I mean, having someone's schedule and hitting them when you know that you'll outnumber them (and maybe they'll be drunk) is explicitly fine. The difference between that and a trap is largely semantic, IMO.
Hm.... If a dead fyjgla wouldn't mean a dead viking, I would send in our owl for a look around..
But I guess it's still possible to make safely, in stealth mode, at night?
The owl can use stealth, so this does seem viable to me. Also, we can, for the turn it's scouting, loan it both Sidestep (which we should have at least to Rough by then) and Halting Vortex. We don't want to do that routinely (we want Halla to have Halting Vortex when she needs it), but for a single turn while sending it to scout out Horra's place? Seems doable.
I mean, having someone's schedule and hitting them when you know that you'll outnumber them (and maybe they'll be drunk) is explicitly fine. The difference between that and a trap is largely semantic, IMO.
If that was the case, it wouldn't matter if you kill your opponents with a sword in melee or with a log from a far away hill.
It does matter though. Norse are honorbound, so they gotta give a sporting chance, even if they rig the deck, table and the whole room they gonna play in their favor.
Truly, I can't wait for some of those infoposts Imperial was mentioning.
If that was the case, it wouldn't matter if you kill your opponents with a sword in melee or with a log from a far away hill.
It does matter though. Norse are honorbound, so they gotta give a sporting chance, even if they rig the deck, table and the whole room they gonna play in their favor.
Truly, I can't wait for some of those infoposts Imperial was mentioning.
My point is that we can in fact wait until he's by himself and then get ten people to jump him (for example). It's in the infopost on Norse ambushes and how they work. There's definitely stuff we can't do, but making sure the odds favor us is still very doable.
Scheduled vote count started by Imperial Fister on Mar 23, 2023 at 8:18 PM, finished with 76 posts and 22 votes.
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[X] Plan Get the Curse Lifted
-[X] (Stigandr) Pay with Silver (6oz)
--[X] Payment includes Decent Tools (2 1/2 ounces silver) and 18 ounces of Bog Iron (1 1/2 Ounces), 2 ounces silver to cover the difference.
[X] Plan Get the Curse Lifted
-[X] (Stigandr) Pay with Silver (6oz)
--[X] Payment includes Decent Tools (2 1/2 ounces silver) and Good Work Knife (1 1/2 Ounces), 2 ounces silver to cover the difference.
[X] Plan We'll Take It
-[X] (Stigandr) Pay with Silver (6oz)
-[X] (Fylgja) Take it (3oz)(Abjorn gets a Fylgja)
--[X] Payment includes Decent Tools (2 1/2 ounces silver) and Arm Ring (5 ounces silver), plus 1 1/2 ounces silver.
[X] Plan Get the Curse Lifted, paying with money, not workmaterials
-[X] (Stigandr) Pay with Silver (6oz)
--[X] Payment includes Decent Tools (2 1/2 ounces silver) and 6 ounces of Bog Iron (1/2 Ounces), 3 ounces silver to cover the difference.
[X] plan Get some debt!
-[X] (Fylgja) Take it (3oz)(Abjorn gets a Fylgja)
--[X] pay by taking debt stick
-[X] (Stigandr) Pay with Silver (6oz)
--[X] (Optional) Double it to get a breakdown of what's happening (12oz)
---[X] pay by taking all as debt stick, Decent Tools (2 1/2 ounces silver) and Arm Ring (5 ounces silver), plus 1 1/2 ounces silver as collateral
[X] Plan Get the Curse Lifted
-[X] (Stigandr) Pay with Silver (6oz)
--[X] Payment includes Decent Tools (2 1/2 ounces silver) and 18 ounces of Bog Iron (1 1/2 Ounces), 2 ounces silver to cover the difference.
0~0~0
After forking over the silver and promising the Seeress that you'd bring the iron and tools in a couple days, you find yourself blinking in the sunlight as you are shuffled from her tent.
"The rituals will require the rest of the day," the Seeress says as she leans from inside her tent, "and he will need at least a week's rest."
"But he'll be fixed, right?" Her frown has your heart sinking.
