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NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)

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[X] Gather your kin and kith and go hunt down the source of this evil
-[X] (Optional) Abjorn, Stigmar, Gabriel, Stigandr can come too if he wants a bit of exercise after his downtime. You don't feel like leaving anything to chance here.
 
Wait, let me revise this plan.

[X] Gather your kin and kith and go hunt down the source of this evil
-[X] Abjorn and Gabriel will support you and Sten, Stigandr and Stigmar will protect the farm while you're absent, you can trust the Brothers with your family's protection. You understand your current condition and will primarily focus on supporting the others, but you won't rule out launching attacks of opportunity if you think you have a good opening.
-[X] Send a strong runner to Halfdan's Farm while we're organizing. Ask him to keep an eye on Steinby while we're investigating, if he agrees and reinforces the defenses at home, that frees up the Brothers Stig to join us.

Further Question @Imperial Fister , how far away is Halfdan and his farm? Asking him to be on guard in case the Farm ends up under attack while we're out should ensure both major prongs of our approach are covered. The Brothers Stig can buy time and send a signal for Halfdan to reinforce in a pinch if something stronger than they can handle rolls in, and they should be able to work together well on account of being brothers with close relations, more importantly, Stigr is a fantastic archer--labelled as 'The best shot in the valley', which makes him ideal for defensive battles. While we have Abjorn and Halla supporting Sten, with Gabriel as our unexpected ringer that they probably wouldn't have accounted for, since he's on a different paradigm. That should give us good odds even if both prongs of the current Incident are attacks.
 
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I think when we have an opportunity we should somehow get some stone into our soul and make the Crater into a Proper Well. It might help?
 
[X] Gather your kin and kith and go hunt down the source of this evil
-[X] Abjorn and Gabriel will support you and Sten, Stigandr and Stigmar will protect the farm while you're absent, you can trust the Brothers with your family's protection. You understand your current condition and will primarily focus on supporting the others, but you won't rule out launching attacks of opportunity if you think you have a good opening.
 
Do the farms really need protection? Ours is, while rich-ish, not overly peopled. We've got a farmhand and his wife...and he's an adult Norseman, he can handle casual threats and Steinarr's has, well, Steinarr himself...okay yeah, he's probably in no shape for that, fair enough.

But actually, Asva was interested in one of Halfdan's sons, can we see if he'd be willing to come join in on the protectors? Wait, we literally protected their farm and he swore eternal friendship, of course they will. If so, we could probably take Stigandr with us (some archery support would be nice, and he could use the orthstirr)...Stigmar and Halfdan's family together should be guards enough, really. I also don't think that any plan leaving Sten behind will work, he seems like he's all-in on going.

That'd look like this:

[X] Gather your kin and kith and go hunt down the source of this evil
-[X] Abjorn, Sten, Gabriel, and Stigandr will support you and and Stigmar (plus our farmhand Kurt) will protect the farm while you're absent, along with all of Halfdan's family who is willing to come (this provides them with the opportunity to pay us back in some measure, after all). You understand your current condition and will primarily focus on supporting the others, but you won't rule out launching attacks of opportunity if you think you have a good opening.
-[X] Loan Gabriel Wanderlust.

EDIT: Went with other options later.
 
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DeadmanwalkingXI said:
Do the farms really need protection? Ours is, while rich-ish, not overly peopled. We've got a farmhand and his wife...and he's an adult Norseman, he can handle casual threats and Steinarr's has, well, Steinarr himself...okay yeah, he's probably in no shape for that, fair enough.

But actually, Asva was interested in one of Halfdan's sons, can we see if he'd be willing to come join in on the protectors? If so, we could probably take Stigandr with us (some archery support would be nice, and he could use the orthstirr)...Stigmar and Halfdan's family together should be guards enough, really. I also don't think that any plan leaving Sten behind will work, he seems like he's all-in on going.

That'd look like this:

[X] Gather your kin and kith and go hunt down the source of this evil
-[X] Abjorn, Sten, Gabriel, and Stigandr will support you and and Stigmar will protect the farm while you're absent, along with all of Halfdan's family who is willing to come (this provides them with the opportunity to pay us back in some measure, after all). You understand your current condition and will primarily focus on supporting the others, but you won't rule out launching attacks of opportunity if you think you have a good opening.
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I'm asking if Halfdan's family is close enough to be the Farm's panic Button. Stigr is also out of practice, so I wouldn't want to take him on the offensive party either, in case he's weakened in the time he was out. We don't have any other adult Norsemen on the farm aside from Steinarr, and he's the direct target of this attack.

But yeah, Stigr + one of Halfdan's sons, with Halfdan himself as our panic button if the Farm is seriously threatened would be good, if Halfdan's Farm is close enough at least to reinforce if things get spicy.

