I.F. Ister
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Alright, voting is now closed
NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
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Gotland Calls | Denmark Final
I.F. Ister
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[X] Listen to the local Skalds, learn what news there is in Denmark
"King Harthacnut and King Sigtrygg are fighting once more!" One of the skalds—an older man with big bushy brows—calls out for the gathered crowd. "Harthacnut means to put an end to Sigtrygg and begs the aid of all able-bodied men willing to take up arms in his name! Gold and glory await you, Danes, for the Svear shall rule us no longer!"
It seems that Denmark is currently in the midst of a civil war between a 'King Harthacnut' and a 'King Sigtrygg.' Last you heard, the king of Denmark was Sigtrygg, but perhaps that will change in the future?
Regardless, this instability will provide any opportunistic men a chance to ravage the lands free of reprisal. Perhaps you should get in on that while you still can? Not necessarily through raiding, either, you can surely find great wealth in the service of one king or the other!
Besides, even if you're not interested, there will likely be some folks back home who'd jump at the chance to fight for one king or the other... Lets just hope that no feuds spring up as a result, it'd be rather irritating having to navigate that.
No matter your decision on the matter, it's time to get a move on. Gotland calls!
What do you do along the way?
Current Destination:
[ ] Gotland (11 Days, travel time increased from extra weight, 55% risk of suffering bad luck)
[ ] Uppsala (15 Days, travel time increased from extra weight, 75% risk of suffering bad luck)
[ ] Bornholm (7 Days, travel time increased from extra weight, 35% risk of suffering bad luck)
[ ] Skane (5 Days, travel time increased from extra weight, 25% risk of suffering bad luck)
[ ] Wolin (5 Days, travel time increased from extra weight, 25% risk of suffering bad luck)
Personal (Pick equal to days spent traveling)
[ ] Talk to a Crewmember
-[ ] Write in who and about what
[ ] Pay Close Attention to a Crewmember
-[ ] Write in
[ ] Craft or Repair
-[ ] Write in
Training (You get 30 XP per day spent traveling)
[ ] Training
-[ ] Write in
Nighttime (Number of Nights equal to days spent traveling)
[ ] Write in how many nights are spent in each
-[ ] Put to shore (+5% bad luck per night spent sleeping ashore)
-[ ] Lodge with local landowners (Silver-Tongue Check, -1 Success for every 10 crew you have, +1 Morale)
-[ ] Sleep on the ship (No XP per night spent sleeping aboard the ship)
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AN: Not much to say here
25-minute moratorium.
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I assume Asva and Jordan are joining us? And do we in fact need to spend time or effort on Jordan's curse?
I.F. Ister
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They both are, yes. You do not, it was easy enough to solve and break
regardless we probably wanna talk to them. even without Steinnar death and the shock of that, we haven't seen Asva in some time and we just made up shortly before she left.
rest Im not sure about. maybe make some clay? or spend time with the kids/expanded family?
rest Im not sure about. maybe make some clay? or spend time with the kids/expanded family?
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So, thinking about it, where's the side quest we took located? Can we get a map location?
I think it sounded nearby but I'm not clear. Skane is closest and we could go there, drop off just enough weight to go a little faster, head to Bornholm, then Gotland then Uppsala, but where in there do we go find Johannes' money?
Which location do we go to for that?
How soon do we need to head off to look for that missing thrall for Johannes? Is it fine to leave it until after Gotland?
Our lead is Wolina, which is on the continent in modern day Poland.
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I.F. Ister
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Forgot, I'll mark it down
You can do it whenever, as long as it's done on voyage
For the record, I'm referring to the isle of Wolin
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How many days from us is it? Is it on the way to any of these other places?
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Added it to your options. All choices will bring you closer to Gotland
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Alright, so, I think we need to go to Skane to tell our more extended family the news. Unlike Asva I dunno if we're giving them rides, but they deserve to be informed. It also lets us maybe drop off a bit of cargo and speed up the trip going forward...particularly the side trip to Wolin, where we may well pick up loot...maybe even next leg of the journey? I'm not entirely clear on the relationship between Skane and Wolin in terms of location. I was tempted to suggest just doing Wolin first and getting it out of the way but with nowhere to store any loot...
For training, with these times (even if we reduce them) we should definitely have time to get Hugr 11, Fylgja 10, and maybe Hamr 10 as well...if we focus. As things stand, we can only get one stat-up on this leg of things (in either Fylgja or Hugr) and Hugr is more immediately useful.
[X] Plan Family Commitments
-[X] Skane (5 Days, travel time increased from extra weight, 25% risk of suffering bad luck)
-[X] Talk to a Crewmember (1)
--[X] Asva (and probably Jordan, we're not trying to exclude him)
--[X] Catch up a bit, see what her/their intentions are in terms of future plans
-[X] Talk to a Crewmember (2)
--[X] Haggar Worm
--[X] Ask about what the Slavs are like, particularly cultivation and fighting style
-[X] Talk to a Crewmember (3)
--[X] Heima Smiles
--[X] Talk to him about how his time/space related thing works, if he's willing to discuss it. We think we've stumbled onto something odd and wonder if it's related.
