Peasant's Pleas

Summary:

Feedback from the people of Isla Mogrova

Peasant's Pleas

Tukadian 02 Aug 2010 04:00

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Cliffton Working Class Commoner On the Street: "It sure does smell less with all the trash out of the gutters and into the dump. That part of town is kind of grimy what with the tenements and mill and that garbage smell though, oh well, my part of town is nice, and The Black Chapel is right next door to meet my religious needs. I wish there was something to do for entertainment over the winter however; a nice warm tavern would be great."
Cliffton Lower Class Lumbermill Worker: Man it's hard work at that mill, and now the dump nearby smells like hell, and to make things worse my next door neighbor in the tenement had her 8th kid a couple nights ago so I can't even sleep without hearing that blasted screeching. What I would give for a good drink, or some good female company, a brothel would be fantastic! Surely Darkusha could see the merits to the worship of The Fury a brothel would bring. It wouldn't hurt to sink some money into these slums either, maybe fix the place up a bit.

For Torion

Pavil d'Lyrandar: I would like to come live on your island and bring the business of House Lyrandar to your quaint little community. I do not believe it is quite up to my standard of living yet though. If you were to provide me with a nice Noble Villa, build some sort of Venue for Entertainment (Tavern, Arena, Theater, etc) and maybe convince a few more businesses to set up shop, I could be convinced to come up and live in the villa. With me comes strong connections to House Lyrandar, who could be persuaded to help chip in some funds towards establishing a guild outpost in Cliffton (Guildhall and Piers for 26BP, instead of 50BP), and maybe even help fix up that busted old Airship tower for some actual use. Contact me when you think your town is ready to be graced with my presence.

For Tarius

Priest at The Black Chapel: "We've started moving the bodies of the deceased from their temporary resting place below the Chapel to the new Keeper's Yard. I thought I should let you know that there are a few bodies unaccounted for by our records, I've kept it hush hush and fudged a few of the records to cover our backsides but I thought I should notify you just in case you wanted to investigate."

For Thrash

Shadowy Informant: A Tigrin Monk has been teaching his brand of kung-fu magic and meditation to guards and prisoners alike in the Cliffton Lock-Up. It started out as a simple class, but attendance and frequency of instruction has been growing extraordinarily fast, as well the Monk Masha Liong, has been getting some very nice jailhouse privileges as a result of his "Good behavior". Situation is somewhat suspicious, but on the upside the prison is running smoothly and guards are getting in good shape and well-disciplined. Continue to monitor and allow the monk to continue training, or have the monk taken care of?

Last edited on 03 Aug 2010 22:58 by Tukadian Show more

Re: Peasant's Pleas

Caleb (guest) 04 Aug 2010 16:45

I tell the guy that he is obviously mistaken, in fact, no bodies are missing Also make sure he understands that if he wishes to question my word again, he better have his worldly affairs in order.

Re: Peasant's Pleas

Tukadian 16 Aug 2010 03:01

The priest responds "My lord High Priest, I would never question your word. It was Darkusha's signature which was the last to be written on all of the paperwork regarding body internments and movements, I was simply bringing it to your attention in case you were unaware. I beg your pardon for disturbing you and bid you a good evening."

Re: Peasant's Pleas

elcaleeb 16 Aug 2010 13:08

Take note of his name, prepare to kill him. He is obviously questioning me, and trying to lie about it to shift blame to someone else. Unacceptable.

Re: Peasant's Pleas

Tukadian 17 Aug 2010 00:51

His name is Walli Ostren, an Aundairian immigrant working in the Shrine of the Fury. His name has been passed along to the royal assassin Thrash for monitoring by his agents. Any more insolence and he will join your undead army in the sub-basements, as a training dummy.

