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Twas ever thus.

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Voting closed: September 23, 2022, 06:42:27 am

[a1s]

A ship comes in to the Chamark Haven, a recently founded port (if you decide to use the word loosely) on the isle of Charmark. Charmark is a island of great secrets as it seems to contain dungeons of an unknown precursor civilization. Off the ship come a few gentlemen (and ladies) of means and a larger number of unfortunate souls who had to indenture themselves to afford the voyage. A spirit of adventure drives both nonetheless, for it is known that the local guides will take you to an abandoned ruin, potentially full of treasure, for but a string of beads. A fortune can be made here as readily as a life can be lost. 
This is a shameless ripoff of Ventures by Moonlight, with a different combat system. Is the system better? No. But is it easier to grasp? Remains to be seen.

What is this: This is a Risky Venture style game. You are one of the lucky few who came ashore with their freedom intact, and start with 3 Florins (₣) and nothing else (You can copy the 'Starter Items' spoiler below and rename as necessary) Your job is to buy slaves Adventurers and then outfit them to go on Expeditions to various locations.

This game is Lazy Fair, which here means that I'm going to be extremely lazy. I expect you to manage your own assets and keep them up to date. While I will provide you with the results of various actions and arbitrate disputes, it is my goal to do as little as possible. This is both to avoid burnout and to let you guys go a bit nuts with how you interact.

To facilitate this, please tag @ACTACTACT any time you want to take an action you want me to pay attention to. If you don't use the tag, and I miss your actions for the turn, it's your own fault.

Game Mechanics

Spoiler: Expeditions (click to show/hide)

As the game progresses, you gain access to various Locations that where you can send an Expedition. An expedition consists of one or more Adventurer, who may come from various players or player coalitions. Each expedition has a cost, which represents the expense in supplies of getting each Adventurer to that particular location, and this fee must be paid for every Adventurer in the expedition.
Unless stated otherwise, each location can be sent multiple expeditions.

Each expedition is a string of Events:

• Foraging: You get some minor loot.
• Chests: pass a stat and item test to get significantly more loot
• Traps: pass a stat test or take damage (or, possibly later, debuffs)
• Encounters: kill enemies and get their loot

(all skill tests are on a standard "roll-under" system. You roll a d20 and must get a number less than a particular stat to succeed)

Spoiler: Encounters (click to show/hide)

Combat works as follows:
There are a number of rounds, usually 100, during which first all the adventurers move, then all the adversaries.
On their turn a combatant may attack and/or move. If they do both, they can only travel half as far.
A combatant in melee may only use melee attacks, while a combatant not in melee may only use ranged attacks.
(It is currently impossible to select a specific target for these attacks, but it may be added in the future if the game takes off)
Melee attacks are strength checks, you must roll under your strength, but above the enemy's armor class in order to hit them. If you do, damage is rolled. (there is currently no way to reduce damage)
Ranged attacks are dexterity checks, modified by distance- the more range increments away the enemy is (rounded down) the higher the penalty, but are otherwise like melee attacks.
You may specify at what range you would like to begin firing and at what range you would like to stay away from your enemies.
Combat is won when there are no more enemies, lost when there are no more adventurers and tied if neither side wins after the time limit.
In order to prevent exploiting draws, preferred range can never be more be more than firing range, and is auto-set to 0 if you have no ammo or no ranged weapon at all.

Spoiler: Adventurer Stats (click to show/hide)

• Agility: how far an adventurer can move, as well as how good they are at avoiding traps
• Armor: decreases probability of getting hit
• Carry capacity: how much gear an adventurer can carry
• Constitution: how resistant to trap effects an adventurer is, additionally adventurers with <7 Consitution get -1 Max HP per level, while those with >13 and >16 get +1 and +2 respectively.
• Dexterity: how well an adventurer can use ranged weapons.
• HP: current hit points. If this reaches 0, adventurer dies.
• HP Max: maximum possible HP
• Level: how seasoned the adventurer is. gaining levels allows increasing stats and HP.
• Name: what you call the adventurer. Adventurers will accept name changes with requisite humility.
• Servitude: how long the adventurer has on their indenture. Use them quickly or they will leave!
• Strength: how well an adventurer can use melee weapons.
• XP: how experienced an adventurer is, collect enough of it and you will gain a level.

