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Knight of Wessex (A Written World Quest)

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Point is, Greater Stormcrow and Iceni Mudcrow are both excellent builds, go with what you think is cooler. Unless you can think up something even cooler.

You're not likely to get something materially stronger, but that's because you get stronger from experience and training, your natural abilities are just the foundation!
 
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Yeah, the power level of Crowley will be the same whichever vote you make here. What you're deciding here is, well, his element. The theme and direction of the powers, rather than how good they are. They'll be good whichever option you folks go with.
 
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
Yeah, the power level of Crowley will be the same whichever vote you make here. What you're deciding here is, well, his element. The theme and direction of the powers, rather than how good they are. They'll be good whichever option you folks go with.
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No such thing as bad powers, just bad users.

I like to come up with 'useless' powers and then try and figure out ways someone could use that power in combat, day-to-day life, or make a living.
 
When Reinald said that our Psyche is linked directly to Crowley's Soma, what does this specifically mean? Is it just how the Bond works? Is his Soma (and therefore his Psyche and Pnuma) capped by our Psyche? Is his Soma automatically set to our Psyche?

Anyway, votes:
[X] Begin Metamorphosis Now
-[X] Greater Stormcrow

[X] Begin Metamorphosis Now
-[X] Greater Smokecrow (Commands Wind, Fire and mostly Smoke)
--[x] Have Crowley roost in a blacksmith or bakery, where he is exposed to heat, flame and smoke

[X] Begin Metamorphosis Now
-[X] Greater Moltencrow(Commands Wind, Fire and Metal)
--[x] Have Crowley roost in a blacksmith, where he is exposed to heat, flame and metal

That last one has a bad name, I'm taking suggestions on it. Also, its not as cohesive a theme, as the Wind bit doesn't fit as well as the other bits, so if QMs want it to change then I will.
 
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A Mudcrow would undeniably be exceptionally useful, synergising incredibly well with Hard-Fall Style in particular and just in general allowing for amazing battlefield control, particularly useful if we're expecting to often be fighting many opponents at once and having to chase down fleeing enemies. This particular variety also has a proud and storied heritage of punching up, which also fits with our family name. It's a very good choice for Audrey.

However!

[X] Begin Metamorphosis Now
-[X] Greater Stormcrow

Storms are really cool.
 
[x] Begin Metamorphosis Now
- [x] Iceni Mudcrow

In our tandem, we will always be the ones who cause damage, so it seems to me it would be more reasonable if our raven interferes with enemies, revealing all our potential.

DeadmanwalkingXI said:
I agree someone has likely tried, but it probably didn't work. It works in animals because they are theologically empty. There's space inside to put a Psyche fragment in...the same is not true of humans, who have their own mind and soul filling up that space. Putting them into objects is probably more likely to work, though I don't believe Carolingians have a strong tradition of intelligent items.
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Maybe it will work more between those who have passed the wedding ceremony. It seems that in this ritual there was something about souls who are united by eternal union or something similar.
Although it would probably be more like dual cultivation than mind unification.
 
H2F2 said:
Maybe it will work more between those who have passed the wedding ceremony. It seems that in this ritual there was something about souls who are united by eternal union or something similar.
Although it would probably be more like dual cultivation than mind unification.
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It's less that there's no connection, and more that there's no room in a human mind/soul to shove in part of another one. There are probably various magics you can do with Marriage Vows, but they would be very different in terms of soul mechanics than a Companion Bond, I think.
 
[X] Begin Metamorphosis Now
-[X] Greater Stormcrow

Would it be possible to have him develop his own form of websense? It'd be fun to have a flying clairvoyant on hand. Maybe thunder sonar?
 
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When Reinald said that our Psyche is linked directly to Crowley's Soma, what does this specifically mean? Is it just how the Bond works? Is his Soma (and therefore his Psyche and Pnuma) capped by our Psyche? Is his Soma automatically set to our Psyche?

Reposting as I think it got missed.
 
AeonIlluminate said:
When Reinald said that our Psyche is linked directly to Crowley's Soma, what does this specifically mean? Is it just how the Bond works? Is his Soma (and therefore his Psyche and Pnuma) capped by our Psyche? Is his Soma automatically set to our Psyche?

Reposting as I think it got missed.
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Soma is the physical body, so it means Audrey's Psyche is linked to Crowley's body. On a mechanical level, it means his Psyche is equal to yours. His Soma and Skills and other stuff are his own, at least after a while (the skills probably start based on Audrey's), but his Psyche is hard linked to Audrey's and will always be equal to hers.
 
[X] Begin Metamorphosis Now
-[X] Greater Stormcrow

should be good for aerial superiority which is like the default thing for birds to be doing in Knight on Knight fights, and sound powers sound like they might be able to ghive us an opening with the right rote.
 
I think I could come up with some interesting options, but nothing that I'm inclined to like that much better than the given two.

Currently I'm inclined towards the Greater Stormcrow, but I have a question that might tip it the other way.
Is a Mudcrow just able to use the element of mud, or can they use earth and water separately?
 
the Crow is like our clan bird, but it makes sense that there wouldn't be a family rookery or anything. if your bloodline gives you poowers based around tactics and exploiting openings, having your own kind of Crow just makes sense as an extra trick you can try.
 
Kiera said:
I think I could come up with some interesting options, but nothing that I'm inclined to like that much better than the given two.

Currently I'm inclined towards the Greater Stormcrow, but I have a question that might tip it the other way.
Is a Mudcrow just able to use the element of mud, or can they use earth and water separately?
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This is really an IF question, but my impression is they have some power over earth and water separately but not nearly as much. They can explicitly turn dirt to mud and vice versa, which implies water conjuring or dismissing at a minimum.

wrecksalot said:
the Crow is like our clan bird, but it makes sense that there wouldn't be a family rookery or anything. if your bloodline gives you poowers based around tactics and exploiting openings, having your own kind of Crow just makes sense as an extra trick you can try.
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Also, relevantly, the magical bond thing you're doing here is a Carolingian Cultivation thing, not available to Anglo-Saxon Cultivators, so Audrey is literally the first person with the ability to properly bond an animal like this in her family. Or at least the first in a long time, depending on how the cultivation systems of the family have shifted over time.
 
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