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Rags to Ithilmar. The Quest of an Asur Commoner.
- Thread starter Mayto
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- Mature Fantasy
KlavoHunter
THOU SHALT WORSHIP NO GODS ABOVE ENTERPRISE!
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Yup, we're going to need to plan out if we can afford to be in the masterwork fugue or if there's enough stuff going on that we'll want to be aware while they happen.
That's the plan for next turn imo. Get the khazalid stuff from the Norscan language, visit both Bardum and the Norscan dawi equally, and fix up the tower as needed. I imagine that will keep Luthien fairly busy and we'll have an action or two for other things.
It would be nice, and if we can make time to keep up with Bardum as well, Luthien might well become the only elf to see both and write down the experiences...and perhaps live to tell the tale.
Do elves slow down as they age or is it just when they're living with the younger races?
Do we not slow down in Ulthuan?
Do we not slow down in Ulthuan?
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Yes to all three in a sense. It comes with age, humans don't provide the right social environment, and in Ulthuan we have access to the highs and people with the same mindset.
Not all elves, just some of them (mages and artisans) and it's not slowing down, it is becoming hyper-focused, Teclis and Tyrion's father, would forget the former needed medicine as he fixed up the Armor of Anaerion
It is an age thing and the humans just...reinforce that it is happening to Luthien as shown below.
we've seen it in the updates, like when she was eating with Brorn and slowed down in memories of home, but it doesn't get 'years go by' bad unless she's working on a masterwork that's triggered her obsessive nature when creating something.
so technically speaking, we didn't actually waste time... The super complicated armor technically needed 2 turns (4++years) or more normal turns but we did it in 1½? (3years) Because of how focused we became....
I can live with that but would prefer a production line to more or less automate the process.
Not really viable for one off armor like ours.
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Not quite, we do waste some time as seen by the 'I read these two pages that I had already gone over all day', because once you get into an obsessive mindset Luthien does everything like that.
- Location
- Netherlands
Wanting to live with the humans, and being a suberb craftswoman is hard.
Elves slow down as they age, but it's still something manageable. It's something they can snap out of at will or with the right stimulus. It is just more noticeable when they're with other races. What most elves get is stuff like Luthien eating some hearty bread, and reliving kind and happy childhood memories about her youth. Just preferring to take things slowly, but still able to do things quickly when it is important. Luthien's propensity to slide into her memories and think about past events? That's her getting older.
It is when an elf artisan or researcher gets obsessed with something, that they'll get downright dangerously single-minded and focused upon finishing a task. They'll completely devote themselves to what they want to create, and ignore everything tyrion and Teclis's father regularly forgot to make food for them, and Teclis had a silver bell he had to shake really loudly to draw his father's attention when he needed medical attention.
Haldenar is old as dirt, but he doesn't fall into these fugue states. Why is that?
Compare his job. He is constantly going to be negotiating trade contracts, balancing careful political ties and allegiances, and constantly moving around between different tasks that need doing. It's a cutthroat businesses, and any time he might slip into a state like that, he'll probably have a retainer show up at his office to go.
"House Silversea just gave Prince Finubar's wife a tiara with saphires, and she's no longer wearing the ruby one we gave her!"
And he'll plot some scheme to find out if it's a political statement from her that House Rubyfist is no longer in her graces, or if she just preferred the new tiara. And he will need to find something else the Royal couple will wear that he gifted, or find a way to lower Silversea's standing enough that she'll swap back to the ruby.
Which is why I noted it's only when Luthien is creating a really good masterwork that she gets so much tunnel vision she can barely function, otherwise she's just getting a little absent minded even by human standards. Just gotta time the masterworks well if Luthien's going ot be very involved with human things.
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- Netherlands
I already did that. Check the income.
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- Singapore
I realized - had Luthien accepted the Bond with the White Tower of Hoeth, one of her potential jobs for that 100 years of service might have been to serve as a Personal Assistant to an old Archmage or Loremaster who does need someone who understands what Craftsman Funge is to actually poke him once in a while to do something as simple as eat, never mind attend important meetings on his schedule (and making sure he's properly briefed/updated before attending such meetings).
