We should expect them to go up, as we have them patrolling the swamps. Here's hoping we can get some to agree to non-KILLAN work, as having a Virmen digging team would help with draining the swamp.

Also, FUCK YES LORD QUEST.

This is the first time since February that I have been to a Lord Quest. We were just talking about when we'd get a new one, too!

Did you see the heraldry that got posted, Quest Lord?

Fuck yeah.

They'll betray us in the end. It is the Virmen way. But for now lets approach this cautiously and see if we can't get this >>10793461

QUEST LORD, CAN YOU POST AN EMAIL/BLOG/TWITTER FOR US SO WE HAVE SOME WAY OF ASKING WHEN THE NEXT ONE IS?

ALSO, UNLESS YOUR NEXT POSTS PROVE ME WRONG, MIGHT BE HIGH TIME TO START TRIMMING BACK ON THE NUMBERS.

Sorry for the caps, but I've been meaning to say that for ages now. Just never been around for a thread.

Are we STILL not selling excess lumber, just generating it every month and throwing it down a hole? I thought I said something about that THREE MONTHS AGO?

Hey Quest Lord, it's the guy who made the crests here. I also made something I think you'll like. It took me forever to comb through all the archives for pertinent information. It's an information chart to help new players and to be used as reference in case people forget a name or person.

>>10793544

Sweet mother of Vishnu, I have 20/15 vision and I have to squint. Can you increase font size slightly? I realize it'll be fucking monstrous, but so be it.

>>10793544
You were in Bloodquest making its chart too, weren't you?

You were awesome then, and you're awesome now. Keep on being awesome, sir.

>>10793587
The other answer is to open it up in an image application and zoom in, though I guess that would pixellate things a little.

>>10793587

Man, I knew that would be a problem. I have an earlier version that was done in bigger font, but with less information for you while I go make a bigger version.

Oh, god, I'm a 'tard. In my haste to get going I forgot to actually update the damn spreadsheet for the new month before starting. :$ Out of practice.

>>10793534
Shit, sorry. I'll fix that soon. For the meantime I'll make it up to you this month with some extra cash.

>>10793544
Oh, god. Cheers mate. That's fucking brilliant.

Ignore the numbers thus far (many of you are already, good work on being a step ahead) and I'll fix my SNAFU.

>>10793650

Perfect. And don't get me wrong, you're a true bro for your compilation work, and should be roundly applauded.

>>10793661
You could just delete the SNAFU posts, and then post the correct stuff. Would keep confusion to a minimum.

We'll wait.

>>10793661

You skraight, boss. We've waited several weeks, we can wait 5 minutes while you straighten out numberfun. No worries.

LORD QUEST
TRESURY
Last month's gold 20.7
Gold Incoming 7.159392857
Gold Outgoing 5.1
Gold Profits 22.05939286
Total Gold 42.75939286
Debt 0
To brother 0
One Time Costs -20
Lumber Backsales -20

STOCKPILES
LUMBER
Last months lumber 200
Lumber Cut 90
Lumber Used 63.4
Lumber Created 26.6
Lumber Stockpile 200
Max Stockpile 200
Stockpile Spare 0

FOOD
Last months food 169.5
Food Grown 42
Food Hunted 20.8
Food Milked 1.4
Food Eaten 35.4
Food Brewed 3
Excess Food 25.8
Percentage Sold 50
Excess Stored 12.9
Food Sold 12.9
Excess Sold 0
Food Stockpile 182.4
Max Food 200
Stockpile Spare 17.6
Food Sold 1290
Food Prices (Average) 0.001696429
Profit Made 2.188392857

SKINS
Last month's skins 7.4
Skins Gathered 20.8
Skins Used 20
Skins Created 0.8
Skins Stockpile 8.2
Max Skin Stockpile 300
Stockpile Spare 291.8

LEATHER
Last month's Leather 179
Leather Created 20
Leather Used 8.4
New Leather 11.6
Leather Stockpile 199
Max Leather Stock 200
Stockpile Spare 1

ALE
Last month 27
Ale Brewed 3
Ale Drunk 0
Ale Created 3
Ale Stockpile 30
Max Stockpile 200
Stockpile Spare 170

Man, Lord Quest sure is fun.

STOCKPILES CONT.
PEAT
Last Month's peat 0
Peat incoming 16.9
Peat used 10
Peat Stored 0
Surplus (sold) 6.9
Peat Stockpile 0
Max Stockpile 0
Sold (%) 100
Peat sold 6.9
Peat Price (gold) 0.09
Profit made 0.621

BOG IRON
Last Month 20
Bog Iron incoming 13
Bog Iron used 5.5
Amount Stored 0
Surplus (Sold) 7.5
Stockpile 20
Max Stockpile 20
Sold (%) 0
Sold 7.5
Price (gold) 0.1
Profit made 0.75

STONE
Last month 79.7
Stone Quarried 3
Stone Used 0
Stone Gained 3
Stone Stockpile 82.7
Max Stone 1000
Stockpile Spare 917.3

SILVER
Last month 0
Silver panned 36
Silver used
Silver gained 0
Silver stockpike 0
Max Silver stockpile 5000
Stockpile Spare 5000
Sold (%) 100
Sold (amount) 36
Silver Price 0.1
Profit made 3.6

Here's the chart in a bigger size.

