NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)

Lunoros · Feb 12, 2023

Omegahugger said:
So... Who wants to try and learn some basic First Aid and wound dressing? That seems like a pretty useful skill to pick up.

Heck we could even learn it to patch up Abjorn and get closer to him after fights. I'm sure that wouldn't be an ulterior motive for Halla right

Constenanto · Feb 12, 2023

Hm...

I'm not against us talking to our mother, but I wouldn't bet on our relationship improving any time soon, if ever.

Our relationship is already pretty rocky, and I don't see it getting any better when she finds out we've been training and killing people and doing all these 'unwomanly' things.

Hopefully I'm just being pessimistic, and we can repair our relationship with her and Asva, but I'm not going to keep my hopes up.

I.F. Ister · Feb 12, 2023

Constenanto said:
By the way, what does increasing our axe stat actually do? Don't we use our hamr for our combat pool?

More space you can fit orthstirr into, to give you additional combat dice.

...I realize now that I didn't actually mark that down as an option on the little blurb at the end of every combat round. My bad, there.

MrRageQuit · Feb 12, 2023

Norse Nanoha for the win. I'm willing to stick with the plan.

I.F. Ister · Feb 12, 2023

Voting is now open

Constenanto · Feb 12, 2023

Imperial Fister said:
More space you can fit orthstirr into, to give you additional combat dice.

...I realize now that I didn't actually mark that down as an option on the little blurb at the end of every combat round. My bad, there.

So... with our current rank, we can put in a maximum of 3 orthstirr to raise our combat pool by 3d6? But if we raised, we could put in 4 orthstirr to add 4d6?

Also, does a shield also take damage whenever you win a defense roll against an enemy? Just that I'm assuming if you win the roll, it takes a maximum of 1 damage, but if you lose the roll it ends up taking all the damage you would have taken?

Sib · Feb 12, 2023

[X] Use 'Plan Say Hi To Mom'

DeadmanwalkingXI · Feb 12, 2023

[X] Use 'Plan Say Hi To Mom'

Using this leaves a lot of orthstirr free given our recent increase, but that seems fine. It handles the basics well enough, IMO, and free orthstirr isn't a bad thing...

Constenanto · Feb 12, 2023

[X] Use 'Plan Say Hi To Mom'

Off-topic but is there any particular dog breed that Flekkr looks like?

I.F. Ister · Feb 12, 2023

Constenanto said:
So... with our current rank, we can put in a maximum of 3 orthstirr to raise our combat pool by 3d6? But if we raised, we could put in 4 orthstirr to add 4d6?

Correct

Constenanto said:
Also, does a shield also take damage whenever you win a defense roll against an enemy? Just that I'm assuming if you win the roll, it takes a maximum of 1 damage, but if you lose the roll it ends up taking all the damage you would have taken?

Flavor wise, succeeding in a defense roll means that you, for example, catch the weapon on the boss, or deflect it, or simply dodge out of the way.

Mechanics wise, succeeding in a defense roll means that the shield doesn't take damage.

Constenanto said:
Off-topic but is there any particular dog breed that Flekkr looks like?

No, but I would imagine he looks like a Norwegian Buhund

MrRageQuit · Feb 12, 2023

[X] Use 'Plan Say Hi To Mom'

CedeTheBees · Feb 12, 2023

Imperial Fister said:
I am here, girl. Let go of your fear.

Imperial Fister said:
Pathetic. He could at least meet his death like a man.

Imperial Fister said:
This is not his time.

Imperial Fister said:
Goodbye, girl.

Who/what the fuck just possessed us?

DeadmanwalkingXI · Feb 12, 2023

CedeTheBees said:
Who/what the fuck just possessed us?

That is the question, isn't it? I'm very curious myself.

Given the attitude and abilities displayed a valkyrie is perhaps most plausible...Odin isn't crazy talk, but he'd be the only male deity likely to be involved (since whoever it was used seidr through us, and he's the only male deity I know of who uses it). Our fylgja is also possible since we have literally no idea how those work.

geogio13 · Feb 12, 2023

What the actual Hel happened there?

Still think we should go with original plan.
[X] Use 'Plan Say Hi To Mom'

ThatGazzer · Feb 12, 2023

Doesn't have to be an æsir either.
Could be a Vanir.
Could be a Giant.
Giants use magic more freely than any god, iirc

Constenanto · Feb 12, 2023

DeadmanwalkingXI said:
That is the question, isn't it? I'm very curious myself.

Given the attitude and abilities displayed a valkyrie is perhaps most plausible...Odin isn't crazy talk, but he'd be the only male deity likely to be involved (since whoever it was used seidr through us, and he's the only male deity I know of who uses it). Our fylgja is also possible since we have literally no idea how those work.

Admittedly, I don't know much about Norse mythology, but it could be Freya? Though a valkyrie seems much more plausible than Freya herself.

Exmorri · Feb 12, 2023

Ancestor ghost looking fondly on a descendant worthy of taking up some legacy, maybe?

