The Twin Holds: A Dwarf Karak Quest. (Warhammer Fantasy)
A Living Ancestor tries to fleece Bokri Starbolt: Illustrated.
- Location
- Utrecht
Give us a shitty deal? You can keep it... in the end you'll be the one with shit on your hand
I have made a webcomic to commemorate this post
- Location
- Netherlands
Eh. At first it is just gonna be the good 'ol 'Box with a trigger' mine designs.
More than fair, the kind I described is something we'd have to work our way up to as I figured, just throwing out possible suggestions.
They'd basically be like claymore in some respect now that I think of it, so yeah bit tricky to make.
MiskWisk
Hoot
- Location
- Somewhere devoid of wit
- Pronouns
- He
Well, I was going to vote for keeping it a secret and getting the secret to force Olli to give us some concessions later. However, I can't actually come up with an argument to this so I guess I'm voting nobody fleeces a ranger.
And I had such plans for that cash...
[X] Nobody fleeces a Ranger
You and me both, and I won't be complaining if the open mining wins, but at least 'nobody fleeces a ranger' does have IC grounding and fitting. Either way, we're able to move forward in character and reasonably. Plus we got updates on the Everpeak situation and the budding division over the candidates for High King.
- Location
- Netherlands
Ideally you want an insanely dirt-simple mine, so the Guild can't raise a fuss over it.
Wooden box. Fuse covered with sulfur and tar. And a trigger that if a heavy enough weight is pressed on it, causes a lot of sparks.
Something that you can go "Not a new invention. Just some existing things I put together. Honest."
- Location
- Utrecht
I too would like a ton of money.
But sometimes, no deal is better than a bad deal.
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[X] Nobody fleeces a Ranger!
We have a couple of avenues to improve our bargaining position so waiting a little while we pursue those seems wise to me, never negotiate from a position of weakness, particularly if you will soon be strong.
I was a little hesitant to mine the Gromril just yet in any case, we might have the attention of the Skaven already but that's going to be magnified once they find out about the Gromril. If we can delay their finding out for a few turns more than otherwise that gives us more time to fortify up and build up the throng which is all to the good.
We have a couple of avenues to improve our bargaining position so waiting a little while we pursue those seems wise to me, never negotiate from a position of weakness, particularly if you will soon be strong.
I was a little hesitant to mine the Gromril just yet in any case, we might have the attention of the Skaven already but that's going to be magnified once they find out about the Gromril. If we can delay their finding out for a few turns more than otherwise that gives us more time to fortify up and build up the throng which is all to the good.
Gotcha gotcha, avoid the red tape basically.
In the words of Willy Wonka, strike that, reverse it
But i get what you mean about taking the deal being arguably worse than not taking it. Which is why I'm okay with either open mining or holding off winning, as I'm basically good to go either way.- Location
- United States
[X] Nobody fleeces a Ranger
- Location
- Over the next hill.
Oh that's true. What's to stop them from intercepting one of the processed gromril shipments and connecting the dots? Gnawdwell could definitely figure that out. We're not getting any gromril goodies either. In fact, if we wanted some they'd probably make us buy it at a huge markup.
Basically doing to us what I hinted at being done to the Sollanders in my fruit focused omake? I can see it.
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
[X] Nobody fleeces a Ranger!:
- Location
- Spain
[X] Mine the Gromril. Don't hide its presence:
Ok, I am taking the deal, I know it is not a great deal BUT Vikki said that we can renegotiate it afterward and we could REALLY use that gold next turn...
Ok, I am taking the deal, I know it is not a great deal BUT Vikki said that we can renegotiate it afterward and we could REALLY use that gold next turn...
Since that would pay these things that we certainly want when we enter the wastes next year...
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- Utrecht
Imo, with our Status as a new Guild, this is worth a lot.
Our people (rangers) are the misfits of dwarf society... but we're bringing them into the fold.
Improving our reputation among other guild masters will be good for our guild in the long run.
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I really love this idea, but two things:
One, we'd have to make like a ranger bootcamp to bring non-rangers up to the previous Kataz Ankor standard. A silversmith from Karaz-a-Karak who has literally never seen the sun will just die if he tries to solo journey to Skarrenruf on the surface.
Second, how exactly would we advertise this? "Join the Rangers Guild, we pay in Shame Capacity"?
Want. Taking this, absolutely. A professional shieldwall we can shoot from behind? 100% going for that.
*talking
Holy shit. I mean, I wasn't expecting this to be without problems, but I definitely was *not* expecting such utter blatant disrespect for the High King. It's downright Umgi-like.
....You know, maybe that Priest of Grungni I was considering may become relevant after all.
I'll write the omake, we'll see how it turns out.
Yes! This is exactly what I meant by restricting approaches to Karaks. You make it so the only safe approach is straight into your guns.
[X] Nobody fleeces a Ranger!
On consideration, I really like this. Less about spiteing the Miners and more because a reputation for demanding respect in fact creates respect.
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- Location
- Somewhere left of nowhere near anywhere
[X] Nobody fleeces a Ranger!:
Refuse to sign any contract. Just walk out of the hall. Nobody bends you over a barrel!
Negotiate another day from a better position.
Leaves an impression to other Guilds that you won't tolerate being fleeced. Will make them less likely to make the attempt.
Refuse to sign any contract. Just walk out of the hall. Nobody bends you over a barrel!
Negotiate another day from a better position.
Leaves an impression to other Guilds that you won't tolerate being fleeced. Will make them less likely to make the attempt.
- Location
- Netherlands
Dawi definitely act differently when with just their own kind, compared to when the Umgi are around. Especially grumpy Living Ancestors.
Having a character who serves as a dedicated Reckoner could be pretty cool.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Yeah, but to really blow up an orc force that way, you need to get them packed in dense. Running humanoids can only pack themselves so densely, if nothing else because if the second rank follows too close behind the first rank they keep getting kicked in the kneecaps by the churning feet of the first rank.
What you'd want is to lure the orcs into charging up against an obstacle or a confined space, so that the pressure of the ones behind packs the front ranks in more tightly... but when you do that, using several tons of explosives means you're blowing up the obstacle itself, so you'd do better with the equivalent of claymores or guns firing grapeshot.
I mean.
Engineers habitually work with explosives. Engineers like to trap their stuff so no one can muck about with it. Engineers don't want the aforesaid traps to be destructive enough to break their stuff beyond repair.
Mechanically (or, in extreme cases, electrically) triggered fragmentation mines seem like an obvious combination.
The nice thing about Ironbreakers is that they're so well armored that if a fragmentation bomb goes off near them it's probably not going to do more than lightly scuff the finish on their kit.
@Woahdan ...
We already disarmed a member of the Council of Thirteen. In more ways than one.
I'm pretty sure we've maxed out our level of Skaven aggro.