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[Knight Otu]

Spoiler: IronyOwl's Haskanara (click to show/hide)

In the middle of the research of the astral magic, Skik unexpectedly states that it is important that the Haskanara find red pearls. While they would prefer understanding now, Skik's intuition has rarely been wrong, and so some Haskanara search the seas for these pearls, and soon are successful.
The First Legion marches out west, making good progress, but Skik can't shake the feeling that the terrain looks slightly different, and not in a way that animals would have accomplished. Maybe the Lactosians have travelled through here recently? As the Legion continues, Skiin thinks that he sees a creature in the forest to the north that observes them, but it vanishes without a trace.
The Third Legion pokes through the forests, but finds nothing specific.

Random Event - Resource found! - Red Pearls, astral magic resource.
Clothing created and provided to population.
Mint completed.
Mechanics needs more research
Great Ship researched (will be added to reference post)
Astral Magic researched.
  Skik's special ability revealed - Astral Talent (has 2 magic points to cast astral spells)
Taxation provides 13.5 money. Military requires 4 money in upkeep.
Received 2 Mushrooms in trade.

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 5%, adding 943 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus.
Population is now at 19,820. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.)
24 labor units will be available next turn, with [2/10] in the excess labor pool.
20 food will be needed this turn. 2.0 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 5/20 wood, 2/20 wool, 6/20 Stone, 3.6/20 Clothing, 4/20 copper, 2/20 tin, 0/20 bronze, 1 leather armor, 2.1 Mushrooms
  Granary: 11/20 Food
  Treasury: 17.5

  Buildings:
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Marketplace
    Military Workshop
    Mint
    Observatory
    Shrine
    Smithy
    Tombs

  Leaders:
    Astronomer Skik
      Special Ability: Astral Talent
    Explorer Skiin
      Special Ability: Master Archer
    Scientist Skan

  Military:
     Trained First Legion (Scouts) <A2/D2/R3[3/-]/H21/S3/M8/Ab:Far Shot>
     Trained Second Legion <A6/D5/H23/S2/M7>
     Trained Third Legion <A2/D2/R3[3/-]/H21/S3/M8/Ab:Far Shot>
     Trained Fourth Legion <A6/D5/H23/S2/M7>

  Technologies:
    Advanced Ship Construction
    Animal Training
    Archery
    Astral Magic
    Astral Theory
    Astronomy
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Deep Mining
    Engineering
    Farming
    Fishing
    Great Ship Construction
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Museums
    Sailing
    Trade
    Tactics: Far Shot

Great Ship Construction
  Requires Sailing
  Allows great warship (7 wood, 5 labor, carry 4 units)
  Allows large transport (6 wood, 4 labor, carry 7 unit, no own attack)

Astral Magic
  Allows Astral School
  Allows Visions from the Stars, Lunar Might, Sunfire

Astral Magic is a rather versatile school, but it isn't strong in most regards. It is best with divination effects.

Astral School
  Requires Astral Magic
  3 labor, 5 wood or stone, 2 red pearls
  Allows production of Astral Mages (4 mp; 2 red pearls, 3 labor)

Vision from the Stars
  1 mp
  Ask a question or present a topic of about ten words, and a vision will be posted into the game thread related to the topic.
  Only one vision will be granted per turn.

Lunar Strength
  2 mp
  An accompanied unit gets a +1 magic bonus to attack. This bonus can be kept up by paying an additional 1 mp at the start of each turn if the caster unit still accompanies the unit.
  Bonuses of the same name don't stack.

Sunfire
  3 mp
  Causes 2 damage to a target in the same combat.

Spoiler: Cheddarius' Lactosians (click to show/hide)

Asiago is a bit uneasy with further exploring the wilds while no other military unit stands by, but he is comforted by the fact that no attacks have been staged so far. The infantry travels the western forest, nearly getting lost, and arrives back in Lactosia... only to find that rat-like humanoids had descended from the mountains to steal food and fine Lactosian wool.
All is not bad, however, as Airag demonstrates two types of alchemical powder he developed shortly after the attack - one blinds the target temorarily in a flash of light, the other creates a weak explosion. While far from sufficient to propel anything heavy, it should at least wound other creatures.

Random event! Raiders - 2 food, 2 wool lost, -1 morale
Clothes created and provided to the populance.
Three-field farms on tiles 2, 3, and 12 completed.
Woodcutter Village on tile 8 completed
Heavy Smelter completed
Taxation provides 15 money. Military requires 1 money in upkeep
Alchemy researched.

Morale is at 7. Population growth is 4%, adding 830 people.
Population is now at 21,593. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.)
21 labor units will be available next turn, with [6/10] in the excess labor pool.
21 food will be needed this turn. 2.2 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 2/20 wood, 1/20 wool, 0/20 Stone, 5/20 Iron, 5/20 silver, 1/20 Strong Iron, 0.0/20 clothes, 0.9/20 silver jewelry
  Granary: 6 food
  Treasury: 44.5 money
  Herds: -

  Buildings:
    Apartment Houses
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Heavy Smelter
    Library
    Marketplace
    Mechanic's Workshop
    Military Workshop
    Shrine
    Smithy
    Tombs

  Military
    Lactosian Infantry <A5/D5/H10/S3/M7/Ab:Shield Wall>

  Leaders:
    Engineer Dr. Donlan
    Governor Cheddarius
      Special Ability: Hope for the future
    Sage Airag
      Special Ability: Librarian

  Technologies:
    Agriculture
    Alchemy
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Deep Mining
    Engineering
    Farming
    Horseback Riding
    Improved Agriculture
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Metallurgy
    Mining
    Music
    Residential Planning
    Steelmaking
    Trade
    Tactics: Shield Wall

Alchemy
  Allows Alchemist's Workshop

Alchemist's Workshop
  4 stone, 3 labor
  Use 1 labor and 1 stone to create 2 flare grenades (short-ranged weapon, blinding flash reduces combat stats.)
  Use 1 labor and 1 stone to create 1 blast grenades (short-ranged weapon, does some damage.)

Spoiler: Vanigo's Eredor (click to show/hide)

With a new unit of pikemen in training, the spearmen follow the river's path, making good progress. Soon, the spearmen stand at a coast, and they believe they can see land further south and south-east - along with a large mountain range further inland. Following the coast further south-east before returning to Rennad, where in the meantime a new statue park has been erected.
The research into construction magic finally proves fruitful, though it will be a path of magic that is very draining on the mage in question.

Badger farm and watermill on tile 18 completed, replacing quarry.
Statue Park (5 statues) completed
Iron equipment created
Clothing and Jewelry created and provided to population.
Taxation provides 15 money. Military requires 1 money in upkeep.
Agriculture needs more research.
Construction Magic researched
Pikemen raised

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 5.5%, adding 1068 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus.
Population is now at 21,727. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 1.5%.)
24 labor units will be available next turn, with [0/10] in the excess labor pool.
22 food will be needed this turn. 2.2 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Treasury: 31
  Granary: 17/20 food
  Warehouse: 2/20 wood, 5/20 stone, 1/20 gold, 1.7/20 Clothing, 0.2/20 Gold jewelry, 1 light flexible iron armor
  Herds: -

  Buildings
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Marketplace
    Mechanic's Workshop
    Military Workshop
    Shrine
    Smithy
    Statue Park (5 statues)
    Tinkerer's Shop
    Tombs

  Military
    Trained Spearman Brigade <A4/D2/H11/S3/M7>
    Pikemen <A5*/D2/H14/S3/M7>

  Leaders:
    Engineer Fret Rikend
    Sage Heron Redson

  Technologies:
    Animal Taming
    Archery
    Basic Artifíce
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Construction Magic
    Deep Mining
    Earth Dowsing
    Engineering
    Farming
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Sculpture
    Theory of Elemental Earth
    Trade

Construction Magic
  Allows Constructors' Guild
  Allows Arcane Craft, Mage's Mine, Arcane Servitor

Construction Magic is a narrow school that is mostly only useful for creation of buildings and terrain improvements.

Constructors'Guild
  Requires Construction Magic
  3 labor, 2 wood, 2 stone, 2 wood or stone, 2 gold
  Allows production of Constructors (5 mp; 2 gold, 3 labor)

Arcane Craft
  2 mp
  Cast during the creation of a building or terrain improvement, this spell reduces the construction cost by 1 stone or 1 wood.

Mage's Mine
  4 mp
  Cast when working a mined tile, this spell adds another 1 unit of the mined resource.

Arcane Servitor
  5 mp
  Cast during the creation of a building or terrain improvement, this spell reduces the construction cost by 1 labor.