Spoiler: Weapon Stats (click to show/hide)

• Weight: how much carry capacity the weapon takes to carry and use
• Damage: the amount of damage a weapon can deal, expressed as XdY+Z, where X is the amount of dice being rolled, Y is how many sides they have and Z is a constant modifier.
• AC: attribute correction is added (or subtracted, if negative) to the governing stat before the roll
• Piercing: how good the weapon is at avoiding armor. None- normal armor, Half- only needs to beat half of the Armor, Full- ignore armor, and Double- enemy Armor is doubled.

Additionally for ranged weapons:

• Range Increment: how good your weapon is at longer ranges: for each full range increment the enemy is away from you, you suffer a -1 penalty on your Dexterity.
• Ammo/Ammo Max: how much ammo the weapon has/comes with.
• Reload: how long in turns do you have to reload the weapon.

Spoiler: Item stats (click to show/hide)

All items have a Weight (how much carry capacity it takes to carry) and a Value (how much you will get selling it to the store.) Consumable Items have a limited amount of Uses.

Spoiler: Buying things (click to show/hide)

There are 2 ways to buy something (or someone):
You can bid on it: bidding starts at the listed price and proceeds by adding 10% of the item's starting price (rounded down) to the previous bid.
Or you can buy it outright: pay double the current (or minimum) bid to get the item right now.
Services, being nearly infinite can just be bought for the listed price.

Spoiler: XP and Levels (click to show/hide)

Once an Expedition is complete, if an adventurer gains enough XP, they will gain a level.
At each level up an adventurer gains 1d6 HPMax (and HP) modified by their Constitution stat. Additionally they will gain 1 point in a stat of your choice.
XP needed to level up is as follows:

• 0 (all adventurers start as level1)
• 1000
• 3000
• 6000
• 11000
• 18000
• 27000
• 39000
• 54000
• 72000

Spoiler:  misc. notes (click to show/hide)

You may submit orders by PM if you wish, additionally if you don't want to change orders, you don't need to resubmit them every turn (but you can.)
Every time you need to pick up some loot, a random position is picked on the loot table. However most loot tables have an 'again' outcome, which means "discard this roll, and roll twice on the same table", which is what allows you to receive multiple items from one loot drop. There is no natural limit to how much stuff you can get, however receiving more than about 40 items is impossible (not to mention absurdly unlikely) due to stack overflow.

Spoiler: Starting items (click to show/hide)

Name: Mr. Smith
Cash: 3₣
Items: None
Adventurers retained: None

[a1s]

Bestiary

Spoiler: Cat (click to show/hide)

Habitat: Overgrown Cave
Stat block:

• Hit Points: 3-5
• Armor Class: ?
• Strength: ?
• Dexterity: N/A
• Constitution: N/A
• Agility: 8
• Pierce: None
• Damage: ?
• Experience Value: 150

Drops: small bone, ?
Illustration:pending
Description:  pending

Spoiler: Green Slime (click to show/hide)

Habitat: Overgrown Cave
Stat block:

• Hit Points: 4
• Armor Class: 2
• Strength: 3-4
• Dexterity: N/A
• Constitution: N/A
• Agility: 5
• Pierce: None
• Damage: 1
• Experience Value: 75

Drops: Green Goo
Illustration:

Description:  A knee-high green blob, with a slimy leathery 'surface', and a formless gooey inside. Doesn't have eyes, yet can somehow sense movement, and will (slowly- top speed 5ft) approach those who encounter it. Its feeble strikes are easily avoided, and a single good swing with a sword can cleave right through it. Striking with too much force results in the goo being scattered, making retrieval harder. Gathering it is recommended, as the goo appears to be similar to Fennland Jelly- probably useful for alchemy.
PS: Bring some rags to clean it off of hands and clothing.

