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PREMISE OF ELVEN MAFIA RTD:
In this RTD, you're member of the Elven Family, or Mafia if you will. Your goal is to take control of the Imperial City of Taizeron, and on the way there, you're free to use whatever means necessary: theft, assasinations, bribes, scandals.
The game comes in turns, and during each turn, you can performs up to three actions. These include negotiations, finding a buyer of your old inn, performing for a wealthy official, and so on.
Do take notice that only the Head of the Family will take the glory from the victory - rest of the family is just family.
STARTING CHARACTER SHEET:
Name: If you're feeling uncreative, elven language file for Dwarf Fortress should provide more than enough examples!
Age/Gender: Elves become adults at 25 and easily reach up to a century of age before dying.
Relation to the current Head of the Family: From siblings, through children and aunts, to far removed cousins. But you must be part of the Family.
Skills: You have 4 Skill Points to allocate in any way you want.
Head of the Family?: Yes/No. One character MUST choose Yes!
Appearance: Short description of your character. In this setting, elves have hair in range from purple, through blue, to green. Their eyes are either golden or silvery.
HEAD OF THE FAMILY:
If you have decided to be Head of the Family, you must also include these in your sheet:
Family Name: The two-part name of your Family. Akin to humans, elven family names often describe their lineage and/or work. A family of wine brewers, for example, could bear the name of 'Silverbrew'.
Family Crest: Description of family crest, for example: 'Seagull, perched on a thorny rose, on bright blue background.'
Family Building: Wine Brewery, Inn or Guildhouse. You also start with Luxurious House.
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SKILLS:
These influence the dice rolls, when appropriate. For example, if you try to persuade a noble to help your family, the roll will include your Charisma stat.
The maximum level for any skill is 4. Any Skills that weren't given any Skill points start at 0.
Accounting: Trade, administration and bureaucracy.
Charisma: Recruitment, persuasion, leadership.
Covert Work: Spying, kidnapping, assasination.
Fighting: Close-combat and group tactics.
Medicine: Healing of thugs and family members alike.
Performance: Dance, singing and other pleasure arts.
Street: Dealing with citizens, gathering information.
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LIEUTENANTS AND THUGS:
Lieutenants are the 'officers' of the Elven Mafia. They are guards, squad leaders, accountants, traders, performers, housemasters and all those folks that have a bit of power in certain place, or amongst some people.
They get have between 1 to 3 randomly allocated skill points. This depends where they have been recruited - people you get at the inn will rarely be professionals, for example.
The family starts with 1 Lieutenant, who does not require Housing Block. Each Lieutenant requires 1 Gold of daily payment.
Thugs are the 'soldiers' of the Elven Mafia. Quite often during the day these are normal, hard-working citizens, who are simply waiting for orders from the Family members.
Thugs come in whole squads and each Squad requires 4 Gold of daily payment.
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CITY FACTIONS:
Those are various groups in the city that might or might not be useful for the ultimate goal of the Elven family; taking control of the city.
Be wary, though - certain factions might dislike each other, or might get angry at you if you interfere in their operations in any way.
Imperial Estate: Representatives of the Emperor; sometimes even members of his family.
Imperial Cult: The clergymen and administrators of the monotheistic cult of the Empire.
Inquistion: Military arm of the Imperial Cult. Devoted to purge the land of those opposed to the Emperor, which of course includes criminals.
Office of the Truth: Judges and law-makers. Second worst enemy of any criminal group. Sometimes clashes with Inqusition, when it comes to dealing with heretics and the like.
City Council: Mayor and his trusted advisors, in control of the city and its administration.
City Guard: The brave men and women who hunt criminals and ensure that peace reigns in the city.
University: Scholarly building where young citizens are turned into wise thinkerers who cast aside the superstitions. That, of course, puts the University against the Imperial Cult.
The Nightblades: A guild of assasins and spies, who are rumored to have strong connections with the Imperial family itself. If someone wants to kill someone, they hire Nightblades. These professional killers are very sensitive about their 'income'.
Rogues' Guild: They're in control of the alleys and sewers of the city, where they do their shady things. Because they have strict control over the criminal side of the city, they're somewhat tolerated by the City Guard and the officials.
Merchants' Guild: The guild that controls the fees and prices at the local markets.
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BUILDINGS:
You can buy the City Buildings and Family Holdings from their current owners, or build a new one from scratch.
Previous owners often haggle for a high price to give you the ownership papers. They also might be affiliated with one Faction or another, which might hamper your attempts to buy the building.
The latter require a Permit (obtainable in City Hall), and a hefty amount of gold, and certain amount of time for the building to be completed.
Building price&construction time:
Wine Brewery: 10 Days, 200 Gold.
Inn: 10 Days, 150 Gold.
Guildhouse: 15 Days, 200 Gold.
Elven Lounge: 15 Days, 500 Gold.
Housing Block: 25 Days, 600 Gold.
Gambling Hall: 15 Days, 1000 Gold.
