- Location
- Memphis, TN
Watch Ranald get a 1 and abandon Mathilde to her fate.
Should have went with Mork
Should have went with Mork
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Boney
- Start date
- Fantasy Users' Choice!
Voted best in category in the Users' Choice awards.
- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Now hold on just a minute! I deduce that you are deceiving us! You wouldn't have one choice give us a guaranteed success, and the others a chance of success or failure. Even if rolling a 1 on a d6 results in a phyrric "success".
The current situation is that in response to the dwarf invasion, the Black Orcs attempted to create a champion of Only-Gork. We've managed to disrupt this really-big-deal ritual, with both a very successful 134 and a pure-randomness roll of 63. I propose that we've already succeeded here, and instead of choosing our method of not-dying we are instead choosing the results of our success. So:
[ ] You are merely a human that has gotten in the middle of forces you cannot begin to understand. Try to survive the energies.
On a good result, we might avoid any changes and the energies cancel themselves out. On a bad result, we might instead get mutated as things explode around us.
[ ] You are the justice of Mork, delivering swift death upon the heresy of Only Gork. Try to accept the energies.
On a good result, we get more Cunning than Brutality. On a bad result, we get more Brutality than Cunning.
[ ] You are a faithful of Ranald, being in the right place at the right time to unbalance the scales. Try to steal the energies.
On a good result, we might get some kind of good fortune or boon. On a bad result, we'll get something amusing to Ranald.
[ ] You are a Magister of the Grey Order, and follow the traditions laid down by Teclis and Magnus the Pious. Try to ground the energies.
On a good result, we might learn more about the winds. On a bad result, we might get arcane marks or the mountain might get infused with magic energies.
[ ] You are Dwarf-friend and you bear upon your person a masterpiece developed by the oldest and wisest Runepriest of the Karaz Ankor. Try to destroy the energies.
On a good result, the Spellburner Rune might burn even Gork and Mork. On a bad result, we might set the mountain on fire for a bit.
...On a bad result, I'm completely off-base. *shrug*
DocMatoi
Theoretical Lover of Girls
- Location
- within 2 hours of the White House
- Pronouns
- They/Them
You in the timeline where mork won this vote: "watch morkthilde get a 1 and explode her head. Should have went with ranald."
- Location
- USA
[X] You are a faithful of Ranald, being in the right place at the right time to unbalance the scales. Try to steal the energies.
- Location
- Singapore
...Yet.
What would Mathilde's sphere be if she became a goddess? The adopted daughter of Ranald, the Lady of the Winds of Magic, and the Lady of the Evening Shadows, illusions and alliances?
I wonder when the Hedge-folk cabal within the Grey Order would come knocking on Mathilde's doorstep and request her to go to a particular village to rescue a young Hedgefolk girl... and relying on Mathilde's psychological profile to foist a Ragnald worshiping Hedgefolk apprentice on Mathilde.
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- Location
- France
Sounds like a good result to me !
We entered this trip for the rep, didn't we ?
- Location
- Sydney,Australia
I wonder if Mathilde end up becoming one of those people orks follow even though they're not
- Location
- United States
[X] You are a faithful of Ranald, being in the right place at the right time to unbalance the scales. Try to steal the energies.
- Location
- Hyperborea
[X] You are a Magister of the Grey Order, and follow the traditions laid down by Teclis and Magnus the Pious. Try to ground the energies.
[X] You are Dwarf-friend and you bear upon your person a masterpiece developed by the oldest and wisest Runepriest of the Karaz Ankor. Try to destroy the energies.
[X] You are Dwarf-friend and you bear upon your person a masterpiece developed by the oldest and wisest Runepriest of the Karaz Ankor. Try to destroy the energies.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
More likely we'd go through becoming an Imperial Saint first; that is, a person acknowledged to be blessed by a certain god, and who went on to become an important part of their faith later without being a god themselves, sort of like real saints.
If I recall correctly, Sigmar also went that route with Ulric, and his ascending to become a god himself over the course of a few centuries explains much of the rivalry between the two cults (although of course this is all third-hand lore).
Mathilde is neat, but the first step to godhood is everybody knowing that we're neat, not seizing a maelstrom of power and ascending in a blaze of larcenous divinity (we might get a spell trait from this, though).
If I recall correctly, Sigmar also went that route with Ulric, and his ascending to become a god himself over the course of a few centuries explains much of the rivalry between the two cults (although of course this is all third-hand lore).
Mathilde is neat, but the first step to godhood is everybody knowing that we're neat, not seizing a maelstrom of power and ascending in a blaze of larcenous divinity (we might get a spell trait from this, though).
