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Civilization: Can't think of a good title 2016-07-12 04:45:05 Post No. 362991
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Your tribe arrives at a river valley. It's lush with the green of early spring and full of wild life. Having braved the harsh winter of the mountains your people have finally found a place that the might call their own. But even with their journey to this new land complete, their adventure is only just beginning.
What new challenges will this fledgling tribe face? What advancements will they make? Will history even recall them or will tales of their greatness echo through ages? Will you be a people of peace, at one with the earth? Will you become a nation forged by conquest?
Only time can tell.
You may still only have a few days of dried meat and fruit, but luckily this valley seems to be teeming with wildlife and the river teems with fish.
It's a wonder to some of the tribesmen that no one hasn't settled it already, but the valley is wide and long, who knows. Maybe there is another tribe making a living nearby.
Your tribe comes to a stop in a clearing near the river. A forest of fir, maple, ash, and white oak. A few deer peer at you from within the treeline before retreating deeper into the wood. Shall you pitch your hide tents here, or will you search elsewhere?
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Nah but follow the river until we hit a large body of water
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>>362991
>Follow the river and settle at the lake
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>>363033
North
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>>363033
>North
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>>363033
The direction it's flowing.
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>>363051
Oops, sorry.
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>>363033
You still their OP?
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Your tribe leader Sorrok decides that you should move further north into the widening valley.
As you proceed north the trees begin to close in, their green limbs becoming like a blanket. You come to the shore of a great lake.
It's waters are clear, clean, and deep. Like the river it also teems with fish, verities of trout and salmon. On the far shore you see elk wading in the shallows, a few bear sit at the mouth of the lake and river catching fish.
Your tribe stop in near the lake edge where the trees are further apart but shelter you from wind and keep you hidden from the other side of the lake.
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>>363088
Will you pitch your hide tents here?
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>>363101
I want us to become pirates so if we can't make it to the ocean now then fine, at least until we invent ships
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>>363088
Let's pitch our tents here, later we can sail from here to the sea
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You erect you tent by the lake. You dig a small firepit. You clear the ground in and around your camp collecting small stones that you might fashion into tools, spear tips, and arrowheads.
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Brenna, your tribes wise woman tells everyone to gather together. She informs you that the spirits of this land are happy to have us here, but warns us not to mistreat the land, flora, or fauna.
Sorrok does a head count and finds that there are 36 tribe members. 27 men, 9 women, and 5 children.
The position of the sun tells you it is noon. What do you do with the rest of you day?
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How many members are in our tribe? Can we afford to send some out to hunt for food and/or fish?
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Do the children know how to fish? If they do, then get them to fish for food, while the women prepare dinner and the men make basic weaponry. And I say we make a sweet Axe.
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You task the children with spear fishing in the shallows, while the women tend to the camp, building a fire preparing for the nights meal. The men set about crafting axes, spears, knifes, arrows, and a few bows
As the day becomes night the children return to camp with their catch. After being cooked or dried, their is now 6 day worth of food available.
The men have prepared 7 bows(with plenty or arrows) 8 stone head axes, and 12 stone tipped spears.
The stars shine brightly overhead tonight as your people eat there simple meal of fish and berries.
Is there anything you wish to do before the whole tribe sleeps?
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>>363229
Sacrifice a tribe member for our gods
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>>363234
Who is the most attractive woman in the tribe?
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As the night deepens Brenna steps forward. "Now that we have found our new home, we must hope our roots grow deep into this new land. In the way of our old gods, we must water the earth, and our roots, with blood. Does anyone volenteer to be the foundation in which we grow on?"
An elderly man steps forward. "I have few years left, but I have seen the deep ice come and go. I have seen lush meadows become nothing but sand. Let my life's blood, and my experience water this land, in the hopes that it will spring life eternal for our people and secure and anchor our future."
Brenna steps forward, the man kneels before her. She draws and obsidian knife, the old man closes his eyes. In a single quick movement she slashes the man's throat open.
The entire tribe bows their heads.
"With this blood may we our roots grow deep. With this sacrifice, we shed our past hardships, and forge forward. With the blood of our past we take a new name and shape a new future!"
69 decides our Tribes new name and move us to the next day.
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>>363289
Actually, just have a vote. It's simpler, come up with a few name, and talk among yourselves and figure out what you want to be named.
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>>363326
Name the place
Lakeside
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"From this day forward we will be know as the Clear Lake Tribe of Lakeside Village."
The old man's body is taken into the Forrest and buried under an oak sapling. The you all return to your tents and sleep peacefully till morning.
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Morning comes without incident. You people break fast with berries and dried meat. The sky is clear and the air is crisp, a light breeze blows in from from the south.
What shall you do this morning?
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>>364189
Start fishing, hunting, Also it's will be easier if you set up some choice for you civ like this
>A Food
>B Exploring
>C Research
>D Military
etc..
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>>364202
Sure, how many choices should be allowed for each day? Should a day be decided my morning noon and night? Should each division each have choices or should the choices be made in the morning and be done throughout a day?
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>>364247
Well if you look at other civs, you see that the choices takes years. But as soon as the civ reach modern age it goes 1 year by 1.
Here are some good choices to use.
>>Population: Men ??? Woman??? Children ???
>>Food production:???/10 How much food is being made
>>Food stockpiles:???/10 How much food is stored
>>Resources:???/10 Stuffs like wood, metals, stone
>>Morale:???/10 How happy your people are
>>Buildings: What was been build (Tents)
>>Economy: What do you use for wealth (Farming? Fishing?
