General Recommendations

- Attempts should be made to arrange the purchase of a miracle diamond, ideally already within a scribed scroll of Miracle, in the expectation that within the near future there will likely be several occasions where using it will be money well spent. Estimated cost: greater than 200000 Sails.

- Additional areas Korvosa, particularly those near the entrance to the vault or other important locations, should be Hallowed and affixed with a death ward. Care should be taken to ensure the safety of the priest(s) in question while they cast it, such as use of Hide from Undead or temporarily moving large quantities of stone to form a barrier. Estimated Cost: 5000 Sails per Hallow.

- Efforts should be taken to encourage and incentivize more Korvosans to become clerics, particularly of good and neutral gods that grant them positive channeling.

- Clerics, including low circle clerics, should be equipped with scrolls of Consecrate and given training on how to identify optimal areas in which to cast the spell. Seminars should be given on the utility of such locations in undead outbreaks, including particularly wights and shadows. Estimated Cost: between 10000 and 60000 Sails, depending on desired redundancy.

- The Korvosan Vault should be consecrated by clerics as space and available second circle spells allow. Estimated Cost: 25 Sails per Consecrate.

- Changes to Korvosan zoning law to prevent this from reoccuring are recommended; in the judgment of this report's authors, use of zoning to force impoverished citizens into ramshackle, dense, and poorly lit tenements far from the center of Korvosa are a poor idea even outside of incidents like 14 Nex. See supplemental materials from House Arkona and Archbanker Tuttle for additional information. Estimated Cost: 0 Sails - the church of Abadar estimates that relaxing this policy would be to Korvosa's economic benefit even prior to recent population changes.

Recommendations to Watch Sergeant Cressida Kroft

- We don't have any evidence that this incident could have been avoided thereby, but given the priors we suggest that Cressida Kroft attempt to delegate more of her work.

- Watch Sergeant Kroft should make use of her extensive experience in recruitment to aid the Field Marshall in replenishing the numbers of the Korvosan city guard, as well as proactively identify any other areas where she might usefully assist in the management of the city.

- Watch Sergeant Kroft should consider carrying scrolls of Mage’s Decree for emergency pronouncements in time sensitive situations, rather than relying on other parties to do so. Estimated Cost: 1650 Sails.

Recommendations to Field Marshall Sabina Merrin

- The Field Marshall should expand the Korvosan city guard by arranging for the transportation of guards from the provinces, promoting rear-line staff with relevant skillsets to active duty positions, and recruiting for new openings.

- The Field Marshall should continue to coordinate with trustworthy Lawful organizations like Otol's Men and the church of Abadar to make up for lacking numbers.

- Additional funding should be allocated towards equipment aimed at combat with shadows, including undead-bane and ghost touch weaponry, with priority given to longbows. No set cost is included, but it is the estimation of this report that many such purchases are worthwhile in expectation, particularly given that the price of such goods is likely to go up in the future.

- The Field Marshall should seek to purchase and stockpile scrolls of spells like wall of stone, stone shape, and command undead for use to prevent incursions in emergencies. For lower level such spells, like Mage Armor, wands are reccomended. Estimated Cost: greater than 10000 sails before efficiency starts decreasing 

- The Korvosan guard should reconsider its policies involving the purchase of enchanted weapons going forward. Though it is not likely that broader access to enchanted weapons would have prevented this crisis, previous considerations of their relative costs and benefits to well-made mundane gear are judged unlikely to continue to hold going forwards. Estimated Cost: none presently, as supplies of such weapons are larger than the available talent pool, but going forward each person thereby equipped should be assumed to cost Korvosa between 100 and 200 sails a year.

- The Korvosan guard should consider greater international ties with organizations possessing useful expertise for the present crisis, particularly Lastwall. 

- The Field Marshall is to be commended for her proactive and thorough delegation of tasks to appropriate subordinates, and is encouraged to continue this practice moving forwards.

Recommendations to Seneschal Corbastia Lettice

- Sable Company Marines should be equipped with scrolls of Aspect of the Falcon and Keen senses as availability permits for greater combat ability where visibility is poor. Estimated cost: 7500 Sails.

- Sable Company Marines should be equipped with flight arrows, which would permit them to engage foes like shadows from further off without cost to accuracy, in sufficient numbers to permit sustained fire. Some of the weight budget for ordinary arrows should be shifted to compensate. Estimated cost: 2000 Sails. 

- Sable Company Marines should be equipped with Holy Weapon Balm, presuming it wasn't retconned away to explain why we don't already have it. Estimated Cost: 18000 Sails.

- The Seneschal should attempt to work with Lord Marcus Endrin to coordinate the Sable Combany Marines in the defense of Korvosa's remaining surface holdings.

- Efforts should be taken to regenerate the numbers of Sable Company marines after their losses on 14 Nex.

Recommendations to Her Majesty Queen Illeosa Arabesti

- Her Majesty should consider promoting people to positions of authority for reasons of merit rather than appearance.

- Her Majesty is encouraged to take out more loans in Korvosa's name, as the time discounting of money for Korvosa in the immediate future is most likely larger than the current interest rates on offer.

- Her Majesty should seek out additional adventurers to hold on retainer, particularly spellcasters, for the duration of the crisis; this includes but is not limited to members of the Pathfinder Society.

Recommendations to Lord Toff Ornelos

- Lord Ornelos is commended for his rapid response to the crisis.

- Lord Ornelos should consider being more willing to spend limited resources in the defense of Korvosa. It is the estimate of this report's authors that there are a number of high circle spells that, had Lord Ornelos cast them from a scroll, would have saved the city of Korvosa more money than those scrolls cost, and doing so and getting compensated thereby would have left both parties better off. This includes but is not limited to using Limited Wish to cast empowered Symbols of Healing and castings of of Daylight in support of the Sable Marines. If Hallow can be cast via limited wish without the former's standard casting time, it should also be considered for such situations.

- There are a number of spells laid out in paperback sources that would be very useful in this sort of situation, such as Aroden's Magic Army. Lord Ornelos should consider checking whether any of them are included in this campaign setting.

- Lord Ornelos should consider if there are cheaper ways to achieve ends he desires than hundreds of thousands of sails in property damage.