Well, more likely we're just going to get a big ass compound that we don't have much use for. We aren't nobility yet, so I doubt we can buy a big ass castle.Nah, big ass castles is where it's at. No rival lordlings trying to scope out your house, you can do all you want to do in it without scrutiny from the townsfolk or the city guard, etc... Much more private setting. We need a big ass castle.
Smashing Axe said:Though an account of our finances would help, Fangshi. Saying we have something like 1000 gold points, and a big ass compound would cost 100, would do.
Smashing Axe said:We gave Serpent and Christine a wedding present costing more than a whole damn squad of armed soldiers.
Baltika9 said:Can we recruit bear cavalry from somewhere?
Part 1: The Tower, Amena and Ithapi
1. Amena and Ithapi - since the two of them will be looking after the children while you are gone you will have to give them instructions on what to do with them.
A) Have the children study with Amena. Knowledge is power and it is never too early to start.
We have our mercenary muscle, these children will serve us better as mage disciples. Besides, a proper education for kids never hurts.
2. Some of the children have expressed an interest in worshipping their goddess. Do you let them?
B) No - They need to make a clear break.
No thank you. No revering the spider goddess.
Part 2: The Muscle, Gareth and Brigit
1. You think it might be a good idea to train your warriors on the surface. Gareth and Brigit will have to purchase a compound to do this though and you do not have time to go shopping around with them. You will have to decide if you want them to purchase a compound or not. Also you will need to supply them with the resources to do so They will use the funds you leave them to make the best purchase possible.
A) You have them buy a compound. You do not want too many people knowing about the tower and you would rather have them on the surface.
ii. You leave them a moderate amount of money
Our money is plentiful, and the tower is our secret. Since we are hiring everyone and their dog, I will not let them here. Gareth in not a psychic, ant there are too many men. One imperial spy is enough to become our undoing.
Also, fuck yeah, the fortress.
2. While you are gone Gareth may want to test out your new forces by taking a few mercenary contracts. It would make you some money and if they do well it will give your group a bit of a reputation. It may also make enemies... Do you let him take any contracts?
A) Yes
Sure. This is what we are preparing them for.
Part 3: Your group
1. A talking head will raise a lot of questions, while not illegal she will draw attention. Do you take Nine with you or leave her at the tower?
A) Yes - you are confident you will be able to hide her.
Eh, we are not the stealthiest group around anyway.
2. There are a number of ways you can travel to Myrgard. How do you want to go about it?
ii. A group of dwarves Bari has had some dealings with in the past. Reliable but eccentric.
What is better than dorfs? Well, more dorfs, of course.
Part 4: Your training
1. Travelling on the road, you won't really be able to practice more complex tasks but there are a few things you could try and accomplish. (Pick two)
B)Drinking - Bari says there are few things dwarves respect more than someone that can hold their liquor. You are no lightweight but to keep up with the dwarves would take practice. Thankfully you have Tyrvard's still. If you started now, with Bari and Thaïs' help you could become an expert drinker.
C)Combat Training - You think it would be useful to improve your combat skills. You spar with members of your group in the evenings. (who you spar with will be determined by your choice in part 3 question 2. If it is just the five of you it will be Biliku, if you take an escort it will vary a bit more).
Leave diplomacy to Thais.
Part 5: Your vault
If you want to put anything Derryth is carrying in her inventory into your vault (so I can't destroy it on you ) for safe keeping then let me know.
The Dream Map and Notes should be left at the vault. Unless it has writings in the Dwarven or something. It is too fragile to carry around, amd I think we are not going there just yet.
It's just that after you introduced those flying-burrowing-clawed-venom-spitting monstrosities of yours the common opinion on any related matter firmly became "FUCK SPIDERS".Though I am not sure if there is much demand for monsterous cavalry, for example you could have had spider cavalry if you let Uttu and Biliku breed them.
I figured that these money would be spent not only on the compound, but on the training as well, and since we are hiring a lot of people, it would be best not to be stingy.Part 2: The Muscle, Gareth and Brigit
1 A ii. You leave them a moderate sum
A moderate compound to begin with means we attract less attention.
Yes, that too. There is no one in our group we can leave her with - no one has both the willpower and the knowledge of magic on par with Derryth's.Part 3: Your group
1 A) Yes - you are confident you will be able to hide her.
It's not as much a question of her being trouble if she's found out, as much as I'm not exactly trusting her enough to let her stick around the orphans who might do something stupid. And Amena spent much of her formative years as a servant and slave to Eris. Nine would have a field day with her..
I figured that these money would be spent not only on the compound, but on the training as well, and since we are hiring a lot of people, it would be best not to be stingy.Part 2: The Muscle, Gareth and Brigit
1 A ii. You leave them a moderate sum
A moderate compound to begin with means we attract less attention.
It is hard not to attract attention when you are running a mercenary company and take contracts, so why not?
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I see absolutely nothing about attracting attention.
The sums you are looking at with Gareth and Brigit are around the following:
- no compound - free
- small compound - 15
-medium size compound - 30
-largest compound/fort - 60 (and you will draw the attention of most of the city's powerbrokers, this may be a good thing or a bad thing but you will make waves)
However you don't really need a massive compound for training. You need a massive compound to house a massive amount of men. That's pretty much it.We do not want people knowing about the tower, and that's it. How we spend money on the surface is not a concern as far as I can see.
About money - I assume the more money we spend, the bigger and the better equipped the compound will be, and the better it would be suited for training purposes. It is common sense.
Oh, come on! The only ones left behind in the tower are Amena, Ithapi and a bunch of kids from 5 to 10 years old. These are not the people who you want to leave Nine with. They are all gullible as hell, just remember Amena initiation scene.Zero Credibility said:Just warn whoever we left behind about her tricks.