Did Eltharion say they can still make the old Waystones? He kind of implied it, but did not outright say so, so they may in fact not be able to.
They did that while being poked by Mathilde, to be fair. We're like if a dog had a PhD; this development was done in dog years.The elves on this side of the sea figured out how to make a capstone, storage, and a foundation in just one year. There is little reason to assume the elves on the other side can't do the same.
The elves on this side of the sea figured out how to make a capstone, storage, and a foundation in just one year. There is little reason to assume the elves on the other side can't do the same.
'Easily' turns into 'hmm' turns into 'interesting' turns into months passing before Hatalath emerges once more, hauling a series of scale models made of varying materials. You're barely able to delay his expounding for long enough for everyone else to reconvene. "By itself, it just adds a little downwards turbulence to the ambient Winds," he says, pointing at the first, all-stone model. "It's a very minor effect for magical runes, but it's simple enough that it could be done by any competent stoneworker with a grasp of basic magical theory."
Haha, on the Eonir timescale maybe Mathilde would be just about starting to get some invitations to the parties where people can get in touch with each other for future deal making.
Parabolic said:So now that we did the Middleland Gambit, finally after ten turns, I think we should start working on prepping the Houses on the notion that maybe we need to solve the tree thing.
ParadoxDragon said:Solve the tree thing? Now? We are barely balancing things as they are, we are one lost vote away from going isolationist again and you want to bring the Grey Lords into Politics? Yeah, that is what we need, get the Mad Scientist Exiles in on the international diplomacy. I still can't believe we choose that to be our 'boon'.
Mr.Halfling said:Come on it's not that bad, Lord Hatalath's supposed to have talked to humans before when he wandered the lands of whatever. Remember, he talked with those druid guys, the Belthani.
cucumberpikkl said:I would like to remind everyone of the MoneyB post on the matter:
Our dear uncle liked the Belthani, he did not like their magic users and in any case there isn't much of them left, even their languageMoneyB said:Lord Hatalath did not like humans doing magic for good and sensible reasons, starting at 'humans mutate at an unreasonable rate' continuing with 'they don't live enough for a proper apprenticeship' and ending with 'dear Hoeth, a lot of them seem to Fall to Chaos when their realize point one and two'. He is not going to actively take a position against you, not after you guys choose him to be your confidant for so long, but don't expect him to be good at talking to human wizards, he's still half convinced they will explode if you breathe on them a little too hard.
ParadoxDragon said:I'm going to agree with the sentiment above, we cannot just jump into talking to the people with the funny robes when we do not even have this Ulric thing settled.
Mr.Halfling said:This is why Norland keeps stealing a march on us, it does not matter how good our rulers are if they move at the speed of molasses. Look, lets at least talk to the dwarfs, we do know how to talk to them from the Before Times so we do not suffer that fully -25 Rushed penalty, only the -10 Old Enemies one
MoneyB said:The Ar Ulric was more than happy to facilitate the meeting, waving away the motion of sending an envoy to the far realm of Karak Eight Peaks so in a whir or dwarfish artifice she arrived, of all the imperials your envoy had ever encountered among the most odd, though common among those who call themselves 'wizards' of the Empire. It's like someone who decided to live all their lives among the branches of a single apple tree calling themselves a horticulturist...
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*skill rolls hidden*
Magister Weber is known as an expert on orcs apparently, thankfully a scourge we do not have much trouble with, but knowledge is knowledge and this seems promising, or at least novel...
Availibility roll: 18 (Headed for Karak Dum)
Alas though she was cordial, not just on her own account, but in the name of King Belegar her path does not lead her to Laurelorn for she has sworn a mighty path to make it to isolated hold of Karag Dum, where the doughty folk of the Karaz Ankor hope that some of their kin still dwell. In her place the senior-most wizard remains the Journeyowman Panoramia of the Jade Colege
ParadoxDragon said:Welp, we just lost the cool shaodwmancer, ain't no one coming back from the Chaos Wastes
Lisoat said:Nah, we can salvage this, this is good. Jades and Laurelin are a good match since they are all about things that grow and in canon it was the Jade Matriarch who was doing her thing to fix Sylvania. And by the time we get to our next turn she should be a magister
Mr.Halfling said:
MoneyB said:[...]
