Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Need to get him Outlawed first, post-facto stuff doesn't count.
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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Remember if our owl dies, so do we. Sending it looking for a dangerous magical location while we're pregnant and it lacks defensive tricks is highly risky. We're gonna send it to spy, no doubt, but we need to prep a bit more first, as well as actually give birth.
This. If he hasn't been officially outlawed his family have to come after us despite the rights and wrongs. If he's been outlawed, they don't.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
I mean, we can load it up with our defensive tricks, no problem.
In the end, we schedule based on how much time we can buy. No more, no less.
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To reiterate, the rules say we actually can't do this until Summer. We just did a Visit and only get one per season...I'd imagine an exception will be made for taking our evidence to the Headman once we get it (as that's just a continuation of the 'collect the evidence' Visit), but evidence collection over at Horra's place is definitely a new Visit compared to what we just did. Conveniently, that makes Summer 1 (the first turn after we are no longer pregnant) also the first turn we can investigate so there's a very real in-universe reason to wait for then as well.
I don't think we wait much longer than that even if Steinarr is willing to. Time is a factor here.
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It could be more of a metaphorical smell. The stench of Horras vileness.
By this point don't we have Horra dead to rights as a spellcaster?
edit: actually, come to think of it, how has Horra survived all the Nid from all that running? Or is it possible to reach an inflection point where "cowardly fleeing" becomes "goddamn, look at that man run! Fastest thing on two legs" and the nid inverts into othsevir?
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One thing to note: If we drop the pole for the headman or hells, even the Jarl/king, there should be no reason that either Horra or Hasvir shouldn't be outlawed.
Horra, because its his doing, Hasvir, because he helped him.
Steinar just needs to leave the other kids of Horra out of this, which, i imagine he wouldn't mind, but who knows.
There is also the possibility of getting a messenger or someone with us to declare it beforehand, so Horra really has no way to call on the family without all of them becoming targets.
Horra, because its his doing, Hasvir, because he helped him.
Steinar just needs to leave the other kids of Horra out of this, which, i imagine he wouldn't mind, but who knows.
There is also the possibility of getting a messenger or someone with us to declare it beforehand, so Horra really has no way to call on the family without all of them becoming targets.
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[X] Answer him honestly, like a loyal daughter should, and hope that you can keep him from making a rash decision (Hugr (Silver-Tongue))
-[X] Between Asveig begging you not to tell him, the Seeress saying it would lead to ruin, and at every turn being told 'It would end poorly', you held your tongue and sought to find a way to manage it. It was only on the Raid that you learned the truth of the matter, and only then that you learned of the enchantment that bound the tongues of those who knew better--and by then, Father was already under the spell that you and your company had just broken. Your enemy was kin to half the valley, hiding behind their aegis while working their dark crafts, a sorcerer who has delved deep into forbidden arts pulled from the depths of the earth. Shielded by some spell that deflected the attentions of any who would know the truth of the matter and saw their words twisted away from exposing him, it was only now that you had a path to see his shield breached, to know what needed to be done to cast down the protection that would see his killers run down by the best and mightiest of the valley. It was only now that you learned of the warrior he was crafting, to turn against you all--an expert wielding the power of Water, strong enough to erode a stone troll in moments. And you still needed to discover the place where he worked his darkest arts, in order to see him cast beyond the Law, and exposed to our righteous vengeance.
-[X] Between Asveig begging you not to tell him, the Seeress saying it would lead to ruin, and at every turn being told 'It would end poorly', you held your tongue and sought to find a way to manage it. It was only on the Raid that you learned the truth of the matter, and only then that you learned of the enchantment that bound the tongues of those who knew better--and by then, Father was already under the spell that you and your company had just broken. Your enemy was kin to half the valley, hiding behind their aegis while working their dark crafts, a sorcerer who has delved deep into forbidden arts pulled from the depths of the earth. Shielded by some spell that deflected the attentions of any who would know the truth of the matter and saw their words twisted away from exposing him, it was only now that you had a path to see his shield breached, to know what needed to be done to cast down the protection that would see his killers run down by the best and mightiest of the valley. It was only now that you learned of the warrior he was crafting, to turn against you all--an expert wielding the power of Water, strong enough to erode a stone troll in moments. And you still needed to discover the place where he worked his darkest arts, in order to see him cast beyond the Law, and exposed to our righteous vengeance.
