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[evilcherry]

[spoiler=niDano 8]

The production of the now shiny substance is now into full swing. On the other side, the recording of all knowledge has hit a hard obstacle, as the hall of learning - better named the rubble of necromancy - is now under a pile of records. Writing on bulky bark does not help the situation, thus the need of a new hall to store all of these is dire.
On the other side, even without water, food is gathered in the forests. Professional hunters, using well made atlatls (substitute for bows) to hunt.
[spoiler]

Orders:

Work 11, 12, 13 = 12 food
Work 14 = 2 food 1 wool 1 stone
Work 10 = 1 food 2 wood
Work 15 = 1 iron 1 stone
improve(x2) 8 hunter's camp 2 wood
improve(x2) 9 hunter's camp 2 wood
Work 1 = 2 food
Build (x4) library using 3 stone

+1 morale only, not enough resources.

[Knight Otu]

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

Work in Skethorum flows without a problem. A smithy and a workshop for clothiers are raised, and Skan provides quick and easy solutions for several problems. An alphabet replaces the logographs that the Haskanara had used, and small squares of copper are being used as currency between the people.
Skiin, meanwhile, travels the First Legion along the mountains which, as it turns out, rise as cliffs towards the southern sea. From the higher vantage point, the explorers determine that there are more mountains to the north, though they can't say whether a single chain or more. To the east, another river flows and hills rise.
But before the Haskanara travel there, they are attacked, as several spears and rocks whirl past them. Ahead on a ledge, several small green humanoids have appeared, apparently from caves, and make gestures. Skiin assumes that they would be obscene to humanoids, but Haskanara are a different matter.
Beyond the first assault, the creatures have yet to make any move, but they are ready for battle... if ill-equipped.

If the scouts with Skiin wish to engage, their stats are <A2/D2/R3[3/-]/H17/S3/M8>

Clothing provided to population.
Smithy and Clothier's Workshop completed.
Literacy and Trade researched.

Morale is at 6. Population growth is 5%, adding 703 people.
Population is now at 14,770.
15 labor units will be available next turn, with [8/10] in the excess labor pool.
14 food will be needed this turn. 1.5 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 1/20 wood, 1/20 wool, 4/20 Stone, 1/20 copper, 1/20 tin, 0.3/20 Clothing
  Granary: 9/20 Food
  Treasury: -

  Buildings:
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Military Workshop
    Shrine
    Smithy

  Leaders:
    Explorer Skiin
      Special Ability: Master Archer
    Scientist Skan

  Military:
     Trained First Legion (Scouts) <A2/D2/R3[2/-]/H17/S3/M8>

  Technologies:
    Archery
    Astronomy
    Construction
    Engineering
    Farming
    Fishing
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Trade

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

The military preparations, seen as a necessary evil by many Lactosians, go fluidly as Dr. Donlan and Airag commandeer an empty room for their research in engineering, declaring it full of potential. Despite the time worked on that research, Airag still finds the time to complete research into flexible armor.

Clothes created an provided to the populance.
Military and Clothier's Workshops built
Taxation provides 10.5 money.
Metalcrafting and Engineering researched.

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 7%, adding 956 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus.
Population is now at 14,622.
16 labor units will be available next turn, with [1/10] in the excess labor pool.
15 food will be needed this turn. 1.5 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 0/20 Wood, 1/20 Wool, 1/20 Stone, 1/20 Iron, 0.6/20 clothes
  Granary: 9 food
  Treasury: 19 money

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

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

  Technologies:
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Engineering
    Farming
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Trade

Spoiler: Neruz's Elphamian Court (click to show/hide)

The Green Knight and his platoon scour the western plains, making note of any animal species that may be useful. They find oxes that could be useful as draft animals, great goats that might be useful for their milk, and a few potential game animals. One herd, however, the Sidhe find of particular interest - a horselike creature, fast but less enduring. However, such a creature cornered begins what could be described as a short dance... and flames shoot out of it hooves to wound and scare attackers. The Green Knight, almost by instinct, determines the leader of the herd they found, and fights the animal into submission, leading the herd back home, if outside of the forest to prevent accidents.

Random Event: Herd caught: Firedancers (farms built in plains. Better speed but less endurance compared to horses.)
Military School and Clothier's Workshop built.
Metalcrafting needs more research.
Animal handling researched

Morale is at 5. Population growth is 4%, adding 526 people.
Population is now at 13,682.
13 labor units will be available next turn, with [9/10] in the excess labor pool.
13 food will be needed this turn. 1.4 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Granary: 7 food
  Warehouse: 2/20 wood, 1/20 wool, 1/20 stone, 2/20 leather, 1/20 winter iron
  Herds: 1 Firedancer herd.

  Buildings:
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Military School
    Military Workshop

  Leaders:
    General -The Gray Prince-
    Governor -The Crown of the Red Sky-
    Great Warrior -The Green Knight- <A4/D3/R3[2/-]/H9/S3/M5>

  Mitiary:
    Soldiers <A4/D3/H14/S3/M5> (wooden spears and shields, leather armor)

  Technologies:
    Animal Handling
    Archery
    Construction
    Engineering
    Farming
    Legacy of the Sidhe (Prerequisite for magical technologies; unique)

Spoiler: evilcherry's niDano (click to show/hide)

With the need for a library becoming ever more apparent, the anaNoku set abou to make it happen, and by the end of the year, the structure stands, a new center for knowledge. The hunting goes well in the surrounding forests, and the people have the feeling that their relief and happiness was not misplaced.

Clothing provided to population
Hunting camps in tiles 8 and 9 completed.
Library completed.