Heroes Available on Island

Tukadian 17 Aug 2010 02:23

Shino, Gino Molochai, Meepo Melonson, and Dextro Magrone have been attracted to the Island and hired on by the palace as Royal Contracted Adventurer's. These are "The C Team" if you will. Where Koven, Zardoz, Michael Baie and Valliance were contracted to be a specific party of kingdom sponsored adventurers, these heroes were hired individually.
They can be used to do any number of tasks, they can be sent to deal with problems that beset the kingdom which are too small for the B Team to handle, they can be sent out to explore hexes to minimize the risk of doing so, they can be placed in positions of leadership in the kingdom, or whatever else may arise. If they are employed in a number of meaningful tasks, they will level accordingly, with them gaining levels in classes approriate to their station or tasks. Alternatively, hero points can be spent on them to artificially level them, buy them specialized gear, or otherwise beef them up. As they accomplish difficult tasks they will earn Hero Points for the kingdom's hero point pool which will be described below.

Island Heroes for Hire - Contains the current pool of Heroes available for hire. It will also be updated with Hero Point costs for character advancement in time.

Hero Point Pool

The current Hero Point Pool sits at 6 points. Hero Points are an abstract way to represent the prestige that is associated with being in the Kingdom's service. This prestige attracts heroes, or gains the kingdom's current defenders a deal of power or personal fame. A low level adventurer, or perhaps undesirable one, costs just 1 point to attract to the island, with more desirable employees costing more.

Earning Hero Points

Hero points can be earned in a number of ways

1. Building structures which could potentially attract adventurer's, Arenas, Guildhalls etc. The building list in Running a Kingdom will be updated to reflect this as we go.
2. Reknown-worthy achievements; Slaying a rampaging magical beast, defending an attack, discovering a treasure
3. Spectacular deeds performed by the key players of the island, The A Team or B Team both.

Losing Hero Points

1. If a Hero, which cost Hero Points to attract, is killed in the line of duty, those hero points are subtracted from the overall pool, they can be partially returned if the Hero is returned to service, and he will not be as powerful as before due to level loss.
2. Spectacular failure, the destruction of a town for instance, or failure to avert a disaster
3. Poor treatment of adventurers. (If the ruler constantly confiscates all treasure gained by adventurer's then resentment will grow, forcing loyalty checks which may cause unrest, hero point loss and perhaps even the hero leaving town.)

Current Hero Employment

I am working on the stat blocks for the four heroes which the kingdom has attracted, and when finished it is up to the current leadership of the island to determine how they will be employed. If a character is chosen to fill in a leadership role; putting Shino as Marshal, for example, he is no longer available to undertake other tasks while employed due to the in-depth nature of his post.
If it is desired to leave a character open for future contracts on the island and not assume a leadership position, he will be referred to as a free agent, and he can be drawn upon to deal with any situations that arise or tasks that you may desire to be done.

For Example
Shino is chosen to be marshal, with his +4 Strength he removes the -4 to economy checks due to vacancy and adds +4 to economy checks.
Gino, Meepo and Dextro are told to remain Free Agents
When the month of Olarune rolls around during the Improvement Phase Torion decides he wants to explore Hex:0810 and puts Dextro in charge of the expedition for protection. If he hadn't there was a chance that the hostile terrain could have killed the explorer's and imposed a -2 penalty to stability for a couple months.
Thrash has a problem with the jail, and so he decides to task Gino with infiltrating it undercover, since he is relatively new and has a decent chance at success with his skill scores. Gino succeeds and the kingdom enjoys a +2 loyalty buff for 3 months as the jail comes under control.
This leaves Meepo, who remains a Free Agent in case the city is attacked by rampaging ghoul dinosaurs or something, and he is placed on guard duty in Cliffton on notice to move. He gains +100gp on salary and breaks up a couple of street scuffles in the slums, gaining some respect there.

The use of the Heroes on the island is entirely up to the Ruling Leadership's discretion, be as creative as you want with it, just try to keep them alive.
So in the following replies to this post, just write the four heroes names, and how you want to emply them, whether you have a specific task, a leadership position, or if you want them stationed somewhere on the island as a free agent.

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