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NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)

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Imperial Fister said:
The smile on Sten's face drops as he groans and drags a hand down his face, "Oh fuck me, I completely forgot I did that." Digging the rope from his pocket, he releases the oar just long enough to undo the knot and release the soul inside. The invisible trickle of orthstirr rises into the sky as it returns to the body it was stolen from. At the look on your face, he groans again and tries his best to answer, "I don't really hate Lars Forkbeard of all people," he waves a hand in a rather dismissive fashion, "he just reminds me of a certain person that I do hate and well," he trails off with a shrug.
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That's some Old Monster shit right here. Casually talking about forgetting to release a stolen soul the same way someone talks about forgetting to take something out of the microwave.

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"To make lettercraft," he begins as he works his hand free of the slightly too-small glove, "you must ride the waves of monu as you pour your thoughts, feelings, and base emotions into the art." He offers the glove to you, which you eagerly lean in to examine closely as he continues, "Sing your joy to the heavens, whisper your fears in the dark, chant yourself into an ecstasy as you weave and dye and knit the yarn." Eyes drifting from the glove to the hand it once cloaked, you can't help but note the wood surface of the 'skin'. "The words you use, the desires you hold, and the patterns you weave all have a role to play in the creation of lettercraft."
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Thoughts/Feelings/Emotions: Muna/Experiences
Words: Runes
Desires: Specific Intent (Can we use rewrites in crafting?)
Patternweaving: Seidr.

I wonder if we can do weaving/runecraft/experience stuffing simultaenously. Weaving Experiences into a forged item, then finish off with a matching set of Runes?
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He sucks a sharp breath through his teeth, "That... is a good question that I will try my best to answer." A heavy frown creases his face as the corners of his mouth take a dive down his cheeks, "It, well, runic songs are performed to music. A kannel," he waves his hands in a vaguely board-shaped manner, "for us Maarahvas, a kantele for the Finns and Karelians, kokele for the Letts, and kankles for the Lithuanians." You have no idea who those last two groups are, but there's no chance to ask after them as he's already moving on, "You use a certain length and rate of speaking and, and, and," his mouth wobbles a bit like a fish as he struggles through the words, the frown only deepening the longer he flails. He reminds you a bit of a wounded, whimpering dog with how he stumbles through his words.
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We can probably get more details by learning about Finnish Wizardry from Sten and comparing.

This one sounds ultimately like Skaldic Magic, although Seidr also involves singing.

We can probably test some stuff.
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Replacement, huh? So, what does that mean, that Estones can't regrow their limbs or something? Or maybe he just couldn't afford it... The mail on his chest, though, says different things about his wealth. He's clearly flush enough to dress in a shirt of fine iron, so, unless the restoration of limbs is truly jaw-droppingly expensively, he could probably afford to have it done. But maybe there's another reason? Perhaps there's some advantage that comes with having a replacement limb of wood? It probably doesn't hurt as much when it's struck and you could probably use it to slip free of a grapple, but with how the strap is done it doesn't seem easy to undo in an emergen-
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It looks more and more like the Norse are the only people with easy healing.

Which is kind of a cheese probably allowed by All Men Die + Power Demands Sacrifice where since you're already dead, healing and rezzing doesn't matter anyway.
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"We Maarahvas are the descendants of the Hiiglasi. Our words are the body, bone, and blood of our ancestors. To speak our keel is to invoke their strength." It's only thanks to your Seersight-enhanced eyes that you catch it, but his body grows with every syllable of Estonian that passes his lips. It is the slightest change one could imagine—a fraction of a fraction of a hair's breadth—but the meaning is stark to your senses.
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Estonians cultivate by talking Estonian. By talking at all!

They can't lie. A Norseman can lie, it might be Nid if they were called out on it, an Estonian would get fucked the moment they lied, possibly even when they misspoke.
Imperial Fister said:
...No wonder he's struggling so hard with the donsk tunga. Godly gifts clash against ancestral inheritance with every breath that escapes his lungs.
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So Estonian cultivation is based on getting the strength and power and magic of their ancestors, so when he spoke Norse, he was effectively trying to or even outright getting Norse-styled Estonian Cultivation.

Yeesh.
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Still, you learned a lot! Like the fact that Estones can, in fact, be healed by your magics!
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Fascinating. Is this because our magic works on everyone?

