[ Alhamandriel and Elspeth achieve an Astounding Success in Exploring (I8). ]
[ You gain 2 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Bard. ]
[ You may select a Quest between DF2 and DF5 (inclusive). ]
[ You meet an interesting individual...
An architect will Construct any 1 Room for you for 8 Gold. In addition, if it is not a Barracks; it will begin at Renovation Level 2.
]
[ You discover an Artifact!
Select one of three choices: Combat, Economy, or Support.  You will receive a Rank 1 Artifact of that type.
]

[ The Fops of Moracku, the Revellers, the Silent Shooters, and Smug the Drake achieve a partial success in Crafting Crafter's Tools. ]
[ You consume 11 Stone. ]
[ You successfully craft: Crafter's Tools. ]

[ The Gladewalkers partially fail in Scouting (F8). ]
[ You attempt to scout this grid (F8) again within 3 weeks, you will gain a +15 bonus to the attempt. ]

Alhamandriel instructs the Architect to construct Defensive Structures around the Aerie, selecting a Difficulty 5 quest and a Economy Artefact. Back at the Aerie, the Fops install their Craftsman's Tools in the Workshop

Alhamandriel    - Bard 6 -> 7

Gold 88 - 8 = 80

All stats updated

You discover:

Golden Goose:
When Housed, Each Week this Artifact provides 3GP to its Owner.  In addition, at the end of each month - this Artifact produces a 5 GP Gem.
Special Activation: Instead of the above, each Week this Artifact instead provides a 6GP HQ Gem to its Owner.

Activated

Begin [Week 4, Month 8, Year 1]



[ Intelligence Network: +10% to Scouting (Find a CP) or Exploring (I8).]
[ You are more likely to find information about Architects. ]
[ You gain a bonus to explore (I8), equal to the number of empty rooms in your Mysterious room. (+1) ]

• Name: "Binding the Beast"
• Type: Challenging Odyssey
• Mission: A host of Goblins think they have discovered a new means of taming monstrous spiders and need your help!
• T1 Narrative:  The Goblins don't have a suitable lair of their own and need a place to bring the Spiders for study.
• Task 1: [ Mechanics: Construct a Prison and have at least one space available.  ]
• T2 Narrative: If you're to capture a Spider - you need to find a spider, scout the nearby woods.
• Task 2: [ Mechanics: Scout a Forests Grid and find Monstrous Spiders  ]
• T3 Narrative: Stalk your prey and capture them, but, don't get caught in their webs!
• Task 3: [ Mechanics: Attack or Raid and defeat a Monstrous Spider.  ]
• T4 Narrative: Assist the Goblins in applying their new interrogation techniques and tame the spiders.
• Task 4: [ Mechanics: Successfully Convert the Monstrous Spider.  (The first spider converted will be lost to the Goblins.) ]
• Reward:  Unique Unit
• Duration: 5 x Weeks.

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[ Alhamandriel achieves an Astounding Success in Exploring (I8). ]
[ You gain 2 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Bard. ]
[ You may select a Quest between DF2 and DF6 (inclusive). ]
[ You meet a Deranged Necromancer:
Siphon the energy of one of your Units or Sacrifice one Extra of your Choice.

(If a Unit, choose a number of levels to lose up to to 7. Multiply this # by 4, you gain this much Gold. Multiply the # of levels sacrificed by 3, and gain this much skill XP. If this causes a Unit to be reduced below level 0, it dies.

If you sacrifice an Extra, instead: receive 1 Spell of your Choice. Then, multiply the Extra's Tier by 6: gain this much Skill XP, which you may assign as you see fit to whomever you see fit.
]

[ Elspeth succeed in Conducting Diplomacy with Hazelwatch (F6). ]
[ Elspeth spends 15 Gold Bribing Hazelwatch. ]
[ This is sufficient to improve Hazelwatch's Attitude Status to Friendly! ]
[ You receive a Recruitment Offer:

Plowshares-as-Swords(Tier1): This Unit adds its Forager skill rank as a direct bonus to Offense and Damage rolls in combat (# of Ranks only).  In addition, if this Unit has Earth Tools equipped; you add the base bonus from Earth Tools to Offense and Damage rolls.
]
[ You may buy/sell normally. ]

[ The Fops of Moracku succeeds in Crafting Crafter's Tools. ]
[ Due to the Human Bonus - you gain 1 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Artisan. ]
[ You save 1 Stone, consuming only 10 Stone. ]
[ You craft: Crafter's Tools, Mild (+3)! ]

[ The Gladewalkers and the Silent Shooters succeed in Scouting (G6). ]
[ You discover a pack of 2 x Monstrous Spiders! ]
[ You complete Task 1 and 2 of the "Binding the Beast" quest! ]
[ You discover a cache containing:
1 x Foodstuffs,
6 x Lumber.
]