Morale is at 7. Population growth is 6%, adding 835 people.
Population is now at 14,756.
15 labor units will be available next turn, with [3/10] in the excess labor pool.
15 food will be needed this turn. 1.5 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Granary: 8 food
  Warehouse: 3/20 wood, 1/20 wool, 3/20 stone, 1/20 iron, 1.4/20 Clothing

  Buildings:
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Necromantic Nexus
    Shrine
    Stone Wall on city tile

  Leaders:
    Governor Katungara
    Sage Mbevange

  Military:
    Skeleton Spearmen <A3/D2/H9/S4/M6/Ab:Scare Tactics> (Wooden spears)
    Skeleton Bowmen <A1/D2/R3[2/-]/H9/S4/M6/Ab:Scare Tactics> (Wooden bows)

  Technologies:
    Archery
    Basic Necromancy (Prerequisite for magical technologies; Allows building of Necromantic Nexus)
    Construction
    Farming
    Literacy
    Mining


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[Cheddarius]

Spoiler: Turn (click to show/hide)

9 food, 0 Wood, 1 Wool, 1 Stone, 1 Iron, 0.6 clothes

Spend 10 money to get 1 more labor point: 17 labor available

Work tile 1: 3 food, 1 wool
Work tile 2: 4 food
Work tile 3: 4 food
Work tile 4: 1 food, 2 wood
Work tile 12: 4 food
Work tile 18: 1 food, 1 iron, 1 stone

11 labor left, 26 food, 2 Wood, 2 Wool, 2 Stone, 2 Iron, 0.6 clothes

1 make clothes: -2 wool, +2 clothes
2 irrigate tile 6
6 build Mechanic's Workshop: -2 wood, -1 stone

2 research Animal Taming

Use 1.5 food to feed populace
Use 1.5 clothes and 1.5 spirituality to raise morale
0 labor left, 11 food, 0 Wood, 2 Wool, 1 Stone, 2 Iron, 1.1 clothes

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

The military was put on hold as Airag discovered new avenues of effort. With the new engineering technology from last year, Dr. Donlan supervised the construction of an immense mechanic's workshop, cranking out pulleys, cranes, strong pillars, and other mechanisms. With these new tools, buildings could be erected faster and use less material. Six thousand Lactosians labored for a year to create the mighty shop.

Meanwhile, Airag directed research into Animal Taming, wanting to breed beasts of burden. "Six thousand Lactosians work the land each year," he said, "and beasts of burden will help reduce that amount." In addition, they would be able to be used for swift new scouting troops to find trading partners.

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.

[Neruz]

FLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG HOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS


I have horses with flamethrowers in their hooves. The awesomeness of this situation cannot be understated.

Also; what does 'farms built in plains.' mean, i have a farm structure built off-map in the plains?

[IronyOwl]

Haskanara, Year 9

Spoiler: Contact (click to show/hide)

Skan pushed a coin as though it were a board game piece, tapping another as though testing it for something. It was a fascinatingly simple principle, but the concept of money had suddenly struck Skan as worthy of further investigation. The way they did things now seemed much better than before, and so he wondered if perhaps there was yet more benefit to the notion. He pondered the flow of goods and currency a moment further, using the coins to help visualize, before leaning back.

Skiin hadn't returned. He was marginally worried about this, but ultimately he knew that this was inevitable once Skiin had gotten as much food as he needed. The First Legion would be back when it had news or needed supplies; worrying because it hadn't returned was no different than worrying because they were out there in the first place.

Still, he sighed a bit as he rose to go inspect the metalworking. Working the two metals into an alloy had proven more difficult than he had expected, and it seemed Skethorum would have to go a bit longer without determined defenders.

--

Skiin motioned his scouts back down the mountain, away from the small green things. Skiin wagered he could wipe them out fairly easily, but losing even a single scout to some belligerent turf war seemed unacceptable. Let the little freaks defend their home, they'd negotiate or carve their way around or through when they felt like it. Besides, he wanted to talk to Skan before opening up relations with other peoples using a volley of arrows.

Still, he pondered the greenlings a bit longer before withdrawing himself. Their first encounter had been belligerent, but next time they might not have a choice but to fight. Who knew what was out there...

He shook his head, making his way down the mountain. Whatever it was, he'd make sure it found his Legion more trouble than it was worth.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

1) Work Tile 1 - Plains/River/Irrigation = 4 Food
2) Work Tile 2 - Plains/River/Irrigation = 4 Food
3) Work Tile 7 - Plains/River/Irrigation = 4 Food
4) Work Tile 8 - Mountains/Copper/Mine = 1 Stone, 1 Copper
5) Work Tile 9 - Plains/Irrigation = 3 Food
6) Work Tile 17 - Hills/Tin/Mine = 1 Food, 1 Wool, 1 Tin
Subtotals: 16 Food, 1 Stone, 1 Wool, 1 Copper, 1 Tin

Skiin's scouts will withdraw from the little humanoids and explore west. They'll try to swing back to Skethorum by the end of turn to report their findings, but will continue investigating anything interesting enough to warrant it.

