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DCBomB
Sep 14, 2008

I like content, do you like content? 'cause I like content. I especially like giving player-made content back to all the players!

Here're some of the best/worst/craziest plans that you dudes came up with (and told me about)

Team Not-Boring posted:

"I proposed sacrificing everything we had gained on our trip on the make-shift altar to El we built at the beach while Eyescream ran after us. I wanted us to then turn to Eyescream and fight it, taking the loot from the kill to the altar in Zepath as our offering.

I think that this instantly disqualifies me from Team Boring."

Team Asherah posted:

Get powerful, get hungry, leap into one of eyescream's mass, eat him/her from the inside out, consume his/her strength, go find the big fish, eat the fish.

Team El posted:

Charge Eyescream and take it down with a heart full of El like the man/boy we are/were.

Team Social Justice posted:

Trying to reason with Eyescream in belief that it is tortured rather than angry. Suicide option, basically.
Fighting Eyescream was a fairly popular one. If the Xviv was any indication, at least two of you had the right idea!



Some plans you were less enthusiastic about, in retrospect.

Team Bareen posted:

Go with Bareen you idiots

No Team posted:

"Mighty Training by running fast while carrying two giant legs of boar for fuel.

Really really dumb."

Team El posted:

I voted to eat the rock. I feel bad.

No-Longer-Team-Magic posted:

Grabbing the words during the ToM battle! People about had a heart attack about me suggesting that.

Team Embarrass Enkidel posted:

The one where Enkidel uses the stone monolith of Zepa as a magic flamethrower/codpiece.

also No-Longer-Team-Magic posted:

I also voted for using the tooth to shoot lightning back in the day - that was pretty stupid (but fun!)

dude who called himself 'Dipshit' posted:

Filling out this survey
Hey, thanks.



Some people submitted their plans for the future~

Team Pebble posted:

As for a seriously crazy plan that I think is worth a try... If in ten years we get locked out of our body again and we end up in the intersection of the godplane and mindsphere, we should use our increased magical potency to recreate the entirety of Ur/Zepath inside that place and rule it like a god."

Team Bard's Tale posted:

[Plan] Bard's Tale - Any time anybody decides to be deliberately loving cryptic with us over every question we ask, we say Fuckit, and go to the tavern instead of putting up with it.

Team Azazzel posted:

Covert op back to athar to see what our favorite cannibal uncle is up to.

No Team posted:

We need to tell Naomi to gently caress off and go gay for our brothers in arms, sparta style.

Team El posted:

Enkidel should find El and get him to change his mind about homosexuality because gay sex is awesome.




And there were a bunch of references to some pretty early game stuff, too.

'Team Social Justice' posted:

I suggested slitting Shushem's throat when we were four. Would have saved -so much- trouble.

No Team posted:

I made a passion post to punch lullaby and break his nose. It got us broken then not broken. But it was better than backing out after goons got so committed.

Team Paebel posted:

I was 100% leading the charge on shooting at the grove scorpion when most wanted to just do nothing (go Team Boring) - I take credit for discovering Arrow Time because I was one a few voters begging people to shoot our loving bow.

No Team posted:

Plan Dolphin. It's a secret.

Team Asherah posted:

Sass Tudiya after he killed Shushem

Team Keep Snarls Alive posted:

" ....so, I maaaaaaaaay have been on board with Team Fish Lightening.

LOOK IT MADE SENSE AT THE TIME, OK?




I'm saving most of the Team Asherah submissions for when I do a post about that team later~

The Most Consistent Voter posted:

Eat the hearts of pretty much everyone. Maybe share them with bros.

DCBomB fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Feb 22, 2014

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Deadmeat5150
Nov 21, 2005

OLD MAN YELLS AT CLAN
+1 for Plan Hire Ephat
+1 for Plan Sogol
+1 for Plan Asherah

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:

An actual thing to do: Try to sense Jobe, our priest friend. Try to sense Zebanetha.
Vegeta Diog, what does the scouter our senses say about their power levels?

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

We're always hiring!

JT Jag posted:

Vegeta Diog, what does the scouter our senses say about their power levels?

Welcome to "What's their Power Level Anyway?"
Where the range is arbitrary and the numbers are wildly and deliberately inaccurate!

Indor - 13
Zeb - 12345
Danal - a peanut butter sandwich
Ishamal - You'll tell yourself when you're older.