[ The Revellers and Smug the Drake achieve a Significant Success in Renovating the Workshop. ]
[ You gain 1 Leveling XP. ]
[ You gain 1 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Mason. ]
[ You save 2 Stone, consuming only 8 Stone. ]
[ You renovate the Workshop to Renovation Level 2! ]
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Alhamandriel selects a DF6 Quest and tells the Deranged Necromancer to siphon seven levels from the Revellers, gaining 30 GP and 21 Skill XP. Elspeth hires the Wrong Way Reavers and teaches them Bigger Shields

Presume the Special Activation for the Golden Goose swaps out the effectentirely and there's no extra monthly Gem

Alhamandriel    - Bard 7 -> 8
Alhamandriel    - Leadership 2 -> 6
Elspeth         - Leadership 0 -> 6
Fops            - Artisan 0 -> 1 -> 6
Fops            - Mason 4 -> 5 -> 6
Smug            - Aggressor 1 -> 6

Buying:
14 GP =   7 x Foodstuffs  @ 2 GP ea
22 GP =  66 x Lumber      @ 1 GP for 3 pieces

Gold 80 - 15 + 30 - 10 - 4 - 36 = 45

Upkeep
Gold 45 - 35 = 10
Food 12 - 6 = 6

All stats updated

Begin [Week 1, Month 9, Year 1]





[ Intelligence Network: +10% to Scouting (Find a CP) or Exploring (G7).]
[ You are more likely to find information about Wandering Teachers. ]
[ You gain a bonus to explore (G7), equal to the number of empty rooms in your Mysterious room. (+1) ]

• Name: "Buddy System in Spades!"
• Type: Audacious Odyssey
• Mission:  The nearby village reports one of the ruling family's having lost its summer castle. They are in need of assistance to purge the creature from its walls! Doing so, would restore favor to the village; and the villagers would greatly favor you in turn.
• T1 Narrative:  Having approached the family, you learn that the creature is a Minotaur. Unfortunately, you've not often encountered or even heard of them and need to do your research.
• Task 1: [ Mechanics:  Conduct Diplomacy with an On-Map CP (Significant)  ]
• T2 Narrative:  Lacking a library, scholar, scribe or sage, the town will be of little help to you in your endeavors. You set-out to do some research as you explore the land.
• Task 2: [ Mechanics: Explore any Grid. (Significant Success Required.)  ]
• T3 Narrative:  You need to gather information on this particular beast and the threat it poses. You need to send a unit in order to scale the walls of the castle and study the creature. Unfortunately, it was more prepared and rampages into a wall - sending your scout tumbling to the ground.
• Task 3: [ Mechanics:  Scout with at least 2 x Units. If less than a Astounding is rolled - one Unit (random) loses its action next week. All Units involved gain 1 x DMP.  ]
• T4 Narrative:  After the tremendous display of power it's time to motivate your forces.
• Task 4: [ Mechanics: Boost Morale.  Only requires Leader to Boost Morale for one Unit. ]
• T5 Narrative: It's time to eliminate this beast once and for all. Your scouts realize it may be wise to bring bows and other projectile weapons; for it has neither armor nor bow itself; though its horns are a great threat in melee!
• Task 5: [ Mechanics: Attack the Minotaur (Level 3, Melee Weapons, No Armor) ]
• T6 Narrative:  The nobles are in need of assistance to move back into their castle.
• Task 6: [ Mechanics: Loan 1 x Unit for a week. ]
• Reward: Artifact (Rank 2) or Unique Mystical Unit
• Duration: 6 x Weeks.

Tasks 1, 2, 3, and 6 can be completed concurrently.
4 and 5 must be completed in order.
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This message was last edited by the player at 07:30, Sun 28 Feb 2016.

[ Alhamandriel d'Souzathii buries his nose in the massive libraries of Moracku... ]
[ Alhamandriel achieves a Significant Success in conducting Diplomacy at Moracku (G9). ]
[ You may recruit normally.  There is one Advanced Unit of Humans available to Recruit.  They are level 1 with 1 Skill Rank. ]
[ You find Moracku is SELLING Spyglasses and Earth Tools at the Preferred (Pfd) Rate. ]
[ You complete Task 1 of the "Buddy System in Spades!" quest. ]

[ Elspeth, the Gladewalkers, the Revellers, the Silent Shooters, and Smug the Drake completely obliterate the two Monstrous Spiders (G6). ]
[ You gain 4 Leveling XP. ]
[ You gain 8 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Combat Skills. ]
[ You gain 100 Gold. ]
[ You capture a Monstrous Spider! ]
[ Note in your reply if you want a Leader to attempt to convert at the end of the turn. ]