>>Culture: You know what this means
>>Military: Some hunters Tell how strong is the military
Some Choices
>A.Food production & growth
>B.Culture & religion
>C.Construction
>D.Military
>E.Government & laws
>F.Exploration & colonization
>G.Research & development
>H.Other
If people see choice you'll get so much more people. Most people are lazy and can't write in what happens.
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>>364260
Right.
I trying to keep things simple, doing everything that was suggested unless it conflicted with others (which would cause a vote).
I was hoping to make it feel more like the natural development of a people and less like a turn based strategy game.
If the people wanted to explore then they'ed decide to explore some, if they wanted the kids to fish they go to the shallows to fish. If they wanted to make bronze weapon then the discover it in a natural way, through accidents and progression.
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>>364331
If that the case then explore the place we are living here
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Sorrok sends the children back down to the lake's shallows to spear fish whiles the women watch after them and collect berries and edible roots & tubers.
Sorrok sends a group of young hunters into the woods to seek out some of the elk or deer that they spotted yesterday. He also gather 5 of their best fighters and scouts to join him and exploring the area round them.
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As the sun reaches a few hours after noon the children come back to the tents with their catch, the women come back to camp to begin drying and storing the fish and other foraged foods.
The hunters return from their hunt with 2 large deer and get to work drying and preserving the meat, setting aside the bones and antlers, perhaps someone will find a use for them.
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 9
Sorrok and his men return with news. In the east they spotted a small herd of horses, they seem to be heading to the river in the south.
While in the high hills they were able to see smoke rising many miles to the north.
The also returned with many unknown types of plants for Brenna to identify.
How will you spend your afternoon?
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Okay then, here are some simple choices on how the village can spend its time. (Be sure to elaborate.)
>Population growth
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>365115
>Construction
Let's set up some more permanent shelters. Given the closeness of the resources start experimenting with mud and wicker huts
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>>365243
+1
Also if it's possible
>Research
Have some people tie and make some long enough rope out of plants and other nature stuff. To be used against the horses.
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Sorrok decides it is time to start building more permanent shelters.
They dig about a dozen square holes 2 feet into the earth and use fallen branches and limbs from the many surrounding trees to create the frames of their new homes. The children collect reeds from the river and lake to form wicker walls, the women helping and teaching as they go along. The men cut fir boughs to roof the huts. They bind everything with strips of hide from the deer. To finish them off they use mud and clay from the river and lake and smear in against the outside of the walls, filling in cracks and forming a smooth surface.
The sun is already beginning to set before they finally finish the 12 homes. With this many homes they are able to live comfortable with 3 people per hut.
after the long day of work everyone is tired. They eat a simple, but hearty, meal of venison and serious root vegetables.
Brenna has spent the day finding the properties of the plants that Sorrok had brought her earlier. She has identified them as: Deadly Nightshade, Horse-chestnut, and Hemlock.
She sates that when combined they can be made in to a powerful poison that causes paralysis.
Before heading to sleep Brenna and Sorrok lead the Village in parry to the Old Gods.
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During the night, one of the children leaves his hut to make water. From deep the the woods he sees a pair of yellow-gold eyes, he hears a deep growl. He freezes in terror, unable to move. The creature leaves the shadows, revealed to be older gray wolf. In it's mouth is a haunch of venison.
Uncontested it was able to slip into the village and pilfer it from the food stores, and now retreats into the deep wood. The boy runs back to his mother and wakes her to inform her of what he's seen. The next morning Sorrok examines the area around the food stores and find the tracks that the wolf left behind.
What shall your people do this morning.
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 8
>Population growth
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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We must
>Research and construct the most advanced weaponry we can, then go and murder the wolf and it's family.
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Sorrok forms a party of 12 hunters armed with bows and spears. They follow the tracks deep into the forest. The tracks lead them all the way to a the wolf's den. In the powdery dirt outside it's entrance you observe multiple set of prints.
The entrance the den for anyone to enter.
What do you do?
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>>366055
The entrance to the den is too narrow for anyone to enter.
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>>366055
Start a fire at the entry of the cave and smoke them out.
Be ready for a fight when they come out.
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Sorrok and his men start a fire and the mouth of the cave. Then you fir limbs to make a thick smoke that a breeze carries into the cave. The men with spears move to the flanks of the entrance and wait for anything to come running out. Those with bows stand above the the cave, waiting to loose their arrows into the backs of their prey.
After a few minuets the wolves come padding out, blinded by the smoke and unable to smell the danger ahead they walk right into an ambush. The bowmen quickly down 4 of the beast with arrows to the back of the skull, the remaining adults are put down with quick thrusts for spears from both sides.
Lastly 5 wolf pups stumble into the open. They seem to be about 7-8 weeks old. They huddle together whimpering, unsure of what to do.
What do you do with the wolf pups?
>Keep
>Kill
What do you do with the adult wolf bodies?
>Leave
>Harvest (What do you harvest?)
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>>366270
>Keep
>Harest
Just take the whole body. We can use the meat, pelt, tensions for rope. Etc.
We have enough men to brag them home.
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You gather up the pups and collect the dead wolves and return to the village. You set about cleaning the pelts, preserving the meat, tuning sinew into rope, and carving the bone into little figures and jewelry.
The pups are put into a makeshift kennel.
It is not the Afternoon. How do you spend it?
>Food
>Population growth
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>366433
I guess you mean "it is now* afternoon. "
>Train
Let train the children to and puppies to be scouts. We have 5 kid and 5 pups. Partner them up and they can be great tracker/scouts.
>Construction
Lets build like a 5-6 foot high wall to keep out animals and stuff.