WEAPON/ARMOUR STOCKPILES
SHORT SWORDS (Iron)
Last month's supply 17
The Stockpile 19
Incoming 2
In use 4
Spare 15
Shortage 0

GOBLIN SKULL HELMS (bone)
Last month's supply 8
The Stockpile 8
Incoming 0
In use 0
Spare 8
Shortage 0

STUDDED LEATHER (Iron)
Last month's supply 13
The Stockpile 17
Incoming 4
In use 13
Spare 4
Shortage 0

BOILED LEATHER (leather)
Last month's supply 4.5
The Stockpile 6
Incoming 1.5
In use 0
Spare 6
Shortage 0

SPEARS (Steel)
Last month's supply 25
The Stockpile 25
Incoming 0
In use 12
Spare 13
Shortage 0

BOWS (crude)
Last month's supply 9
The Stockpile 9
Incoming 0
In use
Spare 9
Shortage 0

GOBLIN SWORDS (??)
Last month's supply 12
The Stockpile 12
Incoming 0
In use 0
Spare 12
Shortage 0

TOOL STOCKPILES
FARMING TOOLS
Last month's supply 40
The Stockpile 40
Incoming 0
In use 40
Spare 0
Shortage 0


BUILDING TOOLS
Last month's supply 40
The Stockpile 80
Incoming 40.00
In use 40
Spare 40
Shortage 0


LIVESTOCK 18
Cattle 10
Calves 2
Goats 5
Kids 1
Horses 3
Riding 3

MISC SUPPLIES
Carts 5
Building 2
Ropes 5
Small Ropes (1d5) 5
Medium Ropes (1d15) 0
Fuses 3
Temple Scroll 1
Hunting Scroll 1
Crude bows 3
Crude knives 11
Carrot Seeds 0
Potato Seeds 0
Lyre 1
Dragon Blood (waterskins) 12
Scroll of Dukedom 1
Dragon bits (misc) 1

FARMING
Turnip Patches 30
Rice Plots 10
Potato Plots 5
Carrot Plots 5

POPULACE 177
Workers 126


Milita on duty 4
Soldiers 8
Craftsmen 24


Indentured Criminals 0

Advisors 14

NET GROWTH 9
Growth 12
Local Growth 1
Migrants 11

Deaths 3
Elderly Deaths 3
Bandits/Raiders 0
Mishaps 0
Starvation 0
Other 0

WORK
PEASANTS 108
UNASSIGNED 26
HERDING 3
Goat Herding 2
Cattle Heading 1
FARMING 50
Turnip Farming 30
Rice Farming 20
Potato Farming 5
Carrot Farming 5
GATHERING 24
Gathering Wood 9
Quarrying Stone 15

PRODUCING 3
Brewing 3
MILITIA 0
Basic Peasant Militia 0
OTHER 2
Renovating Town 2

BUILDERS 65
Building 65
Total Done Last month 170.2
Total 800

HUNTERS 12
Unassigned Hunters 0
Hunting 8
Searching Forest 0
Manhunters 4

CARPENTERS 6
Unassigned Carpenters 0
Decent Furniture 0
Helping Build 0
Renovating Village 3
Renovating Keep 3

MINERS 18
Unassigned Miners 0
Panning River (Silver) 18

Digging Mine 0
Total Done Last month 0
Total 100


PEAT BOG GATHERERS 10
Gathering Peat 10

Gathering Bog Iron 10


TANNERS 4
Tanning for storage 4
Creating Leather Armour 3

SMITHY
Total 3
Smiths 1
Jr Apprentices 1
Sr Apprentices 1
PRODUCTION %
Total 100%
Swords (short) (iron) 25%
Armour (stedded leather) (iron) 25%
Farm Tools (iron) 0%
Building tools (Iron) 50%
River Pans (Iron) 0%

>26 Peasants to assign

>>10793803

Excellent. I salute you, sir.

>>10793842

Hmm, looks like it's time for another immigrant draft. Our fighting forces are still anemic.

>>10793899
>draft time!
Point. Maybe this instead?

+5 silver miners
+3 iron gatherers
+1 carpenter
+10 hunters (more manhunters that way)
+1 brewer
+6 man-at-arms

>>10793898
How about at least ten of those peasants go into the militia. Also I have a question, what happened to the Sheriff we had way back when? Did he die? I combing back through the archives I don't seem to remember seeing him active since around thread four. Same deal with our ugly maid girl.

In other news, the carpenters have finished furnishing all the bedrooms to a +Very Good+ quality. They can't do more then this as far as furnishing the rooms and patching them up goes. You have 13 very good rooms.

>>10793980

I like that. The manhunters seem to take the brunt of our losses.

>>10794009

Veery nice. How close is this place (specifically, the exterior) to presentable?

>>10793996
He's just a man at arms. Since Leold took over the training etc. of the men at arms, he's been covering the Sheriff's duties, as the sheriff was just a nominal leader of the men at arms.

Ugly maid is still around hypothetically. I'd forgotten her, but as she isn't really achieving anything of note she's off the spreadsheets.

>>10794009
>Taking things into consideration
+4 silver miners
+2 iron gatherers
+10 hunters (more manhunters that way)
+1 brewer (thread title IS brewfest)
+9 man-at-arms/militia

What else should we have the carpenters work on?
-Tool/spear handles?
-Ballista for mounting on the keep? (Probably going to need an expert first)
-Trade goods/Items for sale?
-Other?

>>10794057
I see, they were going to go onto the list, but I hadn't seen them in a while. Thank you for the clarification.

>>10794089

I'd say move one man-at-arms to apprentice under the smiths.

Did we ever get that wheel done? If so, we need to get one of the smiths working on a screw pump.

>>10794048
It's no castle, but the keep itself is *presentable*. Nothing to gloat over or be proud of, but most nobles put up with much worse while travelling, etc. You're not going to host a ball or a gala, but if you want to host a tourny you won't be embarrassed. The outer walls are little more then ruins, but in a time and place of relative peace walls are just a status symbol.

Most lords would consider it rustic and rural, and some might talk of doing it rough, but they would live with much worse en route to here.

>>10794048
>>10793980
Done, unless anyone has any objections?

My God!
Just when I thought to take a nap.

>>10794137
It sounds good to me.

>>10794108
That reminds me, I also made a tiny list of things people have suggested building so far.

Tavern
Saw Mill
Watchtowers
Boat for river trade
Palisades
Market Square
Rebuilt temple of Artagus

>>10794137
Would proper walls be the next step to making the place considered less rustic? Or, as my guess, would that be adding new furnishings inside?

And how much are any such furnishings going to cost?

>>10794137
see
>>10794108
>>10794089


>>10794154

Saw mill would be a post-wheel priority.

