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[Atomic Chicken]

Gathering of Lye "Leather Production" (1) TricMagic
Skyarms (1) Doomblade
Bluesteel Bō (1) TricMagic
Temple of the Voiceguard: (4) Madman, Doomblade, TricMagic, AC

White-blue design (4) TricMagic, Madman, Doomblade, AC

Throwing in a couple of the alternative colour schemes:

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[Talion]

Design: Temple of the Voiceguard

Far away from the eyes of others and the spies of the enemy, located on the rocks above and around a sacred pool of water and mana, we have constructed a mighty fortress, a great keep and tall towers all looking down upon the sacred grotto. Inside the sturdy keep, craftsmen create Runes of Windforged steel to hold the mana of the sacred site, while higher still above the desolate crags dwells the Voiceguard. Here in reverence they practice their arts, growing ever stronger, ever more capable...ever more plentiful. Pulled primarily from the most devout of the clergy, those who wish to be Chanters are trained here, to join the Voiceguard and be sent to war...albeit in a supporting role for now. Their divine Wind cools our soldiers on the march, Smoke conceals them on the field, Poison coats their blades and bolts, Embers start fires great or small.

Roll: 7 - 1 (Hard) = 6

As our military turns its resources towards recruitment, this design caught their imagination. Warriors are set to work hauling rock to train their muscles even as a mighty fortress rises overlooking the pool of endless whispers. It isn’t finished yet, but already our people flock to it to learn the holy chant. The sounds of harmonious voices raised in song issue forth at all times of the day. Soon the first of the Voiceguard shall issue forth to guide our soldiers to the sacred battlegrounds and arm them for war.

Four holy orders of the Voiceguard have formed, each specialising in a single chant. Seeking to master its use for the greater glory of Loji.

It is now Winter, Turn -1 Revision Phase

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

Mundane Equipment
Longsword: A double-edged blade and a cruciform hilt. A versatile weapon capable of cuts, slices and thrusts. Requires training to wield, can be used one or two handed.
Expensive (Land 2, Ore 2)

War Axe: Can be used as a tool in a pinch, this is a single-handed weapon that does well against heavily armoured foes. Can be used with minimal training.
Cheap (Land 1, Ore 1)

Wooden Shield: Couples well with an axe, cheap, easy to replace. Works best in heavy melee. Can be used with minimal training.
Cheap (Land 1)

Pavise Shields: Metal reinforced, wooden shields designed to be worn on the back to protect a crossbowman while they reload their crossbow.
Cheap (Land 1, Ore 1)

Northman’s Shield: A round wooden shield with a metal spiked boss. This shield is reinforced with metal around the edges. These shields are carefully painted with unique designs to help identify the hero who wields it.
Cheap (Land 2, Ore 1)

Hide Armour: Constructed from the hides of sheep. Turns aside weak blows.
Cheap (Land 1)

Gladiator Armour: Strips of Windforged Steel cushioned by wool and linen. Designed to show off the muscles of our proud warriors and less to protect them in battle. Those vital spots the armour does cover receive superior protection to the previous furs.
Cheap (Land 1, Ore 1)

Scale Mail: Scales of iron on a leather hide backing.
Expensive (Land 2, Ore 2)

Light Crossbow: Based on the bow and mounted horizontally on a frame. Powerful, but reloading is slow and dangerous. Each crossbow has been standardised, allowing even lesser skilled crafters to build a functional weapon of war.
Cheap (Land 2)

Standard: A flag used to identify units and maintain order in battle.
Cheap (Land 1)

War Cart: A four wheeled cart used to carry crossbowmen to battle. Unfortunately the lack of horses on the island leaves it unusable at the moment.
Expensive (Land 3)

Magical Equipment
Wind Cart: A four wheeled cart with a hollow cylinder in the back. This cart is designed to be crewed by a Chanter who is capable of propelling the cart at walking speed using a variant of the Wind Chant.
Expensive (Land 3, Mana 3)