Spoiler: abculatter_2's Enlightened (click to show/hide)

Two units of elephant handlers are quickly raised and readied for battle. There were no reports back from the city yet, but with the Unveiler's food running out, they should return soon anyway. During the work on the quarry in the south, a herd of peculiar creatures is caught in the north, which look like horses but can create fire from their hooves.
The Unveilers meanwhile, in order to get a better view on the city, hide in the nearby forest. Well, crab, those clearly aren't humans in that city. Shortly after the Unveilers enter the forest, a well-armed unit of the crabmen sets out to the west, and another unit pokes through the forest itself. The creatures do not seem to specifically search for the Unveilers, though, and are soon gone.

Random Event! Fire Dancer Herd Caught
Great Quarry completed on tile 13
Clothing created and provided to populance
Jewelry created
Engineering needs more research.
The Shallow of the Unknown needs more research
Taxation provides 12 money. Military requires 2 money in upkeep.
2 units of Handled Elephants raised

Morale is at 7. Population growth is 2%, adding 315 people.
Population is now at 16,079. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.)
16 labor units will be available next turn, with [5/10] in the excess labor pool.
16 food will be needed this turn. 1.7 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Treasury: 35 money
  Granary: 9 food
  Warehouse: 1 wood, 14/20 wool, 2 stone, 2 gold, 0.4 clothing, 1 gold jewelry
  Herds: 1 elephants, 1 Fire Dancers

  Buildings
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Idols of the Unknown
    Library
    Marketplace
    Military School
    Military Workshop
    Palisade on City Hex
    Shrine
    Temple

  Military
    Trained Obsidian's Call (A6/D4/H11/S3/M7/Ab:-) (Wooden spears with obsidian, wooden shields)
    Handled Elephants 1 (A4/D4/H20/S3/M8/Ab:-)
    Handled Elephants 2 (A4/D4/H20/S3/M8/Ab:-)

  Away (0.5 food)
    (Trained Unveilers (A6/D4/H11/S3/M7/Ab:-) (Wooden spears with obsidian, wooden shields))

  Leaders:
    General
    High Priest -The Chosen One-

  Technologies:
    Animal Training
    Beast Taming
    Blessing of the Unknown
    Construction
    Enlightenment (Unique; Prerequisite for magical technologies)
    Landscape Stripping
    Literacy
    Mining
    Organized Religion
    Trade

[Cheddarius]

Spoiler: Turn (click to show/hide)

6 food, 1 wool, 5 Iron, 5 silver, 2 wood, 1 Strong Iron, 0.9 silver jewelry

Spend 10 money to get 1 more labor point: 22 labor available

Work tile 1: 3 food, 1 wool
Work tile 2: 6 food
Work tile 3: 6 food
Work tile 4: 1 food, 2 wood
Work tile 6: 2 food, 1 wool
Work tile 7: 1 food, 2 wool
Work tile 8: 1 food, 2 wood
Work tile 9: 3 food
Work tile 10: 3 food
Work tile 12: 6 food
Work tile 16: 1 stone, 1 silver
Work tile 17: 2 stone

10 labor left, 38 food, 5 wool, 5 Iron, 3 stone, 6 silver, 6 wood, 1 Strong Iron, 0.9 silver jewelry

0.5 make 1 Strong Iron: 1 Iron, 2 Wood
1 make 2 Steel: 2 Strong Iron, 2 Wood
1 make Steel Swords and Steel Armour: 2 Steel
1.5 make 3 clothes: -3 wool

3 research Museums
3 research Music

Train new unit, Heavy Scouts: Steel Swords, Steel Armour, Strong Iron Tower Shields

Lactosian infantry scouts for other civilizations

0 labor left, 38 food, 2 wool, 4 Iron, 3 stone, 6 silver, 2 wood, 3 clothes, 0.9 silver jewelry

Use 21 food to feed populace
Use 2 spirituality and 0.2 jewelry to raise morale
Use 2.2 clothes to raise morale

0 labor left, 17 food, 2 wool, 4 Iron, 3 stone, 6 silver, 2 wood, 0.8 clothes, 0.7 silver jewelry

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

The bandit raid had devastated the Lactosians. The wool was insignificant; more could be acquired at a moment's notice. So too, seemingly, was the food. But the raid had brought Cheddarius a new determination. He would make sure that the Lactosians had enough to eat, no matter what happened. He ordered extra workers to the fields; a massive farming industry this year would ensure that famine could be survived by all. Though the infantry were sent to scout once again, a new army was raised. Armed with broad strong-iron tower shields, plate steel armour, and excellent steel weapons, they were the most technologically advanced infantry in all the world. They would defend from raiders easily, and in the future they would scout, able to easily strike down rogue drakes and other threats.

Spoiler: Lactosian Canon (click to show/hide)

The city is called Great Lactosia.
The citizens are called Lactosians.

One Lactosian mass unit - that is, unit of wood, stone, metal, food, or other heavy substance - is called a "wheel".

The river is called the Stilton River.
The mountains at 16-18 are the Hills of Iron.
The forest at 4, 5, 14, 15 is the Southern Woods.
The plains are called the Bountiful Plains.
The hills are called the Far Pastures.

[Vanigo]

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

Heron sat at his desk, frowning at his work. There was so much that needed to be done, and even with his facilities fully staffed, not enough time to do it in. Badger-riding, better farms, better temples, better iron, better tools... Rennad needed them all, and it needed them all now. They were making progress, but with this... whatever it was on the horizon, things simply couldn't move fast enough.
This would be a lot easier if the younger generation wasn't so... ill informed.
It wasn't their fault, of course. Educational opportunities were hard to come by in this new world. It wasn't fair to blame their elders, either. Parents did their best, but with their survival in question, building proper schools wasn't all that high a priority.
Of course, we're not exactly having trouble feeding ourselves anymore...
With a thin smile, Heron threw the research proposals on his desk into a drawer and wrote on a fresh piece of paper: "Schools".

"Can't believe we're still using these pigstickers."
Cornath, like most of the men in the city's first brigade, was a bit put out that all the new iron equipment was going to newly raised units rather than them. Their wooden spears were well made and familiar, but nowhere near as nice as the iron pikes and chainmail the newer soldiers were using.
"I know." Farin, his gnomish squadmate, wasn't much happier. "I mean, on the one hand it's great that the army's expanding so fast. On the other hand, we're out exploring the world with pointy sticks."
"Seriously. I get that they don't want to send half-trained troops out of the city, but what's so damned important that we have to spend all our time exploring all of a sudden? Can't we take some time off to get reequipped?"
There was a good answer to this question, of course, even if neither soldier knew it.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Spend 10 gold for 1 labor

5) Work 4, 5, 6, 14, 15 (18 food)
2) Work 1, 18 (4 food, 2 gold, 2 wool, 1 stone, 1 badgers)
1) Double-work 1 (1 gold)
1) Work 8 (2 stone, 2 iron)
2) Work 3, 12 (2 food, 4 wood)
24 food, 4 wood, 3 stone, 3 gold, 2 wool, 2 iron, 1 badgers

5) Research agriculture, education

5 labor -> 7 construction
3) Build Constructor's Guild (-2 wood, -4 stone, -2 gold)
4) Make statues (-4 stone)

1) Make iron arrows x2 (-2 iron)
1) Make bows (-1 wood)
1) Make clothing (-2 wool, +2 clothing)
1) Make jewelry (-2 gold, +2 jewelry)

Send spearmen exploring west
Train pikemen
Raise unit of archers (bows, iron arrows, flexible light iron armor)

Use 2.2 clothing, 1.9 jewelry, spirituality, entertainment for luxury
+2 food, -5 stone, +1 wood, -.2 clothing, +0.1 jewelry, +1 badgers

[IronyOwl]

Haskanara, Year 17

Spoiler: Foresight (click to show/hide)

