Sorry to hear, it must suck. Hope you will be okay.
In that case they would never use those secret techniques against enemies in battle, if they are so easy to learn.
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Sorry to hear, it must suck. Hope you will be okay.
In that case they would never use those secret techniques against enemies in battle, if they are so easy to learn.
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The point is that they aren't something you could learn in one fight, but if you had 20 fights with the same person using the exact same techniques then you can start to figure them out. And that's what regular sparring is, fighting again and again against the same people. So they aren't allowed to do that.
In practice, he could use them in one spar and it wouldn't actually reveal them, but the rule is against using them while sparring with outsiders, so it'd still break the rules and likely his Oaths. So he won't do that.
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The point was that after several spars, one would gain insight into the technique. It doesn't have to be some super easy technique to learn for someone to do that... infact, if someone didn't gain any insight into a technique after multiple spars, I'd say they're a bad fighter. In a fight, that's different, since they're actually trying to kill the enemy. Which means that the technique's secret wouldn't proliferate, if they somehow managed to glean it's secrets when encountering the technique for the first time - which is already pretty unlikely.
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I.F. Ister
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Thank you.
Yeah, it really does stink. Thank you.
Thank you. I reckon I'll be okay, just worried if I'll be forced to go on a short hiatus. I don't think I will, you know how things are.
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Anyways, voting is now closed. Looks like you're in for some scouting
I.F. Ister
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It restores itself in the condition you left it in
Not really
Bo seems a little weird around you, like he's not really sure how he's supposed to react. He's settled on cordial, but you did kill his brother.
It took me a second to figure this one out, as I was thinking 'Odr-like' or 'Odin-like', but you're talking about Oda, the creator of One Piece, right? I'll sure take that compliment!
'Not exactly the first time I've been honored by a Steelfather, but you should take pride in it.'
Barki is good at it, you're good at it, the archers are all good at it.
It, unfortunately, was destroyed in the fighting
'I had a lot, don't recall the exact number. I've never known an Ironbrother to lack hugareida. They always have some kind of weapon hugareida, thanks to their relentless training, and often have one or two elemental or conceptual hugareida to add to it. That's not counting Campfire or Clearwater, to clarify.'
Good luck and be safe IF!
And don't forget, you are priority number one. the quest can wait until you are in good health again!
Hm.... would that still be an issue if we spared on pure skill alone, without tricks, hugreida or styles? well, at most, with Stroker State Style, but preferably without....
"Hey, Blackhand.... how do someone without an owl hugreida use or trains hugreida tricks? Like... do they concentrate on a few of their favorites or just.... don't learn as many as i?"
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'Instead of branching out, most people—myself included, for the most part—only have a small handful of hugareida tricks to utilize. They concentrate on their favorites, with a few spare tricks held in reserve on the off chance they go up against an enemy that has a strong defense against one's normal tools.'
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Hey Blackhand, do we qualify as Ironbrother level at this point? If not, would, say, Heima Smiles or Audrikr?
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Basically, I'm wondering what the cutoff point there is in the Valley Power Rankings. I think Top is probably Ironbrother level and any higher definitely is, but what about Lower Top?
I'm guessing Stoneson minimum is probably Middle to Upper Middle (ie: you can join at Middle, maybe, but they'll get you to Upper Middle real quick). Which probably means Lower Top isn't Ironbrother yet, but it seems worth asking.
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Basically, I'm wondering what the cutoff point there is in the Valley Power Rankings. I think Top is probably Ironbrother level and any higher definitely is, but what about Lower Top?
I'm guessing Stoneson minimum is probably Middle to Upper Middle (ie: you can join at Middle, maybe, but they'll get you to Upper Middle real quick). Which probably means Lower Top isn't Ironbrother yet, but it seems worth asking.
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'In terms of strength and experience, you are around Ironbrother-level—though Ironbrothers also require experience in leadership roles, which is something you are acquiring, and have more refined combat skills. Heima Smiles and Audrikr Fishfighter are both Ironbrothers, though Heima is an Elder Ironbrother while Audrikr is 'only' a Younger.'
