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[Angle]

You might want to give your soldiers some weapon training.

also don't forget to have some animal to pull your wagon.

As for your character, remember to pick out some abilities. Probably training people exceptionally well, and being able to use any weapon?

[Taricus]

Right, I'll get on it.

[Sheb]

Spoiler: Gaius Julius Shebus (click to show/hide)

Gaius Julius was one of the largest landowner of the country, with large estates everywhere and especially huge swathes of sheep grazing land in the North. When the Barbariens came, he first tried to oppose them, sending his own son in battle at the head of a regiment made up of various servants and tenants. However it soon became evident that the War was lost and that the only hope was to flee. So he did it in style, taking with him his servants, collections of fine art and wines as well as all the laborers he could find, and their family. More than 300 people and several wagons of fine goods went to the Mountain pass, but the ropes broke down and only a few dozens landed with the Patrician on what was soon to be his new estate.

Gaius Julius is a fine orator and a great organizer. People works more efficiently under him, and he can take hold of a man's heart. He doesn't have much knowledge of farmwork but he does know how to spot people who does and make them work for him. (So, famring bonus, maybe a lower general working bonus, but I don't want my character to know about farming. He's a spoiled noble after all.

Spoiler: Gaius Julius' Possessions (click to show/hide)

*17 laborers, gatherers, farmers.
*3 laborers, builder, landscapers
*1 Poppaea Sabina, wife, annoying
*2 laborers (manservants)
*1 Gaius Julius
*3 Wagons
*6 Oxen
*20 Amphore of Fine Wine
*3 Marble Statues
*2 Plough
*4 Axes
*3 Shovels
*6 Bags of Seeds
*15 Barrels of preserved food (Total: 60 food units.)

I've got a bit more than 20 followers, but my wife and the manservants are there for RP and won't do anything except if they're starving.

[Angle]

very nice. You might want to figure out a combat oriented ability, maybe an inspirational speech?

Gaius:
When the mists clear, you find yourself on a rolling plain. there are hills to the southwest, and the beginnings of a forest to the southeast. The sun is high in the sky, and a cool wind is blowing from the west.



Taric:
You find yourself at the foot of a snowy mountain pass. Behind you, the the earth rises up as if to block out the sky. in front of you, to the north, are some grassy hills, and to the northeast, you see some forested mountains.

[Taricus]

Maybe a Rallying cry?

The Archers and axemen head into the forest for food and wood, Foragers search the hills for food and the laborers set the camp up in those hills usng the tents. I'll search out for our fellow settlers.

[Angle]

Taric:
The archers have great luck, and bring back a couple of deer. The axemen find the local trees to be good wood, and fell several of them. The foragers, however, find the hills to be totally devoid of edible plants, and come back empty handed. You search the nearby area, and find no sign of any other human beings. You do manage to map the surrounding area, though.

Spoiler: Results (click to show/hide)

1 week passed.
+1 food (7 hunted, 6 consumed)
+7 wood (7 cut)

[Taricus]

I search further to the north, there maybe something else there. Archers are to go back hunting, axemen chopping wood and the foragers go with them to scrounge up any thing edible they can find. Builders start fortifying the camp.

[Toaster]

I'll take the Builder then?  I'll work up something in a minute.

[Toaster]

(Since the other names were vaguely Roman...)

Spoiler: Boss Sillus (click to show/hide)

Angelus Sillus (though everyone calls him Boss Sillus) was a city planner of some repute.  He is known for constructing many of the industrial buildings in the old world, and he takes great pride in his work.  He was working on what would become the tallest tower in the city when the attacks came.  Denied of his crowning achievement, he fled the cities like the others and took refuge in the pass.  He has come here with one goal- rebuild the splendor he has left behind.

A man of some height, he strikes an imposing figure as he stands surveying the latest construction.  A man in his mid 40s, his brown hair has the slightest hint of grey.  He drives his men hard, but he is fair and understanding.  People respect him and enjoy working under him.