Can we power a sawmill, a smithy, a granary, AND pumps off one wheel, or do we need another?

>>10794154
I'm thinking a market square would be a nice next step. Bring in additional revenue, have goods we can choose from without going out or relying on Urist for...

We have 2 wells, right? So that shouldn't be a priority?

>>10794108
No can do. Smiths will ask for more apprentices when they can, guild regulations mean that they can't have more jr apprentices then sr apprentices, and they can't have more sr apprentices then full smiths.

>>10794159
Next step would be to let the architect and masons you took on for a year keep working on the keep. They've been fixing stuff up in the upper keep, that isn't a hazard, but aren't yet rooms. I need to let my spreadsheet cover more of the keep then lodgings, until then you're fine. I plan on releasing that when they're done, all at once.

>>10794183
It's not in any particular order of priority just a smattering of ideas that have been tossed around in the past. Also, do we still have the dragon's head in our possession/is it under the "dragon bits" portion of our inventory? We need to mount that thing in a bad ass fashion if we do.

>>10794213

Understood and understood. So it's just going to keep getting better with time.

>>10794225

Yeah, but I'm saying that mill would be near the top of the list for priorities, as we can see immediate returns from that, especially if it's powered by the / a wheel.

Pretty sure we had that taxidermied, and it's already hanging on a wall in proper badass fashion.

>>10794183
Hooking up a building to the waterwheel will include the time spent adding infrastructure, etc. so you can. I'm yet to make a clear rule on How much a waterwheel can power, but I'm likely going to cap it at 3 buildings powered by each wheel, before you need to build a new wheel.

>>10794213
Can we have some of those spare peasants speed up the architect's/masons' work by acting as basic laborers?

I'd say we could spare at least 5-6 of them for that.

Let's have the Dragon's head (which I'm sure we've preserved as best we can) mounted in the dining hall of our keep. Show it off when we have people visit.

Which we need to do soon. If not for a tournament, at least invite Sheff up to visit. Maybe he'd bring Sarah with him. Hrmm.

>>10794274

Okay, then we need to get working on infrastructure. The smithy and the granary need it now, to power the mill and the forge. So do we start work on pumps, or on a sawmill? Because we'll need another wheel after that.

Reiterating my desire for Quest Lord to give us an email/twitter/blog/some way to tell us when to expect another thread.

OK

LETS MAKE A LIST OF OUR PROJECTS

- WATER WHEEL FOR SAWMILL/BLACKSMITH/GRANERY
- FIX UP OUR KEEP
- WALLS?
- WATCH TOWERS?
- MARKET SQUARE (not necessarily a major project. A few sturdy stalls, an area partitioned off, simple enough).
- TOURNAMENT AREA (should probably wait until we've decided we're doing well enough to host a tournament)

>>10794299
>>Maybe he'd bring Sarah with him.

This would be excellent. We've been moving alright on this, but out on the border you'd think they wouldn't mind faster courtship before marriages...

>>10794323

>- WATER WHEEL FOR SAWMILL/BLACKSMITH/GRANERY
Working on it already, I think
>- FIX UP OUR KEEP
Working on that too, same time
>- WALLS?
This can wait.
>- WATCH TOWERS?
This can too. Easier to invest in spies.
>- MARKET SQUARE (not necessarily a major project. A few sturdy stalls, an area partitioned off, simple enough).
Let's make this a priority. A tavern too, perhaps. Traffic brings in money.
>- TOURNAMENT AREA (should probably wait until we've decided we're doing well enough to host a tournament)
Yeah, let's wait until we need it. Shouldn't take long.

>>10794323

Wheel's done. Just needs hookups to the granary and smithy. Keep renovation will take care of itself. A market square is a worthwhile project.

Again, do we start a sawmill now, or do we do pumps, then another wheel, THEN a sawmill? Which is more important, farmland or easier lumber rendering?

>>10794360
We already have a tavern.

QL, should we roll for things for the month so we can time skip?

>>10794368
Farmland also gets us fewer swamp issues with trolls and virmen (these seem to be the REAL problem in the swamps; I hope our diplomatic actions last thread may bear fruit). BUT we'll have longer to travel for peat if the swamp gets drained--not that it's worth anything right now anyways.

It's a tossup, I'd say whichever is easier. Barring that, pumps.

>>10794279
They have their own labour, and don't want people who don't know what they're doing on site. It also seems that the Masons are unwilling to train peasants in any semi-skilled capacity, citing Guild Tradition, and Guild Rules.

>>10794299
You mount the dragon's head up in your keep. It's a little gory, but the crude preservation you've used upon it has worked, and it's not rotting.

>>10794300
The builders are flat out working on the wheel atm.

>>10794398

Well, pumps are just the warm-up. Draining the swamp involves digging a drainage canal so the pump has something to pump.

>>10794408

Then keep them on the wheel. When it's done, they move to hooking up the forge and the granary.

Now, what do we do when THAT's done?

>>10794410
Yeah, in that case, sawmill first. We'll make the swamp draining get its own wheel dedicated to pumping. BIG project there.

>>10794418
Once that's done, a sawmill.

Then we look at what's most needed.

>>10794425
>>10794435

Agreed. So wheel, then hookups, then mill, then hook up the mill, then reassess.

>>10794379
Oh, yeah. Please roll. You can assume you're good to roll for the monthly stuff whenever I finish posting the accounts.

>>10794442
I think a mill could be attached the the grainery pretty easily.

>>10794408
Let's have Aboli make a nice little plaque for us to put under the head later on.

rolled 5 = 5

Event.

rolled 5 = 5

>>10794465
Fucking yes. Rerolling for the after effect.

rolled 1 = 1

>>10794465
Crit success roll

>>10794465
>>10794473
You are a good man.

>>10794465
>>10794473
Thanks Anon, I cum on cat she hiss at penis

>>10794473
>>10794482
OH JEEZ AM I GLAD YOU BEAT ME TO IT

Maybe I should roll for alchemy since I got a 1...

>>10794465
>>10794473
Shit yeah, bitches.