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No, we don't. We have him, sort of, for having a troll live on our land (if the testimony of a dead troll is worth anything, which I doubt)...but the troll never even mentioned the Scorn-Pole, so we have no proof it was him who did that, no witnesses to him erecting it. Nothing. I mean, it obviously was him, and the circumstantial evidence will help support our story if we ever get real evidence, but that's not the same thing.
Nah, his orthstirr is just only a tiny fraction of what it would be without all the nid...which likely only matters in a straight fight given how we've seen orthstirr work.
Like, guy's in his 40s or older and probably has less orthstirr than us...but 100-120 points of orthstirr is plenty to max out a bunch of your non-combat stuff completely even with very high stats, you only need more if you're gonna be fighting...and he just avoids that.
We have no proof of this at all. They can just say they sold the horse or never owned it in the first place. Like, our whole link is that Hasvir owned a horse that fathered this horse...if he's ever put the horse out to stud (fairly likely given it's a notable horse), he can easily claim it had children all over the valley, and even if he didn't he can say he sold that one in particular to 'a man in a cloak' or something like that.
Heck, Hasvir actually may have sold that horse to somebody (who was Horra in disguise or Horra stole it from) if Horra cares about giving him plausible deniability. Hasvir could easily know nothing about the Scorn-Pole if his father kept him out of it.
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Sirrocco
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[X] Answer him honestly, like a loyal daughter should, and hope that you can keep him from making a rash decision (Hugr (Silver-Tongue))
-[X] Between Asveig begging you not to tell him, the Seeress saying it would lead to ruin, and at every turn being told 'It would end poorly', you held your tongue and sought to find a way to manage it. It was only on the Raid that you learned the truth of the matter, and only then that you learned of the enchantment that bound the tongues of those who knew better--and by then, Father was already under the spell that you and your company had just broken. Your enemy was kin to half the valley, hiding behind their aegis while working their dark crafts, a sorcerer who has delved deep into forbidden arts pulled from the depths of the earth. Shielded by some spell that deflected the attentions of any who would know the truth of the matter and saw their words twisted away from exposing him, it was only now that you had a path to see his shield breached, to know what needed to be done to cast down the protection that would see his killers run down by the best and mightiest of the valley. It was only now that you learned of the warrior he was crafting, to turn against you all--an expert wielding the power of Water, strong enough to erode a stone troll in moments. And you still needed to discover the place where he worked his darkest arts, in order to see him cast beyond the Law, and exposed to our righteous vengeance.
-[X] Between Asveig begging you not to tell him, the Seeress saying it would lead to ruin, and at every turn being told 'It would end poorly', you held your tongue and sought to find a way to manage it. It was only on the Raid that you learned the truth of the matter, and only then that you learned of the enchantment that bound the tongues of those who knew better--and by then, Father was already under the spell that you and your company had just broken. Your enemy was kin to half the valley, hiding behind their aegis while working their dark crafts, a sorcerer who has delved deep into forbidden arts pulled from the depths of the earth. Shielded by some spell that deflected the attentions of any who would know the truth of the matter and saw their words twisted away from exposing him, it was only now that you had a path to see his shield breached, to know what needed to be done to cast down the protection that would see his killers run down by the best and mightiest of the valley. It was only now that you learned of the warrior he was crafting, to turn against you all--an expert wielding the power of Water, strong enough to erode a stone troll in moments. And you still needed to discover the place where he worked his darkest arts, in order to see him cast beyond the Law, and exposed to our righteous vengeance.