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Kornet
Quite possibly a sloth abomination
- Location
- Mother Russia
Eh, we already succeeded in killing a champion of Gork in his own temple while observed by his god. Which is a lot. It is plain folly to ask for more from that set of rolls.
A large part of the appeal of this quest (apart form great writing and terrifying update speed) is the possibility of very real consequences. Which is also (for me) a part of the appeal of Warhammer fantasy roleplay. I, personally, find the fact that our fate weights on the roll of dice exhilarating, and believe that a significant chance of doom makes victory (if it happens) much sweeter.
avatar11792
Et Sic Incipit
- Location
- Planet Earth, North America
[X] You are the justice of Mork, delivering swift death upon the heresy of Only Gork. Try to accept the energies.
- Location
- va
[X] You are a faithful of Ranald, being in the right place at the right time to unbalance the scales. Try to steal the energies.
GhostKing 666
Bringing Nightmares to life evey minute
[X] You are a Magister of the Grey Order, and follow the traditions laid down by Teclis and Magnus the Pious. Try to ground the energies.
- Location
- Canada (eh)
[X] You are a faithful of Ranald, being in the right place at the right time to unbalance the scales. Try to steal the energies.
We try to consume the energy field larger than our head, as is traditional. We are calling on the god of gamblers, if there was ever a time to take risks now is it.
[ ] You are the justice of Mork, delivering swift death upon the heresy of Only Gork. Try to accept the energies.
This probably has the most interesting consequences out of all the choices.... and I really want to have Mathilde speak in a British accent for the rest of the quest.
We try to consume the energy field larger than our head, as is traditional. We are calling on the god of gamblers, if there was ever a time to take risks now is it.
[ ] You are the justice of Mork, delivering swift death upon the heresy of Only Gork. Try to accept the energies.
This probably has the most interesting consequences out of all the choices.... and I really want to have Mathilde speak in a British accent for the rest of the quest.
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Abby Normal
High Clerk of the Ymaryn
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Err, no offense but do you have a quote for this? It 1. isn't something i remember from my recent reread (during which i made sure to read the non update OP posts as well), and 2.seems to conflict with the quotes i can find from a quick search:
Mind, there's this recent Word of QM:
But at least to me, that reads like "the consequences of that roll may take place over months/a long enough time for the blessing to be relevant"
@BoneyM assuming that its not a secret, is that interpretation correct?
DocMatoi
Theoretical Lover of Girls
- Location
- within 2 hours of the White House
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Honestly I am eager to see what ranald does. On the other hand, I would like to walk away from this, and I am getting more and more worried about the odds.
[X] You are a Magister of the Grey Order, and follow the traditions laid down by Teclis and Magnus the Pious. Try to ground the energies
[X] You are a Magister of the Grey Order, and follow the traditions laid down by Teclis and Magnus the Pious. Try to ground the energies
- Location
- Brazil
That's nearly what Ranald did, tho.
I'm not saying we are doing it, but seizing a maelstrom of power and ascending in a blaze of larcenous divinity sounds pretty swell.
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DocMatoi
Theoretical Lover of Girls
- Location
- within 2 hours of the White House
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Given its mork, more likely to sound like Robin Williams.
Whaddya mean that's the wrong mork?
- Location
- Actually pretty lost
I feel like being publicly acknowledged as a Saint of Ranald is an inherent contradiction. Maybe a version that's only noticed by other followers of Ranald, and maybe people who can sense Divine interest? The non-reputational effects would have to be luck-based - perhaps our lucky breaks are luckier, and our failures mitigated in amusing ways?
[Ranald Loves You: Ranald finds great amusement in your lucky successes, but isn't enjoying your failures so much anymore, for some reason.)
Chronobreak
Chara Appreciator
- Location
- Chicago
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] You are a faithful of Ranald, being in the right place at the right time to unbalance the scales. Try to steal the energies.
Hubris is a cowards word.
The Thief is the wildcard, tipping the axis of the world. Thou won't shirk from the divine stage for fear of such a paltry thing as death or damnation.
Hubris is a cowards word.
The Thief is the wildcard, tipping the axis of the world. Thou won't shirk from the divine stage for fear of such a paltry thing as death or damnation.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
There are four Ranalds, and none of them are the type to avoid being known if it means passing up on their due; how else do you figure that Priests of Ranald show up at the convocations of the cults and such?
Giving them the details of their friendship might be a bit much, but Ranald The Deceiver can hide in the crowd of other hims, and saying something along the lines of 'Mathilde did some pretty insane things in his name' after she passes on and becomes eligible for such bonuses isn't too unreasonable, especially when both of them stand to gain from the arrangement.
It's up to the Dice God any way we cut it; we might as well choose the path where we get a share of the divine juice.People are actually putting their faith in Ranald to save us.
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