant Connections
[] Send out Agitators
[] Try to buy Warpstone
[] Attempt to hire a Light Wizard.
[] Attempt to get books on Light Magic.
Public Works
[] Promulgate Wight Burial Rites [] Build More Libraries
[] Build More Bathhouses
[] Build More Theaters
[] Buy technical manuals for libraries -[] Crafts
-[] Science
-[] Merchant
[] Survey for resources
[] Improve farmland
[] Set up new Skeleton Plantations
[] Collect taxes from new territories
Magic
[] Create Reference Tome "Third Principles of Necromancy"
[] Train Necromancers
[] Magical Panoply: Sinfi pt 3
[] Magical Panoply: Moti pt 2
[] Make Warpstone (Warning: Dangerous)
[] The Riddle of Gromril [0/???]
(Requires one die, costs 1 Warpstone per turn, locks die in until action completes or runs out of warpstone. Progress decays if left fallow)
[] Create Necrofex Colossus, requires 3 dice
-[] Corpse Giant (3 warpstone)
-[] Nightmare Colossi (6 warpstone)
[] Discuss Magical Theory with Gretchen
[] Prototype Dhar Sinks [0/???]
[] Prototype Dharscope [0/???]
Gretchen
[] Purge Dhar from Territories
[] Prototype Personal Protective Talismans [0/???]
[] Ward Infrastructure against Dhar and Curses
-[] Write in Which kind of Infrastructure
[] Prototype Dharscope [0/???]
Judicial Services
[] Compile Law
[] Promulgate laws
[] Train More Arbitrators
[] Enforce laws on new territories
Martial
[] Scout surroundings. [] Raise Monstrous Infantry Skeleton Legion
[] Outfit a Skeleton Legion
[] Outfit a Crossbow Skeleton Legion [] Outfit Black Knights
[] Mass Raise Skeleton Legion (requires 1 unit of Warpstone)
[] Mass Raise Crossbow Skeleton Legion (requires 1 unit of Warpstone)
[] Raid Blue Tooth Goblins
[] Improve Walls around Halomik Town
[] Improve Defenses throughout the Republic (costs 2 dice, lasts 3 turns)
[] Engage in counter-raiding
[] Attack a nearby prince in force
-[] Write in prince.
[] Help a nearby prince defend their land.
-[] Write in prince.
[] Monster Hunting: Seek monsters and take their bones
To encourage discussion there will be a 1 hour moratorium on voting.
Prestige: I think I've heard of them?
Territory: Major Barony
Population: Rounding Error
Manpower: Undead Legions
Infamy: Extreme!
Food: Stable