KreenWarrior · Feb 12, 2023

I suspect whatever it is, it's what that guy trapped in the ice was complaining about having 'chosen' us.

Constenanto · Feb 12, 2023

KreenWarrior said:
I suspect whatever it is, it's what that guy trapped in the ice was complaining about having 'chosen' us.

Doubt it. I didn't really get any sort of indication that we had been chosen for anything before this moment.

DeadmanwalkingXI · Feb 12, 2023

Constenanto said:
Admittedly, I don't know much about Norse mythology, but it could be Freya? Though a valkyrie seems much more plausible than Freya herself.

Freya is probably the most plausible deity, yes, but her areas are, I think, less relevant to this specific fight than they might be.

Constenanto · Feb 12, 2023

DeadmanwalkingXI said:
Freya is probably the most plausible deity, yes, but her areas are, I think, less relevant to this specific fight than they might be.

Eh, from what I understand, Freya's a Goddess of battle/war. Seems pretty relevant to me. Could be wrong though - not sure on the specifics of what domains Freya rules over.

Hel(l), we don't event know if the Norse gods are an actual thing.

Gonna throw a wild guess out there, but if they do exist, maybe they're just humans who got a bunch of orthstirr and ascended?

Toboe · Feb 12, 2023

CedeTheBees said:
Who/what the fuck just possessed us?

I'd agree with the sentiment that it is one of:

Odin (God of war and uses seidr)
Freya (Goddess of war)
a Valkiry
maybe our fylga, we don't know how those works

For odin, besides being probably the most famous god:

Odin - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

wikipedia said:
In wider Germanic mythology and paganism, the god was also known in Old English as Wōden, in Old Saxon as Uuôden, in Old Dutch as Wuodan, in Old Frisian as Wêda, and in Old High German as Wuotan, all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym *Wōðanaz, meaning 'lord of frenzy', or 'leader of the possessed'.

"Leader of the possessed"

wikipedia said:
Internal and comparative evidence all point to the ideas of a divine possession or inspiration, and an ecstatic divination.[9][10] In his Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (1075–1080 AD), Adam of Bremen explicitly associates Wotan with the Latin term furor, which can be translated as 'rage', 'fury', 'madness', or 'frenzy' (Wotan id est furor : "Odin, that is, furor").[11] As of 2011, an attestation of Proto-Norse Woðinz, on the Strängnäs stone, has been accepted as probably authentic, but the name may be used as a related adjective instead meaning "with a gift for (divine) possession" (ON: øðinn).[12]

Internal and comparative evidence all point to the ideas of a divine possession or inspiration, and an ecstatic divination.

Divine possession sounds really fitting.
Especially considering that the candidate is a god of war famous for using seidr and just chopped someone to pieces and used seidr.

Btw, everybody: we have more Orthstirr available now, so you could update the mom plan to use them.
I think the update gave us more important things to do, though
[X] New Plan
[X] Plan: Val Halla
-[X] (Seasonal) The fields need to be cleared.
-[X] (Personal) Spend time with...
--[X] Steinarr
---[X] talk about what happened in "a Walk on the Ice final"
-[X] (Visit) Go visit...
--[X] Runby, Aki's Farm
---[X] Try to make friend with Aki
-[X] (Training) Hamr (3 successes to rank up)
--[X] 3d6 to Hamr itself
-[X] (Training) Hugr (4 successes to rank up)
--[X] 4d6 to Hugr itself
-[X] (Orthstirr Usage)
--[X] 2d6 Hamr
--[X] 3d6 Hugr
--[X] 1d6 Silver-Tongue (Friendly Talking) Rank (1)
--[X] 3d6 free for tricks

DeadmanwalkingXI · Feb 12, 2023

Toboe said:
Btw, everybody: we have more Orthstirr available now, so you could update the mom plan to use them.

I did actually note that. Adding one more to Hugr is fairly reasonable, but honestly having more to spare isn't a terrible idea either, and we can add them on the fly in some circumstances. In particular, having enough free to do one or two things and stabilize people is not a terrible plan, and this at least starts out with that if we stoke everything.

I also feel like changing the plan after people already voted on it gets weird, even in circumstances like this where we have more points, given that leaving them free floating is defensible.

Toboe · Feb 12, 2023

DeadmanwalkingXI said:
I also feel like changing the plan after people already voted on it gets weird, even in circumstances like this where we have more points, given that leaving them free floating is defensible.

I meant as in "if you want plan mom but with updated Orthstirr you could do a plan mom2".
And having a new plan is explicitly a possibility, stated then and now.

DeadmanwalkingXI · Feb 12, 2023

Toboe said:
I meant as in "if you want plan mom but with updated Orthstirr you could do a plan mom2".
And having a new plan is explicitly a possibility, stated then and now.

Fair. Just clarifying. And yeah, we could do a plan Mom2, but as I went into in the rest of my post, I don't think we super need to.

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