You know the drill: pick a race (or races, if you guys wanted to have a mixed-race tribal society), and pick a starting area.
This is my first civ game attempt, but I thought that I may as well make one when I have an entire day to mess around with.
The race you guys pick will be very young and the first generation of their kind.
If a race is "exceptional" at something then it gets three d100s, if it is good then two d100s and if it is okay then it gets 1d100. However if something is a struggle then it is a 1d100 - 30.
Machines in volcano
30 and below is a failure, so you can see that with multiple d100s something becomes extremely easy to do and almost impossible to fail.
This fixes the issue I saw in that really awesome Unseen Civ where despite being exceptional at magic they always rolled too low while succeeding at war stuff.
This way something is made way more likely if it's said to be easy and much harder if said hard.
>>46843111
Gomes
Swamp
Bumping with a map. Just ignore all the names. Civs are literally on the week they came into being.
>>46843176
Seconding this
>>46843263
Switching to Machine to speed things up.
>>46843261
>>46843111
to add to this, specialist gives +30 to the 3d100 and abyssal is -60
So Machines (seems to be most popular but I will wait for a bit more) would be:
1d100-60 for magic
1d100-30 for breeding
1d100 for ranged and diplomacy
3d100 for melee
3d100+30 for technology.
30 or below is a failure, above that is a success.
Will be willing to adjust if people want to since something is slightly imbalanced.
>>46843660
Okay so that's 3 for volcano machines? Writing.
>>46843690
So basically its impossible to fail a Tech roll, and we'd need a minimum of 90 for Magic rolls?
A volcanic eruption hurled debris into the air, sending millions of pieces of metal compounds up, and lightning struck them. Some may even say that the gods themselves, or wild magic changed a very small handful of those ores into strange beings that run on a different form of energy to the other emergent lifeforms.
A group of these metal creatures, very simple though they were, cooled down and congregated around a half dozen slightly more colourful and complex versions. These would be the machine leaders. The ones that obey them are the obedient ones who rely upon their leaders for orders to survive.
40 drones
6 superiors
Buildings: none
Civilization: none
Technology: none
Knowledge: none
Resources: lots
Energy: next to volcano but not accessing that right now
Choices:
A: breeding
B: Technology
C: building
D Exploring
E: write in
Rolled 11 (1d100)
>>46843889
>D Exploring
Let's get a feel for our area, see if we can find any particularly good places to set up home.
>>46843889
>ABreeding
Gotta get those robot baby's
>>46843835
yes. Maybe I should make it at least possible for machines to fail tech? It does make sense that machines would be ultra good at technology though.
Rolled 25 (1d100)
>>46843889
>A: breeding
>>46843952
Depends, imagine us processing to fast in tech, we could get schisms of hiearchy/thinking
Rolled 92 (1d100)
>>46843889
Explore.
Look for resources to start building shit.
looks like breeding and exploring won, with breeding an abject failure and exploring a success.
Robots can do two options a turn. The maginitude of success is based upon the population and the number of intelligent robots.
How long should I wait to collect votes?
At the moment we have two for each. Should I wait for three decisions each? Or is it better to just do fast posts?
>The leaders fiddle around with the drone bots and try and use random blobs of resources around them to become robotic life. It fails badly and ends with 5 drones broken, though could be possibly repairable but not until technology is discovered to do so.
>the scouting expedition, however, was a solid success. The leaders gave excellent orders to their drones and the drones managed to find a large source of resources - including energy source that was not too hot to use - that will do for a good while under present demands.
Rolled 61 (1d100)
>>46844126
Breed
Rolled 65 (1d100)
>>46844126
>find a large source of resources - including energy source
Is that all we found, was an energy source?
Explore more.
Rolled 54 (1d100)
>>46844126
>Explore
>>46844195
>playing machines that have 100% chance of succeeding tech rolls
>tries to do something that has a -30 on it
Going to point out that improved tech will help out breeding. At the moment the machines don't even know what they are. The just came into existence two days ago.
>>46844232
we found metal and shit, along with energy source that doesn't kill us.
Rolled 17 (1d100)
>>46844251
Okay well then tech research
35 drones, 5 damaged and unable to be repaired yet
6 superiors
Buildings: none
Civilization: none
Technology:NONE
Knowledge: none
Resources: lots, but we need tech to utilise it properly at the moment it's not super useful but enough to allow it to be useable
Energy: a cooler lava flow nearby that we can use.
Choices:
A: breeding
B: Technology
C: building
D Exploring
E: write in
Rolled 95, 91, 55 + 30 = 271 (3d100 + 30)
>>46844300
always remember that it's 3d100 + 30 for tech.
