Propitiating the Dread God Arengee - Let's Play King of Dragon Pass!

[Shizumarashi Mayuzumi]

need more cowsssssssss


This was probably a bad risk since he's only Good at combat, but honestly every other option in these mini-events sucks.


The carls, represented by Orlgandi, are up in arms. "The clan is always at war. This incessent raiding and counter-raiding is playing hell with the crops."

1. Give the chief complainers a cow apiece.
2. Persuade Orlgandi that he's mistaken.
3. Promise to curtail raids.
4. Promise to make peace with the Blue Jays. (They're that distant feud we started with and haven't heard anything from since. :V)
5. Take the matter under advisement, then forget about it.
6. Upbraid Orlgandi for his foolishness.

You could compensate them directly. They'll look churlish if they press the point. (1)
We can't give out cows every time someone comes to complain. That rewards frivolous petitions.
Harmast Barefoot once said, "Swill to the carl is mead to the weaponthane."
(ow.)
Orlgandi is right; we're losing more than we're gaining with these constant raids. (3)
Have I mentioned lately how hard it is to keep both carls and weaponthanes happy? (5)
Don't swear an oath when a mere promist will suffice. (3, 5)

[UncertainJakutten]

I like 5. Mosdorl and Engarna are the best.

[Sagus]

Come on guys we're having like one raid per update let's cut back on the killings. 3

[Stuffman]

4. If we're not actually fighting with these guys, and the carls would be happy with one less enemy, it wouldn't hurt to patch relations with them, right?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

4, see Stuffman's reasoning.

[Reddyne]

4 with a side of 3. Considering that we've been picking up our teeth for a year plus now and losing fights with neighbors, it would probably be wiser to hold off on raiding and doing more diplomatic stuff instead of doing something to get our butts kicked again. I think we're down a notch in the ranking because of it.

[Dead Princess Sakana]

That reminds me, is there anything we could build to up our chances when the Colymar come to give us a friendly reminder of our refusal again? Or do we already have all defensive structures that might be somewhat useful?

[Hello Purvis]

Why are we feuding with the Bluejays? This is important.

[Reddyne]

Why are we feuding with the Bluejays? This is important.

Because Toronto's understandably jealous that their former manager never did well with the Jays yet is a large part of the Red Sox's success this year. Boston's got the best record in the AL with Farrell at the helm despite the team having a terrible season last year while the Blue Jays are lucky to have managed yet another lackluster .500 season in a tough division so far.

[Von Stein]

Meh, I'm with mosdorl. In one ear, out the other. 5 |3

[Shizumarashi Mayuzumi]

That reminds me, is there anything we could build to up our chances when the Colymar come to give us a friendly reminder of our refusal again? Or do we already have all defensive structures that might be somewhat useful?

Dat shit costs goods man. Loooooooooooooooooots of goods. Like I'm not actually sure we can build any of the others right now. They haven't been back in a while though, maybe they decided we're not worth it?


Dat shit frequently also costs goods man how am I supposed to set shit on fire for Chalana Arroy to teach us Healing at this rate. :V


Let's explore our own tula and maybe slaughter some bandits.


Baby! And MATERIALS! \o/


A young warrior woman of your clan, Marlesta, comes to the clan hall with a warrior woman of the Zethnoring clan, which you are feuding with. The other young woman's name is Yerestia. Marlesta declares that she and Yerestia have undergone a ritual and declared themselves blood sisters. They will fight to defend one another, to the death if necessary. They say that we should follow their example, and end our foolish and destructive feud with the Zethnorings.

1. Make peace with the Zethnoring clan. (This will lead to a further choice of offering them payment, demanding payment from them, or proposing a political marriage.)
2. Outlaw Marlesta.
3. Respect their sisterhood, but refuse to seek peace.
4. Tell Marlesta you will think about what she has said.
5. "This ritual of sisterhood has no legal merit."

This ritual of sisterhood contravenes our rights; she is a troublemaker, and we should outlaw her. (2)
We are stronger than our for, so we can demand reparations if we sue for peace. (1)
Marlesta has always been headstrong, contrary, and passionate. (1, 3)
(I'm sorry I got you hurt Sartark. ;_;)
Bad King Urgrain declared that Doruskul was his brother. but when Doruskul won more glory at the Battle of Kanda Fant, he threw Doruskul into a ravine. (1, 3)
This ritual of sisterhood has no legal merit. (5)
She doesn't really mean it.

[Sagus]

1, and since we need them goods, make them pay us. In goods, if possible.
How many goods would it be reasonable to ask for, by the way?

[Reddyne]

1 with a small request for goods since the Zenthorings aren't really worth raiding or getting raided by (too many kitties). Considering how well things went down with the Narri-o brothers, another patched relationship would be fine. Considering how poorly demands for protection went with the Elkenvali, a small one is far more realistic.

Ah, the fragrance of lillies is in the air. Also Mosdorl is my favorite and least favorite character simultaneously.

[Yaersulf]

1, Orlgard may not have a great track record for good ideas, but we need those goods.