Deadmeat5150
Nov 21, 2005

OLD MAN YELLS AT CLAN

JT Jag posted:

Vegeta Diog, what does the scouter our senses say about their power levels?

They're over 9000!

I feel dirty now.

dyzzy
Dec 22, 2009

argh
Anxiously awaiting a series of updates that take place over a week irl while we stare intently at our foe.

Ego Trip
Aug 28, 2012

A tenacious little mouse!


dyzzy posted:

Anxiously awaiting a series of updates that take place over a week irl while we stare intently at our foe.

We do not need to breathe, so we can yell longer!

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle




Where will we find proper hair styling products?

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

We're always hiring!

No wonder Ishamal is scared of us. He and Tudiya could only reach Ultra Mighty Man. We will be the first to truly ascend to MMJ2. :ssj:

White Noise Marine
Apr 14, 2010

Angela Christine posted:

Where will we find proper hair styling products?

We make our own. :fry:

Diogines
Dec 22, 2007

Beaky the Tortoise says, click here to join our choose Your Own Adventure Game!

Paradise Lost: Clash of the Heavens!

Still writing. Sorry for the delay, it will go up as soon as I am done.

Diogines
Dec 22, 2007

Beaky the Tortoise says, click here to join our choose Your Own Adventure Game!

Paradise Lost: Clash of the Heavens!

Four months have passed. You are 18. Naomi is 21. Danal is 13.

As the only male relative in her life, her support is your responsibility. You asked her to move in with you and so she did. Naomi was certainly pleased.

You are often out of the city. Your mother has managed the kitchens of Tudiya's large home for some time and commanded a number of his household slaves, but Naomi is not without training in such matters. Custom and convention would have you delegate the task to your wife, if you delegated it at all, but it would not be scandalous to have your mother handle such matters.

1. Who has charge of your household finances and your slaves?
A. I do. I have my mother handle it when I am not around.
B. I do. I have Noami handle them when I am not around.

C. Naomi handles the household finances and slaves, when I am home and when I am not.
D. My mother handles the household finances and slaves, when I am home and when I am not.

E. Something else, fill in.

As a consequence of the time spent training with Ishamal, you have learned to hold your breath for ten minutes while engaging in vigorous physical activity. After a few weeks training with him, you resumed hunting in the wilderness with your men.





Snarls nose found your first prize of the season.

Mancows. Two ahead, over the hill. Cooking.

You climbed the hill ahead and saw them in the valley below, a pair of minotaurs roasting a deer over a cooking fire.





You and your men crept upon the beasts as quietly as you could manage, approaching from behind them but you were soon noticed. The minotaurs raised up their clubs, roared and charged. Your Balls advanced in a line three men thick, shields up. You struck the first blow upon the beasts, smashing one of the minotaurs in the chest with your shield. The shields of one of your balls shattered but the beasts were stopped in their tracks and the thrusts of your Ball's spears made short work of them.

You cut up their carcasses, loaded them onto the donkeys and returned to Zepath. Your men did not question what you did with them, the thought that you, the adopted son of the King, one who the Melachim clearly favors, would sell to someone like Indor is completely unthinkable. When you hunted with Aaron, you sold to merchants who would carry the monster bits to larger cities in the interior for sacrifice upon temple altars. Indor paid you notably more than those merchants did. Paebel arranged the sale. Some of it he leaves beyond the city for Puabi to pick up. The only socially acceptable thing for you to do with the corpses is sell them to merchants who would re-sell them for sacred offerings in larger cities in safer areas. Which is exactly what Paebel is seen to do in the market... to a merchant who then smuggles the flesh to Indor.

At the end of four months, you have slain quite a few monsters with your Balls and each you dragged back for sale.

Eleven minotaurs.





Five harpies.





Three giant snakes.


Two ogres.

Your men found a grove scorpion southeast of Zepath. With pots of oil and a run for your lives, you torched it's grove but did not try to kill the thing. It chased with great fury and anger but you were able to get away from it, eventually.

You found three goblin dens, none as large as what you encountered on your first trip. You did not count the goblins, a rough guess is sixty or so? You did find a few trinkets and valuables among them worth carrying back for sale. The profit of your hunts has allowed nearly all of your poorer Balls to buy better equipment. They do not have expensive equipment as fine as the smiths or Mighty Balls among you, but they were able to trade some of their old, "well seasoned" family hand me downs for something newer and sturdier. Your men have learned more of fighting as a group from their time in the wilds.

