## Strongholds ### Ora Units - 1d4 regular medium archers Followers - [[Thrinarv|Nav]] ### Boris Where is he going to put his keep? - [[Dragonleaf Keep]] - 50% for the 1st level, but also 50% for the 2nd level - 5,000 gp for 1st level, and 75 days - 2,500 gp for 2nd level, and 25 days - - [[Town of the Forgotten]] - 0%: 10,000 gp and 150 days Units - 1d4 Green light archers - 1d4 Green medium infrantry - 1d4 Green medium archers Followers - [x] [[Aethelfaer]]? ### Mining The mines will also be a stronghold: an establishment. It will require money to keep afloat. Without anyone's help: - 1 week of prospecting to find a deposit (30% chance in mountains) - Deposit: Stones: Granite: [[Fluorite]], a semi-precious stone - lifespan: 275 days (9 months) ## Things happening in Rumblecusp Things that happen regardless of players' actions. - Week 1: - [[Day of Challenging]] (Misuthar 7) - [[Flint]] will want to participate, but he instead he will take his son to spectate. - [x] [[The Grim Accord]] commandeer _The Misty Sorcerer_ and are able to leave quickly, using powerful magic. - [x] [[Plank King]] gives them a quest. - Units all around - Ora: 1d4 Regular medium archers: 3 people in hide armor and crossbows from [[Village of Vo]] join the crew of the *Red Treasure*. They were going to leave, but they took to [[Orly Skiffback]], who convinced them to stay. - Boris: - 1d4 Green light archers: 5 scouts, slight of build, armed with longbows, join to take up the patrol of the keep. - 1d4 Green medium infantry: 4 of the Watchers from [[Town of the Forgotten]] join his cause, including [[Sybel]], [[Gare]], and [[Glatur]]. - [x] Ora finishes reading [[Ora#Manual of Quickness of Action|Manual of Quickness of Action]] and gets her dexterity boost. - Week 2 - [ ] Most villagers have moved to Boris's keep. Village of Vo remains, though smaller, led by [[Vari]]. - [x] Boris's retainer, [[Aethelfaer]], joins him. He could be a retainer or an alchemist. - [x] News from the mines: a granite deposit has been found - Week 3 - [x] Saoki asks to come along to [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Port Damali]], where his family is. He wants to start his cartography shop back up. - Week 4: - News from the mines: fluorite has been mined from the granite deposit, and people are examining its uses. - Week 5 - The growing settlement at Shipwreck Beach is depleted, as most of the people who want to leave are also finishing with repairs. There's an air of bittersweet excitement as people go back to their lives before Rumblecusp - ## General activities - Find a magical item to buy - Investigation check of 15 leads them back to the [[Town of the Forgotten]] - Carouse with local residents - Craft an item - ~~Do crime~~ - Gamble - ~~Engage in pit fighting~~ - Relax - Perform religious service - Do research on a topic - ~~Scribe a spell scroll~~ - ~~Sell a magic item~~ - Pay for training in a skill or language - Find a trainer/teacher - 25gp per week - 10 weeks, minus intelligence modifier - Earn money through work ## Rumblecusp-specific activities - [[Downtime in Rumblecusp#Mining|Help with/supervise the mining effort]] - [[Mount Rules|Train a mount]] - [[Portals in Rumblecusp|Investigate the existence of portals]] - [[Downtime in Rumblecusp#Strongholds|Strongholds]] - Spend a week to double the chances of getting one type of follower - Spend two weeks to choose between units, retainers, and artisans and guarantee getting that type - Buy units for your stronghold - Participate in training for your army #### Boris - Meditate on the [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Luxon Beacon]] - [x] There are elements of the beacon that are similar to the [[Zhuri]] architecture. What you thought were just intricate carvings of something flowery is actually old Zemnian script. They say *Furthering of the Zuhri*. - [x] Images of the desert: searing sand on your face, the heat from the sun above you, the still-too-warm humidity of sunless nights - [x] An urge to reshape the earth. - Seek news from home ([[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Xhorhas]]) - [[Hektor Delina#Abilities|Blacksmithing with Hektor]] - [[Cartographer's tools|Learn how to create maps]] - 3 weeks #### Ora - [x] Read the _[[Ora#Manual of Quickness of Action|Manual of Quickness of Action]]_ - Spend some time talking to [[Jannika Jäger|Jannika]] - Take care of [[Burpee|the dragonborn baby]] and/or [[Qresk Bronzeripper]] - Seek news from home ([[Dwendalian Empire]]) - Learn how to be a captain - 9 weeks -2 (from being a carpenter): 7 weeks left