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[Ashsaber]

Event Continue
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 So, uh...Green Beard got some friends and tried to take over the boat.
 There was the slight problem of...it was a boat. In the middle of the river (our fishermen up to now has been fishing on the shallower sides, or on the coastalish region. One of these days I'll find out if this geography makes sense because right now it doesn't.

...I need to stop losing focus.

 So Green Beard tried to take over the boat and the guys on the boat were...not happy. I mean, yeah, Green Beard was stopped from doing it via very loud complaints from Avians but the intent was still there.

Mick mended the fences well enough that the people on the boat felt like they could help us out, but we didn't have a dock.
One of the avians, dunno who it was, Grabbed one of the failed lances (it was like a small tree, just sharpened at the bottom) and did a diving charge into the ground. We got some rope and made an impromptu...whatever it's called. The thing the boats strap to.

_{I was raised ina landlockedvillageshutup}

For a race that universally dislike water that was pretty nice.

So. Mick got down to business.

Mick gets down to business

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 First up, we inquired about the tools the boat was carrying. Most of it was construction tools: some pickaxes, a few hammers, nothing unusual if they were out camping. Which, considering they're scouting by boat might be oddly appropriate. Dunno about the pickaxe though. We tried to trade for the tools but no dice; that said the boat captain was willing to pass a message back to his city about getting a tradeship along, provided that we Have a dock stable enough for the ship.

He then took out a scroll of...teleportation? He wrote something down on a piece of paper, and sent it (home, I guess) with the scroll. Gonna have to ask our mages about that.

So, about these raiders. Their boat had fished up a corpse belonging to a scout of the guys that were raiding them from around these waters about a week back. A message home later and they were sent to this area to find out if there was an encampment here.

We came THIS CLOSE to getting a warship on our heads: The scout boat had saw the village fires, came closer and saw that we were essentially a giant hodgepodge of tents, and almost scrolled home before the captain talked them into getting a closer look.

Thank Sergei for the building that requires digging and looks semi-permanent.

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Event Continues, The Choice

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Well with everything said and done they did fish up a dead scout that may or may not have been in the general area. So..uh...
Let's recap.

a. There's a settlement north of us (along the coastline) that sent scouts looking for an aggressor down south.
b. There's a settlement south of us (along the coastline) that sent a boat looking for raiders from up north.
c. We're apparently caught in the middle of what could easily be anything from a minor skirmish to an all out war.

As far as NorthTown is concerned we're neutral in this fight.
SouthTown fished up a corpse, whether if that's good or bad is up for grabs.

What do we do about the corpse?

_{And for the record NorthTown may have tipped other people off about us: one avian scout saw large dust clouds in the distance. Said it was too disorganized to be an army or bandits, so they're probably migrants. Though that makes me wonder: what's going on out there that's causing such a huge population shift?}

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For the record, people without a character in the game can still participate (you'll just be attributed to a "random NPC" unless you give a name of some kind (for obvious reasons trying something like "Murder the boat" won't be as effective on your own, but it's still possible))

[ICBM pilot]

swordnekos:if we have swords kill everyone on the boat. if not distract them with cuteness
armormakers: make leather pants

[Rolepgeek]

Have Mick ask them about the raids. Also, tell them the truth about the scout, but try to play it neutral. Also ask about if they know the northern settlement. If they do, it could be 3rd party troublemakers. And of course, stop the goddamn swordnekos from getting us into a war with a far larger settlement.

[cheesemcmuffin88]

Green Beards Memoirs

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The stupid birds wouldn't let me swim out and take the boat. But they talked them into coming ashore perfect and they tied their boat up all nicely for me. Men surround the shore party take them alive. If the birds move to interfere ignore them when possible if they attempt to engage us in combat well we wont fight friends.

Orders

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Take the gosh darn boat.

[Maxinum McDreich]

Any hostile actions by EITHER side will be met with the spears from my fishers... just as an FYI. Stop being SO ridiculously aggressive, or Mick's group start their own place XD.


Mick will do as suggested from Rolepgeek. He will also ask for a description of the corpse they brought up to see if it matches the description of the man we killed earlier. There IS afterall, still the potential that these 2 factions are not at war with each other, and that there IS a 3rd faction of raiders...
Mick personally suspects the North group are not friendly people, but all the same. (Mick doesn't divulge his suspicions, just to confirm that).

Added to that, Mick will ask for what the raiders have been using in terms of weaponry, tactics and so forth, so as to better defend ourselves incase we become a target.

[Ashsaber]

For the record the fact that there is always someone ready to start a war fills me with great joy.
And then despair because I'm still refining combat mechanics.

