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Vlad's notes are about the making of the Carstein Ring though. I doubt it will tell us much about Vampirism itself.
Pretty sure it taps into what makes Vampire a Vampire to accelerate the unholy regeneration to incredible pace and speeds up the revival from "will revive if someone dumb enough feeds it enough dhar" to "You killed me yesterday and now i am at full power again". Created by Nagash to boot. Doubt it will give us all the answer, but as Kragg said, it will make it a road, not a wall.

EDIT: Reading its wiki article, it has also been the means through which Nagash controlled an entire bloodline. It is definitely tapping into Vampirism itself. The question is only if Vlad actually discovered the means by which it did so.
 
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Pretty sure it taps into what makes Vampire a Vampire to accelerate the unholy regeneration to incredible pace and speeds up the revival from "will revive if someone dumb enough feeds it enough dhar" to "You killed me yesterday and now i am at full power again". Created by Nagash to boot. Doubt it will give us all the answer, but as Kragg said, it will make it a road, not a wall.

Kragg: *full beard twitch as he feels himself being mentioned in a context he very much would not approve of* :V
 
[X] [ITHILMAR] A copy of the Library of Mournings, including most restricted texts.

[X] [ITHILMAR] Books
[X] [ITHILMAR] Books, primarily restricted books on magic with everything else secondary.
 
Kragg: *full beard twitch as he feels himself being mentioned in a context he very much would not approve of* :V
Kragg would approve of finding a way to permakill vampires.
Same with the Rune-axe. He is not opposed to studying potentially tainted objects (like that Axe) if the end result is a net positive (i.e. destruction of the tainted axe/permakilling vampires)
The only thing he would disapprove of is doing it illegally.... But "meh"
 
Same with the Rune-axe. He is not opposed to studying potentially tainted objects (like that Axe) if the end result is a net positive (i.e. destruction of the tainted axe/permakilling vampires)
He actually would disapprove. I think that axe got sealed because he could not source if it was from wholesome dwarves or fire dwarves and tainted shit had no business being studied for runelore.
 
He actually would disapprove. I think that axe got sealed because he could not source if it was from wholesome dwarves or fire dwarves and tainted shit had no business being studied for runelore.
That's correct:
"Not our work," he says.

You frown; the axe had clearly been of Dwarven manufacture, which made both of the possibilities very touchy. "North or east?"

He sighs. "That's the question, isn't it?"
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"So what's the next step?" you ask.

"I have sent word to each of the Loremasters and Runelords of the Karaz Ankor, requesting any scrap of information they may have on the Skrhund, no matter how trivial. But if none can tell me one way or the other, I will have no choice but to seal it away."
 
I don't think the same argument applies here. The Druchii are famous for sailing around the world, not as much as the Norscans, but still known for it. They aren't a problem for the Empire because Marienburg took the coastline with it in the divorce. But they are for the rest of the Old World. Greenskins aren't really famous for ship quality. So the harm greenskins in Naggaroth will inflict on the Old World is much less than the Druchii can. The Skaven Underempire is renowned for its global reach and how utterly incapable it is of getting along. So dealing a blow to a portion in Naggaroth cannot be relied upon to be more helpful for the Old World than letting the Druchii bleed more against them.

But at the same time, Ulthuan has Waaagh and Peace. It isn't going to leave that knowledge locked up in the White Tower and forget about it. Any of its mages that fight greenskins or expect to will be interested in reading it. So to will many Princes. A Nagarythian recognized that Waaagh and Peace was important enough to attend personally. In the nine years since the lecture it is extremely likely that a Druchii spy has come across it and sent it to their handlers. If it hasn't happened yet, it probably will happen in the next few decades. But the Druchii are very fracticious. It's likely that only a few factions have it, if any do. So there is potential of getting a lot of magical lore out them for something they probably will be getting anyways. I'm sure the Druchii are also aware of that to a degree but it's still an option to keep in mind.

Edit: Come to think of it, I'm not sure if Mathilde would know the degree to which Ulthuan is infiltrated by Naggaroth.
I want to do the Druchii action.

