gmsamuel
Squire
Got on after over six months away, feels like Dja vu.
Posts: 44 
Favorite D&D Class: Held at the RPG academy
Favorite D&D Race: The Marathon
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Post by gmsamuel on Mar 9, 2016 1:51:05 GMT
Famous LumberJack no.1
name: Bahl Panyon.
Story: Bahl Panyon was known for being 8 feet tall, wearing checked direboar skin, having a huge beard, and chopping down trees. He is known for using his diplomatic skills on a group of druids that frowned on the practice of tree cutting. He told them,"Man is from nature, and now they conquer nature. We will always rise above nature, this thing you seek to protect. We will always rule over nature, and this is a natural thing." Although this did not convince the druids, the idea that people were just a developed part of nature was something they found profoundly disturbing. As a result they decided to leave the woods and protect some area where they did not have to deal with an 8 foot tall guy who wore a shirt made of checkered dire boar hide.
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Post by frohtastic on Mar 9, 2016 8:27:58 GMT
Famous LumberJack no.1 name: Bahl Panyon. Story: Bahl Panyon was known for being 8 feet tall, wearing checked direboar skin, having a huge beard, and chopping down trees. He is known for using his diplomatic skills on a group of druids that frowned on the practice of tree cutting. He told them,"Man is from nature, and now they conquer nature. We will always rise above nature, this thing you seek to protect. We will always rule over nature, and this is a natural thing." Although this did not convince the druids, the idea that people were just a developed part of nature was something they found profoundly disturbing. As a result they decided to leave the woods and protect some area where they did not have to deal with an 8 foot tall guy who wore a shirt made of checkered dire boar hide. Hah, im just imagining Ron Swanson  |
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Post by galakan on Mar 9, 2016 18:13:12 GMT
Number 3:
"When a tree falls in the woods, we are the ones who hear it."
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Post by frohtastic on Mar 10, 2016 5:04:49 GMT
Wouldnt it also make more sense that they also build with the lumber they have? Aka crafting furniture etc?
Also are the quest part something the guild sends adventurers out to do or something they are usualy tasked with?
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Wilvyn
Commoner
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Favorite D&D Class: Ranger
Favorite D&D Race: Kobold
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Post by Wilvyn on Mar 10, 2016 10:32:17 GMT
First post on the board.  7a Initiates are sent out with just a wolf/direwolf (as a guard) to bring back the biggest tree they can muster. They have to fell the tree, prepare it for transport, drag it back and treat the wood within 2 days, without getting killed. The tree will be judged by the heads of the guild and if large enough the initiate will be accepted into the guild. |
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Post by kjmagle on Mar 10, 2016 13:59:34 GMT
Wouldnt it also make more sense that they also build with the lumber they have? Aka crafting furniture etc? Also are the quest part something the guild sends adventurers out to do or something they are usualy tasked with? I hate to say no but that is carpenters basically. Maybe instead of of a guild of lumber jacks it would be a guild of woodworks with different sub groups like lumberjacks, carpenters, idk... bonfire makers. |
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Post by joatmoniac on Mar 10, 2016 17:51:24 GMT
First post on the board. 7a Initiates are sent out with just a wolf/direwolf (as a guard) to bring back the biggest tree they can muster. They have to fell the tree, prepare it for transport, drag it back and treat the wood within 2 days, without getting killed. The tree will be judged by the heads of the guild and if large enough the initiate will be accepted into the guild. I really like this idea. Especially since the second half of the idea can be monitored and judged by the higher ups in the guild while it happens. There are a lot of factors in there that can be judged, and I can see the initiate standing there waiting while the heads confer in a huddle away from the initiate. Also, welcome to the Block Party! Straight to sharing great ideas on your first post, well played! |
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Post by rorrik on Mar 10, 2016 23:25:55 GMT
5a. A group of non-guild-sanctioned lumberjacks is chopping wood outside of the guild's direction and without paying dues. Their logging is not sustainable and they are undercutting guild prices. They need to be stopped.