>>10794379
Do we? That's news to me. It's been discussed, but I don't think it ever got built. I've been known to be wrong befrore, particularly after a big gap between threads like we've had, so feel free to find something to correct me with.

>>10794503
I'm pretty sure it's been built for a long time.

rolled 15 = 15

Hard experiment, using luck ring.

>>10794451

I meant a sawmill, not a grist mill. That's already IN the granary.

>>10794495

Yeah, you're on alchemy team for the week.

>>10794503
We've got a brewery, but no tavern. I remember transferring all the important buildings from the old map to this one.

>>10794305
>>10793509
QL, if you don't want to give us any contact method, can you let me know so I'll stop asking?

I'm not asking for anything you use regularly, btw. Just a throwaway email or something is fine.

>>10794510
Uh, a hard experiment is d12.

Hi there. My name is Edward. I like being a girl and other boys' cocks. Will you let me play your quest threads , GM sir? I'll suck your cock! no matter how puny and weak it is!

That doesn't have the watch tower on it.

>>10794538
Odd, I copied the old map exactly.

>>10794557
Hrmm, that one's missing it too.

But it should be at the northern edge of the forest.

>>10794557

Which, incidentally, doesn't have the tower on it.

>>10794574
>>10794574
Well that's a bother. Here's a watch tower added.

rolled 9 = 9

>>10794599

That works. Also, valid alchemy roll. Hard experiment, ring.

>>10794465
>>10794473
Pic related.

Urist returns home, after a sucessful trading venture. 3 plots of sourberry seeds and 30 gold up (was happening anyway) he also has brought a rather excited if intoxicated dwarf up with him. The new dwarf introduces himself as Bartgebräu-Axt-Bier, but says you can call him Barty Brew. He offers to work for you in the capacity of brewer, as he has been expelled from the mountainhome as a journyman after an incident with his new experimental beer using mad cap mushrooms and biting fungus. He can only return if and when he creates a masterpeice of a quality to impress the brewmasters, and his untraditional brewing methods aren't approved of.

>>10794632
NOW we need a tavern. Welcome aboard, Barty.

>>10794632

HIRED. Give him a tour of the existing brewery, and see what he thinks.

>>10794521
Sorry, meant to let you know that I can be found on http://arthropocalypse.forum-motion.com/forum.htm as Quest Lord. The Arthropocalypse Project seems to have slowed to a stop, so anyone who wants to bump that at some stage go for it, please.

>>10794599
You're the map guy too? God, you're awesome to have around.

>>10794632
I'm sure our peasants wouldn't mind being the experimental subjects for all these new brews.

>>10794671
>Sorry, meant to let you know that I can be found on http://arthropocalypse.forum-motion.com/forum.htm as Quest Lord. The Arthropocalypse Project seems to have slowed to a stop, so anyone who wants to bump that at some stage go for it, please.
THANK YOU! :D

>>10794671
I saw that project a while ago, I was wondering if that was actually you. Thanks too, I try what I can to help out.

>>10794636
>>10794648
He's rather unimpressed with the currant setup, but hastily notes that it's probably impressive for human beer-making in an effort to not be too impolite. He's brought his own still, and says he can work for you in one of two capacities. You could pay him to purchase ingredients, and he could work separately to your brewers, and create a small amount of his alcohols each month, OR he could come on board as an advisor, and help the brewers you have keep doing what they're doing now.

>>10794705
Make him our royal brewer.

>>10794705

So if he's advising, he doesn't make any brews of his own?

>>10794721
This.

Now for a time skip.

>>10794684
>>10794702
Yeah, that was me. I try and keep busy, but find myself more prone to starting projects then keeping them moving.

But back to the Questan'

>>10794624
Alchemy faliure: Nothing new is learnt this month, other then the fact that alchemy interests you, even when little others find interesting is occurring.

>>10794728
Exactly. He can advise and do that. OR he can brew a small quantity of beers himself. Not in economic amounts, but enough for you, your advisors, etc. 1 barrel per month will go in the misc. items.

>>10794702
try to do what I can*

>>10794705
I'm voting taking him on as an adviser. I'd rather have our brews boosted across the board rather than getting a small supply of fine alcohol each month. If we still want to host a tourney then we'll need some serious quantity of decent alcoholic beverages rather than a small store of great quality stuff. We might want to see if we can find a way for him to make us a single fine bottle sometime soon though. It'd make a mighty fine gift to send to Sheff.

>>10794755

I agree with this. Have him start as an adviser to boost our existing brewing operation, then once that's cranking along, get him to make a few casks of specialty brews.

>>10794721
>>10794730
Done.

Note you can change it in future.
+1 Advisor: Barty Brew. Job: Brewer of Fine and Exciting Alchohols.

>>10794632
sweet

>>10794781
Barty Brew(er).

LOLOL, GIVE US THE BONUS FOR FIGURING OUT HIS NAME, LOL

>>10794780
>>10794755
I spoke too soon. Looks like there's some votes for having him educate the normal brewers.

>>10794793
I said Royal Brewer. What I meant was that he'd advise our regular brewers. Going for general improvement rather than a little bit of the really good stuff.

>>10794792
Lol, Figure out his full name and you'll get it. His nickname comes from it sounding similar to the human name Barty, and the word Brew, which seeing it is his job, stuck rather well.

In other news, A letter from a certain Sheff Lady has arrived.

"Dearest Thom

I have missed you ever so, the halls of Sheff Manor seem empty to me now without you and your men bustling about. It’s odd, even if you were largely to busy pursuing my captors, you always did find some time to set aside for me. But enough of my womanly prattle, and to more important matters.

Your experiments intrigue me, I myself have been questioning Peter Glenn’s treatise on essence, particularly, that of there being 8 related forms. I think that Hipposatle’s theory of four is much more likely, even if it is largely based in secular and religious theory. I’m unsure as to how to test this however, as both theories explain any experiments within my ability to perform.