Rolled 11, 38, 88 + 30 = 167 (3d100 + 30)
>>46844310
>B: Technology
Better energy usage.
Rolled 19, 36, 70 + 30 = 155 (3d100 + 30)
>>46844310
>Tech
Smithing.
Rolled 41, 31, 71 + 30 = 173 (3d100 + 30)
>>46844310
Tech
>>46844397
>>46844359
>>46844334
>>46844420
The leaders looked upon themselves and at their recent experiences and experiments with the local lava flow and rocks. By careful manipulation of these resources they made basic tools, and worked out how to access energy more effectively.
An offshoot of having tools and discovering how to make crude versions of their own energy units, they can now create more drones but it is a very slow affair.
>+1 drone a turn.
>Simple tools
>temporary repairs to fuel cells are now possible but slow
Rolled 7, 70, 88 + 30 = 195 (3d100 + 30)
>>46844495
Tech
Steel
>>46844495
36 drones, 5 damaged and unable to be repaired yet
+1 drone a turn.
6 superiors
Buildings: none
Civilization: none
Technology: Simple tools, simple energy cells
Knowledge: drone production, portable energy
Resources: lots, but we need tech to utilise it properly at the moment it's not super useful but enough to allow it to be useable
Energy: a cooler lava flow nearby that we can use.
Choices:
A: breeding
B: Technology (please specify)
C: building
D Exploring
E: write in
Rolled 44, 82, 27 = 153 (3d100)
>>46844591
B:Repair drones
Rolled 84, 53, 81 + 30 = 248 (3d100 + 30)
>>46844591
Tech
Basic weapons
Rolled 21, 35, 79 + 30 = 165 (3d100 + 30)
>>46844591
Tech
Construction
>>46844645
Should I reroll with +30?
>>46844729
We don`t have the technology to repair the drones yet
Rolled 17, 75, 50 + 30 = 172 (3d100 + 30)
>>46844774
I guess I'll switch to Basic weapons.
>>46844729
nah, it succeeded anyway
Okay, so overwhelming amount of tech, all different opinions but I will go with less complex to more complex.
The leaders of Machinedom - oh yeah, we need to vote on names for our various robots and if people want to namefag they can do so for extra roleplaying. Also vote for civ name.
>>46844789
>>46844710
>>46844774
Half the machine leaders start working upon constructing additions to them that can be used for destruction. They succeed at putting on large blades and some drones were given crushers (sort of like those testtube holders except have way more pressure and can crush brittle metal heads, or animal skulls)
This was after the other research team managed to create a very strong compound from some local black rocks mixed with a material that makes black smudges.
>Steel discovered
>sharp weapons and crushing implements discovered
>>46844726
one of the researchers considers the use of these newfangled tools and resources to build cover, but never has the time or drones to actually implement its musings. This will be implemented when there is a free slot for it and its allocated drones.
37 drones, 5 damaged and unable to be repaired yet
+1 drone a turn.
6 superiors
Buildings: none
Civilization: none
Technology: Simple tools, simple energy cells. basic weapons. steel making
Knowledge: drone production, portable energy
Resources: lots and growing capability of using it. steel and iron so far
Energy: a cooler lava flow nearby that we can use. we now have portable basic energy supplies that are from the lava.
Choices:
A: breeding
B: Technology (please specify)
C: building
D Exploring
E: write in
>>46844960
The 5 drones are operational? Or are they broken?
>>46845023
>5 damaged and unable to be repaired yet
>>46844774
they are probably able to start being repaired now, if there is a success at researching repairs then setting aside superiors to fix them up will occur.
In order to not use up superior slots, drones would need to be taught how to fix other drones.
I don`t know were are the others but lets do this...
B. Technology - Reseach for reapairs
>>46845531
Forgot to roll, sorry
dice+3d100+30
Rolled 90, 61, 100 + 30 = 281 (3d100 + 30)
>>46844960
B: Metallurgy
>>46845564
In opitions, Anon.
>>46845531
The researchers tinker with the broken drones, utilising their new fangled tools and steel and knowledge.
They managed to change the power packs and connect some sort of wires that seem to link everything together to give commands.
the five drones are repaired and the intelligent machines also learn a bit more about who and what they are.
The scientist who had thought about making some sort of shelter receives enough assistance to build a couple of sheds, large enough to hold about 20 robots.
>>46845602
the tinkering with the drones to repair them also led to the discovery of a different type of metal - it's yellowish and can be found in small amounts in the resource pile that was discovered previously.