7) Finish Quarry on Tile 6 - Hills (completed for next turn)

8 ) Produce clothing (-2 Wool, +2 Clothing)

9,10) Convert Copper and Tin to Bronze (-2 Copper, -2 Tin, +4 Bronze)

11) Produce Bronze Swords (-1 Bronze, scimitars)
12) Produce Bronze Shields (-1 Bronze)

13,14,15) Research Trade-related technology, excess to Sailing or equivalent

14,000 people produce 7 Money
-1 upkeep (First Legion)
+6 Money

Luxury Needed: 1.5
Luxury Produced: 1 Shrine + 0.5 Clothing

Food Produced: 16
Food Eaten: 14

Warehouse: 1/20 Wood, 5/20 Stone, 1.8/20 Clothing (0.3 + 2 - 0.5), 2/20 Bronze
Granary: 11/20 (9+2)
Treasury: 6 Money (0+6)

[Neruz]

Spoiler: ArPee (click to show/hide)

The Green Knight bowed low before The Gray Prince, although not too low. The distinction was fine and not lost on any Sidhe in the court; The Green Knight was bowing to The Gray Prince not as his master, but as a sign of respect. The Gray Prince accepted the sign with an inclination of his head before solmnly handing the Winter Iron armor and weapons to The Green Knight. The equipment had been lacquered with emerald dye and shimmered like a field of grass basking in the rising sun; weapons and armor truely worthy of a champion.
"You have brought great fortune to us, even now Abraxas helps our people learn to tame and ride the Firedancers, for they will make us strong and powerful. Soon we will be able to equip and arm an entire army with Winter Iron, but for now, i request that you trek to the mountains and search for signs of civilsation. We cannot be alone upon this world, and we must know if there are others nearby."
"Gray Prince, it will be done!"
With a blast of warm summer wind The Green Knight was gone, vanishing so abruptly that not even The Gray Prince had seen him depart. With a smile, The Gray Prince finalized his preparations to head over to the new Military School. There he would take personal charge of the training of future recruits; Abraxas assured him that only a little more knowledge would be needed before the mine could be expanded, but in order to fully take advantage of the School at least one more mine would be needed.

He would have to speak to The Crown of the Red Sky; she was almost completely recovered from the rigors of birth, but a new baby son; a hybrid of Seelie and Unseelie and a true Sidhe to the bone was her reward. And his too come to think of it.
It was clear the mountains held vast resources beyond imagining, and it was time to begin preparations to set up a remote mining village further to the north so that more of the mineral wealth could be accessed.

Elsewhere, in the Seelie Court, The Crown of the Red Sky lightly touched her son's forehead. He would be known as The Dawn of a New Age, and she sensed great things in his future, great things indeed.

Spoiler: Gaem (click to show/hide)

(3 + 1 Labour) - Research Metalworking, Extra Research to Horseback Riding
(1 Labour) Work Plains Tile 17 - +5 Food
(1 Labour) Work Plains Tile 16 - +4 Food
(1 Labour) Work Forest Tile 11 - +2 Food, +1 Wood, +1 Research
(1 Labour) Work Forest Tile 18 - +3 Food, +1 Wood
(1 Labour) Work Mountain Tile 7 - +1 Stone, +1 Winter Iron Ore
(3 Labour) Build Smithy - -2 Stone, -1 Winter Iron Ore
(2 Labour) Build Firedancer Farm on Plains Tile 15 - -1 Wood, -1 Firedancer Herd

Total Labour Usage - 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 13/13

OTHER:
The Green Knight's platoon climbs the mountains to the north and uses the elevated vantage point to survey the land as far as possible in all directions, looking for other signs of civilisation.

TOTALS:
14 Food Produced, 13 Food Eaten, 1 Food stored in Granary
2 Wood Produced, 1 Wood Used, 1 Wood stored in Warehouses
1 Stone Produced, 2 Stone used, 1 Stone subtracted from Warehouses
1 Winter Iron Ore produced, 1 Winter Iron Ore used

WAREHOUSE:
2/20 Leather
2/20 Wood
1/20 Wool
1/20 Winter Iron Ore

GRANARY:
8/20 Food

[Paranatural]

(2 Labour) Build Firedancer Farm on Plains Tile 15 - -1 Wood, -1 Firedancer Herd

...wouldn't a stone structure make more sense? Just putting it out there.

[evilcherry]

Still being very drawn-out and tired. let's see...

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

Mbevange is not too pleased with the situation. While there is an abundance of food, nothing here can be called great. The shrine is packed with the increasing population; woolen garments can only be that fashionable and no one will be too happy with too many of them. Calling to the still recent memories of the riot when everyone yell slogans at each other, and their spirits were just sky high like magic, she theorizes some ritualistic yelling in different tunes could bring in some happiness in the people. In addition, if the yelling is accompanied with objects to make corresponding sounds, they will be more encouraged to yell in tune.

4x Research Music. Leftover to engineering.
Work 8 9 11 12 13 14 15
2x Build quarry 5
2x Build quarry 16

+2 morale using shrine, clothing and overfeeding.

[Vanigo]

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

"I think we should build a steel foundry."
There were plenty of reasons this was a stupid idea, not the least of which was the fact that Rennad had no source of iron. Nari, however, was not to be reasoned with. The hereditary head of a small Tokk clan, he was Rennad's least effective councilor for the very simple reason that he was insane. Every session he would make dozens of inane suggestions, and he hadn't voted 'nay' on anything in his entire time on the council. The rest of the councilors had long since given up on arguing with him. While he couldn't be legally excluded from council meetings, they could and did simply ignore him. Nari either hadn't noticed or didn't care.
Fret Rinkend, the gnomish guildmaster who had been so rudely interrupted, barely missed a beat. "As I was saying, the construction equipment I'm proposing could, with a concerted effort, be complete by the end of the year. I estimate it'll pay for itself in reduced labor costs in three or four years."
"It sounds like quite a project, though", remarked Tailow Weatherbeater. "And we can't exactly pull people off farming; it seems like we'd have to put off research this year altogether."
"We are not doing that." Heron Redson, one of the handful of humans on the council, stated flatly. The city's unofficial head of research, he was well know for his nearly monomaniacal passion for his job. "We can build it over the course of a couple years, but we're not stopping research."
"The sooner we get this done, though, the more work it'll save us in the long run," Rinkend argued.
The debate continued for over an hour before coming to a vote. The council was divided almost evenly, and in the end it came down to one councilor.
"Aye!" cried Nari, with an expression of satisfied contentment on his face.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

