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>+/- Economic: THE COLD FORGE.
>The Southern Cyclopes civilization has gutted the Volcanic island residing within the bay of their continent and have converted it into a massive lava powered blast forge. It has revolutionized their country as the leading producer of high-quality steel production, has begun siphoning skilled Cyclopean workers from your country, and they have begun importing massive quantities of steel & iron commodities and arms to both Changeling and Kenku buyers. The bad news is you can't compete with this kind of production- even though your quality of goods is comparable. The good news is the South has to ship their goods through YOUR waters and you're receiving an enormous amount of commerce and tourism from the cross-fires.

>- Political Development: Gorgon Escalation.
This is the first time in almost 1500 years that the Gorgon's have had this much traffic from outside sources and they are taking full advantage of it:
>+See Gorgon Renaissance in stats+
>The Empire, The Manticores, and even the Dinosaur Tribe have all in their own ways begun stealing from, raiding, and kidnapping foreigners; it as made the fungal wood impassable for Changelings and especially Kenku- whom some Gorgons find particularly EDIBLE.
>Gorgon territory (purple territory) has become embroiled in a constant state of Guerrilla warfare between the Dinosaur Tribe and the Empire: The Carnage is always brief, but explicitly graphic. Arson is rampant.

>+/- Environmental Development: Rabbit Accidentally Introduced
>You don't know if it was the Kenku or the Changelings, but The RABBIT has been introduced into your slice of the "mainland". Rabbits are small to medium sized, delicious, little mammals with long ears that are native to the Northern Hemisphere. They reproduce exponentially and don't appear -at the moment- to be of any consequence on your local ecosystem.

Alright guys, you can go ahead and start rolling now.
Actions d20. Ideas d100. I'll pick 3/4.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>38854418
Expand, or set up a continuous drive to colonize. we are small and this should change.

Also welcome back!

>>38854485
well. That sets a tone for a thread.

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>38854418
Develop new foods and drinks. Look at the various neighboring cultures for inspiration like maybe learn how cheese is made or learn about making hot chocolate. Possibly experiment with injecting flavor into foods and drinks with alchemy.

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>38854418
Develop Economics and Banking

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>38854485
This

>>38854485
>>38854515
>>38854538

As always: I'll just be hanging back until we bump and fill up with people.

I suggest everyone take some time to check out the stats since it's been updated with exchange rates and the most "recent" SLAVE MARKET PRICES.

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>38854418
Runes.

We already have magic tattoos, so lets try transfer that onto items and materials.

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>functional grasp on biotechnology

rebreathers! we gotta provide help to merpeople in their cities like we did when the gorgon empire went to shit like this.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>38854418
Preemptively maintain control of the rabbit population.

>>38854579

jews gtfo

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>38854418
Ask Mycea for aid on the gorgon question, introduce her to the serpent

>>38854672
Gotta make money, man. Even if we are communists.

>>38854579
Supporting.

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>>38854579
Yeah lets get all Venice on these competing civs.
If they outproduce or out war us, we'll at least be the guys that manage their money.

I am a little worried about parrats though. I feel if we can help the parrats out of slavery we might be able to deal a blow to kenku.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>38854694

supportan

>>38854579
Banking is going to be interesting.

We should keep the ivory rings currency and have a degradable (but much slower degradable) storage item.

I oppose any change to make accumulation of wealth that would slow the flow of money (e.g. currency that does not degrade)

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>38854775
>>38854694
STOP HELPING.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>38854794
NO YOU STOP

>>38854744
We should just gather a group and sing the same hymm that we used to make them sapient. Then teach them were they came from etc, maybe get the aid of some of the parrat monster spirits.

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>>38854826
>>38854775
>>38854485

I have some free 'talking' actions that I REALLY hope the OP will take into consideration: We ask Akelade to tell us everything he knows about Elven civilization and culture

We ask Mycea about how she was imprisoned

Also, are there still echoes of Mycea now that she's returned?

Rolled 86 (1d100)

Idea: metal frame construction.
This is what allows for bigger buildings to be built faster. Eiffel Tower, the Crystal Palace, etc.

Not sure if we have the materials is my only concern. or if we're skipping a crucial step but still.

>>38854845
See
>>38854515

>>38854826
>>38854775

AND THE CURSE OF THE CRACKBITCH CONTINUES TO SPREAD

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>38854875
Supporting.

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>>38854826
FUCK

Rolled 16 (1d20)

Re purpose our flying pots to propel ships when their is no wind

>>38854861
You know what I really want to talk to?
Foliatom. He gathered up the escaped or wandring parrat slaves we freed.
What is he planning?

Also archillopilli is our own cyclops god, i wonder how our love god is doing?

We need to really focus our attention on getting the gorgon nations into line

What are some suggestions? My current idea is to get all three 'gods' and leaders of the nations to talk to each other. We can't let them keep hurting gorgons as a way of having arguments by proxy

We could also offer Manticore tribewomen employment protecting/guiding visitors and caravans

>>38854906
I feel if we need to construct faster and build up more "presence" in the world, what better way than to erect colonies made of glass and iron in the plains?

>>38854930
He is a god of outcasts and strangers.

We should hook him in to help on this line.

>>38854972
Could just summon up more islands out of the sea through a concerted mega project. Expand by turning the sea around us into an artificial archipelago along the coastline.

>>38854940
Well its implied Hydra Mother and Cosmic Snake get along like oil and water, like thor and loki, and sort of want different things.

Hydra mother wants to stay an individual and alive, whereas Cosmic Snake wants Hydramother to "Recombine" and both die to rejoin the stars.

Also hydramother doesn't know Cosmic snake is alive.

>>38855016
Don't we have our own volcano on the home island? Maybe we could tap into it as a source of power

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>>38855045
Yes lets mess with a volcano, its not like those things are dangerous on their own.

>>38855040
There has to be some sort of middleground. They were one before, and even if they both want different things they both have the same thing in common- they want to care for and protect gorgon people.

Sniping at each other and having their worshipers killed during the process can't be an ideal situation

Rolled 1 (1d20)

Develop the magical science of Theology to commune better with the astral Gods.

>>38855045
Turn the Volcano into another Wonder by building colossal steam pipes and vents to create the worlds largest Pipe Organ. Maybe magic pipes like the Flying Pot uses

>>38855087
The southerners seem to have done pretty well with it though. Maybe next turn we study their techniques

>>38855040
Cosmic just does not want to be a living individual, i don't think she wants to recombine at all.

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>>38855110

>>38855045

we have an unoccupied island out in the sea. maybe it'd be safer to fuck with that one.

I recommend pact magic with some powerful spirits like the ones we had been summoning way back then

>>38855128
Really? She said before they were once one being. The Hydramother the head, the cosmic snake the tail. Hydramother Reincarnated and left Cosmic snake alone in the sky.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

Secretly Investigate the Red World.

Anyone have link to the tarot deck?


Also, next turn I'm going to roll to develop rituals for the passage of cyclops and gorgons in our society into adulthood- physical and mental feats for youngsters to show that they are ready to enter society so that way our metropolitian lifestyle doesn't make us too soft.