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Sorrok pairs the children with pups to get the pups to bond and befriend them. The pups take to the child almost immediately (That was a really good roll).
While the children are taught to teach the wolfs simple commands (Sit, stay, come, heel) the rest of the village sets about digging a ditch, where they will place the posts for their new wall.
They were able to finish the ditch in good time and have enough time to do one more thing before settling down for the night.
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There are a few hours of light left, how will you spend it.
>Food
>Population growth
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>368049
>Construction
Finsih the wall
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>>368086
I second this.
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>>368086
You decide to work more on the wall. You manage to cut down, shape and place a few of the timber posts before the sun begins to dip below the the horizon.
The men are tired from their long day of work and return to the camp fires. The whole village eats a simple meal of dried fish and berries.
It is now night, do you wish to do anything before moving to the next day?
>Culture & religion
>Population growth
>Research & development
>Other
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>>368162
>Other
Lets have some of the men take turns acting as sentries so things can't just walk into the village
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Sorrok orders the men to take turns being lookouts. All the men agree, best to be careful till the wall is finished being built.
Aside from the occasional raccoon or fox. The night passes peacefully and without incident.
The sun rises and the village eats their breakfast of berries and root vegetables. After eating they set about planing out their day.
What shall you do this morning?
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
>Food
>Population growth
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>368209
>Construction
Lets finish the wall. The sooner the better. Then if we have time lets see if we can set up some kind of fish trap for easy food income.
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>>368219
+1
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The women set about weaving fish basket traps and set them up where they will be most effective. They will now check these traps every morning and harvest the fish.
The men get back to working on the wall. They erect and brace more posts, cutting down more trees as they need to. The manage to finish a 1/3 of the wall surrounding the village before the afternoon sun rolls around.
The village breaks for lunch and discusses what to do next.
>Food
>Population growth
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>368293
>Construction
Keep working on the wall, while the child and women train the dogs
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>>368308
Yeah this.
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The children keep going through their training drills. Come, sit, stay, heel. The women keep a watchful eye on them while also tending to their regular chores.
The men get back to work on the wall. Excited at how close they are to finishing they work all the way to dusk.
The finish the wall. It wraps neatly around the village in a U shape, ending at the lakes edge. The leave a single gap in the wall, about eight feet wide, so that they can come and go as they will.
Sorrok orders that 2 men will stand guard that the gate at all times, and that all the men will take turn doing so.
Night falls and the village sits down to eat. They're all happy that the wall is finished and feel much safer behind the wall.
Shall you do anything before moving to the next day?
>Culture & religion
>Population growth
>Other
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>>368409
>>Culture & religion
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I know it's pretty arbitrary, but what is the speed of time passing between posts? Or is it variable?
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>>368420
Do you how much time do I wait before carrying out actions? It depends. The thread is slow and not may people post. So if only 1 person post then I wait 30mins-1hour before posting action results.
If 2 people agree on an action then I'll start typing out a post within 10-15 minutes.
the more people agree to an action the faster I'll write out a post.
>>368418
What do you want to do involving Culture & religion?
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>>368420
But yeah. It depends on how active the thread is and also what I'm doing IRL.
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>>368409
>Culture & Religion
Maybe we hold a feast since the wall is done. Make it a culture thing onces a great feat is done like building something large have a feast.
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>>368475
Oh right. Well the passage of time is kinda arbitrary. It'll be a few more days/turns/phases before the season changes.
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Sorrok declares that they shall have a feast to celebrate the building of the wall. Stating that the people have worked hard and deserve to be rewarded.
They build up the fire, sang, danced, and ate plenty. During the festivities one of the Women who had been pregnant even gave birth to quadruplets, 3 boys and 1 girl.
These are the first children to be born in Lakeside, the mother and father beam with pride.
>>Population: Men Woman 9 Children B7 G3
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 5
Morning comes, the village eats their morning meal and makes their plans for the day.
>Food
>Population growth
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>368679
>Food
Let's get food since we had a feast maybe plant some crops.
Hunting and fishing
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>>368721
We can just discover farming by accident like discarding plants food starts to grow.
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The women check there basket traps and harvest the fish from them. They then go about tilling a plot of ground and replanting some of the tubers and root vegetables they'd been digging up for dinners.
Sorrok sends out a party of hunters.
The hunters come back at noon disappointed. They were unable to find any deer or even a rabbit.
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 5.5
It is now midday. What shall you do.
>Food
>Population growth
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>368787
Do we have people foraging? The womenfolk and kids?
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>>368787
>Train
Train in using the bow so we can defend the walls.
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>>368796
the walls don't have walkways, they are a simple palisade. The men are already good with the bow.
>>368793
The women will be tending the garden and the fish baskets.
5 of the kids are training with the wolves (To be rangers/scouts.) the other 4 were born too recently.
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>>368817
>Population growth
Make more babies
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>>368836
Second this, also send like a scouting party to the north where we saw the smoke rising.
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Brenna informs the village that the gods are pleased with them, and that children conceived now will grow strong and health.
The women give their husbands coy smiles and beckon them to their huts. 5 of them conceive.
Sorrok forms a party with 6 other men an orders that they will scout the area to the north where they had seen a column of smoke rising.
After a few hours they spot a wispy and make their way too it. They come to the edge of the forest, ahead of them it been clear to make way for the tilled and planted earth. Channels carved into the earth leading to the lake seem to act as a sort of irrigation.
Beyond the field is a palisade wall, much like your, except that it stands 12 feet tall with a proper gate, that stands open, with a sorta tower over the top of it. The well worn dirt road leading to indicates this settlement has been hear for some time. Like our own it built along the the lake, near wear it narrows again to form another river that flows into the lake.
