Groff gruffly reassures the people by showing them that ÔÇ£see, it all turned out well after all, just like I said it would.ÔÇØ The people responded with nods of head, ashamed by their reactions. They donÔÇÖt especially like Groff mostly due to his hostile attitude, but they have learned that they can trust him.
All Season:
Groff Orders: (90 commoners)
-20 people will harvest crops this season: Each month when done, move to help with construction.
Only 1 person is needed to help Freya with the Harvest, the other 19 are sent to help with the construction of the boat.
-5 people will fish
Fishing continues to be hurt from the overfishing earlier in the year, but you wouldnÔÇÖt know based on amount of fish produced this season: 60 Fishy Food
-8 people will collect clams/similar foods from the nearby shore
These commoners were definitely not skilled, but they managed to collect 39 units of clam food, unfortunately the clam beds in the bay have been harvested fully and will need to rest a year before being able to be harvested from again. In the process of harvesting the clams, 180 pearls of various sizes were pried from the clam shells. 4 of the 180 were of impressive size and shape. Half of them are of decent size and quality, while the other half are small or of very low quality.
-5 people will hunt
With a better idea of the animals that could to be hunted in the wilds surrounding them, the hunters returned each month laden with meat and skins. However, during one of the hunting expeditions, the group ran across a mother bear and her cubs. The bear was eventually brought down, but not before it killed one of the men instantly with a clawed swipe across his face which peeled skin from bone like a knife in butter. The only thing that saved the other men, was the briefest amount of training that Groff had given them in the ways of a soldier to stand firm in the face of battle, this training helped them calm themselves down enough to kill the bear. The men brought the bear and its hide back to the camp in subdued victory. The men still didnÔÇÖt have a good way to carry the meat and much of it spoiled between killing the animals and bringing the meat back to camp, especially as far from the village they roamed to find their kills.
Food: 50 Food
Hides: 1 Bear hide, 1 buffalo hide, 5 beaver pelts, 1 deer skin
1 commoner dead
-5 people will cut wood
43 timber is cut.
-5 people will process wood at the sawmill
50 lumber is produced from 13 timber
-3 people will operate the mill
50 units of wheat Flour is produced.
-22 people will begin on the construction of a boat. (It's main use to be fishing, but hoping to have it hold several men- Likely an "X drive, the rest fish" kind of operation)
With 41 men working nonstop over the course of the season, the village was able to construct a fine fishing craft fashioned in a style of the viking longboats of their ancestors. The craft was about 54 feet in length and 15 feet wide. The craft would be capable to sailing the rough waters along the coast with ease as well as hold upwards of 40-50 people.
Thormod Orders: (17 people assigned to him)
7 - gather iron
28 raw iron is found over the course of the season.
4 - gather/process charcoal
44 Charcoal is created
3 - refine iron
61 iron is refined using 14 charcoal.
3 - build crude shelter that will allow winter forging (dug partially into a side hill that can be lined with stone against the dirt and a roof and bit of wall built over and around it to block wind and keep rain and snow off. Not built right next to the barn or town hall, etc.)
The three men, commanded by Thormod to create a shelter, do a fantastic job at building a crude shelter, and it is quite crude. While the building is cut into the side of a hill, there are no true walls except for
the roof, which also counts as the exterior wall. The men arenÔÇÖt overly impressed with themselves or their work, but they did what they could.
Thormod himself focuses on crafting usable items with the iron. The first month, he is only able to create 1 Carpentry Tools(+1). The second month he creates 5 lumbering Tools(+1). The final month he creates 2 Carpentry Tools(+1).
Freya focuses on farming all season. Harvesting 7 acres of Oats.
Freya and 1 other of the men are able to do all of the harvesting by themselves over the course of the season, allowing the other men to focus on constructing the fishing boat, much to GroffÔÇÖs delight. They are able to harvest the fields and produce 120 units of oats.
John explores the shores and rivers, then teaches clammers a thing or two and then gather supplies to upgrade rowboat to sailboat.
John explores both north and south of the bay and is delighted to find several additional clam beds up and down the coast line, a total of 5 of them. He also explores the way of the river up into the swamp in which Thormod is using as his iron supply and is delighted to find that this river is a hotspot for animals of all kinds. Once one such day of exploring, he hears the distinct sound of the honey bee and is able to follow it to its hive. He marks the location in his head. He takes some time to show the clammers that now and then one can find pearls within the clams and how to open them to keep from damaging them. This helps greatly and many pearls are found and recovered. While his plan to gather supplies for the sailboat are well intentioned, he is pleased to see that by the end of the season, a longboat has been built and John takes it out on its maiden voyage and happily returns it in one piece again.