In other news, Father has negotiated peace with Ell. However Aroheff has seen fit to add a new trading agreement that greatly favours father to his agenda, and sees himself as making a lucky escape for his son’s behaviour. Father also agreed to keep the matter out of the courts, but has gained a sizable portion of Ell’s lumber exports, and Snyv’s operatives have been put to death. I doubt Snyv will play a prominent role in politics again for quite some time now, he is on the verge of losing his right to inherit.

I hope all is well, and I wish to see you soon.

Yours forever,
Sarah Sheff"

>>10794804
Awesome. So He's advising then. Awesome.

rolled 11 = 11

>>10794818
REPLY WITH A LETTER POST HASTE TO SHEFF, INVITING HIM AND HIS "FAMILY" TO VISIT.

ROLLING 1d20 FOR HOW AWESOME THE LETTER IS.

Man, I wish I could stay and play but I can't.
Wish you luck QL, hope you'll do these more often.

Don't forget to archive!

>>10794811

Fast work with a translator has his name as meaning Beardbrew-axe-beer

>>10794826

Yes, and later when we have the time and resources we should have him work with the builders to construct a more sophisticated expansion to the brewery so that he can produce economic quantities of his high quality products and give him some room to experiment.

>>10794873

And since I seem to be the one obsessed with the metagame, someone HAS gotten River Tam by now, right?

>>10794902
Yeah. We've gotten most of the names so far. Unless something is so subtle it's blown by us all.

>>10794902
We unlocked the story of St. Tam via the river meta game unlock.

>>10794926

I assumed. It's blatantly obvious. Never can tell, though.

>>10794854
2nd?

>>10794860
Cheers. Next one should be next monday if not before.

>>10794873
Fast work with a translator is how I got it.

The incident with Biting Fungus is notable because it is the first time that a dwarven spirit still, rune-enhanced to survive the potent brews of the dwarves, has exploded in so spectacular a blast. Putting a fungus that extrudes electricity as a defence mechinism into a highly flamamble mixt was poorly thought out, and although he has learned more caution, his casting out of the mountainhome hasn't curbed his enthusiasm for making the most volatile and destructive brews known to dwarfkind . . .

+3 to standing with Barty.

>>10794925
There's some you've missed, I'm sure of it. Can't think of any off the top of my head though.

>>10794963

Hmmm, it seems to me that some time doing more mundane advisory tasks would do this Barty some good.

>>10794963
Don't invite them over, but do respond. If we know anything about what she's talking about then just state what we personally believe, if not just agree with her.

>>10795010
>>10794963
I say we invite them over for a visit.

>>10794818
Do we know what the hell she is talking about?

The virmin are going to scout out our weakness's in patrols.

Order the Patrol roster's to be changed up a bit as to not form a pattern and keep them from guessing.

>>10794963

Sure, send him an invitation, but request that he reply with the date if attending. That gives us enough time to get off another reply confirming as well as giving our masons more time to spiffy up the place.

Also, a letter to Sarah stating that her absence from our daily life is also noted, and that we seem to have hit a momentary dead end on the alchemy front, as well as soliciting her thoughts.

...
Barty's going to brew us a bomb, isn't he?

>>10795028
This.

Timeskip?

>>10795035
Do it.

>>10795045

Seconded.

>>10795010
>>10795023
Yeah, it's alchemical theory pertaining to elements. It's basically quantam alchemy or alchemical philosophers, as it's area that is all thoery, but no-one knows how to test. Often discussed, but nothing is ever proven.

>>10795058
Ah well then I suppose we just agree with her then.

>>10794818

And playing the meta-game I'm going to guess that Hipposatle is a reference to Aristotle and/or Hippocrates.

>>10795058

The four are the traditional four - earth fire water air - correct? Then what are the eight?

>>10795093
Bamp!

Hippostotle is the father of Alchemical Philosophy, and although Alchemical Philosophy of the time bares little if any similarities to now, his theories are often held as the closest thing to fact in areas where facts aren't forthcoming. Most of his research comes form religious and logical reasoning, rather then modern scientific alchemical methods.

+1 alchemy score.

>>10795058
I would suggest ways to test it if I knew anything about the laws of alchemy in this world. Very few things would be truly untestable from what you have said about alchemy so far. It simply isn't advanced enough to have purely theoretical approaches yet. What elements are being talked about and why the difference of opinion?

Back in the real world we didn't get into truly theoretical physics until around the last century. Arguably the last 50 years.

>>10795102
Hipposatle theories that there are 4 material elements, to do with alchemy, and 4 metaphysical elements, that alchemy doesn't deal with.

Peter Glenn thinks that there are 8 material elements, the original four, and ones for lighting, cold, magma and clouds. He proposes an alchemical wheel with these 8 spokes being the points of reference.

>>10795155

Interesting.

Onward with the timeskip; I'll theorize on elements more when we're not busy doing.

I'm also working on Peter Glenn. So far, it's a motoring school, a filmmaker, and an outdoors supply store.

>>10795155
Well this would be easy to test. For cold all we need to do is conduct the exact same experiments at varying temps. I would suggest maybe fifteen plot points as a base graph with a separation interval of 5 degrees, mostly due to the inaccurate temperature measurement abilities of the time period.

Cloud element can be tested by setting up near the swamps/river during various foggy mornings and performing the same experiment multiple times in varying degrees of thickness, from sunny to pea soup.

Magma and lightning testing varies based on how much our good lord knows about these things and if electricity is known to be generated.

>>10795200
Maybe we can send these suggestions to Sarah and see what she thinks.