Spoiler: Rat (click to show/hide)

Habitat: Overgrown Cave
Stat block:

• Hitpoints: 1
• Armour Class: 0
• Strength: ?
• Dexterity: N/A
• Constitution: N/A
• Agility:10
• Pierce: ?
• Damage: 1-2
• Experience Value: 100

Drops: Rat Tail, Rat Hide, Rat Teeth, Florin, ?
Illustration:

Description:  With the size and temperament of a territorial street cat, these rodents have the means and inclination to keep up with the average human, so caution is advised. Thankfully they're easy to put down with any bladed weapon, but they are yet to be seen alone.

Spoiler: Wolf (click to show/hide)

Habitat: Overgrown Cave(boss)
Stat block:

• Hitpoints: 6
• Armour Class: ?
• Strength: ?
• Dexterity: N/A
• Constitution: N/A
• Agility:12
• Pierce: ?
• Damage: ?
• Experience Value: 750

Drops: Wolf Pelt
Illustration: pending
Description: pending

Recipes

Spoiler: Stick with Nails (click to show/hide)

Ingredients:

• Stick: 1
• Nails: 3
• Rent of anvil and hammer: 0.1₣

		Name:	Stick with nails
		Weight:	1	|	Damage:	1d6+0
		Value:	50	|	Attribute Correction:	-1
		Description:	A stick with rusty nails coming out of it	|	Piercing:	Double

Spoiler: Dagger (click to show/hide)

Ingredients:

• Rusty Dagger: 1
• Sandpaper: 1
• Rent of sharpening wheel: 0.15₣

		Name:	Dagger
		Weight:	1	|	Damage:	1d3+0
		Value:	50	|	Attribute Correction:	2
		Description:	A dagger	|	Piercing:	None

Enterprises

Spoiler: Goo Clinic (click to show/hide)

Development costs: 25 green goo, 2.5₣
Crunch: Adventurers may gain one hit point while in town for each green goo spent.
Fluff: Early experiments have shown that slime goo has disinfecting and minor analgesic properties if applied to the skin. Though it is impractical to stuff goo in your wounds, it is theorized that taking a bath in goo and saltwater solution will hasten recovery of wounds both combat and surgical.

[Rockeater]

Spoiler: Dungeon emporium (click to show/hide)

Name: Mr. Emporium
Cash: 3₣
Items: None
Adventurers retained: None

[NUKE9.13]

What a quaint little hamlet.

Spoiler: Ijdelrijk Venture (click to show/hide)

Name: Fergus Ijdelrijk
Cash: 3₣
Items: None
Adventurers retained: None

Just to be clear, combat is resolved automatically, right?



Story Snippet Archive:
Yvonne (1)
Yvonne (2)

Chamark Cartography Guild (1)

Ms Heiger Iverson (1)

[Kashyyk]

Spoiler:  Near and Far Adventuring Co. (click to show/hide)

Name: Sir Nearquad
Cash: 3₣
Items: None
Adventurers retained: None

[a1s]

Just to be clear, combat is resolved automatically, right?

Yes, the entire expedition is automated. You only have to outfit the adventurers and set their Firing Range and Ideal Range. You may also use consumable items before each day of adventuring.

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: Lemongrass Adventuring Co. (click to show/hide)

Name: Mr. Lemongrass
Cash: 3₣
Items: None
Adventurers retained: None

[Quarque]

We boldly go where men have gone before, but not real recently.

Spoiler: Goodenough (click to show/hide)

Name: Sir Henry Goodenough
Cash: 3₣
Items: None
Adventurers retained: None

[m1895]

Spoiler: Exemplary Exploration Services (click to show/hide)

Name: Sir Exemplar, Former Chevalier
Cash: 3₣
Items: None
Adventurers retained: None

[evictedSaint]

The key to any good company is diversifying.

Spoiler: Happy Crab Adventuring Services (click to show/hide)

Name: John Crab
Cash: 3₣
Items: None
Adventurers retained: None

[Roboson]

Spoiler: RoboCorp (click to show/hide)

Name: Robo
Cash: 3₣
Items: None
Adventurers retained: None

[a1s]

TURNTURNTURN
And so it begins.