You have far surpassed any sort of success Bareen's hunters might have hoped for and taken far fewer casualties to boot. Fewer, but not none. Two of your farmers have died. One had his skull and half his body shattered by an ogre and another had his throat torn out by a harpy. Uriah took a serious wound from the axe of a minotaur. With a swift application of the medicine Indor gave you, you saved his life, he would have surely bled out if you did not have it. None questioned where it came from or seemed to care in the slightest. Two weeks later after some rest, Uriah rejoined your men. After several months resting Jassiel has recovered from his broken arm and leg and rejoined your Balls.

Asahel aka Billy fights as well as any of your men but speaks little. He has the servile attitude of one who has always been a slave. So far, none seem to have any hint that he ran away from Ibleam.

Your Balls are pleased with your leadership, the wealth you have brought them and the glory.

You have grown two inches. You are now an inch taller than Tudiya. Your strength has fluctuated over the course of the last four months, sometimes quite a lot. Why is not apparent, unless you think you have an idea? On the weakest days, you still felt notably stronger than before you fought the Zviv. The height of your strength seems to last for an hour at the most, often much less, only a few moments. At it's height, it may be a match for one of Zepath's Mighty Men? Excluding Aaron, whom you know to be stronger than the rest of Zepath's Mighty men.

You have become slightly more muscular. Your hunger seems tied to your strength, lessening when your strength rises and increasing as it wains.

There were a handful of times during your hunting when time seemed to pause around you. There were times where you felt a surge of power as if you could suddenly summon great strength. You were not able to cause such incidents to occur, they simply did.

2. When such incidents occurred, did you use them to your advantage?
F. I did.
G. I did not, I calmed down as best I could, as long as it did not risk negatively effecting the outcome of battle.
H. I did not, I tried to calm down, even if it effected my battle prowess in the moment. Trying to remain calm while fighting for your life can be a little tricky.


Your standing within the city remains high. You have worked to keep the countryside safe, first with Aaron and now with your Balls. Farmers sleep a little easier thanks to your efforts and merchants can move their goods with less fear. Tudiya is pleased by the work of your Balls and he lets you know it. For years Lullaya poisoned the sons of the elite of Zepathan society against you but your success with your Balls, your broad popularity and your obvious Might have undone much of the damage.

Danal continues to train with spear and shield as befits a youth of his age and social rank, often with your men when you are in the city. He has grown a bit as well.

Your slave Gaddiel is no longer suicidal. On a handful of such occasions you could almost swear you saw him smile. Yet he is still surly and very clearly still upset that he is a slave. He does what tasks he is asked of, he tends to the donkeys, cleans for your men, carries and does not talk back but there are times that he gives you a sour look. He seems to serve as well as you could hope any slave might for his tasks. When Paebel and two of your other Balls went off to go pray alone, Gaddiel would join them. With your exceptional hearing, you can't help but hear their words, words not intended for your ears. Paebel continues to assure Gaddiel that you will surely free him in time, Gaddiel does not believe him. On your last trip, he asked for Paebel's help to run away... Paebel said no, but he has not told you either.

3. What are you going to do with him?
I. I am sending him back to Lefkandi Potter to dig clay.

J. I keep him with my Balls as we hunt, pretending I do not know what he planned, but I have Snarls keep an eye on him and warn me if he pulls a runner.
K. I keep him hunting with me and tell him I overheard his plan. In a menacing tone I tell him "If you think you can escape, alive, you can certainly try." I will scare him into submission.
L. I keep him hunting with me, but I beat his rebellious nature out of him. I have been a generous master, a firm hand is needed.

M. I free him and work out some deal with the Potter
N. I pay him a wage and promise to sell him his freedom, it'll take about five years.
O. I tell him I will sell him his freedom, if he is somehow able to get the silver on his own. He has no source of income.
P. Something else. Fill in.


You have made a good amount of wealth from your hunting, but you have a household to provide for now as well.

4. After time skips, do you want detailed summary of your financial assets or just want a summary of "X pounds of silver from monster hunting, my businesses and livestock"?
O. Just give us an update in total pounds of silver please.
P. I want a detailed accounting of my assets. This takes Diog more time, but will also mean we have a greater understanding.

