Re: (TFT) Goblin port

["Jay Carlisle" <Jay_Carlisle@charter.net>]

Donbt wave twinkies at the pudgy girl with the bad rhinoplasty.
There may be yes, yes in her eyes but therebs no nose on her face.

Now that Ibve said that I can say this.

I am continuing work on the Goblin port but the past few days have involved 
learning about north England.
Ibm sure nobody wants to hear too much about soil types or Ancient Woodlands 
or land use planning in the U.K., what DEFRA is, or the RFS, or so on.
http://www.magic.gov.uk/
I seem to have a TON of leeway here for dropping in forests, removing 
reservoirs, and otherwise remaking the environment for a more medieval type 
setting.
As might be inferred from the start of this Jay can only absorb so much info 
so quickly (study time, strongly related to IQ and Jay's lack), so Ibll 
switch gears for a bit while I consider how to set the thing up.
It may seem silly but how the land is laid out will go a long way in 
determining things like construction methods.
No reason to describe adobe construction with plenty of trees around.
Looks like I could use lots of oak.
Log cabins?
Joe Hero w/ST 30 doesnbt get to punch through 2 ft thick logs, but therebs 
plenty of water around for mills.
To saw up the logs Ropp says to allow for the slab and saw cut then bfrom 
the square of the diameter (in inches {minimum of 12}) subtract 60, multiply 
the remainder by half of the length (in feet) and point off the right bhand 
figure.)
By this method he shows that a 25b diameter log 16b long provides 452 square 
feet of boards.
The player/builder gets a lot more coverage for his material.
A Pumphrey brother might be shoulder ramming their way through a wall made 
of boards ifbn they want.
Of course, mix in plenty of hazel and coppice it and they might be building 
with wattle and daub.
I might be able to shoot a long bow through thatb&
Probably not now that I think of it.
Anyway, the patch of Ancient Woodlands I've found below Newcastle gives me 
an idea of what the lumber resources might be in an olde school forest.
The patch also points out that those resources are limited.

Oh yeah, I screwed up and told a couple of play testers that I can do 
organized make-believe and once they got the idea I asked what kinda story 
they would like to try.
I'm stuck with a handful of vampire sessions as a result.
Frame your game carefuly... although I got away with getting to pick the 
local myself.
Fine, it's north England.
I try and make my research do multipule duty if'n I can.
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