44 drones
+1 drone a turn.
6 superiors
Buildings: a couple of shelters to protect 20
Civilization: absolute basic knowledge of what they are made from
Technology: Simple tools, simple energy cells. basic weapons. steel making repair of drones. Absolute basic houses
Knowledge: drone production, portable energy repair. Wiring within machines as necessary
Resources: lots and growing capability of using it. steel and iron so far, gold
Energy: a cooler lava flow nearby that we can use. we now have portable basic energy supplies that are from the lava.
Choices:
A: breeding
B: Technology (please specify)
C: building
D Exploring
E: write in
Also: > Name of machine civ
>name of the 6 leader machines. (recommended everyone picks one for the nametag for fun)
Glad people came back lol.
Rolled 90, 29, 40 = 159 (3d100)
>>46845687
D. Exploring
Hope there are more civs or precious shiny metals around.
Rolled 6 (1d100)
>>46845756
Wrong roll.
>>46845781
*sigh*
Breathe! Damn you!
>>46845756
>>46845781
>>46845808
Each of the six leaders will be allowed to make decisions, however if they make decisions without other leaders helping out then their successes and failures will be much lower.
>One of the leaders thinks upon themselves and decides that if they love shiny things so much, they should call themselves Zealxi the jewelry hoarder.
>for reasons unknown, zealxi decides that they are a she and a bit more peaceful.
>in the desire to find more shiny things and life, she and her 7 drones went exploring in the direction of down from the volcano.
>after about 6 hours of exploration where she only saw shitty dull rocks, she was ambushed by some sneaky naked and half starved harpies that had barely survived the volcano eruption.
>they killed about 4 of her drones and wounded her before being fought off.
>Zealxi and her drones return depressed but mostly intact.
>40 drones, 4 others are broken but their parts can be repaired over time.
>>46846038
if worst comes to the worst, we can just make a Zealxi the jewelry hoarder quest. haha.
Rolled 100, 42, 21 + 30 = 193 (3d100 + 30)
Technology
Metallurgy
>>46846195
That's been done, Dr. Light.
We need upgrade our facilitys or at leats create a wall or some think. We dont know if or when the volcano will enter in activity..
What's our civ called?
Names (active anons) so far: Dr.Light who seems to have a focus on repairing and forging.
Zealxi who loves gems and other lifeforms/concept-of-others.
>>46846195
Dr.Light took a look at Zealxi's damages and the new ways that the drones have been destroyed. He performs an autopsy on the drones and with the grudging help of another of the leaders who are unnamed.
Using existing technology, he finds out how to recreate some of the more complex parts of drones, and the more superficial of Zealxi's disrepair.
>>46846317
A new leader joins the Named. He has taken the title of The Mad Tincker, or Drixin. The others don't really understand what the fuck he wants to do, so he and his drones start throwing together a rock wall 15 minutes climb up the moderately steep incline.
>smatterings of defenses from potential volcanic activity enough to delay lava flows by one turn from touching the two sheds that have been constructed previously.
We need a few more anons to get this rolling more, because there aren't enough to have a full consensus.
At least the problem is partially solved by every anon being a leader-machine able to do little successes.
Just joining.
If I am to be accepted as one of the named superiors, my focus is on all things military.
My recommendation is that we explore within the volcano itself, trying to find diamonds to enhance our tools and weapons. We can better carve stone, and threats, if we can find those.
Not to mention the boost to our economy, once we create one.
Rolled 94, 20, 43 + 30 = 187 (3d100 + 30)
>>46846535
Tech
Advanced tools
>>46846579
A fourth leader joins the Named. He is Wrought In Iron: the battle leader and researcher with a predisposition to discover how best to fight.
>>46846600
>>46846579
two for advancing tools will conclude rounds every 15 minutes now, to give people time to get involved and make choices at a bit more leisure.
I have like 8 hours remaining to run this so yeah.
Rolled 96, 57, 72 = 225 (3d100)
>>46846535
>Tech: musical instruments
Make things less dreary
>>46846697
On the off chance I needed to roll-
>>46846755
yes?
Rolled 15, 96, 100 + 30 = 241 (3d100 + 30)
>>46846755
>>46846697
>>46846579
We don`t find any other Civ, only the harpies who attacked us previously. And the volcano is up, so cave into it may not be a good idea. But maybe we can direct the lava to far away with the tunel.. But the lava may give us steam power if we find water..
>>46846905
Perhaps we should wait before mining, then...
