I am back after a stint of very busy school work time.

>>24420290
my body is ready

>>24420290
Ready to roll!

Coplayer reporting in!

>>24420290
Clackity!

so, as somebody coming to this TOTALLY NEW, how far into the stone age are you?

>>24420675
We are currently in the copper age. We have knowledge on how to work copper. We know what it takes to make bronze, but have yet to find a source of tin for it.
Most of our neighbours already know how to make bronze, so we may be a bit behind in that respect.

That's just the very brief overview.

>>24420675
We've gone past the stone age really.

We know animal husbandry, have agriculture, can forge copper (learning how to bronze), have a writing system, a calendar, and are currently figuring out masonry.

>>24420290
Let us begin

Turn Report for moon 11

Population: 508 (135 elders and children)
Food: Low (Grains low, Meat CRITICAL, Vegetables CRITICAL)
Morale: 7/16

Known Food Sources: Average deer herd, fishing river, wild fruit trees and bushes, forest foods,
Known Resources: Tall timbers (5 days away), Clay (2 days away), Malachite (2 days away, over the river)
Technology: Copper spears and knives, advanced stone and wood tools, hide-working, fish-spears, clay pots, crude cold-weather clothes, basic rafts, serviceable bows, copper tools, hollow-log canoes, copper scale jackets, basic plank shields, crude carts, fish traps, baskets
Science: Family wisdom, basic natural lore, crude wound care, basic food preservation, basic navigation, crude map-making, crude agriculture, the wheel, basic animal husbandry, natural medicine, rough calendar, crude measurement, basic apiary, honey preservatives
Architecture: Turf-roof huts, basic carpentry, stone fire-pits, crude ditch-and-wall palisades, half-timber defensive walls, basic granaries
Civil: Family Houses
Culture: Family stories, bone trinkets, heroic reverence, spirit worship, crude instruments, rough berry liquor, tribal militia, crude ideograms, primitive copper trinkets, crude clay writing tablets, clay wall-tiles, domesticated wolves

Ongoing projects: Researching stone walls (9 turns in)...

New turn: Moon 12

Known Landmarks
Rapids downstream
Flowing fruit tree glade
Berry bush thicket
Wolf Oak
Natural quarry

>>24420815
B) Send out the hunters to go fish and hunt and shit, need us some tasty tasty food stuffs. Send Rina/Derrik/The Wolf Preistest.
G) Welcome back the devouts with a little shindig, figure out exactly what happened on their journey and what has come of it.
E) Keep researching stone gosh darn it.

>>24420815
Action Points: THREE

A) Send out scouts (specify direction)
B) Send some hunters out to hunt game and catch fish
C) Gather resources (not food)
D) Gather wild food in the forest
E) Have your wise ones try to solve a problem
F) Hold a cultural event (specify)
G) Craft specific objects
H) Send envoys to another tribe
I) Other
J) Ask the elders for advice (No cost)

>>24420872
This is me.

>>24420872
Change that a G to an F.

>>24420872
Seconding this, because I don't remember what we wanted to do last turn...

>>24420872
Seconded

Fine Refrek, I'll vote.

B) Food is neccesary for survival
E) Keep up with the stone

*A WILD DEVIATION APPEARS*

F) Attempt to summon or otherwise contact Khoine, ask her how she is doing and if she knows where Svell is? Hrunti respawned in a year and a day, Svell might do the same, ja?

>>24421367
But what is more pressing? Groza's revelation or Khoine's?

>>24421388
Im gonna go with Koine on this one since the warriors seem to have not been of use in a while.

>>24421454
I'm going with Ref for the same reason. Maybe they'll finally show their worth to the tribe.

>>24421454
And khoine has been of use?

>>24421388
>>24421454
>>24421480
>>24421488
>>24421388
Groza's revelation isn't going anywhere, Khoine we only have the Winter to deal with.

>>24421524
Guess that's a point.

>>24421488
If I remember correctly there was a lot of commotion about the entire thing including Khoinemass and the use of the priesthood for the improvement of foreign relations.

Could be mistaking though.

>>24421524
It's not like Khoine disappears when it isn't the winter. She can still be talked to through her priest.

>>24421623
She has a priest?

>>24420872
Derrik and Rina guide the hunters and fishers respectively, but hunting and fishing in winter always comes with a risk. Two of the village are lost to the frost, snow and darkness, one vanishing into the forest, never to be seen again and one slipping from his raft in the cold. By the time he is dragged from the river, it is tragically too late.

