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Added to the plan.
NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
- Start date
- Original Fantasy Action
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- Tags
- norse 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 no seriously you will die norsemen do not die when they are killed the qm has a bad memory the qm is bad at math try not to die viking courtroom drama (legal drama) vikings you will die
Added to the plan.
Oh, @DeadmanwalkingXI, are we doing the feast/sacrifices this turn?
We should make sure the sauna is ready by then, so that if we're inviting people over, we can show off our sauna and invite them to try it.
Well I was assuming "a pin" here meant another Fang/Glima move based around being a submission hold or whatever.
Although I guess maybe it's like the difference between a Basic Attack and a Trick/Skill attack? I.E. we can put someone into a basic pin for free, or trigger one of our pin-themed Moves for free. Like Tight Squeeze for example.
We should make sure the sauna is ready by then, so that if we're inviting people over, we can show off our sauna and invite them to try it.
Well I was assuming "a pin" here meant another Fang/Glima move based around being a submission hold or whatever.
Although I guess maybe it's like the difference between a Basic Attack and a Trick/Skill attack? I.E. we can put someone into a basic pin for free, or trigger one of our pin-themed Moves for free. Like Tight Squeeze for example.
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We're doing sacrifices this turn. We may do a feast at Yule, which is either next turn or the one after.
@Imperial Fister Deadman brought up that he isn't sure if we can have two visit options in a turn, due to my plan. What with we being restricted early in the quest to one per turn (due to spamming it).
With the bonus from Vagn, can we do 2 visit a turn?
With the bonus from Vagn, can we do 2 visit a turn?
Feast and sauna!
this does sound like a cool idea, but the question is, can we do that? Halla is definitely an excellent smith, perhaps best in the valley except for Sten, but are her smithing skills well known enough to attract some attention? with a piece we already made, we can offer it as prize and let the quality speak for itself. but if we offer to make a weapon for the winner, then the prestige is entirely dependent on what people think of our smithing ability. and Im not sure they are so well known outside our family and friends.
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We can show off a few things and make it enticing pretty readily, I think. Emberguard and Sagaseeker are pretty impressive and we'll have all our retainers equipment to show off as well.
thats true, might require us to spend an action to go announce the tournament though. also Sagaseeker might not be best for that, we got it from Halfdan and I think thats pretty well known around Asvir. now, we definitely improved it a lot, but given we didn't originally forged it that might not be enough. but the other creations should speak to themselves.
if we do plan to do that, we might wanna tell our housekarls early to give them extra time to train and prepare? unless that would take an action or is somehow dishonorable.
we might also be able to build a small arena/ better sparring field or something, using work dice. @Imperial Fister is that possible? if yes, how many work dice would an arena need? actually, how many action would organizing a tournament take?
We could organize multiple events, if it dosen't take more actions.
We can have a wrestling tournament, normal duels, a battle royal, a race or a jumping competition.
We can have a wrestling tournament, normal duels, a battle royal, a race or a jumping competition.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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- He/They
Well, I nailed that interview.
And also voting is now closed
And also voting is now closed
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
- Pronouns
- He/They
Alright, would somebody like to roll a d6 for Eyvor and someone else a d6 for Hallbjorn?
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- He/Him
Hallbjorn, I guess.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
- Pronouns
- He/They
Unfortunate, but you can't win them all!
Noxious
An excellent host
- Location
- South Africa
In b4 Mjolnir is just artisanal Dwarven bread.
- Location
- Bretonnia
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- He/Him
Eyvor just sucks at Tafl, I guess.
Winter 9/Turn 2
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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(You have cultivated 33 Odr)
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Rolled
(Kindle Spinner: 3, 6) 4 Successes. (Firebomb-Strike: 3, 4) 3 Successes. (EWC: 6, 1) 2 Successes. (Campfire: 6, 2) 2 Successes. (Hamr: 6x7, 5x5, 4x9, 3x8, 2x3, 1x4) 34 Successes. (Hugr: 6, 5) 4 Successes. (Fylgja: 3, 2) 1 Success. (Tactics: 1, 2) 2 Failures. (Effort-Gauge: 4, 5) 3 Successes.