His long experience with construction has given him a deep understanding of architecture.  It seems buildings by him are always completed early and under budget.

Spoiler: Sillus' Possessions (click to show/hide)

4x Laborer/Builder/Carpenter
3x Laborer/Builder/Mason
2x Laborer/Builder/Engineer
6x Laborer/Gatherer/Farmer
3x Laborer/Gatherer/Lumberjack
3x Laborer/Gatherer/Miner
1x Sillus
2x wagons
4x oxen, pulling wagons
5x barrels
5x bags of grain seed
4x cow
80x food, field rations
8x plow
10x shovel
10x axe
5x Bow/arrows

For an ability, I went with cheaper/faster buildings.  That sound fair?

[Angle]

Taric:
You have difficulty climbing the hills, they are steep and the ground is only barely held in place. nevertheless, you climb to the top of the hill and map the surrounding terrain. You are almost about to turn back, but then you see a trail of smoke.

Back at camp, your archers have little luck. Seems the prey has become much more wary now. Your woodcutters also have some trouble finding good wood, but manage to bring back a little. Your foragers manage to find some berries and a few edible roots, but that's about it. The builders at least manage to get some stuff done, building a modest watchtower.

Spoiler: Results (click to show/hide)

-6 food (1 foraged, 7 consumed)
-4wood (5 used for watchtower, 1 cut)
+1 modest watchtower

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

At this point, I'd like to pause and let the others catch up a bit, okay?

Toaster:
Yeah, that's good.

You arrive on a stunted shubland. Rocky outcroppings litter the area, and twisted growths cling to them desperately.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

[Toaster]

"All right boys, let's get cracking!  First thing is food!  Let's find some!  Once we get some supplies, we can lay down some farms.  Wood looks sparse, but there's stone!  Let's get what wood is easy to grab, and then go for solid granite!"

Farmers all hunt/forage for food- take the bows.
All builders assist lumberjacks in gathering wood.
Miners see if they can get some stone to start off with.

[Angle]

Toaster:
The foraging goes poorly - this area is pretty barren. The woodcutting and mining go well - you find a number of rugged trees, and your miners find a very nice outcrop of stone for a mine.

Spoiler: Results (click to show/hide)

I week passed
+6 wood (6 cut)
+4 stone (4 mined)
-7 food (7 consumed, 0 foraged)

[Toaster]

"This land sucks.  Let's get some farming going."


9 Builders build fields
All farmers hunt
Last builder and lumberjacks chop wood
Miners dig more stone


Are turns a week or a month (will this get me 3/4 of a field or 3 fields?)


Also, I'll be mostly away this weekend, so my turns will be sluggish (posting from phone.)

[Angle]

Turns are weeks. 4 weeks make a month.
I've gone and changed all the time measurements into weeks, though, so this should give you a few fields.

Sillus:
Your builders find the soil to be stony and thin, nevertheless they manage to dig two fields. The farmers have little success, there's not much more here than rabbits. The lumberjacks again manage to find a surprising amount of wood in the hills. The miners continue to pick away at surface stone.

Spoiler: Results (click to show/hide)

1 week passed
+2 fields
-4 food (5 consumed, 1 hunted)
+5 wood(5 cut)
+3 stone(3 mined)

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

And don't worry about being away, we're still waiting for sheb to take a turn.

[Sheb]

Yeah, sorry. Actually I was expecting us to be all together. Well, good I'm the one specializing in food then.

"All men! We need some farms! Those hillsides should support great wheat crops! As for myself, I'll take Brutus and Julius (The menservants) will me and scout that forest to the south. We should get much timber from it. Brutus, take a pair of axes, they'll come in handy if we meet some wildlife."



"Sabina darling, stay here, I'll try to find some strawberries for you. I know how much you like them, pregnant as you are. And don't worry for me, you know that as a Patrician, I was trained in hunting and fighting with a variety of weapons. (Yup, that's my combat ability. No general buff, but my guys got proficiency in most weapons)"