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[Tack]

Yeah, I was planning to call it a tenday, but I slipped up with the "week's wages" line.
So yeah, hopefully I'll term them correctly from now on, but if I slip up again, I'm very likely referring to the unnecessarily elongated "week" in this game's time.

Oh yeah, if you were to hire men you'd also have to choose whether to pay for food, arms and lodging. I had kind of wanted to start y'all off rather small though- a group of 10 or less.
Sadly, in a city like this, it'll be hard to find work which warrants hiring even that many.

That being said, it's Nahib's loan.
I could just do a rapport check and x1000?

[Caellath]

Yes, I also imagined starting small but I imagined being able to support (including food, arms and lodging) around five to six hirelings reliably for two or three months without going into the red. Nabih would prefer to purchase a building and make an office/barracks out of it than to keep paying lodging in inns or whatever. That way he could also rent any remaining room as a warehouse, with free protection since there are armed people in the same building.

Sure. Even better if the Rapport check benefited from intense haggling.

[Tack]

Ok, it's nearly 5000 silver for a single bedroom, single kitchen home.
I'm gonna have to also put in a markup on the standard pricings if it'd cut into the cliff face.
To get enough cash for a barracks, support staff and a few hirelings... That's a really hefty sum.
The cash check, in any case:
[Rapport=8]
8000 silver, for a roll of +3.
Very not bad.


Anywho Caellath, we can make the assumption that your shopping-list exposition was sent via letter to your recruiter, save you having to repeat it all.
You get to choose though, as to whether that middleman is an NPC, or is Riskiss.
I mean, the NPC will probably know the goblin lass anyway.
Either way you'll need to make a contacts check to create advantage, looking for an Labor acquisitions expert or Mercenary contact.
Which... I'm not really sure applies to Riskiss, actually.

RPGeek. She's been in the city a while. Would this kinda thing be down Riskiss's alley?

[Insanegame27]

So is Lu Bu accepted?

[Tack]

I'll be honest, I probably won't bring him in.

Spoiler: Reasoning (click to show/hide)

4 is already seeming like enough trouble to monitor.
If I added a 5th I'd want an acrobatics/stealth/shooter just to round out the archetypes a bit.
Plus, this is a completely fantasy world. I don't want a historical figure in it. Which is sad as I wouldn't have known otherwise... Gotta brush up on my dynasty-period history.

'Cos there's a few people who aren't that invested in this, I might just re-create the OOC and start fresh, save people having to get taunted by it.

[Caellath]

Is that amount all loaned, or is mixed with personal funds? And how about renting a a small barracks or some place that could work as one, how much would that be?

Yeah, I was expecting you to roll Contacts for me on that. And since the "quality" of the contact can be influenced by the result (succeed with style/fail/etc), then I think a NPC is probably be best call.

[Insanegame27]

I'll be honest, I probably won't bring him in.

Spoiler: Reasoning (click to show/hide)

4 is already seeming like enough trouble to monitor.
If I added a 5th I'd want an acrobatics/stealth/shooter just to round out the archetypes a bit.
Plus, this is a completely fantasy world. I don't want a historical figure in it. Which is sad as I wouldn't have known otherwise... Gotta brush up on my dynasty-period history.

'Cos there's a few people who aren't that invested in this, I might just re-create the OOC and start fresh, save people having to get taunted by it.

Spoiler: meh, It's ok (click to show/hide)

I was mainly basing him off the Dynasty Warriors version, in reality Lu Bu fought with a Ji, which is the polearm in this image. In DW he uses an actual Halberd (At least in the one I've played). So I was basing my char here off a character basd off a real person (who is shrouded in a lot of myths and legend himself).


Interesting thing about me personally: in a family tree my grandfather drew up on his computer (since lost, hard drive failure) looking through it (It was pretty shady everywhere from 350BC back, stopping at 500BC, but below that it was a pretty coherent tree), I appear to be a descendant of Lu Bu through his daughter (who is not in official records nor documented to have had children, but it IS a possibility). I took the words with a grain of salt as I do for most things, but it still feels pretty kick-ass knowing there is a CHANCE I could be related to that guy.

