Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Boney
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I can think of at least one good reason to buy Nuln. Dwarfs have the best craftsmanship, they know it, and they charge accordingly. Our funds are not unlimited, or even all that impressive when you look at higher nobility. And considering loading times on pistols, sometimes having a brace of good pistols is better than having one excellent one.
I like that it has thought to our future actions.
Notably I expect we'll be spending the next 3 turns working on our magic backlog before we head out adventuring again.
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exam
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boost intrigue, steward, learning, fitness
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Study enchantment and Qhaysh juice
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read the Liber Mortis
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The top plan that includes buying a gun does have it buying from the dwarfs.
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I am not sure we can find anything ready for our small hand and slender build. Dwarwen pistols are probably at least 15mm and kick like a horse.
- Location
- Burgundian Netherlands
[X] Plan Much to Do Before Magistery
It just occurs to me, while we're there why not commission a puresteel greatsword as well?
@BoneyM is it a possibility to add it to the shopping list while we're in Zhufbar (if we end up going there this turn), or would we need another action?
It just occurs to me, while we're there why not commission a puresteel greatsword as well?
@BoneyM is it a possibility to add it to the shopping list while we're in Zhufbar (if we end up going there this turn), or would we need another action?
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[X] Plan Wilhelmina n Pals
Great plan.
[X] Plan Magic 5 before exams
Solid plan.
Could do will getting the gunpowder factory started but nonetheless solid.
[X] Plan Much to Do Before Magistery
Dislike the 'Internalized Lessons' action. Far too little return for the action invested, particularly when our 'stewardship plans' mostly come down to ordering other people to do stewardy things for us. Also don't care for the pistol. It is a lot of money for a minor improvement of an item we use rarely if at all.
But an otherwise fine plan.
[] Plan Magic Building and Expansion
Wasting the niter crystals. This is Warhammer, not Stardew. I do like the plan otherwise but that is too much of a deal breaker.
[] Plan Seventeen Can't Think Of A Name
Too little magic, too much 'Internalized Lessons'.
[] Plan: Man what is this backlog of stuff I need to study
Plan fails to do the thing we told the collage we were going to do, which can get us killed. Plan fails to do anything with our currently idle factory, directly costing us money. Plan spends an action figuring out how to abandon our home, a home we have spent years improving and have no legitimate reason to leave. (Fearmongering is not a legitimate reason.)
So no.
@BoneyM
Suggestion for future action:
Showing the Dämmerlichtreiter flag – Spend a few weeks riding between the towns and cities of Stirland at impossible speeds. Be visibly doing 'something' and see if anyone suddenly acts nervous. Pay some clandestine social calls on people of influence and see if they try to bring anything to your attention.
Great plan.
[X] Plan Magic 5 before exams
Solid plan.
Could do will getting the gunpowder factory started but nonetheless solid.
[X] Plan Much to Do Before Magistery
Dislike the 'Internalized Lessons' action. Far too little return for the action invested, particularly when our 'stewardship plans' mostly come down to ordering other people to do stewardy things for us. Also don't care for the pistol. It is a lot of money for a minor improvement of an item we use rarely if at all.
But an otherwise fine plan.
[] Plan Magic Building and Expansion
Wasting the niter crystals. This is Warhammer, not Stardew. I do like the plan otherwise but that is too much of a deal breaker.
[] Plan Seventeen Can't Think Of A Name
Too little magic, too much 'Internalized Lessons'.
[] Plan: Man what is this backlog of stuff I need to study
Plan fails to do the thing we told the collage we were going to do, which can get us killed. Plan fails to do anything with our currently idle factory, directly costing us money. Plan spends an action figuring out how to abandon our home, a home we have spent years improving and have no legitimate reason to leave. (Fearmongering is not a legitimate reason.)
So no.
@BoneyM
Suggestion for future action:
Showing the Dämmerlichtreiter flag – Spend a few weeks riding between the towns and cities of Stirland at impossible speeds. Be visibly doing 'something' and see if anyone suddenly acts nervous. Pay some clandestine social calls on people of influence and see if they try to bring anything to your attention.