"Depending on what the cause is, yes." She purses her lips. "If it's internal, then I can only soften the edges and leave it up to him to heal the rest of the way. If it's external, if some spiritual predator has taken up residence, then more options are available."
"Let's hope it's external then." You wince even as the words flee your mouth, even they know the worthless platitudes for what they are. Abjorn squeezes your hand while resting a comforting palm on your shoulder.
The Seeress says nothing before retreating back into the darkness of her tent, leaving you and your husband to the rest of your day.
"Spiritual Predators?" Abjorn asks the question floating in your head. He clearly believes that you have the answers, as you so often do. But you'll have to disappoint as you know just as much as him.
"I don't..." You shrug, just as Blackhand begins to speak.
'The little I know of the Dark Forest's predators is that they aren't intelligent, not like you, Abjorn, or I. But they have a certain cunning to them, a cunning of the insidious kind. One recently tried to take root in your soul, but I fended it off. It is why I have been rather quiet as of late.' Blackhand's voice almost shocks you, so used to little comments and snippets of conversation as you are.
You pause and listen to Blackhand's words before repeating them to your husband near-verbatim — after editing everything about Blackhand out, of course.
Abjorn squints, curiosity sparkling in his eyes. Over the years, as he's matured into who he is now, your husband has grown into a rather quiet and often contemplative young man. Sometimes to your annoyance, as he moves quickly and too quietly for his size, which means that he often surprises you with his presence — completely unintentionally, he assures you.
With everyone in Asvir off watching the trials, it would be easy enough to go find a secluded spot to have a conversation with Abjorn. Heck, you could even reveal both Blackhand and Horra in one fell swoop.
It won't take very long — Abjorn isn't the kind of person to have extreme opinions on things, well, other than insults towards you — so you could easily do that and then do something else.
Do you?
[ ] Go have that chat with Abjorn
-[ ] (Optional) Reveal Blackhand
-[ ] (Optional) Tell him about Horra
[ ] No, you want to wait until a better time
And after that, regardless of whether you confide in Abjorn or not, what do you do?
[ ] Go shopping! (Hugr (Silver-Tongue))
-[ ] Write in what you're shopping for
[ ] Time to try out at the Raid Trials (Recommend that you do this last, as it'll be nightfall by the time it is done)
0~0~0
AN: Woohoo! I'm not sure what's going on, but I'm just feeling really good today.
Please vote by plan.
Also, regarding interludes, I've been thinking about having something from the perspectives of people from distant-ish lands. If I put something like that in, what perspectives would you like to see?
No moratorium, lets get that second update out there! Heck, with how I'm feeling three updates might even be in the cards, but don't hold me to it, eh?
[X] Go have that chat with Abjorn
-[X] (Optional) Reveal Blackhand
-[X] (Optional) Tell him about Horra
Important Question: On our way back from raiding, can we swing through town and buy stuff? Because there are a few things we definiitely want for winter and don't have. If that would be an action, we should maybe buy them now on credit rather than burn the action later.
Like, we're obviously doing the raid trials, but does it save us a whole action to go shopping on credit first?
EDIT: Well, with that answered:
[X] Time to try out at the Raid Trials (Recommend that you do this last, as it'll be nightfall by the time it is done)
[X] Go have that chat with Abjorn
-[X] (Optional) Reveal Blackhand
-[X] (Optional) Tell him about Horr
[X] Time to try out at the Raid Trials
We are broke so shopping wont amount to anything
and I trust Abjorn alot
[X] Go have that chat with Abjorn
-[X] (Optional) Reveal Blackhand
-[X] (Optional) Tell him about Horra
[X] Time to try out at the Raid Trials (Recommend that you do this last, as it'll be nightfall by the time it is done)
About the interludes, I honestly don't really mind whose PoV it is. The only suggestion I can think of is perhaps an interlude from the PoV of the people we're going to raid - although this might not be too useful, as spoiling the cultivation system of someone we're going to raid via interlude doesn't seem like a good idea. Wouldn't mind if it was just worldbuilding, though.
