REFUGEVILLE

Mayhaps ask the gods if they know why Signet hates the sign of courage?

Nobody knows why the Signet hate the Sigil of Courage. Not even the gods know for certain. There’s even a small religion based on the idea that the Sigil represents an ‘Overgod’, a being even more powerful than deities, and the Signet absolutely despise the Overgod for being a genuine threat. You personally think it’s because the Sigil represents rebellion; note how one line just doesn’t connect with the others. A sign of defiance, perhaps.

So to come back to the matter at hand right now, I mostly concur with the people above me with a few additions.
Let's sell two stone axes, I would add one of the three jar of milk and one piece of jerky for nine crumbits too, and buy the contruction manual, two healing bandages, the fishing trap and leather bag.

Your people sell off two stone axes, along with one jar worth of milk and a piece of beef jerky. They gain 15 crumbits in total. They then purchase two healing bandages, the fishing trap, the leather bag and the book on construction. Now they have 4 crumbits left.

The villagers spend the morning looking for food, making more axes and digging to create more space in the basement. By noon, they’ve completed 4 stone axes, caught 6 rabbits, 6 fish and gained 1 jar of milk. They haven’t managed to find any silver in the river today.

They also finished reading the construction manual. Aside from what Ogot already offered, the manual also taught them how to build:

Blacksmith’s Workshop: Can be used to make metal tools, armor and weapons.
Requires Fire, 30 stones, 5 iron ingots, 1 table, 1 chair.

Laboratory: Necessary for research and testing new inventions.
Requires Fire, 30 Stones, 20 branches, 8 iron ingots.

Explosive Decoy: A person-sized doll that explodes when struck with a blunt or sharp object.
Requires 8 branches, 1 jar of oil, clothing, 1 sparkflower.

Catapult: Artillery capable of throwing heavy objects.
Requires 100 branches, 20 stones.

Stone Tower: A more defensible watch-tower, resistant to fire.
Requires 60 stones.

A stranger and her baby arrive on a crude raft.



None of your villagers understand her language, but she looks like she comes from the Yaranga Tribe. She is visibly distressed.

“Mileta vrakteet! Vrakteet! Yagava!” she screams as she stops her raft and presents her infant to the people of Refugeville. Your wisest members believe she is begging your people to take her child.

Then they see something else approach from the east.



It’s a creation of the Signet. A Galgom. Made of a wretched mix of clay and flesh, this enormous, many-armed creature is able to re-attach severed body parts. Not even removing its head is enough to kill it, though that should blind the creature.

It walks through the river’s water with ease, making use of its long legs. This one is carrying a sack and a massive hammer. It must be in charge of capturing slaves.

Aello the Winged woman in the village shrieks at the sight of the Galgom. A mix of fear and rage. She wants to kill it by dropping stones on it. Half of the village is terrified of the Galgom, and unsure if a fight against it is winnable. The others want to destroy it. They’re tired of the Signet stepping on everyone else. Tired of seeing people taken away.

Kori and Ogot believe it can be beaten. Your people just need the right strategy. The two merchants tell the villagers that the creature’s biggest weakness is that it is easily distracted, and though it can re-assemble itself, it will eventually tire and die of exhaustion if it keeps doing so without rest.

What should the people of Refugeville do?

- Have one group throw stones at the Galgom, while a second group engage it up close!

- Get everyone behind the palisade walls and engage the Galgom with everything they can throw!

- Try to set the Galgom on fire!

- Have everyone hide in the basement.

- Everybody flee in separate directions, and confuse the Galgom!

- Get everyone to aim for the Galgom’s eyes!

- Something else!

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Population: 10 out of 18 shelter spaces

Wealth: 4 crumbits

Animals:
1 Dog (Relief)
2 Cows (Bilin, Daina)

Plants:
12 tapioca (sapling)
10 mangould (sapling)

Weapons:
Iron Knife x 1 (4 crumbits)
Stone Axe x 5 (2 crumbits)
Stone Shovel x 1 (2 crumbits)
Steel Hooked Chains x 2 (Equipped by Guards, 8 crumbits each)

Guards:
Two Chain-Hook Users

Merchants:
Kori (Miscellaneous Goods)
Ogot (Building Materials)

Stockpile:
323 branches (1 crumbit for 4 branches)
7 beef jerky (5 crumbits each)
1 deer meat (7 crumbits each)
9 rabbit meat (2 crumbits each)
8 fish meat (2 crumbits each)
2 jar of milk (4 crumbits each)
4 loincloths (1 crumbit each)
191 stones

Buildings:
1 stone house (with basement)
1 shrine
1 palisade

Items:
Leather Bag
2 Treated Bandages
Construction Manual

Blessings:

Devoted Wolfpack: Rimewulf’s followers can transform into wolves at night, granting faster movement, enhanced senses and combat strength.

Arara’s Shade: Your people can endure heat that would normally cause heatstrokes. A common blessing for desert-dwellers and those who wish to endure drought.

Curses:

Marked By The Signet: The Signet will never stop sending scouts.