- Location
- Germany
Sure, but pistols from this age and place can be as tricky as minor magic.
Better to have masterwork that won't blow your hand off on the first critfail.
I think it might be the opposite. Dwarves have superior alloys and machining capabilities and in the models and pictures at least they are depicted as being less bulky than empire made weapons.
For what purpose?
- Location
- Norway
Even that 15 strikes me as an optimistic best-case scenario. Actual time is probably going to get lengthened by failures, retries, and things that take multiple actions.
It's not about bulk, it's about caliber and recoil. For a battle-usable sidearm you generally need as big a handgun as you can reasonably carry and use, at least until automatic pistols are a thing. And dwarves can carry and use guns bigger than humans can. There's a hope we can find something like kid training pistol or a dwarven equivalent of mouse gun or pepperbox but I fear that most dwarven ready-made pistols are just too strong for us to use.
- Location
- Brazil
[X] Plan: Man what is this backlog of stuff I need to study
To remind the locals of our reputation. To make people question if The Dämmerlichtreiter was actually fired or is secretly still running the show. To see if anything interesting is going on that we can stick our nose into like the meddling wizard we are.
In the wider sense I want an option for being more than just a reclusive business owner and academic. We might go adventuring further afield but so long as we are based in Stirland I would like the option of poking around locally.
- Location
- Brazil
@DarkLight140 Would you be willing to swap one spell or Stewardship for Dwarf Prospectors?
I think it's one of the best investments of dwarf favor. This is the kind of thing we need to know for sure.
I think it's one of the best investments of dwarf favor. This is the kind of thing we need to know for sure.
10ebbor10
DON'T PANIC
- Location
- Present
Clearly the mirrorsnake is the obvious and best familiar.
- Location
- Norway
I think this is really not the time to play Meddling Wizard, we'll only confirm Roswita's prejudices. She's treated us reasonably well in spite of those prejudices; from her point of view, wizards explode into demons (or as in Jovi's case, explode into citywide fires) too often to keep them around safely, especially in a castle that's already had a demon explosion, so writing us a glowing letter of recommendation rather than "GTFO now now now" is a fairly good outcome.
Let her get into her own trouble, and then maybe she can ask for help or we can meddle helpfully at some later time.
Being a reclusive business owner and academic is what the thread voted to be, at least until Magister rank is reached. If you really want to keep an ear out, there's an option already there for watching events play out with the new Elector Countess.
Beyond that, the list of people that would start acting nervous at a wizard openly doing magic is the entire population of Stirland. And uninvited visits on random notables would be... well. "I'm here to see the Mayor of Wherever." "Do you have an invitation?" "No." "Are they expecting you?" "No." "Are you here on official business?" "No." "Are you hear for any specific purpose at all?" "Not really." All that would be achieved is worrying the populace and antagonizing the Elector Countess.
Also:
6. No Magister may cast a spell or enchantment outside of the theatre of war and in public view without first being requested to by the Emperor, the Electors of Sigmar's Holy Empire, or another legitimate employer as defined by the Articles of this document. All spells and enchantments cast without these permission may only be done so with and for demonstrably good reason.
Good thing we are not a magister then!
Sinsystems
Patron Librarian
[X] Plan Much to Do Before Magistery
- Location
- Russia
I thought about factory, but decided to wait couple of turns to see if Roswita wants those gong farmers back. If she doesn't - great, but if she does and we invest 5 dwarven favor in the meantime it would result in mountains of salt.
- Location
- Norway
Incidentally, as the Empire has ten provinces and an Elector Count rules for about 25-30 years, I expect there'll be a council turnover (and possible open slot for Mathilde to go back to advisoring somewhere) about every three years on average. Now, on the one hand, some ECs will keep old councilmembers, on the other hand, some councilmembers will retire of their own accord when they hit their own generational turnover, so I'd start preparing to wait 1d6 years from "Magister get" to the next chance to apply for a council spot.
Unrelated, I would suggest turning Mathilde's Economics skill into a proficiency over raising raw Stewardship for the moment.
Unrelated, I would suggest turning Mathilde's Economics skill into a proficiency over raising raw Stewardship for the moment.