Volcanic soil is rich and fertile, so I recommend we begin to harvest crops at the base of the volcano, which we can trade with others once we do find them. Or to broker a peace with the harpies, and enlist their aid... Our food and protection, for their labor and utility.
At the same time, if we're able to take any harpies, dead or alive, we can try to find a way to mimic their flight capabilities by researching the anatomical mechanics. A flying drone would be useful for scouting, or we could upgrade our Superiors with this advancement.
As yet, the six leaders (4 of whom are Named) have not decided upon a name to call their civilization.
However, there has been a consensus among them that they must develop new tools - diamond tools that can be used for both military and industry and beauty - as well as explore to find such.
This unity leads to scouting along the sides of the volcano: a cave is found that is bountiful. Sparkly very hard crystals are found. There is a large seem deeper into the cave with materials Dr. Light had found among the autopsy remains.
>>46847041
some greenery is found rapidly growing in ash flows.
No sight of the harpies beyond a couple of dead from starvation have been found south when the leaders briefly explored the site of combat.
Rolled 2, 30, 54 + 30 = 116 (3d100 + 30)
>>46847135
Dissect the dead harpies.
See what we can learn from them.
Not sure if this is tech or not.
>>46847135
How about the Ashen Ones for our civ names?
Rolled 8, 92, 9 + 30 = 139 (3d100 + 30)
>>46847135
I propose we name ourselves Ashlanders or Dwemer, as I am multitasking in the /tgesg/.
I will try to have the new-found stones cut and polished and fixed so that we can hew stone with greater ease. Ignore the deeper seem- it will lead into the depths of the volcano and cause trouble. Instead, look for an iron vein to begin mining. We may not have power cells for further drones, but we might be able to recycle old ones- or repair our damaged drones more easily- if we have access to metals and mines.
Not sure if technology, but rolling it.
Rolled 71 (1d100)
>>46847135
>Locate more gold
>>46847193
yeah, it would be considered a tech so gets the ease of benefit.
We still only have two sheds and only a shitty barricade that slows lava flows by one turn from our area.
Also our Civ needs a name.
Name:
Religion:
etc etc etc
>>46847243
1 vote for The Ashen Ones (great name btw)
46 drones
+1 drone a turn.
6 superiors
Buildings: a couple of shelters to protect 20
Civilization: concept of what we are made from.
Technology: Simple tools, simple energy cells. basic weapons. steel making repair of drones. Diamond tools and weapons Absolute basic houses
Knowledge: drone production, portable energy repair. Wiring within machines as necessary
Resources: lots and growing capability of using it. steel and iron so far, gold and now all the metals we are made from
Energy: a cooler lava flow nearby that we can use. we now have portable basic energy supplies that are from the lava.
Ashen Ones - 1
Ashlanders/Dwemer - 1
>>46847193
one vote for dissecting harpies
>>46847277
one for breaking access into mining and further recycling efficiency.
>>46847307
one for dude gold lmao
>>46847339
Let's worship Asigui, god of fire and earth. We're made from the earth and born from fire.
I vote for Ashen Ones. And go with >>46847277
We need more drones. we explorate later with the biotechnology of the harpies
As we wait a bit more for more votes to come in, one of the drones who had been repaired earlier seems to have discovered a malfunction.
this malfunction causes a series of beeps and other sounds. It's kind of catchy, and also helps work speed and efficiency.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkz2Vpyh1lU
Rolled 15, 29, 62 + 30 = 136 (3d100 + 30)
I'd like to join. I vote to dissect the harpies. Perhaps we can make some sort of flying drone!
>>46847627
Greetings Vashlok. Is there a particular path down which you plan to lead our civilization?
I follow the road of war, the diplomacy of strength.
"To find the throne a comfort is to be ignorant of affairs..." -Wrought In Iron
>>46847627
Greetings anon. Anyone can join, the reason to have names was to get people more invested and to maintain interest while we have low numbers. It also gives ideas for me.
>a fifth Leader joins the Named: vashlok the Cursed Flame. He has a huge interest in non metal life forms, though unlike Dr.Light is a bit more interested in the more morbid side.
He and Dr. Light dissect the two dead harpies and find that passing electric current in a certain way makes them move a bit. It also helps Wrought In Iron with his military investigations.
The other Named and Un-named find more gold and develop tools a bit further. Much science is advanced.
Rolled 76, 75, 9 + 30 = 190 (3d100 + 30)
>>46847773
Begin experimenting with electricity.
Fund how to make it flow more effectively and efficiently within robot bodies.
>>46847824
I find it rather amusing that we don't have more than two sheds yet but we have started working on electricity.
