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Having a really great time right now
They also really like that snake. And like half a dozen other projects we never got around to doing.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Boney
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Well, we can do both. And at least the super sword faction probably wants to use it. I just don't think hermit wizarding is Mathilde's style, at least not longer than one or two turns.
I'm not particularly concerned about Mathilde becoming a shut in as a Court Wizard simply due to the fact that doing so risks momentum being lost in the reclamation of K8P, and the position is well suited for helping out any journeymanlings looking for opportunities/adventure. Also checking up on them to make certain they're not being careless, and/or their initial arrangement is in need of reworking.
- Location
- Aotearoa
I thought Ulthar was from Karak Izor, who are settling, but it seems he's from Karak Hirn. Probably not that simple as "I want to stay." given Dawi holds and rules and oaths etc.
- Location
- Vancouver
Pretty big if for a professional Spy Network to out a full member after their first report. Mechanically, I don't think the only option to do more Grey Order stuff would have such dramatic consequences on a bad roll.
Belegar might be able to swing a semi-permanent loan, since he does need someone for the position (especially if we don't take it).
Alternativly: Head Ranger Titus.
I think a lot of our research is going to be like what we just did with the spiders this update - going out and poking things with people, talking to people about what the thing we poked did after we poked it and what that could mean, and asking if anyone's seen anything new and interesting we could go and poke.
So I'm not worried that BoneyM is going to write us shut up in the tower not talking to anyone even if we do go research heavy.
- Location
- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
Great news! We don't know! We don't no anything about the snake juice.
Quiet sobbing:
We know nothing about the snake juice.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
Dwarven Runes do specific things when created in specific ways, sorry. If you miss a single hammer beat you can undo months of work. They're not using manling or elven magic which cares about symbolism or circumstance or throwing things at a wall and seeing what sticks, so if a runesmith dips a rune into the snake oil they're almost certainly just going to get a ruined rune.
If they specifically need daemon blood for some reason it might count, though.
- Location
- California, USA
[X] Remain in Karak Eight Peaks, either in the employ of Belegar or pursuing your research.
[X] Give them away...
- [X] To the Amber College
[X] Claim the site where Ranald mugged Mork and build a shrine to Ranald there.
[X] All this time away has made you miss your friends, and you'll be practically next door in Altdorf. Visit Anton and Wilhelmina.
[X] King Belegar is allowing you to use the King's Armoury. Recover your extant study materials from Stirland and tuck them away safely in there.
[X] Give them away...
- [X] To the Amber College
[X] Claim the site where Ranald mugged Mork and build a shrine to Ranald there.
[X] All this time away has made you miss your friends, and you'll be practically next door in Altdorf. Visit Anton and Wilhelmina.
[X] King Belegar is allowing you to use the King's Armoury. Recover your extant study materials from Stirland and tuck them away safely in there.
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- Location
- Brazil
Shadow Knives have like, 18 yards of range or so, IIRC. And hit weakly (Strenght 3 on RP). And many targets will likely have simple magical armor.
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
[X] Remain in Karak Eight Peaks, either in the employ of Belegar or pursuing your research.
[X] Give them away...
- [X] To the Amber College
[X] Claim the site where Ranald mugged Mork and build a shrine to Ranald there.
[X] All this time away has made you miss your friends, and you'll be practically next door in Altdorf. Visit Anton and Wilhelmina.
[X] Give them away...
- [X] To the Amber College
[X] Claim the site where Ranald mugged Mork and build a shrine to Ranald there.
[X] All this time away has made you miss your friends, and you'll be practically next door in Altdorf. Visit Anton and Wilhelmina.
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Shadow knifes scale of magic, so I think the strength will mostly be ok. But I agree that range is a problem.
- Location
- Brazil
Yeah, the number of projectiles scales. Not their Strenght.
Being S3 is largely the reason why bows suck, btw. Reduces nothing from armor, hell of a time wounding anything.
Is that so? Didn't know that. I assume that for assassination where you can hit a weak spot, it won't be a huge issue, but I can see it failing in a pitched battle.
- Location
- Vancouver
It's not manling or Elven magic that cares about symbolism, Magic cares about symbolism. Runemagic is still Magic, all of the rituals are very symbolic. Easy example is Rune of Swiftness need quicksilver.
Your last point is a bit off the mark. When a Runesmith tries to rediscover the process to create a Rune it is literally just a mix between vague "Intuition*" (some special Rune sense) and throwing a bunch of random shit at it. Repeat and Refine the process thousands of times (Dwarves are patient). And boom, rune rediscovered.
Lastly, new Runes are still being reaserched. A Runelord might try using Snake juice in one of the new rituals.
Footnote: Intuition in WHF is a vague sense of the Winds. Obv Dwarves don't have that but it's the closest word to describe it.
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50% time pinch.
