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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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Boney said:
Also, this update is a good demonstration of what dice rolls mean. Mathilde rolled a natural 1 for the duel with Boris. Because Mathilde is not an enormous idiot, this did not mean that she oopsied his head clean off his body. It had the worst effect that was reasonably possible within the constraints of the situation: a dull and unsatisfying duel, with all opportunity it held to impress or bond with Boris lost, but no actual harm done because it was a low-pressure situation with reasonable precautions being taken by competent people.
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Too bad on the missed opportunity, but glad that this was the roll with a natural one, and not say casting check for Rite of Way.
 
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How big is the Ostermark army that's mustered right now? Does it have cannon and knights? Wizards? Or is it mostly pike and musket infantry? (which would still be highly useful in the coming fight—possibly more useful than the knights and cannon?)

Honestly, the more I think of it, bringing a second army into the forest is probably better than less than half a dozen Ice Witches, and has the potential for Kislev/Ostermark friendship making.
 
So. I am now of the opinion that we sorta need to try codifying RoW. Being able to potentially quadruple (I'm assuming we got near the maximum possible here) the strategic speed of even small detachments is huge, and doing it for up to 2,500 soldiers per Magister? Even if others won't have our efficiency or safety, that's a massive boost.
 
I'd advocate for bringing in Ostermark. They want this shit resolved too, and they'll have a nice infantry contingent. But most importantly, it fits Mathilde. She's all about bringing different, loosely allied factions together to archieve greater successes. Generally by means of magic boosted logistics (before this it was shadowhorse for messages, now she can move the troops themselves).
 
picklepikkl said:
So a high-risk high-reward action, vs a no-risk moderate reward action.
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2-5 battlemages is not a moderate reward action. 2-5 battlemages is fuck this battlefield and everyone in it action.
Wodger said:
If we solve the issue how is Athel Loren likely to react? Are they going to want a fight anyway?
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They will add it to the tally but they won't really like go apeshit? They are isolationists, they don't leave the forest to go fuck shit up that often, they don't really have much in ways of outside agents except for perhaps one or two mercenary units that act as spies (and i am not sure if those aren't Laurelorn aligned), so by the time they get moving for revenge, chance is even someone with expected lifetime of Elspeth von Draken will have bitten dust by then :V
 
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If we go for the Boyar, could Mathilde tell Boris about her suspicions and get some official authority to question him? Might increase the odds of us actually getting some answers if we find him.
 
Oh nice, update! Was just wondering if I should wait or turn in already.

I kind of want to bring in Ostermark, but the possibility of the enemy pulling some tricks to arrange friendly fire incidents is making me wary of doing so.
 
Nerdasaurus Rex said:
How big is the Ostermark army that's mustered right now? Does it have cannon and knights? Wizards? Or is it mostly pike and musket infantry? (which would still be highly useful in the coming fight—possibly more useful than the knights and cannon?)

Honestly, the more I think of it, bringing a second army into the forest is probably better than less than half a dozen Ice Witches, and has the potential for Kislev/Ostermark friendship making.
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It would be a division of ten thousand. Cannon yes, knights maybe, Wizards no.

mathymancer said:
If we go for the Boyar, could Mathilde tell Boris about her suspicions and get some official authority to question him? Might increase the odds of us actually getting some answers if we find him.
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Mathilde has the most flexibility for how to respond to whatever she finds out if nobody knows she's doing it.
 
Boney said:
Also, this update is a good demonstration of what dice rolls mean. Mathilde rolled a natural 1 for the duel with Boris. Because Mathilde is not an enormous idiot, this did not mean that she oopsied his head clean off his body. It had the worst effect that was reasonably possible within the constraints of the situation: a dull and unsatisfying duel, with all opportunity it held to impress or bond with Boris lost, but no actual harm done because it was a low-pressure situation with reasonable precautions being taken by competent people.
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I've read far too many quests where the underlined is exactly what would have happened. Thank you for continuing to make much more reasonable, context-dependent use of dice rolls.
 
Boney said:
Also, this update is a good demonstration of what dice rolls mean. Mathilde rolled a natural 1 for the duel with Boris. Because Mathilde is not an enormous idiot, this did not mean that she oopsied his head clean off his body. It had the worst effect that was reasonably possible within the constraints of the situation: a dull and unsatisfying duel, with all opportunity it held to impress or bond with Boris lost, but no actual harm done because it was a low-pressure situation with reasonable precautions being taken by competent people.
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Once again Ranald watches over Mathilde, by burning the inevitable Nat 1 on a low stakes no-consequences roll. Praise Ranald!
 
I like to imagine that the Athel Loren leadership is aligned with Loec, and is here because Mathilde didn't take the High Priestess of Ranald position.
 
Boney said:
Hundreds, and you took them forty miles in a day when they were doing ten. As per the Spellbook threadmark, it can handle 2500 infantry or 500 cavalry.
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NSMS said:
So. I am now of the opinion that we sorta need to try codifying RoW. Being able to potentially quadruple (I'm assuming we got near the maximum possible here) the strategic speed of even small detachments is huge, and doing it for up to 2,500 soldiers per Magister? Even if others won't have our efficiency or safety, that's a massive boost.
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I'll second that; with us rolling over 100 on that one the ground must've been as smooth and firm as the Tsar's ballroom floor. Boris is likely to ask every single Witch in Kislev if they can replicate that feat, because it's ridiculously useful.
 
Granny Ljiljana: "The Tzar is halfway there and about to challenge an ancient malevolent spirit from Athel Loren? Oof, my old bones, they just don't work like they used to anymore."
 
It's a shame Rite of Way is battle magic, because if normal magisters—or even journeymen—could cast it, it would drastically change imperial military doctrine.

I strongly suspect it can't be scaled down however, and as such it will only be the domain of Grey College Battle Wizards, of whom there can't be more than a couple of dozen.
 
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