I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Voting is now opened. I got distracted with my new hawaiian t-shirt 
NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
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- Original Fantasy Action
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- norse mythology (mythology) original xianxia cultivation western cultivation ask sirihand did your mother tell you anything? discussion pleases yggdrasil farming gloating gets people killed granary management hubris is a coward's word you will die norsemen do not die when they are killed the qm has a bad memory the qm is bad at math viking courtroom drama (legal drama) vikings
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- Bretonnia
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[X] A wolf (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Wolf - Doubles damage.)
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- some computer lab
[x] A wolf (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Wolf - Doubles damage.)
[x] An owl (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Owl - Doubles hugr capacity gains.)
Can't choose between combat effectiveness and poetry
[x] An owl (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Owl - Doubles hugr capacity gains.)
Can't choose between combat effectiveness and poetry
WhoTheHeckity
But no one ever asks HowTheHeckity
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- Murica 🦅
[x] A wolf (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Wolf - Doubles damage.)
@Imperial Fister Now that Halla knows how to reveal fylgas, will we get to vote on them at the start for every new character?
@Imperial Fister Now that Halla knows how to reveal fylgas, will we get to vote on them at the start for every new character?
ThatGazzer
Minds Eye Bind
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[X] A dog (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Hound - Intercept results are doubled.)
[X] A raven (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Raven - Brings you prophetic dreams.)
for the dog I just like the idea that our actual pet dog has been a spirit animal this entire time
[X] A raven (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Raven - Brings you prophetic dreams.)
for the dog I just like the idea that our actual pet dog has been a spirit animal this entire time
[x] An owl (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Owl - Doubles hugr capacity gains.)
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What do you mean? We still have no idea how the ritual is actually performed, nor the ingredients used to make the paste. We only know that a sufficiently powerful witch can reveal them, and Halla isn't one (yet).
By the way, @Imperial Fister, what's the average weapon rank of an adult? Like, does your average warrior have a 5 in axe proficiency?
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I.F. Ister
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When they're revealed, yes.
4-5 is pretty average. Most people are gonna have around 3, though, simply because of a lack of time and half the population being 15 or under.
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Looks like our actual skill with axes will be pretty lacking for quite a while - since Steinarr us gone and we no longer have access to the excess training dice, and I imagine we'll spend our limited pool of training dice on improving our poetry and getting our hugr to 5.
DangerKitty
shoddy writter
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- lala land
[X] An owl (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Owl - Doubles hugr capacity gains.)
I.F. Ister
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Poetry can be very helpful when utilizing muna.
Helps your memory, you see.
But someone else making the poem is just as good as if you did it yourself.
Helps your memory, you see.
But someone else making the poem is just as good as if you did it yourself.
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I imagine that most people want it for self-sufficiency - it'd allow us to write poems about ourselves and our friends without having to worry about payment or finding a poet in the first place.
That would then allow us to gain orthstirr passively from people hearing of our deeds via poems.
Muna? What's that?
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yes? our reputation directly affects how many magical biggatons we can bring to bear in a fight, so learning the traditional method of hyping up our friends is really useful. Especially since Trick attacks seem to trump non-Trick defenses in general, so running out of Orthstirr in a fight is really dangerous.
I.F. Ister
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One of the things in hugr that you don't know yet.
You can learn more by seeing a true warrior use their Cool Moves™
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Poetry is necessary long term, I think. Also, giving up on things because we roll badly on them once or twice makes absolutely no sense...the dice have no memory, folks.
Now, whether we prioritize it over other things when we only have 4 dice is another question entirely. Personally, I'm inclined to go 2 dice each in Shield and Poetry this time, then maybe 4 dice in Axes next time if we are still down to only 4 dice, and wait until we have a few more dice to raise Hugr. Of course, all that assumes Steinar is away for multiple seasons and we can't get more dice elsewhere, which are both assumptions. And assumes we don't have the opportunity to learn witchcraft of some sort, which might take priority...
Now, whether we prioritize it over other things when we only have 4 dice is another question entirely. Personally, I'm inclined to go 2 dice each in Shield and Poetry this time, then maybe 4 dice in Axes next time if we are still down to only 4 dice, and wait until we have a few more dice to raise Hugr. Of course, all that assumes Steinar is away for multiple seasons and we can't get more dice elsewhere, which are both assumptions. And assumes we don't have the opportunity to learn witchcraft of some sort, which might take priority...