NEW MONTH: WRECKVEMBER
TRESURY
Last month's gold 55.9
Gold Incoming 37.60558841
Gold Outgoing 5.45
Gold Profits 32.15558841
Total Gold 88.05558841
Debt 0
To brother 0
One Time Costs 0

STOCKPILES
LUMBER
Last months lumber 200
Lumber Cut 90
Lumber Used 67.56666667
Lumber Created 22.43333333
Lumber Stockpile 200
Max Stockpile 200
Stockpile Spare 0

FOOD
Last months food 195.2
Food Grown 82
Food Hunted 46.8
Food Milked 1.5
Food Eaten 36.6
Food Brewed 4
Excess Food 89.7
Percentage Sold 50
Excess Stored 44.85
Food Sold 44.85
Excess Sold 0
Food Stockpile 200
Max Food 200
Stockpile Spare 0
Food Sold 4485
Food Prices (Average) 0.006966463
Profit Made 31.24458841

SKINS
Last month's skins 34.2
Skins Gathered 46.8
Skins Used 20
Skins Created 26.8
Skins Stockpile 61
Max Skin Stockpile 300
Stockpile Spare 239

LEATHER
Last month's Leather 199
Leather Created 20
Leather Used 8.4
New Leather 11.6
Leather Stockpile 219
Max Leather Stock 200
Stockpile Spare -19

ALE
Last month 31
Ale Brewed 4
Ale Drunk 0
Ale Created 4
Ale Stockpile 35
Max Stockpile 200
Stockpile Spare 165

Looks like we should start selling off leather as well, or move a few peasants to leatherworking.

>>10795246
STOCKPILES CONT.
PEAT
Last Month's peat 0
Peat incoming 16.9
Peat used 10
Peat Stored 0
Surplus (sold) 6.9
Peat Stockpile 0
Max Stockpile 0
Sold (%) 100
Peat sold 6.9
Peat Price (gold) 0.09
Profit made 0.621

BOG IRON
Last Month 20
Bog Iron incoming 16.9
Bog Iron used 5.5
Amount Stored 0
Surplus (Sold) 11.4
Stockpile 20
Max Stockpile 20
Sold (%) 0
Sold 11.4
Price (gold) 0.1
Profit made 1.14

STONE
Last month 82.7
Stone Quarried 3
Stone Used 0
Stone Gained 3
Stone Stockpile 85.7
Max Stone 1000
Stockpile Spare 914.3

SILVER
Last month 0
Silver panned 46
Silver used
Silver gained 0
Silver stockpike 0
Max Silver stockpile 5000
Stockpile Spare 5000
Sold (%) 100
Sold (amount) 46
Silver Price 0.1
Profit made 4.6

We had the smith make some (lower quality than normal) weapons for our deal with the Virmen right?

WEAPON/ARMOUR STOCKPILES
SHORT SWORDS (Iron)
Last month's supply 19
The Stockpile 21
Incoming 2
In use 10
Spare 11
Shortage 0

GOBLIN SKULL HELMS (bone)
Last month's supply 8
The Stockpile 8
Incoming 0
In use 0
Spare 8
Shortage 0

STUDDED LEATHER (Iron)
Last month's supply 17
The Stockpile 21
Incoming 4
In use 17
Spare 4
Shortage 0

BOILED LEATHER (leather)
Last month's supply 6
The Stockpile 7.5
Incoming 1.5
In use 0
Spare 7.5
Shortage 0

SPEARS (Steel)
Last month's supply 25
The Stockpile 25
Incoming 0
In use 12
Spare 13
Shortage 0
BOWS (crude)
Last month's supply 9
The Stockpile 9
Incoming 0
In use
Spare 9
Shortage 0

GOBLIN SWORDS (??)
Last month's supply 12
The Stockpile 12
Incoming 0
In use 0
Spare 12
Shortage 0

FARMING TOOLS
Last month's supply 40
The Stockpile 40
Incoming 0
In use 40
Spare 0
Shortage 0

BUILDING TOOLS
Last month's supply 80
The Stockpile 120
Incoming 40.00
In use 65
Spare 55
Shortage 0

LIVESTOCK 18
Cattle 10
Calves 2
Goats 5
Kids 0
Horses 3
Riding 3

MISC SUPPLIES
Carts 5
Building 2
Ropes 5
Small Ropes (1d5) 5
Medium Ropes (1d15) 0
Fuses 3
Temple Scroll 1
Hunting Scroll 1
Crude bows 3
Crude knives 11
Carrot Seeds 0
Potato Seeds 0
Lyre 1
Dragon Blood (waterskins) 12
Scroll of Dukedom 1
Dragon bits (misc) 1
Sourberry Seeds 3

FARMING
Turnip Patches 30
Rice Plots 10
Potato Plots 5
Carrot Plots 5

POPULACE 183
Workers 120


Milita on duty 4
Soldiers 14
Craftsmen 30


Indentured Criminals 0

Advisors 14

NET GROWTH 9
Growth 12
Local Growth 3
Migrants 9

Deaths 3
Elderly Deaths 3
Bandits/Raiders 0
Mishaps 0
Starvation 0
Other 0

WORK
PEASANTS 92
UNASSIGNED 9
HERDING 3
Goat Herding 2
Cattle Heading 1
FARMING 50
Turnip Farming 30
Rice Farming 20
Potato Farming 5
Carrot Farming 5
GATHERING 24
Gathering Wood 9
Quarrying Stone 15

PRODUCING 4
Brewing 4
MILITIA 0
Basic Peasant Militia 0
OTHER 2
Renovating Town 2

BUILDERS 65
Building 65
Total Done Last month 563.1
Total 800

HUNTERS 22
Unassigned Hunters 0
Hunting 18
Searching Forest 0
Manhunters 4

CARPENTERS 7
Unassigned Carpenters 0
Decent Furniture 0
Helping Build 0
Renovating Village 4
Renovating Keep 3

MINERS 23
Unassigned Miners 0
Panning River (Silver) 23

Digging Mine 0
Total Done Last month 0
Total 100


PEAT BOG GATHERERS 10
Gathering Peat 10

Gathering Bog Iron 13


TANNERS 4
Tanning for storage 4
Creating Leather Armour 3

SMITHY
Total 3
Smiths 1
Jr Apprentices 1
Sr Apprentices 1
PRODUCTION %
Total 100%
Swords (short) (iron) 25%
Armour (stedded leather) (iron) 25%
Farm Tools (iron) 0%
Building tools (Iron) 50%
River Pans (Iron) 0%

>Total Gold 88.05558841

We're in some serious money now it seems.

