POPULACE 124
Workers 101 Peasants 71 Hunters 10 Peat Gatherers 20 Builders 56

Soldiers 13 Men at Arms 5 Yeomen 8

Advisors 9

Growth 7

LIVESTOCK 24
Cattle 8 Cows 6 Bulls 2 Calves 2
Birthed 0 Draught 4 Feed
Goats 13 Nannies 10 Billies 3 Kids 0
Birthed 3 Feed
Horses 3
Riding 3 Mares 0 Stallions 0 Foals 0
Birthed 0 Geldings 3 Feed

TOOLS AND SUPPLIES
Carts 3 Quarry 0 Peat 3
Ropes 3 Used 3 Spare 0
Small Ropes (1d5) 3 Used 3 Spare 0
Medium Ropes (1d15) 0 Used 0 Spare 0
Fuses 3
Magic Scroll 1 Months to tranlation 2
Hunting Scroll 1 Taught 1 Untaught 0
LAND
Turnip Patches 30 Units Turnips 15
Rice Plots 10 Units Rice 0 Months to harvest 2

WORK
PEASANTS 71
UNASSIGNED 9
HERDING 3
Goat Herding 2
Cattle Heading 1
FARMING 50
Turnip Farming 30
Rice Farming 20
GATHERING 2
Gathering Wood 2
Quarrying Stone 14
PRODUCING 5
Brewing 5
OTHER 2
Renovating Town 2

BUILDERS 56
Tannary 56 Rate 1.5 Draught 4 Carts 0 Ropes 0
Total 500 Progress/Month 90 Total Done 90 Total Remaining 410 Rope Bonus 0
Lumber Used 30 Stone Used 0
HUNTERS 10
Hunting 10
PEAT GATHERERS 20
Gathering Peat 20 Peat Gathered 23 Peat Price (gold) 1 Profit made 23
Carts 3
LODGINGS 206 Total Spare Room 43 Homeless 0
VILLAGE 120 Huts (5) 24 Share Houses (10) 0
Some Room Lodgers 100 Room Spare 20
THOM'S MERCY 60 Huts (5) 0 Share Houses (10) 6
Some Room Lodgers 50 Room Spare 10
KEEP 26
KEEP ROOMS 13 Poor Rooms (1) 3 Decent Rooms (1) 5 Good Rooms 5
Poor Rooms Spare 3 Decent Rooms Spare 3 Good Rooms Spare 0
Some Room Lodgers 7 Rooms Spare 6
BARRACKS 13 Size 20 Soldiers 13
Some Room Spare Room 7

HIRED 1 Total Cost 0.5
Mason (Assistant) 1 Cost/Mason 0.5

Link to previous quests?

Previous Threads:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7073593/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7087298/
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7101979/

Last thread: Fair went awesome, you got an awesome dog, and got invited to Sheff's Ancestor feast at the end of March. Oh, and you failed alchemy-theory.

Someone with better luck then last month want to roll a D18 for alchemy progress?

rolled 7 = 7

>>7114055
Rien ne va plus!

Take thirty gold from the treasury and assign Leold to bring the payment back to our brother. Give him specifications that the extra ten gold is to be used to hire various skilled workers to come to the town. Specifically an architect, tanner, herbalist, and to spend the rest on interesting scrolls (specifically alchemy).

>>7114075
seconded.

Apparently we are not the bookish type. We will have to earn our glory on the battlefield!

All this failing might make for lulzy times when we meet Shef's daughter but until we do there's really no use investing so much effort into pleasing someone we don't know. We need to keep our options open and focus on making a good impression overall when we head to the Ancestors Feast.

Assign 4 peasants to building tannery, assign the remaining 5 to the quarry.

>>7114092
Nah, man. We're improving. First we had a one, then a five, then a seven. If we keep this up, we'll be alchemy grandmasters by the end ovf the year.

>>7114071
Alchemy total: 8.

This month you do much better, however Erik deems you a sub-par student. This is new ground to you, so getting your mind around the concepts is _hard_.

>>7114075
There was talk last thread about repaying your brother extra, with a gift for being a solid bro. Scrapping that?

Also, can we please get a list of our advisers, how our priest search is going, and when that dwarf will come back.

>>7114118
Wait, eight? But I rolled a seven!

>>7114118
No, let's load up forty gold and send off thirty of it to him with the rest to be used on purchases.

>>7114118

A lord mus tbe used as strong in mind as he is in arm.

We should dedicate more time and effort into learning alchemy, but should not devote too much time. Alchemy labs are dangerous places, prone to explosions, acid spills, noxious fumes, all sorts of life ending things.

Further it until we can create simple potions and brews to ease pains, reduce fevers, other medical things.

Notable People

You are Thomas (Thom) Green

"Advisors"
- Leold: Your uncle's hunting buddy and friend.
- Smyatt: Accountant, merchant and general manager of the place. Did most of the day-to-day running under your uncle.
- Sir Peter Doobs: Hedge Knight, in service of your uncle. Your cousin, of much lower rank. Newly knighted by your uncle on his deathbed, was uncle's squire before that.
- Erik: Your oldest (bastard) uncle. Was a scholar for most his life, after being exiled from the priesthood for insufficient devotion. Speaks many languages.
- Zeek: Priest of Exidaid. He is proficient at healing small injuries and can handle larger ones with time.
- Baldric: A peasant, of below average intelligence (but high for a peasant). A lackey. Possibly has a touch of the mind fever.
- Marcus: A chef.
- Shorty: Tallest and smartest of the yeomen. Promoted to DOOBS Squire.
- Dan Ganawb: Mason (costs 5 silver per month)

"Deities"
- Byron: An easygoing god who demands little obedience and brings good luck in hunting, battle and general rough endeavors. Thom and Leold's patron deity.
- Exidaid: A god of healing.
- Artagus: A goddess of hunting. She has a local (unmanned) temple nearby.