Windforged Steel: All metal equipment has been improved with access to Windforged Steel. It has a blue colouration.
National Expense (Land 1, Mana 9) - Infrastructure

Temple of the Voiceguard: A training ground for the Voiceguard, Chanters trained to use simple cantrips to support our troops in battle.
March: A cooling wind to make an army’s journey easier. (Wind)
Smoke: Obscures the battlefield with smoke. (Spike of Smoke)
Poison: Gathers poison from the local area to douse our weapons. (Gathering of Poison)
Ember: To set fires. (Wind of Embers)
National Expense (Land 2, Mana 9) - Infrastructure

Spoiler: Heroes (click to show/hide)

Elite Units
Voiceguard: Holy magic users dedicated to the Chanting arts. Currently they are divided into four groups.
Windsingers: In charge of inspiring the army on the march.
Obscurers: Battlefield warriors trained to hide soldiers from the enemy.
Preparers: Make soldiers ready for battle.
Firestarters: Light fires with which to purge the wicked.

Feel free to rename the Voiceguard groups mentioned under the Heroes spoiler.

[Madman198237]

OK, so, first, the revision.

Brigandine Armor
No, really. Armor is armor, fashion is something else entirely. If you wanted some religious mumbo-jumbo mixed with your armor, you should've asked a priest. This fixed version of Brigandine Armor is what the armor was originally meant to be, a very thick cloth tunic hanging to just above the knees with armor strips sewn between the layers over the torso. The glory of the Loji and our religion has nothing to do with how many abs you have, it's far more glorious to cover up your abs and show up to worship tomorrow, as opposed to exposing your abs and showing up in a casket tomorrow, minus your (formerly) internal organs. And the metal is covered up. This prevents noise and reflections, making us stealthier when we need to be. It also protects the metal from corrosion from water or salt in the air, and allows our soldiers to paint cool designs on their armor as if it's a surcoat. In order to be more worthwhile, a basic cloth-and-metal-strip helmet has been included as well. It's basically a glorified hood, albeit one made of very thick cloth, with brigandine-structured metal strips reinforcing it against slashing blows. This should help reduce the incidence of concussions amongst our men, especially those who trip over themselves when practicing smoke-obscured maneuvers on the battlefield.

Second, names for the orders:
I like Windsingers a lot, I'll get back with more ideas for names later. Somebody please help my creativity is probably not going to make this happen all that well...

[TricMagic]

Holy Cloth(Armor for the Pious)

Blessed be those who wear this. It is made up of steel chain caught within cloth. Small steel plates are sewn within the thick cloth to protect our torso, and steel strips protect the legs and arms from harm. Steel strips sewn within the cloth helmet protects the head and shoulders, completing the set.

The Holy Cloth is thick, but not restricting.
Light, but bearing the weight of our Duty.
Breathable, but dry, made to wick away at moisture.

Truly, a Glorious Work to see us Victorious, to Protect the Loji in our Divine Quest.

Spoiler: Discord discussion (click to show/hide)

Ah, 1 to each side of the legs that goes up to the under arms.
some steel protects the front and back of the legs, those strips of steel.
.. A single length that goes over the shoulders, and goes down the leg sides maybe..
So it hangs like a type o necklace, and the cloth keeps it there.
Torso, metal sewn to protect the vitals.
Just bits of plate basically.
If a strike catches the steel chain, that will blunt the blow. And vibrate up the length, further reducing force.
And having holes, it makes sewing them in fairly easy.

Brigandine Armor (-)
Holy Cloth(Armor for the Pious) (1) TricMagic

Got to know how to speak in the name of the Divine. Also, we are very lucky on these infrastructure roles.

