>>46163497
It's frustrating to have to give up on the idea of instructing the Sunish on the worship of Tengr and the other gods of the Wild, as you're well aware of the societal bond that could easily form between your people, but you know the risk is too great and angering Barmak would only harm you in the long-term. You gently let down the disappointed young men and women, who grumble, but return to their homes. With winter soon coming however, you don't have any time to try a different approach and you're forced to leave, bidding farewell to your new friends in the Sunish clan.

The journey home is uneventful, at least. With your rapport with the wild gods, you need fear neither animal, nor disaster. Those which do not fear you, at least respect the power of their patrons.

It is now early winter. What will you do?
>Hunt the aurochs 1d10 (Strength -Blind)
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Trait -Blind)
>Explore the forest
>Explore up the valley
>Explore the hills
>Try and investigate something new (List options)
>Make something special (List options)
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Change your active jobs (free)
>Try to summon a new god
>Make offerings to a god
>Bring more land under cultivation/construction (List options)
>Other

>>46163515
Ah cuntberries, I forgot the essential odds and sods.

>Essential stats: http://pastebin.com/jsfxVKt7
>Archives: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Tide%20of%20Ages
>Twitter for new thread alerts: https://twitter.com/Line_of_Heroes

There you go.

>>46163515
>Try and investigate something new (List options)
>Make something special (List options)
Hello RWB

>>46163515
>>Try and investigate something new (List options)

Let's figure out those Fire Beads if we can

Good to see you RWB

>>46163515
talk with Mesut about making some permanent construction workers working round the year on just construction. Specializing.
Especially since we don't need as many farmers with our huge surplus of food.
&
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
Have beren go around and do this. See whats new in the village general opinion of us and what not.

>>46163515
Awwww yeah, time for the best quest on /tg/. Let's investigate something new

>>46164416
>>46164100
I'm also gonna support trying to start specializing builders. Seems like a logical first step.

Alright cool, votes counted, post incoming!

Beren greets you warmly when you return. She and the tribe both missed you, although for fairly divergent reasons. The tribe has started to collectively realise the role the gods are playing in their lives now. It's a quiet and subtle change, but as unstoppable as the turn of the seasons. The gods of the wild are everywhere in the valley and probably even beyond. They are the sky above and the land that nurtures your crops; the animals you hunt and hide from; the river you draw your water from. As the shaman, you are the point between the gods and humans, the one that keeps the balance. No-one speaks it aloud, but Beren's sharp eyes and ears have picked up on it. People are starting to wonder what will happen when you have gone... It's clear a new shaman will be needed, but who will it be?

As winter starts to close in, you have some free time however. You have done much for the tribe, but there is still more you can do, more that can start to raise them further - to make everyone's lives easier. You decide to devote your attention to...

>Better hunting
>Better fishing spears
>Moving heavier loads
>Pictographic recording (BLOCKED)
>Animal lore

>>46167058
>Moving heavier loads

To speed up construction or

>Animal lore

Not sure what this does

>>46167058
>>Moving heavier loads

>>46167058
>Moving heavier loads

>>46167058
>Moving heavier loads

So we cant research rocketry yet?

>>46167444
Oh you have a ways to go first.

But consider, just for a moment... Will you even need rocketry? Will you ever attain it? Will your people live that long? If you DO get rockets, what might they be like? What will push you to the stars?

You have but taken the first few faltering steps on a journey of ten thousand miles, my friend.

>>46167518
>What will push you to the stars?
The hunt for alien waifus

>>46167518

Because at some point the Great Spirit of Mercury is going to run it's stupid mouth of just a little too much and piss off the Great Spirit of Earth and then one of the Godspeakers will have to go up and fix that shit, grumbling the entire way

>>46167620
Probably. This is a quest thread.

The way the nomads use donkeys to move their goods has got you thinking... You don't need to move things over anything like the same distances they do, but baskets of grain and especially the materials for the temple are heavy as the day is long. You need a better way, but even donkeys are going to buckle under that weight. Instead, rather than relying on beasts, perhaps there is some device? Like a sling allowed you to throw stones further and a net lets you catch fish easier?