@ICBM pilot
That seems like an oddly specific thing to request.

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Event Resolution
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Rolep the goblin leader showed up and told our boat scout buddies about the scouts we accidentally shanked a while back. Keyword accidentally; he then asked the boat captain if they knew about the northern settlement that we had come into contact with.

Yeeep. The captain's on edge now. Guess that means we hit the mark.

Upon inquiry the corpse the boat fished up was...close to the guy we killed. At the very least the outfit matched, which means it was a scout. There was also a puncture hole in the front of the outfit. Obviously we got our scouts via stealth axe-throwing Neko, so I'm pretty sure it's not the same group.

He sent another note back home via that scroll of his, and was...comparatively much warmer towards us than when the meeting started.

I guess the captain either wasn't listening or was not going to listen.

We offered to restock his boat of foodstuffs, they graciously accepted, and left.

Shit.

Oh, also, Mick asked around about what capabilities SouthTown had in terms of equipment, and...
SouthTown primarily uses iron and steel weapons along with leather or woven armor.
Their naval force is stronger than their land force.
Their offensive tactics generally involve having Mages blanket the field with large scale combat magic before foot soldiers move into melee.
Their defensive tactics are generally the same, just with more magic.
Their naval tactics involve using Ship mounted ballistae to punch holes into the enemy ship.
They're Fairly wealthy, having fairly wealthy naval trade routes.
Keep in mind this is from the Captain so it may not be entirely accurate.

{End Event}
Results
  Diplomatic relations with SouthTown increased.

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Now then...
I'm a little too tired to do a proper beginning of Turn 5, so I'll give the abridged version.

First things first: The orders you submitted are considered valid, but resubmitting them will make me less likely to lose 'em.

Turn 5 will occupy 2 weeks within Late Spring.

Food Situation
   Income: Surplus
   Stockpile: Enough for One months (assuming zero income)
   Room: All food stores full.
   Posture: Harvesting enough for daily use, avoid overtaxing local land.

Material Situation
   Builders: Focusing on making housing (tents)
   Crafters: Help out town where possible.
   Intake: All builders have enough to be occupied comfortably for the turn.
   Posture: Spend a normal amount of time on jobs.

Research
    Promtho's Summon Familiar - stopped: Lacking materials (more spellbooks, a means to Stabilize the summon)
    Kwaa-naa's Treehouse - stopped: Lacking a mean to transfer large enough trees (or a close substitute)
    Kwaa's Improved Lances - stopped: Lacks a field of improvement (as in, improve weapon attack)
    Green Bear's shrine to Blag - ongoing.
    Mammoth's Enchanted Charge - stopped: Lacks a means to actually enchant.

Civilian wants
     More houses (currently being built)
     Some fishermen would like a Dock.
     Some humans would like a Bridge.
     Some mages would like Actual books.
     A lot of people want a stiff hard drink.

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Post your orders for turn 5, as well as any posture changes you'd want, some way to advance our researches, etc etc etc.

This post was ninjaed. I have dinner, will fix later.

Final edit:
Considering this town has no centralized government offering up the instigators of war as a means of suing for peace is entirely reasonable.
_Hehehehehe

[cheesemcmuffin88]

Green Beards Memoirs

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Well the gosh darn boat got away thanks a lot Mick. I wish we could pursue it but i got nothing maybe some of the bird boys would like to follow it im going to have to ask them. Some of the fisher men want a dock its not like we have boats guys. Wait a second we can weave shields we can weave baskets why not weave a BOAT!!!! I am a genius im putting all the women on full boat weaving duty. Also i dont like the idea of my people really intermingling with all these weirder fellows with their revolutionary new ideas and their other Gods. I am going to move all of our shelters away from the rest of them and set up on the river bank. Also nets im not sure what we need to make nets but i plan on finding out here because i think that could be useful for fishing.

Orders

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Weave a boat 12
Move living quarters away from every one else 13

[Ashsaber]

@cheesemcmuffin88
For the record you don't need to say how many people to a job, it's assumed you "have enough" for the job.

[cheesemcmuffin88]

Ok I just do it because it adds to the roleplay value for me.

[Ashsaber]

@cheesemcmuffin88
Fair enough. :3

@All
About the researches: Anyone can pitch in to solve (try to) the research blocks, the name is just a means to give contribution.