3) Work tiles 5, 6, 15 (12 food)
2) Work tiles 1, 18 (3 food, 2 wool, 1 stone, 1 gold)
1) Work tile 7 (1 food, 2 stone)
1) Work tile 3 (1 food, 2 wood)

1) Make 2 clothing (-2 wool, 2 clothing)
6) Build mechanic's workshop (-1 stone, -2 wood)

14 food eaten
2 clothing used

Total: +3 food, +2 stone, +1 gold

[Knight Otu]

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

The First Legion moves away from the greenskins, which these acknowledge with quite a cacophony of unintelligible shouts. As the scouts move back west, they note the occassional green head peeking from behind rocks and stone, so they take a slightly different route back to avoid leading enemies back to Haskanara for the time being. This way, they pass a peculiar cave...
Quarrying the nearby hills, the Haskanara in Skethorum find a bright, shining metal. Somewhat to his disappointment, Skan finds it nigh-unusable for weaponry, but it should work nicely for currency and jewelry. He also improves and refines his earlier conception of the Haskanaran currency, though he finds that these may require a specialized building. And the city is getting somewhat crowded...

... The First Legion is ambushed from the peculiar cave. Not by the green humanoids, but by stranger beasts - a spherical body, furrowed like a brain, but not bisected, and trailing a powerful, lashing tentacle, or trailing nettles like jellyfishes, that is all the creatures are. They float out of the cave, lashing and touching the Haskanara, who valiantly fight back.
It soon becomes apparent that the beasts, for all their strangeness, are weaker than the First Legion. While several Haskanara are wounded, many more of the creatures lay dead, and the Haskanara receive aid that is as unexpected as it is ineffectual - several greenskins toss spears and rocks at the tentacled beasts from afar. Once the last of the beasts is slain, one of the greenskins cautiously apporached unarmed, his arms away from his body, only a small piece of chalk in his hands.


Quarry completed on tile 6. Resource found: Silver (+1 money without mine; +1 silver or +3 money with mine)
Clothing created and provided to population.
Bronze equipment created.
Unified Currency researched - Allows building of Mint. (will be added to the reference post)
Taxation provides 7 money. Military requires 1 money in upkeep.
First Legion attacked by an unknown foe! The foe is defeated, the First Legion taking 2 damage in the process.

 Mint
 2 wood or stone, 1 valuable ore (copper, silver, or gold), 3 labor
 Requires Unified Currency
 Valuable ores produce an additional 1 money when their tile is worked, whether money or ore is added. This increases to 2 with a mine, and 3 with a deep mine.


Morale is at 6. Population growth is 5%, adding 738 people.
Population is now at 15,508.
Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.
18 labor units will be available next turn, with [3/10] in the excess labor pool.
16 food will be needed this turn. 1.6 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 1/20 wood, 5/20 Stone, 0.8/20 Clothing, 1/20 bronze scimitars, 1/20 bronze shields
  Granary: 12/20 Food
  Treasury: 6

  Buildings:
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Military Workshop
    Shrine
    Smithy

  Leaders:
    Explorer Skiin
      Special Ability: Master Archer
    Scientist Skan

  Military:
     Trained First Legion (Scouts) <A2/D2/R3[2/-]/H15(17)/S3/M8>

  Technologies:
    Archery
    Astronomy
    Construction
    Engineering
    Farming
    Fishing
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Trade

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

Under Dr. Donlan's supervision, the engineering workshop is raised steadily, and by the end of the year, the vast building is completed,leaving the crowded Lactosians with a sense of accomplishment. Airag, meanwhile, finalizes the research on taming and breeding animals for work and riding.

Clothes created an provided to the populance.
Mechanic' Workshop built
Irrigation on tile 6 completed
Taxation provides 10.5 money.
Animal Handling researched.

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 7%, adding 1023 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus.
Population is now at 15,645.
Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.
16 labor units will be available next turn, with [7/10] in the excess labor pool.
15 food will be needed this turn. 1.6 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 1/20 Stone, 2/20 Iron, 1.1/20 clothes
  Granary: 11 food
  Treasury: 19.5 money

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

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

  Technologies:
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Engineering
    Farming
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Trade

Spoiler: evilcherry's niDano (click to show/hide)

Katungara struggles with determining the best distribution of food and clothing, as most plans she devises would involve nearly depleting the city's granary, which, as past misfortunes display, would be a grave error. She finally settles upon a plan where the people farther away from the shrine get more of the clothes, but less food, while those closer to the shrine get fewer of the clothes but more of the food.
One of the new quarries reports the finding of an unusual ash-grey gem, and the niDano Tsanavara quickly confirm their suspicions - this gem, Ashen Diamonds, are a viable resource for necromantic magic when ground into dust.

Governor Katungara's special ability revealed: Resource Distribution (Can combine a single luxury resource with more than one other luxury resource)
Clothing and food provided to population
Quarries in tiles 5 and 16 completed. Resource found - Ashen Diamond (1 labor turns it into luxury, or into Ashen Dust, a necromantic magic resource)
Music researched. Allows building of Music Hall (will be added to the reference post)

 Music Hall
 2 wood or stone, 3 labor
 Requires Music
 May be operated for 1 labor. When operated, grants 1 Musical luxury (automatically converted to 10 luxury points).