I reread a bunch of stuff earlier in the thread.
we do have the technology to make drones faster, and we can probably work on more Leaders, though the leaders would reduce the amount of drones each leader has allocated to themselves.
Rolled 20 (1d100)
>>46847773
>Build a place for our god, Asigui to worship
Make pretty things.
Rolled 36, 80, 9 + 30 = 155 (3d100 + 30)
I guess we have sulfur... Maybe we can make explosives! And the sulfur is a good fertilizer. Can we create bombs?
Rolled 68, 85, 60 + 30 = 243 (3d100 + 30)
>>46847863
Research a way to grant certain drones a spark of sentience, and instituting a more autonomous command system. (not sure if this is within our reach, I guess it depends on how we're sentient)
Rolled 16, 88, 12 + 30 = 146 (3d100 + 30)
>>46847971
Bombs, near a volcano.
I'd like you to consider that carefully before researching it too seriously...
>>46847983
This is an excellent idea I throw my full support behind- making a Node of some sort that is stationary and can perhaps influence a number of drones within a certain range of it would make labor easier, and defense a simple task with constant watch-dogs who need no rest.
The benefits are limitless...
>>46847728
I take strength from what is not us! Though we may be a clearly superior kind, other species have had countless years to evolve. We can commandeer their most succulent traits and incorporate them into ourselves!
>>46848032
If we use the explosives in the right amount we can speed up the mining.
>>46848113
Or destabilize the entire volcano and cause an erruption.
I believe it would be best to work on a semi-sentient command node that can control the drones to some small extent for labor, while also constructing a serious fortification and building more drones.
>>46848113
I think we have enough time to mine, Drixin. No need to anger the volcanoes.
>>46848148
Ok, no explosives...I agree with the construction. Fortify our defences and build up factories
I vote we worship the volcano. It did create our people, after all.
>>46847871
Zealxi fancies herself as both a hoarder and a priestess, so she starts tinkering around with building some sort of temple to the Goddess Asigui.
She succeeds at building a small chapel out of rocks and stabilised with metal nails drilled through some of the stones to make it fixed in shape. This act of devotion alongside the Dub-step Drone assists the others in their attempt at turning one of the drones into a Leader.
By comparing drones with leader chassis, an inferior group of leaders are made. They are Nodes who copy deep instructions given to them from the actual Leaders, so that the leaders don't need to be within communication range to give orders.
(basically leaders download their minds onto the Nodes that then relay what they understand to be the Leader's desires).
Also a yellow substance that isn't a metal has been found and Drixin uses it on a small rock, making a loud bang. Other Leaders see this occur and demand that he doesn't use it in the mines otherwise Mother Volcano might be hurt and angry.
>Nodes have been researched and built from some drones
>sulphur discovered
>much more progress toward making new unique masters rather than memory/character recording.
Rolled 15 (1d100)
>>46848342
Begin development of a lab so proper SCIENCE can be done.
Rolled 64, 44, 15 + 30 = 153 (3d100 + 30)
>>46848388
I will assist Dr. Light in this endeavor, while the first NODE drone takes control of some weaker drones to begin mining stone for our fortress.
Rolled 50, 1, 93 = 144 (3d100)
>>46848342
>Tech metal craftsmanship
Idols for everyone.
>>46848342
How many command nodes do we have? I want to assign them to facilitating construction of more drones, and facilitating construction of residences and empty buildings, in increasing priority.
Rolled 45, 36, 51 + 30 = 162 (3d100 + 30)
>>46848433
I keep forgetting the +30
>>46848454
we probably made about 4 of them, but remember that we are only getting one drone made a turn, and each leader or node requires some drones to help out otherwise work is slowed. So our population is bottlenecking our success. The Lab creation lore I am building now will help with population and stuff.
>>46848388
>>46848420
>>46848433
yuge consensus as idols will need a lab to create properly.
>Dr. Light was tinkering and shit.....
>writing up.
Feel free to keep posting more ideas.
Rolled 50 (1d100)
>>46848489
Build lab
Rolled 2 (1d100)
>>46848489
Very well. Build a lab.
>>46848489
I'd like to join in, loving the reading thus far!
>>46848515
>>46848551
Supported
Rolled 56 (1d100)
>>46848489
Gotta get that lab built. How can we SCIENCE without a lab?
Lets burn sulfur to make a sacred Flame. The sulfur is a good way to light your city when the volcano stops his activity. The blue flame can be our symbol
>>46848551 Build the Lab!
