Manifest Destiny (Discussion)

on the subject of the ships, how great a land mass is there seperating the seas of the fierdsvain and the seas of the empire? Would it be possible to sail those ships around to either side or is the distance to great?

thx

Quick questions:

1. The Ravenstern sea has fresh or salt water?

2. Is it possible to borrow money from the crown? What's the interest rate? And what's the limit?

1. Does it matter?

2. No, afraid not. It has the potential to unbalance too many things.

1. I was hoping that there were major strategic differences for the ships in salt and fresh water, but it seems that it's pretty much the same anyway, so forget it...

2. k.

Just had an idea for something you could add to Manifest.

How about throughout the map there are little "quests" which would essentially be microscopic events. Each quest would be something like a murder mystery, a bandit group, some cultists, anything really, that the orders send individual knights (Player characters) off to solve. They give little bonuses to whoever completes them or perhaps have small negative modifiers if you ignore them.

Like if there are bandits you choose to do nothing about you lose some RP from the province they are in. Or you could choose to recruit them and lose loyalty in the province you did so ect.

Just thought they'd be little bite sized events some of the orders could do while they are in downtime or waiting for something else to happen.

Interesting idea DrSane... but who would run them? The reason the events go slowly already is because the hosts are already overwhelmed with the work load, and for myself I have more than enough on my plate already.

I was thinking of having them for orders finished with thier individual events so that they could have something to do whilst w8ing for others to finish. Not all the time, wich would be a bit of a nightmare, but something to do in downtime for certain orders.

I would like to keep the mini events going and at the slow rate already would be hard to manage even smaller things with addition of events. Once mini events are over I want to move into major events.

Yes, we have already planned a clear path to follow - a major event(done already), some minor events, another major event, and PoP4.

How many major events are there going to be?

Well, we'd like to keep you on your toes, so why spoil the surprise?

No guys listen.

You dont use them for orders currently in an event

Its to be put into the game for orders who have finished thier events early and who need something to do while waiting for the next event.

like little quests to entertain us as we wait for the others

yer!

Sounds like an interesting proposition. Lets see if the GM's feel the same...

I can think of a few ideas, of what to use as quests.

I have one ready and can host it myself, but it was intended to be used with that folk knights group. It's a micro-event, to take place in only one village and it's surroundings (= low impact). If the GMs indeed decide to use Sane's ideas, I'd be happy to put that on the table. Just say the word.

You're more than welcome to if you want Saeros, let me know if you want a seporate board for it.

Also, it should exist outside of the space-time continuum so that anyone can take part at any time.

Thanks, it’d be great if you opened up a board. I’ll organize my notes and will have something RP ripe soon.

However, only those 8-10 people I’ve messaged would participate. I suppose I could handle more groups at the same time, but I’d rather wait and see how smooth this one goes.

can everyone read it though?

It'd ruin the RP feel. They can all openly talk about it, though.

Is all the information in the reports needed? I might remove some of the redundant elements like the bonus modifiers and income/upkeep modifers as your influence level will let you know that. The totals will remain however so you can determine where efficiencies are required.

I am also planning to add in the total building slots available for each province to the report, so you have that at a glance.

What aspects do you use often / ignore?

Note;

Bazaar, Marketplace, Caravan Stop, Registrar and Custom House have had their income reduced by 25%

Bazaar upgrades to a Marketplace upgrades to a Caravan Stop
A Registrar occupies its own build slot (basically an economic add-on)
A Custom House occupies its own build slot (basically an economic add-on)

Info Sheet Updated.