By the way @Imperial Fister, it obviously does not make sense in the order of operations right now, but could we get to this at some point? Maybe when we get back home?
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NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
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By the way @Imperial Fister, it obviously does not make sense in the order of operations right now, but could we get to this at some point? Maybe when we get back home?
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Sure
Darn, I forgot! I'll absolutely do it when you folks get back home. Heck, I might even work it into the return trip itself
No worries! There's been a lot of irons in the fire honestly.
[X] Strike hard, strike fast, leave no time for them to ready themselves nor call for help
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I'm not going to lie. I'm pretty sure these two guys are super gay. Just, got a strange feeling is all. Like the man's name is SHININGSPEAR first off which is kind of on the nose if he is, but could mean nothing. But he then pierces another man with his spear as the first thing he does in the quest. He and his sparring partner keep on bumbling over each other and blushing and complimenting each other. And then they basically say they are going to go fight the power together in the name of friendship and brotherhood and then move in together. But I don't know. Maybe they are just good friends. (Meme explanation below)
FTFY
Target acquired
GAY
Mega Gay
And they were roommates.
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It's possible, but I don't think the evidence is actually that strong one way or the other. Using spears is not actually evidence of being gay, and the rest honestly works equally well either way.
I'm sure we have a gay background character or three, the question is who they are and I'm not convinced this is them.
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
Hmmm...
Hey Halla/Abjorn,
1) Has Abjorn tried Puncture with Glima to restraint you in one of your spars, and if so, did Emberguard's anti-grapple runes work against the Puncture-improved Glima?
2) Did you get any insights on how Shapecrafting works when Limpwrist worked on you?
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Hey Vagn,
1) When you got your Frenzy shapecrafted, did other Berserks hold you down, or were you unconscious, or something?
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Relationship upgrade/updates?
Hey Halla/Abjorn,
1) Has Abjorn tried Puncture with Glima to restraint you in one of your spars, and if so, did Emberguard's anti-grapple runes work against the Puncture-improved Glima?
2) Did you get any insights on how Shapecrafting works when Limpwrist worked on you?
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Hey Vagn,
1) When you got your Frenzy shapecrafted, did other Berserks hold you down, or were you unconscious, or something?
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Relationship upgrade/updates?
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GildedSergeant
Tarnished Gold and Rattling Bones
- Location
- Over There
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Don't forget the rainbow light coming from his spear! I believe he was checking out Halla though so he's probably bi if he's not straight
Anyways,
[X] Scout first, though that does come with the risks of being spotted...
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Only adjacent to this, but I did talk with IF and we need to invite our retainers to spar for us to receive Training XP from them, but can do so as one Research for all of them.
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
@Skippy
Some stuff to clear away..
1) Infusing Hugareida 'Shrouds' with Odr does not do anything (Shard:
)2) Mire Ward doesn't have any effects from Odr (I think? Maybe it increases the duration? But it was implied to have no effect.)
3) Runestones in our Soulscape has been done. Effect: ???
4) We have made a Sauna. It gives 1 Temp Hamingja/Action. (Personally I would have found the idea of it being a permanant +1 Temp Hamingja cool, basically it would have worked like a training facility. Or even just a vague +Mood to everyone in our house because they've got a cool Sauna.)
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And stuff to add!
1) Estonian/Norsely Magic Crafting?
2) Experience-Forging generally. Is Horra's Sunlight Dagger the result of like, pumping in an Unending Time in the Sun, or pumping in an Experience of being in the Sun, or would both work?
3) Calm Charge storage/use: Can we store a Calm Charge in a Fast (like Frenzy) or in a Hugr Capacity (like an Experience)? Can we use Calm Charges as a Seidr ingredient (like an Experience)?
4) Twist: Can we 'Invert' a Twist? (This is probably unlikely but worth a shot at some point)
5) Soulscape Spirit Food: Should we try nontraditional Food stuff, like, say, Stone, Wood, Iron, Storm Iron, and so forth? What if we fed them mead, or water..
6) CLAY: We've got Resting, Healing and Chilling Clay. What if we used them in ways other than pottery? Clay can be used as fertilizers, and building, and stuff. Resting Clay with Runes for Magically enhanced Sleep (maybe more effective dreams so it's easier for our Fylgja to give us warning dreams!) Healing Clay as Fertilizer for our healing plants? Who knows what else! Oh and we could try feeding to our spirits.
7) Blackhand Divination: Can Blackhand respond to divinations? This is mostly curiosity, but there are some niche uses, possibilities and implications if the answer is 'yes'. Specifically, if our Skanian relatives do a Divination to Blackhand, our Blackhand can answer for them.
8) Orthstirr and Soil: Orthstirr is involved with the Earth in some manner. Would infusing the soil with Orthstirr help plants grow?
9) What happens if you Odr-Initiate a non-Norseman without Internal Cultivation? Do they get Orthstirr access?
10) Odr-Infusing Stuff: Would infusing Odr into food do anything? Odr-Honey made Bjorney awaken. What about Odr-Infused Blood for Runes? Would we get a more powerful effect?
11) Unusual plant wantering schema: Water, and Odr-Infused Water, obviously work. But what about watering plants with mead, blood, or milk, or honeywater?
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@Imperial Fister could we use Goal-Tell to whittle down the list of possible recruitment targets as, like, a Research? We definitely wouldn't have tried to recruit Roar if we knew about his ambitions, after all.
Please, tell me we also put into it a meat keeping stick.
Also.... Can we cut it into chunks we can lift? Because that was, we can put it into our fyjgla/soulscape, iirc...
Both approach is good. But if we go with the smash and grab, we should damage the ships, if not outright steal at least the sea sneak as well.
