I wanted to make the pun. 😅
NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
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- Original Fantasy Action
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- norse mythology (mythology) original xianxia cultivation western cultivation ask sirihand did your mother tell you anything? discussion pleases yggdrasil farming gloating gets people killed granary management hubris is a coward's word you will die norsemen do not die when they are killed the qm has a bad memory the qm is bad at math viking courtroom drama (legal drama) vikings
I wanted to make the pun. 😅
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[x] Skippy
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Wouldn't they be able to graze during the Summer like other animals? That wouldn't matter much for whether we can afford them this Winter, but it seems like they'd be able to.
Either way, that makes me a lot less inclined to buy two of them.
Yeah, that is a good reason.
If you include the subotion for Audrik you also have my vote for the pun.
[] Talk to Audrikr and play a game of tafl while you're at it
-[] Talk about Frenzy and Berserkr. First topic: Does Frenzy have uses outside of battle? Like in negotiations?
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We already have an agenda for our conversation in the turn plan, which includes talking about being a berserk as the main conversational topic. We also know for a fact it works during verbal battles as it helped during the trial.
[X] Plan: Bonnie and Clydesdale
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Yeah, that works
So I see what you're saying, but is there any huge issue to having this included? Like you may well be right that this is possibly redundant, given the turn plan, but if it's redundant then by definition it's also kinda harmless to have in.
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Cool.
No, nothing big, just noting why I think it's unnecessary. It overriding the turn plan would also not be great, but it shouldn't.
Oh right. That is missing the question for alternative uses for Frenzy though.
And it specifies it to be the first use. So could still get to the other questions.
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
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- Somewhere
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[X] Plan: Bonnie and Clydesdale
I'm down for some horse eugenics
I'm down for some horse eugenics
You could join us!
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[X] Plan: Bonnie and Clydesdale
Urgh. Fine. The long term benefits of being able to breed horses ourselves are really good. I'm worried about the Food situation, but I do think we can probably fix that in a few ways and, worst case scenario, it's probably worth 9 Odr to have a breeding pair of horses in the long term.
To be clear, I'd be a lot less reluctant without the famine. That's the only thing really making me hesitate.
Urgh. Fine. The long term benefits of being able to breed horses ourselves are really good. I'm worried about the Food situation, but I do think we can probably fix that in a few ways and, worst case scenario, it's probably worth 9 Odr to have a breeding pair of horses in the long term.
To be clear, I'd be a lot less reluctant without the famine. That's the only thing really making me hesitate.
Shard
One and Many
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- Malaysia
Look man, this is a Viking quest. Ships are an integral part of the story!
Torsten Twoshields: "Why did Steinarr's daughter name their youngest foal 'Sea-Biscuit'?"
Logi Firebeard: "It's a wise and ancient kenning. She hopes to take the strength of the sea and use it to nourish the spirits of horse and rider!"
Torsten Twoshields: "Ah, I see, very wise..."
Abjorn, listening in: *facepalms*
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
Wow, lucky for Aki and Kolla that they proceeded to just leave the Valley just before the event, huh.
Almost like they were Seers or something, who'd have thought.
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Another thing worth considering is that if we can get excess food.. well, that would be a great way to get Drengskapr in the Event.
Almost like they were Seers or something, who'd have thought.
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Another thing worth considering is that if we can get excess food.. well, that would be a great way to get Drengskapr in the Event.
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Yeah, should get some multiharvest food plants into our soul and Odr water them.
Well, we do have a boat, and it's only the start of the year.
If we wanted to do a quick trading mission, sort of a dry run for our more ambitious trips planned in the future, we could sail somewhere where grain is cheap right now, and come back with a full hold, either selling it cheaply or offering it to the community free of charge if we did some profitable trading and really wanted maximum acclaim from the community. (Or sell half, donate half.) We could do this all within one turn; a week's sailing both ways gives us an effective radius of a several hundred to a thousand miles or so assuming a stiff (magically assisted) wind. Two weeks sailing both ways means the coast of France and large stretches of the Baltic should be available.
I anticipate there might be some resistance to this idea because it's a big new thing we haven't done before, and hence kinda scary, but we've got a big cool ship and it would be cool to y'know, use it. Plus this is a golden community for Halla to become a hero to her community, and in a way that doesn't require violence or killing. We could deliberately do it as a safe and peaceful "quiet Sunday drive" kinda trading mission, stay close to the coasts to avoid any sea monsters, and just get the feel for sailing the Wavedancer on the open ocean.
Yeah that would be a good trade.
Like I think if we did this, the way we would do it would be to go out carrying some cargo that will net an okayish profit, even if it's something boring like timber or whatever, it just needs to be something we can collect quickly. Then for the grain when we get back, we aim to sell enough to basically cover our costs, and donate the rest to the neediest? Or maybe we sell it all at non-famine prices, covering our costs, still gaining a ton of honour since we're helping everyone, but not humiliating anyone by forcing them to accept free grain.
So yeah, I think that trading grain for a favour like that is a really good option.
@Imperial Fister, two questions:
(1) How much grain would this translate to?
(2) If it was portioned out properly, how many of our neighbours could this help get through the winter?
(3) Could we ask Tuskpuncher what regions he knows of within two to three weeks sailing that export grain, and what sort of goods they tend to like to buy from us?
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- Hell
I mean that does bring up the option for a way to solve our issues.
Go on a raid.