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gmsamuel
Squire
Got on after over six months away, feels like Dja vu.
Posts: 44
Favorite D&D Class: Held at the RPG academy
Favorite D&D Race: The Marathon
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Post by gmsamuel on Mar 11, 2016 1:27:27 GMT
5a. A group of non-guild-sanctioned lumberjacks is chopping wood outside of the guild's direction and without paying dues. Their logging is not sustainable and they are undercutting guild prices. They need to be stopped. Perhaps they have a part of their guild that functions independently of the leadership that commits sabotage on their competitors. By separating it from the leadership the leaders could truthfully claim,"I HAD NO PART OF THIS!" they could be some sort of mysterious group that everyone knows exists, but that everyone denies the existence of. |
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Post by galakan on Mar 15, 2016 15:55:06 GMT
Perhaps they have a part of their guild that functions independently of the leadership that commits sabotage on their competitors. By separating it from the leadership the leaders could truthfully claim,"I HAD NO PART OF THIS!" they could be some sort of mysterious group that everyone knows exists, but that everyone denies the existence of. This could lead to a whole lumberjack campaign where you try to oust the corruption from the ranks! I love it. Also, is it bad that when I thought of a corrupted lumberjack all that came to mind was a person whose beard showed signs of evil? I don't even know what that would look like, but I just keep thinking back to it. |
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Post by frohtastic on Mar 15, 2016 21:33:24 GMT
5B:
Being quite skilled woodsmen, the Lumberjacks guild "often" gets tasked with ridding the forests of corrupted trees, treeants, etc.
They may look for adventurers to take part of it as protection detail, but most of the time the lumberjacks are able to take care of themselves.
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Post by catcharlie on Mar 16, 2016 14:00:33 GMT
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Wilvyn
Commoner
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Favorite D&D Class: Ranger
Favorite D&D Race: Kobold
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Post by Wilvyn on Mar 19, 2016 14:24:27 GMT
Just looking at synonyms for lumberjack and think the guild could be
"The Whistle Punks"
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Post by joatmoniac on Mar 20, 2016 5:02:03 GMT
Just looking at synonyms for lumberjack and think the guild could be "The Whistle Punks" I don't know why I love this name so much, but I do!! |
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Post by swordnut on Apr 12, 2016 8:39:15 GMT
Guilds are a reaction against poor situations. They are created to protect craftsmen etc but the population dont have to support them, and neither do the law-makers.
So why do they?
Quality control is the big one. once it gets going and gets wealthy, you can make an arguement for vested interests.
An un-regulated market leads to exploitation by unscrupulous (and very numerous) people who make\sell fake goods. Not fake as in designer knock offs (that are irl often made in the country of sale and of superior quality to the sweatshop made real stuff). Fake as in flour that is mostly chalk dust, or bread with sawdust in it. Cosmetics containing lead and arsenic, or machinery that will fail dangerously. Medicine that is basically ethanol with colouring, or homoeopathy. Wait....
So we have a guild to reassure people that the work will be up to quality, and if it isnt, that there is recourse to a higher authority.
Law makers enshrine the guilds with powers and monopolies because it saves them a headache dealing with all the claims.
So, what was going wrong that led the people to support a lumberjacks guild?
Were unscrupulous lumber jacks felling illegally? (medieval english laws differentiated between "wood" - trees under 4 inches thick that could be gathered by anyone and "timber" that belonged to the landowner, leading to changes in building design, large scale use of wicker and the practice of coppicing and fagotting)
Was there a timber shortage caused by a dispute or illegal logging?
Was there a landslide caused by logging?
Would an unqualified lumberjack cause damage to the forest that would upset someone? Might there have been a war with a forest-dwelling people?
Were timber yards stealing wood from properties and re-selling it? (this actually happened, "reclaimed" timber is fashionable now but was seen as being the hallmark of poverty or miserliness) Could there be a turn of phrase like "his house is full of nails" to mean he is a miser and will stoop to less than legal means to save money?
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