1: because it actually is possible to do deals with them, they are very good at keeping the people that benefit from working with them from the people that they screw over. That's how they keep getting people to work with them even though they love screw over people.

2: I just want to see the book-swap letters between Mathy and 'might or might not be Felicion Heartkeeper'. It would be a trip.
 
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He actually would disapprove. I think that axe got sealed because he could not source if it was from wholesome dwarves or fire dwarves and tainted shit had no business being studied for runelore.
But he studied it first, to see if he could figure it out.

And with Magic, the lines are a lot more blurred. Dwarfs can use a Black and White scale to judge things, but Magic all shades of grey.

Mathilde was allowed to study a lot of evil magic to learn how to fight it.
This is more of the same.
 
A tally, with book votes merged.

Adhoc vote count started by Aliya on Apr 29, 2024 at 5:42 AM, finished with 1312 posts and 222 votes.
 
But he studied it first, to see if he could figure it out.
No, he looked at what it is, requested info from others if they know what it is, and then (idk if we know how that went yet) he would see if it proved tainted at which point he would seal it because gaining insight from corrupted runes is bad. There is no universe in which studying the von Carstein ring (even second hand) is not tainted.
 
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I want to do the Druchii action.

1: because it actually is possible to do deals with them, they are very good at keeping the people that benefit from working with them from the people that they screw over. That's how they keep getting people to work with them even though they love screw over people.

2: I just want to see the book-swap letters between Mathy and 'might or might not be Felicion Heartkeeper'. It would be a trip.
Personally I'm not interested in exchanging things with Druchii, but I still want to do that action. They're up to something, and it's better to know what that something is so we can be prepared either to take advantage of it or reduce the damages as much as possible.
 
They're up to something, and it's better to know what that something is so we can be prepared either to take advantage of it or reduce the damages as much as possible.
I personally don´t think its anything shady in that sense. Druuchi want to fuck over HElves and make themselves rich. Making inroads in the Empire in general and in Laurelorn in particular would help that, so some more adventurous clans went and did just that.
 
Sorry if this has already been answered, but wasn't this Ithilmar action taken because we needed funds for the Elfcation?

If the Library of Mourning reward option wins, then where are we finding the funds? Or is Elfcation gonna be postponed more?
 
it is trading the things of value we think we might be able to buy at Lutheran for a set reward of massive books. It means that we might miss an opportunity in elfcation but it doesn't have to delay it.
 
Sorry if this has already been answered, but wasn't this Ithilmar action taken because we needed funds for the Elfcation?

If the Library of Mourning reward option wins, then where are we finding the funds? Or is Elfcation gonna be postponed more?
We wanted funds for the Elfcation to buy things in Ulthuan. If Library of Mourning wins, we skip the middleman and directly buy the things we want right now.
 
We wanted funds for the Elfcation to buy things in Ulthuan. If Library of Mourning wins, we skip the middleman and directly buy the things we want right now.
... Ok but that's not what's happening? We ain't going to lothern to buy books, we go to buy trinkets like that marvelous nut we just planted, or that cool arm, or the lustrian rubbings. Those aren't books...
 
Sorry if this has already been answered, but wasn't this Ithilmar action taken because we needed funds for the Elfcation?
Turn plan votes involves dozens to hundreds of voters, many of which don't regularly post in thread discussions. The loudest voices for the Ithilmar trade wanted to do it as funds for buying stuff in Ulthuan, this does not mean that all or even most of those that voted for it voted for this reason. This is even moreso the case for Ithilmar than for many other actions because Ithilmar was an EIC action, and EIC are very rarely the deciding factor in turn plans. The fact that Trade Goods has almost twice as many votes as Gems seems to indicate that large piles of cash just isn't that big of a draw for many voters, even before the allure of BOOK enters the picture.
 
... Ok but that's not what's happening? We ain't going to lothern to buy books, we go to buy trinkets like that marvelous nut we just planted, or that cool arm, or the lustrian rubbings. Those aren't books...
I imagine we'll probably be getting both. Also the rubbings and notes are pretty book adjacent.
 
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