In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 203):

a whopping total of 8k for the smithy with a timber and tile roof, 6" brick walls and a brick fireplace and chimney

Right. Then need another $500. Can I find any way to reduce costs by that much?

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 205):

It is spring - you could leave one wall unfinished for now, as it is it will take several weeks to erect.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 206):

Several weeks game time could be a decade real time! Plenty of time to get more cash, as long as it is structurally sound. Happy to do that. Kirpich will pay $7500 towards the cost of the new smithy as well in that case, owing just $500 on completion. Ready to head back with all we need then.

You leave Brouse and it takes you nearly three days to get back.

The place is much cleaner; not so much for the cultists doing any particular work,
 but because Marlena has been using her magic to remove the dust and dirt from the rooms.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 208):

Kirpich will set to work building the shrine first.

tou need to gather your cultists and begin with seek earth to locate suitably sized menhirs of granite or similar stone

In reply to Narrator (msg # 210):

Kirpich will do exactly that...

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 211):

for each one you fing you need to unbury it and move it with shape earth- they will be 8'x4'x4' and weigh around 12 tons each.

Once you have enough (minimum of 4) they need to be blessed and the circle the circumscribe consecrated

In reply to Narrator (msg # 212):

Sounds like a ton of rolling. Let's go with 8 lumps, averaging 10 'Shape Earths' each? Do I need a separate 'Detect Earth for each?

Could he also Create a Earth Elemental, Talking Rock, Engineers Friend, built on 190 cp, as a group (Spell cost 38 fp), to assist?
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While Kirpich talks to his stones hannatti thanks Marlena, "It looks sooo much better now!" and then scurries Aethul up to their room to test the furntiture.

Aethul pays attention to the furniture, especially the bed, looking for signs of mechanized dandruff crawling about.
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In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 213):

the catastrophic failure would have blocked you for the day; there would have been no more menhirs detectable in the area, leading to more work moving them over distance.

that might require your engineers friend tomorrow to help move them once located.


to simplify: you found one suitable stone, unearthed it and set it upright.
your next attempt found a sinkhole, and no other menhirs on the property.

you located 3 others at a bit of a distance and were able to raise them to the surface, but may need assistance in transporting them back

In reply to Narrator (msg # 216):

In addition to Chunky, 2 draft horses, 2 saddle horses and a bunch of cultists to work the logs it rolls across? Then Kirpich will draw upon all the cultists to create Elemental to create the Engineers friend.
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Together with the elemental and the circle of weary cultists, you move the menhirs roughly into a circle.

In reply to earth elemental (msg # 218):

Do you want me to continue rolling for the other 4 to get 8 total?

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 219):

4 is good. one for each cardinal direction.  maybe a 5th for an altar stone.

OOC: Balir would have been OK to help with all of that stone work. He doesn't have any skills that could really help (poor dwarf in that regard), but he does have a bit of strength when it comes to lifting
EDIT:Not sure which skill is needed for finding stones like that, but maybe geology?, and Balir does have Prospecting which defaults to geology at -5, so I wouldn't have fared much better than your roll, but just a little FYI if help was needed in the future.
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In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 221):

All assistance gratefully accepted. Co-incidentally, if the one critical failure caused so much trouble, what benefit did I get from the three 5's (including one to detect) and were the four 6s also critical success?

Kirpich will next find an altar stone...

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 222):
Prospecting would have helped find stones of suitable size.

In addition to the spells not having cost,
you also:
-unearthed a smallish geode
-found enough root vegetables to feed some of the cultists
-found a spring
-found a couple agates
-found a dwarven whetstone

In reply to Narrator (msg # 223):

Ok, cool! Can we sell the geode and Agates to fund planting a garden to feed cultists?

Can we tap the spring?

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 224):

The spring is outside of your lands, but probably draws the same water as your well.

You can sell the stones in Brouse!

Merchant, jeweler, prospecting -2, connoisseur jewelry all can appraise the values

The new smith has merchant at 10, but none of those other skills...yet.

Rollant picks up the stones and squints.
"The little one is worth around three hundred, the bigger one closer to five.  Dunno about the spiky purple one, looks really expensive tho."

In reply to Rollant the smith (msg # 227):

"Worth selling on the next trip into town..."