"Others"
- Urist: A very friendly dwarfen merchant who often brings the town fine wares.
- Sir Pinky: A pet white mouse.
- Lord Sheff: Leader of Seakay, a bordering territory comprised of many towns. Very good relations. He's helped us a bit, and we bought him a fine 30 gold sword. His wife loves cooking, and Sheff loves good food.
- Daughter of Lord Sheff: Beautiful, but not particularly ladylike. She rejoices in alchemy and other hobbies odd for any nobility, let alone a young lady. However she still has many suitors, mainly the richer Seakay merchants.
- Thom's Brother: Leant us a large sum of money to commission Sheff's sword.

>>7114095
Done.

>>7114149
We're just doing theory right now, nothing dangerous.

Play with our puppy, take him out into the woods to hunt small game.

>>7114113
Great. So now our aspiration is to be a goddamn alchemist? Or is it just to impress someone we've yet to even meet?

Once again, let's consider making more well-rounded preparations for the Ancestors Feast. Maybe ask Erik what will take place and make sure we don't make any social blunders during what sounds like a pretty reverential event.

>>7114133
Last month was a one, not sure where >>7114113 got a 5.

>>7114127
No advance finding a priest of Artagus, they're hard people to find, often living in the wilds the whole year around.

And Urist was due back in Wreckvember, but we still haven't seen him.

>>7114205
Well it's primarily to marry into some more power and become true nobles.

>>7114197
Bonding with the dog sounds like a good idea. Perhaps take him with us on the hunt.

What about Aegon, our court bard?

>>7114180

Don't forget the dog! Called Stark right? Also forgot our new nordic minstrel, whoes name I forget but was a reference to something, and who was composing a thing for the Ancestor's Feast.

>>7114220
Unless OP's world is socially accepting of polygamy, we have one marriage opportunity, barring any divorces which of course always end with no social or personal damages.

Let's at least meet to girl before deciding what to do.

>>7114245
Aegon? The med, perhaps?

>>7114296
Meeting the girl sounds good. Didn't Sheff invite us to something over at his? And he told us to bring our Bard. we can meet her there, if we like her we can try to woo her with help of our Bard. Or SCIENCE.

>>7114220
Your bloodline is better then the Sheff Bloodline, so that's not an issue. They have more holdngs, but that's because you were a second son, and only got this place from your uncle.

Erik doesn't know much about this event, but you are well bred enough to not make any major faux pas. Any minor ones you make will just be minor differences in custom, and can be forgiven as you're new to the area, and this is your first real event here in lordly company.

>>7114197
You play with your puppy, being careful at first, but it soon becomes apparent that he is as robust and able as an adult hunting dog of most breeds. You take him hunting, and manage to find another Rootbird, as well as young wild goat buck.

>>7114188
You're doing very basic prac, but don't have ingredients for much. Nothing dangerous yet, Erik is smart enough not to let you near that until you konw what you're doing.

>>7114340
Maybe we should ask someone about the local practices.

>>7114340
Reward the dog with a portion of the rootbird.

What month is it, we're supposed to be at Sheff's by the end of March. How long will it take to travel and how long will we be gone for?

>>7114340
On the chance that the Feast will include any games, we should practice our sparring and horsemanship. Although we don't own any armor and I don't think unmounted sparring is something nobles typically partake in, it's still a good idea I feel. Mostly due to the fact that we may be invited to a hunt.

>>7114361
No, wait. Rootbirds are quite rare, are they not? Anyway we can store and transport it to Sheff's?

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Liking this idea about the quarry at the end of last thread:

>>Ask around whenever you see anyone who might be a potential buyer, you never know who you might find.
What we could do is CREATE consumers. Get someone nearby building a new castle, bridge, or cathedral, and make sure that they're using us as their main supplier.

Maybe a bard talking of some prophesy regarding construction could get the ball rolling on that?

I was thinking something about how the lord to "fuse the stones of his neighbors into a mighty castle, to be the rock for a foreign foe to dash itself to pieces upon" would be remembered in history, gain riches and fame and fellowship, yadda yadda.

Or something about how a giant cathedral would curry the favor of the gods and attract pilgrims.

If we do this, we'd best be really secret about it... and expand the quarrying operations as much as possible. Like, have our bard talk to other bards, and those bards do the actual rumor mongering and story singing. We really don't want to get caught having made a fake prophesy for our own prophet, that will wreck our rep.

>>7114372
Seconding this.

Can we grab a list of the months in order?

>>7114395
Gives me an idea, if we ever have excess stone and time we can fix up our temple to Artagus and attract patrons.

>>7114361
>>7114389
Note, he didn't only find it, but he killed it.

>>7114351
Local as in Seakay practices. None of the nobles in attendance will have them down, they're expected and not worried about.

>>7114382
If it was a tourny, all competitions etc, would be on. At a feast, you might get a hunt, but it's a more laid back thing.

>>7114372
It's a short ride there, a few days at most for a small group on horseback. A week if you gotta walk.

March has just begun, so it'll happen just before the end of the month.

>>7114457
How large are rootbirds?

Didn't Sheff warn us not to let him hunt small animals?

>>7114361
>>7114389
Note, he didn't only find it, but he killed it.

>>7114351
Local as in Seakay practices. None of the nobles in attendance will have them down, they're expected and not worried about.

>>7114382
If it was a tourny, all competitions etc, would be on. At a feast, you might get a hunt, but it's a more laid back thing.

>>7114372
It's a short ride there, a few days at most for a small group on horseback. A week if you gotta walk.

March has just begun, so it'll happen just before the end of the month.

>>7114403
Janus
Fabus
March
April
May
Tune
Gemlie
Orgust
September
Rocktember
Nottember
Wreckvember

>>7114457
Well I can't think of anything we can do to kill the time between then and now. I vote we send off Leold with the money and time skip to the festival.

