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NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)

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Alectai said:
I do like Hugr getting Bigger, I'm always for getting Better.

More Rewrites!
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Yeah, more Rewrites, more Capacity, more Alloy slots...it's very good. And comparatively affordable due to Snake's Tongue. We want to get the other two to 10 (which I think might be doable on this trip, actually...we can almost certainly get one of the two there, at least) and then probably stop due to diminishing returns...I'm a lot less sure when we actually hit diminishing returns on Hugr, but it's not yet. Maybe at 13 or so.
 
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
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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Personally I'm a bit torn on whether we do Wolin ASAP or on our way back.

On some level it seems vaguely disrespectful to delay the ceremony where we're scattering our dad's ashes by several days so we can do an optional sidequest. But on the other hand I was a bit worried that the trail for the thrall and their captors might simply be cold if we try to pick it up in three weeks. Fister seems to have said it's not an issue however.
 
Skippy said:
Personally I'm a bit torn on whether we do Wolin ASAP or on our way back.

On some level it seems vaguely disrespectful to delay the ceremony where we're scattering our dad's ashes by several days so we can do an optional sidequest. But on the other hand I was a bit worried that the trail for the thrall and their captors might simply be cold if we try to pick it up in three weeks. Fister seems to have said it's not an issue however.
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Yeah, I'm torn on this as well. We'll see the situation in Skane and then decide, I guess?

Also, random note:

Imperial Fister said:
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?
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I no longer feel at all bad about inviting Asva and Jordan to return home even into an unstable situation. Denmark is not any better, apparently.
 
If this were a Saga, this is where we the story would end up taking a massive detour for a year where we end up fighting for one of the kings of Denmark and getting a whole chest of treasure as payment. The treasure chest and who gets to inherit it will then cause a serious of bitter feuds which progressively snowball down the generations, until eventually someone's farmhouse is getting set alight and all the inhabitants stabbed as they stumble out due to a dispute about... goat grazing rights.
 
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
I no longer feel at all bad about inviting Asva and Jordan to return home even into an unstable situation. Denmark is not any better, apparently.
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Welcome to the Viking Age! If somewhere is peaceful, it won't be for long.

Chaos and orthstirr go hand in hand, after all.

Side-note, but there are three Norse tribes living in Denmark. There's the Danes, the Jutes, and the few remaining Angles—the descendants of those who decided against the migration to the British Isles. The Angles mostly live in the south of Denmark—in modern-day Schleswig—while the Jutes live in the north, on the Jutland peninsula. The Danes, beyond living in every part of Denmark, primarily live on Zealand and Skane (Scania).

Here is a map of medieval Denmark.
 
I feel like asking if Trolls use orthstirr or something else is like asking if humans use orthstirr or something else.
 
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Aabcehmu said:
I feel like asking if Trolls use orthstirr or something else is like asking if humans use orthstirr or something else.
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I mean, from what we saw Dwarves don't use Orthstirr, nor does a nisse. Animals are a bit up in the air as well, honestly. Asking what Trolls use seems reasonable to me. Trolls aren't exactly a species so 'it varies' is a potentially valid answer, but there is also a 'troll' species so an answer in regards to said species is useful.
 
Skippy said:
If this were a Saga, this is where we the story would end up taking a massive detour for a year where we end up fighting for one of the kings of Denmark and getting a whole chest of treasure as payment. The treasure chest and who gets to inherit it will then cause a serious of bitter feuds which progressively snowball down the generations, until eventually someone's farmhouse is getting set alight and all the inhabitants stabbed as they stumble out due to a dispute about... goat grazing rights.
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This is why we need to study masonry and how to build out of stone.
 
The Lone badger said:
Hmm... we could carve runes to douse fire on the inside of the walls, ready to be coloured with blood if anyone smells smoke.
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Anyone who tries to kill us with fire is probably very stupid and likely not long for this world. We have a wide variety of ant-fire options and family-wide fire resistance to boot. I mean, technically Abjorn's is 'Everything Resistance' but that still works on fire.
 
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DeadmanwalkingXI said:
Anyone who tries to kill us with fire is probably very stupid and likely not long for this world. We have a wide variety of ant-fire options and family-wide fire resistance to boot. I mean, technically Abjorn's is 'Everything Resistance' but that still works on fire.
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But we need to leave our grandchildren a stead that they cannot be burned out of due to some feud we started.
 
Look if you try hard enough you can light anything on fire. Admittedly getting to the point where you're burning stone you're probably just turning everything in a certain radius into ash and glass
 
I was thinking of Blackhands quest for "fire hotter than lava", that eventually led him to the forge. Sunfire is obviously not as hot as Ilmarinen's fire but does it fulfill his original criteria?
If so we need to excitedly show it to him when he returns.
 
The Lone badger said:
But we need to leave our grandchildren a stead that they cannot be burned out of due to some feud we started.
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The affinity for fire and fire resistance is bloodline-based. It will not necessarily apply to all future spouses, but it will remain true that trying to use fire on our family is evidence of deep stupidity for as long as the trait remains in the family.

The Lone badger said:
Is Sunfire hotter than lava?
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Per what we've heard, yes, it is. Though, as Alectai says, Pyroclasm has more mass.

The Lone badger said:
I was thinking of Blackhands quest for "fire hotter than lava", that eventually led him to the forge. Sunfire is obviously not as hot as Ilmarinen's fire but does it fulfill his original criteria?
If so we need to excitedly show it to him when he returns.
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Blackhand had Sunfire, though he likely didn't use it all that much once he had Ilmarinen's due to, from what we know, serving much the same function only not as well.
 
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This is going to be a looong adventure. If we keep the current ritm by the time we are back we will have a ridicolus amount of money, very high stats in a very short time and recruited a small army.
 
Alectai said:
Pyroclasm is also another Top Level Fire Hugareida, but it's not hotter than Sunfire, but it does have lots more mass behind it.
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Mass is why I'd be really interested in Halla getting a lava Hungreida. Dousing something heat resistant in lava and potentially using Flamecalling to rapidly cool it into a prison while allies charge up their big attacks, for instance.
 
FancyMolasses said:
Mass is why I'd be really interested in Halla getting a lava Hungreida. Dousing something heat resistant in lava and potentially using Flamecalling to rapidly cool it into a prison while allies charge up their big attacks, for instance.
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I mean, I don't see that being more effective than Standstill at trapping someone. I'd rather give Pyroclasm to one or, hopefully, more of our children.
 
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