Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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- Europa, Jupiter Orbit
...Wow.Dieter is like, the product of CK2 inbreeding gone horribly wrong.
His family line literally means "Incapable". Imagine how they ended up officially calling their dynasty that way. How did he even get elected Emperor in the first place?
@BoneyM I wonder if Mathilde knows how does Mutable Visage work on nonhuman races, say goblins or skaven? Does "unattractive" option make the leader more prone to backstabbing? (I know we didn't ever try it, but the spell is well-known and relatively simple - it might be common knowledge in the College)
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- Germiston, South Africa
[X] The King's Gates.
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- Hyperborea
What was the expedition like in canon? If I recall what's been said correctly, this one was considerably more versatile.
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- Wichita, Kansas
Didn't the Dwarves used to be the best of allies with elder Dragons before they were betrayed by them (at least according to the dwarves) in the War of Vengeance? Depending on how old Eight Peaks is that airport could have been a meeting place where dragonflame and a bit of elvish insight into the warp allowed the old masters to create such incredible runes, until everyone involved started murdering each other.
As I understand it, runecraft was gifted in a nearly complete form by the gods and its been pretty much downhill since then, with the more able exception of Alaric the Mad.
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- Memphis, TN
So our shadow is showing some form of intelligence yes?
Is there a way we could communicate with it or maybe train and direct it where we want it to go I wonder?
Also, have to wonder if it can morph and stretch itself while still being attached to our body or does it have to keep Mathilde's shape
Is there a way we could communicate with it or maybe train and direct it where we want it to go I wonder?
Also, have to wonder if it can morph and stretch itself while still being attached to our body or does it have to keep Mathilde's shape
It's so fluffy! I just want to hUG IT AND SQUEEZE IT AND NEVER LET GO!
Some Runes were given by the gods. Others were invented by great Runesmiths. One even in collaboration with the high elves.
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[X] The King's Gates.
It's based on human standards, and as such the effects are unpredictable if you try to use it to manipulate non-humans.
The canonical expedition was mostly Karaz-a-Karak and Karak Azul. This one draws on the younger holds and non-dwarven forces to a much greater extent.
The part of it that acts of its own accord seems to manifest entirely as extrusions from your 'normal' shadow. The snake comparison is apt.
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Hmm. We've had interactions with a warp based snake before. I wonder if there are any echoes of that left behind in Mathilde's expectations of how marks or miscasts work, because being haunted by the Snake had such an effect on her psyche.
TimEd
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[X] The King's Gates.
We fight in the shade!
Because there lies more shadows. Also, an airport allows us to assault the front gate much easier and with more reliable supplies from the armory.
Best part of this is that any skaven attack is blunted by our mere presence. So I suggest we play defense on this one since the main drawback to the area is Skaven and our shadow is hungry for skaven.
We fight in the shade!
Because there lies more shadows. Also, an airport allows us to assault the front gate much easier and with more reliable supplies from the armory.
Best part of this is that any skaven attack is blunted by our mere presence. So I suggest we play defense on this one since the main drawback to the area is Skaven and our shadow is hungry for skaven.
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- va
[X] The King's Gates.
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- Internet, The
Au contraire, she had an exceptionally good connection to even superstitious Stirlander peasants, which has been relevant several times.
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I wonder what kind of mind the shadow is. Is it literal extension of Mathilde's soul and subconsciousness desires through her connection to the shadow, given form by magic? Is it a nascent anthropomorphism of the wind of magic, shaped through the lens of of Mathilde's spell and soul? Is it an independent magical construct, tethered to Mathilde like her familiar, and dependent on her shadow to maintain its body?
Finding what it is is essential to knowing what we can do with it and deciding what we should do with it. Meditate on gaining control? Train it like our familiar? Empower and detach it to gain reach? Eat it? The possibilities are endless.
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So closer to an attached construct then. Wonder if one could get several of those…
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- Russia
I'm pretty sure you meant Karag Zilfin - one of the Eight Peaks and not Karak Ziflin - a hold in the Grey Mountains.
[X] The King's Gates.
The argument was already made several times, but this was my choice the moment I saw it in the update.
An army equipped with recovered Dwarven runed weaponry is one more likely to no-sell or outright eliminate enemy elite formations.
As for Mathilde's gain in proficiency, that Mastering of Dread Aspect now puts her at the level of a consistent battlefield asset and makes her terrifying combatant (no pun intended) in small party environment.
Anyway, I kind of want to fight the Skaven where possible. Mathilde gives the army a decent advantage over their forces and I'd rather eliminate more Skaven assets before their leadership can start properly planning counters to this expedition.
The Greenskins meanwhile, are a much more conventional and common threat for the human forces in the expedition, so facing a prepared Greenskin army should be less traumatizing than facing a prepared Skaven one.
The argument was already made several times, but this was my choice the moment I saw it in the update.
An army equipped with recovered Dwarven runed weaponry is one more likely to no-sell or outright eliminate enemy elite formations.
As for Mathilde's gain in proficiency, that Mastering of Dread Aspect now puts her at the level of a consistent battlefield asset and makes her terrifying combatant (no pun intended) in small party environment.
Anyway, I kind of want to fight the Skaven where possible. Mathilde gives the army a decent advantage over their forces and I'd rather eliminate more Skaven assets before their leadership can start properly planning counters to this expedition.
The Greenskins meanwhile, are a much more conventional and common threat for the human forces in the expedition, so facing a prepared Greenskin army should be less traumatizing than facing a prepared Skaven one.
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- United States of America
See, I like the King's Gate option as well, but do we even have any gyrocopters? I'm looking through the list of what we have in the expedition, and I'm not seeing gyrocopters.
We have one modified Gyrobomber, but that seems to be the entirety of our air force. Are we thinking that there will be more gyrocopters at the King's Gate and that the dwarves would be willing to learn how to fly them?
We have one modified Gyrobomber, but that seems to be the entirety of our air force. Are we thinking that there will be more gyrocopters at the King's Gate and that the dwarves would be willing to learn how to fly them?