>>7114490
Not to *feed* him small animals. He can hunt what he likes. Also, he said not to take food from him, particularly animals he's hunted.

>>7114519
Perhaps we should look for some small gifts for Sheff's household before we go?

Nothing too extravagent but maybe a small a small something for his wife, daughter and an offering to his ancestor if it doesn't go against custom?

Hopefully Shef will have a library so we can learn more about what kind of world we live in. Maybe see if there are any dark gods of old that we can pledge our soul to for the promise of an eternal dynasty in our name and the power to carve the world in our glorious image. Although I get the feeling this isn't the tone of what the OP set out for :3.

In the meantime, have we decided what to do about our debt to our brother? My vote is 30 gold to the brother, 10 extra for his help. Whatever courier we used to send the gold will have 10 additional in order to attract skilled workers. So, 40 in total. I'm not sure how 10 extra to our brother will seem. Hopefully he won't be insulted.

>>7114528
Oh man. I interpreted "don't steal his kills" as "don't step in unexpectedly and deal the finish blow to a creature he was fighting" instead of "don't take things he's killed away from him".

I've clearly played too many MUDs.

>>7114550
It shouldn't offend. It's just a gift to say thank you for helping us.

how has it taken me this long to realise.
Chef and /ck.
is there a chaotic neutral kingdom of Bee in the world?

>>7114550
We're making it in the form of a gift, not just money, so there shouldn't be any insult.

>>7114597
It's even worse since the /ck/ connection was pointed out in the first thread.

>>7114564
Lol, no. You're more then welcome to help him finish off an animal. In fact, against a boar, I'd recomend it. Those things don't die easy, paricularly without a spear.

>>7114542
Gifts are in custom, and Erik is unsure about the offering, he sugests bringing something, but to check it's cool with Sheff first.

>>7114550
He's your brother, he's fairly close. At worst he'll give it back to you as a gift. 10g itself isn't much for him though, Erik suggests buying him an actual gift with it.

>>7114622
Any gifts in particular? You don't have much on hand to speak of, so that might be tricky.

>>7114622
Well what is our brother like, what are his hobbies?

>>7114650
What kind of interests does our brother have?

>>7114650
Too bad Urist didn't show up. Maybe we could've bought some kind of Dwarven trinket for our brother. We'll have to talk to Urist about that, considering he promised to stop by.

On second thought, should we be worried that Urist didn't show up? Ask Erik if our uncle ever had trouble with bandits in the area.

>UNASSIGNED 9
cant have lazy peons

>>7114686
>>7114095
Already assigned.

>>7114658
>>7114663
He's one of Erondia's leading duelists, a swordmaster and a great jouster. He has a fondness for horses. However he has all the best stuff for those things money can buy. He enjoys hunting also, and most of his social activity is hunting with other lords of the region, as they attempt to curry favour with him.

>>7114683
Bandits in this area has never been a great issue, but Urist was heading into the Westerlands, where banditry can be a concern. However, that;s a large area to search, not something you can do anything about if that is what happened.

>>7114744
How much would something like a trained falcon cost?

>>7114744
If only we had a craftsman to make a little miniature of him and his horse jousting or something. A sculptor or a carver. Get one of the unassigned peasants to train in one of those crafts.

I suppose we could get the Bard to form a song in his honor.

>>7114792
Anywhere from 3g to 200g for one of a particularly noble linage. Your brother has one of good breeding worth 90g which he has had for some time. He isn't much of a hawker however, it was bought for him as a gift by one who would curry favour with him.

>>7114818
Not at all. Erik suggests inviting him to your tourny when you have it. A name like that will help word get out, and bring knights of a very high calibre to the field.

>>7114834
Then let's tell Leopold to give him a message about that along with our repayment. We'll have the tourney in his honor.

>>7114817
Ffffff-

So hard to buy for.

>>7114797
The peasant would need someone to learn from.

The bard could compose a song in his honour, but atm he's working on something for the Ancestor Festival.

>>7114871
Check what you have. You might have something there for him.

Have them take the money and pay a sculptor in town to do it, then deliver it with the loan repayment.

>>7114872
Don't bother with a gift, invite him to come over for a hunt in may.

>>7114872
Hmmmm. Don't suppose we could take one with us to Sheff's and ask a craftsman there to take the peasant on as an apprentice? He comes back eventually and we have a craftsman. Although apprenticeships take really long.

Or ever better, get one from Sheff's. His place is bigger, offer a minor craftsman a higher paying job at ours.

I suggest we have a medallion of our god, Bryon, crafted out of some strange, lovely metal. It is a token from his younger brother, in hopes the gods smile upon him and continue to give him the best of luck in all things.

Let's not do the gift, let's plan a tourney for him in his honor. Set it about three or four months from now to give us time to prepare.

>>7114913
>>7114902
>>7114900

Which of these people?

>>7114926
Medallion.

>>7114946
Done.

For 10g you can expect have a small gem inset, any preference on which kind of gem?

>>7114967
If he has a stone of preference or a birthstone, I'd say go with that.

Tourny

>>7114926
Mix the medallion suggestion with the tourney.

>>7114967
Is Byron associated with any gem or color?

>>7114967

Does our god have a favored stone?

Does our brother have a favored stone?

If yes to either of those, then that stone. If not, lets say some kind of opal. I am thinking Fire Opal. It is such a lovely stone.

>>7114972
Not that you know of. Birthstones aren't an Erondian tradition, rather Nobles often get things in the house colours, or for ladies, to go with eyes, etc.

>>7114967
Is our brother named lord byron? like the english poet?

>>7114984
Byron is a rather practical god, and doesn't have a favoured stone. Either does your brother to your knowledge.

>>7114993

What are his colors?

>>7115002
Cross that out. Is the god Byron a reference to Lord Byron. Seeing as this i Lord Quest and all.

Well if he doesn't have a favorite stone then let's just come up with a random justification for the color. Our family name is Green, go for an emerald.