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 7%, adding 1032 people.
Population is now at 15,788.
Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.
17 labor units will be available next turn, with [1/10] in the excess labor pool.
16 food will be needed this turn. 1.6 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Granary: 6 food
  Warehouse: 3/20 wood, 1/20 wool, 3/20 stone, 1/20 iron, 0.1/20 Clothing

  Buildings:
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Necromantic Nexus
    Shrine
    Stone Wall on city tile

  Leaders:
    Governor Katungara
      Special Ability: Resource distribution
    Sage Mbevange

  Military:
    Skeleton Spearmen <A3/D2/H9/S4/M6/Ab:Scare Tactics> (Wooden spears)
    Skeleton Bowmen <A1/D2/R3[2/-]/H9/S4/M6/Ab:Scare Tactics> (Wooden bows)

  Technologies:
    Archery
    Basic Necromancy (Prerequisite for magical technologies; Allows building of Necromantic Nexus)
    Construction
    Farming
    Literacy
    Mining

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

Heron watches the huge project rise within the city with some envy. It is a huge drain on the workforce right now, and due to the ridiculously close vote that workforce is missing in his research. About his only comfort was the promise that the mechanic's workshop would free up people for future research... but it still leaves him without people to work with now, and that weighs harder.
The city life is bustling regardless of the huge project, yet the surroundings remain quiet.

Mechanic's Workshop built
Taxation provides 7 money.

Morale is at 6. Population growth is 5%, adding 725 people.
Population is now at 15,225.
Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 1%.
15 labor units will be available next turn, with [7/10] in the excess labor pool.
15 food will be needed this turn. 1.6 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Treasury: 7
  Granary: 8 food
  Warehouse: 2/20 stone, 1/20 gold, 0.4/20 Clothing

  Buildings
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Mechanic's Workshop
    Tinkerer's Shop

  Leaders:
    Engineer Fret Rikend
    Sage Heron Redson

  Technologies:
    Basic Artifíce
    Construction
    Engineering
    Farming
    Literacy
    Mining
    Theory of Elemental Earth
    Trade

[Cheddarius]

Spoiler: Turn (click to show/hide)

11 food, 1 Stone, 2 Iron, 1.1 clothes

Spend 10 money to get 1 more labor point: 17 labor available

Work tile 1: 3 food, 1 wool
Work tile 2: 4 food
Work tile 4: 1 food, 2 wood
Work tile 6: 2 food, 1 wool
Work tile 18: 1 food, 1 iron, 1 stone

12 labor left, 22 food, 2 Stone, 2 wood, 2 wool, 3 Iron, 1.1 clothes

1 make clothes: -2 wool, +2 clothes
1 make iron weapons: -1 iron
1 make flexible iron shields: -1 iron
2 build Pasture (+1 animal, -1 food) in tile 7 (Mechanic bonus): -1 wood
2 build Quarry in tile 16

1 research Horseback Riding
4 research Deep Mining

Use 15 food to feed populace
Use 1.6 clothes and 1.6 spirituality to raise morale
0 labor left, 7 food, 2 Stone, 1 wood, 1 Iron, 1.5 clothes

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

With the Mechanic's Workshop out of the way, the Lactosians were free to pursue other goals. They diversified into many fields. Firstly, Airag's vision of a new world, where Lactosians did not toil the fields or work the quarries, but instead studied and advanced the field of science, slowly took shape. Two thousand Lactosians built a pasture to tame work animals. In addition, the usual land was worked, yielding more building materials for next year. Other materials, such as iron for strong weapons and armor and wool for warm clothing, were also produced.
In addition, two thousand laborers worked in the smithy, producing one hundred sharp iron swords, and one hundred broad shields. Two thousand more built a quarry in the Hills of Iron, seeking a new source of wealth or ore for the Lactosian army. Finally, a vast army of Lactosians were sent to the library. Five thousand strong, they researched both horseback riding and improved mines.

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.

[IronyOwl]

Haskanara, Year 10

Spoiler: Visitor (click to show/hide)

Skan looked proudly at the construction, overjoyed that his first watermill was finally becoming a reality. For far too long they had been distracted by other necessities, unable to focus on something so mundane as greater efficiency in food production.
Not that there weren't different challenges now. Their unexpected guest had illuminated them on a new threat- one they couldn't be sure of the capabilities of. Of course, the mere presence of another race, however primitive, was significant in itself.
Still, Skan was more curious about the brainspawn than worried. They'd been ill-equipped to deal properly with the goblins, so they likely wouldn't pose much threat to the might of Skethorum. Unless there was something he didn't know about them, of course.
Skan shifted his legs in agitation. That was always the problem; they didn't know until they bothered to find out. And finding out could be dangerous at times.
Skan shook his head, not for the first time regretting that the First Legion couldn't have proper armor yet. The leather would do, but he would have felt better knowing they had the best that was available.
He looked back to the construction work, nodding to himself in approval. There were a lot of things he wanted built, now. Hopefully there'd be no more delays.

