NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
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- norse 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 no seriously you will die norsemen do not die when they are killed the qm has a bad memory the qm is bad at math try not to die viking courtroom drama (legal drama) vikings you will die
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Er...there's no magic enforcing thrall loyalty. They only get orthstirr for serving you, so there's an incentive, but no actual magic enforcing this.
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We've been told how thralls work, though, and there's no magic loyalty enforcement. If there was, there'd likewise be magic enforcing our loyalty to the Jarl and there just...isn't. They'd certainly get nid for betraying us, but so would a freeman we were paying.
Quest Mechanics? I doubt it, but maybe. World Lore including magical loyalty enforcement? If that were a thing Gabriel never could've slapped us.
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Mom has two young children of her own and was still sick and weak from childbirth last time we saw her. Even with Randi around to help, her hands are full, especially if Asva leaves home to get married herself (which seems likely in the near future). Minna likewise has her own baby to take care of, and Drifa as well.
Alectai
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Halla has Hamr 5, It's not going to be comfortable but this kind of thing isn't a serious risk to her, specifically.
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As Alectai notes, our Hamr is way above average for a Norsewoman (of any age, I think, certainly for a 16 year old), and frankly so is our Hamingja. I can't imagine those don't improve our odds significantly. I would hesitate to claim there's no risk, but it should be a lot lower for Halla than it is for most women all things considered. Stabilizing Palm will also keep us from bleeding out when used on ourselves, which is pretty helpful for preventing death in childbirth as long as we stay conscious.
Alectai
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Yes, but Norsewomen do die in childbirth anyway, from what we've heard (our mother, for example, will explicitly not be having any more kids because it would kill her, and I'd be shocked if her Hamr weren't in the 3-4 range given her age and position). Of course, most of them probably don't have Hamr above 4, so Halla's odds are still quite good, I think.
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Question, @Imperial Fister, when will we get our yearly passive increase of orthstirr from all our feats? After we return?
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From previous years, at the end of the year. We should have four turns of normal actions before that, actually (one Summer turn, three Winter ones).
Alectai
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There should be one final payout, though it might be the Jarl who gets the big payout there. He certainly seems happy with our take! Coming home having challenged a Knight, filled your ship with loot, and with only one Truly Dead member of his band is a hell of an ENTER to any politics he might be involved in.
I.F. Ister
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Sure
You have to purchase the land from either Steinarr or the Headsman, who technically owns the valley
Makes sense to me, yes. Double the successes, double the crops
In order: 30 silver oz, sort of, yes, and yes
Three children with Giant's Blood. It's not likely, at all, but it is a distinct possibility.
Perhaps if you live to have it
Alectai
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Well, given our take, we can definitely afford a significant expansion. 413 Silver is a lot! And we've got enough Gold to actually make something out of it if we set our mind to it for some indescribable reason. Even if we just use it like Bigger Silver, it almost doubles our wealth from this expedition.
Honestly, it's kind of weird? Gold feels like it should be capable of stuff that Silver isn't good for, maybe there's some services that you can only buy with Gold? Might be useful for Runecrafting too if you can melt it down and use it as the filler.
EDIT: Oh, huh, we might want to either power level Hamr up in the next few turns or get some Bonus Dice squirrled away to rig.
Though we still need to rig against another Knight Fight first!
Honestly, it's kind of weird? Gold feels like it should be capable of stuff that Silver isn't good for, maybe there's some services that you can only buy with Gold? Might be useful for Runecrafting too if you can melt it down and use it as the filler.
EDIT: Oh, huh, we might want to either power level Hamr up in the next few turns or get some Bonus Dice squirrled away to rig.
Though we still need to rig against another Knight Fight first!
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Sweet. All that works then.
30 oz how often? As a yearly fee that seems...rather excessive. Or would that just buy his loyalty indefinitely as long as he's fed?
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I.F. Ister
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That's the upfront. He also has ownership of any crafts he makes (with his own resources, of course).
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Check. So we pay that, he moves in and helps out fairly indefinitely, keeping ownership of his own craftswork?
I.F. Ister
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Correct, also you feed him and his and provide lodging, but you already knew that part
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