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- Mid-Atlantic
I'm guessing Roar is pansexual. His Spear Cultivation cannot be contained, and will not accept being restricted to only those potential spear-ees who are socially normative and accepted.
Possibly one the size of a telephone pole.
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I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Funnily enough, I actually noticed this as I was writing the update
The latter ;P
He has not.
Your senses were dulled while you were being Shapecrafted because, as it turns out, shapecrafting is fucking grotesque to watch and experience.
He does not remember
Sure... Though I only came up with his ambition when I saw the poor roll, so I dunno how effective it'd be.
Whales in NorseQuest are significantly larger than in real life. Hundreds of feet long, multiple men wide. Easily dwarfs your ship and house combined, so much so that a roll over in its sleep would crush both. So, while you did stick a meat keeping stick into it, it doesn't matter thanks to the sheer gargantuan mass of the thing. Rot couldn't take hold fast enough to make much of an impact.
Also, not sure if anyone noticed, but something took a bite out of this thing.
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Sounds right. Now we just need to figure out who...I still suspect Vagn of being in a relationship society would not approve of.
Sounds like unconsciousness to me.
Fair enough. We'll not bother then.
Oh, we definitely noticed. There's just not much to be done about it.
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- Mid-Atlantic
I blame a jotun. They're big (if they want) and they're assholes.
I still like the idea of "we whittled up a meat-keeping stick the size of a telephone pole for this thing," though.
- Location
- Israel
Do we want to, or do we not want to meet whatever took that bite?
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- Mid-Atlantic
I'm going to go with "no thank you" on the grounds that it's probably one of those terrifying mega-sea-monsters that you're really not equipped to fight in the Norse mythology unless you are capable of throwing hands with Thor and surviving the experience without him specifically going out of his way to ensure your survival.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Which, given that, in NorseQuest, his magical belt and gloves are actually limiters to his strength so that he can interact normally with the mortal world without literally turning the ground to glass with the slightest tiptoe, is saying something
- Location
- Israel
I wonder if Svyatogor is real here.
Nice couple of chapters, i am happy we recruited the Slavs and just a little disapointed we could't recruit Roar.
And i agree, him and Torgny feel super gay, but they are more probably bi.
I wonder if we can help Roar reconquer his birthright one day, it could be a fun adventure. Becoming a side character in the Saga of another Hero.
Anyway:
[X] Strike hard, strike fast, leave no time for them to ready themselves nor call for help
We are vikings, striking hard and fast is our speciality.
I want to!
Monster hunting time!
And i agree, him and Torgny feel super gay, but they are more probably bi.
I wonder if we can help Roar reconquer his birthright one day, it could be a fun adventure. Becoming a side character in the Saga of another Hero.
Anyway:
[X] Strike hard, strike fast, leave no time for them to ready themselves nor call for help
We are vikings, striking hard and fast is our speciality.
I want to!
Monster hunting time!
@Skippy
Some stuff to clear away..
1) Infusing Hugareida 'Shrouds' with Odr does not do anything (Shard:
2) Mire Ward doesn't have any effects from Odr (I think? Maybe it increases the duration? But it was implied to have no effect.)
3) Runestones in our Soulscape has been done. Effect: ???
4) We have made a Sauna. It gives 1 Temp Hamingja/Action. (Personally I would have found the idea of it being a permanant +1 Temp Hamingja cool, basically it would have worked like a training facility. Or even just a vague +Mood to everyone in our house because they've got a cool Sauna.)
===
And stuff to add!
1) Estonian/Norsely Magic Crafting?
2) Experience-Forging generally. Is Horra's Sunlight Dagger the result of like, pumping in an Unending Time in the Sun, or pumping in an Experience of being in the Sun, or would both work?
3) Calm Charge storage/use: Can we store a Calm Charge in a Fast (like Frenzy) or in a Hugr Capacity (like an Experience)? Can we use Calm Charges as a Seidr ingredient (like an Experience)?
4) Twist: Can we 'Invert' a Twist? (This is probably unlikely but worth a shot at some point)
5) Soulscape Spirit Food: Should we try nontraditional Food stuff, like, say, Stone, Wood, Iron, Storm Iron, and so forth? What if we fed them mead, or water..
6) CLAY: We've got Resting, Healing and Chilling Clay. What if we used them in ways other than pottery? Clay can be used as fertilizers, and building, and stuff. Resting Clay with Runes for Magically enhanced Sleep (maybe more effective dreams so it's easier for our Fylgja to give us warning dreams!) Healing Clay as Fertilizer for our healing plants? Who knows what else! Oh and we could try feeding to our spirits.
7) Blackhand Divination: Can Blackhand respond to divinations? This is mostly curiosity, but there are some niche uses, possibilities and implications if the answer is 'yes'. Specifically, if our Skanian relatives do a Divination to Blackhand, our Blackhand can answer for them.
8) Orthstirr and Soil: Orthstirr is involved with the Earth in some manner. Would infusing the soil with Orthstirr help plants grow?
9) What happens if you Odr-Initiate a non-Norseman without Internal Cultivation? Do they get Orthstirr access?
10) Odr-Infusing Stuff: Would infusing Odr into food do anything? Odr-Honey made Bjorney awaken. What about Odr-Infused Blood for Runes? Would we get a more powerful effect?
11) Unusual plant wantering schema: Water, and Odr-Infused Water, obviously work. But what about watering plants with mead, blood, or milk, or honeywater?
Honestly I was think that I am either going to give up in the ideas folder or (if I can be asked) turn it into a Google doc which anyone can edit.
At present the formatting makes adding/editing entries far more of a hassle than expected, and I am not sure it's seeing much use in practice for its intended function.