[Madman198237]

Brigandine Armor: (1) Madman
Holy Cloth(Armor for the Pious): (1) TricMagic

So wait, are you making steel mail (out of chains for some silly reason) and then adding scales and a helm on top of it and expecting it to only cost 1 Ore? Because our Scale Armor costs 2 Ore, and provides roughly equal protection to mail armor, which means your armor set is heading for 3 Ore cost, I imagine.

[TricMagic]

Right, slight edits then. A length of chain is-


Like these. There are a number that are sewn within the cloth to help catch attacks made against it. It's a small thing, but that and the steel with the torso piece make up our defense. And the cloth provides padding there.

[Madman198237]

...so basically steel mail except you want literal chains, which are heavier and less effective at protecting an area than mail or scale armor, and you want to it to be Expensive or even Very Expensive...I'm failing to see the point of doing this when our infantry desperately need a superior piece of Cheap armor. Fixing the holes in our present armor and adding a nice hat is good enough for now.

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

Brigandine Armor: (2) Madman, Urist
Holy Cloth(Armor for the Pious): (1) TricMagic

[Atomic Chicken]

(3) Brigandine Armor: Madman, Urist, AC
(1) Holy Cloth(Armor for the Pious): TricMagic

[TricMagic]

(4) Brigandine Armor: Madman, Urist, AC, TricMagic
(1) Holy Cloth(Armor for the Pious): TricMagic

[Talion]

Revision Phase

Brigandine Armor

No, really. Armor is armor, fashion is something else entirely. If you wanted some religious mumbo-jumbo mixed with your armor, you should've asked a priest. This fixed version of Brigandine Armor is what the armor was originally meant to be, a very thick cloth tunic hanging to just above the knees with armor strips sewn between the layers over the torso. The glory of the Loji and our religion has nothing to do with how many abs you have, it's far more glorious to cover up your abs and show up to worship tomorrow, as opposed to exposing your abs and showing up in a casket tomorrow, minus your (formerly) internal organs. And the metal is covered up. This prevents noise and reflections, making us stealthier when we need to be. It also protects the metal from corrosion from water or salt in the air, and allows our soldiers to paint cool designs on their armor as if it's a surcoat. In order to be more worthwhile, a basic cloth-and-metal-strip helmet has been included as well. It's basically a glorified hood, albeit one made of very thick cloth, with brigandine-structured metal strips reinforcing it against slashing blows. This should help reduce the incidence of concussions amongst our men, especially those who trip over themselves when practicing smoke-obscured maneuvers on the battlefield.

Roll: 6 (Normal)

After a stern talking to our armour crafters get the idea this time. Conserving metal to just the essential points, this brigandine armour leans heavily on the cloth layers to protect our warriors in battle. Well made cloth gloves protect the outer sides of the hand without compromising grip, allowing every part of the body to have some level of protection.
Cost: Land 2, Ore 1

It is now Winter, Turn -1 Battle Phase
Flag voting is closed.

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

Mundane Equipment
Longsword: A double-edged blade and a cruciform hilt. A versatile weapon capable of cuts, slices and thrusts. Requires training to wield, can be used one or two handed.
Expensive (Land 2, Ore 2)

War Axe: Can be used as a tool in a pinch, this is a single-handed weapon that does well against heavily armoured foes. Can be used with minimal training.
Cheap (Land 1, Ore 1)

Pavise Shields: Metal reinforced, wooden shields designed to be worn on the back to protect a crossbowman while they reload their crossbow.
Cheap (Land 1, Ore 1)

Northman’s Shield: A round wooden shield with a metal spiked boss. This shield is reinforced with metal around the edges. These shields are carefully painted with unique designs to help identify the hero who wields it.
Cheap (Land 2, Ore 1)

Brigandine Armour: Strips of Windforged Steel cushioned by wool and linen on both sides. Only the vital organs are protected with Steel in order to keep costs low. Cloth gloves and hood help to ensure that every part of the body has at least some protection.
Cheap (Land 2, Ore 1)

