NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
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Alectai
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Haha wtf.
Yeah, that's a really good question.
What the fuck kind of dice pool did he have that he could score a roll like that
The only good news is that he basically wasted it because Abjorn was going to have a new shield regardless and is perfectly fine eating your god tier rolls at zero cost by burning it.
So far, it seems like we're on track to mop this up quick. Fabvir getting dunked on was funny, but we should probably stop him from getting eaten by the Falcon.
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Probably the murder of the horse and the sheer anger that the squire is going through?
I.F. Ister
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That did get cancelled. If you had gotten a better Tactics roll last time you would've known that Audrikr was planning on tossing Abjorn his own shield.
A lot of stuff potentially happening and it all being very nicely contained and leading to one another.
This is fun to read. 🙂
Very WAG, but maybe a 'Divine Intervention' deal - ask God for help, God rolls a d100 to represent how much he cares to intervene in a moment, regardless of the Squire's skills - and God rolled well today.
Either that, or exploding dice?
Alectai
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Still, it does look like we're on track to ending the fight this turn, and the only one who got badly hurt was Fabvir. Pinning the Horse in place was a really good play it seems, and we were right to burn our Once Per Battle steroid on it, since we only narrowly pulled it off
Also, holy fuck Abjorn, am I mistaken, or did he hit for Eight Fucking Damage? With just a Honed Power Chop?
How much of that is him being Robust and how much of that is AVOW being just That Nightmarish?
Also, holy fuck Abjorn, am I mistaken, or did he hit for Eight Fucking Damage? With just a Honed Power Chop?
How much of that is him being Robust and how much of that is AVOW being just That Nightmarish?
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It seems like there *was* a backlash of some sort for killing the horse - though from what I've learned from Pendragon, a knight in the throws of a Passion, be it positive or negative, is a very dangerous thing.
Alectai
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You're not wrong, but it does look like his Focus is broken and he hasn't re-assembled it. Which means if we can properly exploit the opening, we should be able to mop up.
He's still got a lot of Armor going for him though. But we ended up spending less Orthstirr than expected this turn, so we're still mostly in good shape.
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Well. That went...mixed. We need to get next to Abjorn and be ready to Halting Vortex for him (as well as ourselves), but that means someone else needs to start gunning for the falcon (other than Fabvir, who we shouldn't leave to handle it alone). Ask Audrikr to handle it, maybe?
Honestly, we can manage a roll that high. Like, if we put 28d6 into a single attack, that'd be around average-ish. If the horse was adding their dice to the charge attacks (which it probably was) and he has more dice than us, it might've just been a big attack.
Haha wtf.
Honestly, we can manage a roll that high. Like, if we put 28d6 into a single attack, that'd be around average-ish. If the horse was adding their dice to the charge attacks (which it probably was) and he has more dice than us, it might've just been a big attack.
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I.F. Ister
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Yes. Smile.
I'll give you another peak behind the curtains here: Christian Cultivators will almost always have way more dice than you.
Alectai
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Man, we suck.
Gonna have to do something about that.
My smile is a rictus that won't go away, we suck
Gonna have to do something about that.
My smile is a rictus that won't go away, we suck
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Perhaps the horse was able to add his own Fervor to the roll or something along those lines.
It's probably more to do with the speculation that Christians can do lasting physical enhancements like traditional xianxia cultivation.
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Yeah, that tracks with what we've been told previously. They're d4s IIRC, so they need more...but they have even more than that.
They seem to have fewer absolute effects like Halting Vortex, though. Focus aside, anyway.
Nah, nature of the beast, I think. We'll always be behind in dice compared to Christians at the same level. That's fine as long as we figure out how to leverage our advantages to beat them anyway.
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I think we need to protect Abjorn in a more dedicated way by joining him in melee and using Halting Vortex. That does leave the falcon as a serious loose end, though, unless we, like, yell for someone else to deal with it.
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As for Avow, here are the previous times we've seen it used. Seems to have a baseline of three damage? I don't understand how threshold of success affects damage in this system. I also wouldn't be surprised if it has some interaction with being in battle with us, given it's name and that it was given to Abjorn to protect us.
Edit: From the narrative, it might also have an armor-piercing effect.
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Alectai
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Hmm, yeah, Halla and Abjorn can do their Battle Couple thingie, get Stigmar to cover Fabvir, and the rest of us rush down before he can get his Focus back?
EDIT: A 3 damage baseline is fucking absurd, what the christ. He deals three times the damage anyone else does at the foundation, and then stacks everything else on top of that.
EDIT: A 3 damage baseline is fucking absurd, what the christ. He deals three times the damage anyone else does at the foundation, and then stacks everything else on top of that.
Alectai
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For all that I'm flailing at how we suck, let's keep in mind what's actually happened.
The Felag has taken a heavy cavalry charge, only one person was injured (And that not fatally), and the cost was the cavalryman lost his horse and is now surrounded while he's tunnel-visioning on our toughest fighter.
From an in-universe point of view, we are shredding this guy. He lost control of the fight the moment he launched his charge.
The Felag has taken a heavy cavalry charge, only one person was injured (And that not fatally), and the cost was the cavalryman lost his horse and is now surrounded while he's tunnel-visioning on our toughest fighter.
From an in-universe point of view, we are shredding this guy. He lost control of the fight the moment he launched his charge.
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Fabvir's chances are looking pretty slim right now. I agree that we should prioritise Abjorn, though. Also, I don't believe the Squire's Focus is broken? No Focus damage was dealt, neither was there a mention of his Focus being broken, either. I think you have to go through the armour before you start dealing Focus damage. That's also how it worked with the priest.
The Squire's armour is pierced, though. However I'm not sure what that actually means.
Also, if I had to guess, I'm going to say that the Squire's high ass fucking roll was in thanks to his horse. Maybe a dice pool increase when on top of his horse? Or a combined roll?
The Squire's armour is pierced, though. However I'm not sure what that actually means.
Also, if I had to guess, I'm going to say that the Squire's high ass fucking roll was in thanks to his horse. Maybe a dice pool increase when on top of his horse? Or a combined roll?
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