Ymer continues with plant study.
In the makings of the hermit life, Ymer spends an increasingly lot of time in the forest and fields surrounding the village studying the plants that grow therein. He finds several new species of plants which he makes notes of as well as collecting several samples to add to his personal supply. On one such foray, he finds a strange group of plants, which in and of themselves donÔÇÖt seem strange, but they appear to have been planted. His interest piqued, he collects several of the leaves and upon using them on a few volunteers finds that they have healing qualities.
Bjorn makes a variety of tools: Baking, wool spinning, storage and hauling devices, smoking rack, tanner, parts for a sailboat.
Bjorn spends his time making various tools for the tasks which the villagers find themselves doing. He makes some baking utensils (1), Some spools for spinning wool (3) and 2 wooden crates for storage purposes.
Lured perhaps by the smell of their mother or just the hunger in their bellies, one morning in late fall, several shouts ring out and the camp is awakened to find 2 bear cubs have destroyed the berries that Ymer planted around the camp. While no buildings were damaged, Ymer can quickly tell that the berries will not grow back next year. By the time guns are brought out, the 2 cubs, scared by the yelling and activity had made for the forest once more and were gone.
At the end of the fall season, a large familiar boat sails into the bay.
19+1 new colonists disembark, but they donÔÇÖt bring any extra food with them.
The last colonist to disembark had the look of someone who was skilled in the way of the woods and introduced himself to the Governor as Wim ter Avest, A skilled hunter and explorer who was happy and eager to join the fledgling colony in the new world.
The captain of the ship talks to Groff.
1. Anything of value that you would like to send back to the homeland can be sent back.
2. When the ship returns, they will be bringing the wives of the men who were brought here originally. (Not all of them have wives, but a lot of them do, Players can decide if they have wives/husbands or not)
3. Starting the next time the ship returns, the colony is expected to pay towards the 10,000 coin debt which was spent in their founding. Failure to do so would be unfavorable for the colonists and the end to self-governance.
Any requests for items from the homeland can be made, and the Captain will do his best to get them for you.
Buildings:
Town - Hall
1 Barn
8 Fenced in acreage
1 SawMill
1 Small Flour Mill
1 very crude oven
Farming:
1 unit of berries (Food) (yearly, harvestable in Spring Season) Destroyed
Resources:
Clay Deposit
Bog Iron Swamp
Current Governor: M0rt, 6 of 8 months in office
Season: Fall
NOTE:
Starting next season, non-governor players can only command up to 10 people with the governors permission. This is to limit the amount of instruction bonus commoners can get, which decreases the limitation placed on the Governors skill-set.
Colony Inventory
.[tabs: Spider]
Name: Thormod Thorgilsson
Skills:
Carpentry (1)
1d10(/month) + JS + ToT (+lvld5)
Soldier (1)
Action Required
Blacksmith (3)
1d(1 + JS + ToT (+lvl))
Food: 0
ToT: Blacksmithing (+1)
[tabs: Thinks]
Name: Freya Olafsdottir
Skills:
Farming (2)
2d10(/month) + JS + ToT (+lvld10)
Brewing (3)
1d10(/month) + JS + ToT (+lvld5)
Food: 0
ToT: Brewing (+1)
[tabs: Theis]
Name: Ymer J├©rgensen
Skills:
Medicine (4)
1d(1 + JS + ToT (+lvl))
Botany (1)
1d(1 + JS + ToT (+lvl))
Food:
ToT: Medicine (+1)
[tabs: M0rt]
Name: Groff
Position: Governor
Skills:
Lumbering (3)
2d10(/month) + JS + ToT (+lvld10)
Fishing (1)
1d10(/month) + JS + ToT (+lvld5)
Soldier (1)
Action Required
Food: 0
ToT: Lumbering (+1)
[tabs: Gathers]
Name: Bjorn Cloudhammer
Skills:
Carpentry (2)
1d10(/month) + JS + ToT (+lvld5)
Masonry (3)
1d10(/month) + JS + ToT (+lvld5)
Food: 0
ToT: Masonry (+1)
[tabs: Quarg]
Name: John Bates
Skills:
Fishing (3)
1d10(/month) + JS + ToT (+lvld5)
Explorer(1)
Action
Carpenter(1)
1d10(/month) + JS + ToT (+lvld5)
Food: 0
ToT: N/A
[tabs: NPC's]
Quantity: 91 colonists
Skills:
Food: 0/each[/tabs]
It's been awhile, let me know if I missed anything.