Scale Mail: Scales of iron on a leather hide backing.
Expensive (Land 2, Ore 2)

Light Crossbow: Based on the bow and mounted horizontally on a frame. Powerful, but reloading is slow and dangerous. Each crossbow has been standardised, allowing even lesser skilled crafters to build a functional weapon of war.
Cheap (Land 2)

Standard: A flag used to identify units and maintain order in battle.
Cheap (Land 1)

War Cart: A four wheeled cart used to carry crossbowmen to battle. Unfortunately the lack of horses on the island leaves it unusable at the moment.
Expensive (Land 3)

Magical Equipment
Wind Cart: A four wheeled cart with a hollow cylinder in the back. This cart is designed to be crewed by a Chanter who is capable of propelling the cart at walking speed using a variant of the Wind Chant.
Expensive (Land 3, Mana 3)

Windforged Steel: All metal equipment has been improved with access to Windforged Steel. It has a blue colouration.
National Expense (Land 1, Mana 9) - Infrastructure

Temple of the Voiceguard: A training ground for the Voiceguard, Chanters trained to use simple cantrips to support our troops in battle.
March: A cooling wind to make an army’s journey easier. (Wind)
Smoke: Obscures the battlefield with smoke. (Spike of Smoke)
Poison: Gathers poison from the local area to douse our weapons. (Gathering of Poison)
Ember: To set fires. (Wind of Embers)
National Expense (Land 2, Mana 9) - Infrastructure

[Madman198237]

We still need names for the other divisions of the Voiceguard, unless we want to keep the names as they are. I've got Fireguard for the last one, not sure on the middle two. I like Windsingers, though. Maybe Terrorbringers (the smoke guys, later they'll probably get more Chants that can more directly harm enemies, for now we'll just scare them by attacking from nowhere). And finally the poison guys...hm. Not sure. I guess I'll just post these for now and see if it provokes somebody else into thinking up and appropriate name?

[Talion]

Battle Phase

Core Turn -1 Battle

Our scouts sent into the forests to the south haven’t yet cut their way through to the deeper jungle. We believe there is a strong possibility we shall meet them next turn.

In the center, the news is dire, despite superior ability to maneuver our crossbowmen were not able to hold the field against the superior range of the enemies bows. Our generals suggest that either heavier crossbows or some other trick shall need to be employed to overcome the skirmish advantage the enemy presently possesses. The poison is also a problem as our Preparers are only able to cure the afflicted with great difficulty and even then the gathered poison turns to simple water, preventing us from using it against the enemy.

To the west, the mountains are harsh in the winter, but passable by following the valleys. We have caught sight of fabled Arcanis or at least so we believe. For where the ruins should be lies instead a terrible darkness. None can see a way to pass into the ruins without testing it and we fear to tread blindly. Worse in the night our scouts suffered ambush, once again beset by poison arrow. This poison inflicted a chill that with rest turned to nightmare as though our soldiers were being dragged beneath the waters by a terrible sharp-toothed beast. Fortunately, our Preparers were once again on hand to cure the affliction, but they fared no better than against the Iqua. For the moment our scouts have pulled back while they await our main force.

At home our people wade out into the waters to fish, not yet daring to build boats for fear of the Star arriving to sink them in the name of maintaining the exile. Instead preferring to grow food in the farmlands between the city and the hills.

Spoiler: Lanes (click to show/hide)

Loji(4/4)
Foothills(4/4)	Fields(4/4)
Mountains(3/4)	Forested Hills(3/4)	Forest(3/4)
Arcanis(0/4)	|	Jungle(0/4)
High Passes(0/4)	Hills(0/4)	Forest(0/4)
Mountains(0/4)	Savanah(0/4)
Iqua(0/4)

Infrastructure
It is possible to design large-scale projects known as infrastructure. These projects can be used to deploy magical effects more cheaply than might otherwise be possible. For chanting this takes the form of creating elite units of chanters with each type of chanter capable of deploying a single type of effect. Such chanters can be upgraded with techniques for their effect that allow them to use it more effectively.