What do you guys think these could be? I was thinking of things like caving your own canoe and rowing out into the ocean for a week

>>38855166
Oh shit i forgot we had spirits. Damn I wonder how they've been.

>>38855214
Here you go mate.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KBVlKGna3VGXv30Mrm3ggOpcDjNqng_8XsARdkqzl18/edit?usp=sharing

>>38855040

when we first dug up that ancient gorgon city, Cosmic Serpent was depicted as the other end of Hydra Mother's tail. I feel like that city might play a key role in that.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

Whelp lets summon some spirits to say Hi

>>38855171
Yes, but that still does not mean they want to recombine, as it is, they are currently two separate entity's, and that is fine.

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>>38854485

>Expand, or set up a continuous drive to colonize. we are small and this should change.
>Roll 1/20
>Complete and Horrible objective Failure.

Your people not only do not want to leave, but any hopes for expansion have been almost completely dashed for the moment: The outside world is full of weird and unusual things and your people are quite complacent in the lives they've been leading up to this point.. Expansion is a slow and tedious process and no one is quite willing to go out on a limb and explore the unknown world and constant failure and returnees.. or even those who don't come back at all.. discourage any kind of expansion or colonization.

The Southern continent is already owned by the Southern Cyclopes.
The Plains are full of Changelings and Ant Women.
The North is so far away- it may as well not exists.

>>38854597
>Saving roll 11/20
>DOUBLES: Interesting results.

It's not entirely hopeless though: The Mountain Villages bordering the savanna have proven to be quite economically viable, the Observatory is quickly turning into it's own little village and place of commerce and trade (despite Wyverns) and the Jungle community further north and beyond the mountains has the potential to become it's own city within time due to maritime traffic, comfortable tropical temperatures, ideal fruit-orchard conditions, and plenty of room for expansion.

>>38855214

I don't think it's a thing we need. I'd rather spend a turn on inventing aeromancy, founding a Star Monastery, discovering organic dyes to advance art, stuff like that our civ seems to be dramatically behind in compared to other stuff

>>38855291
Hmmm, I think we should turn the Observatory into a giant science town, like Los Alamos.

Maybe build a huge chemical production facility or reactor there.

>>38855214
I would suggest we have a kind of ritual set of tasks that must be done. Wrestling etc is a part of our culture, so maybe wrestling a pig and winning? kind of deal. That way they also get to eat their first true victory as a prize.

As for mental, maybe we give them the task of making or having their first magic tattoo? Its something they would need help with, which should encourage co-operation.

Okay guys... I gotta ask. What will we do about the parrat problem? How shall we approach this?

There's something wrong with them other than just the slavery. They're missing something spiritual and important, and they are being taken advantage of on their own islands and being abducted.

I think next round we should try and go with some changlings to the parrat islands... and see if we can... Do something.

>>38855348
Observatory's require lack of light, i suggest keeping industry away from it. We could expand the little greenhouses though and use it as a farm/research town. Maybe summon the plant goddess again (who we have not talked to in a very long time).

This is going to be the session where nothing gets done because everybody rolls 1's, isn't it.

>>38855370
Maybe even bring Foliatom to see if he can aid them

>>38855370
We allready genocided parrats Son. It was glorious and our shit was CURSED because of that. Good Times.

>>38855370
The parrat issue is stable at the moment, we need to worry about gorgons now

They're right on our fucking doorstep and our biggest and oldest trade/culture partners. We need to help tem

>>38855407
>plant goddess
I feel like there are so many figures we lost track of its crazy. Yes we should try and get in touch with Jungle Goddess or Jungle spirit some time. or see what spirits reside in the plains.

>>38854744
We do need to have something we're best at alongside that. We can't allow ourselves to be mediocre, mediocrity gets us killed. We are the most naturally talented in magic, and the most advanced, but we need to keep going. Find and document each type of Magic, try to find any Kenku mages, see how magic interacts with black powder, all these things will serve to keep us at the top in terms of magic. Not to devalue the neccesity of trade and diplomacy, but Magic is our most functional defense from danger, and a brilliant utility.

>>38855464
Well put it this way, if we find all of them, we can hold a truly grand nature/forest/harvest festival alongside mycea, like once every 10 years or so.

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>38855291
Create board games like chess or something.

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>38855549
Supportan

let's make Tarot a official thing

>>38854624
I vaguely remember inventing 'arcane magic', which OP described as 'programmable' and different from the shamanistic magic we've been so far.

Strangely, we never did anything with that, or with druidism and astromancy.

>>38855444
Well we made ALL parrats sentient in that unpleasant stint, meaning ones up north woke up one day able to feel and think and then wound up getting enslaved. So There is some liability on our part. Plus I feel if we can end parrat slavery we can maybe cripple the kenku's industry somewhat.

>>38855459
Stable yes, but I am curious about it.
The Gorgons are something to be concerned about but I dont know how much we should get involved. This is a situation with no clear good guy or bad guy. Picking sides and then "losing" would result in the loss of a trade partner and a new "nation that hates us" in the way of Mycea's Grove and the Tip City.

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>>38855549
>>38855599
Eh a little late to be rolling but don't worry I agree with y'all folks.

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>38855549
Supporting, for Dominoes.

>>38855604
We developed it to a point, but kind of left it at that.

Really we need to push institutionalization of each aspect and promote their advancement and more importantly, the recording and sharing of it.

>>38855611
We need to do SOMETHING to stablize the gorgons though, we've been letting the situation spin for a couple hundred years and it's just getting worse and worse

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>>38855707
Use the power of money!

>>38855688

I wonder how the Arcanum is doing. We've discovered a ton since it was built... Maybe it needs to be renovated and upgraded before it falls into disuse entirely.

>>38855707
>>38855762

Embargo the FUCK out of them

>>38855707
The first step is getting Mycea introduced to the cosmic.

>>38855762

birdman jews gtfo

>>38855765
I suggest we renovate it alongside institutionalizing the magical arts, two birds, one stone, and its in the center of our civ's power base.

Having said that, we would need to set up a sister library in the new coast city JIC of things like fires etc.

>>38855707
agreed. we did set up mycea's grove as a sort of United Nations/neutral zone last session (or so).

and yeah i feel >>38855776 idea might be a way to progress things.

Honestly I feel we shouldn't side with anyone, nor expect them to "Peace It Up" with eachother either. We need to exert some amount of cyclopean control on the region somehow. either through embargo, or money, or other means that border on the interventionist. .

Since so much of our trade right now relies on economy, should we build a giant lighthouse?

On the gorgon issue- we still have the lenses. The lenses are something all gorgon civs want, and would seriously enhance their combat capabilities

>>38855688
We should really, REALLY get back to asking the Sun for guidance. Mycaea is a cutie and we all like her, even if she had me worried when it seemed that her attack to the Deep Father had done fuck all and that he was coming to rape our civilization. But the Sun probably forgot more about magic and science than she ever knew. And he IS our patron after all, we've neglected his cult and forgotten his harsh but truthfull word in favour of One too many "idols".
Lets get back in track: Let's ask help to Akalande to Formalize our magic scientifically. Let's ask the Sun for the misteries of his a Perfect Sight.
Let's build something GRAND.