Sorrok move to higher ground in the woods and can see the peaks of thatched roofs and small clay chimneys. He can also see a few men walking along the battlements carrying bows, spears, and wooden round shields. They ware rough-spun fabric tunics and pants, leather vests and vambraces.
What do you do?
>Approach the wall
>Attack the wall
>return home
>Other
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>>368953
>Approah the wall
Do so in a peaceful manner. And only send one person since if they attack we only lose one guy.
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>>369001
I mean You don't have a diplomat with you, but if you need you the village can assign one when you return home.
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Sorrok decides as the tribes leader that it is his duty to meet these people.
He leaves behind his weapon, except for his obsidian knife, and calmly walks down the road towards the gate.
The Sentries at the gate are immediately suspicious of Sorrok. They eye him, clad in animal pelts and primitive boots, spears at the ready.
Sentry-"Hold there! Who are you and what is your business here?"
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>>369076
Calmly explain who he is and where he from. And that him and his people are new to the valley and would like to be friends and possibly trade
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>>369076
Sorrok looks the young sentry up and down and takes note of the spear he carries, it's head made of bronze.
Sorrok-"My name is Sorrok, of the Lakeside village people. Me and my people recently settled here in the valley after traveling through the mountains. We noticed smoke rising from here and came to investigate."
The young man's eyes widen, "Oh! Was all that hooting and hollering last night you folk? We had wondered if it was those damned raiders to far south up to no good again. Well now that you're here how can I help you?"
Sorrok-"I'm hoping to perhaps meet your leader, to maybe establish trade and friendly relations."
Sentry-"Ah, well Othmar isn't hear at the moment, he is surveying the copper and tin mines. If you will be returning tomorrow I will personally be sure to inform him and he'll likely meet with you then."
Sorrok-"That would be good. We shall return tomorrow."
Sorrok returns to the village and shares this news, they seem excited.
Night is fast approaching, the village eats their supper. What shall you do before moving to the next day?
>Culture & religion
>Population growth
>Other
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>>368953
Forgot to show you their wall.
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>>369267
>Population Growth
Make Babies
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Before heading to bed the wives aren't pregnant partake in amorous activities with their husbands. Now all 9 women are impregnate. (It will be several turns before they give birth)
During the night a man in a soot stained tunic, tattered leather apron, pants, and heavy boots stumbles towards the entrance to you village. Your sentries stop him.
Sentry-"Stop there. Who are you and what are you doing here this late in the night?"
The man slows his breathing, it's obvious that his been running for some time. "My name is Fabron, I seek a safe place to stay. I've just escaped from a group of corsairs that have been roving the coast. I was being held prisoner, the had intended to sell me to slavery. If you let me stay you wont regret it, I'm a blacksmith by trade and if you can get me the raw matireals then I can forge just about anything, horseshoes, nails, plows. Even weapons, swords, spearheads, arrowheads, axes. Please take me in, if I continue to wonder these woods I'll surely fall prey to wolves or worse.
>Invite him to stay in the village
>Turn him away
>Other (explain)
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>>369434
>Invite him to stay in the village
Once we get a trade agreement with that other villages we'll have access to the metal we need, we just neep to get this guy tools and build him a workshop.
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>>369434
Invite him to stay
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The sentries summon Sorrok. He sees a great opportunity in this meeting and invites the ragged smith to stay in with them, stating that they'ed even build him his own home and smithy.
"Oh thank you sir, gods bless you." For the time being Fabron will stay in a spare tent and assist in regular labor (tending fish baskets, cutting fire wood. etc)
In the fish baskets are checked and harvested, the garden is watered, and the children and the wolf pups scamper about the village. Everyone enjoys their morning meal, is introduced to Fabron, and makes plans for the day.
>>Population: Men 28 Woman 9 Children B7 G3
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 6
>Food
>Population growth
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>369562
For the morning let work on a smithy and try to finish training the wolfboys.
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Sorrok and your best hunters spend the day teaching the boys, now young men, how to track and identify animal prints. They teach them the ways of the spear and the bow, and how to move without making a sound or bending a blade of grass. The boys teach the wolfs to track scents and to attack on command. They are now ready to go on hunts and exploration missions
The rest of the village follows Fabron in cutting down the trees needed for what he calls "a proper log cabin". He tell you that we'll need better tools to finish it.
As the noon sun rises, the village finishes harvesting the trees needed for the blacksmith's cabin. Sorrok is reminded that they can return to the norther village to meet with their leader. Brenna suggest that you take some bone and tooth jewelry as a gift and symbol of peace as well as the fine wolf pelts, "Perhaps someone will be interested in trading for them" she says.
>>Population: Men 33 Woman 9 Children B2 G3
>>Animals: Wolves 5
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 6
>Food
>Population growth
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>369610
Meet the other village and bring some trade goods
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>>369610
Send Sorrok and small party to the other village with some goods, try to trade for tools to finish the blacksmith's place.
Also send the Wolfboys out too, have them hunt thing so we can trade the pelts and stuff.
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>>369867
+1
Also, are we going positive or negative with the food?
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Sorrok and 4 others head out with their finest bone jewelry and pelts neatly packed away to hopefully trade with locals for tools and other goods.
Meanwhile the Wolf Rangers (The young boys who raised and trained the wolf pup and were trained as rangers) Head out on their first hunt.
The Rangers successfully track and bring down 2 large elk. They're brought back and butchered, the hide and bones cleaned, and antlers kept for future sale.
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
Sorrok and his party arrive back at the village to the north's gate where they find the young sentry from the other day.
