I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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I just don't really get how you'd turn an axe blow into fire. However, that's fair. I'll say that it turns all damage (except normal) into Fire Damage
NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
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Well, the idea was that it wouldn't turn it into fire damage physically, just make the armor react to it as if it were fire damage (ie: apply its fire resistance). I don't see why that wouldn't be viable conceptually considering some of the other things Runes can do?
Like, make the armor as resistant to all damage as it is to fire, to phrase it another way.
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I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Ah, yeah that makes way more sense. My apologies, I'll fix it.
Also, I realize I didn't explain Sundersight. It gives 1d3 additional successes to crafting rolls (originally it was 1d6, but that was a bit high)
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Voting is now open, also adding in the options for sacrificing
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Is there a cap to how much we are allowed to sacrifice? It seems like there maybe should be?
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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I'll say that you can only sacrifice 3 times, to get 1 permanent hamingja
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.... The fact it's called "Carbon Flour" and the Dwarves have what's also termed "Egg Iron" concerns me greatly.
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Okay, so, here's a plan. There's a last minute substitution of a second Standstill Training Item, since I do think we need one to double dice if we can. By last minute, I mean I dunno what it should be...anyone have any ideas?
[X]Plan Training Items
-[X](Crafting) Try to make something (1)
--[X]Forged Iron Wood Axe (+15 successes from Tools/Workshop)
--[X]Add Runes saying "May my use chopping down trees teach how to chop down men." - Hopefully a Training Item for Chop
--[X]Use beaver bone ash if we can get some
-[X](Crafting) Try to make something (2)
--[X] Forged Iron Chain (+15 successes from Tools/Workshop)
--[X] Add Runes saying "My links tighten granting stillness, may those who feel my grasp understand that stillness and through understanding be freed." - Hopefully another Standstill Training Item
--[X] Spend 5 Odr on the Runes
-[X](Crafting) Try to make something (3)
--[X] Molten Iron Wand (+15 successes from Tools/Workshop)
--[X] Add Runes saying "May flames cast through me ignite fires of learning." – Hopefully an Ignition (or even more hopefully Fire Hugareida in general) Training Item
-[X](Crafting) Try to make something (4)
--[X] Weighted Training Harness (+15 successes from Tools/Workshop)
--[X] Add Runes saying "May my weight provide training in wrestling." –Hopefully a Glima/Fang Training Item
-[X](Visit) Go visit...
--[X] Buriby, Osborn's Farm
---[X] Try and work out a finder's fee for leading him to a valuable plant
---[X] Bring Abjorn and at least Vagn of our retainers with us, just in case
-[X][Social] (Personal) Spend time with...
--[X]Sten and Minna
--[X] Invite them to help us with building our sauna, and use that as an in to get them talking about what things were like in Finland.
--[X] Build a cool stone archway over the entrance like we wanted to try out, with Runes saying "Lifting steam, life-filling,/Warmth wears away weariness./Heated house, healed body,/Mind moving clear as water." (adding 1 Reward Dice courtesy of @Skippy.)
--[X] Have a big sauna party with everyone when the sauna is complete.
--[X] Try and find an opportunity to talk to Sten or Minna alone if it presents itself, but don't push too hard.
-[X](Exploration) Go on a walk through...
--[X] The hills!
---[X](Optional) Send your fylgja in your place (Does not cost an action)
-[X]Special Note: On all Crafting add the following if possible unless otherwise specified:
--[X]For metal items, switch Forgefire Slots to Dice (+7d6 total) before starting and back afterwards and have Heat Hold available just incase
--[X]Using Frenzy during the crafting process, under careful observation(+6 successes), and Sundersight (+1d3 Successes)
--[X]Stoking Frami, Virthing, and Saemd (for +1 Success each, +3 successes total) to enhance the crafting process, focused on the Runes
Training:
-[X](Rolled)
--[X]Train Kindle-Spinner 2d6 (1d6) (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Firebomb-Strike 2d6 (1d6) (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Ember-Winged Cloak 2d6 (1d6) (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Campfire 2d6 (1d6) (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Hamr Itself 36d6 (18d6)
--[X]Train Hugr itself 2d6 (1d6)
--[X]Train Fylgja itself 2d6 (1d6)
--[X]Train Tactics 2d6 (1d6)
--[X]Train Effort Gauge 2d6 (1d6)
-[X](Research)
--[X]Pluck and save the Hearthroot seed, put up to 9 Odr into the plant and see if we can grow another one from the sameplant.
--[X]Feed 1 Odr to Bjorney in honey again.