Paebel recently brought you a gift from Indor, a small pot the size of a fist filled with a blue powder. "Indor sends her regards. She says that if the powder is mixed with water, it can let a man walk and fight for two days without any harm to them. Enough for all of our men, to force a march if we need to."

On the whole, things seem to be going well. You have a wife who loves you, a city full of people who increasingly respect you, your health and material wealth. When you spoke to Ishamal of what he would teach you next he told you that "For now, we continue on your breathing. It will be some time still till you are ready for more."

No supernatural beings have communicated with you during the last four months or influenced your life, at least, not as far as you can tell.

5. Whats next?
A. I continue to scour the countryside with my Balls in a manner intended to maximize our profits. We find lone monsters or small groups and haul back every kill to secretly sell to Indor. Six more months go by. We probably continue to make quite a lot of wealth.
B. A, but I do it for a year.

I want to go exploring. For the past several months I have been fighting relatively small numbers of monsters. The wilderness is still dangerous and there is a substantial risk I might find larger bands of beasts further from the city. Still, what might I find out there?

C. I head a month out southwest, to see what can be found.
D. I head a month south.
E. I head a month southeast.
F. I head east, past Ibleam, into the wilderness, the mountains where many minotaurs are known to reside.
G. I head northwest into the wilderness past Tanaach. The land there is pretty much empty of human settlement. What can I find?
H. I lead my Balls down the goblin tunnels, to explore.

I. I am taking my Balls after the harpy nesting grounds, near Ibleam. It is tough to say how much material wealth will be found, but the nests have been there for ages. We slaughter some harpies and see what can be found.

J. Many heroes have taken tasks from El's clergy in the Old Tales. I placed myself and my Balls at Zebanetha's disposal, to do with us as El's temple wills, at least for a time. The danger, risk, profits and skills learned depended entirely upon what he had me do but it almost certainly made the clergy happy.

K. I risk a visit to Indor and ask her a lead on adventure! That old crone may know something juicy.

L. I lead my Balls to the wilderness near Ibleam, to do some monster hunting there and try to spread a little good will on behalf of Tudiya. I will probably make less wealth because hauling back corpses to sell to Indor is unfeasible at that distance.

M. Something else, fill in.



6. If there is anything you'd like to do which does not involve a time skip in or about Zepath, write in.








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Diogines fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Feb 23, 2014

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

Oh, and Jones was there too.

1: E - Both C and D, let them work it out between them.
2: H - Let's not gently caress ourselves up.
3: N - Make him a wage slave.
4: O - Basic please.
5: M - The big one.

Let's take our balls to Baitel. It'll be a hell of a trip, and those that come with us and make it back will be goddamn heroes. Plus we'll know the way for when we take Danal! :v:

code:
[23:30] <NettleSoup> let's take our balls to baitel
[23:31] <NettleSoup> and then I can fill out tons of map
[23:31] <Diog> I thought about putting that as a lettered option.
[23:31] <Diog> It is a *long* rear end trip.
[23:31] <NettleSoup> yeah
[23:31] <Diog> And you will be going,for sure, in 3 years
[23:31] <Diog> Unless you blow off your king/dad/father in law
[23:31] <Diog> Tudiya told you that your going to to bring Danal there as an escort after his manhood trial
[23:31] <NettleSoup> but it would be interesting and they'd have a hell of a story to tell
[23:32] <Diog> you may be away from home for a year.  Some of your Balls may not be up for it.
[23:32] <Diog> So you can try it, certainly, but some will probably decline.
[23:32] <NettleSoup> I might vote for it then
[23:32] <Diog> Not to shoot you down, at all, as I said, I almost put it in as an option
[23:32] <Diog> You can if you want, but its a long rear end trip.
[23:33] <Diog> write ins are always on the table

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
1:B
2:H

FoxTerrier
Feb 15, 2012

Perfectly logical poster who uses the tools available to him to come to solid conclusions

1. Naomi handles finances and slaves, Jalitha supervises the kitchen. They handle things whether or not we're around. El knows the last thing we need to do is start sperging about the price of candles.

2. We don't want to hulk out and accidentally kill everyone.

3. It would be unfair to the other slaves if we freed him and not everyone else, but keeping him a slave until Jubilee is needlessly cruel. Giving him the opportunity to earn his freedom within 5 years seems like a reasonable compromise.