Sentry-"Hello again sir Sorrok, welcome back to Orilon. Othmar is expecting you, I'll escort you to him. OH! My name is Symon by the way."
Sorrok-"Lead the way"
You follow Symon through the gates down a hard packed dirt road, each side flanked by squat timber and mud brick hovels with thatched roofs. The villagers eye Sorrok and his party with looks of bemusement, as they look quite out if place with their hides and furs compared to their wool tunics, trousers, and leather shoes.
Symon leads you to a 2-story building of the same construction as the other.
Symon-"Ho, Othmar the men from Lakeside are here to meet you." He shouts up to a cutout window framed in wood.
A man, presumably Othmar sticks his head out and beckons you in. Symon shows you in and seats you at a table as Othmar climbs down a ladder.
Othmar-"Hello, My name Othmar Smithson and I am pleased to meet you. I'm told you have come seeking trade and perhaps even friends."
Sorrok-
>(Present bone necklace gift: Increases Friendship with Othmar)
>Yes, I have even brought a few things to trade (Show trade goods)
>No, I have come to kill you (Attack)
>(Say nothing)
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>>370898
>>(Present bone necklace gift: Increases Friendship with Othmar)
>>Yes, I have even brought a few things to trade (Show trade goods)
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>>370898
>Give gift then show him the goods
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>>370898
>(Present bone necklace gift: Increases Friendship with Othmar)
>Yes, I have even brought a few things to trade (Show trade goods)
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>>370898
Sorrok pulls from a pouch a beautifully carved necklace made from wolf's bone. "As one leader to another, and for showing us hospitality, I give you this gift. It may not be much, but I hope you except this token."
Othmar gingerly take the necklace, "My word, it's beautiful. I humbly except this gift, my wife will love this." He reaches behind him places on the table a well made looking dagger of bronze and leather, along with a leather belt sheath.
Sorrok examine the blade, it looks as though it was made just yesterday and sharp as a razor. He bows his head, "My thanks for this. As for trade goods..." Sorrok and his men arrange the fine wolf pelts and bone jewelry on the table.
Othmar's eyes widen, "Wolf pelts? These marking look similar to the one that had been stealing our sheep in the night. You have unknowingly done us a great service. Before bringing them behind the walls these beasts had killed 12 sheep and 2 grown men. There was evem a bounty on them." He looks over the other carved bone necklaces and rings, "These are finely made as well, I can think of many who be willing to trade for them. What sort of goods did you have in mind? Wool fabric, metal tool, weapons, sheep, wheat, what do you think you need?"
>List things you want for the village.
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>>371038
Sheep, secrets of creating textiles, chickens, metal tools.
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>>371048
+1
Good thing my idea of smoking the cave as a good idea.
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Sorrok lists his demands of Sheep, how to make textiles, chickens, and metal tools.
Othmar nods his head along. "Well our flocks are over full this spring thanks to good birth rates, so for taking care of the wolves well give you 4 sheep (1 Ram, 3 Ewes) and teach you how you turn their wool into cloth. For the jewelry we'll give you 5 chickens, and for the pelts we'll give you a few sets of tools and nails."
>Agree
>Haggle
>Decline
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>>371261
Agree, and thank him generously.
He just put another nail in his coffin.
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>>371261
>>Agree
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>>371261
Oh and by the way how many hens and how many roosters?
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>>371270
1 rooster 4 hens
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>>371261
>Agree
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Sorrok clasps Othmar's hand, "We have a deal."
Othmar dispatches orders to have the goods brought to the main gate along with a hand cart to carry some of the goods. Symon and another man who's name escapes you accompany you back to the village to bring back the cart.
You make your way back to Lakeside in good time. Brenna is there to greet you. You tell her the meeting went well and about the making of textiles. She is pleased with the news.
Space is made for the sheep and chickens till proper pens can be made for them.
You bring the tools to Fabron, "These are fine tools, we'll be able to continue work on the smithy with these, a good wood worker could make a loom to spin the sheep wool into yarn and then into cloth. After the Smithy is finished we'll be able to make improvement to the wall (Taller, reinforce, battlements, gatehouse, gate, watchtowers, etc.)
Symon and the other man bid their farewell and haul the cart away. Night is beginning to fall, what shall you do before moving to the next day?
>>Population: Men 33 Woman 9 Children B2 G3
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 4 Chickens 5
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 6
>Culture & religion
>Other
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>>371391
Skipping to the next day is always an option.
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>>371391
Culture. Let's invent writing.
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>>371423
Okay. Spend the last few hours of the day creating a written language.
In the morning the fish baskets are checked and harvested. The chicken eggs are gathered, and the produce from the garden gathered. After breakfast, the work for the day is planned
>>Population: Men 33 Woman 9 Children B2 G3
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 4 Chickens 5
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
>Food
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>371539
Morning and afternoons you can pick 2. evening/night is pick one.
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>>371539
>exploration
>Construction
Lets get working on the smithy again. Also go exploring the like nearby mountains or whatever for signs of ore deposits.
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The village gets to the work of finishing the blacksmiths shop. They clear trees and stumps, and dig the foundation. Then set about sawing and carving the log to join together. The Smithy is about a quarter of the way done.
While the building continues Sorrok, Fabron, and half a dozen others go out in search of valuable ore deposits. While exploring the mountain sides to the east the party comes across the entrance to a cave that seems to lead deep into the mountain side.
>Enter Cave
>Return to Village
>Other
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>>371945
>Enter Cave
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>>371945
>Enter the cave
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>>371945
>Enter Cave
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Inside the it is quite dark, almost too dark to see. Fabron fumbles around in the dark and picks up what looks like an ordinary rock, but open closer examination exclaims that they've come across an incredibly rich iron deposit.