Sirrocco
Pedantic
...and half the valley is related to him, which means that our evidence against him has to be solid.
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I'm pretty sure it still is nid even then...all evidence is that Horra has a crapload if nid on him. The way orthstirr works just means that nid doesn't actually hurt your non-combat abilities all that much. Like, if Steinarr has 1000 Orthstirr and Horra has only 100...Steinarr would win every fight, but Horra only needs less than 20 to max out his stealth or other specific non-combat things and be as good as anyone at that specific thing.
Hence him never actually confronting Steinarr, as he'd lose badly.
Yup. In modern terms what we have is 'his car was spotted near the scene of the crime' level evidence. It's enough for us to know, given the grudge he bears us, but not enough for the law to act on...especially when he's related to the judge. It'll help when we get more actual evidence, but we need something more concrete than what we've got.
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Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Well, does look pretty much unanimous @Imperial Fister .
Anyone else have any Reward Dice up their sleeve they want to contribute to rigging this?
Also, with regards to scouting with Fylgja, reminder that we can put Ember-Winged Cloak into it as well. There probably aren't many things in the forest that can catch a jet powered owl in a full dash.
Anyone else have any Reward Dice up their sleeve they want to contribute to rigging this?
Also, with regards to scouting with Fylgja, reminder that we can put Ember-Winged Cloak into it as well. There probably aren't many things in the forest that can catch a jet powered owl in a full dash.
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I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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You posted this about 3 seconds before my timer went off lmao
But yeah, voting is now closed. How auspicious that it's the ninth part of this section that it ends on.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Alright chums! Everyone with reward dice! NOW IS THE TIME.
This is, after all, a Critical Roll, and we want to rig it as hard as we can, especially if it means potentially getting a Muna out of it! This whole chain of events feels very Muna worthy TBH. Taming Freedfire after all feels like a significant show of mastery over the idea of Fire after all. We're even supposed to have a Boon that makes comprehending Fire Hugareida easier!
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I'll throw my Reward Die towards this as well. I'll just have to hope other people are prepared to spend theirs for the birth...or earn more Reward Dice somehow.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Hair of Fire and a Gaze of Steel (CedeTheBees)
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
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I can't wait for Halla to learn how to turn that on on purpose.
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I.F. Ister
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That's just awesome. Thank you!
3 Reward Dice have been sent your way!
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Almost done with the update, had to go 'eat' with the family so I got pulled away.
One thing I am not certain of is what happens if we present partial evidence without making actual accusations. Because while we don't have hard evidence that Horra is terrible and should be outlawed we do have the evidence to show that someone has been committing some major crimes against us. And what happens if we convince one of his relatives that he is guilty but can't prove it. What sort of obligations would they be under?
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We can and should give the Scorn-Pole to the Headman, but I don't think it will, on its own, effect peoples' obligations regarding their relationship to Horra absent proof of him being behind it.
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Fingers crossed we manage to convince Steinarr. Don't want him doing anything rash. If he were to get killed, there's not really anything protecting us from Horra's wrath - from what I understand, he's mostly been doing all this sneaky backstabby shot because he knows he can't take Steinarr in an actual fight.
Winter 5/Investigating Steinby Final
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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[X] Answer him honestly, like a loyal daughter should, and hope that you can keep him from making a rash decision (Hugr (Silver-Tongue))
-[X] Between Asveig begging you not to tell him, the Seeress saying it would lead to ruin, and at every turn being told 'It would end poorly', you held your tongue and sought to find a way to manage it. It was only on the Raid that you learned the truth of the matter, and only then that you learned of the enchantment that bound the tongues of those who knew better--and by then, Father was already under the spell that you and your company had just broken. Your enemy was kin to half the valley, hiding behind their aegis while working their dark crafts, a sorcerer who has delved deep into forbidden arts pulled from the depths of the earth. Shielded by some spell that deflected the attentions of any who would know the truth of the matter and saw their words twisted away from exposing him, it was only now that you had a path to see his shield breached, to know what needed to be done to cast down the protection that would see his killers run down by the best and mightiest of the valley. It was only now that you learned of the warrior he was crafting, to turn against you all--an expert wielding the power of Water, strong enough to erode a stone troll in moments. And you still needed to discover the place where he worked his darkest arts, in order to see him cast beyond the Law, and exposed to our righteous vengeance.
