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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The people who would (and im sure somebody will try) call us cowards could make the argument that we would have gotten more honor and loot if we kept fighting.
We could then argue that we couldnt have gotten more loot and honor if we all were all crow food.
Idk just my first though, protect ya neck and all.
Shard
One and Many
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Is it Drengskapr to give quarter/negotiate ransom with a worthy/honorable enemy? Of it is we can just make that point. The Loot point is moot when we maxed out our lootcap though. Having to stop a raid because your boat is full is the best possible reason to stop a raid.
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[X] A 'book' bound in soft leather, a red ribbon serving as a place-marker
[X] Plan Securing Our Gains
@Imperial Fister Can we do anything more to lower the chance of dying in child birth, and can we use reward dice to lower the chance?
Also will we ever get to get a glace at Abjorns character sheet?
[X] Plan Securing Our Gains
@Imperial Fister Can we do anything more to lower the chance of dying in child birth, and can we use reward dice to lower the chance?
Also will we ever get to get a glace at Abjorns character sheet?
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I think it's neutral. Not looked down on but not praised either as opposed to fighting more.
If people actually give us shit we can ask "Have you successfully raided a Knight's Manor with only 13 people and walked away victorious? No? Then you don't have room to talk." and if they persist after that we can let our violence do the talking, of course.
But really, I expect most people who've actually fought a knight will find our deeds pretty impressive.
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Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Yeah. They Can talk shit, but then they Get Hit. Folkmarr certainly seemed happy with the final outcome if the ending of that post was any indication.
Anyone who matters is going to go "You took a swing at a Knight as a bunch of rookie Vikingr and walked away with your Felag intact and with your boat full of loot? By Tyr!"
Anyone who matters is going to go "You took a swing at a Knight as a bunch of rookie Vikingr and walked away with your Felag intact and with your boat full of loot? By Tyr!"
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An armor piercing trick has been suggested, yes (though I believe the first suggested option was a Bash Trick rather than Pierce). So has a higher damage trick without Leaping Cleave's downsides (our current damage cap isn't great, Leaping Cleave aside).
Both are probably a good idea, and would need to be Bash or Pierce tricks given our Chop Tricks are maxed out. I think starting on one of those is a decently high priority but probably only at 1d6 a turn for at least a bit...we're hopefully not fighting anyone while pregnant after the end of the raid.
Sirrocco
Pedantic
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But... how many knights do we really expect/intend to fight from here on?
Workign to develop specifically anti-knight strategies just after we've decided that raidign the Christians is maybe not the greatest thing in the world...?
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I'm pretty sure armor destroying tricks won't really work on Knight Armor. It's a major artifact and not so easily destroyed. As a point of comparison, Leaping Cleave strips magical defenses...but not that from Knight Armor, it just did its base damage there.
Armor Piercing might work if you put in enough Orthstirr, though.
Shard
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Well, Knights are one of the biggest beneficiaries of Armor. Halla doesn't get anything from her armor aside from HP buffering in comparison.
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We have the crappiest category of armor possible, though. I mean, we have a Good Gambeson, but it's still only a Gambeson. Mail is notably better and probably does more than that we just, uh, don't have any yet.
And yes, Knight Armor is great. It's foundational to their whole fighting style and highly magical...all of which, I'm pretty sure, means it's not gonna be destroyed by a single Trick.
Eternal_0bserver
(Unverified Bookworm)
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[X] A 'book' bound in soft leather, a red ribbon serving as a place-marker
We must take the Bible and convince Jerasmus to teach Halla to read and speak Latin with it. Latin is incredibly important for this period - it is not only the language of worship, but also the language of science, and really literate Catholics around the world should know it. This is perhaps even more true in the world of cultivation, where such knowledge has more than real power.
The knight and the priest both spoke Scandinavian, but this is probably more due to the fact that these places have been repeatedly raided than to the fact that this is a common occurrence.
In addition, we can decipher all the Catholic magical things that the owl gacha will bring us, which also seems important.
[X] Plan Securing Our Gains
We must take the Bible and convince Jerasmus to teach Halla to read and speak Latin with it. Latin is incredibly important for this period - it is not only the language of worship, but also the language of science, and really literate Catholics around the world should know it. This is perhaps even more true in the world of cultivation, where such knowledge has more than real power.