As you practice drawing out that strange feeling in the ambient field of your ever-present Standstill, you find yourself hitting an odd point. You'd guess that you were maybe a third of the way towards figuring it out, but that's just your best guess.
(+4 to Kindle-Spinner)
(+3 to Firebomb-Strike)
(+2 to Ember-Winged Cloak)
(+2 to Campfire)
(+34 to Hamr)
(+4 to Hugr)
(+1 to Fylgja)
(+3 to Effort Gauge)
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Wood Axe (6x2, 5x6, 4x3, 3x5, 2x4, 1x3)17+15+1(Sundersight)=33 Successes. Runes (6x5, 5x2, 4x4, 3x4, 2x4, 1x4)14+15+3=32 Successes. Chain (6x6, 5x5, 4x4, 3x3, 2x2, 1x3)24+15+1=40 Successes. Runes (6x5, 5x3, 4x7, 3x4, 2x1-1, 1x3-3)27+15+1+1=44 Successes. Wand (6x4, 5x4, 4x3, 3x4, 2x4, 1x4)13+15+2=30 Successes. Runes (6x4, 5x2, 4x3, 3x1, 2x6, 1x7)3+15+1=19 Successes. Weighted Training Harness (6x4, 5x4, 4x5, 3x4, 2x4, 1x2)19+15+3=37 Successes. Runes (6x4, 5x5, 4x6, 3x3, 2x2, 1x3)22+15+3=40 Successes
After a long few months spent in the forge, you wind up with a number of new items and toys to play with.
The first is a new masterwork wood axe made of Forged Iron and infused with beaver bone-ash—which took some serious work to get, but at least your children had fun with it. Both faces of the axe bear beaver tail-like patterns and its edge bites wood with ease.
The second is a wondrous length of Forged Iron links. This was probably the most annoying project you've worked on this winter, as each link is in the shape of a rune. When the runes are colored—by dipping it in a jar of color—the links tighten up as soon as they wrap around something and only come free through either a pulse of Standstill, a flaring of an Aspect, waiting for the color to burn out, or by figuring out what that understanding is.
The third is a grand wand of Molten Iron. It is roughly the length of your forearm and bears flame-like patterns on its surface. When you feed it orthstirr, the flame-shaped tip comes to life and leaves a trail of fire in its wake as you drag it across the sky. With this in hand, teaching your children just got a lot easier as they can't seem to keep their eyes off it!
The fourth and final project of these past few months is a wondrous harness. Inspired by the harness the fylgjur of your family train with, you made one for people-usage. It's covered in points to attach weights to, which helps your hamr, glima, and fang training.
(Masterwork Wood Axe added to inventory. The beaver bone-ash doubles work-dice gained from it. The runes add +1 success to your Chop training)
(Wondrous Forged Iron Chain added to inventory. The runes allow it to restrain things it is thrown at and also adds +1 success to your Standstill training)
(Grand Wand of Molten Iron added to your inventory. You can write runes or draw pictures in the air, allowing you to quickly illustrate topics to onlookers. People being taught by you gain an additional 6 training dice)
(Wondrous Weighted Harness added to your inventory. It adds +1 successes to your Hamr, Glima, and Fang training rolls)
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Visiting Buriby with your pals
You'd been watched since you started down the trail leading to Buri's home, so it's no surprise to see that they're ready for you.
What is a surprise, however, is that Buri sits alone at a table with a single extra chair. Atop the table sits a glowing red herb with heart-shaped leaves. He's harvested it himself, by the looks of things.
Buri the Bastard is a handsome man long past his prime. He's tall and broad-shouldered with a belly hanging off his midriff. Instead of growing his gray-haired beard out like most other men, he's taken to shaving the chin while leaving the mustache and chops intact, short, and as thick as any forest undergrowth.