4. Let's stop the The Great Household Budget Debate before its starts.

5. Why mess with a good thing? Six more months will keep everyone happy and probably repay any debt we have to Indor, then perhaps we go back to practicing our archery and working with Aaron with the Balls take a rest.

6. I would like to make sure our kitchens are open to our flute begger friend, in exchange for practicing with him some evenings when we are at home.

Deadly Ham Sandwich
Aug 19, 2009
Smellrose
1. D. She needs to practice for the pub.
2. G. Don't blow anyone up please.
3. N. Wage slave. Welcome to capitalism.
4. O. I am good with just "You have monies. You have 1/2 the amount for a pub for mum."
5. A. Better gear for men and money for mum's pub. I like this.

QUESTION: How much monies until we have a pub?

Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
1: B 2: H I think this is the part that Ishmael wants to see. That we have the self control to keep ourselves restrained.
3: N He can drat well earn his way free. It won't take forever and he's making progress.
4: O We already have a fairly decent grasp of things.
5:L I think going towards established monster homes is going to end up with us fighting something like the Zviv if the area is "claimed" as it were. Helping others and keeping the monster population down is going to help everyone all around.

Theory about our Might: I think that the hunger and strength going in or out might be related to the moon or the phases maybe? I'm pretty sure now that we're taller than Tudyia that it really has to do with our father and who he was. I bet our body is just growing into our Might and it is a bit shaky with the potential that we have. We don't have a hand on the balance between Hunger/Might yet.

6: Let's continue our non-breathing exercises that Ishmael taught.

Grognan fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Feb 23, 2014

Rahul
Dec 10, 2004

FoxTerrier posted:

1. Naomi handles finances and slaves, Jalitha supervises the kitchen. They handle things whether or not we're around. El knows the last thing we need to do is start sperging about the price of candles.

2. We don't want to hulk out and accidentally kill everyone.

3. It would be unfair to the other slaves if we freed him and not everyone else, but keeping him a slave until Jubilee is needlessly cruel. Giving him the opportunity to earn his freedom within 5 years seems like a reasonable compromise.

4. Let's stop the The Great Household Budget Debate before its starts.

5. Why mess with a good thing? Six more months will keep everyone happy and probably repay any debt we have to Indor, then perhaps we go back to practicing our archery and working with Aaron with the Balls take a rest.

6. I would like to make sure our kitchens are open to our flute begger friend, in exchange for practicing with him some evenings when we are at home.

This works for me. Voting all the above.
Adding these to 6:

Practice not breathing during our journey. Both when we make camp at night, and during some of our more minor battles and skirmishes.

Practice reaching out with our new senses, and see if we can develop it further. Try doing this in combination with not breathing and see if it makes a difference

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer

FoxTerrier posted:

1. Naomi handles finances and slaves, Jalitha supervises the kitchen. They handle things whether or not we're around. El knows the last thing we need to do is start sperging about the price of candles.

2. We don't want to hulk out and accidentally kill everyone.

3. It would be unfair to the other slaves if we freed him and not everyone else, but keeping him a slave until Jubilee is needlessly cruel. Giving him the opportunity to earn his freedom within 5 years seems like a reasonable compromise.

4. Let's stop the The Great Household Budget Debate before its starts.

5. Why mess with a good thing? Six more months will keep everyone happy and probably repay any debt we have to Indor, then perhaps we go back to practicing our archery and working with Aaron with the Balls take a rest.

6. I would like to make sure our kitchens are open to our flute begger friend, in exchange for practicing with him some evenings when we are at home.

Switching to this.

Zybourne Clock
Oct 25, 2011

Poke me.
1C.
2H. Got to save our juice for times of hardship.
3M+P. I was going to vote 'beat him into submission' but that might risk our relationship with Paebel. Give him a bit of silver to get him started, too.
4O.
5B.
6. Send off Billy to Indor with some silver, and let her do something about his marks if she can.

Vavrek
Mar 2, 2013

I like your style hombre, but this is no laughing matter. Assault on a police officer. Theft of police property. Illegal possession of a firearm. FIVE counts of attempted murder. That comes to... 29 dollars and 40 cents. Cash, cheque, or credit card?
1. Let Naomi manage finances and Jalitha handle slaves; if they have a disagreement or find an investment opportunity, bring it to us to decide.
2. Follow our teacher's advice. Learn control.
3. Edit: Vote changed to P: Plan Sogol (Give Gaddiel to Paebel).
4. Team Capitalism runs on information.
5. Team Capitalism also runs on money.
6. I echo Rahul and FoxTerrier, and have an addition of my own:
I would like to make sure our kitchens are open to our flute begger friend, in exchange for practicing with him some evenings when we are at home.
Practice not breathing during our journey. Both when we make camp at night, and during some of our more minor battles and skirmishes.
Practice reaching out with our new senses, and see if we can develop it further. Try doing this in combination with not breathing and see if it makes a difference.