We don't really have any dependents on our own Farm--at worse, someone can wipe out our livestock and our Farmhands--which yes, it would suck ass, but we've got Money and we were overly ambitious anyway. It's close enough to Steinarr's Farm to effectively be within the same defense perimeter at least, so any defenders of Steinby should be able to reinforce our own Farm if things get spicy.
 
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Alectai said:
I'm asking if Halfdan's family is close enough to be the Farm's panic Button. Stigr is also out of practice, so I wouldn't want to take him on the offensive party either, in case he's weakened in the time he was out. We don't have any other adult Norsemen on the farm aside from Steinarr, and he's the direct target of this attack.

But yeah, Stigr + one of Halfdan's sons, with Halfdan himself as our panic button if the Farm is seriously threatened would be good, if Halfdan's Farm is close enough at least to reinforce if things get spicy.
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I think the fact that Stigr may be out of practice is all the more reason to bring him. He's an archer (so we can protect him somewhat better as a backliner) and he'll never catch up to the rest of us in orthstirr if we deny him all opportunities to earn it. Like, going to support us on this is likely as safe a way to gain orthstirr as he's gonna get in a long time without going raiding...and we've seen how risky that is if a knight shows up.
 
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
I think the fact that Stigr may be out of practice is all the more reason to bring him. He's an archer and he'll never catch up to the rest of us in orthstirr if we deny him all opportunities to earn it. Like, going to support us on this is likely as safe a way to gain orthstirr as he's gonna get in a long time without going raiding...and we've seen how risky that is if a knight shows up.
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It's more that an archer will excel in a defensive battle, and we have to treat this event like it's the Coup de Grace against Steinarr. Ideally, they'd have one of his last sons be killed trying to save him, and then his daughters slain while he was too far in Despair to do anything about it. They did try to block Halla from finding out about this, so we have to assume that there are Agents in the area--close enough to intercept a message sent literally next door.

Whether monsters, spirits, or something else, someone went to great lengths to try and blind Halla to what was going Down this season. We just avoided it by trying to address the problem right fucking now. So we came on our own and then found Out. Our choices in the lead-up as well locked us into Sten's "Find the focal point of the Curse and destroy it" route instead of the "Banish the Curse with a Legal Battle" route that we'd have gotten if we talked to our sister. This is the Expected Result that our Foe probably has accounted for, and while it would have preferred Halla not get involved because she's strong enough to tilt the scales, they wouldn't have completely gambled on it Not Happening.

So, a two pronged assault. Either we send too little to investigate the Curse Focus, which means Sten dies (Because the plan was always to have him get killed if it could). If we send Too much to the Curse Focus though, we risk whoever was in place to intercept those messages sending word and just attacking Steinby directly, killing the largely defenseless wives and daughters. So even if we solve the curse, the damage is now too deep to do anything about.

Only through sending just enough power to both avenues can we parry both assaults--and if we're lucky, get another piece of Evidence to the table beyond just what we might find next turn. More importantly, a complete success should make Horra desperate, which'll make him less careful in the coming months--exactly what we need to track him to his hideout and nail him to the wall. Gabriel is our major spoiler here, because Horra (The most likely one behind this), probably doesn't actually know how a Christian's cultivation works, because he's too much of a coward to intentionally go poking them. He probably doesn't have a good read on just how scary a decently skilled Squire can be, especially with his Armor.

So yeah, I think Abjorn, Sten, Halla, and Gabriel have good odds at being enough to break through the prong at the Curse Focus, while Halfdan + at least one of the Stig Brothers should be able to secure Steinby, especially if we just get some help from one of his sons as a picket while he lurks in the area ready to reinforce if given a signal.
 
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It should be a ton of Drengskapr to, not just donate food, but to donate animals. That's like giving away weregild amounts of money!

We might be able to impress the gods by sacrificing animals, but past that it would be tough. And an in between step between food and animals would be quality stuff we make of course.
 
Alectai said:
It's more that an archer will excel in a defensive battle, and we have to treat this event like it's the Coup de Grace against Steinarr. Ideally, they'd have one of his last sons be killed trying to save him, and then his daughters slain while he was too far in Despair to do anything about it. They did try to block Halla from finding out about this, so we have to assume that there are Agents in the area--close enough to intercept a message sent literally next door.
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If Halfdan is there, well, he's a pretty sizable advantage all by his lonesome...I don't think the defenders need additional help if he comes, and he should definitely come given the oaths between us. Leaving Stigr behind again seems insultingly patronizing of his capabilities, infantilizing, and likely to cripple his long term potential if we keep it up.