They take the iron node and return to the village with their find. Fabron explains that once the forge is ready he'd be able to craft simple iron tools and weapon that would rival that of the bronze used by Orilon.
As it stands it would be too tedious to mine the cave due to it's distance. If you had some form of transportation then it would make the cave a viable mining site.
It is now noon. What shall you do?
>The Smithy is 1/4 done
>>Population: Men 33 Woman 9 Children B2 G3
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 4 Chickens 5
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
Pick 2
>Food
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>372182
>Research & development
maybe something about roads?
>construction
continue on the smithy
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>>372182
Let's continue work on the smithy and clear some ground for animal pastures/pens
Tomorrow we can look for those horses we saw a while back.
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>>372188
Seconding this.
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>>372188
+1
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In the shade of the few remaining trees The Villages resume work on the Smithy. the erect the corner posts and frame the walls as well as the roof and clear the ground for where the forge will be.
Oldest woodworking has given your people and affinity for Woodcraft and construction some of them think the building of a mill could increase production of wooden building materials.
>The Smithy is 2/4 done
Some of the villagers set about clearing the rest of an area within the village to use as pasture or pens for the sheep and chickens as there is not enough room for larger animals within the walls. the walls would have to be expanded to admit more homes and more enclosed pasture. They weave wicker fencing to enclose the sheep and chickens and heard them into it.
Night fast approaches but there are few hours left to do something minor. What should you do before proceeding to the next day?
>>Population: Men 33 Woman 9 Children B2 G3
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 4 Chickens 5
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
Pick one
>Research & development
>Culture & religion
>Other
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>>373866
Work on the smithy and stake out plans for a new mill.
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>>373889
Those fall under
>Construction
and can not be done at this late in the day.
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>>373889
I kind of had a brainfuck there. Didn't register the minor you had there.
Let's research, well, say, medicine.
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>>373902
Also, how wide is the river? Enough to have a longboat in it?
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>>373933
Smaller long boat can navigate the river easily, bigger ships can't make the sharp turns.
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>>373992
I think it seems to be a good idea to explore the world beyond the river. Later, I think we should research boating, make one or two and push them down the river. Instant mapping.
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>>374007
You have to have that mill built so you can make actual planks for ships, as it you could hollow out a log for a canoe.
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>>373910
+1 let get brenna to work on medicine
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>>374043
For ever since finding the paralysis poison plants, Brenna has been experimenting with local herbs and plants and thinks she is onto something. She's found that mix some plants into a paste and applying them to wounds helps speed of healing. More testing to confirm what plants.
The night passes without incident. In the morning the fish baskets are harvested, eggs gathered, and vegetables picked. The village makes plans for the day.
>Medicine 1/2
>Smithy 2/4
>>Population: Men 33 Woman 9 Children B2 G3
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 4 Chickens 5
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
Pick 2
>Food
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>374247
Work on smithy
Medicine research
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>>374496
+1
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By combining a few local herbs Brenna is able to make a poultice that aids in the healing of burns, scrapes, and cuts.
The village continue work on the Smithy. The finish framing the house and the attached workshop and side the structure with hand sawed logs. all that's let is to thatch the roof.
Noon comes, what next?
>Smithy 3/4
>>Population: Men 33 Woman 9 Children B2 G3
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 4 Chickens 5
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
Pick 2
>Food
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>374751
>Finish smithy
>build a horse pen/stable/ place to put horse.
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>>374762
Such a building will need to be built outside the wall. As the interior is rather crowded.
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>>374762
+1
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The villagers finally finish the Smithy. They thatch the roof and assemble the forge and furnace from mud bricks. They build a sturdy table for Fabron to use as a work bench, a Quenching tank, various hanging hooks, and a tool cabinet. The only things missing were a cauldron for pouring metals into molds and a anvil for hammering and shaping metal bars and sheets, which can be acquired at Orilon.
After finishing the Smithy you clear a pace outside the walls and fence it in for to be used in the future for larger animals (Cow, Ox, Horse, etc.). You might later decide to expand the village walls to encompass the pen.
It is now late in the day, supper is prepared and served. Is there anything you want to do before tomorrow?
>>Population: Men 33 Woman 9 Children B2 G3
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 4 Chickens 5
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
Pick one
>Research & development
>Culture & religion
>Other
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>>375168
Im thinking research. But i don't knkw what to do first. Roads or like horse domestication.
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>>375168
>Research & development
Agriculture, and more medicinal uses for plants.
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>>375446
>>375519
Pick one for now. When you better facilities for research then you can do more than one.
>Agriculture (After observing Orilon agriculture you are able to imitate their irrigation techniques and plant larger field)
>Roads (After observing Orilon road you're able to imitate their simple dirt roads to improve travel efficiency)
>Animal domestication ( Seeing the benefits of domesticated animals you come to understand the various other uses they can provide aside from food. [ taming and domesticating animals becomes easier])
>Sutures and bandages (closing and bandaging wounds helps prevent infection when combined with certain medicinal plants healing rates are improved.[Wounded troops are more likely to recover])
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>>375790
The way I see it, if we domesticate animals it'll make it easier to build roads and to till farmland. So I'm going to have to vote for domesticating animals.
We know there are horses out there, we have rope, we have a place to put them, let's go get'em.
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>>375790
>Animals
I'm going to sleep now see you later
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>>375790
Animals
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The village discusses the benefits of domesticated animals and beasts of burden. They discussed various ways of taming and domesticating, such as raising from youth to rewarding good behavior. (Taming various animals is now possible.)