Aren't the family colours blue and gold, if I remember last thread correctly?

Emeralds are over done. There are many other stones out there to use!

I say we use something like green tourmaline, opal, maybe a rare green sapphire.

Something besides emerald.

>>7115002
No, he is Lord Green. Byron is the god you both look to. Most of your family are Byron men, first and foremost. He's a simple and unpossesing god, who doesn't mind if his worshippers worship someone else too, or don't send him sacrifices.

>>7115040
Topaz set in gold?

Topaz was the blue one wasn't, I should have been paying more attention the last time the girl was making me look at things I can't afford.

>>7115058
But is the name of the god a pun? seeing as the quest is called lord quest.

>>7115063
I remember topazes being yellow but Google says they come in different colours including blue.

Sapphires are also blue.

>>7115028
No actually. Didn't think of that.

>>7115040
Mother's colours are blue and gold. Your family has green and white.

>>7115053
Find a green stone, not emerald? Sounds good. Can I get a second on this, or is there another idea?

>>7115083
Sounds fine to me.

>>7115083
Third. Green works both for the name and for being one of the family colours.

>>7115068
No, this god isn't a pun. Him and Artagus are both gods I had hanging around with this setting well before Lord Quest. It's my general purpose fantasy setting, and you're in a little corner of it.

>>7115063
New motivation for any boyfriends out there to listen to their GF, it might come in handy on a /tg/Quest.

>>7115118
Well everything is settled, time to go off to the festival!

>>7115146
We still haven't figured out an offering for the festival yet.

Being a Lord is kind of like having to figure out what to get people for Christmas but EVERY DAY.

>>7115083
>>7115090
>>7115105
Done. Now that's dealt with, timeskipping to the Ancestor's Feast. Who do you want to come with you? You can bring 2 others if you all ride, or more if they walk. Also, who do you leave in charge while you're away?

>>7115172
Well we need the Bard with us. Let's take Erik with us too.

>>7115194
Second. Leave Smyatt in charge.

>>7115165
Oh right. Well, any ideas? You can't really send off for anything. You could get there early, and buy something from one of his merchants?

>>7115210

Will the gift be for him or as a tribute to his ancestors?

>>7115210
Purchasing from his merchants sounds decent. And if we have Erik with us he'd be able to keep an eye out for anything special.

>>7115194
Third, but take the dog with us too, we're not supposed to leave him alone.

what we really need to do at the tourney is have one of our thieves steal something from sheff. Then when the thief comes back to us. we kill him and tell sheff we have found the thief and slain him(for putting up a fight) and return whatever it was. Get some mad status with sheff and his daughter.

I enjoy these threads, OP. Thank you.

And I only just started going through the first one. We need more strategy quest threads.

>>7115252
How ungentlemanly, deceitful and barbaric, i say we do nothing of the sort.

>>7115252

>>7115194
>>7115207
Done.

>>7115235
Good catch. Sheff'll be pleased to see you listened.

You get to the Merchant's Quater in Lark (Seakay capital) without issue, and look around. Are there any shops you're particularly after, or will you just wander around?

>>7115283
Wander and hope we get struck by inspiration.

>>7115283
Well we don't know what an appropriate offering is. We could make enquiries before we go shopping, but mostly I'd say wander and see if anything catches our eye.

>>7115270
Look on tgchan /quests/

>>7115270
No problem. Cheers :) I enjoy running them.

>>7115252
You don't have any theives in your employ, and the idea doesn't seem very well liked >>7115276
>>7115275. . .

>>7115306
>>7115298
Roll 3 d20s for luck, highest of 3 counts.
For added fun, each person roll one, first 3 count.

We should also take note if we see any construction projects of stone and also inquire to Lord Sheff later of potential.

rolled 11 = 11

>>7115340
rollin

rolled 10 = 10

>>7115340
As an interesting tidbit, I am the person who rolled a 1 on the alchemy scroll.

>>7115346
Some small buildings are going up in the merchants quarter, stone buildings replacing wooden ones.

rolled 16 = 16

Byron bless these blasted dice.

>>7115382
Fuck year!

>>7115382
>>7115362
>>7115360
Pretty solid, for once.

>>7115360
>>7115362
>>7115382
Eh. A bit above average, could have gone worse.

>>7115360
>>7115362
>>7115382
Our rolling is improving, it looks like Byron has helped us out.

You wander around, and Aegon spots a a medallion in a jewellers window. It's a dogs head, snarling fiercely in rose gold. 5g pricetag. The prices in here seem cheaper then most of the other jewlers, and the goods of higher quality.

>>7115425
>prices seem cheaper, goods of higher quality.

It's a trap!

>>7115425
Buy it.

>>7115425
Sounds good, does it look worthy of nobility?

>>7115438
Second. Also make nice with the jeweler. If he has good work like this but cheap he might be looking for a patron.

>>7115377
MARKET FOR QUARRY'S STONE SPOTTED.

>>7115435
>>7115438
Seems to be two different opinions here.

The pricers aren't much cheaper, just enough to undercut the other merchants. The goods however are of notably better quality.

>>7115447
hiya.

>>7115448
Sold!

>>7115448

They're all enchanted with *death.*
And rose gold has copper in it. Alot of copper.

>>7115447
Oh shi- did not catch that. After we buy that medallion go find whoever is in charge of building.

>>7115275

If you think becoming a powerful lord is all about being friendly and nice with everyone you are dead wrong.

Being a lord is barbaric and deceitful. You must lie, murder, cheat, steal, fuck, your way to the top. Read any book about midevil politics and you find that the nice guy's always get fucked.

>>7115444
It seems to be something a well to do merchant or minor noble might own. Eric taps at it with his fingernail, checking. "Yep, it's real, not just guilt."