The knight and the priest both spoke Scandinavian, but this is probably more due to the fact that these places have been repeatedly raided than to the fact that this is a common occurrence.
In addition, we can decipher all the Catholic magical things that the owl gacha will bring us, which also seems important.
[X] Plan Securing Our Gains
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It's been mentioned that the Gift of Tongues is a common cultivation ability for Christians, which is why they could talk to us. That only applies to cultivators though, and only those above a certain level (given Gabriel didn't have it). Latin is still very important to learn, but this seems worth noting.
[X] A 'book' bound in soft leather, a red ribbon serving as a place-marker
[X] Plan Securing Our Gains
Whew, i am glad the dice gods were happy with this outcome.
I kinda wanna talk with the coin pouch and knife carrying one, but that's all. like, why did he brought the filled coin pouches?
Also, the corpse, we need to bring that back and the rot might attract sea monsters too....
@Imperial Fister can we use the meat keeping stick on both Fabvr and the truly dead? or there isn't enough sticking out of Fabvr to use it on the corpse?
Edit: Guys, Cows, really? Chickens are the most efficient meat/protein source, after bugs. but i do admit milk IS important.
...There is also the fact that Halla wouldn't miss her chance to have her own source of mutton...
Also, we must make CHEESE!
The farming will be interesting though....
[X] Plan Securing Our Gains
Whew, i am glad the dice gods were happy with this outcome.
I kinda wanna talk with the coin pouch and knife carrying one, but that's all. like, why did he brought the filled coin pouches?
Also, the corpse, we need to bring that back and the rot might attract sea monsters too....
@Imperial Fister can we use the meat keeping stick on both Fabvr and the truly dead? or there isn't enough sticking out of Fabvr to use it on the corpse?
Edit: Guys, Cows, really? Chickens are the most efficient meat/protein source, after bugs. but i do admit milk IS important.
...There is also the fact that Halla wouldn't miss her chance to have her own source of mutton...
Also, we must make CHEESE!
The farming will be interesting though....
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[X] A long iron nail with odd letters covering it
Bible is boooring. It's like the fake-8th century, the Catholic world is very much a backwater. If you want SCIENCE!!! we need to go to Baghdad and learn Arabic, or Greek and go to Byzantium.
And the more people talk about trying to "fix" or "improve" norse cultivation, the more bored I get. This is about Halla's journey and her families stories. That may involve being a Jarl, and it's interesting to think about what Jarlship would look like, but wild speculation about changing an entire culture is pointless. Same with panicking over Christian Cultivation when we don't know what it entails.
Bible is boooring. It's like the fake-8th century, the Catholic world is very much a backwater. If you want SCIENCE!!! we need to go to Baghdad and learn Arabic, or Greek and go to Byzantium.
And the more people talk about trying to "fix" or "improve" norse cultivation, the more bored I get. This is about Halla's journey and her families stories. That may involve being a Jarl, and it's interesting to think about what Jarlship would look like, but wild speculation about changing an entire culture is pointless. Same with panicking over Christian Cultivation when we don't know what it entails.
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Would you also put talking about the body death and how to fix it (and that we know a Seeress) in to Folkmarrs talk, or is it to late to fix the plan?
One thing about the bible:
Jerasmus may know more, but I think he is much sharper, meaning less likely to tell more than he is supposed to and more able to intentionally influence is.
So maybe we should ask Gabriel when Jerasmus isn't around.
(though Gabriel could have accidental evangelism via heart to heart moments, eh just gotta prepare and then hope the risk works out)
I get that argument and agree that stealing ideas can be a good Idea. But this part of the quote throws up a huge redflag to me:
That sounds like treating a priest as a person of spiritual/social authority.
Which is a beginning of gradual conversion, imho.
Is melting down such a weapon to get its materials possible without getting bad luck? (obviously not applicable to the bible)
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We get Owl Gift when we come back, right?
it was mentioned that melting thievesbane down and reforging it would make it new and impossible to turn on us, but we would go from 1d6 to 2d6