Private Estate: 20 Days, 1000 Gold.
Small Villa: 30 Days, 2500 Gold.
Large Villa: 40 Days, 5000 Gold.
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CITY BUILDINGS: These can provide a supply of gold for the Elven family, thug squads and lieutenants.
Wine Brewery: Can supply 2 other buildings with wine. Each unused 'supply slot' generates 1 Gold from selling the wine to local citizens.
Inn: Generates 3 gold per day from serving travelers and citizens alike. Good place to recruit various thugs and lieutenants. If Wine is supplied, amount of generated Gold is doubled.
Guildhouse: Generates 2 gold per day by teaching youngsters various crafts. Better place to recruit professional humans, but the choices are often smaller than at the Inn.
Elven Lounge: Generates 4 gold per day by offering dances, massages, companionship and even more intimate services to those who can afford these. If Wine is supplied, amount of generated Gold is increased by 1.
Housing Block: Houses up to 4 Thug groups and 4 Lieutenants. Upkeep: 2 Gold per day.
Gambling Hall: Generates 8 gold per day. Slightly influences streetfolk and merchant class, but remember that gambling is the territory of Rogues' Guild.
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FAMILY HOLDINGS: These provide rooms and all things needed by the elven family and its guests.
Luxurious House: Poorest accomodations for the Elven Family, up to 4 members. You have this at the start. Upkeep: 2 Gold per day.
Private Estate: Sufficient to invite Merchants for negotiations, trade and the like. Enough room for 6 members of Elven Family. Upkeep: 10 Gold per day.
Small Villa: Sufficient to invite Noblekin of lesser standing. Provides room for 9 members of Elven Family. Upkeep: 25 Gold per day.
Large Villa: Luxurious enough to appease visiting Noblekin of high standing and city officials. Spacious apartments can host up to 12 members of Elven Family. Upkeep: 50 Gold per day.
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IMPERIAL BUILDINGS: These buildings cannot be controlled by the Family... at least, not officially.
Estate of the Holy Inquisitor: Houses the Inquisitor, the religious overseer from the Imperial Cult.
City Hall: Offices of the Mayor, City Treasurer and Emissary of the Emperor are located here.
Office of the Truth: Legal matters, no matter how grandiose or mundane, are processed here.
Keep of the City Guard: The City Guard is stationed here; this is also where Commander of the Garrison has his office.
City Prison: Well, this is the place where family members might end if they get caught whilst doing something illegal...
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Oh right, discussions, questions and character sheets are to be posted here
Current Head of the Family:
Name: Ilsumi (USEC_OFFICER)
Age: 34/Female
Skills: Charisma 4
Head of Family: YES
Appearance: Purple hair and silver eyes. Favours fashions from the exotic fringes of the empire.
Personality: A fist of iron in a glove of velvet. Ilsumi isn't afraid to murder or maim to work her way to the top. Still, she prefers to take a softer and more gentle approach when possible. It's less damaging for business after all. Always extrudes a sense of elegance and superiority in everything she does.
Details of the Family:
Family Name: Musirkmi (Lit. wood shapers)
Family Crest: A silver, full, moon flanked by a square and a plumb line on a dark purple background.
Family Building: Guildhouse
Membes of the Family:
Name: Harvingel (Patrick Hunt)
Age: 31/Male
Relation: Nephew
Skills: Accounting 2, Charisma 2.
Head of family: No
Description: Long green hair and pale silver eyes, he has a muscular physique and is average in height with pale skin due to spending very little time in the sun.
Family role: Harvingel has dedicated his time to establishing contacts in the city and recruiting to bolster the families power, he aims to be one of the families public faces by day and run it's recruitment agency by night.
Name: Zekiah Feceithri (DarkArtemisFowl)
Age/Gender: 19/Male
Relation to the current Head of the Family: A somewhat close cousin, though not immediate.
Skills: Charisma 1, Medicine 1, Street 1, Covert Work 1.
Head of the Family?: No.
Appearance: A slightly thinner build, above-average height. Has light-brown skin and silvery eyes, along with aqua hair. Wears a light, grey-brown jacket and cargo pants. Sometimes wears a grey-brown cap to fit with the jacket, and glasses.
Traits: Is quiet and modest, and has bipolar disorder. Looks after protecting people first and helping whoever he can. He won't hurt people physically if he can avoid it, though he can pull whatever strings he needs to, so long as it isn't completely malicious. A guy you want on your side, but not on the front lines. He can both protect and hurt people from behind the scenes.
Primary Color: Aqua.
Name: Obi Wanala (Taricus)
Age/Gender: 29/Male
Relation to the current Head of the Family: Brother
Skills: Covert Work 4
Head of the Family: No.
Appearance: Short, pale blue hair adorns his head, his silvery eyes making him seem more like a ghost or other ethereal creature rather than an elf. With a wiry build, he is quite capable at slipping in and out of places where he shouldn't be, regardless of why he is there in the first place.
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