-[X] Between Asveig begging you not to tell him, the Seeress saying it would lead to ruin, and at every turn being told 'It would end poorly', you held your tongue and sought to find a way to manage it. It was only on the Raid that you learned the truth of the matter, and only then that you learned of the enchantment that bound the tongues of those who knew better--and by then, Father was already under the spell that you and your company had just broken. Your enemy was kin to half the valley, hiding behind their aegis while working their dark crafts, a sorcerer who has delved deep into forbidden arts pulled from the depths of the earth. Shielded by some spell that deflected the attentions of any who would know the truth of the matter and saw their words twisted away from exposing him, it was only now that you had a path to see his shield breached, to know what needed to be done to cast down the protection that would see his killers run down by the best and mightiest of the valley. It was only now that you learned of the warrior he was crafting, to turn against you all--an expert wielding the power of Water, strong enough to erode a stone troll in moments. And you still needed to discover the place where he worked his darkest arts, in order to see him cast beyond the Law, and exposed to our righteous vengeance.
You meet your father's steel with your own.
"Father who gave me my name," you begin with calm words and a steely gaze, "I will tell you, but you have to promise me that you won't act rashly."
"Why have you kept this from me?" His words hit you like a longship making landfall, but it is one you are ready for.
"Because Asveig begged me not to," he staggers a step back, eyes snapping wide as the wall of stone cracks, "because I have had two separate seers tell me that it would be a bad idea. Because of that I held my tongue."
His eyes flick back to you as he mutters. "If Asveig begged that of you, then she had a good reason." He stands straighter, finding his footing once again. "Tell me that reason, tell me why two distinct seers warned you away."
"Because he stands with half the valley at his back."
"If half the valley would fight on his behalf, then the ashes of half the valley will feed my fields."
"Because going after him will have us branded outlaws."
"If that is what the law says, then it is not a law I want part in."
"Because he has a deep understanding of magic and has spent the last several decades preparing for this."
"As have I."
"Because he's crafted a warrior to counter you. A warrior strong enough to erode a troll's statue in an instant."
"And that is what they told me before I caught him in Persia. It didn't stick."
No matter what you say, he has a counter. Some pithy response to dash your words aside. Appealing to family had an effect, so lets see how he reacts to this.
"Because the mother of the men he killed is able to do it, to wait and act rationally, so why aren't you?"
His eyes threaten to bore straight through you as his jaw clenches tight enough that broken teeth are a distinct possibility.
"Tell me his name."
"Not until you promise me that you won't act rashly."
Through gritting teeth, he manages to force out a 'fine.' "I promise that I won't act rashly."
"It's Horra."
(Hugr (Silver-Tongue): 6x1, 5x2, 4x3, 3x2, 2x3, 1x4)4+4(Reward Dice)=8 Successes
You were expecting rage. You were expecting a trembling fist. You were expecting fire and yelling.
What you weren't expecting, however, was for him to go slack. For him to relax and breath calmly, steadily.
After all, you were just confirming something he already suspected.
"You have two years. When the winter turns to summer and the year becomes three, I will remove the threat to my family with or without the blessing of the law."
With that, he turns, leaves the building, and screams until his throat gives out.
'Frankly, that's actually an improvement to how he was when he was young.'
(+1 to Little Sister's Wisdom!)
(Journal Entry: The Curse Wearing Mother's Face is complete!)