>>7115446
Chatting with the Jewler you pick that one out and he congratulates you on your taste. Spotting money, he tries to talk you into buying something else. "A ring for a pretty lady perhaps? Only three gold for you. Or an amulet of Exidaid, to protect you from harm? Blessed by the local temple, and only 6 gold."

>>7115505
So your masterstroke, Machiavelli, is that we should betray our only real friend in the region? The friend who is militarily stronger than us, economically stronger than us, and politically better connected for us. We should gamble all that on some needlessly elaborate scheme that might give us respect that we already have at the risk of everything we've worked for.

This does not strike me as a good plan.

>>7115518
Aha, thank you for the offer but still, no thank you. I was wondering if you could tell me about the construction under way in this area.

>>7115482
The jeweller sees you're indecisive and pushes the deal.
"Rose gold is a copper-gold alloy indeed. Pure gold is soft and the copper gives a red tint to the metal as well as making it a practical thing to make jewellery out of."

>>7115505
We can be Affably evil too you know. A bro to people we like and a complete monster to those who try to fuck us over.

>>7115566
We can discuss the extent of our vendettas when we actually have one. For now, let's concentrate on the present.

>>7115565
Buy the Medallion, thank him for his help but say you have no plans to buy anything else at the moment.

>>7115565

We should just get it then? Hey, why not?

Buy the medallion, there are only two posts against it out of around 10.

>>7115252
Gee, this is certainly an excellent idea that will end well for all involved!

... Actually it's shite, throw it in the compost.

>>7115587
We should ask his name before we go though.

If Sheff is pleased with the work it might be nice to know who to refer him to.

>>7115603
Good idea.

>>7115539
Just to clarify, I meant that we should decline the additional wares he's trying to sell, not the medallion that Erik and we picked out.

>>7115539
"Business is good hereabouts, and since the good lord Sheff has seen fit to sell us stone at reduced prices, most of the better off merchants are upgrading to stone. Not me though, I'm out of here selling my goods to the port-town merchants to often to bother doing up this place. Only reason I still have this store is that the local merchants and better off craftsmen hereabouts insist on buying from me. Sure I can't interest you in anything? I have some higher quality goods behind the counter if I can interest you in anything."

dont forget to haggle

>>7115625
cha-ching. better goods, get.

>>7115610

what about the ring for shef's daughter, seems cheap. or is it too forward do you think?

>>7115625
Okay well, if Shef is selling stone at a discount then it's neither profitable nor polite to try to move in on the business he has here. Looks like we'll have to look elsewhere to sell our stone.

We should see what the merchant has for sale behind the counter though.

>>7115625
Tell him about your village, see if you can interest him in moving out to it when it grows a bit bigger.

>>7115646
Too forward. It would be inappropriate this early. Additionally, we don't know her ring size.

Would it possible to buy a second plain amulet and have our priest back home bless it instead of buying that big 6g amulet? If priests can bless amulets and have them imbue effects, it could be worth looking at.

>>7115646
You're damn right it's too forward. Once again, we have YET TO EVEN MEET HER. Has it occurred to people that there are other options in the future worth exploring?

Higher quality, yes. Too bad we aren't the only one with a quarry in these parts.

>>7115474
Hey. Yeah, I normally drop the trip, but I'm still running and am sick of forgetting to put it back on.

>>7115627
Roll to haggle. d10, roll low. Maybe get the alchemy guy to do it?

>>7115610
Gotcha.

>>7115603
"My name's Wirt, sir. The best jeweller in these parts, and also procurer of specialist jewellery. I've leaned a few runes, and although it's not dwarf work, it's better then anything you'll find at a decent price."

>>7115625

Aaah, the good stuff. Yes, we might be interested in some of your finer wares. I still say we try to find something in white gold, with a green gem. While the rose gold is very nice, we could spring for something a bit nicer for our brother.

rolled 1 = 1

>>7115682
>Maybe get the alchemy guy to do it?

:(

Watch me roll high, man.

>>7115654
I support this Idea, when the village gets bigger we will need businesses.

rolled 9 = 9

>>7115682
Calling upon Byron worked before.

>>7115687
YES! MY CURSED FINGERS PAY OFF FOR ONCE.

>>7115682
>Wirt

Diablo?

>>7115687
Ha! It's a good thing you rolled before me.

>>7115687
FUCK YEAR! Natural one!

Though perhaps the dog's head could go to Sheff, as a trifling token of our regard?

>>7115682

We must hire this man one day. Once the quarry has discovered some useful ores and gems, and we get a metal industry up and running, we must hire him, to produce fine goods for us to trade and lavish on our friends and foes alike.

>>7115654
I don't really live here, I live in Eastport most of the month, but last week of every month I'm here. I only bring up a small selection of my best work, and a few cheaper trinkets from some of my apprentices. You can see them on the small rack off in the corner there. Now, if you're interested in finer goods, I have a few runed rings I'm particularly pleased with. One for good luck in love, another for general good luck, and one that will bring your friends closer. If you have something in particular mind, I might be able to craft a runed ring for you by next month. Potent things." He lifts up his hand, and you see he has several rings of various metals on. Although they are all plain, he takes one off to show you and in the inside, intricate runes are carved. "This one here brings financial luck, and it's never done me wrong."

>>7115754
Can he give us a price? If it's reasonable, I vote we get one for general luck.

>>7115772
Second.

>>7115772

thirded plus the original medallion

>>7115754
How many of these rings can a man have at once?

Also, given our goal here of finding a wife, luck in love would seem to be a clear pick, even if general luck is better for the long term.

>>7115699
Indeed.

