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Gonna take a slightly different tack with A [north], B. Let's get enough food that we're not dancing on the razor's edge with catastrophe, but a modest rice expansion now and a mushroom farm in summer should be sufficient. Meanwhile, even if the mine to the north doesn't have any new resources and has to be developed to produce crops, having so much more land available will free us to save labor at the expense of efficient land use. Combine that with farmhands being free after the planting season and we should have plenty of labor free for the summer.
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Jun 4, 2016 21:40
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B & H Have part of our trog population dig or clear out a suitable cellar. One of our only real advantages here is easy access to climate stable underground food storage, so let's get on that. It should mitigate a lot of possible catastrophes.
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Jun 4, 2016 22:10
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Switching to D and tran's H. If we can get a well going, even better. I want to be able to pull the roof over our heads and not be seen for a decade if we have to.
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Jun 4, 2016 22:56
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B and D
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Jun 4, 2016 23:00
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I vote for B & F. Also, I'd like to submit the name, Murderville.
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Jun 4, 2016 23:42
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A and D And keeping with the japanese theme from the Tengu, I suggest we name our village Tougenkyou.
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Jun 4, 2016 23:49
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A North or South and F. I think we need to Explore because we are bird people. Let's take advantage of our wings and get to know the area better. I think we need to visit the Kami Court because any world with gods the gods are gonna be pissed if you don't make it a priority to normalise relations.
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Jun 4, 2016 23:59
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Barbed Tongues posted:Name Vote: Mount Tengri-La Seconding Mount Tengri-La A - South F
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Jun 5, 2016 02:35
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For a name, I guess Tycho seems appropriate.
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Jun 5, 2016 02:47
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A (East) - The cities of man crumble in the desert and they avoid its deadly wastes, but by wing and wit the Tengu are advantaged in uncovering their secrets and the same powers that cannibalistic and terrified men turned to in the last days of their fallen cities are well known to the trog. D Food security should be our number one priority. Quantity and diversification are musts. I put forward that this once majestic mountain, gutted by dwarf folk and picked dry by our tribe-who-does-not-waste should be called the Carrion Crag, in deference and honor of its sacrifice.
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Jun 5, 2016 03:03
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We should call it Moria 
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Jun 5, 2016 03:04
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SerSpook posted:We should call it Moria Moria Money, Moria problems.
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Jun 5, 2016 03:35
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A, north. Time to start some deforestation to annoy the elves. D: Plump helmets will see us through the lean years.
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Jun 5, 2016 05:05
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Looking forward, I'm assuming we've got three labor points total but farming takes up one of them in spring and autumn. So in summer we can set up a mushroom farm, build that statue, and transplant a bit of bamboo from the forest to the south of the crater and let it start growing there. Autumn we meet with the Kami court, winter we perform the statue destruction ritual. That leaves three actions for other stuff, possibly exploiting the northern crater, or making crafts or whatever.
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Jun 5, 2016 07:28
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Carrion Crag As for the choices, we need to maximize our action point gain. It's better to invest into food now and be able to invest more into food AND explore every turn after this, than explore now. B & D Megazver fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Jun 5, 2016 |
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Jun 5, 2016 07:42
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B and E are my workforce votes; I want more of a buffer for our food supplies and The Prince of Destruction's ire would be a dumb thing to draw. I like the name Tengri-La.
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Jun 5, 2016 10:17
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Jun 5, 2016 10:21
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Voting B and D.
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Jun 5, 2016 15:57
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Seems to me that B won, but I will make a proper count and post either later today or tomorrow.
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Jun 5, 2016 16:52
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Abyssal Squid posted:Bog iron is actually really lovely, though? Way better to just pluck premade swords out of the mire. Yeah bog iron is atrociously crap especially for swords. I wrote an article on Viking swords recently that touched on this fact, and that the best swords were generally bought from the Frankish, to the point where one Frankish king banned the sale of swords to the Norse entirely because he realised they were going to get rolled.