Pick one as a reward:
[ ] Muna: The Taming of Freedfire (Grants Wildfire Hugareida)
[ ] Muna: The Taming of Freedfire Alt (Improves Ignition Hugareida)
[ ] Muna: Feasting with the Family (Grants a bonus towards fighting alongside family)
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Surplus (Pick up to 2 or none):
[ ] Make a sacrifice to the Gods (+1 Hamingja for 40 Food/Fodder)
[ ] Host a feast (Costs 1 Food per guest, +1 Relations with each)
-[ ] Write in guests
[ ] Donate to a family in need (+1 Drengskapr for 12 Food/Fodder)
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Personal (Pick 2/3, if no Exploration is picked):
[ ] (Empty Sack) ...Maybe you should try stuffing that empty sack full of straw? (Costs 6 Fodder)
[ ] (Violent) Pick a fight or spar with... (Not an option while pregnant)
-[ ] Spar with Abjorn, your husband
-[ ] Someone else (Write in)
[ ] (Personal) Spend time with... (Write in)
[ ] (Shopping) Ask Abjorn to buy something for you (Write in) (Can only be used to buy or sell things you are already aware of and cannot haggle)
[ ] (Crafting) Try to make something (Write in) (Hugr+Some kind of crafting skill)
-[ ] (Optional) Focus on repairing something (Write in)
[ ] (Poetry) Try to realize an Inspiration (Write in one of your Inspirations)
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Exploration/Travel (Pick 1 or none):
[ ] (Visit) Go visit... (Unavailable)
-[ ] The Witch! (Actually, it's probably a good idea to avoid her entirely)
-[ ] Asvir!
-[ ] Steinby, your Father's Farm
-[ ] Vidby, Vidar's Farm
-[ ] Kerby, Stigr's Farm
-[ ] Buriby, Osborn's Farm (Has a guaranteed chance of ending in a fight) (Not an option while pregnant)
-[ ] Glebby, Sverre's Farm
-[ ] Runby, Aki's Farm
-[ ] Horrby, Horra's Farm (Has a very good chance of ending in a fight) (Not an option while pregnant)
--[ ] Rather than visiting normally, you instead stealthily approach and try to scout it out.
-[ ] Halfdanby, Halfdan's Farm
[ ] (Exploration) Go on a walk through...
-[ ] The fields!
-[ ] The Hading!
--[ ] (Optional) Try to find those bandits you heard about (not while you're pregnant)
-[ ] The hills!
--[ ] (Optional) Towards where the flaming thing landed. Maybe there's something you missed?
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Training: You have 29d6 training dice to spend as you see fit.
[ ] (Research) Try to figure out how things work (Write in)
[ ] (Blackhand) Try to develop old/train new hugareida tricks (Write in)
[ ] (Steinarr's Training) Ask Steinarr to teach you a trick/some tricks (Write in)
[ ] (Training) Hamr (3 successes to rank up)
-[ ] (Optional) Train a hamr skill or trick (Write in)
[ ] (Training) Hugr (30 successes to rank up)
-[ ] (Optional) Train a hugr skill or trick (Write in)
[ ] (Training) Fylgja (14 successes to rank up)
-[ ] (Optional) Train a fylgja skill or trick (Write in)
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Management: You have 27d6 management dice to spend as you see fit
[ ] (Construction) Write in
[ ] (Multi-Crafting) Write in
[ ] (Resource) Write in
-[ ] (Cloth) 8 Dice Maximum
[ ] (Fields) Write in
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Orthstirr Available: 241
How do you want to use your orthstirr? You can turn on passive tricks here.
[ ] (Orthstirr Usage) (Write in)
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Fylgja Capacity: 4/4
Do you want to withdraw or deposit anything in your fylgja?
[ ] Write in (Optional)
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Equipment Management
What do you want to have equipped? Leaving this blank means that no changes are made.
[ ] Write in (Optional)
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AN: And boom, turn done.
Lemme know if I forgot anything either here or on the character sheet.
25-minute moratorium.
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