>>7115693
Stay handy in these threads, and hang out for the low rolls mate. :D

As you haggle with him, he tries to guilt you into buying at full price, "Me with one leg and all." but you mention it hasn't hurt his trade. In fact, the metal pin he has for a lower leg seems to show you've done quite well." He tells you the story of how he was attacked by goblins, when he worked up north. He was saved by dwarves who were impressed with his bravery, as a merchant, trying to break free with one foot mangled by a goblin mace. They not only smelted him a new leg, but engraved the inside of it with runes for good luck, and taught him the basics of runecraft. Although up north, crude runecraft can be bought from the dwarven apprentices cheaply, down south it's much rarer, and he came down here to ply his trade. Since then everything went well for him. After telling his tale, he decides, "Y'know what m'lord, screw it. Have the Fox medallion for 3g, and I'll give you any one of these runed rings for free. You'll be back, these rings all are very strong, some of the best I've ever made."

>>7115754
Gotta check the price though. A ring of luck couldn't hurt, at least.

>>7115814
You can have as many as you like, but only the strongest appropriate ring will help at any given time (no 10 rings of general luck, and do you have toe-rings? shenanigans).

>>7115816
Ask if he has a ring of good leadership.

rolled 801 = 801

>>7115816
He's totally getting hired now. Hire this man eventually!
Also, rune of luck would he helpful.

To test my OWN luck, I'll see what I roll out of 1000.

>>7115816
Oh ho. I say we match his generosity by buying a second runed ring, full price.

General luck, luck in love.

>>7115841
Second this.

>>7115841
Third. and the rose gold jiggy.

>>7115838
"No, sorry, but I could craft one for you if you like? One to help you inspire men? It'd be a tricky project, but I think I could do it. Let me experiment, and come back next month if you're still interested. I charge 10g for a runed ring, if it goes really well, 12g like these beauties. "

>>7115843
or
>>7115841
?

The ring of luck seems popular, that one's in for sure.

>>7115864
What's our gold sitting at currently?

>>7115864
Get the general luck ring and the medallion, I don't think we can afford a second ring with the money we have at the moment.

Confirm the leadership ring experiment.

>>7115877
We have lots of gold. We can afford it.

>>7115864
Also ask if he can inscribe runes of strength into buildings, that could be something to look into later.

>>7115877
Better to save our money - get the luck ring + the medallion as a gift for our brother who lent us the money.
A ring of leadership would be helpful as long as we don't have to pay entirely up front.

>>7115841
>>7115849
>>7115857

This it is.

"Oh, you're generous Lord. . . Green you said? That's 15 gold, and I'll lay off my other projects for that inspiration ring if you want it. Tricky, but I'm sure I can figure it. Jimmy, my best apprentice can handle most my regular orders, so a month should be plenty of time."

>>7115894
Seconding this.

>>7115894
:|
15g? Don't we only have like 20g spare? What if we want to buy something else, like hire a dude or something?

>>7115914
You're... Seconding the DM? :p

>>7115914
Oops, I mean seconding this.
>>7115891

>>7115894
Thank the good man and let's get to the business of partying.

Very good, make sure he gets any contact information he needs and then make our way to the main festival.

>>7115916

By buying these, we set forth a relationship with a fine jeweler, as well as a novice rune smith. This is an invaluable chance, and we should get him as far on our good side as possible.

Plus, the leadership ring might very well come in handy in the near future. Imagine what is can do for peasant folk, not just warriors.

>>7115916
About 30g.

We had 71g, 20g went to pay off debt, 10g for a gift to big bro, 10g to look for skilled workers in Erondia. Leaving us 30g.

Take another 15g would leave us with 15g in our pocket and another ~20g inbound at the end of the month.

We can afford it.

>>7115877
>>7115891
"I'll get to work on it first thing once I'm home in my workshop. No cost up-front, but I'll expect you to buy one if I figure it out. Likely be in Iron or something. . . . Runes in buildings? No, I can only do runes in jewellery. They only work on people, runes in stone is something you'd need to see dwarvish masons about, but they don't come cheap."

Current treasury report btw. The one time costs come out at the end of the month.

TRESURY
Gold Incoming 23
Gold Outgoing 0.5
Gold Profits 22.5
Total Gold 71.475
Debt 20
To brother 20
One Time Costs 55
Sent with Leold 40
Wirt's Bill 15

All good and get to the partying? Whoever does this description can mention it being about shopping, haggling wins and slow progress.

>>7115935
This.

Keep in mind that if necessary we can use one of the rings as a gift or in exchange for needed items.

>>7115941

"Gold is for the Mistress, silver for the maid
Copper for the craftsman, cunning in his trade
'Good' says the Baron, sitting in his hall,
'but iron, cold iron, is master of them all."

>>7115952
So 16.475 + 23 - 10 or 12

Would leave our expected balance at about 27.4 or 29.4 factoring in the costs of the inspiration ring.

Let's kill our brother and take all his holdings. Spend that gold were gonna repay him with on mercenarys.

>>7115984

Only when combatting undead or fay folk.
Otherwise... steel!

>>7115993
Steel can't exist without Iron.

>>7115992
It's like I'm really playing KoDP and listening to the ring's Earmul worshipper.

>>7116001
And carbon!

>>7116003
God Damn Earmul worshippers. Throw the fuckers off the ring.

>>7115992
I do believe Lord Thomas Green has got a bit of the ol' Schizophrenia in him!
Now we're a PROPER lord! Not just a fantasy lord.

>>7115975
Lord Quest : At one point you stopped getting shit done and spent time looking at fancy rings and going to a festival.

>>7115984
Indeed. The ring of luck in love is also rosegold, and the ring of general luck is an alloy, but mainly copper. Iron for strength in something, whether body or mind and steel for rings for war and battle.

>>7116023
Just like real a real Lord.

>>7116023
On the upside, we now have magical bling.

Let's bug off to the festival, we can at least get through it and finish off this month before we end today's quest.

>>7116023
Now all we need to do is eat food and get fat while our peasants do all the work.

While we're here, after the party, we should investigate on military wares. Our boys are still a bit underwhelming and I think we might have to deal with the trolls sooner than later.

Equipment like heavier armor and halberds, better light armor and bows, etc.