For inscription, this means creating a factory that produces a particular type of inscribed item. This item will be gradually discounted as the factory is invested in. The factory can be retooled with a revision to build a different item.

Resources: Land 2, Ore 1, Mana 2, 1x Hint Token

Spoiler: Rune Skills (click to show/hide)

Rune Skills are a measure of your nation’s understanding of the Runes. They are measured as Unskilled, Apprentice, Adept and Master. You cannot make use of Meanings or Elements until you have at least an Apprentice level understanding of them.

Meaning
Shape - Apprentice
Attack - Apprentice
Ward - Apprentice
Form - Unskilled
Control - Unskilled

Terrestrial Element
Air - Master - Chanting, Fate
Fire - Apprentice
Earth - Apprentice
Water - Apprentice
Wood - Adept - Inscription

Celestial Element
Fate - Apprentice

Spoiler: Discoveries (click to show/hide)

Discoveries are magical effects you have discovered that you can put to practical use inside Designs.

Chants
Shape(Air), Ward(Air), Attack(Air) - Wind
An expulsion of wind directly away from the chanter. The wind generated is quite strong and grows more powerful the more mana is used to empower the chanter.
(Air Mastery) Our Chanters may direct the Wind as they will.

Shape(Air), Attack(Earth), Ward(Fire) - Wind of Embers
This chant transmutes the wind into embers like the sparks escaping a bonfire directed forward away from the speaker. If these embers land upon suitable kindling they can start fires, but they do not seem overly harmful on their own.
(Air Mastery) Our Chanters may direct the Wind as they will.

Shape(Earth), Attack(Fire), Ward(Air) - Spike of Smoke
A chant that concentrates smoke into a spike before projecting it forwards away from the speaker. The smoke does not disperse nor does it cause much damage on impact, instead forming into a cloud. It is possible to choke on it if the target remains within the effect for long enough.

Shape(Water) Ward(Wood) Attack(Air) - Gathering of Poison
Draws poison from the environment into a single mass. The effect of the poison depends on what is gathered, but usually only results in rashes or other minor side effects.

Inscription Words
None

Inscription Secrets
Empowered Voice - An inscription exists that can enhance the power of a chant for a speaker carrying an appropriately inscribed object.

Spoiler: Heroes (click to show/hide)

Elite Units
Voiceguard: Holy magic users dedicated to the Chanting arts. Currently divided into four groups.
Windsingers: In charge of inspiring the army on the march.
Shroudweavers: Battlefield warriors trained to hide soldiers from the enemy.
Preparers: Make soldiers ready for battle.
Enkindlers: Light fires with which to purge the wicked.

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

Mundane Equipment
Longsword: A double-edged blade and a cruciform hilt. A versatile weapon capable of cuts, slices and thrusts. Requires training to wield, can be used one or two handed.
Expensive (Land 2, Ore 2)

War Axe: Can be used as a tool in a pinch, this is a single-handed weapon that does well against heavily armoured foes. Can be used with minimal training.
Cheap (Land 1, Ore 1)

Pavise Shields: Metal reinforced, wooden shields designed to be worn on the back to protect a crossbowman while they reload their crossbow.
Cheap (Land 1, Ore 1)

Northman’s Shield: A round wooden shield with a metal spiked boss. This shield is reinforced with metal around the edges. These shields are carefully painted with unique designs to help identify the hero who wields it.
Cheap (Land 2, Ore 1)

Brigandine Armour: Strips of Windforged Steel cushioned by wool and linen on both sides. Only the vital organs are protected with Steel in order to keep costs low. Cloth gloves and hood help to ensure that every part of the body has at least some protection.
Cheap (Land 2, Ore 1)

Scale Mail: Scales of iron on a leather hide backing.
Expensive (Land 2, Ore 2)