He eyes the retainers you brought along and you note that he's completely by himself—not a single member of his family can be seen in the house surrounded by fertile former swampland. Bringing Abjorn, Stigmar, Vagn, and the Twins along makes you look scared, you realize with a start. If anything happens, he can point out how you came with friends while he came alone.
'He's a clever bastard, this one,' Blackhand mutters as you purse your lips.
"Before we can begin, there's something I must know," Buri says with a surprisingly soft yet firm voice. "Are you planning violence on me and mine should you leave here empty-handed?"
"Not unless you do first," you respond and he nods like he'd expected that.
"Good!" He claps his hands and gestures to the empty seat, which you take. Buri folds his fingers together and sets them on the table, which shows off how unarmed he is compared to you. "Now that you've been straight with me, I'll be straight with you," he says while tapping the table. "You're not getting the plant nor are you getting a 'finder's fee'."
"And why is that?" You lean back with folded arms and narrowed eyes.
"Because you didn't find it for me," Buri speaks truthful words, much to your surprise. "I've been cultivating it for a decade now."
"You called me here just for that?" There has to be more to it, right?
"Not quite," from his pocket he pulls a small, wrinkle-ridden sphere and places it before you. You watch as the seed wobbles on the table, "I called you here to offer you the seed in exchange for an oath of silence from you and yours." He nods towards your retainers before falling silent as he waits for an answer.
What do you do?
[ ] Accept and go home with seed in hand
[ ] Decline and go home empty-handed
[ ] Ask questions first
-[ ] Write in
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AN: And boom, update done.
15-minute moratorium.
[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](https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/members/166/).)
--[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
-[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] (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] (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
-[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
-[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](https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/members/166/).)
--[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
-[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] (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] (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
-[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
Atgeir Counter-Stab (Rough-Refined)
Forceful Lever (Rough-Refined)
Facial Schooling (Rough-Refined)
Time Stands Still (Vague-Rough)
Axe Skill-Trick (Completed)
Forceful Lever (Rough-Refined)
Facial Schooling (Rough-Refined)
Time Stands Still (Vague-Rough)
Axe Skill-Trick (Completed)
(Kindle Spinner: 3, 6) 4 Successes. (Firebomb-Strike: 3, 4) 3 Successes. (EWC: 6, 1) 2 Successes. (Campfire: 6, 2) 2 Successes. (Hamr: 6x7, 5x5, 4x9, 3x8, 2x3, 1x4) 34 Successes. (Hugr: 6, 5) 4 Successes. (Fylgja: 3, 2) 1 Success. (Tactics: 1, 2) 2 Failures. (Effort-Gauge: 4, 5) 3 Successes.
As you practice drawing out that strange feeling in the ambient field of your ever-present Standstill, you find yourself hitting an odd point. You'd guess that you were maybe a third of the way towards figuring it out, but that's just your best guess.
(+4 to Kindle-Spinner)
(+3 to Firebomb-Strike)
(+2 to Ember-Winged Cloak)
(+2 to Campfire)
(+34 to Hamr)
(+4 to Hugr)
(+1 to Fylgja)
(+3 to Effort Gauge)
Hearthroot Seed
You pluck the seed from the Hearthroot plant and prepare to pour more odr in, but find that it refuses your offering!
You get the sense that the seed will regrow come the new year.
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Bjorney Odr Honey
As Bjorney gobbles down the bowlful of odr-enhanced honey, you get the sense that he's almost at a breakthrough point.
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Firestorm and Wildfire Tricks
After talking to Steinarr and Blackhand about it, you arrive with a small list of Firestorm and Wildfire tricks.
Firestorm
-Flamecalling: Call every source of flame in a radius to yourself. At Rough it is a maximum of 3 miles, which increases as you refine it further.
-Unleash Inferno: With every source of flame at your disposal, you unleash the gathered mass in the general desired direction. You may use your own fire for this, but the cost increases exponentially.
-Flaming Twister: With every source of flame at your disposal, you unleash it in the shape of a tornado of fire which dances across a given region.