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Jun 6, 2016 02:19
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The Tale of Tengri-La, book the firstquote:At the beginning of each season, the elders of Tengri-La would gather in one of the biggest huts, near the centre of the Upmost Ring settlement, to discuss important matters and decide what needed to be done in the following season. As matriarch Tendaji says, each race has their own needs and desires, which you will need to take into account to safeguard the village's harmony. Wheter or not their needs are met changes that race's mood. As long as everyone is fed and safe, you be faced with malcontent and revolutions, but remember that an happy village is an efficient village. Generally speaking: Tengus like: -Clever solutions -Grand and flamboyant gestures and objects -Being in good standing with kami courts Trogs like: -Learning and making use of the supernatural -Community and working in large groups -Living under or near the earth Gnolls like: -Making good use of what you have -Prudent but constant expansion -Animals to hunt and train Everyone likes: -Long, healthy lives -Abundant, varied food -Music and art in all of their forms.  Year 1, summer Your food reserves are adequate. At the beginning of the season, you have your first rice harvest. It is neither good nor bad, which means that, because of the new fields you tilled and planted, you have a bit more rice than you strictly need. After that, the fields just need to be kept free of weeds and rocks in preparation for the next planting season in autumn. The mushroom farm is set up, and will have its first harvest in autumn. Mood: Tengus: Contented Trogs: Contented Gnolls: Optimistic Events -A discovery! Someone in the village has had a bright idea and wants to put it into practice. Write in what that bright idea was, and how to put it into practice, keeping in mind that while your monsters are certainly clever, they have very limited materials. To give you a vague idea of where you stand now: they know farming, and writing, and most other technologies you would associate with Sumerian and South American civilizations; they also know how to build tools and simple buildings out of bamboo and stone.  -Pygmy goats! A whole herd of them has been sighted south of your mine. All gnolls lick their chops at the thought, but their matriarchs remind them that hunting them is one thing, but the best would be to capture them and raise them as well. If only the grassy fields weren't all on the south of the mine, far from the security of the base camp... -A warning from the kami court! "Winds of dust and thirst shall fall upon your fields, three weeks after the days begin to grow shorter. See how your Prince honors his part of the deal! Make sure that you do the same." Workforce: You have 3 workforce points to assign. A) More rice fields! Expanding your fields once again will lock up 1 workforce point per season, assuming you want those fields tended, but will generate even more food. B) More mushroom farms! Because they don't require as much care, you can have another one without compromising your workforce. C) Send an hunting expedition to capture the pygmy goats! If you vote for this, specify how you plan to feed them, since there isn't enough grass on your side for them to graze. D) Send an hunting expedition to hunt the pygmy goats! We can't raise them anyway, we might as well get some meat out of the deal. E) Do something about the Prince's warning. But what? F) Start working on the ritual for the Prince. This will prepare the sculpture, to enact the ritual at a later date. G) Complete the ritual. This will consume 2 workforce points, but will finish the ritual in one go. H) Pray to the Deep Powers. I) Visit the kami court. L) Write-in something else to do. paradoxGentleman fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Jun 14, 2016 |
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Jun 6, 2016 13:29
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Can we grow grass farm somewhere in the mountain? How safe is it to build an outpost ranch at the goat spot with a few guards? is there any existing dwarven sculpture in the mine that we can ritual break instead?
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Jun 6, 2016 13:55
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Nyaa posted:Can we grow grass farm somewhere in the mountain? You could! You would need to plant it on the uppermost ring of the mine, which is composed of soil, or on the soil surrounding the hole. Making such a farm would only cost you 1 workforce point, which will be locked down for a while until there is enough grass for it to become self-sufficient. It should take about two to three seasons. There is no immediate danger around you that you know of, but part of the reason you chose this place is that it is a hole in the ground and that your village cannot be seen from the Conclave's lands. Guards stationed around the herd could be mistaken for bandits and attract attention. They should be able to rejoin the main group should they notice an incoming menace, however. Even if there were scultpures in the mine for some reason, the purpose of the ritual is to replicate the destruction of Grandfather Mountain, previous kami ruler of this court, at the hands of the Prince of Destruction. The sculpture must represent the ancient kami specifically, not some dwarven commander or other.
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Jun 6, 2016 14:07
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G L. Grass farm: everyone should be happy for the future meat, and the greenery makes our home look nicer. Plant some flowers on it to improve aesthetic.