Light Crossbow: Based on the bow and mounted horizontally on a frame. Powerful, but reloading is slow and dangerous. Each crossbow has been standardised, allowing even lesser skilled crafters to build a functional weapon of war.
Cheap (Land 2)

Standard: A flag used to identify units and maintain order in battle.
Cheap (Land 1)

War Cart: A four wheeled cart used to carry crossbowmen to battle. Unfortunately the lack of horses on the island leaves it unusable at the moment.
Expensive (Land 3)

Magical Equipment
Wind Cart: A four wheeled cart with a hollow cylinder in the back. This cart is designed to be crewed by a Chanter who is capable of propelling the cart at walking speed using a variant of the Wind Chant.
Expensive (Land 3, Mana 3)

Windforged Steel: All metal equipment has been improved with access to Windforged Steel. It has a blue colouration.
National Expense (Land 1, Mana 9) - Infrastructure

Temple of the Voiceguard: A training ground for the Voiceguard, Chanters trained to use simple cantrips to support our troops in battle.
March: A cooling wind to make an army’s journey easier. (Wind)
Smoke: Obscures the battlefield with smoke. (Spike of Smoke)
Poison: Gathers poison from the local area to douse our weapons. (Gathering of Poison)
Ember: To set fires. (Wind of Embers)
National Expense (Land 2, Mana 9) - Infrastructure

[TricMagic]

Inscription creation: Ward(Fate) Ward(Water) Ward(Air)

Chant: Shape(Fate) Attack(Fate) Ward(Air)

Chant of the Weave: Shape(Wood) Attack(Wood) Ward(Wood)


We can technically only pick one, but with a hint, we can pick two. Wood would give us barriers made of wood.
 The Chant of Fate is to create a Hero. And the Inscription Ward is to protect our men.


Lancer Class Hero, to charge in to range, protected from arrows. And then to prove his might and speed of his spear.
Design Phase

I want a Lancer corps. It should be do-able this turn with a Hero.
Chant: Shape(Fate) Attack(Fate) Ward(Air)
This one is a Hero skill, which should be a protection type.
Chant of the Weave: Shape(Wood) Attack(Wood) Ward(Wood)
Wood branches to break up those shots and provide cover.
Inscription creation: Ward(Fate) Ward(Water) Ward(Air)
And this one is meant to protect in general against them.
...I think they started with Water.
The flag certainly points to poison bases. Hence the new bows.
The wood one would help the Enkindlers alot.
So, if going with a hero /corps design, the two fate discoveries would be useful.
Ward protects, and the chant is used in charges.
I suppose replacing Attack(Fate) with Attack(Wood) might also do something, a body enhancement maybe..

Inscription creation: Ward(Fate) Ward(Water) Ward(Air)

Chant: Shape(Fate) Attack(Fate) Ward(Air)
Chant: Shape(Fate) Attack(Wood) Ward(Air)

Chant of the Weave: Shape(Wood) Attack(Wood) Ward(Wood)   (1) TricMagic

Air used together made Wind, so Wood used together... Will it make something associated with Life and Growth? I think this will create a defense through the growth of tree roots and branches. Or it could be an enhancment of the body, either one is good.

[Madman198237]

None of those will do what you think they will, unless you have developed precognition in the last thirty minutes. Please stop advertising Chant suggestions as being a sure thing.

We need to deal with ranged disadvantage, though we'll probably crush them in melee. I think we should try researching the word Ward as an inscription, and using the Hint token to get the Inscription for empowering Chants.

Nevermind, the Hint Token would only give us "the next step", according to the GM. So we could try researching Chant as an Inscription instead. Design, well, a Hero might be nice, but we don't really have the armor necessary to make a Hero capable of hunting down an archer-type Hero properly. For this turn's revision, assuming whatever we design goes well, we should definitely revise Medium Crossbows, just bigger crossbows with windlasses to help draw the things.