Julia Ashburn's Plans

This is a list of active and future plans as well as todo's for Lady Gallorett.

• Ambition: Become a harpy

• See about being useful for the Clan
• Find a lady's maid who is at least somewhat interesting
  • Decide on the current candidates Or draft up a proposal: Miss Thames

• Host a party for socializing with clanmembers

• Build a Herd to ensure sustenance
  • Ask Lady Sue for help
  • Owe a favour to Lady Sue in return

• Visit Lord and Lady Northal to look at the estate they want to sell (by explicit invitation of Lord Northall)
  • Try to see if there is something else they'd like instead of pounds
  • Estate ●○○○○; Mansion, three floors, optimal location in the City; asking price 1000-1500 £
    • Deze estate heeft nog een naam nodig: 18 Maiden Lane
    • Deze estate moet nog op de wiki

• Visit Lord Exter to discuss the matter of the Greek collection
  • Subtly show off command of Greek language
  • Convince Lord de Winter to sell his collection
  • Inform Lord Exter
  • See about Lord Exter's attention to reward for assistance (not a favour repayment)
  • Lord Exter owes me a favour for arranging the sale of Lord de Winter's collection

• Hire and Agent to manage estate: Hired Mr. McFlite
  • Decide upon ghouling agent: yes, as he has proven capable
  • Player choices: Favoured ability and two Attributes to receive +1. This player choice is based on information that I do not yet have:
    • If Mr. McFlite delegates the dirty work OR is already proficient in the dirty work (e.g., Dex ≥ 3 and Security ≥ 2) OR lacks the necessary social savvy (e.g., Manipulation ≤ 2 and Expression ≤ 2) then:
      Favoured ability: Expression, Increased Attributes: Wits, Manipulation
    • If Mr. McFlite handles the dirty work himself AND the other conditions mentioned above are not applicable then:
      Favoured ability Security, Increased Attributes: Wits, Dexterity

• Investigate the problems in Kew Gardens
  • Prevent further masquerade violations
  • Reward for efforts: Lady Aldwych will arrange for an introduction to any one person in the Clan

• Reinvest wealth in
  • A country estate for base income (includes an Estate ●●)
    • Design in progress: Bridewater Manor (based on Langrish House)
  • A luxury coach-making business to be ran in London proper, and in direct oversight of Mr. McFlite
    • See Reskin & Co.

• Get a well-appointed estate in London city (an Estate ●●●)
  • Ask around at the masked ball
  • Design in progress: Halpine House (Based on Lansdowne House, which has a very nice size roughly matching Rest; With reduced floorplan as seen in Shelbourne House floorplan)
  • Determine where to hang “Botanical Beauty”(6 successes) by Sir di Grimani

• Grow social circle
  • Get a few fellow neonates in social circle
  • Get Lady Eleanor in social circle
  • Get a harpy (Lady Northall) in social circle

• Train Linguistics ●●●○○ (5xp, 4 days):
  • Learn Farsi
  • Learn Sanskrit? (Many occult works from India are in sanskrit, and London has strong ties with India)

• Train Medicine ●●○○○ (2xp, 2 days)
• Grow herd to ●●●○○ (4xp, needs plan & effort)
• Train Stewardship ●●●○○ (3xp, 3 days)
• Increase Wealth to acceptable level (through ●●○○○ to ●●●○○, preferably)
• Get contact from Father Lloyd: Animalism (8xp, ? days)
  • Owe favour to Lady Belladonna
• Get Lord Hertford to teach me about Presence ( 8xp, ? days)
• Find trainer for Refined Palate (7xp, ? days)
• Train Poetry speciality in Linguistics (with Frederick Gray) to ●●●○○ (2xp, 3 days)
  • Put Frederick Gray on the wiki

• Write first column on economics, and find a paper that is willing to publish it under a pseudonym
  • Think up an interesting and recognizable male Pseudonym
  • Await reply
  • Write a column every week, send in draft before monday, get feedback and final before wednesday