Spoiler: Available Expeditions (click to show/hide)

Overgrown Cave
Expedition Fee:0.25₣
Threat Level: Low?
Main Enemies: Unknown

Spoiler: Indenture Auction (click to show/hide)

Entry Bid:	3₣
		Name:	Mr. Fitz West
		HP (max):	6(6)	|	Armor Class:	0
		Strength:	8	|	Dexterity:	8
		Constitution:	17	|	Agility:	9
		Level:	1	|	XP:	0
		Carry Capacity:	7	|	Service Length:	22

Entry Bid:	3₣
		Name:	Dr. Ally Reiff
		HP (max):	4(4)	|	Armor Class:	0
		Strength:	10	|	Dexterity:	10
		Constitution:	10	|	Agility:	10
		Level:	1	|	XP:	0
		Carry Capacity:	7	|	Service Length:	19

Entry Bid:	3₣
		Name:	Dr. Fitz Envin
		HP (max):	2(2)	|	Armor Class:	0
		Strength:	12	|	Dexterity:	9
		Constitution:	9	|	Agility:	17
		Level:	1	|	XP:	0
		Carry Capacity:	7	|	Service Length:	39

Entry Bid:	3₣
		Name:	Pvt. Yvonne Jackson
		HP (max):	5(5)	|	Armor Class:	0
		Strength:	15	|	Dexterity:	8
		Constitution:	11	|	Agility:	14
		Level:	1	|	XP:	0
		Carry Capacity:	7	|	Service Length:	22

Spoiler: Store (click to show/hide)

Melee Weapons For Sale

Price:	0.16
Stock:	2
		Name:	Stick
		Weight:	1	|	Damage:	1d3+0
		Value:	10	|	Attribute Correction:	-1
		Description:	A random stick you could have picked up in the woods	|	Piercing:	Double

Price:	0.59
Stock:	1
		Name:	Dagger
		Weight:	1	|	Damage:	1d3+0
		Value:	50	|	Attribute Correction:	2
		Description:	A dagger	|	Piercing:	None

Price:	2.19
Stock:	1
		Name:	Long sword
		Weight:	2	|	Damage:	1d6+1
		Value:	150	|	Attribute Correction:	-1
		Description:	A, heavier, longer sword	|	Piercing:	None

Ranged Weapons For Sale

Price:	0.78
Stock:	1
		Name:	Throwing knives
		Weight:	1	|	Damage:	1d3+0
		Value:	50	|	Attribute Correction:	-1
		AmmoMax:	3	|	Range Increment:	10
		Reload:	0	|	Piercing:	None
		Description:	Well balanced throwing knives

Price:	0.72
Stock:	1
		Name:	Throwing axe
		Weight:	1	|	Damage:	1d6+0
		Value:	50	|	Attribute Correction:	-2
		AmmoMax:	1	|	Range Increment:	10
		Reload:	0	|	Piercing:	None
		Description:	A single well balanced throwing axe

Price:	4.11
Stock:	1
		Name:	Arquebus
		Weight:	3	|	Damage:	1d6+1
		Value:	300	|	Attribute Correction:	0
		AmmoMax:	5	|	Range Increment:	15
		Reload:	2	|	Piercing:	Full
		Description:	A modern firearm

Goods For Sale

Price:	0.14
Stock:	3
		Name:	One hit potion
		Weight:	1	|	Charges:	1
		Value:	10	|	Consumable:	Yes
		Description:	There's some health potion left at the bottom of this vial. It could heal 1 hitpoint.

Price:	0.75
Stock:	2
		Name:	Lockpicks
		Weight:	1	|	Value:	50
		Description:	A set of tools designed to open locks

Price:	0.31
Stock:	2
		Name:	Minor health potion
		Weight:	1	|	Charges:	1
		Value:	25	|	Consumable:	Yes
		Description:	A weaker formulation of the health potion. Can heal 1d3+1 hp.

Price:	0.79
Stock:	1
		Name:	Leather armor
		Weight:	2	|	Value:	50
		Description:	A sturdy amror made out of boiled leather. Adds +2 AC

Price:	6.99
Stock:	1
		Name:	Plate armor
		Weight:	5	|	Value:	500
		Description:	A full set of plate armor. Adds +10 AC, but reduces strength and dexterity by 2 and agility by 5.

Services

Price:	free
Stock:	∞
		Name:	Bedrest
		Description:	Spend 1 turn sleeping in someone's haystack. Recovers one hit point, but takes a whole turn.