--[X]Ask Steinarr if possible and Blackhand either way about good Firestorm and Wildfire Tricks (espaecially powerful area effects), we'll also try and swap Stoker State stuff with Steinarr again if possible (tell him about Stoker Engage, see if he knows any Tricks to gain Stoker Dice he hasn't mentioned yet).
--[X]Get together hair from everyone in our family (including Steinarr, Stenn, and Asva's parts of it), and all the friends willing to giveit and store it in the Underhouse, as a backup in case houses getburned down at some point.
--[X]Continue trying to improve our soulscape farm 1d6
---[X]Try bone meal fertilizer, crop rotation, and bring in things likeworms and bees to provide the supporting ecosystem
--[X]Add Glowstones to our Soulscape's Farmhouse 1d6
--[X]Continue reading up on Frisian cultivation 1d6
--[X]Attempt to use Stoker Dice on a non-combat action, starting withsinging and physical motion, but also attempting otherpossibilities...also try building them up while swinging a hammer andsimilar non-combat activities 1d6
--[X]See what the actual effects of Stoked Standstill are. Does it let ususe only some Stoked Dice on Standstill Tricks? Does it add our Hugareida dice to Stoker State Tricks? What does it do? 1d6
--[X]Check what our Alloyed Unending Time In The Sun and Banish the Night+ Ignition combos actually do in terms of damage and other effects 1d6
--[X]Carefully, taking all possible precautions against unpleasant spirits, examine the Ice Sword and attempt to make contact with the spirit within it 1d6
--[X]Continue examining our newly acquired Knightly Armor with a focus on its physical structure to attempt to learn how to duplicate it 3d6
-[X] (Drifa) Make sure to talk to Drifa about the consequences of her saying things about boys she likes, and how that could cause real issues (due to Sten's reactions)...probably phrased a bit more carefully than that.
-[X](Blackhand's Training) Try to develop old/train new hugareida tricks
--[X]Train Atgeir Counter Stab 1d6
--[X]Train Forceful Lever 1d6
--[X]Train Scouring Cleanse 1d6
--[X]Train Sailwind 1d6
--[X]Train Halting Vortex 1d6 (+1 Success Floating Sphere)
--[X]Train Contested Movement 1d6 (+1 Success Floating Sphere)
--[X]Train Veto Motion 1d6 (+1 Success Floating Sphere)
--[X]Train Slowing Slog 1d6 (+1 Success Floating Sphere)
--[X]Train Time Stands Still 1d6 (+1 Success Floating Sphere)
-[X](Training) Martial Style
--[X]Train Stoker State 1d6 (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Flame Tending Blade 1d6 (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Fang 1d6
--[X]Train Glima 1d6
--[X]Train Momentum Reversal 1d6
--[X] Train Weapon-Grapple Reversal1d6
--[X] Train Double-Leg Takedown 1d6
--[X]Train Tight Squeeze Trick 1d6
--[X]Train Knee-Drop Back Breaker 1d6
-[X](Training) Hamr (53 successes to rank up)
--[X]Train Throw 1d6
--[X]Train Sowing Sight 1d6
-[X](Training) Hugr (215 successes to rank up)
--[X]Talk to Sten about how to make axes and vehicles
--[X]Train Armorcraft 1d6 (+1 Success from Sten)
--[X]Train Silver-Tongue 1d6
--[X]Train Facial Schooling 1d6
--[X]Train Contention-Connection 1d6
--[X] Train Light-Touch 1d6
--[X]Train 'Axe' Weaponcraft Skill-Trick 1d6 (+1 Success from Sten)
--[X]Train 'Vehicles' Housecraft Skill-Trick 1d6 (+1 Success from Sten)
-[X](Training) Fylgja (106 successes to rank up)
--[X] Train Flap Away 1d6
-[X](Work Dice Usage)
--[X] Buildings: 6 Quality, 1 Living Space, 5Storage, 5 Workshop (17 Total)
--[X] Resources: 6 Quality, 0 Food,7 Goods, 5 Silver (18 Total)
--[X] Livestock: 5 Quality, 4 Food, 4Goods, 4 Silver (17 Total)
--[X] Crafting: Making 5 Alarm Charms and 1 Glue-Bomb (7 Total)
--[X] Conversion: Spend for 9 Research Dice (18 Total)
-[X](Incidentals)
--[X]Adding Taafl Board Capacity Gains to: Eyvor, Hallbjorn,
--[X]Receiving Metal from Dwarves: 24 oz Forged Iron, 6 oz Molten Iron
-[X](Assign Hugareida Levels)
--[X]Assign 2 Standstill Levels to Instances and 2 to Dice
-[X] Sacrifice!