>>38855891
Yes. We should probably upgrade all the old ones with lenses as well.

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>>38854538
>Develop new foods and drinks.
>Roll 34/100
>Boring Failure.
>AKALADE rolls support: 66/100
>Akalade gives advanced insight.

>+Branching Development: Akalade's modern tastes
Akalade has a lot more free time than he once had and he's been spending an awful lot more time taking in the simple pleasures of life, mainly: He's actively encouraged and hand holding a few of your people into gathering all the necessary ingredients to make some of his favorite foods so he can just be fat and sassy.. This has lead to the following innovations:

>+Cheese Invented: Elephant Cheese.
>Salted, Smoked, or prematurely eaten as a kind of Yogurt; Elephant cheese is tart, it isn't as sour as one would think, but it has a certain hearty, tartness that is platable and delicious to your people. Your people have always had an on and off relationship with Milk, but Cheese is quite universally delicious and well received.

>+Pasta Invented: Ramen-like Curry.
>The local flavor isn't "quite" right, but your flour is just perfect for the kind of wiggling, wiry, noodles that make Ramen possible: The Broth is made from a combination of southern greens, milk, kelp, local spices, and either chicken, iguana, triceratops or peccary- It's honestly quite good and has a really spicy, vegetably, kind of appeal to it.

>+Baked goods invented: Tarts, Pies, Cookies, Crepes, Pancakes.
>Wrapped in dough, filled with fruit filling, and then baked in the oven. They're simply, they're delicious, they make life a little more bearable and they're fantastic with milk and extremely popular among everyone.

>>38855921
They already reversed engineered it. What we should it start using it for are civ.

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>>38855793

I just realized why the race with the beaks are this planet's Jews.

OP, you magnificent bastard.

>>38855925
>>38855941
I'd like to really start a new megaproject

We need to build a mine. A proper, deep, mine. We need to find what's below us, not just iron, gold or silver, rare metals, hidden metals, and whatever else is to be found under the earth that has been our ally since time immemorial

>>38855971
It took you this long?

>>38855966
>pancakes

I wonder where we can find syrup.

>>38855966
WE HAVE RAMEN,CHEESE AND PIES! SCORE!

I'm personally thinking we should help the Parrats..

>>38855966
Still no hot chocolate?

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>>38855110
>>38854826
>>38854775
>>38854485

>>38856059
mana-syrup?
>>38856075
we should trade with the south

>>38855978
>>Praise the Sun + Lenses + The Arcanum.
Are you thinking what i'm thinking?

Under the stats, there's a list of slave trade prices and a couple of new races we've yet to actually meet

potential victims of Slavery:
*GREATER HUMANOIDS*
1 x CHANGELING: 50,000 GP
1 x KENKU: 5,000 GP
1 x KENKU(Pied): 2,500 GP
1 x MERPERSON: 25,000 GP
1 x SELKIE: 25,000 GP
*GIANT HUMANOIDS*
1 x TROLL: 75,000 GP
1 x JOTUNN: 35,000 GP
1 x CYCLOPES: 50,000 GP
*LESSER HUMANOIDS*
10 x PARRAT: 750 GP
10 x BEE WOMEN: 550 GP
10 x ANT WOMEN: 750 GP
10 x MOTH PERSON: 550 GP

>>38856059
Fungus Syrup!

>>38854781
Would you be okay with something like the tally stick? It's kinda like the ancient worlds credit card and is difficult to make forgeries of.

So I heard a rumor today.

Is Cyclops OP the same person as Militia Lobbyist who ran Matryoshka Civ a while back?

>>38856121
I was thinking giant lighthouse to bolster our shipping economy...

Were you thinking giant death beam?

>>38856121
A light house that projects shadow puppet displays into a massive open air performance that is 3D and magical?

>>38856140
Sure. So long as it is detrimental to wealth build up in an individual then im fine with it.

When the state/government needs capital we can just have a special kind of storage that is open only for them, so long as its never used by an individual or organization other than it should be fine.

>>38856110
We have the crop to do it, but we just haven't done anything with it.

>>38856135
>1 x CYCLOPES: 50,000 GP
Okay
Is no one else outraged?

Plus damn we should see if we can seek out any of those giant races sometime. I can imagine being quite awesome bros.

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>>38856135
>1 x CYCLOPES: 50,000 GP
Good thing we're pricey but WHAT?

Either they're kidnapping us or there are other Cyclops people out there.

Also
Moth People, I'm intrigued

>>38856143
wat?

I don't even know what that is.

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>>38856171
I was thinking BOTH actually.

So guys...

we have something more pressing.

WE HAVE TO END THE WAR BETWEEN THE GORGONS AND GET THEM TO STOP STIFLING TRADE HERE.

>>38856205
We need to talk with the Kenku, and get them to introduce us to all of the people.

>>38856135
>1 x CYCLOPES: 50,000 GP
FUCK THE SYSTEM!

>>38856194
It's more of a early version of financial record keeping. It uses notches made on a wooden stick to indicate the amount lent—and owed. The sticks were then split down the middle; the creditor kept one half and the debtor the other. When a payment was made, the sticks were paired up, and the payment was marked on the stick. The tally stick system also has another built-in benefit: It's nearly impossible to counterfeit, as the shape, size and grain of the wooden halves had to match up perfectly.

>>38856239
Good, we're on the same page then Anon.

>>38856300
all it means is that there's prices on our heads. And that we're going to have to devastate some bitches.

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>>38856240
We either embargo them or we choose a side and test ourselves in war for the first time in our history. Each side is ruled by a God with opposing agendas its not like we can do much.
Except fry them at a distance with our new megaproject if we manage it.

>>38856203
>>38856205

This is a case of angry cyclops get ready for their first true war.

>>38856313
Excellent. I support that idea fully.

>>38856349
OR

WE COULD TALK TO THEM

WE HAVE YET TO ACTUALLY TALK TO EITHER SIDE DIRECTLY ABOUT ENDING THE WAR

>>38856240
how do you think we would do that anon? Mycea? Our past history as gorgon peacekeepers? (we did try to police the collapsing gorgon empire for a while..)

Guys. We need to end the gorgon skirmishing stat.

We need to get the Hydra Mother and Cosmic Serpent to talk.

>>38856349
No. We can do better. I say we send in missionaries like we did back in the day. Preaching peace and settlement of grievances without bloodshed.

>>38856378
Peacekeeping Friendclopse Force, GO!

>>38856378
>>38856374
For a short term relief we could set up convoys manned by Cyclops for Kenku and Changling visitors since the Gorgons respect the Cyclops too much to harm them

>>38856325
If that's the case, then why aren't Gorgons on the list?

Could of course also have Mycea cut them off physically with massive fungal growth until they talk it out.

