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Total Members Voted: 11

[V-Norrec]

GREAT-UNCLE URIST!

Really though, we'll probably need lots of cave seeds, not exciting but it keeps us fed.  We'll also need cave wheat for beer, which wasn't offered to us for this part of the expedition.  Probably could do with barrels of food and booze.  If nothing else we got a free barrel out of it.

On the less practical side of things, we could probably import valuable metals/rough gems, and export fine quality finished goods and make money off of it.  I mean, we only have a ton of artisans.  We should have wood covered(hopefully).  We might want to have a couple of Ballista brought here for protection.

Other than that I can't really think of anything, it'd help if we had a list of everything they could bring with them though.

Edit:  Just thought, soap would probably be good so we could clean ourselves up too.

Double Edit:  We'll actually probably need oil constantly in order to keep our kitchens running, might as well start importing glass vials of oil now.

[FuzzyZergling]

Food and booze, with the priority on the booze.

[IronyOwl]

They won't get here for nearly a year, so we'll either have become largely self-sufficient or starved to death in the snow by then. Still in favor of some food and booze to boost the stocks, especially if it gives us some variety.

Agree completely on the metals and gems. I was thinking of starting with just copper or whatever, but I guess in theory we should be making the same profit ratio on whatever we make, so it's just a matter of what we could afford. Probably a fair amount, assuming Ochita focuses on stonecrafting most of the time. Which would be more likely if he wasn't also one of our two masons, the other being our only miner.

We've got siege engineers, so assuming we have wood I don't think we'd need to import ballistas. Soap is a good idea, since we can't make it on our own without an elaborate livestock setup. We might want them to bring us cloth or thread as well, since we'll probably be too busy growing food and booze to worry about clothing. I guess we could import whole clothes instead, but I'm sure someone could pick up clothesmaking in their spare time.

[Shade-o]

Just so you know, lantern oil can be made from both crops and animal fat.

[V-Norrec]

Well I guess if we start taming local animals >.>  that would work.  Adil has a new job.

[Shade-o]

Anyone have any ideas for a poll?

[Hastur]

start an economy poll heh heh heh
or naming something.
Personally I want a poll on what offensive thing i should engrave on the side of the mountain to piss off passers by. How about a mooning dwarf? That'll enrage those goblins eh?

[V-Norrec]

not really, it's kind of boring getting started, because well, there's just not a whole lot to do interesting, it's all neccesity.

I guess the best poll we could have is

"When should we start the economy and get off the barter system?"

Option 1:  Immediately
Option 2:  With the coming of the fall caravan.
Option 3:  Next year
Option 4:  Never

Something like that. . . maybe.

[Shade-o]

I was thinking more "Should we exile Norrec and Urist for their disgustingly cute romance?" but that other thing might work, too.

[V-Norrec]

Pffft, you're talking to a romantic fan fiction writer.  I could do so much worse to you.

Also, we needz dwarven babies.  FOR THE PROPAGATION OF OUR GREAT RACE!!!

[Shade-o]

And I could do so much worse for you.

What would happen if your 'blessing' were reversed while pregnant? Let's ask the d20.

[V-Norrec]

... Fine, I'll try to limit the cuteness.  ^Nazi.

[Shade-o]

Nah, do whatever you like. I'm a benevolent Armok.

I mean, you've had a rough time so far. Constant setbacks. Gender bending. Failing at murder. People releasing old gods around you. Being cold-blooded in a tundra.

You deserve whatever happiness you can get.

[V-Norrec]

You know, I have to ask something about that.  What was on that left path (the one where the panel was and was about Dwarf-sized).  I figure you can tell us now as it's not likely any of us are going back there any time soon, and even if we were, we probably couldn't get inside the Necropolis again.

[Shade-o]

Well, I assure you that I wasn't making up the whole thing as we went along. The chute would have dropped them somewhere in the maze that Adil guided you though.