--[X] Sacrifice 54 Food for +6 Hamingja (+2 Permanent)
--[X] Sacrifice 27 specifically to Odin (we owe him this), and 9 each to Thor, Freya, and Aegirr
Orthstirr:
-[X](Orthstirr Usage)
--[X] 1 Orthstirr to Hamr
---[X] 4 Chop, 4 Defend, 5 Dodge, 4 Bash, 4 Pierce, 4 Throw, 4 Cut, 4Strike, 4 Shoot, 3 Farmwork, 4 Labor, 4 Overland (48 total)
--[X]3 Orthstirr to Hugr
---[X] 6 Artcraft, 5 Armorcraft, 4 Barb-Tongue, 1 Composure, 4 Design, 6Housecraft, 4 Management, 3 Scouting, 4 Silver-Tongue, 5 Sailing, 3Strategy, 4 Tactics, 5 Weaponcraft, 3 Wordplay, 5 Wildcraft (62total)
--[X] 1 Orthstirr to Fylgja
--[X] 1 First Impression
--[X] 77 Stored Tricks
--[X] 640 free for tricks
EDIT: Added Odr to the standstill item, some wording, and a brief chat with Drifa. Added Skippy's idea on the sauna.
[X]Plan Training Items
-[X](Crafting) Try to make something (1)
--[X]Forged Iron Wood Axe (+15 successes from Tools/Workshop)
--[X]Add Runes saying "May my use chopping down trees teach how to chop down men." - Hopefully a Training Item for Chop
--[X]Use beaver bone ash if we can get some
-[X](Crafting) Try to make something (2)
--[X] Forged Iron Chain (+15 successes from Tools/Workshop)
--[X] Add Runes saying "My links tighten granting stillness, may those who feel my grasp understand that stillness and through understanding be freed." - Hopefully another Standstill Training Item
--[X] Spend 5 Odr on the Runes
-[X](Crafting) Try to make something (3)
--[X] Molten Iron Wand (+15 successes from Tools/Workshop)
--[X] Add Runes saying "May flames cast through me ignite fires of learning." – Hopefully an Ignition (or even more hopefully Fire Hugareida in general) Training Item
-[X](Crafting) Try to make something (4)
--[X] Weighted Training Harness (+15 successes from Tools/Workshop)
--[X] Add Runes saying "May my weight provide training in wrestling." –Hopefully a Glima/Fang Training Item
-[X](Visit) Go visit...
--[X] Buriby, Osborn's Farm
---[X] Try and work out a finder's fee for leading him to a valuable plant
---[X] Bring Abjorn and at least Vagn of our retainers with us, just in case
-[X][Social] (Personal) Spend time with...
--[X]Sten and Minna
--[X] Invite them to help us with building our sauna, and use that as an in to get them talking about what things were like in Finland.
--[X] Build a cool stone archway over the entrance like we wanted to try out, with Runes saying "Lifting steam, life-filling,/Warmth wears away weariness./Heated house, healed body,/Mind moving clear as water." (adding 1 Reward Dice courtesy of @Skippy.)
--[X] Have a big sauna party with everyone when the sauna is complete.
--[X] Try and find an opportunity to talk to Sten or Minna alone if it presents itself, but don't push too hard.
-[X](Exploration) Go on a walk through...
--[X] The hills!
---[X](Optional) Send your fylgja in your place (Does not cost an action)
-[X]Special Note: On all Crafting add the following if possible unless otherwise specified:
--[X]For metal items, switch Forgefire Slots to Dice (+7d6 total) before starting and back afterwards and have Heat Hold available just incase
--[X]Using Frenzy during the crafting process, under careful observation(+6 successes), and Sundersight (+1d3 Successes)
--[X]Stoking Frami, Virthing, and Saemd (for +1 Success each, +3 successes total) to enhance the crafting process, focused on the Runes
Training:
-[X](Rolled)
--[X]Train Kindle-Spinner 2d6 (1d6) (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Firebomb-Strike 2d6 (1d6) (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Ember-Winged Cloak 2d6 (1d6) (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Campfire 2d6 (1d6) (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Hamr Itself 36d6 (18d6)
--[X]Train Hugr itself 2d6 (1d6)
--[X]Train Fylgja itself 2d6 (1d6)
--[X]Train Tactics 2d6 (1d6)
--[X]Train Effort Gauge 2d6 (1d6)
-[X](Research)
--[X]Pluck and save the Hearthroot seed, put up to 9 Odr into the plant and see if we can grow another one from the sameplant.
