I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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NorseQuest: Collective Edition (Group-Based Xianxia Settlement-Builder)
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Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Rikard Villeson
An upbeat young man, son of Ville Sharpbright, Varagnian adventurer and traveler of the the many realms, and while he hasn't quite inherited his father's keen battle sense that made him a strong arm of King Blackhand's warband, he makes up for this with keen insight and an easygoing demeanour--traits he'd certainly needed to woo Astrid Arvidsdottir, the sharp-tongued and whip clever child of a powerful local landowner. Sure, she's not exactly a vision of nordic beauty, and may have some somewhat exotic lineage from who-knows where, but hey, they get on well and have already had a pair of lovely young daughters who are surely not going to be hellraisers when they grow up, definitely.
PT for Seeing Eyes (Fylgja of a Badger)
PT for Talented Grappler (Glima/Fang Aptitude)
PT for Worldly Education (Representing the stories Rikard heard from his father's exploits and just generally being a sharp lad)
An upbeat young man, son of Ville Sharpbright, Varagnian adventurer and traveler of the the many realms, and while he hasn't quite inherited his father's keen battle sense that made him a strong arm of King Blackhand's warband, he makes up for this with keen insight and an easygoing demeanour--traits he'd certainly needed to woo Astrid Arvidsdottir, the sharp-tongued and whip clever child of a powerful local landowner. Sure, she's not exactly a vision of nordic beauty, and may have some somewhat exotic lineage from who-knows where, but hey, they get on well and have already had a pair of lovely young daughters who are surely not going to be hellraisers when they grow up, definitely.
PT for Seeing Eyes (Fylgja of a Badger)
PT for Talented Grappler (Glima/Fang Aptitude)
PT for Worldly Education (Representing the stories Rikard heard from his father's exploits and just generally being a sharp lad)
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Changed Gefjosa up a little bit since I saw we already had someone who was doing Kunna + Farming + Giant-blooded. I believe it is @mythfan12. Didn't wanna copy their homework, haha.
Removing giant blooded for Seeing Eyes and an Ox flygja.
@Nando, it seems like your character and mine are relatively comparable in age and have complementary skill sets. Do you want to have been acquainted?
Removing giant blooded for Seeing Eyes and an Ox flygja.
@Nando, it seems like your character and mine are relatively comparable in age and have complementary skill sets. Do you want to have been acquainted?
- Location
- United States
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I mean, you can still have Giant's Blood, we could be cousins.
Bjorn (the apt) Bjornsonn Age 28 1 PT fighting Skill, 1 PT strength 1PT Giant Blooded
Appearance: Bjorn is more similar to a bear then a human. He's large, muscular and yet still has a beer belly. You can't see his mouth move when he talks because of his copious amounts of facial hair.
Personality: Despite his intimidating appearance Bjorn is actually a very nice guy who is more then willing to take the time out of his day to help a neighbor. This of course doesn't mean he lacks a fight spirit, he is a Viking after all. He is slow to anger but if he is truly provoked the damage caused could be catastrophic. Even when he is not angry he enjoys a good raid, but even then he'll try to keep collateral damage to the minimum, He's there for loot, ordstirr and the thrill the fight, nothing more. When he is not raiding or helping out around town he can be found partaking in a truly astronomic amount of food and drink at the great hall or sleeping. He works as a Lumberjack between raids.
[X] Addling Coalbelch, a smith
[X] Torkir Farisson, a shipwright
I hope this is okay, it's my first time doing something like this. I just wanted to make character is strong, tough and nothing else. I thought it would be funny. If the nickname is problem just let me know, I was not sure because I think I remember nicknames/titles being important in Norse-quest but it's been awhile since I read it.
:edit I changed resilience kunna to Giant Blooded. I wasn't put into the PC list by the time I changed this so I think it's okay
Appearance: Bjorn is more similar to a bear then a human. He's large, muscular and yet still has a beer belly. You can't see his mouth move when he talks because of his copious amounts of facial hair.
