- Location
- In the oldest city on the oldest land
[X] (Boy) Ulf
[X] (Girl) Ylva
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[X] (Girl) Ylva
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NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
- Start date
- Original Fantasy Action
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- Tags
- 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
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
[X] (Boy) Ulf
[X] (Girl) Ylva
[X] Asva, who clearly wants to talk to you
[X] Lidrun, who hasn't stopped staring at you since she arrived
[X] Dorri Rattlespear, who arrived with an offer for you
-[X] Deploy Abjorn to go and have a bro moment with Stigmar
Sorry Stigmar and Trausti, the plot has no time for you. T_T
[X] (Girl) Ylva
[X] Asva, who clearly wants to talk to you
[X] Lidrun, who hasn't stopped staring at you since she arrived
[X] Dorri Rattlespear, who arrived with an offer for you
-[X] Deploy Abjorn to go and have a bro moment with Stigmar
Sorry Stigmar and Trausti, the plot has no time for you. T_T
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- Pronouns
- He/Him
This is otherwise listed as a sub-vote of the Dorri vote. That may or may not be correct, but you should probably do it the same way everyone else is so it gets counted with them.
- Location
- Bretonnia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
As it stands I find myself more interested in playing on of the twins. The only thing drawing me to Sigurdr is Wanderlust - and the puuko to a smaller extent - but at the same time you don't need Wanderlust to travel a lot, so there's that. Like a lot of other people I'm waiting for their personalities to actually form before I make my decision.
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I would kind of like it if we played Sigurd, it seems like we might end up taking a ship and having adventures as a mariner, which would be rather cool, different vibe to NQ1. We could explore the whole of the Norse world and maybe further afield! Find Iceland, Greenland, and maybe even Vinland! Sail through the mountain tops and ruined towers of Sunken Atlantis! Go to Constantinople and the lands of the Rus! Round the Horn of Africa, where no Viking has ever been!
But the twins are also cool. Hard to say.
One thing which I find... not necessarily a downside, but notable about the character generation here is that a lot about our next protagonists is being decided by RNG or decisions we make now. It's quite different to the start of this quest or most quests where you have a lot of freedom to define your protagonist from the start. This produces a certain sense of anxiety over getting our kids the best traits, I think. Be interesting to see how that plays out.
But the twins are also cool. Hard to say.
One thing which I find... not necessarily a downside, but notable about the character generation here is that a lot about our next protagonists is being decided by RNG or decisions we make now. It's quite different to the start of this quest or most quests where you have a lot of freedom to define your protagonist from the start. This produces a certain sense of anxiety over getting our kids the best traits, I think. Be interesting to see how that plays out.
On the one hand, these are good names, but on the other hand, there is something to be said for simplicity. Also people have already voted for the previous version, which makes it awkward. So I guess I appreciate you taking the time, and these are really cool, but not sure I can switch my vote at this time unless there's a big swing of support for these, if that makes sense?
Also I kind of like Ylva just for how it sounds. It's also quite likely to be Latinised as "Eve" if she encounters Christians and gets written up into some legend as the fierce Norse princess with a werewolf brother who a knight has a romance with, and I find that kind of cool and amusing.
Now I really wanna add this to the plan
Especially since Solrun is kinda his... aunt? Stepmom? She is the mother of his murdered half brothers. And the lover of his father
This could be possible names for the next children, we still have three possible children.
Probably something really esoteric and mystical. The effect could be related to some form of Seersight or Seidr.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Something perception-y, I expect. Exactly what? Much less clear.
- Location
- Bretonnia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
This is sort of like, my main reservation with playing Sigurdr? Well, not travelling - thats what I want to do. More so that we don't have to be Sigurdr to actually do any of this, (although Wanderlust would certainly help and also serves as a reason all by itself to actually go travelling) and he doesn't really interest me as a protagonist beyond that. The twins seem cooler on paper, but again, they haven't even formed a personality yet, so I don't want to make any choices yet.
Also, uh, this isn't actually directed at you Skippy, I just wanted to use your post as an example of
why I'm torn between the two. So sorry for quoting you.
AeonIlluminate
The power of friendship and aggressive landscaping
- Pronouns
- They/Them
I just realised, with TSS we can do a really expensive but better version of whatever the hell Nain Rotting does for his teleporting bullshit
- Location
- Bretonnia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Heima Smiles is the one that does the teleporting stuff iirc, not Nainn. Although he does seem like a good route to try and find out more about the Martial Style, although I feel like if he could actually stop tike, that would've made itself evident by now? Feels more like he teleports rather than stops time, I dunno.
- Location
- Bretonnia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
That too. Actually, is the Aspect flare we do to activate TSS recognisable by someone? I feel like we would've noticed if Heima was using up an Aspect.
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- He/Him
Heima did a weird possibly time-related thing with food at one point. It was eaten and then not...talking with him about time shenanigans seems valid.
This is true. There may still be a discussion to be had, though.
- Location
- Bretonnia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Huh, do you happen to remember the update where this happened? Either way, I agree that he's our best lead so far. It helps that he also likes us... I think? Getting a read on the guy is hard.
- Location
- Many Places
If Erik's son Lief, Lief Eriksson, who happens to be inquisitive *hint hint*, is who I think he is, we might hear of our nephew, or our cousin if the PCs change, finding this quaint little land that he calls Vinland.