>>38856374
Missionaries.

We send missionaries, and we work our way from the bottom up. We make the populace unwilling to wage war.

Then we get the cosmic serpent and hydra mother to talk.

That's the root of the entire problem after all, except for the Manticores, who are our wayward lovers and sisters. We cannot simply kill them, not put them down. We did that to the parrat, look where it went.


So we need a 3 pronged plan.
1) An escort force of 'guides' at the mountain mouthes to guide traders in and out of the gorgon lands.

2) missionaries into gorgon lands to convince the populace that fighting is not the answer.

3) Getting the hydramother and cosmic serpent to talk and reconcile.

>>38856398
Snoo snoo for peace.

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>>38856370
Talking to them sounds like an idea honestly.

We can talk to them, that is easy.

Its them talking to eachother thats the hard part.

They don't see Eye To Eye to Snake To Snake To Snake To Snake.

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>>38856370
>>38856378
We're yet to talk to either side about ending the war because both sides are ruled by Gods with mutually exclusive aims. We know this, One of the goddesses doesn't yet. I don't know you guys but spending missionaries to force a truce between phisical gods seems a little hubristic to me. Unless we get a third God in the deal. Like Mycea through her influence on the Manticores.

>>38856422
Probably the same reason merfolk arn't, limited spread. Wereas cyclops tend to be able to wander.

>>38856460
Gorclopse God-Emperor?

>>38856446
These are all great ideas. If the gorgon empire and the tribes leadership don't listen we can always brandish the threat of a trade embargo- we'll route all trade between the continents directly around the gorgons from our home island to the mountains via boats

>>38856478
We have to try. We seem to be buddy-buddier with our gods than most. Convincing them of things isn't hubristic from our point of view. FORCING them to do stuff might be.

>>38856496
And if things get really bad. The Cyclops might have to go to war for the first time. Against our closet friends.

My vote, by the way, is that if war DOES break out in full. We step in and PUT a stop to it. Forcibly. All sides, forced to stop fighting. We've never deployed arcanistry in full power. But still.

>>38856520
>>38856496
>>38856446
Look, fine. Lets try. It allmost allways worked in our history. When it comes to roll for this you'll have my support roll.
The roll after that however is either the megaproject or praising the Sun.

>>38856446

might help to commune with them in person, then relay that same hymn to the other party

maybe it'll remind them of how it felt to be whole

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>>38854579
>Develop Economics and Banking
>Roll 84/100
>Complete Success, incomplete 85. +Roll too high, devoid of foreign influences.

Banking isn't something your people "do", they don't concern themselves with borrowing or renting money because for all intents and purposes; they don't typically borrow things, they usually just give people "things". Your people are VERY BIG on "genuine" favors. Your species concept of "money lending" is as explicit and as deep as, "Yes, I'd like that, but I only have this much" and the other person simply owing them a favor or forgetting the difference. Terrible liars, terribly generous.

The Kenku are terrible liars in the other sense and terribly not-generous.

>Economical Development: Xeno-Banking.
>If they want your Ivory, they will learn to play by your rules: Banking, dept, and money lending is something restricted to non-Cyclopeans. They cannot be trusted; they have names, they have internalized goals and identities and they are greedy. Records and Book keeping are kept and managed by the few Cyclopes who care about such Foreign affairs and any foreigners (Changlings and Kenku) who wish to deal with money; must have some form of proven equity or deal strictly in physical goods. Keep track of their wealth, offer money-exchanging services, and keep records on the lies of the Kenku.

>Societal/Economy Development: Cyclopean Taxes
>Do not let the name fool you: Cyclopean taxes are more in line with a charity or fund raiser than an 'actual tax': Members from the Sage council go out maybe once or twice a month with lengths of rope and go from household to household respectfully asking/begging for donations- their goal is to completely cover their rope lengths in Ivory rings. Sages are encouraged to appeal to their fellow citizens sense of moral obligation towards their community and to offer minor-pleasantries such as brief tutoring lessons, minor chores, or guaranteed invitations to sagely parties.

http://pastebin.com/TE7CxWcH

To Do List by the way guys. Feel free to edit and replace.

Big priorities are
>Expanding foundries and mountain mines
>Solving gorgon crisis.

Everything else is secondary. We can't solve slavery with a war brewing on our doorstep, and we can't solve it at all without massive increases in industry and metal working.

>>38856483
Look again anon.
>1 x MERPERSON: 25,000 GP
The Gorgons are the only known sentient race not on that list.

>>38856610
It's just mother hydra that wants to stay here tho.

did we do ideas yet btw?

>>38856620
Are cyclops-fathered gorgons more cyclops-like than their full gorgon mothers?

>>38856620
>or guaranteed invitations to sagely parties.

I will gladly pay my taxes

>>38856639
Huh, well, that means if we develop naval and get the merfolk involved, we could get one hell of a naval blockade to force the end of slavery.

No one is going to fuck with a joint op between two ocean adapted species who can shreck your economy.

>>38856638
Thanks for the list Anon

>>38856690
Yes. Cyclopean Fathered Gorgons are fairer haired and a bit more "plush" and "taller" than pure gorgons. they still have two eyes and snakes, but their scales come in brighter colors too.

>>38856620
This post Made me finally realize how FUCKING Mary Sues we are as a Race.

>>38856715
I thought the Kenku lived in the center of the vast super continent we live on the edge of.

>>38856782
Does not mean everyone around them would appreciate shit getting hard. To stamp out slavery we are going to have to go up against more than just the Kenku.

>>38856778
not mary sue when you consider we're piss poor at lieing and probably get taken over and over again in trade.

>>38856135
>1 x KENKU: 5,000 GP
>1 x KENKU(Pied): 2,500 GP
There is something goofy going on here.

Pied kenku are valued less than "pure" Kenku. We might have friends even in the enemies' midst. They Enslave themselves.

>>38856778
To be fair anon, every race is Mary sue in some way.

This one is just a bit.. different than the standard. Plus its grown rather organically instead of being a construct.

>>38856778
No idea how well we'll do in battle. Sure, we got great weapons, but we are NOT very warlike at all you know?

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>>38856843
Pied Kenku sound kind of cute to be honest.

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>>38854665

And one last one as a freebie/Someone is ontop of their Ecological game
>Preemptively maintain control of the rabbit population.
>Roll 19/20
>Complete and Total near perfect success.

Rabbits are seemingly quite mundane little animal, but you've notice how they reproduce and you've noticed how they seem to eat every visible speck of vegetation; either wild or garden variety and frankly your environment has never had to worry about the pressures of "Mammal Vermin" beyond the banana rat.

Just to be on the safe side though you apply a bit of artificial hunting pressure on them: Gorgon Rat-catchers are more than happy to after them and for the most part rabbits are controlled well enough to be merely a "footnote".

>>38856759
I meant mentally.

So what's the difference between merpeople and selkies? What are bee-women and moth people like?

What's a troll or a jotun?

>>38856925
They grow up amongst us, they wind up being pretty chill and stuff. Still need to eat meat though.

that said when left to their own, thats how the "Dinosaur" Gorgon tribe got started.

