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Mmm...well it worked with me and several others so I'd say it worked.
Mercenary Mage Quest: Asur Dogs of War in Warhammer Fantasy
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So what's probably going to be the most frequent benefit from 'Master Lecturer' is that we'll get a bonus when trying to train up the other members of our mercenary contingent, right?
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Honestly, I'm more inclined towards building up ourselves over a company. A company means we have responsibility for them, feeding them, taking care of them, making sure they're in good health, making sure we have high Martial to direct them.
Yeah, that's probably something we could do after we had our fun adventuring. Or if we get into the good graces of the Ice Court, we could see if they would be open to us lending our assistance and knowledge over magic.
I agree with how you think, but I'm personally leaning more towards an elite squad. Sometimes there are things that you just need extra hands for, even though we could probably hire more hands later on (some Streltsi would be nice all rounders).
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Yeah I'm definitely voting for Student of the Anvil regardless. Whether we're solo or we're in charge of a group, being able to make ourselves more magic gear will be super useful.
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[X] [ARTEFACT] Lightfang
[X] [TRAITS] Sapherian Tutelage
[X] [TRAITS] Chracian Blood
[X] [TRAITS] Avelornian Ancestry
[X] [TRAITS] Student of the Dreams
[X] [TRAITS] Survivor of the Battle of the Holy Flame
[X] [TRAITS] Colonist
[X] [BLOOD] Yes
Might include ([X] [TRAITS] Avelornian Ancestry) depending on the state of votes, as I think extra diplomacy is always good, but I'd rather prioritise Sapherian Tutelage and Colonist.
EDIT: Switched Student of the Spear for Chracian Blood necause the idea of a buff elf and a one woman army appeals to me.
....And after thinking about AP hell, I have now decided to go for Avelornian Ancestry, instead of Student of the Anvil.
[X] [TRAITS] Sapherian Tutelage
[X] [TRAITS] Chracian Blood
[X] [TRAITS] Avelornian Ancestry
[X] [TRAITS] Student of the Dreams
[X] [TRAITS] Survivor of the Battle of the Holy Flame
[X] [TRAITS] Colonist
[X] [BLOOD] Yes
Might include ([X] [TRAITS] Avelornian Ancestry) depending on the state of votes, as I think extra diplomacy is always good, but I'd rather prioritise Sapherian Tutelage and Colonist.
EDIT: Switched Student of the Spear for Chracian Blood necause the idea of a buff elf and a one woman army appeals to me.
....And after thinking about AP hell, I have now decided to go for Avelornian Ancestry, instead of Student of the Anvil.
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Easter
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[x] [ARTEFACT] Lightfang
[x] [TRAITS] Student of the Anvil
[x] [TRAITS] Student of the Dreams
[x] [TRAITS] Survivor of the Battle of the Holy Flame:
[x] [BLOOD] Yes
Mfw theres no option to worship or be somehow connected to one of the elf gods
How will we know what to do without some kind of god to guide us.
[x] [TRAITS] Student of the Anvil
[x] [TRAITS] Student of the Dreams
[x] [TRAITS] Survivor of the Battle of the Holy Flame:
[x] [BLOOD] Yes
Mfw theres no option to worship or be somehow connected to one of the elf gods
How will we know what to do without some kind of god to guide us.
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[X] [ARTEFACT] Lightfang
[X] [BLOOD] Yes
[X] [TRAITS] Survivor of the Battle of the Holy Flame:
[X] [TRAITS] Sapherian Tutelage
[x] [TRAITS] Avelornian Ancestry
[X] [TRAITS] Student of the Dreams
[x] [TRAITS] Hero of the Black Gulf
[x] [TRAITS] Commander of the Ind Campaigns
[X] [BLOOD] Yes
[X] [TRAITS] Survivor of the Battle of the Holy Flame:
[X] [TRAITS] Sapherian Tutelage
[x] [TRAITS] Avelornian Ancestry
[X] [TRAITS] Student of the Dreams
[x] [TRAITS] Hero of the Black Gulf
[x] [TRAITS] Commander of the Ind Campaigns
Well... we do have the curse of Khaine in our blood though we don't want him in our soul. And we certainly honour Hoeth since we're, you know, a Loremaster of Hoeth.
