Mopman43
Mountain-Hermit of Nitpeak
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- Vermont
Most Dragon Ogres are asleep the broad majority of the time. If this one is asleep at the moment... probably comes down to dice.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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Storms tend to come in rather fast, all the faster storms from the North in the service of the Chaos Powers. We should not assume it's asleep. By the same token Dragon Orges are hardly stealthy. The knights will notice it fine.
Thats good to know. So close enough to serve as a second string generally.
That would normally be fine, except that this area is explicitly an area where the convoy gets bogged down.
And there's a Lord of Change on this side of the Materium.
Sending a sorcerous emissary to provide a heads up is well within its bailiwick.
Not to mention that we dont actually know what happened to that Ogre tribe that bought up all the livestock.
No idea, IC or OOC.
We have no indication what its sleep cycle is like. And the fact that a Lord of Change has been messing with us obliquely is the sort of thing that has my paranoia at high alert. Dragon Ogres are Chaos minions after all.
Mopman43
Mountain-Hermit of Nitpeak
- Location
- Vermont
Technically speaking, I'm pretty sure OOC is that he's been sleeping under a mountain for something on the order of a thousand years at least.
One argument for scouting the Iron Wolves is that Mathilde is the only scouting unit that can a) remain unseen b) range far ahead of the convoy and c) infiltrate any camps the nomads have, possibly giving us info on their internal politics (and maybe their neighbours?), maybe stab a few leader types (probably not the dragon ogre, I strongly suggest we don't try to assassinate that) and potentially raid the treasury for loot rolls (because we clearly need more money). A bit like what we were planning with the Combes, except the Chaos Dwarfs got there first.
(Rangers can hide, but have to stay close to the convoy, knights can ride off into the distance, but they're not exactly stealthy, and no one else has infiltration abilities).
(Rangers can hide, but have to stay close to the convoy, knights can ride off into the distance, but they're not exactly stealthy, and no one else has infiltration abilities).
You're much more sanguine than I am.
IIRC, we last saw a Dragon Ogre on our way to K8P during the reconquest.
It hunted down a bunch of Orks, killed them and took them back to the top of the mountain for food.
I would make zero assumptions about the wakefulness of this particular Dragon Ogre.
Especially not this close to the Wastes.
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Would the Knights of Taal's Fury just attack any Kurgans they see, or would they avoid picking fights, though? We sadly don't even know enough about them to know if they'd consider Kurgans kill-on-sight or not, as we haven't spoken to them. ><
They're ranging far ahead of the convoy, so if they run into an Iron Wolves in the expedition's path, do they attack them, do they retreat and tell the expedition to detour a bit, or what.
There's... probably some amount of difference between "range ahead, but on the expected path of the convoy" versus "go and search out through the Iron Wolves' territory." Though there's some overlap too.
Not sure what to do myself...
- Location
- USA
Those Dragon Ogres are hanging out in the constant storm above Thunder Mountain, unique situation.
Mopman43
Mountain-Hermit of Nitpeak
- Location
- Vermont
No, I mean, this is a canon guy. He was sleeping under a mountain for centuries before a big storm woke him up and he went ranging. The Iron Wolves left totems outside the mountain to remember him by.
To be fair, Esben and Seija killed a Dragon Ogre between them back when they were Journeymen.
Its possible.
Just no need to borrow trouble when we have a dragon along; if it wants to start something, let Asarnil and his star dragon handle it.
I just want early warning of any shenanigans so we can let Asarnil do the killing.
We have too little margin of error for my comfort.
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I addressed this a bit in a different post:
There's no guarantees, but my impression is that Joerg won't pick a fight he doesn't have to take, and because of the natural advantages of his knights, it's hard to force them into a fight on horse-archer terms.
I strongly agree. I'd be much less sanguine about "whatever, they won't start shit if we don't start shit" if it weren't for the dragon snoozing on Metal Bawks #6.
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Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
Is this Kholek or some other dragon ogre?
Mopman43
Mountain-Hermit of Nitpeak
- Location
- Vermont
Those were the ones weakened by Aqshy-lightning though. And I think they had demigryphs?
Not Kholek. Just some Dragon Ogre from a novel- Ursun's Teeth.
There's a difference between a Dragon Ogre and a Dragon Ogre Shaggoth which is what I suspect the Old One to be.
- Location
- Europa, Jupiter Orbit
One of the questions I wanted to ask BoneyM after the very end of the expedition (and the reveal of its most obvious consequences) is what each Magister contributed outside of battles.
- Location
- Mexico
Worth keeping in mind that those were the nutrient deficient, pushover variety, this one sounds like a very different beast.
Aegon Targaryen
Dragonking of Fuyuki
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- Romania
What's a female Longbeard called? It's been eating at me for some time...
- Location
- Kansas City area
I think a Matron.
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- New Brunswick, NJ
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- He/Him/His
I used Longplait in my omake. In general, I just replace "beard" with "plait" for female Dwarf age categories.
- Location
- Actually pretty lost
I agree that we have actual scouts to do the scouting, and that our intervention won't make much difference. I'm willing to approval-vote other interpersonal actions, to borrow pickle's term.
[x] Sir Ruprecht Wulfhart the Younger
[x] Journeyman Cyrston von Danling
[x] Journeywoman Alexandra Kohler
[x] Use Rite of Way to ease the ascent
[x] Investigate the 'Windfall' with the Light Wizards
[x] Sir Ruprecht Wulfhart the Younger
[x] Journeyman Cyrston von Danling
[x] Journeywoman Alexandra Kohler
[x] Use Rite of Way to ease the ascent
[x] Investigate the 'Windfall' with the Light Wizards
I was going to say "longbraid", which is much the same.