Rolled 93 (1d100)
>>46848560
>>46848560
Hey there fellow named one
>>46848489
>... and he suddenly had the revelation of needing a specialized building to store rare but super useful resources, as well as tools and other equipment to experiment with further, making even more specialized.
Every single Leader saw the lightbulb glowing like the sun above his head, and joined in with him.
A YUGE lab with walls of steel and rocks, a strong reinforced ceiling with a lot of lighting for precision work formed.
It had hundreds of draws and a large storehouse adjacent to it with all the raw materials that weren't specialized but would be worked upon to make more advanced gear.
Upon completion of the first proper building - and the most important of all, The Lab, the womb and beating heart of the Ashen Ones - the first creation of the Named ones was...
ANOTHER LEADER!
His first words upon creation were "I AM: Renith von Microcline"
At this, all Leaders from the Eruption that started the Ashen Ones' existence were amazed and overjoyed.
Rolled 96, 20, 86 + 30 = 232 (3d100 + 30)
>>46848691
Tech
Complex Tools
Rolled 78, 24, 52 + 30 = 184 (3d100 + 30)
>>46848691
Research the anatomy of the drones in order to better understand our biology.
Rolled 98, 72, 37 + 30 = 237 (3d100 + 30)
>>46848691
>Research metalworking
It will help with repairs and make beautiful things.
Now we posses the power of creation, nothing can stops us now! My beloved brothers, we need to unite to conquer. BUT, we need understand our surrounding and ourselfs.
Rolled 59, 90, 57 + 30 = 236 (3d100 + 30)
>>46848891
I agree with this. Better metals becomes better tools, becomes better drones, becomes better all of us. It's the first step and an important one.
>>46848917
Forgot to namefag myself.
>>46848691
45 drones
+ 2 drones a turn
7 leaders (6 named)
Buildings: LAB and LARGE-STOREHOUSE
Civilization: Religion worshiping Father Volcano and the Queen Asigui of Metal life(?). Leader-bots have an evenly distributed number of drones that obey them. Nodes take the imprints of Leader-bots minds so that the Leaders don't need to micromanage everything.
Technology: all basic shit (tools, knowledge of construction, bladed weapons, basic unpacked explosives). How to create more drones from scratch. How to build more Leaders though until population of drones meets 100 it takes concerted effort to make leaders. Mining. Metalworking.
Autopsies of malnourished and battered Harpie pair has been done, as has analysis of broken Drones and a damaged-but-now-repaired Zealxi.
>Resources: plentiful access to metals and rocks
>energy: cooler lava flows can be accessed and the energy can be stored in now mk2 energy batteries.
>>46848891
>>46848908
>>46848917
further research on making metals better allows stronger chassis and finer tools.
>>46848908
But conquering takes too much work and then we have to take *Show disgust* rule people. Let's show the world we are the superior culture. Spread the word of Asigui!
Rolled 16, 32, 20 + 30 = 98 (3d100 + 30)
>>46848984
Experiment with Electricity
Can we take some time to analyse what our robots even look like? What and who is asigui.
I will leave you time to describe yourselves, since I don't know exactly what is happening lol.
>>46849043
Asigui is the goddess of earth and metals. I say we should be bipedal machines.
Rolled 80, 44, 12 + 30 = 166 (3d100 + 30)
>>46849074
I tried to dissect our drones, but no one summed to care. I'll do it again.
>>46849101
I don't think we need to dissect them. We are making them. I'm sure we know our robot anatomy by now.
>>46849019
>>46848908
Or we could build an ultimate Titan of mechanized perfection that bows to our whims, and walk across the surface of the world as its perfect clockwork rulers.
Let us study our metals and our sciences, and then tread upon the very face of other Kings and Gods with our Numidium.
>>46849101
*seemed
>>46849043
>>46849119
I misinterpreted his question a bit. Scrap that dissection.
I voted for bulky to slim bipedal bots. What do you good sirs think we look like?
Rolled 67, 39, 67 + 30 = 203 (3d100 + 30)
So lets stody the art of metalcrafting. A strong, reliable, versatile and lighter metal, maybe we can make. We have steel and other metal, lets try mixing things a little..
>>46849175
I was thinking in a draconian look, but a humanoid type is ok for me..
>>46849175
I say it'll vary based on what we need from them.
Slimmer, smaller builds for scouts.
Bigger, bulky for warriors.
No single, solid outline for all, it just varies based on what form is most suited to the purpose that we build them.
The Lab gives one free tech a turn. So we can do up to three techs a turn.
>>46849119
>>46849135
I meant that I didn't know what our robots even looked like. I forgot to use different terminology.