Personally I see it as an opportunity to shape up as an Asur with a full pantheon that we follow. We'll probably have a handful of deities that we honour on the regular because of who we are and others that we honour when it makes sense to. If Student of the Anvil makes it in we'll honour Vaul habitually. But, say, if we're on a ship, we'll certainly pray to Mathlann on the simple basis that it'd be very stupid not to do so.
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Are you aware that you can pick three more traits if you vote Yes for the Blood?[x] [ARTEFACT] Lightfang
[x] [TRAITS] Student of the Anvil
[x] [TRAITS] Student of the Dreams
[x] [TRAITS] Survivor of the Battle of the Holy Flame:
[x] [BLOOD] Yes
Mfw theres no option to worship or be somehow connected to one of the elf gods
How will we know what to do without some kind of god to guide us.
Derek58
Rocket Punch is Best Punch
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Agreed, I'd personally rather not even have any starting troops/the minimum amount so we can get another artefact (the armor would synergize quite nicely with the Lightfang) or an awesome mount.
Blackout
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Yes. Or if you get hired to work alongside other troops you could use it to whip them to shape.
It's not going to let you make high-tier artefacts on the go, that would have required going down the Smith-Priest route. But it lets you do some smaller-scale stuff with some investment.
To be clear, the Fireclaw is a magitech revolver, you can totally use it from the front lines. I'll edit the description to make it more clear.
I've always liked the idea of buff elves subverting the stereotype.
You are a Loremaster.Mfw theres no option to worship or be somehow connected to one of the elf gods
How will we know what to do without some kind of god to guide us.
Of Hoeth.
The God of Knowledge.
Also the "Student of X" options are literally each themed after one of the High Elf gods.
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Oh yeah lol I forgot Lilieath was the Lady of Dreams and Student of the Dreams is very high. So Lilieath will be up there too.
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Derek58
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Yea, I like the image of someone coming into a tavern or something looking for a slight elf, only to find Fanriel arm wrestling some burly soldiers and winningI've always liked the idea of buff elves subverting the stereotype.
Fanriel be like: 'What? Did you think someone could move this well in full armour without doing leg day?'Yea, I like the image of someone coming into a tavern or something looking for a slight elf, only to find Fanriel arm wrestling some burly soldiers and winning
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Blackout
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"And when you live for hundreds of years... brother, that's a lot of leg days."
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[X] [ARTEFACT] Lightfang
[X] [TRAITS] Hero of the Black Gulf
[X] [TRAITS] Chracian Blood
[X] [BLOOD] Yes
Tall and Broad Elf wielding Dwarven Rune Sword because if we're commited to exile then we might as well go big or go home and conforming to expectations about what an elf of our background should be is not something I'm interested in... and in that vein:
Yes, Blood of Aenerion, I want our legend to be as great as our doom is terrible.
[X] [TRAITS] Hero of the Black Gulf
[X] [TRAITS] Chracian Blood
[X] [BLOOD] Yes
Tall and Broad Elf wielding Dwarven Rune Sword because if we're commited to exile then we might as well go big or go home and conforming to expectations about what an elf of our background should be is not something I'm interested in... and in that vein:
Yes, Blood of Aenerion, I want our legend to be as great as our doom is terrible.
Pushups by Soulcaptain
Derek58
Rocket Punch is Best Punch
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You can vote for 3 more traits if you vote yes for Blood.
Mopman43
Mountain-Hermit of Nitpeak
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You could vote for 12 traits if you want to.
Maybe they only feel strongly about the three they picked?
Blackout
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...Threadmarked.My brain went straight to this and I couldn't resist:
You can vote for any number of traits regardless of if you vote yes for blood.
