Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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[X] Karak to Karak
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Also some corrections @Boney:
"or if it is merely of academic interest"
"and so would be uncomfortable with the idea"
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Also some corrections @Boney:
Should add a qualifier after the comma:
"or if it is merely of academic interest"
Using 'but' as a conjunction throws off the sentence since it started with 'Though'.
Possible typo: should this be Gotthilf or Gotthild? Previous mentions were the former with an 'Gotthilf'.
Adding 'and' after the comma would make this flow better:
"and so would be uncomfortable with the idea"
The roll was 78 for Capstone-Storage compatibility, I believe.
Just to check, were the Longbeards concerned due to possibly endangering an Umgi child (which is like a Dwarven baby to their perspective)? Or were they just worried about someone unaffiliated accompanying them?
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Omegahugger
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[X] Karak to Karak
Not gonna lie, "Karak to Karak" sounds like the title of a Dawi sitcom.
Not gonna lie, "Karak to Karak" sounds like the title of a Dawi sitcom.
[X] Karak to Karak
[X] Okri to Okri
[X] Runesmith to Runesmith
[X] Okri to Okri
[X] Runesmith to Runesmith
Both. Dwarven grumbling is quite versatile.
Does it make sense for us to turn to the priests of Verena, since this is the deity of knowledge, and the priests have strived to accumulate knowledge for generations? Perhaps someone tried to conduct research on this topic.
I'm led to believe drakenhof has a river nearby, we did the dual system for a reason. We can slap it down by the river and start draining the area that way until we finally extend the leylines deep enough to connect it properly.
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[X] Empire to Empire
I mean, we haven't gone out to train teams of tributary makers for them yet, but we've done a lot for Laurelorn diplomatically and economically in an effort to keep them invested.
Unfortunately, I think we've pissed off the major temple of Verena in the Empire.
You're right that they'd record any knowledge someone had previously found. For example; the Nehekharans colonised Tilea so there may have been some evidence left behind in their cities. The Tileans also apparently invented modern divine magic/worship where gods had dedicated cults of priests of a single god, so the Tilean cults may know more about what you can do with it.
The Venerans though seem unlikely to have magic that's particularly good at directing the flow of the Winds or making enchanted objects though,
I've been convinced by several posters; the first waystone should go in Laurelorn. They're the hosts.
[X] Do not ask
[X] Empire to Empire
[X] Do not ask
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We've pissed off A major temple, and bringing them into the waystone project would be a good way to reconcile with them.
I mentioned this upthread, but depending on the nature of the Kislevite network, Kislev Cott may be an ideal site for the first New Waystone.
If the Ancient Widow has capacity constraints on how fast she can process or use up absorbed Wind magic and Dhar, building in an overflow to dump the excess in the river might be very useful for them. It might improve the efficiency of their existing Waystones if they can drain faster. Dhar dumped in the river at Kislev can be absorbed by the Altdorf Nexus and transported to the Vortex.
What it would almost certainly do is improve their network resilience in case a node was lost again.
As to symbolism, rejoining a previously isolated section of the network is a powerful political statement, even if it's only an overflow.
It also sends a message that we're really doing this for the good of the world. Previous potential hosts worried that not hunting might mean they're forgotten. Doing this would be a message that they won't be.
If the Ancient Widow has capacity constraints on how fast she can process or use up absorbed Wind magic and Dhar, building in an overflow to dump the excess in the river might be very useful for them. It might improve the efficiency of their existing Waystones if they can drain faster. Dhar dumped in the river at Kislev can be absorbed by the Altdorf Nexus and transported to the Vortex.
What it would almost certainly do is improve their network resilience in case a node was lost again.
As to symbolism, rejoining a previously isolated section of the network is a powerful political statement, even if it's only an overflow.
It also sends a message that we're really doing this for the good of the world. Previous potential hosts worried that not hunting might mean they're forgotten. Doing this would be a message that they won't be.
We still have the option that we can go over their head and go to the temple of Verena in Tilia, where the most important and oldest sources of knowledge should be kept. Additionally, if distributing waystones is our goal, then we could suggest they store another version of such constructs.
Either that or we are forced to use the second secret of dhar. I think that would also probably do it
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All the possible home bases had there own strengths. Like Kiev with it's all in we might have have had multiple waystones prototypes in the production line at the same time and the new waystones would start being put to use immediately without further AP.
I wonder what Ulthuan remembers about the Dwarf network. I would be surprised if they hadn't known what it powers during the Golden Age. Obviously it is not the Golden Age. But at the same time, it seems likely that Ulthuan would want to keep that card close to its chest. Revealing that it knows more about the Network than Thorek seems like it could annoy him.
I also wonder if they've told us if the Dwarf network had ever connected to the rest of the network. The Dwarf relays at least respond to the same commands.
I don't see why this would help anything. It's one waystone. There are hundreds (?) of waystones in Kislev. One waystone absorbing some magic and putting it down the river is not really going to help anything. At most waystones can relay the energies of a few dozen waystones.
Like, that's nice. Assuming we can attach the waystone to the leyline and get it to act as a drain. I'm not confident that we can. But it won't be meaningful. We are going to be erecting hundreds of waystones in Kislev. Even if we build several to act as drains it won't really mean much.
The idea just seems like a waste of time. If we're going to try to drain excess magic from Kislev's network might as well just try using the nexuses for the connection.
I also wonder if they've told us if the Dwarf network had ever connected to the rest of the network. The Dwarf relays at least respond to the same commands.
Yes, but then we wouldn't even get to say the leyline keyphrase until we got around to erecting Waystones in Sylvania, rather than being able to do it for the ceremony. Though obviously the keyphrase wouldn't be said in front of an audience, but I'm pretty sure that is said at the waystone already connected to the network, rather than at the waystone being added.
When you said "Cott" did you mean city?
I don't see why this would help anything. It's one waystone. There are hundreds (?) of waystones in Kislev. One waystone absorbing some magic and putting it down the river is not really going to help anything. At most waystones can relay the energies of a few dozen waystones.
Like, that's nice. Assuming we can attach the waystone to the leyline and get it to act as a drain. I'm not confident that we can. But it won't be meaningful. We are going to be erecting hundreds of waystones in Kislev. Even if we build several to act as drains it won't really mean much.
The idea just seems like a waste of time. If we're going to try to drain excess magic from Kislev's network might as well just try using the nexuses for the connection.
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I don't think we've seen any evidence that throughput of a leyline is that limited. Why shouldn't one Waystone be able to inject all the excess Dhar collected by the Kislevite network into the river?
The point would be to connect that dual purpose Waystone to the Kislev city nexus, and to use that as a relay to dump the Dhar into the riverbed. It's to act as an interface point for the entire Kislevite network to the Reik river system. The actual absorption of the Waystone would be irrelevant.
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