---

Skiin watched the Second Legion, slightly impressed. They looked rather imposing in heavy armor, and he knew the Legion in charge of defending Skethorum would be a disciplined one. It was too important a charge not to take seriously.
Of course, ideally they wouldn't have to fight until they'd been properly trained and fully accustomed to their armaments. But then, ideally they'd never have to fight at all; certainly that was the theory behind the First Legion, and that hadn't worked out quite so well. Brainspawn...
It was still a bizarre foe, partially because they weren't quite certain about them. What they did know, or thought they knew, certainly made them seem more bizarre, so perhaps they'd only find them stranger as they learned more, but either way Skiin wasn't sure what to make of them.
On the one hand, they were essentially animals; potentially dangerous, but not unusually so. On the other hand, anything that could merge itself with a living host was likely to have some very unpleasant surprises in store. The brief mention of them carrying things deep within their caverns had intrigued both Skiin and Skan, but it was currently thought too risky to try to retrieve one.
So in the meantime, the First Legion would rest and recover, and perhaps poke around the forest for anything unusual. Skiin and Skan were both interested in learning the goblin tongue; Skiin for mostly practical purposes, Skan for more academic ones. With that tool, and the understanding that they didn't mean the goblins any harm, Skiin intended to pass through the goblins and explore those hills beyond.
He took his leave of the Second Legion and set off for the First Legion. They had some woodlands to explore.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

1) Work Tile 1 - Plains/River/Irrigation = 4 Food
2) Work Tile 2 - Plains/River/Irrigation = 4 Food
3) Work Tile 6 - Hills/Silver/Quarry = 1 Food, 1 Wool, 1 Stone, 1 Money
4) Work Tile 7 - Plains/River/Irrigation = 4 Food
5) Work Tile 8 - Mountain/Copper/Mine = 1 Stone, 1 Copper
6) Work Tile 9 - Plains/Irrigation = 3 Food
7) Work Tile 17 - Hills/Tin/Mine = 1 Food, 1 Wool, 1 Tin
Subtotals: 17 Food, 2 Stone, 2 Wool, 1 Copper, 1 Tin, 1 Money

8,9,10,11) Build Watermill on Tile 1 - Plains/River/Irrigation (-2 Stone, -1 Wood, ready for next turn)

12) Smelt Bronze (-1 Copper, -1 Tin, +2 Bronze)

13,14) Forge Heavy Flexible Bronze Armor (-2 Bronze, 0.5 excess labor)

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

16,17,18) Research Sailing, excess to Mining-related tech

Raise Second Legion using heavy flexible armor, scimitars, shields

First Legion rests to recover wounds, and searches Tile 15 - Forest, for anything interesting. Skiin accompanies them, if he has time from learning goblin.

Skiin and Skan both attempt to learn and teach language with the goblin.

Food Produced: 17
Food Eaten: 16

Luxury Needed: 1.6
Luxury Produced: 1 (Shrine) + 0.6 (Clothing)

15,000 people produce 7 Money, +1 from silver
1 Money needed for military upkeep

Warehouse: 5/20 Stone, 2.2/20 Clothing (0.8 -0.6 +2)
Granary: 13/20 Food (12+1)
Treasury: 13 Money (6+7)

[Vanigo]

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

Cornath was not a happy dwarf. "It's been ten bloody years since we set down here, and we still don't have any kind of defensive forces. Yeah, we're building a decent little town, but any halfway trained mob could just walk in here and tear the whole place down!"
A chorus of assent broke out around the tavern. This was a bit odd, as the only dwarven tavern in the city was not exactly a quiet place, but then, Cornath was loud. He was also a bit drunk, but like most of the city's small dwarven population, he had a high tolerance for alcohol. "Yeah, it'd be great if we could find some iron to make proper weapons first, but even a division with wooden spears would be better than what we've got. 'Haven't seen any sign of hostile forces' they say. Way things are going, the first sign we see'll be the last!"
The other patrons made another round of agreeable noises.

Meanwhile, in another part of town, a shrine to the Earthmother was being built-slash-excavated.
"You know, I heard the priests haven't heard a whisper from her since we came here," Shan, one of the gnomish workers remarked.
"Eh, what would you know about it?", replied his friend Ander. "'Sides, this ain't the time or the place."
"I mean it. You hear these things if you keep your ears open."
"An' who'd you hear it from? Elves?" Ander had never thought too highly of elves. Flighty bastards and their stupid flower gods.
"Oh, here you go about elves again. 'They spend all day in the trees.' 'They think they're too good for an honest pint.' 'They go around buggering each other with woodchucks.'"
"I never said that!"
"Bet you thought it, though."
"No! I mean, how would that even work?"
"So you're thinking about it now, then?"
"Gah!"

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

3) Work 3, 6, 15 (12 food)
2) Work 1, 18 (3 food, 1 stone, 1 gold, 2 wool)
1) Work 3 (1 food, 2 wood)
(Total: 16 food, 1 stone, 2 wood, 2 wool, 1 gold)

2) Build farm on 14
2) Build shrine (-2 stone)
(1 bonus labor from mechanic's workshop)

4) Research ceremonial burial, excess to metalworking

1) Make 2 clothing
1) Make 2 gold jewelry

Use clothing, jewelry, for luxury
Net resources: +1 food, -1 stone, +2 wood, -1 gold, +.4 clothing, +.4 jewelry
+7 money

[evilcherry]

niDano 10

Finally get the game rolling. Now it would be more smooth for me to run.

4x research engineering.
Work 8 9 11 12 13 14 15
3x Build Mine in 16 (wood)
3x Build Music Hall (2x wood)

The food problem is still there. Without a way to improve the food production, it will be very hard for the machine of death working, even with the diamonds. Mbevange envisions turning interlocking parts, which may lead way to moving wind, water, or souls.

[Knight Otu]

Map updates will be posted with the next turn.

Spoiler: The Greenskin (click to show/hide)

The First Legion will put their bows away, and Skiin will walk over to the greenskin with the chalk, then wait for him to do something. The Legion will act fairly casually, as they're not very worried about the greenskins trying anything.
----
As the greenskin notes that the legion makes no hostile moves, it says something that Skiin does not understand. As it sees that verbal communication may be problematic, it grimaces, and starts drawing with its piece of chalk, while it points to itself and says something that sounds like "Grugrob". It first draws a circle with a hook attached, and points at one of the dead monsters. Then, it draws two more of those depictions below, a few dots behind those two, and then a bisected circle with two hooks.
Below that, it draws a combination of three ovals with two hooks, and several shorter lines.

