From 7005f1f66fb525161655520c98c1eef63702708a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Senji Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 22:06:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Rest of stuff from YsoldeWiki --- Meta/Brainstorming.mdwn | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Meta/Brainstorming.mdwn diff --git a/Meta/Brainstorming.mdwn b/Meta/Brainstorming.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f4d0b64c --- /dev/null +++ b/Meta/Brainstorming.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +[[!toc ]] + +PCs are new junior members and/or companions of the Schola Pythagoris; an Autumn covenant shading into Winter. + +I'm using the 4th Ed Stonehenge book as background and mangling (in)appropriately. + +Senior members are: +------------------- + +- SoAndSoExJerbeton - the founder; probably an archmage. Old. +- ThingyExJerbeton - SoAndSo?'s first apprentice; Also old. +- SomeoneExMercere - Ungifted Redcap and librarian. + +Other members of as yet undetermined seniority: +----------------------------------------------- + +- The priest at St Peter's† +- The senior rabbi of the Jewry (Cambridge doesn't rate a "Jewish Quarter" but has one of the larger groupings of Jews outside London)† +- A natural magician + +† These two would be available for player characters. + +Yes, your covenant structure starts to look odd when you have a Jerbeton founder with a dream of harmony. + +Non-member major covenfolk we're going to need: +----------------------------------------------- + +- Stewards for the Inn, the Schola, and the Esk holdings +- Assistant librarian +- Bookbinder +- Illuminator +- Scribe(s) +- Stablemaster +- Turb captain - note that some of the turb is going to be deployed in Esk and some as bouncers at the inn. Oh and we're going to want a guard on the portal room of some kind. Oh apparently House Mercere will provide those. We probably want our own though. Probably 4 grog units. Lets call them α, δ, ש, א . +- A riverboat captain / convoy-leader +- … + +Sites +----- + +The Schola itself (and a small amount of land around it). This consists of the public areas of the covenant, the library, a couple of labs and a portal room. It lies to the north of the river and would flood in some winters if it weren't for magical interference. + +The covenent controls the Benefice of St Peter's a couple of hundred yards to the northeast of the Schola. + +An inn on Akeman Street near the village of Landbeach. The inn extends into a faerie regio and labs are available here. + +A holding in the Esk Valley (in the North of England). This has livestock farming and iron mines. The mines produce a certain amount of Jet as a side effect. Covenent rules require a member to be based here every season. Formerly an elementalist resided here and there is an air lab and an earth lab on site. + +Presumably the senior magi must live somewhere & their houses must effectively be part of the covenent. + +The juniors must live somewhere too, but we'll handle that in uptime. + +Oh my god. How many Aegises are we going to need...? + +How long does it take to travel from the Schola to: +--------------------------------------------------- + +- St Mary the Great: 20 minutes by foot +- The Inn: 3 hours by foot; 1-2 hours by horse +- Ely: 8 hours by foot; about 3 by horse +- London: ? +- Esk: ?? + +Getting to and from Esk is going to be a pain; our portal might help, but not by much if it does. + +It looks as if our best bet to get to the Esk Valley is going to be riverboat: + +- Two days from Cambridge to Wisbech on the Cam and Great Ouse +- One day around the Wash (and potentially delays if the weather is bad) +- One or two days to Lincoln along the Witham +- Two or three days from there to Pickering +- One or two days over the moor in wagons. We probably try and get a good night's sleep in Pickering then set out very early to make the trip in a day. If we aim to hit Pickering at the Solstice/Equinox? we can meet the outgoing maga and only have to have the wagons travel once. If we have spare time then a side trip to visit Voluntes could be done here. + +So that just about fits in for the 10-days in a season. Allowing for weather and delays we maybe want to be looking at 2-season shifts at the Esk Valley. -- 2.30.2