While the wise ones STILL try to batter their heads against the problem of working stone into a reasonable building material (an EXTRA-ORDINARILY slow process, with no sustainable and suitable tools to use), the rest of the village is eager to hear from Groza's devouts, all about their adventures in the wider world.

As it turns out, the devouts are quite eager to boast of their journey and more importantly, the battles they fought. It seems those of their number that they lost were not simply victims of the journey, but fell in battle against far-flung peoples. Though the devouts did not exactly make any maps of their journey, it seems they mostly ventured out, over the plains to the south and west of the village; the same direction the vanished Lion tribe came from. During their wanderings, they chose to honour Groza by starting a fight with pretty much anyone they came across. Nomads, villagers, farmers... The plunder of food, tools and weapons were what allowed them to survive, before their return to the village.

>>24422391
Plunder?

Well... did they bring anything cool back?

>>24422391
Wow. Our warriors sound like a bunch of barbaric dicks.

>>24422344
She does. One priestess and two trainee acolytes.

>As a friendly reminder, the village hasn't actually BUILT the granary yet; you just have the tech for it.

Turn Report for moon 12

Population: 506 (135 elders and children)
Food: Sufficient (Grains low, Meat VERY LOW, Vegetables EXHAUSTED)
Morale: 7/16

Known Food Sources: Average deer herd, fishing river, wild fruit trees and bushes, forest foods,
Known Resources: Tall timbers (5 days away), Clay (2 days away), Malachite (2 days away, over the river)
Technology: Copper spears and knives, advanced stone and wood tools, hide-working, fish-spears, clay pots, crude cold-weather clothes, basic rafts, serviceable bows, copper tools, hollow-log canoes, copper scale jackets, basic plank shields, crude carts, fish traps, baskets
Science: Family wisdom, basic natural lore, crude wound care, basic food preservation, basic navigation, crude map-making, crude agriculture, the wheel, basic animal husbandry, natural medicine, rough calendar, crude measurement, basic apiary, honey preservatives
Architecture: Turf-roof huts, basic carpentry, stone fire-pits, crude ditch-and-wall palisades, half-timber defensive walls, basic granaries
Civil: Family Houses
Culture: Family stories, bone trinkets, heroic reverence, spirit worship, crude instruments, rough berry liquor, tribal militia, crude ideograms, primitive copper trinkets, crude clay writing tablets, clay wall-tiles, domesticated wolves

Ongoing projects: Researching stone walls (10 turns in. Insufficient tech base - Tools)...

New turn: Moon 1

Known Landmarks
Rapids downstream
Flowing fruit tree glade
Berry bush thicket
Wolf Oak
Natural quarry

>>24422468
The devouts assure those concerned that they only fought as Groza approves; they did not harm anyone who did not seek to fight back.

>>24422479
Action Points: THREE

A) Send out scouts (specify direction)
B) Send some hunters out to hunt game and catch fish
C) Gather resources (not food)
D) Gather wild food in the forest
E) Have your wise ones try to solve a problem
F) Hold a cultural event (specify)
G) Craft specific objects
H) Send envoys to another tribe
I) Other
J) Ask the elders for advice (No cost)

>>24422493
Did they bring anything cool back?

B) Hunting as always
E) God Lore or how it was called
G) Build the Granary

>>24422493
Well, if it's Groza approved, then I'm satisfied.

>>24422493
>>24422493
E) Begin researching special tools for working with stone, as we can not progress any further yet.
B) FOOD, ALL OF IT. SEND ALL THE HEROES, I"M BEING SERIOUS, FUCKING ALL OF THEM.
F) Communicate with khoine, as her what has happened to Svell since he died in our world, if he has reformed in the spirit realm.

>>24422542
Oh yeah, the granary. Do that instead of my food thing.

So if the devouts have been out for a year and a half thing they plundered and brought back anything particularly interesting?

We should ask.

>>24422704
This

>>24422704
Maybe they even brought back some silver or found tin.

>>24422542
>>24422577
Ok, splice these two together.

E) Begin researching special tools for working with stone, as we can not progress any further yet.
G) Build the Granary
F) Communicate with khoine, as her what has happened to Svell since he died in our world, if he has reformed in the spirit realm.

FREE ACTION: Ask the devouts if they brought back any cool plunder.

>>24423026
Seconded

>>24423026
Trippled

>>24423026
We need wood.

>>24422493

B. Hunt and fish again without Derrik and Rina. They deserve a vacation.

C. Gather that wood and stone for the granary.

G. Begin work on the granary with the new supplies we've brought in.

Free Point. Try to contact Khione to find out what has happened to Svell and see if he has come back to the spirit realm.