>>7116023
>>7116030
I lol'd. HARD. Still laughing :D It's diplomacy though, important for a real lord. So enough with ring buying, and onto the serious diplomatic buisness of nomming it up with sheff and the other lords?

>>7116065
Sounds good.

>>7116064
Sheff has a larger military than we do. He might have a resident smithy who he might be willing to let work for us or he might know where we could get exactly what we're looking for.

>>7116065
Indeed good sir commence omnomnomming.

I reckon tomorrow's quest should be called either:
Lord Quest V: The Get Shit Donening
or
Lord Quest V: The Sit On Your Arsening

>>7116077
*let do work for us.

I'm not suggesting that we ask Sheff if we can steal his smith, just borrow some of his time.

im totally stoked for this party

Note on the rings: Ring of luck, gives a +1 bonus to any roll you like, once a month. 2+ for ring of luck in love, but only to rolls to do with wooing and stuff.

So you head up to the main castle, of the morning of the feast, and Sheff welcomes you in. He leads you to a hall full of the local nobility and better merchants. He passes the merchantry at the lower tables and gives you a seat of honour to his left, near the head of the Lord's table. Introducing you to his wife Cathy of Argand, his Daughter, Sarah, and his two sons, Alik and Ren. To his right is Lynald Lyan, Lord of Westcoast (inventive namers we Erondians are) and Arkam Sylem, lord of Myran. "You man Erik can serve you if you like, and we must hear your bard play us a song. Another of those, uh, Sargars he did. "

>>7116132
Describe his family.

>>7116132
Complement the wife's clothes and tell her how darling her children are. If we have any little trinkets in our pockets, give one to the youngest child.
That'll make us seem like a saint.

>>7116132
>Arkam Sylem

Makes me think of Arkham Asylum but I don't see how that would be an actual connection here.

>>7116153
Dude, wait to make sure the children are actually young before you do that. If you call a 18 year old son Darling it's going to look very very bad.

>>7116132
*Awesome Face*

We'll, I'm not sure good Aegon knows much more. My good bard, perhaps I am wrong and you have something Lord Sheff and his family might enjoy?

>>7116155

he is a villain we best be careful of him

>>7116165
Fine. Say that about the young children. If any of the children are old, say how ladylike/gentlemanly they are.

What food and drink is there?

>>7116171
A RIVAL APPEARS?

Roll a d20 to see how the Saga goes down with the crowd.

Sheff continues talking "While you're here we must go out on a hunt. My little wood has nothing on yours, but we might find us something to hunt. It's been to long since me and Redfear went hunting together. Scratching the dog behind his ears he notes that the Northern Wolfhounds are a jealous breed, and won't tolerate any other male hounds for too long, up to, a trait the NWH cross Boarwolf you have inherits in full measure. He's glad to see you brought Stark along.

>>7116179
Not rolling for fear of being lynched.

rolled 17 = 17

>>7116179
Rolling for bard

rolled 2 = 2

>>7116179
BRING IT, UNIVERSE!

>>7116190
Magnificent!

>>7116190
OH THANK THE GODS!

rolled 7 = 7

>>7116190
>>7116196
*ahem*

it appears that it was brought...

>>7116179
It goes:

The once was a man from Seakay,
who visited the brothel every day.
When asked about his wife,
he said "Never in my life,
her cunt could turn a man gay!"

>>7116155
Reference found.

Erik leans in, and very quietly notes the Sylem familly are noted for madness, a trait unusually common in their family. Even the sane ones tend to be eccentric, and barely controlled baresarks in battle.

>>7116173
Gentlemanly it is. They're 16 and 20 respectively.

The tables are covered in pies, various meats, salads, and food of every kind imaginable. The cooks and chefs must have been working overtime to produce this.

>>7116179

is redfear related to stark?

>>7116220
Ask a passing waiter for a drink of port, and tell him to send compliments to the chef.

>>7116190
Teddy Roosevelt approves of this roll.

>>7116179
Who do we have with us, and what are their jobs/roles? I forgot. ^_^

>>7116218

The once was a man from /ck/,
who visited /b/rothels every day.
When asked about his life,
he said "Never in my life,
the bullshit could turn a man gay!"

>>7116230

erik the scholar/advisor

and the bard

>>7116230
Erik our bastard Uncle and scholar extraorindaire.

Aegon our Court-Bard whose style seems to be sagas which had gone out of popularity but he's always made a good impression so maybe that will change soon.

Stark our hunting dog. Very large puppy. Think Direwolf from SoIaF. he was a gift from Sheff.

>>7116220
It was mentioned that Lady Cathy quite liked to cook. Did she work on any of the dishes present?

>>7116179
Who's redfear? God, nobles have so many names to remember.

>>7116190
Just in time. A minute later and he would have offended your host by singing of the wrong Sheffs. As things stand he sings a magnificent tale of a young Sheff, son of the first Lord of Seakay, who hunted a wyvern single-handedly. He then offered it's head as a bride price to the father of a fair maiden, and brought together the two halves of what is modern Seakay. The skull to this day adorns the wall, with the Sheff Motto beneath it. In True Erondian it reads "Tolerate no poison, remove it with valor."

The song goes down very well, and it is greatly enjoyed by all.

>>7116179
Accept the invitation.

Also, let's meet his daughter already.

>>7116269
Sheff's dog

>>7116269
Sheff's dog, and the sire of yours.

>>7116260
Erik mutters in your ear that the veal pie was cooked by her, according to the kitchen.

>>7116226
You ask one of Sheffs men about the port, and send your compliments to the Cheff.

>>7116269
His old dog. Saved his life. Carried him through sixty miles of broken glass and razorblades when Sheff was greivously wounded. Too old to hunt now but was put out to whelp.

>>7116271
(b^_^)b

>>7116276
His daughter is sitting with her brothers, across the table from you. Lyan sits to your right, and past him Sylem.