[ The Fops of Moracku and The WrongWay Reavers achieve a Significant Success in Renovating the Workshop (H7). ]
[ You gain 1 Leveling XP. ]
[ You gain 1 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Mason. ]
[ You save 2 Stone, only consuming 13 Stone. ]
[ You renovate the Workshop to Renovation Level 3! ]

Upon his return Alhamandriel tries to conver the Monstrous Spider with the help of the Goblin Tamers

Gained one further HQ Gem from the Golden Goose

Elspeth         - Leadership 6 -> 10
Smug            - Level 1 -> 5
Smug            - Offense 3 -> 5
Smug            - Strength 1 -> 4
Fops            - Level 6^1 -> 7
Fops            - Strength 2 -> 3
Fops            - Mason 6 -> 6^1

Gold 10 + 100 = 110

Re-equipping Smug with the Revellers weapons and armour

All stats updated

[ Alhamandriel partially succeeds in converting the Monstrous Spider. ]
[ Unfortunately, this is insufficient to convert the Spider. ]
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Begin [Week 2, Month 9, Year 1]





[ Intelligence Network: +10% to Scouting (Find a CP) or Exploring (G7).]
[ You are more likely to find information about Wandering Teachers. ]
[ You gain a bonus to explore (G7), equal to the number of empty rooms in your Mysterious room. (+1) ]


Buddy System in Spades Notes:
Tasks 1, 2, 3, and 6 can be completed concurrently.
4 and 5 must be completed in order.
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This message was last edited by the player at 21:28, Tue 08 Mar 2016.

Sorry for not getting to this sooner!

[ Alhamandriel, the Fops of Moracku, and the Wrong Way Reavers achieve a Significant Success in Constructing a new Barracks in (H7). ]
[ You gain 1 Leveling XP. ]
[ Due to the combined Human and Scholar bonuses - you gain 2 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Mason. ]
[ You save 12 Lumber, consuming only 53 Lumber. ]
[ You construct a new Barracks! ]

[ Elspeth achieves an Epic Success in Exploring (G7)! ]
[ You gain 3 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Bard. ]
[ This completes Task 2 of the "Buddy System in Spades!" Quest. ]
[ You meet a wandering teacher:
For a cost of 2 Gold per XP, you may purchase up to 10 Skill XP, which may be assigned to whom you wish. It must be a combat skill.
]
[ You may select a Quest between DF2 and DF7 (inclusive). ]

[ The Gladewalkers, the Silent Shooters, and Smug the Drake somehow achieve an Astounding Success in Scouting (H7)! ]
[ You gain 2 Leveling XP. ]
[ You gain 2 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Scout. ]
[ This completes Task 3 of the "Buddy System in Spades!" Quest. ]
[ The Gladewalkers, the Silent Shooters, and Smug the Drake gain 1 point of DMP (this will wear off in two weeks - or once Morale is Boosted.) ]
[ You discover a Grand HQ Iron Node!  It has an estimated 4 uses remaining. ]
[ You discover an Exceptional HQ Stone Node.  It has an estimated 3 uses remaining. ]

[ The Revellers assist the Nobles in relocating. ]
[ This completes Task 6 of the "Buddy System in Spades!" Quest. ]

Alhamandriel hires the teacher and maximises the time he spends with their forces, whilst Elspeth hears of a DF7 quest

Gained one further HQ Gem from the Golden Goose

Reavers         - Level 0 -> 1
Reavers         - Offense 1 -> 2
Fops            - Mason 6^1 -> 7^1
Elspeth         - Bard 0 -> 3
Shooters        - Level 6 -> 7
Shooters        - Offense 4 -> 5
Shooters        - Scout 1 -> 2
Smug            - Scout 1 -> 2
Shooters        - Agressor 4 -> 6
Smug            - Outmaneuver 0 -> 2
Alhamandriel    - Tactics 1 -> 4
Elspeth         - Tactics 1 -> 4

Gold 110 - 20 = 90

All stats updated

Begin [Week 3, Month 9, Year 1]





[ Intelligence Network: +10% to Scouting (Find a CP) or Exploring (G7).]
[ You are more likely to find information about Wandering Teachers. ]
[ You gain a bonus to explore (G7), equal to the number of empty rooms in your Mysterious room. (+1) ]


Buddy System in Spades Notes:
Tasks 1, 2, 3, and 6 can be completed concurrently.
4 and 5 must be completed in order.