30% wanting to get an actual in depth view of dwarf politics over "what Belegar bitched to us about after getting snubbed" and "what we chatted about while hunting"
20% wanting some information management. We know this political data is not on a time pinch. Its been ongoing for centuries
While true on the first part we literally never encountered non-dwarf magic armor yet.
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- Location
- California, USA
...Convincing Norscans to give up their raiding ways? Successfully encouraged positive relations between Stirlanders and Moot Halflings? Trying to figure out a way to give a marriage proposal to Mathilde?
- Location
- Brazil
Also @Kornet , unfortunately, a Sniper Pistol sort of... Isn't.
A simple rifle with iron sights can plink away at a target at a hundred meters all day long, without too much skill.
Meanwhile, reliable hundred meter pistol shots are right at the edge of feasible for anyone but the most dedicated and talented shooters, and that's taking into account a scoped and highly accurate gun.
The sheer ergonomics play a huge part, and a faster and heavier bullet also helps tremendously.
A simple rifle with iron sights can plink away at a target at a hundred meters all day long, without too much skill.
Meanwhile, reliable hundred meter pistol shots are right at the edge of feasible for anyone but the most dedicated and talented shooters, and that's taking into account a scoped and highly accurate gun.
The sheer ergonomics play a huge part, and a faster and heavier bullet also helps tremendously.
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- Location
- Aotearoa
Damage rolls in the RPG our spell is based on are not all-or-nothing like the WFB tabletop skirmish game.
Characters have a dozen or more wounds, damage is basically 1d10+strength-toughness-armour.
So three (or seven) Shadow Knives is potentially quite the murderblender in the RPG, which is the basis for our spells effect.
Really really high toughness opponents might come away unscathed, sometimes, but chances are they'll take some wounds from high rolls from a fan of knives.
Edit: also the range in the RPG is 48 yards.
Characters have a dozen or more wounds, damage is basically 1d10+strength-toughness-armour.
So three (or seven) Shadow Knives is potentially quite the murderblender in the RPG, which is the basis for our spells effect.
Really really high toughness opponents might come away unscathed, sometimes, but chances are they'll take some wounds from high rolls from a fan of knives.
Edit: also the range in the RPG is 48 yards.
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- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Remeber how it used to work: Every turn we'll get an assignment as Belegar chooses an item on his Court Wizard action list. The it'll be our job to pick usually 2-3 actions on our assignment. Unless we choose not to get an official job, we're going to be obligated to do things besides being a research shut-in.
It's also for this reason that I think being Head Ranger is a really good idea. If we want to help explore the peaks and gain more Dwarf Favor anyways, why not just pick the option that'll have that as our official job? No matter what we pick, joining Belegar's court means being assigned jobs besides catching up on research, and when we run out on our current research there's no better source of new future research like the MegaDungeon that is 8 Peaks.
It's also for this reason that I think being Head Ranger is a really good idea. If we want to help explore the peaks and gain more Dwarf Favor anyways, why not just pick the option that'll have that as our official job? No matter what we pick, joining Belegar's court means being assigned jobs besides catching up on research, and when we run out on our current research there's no better source of new future research like the MegaDungeon that is 8 Peaks.
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- Location
- Brazil
Regardless how Shadow Knives gets translated, the fact is that it's a very short range spell. A sniper rifle is for killing at range.
Learning to use a rifle would likely be done on the same action as we buy it, because we already know how to shoot a revolver, so the entire background information necessary for their operaiton is already ours, and the principles translate nearly 1:1.
Honestly, bastard sword on one hip, revolver and grounding rod on another and rifle in the back seems like a perfectly fine set-up.
@BoneyM would a 25 favor comission actually take years to deliver?
Learning to use a rifle would likely be done on the same action as we buy it, because we already know how to shoot a revolver, so the entire background information necessary for their operaiton is already ours, and the principles translate nearly 1:1.
Honestly, bastard sword on one hip, revolver and grounding rod on another and rifle in the back seems like a perfectly fine set-up.
@BoneyM would a 25 favor comission actually take years to deliver?
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[X] Remain in Karak Eight Peaks, either in the employ of Belegar or pursuing your research.
[X] Speak with King Belegar and King Kazador about the relationships and apparent rifts between Dwarfholds.
[X] Scout the rest of the Eight Peaks, to find out what other horrors are waiting out there.
[X] Join Karak Azul as they raid and scout in force the other portions of the Karak.
I honestly don't care too much one way or another about the eggs, but I definitely want to stay in K8P and help out.
[X] Speak with King Belegar and King Kazador about the relationships and apparent rifts between Dwarfholds.
[X] Scout the rest of the Eight Peaks, to find out what other horrors are waiting out there.
[X] Join Karak Azul as they raid and scout in force the other portions of the Karak.
I honestly don't care too much one way or another about the eggs, but I definitely want to stay in K8P and help out.