Speak with Paebel, maybe also Gaddiel, about their faith.

Vavrek fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Feb 23, 2014

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

We're always hiring!

1. C
2. G
3. N
4. P
5. J - We've been lucky so far, but eventually someone is going to figure us out. If we do some jobs for the church, it'll be less likely that anyone connects anything to us. Basically adds to our plausible deniability.

6. Hire Ephat to serve at our house, learn the HELL out of some flute playing.Also work on using our club.

Pladdicus
Aug 13, 2010
1. E Ask Naomi, have our mother instruct her in it if she's interested. Figure out what she wants to do.

2. H Trusting in Ishamal for now.

3. N It is only fair, a man should be given the ability to earn his freedom as we have.

4. P This stuff is more interesting than monster hunting. I would play a sim game about ancient times economics.

5. J But honestly I'd like to see what they'd have us do before we decide to agree.

6. We should have a serious talk with Naomi of what she wants out of life, does she want to persue arts? Join the balls? Run an orphanage?

HiHo ChiRho
Oct 23, 2010

Vavrek posted:

1. Let Naomi manage finances and Jalitha handle slaves; if they have a disagreement or find an investment opportunity, bring it to us to decide.
2. Follow our teacher's advice. Learn control.
3.
4. Team Capitalism runs on information.
5. Team Capitalism also runs on money.
6. I echo Rahul and FoxTerrier, and have an addition of my own:
I would like to make sure our kitchens are open to our flute begger friend, in exchange for practicing with him some evenings when we are at home.
Practice not breathing during our journey. Both when we make camp at night, and during some of our more minor battles and skirmishes.
Practice reaching out with our new senses, and see if we can develop it further. Try doing this in combination with not breathing and see if it makes a difference.


Speak with Paebel, maybe also Gaddiel, about their faith.


I like this. Jalitha can groom Naomi to handle everything herself for when she gets too old for that poo poo
Let's try out that badass club now, too.

Diogines
Dec 22, 2007

Beaky the Tortoise says, click here to join our choose Your Own Adventure Game!

Paradise Lost: Clash of the Heavens!

Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:

QUESTION: How much monies until we have a pub?

If you keep this rate up for another six months you'll probably have enough.

Land inside of the city is expensive, it is not like Zepath has much in the way of a real estate market. All of the supplies to set up a brewery inside of the tavern(this is how most alcohol is made) is also, expensive, as well as slaves for the production process, raw materials etc etc etc.

It is much more complicated and expensive than just asking a real estate agent to find you an empty building, ordering some furniture and buying the alcohol from a wholesaler.

It occurs to me now for the first time, that it is not obvious that buying a tavern means buying more slaves and also occurs to me that some of you may care about that fact. I should probably have spelled that out.

Buying a tavern probably means buying five or six more slaves to do some of the labor involved.

LLSix
Jan 20, 2010

The real power behind countless overlords

FoxTerrier posted:

1. Naomi handles finances and slaves, Jalitha supervises the kitchen. They handle things whether or not we're around. El knows the last thing we need to do is start sperging about the price of candles.

2. We don't want to hulk out and accidentally kill everyone.

These things are smart. Voting those ^

I do this for all my slaves. It is likely to breed a great deal of discontent and unrest if our worst slave gets the best treatment. If it were phrased as combat bonus where he got like 1% of the take from the Ball hunts that would be okay too, but I'd rather get out from under owning slaves all together.

I'm fine with saving Diog some time here, but I also really liked the detailed posts we got earlier and would not be at all upset if details one. It was really cool seeing which investments were paying off better.

5. Ellllllllllllllll!

6. Plan Foxterrier re Ephat, Plans Rahul +

Diogines posted:

Paebel recently brought you a gift from Indor, a small pot the size of a fist filled with a blue powder. "Indor sends her regards. She says that if the powder is mixed with water, it can let a man walk and fight for two days without any harm to them. Enough for all of our men, to force a march if we need to."
If we're ever going to stop owing Indor, this needs to stop. In the interests of winding up our deal with Indor, have Paebel tell her that we do not want any more gifts but "will continue to sell her monster bits for now."