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Jun 6, 2016 14:13
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Jun 6, 2016 14:17
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Nyaa posted:G Seconding this - we should really get those goats, but until we have grass to feed them it's unsustainable anyhow. Additionally, it gets us set up for some sort of food-redundancy for when the famine comes. Getting the ritual done is probably going to piss off the gnolls a bit because they already think it's a bit spurious and it comes at a cost of other, gnoll-friendlier options, but it's important to keep our supernatural allies happy - and the grass farm is for them, and they'll probably appreciate the upper ring devoted to them. edit: Right, the discovery - well, we have water from a well north of us, but there was mention of underground rivers earlier in the thread. I propose that someone found a convenient one and set up a clever irrigation system that relies on natural groundwater flow and automates our need to do it manually. Dog Kisser fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Jun 6, 2016 |
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Jun 6, 2016 14:18
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C, F and L (start farming Voting for Draught Warning) and discovery: Irrigation system. Yami Fenrir fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Jun 6, 2016 |
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Jun 6, 2016 14:22
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EDIT: I misread stuff on that note: BLF, where L is to create a nearby grass farm Prince's warning: Start rationing rice in expectation of a failed harvest in the future. Invention: The acoustics of the mine and the combined singing voices of Tengu, Gnolls and Trogs together at difference melodies in certain spots in the mine makes some beautiful music. Nothingtoseehere fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Jun 6, 2016 |
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Jun 6, 2016 14:24
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I just realized that reacting to the Prince's warning is something that needs to be adresses, not chose. So on top of the first vote, vote on what should be done about the Prince's warning. Also vote on what has been discovered, as mentioned in the events. paradoxGentleman fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Jun 6, 2016 |
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Jun 6, 2016 14:25
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Discovery Vote - Herding! Snojun-One-Ear passed her idea around the Gnollish campfires, "We need not hold the goats on our own land. Our people yearn to explore the area around Tengri-La for hunting in the future. Let us spear two goblins with one stick: search out nearby grasslands to feed the beasts and catch our first look at the lands beyond our immediate borders." Warning Vote - Kami Art History Hold a talent contest to appoint an apprentice lore-keeper to Chika-ene to record and commemorate each warning and communication that is deemed important to our people. It's a small token of our respect for the warning and words of the wise spirits. Assign one tier of walls for a great mural/carving for the art history to be made. Workplace votes L2: Herd the Pygmy Goats in the nearby Lands F: Finish the statue for the Prince of Destruction e: updated below Barbed Tongues fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Jun 6, 2016 |
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Jun 6, 2016 14:52
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Nyaa posted:G I'm in favor for this. Also Stock Food for a poor harvest, and Store water to mitigate the coming drought less devastating As for the discovery, Certain places in this large hole have magnificent accoustics, and songs sung (or warnings shouted) there can be heard far and wide. Note: I don't actually know anything about accoustics.
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Jun 6, 2016 14:55
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Reminder guys: if the drought is coming 3 weeks after summer solstice, then it would hit around mid-july in earth terms: so middle of summer, this turn.
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Jun 6, 2016 15:05
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dog kisser posted:edit: Right, the discovery - well, we have water from a well north of us, but there was mention of underground rivers earlier in the thread. I propose that someone found a convenient one and set up a clever irrigation system that relies on natural groundwater flow and automates our need to do it manually. Also this
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Jun 6, 2016 15:06
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clever irrigating system, keep special hot spring
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Jun 6, 2016 15:18
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While writing this post Barbed Tongues made a good point about herding, however that would leave us ill-equipped to deal with the incoming drought. Adapting Tongue's plan to deal with that. Our concerns at the moment: There will be a drought There are animals outside our town Ritual deadlines Starting next Season we will have: +1 Working mushroom farm which will improve our currently okay food situation.. which will be ruined by: - Ongoing drought? (3 weeks after summer equinox, comes into play during this turn) Discovery vote: As Barbed Tongues suggested Herding C: Capture the Pygmy Goats L2: Herd the Pygmy Goats in the nearby Lands E Have trogs dig additional shafts or tunnels to tap into the underwater rivers.
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Jun 6, 2016 15:24
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Look, to the people who suggest herding the goats into nearby lands. Remember there is very little food in the nearby lands. We should make sure those goats have something to eat before we send them here.
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Jun 6, 2016 16:22
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Well we know there is the patch of greenery that they currently are in. The herding will be important if/when we have to get them to safety
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Jun 6, 2016 17:14
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Nyaa posted:G Aight, I'll +1 this. Shogeton posted:Also Stock Food for a poor harvest, and Store water to mitigate the coming drought less devastating And I approve these options also.
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Shogeton posted:Look, to the people who suggest herding the goats into nearby lands. Remember there is very little food in the nearby lands. We should make sure those goats have something to eat before we send them here. There is very little food for us. Not sure for goats - I mean, they came from somewhere. Also, my primary concern about the grass farm is that it'll take too long to grow relative to what we'll need. It doesn't feed/water the beasts now, which mean we'd have to dip into our personal stores to keep them alive. No real point to a grass farm if the goats will all starve before then. I've been swayed by the drought/water concerns, though: C: Capture the Pygmy Goats L2: Herd the Pygmy Goats in the nearby Lands E: Have trogs dig additional shafts or tunnels to tap into the underwater rivers.
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