Personality: Despite his intimidating appearance Bjorn is actually a very nice guy who is more then willing to take the time out of his day to help a neighbor. This of course doesn't mean he lacks a fight spirit, he is a Viking after all. He is slow to anger but if he is truly provoked the damage caused could be catastrophic. Even when he is not angry he enjoys a good raid, but even then he'll try to keep collateral damage to the minimum, He's there for loot, ordstirr and the thrill the fight, nothing more. When he is not raiding or helping out around town he can be found partaking in a truly astronomic amount of food and drink at the great hall or sleeping. He works as a Lumberjack between raids.
[X] Addling Coalbelch, a smith
[X] Torkir Farisson, a shipwright
I hope this is okay, it's my first time doing something like this. I just wanted to make character is strong, tough and nothing else. I thought it would be funny. If the nickname is problem just let me know, I was not sure because I think I remember nicknames/titles being important in Norse-quest but it's been awhile since I read it.
:edit I changed resilience kunna to Giant Blooded. I wasn't put into the PC list by the time I changed this so I think it's okay
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I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Looks good to me, though you can just have it as 'notably strong' and 'notably resilient' rather than them being kunna.
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I've also added most of the character sheets to the PC list
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Did I misunderstand the mechanics. I know you can put PT in skills and kunna but you didn't say anything about putting it into stats like strength of agility. I put it into Kunna to make up for that fact.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Nah, you're all good. It's just that 'strength' and 'resilience' as kunna don't make a whole lot of sense to me. I'm not planning on being especially anal on what you can and cannot put PTs towards in general.
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Also, as I'm quite excited to get started, how does calling the vote in an hour or two sound to everyone?
Aabcehmu
Confusion as a Natural State of Being
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- Chicago, IL
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I'm also very excited, though Id guess it might be good to make an official threadmarked update to let people know, so that people who watched the thread but didn't immediately post a build can get a notification and can do a last minute character submission.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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People can join the thread whenever, for the record, though it may be required for them to be 'coming of age' as it were.
Ryumancer
Dragons Are Romance
Let's toss another character on the pile...
Brynjar Bonespear
1 PT: Bone Kunna
1 PT: Blood Kunna
1 PT: Berserk
I'll work a bit more on the personality and whatnot in a bit... But in typical Norsequest fashion, I imagine he probably got his kenning by using a severed arm as a spear at some point.
[x] Hrolfr Jurgensson, a shapecrafter
[x] Gudrun Ravensight, a seeresss
Edit: A young man known for his wolf-bone spear and armor... And for an incident when he was just a child in which his arm, severed by abnormally long claws, he reinforced with Kunna and wielded as an improvised spear to slay that very wolf as it turned towards the daughter of the family that cared for Brynjar when his own parents died. Lesser known are his insights on blood and the relationship between it and bone, gained by very nearly bleeding to death before he could be taken to Hrolfr for healing...
As a teen, he proposed to his caretaker's daughter, and was accepted into the family wholeheartedly. He further developed his dual Kunna during this time, developing such tricks as corrosive blood and a method of creating bone meal fertilizer (though farming could never be considered one of Brynjar's talents), and one of the local Berserks proved willing to teach Brynjar.
Upon the imminent destruction of Gotland, his wife pleaded with him, convinced him that there were other ways he could contribute than by fighting opponents he could not even so much as delay. And ashamed of his weakness (well, comparatively) as he was, he saw the wisdom in his wife's words and set about aiding Hrolfr and a few others in the mending of wounds and evacuation of Gotland.
Brynjar Bonespear
1 PT: Bone Kunna
1 PT: Blood Kunna
1 PT: Berserk
I'll work a bit more on the personality and whatnot in a bit... But in typical Norsequest fashion, I imagine he probably got his kenning by using a severed arm as a spear at some point.
[x] Hrolfr Jurgensson, a shapecrafter
[x] Gudrun Ravensight, a seeresss
Edit: A young man known for his wolf-bone spear and armor... And for an incident when he was just a child in which his arm, severed by abnormally long claws, he reinforced with Kunna and wielded as an improvised spear to slay that very wolf as it turned towards the daughter of the family that cared for Brynjar when his own parents died. Lesser known are his insights on blood and the relationship between it and bone, gained by very nearly bleeding to death before he could be taken to Hrolfr for healing...