  Skan sighed, tapping his fingers on the desk. Skethorum was overcrowded; it had been overcrowded a long time, but it was getting worse now. He'd always intended to look into remedies for that, but other things had kept him distracted. Now it felt like they had ignored the important things for luxuries. Like focusing on ships rather than food; they weren't running out yet, but they were approaching that point. They'd need more of everything soon, and some things would be hard to provide...
  Bathhouses. Skan straightened, the idea suddenly coming to him. Skethorum bordered an ocean- it had a limitless supply of water. If they could pump some of that water into specific, public structures, they could have relaxing underground grottoes of their own making. Skylights could provide varying levels of light and senses of enclosure, and they could even heat or perhaps cool some of it for specialized pools. And when they were done with it, they'd simply pump it out in a different place, making the entire system tantamount to an extension of the ocean.
  He began scribbling down rough plans immediately. This could change everything.
---
  Skik sat very still, staring at the red pearl in her palm. She'd been like that a while, deep in thought.
  Visions. But visions of what? What to seek answers to? Everything needed answering, everything was fascinating, everything was important. Was this how Skan felt, trying to divvy up his limited researchers? Was this how Skiin felt, trying to divvy up his limited footsteps? She hadn't been in a position of prominence nearly as long as they had, but already she was beginning to feel the weight of responsibility. Of disaster if she asked the wrong questions.
  Red. Red. Red. Red pearl. Red...
  She snapped out of her reverie. There was only one question she could ask.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Spend 10 Money for 1 Labor
1) Work Tile 1 - Plains/River/Irrigation/Watermill = 5 Food
2) Work Tile 2 - Plains/River/Irrigation/Watermill = 5 Food
3) Work Tile 5 - Forest/Woodcutting Village = 1 Food, 2 Wood
4) Work Tile 6 - Hills/Silver/Mine = 1 Food, 1 Wool, 1 Silver
5) Work Tile 7 - Plains/River/Irrigation = 4 Food
6) Work Tile 8 - Mountain/Copper/Deep Mine = 1 Stone, 2 Copper
7) Work Tile 9 - Plains/Irrigation = 3 Food
8 ) Work Tile 16 - Forest/Hunter's Camp = 2 Food, 1 Wood
9) Work Tile 17 - Hills/Tin/Mine = 1 Food, 1 Wool, 1 Tin
Subtotals: 22 Food, 3 Wood, 2 Wool, 1 Stone, 2 Copper, 1 Silver, 1 Tin

10,11,12,13) Build Watermill on Tile 7 - Plains/River/Irrigation (-2 Stone, -1 Wood, ready for next turn)

14,15,16) Build Docks (-3 Wood, ready for next turn)

17,18,19) Smelt Bronze (-3 Copper, -3 Tin, +6 Bronze)

20) Make Clothing (-2 Wool, +2 Clothing)

21,22,23) Research Bathhouses (probably requires Engineering; ideally reduces crowding; requires water source)
24,25) Research Mechanics
*) Research Tidal Mastery (Astral tech, possibly requires Sailing/Fishing; grants water analogue to Mage's Mine, enables/prerequisite for ocean-enhancing improvements/abilities/spells)

*: Skik's Observatory

Skik casts Vision from the Stars: "What is the greatest danger to the Haskanara?"

The First Legion continues exploring west.

The Fourth Legion escorts the mushroom shipment.


Food Produced: 22
Food Eaten: 20

Luxury Needed: 2.0
Luxury Provided: 2 (Spirituality) + 2 (Clothing) + 2 (Delicacy)
[+3 Morale]

Income: 18.5 (13.5 Taxes + 5 Mint)
Expense: 14 (10 Labor + 4 Military)
Balance: +4.5

Receive 2 Mushrooms. 2 Mushrooms Eaten.

Warehouse: 4/20 Wood, 2/20 Wool, 5/20 Stone, 3.6/20 Clothing, 1/20 Silver, 3/20 Copper, 0/20 Tin, 6/20 Bronze, 1 Leather Armor, 2.1/20 Mushrooms
Granary: 13/20 Food
Treasury: 22 Money

[abculatter_2]

Spoiler: Action (click to show/hide)

1) Work hex 1 (3 food, 1 wool)
2) Work hex 2 (4 food)
3) Work hex 3 (4 food)
4) Work hex 4 (1 food, 1 wool, 1 gold)
5) Work hex 8 (2 food, .5 elephants)
6) Work hex 11 (3 food, 1 wool)
7) Work hex 13 (3 stone)

+17 food, +2 wool, +.5 elephants, +3 stone, +1 gold

Build Fire Dancer Farm Hex 5 (-1 fire dancers)
9) Build Fire Dancer Farm Hex 5 (-1 stone)
10) Make Jewelry
11) Research (The Shallow of the Uknown)
12) Research (Engineering)
13) Research (Engineering)
14) Research (The Shallow of the Unknown)
15) Make Clothes (-2 wool)
16) Make Wooden Weapons (whatever the conversions rate for this is)

Distribute clothing and jewelry among the populace

Train as many men to fight on the Handled Elephants as possible. They do not need to be fully and/or constantly equipped yet, and as such can share equipment for training purposes currently.

Unveilers: Draw a map of the city, as detailed as possible. Take particular note of fortifications and patrol routes. After you've done so, go into the city under the guise of merchants and attempt to learn as much about these races and the city they inhabit as possible. Also attempt to sell the night-collector you were sent awhile ago.

[Knight Otu]

(Maps in a bit assuming my connection doesn't crap out again.
Also, new rule - the Haskanara get no more good omens.)

Spoiler: Skik's Vision (click to show/hide)

"What is the greatest danger to the Haskanara?"
Upon asking her question, Skik's sight shatters. Countless fragments of images flash by her, as if the stars were trying to tell her that there is no single greatest danger - that everything has the potential to become the greatest danger to the Haskanara.
But then, a few images sharpen and grow. One, as Skik may have expected, shows the now-familiar frame of a basic brainspawn. Another shows what appear to be average versions of a Haskanara, a goblin, a Lactosian, and a few more similar humanoids (one of them apparently a darker-skinned Lactosian) with some quite a bit taller, and a few quite a bit smaller, an insectoid creature, and a rat-like humanoid.
A third shows a great, bulky reptilian with wings, flying over the clouds, flames shooting out of its nostrils. A fourth, an egg-shaped structure deep under the sea...
And a fifth image. Or a lack of an image. Only darkness, deeper than the night.

Spoiler: IronyOwl's Haskanara (click to show/hide)

The Haskanaran Star once again flares brightly as the watermill and the docks are completed. During his research on bathhouses, Skan realizes that for a good effect, Skethorum needs to be reorganized in some fashion, and sets out to make plans for just that. At some point, humanoids that look much like the Lactosians, if darker-skinned, come to the city, merchants with a rather limited selection of goods.
Skiin finds little noteworthy in the western region the first legion wanders, while the escort to the goblin territory brings back news that the goblins have fortified their village well enough to begin production of other goods. Whether new trade opportunities will arise from that cannot be said yet however.

Random Event - Good omen! +1 morale
Clothing created and provided to population.
Watermill on tile 7 completed
Docks completed.
Mechanics researched
Residential Planning researched
Tidal Mastery needs more research

Taxation provides 15 money. Military requires 4 money in upkeep.
Received 2 Mushrooms in trade.

Morale is at 9. Population growth is 6%, adding 1189 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus.
Population is now at 21,009. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 3%. Morale -1 on the following turns.)
26 labor units will be available next turn, with [0/10] in the excess labor pool.
21 food will be needed this turn. 2.1 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 4/20 wood, 2/20 wool, 5/20 Stone, 3.6/20 Clothing, 3/20 copper, 0/20 tin, 6/20 bronze, 1/20 silver, 1 leather armor, 2.1 Mushrooms
  Granary: 13/20 Food
  Treasury: 23.5

  Buildings:
    Clothier's Workshop
    Docks
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Marketplace
    Military Workshop
    Mint
    Observatory
    Shrine
    Smithy
    Tombs

  Leaders:
    Astronomer Skik
    Explorer Skiin
      Special Ability: Master Archer
    Scientist Skan

  Military:
     Trained First Legion (Scouts) <A2/D2/R3[3/-]/H21/S3/M8/Ab:Far Shot>
     Trained Second Legion <A6/D5/H23/S2/M7>
     Trained Third Legion <A2/D2/R3[3/-]/H21/S3/M8/Ab:Far Shot>
     Trained Fourth Legion <A6/D5/H23/S2/M7>

  Technologies:
    Advanced Ship Construction
    Animal Training
    Archery
    Astral Magic
    Astral Theory
    Astronomy
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Deep Mining
    Engineering
    Farming
    Fishing
    Great Ship Construction
    Literacy
    Mechanics
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Museums
    Residential Planning
    Sailing
    Trade
    Tactics: Far Shot

Spoiler: Cheddarius' Lactosians (click to show/hide)

A year of heavy work in the fields rewards the Lactosians with near-overflowing granaries as the new heavy scouts report ready for duty. Airag's dedication to the sciences rewards the Lactosians with musical advances as well as muse-ical ones, though part of him is sad not to see his alchemical wonders mass-produced yet - but by now he is certain that the evergrowing city of Great Lactosia will one day hold the necessary structures.
Asiago once more enters the Southern woods and explores west. This time, they do not exactly get lost, but they find otherworldly structures no map ever held. Asiago reports hearing a growling voice calling the Lactosian infantry annoyingly persistent, and seeing a chuckling green knight, before finding himself and the infantry back in the forests.