The humanoid then takes several steps away, where it draws several of the first circle with hooks, and several humanoid stick figures that apparently throw spears and rocks at them, and below that, it draws several stick figures lying on the ground, while others are in the grip of the hooks, seemingly moving away from the dead humanoids. It pauses a bit, but still looking at the drawing.
----
Skiin points to the humanoids being carried by the circle-hooks, then quickly fake-bites the finger he used to point before pointing at the bisected circle and looking at Grubgrob.
----
The greenskin looks at Skiin's gesture with a tilted head, draws a circle with many rays, points in the general direction of the sun, says a word, and fake-draws several arrows going backwards. It then sighs, points at the drawing again, adds some points, hesitates a bit, then draws a humanoid figure with an elongated head from which two hooks emerge. It then fake-draws a few arrows forward from the sun depiction.
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Skiin recoils a bit at the elongated head image, then ponders the picture a moment.

He then points at one of the slain creatures, makes a grabbing motion at the greenskin, then a dragging motion, points at the bisected circle, pretend-grabs on of the hook-oval things, pretends to put it over the greenskin's head, then points at the greenskin, then at the slain thing.

He has a fairly incredulous expression while doing this, if the greenskin can tell.
----
The greenskin tilts its head again at Skiin's actions. It points at its earlier picture of two circles-with-hooks followed by the bisected circle-with-two-hooks, then cradles its chin in a hand. Shaking its head, it then draws what might be several Haskanara, and a humanoid. Above the heads of the humanoid and one Haskanara, it draws some symbols. It then draws the same scene, but this time, the humanoid has the same symbols above its head as the Haskanara.
----
Skiin points at the symbols and tilts his head.
----
The greenskin points at the symbols above the humanoid in the first picture and speaks something. Then it points at the symbols above the Haskanara's head, then at Skiin's mouth.
----
Skiin reaches for the chalk the greenskin is holding. If he gets it, he draws a cliff with several humanoids on it, holding spears aloft. A little ways away, he draws another cave with several of the slain things lying around, as well as a few more humanoids and several Haskanara. At what he feels is a to scale distance (if possible), considering the distance between the prior drawings, he draws several buildings, Haskanara doing various things (raising hammers, weaving, mining), as well as a few well-armed and armored Haskanara.

He then points to himself and the Legion, and traces a line between the current cave and the city. He then points to the greenskin and repeats the line, tilting his head.
----
The greenskin looks at Skiin's drawing, points at the humanoids by the cave in the drawing, draws a line to the cliff, then points at itself, and draws a line from the cave to the buildings, nodding.
----
Alright, Skiin assumes he means the others are going home and he's coming with. If that's the case, he'll see the others off, then escort the greenskin back to Skethorum, including giving him a piggyback ride if that's faster. The Legion will bring along the corpses as well, plus any thrown rocks and spears the greenskins left behind, as an example of their workmanship.

If they can't get to Skethorum quickly, Skiin will inspect, and if useful, dissect the corpses on their way back. He'll attempt to learn the greenskin's language and teach the greenskin his own language regardless.
----
On the way back to Skethorum, Skiin learns little of the greenskin's language, while the latter fares a bit better with the Haskanara language. Skiin takes away from this that the greenskins call themselves goblins, and their guest's name is Grugrob. The First Legion does reach Haskanara fairly quickly, where Skan can more easily translate the goblin language.

While dissection of the creatures yields little understanding, Grugrob claims that these were the weakest of them. They supposedly can merge with each other, gaining greater and more power, and the goblins learned the hard way that the beasts can merge with other creatures as well, as happened some time ago with goblins. For their appearance, the goblins call the monsters brainspawn.

The goblin weapons are fairly primitive, but they utilize copper, which appears to be in good supply throughout the mountains.
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Skan is fascinated by this, and wants to know if Grugrob knows how intelligent the brainspawn are.

They're also curious how Grugrob reacts to the city, what he thinks of it, and about any information he can provide about the goblins' settlement(s).
----
Grugrob figures that the basic brainspawn aren't very intelligent, and that merges get more intelligent the more brainspawn are part of it, though they have seen only merges of two and three brainspawn, of brainspawn and goblins, and brainspawn and great spiders. He adds that scouts have reported that the basic brainspawn may have carried other things within caverns. Grugrob's second-hand descriptions make these sound remotely like flat, more spiky shells of whelks.

Grugrob is certainly in awe of the city. According to him, the goblins retreated into a cave system after their village became the target of the brainspawn, and that rebuilding is slow. But even at its height, the goblin village was nothing like Skethorum.

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

The Haskanara concentrate much on their element of origin this year. The watermill quickly improves the efficiency of food production, while Skan creates working scale models of sailing ships to transport people and goods quickly over waterways.
The goblin, while clearly intelligent enough to understand some of the workings of the city, is obviously overwhelmed by the going-ons as he answers further questions, though some of his answers leave the Haskanara puzzled. Magic? A Changing of Worlds? These words remain largely meaningless to the people, though the Odammites believe it to be relevant to their interests.
As the Second Legion is raised and the First Legion scours the forests to little effect, there are some voices questioning the idea that the brainspawn are ill-equipped to deal with the goblins, especially in light of reports that the goblins were rather ineffectual in the Battle at the Cave. Rather, these voices say, the brainspawn may have left the goblins alone because there is little to gain from them.