FUCK YES LORD QUEST

>>10795319
Oh, shi- didn't put that in. For now you have the goblin swords though, which are of lower quality and closer to virmen size.

The smith notes that just as much work would go into a lower quality sword, because he doesn't want his smiths to learn bad habits (and I'm NOT keeping track of more different weapon types then I need to). That said, he can make sure that the worst of the bunch are selected to trade, etc.

>>10795498

Speaking of, what did the Virmen have for us this month?

Divide the nine peasants we got into:

+3 Brewers
+3 Militia
+3 Tanners

>>10795540

We're good on tanners. We're burning through our skin stockpile and we've overflowed our leather one.

rolled 2 = 2

Here goes the random event roll.

rolled 2 = 2

alchemy roll, hard experiment, luck ring.

>>10795498
It's fine, we don't mind if it takes the same amount of time. We want them lower quality though... just not noticably lower quality to untrained eyes.

Pay a visit to Barty and check out how he's training the brewers. Get him to consult Marcus and work towards creating some great ales that work well with Marcus' food. Get Sir Pinky some cheese from the pantry.

>>10795319
Oh, shi- didn't put that in. For now you have the goblin swords though, which are of lower quality and closer to virmen size.

The smith notes that just as much work would go into a lower quality sword, because he doesn't want his smiths to learn bad habits (and I'm NOT keeping track of more different weapon types then I need to). That said, he can make sure that the worst of the bunch are selected to trade, etc.

>>10795498
>>10795736
Huh?

Order that plaque from the blacksmith when he gets the chance. It seems like we're producing an excess of building tools right now. I suppose we could always sell them, but right now a bitching plaque to put out our dragon head seems like a much better project. Maybe have it engraved and read our family motto and the date we killed dragon.

>>10795527
Two trollheads, and three rathound heads. The trollheads are large and impressive, but the rathound heads were rather small. The bargainer wants 8 for the lot, three for each trollhead, and two for the 3 rathounds heads combined, thanks to poor quality. Agree?

>>10795827
Doesn't sound bad to me, give him the blades.

>>10795827

The agreement was for one sword to every two to three rathound skulls. He gets 7.

>>10795827
But small grown trollheads are more valuable since they are the planners who keep the trolls organized and dangerous...

>>10795753
whoops doublepost.

>>10795540
2nd?

>>10795614
Crit sucess. +.4 Alchemy, and you learn the secret of making Blastwater, a kind of highly flammable oil, that doesn't burn long, but burns bright and quickly, even if exposed to very little heat and light.

Is slavery legal?

>>10795885

Move the tanners to carpenters.

We should also thank Sarah; her comments on the elements gave us insight that led us to break the impasse on our experimentation.

>>10795867
You manage to argue him down to 7.

>>10795878
They're also easier to kill, and less likely to be near the edge of the swamp.

>>10795867
I'll second this. We need to be firm with the little bastards.

>>10795917
7 is fine.

>>10795910
Not illegal, but it's frowned upon. Erondia has it's own laws as to the treatment of slaves, and trading in them is illegal for the most part, but you're outside of Erondia proper.

>>10795932
Done. Keep the troll heads?

>>10795939
Well there goes buying and freeing slaves to increase our population.

Hmmm. How is the population in Erondia? Overpopulated? Under? Would there be lords anxious to get rid of people for fear of rebellion, or ready to sell serfs to us?

>>10795807
He says he can make you a bitching plaque in a month, or if he takes 2 months he can really go to town on it, and get some serious craftelfship going.

>>10795946
Throw the heads out or burn them. If we run across a particularly large or very clever troll then we'll keep it's head.

>>10795985
Don't throw them out, sell them. There's a silver bounty on troll heads.

>>10795952
It's overpopulated in the centre, but not by much. Out where you are there's no surplus of peasants, and the traditional right of the peasants controlling their own movements is generally held to be fair.

>>10795978
Two months sounds good. See the carpenters are free and get one of them to polish up the wood used for the mounting. That trophy has be amazing.

>>10795978

When will he need to know about the quality? If Sheff's coming, I'd want it mounted first, but we've not heard back yet. Otherwise, he can take his time.

>>10795995

That. Keep heads, collect bounty.

What are the properties of the sourberry plant we recently got seeds from, aside from being sour that is? Also, have that darned horticulturist work on creating a better yielding or more nutritious strain of turnip or something.

>>10795885

>Blastwater

Hmm; flashbangs, anyone?

>>10795995
You set them aside, for the next trip west. And talking f trips west, Smyatt returns, with news of your title. It turns out that you can claim the title and name, but marienburg is taken, much as suspected. Howevr to claim the title, you must advertise you have the title in the royal records, and have the news spread across the land (smyatt has taken care of this) and wait a year for a surviving heir to appear.

>>10796085
The horticulturalist (Wrigley Spectre) is slowly progressing on his research. For the record, he's given you one bonus, thus far.

Each plot of sourberries will make 2 units of sourwine, or make 1 unit of food. Each plot takes 1 peasant. Can skip yield in order to tripple the number of plots in a month, as opposed to just doubling it.

Hey guys, we've been courting Sarah for like over a year now. Both Lord Sheff and Sarah are extremely favorable with regards to the idea of a marriage, if not actively pursuing it.

I'm thinking it's about time to close in for the kill. I mean, really, how long are we planning to court here?

>>10796140

Is Sourwine particularly valuable or would it just be for domestic consumption?

>>10796146
I was thinking by the end of the year when the keep is fixed. We've yet to buy a wedding ring anyway, I'm thinking something nice using our families respective stones and getting it enchanted by Wirt.

>>10796146
Haven't we only been "formally" courting her since the last time we were in Sekay?

>>10796174
Some sort of protective runes on the wedding band would likely be a good idea considering our... lifestyle.

How much would an extremely nice wedding ring with house stones and runes and shit cost anyway? We need to see the runesmith soon.

>>10796162
It's not incredbaly valuable, but it's much better then the turnip beers and turnip scumble you can make now.