Or are Estonian compatible enough to heal?
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Wiping your sweat-drenched brow, you gulp down cool water—offered by the Estones as thanks—as you try to stop the tent from spinning. With all this healing you're doing—this severity is no joke!—you've nearly completely exhausted your stores of orthstirr. Just like with the water in your hand, you muse as you toss the empty skin aside, you're completely spent.
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Even with Life-Bringer doubling our healing output, that was a shitton of damage to heal.
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"That's a funny one, Gorm!" You laugh as you pat him on the shoulder and wander free of the tent, all the while ignoring the lack of laughter.
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Oops, accidentally insulted Gorm.
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He gulps, voice shaky as he starts to ramble like a river in the thaw, "Y-yeah. He said that I wasn't worth keeping around if I wasn't going to do anything with my time, so he told me to not come back until I'd 'found a w-wife and a name.'"

You wince, sucking down a sharp hiss through your teeth. Opening you mouth, you're forced to close it as you can't find the words. You settle for a pat on the shoulder and a thumbs up—which you immediately regret.

...You're gonna be dreaming about this conversation in a couple years, aren't you?

'Yep.'
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Yeesh. That sucks, buddy.
Imperial Fister said:
Your clothing hides it quite well, but you've got divine blood and damn does it show!
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Interesting..
Imperial Fister said:
The smile on Sten's face drops as he groans and drags a hand down his face, "Oh fuck me, I completely forgot I did that." Digging the rope from his pocket, he releases the oar just long enough to undo the knot and release the soul inside. The invisible trickle of orthstirr rises into the sky as it returns to the body it was stolen from. At the look on your face, he groans again and tries his best to answer, "I don't really hate Lars Forkbeard of all people," he waves a hand in a rather dismissive fashion, "he just reminds me of a certain person that I do hate and well," he trails off with a shrug.
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So Lars Forkbeard is the only person getting out of this alive and unthralled.. cause Sten ripped his soul to prevent him from being rezzed..

...You know, assuming people kept bits of his body around.
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You frown, "I'm not building a hird."

His nostrils flare as he chuckles, "Sure you're not."

(Kare Wolf-Seek and his brother, Ingolf, are now available to recruit into your hird)
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WHAT HAVE WE BEEN WORKING SO HARD TOWARDS FOR, HALLA

Anyway. Next.
 
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Shard said:
It looks more and more like the Norse are the only people with easy healing.

Which is kind of a cheese probably allowed by All Men Die + Power Demands Sacrifice where since you're already dead, healing and rezzing doesn't matter anyway.
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Or maybe someone sacrificed something to allow Norse to heal easily, so that "All men die" wouldn't just wipe the Norse people out.
 
Hey Halla,

When you were healing the Estonians, how different was it from when you healed Gabriel?
Did you end up healing more than burn wounds? Old wounds, anything of that sort?
 
Halla we are eefinitely aiming to get you a Jarlsoul. 4/9 secured now. 5 more recruits (that aren't related to each other) and we will have a third form of cool magic.
 
Shard said:
When you were healing the Estonians, how different was it from when you healed Gabriel?
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It wasn't.
Shard said:
Did you end up healing more than burn wounds? Old wounds, anything of that sort?
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You couldn't have done so even if you wanted to, not with how much there was in the way of burn wounds.
KittyEmpress said:
Halla we are eefinitely aiming to get you a Jarlsoul. 4/9 secured now. 5 more recruits (that aren't related to each other) and we will have a third form of cool magic.
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(I'm planning on having a cool scene involving this ;P)
 
Rundown of people we've talked to on this trip so far and their responses to our recruitment stuff:

Gunne Warstalker: Wants his own household, staying with Dorri. Low likelihood prospect.
Kare Wolf-Seek (and his brother Ingolf): Entirely on board, though they come as a package deal.
Skavidr Skatasson: Entirely on board, unfortunately he is a spy and reporting on us.
Gorm Bloodslick: Apparently lazy, which is a bit of an issue...no clear answer on responsiveness.
Adalsteinn: Not very communicative. Wants to establish himself, but doesn't everyone?
Eysteinn Egilsson: Kicked out by his father, didn't give an opinion per se but seems a good prospect. Might have a crush on Halla or just be awkward around women.

We also know that Heima Smiles, Nokkvi, Halle, Barki, and Fabvir are spoken for.

The newcomer we haven't spoken to is Snorri Reidsson. We probably want to talk to him, and follow up more with Adalsteinn and Eyesteinn. Beyond that, we might want to talk to the powerful people (Ketill Farcaster, Hakon Thunderclap, Rikhvatr Strongbite, Sigfasti the Sparrow, maybe a few others like Bjorn Bjornsson)...they aren't as likely prospects, but recruiting them would be excellent.
 