Whatever happens, still going to watch this game.

[Tack]

Is that amount all loaned, or is mixed with personal funds? And how about renting a a small barracks or some place that could work as one, how much would that be?

That's the loaned amount. Personal funds, however, I definitely want to be closer to that of the other players. I'll say 400 silver.

Ghamina, I'll say got 5 silver per day, paid two seasons in advance.
One of which it probably took to travel here. So that's 300 silver.

Riskiss, I need to communicate further, but will likely also have a fair bit of cash.

Leaving Larok the only poor one.

As for rooms-
If you're after rent you're best off just renting a flophouse- barracks aren't that common in the city, and most men of a company camp outside during tradesday.

Digging a bunk area to hold 10 men will run 4000 silver, and take 24 days.
The sytem I'm using has buildings built by the room- so eventually you'd need to also build a kitchen, etc etc.
Sadly the system doesn't also have something in place for real-estate. So you could either buy land in the city, or just dig, build or liberate a hideout somewhere at the base of the cliffs further away.

By the way, contracts are usually offered every tenday and completion expected by the next, so hired mercenaries are usually hired as such. Expecting to keep them around for a month without them earning is a bit pointless, unless you plan to run the city.

[Rolepgeek]

Mercenary contact, maybe. She might know a captain or two, but labor acquisitions might be more suitable. Always handy to have someone to keep you safe. Or make others un.

Riskiss should also probably have a safehouse or two plus maybe some classy places she's mooching they could stay at, I suppose.

I dunno. Still trying to flesh out exactly how high up and established versus gambler-style con artist she is. Probably leaning more towards the long game, control rather than money, and all, though.

Sidenote: Anyone got good stunt ideas? I'm not entirely sure how to make stunts that suit Riskiss well, beyond ones that seems redundant or overly obvious.

Maybe Dulcet Tones gives a +2 bonus to Rapport when used to establish trust/get someone to like her(first impressions sorta thing, I suppose), or +2 with people she's slept with? Not sure which one would fit better/be more fitting for a stunt?

Not really sure what to do with the third one, though.

[Tack]

I use first impression roles liberally, so it's a good idea.
For the third- I think there's a stock one which let's you use Decieve instead of provoke if you're attempting to hurt someone with a lie.

Caellath,
I think I'll need to change Nabih's contacts stunt to be more specific and a +2.

-Extensive Network: Gain a +3 bonus to Contacts when using it to Create an Advantage to know the perfect person for a specific purpose.

-Extensive Trade Network: Gain a +2 bonus to Contacts when using it to Create an Advantage to know the perfect person trading in specific goods or services.

Does that seem ok?

[Rolepgeek]

Hmmm...

What about being able to redirect stress/consequences to other people when they're mental or something?

Like, I get I should have something useful for combat, but I just have a hard time figuring out what would suit her for that.

Also: Dulcet Tones: +2 to Rapport when first establishing a relationship/impression with someone.

[Tack]

Seems a bit OP though.

Honestly in combat you could literally stand back and create advantages using your rapport and Decieve.
There's a stock stunt which lets you attack with Stealth if they're unaware.
Maybe one which lets you attack with Decieve for the first hit, as though you appear a noncombatant until you actually pull steel.

But as Riskiss isn't big on killing, maybe one which gives an extra free invoke on certain lies or rallying cries, to help you go full bard.

[SOLDIER First]

Larok's other stunts:
-Kill
-Super Kill
-So Killed Your Ghost's Dead Too
-Anger

[Rolepgeek]

Seems a bit OP though.

Honestly in combat you could literally stand back and create advantages using your rapport and Decieve.
There's a stock stunt which lets you attack with Stealth if they're unaware.
Maybe one which lets you attack with Decieve for the first hit, as though you appear a noncombatant until you actually pull steel.

But as Riskiss isn't big on killing, maybe one which gives an extra free invoke on certain lies or rallying cries, to help you go full bard.

That'd be interesting. What do invokes do again?

[Tack]

Basically a free +2 bump, if the aspect/consequence/boost relates.