[Stuffman]

3. If we make peace with them and the Blue Jays, then we'll only have the Elkenvali left and they're running out of shit to steal! Let's keep beating them up until maybe we can get a few free tributes off of them.

[Shizumarashi Mayuzumi]

We're pretty sorely in need of both cows and goods, really, and the cows will help out in our farming; I went with what's a pretty typical offer when your hapless victims sure for peace but the ungrateful jerks don't bite.


Taking the action to reassign some crafters now that we have a multiple special materials - I generally feel like it's not worth the month for a single one.


Deciding that your feud with the Blue Jay clan has gone on long enough, you approach them with an offer of peace. The chief, Ernaldness, is restrained. Their lawspeaker, Arene, however seems receptive to your offer.

1. Arrange for a noble male of your clan to marry a noble girl of theirs, and vice versa.
2. Offer them wealth. (I believe but am not entirely sure that we can split this between cows and goods.)
3. Offer to lend support to a ritual of their choice.

They have many grievances with us. We will have to be extraordinarily generous to sway their hearts. (2, 3)
Let's not offend them with an offer worth less than fifty cows. (2)
Generosity is the polish of the peace table. (2)
(Man and he'd actually be useful here too.)
Orlanth so needed to make peace with Yelm that he brought him back from the dead.
If we had a tribe, we could band together and protect our clan from outsiders. (Engarna, do you realize how far away these guys are? We'd have to make a tribe with everyone between us and them first.)
Let's offer them our magic, but give them as little as possible. Magic can't be measured. How will they know? (3)

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the Blue Jays are the "tradition of female chiefs" clan you guyssssssssss we need to end this feud. <3

[Stuffman]

Daaamn that's a lot of cows. But we're not really rolling in magic here. 2. We'll have to take Orlgard's word on it.

Sartark we need you ;_;

[Reddyne]

2

Does that lady have a fake beard on in the back?

[Shizumarashi Mayuzumi]

Does that lady have a fake beard on in the back?

Yep! Beards are so important for Lhankor Mhy devotees that the ladies wear fakes.

[Sagus]

Give the cows, we'll raid the Elkenvali or the Zethnoring later. 2

[UncertainJakutten]

Is what Mosdorl says true, here? Just, in general?

Either way, 2

[Shizumarashi Mayuzumi]

Is what Mosdorl says true, here? Just, in general?

I dunno, the game seems pretty comfortable quantifying our magic (though that much is easy enough to write off as a gameplay abstraction), and a few other events people seem to be able to gauge whether or not we're lying about how our magic currently is.

[UncertainJakutten]

I dunno, the game seems pretty comfortable quantifying our magic (though that much is easy enough to write off as a gameplay abstraction), and a few other events people seem to be able to gauge whether or not we're lying about how our magic currently is.

Then I imagine he's wrong. I got that advice in my game but didn't want to test it.

[Hello Purvis]

The fake beard thing has historical precedence. There have been a few female pharaohs of Egypt we know about, and the earliest one has been depicted wearing a fake beard.

Also: I am trending toward 1, but I am a miser =[

[Shizumarashi Mayuzumi]

Well, at least we didn't have to spend an action sending a delegation this way thanks to it being from an event. We have lost literally nothing in this peace attempt.


The carls, represented by Wilms the Restive, are unhappy. "The clan is trying to support too many weaponthanes, priests, and other folk who eat the food we produce but don't produce any themselves. They're parasites, I tell you, parasites!"

1. Dismiss 4 weaponthanes.
2. Dismiss 10 weaponthanes.
3. Give the chief complainers a cow apiece.
4. Persuade Wilms that he's mistaken.
5. Take the matter under advisement, then forget about it.

If we do dismiss any weaponthanes, we will have to compensate them. (I'm unsure how much said compensation is but I know hiring is 3 goods each, just to have some measure to go off of.)
I believe I can talk some sense into Wilms, and get him to calm himself. (4)
King Heort said, "When the carls and weaponthanes stop quarreling, that is when you will know that the golden Storm Age has returned." (5)
(still hurt. reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally need to learn Healing.)
It's true we could use a few more hands in the fields, but Wilms is really concerned with a long list of minor slights. (1, 3)
I'm not sure about this.

Note that as the summaries here only count healthy weaponthanes, we do have significantly more than it appears - I forget how many injured it listed back when I hired up crafters but I'd estimate we have 30-40 total? I'm unsure whether it'll dismiss from the injured ones first or not though.

[UncertainJakutten]

4. In cases like these, persuading tends to make your clan happier, doesn't it? If you have good leadership at least.

[Hello Purvis]

What'd I say? More farms. What'd yalls try to tell me? This is all your fault and the ancestors are frowning, MotK.

5, then finally get around to making more farms.

[Shizumarashi Mayuzumi]

What'd I say? More farms. What'd yalls try to tell me? This is all your fault and the ancestors are frowning, MotK.

5, then finally get around to making more farms.

Dude we have more farms than we can work right now, we just haven't got enough cows and dudes to work 'em. :V

Oh come on surely more than two of you have opinions. ;_;

[UncertainJakutten]

Can I vote twice if I wear a groucho marx stache?

[Von Stein]

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5 Tell'em we'll shove it.