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[Maldevious]

Year 3, February

You return from the feast in good spirits, intrigued by your night chatting and dancing with Lady Marna. As the weather is still too cold for any serious construction, you spend the month of your birthday working on yourself.

First and foremost, you spend a good deal of time on your fitness and swordsmanship. You feel as if your real-life battle experience has given you new insights, and your swordsmanship seems to progress quite a bit. Alan says that you are about as skilled as the average swordsman, now. Your daily sparring gives you a good deal of fitness, as well, and you feel in better shape than ever.

Your second focus this month is on etiquette, and you spend many nights going over courtly interactions, styles, dances, and other such things with your steward. You feel more accomplished already, and your natural fitness means you remember the dances quite easily. You now know about as much as a young knight is expected to.

With this personal progress, you stop by to check in on Marge Kannity at the brewery. She is set up, and waiting for the first market of the year to start purchasing supplies with some of the seed money you lent her.

You think of asking your steward about Marna's family land and inheritance structure, but are still not certain if that is what you want to do. The month passes uneventfully otherwise.

I couldn't detect a clear preference one way or another for the scheming. So try and clarify that for me next turn. Also, yes, your parents died of some sickness before the war, which prompted you to join up. Nicely suggested, players.

Spoiler: "Sir Samuel Stone" (click to show/hide)

Age: 21
Good Health
Great Fitness
Moderately literate
Average Etiquette
Poor Rhetoric
Average Swordswman
Poor Rider
Unskilled Shield User

Spoiler: "Equipment and Possessions" (click to show/hide)

Militia-grade Short Sword
Average Clothing
Fur Armor
Oak Shield
Old Brown Mare
Average Farmhouse
Bound New Testament

Spoiler: "Feroshire (Capital Town)" (click to show/hide)

Treasury - Empty
50 Citizens
Palisade (foundations only)
New Arrival Barracks
Modest Inn with kitchen
Growing Small Market
Growing Small Trade
Modest Communal Kiln
Modest dock
Brewery
Two nightly patrols

Spoiler: "Your Land" (click to show/hide)

Growing Low population (Loyal)
River Parlon (fertile banks on both sides, light forest to the north)
Modest parcel farms south of the river
Crude Roads
Small Warehouse (medium supply of food)
Adequate Communal Farm
Bare bones Barracks, Armory, and Obstacle Course
Rocky outcropping with minerals and granite north of the river
Mill blades

Spoiler: "Your Forces" (click to show/hide)

Five veteran archers
Five regular archers
Ten green spearmen
Five green archers (reserve)

Spoiler: "Your people" (click to show/hide)

Skilled Potters
Novice Trappers

Spoiler: "Nearby" (click to show/hide)

Market Town of Carshire - One day's ride on main road
Folesden - Land of Count Foles - Downstream
   * Curbiston - County Seat of Folesden
Land of Sir Denton - Upstream
Land of Sir Percival - Adjacent to Sir Denton's land
Hemswood Abbey - Far Upstream - Known for dark beer

Spoiler: "Known Lords by Rank and Relationship" (click to show/hide)

King Edward Geronos IV, Lord of the Falls, Keeper of the Flame, Seer of the Dawn - Vaguely remembered

Duke Erran - Unknown

Count Aaron Foles - Your Liege Lord - An angry drunkard - Suspicious

Sir Blake Denton - Polite

Sir Alan Percival - Friendly

Lady Marna - Intrigued

Spoiler: "Important Citizens by Occupation and Relationship" (click to show/hide)

Alan Alanson - Squire - Companionable
Fin - Captain - Happy
William Dent - Steward - Companionable
Ian Wood - Overseer of Construction- Devoted
Marge Kannity - Brewer - Happy
Victor Irlof - Master of the Market - Devoted
Curtis Stumpf - Miner - Happy

[kaian-a-coel]

Okay, so next we'll have to manage the market, ensure that the agriculture is doing well, and start building again. We should finish what we begun, namely mill and palissade, then we can start on the housing and the mines. The stone from the mine shall be used to pave the roads and make sturdy houses for us, our loyal subjects, and communal buildings.

[10ebbor10]

Okay, so next we'll have to manage the market, ensure that the agriculture is doing well, and start building again. We should finish what we begun, namely mill and palissade, then we can start on the housing and the mines. The stone from the mine shall be used to pave the roads and make sturdy houses for us, our loyal subjects, and communal buildings.

I dunno about paving roods. That generally is quite expensive. Maybe just using waste stone (gravel) to reinforce them might be better. (Btw, we can't just throw stone slabs on the ground, those'd sink in the mud.)

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Okay, so next we'll have to manage the market, ensure that the agriculture is doing well, and start building again. We should finish what we begun, namely mill and palissade, then we can start on the housing and the mines. The stone from the mine shall be used to pave the roads and make sturdy houses for us, our loyal subjects, and communal buildings.

I dunno about paving roods. That generally is quite expensive. Maybe just using waste stone (gravel) to reinforce them might be better. (Btw, we can't just throw stone slabs on the ground, those'd sink in the mud.)

The romans had a method of paving that was so effective most are still used today with little repair. It only required stone in a few different forms. I bet we could replicate it with waste stone, slag, and granite blocks. This would be freaking awesome seeing as paved roads is a massive stepping stone to success and land based trade, very big at the time despite the difficulty.