>Roll 2d10+8 (Wits +Craftsman)

Rolled 7, 5 + 8 = 20 (2d10 + 8)

>>46168057

Rolled 2, 6 + 8 = 16 (2d10 + 8)

>>46168057
>Really looking forward to Trym dying. Do you assholes have any idea how hard it is to describe things without sight or colour?!
I can only imagine.

Rolled 5, 9 + 8 = 22 (2d10 + 8)

>>46168057

>>46168057

woo woo time to invent the wheel!

Rolled 6, 5 = 11 (2d10)

>>46168057

Rolled 9, 8 + 8 = 25 (2d10 + 8)

>>46168057
THE WHEELS THE LIMIT

>>46168257
well thats that for progress

>>46168162
Just try and describe a person without mentioning the colour of their skin, or their eyes, or their hair, or ANYTHING else that can't be discerned by touch. It's a nightmare. Can't talk about the colour of their clothes or beads they wear, or feathers, or anything-! I thought it'd be a fun exercise in engaging other senses but urrrgh, I have had enough of it!

Anyway...

>>46168257
>>46168272
Uh... Great roll, but... I'm sorry guys; it's the best of the first three. Still, that's only three points, right?

>>46169237
Well we started grooming Noh already. I am sure in less than 20 seasons he will be fully groomed.
Him following us around. And going out to hunt with his sister and practice magic with his other sister in his off time. We could likely even change perspective while Tyrm is still alive even. if you're up for it.

>>46169317

I dont think Noh is shaman material, think our magic half-river daughter is a better fit.

>>46169317
>>46169406
Noh: Trader/Craftsman/whatever really; Jack of All Trades
Ebba: Shaman
Sera: Confirmed Badass

While your grandchildren will likely look back and see your creation as self-evident, you are hampered purely by your own experience. Your people have used travois to move their possessions for hundreds of years, but they can only carry so much and often got stuck if over-loaded, proving far from perfect. They can't carry the weights you need, but you do rig up something quite useful from them that allows you to sling a loaded basket onto your back, with cords over your shoulders and held by your stomach, or looped around your forehead. It's not much, but it should help everyone carry slightly heavier loads a little easier. There's still plenty to be discovered however, as you don't have a solution for carrying anything the size of a tree trunk without many hands together.

It is now late winter. What will you do?
>Hunt the aurochs 1d10 (Strength -Blind)
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Trait -Blind)
>Explore the forest
>Explore up the valley
>Explore the hills
>Try and investigate something new (List options)
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (22 points invested)
>Make something special (List options)
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Change your active jobs (free)
>Try to summon a new god
>Make offerings to a god
>Bring more land under cultivation/construction (List options)
>Other

>>46170202
>>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (22 points invested)
Wheels or at least log rolling or bust!

>>46170202
>>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (22 points invested)
Can we have The people work towards building the temple. Say by gathering more materials towards the site. or something. In the mean time. Even if at a delayed capacity having mesut or Beren over seeing their work while we dedicate our time to this.

>>46170202
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (22 points invested)

Come on cart and wheel

>>46170202
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (22 points invested)

>>46170202
>>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (22 points invested)
Come on cart!

Rolled 1, 9 + 8 = 18 (2d10 + 8)

>>46170202
should we roll in advance? That way once you're here you can take the three? Would you rather take a roll after you ask for it?
trying to speed things up since this clearly won

Rolled 5, 8 + 8 = 21 (2d10 + 8)

>>46170202
rolling

Rolled 4, 1 + 8 = 13 (2d10 + 8)

>>46170896
ill roll too

Rolled 7, 8 + 8 = 23 (2d10 + 8)

>>46170202
Here's a extra roll.

>>46170896
Good plan.

The next update will be somewhat delayed as your QM is currently dying for want of sleep. Thread will resume as soon as I open my eyes again.

>>46171065

>>46171065
Bump

You have a breakthrough as the snow falls and winter grinds on. Well, it's not so much that YOU have a breakthrough, as much as Mesut does. He comes to you wreathed in smiles and proudly tells you that he's come up with a solution for moving wood to the temple site, from the river. You follow him out into the cold and he takes you to where some of the timber is being stored, waiting for willing hands to move it. His sons and family are there, setting up the demonstration.
"I was watching my youngest play, when it came to me," he explains, "It's so simple, I don't know how no-one's thought of it before! They were rolling down a slope, racing and I thought, why not do the same with tree trunks?"
His sons balance one of the heavier logs over three smaller, but straight felled sapling and push, the support rolling easily under them. When the heavier trunk is about to fall, it's a simple matter to snatch the light pole from the rear and place it in the front.
"The only problem..." Mesut begins, but you're already picking up his thoughts and running with them as if they were your own.
"Is that it's not much good on rough or muddy ground?"
"Exactly," he nods. "But if we've got a lot to move, we could split the wood and lay it in the mud to make a surface perhaps."