Pladdicus
Aug 13, 2010

LLSix posted:

If we're ever going to stop owing Indor, this needs to stop. In the interests of winding up our deal with Indor, have Paebel tell her that we do not want any more gifts but "will continue to sell her monster bits for now."

This But I say we give it back.

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Vavrek posted:

1. Let Naomi manage finances and Jalitha handle slaves; if they have a disagreement or find an investment opportunity, bring it to us to decide.
2. Follow our teacher's advice. Learn control.
3.
4. Team Capitalism runs on information.
5. Team Capitalism also runs on money.
6. I echo Rahul and FoxTerrier, and have an addition of my own:
I would like to make sure our kitchens are open to our flute begger friend, in exchange for practicing with him some evenings when we are at home.
Practice not breathing during our journey. Both when we make camp at night, and during some of our more minor battles and skirmishes.
Practice reaching out with our new senses, and see if we can develop it further. Try doing this in combination with not breathing and see if it makes a difference.
Voting Plan Vavrek, with the addendum: Instead of sending Gaddiel back to Lefkandi to win his freedom that way, we should keep him on with the hunting band and give him a share half or quarter the size the others usually get. He seems happier ever since we brought him with us, request for help running away regardless, and with a little luck depending on how well the hunts go this way he'd earn his freedom even faster than five years.

LLSix posted:

If we're ever going to stop owing Indor, this needs to stop. In the interests of winding up our deal with Indor, have Paebel tell her that we do not want any more gifts but "will continue to sell her monster bits for now."
Seconded.

Dammerung
Oct 17, 2008

"Dang, that's hot."


1: C
2: H
3: N
4: P
5: J: Sounds interesting!

6: Try out the club periodically, and continue practicing not breathing and trying to sense things.

Diogines
Dec 22, 2007

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Paradise Lost: Clash of the Heavens!

Asked on IRC, a recap of the size of the Balls of Labaras.



Your band at the moment consists of the following:

Including yourself, your band now has 34 people.

You
Paebel

29 Balls
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-3 dead farmers/laborer
+1 Hiddai. A slave Obel gave you who has good equipment, training in fighting and training in medical matters
+1 Ira, a Mighty Son you recruited to replace Jassiel

3 slaves to do grunt work. Gaddiel and two slaves owned by Gareb.

Theglavwen
Jun 10, 2006

Frankly, I don't know anyone who likes Chinese bronzes, but I have one of the finest collections in the country.
1: C. Naomi's first in the household, it's a matter of respect to let her handle it, and she needs the experience. Enkindel shouldn't care about not handling it himself, he's used to that, plus it means we don't have to read twenty pages every update about what mundane poo poo we should be investing our wealth in, and how everyone who doesn't agree is a mindless sperg who doesn't understand economics and is morally bankrupt for rejecting the western ideal or some poo poo.
2: G. Or H, whatever, but I'm not super up for taking an axe to the shoulder because we didn't want to move for fear of nuking the place.
3: J. I'm not up for the wage-slave idea, for, as much as it's kind, it sets a terrible precedent. We'll have to start paying all our slaves, they'll have learned that they can either A) wait until Jubilee, or B) bitch and grumble and do bad work and then we'll give them money and free them in five years.
4: P. Sorry. I want to know where we stand.
5: C. I just want to explore, let's get out in the world! I still dream of our explorer future.

Rahul
Dec 10, 2004

I'm kind of divided on the Indor deal at the moment. It is a risk, though with the current arrangement we have plausible deniability and no direct contact, so the risk seems fairly low. If Tudiya were to mind-read Paebel we'd be screwed but given our high standing I see little reason for that to happen.
Keep in mind that if it wasn't for Indor's potions Uriel would be dead right now. I'm starting to think that with the current arrangements the benefits outweigh the risks, at least for now.

Sogol
Apr 11, 2013

Galileo's Finger

FoxTerrier posted:

1. Naomi handles finances and slaves, Jalitha supervises the kitchen. They handle things whether or not we're around. El knows the last thing we need to do is start sperging about the price of candles.