>>10796174
>>10796182
You've only been formally courting her since last time you were down there. I thought fa/tg/uys took it slow in real life, but oh god. :P Being a whole nation away in a time before the car might not help the pace of it all though.

>>10796140

Then let's dedicate peasants to that, with the intent being sourwine.

>>10796174

I was thinking we could discuss it with Sheff if/when he comes to visit, and set a date then. I like the ring idea.

>>10796206
Depends on how wealthy the giver is really. Tradition varies around the place, depending on doweries, bride prices, etc. Often rings are family heirlooms, and a family like yours likely has a stash of a few of them kicking about.

>>10796220
3 peasants to sourberries.

What do with other 6?

>>10796242
As a second son would we merit a ring better than one we can buy, or would it just be better to commission a custom one?

>>10796291

Brewers and militia, unless there's another trade that's severely lacking in manpower.

>>10796317
Depends on what the family has. You've never given it overmuch attention. But as a second son, you basically get a free pick once your older bro is married, or any ring he'll give you if not. As you get on well enough, it's likely he'll give you your due at the very least.

>>10796341
3 and 3? Second?

>>10796365

Good to know. How about we reconcile that whole "getting a bride" thing before we go ring shopping.

>>10796380
2nd

>>10796291
Put them into training with DOOBS to become militia. Tell him that you will want some patrolmen for the road eventually, and to make sure they are familiar with that area and the various unique hazards associated with roadside brigands and highway defense.

Begin drawing up plans for an Inn on the road, and let's have the builders start work on it next.

>>10796413

Inn comes next in priority after finishing the wheel, then hooking up existing industries, then a sawmill, then hooking THAT up.

>>10796388
Well, before we actually ask for her hand we need to know what the marriage rituals are. Are there engagement rings? How long before the ceremony is conducted? Will we have time to write to our brother and select a ring before it's time for wedding bells? Are we supposed to hold the wedding at our estate or in Sekay? Things like that.

>>10796365
Write to our brother and tell him we're in the market for a wedding ring, and ask him to send the three best rings that he himself will not be using for us to pick from. Also invite him to the wedding, I want to meet this guy and see him and DOOBS fight.

Did we ever send a reply to sarah?

>>10796453
Depends on the patron gods of the lucky couple (or unlucky couple with certain gods). Some allow sex before marriage, some demand it, some require a lengthy engagement, some say that they must marry within a year of meeting, etc. Byron is fairly laid back, is fine with you getting some pussy as long as you're not being unfaithful to another (although convincing a lady to be unfaithful is ok, as long as you don't know/like the husband). The Sheff Ancestors. . . . you're unsure about.

>>10796589

We did. We sent an invite to Sheff, and another letter about missing her / alchemy.

>>10796589
Yeah, didn't go too much into detail because I didn't want my Srs Accounting and Shopping Quest to get bogged down with Love Letters and Penmanship. Because for a moment back a while I considered having a penmanship segemnt on my spreadsheet, and oh god no no no, not happening.

>>10796599
Sounds like something our advisors should be researching.

Like, yesterday. Get on it people.

>>10796599

And this is why we need to talk to Sheff. Also let him see what his daughter will be marrying into.

>>10796645
>Also let him see what his daughter will be marrying into.

Oh god, that's it, it's over. Wedding's off guys.

>>10796669

Oh come ON. We have a nice up-and-coming settlement going on out here. It's a bit rough and rustic, but we're clearly making progress and forward-thinking.

>>10796528
From what you remember, Tom would Rip DOOOBS! apart. DOOOBS in a tallented fighter, but your brother makes most of his cash and fame fighting. Later this year he intends to compete in the crown tourney to become the champion of the realm. He's currently the Champion of the Westerlands, a title which means he gets to stand in for the old Earl in any duels of honour. Since he became champion, there has been 1 challenge, on his first day. After that, none for three years.

>>10796688
It was just a joke, guy. He has been here before when it was worse and still is fine with us marrying her. If anything he will be impressed with all the work we've done so far, we have been moving at lightspeed on our road to Dukedom considering the utter dearth of manpower we have.

>>10796701
We need to get him to give us some pointers if he attends the ceremony. While we will obviously be... 'busy' for a couple of days, after such a long trip it's doubtful he will leave the next day.

>>10796645
>>10796669
>>10796688
He's seen it when you first moved in. He came over and hunted. He's not expecting huge amounts of land or anything, but he thought your hunting forest was pretty awesome.

>>10796719

Yeah, that's more of what I was talking about. He saw the place the first time around, now let him see what we've done with a few months and a little manpower. Between that and our performance in Seakay, he should be wowed.

Well any other pressing business or shall we depart for the next month?

>>10796827

Any reply from Sheff / Sarah? How much time left on that wheel?

>>10796761
He oversaw much of your training as you grew up, and your fighting style very much mimics his. Of course there is always a new trick he could teach you, he is constantly learning and mastering new techniques.

>>10796636
A particular familie's ancestor spirits is hardly research material. However it would hardly be impolite to ask Sheff if there's any odd things to watch out for next oyu see him.

>>10796865
You feeling the call of bed, QL?

Anyway... I think we're pretty much done with this month after we send a letter off to Tom about those rings. Shorty can be trusted with just a letter, right? I imagine our brother will send the rings under some sort of guard. If not I suppose Doobs, Shorty, and some Manhunters will do.

>>10796844
Give it a month or two. You won't get a reply the same month you send it.

>>10796937

OK, then time skip time.

>>10796920
Yeah, something like that. I'm distracted by a pleasant someone. In fact I might call it a night, sorry the thread's been slow and quiet tonight, I promise plot progression and ADVENTURE in the next one. You might even say it'll get everything moving and shaking so to speak. . .

>>10797054

Quite alright. It's good to see you back, man, regardless.

>>10797054
Bow chicka bow wow. . .

About the subject of letters.
Instead of rolling d20 to see how awesome it is, you people should make your cogs turn and write those damn letters yourself. And choose or mix the best sounding ones. Don't expect QL to do everything for you.

Excellent as usual, Quest Lord.