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[X] A wolf (Gain Boon: Spirit of the Wolf - Doubles damage.)
We once kneed a man's groin so hard his soul was destroyed.
Now we could do it twice as hard.
We once kneed a man's groin so hard his soul was destroyed.
Now we could do it twice as hard.
ThatGazzer
Minds Eye Bind
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The snake is oft a symbol of Loki, Giant, Blood-Brother to Odin and God of Fire, Lies and Mischief. (The order is important there. I've always felt that folks forget Loki was just as much a metaphor for how those earlier cultures conceptualized fire as he is a god of lies.)
No self-respecting Vikigr would want Their attention.
Sure it could be good-- but like fire, you're more often burned then warmed when he turns your way. Loki is a tool, one Odin uses to fix problems or to cause them, and when it comes to Mortals and Loki, it's best to invoke him carefully and without drawing his attention, or worse, his interest
From what little I remember, Loki got the short end every time, even though he just did what was asked of.The snake is oft a symbol of Loki, Giant, Blood-Brother to Odin and God of Fire, Lies and Mischief. (The order is important there. I've always felt that folks forget Loki was just as much a metaphor for how those earlier cultures conceptualized fire as he is a god of lies.)
No self-respecting Vikigr would want Their attention.
Sure it could be good-- but like fire, you're more often burned then warmed when he turns your way. Loki is a tool, one Odin uses to fix problems or to cause them, and when it comes to Mortals and Loki, it's best to invoke him carefully and without drawing his attention, or worse, his interest
But I will take your word for it, as I read the Norse mythology even less than the Greek one.
[X] Go to Jurgdby, court Stigrun
If you don't take chances, who knows what you could have done? Especially in a world where the rules work like this one does. I say we encourage him to chase a dream or possibility, and Stigurn seems to be a good potential wife (playing matchmaker as a 21st century native feels silly and weird lol) but if it doesn't work out it is not the end of the world.
Those successes on the wheat field is interesting, did they perhaps protect our farm from whatever that commotion was? And I worry about our pops heading to war. Hopefully sparring with his daughter has kept his skills up.
Utter shame about poetry lol. We're finally equal as a warrior to most fit men but we have no gravitas to go along with it lmfao. Hopfully it gets better. Here's to good rolls and may fate love us!
[X] Fylgja Unveiling
Oh and for the witch, probably just find out our "magic" stat is.
If you don't take chances, who knows what you could have done? Especially in a world where the rules work like this one does. I say we encourage him to chase a dream or possibility, and Stigurn seems to be a good potential wife (playing matchmaker as a 21st century native feels silly and weird lol) but if it doesn't work out it is not the end of the world.
Those successes on the wheat field is interesting, did they perhaps protect our farm from whatever that commotion was? And I worry about our pops heading to war. Hopefully sparring with his daughter has kept his skills up.
Utter shame about poetry lol. We're finally equal as a warrior to most fit men but we have no gravitas to go along with it lmfao. Hopfully it gets better. Here's to good rolls and may fate love us!
[X] Fylgja Unveiling
Oh and for the witch, probably just find out our "magic" stat is.
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
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We're already done with that vote. Check the latest update.
I.F. Ister
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One thing that you've gotta keep in mind when dealing with Norse mythology is that they very much are not Greek. The Norse gods don't really have 'domains' like the Greek do and they're far more 'human', to boot — though viewing them through modern sensibilities might make me a liar, there. They're more or less just people who happen to be immortal and are very good at different things, so you ask them to help you with it, akin to asking your older brother to help you beat a difficult level in a video game.
In this instance, with the snake earning you money, that's because snakes and dragons, which often hoarded wealth, were thought to be the 'same' creature — sort of, but I'm not going to go into details here. As such, the snake was a symbol of monetary luckiness — and also death, and also wisdom, and also lies, and also and also and also. And for the Norse, being lucky was pretty much the be-all-end-all of your standing in society — to a degree, but I am very tired and don't want to go into any more depth than I already have.
Oh and @PeaterDuck12, before I hit the hay, you're a little late on that vote there. The current vote is for what your fylgja is, in Summer 2/Witch Visit 1.1. Appreciate the thoughts, though.
edit: take what I say here — or with anything mythology related, for that matter — with a pinch of salt. My interests lie more with societal shenanigans, less with mythological ones. I'd say to trust the other Norse nerds in-thread more than me on this one.
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