The children are now of age and ready to participate in adult activities. (War, work, training, sex) The pregnant women have given birth to 17 boys and 1 girl.
The sheep are sheared for their wool and give birth to 5 lambs.
In the morning the women and children harvest the fish baskets tend to the garden and collect the eggs. The villagers plans out their morning.
>>Population: Men 35 Woman 12 Children B 17 G 1
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 9 Chickens 5
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 6
>>Food production/consumption:-1 per day
Pick 2
>Food
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>376655
>Research agriculture/Irrigation
>Exploration
Find those ponies.
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>>376775
+1
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>>376775
OR rather this is what I'd do.
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>>376775
Agreed. FiND the ponies. Feed the ponies.
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After observing Orilon's irrigation of their large field, the People of Lakeside feel that they too could benefit from being able to maintain large fields, and decide to implement field irrigation. (Large crop fields can now be planted.)
Sorrok forms a party to search for wild horses to capture. Their first stop is the place where they originally saw them in the forested hillsides. They follow tracks south to the river where you first arrived in the valley. At the river’s edge you spy the horses grazing and drinking from the waters. Sorrok brought with them carrots and rope. How will you capture them?
>Peacefully
>Aggressively
>Other (Describe)
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>>377385
>Peacefully
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>>377385
Calmly walk up to them, slowly with with the carrots, gently get a rope on the lead mare and guide here back to the pens.
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Sorrok Comely approaches the herd’s lead mare with his hand out reached bearing a carrot. She approaches Sorrok smells the carrot and begins to eat from his head. Sorrok carefully slips a lead rope around her neck begins to lead her away. The small herd of 9 follows the lead mare and Sorrok all the way back to the village where he leads them into the large corral.
The people are excited at the new arrivals, they’d never seen horses up close before. They talk about how they’ll now be able to haul large/heavy loads if they use a horse to pull a cart and how a mounted scout will be able to travel greater distances. Many of the horse seem skittish, it would do them some good to be trained to accept a rider.
The afternoon sun rises, what's next on the agenda?
>>Population: Men 35 Woman 12 Children B 17 G 1
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 9 Chickens 5 Horse 9
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 6
>>Food production/consumption:-1 per day
Pick 2
>Food
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>378064
>Train
Teach the horses and train them to behave
>Food
Start setting up a farm outside the walls.
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>>378125
What would you like planted?
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>>378144
Any crops we have at hand something that will grow well and needs lots of water since we can do it since we're near a lake.
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>>378125
+1 for this.
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During the afternoon few of the villagers go through training exercises with the horses teaching them to become more comfortable with saddles and bridles and lead ropes. Once they're comfortable enough wearing the equipment then they'll be ready to have a rider.
>Horses are ⅓ trained
The rest of the village so it's about killing ground for a new field and carving out controlled irrigation channels. They decide to plant half with potatoes and the other half with the same grain that Orilon farmers use.
>>Population: Men 35 Women 12 Children B 17 G 1
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 9 Chickens 5 Horse 9
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 6
>>Food production/consumption:1 per day
As the day went down to a close and the sun begins to set the villagers begin to settle down and eat their evening meal before heading to bed they:
Pick one
>Research & development
>Culture & religion
>Other
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>>378240
Am I wrong or do we not have shields? If that's the case let's research shields.
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>>378414
I was wondering when this would come up. No, your people were a wondering nomad tribe that came from the mountains. They'd never had use for shields.
>What sort of shields do you want to research?
>>
Shield Options
>Round shield
>Square shield (Roman style)
>Oval Shield
>Kite Shield
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>>378615
Can we do multiple? Like square for spear infantry, kite for cav, and round for sword/axe guys?
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>>378615
>Square
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>>378677
Sure, if it comes to that. Each shield type will require 1 research turn.
Sorrok noticed that the sentries at Orilon were equipped with shields that likely increased their survival in battle. Not to be outdone by Orilon he asks Fabron if he can build shields.
Fabron-"I am a weapon smith master Sorrok. You need a blade or ax I'm your man, nails, horse shoes, and tools I can do just fine. I'll even hammer out sheets to layer your shield with, But wood and I, for whatever reason, don't get along and plate metal shields are much too heavy to wield." He eyes furrowed for a moment, "I do believe one of the young men in the village has taken to wicker and woodwork. Lyle, I think his name was."
You go to Lyle with your request.
Lyle-"Well if I could mill the wood down I could outfit all the men in the village with wooden shields with leather stretched over it, then Fabron could give them a metal rim. For now I can gather some of the boys to weave wicker and hide shields "
Sorrok-"Get to it"
(Your infantry will now be equipped with wicker shields.)
That night, a sentry returning to his home from duty sees a dark shape gliding across the lake north towards the direction of Orilon. Later that same dark shape was seen moving across the lake heading south to the river mouth. Sorrok is informed of what happened and wonders if anything has happened at Orilon.
The Fish traps are harvested, the garden is picked, and chicken eggs collected.
What's the plans for this morning?
>>Population: Men 35 Woman 12 Children B 17 G 1
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 9 Chickens 5 Horse 9
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
>>Food production/consumption:+1 per day
Pick 2
>Food
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>379155
>Horses are 1/3 trained
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>>379155
>Train horses
>Go see if something happened at Orilon.
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>>379246
+1
I'm here
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You lunge the horses, with bridle, reins, and saddle. After that you run them through drills with a rider on them. The Horses accept having a rider but are yet unfit for battles as they might bolt.