--[X]Feed 1 Odr to Bjorney in honey again.
--[X]Ask Steinarr if possible and Blackhand either way about good Firestorm and Wildfire Tricks (espaecially powerful area effects), we'll also try and swap Stoker State stuff with Steinarr again if possible (tell him about Stoker Engage, see if he knows any Tricks to gain Stoker Dice he hasn't mentioned yet).
--[X]Get together hair from everyone in our family (including Steinarr, Stenn, and Asva's parts of it), and all the friends willing to giveit and store it in the Underhouse, as a backup in case houses getburned down at some point.
--[X]Continue trying to improve our soulscape farm 1d6
---[X]Try bone meal fertilizer, crop rotation, and bring in things likeworms and bees to provide the supporting ecosystem
--[X]Add Glowstones to our Soulscape's Farmhouse 1d6
--[X]Continue reading up on Frisian cultivation 1d6
--[X]Attempt to use Stoker Dice on a non-combat action, starting withsinging and physical motion, but also attempting otherpossibilities...also try building them up while swinging a hammer andsimilar non-combat activities 1d6
--[X]See what the actual effects of Stoked Standstill are. Does it let ususe only some Stoked Dice on Standstill Tricks? Does it add our Hugareida dice to Stoker State Tricks? What does it do? 1d6
--[X]Check what our Alloyed Unending Time In The Sun and Banish the Night+ Ignition combos actually do in terms of damage and other effects 1d6
--[X]Carefully, taking all possible precautions against unpleasant spirits, examine the Ice Sword and attempt to make contact with the spirit within it 1d6
--[X]Continue examining our newly acquired Knightly Armor with a focus on its physical structure to attempt to learn how to duplicate it 3d6
-[X] (Drifa) Make sure to talk to Drifa about the consequences of her saying things about boys she likes, and how that could cause real issues (due to Sten's reactions)...probably phrased a bit more carefully than that.
-[X](Blackhand's Training) Try to develop old/train new hugareida tricks
--[X]Train Atgeir Counter Stab 1d6
--[X]Train Forceful Lever 1d6
--[X]Train Scouring Cleanse 1d6
--[X]Train Sailwind 1d6
--[X]Train Halting Vortex 1d6 (+1 Success Floating Sphere)
--[X]Train Contested Movement 1d6 (+1 Success Floating Sphere)
--[X]Train Veto Motion 1d6 (+1 Success Floating Sphere)
--[X]Train Slowing Slog 1d6 (+1 Success Floating Sphere)
--[X]Train Time Stands Still 1d6 (+1 Success Floating Sphere)
-[X](Training) Martial Style
--[X]Train Stoker State 1d6 (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Flame Tending Blade 1d6 (+1 Success from Born of Fire)
--[X]Train Fang 1d6
--[X]Train Glima 1d6
--[X]Train Momentum Reversal 1d6
--[X] Train Weapon-Grapple Reversal1d6
--[X] Train Double-Leg Takedown 1d6
--[X]Train Tight Squeeze Trick 1d6
--[X]Train Knee-Drop Back Breaker 1d6
-[X](Training) Hamr (53 successes to rank up)
--[X]Train Throw 1d6
--[X]Train Sowing Sight 1d6
-[X](Training) Hugr (215 successes to rank up)
--[X]Talk to Sten about how to make axes and vehicles
--[X]Train Armorcraft 1d6 (+1 Success from Sten)
--[X]Train Silver-Tongue 1d6
--[X]Train Facial Schooling 1d6
--[X]Train Contention-Connection 1d6
--[X] Train Light-Touch 1d6
--[X]Train 'Axe' Weaponcraft Skill-Trick 1d6 (+1 Success from Sten)
--[X]Train 'Vehicles' Housecraft Skill-Trick 1d6 (+1 Success from Sten)
-[X](Training) Fylgja (106 successes to rank up)
--[X] Train Flap Away 1d6
-[X](Work Dice Usage)
--[X] Buildings: 6 Quality, 1 Living Space, 5Storage, 5 Workshop (17 Total)
--[X] Resources: 6 Quality, 0 Food,7 Goods, 5 Silver (18 Total)
--[X] Livestock: 5 Quality, 4 Food, 4Goods, 4 Silver (17 Total)
--[X] Crafting: Making 5 Alarm Charms and 1 Glue-Bomb (7 Total)
--[X] Conversion: Spend for 9 Research Dice (18 Total)
-[X](Incidentals)
--[X]Adding Taafl Board Capacity Gains to: Eyvor, Hallbjorn,
--[X]Receiving Metal from Dwarves: 24 oz Forged Iron, 6 oz Molten Iron
-[X](Assign Hugareida Levels)
--[X]Assign 2 Standstill Levels to Instances and 2 to Dice
-[X] Sacrifice!
