Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

Alliterate · Oct 4, 2020

That rescue went far better than I thought it possibly could. I was wrong, it turned out to have been a good choice.

Omegahugger said:
[X] Scour the river banks for anything the bandits left behind

Yeah, not running after the bandits in our current state. Even if they can give us useful information, I'm not sure we actually can reliably catch up to them with aching muscles, limited hearing and white film over our eyes.

The attackers are even further away now, than they were before we spent hours rescuing trapped dwarves. We'd be even more isolated if and when we caught up, tired and exhausted magically.
I have the impression that Substance of Shadow isn't one of Mathilde's 'natural' spells, drawing as it does on the shadowy side of Ulgu, so I think the chances are she's more drained than less.

So, with the lost time vs. the bandits, and the fatigue, we should stay close and do hopefully less stressful things.
Leave further search and rescue to the Barak Varr specialists at this stage, I think. Don't make yourself a casualty in trying to rescue others.

[x] Scour the river banks for anything the bandits left behind

[x] Scout for any approaching greenskin forces
[x] Return to shore and guard the Okral

LightLan · Oct 4, 2020

BoneyM said:
"Do it," says Belegar firmly.

Gotta love Belegar.
I bet he has just as much of an idea what we were about to do as the rest of them - doesn't matter. He trusts us.

Boney · Oct 4, 2020

TalonofAnathrax said:
What if we'd been carrying some AV somehow? Could we have expended that to manage it?
[Yes, I'm wondering if we should add "rune-flask capable of safely containing a little AV" to our purchase list for situations like these]

AV isn't very helpful for mono-Wind casting because popping it gives you seven parts agitated and disruptful turbulence for one part useful fuel. It'd be a lot more helpful for High or Dark Magic.

BioWolf · Oct 4, 2020

[X] Try to track the bandits

chocolote12 · Oct 4, 2020

BoneyM said:
AV isn't very helpful for mono-Wind casting because popping it gives you seven parts agitated and disruptful turbulence for one part useful fuel. It'd be a lot more helpful for High or Dark Magic.

So it's good for necromancy...

Derkan · Oct 4, 2020

So, just calculating something: according to @BoneyM rolls 8 dwarves out of 12 survived the explosion which mean 400 out of 600.
We saved 300 of them so 75% of all living dwarves on the monitor.

Angelform · Oct 4, 2020

A stupid idea but…
@BoneyM What is the result of casting Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma while under the effects of Substance of Shadow? Could it create intangible mist that can pass through doors? And would the mist be sufficient to block light should there be any?

Boney · Oct 4, 2020

Angelform said:
A stupid idea but…
@BoneyM What is the result of casting Melkoth's Mystifying Miasma while under the effects of Substance of Shadow? Could it create intangible mist that can pass through doors? And would the mist be sufficient to block light should there be any?

SoS doesn't carry over to spells cast under its influence.

Shane_357 · Oct 4, 2020

BoneyM said:
SoS doesn't carry over to spells cast under its influence.

Well there's a potential Mastery trait if you can't come up with ideas later!

SurpriseMe · Oct 4, 2020

[x] Scour the river banks for anything the bandits left behind

jjffjhjf · Oct 4, 2020

Dwarfs have a version of morse code don't they? Can't we use that to communicate with any potential survivors and tell them to remove the lights?

The Phoenixian · Oct 4, 2020

jjffjhjf said:
Dwarfs have a version of morse code don't they? Can't we use that to communicate with any potential survivors and tell them to remove the lights?

It's been brought up. Doesn't work here. (Miners Guild secret, and these are metalworkers)

Klaus · Oct 4, 2020

[X] Scout for any approaching greenskin forces

TaliesinSkye · Oct 4, 2020

[X] Try to track the bandits

Abhorsen · Oct 4, 2020

So on talking while underwater:

Make an airtight cone that Mathilde can hold. Put against the door, then cast sound inside the cone. The vibrations will pass through to the other side.

@BoneyM: Would this work?

storryeater · Oct 4, 2020

Abhorsen said:
So on talking through underwater:

Make an airtight cone that Mathilde can hold. Put against the door, then cast sound inside the cone. The vibrations will pass through to the other side.

@BoneyM: Would this work?

There are also watertight chambers above... if water is the complication here.

Abhorsen · Oct 4, 2020

storryeater said:
There are also watertight chambers above... if water is the complication here.

Not for all of the chambers though, and we don't know if there is light in any of those, and we can't cast sound into those.

storryeater · Oct 4, 2020

No, I meant above the sealed chambers, as per recent word of QM

Boney · Oct 4, 2020

Abhorsen said:
So on talking through underwater:

Make an airtight cone that Mathilde can hold. Put against the door, then cast sound inside the cone. The vibrations will pass through to the other side.

@BoneyM: Would this work?

Sound might be able to reach a volume that it could be heard through a metal wall, but the spell can't form words, only sounds.

IronFist · Oct 4, 2020

Abhorsen said:
Not for all of the chambers though, and we don't know if there is light in any of those, and we can't cast sound into those.

Sound can't replicate intelligible speech. It's in the description

veekie · Oct 4, 2020

Guys...these are all things we'd be spending AP to research, same as any other neat magic trick.
Not applicable on a scale of less than months

edofthesquid · Oct 4, 2020

[x] Return to shore and guard the Okral

Definitely sounds like we need to rest

Redshirt Army · Oct 4, 2020

Oh thank sweet Ranald, just woke up and am incredibly relieved to see how much we mitigated the casualties by.

Abhorsen · Oct 4, 2020

BoneyM said:
Sound might be able to reach a volume that it could be heard through a metal wall, but the spell can't form words, only sounds.

Could we turn it into a mask, then speak through that (like a loudspeaker attached to our face), then un-SOS the part closest to the wall?

Valmond · Oct 4, 2020

Got to say one thing about the current discussion, i can feel the desperation here, i can taste it.
There are lot of people who want, need, to save the dwarves that still might be trapped.
That's some engagement right there.

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