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Mind-bogglingly popular game series that you follow from early on and cannot stop, waiting for new installment like a drooling addict.

Long-runner soap opera you're too invested into to just stop watching it.

A fun little comic strip in the daily newspaper that's been around forever.

3/6

Who said it's fun? I didn't for sure.

I'm just waiting here for it to die horribly already so it will stop showing on my Unread Posts list.

[Criptfeind]

Maintain the extreme expenses that come with running a kingdom?

[mightymushroom]

Indeed. I was making the same mistake until, well, earlier today. (Probably from not paying attention until the budget went to hell.) Think about it this way: we have a considerable payroll in clerks, messengers, the spy network, etc. that are not simulated at cost. This is because the basic tax covers all our static personnel and office supplies. If you include it as income then you also have to subtract the "basic" expenses right back out again.

Edit:

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Finally tracked down where we were told the bureaucratic reforms cost -1/y; it's not repeated in the summary upon adoption. *minor grumble*
Okay, so that settles my mind about the budget.

+2 Population bonus
+1 gemstones
+2 silver

-1 Extra Bureaucracy
-1 Professional Army
-- Fireblood research in abeyance

[Prophet]

Also do we know anything about the Eleven Graces Haspen? I'm just curious because it's always fun learning about new foreigner things! I don't think it's been mentioned at all even when we met the Gubta in the first game. Also the Gubta have been a really enduring empire and well you know... actually managed to become an Empire. So perhaps we can study them for some tips on how to go about it? 

[omada]

So perhaps we can study them for some tips on how to go about it? 

Don't roll a bunch of 1? it's a good start :v

Perhaps we should be defensive and overcautious when we don't have high bonus against something, in 10 years we will have our army back and maybe some of our kids get a martial trait  (or a charismatic to negotiate with them/ wise to give us advice)

Okay, we went against felonsien and donuth without it. But Donuth were already screwed and Felonsien was a deal that we couldn't ignore

lametania was weak without a proper army

But now i think Ceodwell will have free Elephants... that's an almost permanent +1 in rolls while we aren't certain if we will have our thundercats/rifles that time. But a chance that we might get is to use our spymaster to inflict riots, look:

Calahan divorced
Nothing was said about changing heirs. But if this happen we will have another "Segeda" wanting to guarantee the bright future promised to Her kids that vanished in front of her eyes.
He adopted a foreign religion
Fertile land to our spymaster put the seed of conflict where we can do our harvest

Hey, If we do like the Estwalf of tven and send our martial kids to war, our luck bonus can apply to them? IMAGINE A +4 IN A ROLL

[Puppyguard]

B

[Haspen]

You decide to adress the people with letters, asking them to remain calm because better times are just behind the horizon.

4

It takes a while, and a few hundred casualties, but they eventually listen to your words.

1121 AD, Midsummer

Banditry is on the rise. In the northwest, near the forested areas, many bandit groups prey upon wealthy travelers and hapless villages, only to disappear into the thicket after they're finished with their crimes. As far as rumors go, all these groups are controlled by Othoc, self-proclaimed 'King of Bandits'!

A) We can do naught but ignore this threat, for now.
B) Our Army will deal with them with ease and haste!
C) Time to hire some lvl20+ adventurers for a mission.

[omada]

A) Nothing try our luck in them not doing any serious harm
B) try our luck with our 2 army (on the rise again, I think, but will take time for them to grow back to what it was, a bad row will probably shout SHIT ON THE TRUCE AND COME ON)
C) try our luck with our 1 wealth (on the rise again, can bring really unpredictable problems to us, winter will certainly require 1 wealth to be spent for food, unless we want to have "hapiness:2" on the scrolls and a riot on our door)

[Prophet]

B Here is hoping that our military professionalism will see us through since these bandits surely aren't that well trained.

[Weirdsound]

C

Lets at least summon the adventurers and hear their terms. We have alot of spare children. Perhaps we can buy their services with a political marriage or two instead of cash. If we don't like what we hear, we can always send in the army. The bandits are not going to be a life or death issue tomorrow, so we have time to explore our options.

[Puppyguard]

B

[ZBridges]

B

[10ebbor10]

B

[Kashyyk]

C  - We wont get invaded due to a lack of money. We will get invaded due to a lack of army.

[helmacon]

B

[Imic]

B