They're either chill islanders like the cyclopses. or Amazonian warriors.

>>38856900
>>38856860
>>38856824
I meant Mary Sue in the original sense: we're allways right, perched on our moral high ground like i dunno what, some kind of very altruist vulture i guess?

>>38856927
Merpeople are like Zora mermaids

Selkies are normally human shapeshifters that can turn into seals with a magic sealskin

Trolls are probably the old big nosed scandanavian cowtailed trolls

Jotuns are typically BIGGER BADDER versions of normal trolls that live in the mountians

>>38857004
>very altruist vulture
I love this unashamedly.
Reverse Skeksis

>>38856927
I'm guessing selkies are more aquatic mammal than fish person... or maybe freshwater mermaids.

Jotun are "Frost Giants" so ... bearded blue cyclopses with two eyes?

and Trolls are trolls. they probably live under bridges.

>>38857004
except we're not? We fuck up shit all the time. We just go out of our way not to hurt people, period.

>>38857050
Jotun just means giant,
So mundane, frost, fire. etc.

>>38857050
>cyclopses with two eyes
This statement is mutually contradictory.

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Alright guys.

You can go ahead and start rolling for your next set of moves.

>>38856778
>This post Made me finally realize how FUCKING Mary Sues we are as a Race.

I'm very sorry you feel that way. I don't like knowing you think I'm being too generous or too idealistic with our people. I will try to do better: I'm sorry that I disappointed you.

>>38856778

yeah, cyclopes are pretty much Anonymous at his best.

I'm looking forward to inventing telepathy so we can put central hivemind megaliths in all our towns.

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>38857144
Find new uses for the Wheel. Look at other cultures to see if they've discovered any other uses. Ask Akalade.

>>38857144
>orry you feel that way. I don't like knowing you think I'm being too generous or too idealistic with our people. I will try to do better: I'm sorry that I disappointed you

It is fine, you don't need to worry. I like how they are so far and you shouldn't change

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>38857007
Scandinavian trolls would be pretty cool.
The resulting half breeds would be hillarious.

>>38857144
Improve sailing!
e.g. The lanteen sail! which allows the ship to move under any wind in any direction so long as it blows, even against the wind.

(basically a curved triangular sail).

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>38857144
New mega project

The Solar Lighthouse, praise be to the sun

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>38857144
Experiment with the other metals we know of.

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>>38857078
Shut up. It can happen.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>38857144
Send missionaries into the gorgon lands preaching peace and pacifism. To end the strife. Make people unwilling to fight from the bottom portions of society up.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>38857144
Turn the flying pots into a ship propulsion system

>>38857210
Course it can,
they just also have two heads and are blue.

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>38857144
BEGIN DIPLOMACY TO EASE TENSION BETWEEN GORGON FACTIONS

(Also I like how the cyclops are, they aren't mary sues considering how they aren't perfect by a long shot)

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>38857144
Action: Recover the holy thunderbolt from the progenitor's corpse.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>38857234
supporting!

>>38857218
BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Cyclopes peace methods rule.

>>38857218
We pacified the fuck out of them.

>>38856843
>second-class citizen kenkus
we took in gorgon slaves, why not do the same for these souls?

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>38857144
develop metal frame construction.

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>38857297
Seconding.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>38857144
Peace corps-caravan guards and guides for foreigners, invest the gorgons in making sure people arrive and leave safely rather then raiding and slaving

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>38857218
>>38857234
>>38857252
supporting.

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>>38857222
Yes! A Hymn Powered Engine. Attaching this to boats will make em GO faster. This is awesome.

Though do you think it might be more of an idea?

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>>38857314
>>38857218

>>38857218
>>38857222
>>38857236
>>38857314
>>38857334

Cyclopes on a motherfucking roll this century

>>38857314
supporting.

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>38857144

star cult plx

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>38857144
Commune with the sun father, ask for him to illuminate our knowledge of mana and understanding of it's properties. Ask him why the Gorgon lady was so flabbergasted by us drinking the stuff.

>>38857144
The cyclops aren't mary sues. Their culture isn't without flaws- they're NICE but that doesn't mean that they're perfect. We're focused on some odd morals too- degradation of self for starters

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>38857185
Supporting

>>38857144
Any chance of us starting up a new mega project OP?

>>38857353
pity we can't get all of them.

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>38857196
Supporting, but adding improve all other lighthouses as well.

>>38857144
Don't change the cyclops, they're good as they are!

>>38857196
>>38857428
we might even be able to ask Akalade his advice on it?

>>38857144
Don't get me wrong, i love the quest and the setting. We're just on the edge of credibility of altruist behaviour. Part of it is us playing our choices to the end, part of it is Also you not describing anything bad about us that might happen DESPITE our culture and our choices.
Like There's no parrat revenge party that wants to Exterminate the little shits again for all the children their God killed, or any real criminality organized or otherwise. We have all the hallmarks of a communal tight society without the trademark flaws (people getting exiled for total bullshit reasons etc).
We had demonic cultists but they stopped on their own when we told them Mycaea disapproved, and now turns out we manage a semi modern economic sistem on... Snuggles and fundraisers?

>>38857402
Trying here.
>>38857196

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>38857233
>>38857233

why the fuck haven't we led a joint council/Akalade/Mycea investigation to find out what the fuck's up with the moontouched anyway

rolling for it

>>38857449
we could. Let see if he'd be up for it.

>>38857218
As promised, supporting

>>38857454
hey, we had A REALLY BAD EXPERIENCE when we tried to exterimante the parrats

anyone who would want to try and do that again would be fucking insane

Our culture is unique but not without flaws- and I really don't think you're one to apply modern anthropology to a culture of one eyed giants with fukken magic who are best friends with gorgons

>>38857218
Supporting.

>>38857497

>>38857556
forgot dice.

>>38857454
Hey, it's not insane. A number of cultures have similiar practices- I think I've heard of inuit tribes where people who accumulate alot of material wealth have parties where they just give stuff away until they don't have more then anyone else

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>38857586

>>38857144
OP ignore
>>38857454
this guy doesn't know what he's talking about. We all love the cyclops as is

hot damn the cyclopse are getting All The Knowledge and Things Done!

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>>38857206
>Experiment with the other metals we know of.
>Roll 69/100
>SEXY 69. RESULTS DETRACT FROM ACTUAL PROGRESS.

Instead of devising new and exciting metallurgy techniques and practices your people get way out of hand and take it into a completely different and unproductive direction: piercings. Lip, Ear, and Nipple to be specific, some people are interested in nose piercings and a few even braver individuals are interested in genital piercings, but for the most part piercings have become the latest "craze".

>+/- Cultural development: Piercings
>Previously something usually only done so explicitly by the Gorgons; your people have finally caught onto the "piercing craze" and have begun spending time meticulously crafting rings and studs from gold, silver, and steel to produce some rather high quality -but still frivolous- piercings.

>I could not find a work safe picture for this.