[10ebbor10]

Okay, so next we'll have to manage the market, ensure that the agriculture is doing well, and start building again. We should finish what we begun, namely mill and palissade, then we can start on the housing and the mines. The stone from the mine shall be used to pave the roads and make sturdy houses for us, our loyal subjects, and communal buildings.

I dunno about paving roods. That generally is quite expensive. Maybe just using waste stone (gravel) to reinforce them might be better. (Btw, we can't just throw stone slabs on the ground, those'd sink in the mud.)

The romans had a method of paving that was so effective most are still used today with little repair. It only required stone in a few different forms. I bet we could replicate it with waste stone, slag, and granite blocks. This would be freaking awesome seeing as paved roads is a massive stepping stone to success and land based trade, very big at the time despite the difficulty.

It's rather labour intensive though, and requires some knowhow and a somewhat trained workforce. (The top stone need to be chisseled perfect to fit together)

However, I think this'll be quite overkill to have a road in our town that's better than what you can expect to find in most larger towns and cities.

[LordSlowpoke]

Okay, so next we'll have to manage the market, ensure that the agriculture is doing well, and start building again. We should finish what we begun, namely mill and palissade, then we can start on the housing and the mines. The stone from the mine shall be used to pave the roads and make sturdy houses for us, our loyal subjects, and communal buildings.

I dunno about paving roods. That generally is quite expensive. Maybe just using waste stone (gravel) to reinforce them might be better. (Btw, we can't just throw stone slabs on the ground, those'd sink in the mud.)

The romans had a method of paving that was so effective most are still used today with little repair. It only required stone in a few different forms. I bet we could replicate it with waste stone, slag, and granite blocks. This would be freaking awesome seeing as paved roads is a massive stepping stone to success and land based trade, very big at the time despite the difficulty.

It's rather labour intensive though, and requires some knowhow and a somewhat trained workforce. (The top stone need to be chisseled perfect to fit together)

However, I think this'll be quite overkill to have a road in our town that's better than what you can expect to find in most larger towns and cities.

OUR TOWN MUST HAVE THE BEST THINGS

THE BEST

Needless to say, look into it.

[kaian-a-coel]

we can use waste stone first, then look into in deeper later on. Roman style roads sounds good.

[Mlamlah]

Look into it, test viability. Do not yet start on constructing crazy roads.
Before we do anything with laying down roads we spend at least a year on testing the viability of such a project. Why so long? The change of seasons can effect roads pretty significantly. We should lay down a bit of stone as a test somewhere out of the way, in the manner we would make the entire road. We should observe the effects of the weather, and then decide if it's worth the upkeep at this point in our development.


Is this next month the beginning of planting season? If so we should focus on that and attempt to improve the quality and efficiency of the market. Having the carpenters work on a mill and palisade also sounds like a good plan.

[10ebbor10]

Paving the market place might be a good idea too. It can't go to wrong (at worst the entire thing becomes undone in a few years). So I propose to use that as the testing ground. It's usefull, will be travelled on a lot, as well as recieve pressure for carts being stacked on it. It's also quite large, allowing for a small variation of circumstances, and it makes sense in medieval context.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

So the mine and the mill then. This will provide raw materiels for both things. Also let's look into recruiting for our militia and having them trained into hard chargers. I feel like our archers and the two surviving spearmen should be beyond green at this point. We might be able to look into better bows. Work with the new militia commander to create a rigorous (and painful if it insulates them to combat) workout and combat training regime. We may not have the best weapons, but a body is easy to maintain and improve upon, as our character already knows. Try to incorporate swimming (if anyone knows how).

Let me clarify. Build mine, complete and get up and running the mill, Tell the new captain to begin culling and breaking our militia and recruits into badasses and to utilize our obstical coarse and swim in the river while also training combat skills. Forge them into warriors.

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I want medieval SEALs.

[Mlamlah]

I've actually been thinking we could teach our soldiers (at least our archers) in stealth and guerrilla tactics to decrease dependancy on meat shields. We don't have to do it now, but it would be handy to look into.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

I've actually been thinking we could teach our soldiers (at least our archers) in stealth and guerrilla tactics to decrease dependancy on meat shields. We don't have to do it now, but it would be handy to look into.

Physical fitness goes hand in hand with this, that being said, we can work on that too. Those kind of tactics would make us gods on the battlefield, if this country is only as progressed as medieval Europe is. Next month, when we work on the warehouse and palisade (or possibly a shipyard or furnace depending on votes and stone handy.)

[GreatWyrmGold]

Let me clarify. Build mine, complete and get up and running the mill, Tell the new captain to begin culling and breaking our militia and recruits into badasses and to utilize our obstical coarse and swim in the river while also training combat skills. Forge them into warriors.

Also hire anyone without work to do who is willing to do so to take some of the waste stone from the mine and make a gravel road by the docks and/or market.

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

Do we know how inheritance works in this kingdom? Like, if a dude dies, his title goes to his oldest son, right? I assume thats pretty standard, but what do his other sons get? Also, what if he doesn't have any sons? What about in-laws? What are the rules we're working with? I've played enough Crusader Kings to know we can't scheme without this sort of information!

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Let me clarify. Build mine, complete and get up and running the mill, Tell the new captain to begin culling and breaking our militia and recruits into badasses and to utilize our obstical coarse and swim in the river while also training combat skills. Forge them into warriors.

Also hire anyone without work to do who is willing to do so to take some of the waste stone from the mine and make a gravel road by the docks and/or market.

Like a mason? We could also make bricks of concrete with slag when we get our furnace up and running... Or just regular bricks, we DO have a very successful working kiln after all.