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[Devastator]

Which plan option are you using?

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=175612.msg8117675#msg8117675

[ZBridges]

"There are also those working professionally.. you can do some asking around and finding out who are the key people in the area, and then you can try to track them down and see if you can confront them."

[King Zultan]

"There are also those working professionally.. you can do some asking around and finding out who are the key people in the area, and then you can try to track them down and see if you can confront them."

+1

[Devastator]

Going with the slow method, you decide to see if you can find some publications or people who are celebrated recently, and take down names, starting with magical theory and methods.

It doesn't quite go well.  Of the first two leads you follow, one of them is dead, and the other one spends half the year in the northern provinces, and won't come back to the city until the Autumn.  Waste of time, that, unless you're willing to cross half the continent to speak with a slightly more prominent magical researcher than most.

The third lead is a little more promising.  There is a Bu Siro who looks interesting.  You cannot understand his paper, but it's something about some kinda transitive propery leading to.. something, but you'd hardly expect to understand something this advanced with your little training.

More importantly, you know the guy works in town, and Zhang should be able to find out where, if you want to make contact.

With that, the week comes to an end.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Week 11

Assets and Abilities:
Prestige = 2
9 silver.
Concealable fighting dagger
Shun Ziji's dark blade.
Steel Dao.  +1 Combat.
Assassin's signet ring.
Plan to travel to Mzulft by ship.
Plan to make contact with higher-level magic users.
Adventurer's diary (partially studied)
->Information on southern jungle nations
->Secret locations in southern jungle.
->Information on spiritual beings, spiritual being society, spiritual being outlook. (Studied)
->Information on animal life of the southern jungle
->Information on magical beings of the southern jungle
->Instruction on spirit-related magical rituals.  Versatile dust triggering rune.  Thought communication? rune?  Minor dust metabolic energy collection rune. (Studied)
->Instruction on an unknown magical field.
->Instruction on wilderness survival methods
->Instruction on what seems to be the language of the southern jungle nations.
->Instruction on an unknown language.

Skills:
Charming, +1
Combat, +1/+1.  Unarmed combat training.  Also applies while armed.
Dao training, +1/+1.
Weapon handling I
Some progress towards Dao combat.

Magic:
Untrained magical theorist
Versatile Dust triggering rune.
Minor Dust Metabolic Energy collection rune.
Can connect or break ink-based magical constructions.

Allies:
Huan Zhang, diplomat, 2 prestige, 0 favors.
Li Song, martial arts student, 0 prestige, 0 favors.
Upscale Weapon Shop.

Enrolled in advanced Dao training, -2 actions a week, -2 silver.

[Devastator]

There are no dreams this week.

The news is pretty unsettling.  There's a full on riot going on in the foreign quarter, with the streets full of looters and more than a few buildings burning down.  Nobody is stupid enough to attack your weapons school, although it does mean you end up practicing elsewhere this week.  This turmoil certainly means danger, with many normal activities subject to more risk than normal.  Then again, it might also mean opportunities.

Training does go pretty well, perhaps with events sharpening your focus a bit, but not enough to yet gain any significant improvements.

You have time for three actions this week.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Week 12

Assets and Abilities:
Prestige = 2
7 silver.
Concealable fighting dagger
Shun Ziji's dark blade.
Steel Dao.  +1 Combat.
Assassin's signet ring.
Plan to travel to Mzulft by ship.
Plan to make contact with higher-level magic users.
Adventurer's diary (partially studied)
->Information on southern jungle nations
->Secret locations in southern jungle.
->Information on spiritual beings, spiritual being society, spiritual being outlook. (Studied)
->Information on animal life of the southern jungle
->Information on magical beings of the southern jungle
->Instruction on spirit-related magical rituals.  Versatile dust triggering rune.  Thought communication? rune?  Minor dust metabolic energy collection rune. (Studied)
->Instruction on an unknown magical field.
->Instruction on wilderness survival methods
->Instruction on what seems to be the language of the southern jungle nations.
->Instruction on an unknown language.

Skills:
Charming, +1
Combat, +1/+1.  Unarmed combat training.  Also applies while armed.
Dao training, +1/+1.
Weapon handling I
Some progress towards Dao combat.

Magic:
Untrained magical theorist
Versatile Dust triggering rune.
Minor Dust Metabolic Energy collection rune.
Can connect or break ink-based magical constructions.

Allies:
Huan Zhang, diplomat, 2 prestige, 0 favors.
Li Song, martial arts student, 0 prestige, 0 favors.
Upscale Weapon Shop.

Enrolled in advanced Dao training, -2 actions a week, -2 silver.