As a teen, he proposed to his caretaker's daughter, and was accepted into the family wholeheartedly. He further developed his dual Kunna during this time, developing such tricks as corrosive blood and a method of creating bone meal fertilizer (though farming could never be considered one of Brynjar's talents), and one of the local Berserks proved willing to teach Brynjar.
Upon the imminent destruction of Gotland, his wife pleaded with him, convinced him that there were other ways he could contribute than by fighting opponents he could not even so much as delay. And ashamed of his weakness (well, comparatively) as he was, he saw the wisdom in his wife's words and set about aiding Hrolfr and a few others in the mending of wounds and evacuation of Gotland.
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Aabcehmu
Confusion as a Natural State of Being
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As true as that may be, I don't think it's unreasonable for people to desire to try and get in on the ground level, narratively speaking. But if you don't want to, that's fair. You are the QM, it's your boat.
This is interesting.
Oddr Gunnvaldsonn
1 PT for Hunting
1 PT for Leatherworking
1 PT for Arrow Kunna
Incredibly sick throughout the years preluding the destruction of Gotland, Oddr only survived the exodus fleet by the care of his sole surviving son, Gunnvald. In these new lands, Oddr was reinvigorated and is eager to make something of worth to pass on to his son before his life ends.
[X] Magnus Flute, a skald
[X] Addling Coalbelch, a smith
Oddr Gunnvaldsonn
1 PT for Hunting
1 PT for Leatherworking
1 PT for Arrow Kunna
Incredibly sick throughout the years preluding the destruction of Gotland, Oddr only survived the exodus fleet by the care of his sole surviving son, Gunnvald. In these new lands, Oddr was reinvigorated and is eager to make something of worth to pass on to his son before his life ends.
[X] Magnus Flute, a skald
[X] Addling Coalbelch, a smith
Sirrocco
Pedantic
If you're taking an unveiled fylgia, you may as well take some form of Sight.
You might also want to specify what kind of animal your fylgia is.
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The way I imagine it works is it gives Bjorn the ability to "hulk out" and become even stronger for a short time. Maybe he can do it to other people too if the great and mighty QM is feeling generous. This is just my interpretation tho
Calling the vote sounds fine to me.
Sure, let's do cousins, if you're okay with having a family that mostly died at Gotland. Lemme think about what I'd like to replace to put Giant Blood back in.
Ryumancer
Dragons Are Romance
Currently trying to figure that out myself! As it turns out, there aren't all that many area-appropriate reptiles up there, and I can't recall if Flygja need to be something the Norse were familiar with or not. Also can't recall what types of Sight there were in NQ.
Muscle Kunna would probably work for that, tbh?
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Nando
they, them
Sure, sounds like it'd make sense
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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You may want to be a Berserk, then, as you can then take Berserkergang for another PT, which is a very strong martial style.
(1 PT for Berserk, 1 PT for Berserkergang)
An adrenaline based hulking out thing might be better represented by a Martial Style or bloodline ability.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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This is a temporary threadmark informing you that the vote is ending soon. While you may join in whenever you so desire, if you want to get in 'on the ground floor' so to speak, you may want to post your character sheet now rather than later.
You have 2 hours after this is posted to do so.
You have 2 hours after this is posted to do so.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
To further iterate on this, Berserkergang is INSANELY FUCKING STRONG holy shit.
I don't think we've seen a single other power in the setting that remotely matches Berserkergang's ability to just absolutely annihilate just about anything that moves. The price, mind you, is equal to the benefit. You're utterly incapable of distinguishing between friend or foe, and continue attacking until you run out of gas, then you're basically bedridden for a year afterwards.
But in that five minutes where you've hulked out, you are a fucking god of war
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Yeah, for anyone who wasn't there for Norse Quest Berserkergang took an enemy of ours from the brink of death and made him so tough we had to pull out a full on Finale to kill him, nothing else would have even scratched the fucker.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
And also had the ability to straight up fucking one-shot us through all of our layered defenses if he ever got a proper hit on us, no matter how shallow, can't forget that!
For those who aren't vets of Norse Quest, Finales are functionally "Infinite Damage" attacks that have a lot of narrative significance behind them and usually some major activation condition. The only way to counter a Finale is with another Finale that contests it.
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