Clothes created and provided to the populance.
Steel Equipment completed
Taxation provides 16.5 money. Military requires 1 money in upkeep
Museums researched
Music researched
Heavy Scouts raised

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 5%, adding 1079 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus.
Population is now at 22,672. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.)
24 labor units will be available next turn, with [2/10] in the excess labor pool.
23 food will be needed this turn. 2.3 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 2/20 wood, 2/20 wool, 3/20 Stone, 4/20 Iron, 6/20 silver, 0/20 Strong Iron, 0.8/20 clothes, 0.7/20 silver jewelry
  Granary: 17 food
  Treasury: 44.5 money
  Herds: -

  Buildings:
    Apartment Houses
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Heavy Smelter
    Library
    Marketplace
    Mechanic's Workshop
    Military Workshop
    Shrine
    Smithy
    Tombs

  Military
    Lactosian Infantry <A5/D5/H10/S3/M7/Ab:Shield Wall>
    Heavy Scouts <A7/D7/H22/S1/M7/Ab:->

  Leaders:
    Engineer Dr. Donlan
    Governor Cheddarius
      Special Ability: Hope for the future
    Sage Airag
      Special Ability: Librarian

  Technologies:
    Agriculture
    Alchemy
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Deep Mining
    Engineering
    Farming
    Horseback Riding
    Improved Agriculture
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Metallurgy
    Mining
    Music
    Residential Planning
    Steelmaking
    Trade
    Tactics: Shield Wall

Spoiler: Vanigo's Eredor (click to show/hide)

Heron's research into proper education, though certainly not fruitless, comes a little harder to him than he expected, but he is confident that the next year should bring the needed breakthrough, as this year brought the breakthrough in better agricultural systems. The Constructor's Guild meanwhile builds up a tiny cadre of potential Constructors, now that its gates are open, and though some see the constructors' magic as limited, most agree that they should be treated with prestige.
The Spearman brigade explores westwards and come across the coast once more, leading northwards. As they follow the coastline, they are treated to a sight in the skies - a drake struggling against strange creatures looking like brains with tentacles, while another such creature hovers nearby... and that creature is almost painful to look at - no one is certain how many tentacles it has, the number seems to shift from moment to moment. The drake finally succumbs and is dragged off towards the southeast.

Constructor's Guild completed
Statue Park stocked up to 9 statues
Weaponry created
Clothing and Jewelry created and provided to population.
Taxation provides 16.5 money. Military requires 2 money in upkeep.
Agriculture researched.
Education needs a bit more research
Archers raised

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 5.5%, adding 1194 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus
Population is now at 22,921. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 1.5%.)
24 labor units will be available next turn, with [9/10] in the excess labor pool.
22 food will be needed this turn. 2.2 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Treasury: 35.5
  Granary: 19/20 food
  Warehouse: 3/20 wood, 1.5/20 Clothing, 0.3/20 Gold jewelry, 1/20 supply of iron arrows
  Herds: 1 Badgers

  Buildings
    Clothier's Workshop
    Constructor's Guild
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Marketplace
    Mechanic's Workshop
    Military Workshop
    Shrine
    Smithy
    Statue Park (9 statues)
    Tinkerer's Shop
    Tombs

  Military
    Trained Spearman Brigade <A4/D2/H11/S3/M7>
    Trained Pikemen <A5*/D2/H15/S3/M8>
    Archers <A2/D2/R5[2/10]/H16/S3/M7>

  Leaders:
    Engineer Fret Rikend
    Sage Heron Redson

  Technologies:
    Agriculture
    Animal Taming
    Archery
    Basic Artifíce
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Construction Magic
    Deep Mining
    Earth Dowsing
    Engineering
    Farming
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Sculpture
    Theory of Elemental Earth
    Trade

Spoiler: abculatter_2's Enlightened (click to show/hide)

The Unveilers map the city and enter as merchants. With rather limited merchandise. One of the elephant units gets better weapons. Also, some years ago, a worker found a strange stone. Turns out, it may be useful after all.

Random Event! Iron found
Fire Dancer farm completed on tile 5
Clothing and jewelry created and provided to populance
Weaponry created
Engineering researched.
The Shallow of the Unknown needs more research
Taxation provides 12 money. Military requires 8 money in upkeep.

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 3%, adding 482 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus.
Population is now at 16,561. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.)
19 labor units will be available next turn, with [1/10] in the excess labor pool.
17 food will be needed this turn. 1.7 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Treasury: 39 money
  Granary: 10 food
  Warehouse: 15/20 wool, 4 stone, 1 gold, 1.7 clothing, 0.3 gold jewelry
  Herds: 1.5 elephants

  Buildings
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Idols of the Unknown
    Library
    Marketplace
    Military School
    Military Workshop
    Palisade on City Hex
    Shrine
    Temple

  Military
    Trained Obsidian's Call (A6/D4/H11/S3/M7/Ab:-) (Wooden spears with obsidian, wooden shields)
    Trained Spear Elephants (A7/D4/H21/S3/M9/Ab:-)
    Trained Handled Elephants (A4/D4/H21/S3/M9/Ab:-)

  Away (0.4 food)
    (Trained Unveilers (A6/D4/H11/S3/M7/Ab:-) (Wooden spears with obsidian, wooden shields))

  Leaders:
    General
    High Priest -The Chosen One-

  Technologies:
    Animal Training
    Beast Taming
    Blessing of the Unknown
    Construction
    Engineering
    Enlightenment (Unique; Prerequisite for magical technologies)
    Landscape Stripping
    Literacy
    Mining
    Organized Religion
    Trade

[Cheddarius]

Spoiler: Turn (click to show/hide)

17 food, 2 wool, 4 iron, 3 stone, 6 silver, 2 wood, 0.8 clothes, 0.7 silver jewelry

Spend 10 money to get 1 more labor point: 25 labor available

Work tile 2: 6 food
Work tile 3: 6 food
Work tile 7: 1 food, 2 wool
Work tile 8: 1 food, 2 wood
Work tile 12: 6 food
Work tile 16: 1 stone, 1 silver
Work tile 17: 2 stone

19 labor left, 37 food, 4 wool, 4 iron, 6 stone, 7 silver, 4 wood, 0.8 clothes, 0.7 silver jewelry

2 make 4 clothes: -4 wool
2 make 2 jewelry: -2 silver

Build Museum: 5 labor, 5 money, 5 stone
Build Music Hall: 3 labor, 1 wood, 1 stone
Build Deep Mine in Tile 16: 4 labor, 2 wood
Total labor: 12. With Mechanic's Workshop: 9 labor

6 research Improved Alchemy [but with a different name if possible because "Improved Alchemy" is boring; see RP for purpose]

Lactosian Infantry defends Great Lactosia
Heavy Scouts go to the previous spot, calling to the other civilization, saying that they come in peace, and that they are willing to trade a huge variety of goods for anything that the other civilization might offer, or if the other civilization wants to be left alone, they can just say so, and the Lactosians will leave them alone.

0 labor left, 37 food, 4 iron, 5 silver, 1 wood, 4.8 clothes, 2.7 silver jewelry

Use 23 food to feed populace
Use 2.3 clothes and 0.3 jewelry to raise morale
2.3 - clothes
0.3 - jewelry
2 - spirituality (shrine and tombs)
4.6/2.3=+2 morale

0 labor left, 14 food, 4 iron, 5 silver, 1 wood, 2.5 clothes, 2.4 silver jewelry

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

This was a good year for the Lactosians. They had a fairly large food stockpile, and many surpluses in other fields - a huge stockpile of silver, quite a bit of iron and wood for steelmaking, and some stone and wool, as well as small stockpiles of luxuries. The population was growing, and they would soon need another farm - but the food stockpile was very large, and would sustain them for a few years or more while they dealt with more urgent issues. Cheddarius mused on what needed construction... perhaps they would build a farm next year. The fields were worked, as always; the stockpiles swelled with new resources mined and cut from the surrounding terrain. Many new buildings were erected. A Music Hall was built to entertain those who could not pray at the shrine or mourn at the tombs. A massive Deep Mine was constructed to bring in more silver, so that all could be supplied with beautiful silver jewelry that would raise morale. Airag oversaw the construction of a huge new Museum, to assist his researchers in their work; at the moment he led them in researching new uses of alchemy. Perhaps with some refining, the explosive powder that Airag had discovered could be made more powerful, and used as some sort of propellant...