>>24423059
This is me.

>>24423062
Alright i re-second this

>>24423059
We have wood, I think.

>>24423077
Brit just said we're out (chat and stuff)

>>24423101
Oh, fuck, then we gotta go chop down wood.

>>24423026
New new version, change G) build granary to C) Gather wood from the forest. Have it be clearing area so we can explained the field eventually.

>The time for war has come again, but the elite of the Fang squad have not forgotten their roots. Even now, as the rest of their tribe mates made preparations for war, millions of miles away, they were in enemy territory. They have crossed the enormous distance in only days, never stopping to rest.

Even as he thought this, his brothers in arms were slitting the throats of enemy officers, setting critical supplies aflame, and sabotaging the gate mechanism.

He has located his target. After easily scaling the wall a normal man would not consider climbing, he found himself face to face with four guards. Groza guided his sword, Hrunti made him agile - the years of training and experience did their part too.

He did take a mild cut, but they have all trained with Chani, and the wound was sealed tight.

In hours, the enemy lost it's king, it's generals, and the supplies which made it likely to hold an extended siege were but a pile of ash.

The Fang squad left the city without a single casualty. They would now hunt enemy scouts, so the Long Fang army could arrive without warning.

>>24423484
Welcome back you old nutterbutter.

>>24423484
I don't know what you are suggesting, but I second this.

>>24423484
Call of Hrunti: Ancient Warfare?

Also welcome back.

>>24423509
>>24423535

haha, hey guys

>>24423062
Seconding this.

>>24423484
Good lord, it's you! Good to see you back and good piece... If not for the face that it's been established (I think) that only priests can only channel the powers of only one god. At least as far as any of you know... A for effort though!

>>24423026
Realising they're getting no-where fast, the Wise Ones finally decide that they really need better tools, before trying to work stone in any meaningful way. To this end, it is a small logical leap to using bronze to create more efficient tools. The trick comes, however, in fashioning said tools. Thankfully, the new forge proves up to the task of holding enough heat to soften bronze and render it workable and by the turn of the moon, the tribe finally has command of basic bronzeworking, though the secret of where the metal might be found or how it might be made eludes them.

Realising the need for a better food store, the tribe starts to once again clear timber from the forest, in preparation for constructing a granary. The second major component of the granary is, of course, the clay required for the hard-baked, pottery walls; another resource the tribe has been steadily chewing through, as pots and containers need to be replaced.

Sadly, the devouts did not return with a great deal in the way of plunder. Most of they targets were not particularly wealthy, in food, tools, or particularly weapons, which were the only things they thought worth taking.

Khoine's priestess attempts to commune with her goddess, but after some time in meditation, she breaks down into tears, even as a dense, if not fierce snowstorm envelops the village. After several hours, the priestess is finally consoled enough to speak. "It's... Horrible," she sobs, clutching a fur blanket about her shoulders, "Khoine... Her grief is... So terrible. Svell has not returned. He never will. Whatever that... Monster did to him, it killed him. Forever. The power of the spirit of frost is still seeking a new host. Khoine's brother is dead, forever."

>>24424112
Turn Report for moon 1

Population: 506 (135 elders and children)
Food: Low (Grains VERY LOW, Meat CRITICAL, Fish low)
Morale: 7/16

Known Food Sources: Average deer herd, fishing river, wild fruit trees and bushes, forest foods,
Known Resources: Tall timbers (5 days away), Clay (2 days away), Malachite (2 days away, over the river)
Technology: Crude bronze spears and knives, basic bronze tools, hide-working, fish-spears, clay pots, crude cold-weather clothes, basic rafts, serviceable bows, copper tools, hollow-log canoes, copper scale jackets, basic plank shields, crude carts, fish traps, baskets
Science: Family wisdom, basic natural lore, crude wound care, basic food preservation, basic navigation, crude map-making, crude agriculture, the wheel, basic animal husbandry, natural medicine, rough calendar, crude measurement, basic apiary, honey preservatives
Architecture: Turf-roof huts, basic carpentry, stone fire-pits, crude ditch-and-wall palisades, half-timber defensive walls, basic granaries
Civil: Family Houses
Culture: Family stories, bone trinkets, heroic reverence, spirit worship, crude instruments, rough berry liquor, tribal militia, crude ideograms, primitive copper trinkets, crude clay writing tablets, clay wall-tiles, domesticated wolves

Ongoing projects: Researching stone walls (10 turns in. Insufficient tech base - Tools)...