Alectai said:
Whether monsters, spirits, or something else, someone went to great lengths to try and blind Halla to what was going Down this season. We just avoided it by trying to address the problem right fucking now. So we came on our own and then found Out.
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True, but if I were them I'd be focused on the people on our side who are on the offensive. Attacking the farm is quite literally pointless unless it's a ridiculously soft target, as long as the searchers fail they win anyway. Like, effectively, Steinarr is poisoned and we're gonna go looking for the cure...why would they bother going to kill him when they can just stop us from finding the cure and they win by default?
 
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DeadmanwalkingXI said:
If Halfdan is there, well, he's a pretty sizable advantage all by his lonesome...I don't think the defenders need additional help if he comes, and he should definitely come given the oaths between us. Leaving Stigr behind again seems insultingly patronizing of his capabilities, infantilizing, and likely to cripple his long term potential if we keep it up.



True, but if I were them I'd be focused on the people on our side who are on the offensive. Attacking the farm is quite literally pointless unless it's a ridiculously soft target, as long as the searchers fail they win anyway. Like, effectively, Steinarr is poisoned and we're gonna go looking for the cure...why would they bother going to kill him when they can just stop us from finding the cure and they win by default?
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Mmm, true. My big risk is being worried if Steinarr will react to Halfdan being here badly--but on the other hand, if he's aware enough to Notice That and be hostile even in the face of Trouble, then he's aware enough to defend the Farm against any attackers.

Still, if Halfdan himself is willing to play border guard, we can take both of the Brothers Stig with us to the main thrust. Let me revise my plan.
 
Alectai said:
Mmm, true. My big risk is being worried if Steinarr will react to Halfdan being here badly--but on the other hand, if he's aware enough to Notice That, then he's aware enough to defend the Farm against any attackers.

Still, if Halfdan himself is willing to play border guard, we can take both of the Brothers Stig with us to the main thrust.
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Fair. With Halfdan and at least one of his sons there we probably could take Stigmar...

I guess this comes down to if we can bring Halfdan and his family in on this, and how thoroughly:

@Imperial Fister can we add Halfdan and his family to this plan protecting Steinarr and our farms while the rest of us co off to break the curse?
 
[X] Gather your kin and kith and go hunt down the source of this evil
-[X] (Optional) Abjorn, Stigmar, Gabriel, Stigandr can come too if he wants a bit of exercise after his downtime. You don't feel like leaving anything to chance here.
 
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
Fair. With Halfdan and at least one of his sons there we probably could take Stigmar...

I guess this comes down to if we can bring Halfdan and his family in on this, and how thoroughly:

@Imperial Fister can we add Halfdan and his family to this plan protecting Steinarr and our farms while the rest of us co off to break the curse?
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Yeah, Halfdan's help makes going All In on the Curse Raid doable. He and his sons are no slouches, and having them bolstering the home defense should let us safely go on the attack.
 
Alectai said:
Further Question @Imperial Fister , how far away is Halfdan and his farm?
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Cultivation shenanigans makes distances like this a real non-issue. It's the sending of messages that makes things difficult. However, you can definitely walk a message over there and back and still be on track for searching.
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
@Imperial Fister can we add Halfdan and his family to this plan protecting Steinarr and our farms while the rest of us co off to break the curse?
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You can, yes.
 
[X] Gather your kin and kith and go hunt down the source of this evil
-[X] Abjorn and Gabriel will support you and Sten, Stigandr and Stigmar will protect the farm while you're absent, you can trust the Brothers with your family's protection. You understand your current condition and will primarily focus on supporting the others, but you won't rule out launching attacks of opportunity if you think you have a good opening.
-[X] Send a strong runner to Halfdan's Farm while we're organizing. Ask him to keep an eye on our home while we're investigating, we're worried something might happen while we're busy. If this works out well, bring the Brothers Stig with us.
-[X] Lay out our backup swords, let Gabriel borrow whichever one he thinks is best

Finalized Plan, let's call on the friendships and alliances we've made in the early tutorial for this, the start of the Final Boss Arc for the Tutorial.
 
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Imperial Fister said:
Cultivation shenanigans makes distances like this a real non-issue. It's the sending of messages that makes things difficult. However, you can definitely walk a message over there and back and still be on track for searching.

You can, yes.
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Alright, then I'm thinking this:

[X] Gather your kin and kith and go hunt down the source of this evil
-[X] (Optional) Abjorn, Stigmar, Gabriel, Stigandr can come too if he wants a bit of exercise after his downtime. You don't feel like leaving anything to chance here.
-[X] Call on Halfdan and his family to protect the farms while we're gone
-[X] Loan Gabriel Wanderlust or our other spare sword, his choice.

EDIT: Went with a revised version later.

Franco Asuriano said:
Put some rags so we can launch a surprise attack (or at least be a little more difficult to be found and then ambushed)?
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We'd have to be alone. Too risky.
 
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