Spoiler: Lactosian Canon (click to show/hide)

The city is called Great Lactosia.
The citizens are called Lactosians.

One Lactosian mass unit - that is, unit of wood, stone, metal, food, or other heavy substance - is called a "wheel".

The river is called the Stilton River.
The mountains at 16-18 are the Hills of Iron.
The forest at 4, 5, 14, 15 is the Southern Woods.
The plains are called the Bountiful Plains.
The hills are called the Far Pastures.

Lactosian Infantry is led by Commander Asiago.
Heavy Scouts is led by Commander Gjetost.

[abculatter_2]

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

"You bring news of a new material discovered. This material displays several unique and useful properties."
He didn't even bother addressing His servants anymore, He knew hours before they arrived what they would say. What He would say. Before the man could react He continued;
"You will take this stone to the temple Night-Revelers, they will take this stone, learn of its properties, then they will thank the Unknown One for revealing its existence to them. As they perform these rituals, the stone still in hand, the Night-Essence they dance in shall manifest itself within the stone. The metal within it- which shall be known as Moonlit Iron- shall be extracted and enhanced by it. They shall look upon this too with wonder, see it as a sign to learn of its power and creation..."
He realized what He was saying and who He was saying it to.
"Ah, apologizes, I forget that you men can still revel in the Unknown of the Future... Go now. I have told you your task."
The man did so, bowing as he left.

(Note to GM: Could I request a unique smithy building or upgrade unlocked through the Enlightenment tech path which allows the creation of Moonlit Iron? I don't care if Moonlit Iron or the smithy has any special benefits, though it would be nice.)

Spoiler: Turn (click to show/hide)

Spend 10 money on labor

1) Work hex 1 (1 wool, 3 food)
2) Work hex 2 (4 food)
3) Work hex 3 (4 food)
4) Work hex 4 (1 gold, 1 wool, 1 food)
5) Work hex 8 (2 food, .5 elephants)
6) Work hex 11 (1 wool, 3 food)
7) Work hex 13 (3 stone)
15) Work hex 18 (1 wood, 2 food)

+19 food, +3 wool, +.5 elephants, +3 stone, +1 gold, +1 wood

Research (Shallow of the Unknown)
9) Research (Shallow of the Unknown)
10) Research (Shallow of the Unknown)
11) Research (Explore the Path of Enlightenment (Reveal and research Enlightenment techs, or research Shallow of the Unknown))
12) Research (Explore the Path of Enlightenment (Reveal and research Enlightenment techs, or research Shallow of the Unknown))
13) Build Woodcutting Village hex 18 (-1 stone)
14) Build Woodcutting Village hex 18 (-1 stone)
16) Build Mine hex 13 (-1 wood)
17) Build Mine hex 13
18) Build Mine hex 13
19) Make Clothes (-2 wool, +2 clothes)
20) Make Jewelry (-1 gold, +1 Jewelry)

Distribute Clothes and Jewelry to the populace.

[Vanigo]

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

A hushed conference was taking place in Heron's office, discussing the implications of the city's latest discovery. Heron, surprisingly, was not present. He was off with Fret Rinkend, who was yelling at architects about ways to dig deeper and build higher without sacrificing structural integrity. As for why they were using Heron's office... that's a long story.
"Do you think these brains are what that omen was about?"
"Hard to say. It was so vague to begin with... They're definetly a threat, though."
"Good thing we're building up our military. I just hope they don't have any magic or anything... well, beyond the obvious."
"Can't say I'm optimistic about that. What self-respecting giant floating brain doesn't have psychic powers?"
Unlike the cryptic omen a few years ago, news of the brains had spread fast. With an entire military company as witnesses, it would have been impossible to keep quiet even if it weren't for the fact that over half the council didn't want to. With a mostly-comprehensible threat to point to and prepare for, panic seemed less likely. Not that many councilors weren't worried about that, of course.

Elsewhere...
"Nothing good has ever come from giant floating brains."
"Especially with tentacles."
"Damn straight."
The two civilians raised their tankards to this odd toast and began to drink.


"So why are we doing this again?"
Heron had mixed feelings about this project. He certainly approved, in principle, of more space-efficient dwellings. Overcrowding was starting to become problematic, after all. But was this really the most pressing line of research? There was so much that needed to be done...
"Ah, better iron and all that is great, but what's the use if the city's falling apart around you?" Fret replied. Then he turned to a nearby architect and screamed something about weight distribution.
Heron tried not to grimace. This was why he tried not to spend time with Fret when he was working, but it could hardly be avoided if he wanted Fret's engineering expertise brought to bear on relevant research projects, which he certainly did.
"I know, it's just..."
"You're not happy with it. No surprise there; when was the last time you were actually satisfied with something?"
"When we started building the iron mine, I think."

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Spend 10 gold for 1 labor
Use 2 badgers for 1 labor

5) Work 4, 5, 6, 14, 15 (18 food)
2) Work 1, 18 (4 food, 2 gold, 2 wool, 1 stone, 1 badgers)
1) Double-work 1 (1 gold)
1) Work 8 (2 stone, 2 iron)
22 food, 3 stone, 3 gold, 2 wool, 2 iron, 1 badgers

5 labor->7 construction
4)Build two-field farm on 5
2) Start two-field farm on 6
1) Make statue (-1 stone)

5) Research education, residential planning

.5) Make 1 jewelry (-1 gold)
1) Make clothes (-2 clothes)
1.5) Make flexible iron armor (-1 iron)
1) Make iron shortspears (-1 iron)

3) Train constructors (-2 gold)

Give spearmen flexible iron armor, iron shortspears
Train archers
Send pikemen exploring west, then further around the coast

Use 2.2 clothing, 2 spirituality, .9 entertainment, 1.1 jewelry, 2 food for luxury

-2 food, +2 stone, -1 badgers, -.2 clothes, -.1 jewelry

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: Infrastructure (click to show/hide)

 Skik's vision brings both relief and concern to Skethorum. The lack of any single, immediate image confirms no imminent disaster, but each image raises further, sometimes troubling questions. Ultimately, it is difficult to resist the allure of the complete unknown beneath the ocean, and Skik resolves to look further into this anomaly.
 Skan begins looking into the less violent requests of the Odammites, considering how to turn the cult's interests into something positive for the city. He also focuses on a long-neglected area for the Haskanara- better fishing.
 Meanwhile, Skan's vision beings to take shape on the mountain, as a mill that feeds off wind rather than rivers is erected. Combined with everything else, the Haskanara feel they are well on the path to greatness- but the city is still more crowded than it should be.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Spend 10 Money to get 1 Labor
1) Work Tile 1 - Plains/River/Irrigation/Watermill = 5 Food
2) Work Tile 2 - Plains/River/Irrigation/Watermill = 5 Food
3) Work Tile 5 - Forest/Woodcutting Village = 1 Food, 2 Wood
4) Work Tile 6 - Hills/Silver/Mine = 1 Food, 1 Wool, 1 Silver
5) Work Tile 7 - Plains/River/Irrigation/Watermill = 5 Food
6) Work Tile 8 - Mountain/Copper/Deep Mine = 1 Stone, 2 Copper
7) Work Tile 9 - Plains/Irrigation = 3 Food
8 ) Work Tile 16 - Forest/Woodcutting Village = 1 Food, 1 Leather, 1 Wood
9) Work Tile 17 - Hills/Tin/Mine = 1 Food, 1 Wool, 1 Tin
Subtotals: 22 Food, 3 Wood, 1 Stone, 1 Leather, 2 Wool, 2 Copper, 1 Tin, 1 Silver

10,11,12,13) Build Windmill on Tile 8 - Mountain/Copper/Deep Mine (-2 Stone, -1 Wood, -1 Wool; ready for next turn)

14,15) Build Fishing Wharf on Tile 10 - Ocean (-2 Wood, ready for next turn)

16,17,18 ) Forge Flexible Light and Flexible Heavy Bronze Armor (-3 Bronze, +1 Flexible Light Bronze Armor, +1 Flexible Heavy Bronze Armor)

19) Forge Bronze Scimitars (-1 Bronze, +1 Bronze Scimitars)
20) Forge Bronze Shields (-1 Bronze, +1 Bronze Shields)

21) Make Clothing (-2 Wool, +2 Clothing)
22) Make Silver Jewelry (-1 Silver, +1 Silver Jewelry)

23,24,25) Research Organized Religion
26,27) Research more advanced Fishing
*) Research Tidal Mastery

*: Skik's Research

Skik casts Vision from the Stars: "The egg-shaped structure beneath the seas."