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DeadmanwalkingXI said:
Eysteinn Egilsson: Kicked out by his father, didn't give an opinion per se but seems a good prospect. Might have a crush on Halla or just be awkward around women.
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For the record, you didn't note that you would be asking him if he'd be willing in your action. You can assume that he would go along with recruitment if asked.
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
Gorm Bloodslick: Apparently lazy, which is a bit of an issue...no clear answer on responsiveness.
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If you ask him, then he'll go with it. If not, than whatever. He cares not as he's simply along for the ride.
 
Imperial Fister said:
For the record, you didn't note that you would be asking him if he'd be willing in your action. You can assume that he would go along with recruitment if asked.

If you ask him, then he'll go with it. If not, than whatever. He cares not as he's simply along for the ride.
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Awesome, good to know. We were trying to sound people out before asking outright...that said, once we have a candidate list is inviting all of them one action, or do we not need to spend actions, or what?
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I think we definitely invite Kare, Ingolf, and Eyesteinn, and we'll see if there's anyone else. Gorm...we'd need to think about. He's a tough guy in a fight but the laziness may be an issue.
 
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DeadmanwalkingXI said:
I think we definitely invite Kare, Ingolf, and Eyesteinn, and we'll see if there's anyone else. Gorm...we'd need to think about. He's a tough guy in a fight but the laziness may be an issue.
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I am okay with trying to recruit powerful people. But i am still interested in Alvar the Half-Elf, at least we can have Halla talk with him to get over the awkwardness of their first conversation.

I am also interested in recruiting those people with more esoteric abilities, like Snorri Deepsleeper, Asketill Lucky-Helm, Trygve Ironoath and Roar Shiningspear.
Roar in particular could be useful with his Fleinn Hugareida.
 
There's no way 'Dead Gotland' has fertile fields and greenery, right? So this gotta be a Trap or fuckery of some kind
 
I think aiming for some of the younger just coming of age people could actually be really fun. Yeah they're not great now: but it gives us room to help forge them into mighty warriors. It also helps us ensure they stay loyal. If we take some fresh 16 year Olds and in the next few years turn them into masters geared with equipment they could only have dreamed of before, it'll be a big deal to them.

I don't really wanna aim for that many older more established people.

Edit: We have already become a master at forging iron into a sword. Lets master forging boys into men.


Edit 2: also I have an IF question: Jarlsoul stuff specifies people must not be related. Does this include if they become related later? Say we find some odd woman somewhere who also, like Halla, wanted to become a warrior, but she had less luck. She joins us, and then marries Stigmar. Would we go back down from 5/9 to 4/9?
 
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Mystic Pentagram said:
I am okay with trying to recruit powerful people. But i am still interested in Alvar the Half-Elf, at least we can have Halla talk with him to get over the awkwardness of their first conversation.

I am also interested in recruiting those people with more esoteric abilities, like Snorri Deepsleeper, Asketill Lucky-Helm, Trygve Ironoath and Roar Shiningspear.
Roar in particular could be useful with his Fleinn Hugareida.
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That's fair, Roar Shiningspear and Asketill are definitely on my list to potentially look at as well...our total opportunities are not super high, though, so we may need to fiddle a bit.

KittyEmpress said:
I think aiming for some of the younger just coming of age people could actually be really fun. Yeah they're not great now: but it gives us room to help forge them into mighty warriors. It also helps us ensure they stay loyal. If we take some fresh 16 year Olds and in the next few years turn them into masters geared with equipment they could only have dreamed of before, it'll be a big deal to them.

I don't really wanna aim for that many older more established people.
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I'm a little dubious of recruiting too many weaker people, but relatively young but powerful people are also an option. Arnfinn and Torgny, for example, are both young and fairly impressive. Maybe asking after some of them is better than the unlikely but experienced people...
 
KittyEmpress said:
Edit 2: also I have an IF question: Jarlsoul stuff specifies people must not be related. Does this include if they become related later? Say we find some odd woman somewhere who also, like Halla, wanted to become a warrior, but she had less luck. She joins us, and then marries Stigmar. Would we go back down from 5/9 to 4/9?
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Well, Stigmar was our Brother-in-Law when he swore to us (his sister, Stigrun, is married to our brother, Eric, meaning all the Stigs are in-laws)
 
KittyEmpress said:
Edit 2: also I have an IF question: Jarlsoul stuff specifies people must not be related. Does this include if they become related later? Say we find some odd woman somewhere who also, like Halla, wanted to become a warrior, but she had less luck. She joins us, and then marries Stigmar. Would we go back down from 5/9 to 4/9?
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It's best if you @ me about these things, as the thread can move very quickly sometimes. Now, when it's on the slower side, it's not a big deal, but it's something to keep in mind for the future.

Anyways, your question. I'll say that if someone swears themselves to you and then marries in, that it still counts towards the Jarlsoul-in-training boon.

Side note, extremely ironic example.
 
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