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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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[X] DIPLO: Dawri
[X] DIPLO: Draconic Fascination
[X] DIPLO: Polyglot

[X] LESSON: Dhar Insight
[X] LESSON: Mystic
[X] LESSON: Theologian
 
Valarauko said:
If I recall correctly, that'd be totally unnecessary. I believe Boney said something to the effect of Belegar would adopt us into his clan more or less instantly if Mathilde shows any inclination at all to want it, no boon required.

@picklepikkl I call upon you to answer us this question!
Unless of course you're busy or have better things to do or don't want to encourage people pinging you as a glorified search function or something. I understand.
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I've got nothing. Can't find a citation for that, can't find a citation for what you might be confusing it with.
 
Voting for my initial standout faves, will dive into the arguments later maybe possibly.

For now I'll just say that on Diplo, roping in the other Colleges will likely be the biggest source of missing pieces of the puzzle that we can feasibly get (while Ice Witches, Damsels, and Ulthuani mages - especially the last - may be relevant as well, we have no clear in with any of those at this time) and IMO probably very interesting besides, and Duckling Club has been one of my favorite things in this quest full stop. Seriously, there's so many iconic lines just from Duckling Club, and just the whole thing is fantastic. More please thanks.

And on Lesson, there's a few there that are practical but seem boring to me, and at least one that seems interesting but excessively hazardous (hello, Dhar trait). So Mathilde leaning into her tendency to engage in shameless looting acquisitive reconnaissance sounds like a recipe for thrilling heists and assorted shenaniganry while also getting us some shiny gubbins to use and/or research, while I'm actually physically incapable of resisting the lure of a trait that reads like "knowledge and insight so comprehensive it's heretical."

[x] DIPLO: Collegiate
[x] DIPLO: Mentor
[x] LESSON: Light Fingers
[x] LESSON: Theologian
 
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[x] DIPLO: Trucemaker
Sometimes the best battle is one you never fight. Every life not spent fighting lesser evils can be turned against the greater ones.

[x] LESSON: Poker Face
Acting like you always know what's going on has gone from a source of personal amusement to a vital diplomatic first line of defence.
 
picklepikkl said:
I've got nothing. Can't find a citation for that, can't find a citation for what you might be confusing it with.
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Looking back myself, I think it was just thread consensus that he'd have no reason not to if indeed we are retroactively legally a dwarf. We would be clanless, after all (though we presumably qualify for Huzkul).
 
Mathilde-as-dwarf:

Short: ✅
Muscular: ✅
Good at hitting people with large pieces of metal gromril: ✅

Seems to hit the key points.
 
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Alratan said:
Mathilde-as-dwarf:

Short: ✅
Muscular: ✅
Good at hitting people with large pieces of metal: ✅

Seems to hit the key points.
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There's one critical flaw with your list: the large piece of metal in question is a sword, not an axe or hammer.

Oh well, no such thing as a perfect dwarf, best you can get is a dwarf who is slightly less of a disappointment to his elders than they expected.
 
Nerdasaurus Rex said:
There's one critical flaw with your list: the large piece of metal in question is a sword, not an axe or hammer.

Oh well, no such thing as a perfect dwarf, best you can get is a dwarf who is slightly less of a disappointment to his elders than they expected.
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Well, she has renounced her birth family. Now she just needs to officially sign up as a lay member of the Cult of Gazul.
 
[X] DIPLO: Collegiate
How independent the Colleges are from each other depends a great deal on your perspective. There can be a lot of value in bridging those gaps.
[X] DIPLO: Draconic Fascination
You've only really spent time with two Dragons, but both have been thoroughly fascinating individuals.
[X] DIPLO: Polyglot
If you had been unable to use Khazalid as a bridging language, there were many encounters that could have gone quite badly. There's a great deal of potential benefits to further expanding your linguistic lexicon.

[X] LESSON: Dhar Insight
You've seen Daemons, the Chaos Wastes, the Windfall. You're reaching as thorough an understanding of the fel energies of Dark Magic as can be attained without actually wielding them.
 
Hmm looks pretty settled on both fronts right now, both very practical solid choices:
  1. Dhar insight so that we know what not to do (hopefully) and can better counter the people most likely to fight the Waystone project
  2. Polygot so we can take full advantage of all the books we will have access to. Maybe we can even do that comparative linguistics project all the way to the tongue of the Old Ones (or something like it).
 
[x] DIPLO: Draconic Fascination
[x] DIPLO: Collegiate
[x] DIPLO: Mentor
[x] LESSON: Cartographer
[x] LESSON: Logistician
[x] LESSON: Mystic
[x] LESSON: Poker Face
[x] LESSON: Syncretic
[x] LESSON: Theologian
 
If Dhar insight wins I do wonder what Mathilde could theoretically get up to if she did decide to go all Second Coming of Nagash: This time in the Shadows.

If she went full kick-flip we know there's a hold full of very radical dwarves she could try to get as her next sponsor.

I do hope that if we get Polyglot we leverage the trait and see if there's an Arcane Khazalid we can learn next full turn.
 
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[X] DIPLO: Collegiate
[X] DIPLO: Dawri
[X] DIPLO: Mentor
[X] DIPLO: Polyglot
[X] DIPLO: Trucemaker

[X] LESSON: Leader
[X] LESSON: Light Fingers
[X] LESSON: Logistician
[X] LESSON: Mystic
[X] LESSON: Poker Face
[X] LESSON: Syncretic
 
Alratan said:
If Dhar insight wins I do wonder what Mathilde could theoretically get up to if she did decide to go all Second Coming of Nagash: This time in the Shadows.

If she went full kick-flip we know there's a hold full of very radical dwarves she could try to get as her next sponsor.

I do hope that if we get Polyglot we leverage the trait and see if there's an Arcane Khazalid we can learn next full turn.
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Hint: van Hal was an amateur.

She could easily conquer the Border Provinces.
Would need to bunker down from all directions though :V
 
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