• Name: "Underworld's Door"
• Type: Audacious Saga
• Mission: A Powerful Necromancer has been capturing and using the life energy of large masses of people and monsters to fuel some dark ritual... Obviously you have to stop him.
• T1 Narrative: If you're going to reach the Necromancer you need to defeat his equally evil followers.
• Task 1: [ Mechanics: Attack and Defeat 5 x Ratfolk (Level 5, Armed, Armored)  ]
• T2 Narrative:  The Necromancer got away whilst you fought his underlines.  You will need strong magics to locate him.
• Task 2: [ Mechanics:  Renovate a Mysterious Room to Renovation level 3. ]
• T3 Narrative:  Now you need to find where the Necromancer is hidden.
• Task 3: [ Mechanics: Explore - Achieve at least a Significant Success. (Quest results will be lost.) ]
• T4 Narrative: Fight the Necromancer and his Skeletal Dragon!
• Task 4: [ Mechanics: Attack and Defeat 1 x Dragon with Magister Leader.  ]
• T5 Narrative: After tracking down the Necromancer, you now need to seal the gate lest is spew forth Undead.
• Task 5: [ Mechanics: Either sacrifice a Spell or a Unit (at least level 2). ]
  
• Reward: Artifact (Rank 3) Information
• Duration: 7 x Weeks.

Tasks must be completed in order.
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[ Alhamandriel and Elspeth achieve a LEGENDARY SUCCESS in Interrogating/Converting the Monstrous Spider! ]
[ You gain 3 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Leadership. ]
[ You complete the "Binding the Beast Quest!" ]
[ You gain 24 Gold. ]
[ You gain a Unique Unit recruitment opportunity (without having to pay its recruitment cost):


* Single Entity: Does not degrade as damage is taken.  Able to attack as if it were a Unit.
* Webbing: 1 x Enemy Unit is reduced by -1 Speed for the duration of Combat.
* Poison: Any Unit that takes damage by Monstrous Spider, receives a cumulative -2% Combat penalty each round.

Silk Maiden (Tier1): Replace the standard effects of Webbing with: 2 x Enemy Units are reduced by -1 Speed for the Duration of Combat.

Effects that would cancel this ability merely reduce it to the standard "Webbing" ability for Monstrous Spiders instead.
]

A special legendary success reward will be forth coming after your update.

[ The Fops of Moracku, Gladewalkers, Silent Shooters, and Smug the Drake succeed in Harvesting from the Exceptional Lumber Node. ]
[ You return with 33 Lumber. ]
[ This node is exhausted. ]

[ The Revellers and the Wrong Way Reavers achieve a Significant Success in harvesting from the Exceptional HQ Stone Node. ]
[ You gain 1 Leveling XP. ]
[ You gain 1 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Stonecutter. ]
[ You gain 29 HQ Stone. ]

Alhamandriel recruits the Dark Widow, thanking the Goblins for their time

Alhamandriel    - Leadership 6 -> 7^1
Reavers         - Level 1 -> 2
Reavers         - Strength 1 -> 2
Reavers         - Stonecutter 0 -> 1

Gold 90 + 24 = 114

All stats updated

As a reward for your Legendary Success - Dark Widow informs you of a potential artifact location:

[ You receive information on the whereabouts of an Artifact, Rank 1!  It is located in (I7).  In order to find it, you must Explore in that Grid on a subsequent turn.  You will receive a +20 to the check.  It is somewhat recommended that you send two leaders together for this Explore check. ]
[ You need at least a Success to find a Rank 1. ]

Begin [Week 4, Month 9, Year 1]





[ Intelligence Network: +10% to Scouting (Find a CP) or Exploring (G7).]
[ You are more likely to find information about Wandering Teachers. ]
[ You gain a bonus to explore (G7), equal to the number of empty rooms in your Mysterious room. (+1) ]


Buddy System in Spades Notes:
Tasks 1, 2, 3, and 6 can be completed concurrently.
4 and 5 must be completed in order.

Underworld's Door - Tasks must be completed in Order

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[ Alhamandriel and Elspeth somehow achieve a LEGENDARY Success in Exploring (I7)! ]
[ You gain 3 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Bard. ]
[ You may select a Quest between DF2 and DF7 (inclusive). ]
[ You meet a famous teacher:
 For a cost of 2 Gold per XP, you may purchase up to 10 Skill XP, which may be assigned to whom you wish. It must be a combat skill.
]
[ So great was your success - that instead of receiving a Rank 1 Artifact, you receive a Rank 2 - and you may select which type (Choose: Combat, Economy, or Support). ]

[ The Fops of Moracku succeeds in Crafting - Crafter's Tools. ]
[ Thanks to the Human bonus - the Fops gain 1 Skill XP, which must be assigned as Artisan. ]
[ You successfully Craft - Crafter's Tools, Slight (+3). ]
[ You save 1 Stone, consuming only 10 Stone. ]

[ The Gladewalkers, the Silent Shooters, and Smug the Drake achieve a partial success pin Harvesting HQ Iron (H7). ]
[ They return with 31 HQ Iron. ]

[ The Revellers, Dark Widow, and the Wrong Way Reavers succeed in Harvesting HQ Stone (H7). ]
[ They return with 31 HQ Stone. ]
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