[quote=@Enkryption]
and Kath's books are reproducible, 
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They might be reproducible, but considering they are probably no other copies of those books in the new world then up until the point that they are replicated they should be considered irreplaceable.

[quote=@Xaltwind]
On the topic of resources, I have a question for all of you as well...
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The beast pens have 2 of every, or almost every beast in Yggdrasil (whether sun200 succeed at catching them all or not isn't a question I'm narrative interested in answering, nor is what all even equates too species count wise other than way to many). It is a massive resource hogging vanity project, so the answer to "how long can the Beast Pens be kept fed?" is not very long at all even with the oncoming injection of Gorgonbulls. The equivalent of chapter 2 will involve vampires trying to teach themselves/their thralls agriculture and that likely still wont solve the problem for good even if it goes off without a hitch. The pens are supposed to be modestly useful/powerful if people make use of whatever beast they want to find within but its also a massive pain in the ass to maintain in the state Sun200 intended.

Things the pens defiantly have in addition to the monsters.
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[*]Some but not many un-replaceable vampires (mostly hunters, tamers, and trappers with a few support classes thrown in like dark priests or herbalists, all of them with rider levels) 
[*]A tone of dumb thralls, mostly stable hands.
[*]Lots and lots of tunnels containing cells for monsters dug by miner thralls.
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Things of note the pens may or may not have:
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[*]Some actual farm animals, but only 2 of each.
[*]A (completely uncontrollable and sealed in a can) world boss
[*]A golden goose equivalent
[*]The sable lords' personal op/adorable pets who are missing their masters
[*]Queens and princes of 1 or more hive mind swarm species
[*]Lethal joke monsters
[*]Creatures that would make very nice fur coats
[*]weird gimmicky mounts galore
[*]whatever creatures people want to find in there
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most of which the vampires will not consider the usefulness of unless pressed

also I'm going to try and post on thrusday or friday to nurse the, presumably, manaless baby. Shame the cleric's gone, would have been fun to dramatically rush Zouyu to the [s]hospital[/s] temple