-Flying Fireball: Riding a ball of flames, you streak across the sky and set fire to anything too close to your crash-site. Radius of effect and speed increase with refinement.
Wildfire
-Feeding Flames: A palmful of flames that rapidly devours and expands until it runs out of fuel. Growth rate increases with further refinement.
-Bushfire Bomb: A trap-type trick that allows the user to lay dinner plate-sized traps full of Feeding Flames that activate when stepped on. Requires Feeding Flames to be Refined first. Further refinement of Feeding Flames increases growth rate of Bushfire Bomb.
-Incinerate: Throw out a large fireball with a snap of the finger. Size increases with refinement.
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Underhouse Hair
Getting bundles of hair from everyone you care for wasn't the easiest of tasks, but you did it all the same!
Now, you've got some extra insurance in case of emergency!
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Improving Soulscape
Adding worms, bees, and bone-meal fertilizer to your soulscape has improved your soul's farmplots to a superior grade!
Likewise, by adding glowstone to your Soulscape's farmhouse, you improve it to a superior grade!
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Frisian Cultivation
Frisian Cultivators have a notable knack for slings and slingshots. They are masters of slinging stones and a Frisian with a sling should never be taken lightly. If you face more then one, seek cover immediately. They have been noted to smash through Perfect Defenses with ease and seem to laugh in the face of attempts to stop or slow their advance.
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Stoker State experimentation
Utilizing Stoker State in non-combat ways seems to allow you to expend your built-up strength at a minor cost. If you do it more then a handful of times in a month, then you risk over-stressing your heart.
Once again mixing up Stoked Standstill, you find that it allows your Standstill moves to generate charges for your Stoker State! It also seems to have some kind of an effect on how you build-up charges, but it's difficult to tell exactly what it's doing. Perhaps you need to improve your Standstill and/or Stoker State capabilities first?
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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
It seems that alloying Unending Time In The Sun and Ignition grants your Ignition moves the properties of sunlight!
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Examining the looted armor and sword
You grit your teeth as the spirit inside the sword rebukes you and calls you a 'vile heathen' while it's at it. It seems that if you want to make proper contact, you'll have to break through its defenses.
With violence, of course.
Besides that, you and Sten made a bit more progress on figuring out how the armor goes together! Now, at least, it doesn't pinch!
Still is a pain to put on, though. Surely there's some trick to it, right?
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(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.
Drifa wrinkles her nose at the mention of boys. "Boys are icky," she states with certainty.
She's probably absorbed the lesson you were trying to teach her, probably.
You pluck the seed from the Hearthroot plant and prepare to pour more odr in, but find that it refuses your offering!
You get the sense that the seed will regrow come the new year.
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Bjorney Odr Honey
As Bjorney gobbles down the bowlful of odr-enhanced honey, you get the sense that he's almost at a breakthrough point.
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Firestorm and Wildfire Tricks
After talking to Steinarr and Blackhand about it, you arrive with a small list of Firestorm and Wildfire tricks.
Firestorm
-Flamecalling: Call every source of flame in a radius to yourself. At Rough it is a maximum of 3 miles, which increases as you refine it further.
-Unleash Inferno: With every source of flame at your disposal, you unleash the gathered mass in the general desired direction. You may use your own fire for this, but the cost increases exponentially.
-Flaming Twister: With every source of flame at your disposal, you unleash it in the shape of a tornado of fire which dances across a given region.
-Flying Fireball: Riding a ball of flames, you streak across the sky and set fire to anything too close to your crash-site. Radius of effect and speed increase with refinement.
Wildfire
-Feeding Flames: A palmful of flames that rapidly devours and expands until it runs out of fuel. Growth rate increases with further refinement.
-Bushfire Bomb: A trap-type trick that allows the user to lay dinner plate-sized traps full of Feeding Flames that activate when stepped on. Requires Feeding Flames to be Refined first. Further refinement of Feeding Flames increases growth rate of Bushfire Bomb.
-Incinerate: Throw out a large fireball with a snap of the finger. Size increases with refinement.