Let us as anons analyse what our robots are supposed to look like.
>>46849074
>>46849129
sounds like a good goal. Bipedal machines that want to make an Almighty Titan that is the avatar of the Ashen Ones?
Bipedal bots of varying thickness worshiping the Volcano and the Goddess of Earth and Minerals.
>>46849178
>>46849230
experimentation with the combining of metals has led to BRONZE, a much lighter and shiny metal alloy which allows scout-bots to traverse upon more fragile ground. It can also be used in light-but-decent-strength armour.
Can also be used for trade.
>>46849271
Yeah, so the Leaders are more humanoid looking, the combat-bots are four-legged with two weaponed arms that can move quite quickly and take more of a beating. Drones that vary according to design.
We can also have specialized machines whenever we want to design some more.
Rolled 35 (1d100)
>>46849271
Explore the area around us for any potential raiding targets.
Rolled 80 (1d100)
>>46849333
>Explore for friendly civs.
We need allies.
Rolled 100, 12, 26 + 30 = 168 (3d100 + 30)
>>46849333
Begin construction of our first Elite.
>>46849379
>>46849394
Guys we need to focus. Tecnology. Do we want a brutal form or a economy way? War leads to a fast leap, bit I think we need trades, supplies and Knowledge.
>>46849555
Though I am engineered for war, I do not seek it-
I have pushed for an increased labor force and efficiency, and the production of trade goods, a strong economy, and the possibility of alliance or trade.
>>46849555
We have bronze, gold and diamonds for trade. We need people to trade with. But if we need tech, which one then?
>>46849555
I dislike the idea of working with other races. As an alternative, I vote that we establish a colony elsewhere, and trade with it after it becomes big enough.
>>46849607
Something to put us in move, like a car, a wheel machine that use a easy gas.To colonize we need more drones and a machine to move goods.
I vote to create variant quadrupedal drones that are meant for large loads.
We dont even have enough houses or a wall or even a barracks. All techs are basics. War is off the question right now.
>>46849607
>>46849394
>>46849379
Exploration is a success. 3/7 Leaders decide that in order for their resources to be properly used, they needed to have people to trade with.
>An expedition is led down the volcano, found near a cave is a small Dwarf tribe who rely upon a small but fertile farm grown among the fertile ashes. They are not particularly developed nor are they particularly aggressive. They look at you with interest and make some sounds. Your exploration party records their voices for future research.
>>46849601
>>46849682
Others continue working on drone production and manage to increase the production of them.
We now get + 4 drones rather than +2.
Due to the increased demands from producing more drones, we now can actually run out of our closest resource supply on the surface and are going to need to rely upon mining (or getting it from other surface places).
The dedicated lab researcher who is as yet Un-Named makes a break-through in kinetics, working out how to throw projectiles accurately.
A: Research
B: Explore
C: Increase growth
D: Diplomacy
E: Expand military
F: Write in.
Rolled 96, 88, 68 + 30 = 282 (3d100 + 30)
>>46849781
Research Physics.
>>46849781
D: Diplomacy with the Dwarves
Those poor barbaric things. They need our culture!
>>46849781
Research engineering
>>46849781
A Research something that measures the volcanic activity. Then we can mine with explosives, if we have electricity, so we can detonate by safe distance (I assume we have electricity)
Rolled 52, 89, 7 + 30 = 178 (3d100 + 30)
>>46849830
Forgot dice
it`s not better define what we are going to do, like example. All votes, then the most voted we decide what we do. Like now, everyone whats a diferent research, lets vote, if research wins, then we vote again to see what we gonna research before rolling dices. What you guys think? OP?
>>46849949
Yeah, we should go with choosing which 2 letters. Then choosing what to do with those two decisions.
There will always be a third technology slot from the Seventh Leader.
So all are in agreement with research and diplomacy/exploring. DECIDE WHICH :)
>>46849994
Yes and I pick Diplomacy.
I choose Research
>>46849994
Research
>>46850013
In the Lab, Zealxi takes the voice recordings from the expedition to meet the dwarfs and alongside Seven she learns the Dwarfish language. She then makes it available for every other Ashen to download so everyone an communicate when it becomes applicable.
So that's diplomacy used as a slot.
>>46850031
are all in favour of research for the second slot?
>>46850072
Aye
What do you guys want to research?
Physics is needed for measuring volcanic activity, engineering and combat, also would help out more complex construction.
>>46850201
Still gonna say Physics.
>>46850201
Physics as well.