You are interupted in the midst of your negotiations with House Tindomiel with grave news:
Mathilde Roll: 100 Crit Roll 9
Having returned from the Chaos Wastes Magister Weber is embarking on a great, some would say foolhardy endeavour, to restore not just the lesser nodes of the network, but to rediscover the secret of the stones in the names of all good people.
*Next update rolls around*Alphahugger said:YES, yes... give her everything... OK, OK, no offering military secrets to the Empire, give her everything we can posibily bribe her with short of getting deposed.
ParadoxDragon said:
MoneyB said:Remember how I said humans do not have ten year turns? I wasn't joking.
Here is my attempt at that. Very bare bones updates unfortunatly, it is quite late for me. Still hope you guys enjoy, this is a lot more upbeat than the Boris one so I could to the Alt!SV accounts thing.
IIRC Grungni has this outlook in Age of Sigmar.So the Rule of Pride is a commandment to runesmiths that they need to take pride in their work, no matter what flaws it has, or how shoddy it is. They need to own it.
Wanted to point out:
Hatalath isn't her uncle, her uncle is the guy that almost threw down with the Sorceress at the ball.Come on it's not that bad, our uncle used to be a prince before the Sundering and he's talked to humans before. He talked with those druid guys, the Belthani.
Wanted to point out:
Hatalath isn't her uncle, her uncle is the guy that almost threw down with the Sorceress at the ball.
Pretty good overall, though I feel like you could have afforded a bit more detail. I would have added a bit about how she helped reclaim K8P and Karak Vlag, and how that's already two nexuses on her name, and--A Ballad of Trees and Wind: Queen Of Laurelorn Nega-Quest
Here is my attempt at that. Very bare bones updates unfortunatly, it is quite late for me. Still hope you guys enjoy, this is a lot more upbeat than the Boris one so I could to the Alt!SV accounts thing.
Runic indictor is one of the cheaper options compared to Stone Flower. But I don't want that in kislev for the reason I outlined.You were replying to a section about costs and you were the one that brought up the runic inductor which wasn't previously part of the thread of discussion?
I was saying there was no cost based reason to use the runic inductor there because there isn't a cost impact here.
Your reply here seems like a complete non-sequitur unless I'm really missing something.
that makes me like both winning options even moreA small, wicked, part of me can't help but observe that the deal we made with House Tindomiel has a weakness. We granted them first right of refusal to build the waystones, but if they can't provide enough production, we're allowed to have someone else build them. Someone who doesn't want to make them shrines to Hekarti. If we settle on a design that's heavily limited in the number that can be made for one reason or another, then House Tindomiel will have to either unbottleneck production with their own resources, or allow us to build a second, simpler waystone design that isn't decorated with such a politically fraught goddess.
Can't wait the find out what mask she wears in the Empire. I will laugh like hyena if it turns out something like Verena or even more weird Shallaya.
...Actually... Hey, do you guys think Laurelorn had any nexuses they no longer control? My gut reaction would be no, given the amount of time and effort they've expended on making their forest a veritable fortress against enemies, and their amount of magical might at their disposal, but now that the thought has occurred to me, I feel like that's a worrying possibility.
We've got our own piece of the network just as the Dwarves do, and if we could bring a few more Waystones online, it could do a lot of good for us - and our friends and allies. So we want to open a relationship with your King Belegar, in the hopes of beginning joint research into the Waystone Network."
Runic indictor is one of the cheaper options compared to Stone Flower. But I don't want that in kislev for the reason I outlined.
Yeah, I imagine it'd get answered with the Laurelorn network action.Now we're close to being able to bring some new Waystones online, we should ask what they meant...
Is Stirland still economically in the ditch? I thought that between Wilhelmina's econ work, new factory and infusion of K8P veteran cash, it should be on the upward trajectory for at least some time.