--[X] Sacrifice 54 Food for +6 Hamingja (+2 Permanent)
--[X] Sacrifice 27 specifically to Odin (we owe him this), and 9 each to Thor, Freya, and Aegirr
Orthstirr:
-[X](Orthstirr Usage)
--[X] 1 Orthstirr to Hamr
---[X] 4 Chop, 4 Defend, 5 Dodge, 4 Bash, 4 Pierce, 4 Throw, 4 Cut, 4Strike, 4 Shoot, 3 Farmwork, 4 Labor, 4 Overland (48 total)
--[X]3 Orthstirr to Hugr
---[X] 6 Artcraft, 5 Armorcraft, 4 Barb-Tongue, 1 Composure, 4 Design, 6Housecraft, 4 Management, 3 Scouting, 4 Silver-Tongue, 5 Sailing, 3Strategy, 4 Tactics, 5 Weaponcraft, 3 Wordplay, 5 Wildcraft (62total)
--[X] 1 Orthstirr to Fylgja
--[X] 1 First Impression
--[X] 77 Stored Tricks
--[X] 640 free for tricks
EDIT: Added Odr to the standstill item, some wording, and a brief chat with Drifa. Added Skippy's idea on the sauna.
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Standstill is all about stopping forces, is there some way to use that energy from the forces stopped to boost ourselves? Maybe something like a chinese finger trap where the more force put into it the stronger it gets? This is all just wild speculation.
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I don't think Halla has the background for that example specifically...but I like where your head is at. We definitely want to aim for something like that if possible. A wand is a fallback, and not a great one since we lack a sympatico material.
Mjolnir is made of cake
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
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Maybe a lasso? Snare traps are probably a thing here, and a throwable one isn't too big a stretch imo
AeonIlluminate
The power of friendship and aggressive landscaping
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IIRC we only get Sten bonus on 2 things a turn, and we have Axe and Vehicles this turn, so I think there shouldn't be a Sten bonus here?
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It'd need to be a chain to take advantage of our forging skills...but a chain is not a bad idea. I'll tentatively add that.
He always gives the bonus to all skills, plus up to 2 Tricks. At least that's how it has been historically.
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What, do they bake a steel cake or something?
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Replying to myself because I just realized one of our Standstill abilities is a good example of what I'm thinking of, as in using kinetic energy for effects. Mire Ward has us sacrificing our own kinetic energy to cause pushback on anything trying to move in the area, which is why we have to remain stationary.
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Troll cave.... drysalt arc?
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Uh, really? I was under the impression that Halla couldn't move during Mire Ward (beyond using her arms and what not) is because she lacked the mastery to make it move with her. Which is why we'd eventually be able to move with Mire Ward if we perfected it, iirc.
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That could be the case honestly, that post was mainly me hyperfixating on a theory that also ties into the whole Power Requires Sacrifice law of Norse cultivation.
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I don't believe we've been told we could move with Perfected Mire Ward...it would just be free, meaning we can effortlessly drop it, move, then reinstate it.
Hm....
You know the feeling of getting stuck in mud?
Where pulling your feet up results in suction to the mud, making it much harder to get it out?
Training item would be a container containing mud.
So probably finely ground coal.
If Halla knows what carbon is, that shouldn't be hard to reproduce.
Mill a piece of coal like one would mill grain.
"Legally, I am not allowed to divulge the details" -> A dwarven secret. Probably smithing.
Using it like boneash when forging bog iron would be an experiment to do... But how to justify without extensive metagaming, when Halla hasn't experimented with Bogiron since getting Forged Iron.
Also we should ask Sten about it. He did something with black powder coming from Stones a long while ago (the thousands of steel arrow tips trick in the fight against the boss of Trygg and Traustis original felag).
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[X]Plan Training Items
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I think a chain idea is better. Tying people up with a chain is also a valid Standstill construction, and the item is more directly involved. Still no real idea on Runes, though...
Sten will almost certainly not teach us anything about the manufacture of Steel.
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Would you please explain why does it concerns you?
It may have non-Steel uses.
And keeping Sten in the loop means he would warn us if we accidentally get too close to making Steel (rather than Forged Iron/other interesting things)