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
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Not sure how it works in your state but some of my patients have been calling a ton of pharmacies in the area to see if they have any different strengths in stock. If your doctor is willing, they might be able to send a script somewhere and have you double up on a weaker strength or cut up a stronger one.
Don't really have any better advice tbh, it doesn't look like the shortage is gonna get better any time soon.
Summer 9/Voyage 1.2 | A 'Chance' Encounter 2
I.F. Ister
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[X] Scout it First (v2)
-[X] Do it ourselves, sending our Fylgja
-[X] Reassign our Dense Muscles to a Fast, move Frenzy there, move our Fylgja's shapeshift slot to the Stealth increase. Move everything back when it comes back
-[X] Unassign Semi-Halting Vortex and Thievesbane on the Fylgja and assign it Sway and Ember-Wing Cloak. Unassign Heated Shroud and assign The Return of Stigr. Again, undo these changes when it comes back
-[X] Use a combination of mundane stealth and Hidden In Rags to sneak closer and get an idea of the situation, being prepared to retreat if there's trouble. Use Dead Air as needed and useful to enhance this, and Magnify Sight to get a better look at them without getting closer than necessary.
-[X] Do it ourselves, sending our Fylgja
-[X] Reassign our Dense Muscles to a Fast, move Frenzy there, move our Fylgja's shapeshift slot to the Stealth increase. Move everything back when it comes back
-[X] Unassign Semi-Halting Vortex and Thievesbane on the Fylgja and assign it Sway and Ember-Wing Cloak. Unassign Heated Shroud and assign The Return of Stigr. Again, undo these changes when it comes back
-[X] Use a combination of mundane stealth and Hidden In Rags to sneak closer and get an idea of the situation, being prepared to retreat if there's trouble. Use Dead Air as needed and useful to enhance this, and Magnify Sight to get a better look at them without getting closer than necessary.
Retrieving Thievesbane from your cindersoot owl, you dress it in a trio of cloaks volunteered by members of the felag. After cutting out and stitching on strips of old cloth, you end up with an article of clothing perfectly suited for your twist. It wasn't easy work, given the sheer size of your fylgja, but it was well worth it in the end.
Your cindersoot owl's wings spread out—stretching three or four times its height!—and takes off into the sky. With the twist-fueling rags fluttering around its feathery form, any onlooker would quickly lose it in the fluffy white clouds blanketing the afternoon sky.
It doesn't take long for the enemy's camp to come into sight. Sitting atop a steeply inclining hill—which the locals call 'Sollikollen'—is what can only be described as an 'encampment'. The raiders have cleared away a number of surrounding trees to build a palisade that protects their base from would-be heroes. Following a foot-trodden path down the hill, you find a pair of sixteen-bench snekkjas on the shore of a small pond. The ships seem surprisingly light on loot, given the length of time these raiders have spent harrying these parts.
Finding an updraft, you climb up and circle high overhead. Orthstirr trickles into your eyes as your vision magnifies and blurry figures sharpen into strong men. Out of the collection of twenty-eight men milling about the camp, two catch your eye. They're having a private conversation in the solitude of the latrine, away from the prying eyes of the camp.
The first is an older man with black-and-silver hair and a wrinkled face. He's probably younger then he looks, given how spry he seems. A sword hangs on his belt, mail shines on his body—like it does for two-thirds of the group—and a spear rests in his hands. As he speaks, you spy a two-pronged tongue slipping out between strong teeth. His fingers end in hardened, curling nails and a collection of shining silver scales cling around the sockets of his vertically pupiled eyes.
The second man, however, is significantly younger than the first—only five or six years older than yourself—yet the older man defers to him. But that's not what draws your gaze, no. It's the eyes of steel, the hair of fire, and that feeling of significance, like the eyes of the world watch his every movement.