Meanwhile Sorrok leads 15 men up towards Orilon. As they clear the forest, they take in a scene of devastation. The once lush and golden grain fields were black and smoldering. The gate where they'd entered the not long ago lay smashed open, the gate house still smoking. Pillars of black smoke rose from behind the walls, crows and buzzards circled overhead. As the band of Lakesiders approach the open gates they can see the bodies of men slumped against them and hanging over the battlements. Their shields smashed, bronze tipped spears still clutched in dead hands, bows with their strings broken and blood stained.
>Search the village for survivers/Loot
>Return to Lake side
>Other
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>>379919
>Search the village for survivers
We really don't need loot it's disrespectful to loot the dead.
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>>379919
Search the village, find a cart to cary survivor and discarded weapons and goods.
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>>379919
>Search the village take what we need. The dead won't need it.
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The bodies of dead guards and elderly men dot the main village road. Your men say silent parrys over the dead and go about replacing their stone tipped spears with the Orilon bronze spears that remained unbroken. Your bowmen replace their crude bows and arrows, belting on quivers and long daggers to their waists. They proceed down the road towards the village center past the smouldering remains of homes. In the open market center of town, it seems is where the Orilon had organized their defence. Overturned carts blocked several of the paths and the bodies of many Orilon guards litter the square, still grasping their spears and short swords. The right a few of the more intact carts and load them with undamaged weapons and pieces of leather armor.
Sorrok takes 5 men and heads towards the direction of Othmar’s home to see if the Orilon mayor is still alive. Sorrok was hoping to find out what had happened in this place.
He and his men arrive at was used to be the Mayor of Orilon’s 2-story home. All that remained were the charred black ruins. Othmar’s own head was nailed to one of the corner posts. A groan emanated from a nearby bush. Off to the side was Symon’s supine unconscious form. He had a gash above his left eye, various cuts on his forearms and legs, and a slash across his chest. Despite the grim scene all his wounds were too shallow to be life threatening, but he would need them cleaned, stitched, and bandaged soon.
Your men carry Symon back to the others, 12 more survivors had shown up by then. Talking about how they’ed come in the night, landed from the lake, tore right through the defenders burning and pillaging as they went. They’ed taken women and children prisoner back to their boat, and as swift as they came, they were gone. Sorrok went over to the body of one of the raiders, he had an ax in his had, it’s head a dull gray metal. He wore a black linen tunic over an iron hauberk with and a wool shirt beneath it. Dark gray pants and heavy leather boots on his legs and feet. He had a thick dark beard with hair to match and blue eyes.
The survivors load up whatever belongs that had not been lost in the fires in their own carts. Bolts of wool and linen, bags of grain, barrels of water, etc. The people from Orilon and Lakeside reach the main gate.
>Invite them to Lakeside
>Leave them be
>Other
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>>381830
>Invite them to lakeside since they don't last here.
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>>381830
Bring them back to the village
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>>381830
Bring them home. We could use all the help we can.
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>>381830
You Bring them home, knowing that if there are people out there that can devastate Orilon in such a way then who know what they can do to a small village like Lakeside.
>>Population: Men 41 Women 18 Children B 17 G 1
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 9 Chickens 5 Horse 9
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
>>Food production/consumption:+1 per day
Pick 2
>Food
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>381891
Fuck, I'm trying to type these out in Doc it's not highlighting everything like it should.
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>>381891
>Construction
We have to build sea defenses and improve our wall.
>Train
Train everyone how to use spears any weapons to defense from future attacks. Train the kids and women.
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>>381923
Agreed, train everyone and expand/improve the wall. Make it so that raiders can't just land in our village by boat.
>>
Sorrok and his most skilled fighters train the village in the way of shield and spear fighting, and those with the nack how to use a bow. After Symon recovers (next turn) he say he will teach the Lakesiders of the different tactics that can be utilized when fighting as or against large groups. By the end of the afternoon, Sorrok feels that everyone in the village is ready and able to defend themselves if need be. But against these new foes from the south you can never be too ready. (Intermediate Infantry training and Infantry tactics training is now available).
With the news that the raiders were able to get deep into Orilon from the lake, Sorrok decides that it is best to fortifie the west end of the village facing the lake by adding a sort of sea wall as well as improving the rest of the wall, expanding the village perimeter, adding battlements, a reinforced gate, and watch towers. (Wall upgrades ⅕ complete)
Lyle’s experience with building and woodworking allows the village to work on 2 construction projects at the same time.
Night comes quickly, the survivors from Orilon head to sleep in borrowed tent until homes can be built for them.
>>Population: Men 58 Women 19 Children B G
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 9 Chickens 5 Horse 9
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 7
>>Food production/consumption:+1 per day
Pick 1
>Culture & religion
>Research & development
>Other
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>>382711
>Other
We'll going to need a place to store our weapons so when the raiders come we can arm the folks from there. So a armory
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>>382746
The people keep their weapons in their home as of right now. Is it necessary to have an armory before we even have a barracks or a standing army? This is me thinking as another player, not as DM.
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>>382754
Then make a barracks
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To fight this new enemy, Sorrok as village chief and Benna as the village’s wise woman, encourages the birthing of more children.
Morning comes and there is work to be done.
>Horses are 2/3 trained
>Wall Upgrades ⅕ complete
>>Population: Men 63 Women 33
>>Animals: Wolves 5 Sheep 20 Chickens 5 Horse 17
>>Food stockpiles: days worth 8
>>Food production/consumption:+1 per day
Pick 2
>Population growth
>Food
>Train
>Culture & religion
>Exploration
>Construction
>Research & development
>Other
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>>384680
>Research & development
Alcohol production. Good source of calories, long lasting.
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>>384867
+1
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