NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
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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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Yeah, like Kreen said, cultivating inside one's home seems to be the way to initiate someone that has never opened their Gate before.
Frenzy is cool. I assume we get one Frenzy for every Hugr infusion we do. It also suggests that being a berserker is an inherent part of the Norse? Or, well, that's what I'm getting, since it's apart of their cultivation. I wonder if that's our form of Focus?
Also, turns out we attacked the wrong bandits. Turns out that they weren't one big group, which is a shame.
Anyway, I guess I'll advocate for Sten reforging our atgeir rather than us doing it ourselves, as we don't have Forgefire and Sten is a better blacksmith than us, so he can guarantee preserving the weapon spirit.
Huh. I wonder how we'd go about infusing our Hugr safely, though. Maybe we should just get chains made for us, or something? Although I have no idea what kind of chains could hold us, as even if we couldn't break them, we could melt them with our hugareida. Anyone got any ideas?
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Alectai
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That's exactly what I realized!
Odr is generated most easily in wild places, but you don't want to generate Odr easily when you're Opening the Gate for the first time!
You just want just enough to get someone a taste for it and the shock.
Better still, you can practice using this--this is actually probably the way you're supposed to progress in Realm 0! Generating just enough Odr to get used to Opening the Gate until your Soul Realm fully comes to life.
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We did also get extra Capacity out of it.
Nah, Horra was definitely in contact with that bandit group (he referred to 'our friends to the North and East' after all)...it's just that their leader apparently practiced good operational security. The same will likely be true of the other one. They're involved, just not enough to give good evidence unless we captured the leader.
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The more we learn about True Cultivation, the more amazed I am that Halla is somehow still alive.
Alectai
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Our Fylgja also got more Endurance and Capacity out of it too.
Plus, we were able to plant the Sealwood Sapling! Fantastic! Let's grow the shit out of that and see what falls out!
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Ah, okay. Damn, that's a shame. It's not surprising, though - the Captain didn't seem to be close with their men at all.
By the way, Shapecrafting is Shapeshifting, right...? I wonder if our Berserk is any different from Berserk achieved through Shapecrafting.
Also, wild idea - so feel free to ignore me - but would it be possible to put a chicken's egg in our fylgja, and then deposit it in our soul and see if it'd hatch?
Alectai
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Anyway, just checking, but we don't have to worry about Halla fucking everyone up anymore now that she's entered Frenzy the first time, right @Imperial Fister ? It's mostly just the shock of the first activation going on here? Also, does Frenzy have a steady regeneration thing rather than being like Focus where it fully replenishes as long as the one using it has a moment to center themselves?
Where's Frenzy on our character sheet? Or do we not know how it works yet.
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Near the top of the sheet
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That's from Fylgja and to be expected, though it's still great, especially that it gave us both.
Yeah, we definitely want to do that. So...9 Odr there this turn, maybe some into Hamr and/or skills if that's valid?
No, Shapecrafting is a form of magic (it's seidr, except that men practice it so they claim it isn't). Ours is probably the same, but without the need for external magical intervention and coming with other benefits.
That's an...interesting idea. Do we actually want chickens running around in our soul?
I.F. Ister
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Yeah, sorry I didn't say anything. Just slipped my mind.
'Safe' is an interesting word to use when it comes to such a concept as Frenzy.
But, yes, Frenzy is your Focus equivalent. Note: it is not the exact same mechanically.
You're not alone. It's been a near-constant string of good luck and unknowingly good choices. You guys are standing at the edge of so many landmines it's ridiculous.
Those are all good questions.
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[X] Name it "Ashen Kiss"
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[X] (Fourth Born) Commanding Presence
[X] Plan Berserker Life Advice
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[X] (Fourth Born) Commanding Presence
[X] Plan Berserker Life Advice
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Could we try something with Flekkr (our 10/10 dog)?
Maybe ask Gabriel about how christians use animals for combat?
Bring a dog inside our soul (dogs seem to be related to protecting the afterlife, so maybe they have other esoteric powers)?
Maybe ask Gabriel about how christians use animals for combat?
Bring a dog inside our soul (dogs seem to be related to protecting the afterlife, so maybe they have other esoteric powers)?
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Cool. I did have another question, though:
Also, looking at it, we didn't invest any Odr into Wordplay or Chop. Is that because we tried and couldn't, or did we just decide not to? Either is fine, just checking.
Why wouldn't we?
Also we should probably plant a few of the more common plants we have (regular trees and the crops we grow), from the description of our soulscape we need more verity and why exotic and strange plants are good we should also have a base of smoothing that isn't super exotic.
Alectai
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Ooof, okay, yeah, that's going to take some getting used to. Is that going to happen every time we Infuse Hugr? Or was it just the first time with unlocking Frenzy?
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I mean... I don't see why not? I don't see how they could hurt us, and I'm pretty confident it's not some trap/landmine from the enemy. Not to mention that our character sheet does say this:
- and actual life, such as that of a chicken's, seems like it'd be good for us.
Edit: Do Hearthroot berries have seeds in them? Have we actually tried to harvest seeds from the Hearthroot? Feels like we should try and plant more of it, or at the very last, try to grow more (preferably exotic, although I think mundane would also be fine) plants in our soul, since it seems to be linked to how we advance.
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I.F. Ister
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That's what I was forgetting, I think. I'll go fix that real quick.
Edit: and fixed.
You do know a Berserk. Stigulf Snowbeard, Stigr's eldest brother.
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I think we should awaken Aki first. His sight will be great for our experiments, and having him around will probably make it even easier to awakwn the others.
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Alright, I have a plan pretty much together, it just varies a bit depending on whether we can invest Odr into skills (and what that does) and whether we can buy things from the Dwarves.
@Imperial Fister would we be able to buy metal from the dwarves? Waht kind of action would that be?
@Imperial Fister would we be able to buy metal from the dwarves? Waht kind of action would that be?
I.F. Ister
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Just a social
You can invest Odr into skills. You haven't gotten anything special from them yet, other than capacity from Wordplay.
So, we got the obvious benefit of how to do early cultivation. Neat.
Iirc first time the limit on save cultivation looked like it relates to strength of Aspects. Aki is young and from a bad for Orthstirr background.
Need to get him pumped a bit more, imho.
I thought "all struck by the arrows are immobilized" was confirmed to be correct guess?
Full agree on the "his sight will be great". Disagree on the first.
Iirc first time the limit on save cultivation looked like it relates to strength of Aspects. Aki is young and from a bad for Orthstirr background.
Need to get him pumped a bit more, imho.
Very neat.
Shapecrafting is a related thing that is totally not Seid and a really manly thing to do. (Aka Seid that isn't acknowledged as such and thus not part of the women-only things)
Uh, is it on purposes that this is still listed as known runes?
I thought "all struck by the arrows are immobilized" was confirmed to be correct guess?
I.F. Ister
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You're right, forgot. fixing.