If Luthien had kept all of her eyes open in such a job, there would have been alot about magic, crafting and White Tower politics that she would have learnt about in such a position just by being attentive. And if she was a good networker who knows how to properly leverage her power as a gatekeeper for more influential people to build contacts, the networking possibilities would have been immense.
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Nicholas Brooks
Redeemer and Destroyer
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- United States
It's kinda like when you have a demanding job and also a dog or a cat. Tragically, you just cannot spend as much time as you'd like with them, and their time is far more limited than yours so you want whatever you can get while you can get it. But you still need to go to work, you still need to sleep, so that's 2/3 of your time at minimum that you're not making memories with them.
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- Netherlands
I'll have you know that providing magic chamber pots and meals to an Archmage and occasionally poking them with a silver rod to get them to pay attention is a very important job.
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- Singapore
I'll have you know that providing magic chamber pots and meals to an Archmage and occasionally poking them with a silver rod to get them to pay attention is a very important job.
Taking the personal in personal assistant very personally, especially when you are gatekeeping the mental attention of an Archmage itself.
I wonder what an Asur Domestic to an Archmage quest would look like, because I imagine it goes from being an informal apprentice that get's a front row seat to most things the Archmage researches or works on, to outright a major player in Asur intrigue.
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- Location
- Utrecht
That norscan entrepreneur sure found out, with his rent a bathroomI'll have you know that providing magic chamber pots and meals to an Archmage and occasionally poking them with a silver rod to get them to pay attention is a very important job.
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In Bretonnia it's the Crown of Bretonnia, passed down from Gilles le Breton. I would also argue that the ultimate symbol of kingship for the dwarfs is the Dragon Crown of Karaz more than the Axe of Grimnir, as it's quite literally inscribed with the Master Rune of Kingship.
Thank you, and that actually reinforces my point that if we're looking for a common symbol of kingship, then it's arguably a crown vs a scepter that would make a good gift. Especially one that could be fitted to war helmets for when the Bjornling Kings need to go to war.
Rough Approximation of an Asur High Mage's reaction to Luthien's magical skills
Why... why are you....? Ew gross, you know it does not have to come through the mouth
Well if you are going to live in an icebox I guess that makes sense
Crude. but serviceable I suppose
Hmm... you have an affinity to the wilder things don't you? Fitting.
Your grasp of mathematics could use some improvement
This seems rather crude? Your own invention?
Yes Aqshy is fire good job Luthien, now how about you do something else with it?
I would be disappointed if a smith did not know this
Wait... why are you casting in that...? What is that? Oh you learned it from humans? For the love of Hoeth why?
And you learned all this on your own you say? To fight daemons? How bold of you.
You learned it from what book? Erasophania the Daemonologist you say... Fascinating. *screaming internally*
Vaul favors you it seems.
Why would you...? no... just no, stop that.
*slowly backs away without breaking eye contact*
Excuse me I appear to have grown nauseous
*Faintly* Dhar is considered unacceptable to use in most quarters
YOU SKIRT THE REALM OF KHAINE IN ORDER TO TELEPORT 10 METERS! *screaming externally*
I really do hope we get a look at 'the armour incident' , or one of 'slowing down' moments from an outside POV next turn.
Like, the toilet thing and building the wall around her, and how at the dinner meeting they waited until she was back means that the locals at least kind of understand something is up.
But what they think and how it looks to them will be interesting.
Like, the toilet thing and building the wall around her, and how at the dinner meeting they waited until she was back means that the locals at least kind of understand something is up.
But what they think and how it looks to them will be interesting.
- Location
- Singapore
Given Mayto's limited time to write, I won't be surprised if he welcomes Omakes on that topic, because it's going to be very difficult to do many perspectives justice beyond a very few, if any at all.
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