Watermill completed on tile 1.
Clothing created and provided to population.
Bronze equipment created.
Sailing researched (will be added to the reference post).
Second Legion Raised
Taxation provides 7 money. Military requires 1 money in upkeep.


Morale is at 6. Population growth is 3%, adding 465 people.
Population is now at 15,973. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.)
18 labor units will be available next turn, with [8/10] in the excess labor pool.
16 food will be needed this turn. 1.6 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Warehouse: 5/20 Stone, 1.2/20 Clothing, 2/20 bronze
  Granary: 13/20 Food
  Treasury: 13

  Buildings:
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Military Workshop
    Shrine
    Smithy

  Leaders:
    Explorer Skiin
      Special Ability: Master Archer
    Scientist Skan

  Military:
     Trained First Legion (Scouts) <A2/D2/R3[2/-]/H17/S3/M8>
     Second Legion <A6/D5/H22/S2/M6>

  Technologies:
    Archery
    Astronomy
    Construction
    Engineering
    Farming
    Fishing
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Sailing
    Trade

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

Once more, curses to the gods are heard throughout Lactosia as many farmers found their crops infested. Fear gripad the people that once again, famine might strike, and their lives might be short ...

...but it is the fear that is short-lived. Over the years, the Lactosian granaries have been filled with wheel after wheel of food, and the populance can be fed easily. While the granaries are nigh-empty now, Great Lactosia rests well in the knowledge that a catastrophe has been averted. Some even are inclined to give the gods some credit when silver is found in a newly-created quarry. Most, however, put the credit for this discovery in the hands of Airag and Dr. Donlan, who provided ideas for deeper mines.

Random event - Bad Harvest! Each hex provides 1 less food.
Clothes created an provided to the populance.
Iron equipment created
Quarry on tile 16 completed. Resource found - Silver
Pasture on tile 7 completed
Taxation provides 12 money.
Deep Mining researched.
Horseback Riding needs some more research.

Morale is at 8. Population growth is 5%, adding 782 people. Morale is high enough for a labor bonus.
Population is now at 16,427. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.)
18 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.

  Warehouse: 1/20 wood, 2/20 Stone, 1/20 Iron, 1.5/20 clothes
  Granary: 2 food
  Treasury: 21.5 money

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

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

  Technologies:
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Deep Mining
    Engineering
    Farming
    Literacy
    Metalcrafting
    Mining
    Trade

Spoiler: evilcherry's niDano (click to show/hide)

They come down from the mountains, ratman after ratman bearing primitive shields and spears and leather armor. Yet they find that a good whack with a spear is sufficient to at least damage an unarmored skeleton, such as those that fight them now. While demoralized by their opponents, and pelted with arrows, the ratmen at least put up a good fight. But in the end, the one thing they do make is raw material to replenish the losses of the niDano. Despite the disturbance by the raiders, the music hall and the mine are completed on schedule.

Random Event - Raiders!
1 Unit of ratman marauders destroyed. Skeleton Spearman unit takes 4 damage.
Mine in tile 16 completed, replacing quarry.
Engineering needs some more research.
Music Hall built.


Morale is at 6. Population growth is 3%, adding 473 people.
Population is now at 16,261. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 2%.)
16 labor units will be available next turn, with [4/10] in the excess labor pool.
16 food will be needed this turn. 1.7 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Granary: 7 food
  Warehouse: 2/20 wood, 2/20 wool, 5/20 stone, 2/20 iron, 0.1/20 Clothing

  Buildings:
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Music Hall
    Necromantic Nexus
    Shrine
    Stone Wall on city tile

  Leaders:
    Governor Katungara
      Special Ability: Resource distribution
    Sage Mbevange

  Military:
    Skeleton Spearmen <A3/D2/H2(9)/S4/M6/Ab:Scare Tactics> (Wooden spears)
    Skeleton Bowmen <A1/D2/R3[2/-]/H9/S4/M6/Ab:Scare Tactics> (Wooden bows)

  Technologies:
    Archery
    Basic Necromancy (Prerequisite for magical technologies; Allows building of Necromantic Nexus)
    Construction
    Farming
    Literacy
    Mining
    Music

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

The shrine of the Earthmother is completed on schedule, and whether by wishful thinking or actual divine presence, the population feels much better. Some even claim to hear whispers in the shrine. Yet this doesn't negate the obvious fact that Rennad remains defenseless, bemoaned in many a tavern and household. The feeling is not quite helped by the fact that plans for a grand tomb have been drawn up, but the ongoing metalworking research is more than enough to convince people that defense is on their leaders' minds.

Irrigation on tile 14 completed.
Shrine built
Taxation provides 7 money.
Ceremonial Burial researched.
Metalcrafting needs more research.

Morale is at 7. Population growth is 5%, adding 761 people.
Population is now at 15,986. (Overcrowding! Population growth is reduced by 1%.)
16 labor units will be available next turn, with [7/10] in the excess labor pool.
16 food will be needed this turn. 1.6 luxury units are needed to raise morale.

  Treasury: 14
  Granary: 9 food
  Warehouse: 2/20 wood, 1/20 stone, 0/20 gold, 0.8/20 Clothing, 0.4/20 Gold jewelry

  Buildings
    Clothier's Workshop
    Granary
    Hall of Learning
    Library
    Mechanic's Workshop
    Shrine
    Tinkerer's Shop

  Leaders:
    Engineer Fret Rikend
    Sage Heron Redson

  Technologies:
    Basic Artifíce
    Ceremonial Burial
    Construction
    Engineering
    Farming
    Literacy
    Mining
    Theory of Elemental Earth
    Trade