>You have had a breakthrough and discovered rollers! They aren't wheels yet, but can help move solid and heavy things like boulders and trees

>>46176101
The winter snows melt and you can finally stop shivering. You're spending more and more time near the fire these days, but not nearly as much as Elia. To your shock, you realise he's been accepted as an elder now! You'll never be able to think of him like that though. To you, Elia Weak-spear will always just be your brother.

What will you do?
>Hunt the aurochs 1d10 (Strength -Blind)
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Trait -Blind)
>Explore the forest
>Explore up the valley
>Explore the hills
>Try and investigate something new (List options)
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (22 points invested)
>Make something special (List options)
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Change your active jobs (free)
>Try to summon a new god
>Make offerings to a god
>Bring more land under cultivation/construction (List options)
>Other

Rolled 7, 3 + 8 = 18 (2d10 + 8)

>>46176146
>>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (22 points invested

>>46176165
Iiii fucked up! It's 43 points invested. Derp.

Rolled 2, 3 + 8 = 13 (2d10 + 8)

>>46176146
>>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (43 points invested)

>>46176146
Would it be to much to say that the villagers have been working on that while we think of ways to improve work load? or possibly have that chat with Mesut about putting on some permanent workers towards construction.

>>46176455
Here's the problem with stone-age societies; your people are burst workers. Unless they're organised, they'll just work really hard in short bursts, like at planting and harvest time.

Specialisation of society takes a LOT, I'm sorry to say... Think about it; for every guy you have NOT farming, that's someone everyone else has to support, for NOTHING. That COULD work with a priesthood maybe, or a warrior caste, as they provide something to the community, but builders? They really need sponsorship from someone higher up the food chain.

At least, that's my opinion. Anyway, I'll wait for another vote or two.

Rolled 10, 1 + 8 = 19 (2d10 + 8)

>>46176146
>>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (22 points invested
Let's not roll shit again

With spring comes rain and with rain comes mud. Mesut was definitely right about his rollers being worthless in this crap. The mud and muck sucks at people's feet and makes even walking a nightmare. A new innovation has started showing up however; shoes! Your people have bound their feet before, of course, but generally, those were not for everyday wear. Now, proper shoes and sandals are starting to develop that are worn every day, as opposed to simply when it's cold, or over rough ground.

That is less of a concern for you however. Rather, you're starting to consider the idea of making organised paths, kept clear of mud and muck. Your people have already trodden grass-less pathways where they commonly walk, but it'll be up to you to organise anything more set... And first, you'll need to plan it all out, which will mean more research.

>>46178262
It is now late spring. The traders and nomads have arrived in the village and everyone is hard at work planting this year's seeds.

What will you do?
>Hunt the aurochs 1d10 (Strength -Blind)
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Trait -Blind)
>Explore the forest
>Explore up the valley
>Explore the hills
>Try and investigate something new (List options)
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (62 points invested)
>Make something special (List options)
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Change your active jobs (free)
>Try to summon a new god
>Make offerings to a god
>Bring more land under cultivation/construction (List options)
>Barter for goods at the market
>Other

>>46178293
I'm planning a change to research. Rather than building up to a point, every time you research, you'll take away from a total number. I'll then roll and if a d100 surpasses the new total, you successfully discover the secrets you're looking for. On 95+ on my roll, you make a breakthrough and get a little bonus, regardless of if the full technology is researched.

What do you think?

Rolled 8, 6 + 8 = 22 (2d10 + 8)

>>46178293
>>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (62 points invested
>>46178325
I like it.sudden inspiration of sorts. You roll the 1d100?