[ICBM pilot]

@ICBM pilot
That seems like an oddly specific thing to request

what makes you think that?
me: try to remember what units I have
miners: dig trenches
woodworkers: build bridge slightly above the water
swordnekos: think about why tails give -1 to combat and build a still
weaponsmiths:make bone rapiers
armoursmiths:make leather covered shields
one neko:take a spear, a shield, armor, food, a bow, and some arrows go east for awhile then go southwest until it gets to the ocean/huge lake and go north until it hits a settlement if it's ours give a more detailed report on the surroundings or if it's southville trade things for a pickaxe then continue going north
everyone else:tell the mages to stop complaining about not having real books then fortify strategic areas

[Rolepgeek]

Carpenters will work on building that dock! It's simple. I can explain if needed but...I mean, really, it's simple. Ranchers will help with the manual labor portion. Need to get strong to deal with wild animals, right? Brewers gather what help they can and work on the still. Trappers trap. Focus on some large animals this time, you can use those trenches the Nekos are building. Make sure to try and work with them to do it though(ask them to build lots of holes before connecting them to make a real trench). Gatherers gather food, of course. Fruits would be nice, not just berries but good juicy ones, if they can. And brewable stuff like wheat, millet, corn, and the like. Hops would be nice if they find it, especially.

[Ashsaber]

@Rolepgeek
It's not that they're too stupid to build a dock, it's just that nobody has actively -started- on one yet (too busy making tents).

@ICBM Pilot
1. Nekos in general gets a -1 to combat due to having an extra grapple weakness. (along the "don't wear loose clothing in a fight" logic.)
1b. Yes, theoretically speaking natural agility would negate that, but in a combat situation even if you're fast, without training that speed is still pretty useless.
2. I'm assuming you want a scout for both NorthTown and SouthTown.
3. And I kind of thought leather pants was a little odd, then I realized which forum I'm in.

@All - Combat revamped
Combat in the future will resolve -instantly-, and it would kinda, sorta run as follows:
And I won't start another round of combat simply because I'm still working on things.

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Prep
We get a set amount of levy/professional troops from the entire city. You (partied player) have your own personal troops if you take to the field.
Otherwise any player (partied or just want to hop in) can take command of a single levy squad. New players will need to provide a name tho'. (default to screen name)
The player picks a starting location (front, reserve, rear). This affects how many slots you get.

Orders
All battles have 6 slots. Reserve units get -1, rear gets -2.
All players have 3 actions. (moving doesn't count)
This means frontliners have more room to maneuver (but they'll get hit harder)
Movement is done at the same time as an action (so orders end up being move to X and attack enemy)
Movement is done relative to the enemy (it will not be move to (map position), but move to (left/right) of (enemy A))
Attacks will resolve until one side breaks from combat (usually via dying a lot, but you can specify, such as "engage for a few minutes then pull back, then hit 'em again")
This means I won't have to make a messy grid map. Woo!
You can give the orders for all the slots at once or one at a time.
Orders given to units will actually be checked against a roll (kinda sorta confusion of battlefield.)

Example
  Player A's unit moves Left of Enemy A to flank, and charge when in position. Player B moves behind Enemy A and avoid detection.
  -fighting, fighting, fighting-
  Enemy A pulls back, runs right into Player B.
  -fighting, morale check-
  Enemy A surrenders.

Other stuff.
Because I want combat to resolve very quickly any reinforcements that show up (people late to the party) will be treated as separate battles.
Any new players late to a combat party who takes command of a levy unit will be kinda sorta "the guy that rose to the challenge".
A partied player -can- take more than one levy group if they want (max 3), but they need to name the other commanders.
As a personal preference as far as our leather-clad militia goes any major combat action from here on out would probably have a 50% casualty rate, probably more.
Players will not "die", just "heavily wounded". Unless you feel like an honorable death is a good thing, then just give a different in-player name.

[evilcherry]

Avians are generally reluctant to work on the dock, but understanding the situation they obliged.

We are without the tech to do anything else, unfortunately.

[ICBM pilot]

1.wouldn't it make sense to tuck their tails into their pants/shirts before combat
1b.not really, if you can kill (or at least stun them)people before they swing then you have a huge advantage in 1V1 fights and a good advantage in 1Vmorethan1 fights because there is a good chance that you will kill at least 2 which is great if you only out numbered 1-less than2. I'm not suggesting that you give them a +1 bonus to combat and no new weakness though.
2.no just scout town they seem the least likely to attack us considering they gave us quite a bit of information on them, even if they were lying it's still better than the guy who didn't care that 2 killed two of his allies which suggests that he has seen a lot being killed so either north town is a ghetto or he is a bandit, either way we don't want to go there with out at least a small army (with one lightly armed unarmored scout to see if they are bandits)  with concealed weapons.
3.leather pants are (possibly) useful as armor.