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NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)

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Winter 10/Lost Herd? 2
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    • [X] "I didn't bring the hag stone for the herd, I had no idea they belonged to a vittra or that they were invisible. I don't even know why I can see them when nobody else can. I brought the stone to try and find their owner since I saw only the cattle themselves. Maybe something weird is going on with either my magic or yours? I can't see you, but can see the herd."
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    "I didn't bring the hagstone for the herd," you grit your teeth as you force yourself to stay calm. "I had no idea they belonged to a vittra or that they even were invisible! I only brought the stone to try and find their owner since I only saw the cattle." You shrug, anxiety spiking hard in the back of your head as you swallow the dryness clinging to your throat, "Maybe something weird is going with your or my magic? I can't see you, but can see the herd, clear as day."
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    "Well..." The vittra hums to himself as he considers your words, "I suppose that vittra aren't especially common in these parts. Mo-" He cuts himself off with a cough, "I figured that there'd be less people here after our cattle rather than in Norrland, after all." The echo of clapping hands nearly sends your heart into orbit as the vittra, presumable, nods to himself. "Very we-"

    His voice cracked.

    Silence falls across the clearing—the only sound the gentle munching of cows and the swish of their tails.

    There's an opportunity here, one that'll let you turn the tables on the vittra. All you have to do is grasp it.

    What do you do?
    [ ] Press the advantage and wrest control away from the vittra
    [ ] Let it slide, it sounds like your words convinced him anyways

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    AN: Not much to say here

    No moratorium, short vote
     
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    • [X] Let it slide, it sounds like your words convinced him anyways

    I am deeply unsure about which choice is better. This one seems nicer, though, and in the absence of anything else as a deciding factor, being kind seems good.
     
    [X] Let it slide, it sounds like your words convinced him anyways

    Let the kid have a break, he's trying his best.
     
    Imperial Fister said:
    A fertility ritual would consist of three things associated with fertility/growth/or new life. You can cast the ritual up to 27 times (each cast requires a Work Dice).

    1 cast results in the minimum
    3 casts results in a good boost
    9 casts results in a great boost
    27 casts is maximum power
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    I am extremely tempted to use all 27 casts just to see what would happen. I know its absolutely a bad idea, but it would be hilarious!

    But memes aside, 3 casts seem more reasonable.

    Maybe we could use a ritual on Halla later to concive the next children.

    Bass11 said:
    Hmm, we probably need to get spirits to patrol our realm to make it safer.
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    First we would need to evolve the lesser spirits we have in something more useful. Or recruit other spirits.

    I would prefer the former, since that would mean they should be more loyal to us.

    But we could always try and recruit that skogtatt. Or send a Signalfire to recruit Spirits we like.
     
    [X] Let it slide, it sounds like your words convinced him anyways

    Mystic Pentagram said:
    I am extremely tempted to use all 27 casts just to see what would happen.
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    27 fertility ritual casts, Max Successes on both Halla and Abjorn's babymaking efforts.

    The Norse Goddess of Fertility herself blesses Halla and Abjorn's last clutch of children.

    In fact, it's such a cataclysmic night that the Fates retroactively write in a tenth child to be born.
     
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    Mystic Pentagram said:
    I am extremely tempted to use all 27 casts just to see what would happen. I know its absolutely a bad idea, but it would be hilarious!

    But memes aside, 3 casts seem more reasonable.
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    We can afford 9, I think. 27 isn't reasonable but 9 is doable at minimal costs to us.

    Mystic Pentagram said:
    First we would need to evolve the lesser spirits we have in something more useful. Or recruit other spirits.

    I would prefer the former, since that would mean they should be more loyal to us.

    But we could always try and recruit that skogtatt. Or send a Signalfire to recruit Spirits we like.
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    We need guards of some sort...I think Signalfire to look for good ones is solid, but we probably want to wait for Blackhand so he can look them over and be there to handle any issues.

    Heavygenium said:
    In fact, it's such a cataclysmic night that the Fates retroactively write in a tenth child to be born.
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    This is canonically a thing. Solrun mentioned that good enough fertility stuff could get you past the normal number.
     
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    DeadmanwalkingXI said:
    We need guards of some sort...I think Signalfire to look for good ones is solid, but we probably want to wait for Blackhand so he can look them over and be there to handle any issues.
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    Blackhand, the guard captain of Halla's soulscape
    DeadmanwalkingXI said:
    We can afford 9, I think. 27 isn't reasonable but 9 is doable at minimal costs to us.
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    I mean, 9 is as much as a captured experience, which we need for research. and that seems more important to me
     
    DeadmanwalkingXI said:
    We can afford 9, I think. 27 isn't reasonable but 9 is doable at minimal costs to us.
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    If that is the case then we should help Kurt and his family.

    DeadmanwalkingXI said:
    We need guards of some sort...I think Signalfire to look for good ones is solid, but we probably want to wait for Blackhand so he can look them over and be there to handle any issues.
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    While we wait for Blackhand we can try to make the Spirits we already have evolve.

    DeadmanwalkingXI said:
    This is canonically a thing. solrun mentioned that good enough fertility stuff could get you past the normal number.
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    Really? If that is the case, then i totaly want to try it.

    I am always a fan of giving the middle finger to Fate.
     
    Blademaster said:
    I mean, 9 is as much as a captured experience, which we need for research. and that seems more important to me
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    Helping people we care about at all is more important than Random Experience #8. Especially when we have so many other research topics to do. We're not gonna skip out on research to do the fertility ritual, but we also don't need to.

    Mystic Pentagram said:
    While we wait for Blackhand we can try to make the Spirits we already have evolve.
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    Probably something to at least consider trying, yeah.

    Mystic Pentagram said:
    Really? If that is the case, then i totaly want to try it.

    I am always a fan of giving the middle finger to Fate.
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    We do not need more than 9 children. Sincerely. I have no objection to using Big Rituals to defy fate, but we do not need the help on our number of kids.
     
    I think making a god chicken that serves as a herald of doom is a great idea. If we made a powerful cultivator rooster would it qualify as a Gullinkambi-blooded chicken automatically or is that an inborn trait?
     
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