Raise Fifth Legion using Flexible Light Bronze Armor, Bronze Scimitars, and Bronze Shields

The First Legion explores north of the last place it explored.

The Second Legion escorts the mushroom shipment.

-Taxes: 15
-Mint: 5
INCOME: 20
-Labor: -10
-Military Upkeep: -4
EXPENSE: -14
Net Gain: +6

Luxury Needed: 2.1
Luxury Produced:
2.0 Spirituality + 0.1 Silver Jewelry
2.1 Clothing
2.1 Mushrooms
[+3 Morale]

Food Produced: 22
Food Eaten: 21

Import 2 Mushrooms. Consume 2.1 Mushrooms.

Warehouse: 4/20 Wood, 4/20 Stone, 1/20 Wool, 1/20 Leather, 3.5/20 Clothing, 5/20 Copper, 1/20 Tin, 2/20 Bronze, 1/20 Silver, 0.9/20 Silver Jewelry, 1 Leather Armor, 1 Flexible Heavy Bronze Armor, 2 Mushrooms
Granary: 14/20 Food
Treasury: 29.5

[Knight Otu]

(Map updates in a bit)

Spoiler: Skik's Vision (click to show/hide)

"The egg-shaped structure beneath the seas."
The egg-shaped structure beneath the seas? What might it be? And why might it be dangerous? It takes shape before Skik's eyes, surprisingly pristine, of white stone. It sits on a pedestal far less pristine, covered in algae and muck. And then something green floats by, looking like a stylized claw made with a few strokes of green paint... green paint pulsing darker and brighter at irregular intervals, sometimes seeming to crackle with lightning. The claw passes through a school of fish, and several of them are bisected.
Another green object passes by Skik's sight... a green eye, composed the same as the claw. Could it be that it has seen Skik? That shouldn't be the case. No, it isn't. A name suddenly takes shape in Skik's mind. Algrathon, the Nether Scythe. Arch-hellion, great spirit of destruction. And then, Skik is in a small chamber. Inside the egg? Probably. A grotesque shape hovers, the same material, or lack thereof, as the claw and the eye. Much more lies on the ground, occasionally moving as if trying to reunite with the hovering shape, as the walls glow in an encouraging green light. The creature clearly is wounded in some fashion. Some sort of silent scream fills the chamber, a curse upon a name, perhaps. Koritu, that is what it is shouting.
Skik finds herself outside the egg again. Another school of fishes approaches the egg, and suddenly something pains her... those aren't fish - they are fish-shaped brainspawn, and among them a deranger! Yet, the claw moves by again, but this time, it doesn't just pass through the brainspawn, it hunts them down, and soon all of them are destroyed.

Spoiler: IronyOwl's Haskanara (click to show/hide)

The Haskanara find the year quite calm. The First Legion explores the northwest, where they come upon a forest. Moving through it, they meet a contingent of heavily-armored Lactosians, who claim that this forest is the home of a strange civilization that they try to contact. Parting ways, the First Legion then sees a chuckling green knight. "You of all people should not tread farther into the Sidhewoods. Those touched by the gods are ill-welcome here."
The Second Legion returns with reports that the goblins have begun domesticating a number of animals, among them big wolves, and are willing to trade leather now as well.

Clothing and jewelry created and provided to population.
Windmill on tile 7 completed
Wharf on tile 10 completed
Bronze Equipment created
Organized Religion researched
Deep Fishing needs some more research
Tidal Mastery needs more research
Fifth Legion raised

Taxation provides 16.5+5 money. Military requires 4 money in upkeep.
Received 2 Mushrooms in trade.

Morale is at 7. Population growth is 3%, adding 630 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus.
Population is now at 21,639. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 3% and Morale by -1)
23 labor units will be available next turn, with [6/10] in the excess labor pool.
21 food will be needed this turn. 2.2 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 4/20 wood, 1/20 wool, 4/20 Stone, 5/20 copper, 1/20 tin, 1/20 bronze, 1/20 silver, 1 leather armor, 2 Mushrooms, 3.5/20 Clothing, 0.9/20 silver jewelry
  Granary: 15/20 Food
  Treasury: 31

  Buildings:
    Clothier's Workshop
    Docks
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Marketplace
    Military Workshop
    Mint
    Observatory
    Shrine
    Smithy
    Tombs

  Leaders:
    Astronomer Skik
    Explorer Skiin
      Special Ability: Master Archer
    Scientist Skan

  Military:
     Trained First Legion (Scouts) <A2/D2/R3[3/-]/H21/S3/M8/Ab:Far Shot>
     Trained Second Legion <A6/D5/H23/S2/M7>
     Trained Third Legion <A2/D2/R3[3/-]/H21/S3/M8/Ab:Far Shot>
     Trained Fourth Legion <A6/D5/H23/S2/M7>
     Fifth Legion <A6/D5/H20/S3/M7>

  Technologies:
    Advanced Ship Construction
    Animal Training
    Archery
    Astral Magic
    Astral Theory
    Astronomy
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Deep Mining
    Engineering
    Farming
    Fishing
    Great Ship Construction
    Literacy
    Mechanics
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Museums
    Organized Religion
    Residential Planning
    Sailing
    Trade
    Tactics: Far Shot

Spoiler: Cheddarius' Lactosians (click to show/hide)

It was a good thing that the first tests for Airag's improved blast powder had taken outside the city. The crater will soon enough be overgrown again. Alsom the tests have given Airag the needed information to mix his previous powders in such a way that a small ball could be propelled with good strength, though not very far yet, along with the designs that allow the necessary aiming.
The heavy scouts while searching for the place the strange encounter took place last year, meet the Haskanara. The leader of the Heavy Scouts mentions the strange civilization, and soon the two units are on their own paths again. Soon enough, the green knight described by Asiago stands before the Scouts. "We know that the gods have struck you hard, so we will allow your presence in the Sidhewoods, but know that we desire no contact. And beware of The Unknown."

Clothes and jewelry created and provided to the populance.
Deep mine on tile 16 completed.
Museum and Music Hall completed.
Taxation provides 16.5 money. Military requires 2 money in upkeep
Blast Powder researched

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 5%, adding 1133 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus.
Population is now at 23,805. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.)
26 labor units will be available next turn, with [0/10] in the excess labor pool.
24 food will be needed this turn. 2.4 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 1/20 wood, 4/20 Iron, 5/20 silver, 0/20 Strong Iron, 2.5/20 clothes, 2.4/20 silver jewelry
  Granary: 14 food
  Treasury: 54 money
  Herds: -

  Buildings:
    Apartment Houses
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Heavy Smelter
    Library
    Marketplace
    Mechanic's Workshop
    Military Workshop
    Museum
    Music Hall
    Shrine
    Smithy
    Tombs

  Military
    Lactosian Infantry <A5/D5/H10/S3/M7/Ab:Shield Wall>
    Heavy Scouts <A7/D7/H22/S1/M7/Ab:->

  Leaders:
    Engineer Dr. Donlan
    Governor Cheddarius
      Special Ability: Hope for the future
    Sage Airag
      Special Ability: Librarian

  Technologies:
    Agriculture
    Alchemy
    Blast Powder
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Deep Mining
    Engineering
    Farming
    Horseback Riding
    Improved Agriculture
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Metallurgy
    Mining
    Music
    Residential Planning
    Steelmaking
    Trade
    Tactics: Shield Wall

Blast Powder
  Allows creation of Small Cannons (2 labor and 2 strong iron or bronze create 1 cannon with short range; cannon units require 2 horses or equivalent or 1 great beast to be moved, but cost the same upkeep as a normal unit; military workshop does not apply)
  Allows creation of cannonballs (1 labor, 1 strong iron or bronze, 1 flare grenades, and 1 blast grenades create ammunition for 5 battles; can damage structures)

Spoiler: Vanigo's Eredor (click to show/hide)

Rennad celebrates the end of the training of the first constructor, coinciding with the completion of the Statue Park, and the announcement of a schooling system devised by Heron. Some voices worry about the tentacled brains, but most seem to take the existence of these aberrations in stride. After all, they only attacked a drake, and not the troops that saw them, right?
The explorers make a strong pace along the coast, moving northwards, then back eastwards, when they spot a curious structure in the water - a coral spire, with merpeople dashing around it. Seeing the explorers, a few come swimming to the coast, and after some talk, the merfolk confirm that Rennad is essentially on a peninsula, with the bulk of the land  ranging further eastwards and south. They have seen the brain creatures, but as far as they can tell, they don't have any interest in the merfolk.