Rolled 3, 6 + 8 = 17 (2d10 + 8)

>>46178293
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (62 points invested)

>>46178325
I like it

Rolled 10, 1 + 8 = 19 (2d10 + 8)

>>46178293
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (62 points invested)

So rather than trying to make it to 100 or whatever, we'll just be trying to get over your roll?

>>46178293
>>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (62 points invested)
Sound good.
I do say before the traders leave, we go to try and buy the fine tools. They could help lower the dc for crafting and building new things. Possibly even help raise our ideas when thinking of new inventions/tech like helping us make the wheel.

>>46178503
I do, yeah.

>>46178598
No, think of it like this.
>Tech has 300 obscruity
>Your rolls reduce its obscurity every time it's researched
>I roll a d100 every turn you/someone researches it
>If I roll over its current obscurity, the tech is discovered
>If I roll a 95+ you make a breakthrough, regardless of if the tech is discovered
>Techs can also be discovered if enough breakthroughs are made

Makes sense now? Anyway, votes called, rolls tallied.

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Who will keep the trackways clear? They won't stay that way themselves. What could you make them from? Wood will rot and be too expensive. Should they go straight, or wind around obstacles? You never even considered these problems before, much less had to suddenly solve them! And on top of that, your mind is plagued by the re-newed concerns of bringing the clans together and the building of the temple and the feeling that somehow, the rollers can be improved... You make sadly little progress for now.

It has now become early summer. Bees are humming among the flowers, the grain is planted and a new innovation has come from your tribe. A young man, experimenting with his fishing spear, has made the deceptively-unusual discovery that three tines work better than a single barbed point. Already, two designs have emerged; one with the tines splayed out like the fingers of a hand, the other with them grasping like a hawk's claws.

What do you want to do?
>Hunt the aurochs 1d10 (Strength -Blind)
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Trait -Blind)
>Explore the forest
>Explore up the valley
>Explore the hills
>Try and investigate something new (List options)
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (84 points invested)
>Make something special (List options)
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Change your active jobs (free)
>Try to summon a new god
>Make offerings to a god
>Bring more land under cultivation/construction (List options)
>Barter for goods at the market
>Other

>>46181212
>work on the temple

>>46181373

Seconding this, need to make sure we're still working on this so the Gods don't think we're slacking off

As far as priorities for the year we should also take the time to check back in with the Strangers (who's proper name I forget) and I suspect that Sera will be back this year and will be a force to be reckoned with

>>46181212
I'll second working on the temple.

Additionally, I think we should enlist Beren and Noh in crafting nice tradeable objects during their free time. It doesn't have to be much, just something that will be more valuable than straight furs.

>>46181775

Not a bad idea, let Noh have at the fire beads and do whatever tests he wants with them

>>46181860
We don't have fire beads.
>>46181212
>>Barter for goods at the market
Fine tools.

>>46181775
I'll support this

>>46181775
Sounds good.
We should have increased our workload a bit.
With proper paths back packs, shoes should let us work more.
With the heavens blessing. And the gods of wild blessing for easier and stronger material.

>>46181947

I thought we got them last time we were at the market along with the fine pelts.

>The price the traders demand for the bright beads, on top of the furs, is unbelievable and almost completely drains you for goat horn and skin, but finally, they are in your possession.

Christ, where does the time go? Luckily, I don't have to run my tabletop game tonight, so I'm still here. Votes called!

>>46183730

Into the past, wherever that is

>>46182387
must have missed that. well cool then we have beads. we should magic up w.e it is that we choose to make exotic furs with extra protection/keeps you warm and lastly fits who ever puts it on

>>46184316

I would say that we should leave that for winter but definitely follow up on it. I feel like we might have gotten more done with planning out our time better, winter dedicated to crafting and experimenting and then the spring and summer dedicated to travel and building and food

You've been neglecting the temple lately and now the spring rains have dried up, you have a chance to put some of Mesut's new innovation to work. You still have no roadways, but they still should speed things up a little bit. So, mindful of the gods expectations, you incite the tribe to put their backs into things. You're starting to really appreciate the sheer labour that's involved in something like this. Still, work continues as best it can with your infrequent workforce. The rollers definitely speed things along however, cutting the number of people needed to move the heavy materials in half.