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Underhouse Hair
Getting bundles of hair from everyone you care for wasn't the easiest of tasks, but you did it all the same!
Now, you've got some extra insurance in case of emergency!
0~0~0
Improving Soulscape
Adding worms, bees, and bone-meal fertilizer to your soulscape has improved your soul's farmplots to a superior grade!
Likewise, by adding glowstone to your Soulscape's farmhouse, you improve it to a superior grade!
0~0~0
Frisian Cultivation
Frisian Cultivators have a notable knack for slings and slingshots. They are masters of slinging stones and a Frisian with a sling should never be taken lightly. If you face more then one, seek cover immediately. They have been noted to smash through Perfect Defenses with ease and seem to laugh in the face of attempts to stop or slow their advance.
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Stoker State experimentation
Utilizing Stoker State in non-combat ways seems to allow you to expend your built-up strength at a minor cost. If you do it more then a handful of times in a month, then you risk over-stressing your heart.
Once again mixing up Stoked Standstill, you find that it allows your Standstill moves to generate charges for your Stoker State! It also seems to have some kind of an effect on how you build-up charges, but it's difficult to tell exactly what it's doing. Perhaps you need to improve your Standstill and/or Stoker State capabilities first?
0~0~0
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
It seems that alloying Unending Time In The Sun and Ignition grants your Ignition moves the properties of sunlight!
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Examining the looted armor and sword
You grit your teeth as the spirit inside the sword rebukes you and calls you a 'vile heathen' while it's at it. It seems that if you want to make proper contact, you'll have to break through its defenses.
With violence, of course.
Besides that, you and Sten made a bit more progress on figuring out how the armor goes together! Now, at least, it doesn't pinch!
Still is a pain to put on, though. Surely there's some trick to it, right?
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(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.
Drifa wrinkles her nose at the mention of boys. "Boys are icky," she states with certainty.
She's probably absorbed the lesson you were trying to teach her, probably.
Wood Axe (6x2, 5x6, 4x3, 3x5, 2x4, 1x3)17+15+1(Sundersight)=33 Successes. Runes (6x5, 5x2, 4x4, 3x4, 2x4, 1x4)14+15+3=32 Successes. Chain (6x6, 5x5, 4x4, 3x3, 2x2, 1x3)24+15+1=40 Successes. Runes (6x5, 5x3, 4x7, 3x4, 2x1-1, 1x3-3)27+15+1+1=44 Successes. Wand (6x4, 5x4, 4x3, 3x4, 2x4, 1x4)13+15+2=30 Successes. Runes (6x4, 5x2, 4x3, 3x1, 2x6, 1x7)3+15+1=19 Successes. Weighted Training Harness (6x4, 5x4, 4x5, 3x4, 2x4, 1x2)19+15+3=37 Successes. Runes (6x4, 5x5, 4x6, 3x3, 2x2, 1x3)22+15+3=40 Successes
After a long few months spent in the forge, you wind up with a number of new items and toys to play with.
The first is a new masterwork wood axe made of Forged Iron and infused with beaver bone-ash—which took some serious work to get, but at least your children had fun with it. Both faces of the axe bear beaver tail-like patterns and its edge bites wood with ease.
The second is a wondrous length of Forged Iron links. This was probably the most annoying project you've worked on this winter, as each link is in the shape of a rune. When the runes are colored—by dipping it in a jar of color—the links tighten up as soon as they wrap around something and only come free through either a pulse of Standstill, a flaring of an Aspect, waiting for the color to burn out, or by figuring out what that understanding is.
The third is a grand wand of Molten Iron. It is roughly the length of your forearm and bears flame-like patterns on its surface. When you feed it orthstirr, the flame-shaped tip comes to life and leaves a trail of fire in its wake as you drag it across the sky. With this in hand, teaching your children just got a lot easier as they can't seem to keep their eyes off it!
The fourth and final project of these past few months is a wondrous harness. Inspired by the harness the fylgjur of your family train with, you made one for people-usage. It's covered in points to attach weights to, which helps your hamr, glima, and fang training.