-[X] Talk to a Crewmember (4)
--[X] Gunne Warstalker
--[X] Get to know him and sound him out about his future plans with an eye towards potential recruitment if that's possible (if he has a settled situation, that's fine, we're just investigating)
-[X] Talk to a Crewmember (5)
--[X] Skavidr Skatasson
--[X] Again, get to know him and sound him out about his future plans with an eye towards potential recruitment if that's possible (if he has a settled situation, that's fine, we're just investigating)
Nighttime:
-[X] Write in how many nights are spent in each
--[X] Lodge with local landowners (Silver-Tongue Check, -1 Success for every 10 crew you have, +1 Morale)
--[X] All five nights
--[X] Spend 3 Odr on each Silver-Tongue check
Training:
-[X](Training) Hugr (254 xp to rank up)
--[X]Train Hugr Itself 254 xp (127 xp)
-[X](Training) Fylga (54 xp to rank up)
--[X]Train Fylgja itself 46 xp (23xp)
Other:
-[X](Capacity Slots)
--[X]Assign Unleash Inferno and Sailwind
For training, with these times (even if we reduce them) we should definitely have time to get Hugr 11, Fylgja 10, and maybe Hamr 10 as well...if we focus. As things stand, we can only get one stat-up on this leg of things (in either Fylgja or Hugr) and Hugr is more immediately useful.
[X] Plan Family Commitments
-[X] Skane (5 Days, travel time increased from extra weight, 25% risk of suffering bad luck)
-[X] Talk to a Crewmember (1)
--[X] Asva (and probably Jordan, we're not trying to exclude him)
--[X] Catch up a bit, see what her/their intentions are in terms of future plans
-[X] Talk to a Crewmember (2)
--[X] Haggar Worm
--[X] Ask about what the Slavs are like, particularly cultivation and fighting style
-[X] Talk to a Crewmember (3)
--[X] Heima Smiles
--[X] Talk to him about how his time/space related thing works, if he's willing to discuss it. We think we've stumbled onto something odd and wonder if it's related.
-[X] Talk to a Crewmember (4)
--[X] Gunne Warstalker
--[X] Get to know him and sound him out about his future plans with an eye towards potential recruitment if that's possible (if he has a settled situation, that's fine, we're just investigating)
-[X] Talk to a Crewmember (5)
--[X] Skavidr Skatasson
--[X] Again, get to know him and sound him out about his future plans with an eye towards potential recruitment if that's possible (if he has a settled situation, that's fine, we're just investigating)
Nighttime:
-[X] Write in how many nights are spent in each
--[X] Lodge with local landowners (Silver-Tongue Check, -1 Success for every 10 crew you have, +1 Morale)
--[X] All five nights
--[X] Spend 3 Odr on each Silver-Tongue check
Training:
-[X](Training) Hugr (254 xp to rank up)
--[X]Train Hugr Itself 254 xp (127 xp)
-[X](Training) Fylga (54 xp to rank up)
--[X]Train Fylgja itself 46 xp (23xp)
Other:
-[X](Capacity Slots)
--[X]Assign Unleash Inferno and Sailwind
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[X] Plan Family Commitments
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Definitely think checking in with Asva and possibly Jordan should be a priority. Maybe introduce the Asveigs.
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[X] Plan Family Commitments
For later plans it might be worth trying to recruit Adalsteinn. He might be a bastard child with few commitments.
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[X] Plan Family Commitments
For later plans it might be worth trying to recruit Adalsteinn. He might be a bastard child with few commitments.
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Talking with Asva is very much in my plan, though introducing the kids is less explicit, I admit.
Adalsteinn is next on the list. With a lack of better ideas my current plan for recruitment targets is just to work down the list from top to bottom focusing on newcomers and people who have a specific reason to owe Halla (like Gorm Bloodslick).
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The more days traveled the better our growth! Plan Always be full of cargo works!
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Bad luck encounters? Grows Orthstirr! Days at sea? Grows stats!
We've got a growth mindset.
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There is the issue with Wolin and not having room for loot. Still, going Skane -> Bornholm -> Gotland -> Uppsala at full cargo, selling the healing and cooling clay there and then not filling up completely, then doing Uppsala -> Wolin at less than full then going Wolin -> Denmark -> Home after filling up in either Wolin or Denmark is pretty defensible.
I worry a little about how long that takes, but we'll look at the numbers and see.
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I mean i'd be fine selling stuff at Skane, and leaving some room to go to Wolin and get Loot from
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There is a time limit of the turn ending and going into next turn. It's not super precisely defined, but we can't take forever without consequence. That said, anything up to about a month is probably fine. We do also have our kids with us, which inclines me to want to slightly reduce our chances of events and encounters if possible, though more time to gain xp is certainly good, it's true.
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Plan seems solid.
[X] Plan Family Commitments
They're both fairly close to Bornholm, assuming that Skane is synonymous with the IRL southernmost region of Sweden.
Here's a map I made:
Assuming we want to visit all three, then our quickest route might be to go directly to Wolin, then Bornholm, then Skane, then up the coast to Uppsala and Sweden, as this involves the least backtracking. But it's not a huge difference either way.
[X] Plan Family Commitments
They're both fairly close to Bornholm, assuming that Skane is synonymous with the IRL southernmost region of Sweden.
Here's a map I made:
Assuming we want to visit all three, then our quickest route might be to go directly to Wolin, then Bornholm, then Skane, then up the coast to Uppsala and Sweden, as this involves the least backtracking. But it's not a huge difference either way.
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It's an option, yeah. Skane -> Wolin -> Bornholm is also valid, though the 'hit Wolin on the way back' plan also seems possible. The prices for selling clay in Skane are almost certainly worse than those in Uppsala, after all.
And I would've gone Wolin first but then we don't have cargo space for any loot, which seems like a bad plan. I don't necessarily imagine vast piles of loot, but I also don't imagine there'll be none. Doing that bit on the way home also lessens chances of reprisals somewhat, which isn't nothing. Hmmm.
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