Loudly praise the Veal Pie.

>>7116288
Give respect to this dog if you haven't done so already.
If Thomas Green likes veal, om nom nom veal pie. Otherwise, find some food Thomas likes and have him eat that. I dunno what Thomas prefers.

>>7116298
Do we know if her brothers are protective of her?

Approach her on the fact she is renowned as quite the alchemist and that we're studying it ourselves.

>>7116298
Begin eyeing up the daughter. Perhaps loudly boast so she can hear.

>>7116307
You praise the veal pie, and although she doesn't say anything Lady Sheff is noticeably happy with the compliment.

>>7116287

make a big show of eating the veal pie and saying how delicious it is, if she or anyone else comments on the fact that she made it congratulate her.

also how old is stark now and maybe ask sheff if he is still young enough that he would be accepted by redfear (being his pup) and could come on the hunt also

rolled 10 = 10

>>7116298
*Shrug* Rolling 1d20 charm check to see if Thomas can compliment Sarah.

Talk about alchemy, say how we're only just learning and praise what we've heard of her skill.

You guys are way too eager to start wooing. It would be easier to broach a conversation with Sarah under the guise of discussing alchemy and then flirt from there.

Just banging out with the romance across the dinner table is unlikely to impress.

>>7116336
This is a pseudo-medieval world. Romance doens't have much subtlety.

>>7116350
No, it doesn't.

Normally one would ask the girl's father for permission to court first: Which we've not done. Just throwing out a random compliment over the dinner table would most likely come across as crass.

>>7116350
J-J-J-J-J-J-JAM it in?

>>7116336
Agreed.
Lets approach her by asking about alchemy. Surely we can learn something.

>>7116336
I didn't say Propose marriage, you silly mung!

So. Cathy happy. Lord Sheff happy. Sarah neutral. Everyone else pretty much irrelevant.

I don't see why we couldn't flirt with Sarah - she is attractive, after all. That said, Huntan gaems are also good. (b^.^)b

>>7116369
Throw her over the table and take her now, by Byron!

Or maybe we could be slightly less impatient.

>>7116365
Ask during hunting then, I'd assume.
Alchemy fuck year.

>>7116307
You praise the veal pie, and although she doesn't say anything Lady Sheff is noticeably happy with the compliment.

>>7116317
Sheff notes that a hunt won't matter, it's just if you spend days on end with another dog, and lavish attention on it. Or if you feed another dog, etc.

>>7116314
She has been sat in between the sons, that might be just because of age (they're oldest to the closest to the parents), or some protectiveness, you're not sure.

>>7116323
>>7116314
You steer the conversation to Sarah, and note that she's also a student of alchemy. You mention that you have been studying it and compliment her on not being just a pretty face. Although the compliment doesn't have a noticeable effect, she engages you in talk of alchemical theory, most of which goes over your head. Roll a d20(aiming low) trying to get under your alchemy total (8) to see if you get what she's on about. Also, you can use your ring for a -2 (so 2 good points) on this if you like.

Alchemy Ones, are you still here?

>>7116377
But patience makes me sad :(

rolled 2 = 2

>>7116386
ALCHEMY ROLLAN?

>>7116398
You sir... are good.

>>7116398
Oh. I fucking love you, cursed fingers.

>>7116398
FUCK YES!

>>7116398
YES! USE THE RING, PERFECT SCORE.

What happens if we use the +/-2 on the 2. Is a score of zero even better?

>>7116386
Dw guys I got this, no need for the ring.

Also praises of Byron

>>7116398
:D WIN.

You understand perfectly, you were lucky enough to have been studying this exact topic. What's more you engage her in a conversation about some of the nuances of this, and note you're trying to find some saltpetre and lime to experiment yourself on it. She's notably impressed.

>>7116418
We already WIN, why bother using the ring?

>>7116418
No, save the ring.

>>7116398
You're hired.

rolled 7 = 7

>>7116436
I'd say that's pretty good for now. Do we learn anything alchemy-related from her?

Also does noko work with dice?

On the ring, the roller must say in the post if he is using it. Should have said that before. The ring is a chancy thing, and thus one guy might decide to use it, when overall you might want to save it. First roll counts.

>>7116436
Fuck yes! Ask how long she has been studying Alchemy.

rolled 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 = 25

>>7116455
Noko does work with dice, with "noko+dice+1d20" in the email field, but you can't see exactly what the dude was rolling. Someone might fudge it or something by rolling (e.g.) 20d1 to get a perfect 20

>>7116436
Try to bring up a problem you've been having with the topic and ask for her help.

Are we autosageing?

On the ring, the roller must say in the post if he is using it. Should have said that before. The ring is a chancy thing, and thus one guy might decide to use it, when overall you might want to save it. First roll counts.

>>7116455
You notice a few new details quickly (+1 alchemy skill) and quickly figure out where they fit and what they have to do with everything.

Detail our Alchemical goals, objectives and experiments.
Lets try and see if she is interested in our tests.

>>7116483
Alchemical goal: Learn Alchemy

Alchemy objective: Woo Sarah

Alchemy Experiment: Try not to destroy Erik's scrolls (Failed)

>>7116478
Yes

>>7116483
No, ask her about her practical work instead. Perhaps she will invite us to her laboratory.

>>7116483
Let's not dive too deep. This is a dinner of celebration of ancestors, suggest we discuss it further later. It would be inconsiderate to miss the point of the party and a bit mushy of us to OBVIOUSLY trying to keep her engaged.

Gotta be stylin'

>>7116508
This anon makes a good point. We should still engage in small talk with the other guests.

>>7116508
Agreed.

>>7116508
Second.

We zoned in, we impressed, and now we can back off a little and be our regular charming up and coming lord.

We've done the important thing though in that we've got her attention. If we jump in too quick she'll lose interest.

>>7116478
I think so, new thread made. >>7116542