Rolled 75, 76, 18 = 169 (3d100)
Dr. Light leads the efforts to expand knowledge and use of space and time, assisted by other Named Ones and Seven.
Turns out that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, a simple fact that has dramatic consequences and leads to whole new fields of research.
The most immediate is the principles of ranged combat - something that a couple leaders knew about but hadn't mastered - by throwing objects quite far, explosives can theoretically be used safely in combat now, though there are still worries over risking damage to Volcano's temper.
Researchers in the lab have discovered how to sense if there is going to be an eruption.
>below a 40 the volcano shakes and releases lava that will hit the shitty barricade in one turn, then to the lab after that.
Rolled 78 (1d100)
>>46850356
Work on the barricade.
Make it stronger and have alter the flow of the lava rather than halt it.
Rolled 82 (1d100)
>>46850381
This is the most important. Warn the Dwarves, too.
56 drones
+ 4 drones a turn
7 leaders (6 named)
Buildings: LAB and LARGE-STOREHOUSE. Wall to the north that protects us from the average volcano eruption (volcano has been found to be highly unlikely to actually go off fully like when Ashen were created)
Civilization: Religion worshiping Father Volcano and the Queen Asigui of Metal life(?). Leader-bots have an evenly distributed number of drones that obey them. Nodes take the imprints of Leader-bots minds so that the Leaders don't need to micromanage everything.
Military: One Named is decked out with weaponry, about a dozen drones can fight effectively, all drones can be retrofitted to fight after a turn but won't be as effective at normal work.
Technology: all basic shit (tools, knowledge of construction, bladed weapons, basic unpacked explosives). How to create more drones from scratch. How to build more Leaders though until population of drones meets 100 it takes concerted effort to make leaders. Mining. Metalworking. Bronze working.
Autopsies of malnourished and battered Harpie pair has been done, as has analysis of broken Drones and a damaged-but-now-repaired Zealxi.
>Resources: plentiful access to metals and rocks. A local mine.
>energy: cooler lava flows can be accessed and the energy can be stored in now mk2 energy batteries.
Neighbours: a small dwarf clan that has a small farm outside their cave.
sounds like a good goal. Bipedal machines that want to make an Almighty Titan that is the avatar of the Ashen Ones?
Mostly Bipedal bots of varying thickness worshiping the Volcano and the Goddess of Earth and Minerals.
>>46850394
>>46850381
A large, tall and cleverly build mound is built that protects the surrounding area from volcanic activity.
Zealxi brings the warning about potential activity to the Dwarfs and this also opens trade with them through mutual trust.
ballistics are improved upon and so we have a couple missile drones that are immobile but can rotate upon their hinges. They sit on top of lab
Anyway, it's been over 7 hours since I started this thread, and it's clear that people are going to sleep or something leading to only a couple of replies in 20 minutes.
I will continue as is, except I will simply wait until there are enough replies regardless of how long it takes, and if people want it to live they can.
>>46850722
I think it's best we wait until morning. I'm about to go to sleep mode. I can stay online for a while longer if you want.
>>46850739
nah, just sleep. I will just start another thread if this one dies in the morning. (I am NZ so it's only 7pm here).
Pretty fun running a machine game. So weird having robots needing to learn physics but makes sense since they have randomly come into being ha.
>>46850760
See you in the morning then.
just bumping this to stop it dying totally. Feel free to post here, I am probably awake for another couple of hours so can move this on a bit more if enough are present.
Yahallo
Lab always does one free tech, by Seven the Seventh Leader-bot.
A: Research
B: Explore
C: Increase growth
D: Diplomacy
E: Expand military
F: Write in.
no pressure, but if you post you may as well vote :) if you are around.
Rolled 98, 31, 46 + 30 = 205 (3d100 + 30)
> military leader rises
Lets develop soldiers that can extract lava, safely hold it within their bodies, and expel it at other targets. May the savagery of the short-pigs be cleaned and properly judged by fire.
>>46854085
The short-legs maybe have some usefull knowledge and they are producing life forms to eat.. What a intresting life form. But create a drone that can hold lava is a good idea, but the lava will cool down and the drone will stop. We need to think better this idea.
>>46854350
The drone will keep the lava hot by its life energy and faith alone.
Well, goodnight guys.
Feel free to chat things through and I will make sure to add your choices to the civ.
>>46854778
Goodnight. Funnily enough, I woke up about 10 minutes ago.
If anyone wants to substitute, feel free. I can always take over when I have time and am well rested.
>>46854894
Just make sure to acknowledge this roll when you come back:
>>46854085
Sleep tight OP.
>>46854894
Sleep tight.