[ZBridges]

Go to the Foreign Quarter and offer to assist the guards with the riot, citing combat skill.

This should be a decent way to gain prestige and skill.

[King Zultan]

Go to the Foreign Quarter and offer to assist the guards with the riot, citing combat skill.

This should be a decent way to gain prestige and skill.

+1

[ZBridges]

I know this is dead, and I apologize for necroing it, but I was just wondering what that black dagger did. Was it truly minimally useful?

[Devastator]

It's not actually dead.  I'll update this after k-com this weekend.

[Devastator]

In order to volunteer, you first need to get to the right area.  This can be difficult.. things are unsettled, but you eventually work your way through the various crowds and get an overall look at the situation.

It's.. bigger than you thought.  This riot is far too big for one person to handle.  At least one person such as yourself.  Maybe some of those other selves would have been able to quell an enormous riot.

But you can probably find someone you can help out.  Some possibilities that come to mind, from less risky choices to more dangerous ones:

1.  Protecting quiet small apartment buildings.  You'd basically be standing in the foyer or by the door, to encourage people to move on.
2.  Protecting quiet small businesses.  You'd be doing the same, but there'd be more exposure to the public and more risk of combat.
3.  Protecting active small apartment buildings.  Same thing as before, except now there will be people on the streets and you can almost ensure some confrontation.
4.  Protecting quiet mansions or installations.  Larger businesses or small estates, foreign or otherwise.  Might be hard to talk your way in, as there will be some security already.  These sorts of places are much more attractive to looters.
5.  Protecting active small businesses.  Similar to the above, but the rioting is already in the area.  From here on the choices will get increasingly dangerous.
6.  Protecting active mansions or installations.  It'll be challenging to talk your way in, and you can expect combat, (quite possibly to arrive at the area) but things will be dangerous.
7.  Protecting a guild of artisans shop.  These seem to be at the centre of most of the riots, and are responsible for making many high end luxuries for the foreign trade.  You're not certain if these are just accessable luxury targets or the thing that kicked off the riots, but these are the dangerous positions.
8.  Breaking into the Iernan Ambassador's Mansion.  This is just mobbed and it looks like it'll get burned down sometime soon.

Alternatively, maybe protecting things isn't your bag, and you'd prefer doing something else?

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Week 12

Assets and Abilities:
Prestige = 2
7 silver.
Concealable fighting dagger
Shun Ziji's dark blade.
Steel Dao.  +1 Combat.
Assassin's signet ring.
Plan to travel to Mzulft by ship.
Plan to make contact with higher-level magic users.
Adventurer's diary (partially studied)
->Information on southern jungle nations
->Secret locations in southern jungle.
->Information on spiritual beings, spiritual being society, spiritual being outlook. (Studied)
->Information on animal life of the southern jungle
->Information on magical beings of the southern jungle
->Instruction on spirit-related magical rituals.  Versatile dust triggering rune.  Thought communication? rune?  Minor dust metabolic energy collection rune. (Studied)
->Instruction on an unknown magical field.
->Instruction on wilderness survival methods
->Instruction on what seems to be the language of the southern jungle nations.
->Instruction on an unknown language.

Skills:
Charming, +1
Combat, +1/+1.  Unarmed combat training.  Also applies while armed.
Dao training, +1/+1.
Weapon handling I

Magic:
Untrained magical theorist
Versatile Dust triggering rune.
Minor Dust Metabolic Energy collection rune.
Can connect or break ink-based magical constructions.

Allies:
Huan Zhang, diplomat, 2 prestige, 0 favors.
Li Song, martial arts student, 0 prestige, 0 favors.
Upscale Weapon Shop.

Enrolled in advanced Dao training, -2 actions a week, -2 silver.

[ZBridges]

May I ask what the looting opportunities are?

[Devastator]

Same sort of things in reverse, basically.  Or something else if you come up with it.  If you have any specific questions I could answer that?

[ZBridges]

Is there any intel in the embassies that might be of value to someone?

[Devastator]

That'd probably take at least one action if you want to gather info about that first.

..and another roll to see if you get out of the district safely, since you're already in there.

[ZBridges]

Hmm. Do people think we should protect or steal?  We need money, a lot of it, in order to travel to Mzulft, and ideally we would get language tutoring before we leave, which would be another expense.

Looting might net us some things we can sell, or it might get us into trouble, or both. It could even hurt our prestige. Protecting a business or mansion could also net us some money, either from the grateful owners or the corpses of would-be thieves, and it would also potentially increase our prestige and get us a useful connection. However, it might be more dangerous than looting.