Hot Cycle (Ymiden / Saun) 723 Save our Saul - Winston uses Hunting 2 x Knowledge Claimed. No Change - but I have a pending thread which will update this - I will do that next check in.
So could I have approval for +5 Focus Points. Thanks! (Slow Cycle. You wait, this one we'll go crazy!)
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Message from: Winston
Approved, please add the following to your Settlement profile:
+5 Focus Points
Thanks for such detailed and clear requests. This level of detail makes these reviews very easy to process.
Vega's skin has a reflective metallic sheen with a red glow. Her eyes still swirl biqaj colours, but one colour is always bright red which glows like fire. She has a bright red glow in her chest, situated directly under the mark of a heart (Daia mark) in the middle of a glowing silver dragon on her chest (Xiur). She's unnaturally warm to the touch
Tactical Advantage to Sweetsong - maybe an addition to Military as this makes our existing military much more efficient?
Effect "Tactical Advantage" (proposed below)
Proposed Effect:
In situations where Sweetsong is using Tactics, then any NPC or PC can make use of any of Vega's Tactics Capstones or from any Tier 2 skills as long as they are at one level below Vega's current level.
Thanks for looking!
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Message from: Winston
Partially Approved, please see the notes below.
RE: "maybe an addition to Military as this makes our existing military much more efficient?"
I agree, tactics should have an impact on this. I would LIKE to see this become an edit to the Tactics skill itself, which I my propose following this, but in the meantime, I would like to suggest that on the back of Vega's specific Tactics Capstones and level of skill in Tactics, she can consider the Military of any settlement she calls her own to be doubled in strength.
Please update your Settlement Profile with the following benefits:
Any NPC or PC living in this settlement can make use of:
Any of Vega's Tactics Capstones.
Any Tier 2 Tactics skills that are at least on level below Vega's current level (e.g. if Vega is T2 Competent, then her T2 Novice skill can be accessed).
Please do not apply the following yet, as I am seeking a 'second' on it as it's an entirly new concept and I feel that warrants a second opinion:
The military for this settlement is considered to be doubled at all times (while Vega is it's leader). Please track this as a note to this effect, i.e. do not simply double your current value, please track the genuine base value and note that when applying it to a situation, it should first be doubled. This will aid in ongoing manipulation of the settlement's Military value and ongoing growth.
Vega's skin has a reflective metallic sheen with a red glow. Her eyes still swirl biqaj colours, but one colour is always bright red which glows like fire. She has a bright red glow in her chest, situated directly under the mark of a heart (Daia mark) in the middle of a glowing silver dragon on her chest (Xiur). She's unnaturally warm to the touch
This is where the Pirate King joins Sweetsong permanently. So, this is the "showing that he's here via RP" bit.
-24 to Order (the Pirate King + 24 pirates as per the thread) then +1 to Order (for doing something trustworthy and showing the settlers that she's careful about who joins). So total is -24
+25 to population (I'd think some of these would add to military might? Maybe? Reviewer's discretion).
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Message from: Winston
Approved! Please read the below to ensure you are happy with the offer and PM me if you have any queries.
Here is the Order impact I would like to suggest (see the end of my mod note for a final total):
-25 to Order (as per the guide for new population).
+1 to Order (as per the guide for proving your doing 'the right thing').
-10 to order: This is a unique one, sorry, but -1 order for an ordinary stranger joining a settlement is fine normally, but these are (IMO) not 'normal people' and are likely to a) be seen to be Pirates that just spent a season killing their friends (I know they 'came to the rescue' in reality, but quite frankly, animosity does not follow sense) b) themselves coming out of living a life as a pirate, whether that is now over or not. I draw this akin to the -10 issued when Faerie hit Sweetsong... They bring a lot of 'baggage' that an average settler probably does not.
I urge you most genuinely to feel very welcome to seek a second opinion or DM me if you feel this is not fair.
"Military - How many of your settlers have military training and / or act in a military role."
As things stand, I cannot 'assume' any of the pirates are acting in a 'military role' perhaps if they get enlisted in a future thread to do so, then that would resolve this.
I would expect many (probably most) to have combat skills, perhaps even good ones, and I presume this qualifies as 'Military training' (I do not interpret 'military training' as being limited to rank in an army for example). However we have no detail on how many of these people have this or to what degree.
This being so, I would be happy to offer +10 military on the assumption that a) most of them might be able to fight and b) these people would also be WILLING to follow orders and fight.
To be clear, I recognise this to be a conservative value and if you can either thread more established military involvement of the 25 or some kind of approved NPC Skill List/Breakdown for this Settlement NPC Group that gives us a better idea of how many could act in combat, then I'd be happy to adjust this figure for you.