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- He/Him
He is not that Lief Eriksson. The historical guy has a well documented family history that bears absolutely no resemblance to this one's. We could make him discover Vinland, but it'd be us, not the weight of history.
- Location
- Bretonnia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Imperial has said that Eric's child is only a joke/shout-out, he's not actually the Lief Erikkson.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
So, @Imperial Fister some questions that came up on Discord:
1. How does Threadcutter actually work? Do the attacks come quicker than normal? Do all nine need to hit for the final one to go off? Can it be interrupted like Stoker Engage?
2. When you stoke someone else's Aspect do you get Orthstirr based on your Orthstirr pool or theirs?
EDIT: Some additional questions that have come up:
3.How do Folded Attacks used as a counterattack combined with asuccessful Contested Movement work? Like, if you did a 3Fold attackfrom a Fast as a counter, would the first attack go unopposed and theother two be rolled as normal, or what?
4.Likewise, how does the 'two attack' limit on Time Stands Still work?Is it a time limit (so you can simultaneously do attacks from a Fastand normal attacks and get extra)? Is it conceptual? Does it workwith Folded attacks?
1. How does Threadcutter actually work? Do the attacks come quicker than normal? Do all nine need to hit for the final one to go off? Can it be interrupted like Stoker Engage?
2. When you stoke someone else's Aspect do you get Orthstirr based on your Orthstirr pool or theirs?
EDIT: Some additional questions that have come up:
3.How do Folded Attacks used as a counterattack combined with asuccessful Contested Movement work? Like, if you did a 3Fold attackfrom a Fast as a counter, would the first attack go unopposed and theother two be rolled as normal, or what?
4.Likewise, how does the 'two attack' limit on Time Stands Still work?Is it a time limit (so you can simultaneously do attacks from a Fastand normal attacks and get extra)? Is it conceptual? Does it workwith Folded attacks?
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One thing I think is interesting about the underlying Martial Style for Time Stands Still is that the move seems to prominently focus on breath. Halla can sustain the stopped time for as long as she can hold her breath, and then she feels her lungs burning and has to stop. What's notable about this to me is that Stoker State is all about our heart.
So it seems that in an appropriately Norse way, maybe these sorts of Styles relate to quite fundamental parts of our body? Stoker State is powered by pulsing hot blood, and the Time Stands Still Parent Style is powered by our breath, holding air in our lungs and using it to propel us forward. This is interesting in that it might imply something fundamental about this family of Styles, and also it makes me think that practicing and focusing on our breathing as we practice inverting our Standstill and maybe trying smaller applications of the same techique might be a good avenue for trying to uncover the root Style.
(Also, it's pretty neat to me that Time Stands Still was inspired by Ki-Rata from Kill Six Billion Demons, which is a martial art based around a breathing technique, and TSS also seems to heavily focus on our breathing. The whole thing is just extremely cool.)
That's fair, and no worries, I don't mind being used as an example, but thanks for being considerate.
I think it's true, we don't have to use be Sigurdr to go adventuring, but having Wanderlust may help encourage us to do it? Also the Albatross Flygia will likely synergise a lot with being a mariner. They're incredible long distance voyagers after all.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpcBorscK8Q
Seriously, Albatrosses are so cool, the way they soar to be energy-efficient is amazing.
But all that being said, I definitely get where you're coming from. It's a bit hard for me to really latch onto any of the kids at the moment, I don't think I'll make a final decision until we're starting the new quest honestly.
So it seems that in an appropriately Norse way, maybe these sorts of Styles relate to quite fundamental parts of our body? Stoker State is powered by pulsing hot blood, and the Time Stands Still Parent Style is powered by our breath, holding air in our lungs and using it to propel us forward. This is interesting in that it might imply something fundamental about this family of Styles, and also it makes me think that practicing and focusing on our breathing as we practice inverting our Standstill and maybe trying smaller applications of the same techique might be a good avenue for trying to uncover the root Style.
(Also, it's pretty neat to me that Time Stands Still was inspired by Ki-Rata from Kill Six Billion Demons, which is a martial art based around a breathing technique, and TSS also seems to heavily focus on our breathing. The whole thing is just extremely cool.)
That's fair, and no worries, I don't mind being used as an example, but thanks for being considerate.
I think it's true, we don't have to use be Sigurdr to go adventuring, but having Wanderlust may help encourage us to do it? Also the Albatross Flygia will likely synergise a lot with being a mariner. They're incredible long distance voyagers after all.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpcBorscK8Q
Seriously, Albatrosses are so cool, the way they soar to be energy-efficient is amazing.
But all that being said, I definitely get where you're coming from. It's a bit hard for me to really latch onto any of the kids at the moment, I don't think I'll make a final decision until we're starting the new quest honestly.
Be the change you want to see in the world lol
Besides we probably aren't getting an update until after the weekend?
[X] (Boy) Sigulfr
[X] (Girl) Ulfrun
[X] Lidrun, who hasn't stopped staring at you since she arrived
[X] Asva, who clearly wants to talk to you
[X] Dorri Rattlespear, who arrived with an offer for you
-[X] Deploy Abjorn to go and have a bro moment with Stigmar
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