2-Field Farm completed on tile 5
2-Field Farm on tile 6 needs 2 more labor
Statue Park filled up to 10 statues
Weaponry created
Clothing and Jewelry created and provided to population.
Taxation provides 16.5 money. Military requires 3 money in upkeep.
Residential Planning researched.
Education researched (will be added to reference post)
Constructor trained

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 5.5%, adding 1260 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus
Population is now at 24,181. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 1.5%.)
27 labor units will be available next turn, with [1/10] in the excess labor pool.
25 food will be needed this turn. 2.5 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Treasury: 35.5
  Granary: 17/20 food
  Warehouse: 3/20 wood, 2/20 stone, 1.3/20 Clothing, 0.2/20 Gold jewelry, 1/20 supply of iron arrows
  Herds: -

  Buildings
    Clothier's Workshop
    Constructor's Guild
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Marketplace
    Mechanic's Workshop
    Military Workshop
    Shrine
    Smithy
    Statue Park (10 statues)
    Tinkerer's Shop
    Tombs

  Military
    Trained Spearman Brigade <A5/D2/H17/S3/M7>
    Trained Pikemen <A5*/D2/H15/S3/M8>
    Trained Archers <A2/D2/R5[2/10]/H17/S3/M8>

  Caster units
    Constructor <5 mp>

  Leaders:
    Engineer Fret Rikend
    Sage Heron Redson

  Technologies:
    Agriculture
    Animal Taming
    Archery
    Basic Artifíce
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Construction Magic
    Deep Mining
    Earth Dowsing
    Education
    Engineering
    Farming
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Sculpture
    Theory of Elemental Earth
    Trade

Education
  Requires Agriculture, Literacy, Trade
  Allows School

School
  Requires Education
  3 labor, 3 wood or stone, 5 gold
  Once per turn, you may use 8 gold to get a +50% research bonus for the turn.
  Improved chance to gain a technological breakthrough as a random event.

Spoiler: abculatter_2's Enlightened (click to show/hide)

On the commands, or maybe the presaging, of the chosen one, the moonlit iron is quickly mined, and as if the ceremony had lit a spark in the people's mind, population growth starts to pick up again. In the revels, however, some screams make it clear that there still is a world outside the Shining City - though no one is quite certain how the intruders looked like bfore they were flattened by the elephants. The Unveilers return to the city as well, their rations near-exhausted.

(Iron changed to moonlit iron. This may have implications.)
Mine on tile 14 completed
Woodcutter Village on tile 18 completed
Clothing and jewelry created and provided to populance
The Shallow of the Unknown researched.
Truths Unknowable needs more research.
Taxation provides 12 money. Military requires 8 money in upkeep.

Morale is at 7. Population growth is 2%, adding 331 people.
Population is now at 16,892. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.)
17 labor units will be available next turn, with [0/10] in the excess labor pool.
17 food will be needed this turn. 1.7 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Treasury: 33 money
  Granary: 13 food
  Warehouse: 16/20 wool, 5 stone, 1 gold, 2 clothing, 1.3 gold jewelry
  Herds: 2 elephants

  Buildings
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Idols of the Unknown
    Library
    Marketplace
    Military School
    Military Workshop
    Palisade on City Hex
    Shrine
    Temple

  Military
    Trained Obsidian's Call (A6/D4/H11/S3/M7/Ab:-) (Wooden spears with obsidian, wooden shields)
    Trained Spear Elephants (A7/D4/H17/21/S3/M9/Ab:-)
    Trained Handled Elephants (A4/D4/H21/S3/M9/Ab:-)
    Trained Unveilers (A6/D4/H11/S3/M7/Ab:-) (Wooden spears with obsidian, wooden shields)

  Leaders:
    General
    High Priest -The Chosen One-

  Technologies:
    Animal Training
    Beast Taming
    Blessing of the Unknown
    Construction
    Engineering
    Enlightenment (Unique; Prerequisite for magical technologies)
    Landscape Stripping
    Literacy
    Mining
    Organized Religion
    The Shallow of the Unknown
    Trade

The Shallow of the Unknown
  The growth penalty from Indoctrination is reduced to 1%
  Allows Night Temple
  Allows Cover of Night, Soulpiercing Gaze, and Black Sludge

Night Temple
 Requires The Shallow of the Unknown
  3 labor, 5 blessed obsidian
  Allows production of Blessed (4 mp; 1 blessed obsidian, 3 labor)

Cover of Night
 1 mp
  The caster and an accompanying unit become harder to detect by enemy units unless the accompanying unit attacks. If it does, it attacks with half its attack value.

Soulpiercing Gaze
 3 mp
   A single target unit in the same battle gets -2 morale; or two target units in the same battle get -1 morale.

Black Sludge
  4 mp, 1 blessed obsidian, and sacrifice of the caster
   A single own unit gets the Black Sludge ability. Units with that ability explode violently in combat, essentially granting them two powerful last strikes in a battle. If they would survive the battle (such as by winning or by retreating), they still die.

[abculatter_2]

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

An ancient power, destruction and chaos... Awakened once again...
Revenge for defeat and imprisonment long ago...
Wreaking mayhem and destruction with joyful glee...
This... This thing... It is to be awakened...
I am to awaken it...
I must find it... But how?
Suddenly, He saw a vision of a great city, strange crab-men toiling tirelessly within it. The vision zoomed toward a large hill on its outskirts, a peculiar building on its top. It entered through a window, and there was one of those crab-men, asleep with the calm of prescience He knew all too well. Then, a whisper,
He knows...
^{He knows...
He knows...}

Spoiler: Turn (click to show/hide)

1) Work hex 1 (1 wool, 3 food)
2) Work hex 2 (4 food)
3) Work hex 4 (1 food, 1 wool, 1 gold)
4) Work hex 8 (2 food, .5 elephants)
5) Work hex 11 (3 food, 1 wool)
6) Work hex 13 (3 stone)
7) Strip hex 16 (4 food, 4 wood)
Work hex 5 (2 food, 1 Fire Dancers)

+19 food, +4 wool, +3 stone, +4 wood, +1 gold, +.5 elephants, +1 Fire Dancers

9) Make Obsidian-tipped Wooden Long Spears (-1 wood)
10) Make Obsidian-tipped Wooden Long Spears (-1 wood)
11) Make Obsidian-tipped Wooden Long Spears (-1 wood)
12) Make Ornate Obsidian-and-Wood Elephant Armor (-1 wood, -1 stone)
13) Research (Truths Unknowable)
14) Research (Truths Unknowable)
15) Research (Truths Unknowable)
16) Make Clothes (-2 wool, +2 clothes)
17) Make Jewelry (-1 gold, +1 Jewelry)

Recruit two Spear Elephants (Wooden Long Spears)
Equip Handled Elephants with Wooden Long Spears
Equip the most promising-looking unit of Spear Elephants with Ornate Obsidian-and-Wood Amor

[Vanigo]

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

Rennad buzzed with the news of the merfolk settlement. Reactions were varied, but mostly positive. Many were excited by the prospect of trade, and some were simply happy that the  world wasn't as empty as it had seemed. Others were more interested in learning about the seas of the new world. Some wondered aloud how much Rennad had to offer those who lived in the sea, and vice versa. A few reacted with paranoid revulsion, but they were far in the minority. The council meeting on the subject mirrored these sentiments (the paranoids being represented by one guy, who was quickly shouted down).
"Well, they won't care about iron, that's for sure."
"Doesn't mean we don't have anything to trade. The gold mine's more productive than ever, and it can't be easy for them to get wood."
"They might be interested in hiring the services of our construction mages, too."
"What would they have to trade us?"
"Don't know; the scouts didn't learn anything on the subject. We'll have to ask."
Heron, sensing an opportunity, spoke up. "We might also see about trading information."
"Good point; see what they know about the brains."
"Not to mention the coasts."
"Bound to know a thing or two about fishing."
'Underwater fishing; how's that help us?"
In the end, they decided to send an envoy to the merfolk with a laundry list of questions. The envoy, who knew his job better than the council, promptly filed half of them under 'ask again later.' Wouldn't do to act like an inquisitive child.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Spend 10 gold for 1 labor
28 labor available

5) Work 4, 5, 6, 14, 15 (19 food)
2) Work 1, 18 (4 food, 2 gold, 2 wool, 1 stone, 1 badgers)
1) Double-work 1 (1 gold)
1) Work 8 (2 stone, 2 iron)
1) Work 13 (2 food, 1 wood)
Cast Mage's Mine for gold
25 food, 3 stone, 1 wood, 4 gold, 2 wool, 2 iron, 1 badgers

9 labor -> 12 construction
7) Apartment complex (-3 stone, -2 wood)
3) School (-3 stone)
2) Finish two-field farm