>New technology has improved the amount of labour points available!
>The Grand Temple of the Wild still requires 319 labour points to complete

Beren and Noh dutifully comply with your request. They don't have much to go with, but your son hits upon an interesting idea. If they carefully shape bone and wood into the parts for tools, you might be able to imbue them with magic, making them valuable goods to trade further afield. Even if the enchantment doesn't take, the carvings should make them worth at least a little more.

>>46185859
>Beren and Noh have created some worked tools for you

It is now late summer. What will you do?
>Hunt the aurochs 1d10 (Strength -Blind)
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Trait -Blind)
>Explore the forest
>Explore up the valley
>Explore the hills
>Try and investigate something new (List options)
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (84 points invested)
>Make something special (List options)
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Change your active jobs (free)
>Try to summon a new god
>Make offerings to a god
>Bring more land under cultivation/construction (List options)
>Barter for goods at the market
>Other

>>46185919
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (84 points invested)
or
>Make something special (Enchant those tools)

Rolled 6, 5 + 8 = 19 (2d10 + 8)

>>46185919
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (84 points invested)

Rolled 7, 1 + 8 = 16 (2d10 + 8)

>>46185919
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (84 points invested)

Rolled 4, 4 + 8 = 16 (2d10 + 8)

>>46185919
>>Barter for goods at the market
Fine tools.
I'd like to get this out of the way.

What seasons are we planting and harvesting?
Or just finish trying new ways for heavy loads. W.e gets more votes.

>>46185919
>>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (84 points invested)

>>46185919
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (84 points invested)

Hold off on enchanting those tools till we can sit down and focus on it. Have it ready when the traders come back around next year and their stocks are replenished

>>46185919
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (84 points invested)

Nump

>>46188316

>>46185919
bump

Okay, late nights are going to kill me. I mean literally.

And maybe I shouldn't be the one to roll a d100... At least not at home. My dice luck is legendarily bad.

Anyway, last post...

Your people don't even have a word for infrastructure, much less any idea of how to set something up that's so damn complex. Besides, you've had other things on your mind... Galit is sick and Elia has been going out of his mind with worry. You slip the magical talisman on her wrist and do what you can with magic, but this disease is one that lingers on and on, sapping strength slowly. Magic, it seems, can only do so much against such a disease. So greatly is your focus taken by this, that by the time your brother's wife starts to recover, it has already turned to early fall.

Rolled 3, 8 + 8 = 19 (2d10 + 8)

>>46191527
well just post a 1d100 w.e comes out comes out.
>>46193471
idk if you're going to put out options but if anything.
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (103 points invested)
I want Trym to be the man that invented the wheel, along as the first shaman.
Then hopefully we can bang out Pictographic recording to record some of his inventions.

Rolled 33 (1d100)

Rolled 1, 8 + 8 = 17 (2d10 + 8)

>>46193978
This

Rolled 6, 9 + 8 = 23 (2d10 + 8)

>>46193471
>Continue trying new ways to move heavy loads (103 points invested

Bump

So right now we are pushing for innovation, but haven't we not recently met the god of building, engineering and industry. We don't know those terms yet but we are struggling in he way that pleases him. Perhaps if we show him respect for his unseen hand guiding the most recent innovations of the tribe, he will honor us with divine inspiration?
We should be preparing for war and defenses. This era of peace will not last.

>>46201352

I feel like the Temple will be a good refuge once finished, protected by the gods as it is and might be the first proto-castle.

Don't forget Soqed next turn (with luck Sera will come back to us this year)

>>46201352
Well how would you guys feel about having us task Elia with making a bow.
We've got the sling, he could keep upgrading from there. even to get us two upgrades past the sling we have now should vastly help our future generation.
While we focus on banging out the temple.
And pictographic recordings would be nice. If we could get done.
For us Wheel, Temple, and pictographic recordings. I am not sure he will manage to get that all done. But if he can the tyrm name. Should live for more than just a few generations.

>>46204439

The bow is quite the jump from the sling, I feel like we would need to be a more capable hunter to even begin having the idea. As it stands I will be happy if we get the Wheel and the Temple done before our death with some effort towards uniting the tribes already started.

Next year we should go see the Sunish and check in with them. Hopefully the new leader has consolidated more control and would be more willing to have people explore the worship they want. I am disappointed we backed down from the ritual, sets a bad precedent.

Bump