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If the Knife-Ears wanted to hunt Morghur in the Chaos Wastes, they would be hunting Morghur in the Chaos Wastes, instead of camping in a Kislevian forest and trying to kite a Boyar.
 
Mordheim doesn't send any energy to Kislev's Waystones.

Like, it never did, but it especially doesn't now, given that the flow from Mordheim to the Nexus in Ostermark was cut off.

I'd like to get an idea if we're in the middle of something very big here.

Why? I mean the only thing that might help with would be if we then choose to run and I do not see the thread voting for that.
 
The thing is, if true... what do we do about it? It's not like we would have time to travel down the Mordheim and break the flow to them there.

Personally the reason I was down for Waystone action at first was that I thought we would be going in the woods potentially find a hijacked stone and do something about it. If we just get confirmation that it has been messed with that changes nothing, we still need to fight the host of Athel Loren, stone or no.
Well, Mordheim wouldn't come into the picture, it's the flow from Kislev City that's potentially being intercepted. Meaning in theory, if we confirm that it's a result of hostile action & can get the Ice Witches on board, we could potentially pull a repeat of our trick at Vlag - cut off the flow on purpose to fuck with whatever they're using it for, then restore it after before a clog forms.
Ice Witches will react catastrophically badly to a male magic-user that appears to be trying to pry into Ice Witch secrets, and Ice Witch secrets is one possible cause of Kislev's Waystones not doing what Mathilde expects them to be doing.
Unfortunate but reasonable. I suppose particularly given the events of the latest update it'd be rather too much to hope for them to just not be paying close enough attention to notice.
 
[x] Bring in the Kreml Guard
[x] Bring in the Tzar
These seem to go together: tell the Tzar and his forces to hurry up then help them go fast. If there happen to be more ice witches around the court then good, likewise if we happen to observe something about what the ley line is up to on the ride, but no taking extra time for those things.

After we win Mathilde can talk to Ice witches about the Kislev waystone and empty ley line while Johann makes friends with the Tzar.
 
Oh, and right, I should probably put in an actual vote to back up my proposal re: waystone info usage.

[X] Investigate the missing leyline
[X] Bring in Ice Witches

I'll fully admit that this is a gamble and if it doesn't pay off we'll wish we'd grabbed the Kreml Guard instead, but if it does pay off it could be a Big Fucking Deal both for this engagement and, perhaps, for the Waystone Project going forward.
 
I've actually gone off the layline thing, we can always investigate it after the battle. Same with the Boyar thing. We don't really need to know that right now.

Having at least two extra ice witches—battlefield capable ones—and potentially up to five? Well, there's a game changer, and even if the elves are doing something weird with the Waystone, the Ice witches are literally the best people to counter that, so we'd be protected anyway.

[X] Bring in the Kreml Guard
[X] Bring in Ice Witches
 
Important question that has suddenly occurred to me, @Boney: If the Tzar gets here, he launches the attack. If the Boyar whose lands these are gets here, he launches the attack. Does the Tsarevich launch the attack if he gets here, or does he wait for one of the others?

Right now, given how we seem to have several vital things to do and not enough time to do them in, I think we're all hoping that the Tzar doesn't get here quickly and we are waiting on the Boyar instead, so we have four actions with which to work instead of two. But if the Tsarevich triggers the assault, we suddenly have to seriously reconsider if we want the Kreml Guard now or if we're willing to risk the Tzar getting here "too early" in order to try to fit more actions in.
 
Important question that has suddenly occurred to me, @Boney: If the Tzar gets here, he launches the attack. If the Boyar whose lands these are gets here, he launches the attack. Does the Tsarevich launch the attack if he gets here, or does he wait for one of the others?

Right now, given how we seem to have several vital things to do and not enough time to do them in, I think we're all hoping that the Tzar doesn't get here quickly and we are waiting on the Boyar instead, so we have four actions with which to work instead of two. But if the Tsarevich triggers the assault, we suddenly have to seriously reconsider if we want the Kreml Guard now or if we're willing to risk the Tzar getting here "too early" in order to try to fit more actions in.

The Tsarevich is a sensible guy. I mean, I know I'm talking about the guy that canonically wrestled an actual bear, but he had good reason for doing so. And the sensible thing to do here is wait for at least one of the Zavstra and Kislev City rotas to arrive, which gives you at least those four days.
 
The Tsarevich is a sensible guy. I mean, I know I'm talking about the guy that canonically wrestled an actual bear, but he had good reason for doing so. And the sensible thing to do here is wait for at least one of the Zavstra and Kislev City rotas to arrive, which gives you at least those four days.
Fantastic. That seemed likeliest to me, but with all the talk about how Kislev doesn't brook enemies on its turf and the attitudes mentioned of the other potential commanders, I thought it made sense to check.

OK, friends, let's cross our fingers and hope Ranald slows down the Tzar so we have enough time to cover a few more bases.
 
The Tsarevich is a sensible guy. I mean, I know I'm talking about the guy that canonically wrestled an actual bear, but he had good reason for doing so. And the sensible thing to do here is wait for at least one of the Zavstra and Kislev City rotas to arrive, which gives you at least those four days.
Warhammer: the place where 'wrestled an actual bear' can be a sensible life choice.
 
[X] Bring in the Kreml Guard
[X] Find the Boyar

I think there's fairly dubious immediate tactical utility for investigating the leyline if we're trying to keep our investigation secret from Ice Witches. It would make explaining any insight we got from it harder and we wouldn't be able to do anything like shutting off a Kislev waystone without permission unless we wanted to risk a diplomatic incident.

In the longer term, I value not risking the relationship with the Ice Witches no matter how slim the chance is, because I value the potential for their goodwill as more likely to help the project than what we might glean from a single investigation of a waystone.
 
[X] Bring in the Kreml Guard
Tsarevich Boris is leading the Kreml Guard, but they are travelling on foot on a dirt road and may not arrive in time for the battle. Kislev's forces actually having infantry would be helpful for a battle in a forest. Use Rite of Way to speed their journey.
[X] Find the Boyar
For some reason, the Athel Loren forces seem to be trying to lure in Boyar Kalashinivik and his rota. Boyar Kalashinivik should be somewhere on the road between Praag and Kislev. Intercept him and see if you can figure out what this is all about.

OK so we want the tsarevitch here because he would actually give us a bit more time (probably) and he's the most level-headed guy we know here (we have no clue how the Tzar would react)
And we want to find out why athel Loren is here to see if we can do this whole thing without fighting monstrous trees. So let's ask the guy they made a whole stretch of forest into a trap for.
 
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