>>38857557
Wtf is happening to my rolls?

>>38857661
Ha.
Amused.

Gold prince albert, it resonates to hymns. Naughty cyclops.

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>38857661

it's cool, we'll enchant 'em to make 'em useful. make it synerge with our magical tats and shit. it'll be baller.

now let us invent enchantment, dammit.

>>38857661
The Lewdness rises...

>>38857648
Agreed with this dude. If you'd shoved it down our throats? And actively prevented us from doing stuff that wasn't mary sueish? That'd be one thing. But this has been an organic growth.

>>38857674

>>38857674
Are you putting a space between the + and the amount of dice your trying to roll?

>>38857794
>now let us invent enchantment, dammit.
we have? It's called arcanistry.

>>38857794
I suggest going for runes in this regard. They arn't far from magic tattoos we already have.

>>38857826
>>38857648

too late, we getting debuffed now, roll for anal circumference

>>38857868
It would suck alot if OP changed cylcops culture around just because one guy complained......

>>38857903
agreed.

>>38857661
Anons... What would happen if we placed the piercings into a bell forge to give them magical properties?

>>38857903
OP wouldn't do that

>>38857927
Maybe studs could be ways of storing magical energy for short spells? Like purifying water or preparing food

cantrips and predistignation for the masses

>>38857927
Magic nipple piercings?

>>38857992
That has so got to be a present to the Hydra Goddess at some point.

>>38857992
nipple rings with bells on.

Hell, ring peircings ANYWHERE with bells on. Dancing creates effects.

This must be a thing. Or perhaps make it part of clothing.

I know what I'm rolling for next turn.

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Guys, I think we need a star cult, and I think we need them to carry khakkhara.

Maybe shitty fanart will help you agree..?

>>38858073
this could be cool. But it's pretty much the base level all pervading religion for our people... no specific cult required.

>>38858073
Ooh, that's neat. Khakkhara are used to keep people from stepping on animals right?

>>38858073
but anon, how would we commune with them? Last time we tried we only heard the crying of the killed gorgons who got killed by the parrat-revenge-magic?

>>38858070
That could make for a very interesting cultural dance, a bit like a belly dancer but with musical bell piercings. Attached to cloth for those who don't want to get pierced.

>>38858143
that's my thought.

Use magical bells to create complex magical effects.

Step 1: Make it so bells can combine their music together to create greater magical effects.

Step 2: Apply this to dancers.

Cyclops heavy artillery becomes dancers.

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>>38857172
>Find new uses for the Wheel. Look at other cultures to see if they've discovered any other uses. Ask Akalade.
>Roll 34/100
>+Second exact boring failure roll: 34. -More interesting failure.

Your people are very interested and motivated with ways they could try and compete with the kind of Steel production the South is currently outputting and with your past of historical failures concerning tampering with large elemental forces: no one is entirely too interested to start meddling with the Volcano.

They turn however to the wheel: The wheel has been proven capable of powering a number of inventions using wind, water, and the tide; all to make industrial work significantly easier and to assist with some minor level of automaton. You already use them for milling, for processing wood, and for some simple printing projects and blacksmithing.

One of your local Iron Foundries on the Home island decides to try and use it to create more efficient and hotter burning blast forges; using the wheel power to bolster the force of bellows... It.. it works a little 'too' well. The forge is over bellowed and a large fire is started: The forge burns down, a large quantity of iron is ruined, the fire spreads and successfully burns down a section of the dock and industrial sector on the western side of your home island.

The proceeding fire damage will take years to repair, a few of your Craftsmen die in the fire, but most are just mild to wildly burned but are saved through months of recovery and physical therapy.

The worst part though is the industrial district becomes lousy with Fire Elementals who are disturbed by so many people burning to death and wish to "apologize" by setting constant & random fires until they're finally satisfied after MONTHS of "being sorry".

>>38858177
>The worst part though is the industrial district becomes lousy with Fire Elementals who are disturbed by so many people burning to death and wish to "apologize" by setting constant & random fires until they're finally satisfied after MONTHS of "being sorry".
It's so nice to know elementals love us and wish to show us their love... in the only ways they know how.

>>38858177
Ask the fire elementals that if they want to apologize, maybe they can set useful fires?

Get water to boil faster, help tend forges, keep 'wild' fires contained?

>>38858174
Cyclops war dancer. Ha.
Just need martial arts and its complete.

>>38858261
we go full bender now.

>>38858070

>vibrating genital piercings
>self-electrifying nipple clamps
>magic-induced lactation
not that we didn't already know, but it's official now: Cyclops Civ confirmed to be magical realm.

>>38858138

that happened right after the thread Manaia gave us magical abortions. it's been a like millennium in game time since then.

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>>38858261
>>38858273

>>38858338
Its been official for many, many threads now. The only thing that changes is how many new kinks are introduced to it.

>>38858387
um, no it hasn't?

>>38858387
I think all kinks are present within gorgo society... except maybe guro... and if widespread mana usage becomes a thing even that might change.

>>38858261

nigga we need airbending first

>>38858406
I quothe the good QM, "magical realm is perfectly healthy in small amounts, dammit".

Not that I'm complaining, he's not wrong here.

>>38858414
And so the Red World Calls

>>38858414
gorgon and cyclops society*

>>38858467
>inb4 red world is eldar home world just before slaanesh is born.

>>38858414
>except maybe guro

manticores, anon.

>>38858414
>Widespread guro via mana overdoses
>Leads to mana poisoning over the entire continent

That sounds like a fantastic way to turn this world red.

...Actually, that just might explain why Mycea is so shit terrified of the prospect. I know I would be after seeing an entire planet indulge in guro.

>>38858517
Yeah but they never do guro to US. And I'm not sure they find carnage sexually arousing, at least no more than the whole normal fight/flight/fuck instinct thing crossed wires kicking in.

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>>38858177
Thats adorable and horrible.
Horradorible.

>>38858551
I now have a new background.

>>38858551
that reminds me of something I read on /tg/, about how Fire elementals Love people, are are so sad to see people aren't on fire because that means they aren't being loved

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And because I literally can't ignore two 20's; we get to find out what all the hubabloo is about concerning the Gorgons.
>Send missionaries into the gorgon lands preaching peace and pacifism. To end the strife. Make people unwilling to fight from the bottom portions of society up.
>Peace corps-caravan guards and guides for foreigners, invest the gorgons in making sure people arrive and leave safely rather then raiding and slaving
>DOUBLE 20'S
>Complete and Total unarguable success.

Your people have grown grossly dissatisfied with the constant and rampant violence of the Gorgons within the Fungal woods and their surrounding territories: It's bad for business and that's bad for peace and bad for everyone. You're not exactly going to march in their Bells a-blazing, but you're not just going to ignore them either: you'll give them a very stern and formal talking to and hopefully everything will quickly resort itself out.