New turn: Moon 2

Known Landmarks
Rapids downstream
Flowing fruit tree glade
Berry bush thicket
Wolf Oak
Natural quarry

>>24424176
Action Points: THREE

A) Send out scouts (specify direction)
B) Send some hunters out to hunt game and catch fish
C) Gather resources (not food)
D) Gather wild food in the forest
E) Have your wise ones try to solve a problem
F) Hold a cultural event (specify)
G) Craft specific objects
H) Send envoys to another tribe
I) Other
J) Ask the elders for advice (No cost)

>>24424112
B) Hunt, we need food. (as per)
C) Get some clay for the Granary.
I) Build dat Granary!

Then next turn we can focus on finishing it off.

>>24424233
seconding with Derrik (or his priestess friend or both) and Rina. Vacations over.

>>24424112
Funeral, anyone? We owe her that much at least since this is kind of all our fault.

>>24424112

>two years past
>in a meditation chamber in the training compound

The priestess of Chani stressed that she, and only she, could channel Chani's healing power. She did not know the *will* of the disciples. They sat there motionless, for days, focusing on what they have learned, *willing* it into reality.

Weeks later, they emerged, each one of them with a number of scars on each of their wrists, all sealed, like the skin was deeply cut, but years ago. Yet these marks were not there when their training begun earlier this month.

haha, anyway, I will stop being an idiot and think about what we should do.

>>24424233

I am down for this.

>>24424270
this Khoine and her brother while not human were members of the tribe and his death should be honored by us

>>24424270
Seconding this.

>>24424270
For the record, if we do this, I don't think it should be counted as a festival. It'll be an occasion, sure, but no partying, no feasts, just something straightforward, black tie, and respectful. I know were only just bronze age, but we can manage that much at least, right?

>>24424430

Also agreed.

>>24424233
Rina and Derrik, after a brief rest the previous moon, are again drafted in to help with the hunt and fishing. Thankfully, the spring weather proves milder and there are no losses this time. With the two heroes's assistance, the hunt and fishing goes well and provides for the villagers for some time to come.

The rest of the moon is spent using rafts to ferry clay downstream from the clay banks further up the river. It is messy, heavy, exhausting work that no-one likes doing, but by the time it is done, the village has a substantial supply of clay, most of which immediately goes on starting construction of the granary. Though it is not completed this moon, the work is about half-done by the time the moon turns.

>>24425347
Turn Report for moon 2

Population: 506 (135 elders and children)
Food: Low (Grains CRITICAL, Meat VERY LOW)
Morale: 6/16

Known Food Sources: Average deer herd, fishing river, wild fruit trees and bushes, forest foods,
Known Resources: Tall timbers (5 days away), Clay (2 days away), Malachite (2 days away, over the river)
Technology: Crude bronze spears and knives, basic bronze tools, hide-working, fish-spears, clay pots, crude cold-weather clothes, basic rafts, serviceable bows, copper tools, hollow-log canoes, copper scale jackets, basic plank shields, crude carts, fish traps, baskets
Science: Family wisdom, basic natural lore, crude wound care, basic food preservation, basic navigation, crude map-making, crude agriculture, the wheel, basic animal husbandry, natural medicine, rough calendar, crude measurement, basic apiary, honey preservatives
Architecture: Turf-roof huts, basic carpentry, stone fire-pits, crude ditch-and-wall palisades, half-timber defensive walls, basic granaries
Civil: Family Houses
Culture: Family stories, bone trinkets, heroic reverence, spirit worship, crude instruments, rough berry liquor, tribal militia, crude ideograms, primitive copper trinkets, crude clay writing tablets, clay wall-tiles, domesticated wolves

Ongoing projects: Researching stone walls (10 actions in. Insufficient industrial base – Metal working)...

New turn: Moon 3

Known Landmarks
Rapids downstream
Flowing fruit tree glade
Berry bush thicket
Wolf Oak
Natural quarry

>>24425347
i) Finish the Granary.
E) Have the wise ones start thinking about basic math, this can be done by counting the villagers, using lengths of string etc.
D) Lets get some wild food, give the river and herds a rest. (As well as the priests.)

>>24425421
And that's all for tonight. Sorry guys; I'm practically falling asleep at my keyboard here.

The next thread will be at 1600EST, on Thursday 25th. I hope to see you all there, hope you enjoyed the thread and hope you have have a good couple of days until then!

That's a lot of hope; where's my blue ring?

>>24425591
Its where ever you heart it.

Great thread, see you Thursday.

>>24425591
Wonderful thread. Get a good night's sleep Brit.