Price:	0.30
Stock:	∞
		Name:	Chirurgy
		Description:	Have a doctor patch you up. Recovers 1 hit point, does not cost a turn and can be taken multiple times.

Price:	10% of weapon value
Stock:	∞
		Name:	Spare ammo
		Description:	Spare ammo for your ranged weapon. Weighs 1 carry capacity.

There are 2 ways to buy something (or someone):
You can bid on it: bidding starts at the listed price and proceeds by adding 10% of the item's price (rounded down) to the previous bid.
Or you can buy it outright: pay double the current (or minimum) bid to get the item right now.
Services, being nearly infinite can just be bought for the listed price.

[NUKE9.13]

The undersigned members hereby found the Chamark Cartography Guild. This Guild's mandate shall be to explore Chamark, to the overall enrichment of its members.

Each founding member contributes 3₣ to the Guild's treasury, giving each equal stake in the Guild.

Should a member of the Guild wish to leave, they must give the Guild sufficient warning of no less than two turns. The departing member will receive a portion of Guild assets proportional to their stake. Should it be impossible to split assets satisfactorily, arbitration may be enlisted.

The Guild's assets will be used with the consent of Guild members. For the sake of expedience, a Chairperson will be appointed who may make decisions for the Guild. The Chairperson may be recalled at any time by any member, to be replaced by a majority vote. But, like, don't do it unless they're abusing their position, or they want to step down voluntarily.
The Chairperson should endeavour to act in accordance with the wishes of other members, informing them of any actions taken and reasoning therefore.

This Charter may be modified with the unanimous consent of all Guild members.

Initial membership is restricted to three investors. More members may be added with the unanimous consent of all Guild members.


Signed:
-Fergus Ijdelrijk
-
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Basic, no-frills coalition. Seeking members who won't ghost immediately and leave me to run the thing solo.

[Quarque]

The undersigned members hereby found the Chamark Cartography Guild. This Guild's mandate shall be to explore Chamark, to the overall enrichment of its members.

Each founding member contributes 3₣ to the Guild's treasury, giving each equal stake in the Guild.

Should a member of the Guild wish to leave, they must give the Guild sufficient warning of no less than two turns. The departing member will receive a portion of Guild assets proportional to their stake. Should it be impossible to split assets satisfactorily, arbitration may be enlisted.

The Guild's assets will be used with the consent of Guild members. For the sake of expedience, a Chairperson will be appointed who may make decisions for the Guild. The Chairperson may be recalled at any time by any member, to be replaced by a majority vote. But, like, don't do it unless they're abusing their position, or they want to step down voluntarily.
The Chairperson should endeavour to act in accordance with the wishes of other members, informing them of any actions taken and reasoning therefore.

This Charter may be modified with the unanimous consent of all Guild members.

Initial membership is restricted to three investors. More members may be added with the unanimous consent of all Guild members.


Signed:
-Fergus Ijdelrijk
-Henry Goodenough
-

[m1895]

The undersigned members hereby found the Chamark Cartography Guild. This Guild's mandate shall be to explore Chamark, to the overall enrichment of its members.

Each founding member contributes 3₣ to the Guild's treasury, giving each equal stake in the Guild.

Should a member of the Guild wish to leave, they must give the Guild sufficient warning of no less than two turns. The departing member will receive a portion of Guild assets proportional to their stake. Should it be impossible to split assets satisfactorily, arbitration may be enlisted.

The Guild's assets will be used with the consent of Guild members. For the sake of expedience, a Chairperson will be appointed who may make decisions for the Guild. The Chairperson may be recalled at any time by any member, to be replaced by a majority vote. But, like, don't do it unless they're abusing their position, or they want to step down voluntarily.
The Chairperson should endeavour to act in accordance with the wishes of other members, informing them of any actions taken and reasoning therefore.

This Charter may be modified with the unanimous consent of all Guild members.

Initial membership is restricted to three investors. More members may be added with the unanimous consent of all Guild members.


Signed:
-Fergus Ijdelrijk
-Henry Goodenough
-Sir Exemplar, Former Chevalier