"Hal," the wind carries the older man's stern words to your ears, "the men are getting annoyed. They've been itching to go home for weeks now and, frankly, so have I."
"The men know the reason we came here, Silverscales," Hal brushes off his presumed-second as Silverscales huffs. "He said there'd be someone here that I'd want to meet."
"And we met Nereid! You said it yourself!" Silverscales raises his voice, clearly holding himself back in the process.
Hal nods as he folds his arms, "Learning the Hornbreaker still lives is valuable, that's undeniable, but he's not why I'm here."
"How can you be sure? Seers lie all the time!"
"Because—" He stops on the spot, elongated canines vanishing as his mouth clicks shuts. Steel eyes snap towards the sky and scan it, searching for something—searching for you. Something had to have tipped him off, but what?
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Though Hal's eyes can't find yours, his sudden agitation puts Silverscales on edge. "What's going on?"
"We're being watched," a knowing grin slides up Hal's face, exposing a set of wolf-like fangs as his eyes stay locked to the sky, "put the men on alert and prepare the ships. If it's not on a ship in an hour's time, it's being left behind."
"Sudden change of heart?" Silverscales' head swivels around the camp as he notes where all the men are located.
Hal's grin widens into a full-blown smile, "Not in the slightest."
The camp bursts into a frenzy as the men hurry to load all the treasures gained onto their ships.
Letting your fylgja fade back to the fold, you lean back on the chair-height rock you found. Thumb and forefinger stroke chin and jaw as you think and consider just what happened. The felag watches closely, waiting for you to come to a decision.
What do you do?
[ ] Go say 'Hello' with an axe to the face (Fight)
[ ] Go say 'Hi' with peaceful intentions (Try to Talk)
[ ] Don't say anything at all and let them leave unharried (Hal Angered)
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AN: Alrighty, looks like we've got ourselves an interesting situation.
No moratorium, very short vote.
CedeTheBees
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[X] Go say 'Hi' with peaceful intentions (Try to Talk)
Cousin!
Cousin!
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[X] Go say 'Hi' with peaceful intentions (Try to Talk)
Yeah, we're definitely related, let's talk.
Yeah, we're definitely related, let's talk.
AeonIlluminate
The power of friendship and aggressive landscaping
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[X] Go say 'Hi' with peaceful intentions (Try to Talk)
[X] Go say 'Hi' with peaceful intentions (Try to Talk)
Hm... interesting, i guess the family tree reshearch is finally starting?
He has Odr, though... so, who agrees he has another piece of Hallr in him?
Also, that sudden look around... he is the Fyjglur shard, huh?
"hey, Blackhand, did you sense/notice anything strange about or around Hal? Or did any more of your memories has come back?"
Hm... interesting, i guess the family tree reshearch is finally starting?
He has Odr, though... so, who agrees he has another piece of Hallr in him?
Also, that sudden look around... he is the Fyjglur shard, huh?
"hey, Blackhand, did you sense/notice anything strange about or around Hal? Or did any more of your memories has come back?"
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'I... I'm not sure what to say. There was a strange, I don't know, resonance?'
[X] Go say 'Hi' with peaceful intentions (Try to Talk)
Clearly this is Sweetwater in disguise
[X] Go say 'Hi' with peaceful intentions (Try to Talk)
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[X] Go say 'Hi' with peaceful intentions (Try to Talk)
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And I think we're about to get paid a significant amount of stuff to have a family reunion. So...that's nice.
You seem to have some extra words at the end there. Copy/Paste acting up, probably.
You seem to have some extra words at the end there. Copy/Paste acting up, probably.
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I'll call the voting in 30 minutes. What? I did say that it was a very short vote
"Oh? Interesting... Did any more of your memories has come back?"
Hm... other Hallr probably also sensed the resonance, probably what tipped Hal off of our scouting...
That, or Hal ALSO knows Seidr.... at least, the spells, if not the how or why they work....
Also, should we go for a hearing enchanting Hamr trick?
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[X] Go say 'Hi' with peaceful intentions (Try to Talk)