The Gorgon Empire seems to be something of a lost cause though, the Hydra Mother welcomes you into her city which at this point has become quite honestly an ornate and breath-taking snake-themed city under her Divine rule.. and she is more than pleased to tell you of her "justified" aggression.
"I understand your ignorance; you people were never suited for war, but they simply can't be reasoned with: their demands are completely and horrendously unreasonable and on personal level -outrageous-. Do you know what they wanted? They want me dethroned, they want me to stand down and take my place as an "unbiased deity"- they want me to go back to being no better than some Nannying bitch in the peanut gallery, so they can be free to wallow around in the mud and shitting in holes in the ground!" She obviously quite flustered, her Maidens won't stop slithering around back and forth in some form of serpentine "pacing".

(2nd post incoming)

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>>38858529

>>38858681

I find myself empathizing with their demands.

>>38858811
To be fair, we owe the hydra mother in a sense.

Really the only way this is going to be resolved is with a mutual respect and left-the-fuck-alone agreement. Kind of like the 40k imperium and mechanicus

>>38858681
>"I understand your ignorance; you people were never suited for war,
Condescending
> but they simply can't be reasoned with: their demands are completely and horrendously unreasonable
Stereotyping
>They want me dethroned, they want me to stand down and take my place as an "unbiased deity"- they want me to go back to being no better than some Nannying bitch in the peanut gallery,
Unwilling to Acquiesce
> so they can be free to wallow around in the mud and shitting in holes in the ground!
Holier than Thou.

Yup... thats our Hydra Mother alright.

Why are we letting her raise our kids again?

>>38858811
Yeah. The hydra mother is nice but an immortal goddess dictating everything? That's not cool. The gorgon empire is starting to be less of a state and more like a vehicle for delivering praise and worship to the hydra mother it sounds like.

>>38858887
In my book we're kind of even. We've done a lot to help her over the years, more then enough to pay her back for helping us. Without us, I very much doubt the gorgon empire would exist

>>38858931
oh yeah. It probably would've assploded even more than it did without the Cyclopic peacekeepers helping and giving aid

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>>38858895
The Hydra Mother is a creature of deals. She honors her bargains, but is ultimately self motivated. She likes us, we saved her from starry oblivion, and saved her people from elf subjugation.

Ultimately though she cares about herself. She cares about her Gorgons because of narcissistic reasons.

Its like Bender and Turtles.

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>>38858681

She seems to be a little nervous though, "It uh, It doesn't matter though- I've taken care of them. I know your heart is in the right place, but you've caught this conflict on just when it's about to end and if you know what's good for you; you'll let me see it finished. I don't want you to intervene; you'll frankly complicate things and maybe even exacerbate the situation, so just keep being the one eyed little pretty-boys that you are and stay out of Mommies way, okay?" Your Emissaries are not at all convinced; they can very clearly sense something is off, but they're not quite sure what it is.. They vote to stick around and watch the situation unfold for the time being.

Your secondary party of diplomats however heads towards the Territory controlled by the Dinosaur Tribe; their cities are no cities, but actually large, intimidating, fortresses lined with wooden and stone palisades and something you've haven't seen in a while: Walls. The mood is entirely different from that of anything you previously experienced: there are muscular, scarred, and grizzled Gorgon women everywhere with grim moods and sullen looks on their face as almost everyone works towards a militarized goal. There are platoons and divisions of Gorgons organized in varying armed forces of military specification and precision: Spear Women, Archers, Snipers, Shield-maidens, Beast Tamers, Venomancers, and all manner of other military units including an entire section of their fortress devoted to the reverse engineering and production of explosives and firearms; staffed by a number of Gorgons dressed in Hoods and Aprons and working with meticulous care, dedication and precision.

Their Warchief however is nowhere to be found. (2nd post incoming)

>so they can be free to wallow around in the mud and shitting in holes in the ground

yeah a lot of that was us

I wonder how things would go for her empire if we withdrew support

>>38859017
oh Sun's balls they've got guns?!? ...well..we could always Neo-slow-shift them with our bells/magic, right?

>>38859017
>you've caught this conflict on just when it's about to end and if you know what's good for you; you'll let me see it finished

I don't like the sound of this at all

>>38859017
also, the Hydra Mother sounds like she's in need of a good spanking. By us or the Cosmic Serpent.

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>>38859065
Yeeeaah... looks like we might have to intervene. Save the Dinosaur tribe. And maybe... blockade whatever the Hydramother has planned..

She wouldn't... do something horrible would she? Even Mycea thinks doing that is stupid.

holy bajeezus

we might have to pull a Kyoshi this time around

>>38859125
Ok, that Tarot is terrifying

>>38859125
I doubt she would dare. Our civ also comprises of a large number of gorgons, If they all turned against her due to her actions, then the dinosaur civ would be the least of her problems.

>>38859017
No Mother Hydra, we will not let you finish it. You are treating gorgons like they are game pieces or tally marks when they're PEOPLE. You're killing people and we think that whatever reason it is you may think vindicates you, we will never believe it.

How can you justify sending your own children to fight and die for your own vanity? How can you ask these people to sacrifice their own daughters and wives while you remain safely ensconced in this temple of narcissism?

If you no longer care to govern with the consent of the governed, then you are no longer a leader. You're a despot. A tyrant. An elf.

>>38859191
Support

Why have we still not carried out Operation Parent Trap

>>38859191
Support

>>38859218
>>38859226

we aren't even voting yet you goddamn samefag

>>38859191
support. She must listen to reason.

>>38859191
>An elf.
Oh man that's low.
But at the same time, it's entirely justified given her behavior. Supporting this.

>>38859191
>an elf

Whoa. Let's not say things we can't take back.

>>38859298
But she is! She's acting just like the elves! She's treating the gorgons like they're toys, things to be won or lost not flesh or blood people with hopes and lives and dreams

>>38859258
Talking is free and open to cinematic scenes.

>>38859298
You can't take away the truth Anon

>>38859258
Not even samefag

Git gud skrub

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>>38859017

The Cosmic Snake's reincarnation cannot be found anywhere and you are instead taken directly to a council of Large, intimidating, muscular Amazonian-esque Women who are almost as tall as your own Cyclopean species. They nod to one another, have your emissaries seated, serve hot chocolate and begin the peace talks.

Their Accents are absolutely atrocious and they are difficult to understand at times, but they are patient and they hope you will be too, "Orochidina, no longer, uhhhh, 'sym-pa-the-tic' to Us. Had bad run in with her Ro-yal guard; Capture Cosmic Snake. Capture our princ-ess, eh, Warchief. Very mad; she per.. she see us as plotting against her. Orochidina Lock up Warchief inside tower, lay egg that hatch into gi-ant din-o-saur that breath fire. Din-o-saur now guarding princess." They are not familiar with Cyclopean and they are frustrated on how stupid it makes them sound; their Gorgon is no better as it is a Rustic and very old Dialect.

To put it in summation: It seems The Hydra Mother successfully managed to kid-nap and has caged away the Cosmic Snake; she is currently keeping her locked up within the basement of her palace and is guarding her with you assume to be some kind of dragon. The Dinosaur tribe plainly and bluntly states that whether or not you support them, they are still going to march on the Gorgon palace with all the excessive military force they can muster.