Please feel free to add all of the following to your Settlement profile as detailed below:
Vega's skin has a reflective metallic sheen with a red glow. Her eyes still swirl biqaj colours, but one colour is always bright red which glows like fire. She has a bright red glow in her chest, situated directly under the mark of a heart (Daia mark) in the middle of a glowing silver dragon on her chest (Xiur). She's unnaturally warm to the touch
Tier 2 Request Settlement Name:Hopetoun Thread:[Hopetoun] Building Blocks Summary: Darius, Lars, and Jarad build a kiln that can produce bricks for Hopetoun. Need Being Met: Physical.
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Message from: Peg
Accepted. This thread provides +5% to physical needs. Physical needs are now at 5% (This partially meets Physical Need 01)
Tier 2 Request Settlement Name:Hopetoun Thread:[Hopetoun] Garrison Fort(The title of this thread was a silly play on 'Harrison Ford'!) Summary: Hopetoun builds a barracks! Huzzah! Need Being Met: Physical; Safety.
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Message from: Peg
Accepted. This - and the other one - does the following:
Tier 2 Request Settlement Name:Hopetoun Thread:[Hopetoun] The Bear Basics, [Saoire's Dream] Bearly There, and [Hopetoun] Bear Witness. Summary: Over time, Astra learns how to ride Rua (Baer's Bear) with a view of protecting herself and helping to defend Hopetoun. Need Being Met: Safety. (As I'm not entirely sure how these fit into the grand scheme of things, I've put them in as a set. Arguably, Astra learning to ride a scary bear - with the purpose of doing so in combat, as seen for the first time here - might just be a Personal NPC gain, but if Hopetoun benefits in any way, I think Safety makes the most sense.)
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Message from: Peg
Accepted. While this is mostly focused on the NPC it DOES protect Hopetoun, agreed. I'll award +3% to safety in total, so new total is 8%
Also, of course, this is rather a surprise in any attack etc. That will give you an advantage in that situation, too.
Settlement Name:Rosebay Thread:Staying In Cycle, Season, and Arc: Cylus, Rebirth 723 Participants: Dandelion Are you claiming an Order boost from all / some participants? Please clarify here Yes, solo thread (all/only?) Brief description of thread: Dan sets up the Hall's workshops (The Hall and the workshops were paid for with WP as part of the settlement startup costs) Survival Skill Used (What Level if so): No Survival Skill Knowledge Claimed? (How many): Focus Skill Used (What level if so): No Focus Skill Knowledge Claimed? (How many): Settlement Resources Used:
The player completes an action that proves they are trustworthy to the settlers. (improving/setting things up) +1 order
The following workshops have now been set up: Gardening, Butchering, Brewing, Dyeing, Leatherworking
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Message from: Winston
Approved, please update your settlement write-up.
Five workshops in a single thread is a tall ask, but as the buildings were all there and I remember you doing other threads on some of these over the past, I think I remember brewing at the very least, I decided to let it pass.
Do please note however, that the linked write-up does not detail how many workshops there were. 5 seems like plenty, so as if this point, your 'spare' workshops are now all used up and to add any more would require additional buildings to be built.
Rewards:
+1 Order
Basic workshops for the following: Gardening, Butchering, Brewing, Dyeing, Leatherworking
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Settlement Name:Rosebay Thread:Snip Go the Shears Cycle, Season, and Arc: Ymiden, Hot cycle 723 Participants: Dandelion, Settlement NPCs Are you claiming an Order boost from all / some participants? Please clarify here Yes, all/solo thread Brief description of thread: shearing the sheep
Previous Threads: Sheep acquired, lambing and milking Survival Skill Used (What Level if so): No Survival Skill Knowledge Claimed? (How many): Focus Skill Used (What level if so): No Focus Skill Knowledge Claimed? (How many): Settlement Resources Used:
Settlement Name:Rosebay Thread:Split Duty Cycle, Season, and Arc: Ymiden, Hot 723 Participants: Dandelion Are you claiming an Order boost from all / some participants? Please clarify here Yes - solo Brief description of thread: planting rainbow wheat
Follows on from here Survival Skill Used (What Level if so): No Survival Skill Knowledge Claimed? (How many): Focus Skill Used (What level if so): No Focus Skill Knowledge Claimed? (How many): Settlement Resources Used:
Settlement Name:Rosebay Thread:Orange Crush Cycle, Season, and Arc: Saun, Hot 723, Participants: Dandelion, Praetorum, Perdita Westcott, Winston, Seira Shiryu, Vivian Shiryu Are you claiming an Order boost from all / some participants? Please clarify here No Brief description of thread: Rharne burns. Dandelion received the following consequence in the review: You may add 10 settlers to Rosebay, recruited from among those who helped with the fire. They can be fluent in Common Sign. Survival Skill Used (What Level if so): No Survival Skill Knowledge Claimed? (How many): Focus Skill Used (What level if so): No Focus Skill Knowledge Claimed? (How many): Settlement Resources Used:
