NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
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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
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Well, Slavic cultivation sounds like Dziady is featured pretty importantly.
If I had to guess, I suspect they bind spirits to masks, and assume some part of their nature while wearing those masks.
If I had to guess, I suspect they bind spirits to masks, and assume some part of their nature while wearing those masks.
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[X] Meet with the leaders and tell them of... Steinarr's passing...
Yeah, business first. Hopefully sparring afterwards.
I do think we want to recruit him, good to know he's open to it. Trying to figure out what his deal is would still be good, though...
It sounds more metaphorical, in terms of the masks, like they don't need to physically wear them, just manifest them like we do our Aspects or Hugareida.
Yeah, business first. Hopefully sparring afterwards.
I do think we want to recruit him, good to know he's open to it. Trying to figure out what his deal is would still be good, though...
It sounds more metaphorical, in terms of the masks, like they don't need to physically wear them, just manifest them like we do our Aspects or Hugareida.
[X] Meet with the leaders and tell them of... Steinarr's passing...
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If circumstances allow for it, I would like to do a second social to get to know him better. Basically an interview except not really an interview because I don't think the Norse have those, not as we know them anyway.
Sounds more like Hugareida than Aspects considering how they can vary and how the Slavs can apparently get more of them. I wonder how much they can be upgraded considering that the Slavs apparently get stronger they get more Masks rather than improving upon an existing one. Thinking about it, it likely works like a Tricks where each Mask does one thing and you get to do more things by getting more Masks, but is also likely it doesn't directly collate to an equivalent in Norse cultivation.
I am also curious about many Slav cultivators there are. Christian/Carolingian cultivators are clearly limited in number even if we don't know the mechanics of how. Anglo-Saxons are also limited, but they seem to be less so and it is tied to owning land. Every Frisian is a cultivator if I remember correctly, but that is a legacy of being related to Norse society. Meanwhile every Norse is a cultivator or at least a 'cultivator'. So I'm wondering how limited Slav cultivators are in numbers. I don't want to assume that they are universal like I initially did just because they and the Norse are both pagan.
@Imperial Fister Could we ask Sten how common Finn cultivators are? Are they universal like Norse cultivators or limited in number like Carolingian or Anglo-Saxon cultivators?
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My bet is that they resemble a cross between Hugareida and Twists but are based on the Slavs Spirit stat rather than their Mind stat (which would be where their Stealth stuff is). That's just a guess, though.
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[X] Meet with the leaders and tell them of... Steinarr's passing...
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Ok it looks like Dorri is trying to gain more followers, especially out-of-towners that don't have memories of Drysalt's little moonlit walk.
That's going to give us a bit of a soft deadline since the longer he has to gain followers the more of then we are going to have to fight (and probably make their families start feuding with us if we win)
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[X] Meet with the leaders and tell them of... Steinarr's passing...
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And the future war gives him a good legitimate excuse to do so that we can't exactly argue against. I mean, if we didn't know about Dorri working with Drystalk to kill Steinarr, we would probably be approving of Dorri recruiting more warriors for the Hading.
Alternatively, he might be doing it to get more support against Corpsemaker. It could have nothing to do with Drysalt and be related to Corpsemaker attempting to replace Dorri instead.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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I'll call voting in 30 minutes. What are your first impressions of Slavic cultivation now that you've seen some hints of it?
Shard
One and Many
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"Wow, unlike the Norse they actually know how to fight!"
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Same honestly
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Interesting, but I don't know enough about Slavic culture to really speculate on what it is like from what we just found out.
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Interesting. I obviously want more, but what we've heard so far sounds quite different in an intriguing way.
In fairness, the Norse are hardly above many varieties of sneak attack themselves, and importantly, in medieval conditions, ability to fight in formation on a battlefield is also important...an area I suspect the Norse are better at.
Which is not to say I disagree completely, just noting.
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Being able to be a sneaky git is useful, but we get to be a flying angel of fireballs.
Glass the battlefield. Let them hide among drifting ash.
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We can also manage some absurd number of dice on stealth via shapeshifting (I think the theoretical max is 136d) on top of Dressed In Rags if we want. We are absolutely capable of stealth operations if we chose to do so, assassinations and some varieties of ambush aside due to nid.
FancyMolasses
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[X] Meet with the leaders and tell them of... Steinarr's passing...
Skavidr seems ambitious and open about it, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but he also might be willing to move to greener pastures at the first opportunity. Although maybe being part of the inner circle of an up and comer is more appealing than trying to integrate into a more established faction. Hard to say
Skavidr seems ambitious and open about it, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but he also might be willing to move to greener pastures at the first opportunity. Although maybe being part of the inner circle of an up and comer is more appealing than trying to integrate into a more established faction. Hard to say
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If that's the worry, we just lock him down with an Oath. Breaking such an Oath would likely require a lot more motivation than mere ambition.
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Shard
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This kind of paranoia might be an auto-turn off though.
Maybe we can use our Fylgja threat evaluation spell to do a Trust evaluation instead?
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We don't have to make it seem like paranoia...making some of the benefits of our service conditional on him swearing an oath would be pretty reasonable, really. Fylgja revealing and Wondrous quality weapons and armor for starters...we honestly probably should've done that with Vagn, looking back. Requiring an Oath before investing that kind of wealth and effort is pretty reasonable. An ambitious man would want those benefits.
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