[X]Sapherian Tutelage
[X] [ARTEFACT] Lightfang
[X] [BLOOD] Yes
[X] [TRAITS] Chracian Blood
[X] [TRAITS] Colonist
[X] [TRAITS] Sapherian Tutelage
[X] [TRAITS] Student of the Anvil
[X] [TRAITS] Student of the Dreams
[X] [TRAITS] Survivor of the Battle of the Holy Flame:
[X] [TRAITS] Avelornian Ancestry
Reasoning:
Anti-chaos dwarven made lightsaber relic from the Golden Age that allows dwarven runecraft and elven spellcraft to worth together, enough said. That's incredibly cool.
Blood of Aenarion will give us a glorious and probably tragic end but if we have nothing left to lose but our mark upon the world.
Chracian blood because buff elves are cool, as is a boost to our combat skill.
Colonist I like because it avoids the arrogant elf stereotype being racialised (speciesied?) - we can get on just fine with humans, normally, despite the fact that our lives are wildly different it's just that we have very good reasons to not get on with the Dawi. I also prefer it to Averlornian ancestry because we're a Loremaster and we learned how to chat to humans, rather than just being really pretty through genetic lottery.
Tutelage because being one of Teclis' teachers is super neat, as is the fact that we found the experience a lesson in true humility. Very characterful.
Anvil student because magic items are cool and it's nice to have another side of us that's not inherently to do with war but still demonstrates the fact that we're a ridiculously educated Asur polymath and thus combines the learning of mutliple fields.
Dream student because we might not be the master of our fate due to Khaine's curse but we are the captain of our soul if we have anything to say about it! Also I just love the cool spiritual meditation vibes, it fits well with a Loremaster of Hoeth.
Holy Flame as I and others pointed out above and then Blackout elaborated upon is a cool intersection with canon, Teclis again and being the Blood of Aenarion. (Also suck it N'kari).
Edit: Avelornian Ancestry added on the basis of DeadmanwalkingXI's strong arguments
[X] [BLOOD] Yes
[X] [TRAITS] Chracian Blood
[X] [TRAITS] Colonist
[X] [TRAITS] Sapherian Tutelage
[X] [TRAITS] Student of the Anvil
[X] [TRAITS] Student of the Dreams
[X] [TRAITS] Survivor of the Battle of the Holy Flame:
[X] [TRAITS] Avelornian Ancestry
Reasoning:
Anti-chaos dwarven made lightsaber relic from the Golden Age that allows dwarven runecraft and elven spellcraft to worth together, enough said. That's incredibly cool.
Blood of Aenarion will give us a glorious and probably tragic end but if we have nothing left to lose but our mark upon the world.
Chracian blood because buff elves are cool, as is a boost to our combat skill.
Colonist I like because it avoids the arrogant elf stereotype being racialised (speciesied?) - we can get on just fine with humans, normally, despite the fact that our lives are wildly different it's just that we have very good reasons to not get on with the Dawi. I also prefer it to Averlornian ancestry because we're a Loremaster and we learned how to chat to humans, rather than just being really pretty through genetic lottery.
Tutelage because being one of Teclis' teachers is super neat, as is the fact that we found the experience a lesson in true humility. Very characterful.
Anvil student because magic items are cool and it's nice to have another side of us that's not inherently to do with war but still demonstrates the fact that we're a ridiculously educated Asur polymath and thus combines the learning of mutliple fields.
Dream student because we might not be the master of our fate due to Khaine's curse but we are the captain of our soul if we have anything to say about it! Also I just love the cool spiritual meditation vibes, it fits well with a Loremaster of Hoeth.
Holy Flame as I and others pointed out above and then Blackout elaborated upon is a cool intersection with canon, Teclis again and being the Blood of Aenarion. (Also suck it N'kari).
Edit: Avelornian Ancestry added on the basis of DeadmanwalkingXI's strong arguments
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