They end their speech with a brief, "No Gods, No Queens, only Gorgon." The Dinosaur tribe seems to be very confident in their military plan: The Hydra mother seems to think that the Cosmic snake was pulling the strings, when in reality she is more akin to a cherish figurehead. The Dinosaur tribe will take advantage of this.

If you have your own plan they are welcome to postpone the carnage, but they will not wait forever.
THIS IS A QUEST.
You have 2 Turns to come up with something/roll correctly.

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>38859393
Save the Cosmic Snake!

>>38859393
SPEECH TO THE HYDRA MOTHER
>>38859191

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>38859393
Wall of Cyclops to stand in front of the army.

>>38859393
OP, what about that 20 roll for the missionaries to go rouse the lower classes? I'm fairly certain they wouldn't enjoy being speared by their titanic ubermench sisters.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>38859393
Call out the Hydra Mother on her mistreatment of her children. Call her an elf.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>38859393
Save the cosmic snake! and the princess.
ASSEMBLE THE HEROS
lets bust her out and get her to our lands or back to her home.
Before the dinosaur attack.

>>38858681
to show >>38859490
isn't bullshit

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>38859480
No
>>38859393
Let's send our people to break her out ourselves and stop the conflict, move her and the dinosaur tribe to our home.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>38859393
You know who's good at fighting big fire breathing Lizards?
Southern Cyclopses.

Do you know who's good at TAMING them?

Changelings.

A joint offensive to get all sneaky and save the princess! Changelings might appreciate the potential "trade gains" they can get from this.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>38859498
Supporting
use this speech from before >>38859191

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>38859393
Bring everything we have to convince the hydra mother that this course of action is...well it's insane.

We're not going to stand idly by while she does this. We LOVE the hydra mother, like a child loves her parents, but that will not excuse this kind of behavior. We will not let her throw away her life and the lives of other because she refuses to act like an adult

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>38859393
Display power of our bell as a warning if all attempts at diplomacy fail.

Gunboat diplomacy.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

Pray to the Sun god for aid.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>38859393
>>38859533
This so much.

Supporting.

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>38859533
You know if there's one thing that can get the cyclopes to stop playing soccer it's someone they care about acting stupid

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>38859393
Supporting this. Try to convince her.
>>38859533

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>38859533
This. Get Mycea involved along with the God-kids/teens

She is no longer acting like a proper god or leader. She is a despot wanting control. She is behaving like the Elves that killed her and enslaved her people so long ago.

ask Mycea how we might make the two of them one again. if it's a spell we need to perform, now's the time while they're both close.

the plan's to send our heroes to rescue the Serpent and sneak her into the throne room, where our sages will be with the Hydra. then the sages do their thing while the heroes do like the Fellowship of the Ring in Rohan's throne

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>38859604
Pretty much this.
Zetoscea might be war loving and take after her mom, but she Loves hanging with the Dinosaur tribe.

Archillopilli is the god damn God of love peace and understanding.

Foliatom is the wildcard.

All we need is the brains of the operation.

This is your solution hydra mother? Kidnapping?

What are you going to do when the princess refuses to bow to you, even now? Cart her in front of the people and execute her? For their own good?

And then what? Will you imprison everyone who refuses to worship you as their queen? You cannot build a prison large enough.

Kill them all? Then you had better start with us. Don't worry we will not fight you. But you had better start now, because we will never bow. As long as we draw breath we will fight with words and song against it. So kill us now, hydra mother. Strike us down like the elves did to your own priestesses so many years ago.

Or... let her go. End this madness. We can find a solution through talking. We promise. But there is no middle ground. Peace, or a world where you rule a kingdom of corpses. The choice is yours.

>>38859533
Seconding the fuck out of.

>>38859530
Fuck this. Changelings are cruel tamers.

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>38859773
Forgot to roll for seconding >>38859533

Also. Figured out our argument. She's a mother, she's babying an entire race. She doesn't think they're ready to decide for themselves. This isn't about control so much as a parent who isn't ready to believe their children are ready to face the world standing on their own two feet. This is how we must approach her.

Rolled 96 (1d100)

Figure out how to use multiple different bells and hymns with different singular purposes to weave more complex spells through harmonic songs that produce effects greater than the synod their parts

>>38859676

I wonder if there are any sufficiently old spirits we can make a deal with. One who has witnessed the separation of the two demigods, who might share its knowledge with us. I'm fairly certain we'd pay nearly any price.

Alternatively, we find a spirit that can control/pacify the dragon.

Either way, the Arcanum is where the line between the physical and ethereal realms thins the most, so that's probably where we'd go for this.

Any thoughts?

>>38859875
We try nat 20 diplomamancy first.

>>38859869
>Sum of their parts
Rather. Fuck autocorrect

>>38859714
>prison

speaking of prisons, we probably should invent jails if we're to include parrats and kenku in our society, since they're pretty much thieving gypsies and covetous kikes.

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I drew a thing.... I don't want to mess rolls up because I'm scared.

>>38859955
Racism gtfo

>>38859955
Nah. They either join our culture or get beaten. 90% of crime depends on the ability to use force as a threat. Doesn't work on 20 foot tall Giants with bender bells.

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>>38859983
ANSCHLUSS NOW

ALL CLAY IS RIGHTFUL CYCLOPS CLAY

WE ARE BORN OF THE GODS

>>38859976
oh that's really cool, I like it a lot.

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>>38859533
>Bring everything we have to convince the hydra mother that this course of action is...well it's insane.
>Roll 20/20
>Complete and Total non-negotionable success.

Phase one of your Cyclopean plan: Make an Appeal to the Hydra mother, use her Children against her if you have to.

>Mycea
You first immediately tell Mycea about these current shenanigans as she is the easiest and most dependable diety currently available on a regular basis: You find her in her personal Chambers, tending to a small collection of pressed flowers while having tea and snacks with a few of her followers and for the moment oblivious and at peace... (un)fortunately you've come to spoil her good times. You immediately break the news to her and request her assistance. Her frows becomes slightly furrowed and she just lets out an exhausted and frustrated groan while laying out, "Yeah, I.. I can help with that. She owes me one, let's see if we can make an appeal, but I doubt she'll listen to a mushroom such as myself."

>Archillopilli
He is the second one you find: just residing in the bay of the mainland, idly hanging around in the reefs while braiding his hair and writing poetry and songs for the locals in between assisting them in minor things such a fishing and offering minor blessings. The small, bright, coral-esque horns he had been born with have grown and matured more into much longer, thicker, grander horns that really compliment his hair and divinity. "O-oh.. Hello.. I haven't seen you guys- Oh? Mommy?" He trails off. "Mom..Uhmn...I'll.. I can come." He doesn't seem confident about confronting his "mother", but his sense of what is right and wrong gives him courage.

(2nd post incoming)

>>38860002
Might be a problem if they bring firearms in. We will probably have to implement gun control just because of this.

>>38860038
Aww Mycea, you need to be more confident in yourself!