2. We don't want to hulk out and accidentally kill everyone.

3. It would be unfair to the other slaves if we freed him and not everyone else, but keeping him a slave until Jubilee is needlessly cruel. Giving him the opportunity to earn his freedom within 5 years seems like a reasonable compromise.

4. Let's stop the The Great Household Budget Debate before its starts.

5. Why mess with a good thing? Six more months will keep everyone happy and probably repay any debt we have to Indor, then perhaps we go back to practicing our archery and working with Aaron with the Balls take a rest.

6. I would like to make sure our kitchens are open to our flute begger friend, in exchange for practicing with him some evenings when we are at home.

With-

3- Gaddiel is part of the Balls enterprise and should be able to buy out faster than 5 years. It is not risk free traveling with the Balls and this also makes it different than our other slaves. Then hire him. Essentially we could Free him now, but have that incur some debt that he can pay off with the Balls doing what he is already doing and seems to like.

6- +1 for:
- Trade Ephat kitchen rights for more Flute lessons and Practice the Flute
- Practice using our Mighty Senses (e.g. Practice locating Danal who is hard to Sense, trying to detect more subtle distinctions on stuff we can Sense, testing the range, etc.)
- Practice Not-Breathing

Sogol fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Feb 23, 2014

Speleothing
May 6, 2008

Spare batteries are pretty key.
C: Naomi keeps the books; she had better be good for something after all.

F: Nothing wrong with a little getting STRONG

P: Send him to Asherah

P. Detailed accounting, please. :spergin:

K: Indor adventure time. I want to get more Facts-Of-Life from the crazy old woman.

6: Let's see if we can find out more about the Kadmonim during this time-interval. Also, flute-playing and Getting Strong club practice.

Speleothing fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Feb 23, 2014

Theglavwen
Jun 10, 2006

Frankly, I don't know anyone who likes Chinese bronzes, but I have one of the finest collections in the country.
Oh, right,

Diogenes: You mentioned Uriah was hurt by an Ogre, but there's no Ogre listed amongst our kills. What happened to it? Did it get away, did we run, did we mush it into goo?

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Theglavwen posted:

3: J. I'm not up for the wage-slave idea, for, as much as it's kind, it sets a terrible precedent. We'll have to start paying all our slaves, they'll have learned that they can either A) wait until Jubilee, or B) bitch and grumble and do bad work and then we'll give them money and free them in five years.
That's why I want him to stay hunting with the Balls if he wants to earn his freedom. It'll set the precedent that you really have to work for it.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW
C H N O J Priests always have the best quests.

If the other slaves bitch, then we'll just tell them we decided to pay Gaddiel because he risks his life on the daily.

Sogol
Apr 11, 2013

Galileo's Finger
3- P vote change:
Give Gaddiel to Paebel


You know, an interesting option with Gaddiel would be to give him to Paebel as a bonus. Paebel is actually incurring a fair amount of risk on our behalf by running the whole Indor thing, from which we are profiting. We do not have to publicize what the bonus is for if we do it soon.

Paebel will then free Gaddiel. This does not have us setting some impossible to maintain precedent before we are ready.

Gaddiel will then need a way to make a living, which we can offer him. We can let him take charge of all the provisioning of the Balls, which as I recall is something Paebel currently does as well as managing the supply train. Eventually he might become a merchant or some such.

Diogines
Dec 22, 2007

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Theglavwen posted:

Oh, right,

Diogenes: You mentioned Uriah was hurt by an Ogre, but there's no Ogre listed amongst our kills. What happened to it? Did it get away, did we run, did we mush it into goo?

>< Fixed. I accidentally deleted that line as I formatted the post. Though Uriah was hurt by a minotaur, not an ogre, I did not edit that part.

Your Balls slew two ogres.

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RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer

Sogol posted:

3- P vote change:
Give Gaddiel to Paebel


You know, an interesting option with Gaddiel would be to give him to Paebel as a bonus. Paebel is actually incurring a fair amount of risk on our behalf by running the whole Indor thing, from which we are profiting. We do not have to publicize what the bonus is for if we do it soon.

Paebel will then free Gaddiel. This does not have us setting some impossible to maintain precedent before we are ready.

Gaddiel will then need a way to make a living, which we can offer him. We can let him take charge of all the provisioning of the Balls, which as I recall is something Paebel currently does as well as managing the supply train. Eventually he might become a merchant or some such.

This has my vote.

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