(Masterwork Wood Axe added to inventory. The beaver bone-ash doubles work-dice gained from it. The runes add +1 success to your Chop training)
(Wondrous Forged Iron Chain added to inventory. The runes allow it to restrain things it is thrown at and also adds +1 success to your Standstill training)
(Grand Wand of Molten Iron added to your inventory. You can write runes or draw pictures in the air, allowing you to quickly illustrate topics to onlookers. People being taught by you gain an additional 6 training dice)
(Wondrous Weighted Harness added to your inventory. It adds +1 successes to your Hamr, Glima, and Fang training rolls)
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Visiting Buriby with your pals
You'd been watched since you started down the trail leading to Buri's home, so it's no surprise to see that they're ready for you.
What is a surprise, however, is that Buri sits alone at a table with a single extra chair. Atop the table sits a glowing red herb with heart-shaped leaves. He's harvested it himself, by the looks of things.
Buri the Bastard is a handsome man long past his prime. He's tall and broad-shouldered with a belly hanging off his midriff. Instead of growing his gray-haired beard out like most other men, he's taken to shaving the chin while leaving the mustache and chops intact, short, and as thick as any forest undergrowth.
He eyes the retainers you brought along and you note that he's completely by himself—not a single member of his family can be seen in the house surrounded by fertile former swampland. Bringing Abjorn, Stigmar, Vagn, and the Twins along makes you look scared, you realize with a start. If anything happens, he can point out how you came with friends while he came alone.
'He's a clever bastard, this one,' Blackhand mutters as you purse your lips.
"Before we can begin, there's something I must know," Buri says with a surprisingly soft yet firm voice. "Are you planning violence on me and mine should you leave here empty-handed?"
"Not unless you do first," you respond and he nods like he'd expected that.
"Good!" He claps his hands and gestures to the empty seat, which you take. Buri folds his fingers together and sets them on the table, which shows off how unarmed he is compared to you. "Now that you've been straight with me, I'll be straight with you," he says while tapping the table. "You're not getting the plant nor are you getting a 'finder's fee'."
"And why is that?" You lean back with folded arms and narrowed eyes.
"Because you didn't find it for me," Buri speaks truthful words, much to your surprise. "I've been cultivating it for a decade now."
"You called me here just for that?" There has to be more to it, right?
"Not quite," from his pocket he pulls a small, wrinkle-ridden sphere and places it before you. You watch as the seed wobbles on the table, "I called you here to offer you the seed in exchange for an oath of silence from you and yours." He nods towards your retainers before falling silent as he waits for an answer.
What do you do?
[ ] Accept and go home with seed in hand
[ ] Decline and go home empty-handed
[ ] Ask questions first
-[ ] Write in
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AN: And boom, update done.
15-minute moratorium.
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- He/Him
We need to interrogate the deal and make sure the plant isn't, like, highly illegal poison. We can keep it a secret barring that, I think.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
That's possible. We need to ask what it is.
[ ] Ask questions first
-[ ] "First I need to know what the plant is and does. What would I be agreeing to protect?"
-[ ] "This is the Seed of the Plant in question, I trust?"
-[ ] "For how long? Surely you don't need this kept a secret forever?"
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Voting is now open
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- He/Him
-[X] "First I need to know what the plant is and does. What would I be agreeing to protect?"
-[X] "This is the Seed of the Plant in question, I trust?"
-[X] "For how long must we swear to silence? Surely you don't need this kept a secret forever?"
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[X] Ask questions first
-[X] "First I need to know what the plant is and does. What would I be agreeing to protect?"
-[X] "This is the Seed of the Plant in question, I trust?"
-[X] "For how long must we swear to silence? Surely you don't need this kept a secret forever?"
-[X] "First I need to know what the plant is and does. What would I be agreeing to protect?"
-[X] "This is the Seed of the Plant in question, I trust?"
-[X] "For how long must we swear to silence? Surely you don't need this kept a secret forever?"