5) Research "Horse"back Riding, Organized Religion

1) Make clothes (-2 wool, 2 clothes)
1) Make jewelry (-2 gold, 2 jewelry)
1) Make bows (-1 wood)
1) Make iron shields (-1 iron)

Equip spearmen with shields
Raise 2nd archer company (wooden bows, iron arrows)

Use 2.5 clothes, 2 jewelry, 2 spirituality, 1 entertainment
-3 stone, -2 wood, +2 gold, +1 iron, +1 badgers, -.5 clothes

Send 1st archer company to talk to merfolk. (North? Northwest? Explore some mountains on the way if possible.) Ask about trade, maybe express interest in trading techs.
Send pikemen south, then east along coast

[IronyOwl]

Haskanara, Year 19

Spoiler: Responsibility (click to show/hide)

  Skan tapped his fingers on the railing, looking out into the city. Nearly the whole of Skethorum's industry had been put to work constructing apartments to alleviate crowding. Skan hadn't been fond of building the structures out of wood- Haskanara tended to prefer stone for all their buildings- but as Skik had suggested, designing it somewhat like a ship would probably help. Stone was too precious to use on everything, and designing the apartments had been a bit easier using his knowledge of ships and mines.
  Crowding was not the only problem Skan was finished enduring, however. Their lack of stone had crippled their construction plans for far too long, but the mines had been vital. Soon he hoped to have a way around that problem.
---
  Skik, meanwhile, considered her own problems. She was pleased that fish was finally a staple food- it had been an enjoyable treat for as long as she could remember, but there was never any large-scale harvesting of it. Consequently, anyone who wanted fish generally had to go get it themselves. With the wharf in full production, delicious fish was readily available, if not exactly plentiful, and Skan continued to work on the latter part.
  With their renewed focus on the ocean, however, Skik had become more convinced than ever that the Haskanara might very well be the guardians of this... Algrathon, imprisoned deep beneath the sea. She'd gotten the impression that Skan and the Councils had felt much the same, though Skan had briefly questioned her about any possibility of allying with or controlling it. She had a feeling his questions had been somehow connected to whatever she suspected he was hiding from her...
  Once it had become clear that the creature's nature was probably that of mindless destruction, it had quickly been agreed upon that the creature's release would spell disaster for the Haskanara, and thus must be prevented. While the prison seemed secure enough at the moment, they had no idea how long that might hold- indeed, it had been suggested that the structure wasn't a prison at all, but a regenerative nest or cocoon.
  Skik sighed. Whatever it was, it was likely the Haskanara's responsibility now. And that meant they needed more information about it.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Spend 10 Money for 1 Labor
1) Work Tile 1 - Plains/River/Irrigation/Watermill = 5 Food
2) Work Tile 2 - Plains/River/Irrigation/Watermill = 5 Food
3) Work Tile 5 - Forest/Woodcutting Village = 1 Food, 2 Wood
4) Work Tile 6 - Hills/Silver/Mine = 1 Food, 1 Wool, 1 Silver
5) Work Tile 7 - Plains/River/Irrigation/Watermill = 5 Food
6) Work Tile 8 - Mountain/Copper/Deep Mine/Windmill = 2 Stone, 2 Copper
7) Work Tile 10 - Ocean/Wharf = 3 Food
8 ) Work Tile 16 - Forest/Hunter's Camp = 1 Food, 1 Leather, 1 Wood
9) Work Tile 17 - Hills/Tin/Mine = 1 Food, 1 Wool, 1 Tin
Subtotals: 22 Food, 3 Wood, 2 Stone, 1 Leather, 2 Wool, 2 Copper, 1 Silver, 1 Tin

10,11,12,13,14,15,16) Build Apartments (-5 Wood, ready for next turn)

17) Smelt Bronze (-1 Copper, -1 Tin, +2 Bronze)
18 ) Make Silver Jewelry (-1 Silver, +1 Silver Jewelry)
19) Make Clothing (-2 Leather, +2 Clothing)

20,21,22) Research Integrated Excavation (requires construction, perhaps engineering; allows quarries or mines to be upgraded to quarry mines, which function as either in a given turn [or just allow both to be built, but only one used per turn]; ideally applies to deep mines/great quarries as well, but that might require second tech with both improvements' prerequisites instead) (alternatively, research Interchangeable Parts, which allows multiple improvements on a tile, but with only one use at a time, or serves as a prerequisite to techs like Integrated Excavation)

Or just research Theory of Elemental Earth, especially since I'll want some effects similar to Basic Artifice eventually anyway

23) Research Deep Fishing

24,*) Research Tidal Mastery

*: Skik's Research

Skik casts Vision from the Stars: "The details of Algrathon's imprisonment."


The First Legion avoids the Sidhewoods, but attempts to explore north of Great Lactosia (or further south/southwest if that's all woods). They return home by the end of the year, however.

The Fourth Legion escorts the mushroom shipment, and inquires as to what large wolves are like and how much the goblins would want for a unit of them.

The Fifth Legion trains.

Taxes: (10 or 11 * 1.5) = 15 or 16.5, depending on population rounding
Mint: 5
Military: -4
Labor: -10
TOTAL: (15 + 5 = 20; 4+10=14; 20 - 14) = +6 Money (or +7.5)

Luxury Needed: 2.2
Luxury Produced:
2.0 Spirituality + 0.2 Silver Jewelry
2.2 Clothing
[+2 Morale]

Food Produced: 22
Food Consumed: 21

Warehouse: 2/20 Wood, 3/20 Wool, 6/20 Stone, 6/20 Copper, 1/20 Tin, 3/20 Bronze, 1/20 Silver, 1 leather armor, 1 flexible heavy bronze armor, 4 Mushrooms, 3.3/20 Clothing, 1.7/20 Silver Jewelry
Granary: 16/20 Food
Treasury: 37

[Cheddarius]

Spoiler: Turn (click to show/hide)

Spend 10 money to get 1 more labor point: 25 labor available

25 labor left, 14 food, 4 iron, 5 silver, 1 wood, 2.5 clothes, 2.4 silver jewelry

Work tile 1: 3 food, 1 wool
Work tile 2: 6 food
Work tile 3: 6 food
Work tile 9: 3 food
Work tile 12: 6 food
Work tile 16: 1 stone, 2 silver
Work tile 17: 2 stone

18 labor left, 38 food, 4 iron, 1 wool, 3 stone, 7 silver, 1 wood, 2.5 clothes, 2.4 silver jewelry

Build Quarry in tile 6: 2 labor
Build Quarry in tile 1: 2 labor
Build Two-Field Farm in tile 9: 4 labor
Build Three-Field Farm in tile 9: 3 labor
Total labor: 11. With Mechanic's Workshop: 8 labor

6 research Firearms
2 research Explosives

1 operate Music Hall

1 make 1 jewelry

Heavy Scouts defend Great Lactosia
Lactosian Infantry search farther out (places the Lactosians haven't searched before) for other civilizations

0 labor left, 37 food, 4 iron, 5 silver, 1 wood, 4.8 clothes, 2.7 silver jewelry

Use 24 food to feed populace
Use 2.4 clothes to raise morale
Use 2.4 jewelry to raise morale
Use 2 spirituality and 0.4 music to raise morale

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

The Lactosians put a huge amount of labor into research this year; the stockpiles of luxuries that they had built up over the last year freed them to improve their science. Prospecting the hills had been put off for a while, but they finally had enough labor to do it. An alchemist's workshop would also be useful, but they did not yet have the required stone; they worked to build up their stocks in an attempt to get one next year. The quarries in the hills could help with that as well. Their new farm would allow them to easily supply the new, larger Lactosian population without relying on inefficient auxiliary sources of food.

While great buildings were erected and resources mined or farmed, Airag and his scientists forged onward. The "small cannons" that they had developed were still very heavy. They attempted to make them smaller, so that a soldier could wield it, and easier to reload and fire. A small contingent of scientists also attempted to make more powerful explosives that could be used in grenades; a more powerful hand grenade would allow Lactosians to easily devastate invading armies or other hostiles.

Spoiler: Lactosian Canon (click to show/hide)

The city is called Great Lactosia.
The citizens are called Lactosians.

One Lactosian mass unit - that is, unit of wood, stone, metal, food, or other heavy substance - is called a "wheel".

The river is called the Stilton River.
The mountains at 16-18 are the Hills of Iron.
The forest at 4, 5, 14, 15 is the Southern Woods.
The plains are called the Bountiful Plains.
The hills are called the Far Pastures.

Lactosian Infantry is led by Commander Asiago.
Heavy Scouts is led by Commander Gjetost.