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NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)

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Sirrocco said:
Halla's heart just stopped. Non-norse cultivators might consider that a source of some concern, and she's far from the weakest cultivator out there.
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Being a cultivator in the written world has greater meaning than simply being 'somebody who cultivates'. Weight is not merely 'spiritual pressure'. In fact, it's not that at all. This isn't even the first time that Weight has appeared. It's the first time that it's been named and the first time that there's been this much of it, but it's not the first time.

I can't tell you more without getting more into the nitty gritty details that I'd rather not reveal yet. Stuff that really can only be revealed from a lengthy talk with Odin or Mimir.

Anyways, I'm going to sleep now. It's 3 AM where I live. We'll see how much of this I regret in the morning.
 
We definitely saw weight when Steinarr came comet-jumping into Halfdan's farm, for that brief moment before he realized that everyone he cared about was safe.
 
Mystic Pentagram said:
There is not reason to get angry, it was not my intention to accuse you of anything. I was only making observations on your protrayal of a character, i am sorry if i misunderstood something.
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Honestly from my POV it sounded like you were extremely offended at the QM.
Imperial Fister said:
Stuff that really can only be revealed from a lengthy talk with Odin or Mimir.
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...How strong would we have to be to survive a trek to Asgard and chat with the founder of our Clan?
 
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Hmm, with the Norse weight it would probably only send them to bodily death and bodily death with that many Norse around is easily fixed especially during the Thing.
 
I'm pretty sure Weight is just Narrative Weight.

It's when you act as A Character. And the world warps around you as you move through it, as is the nature of The Story.

But you can't kill another Character with sheer narrative weight alone - That's not how narrative weight works.

What you can do is be so heavy that the ground trembles, fire starts (or dies), narrative details like that. Inspiring awe or terror. Bending reality by dint of your Presence.

Non-cultivators can die because they're not Characters. They're as relevant as some random piece of wood in the face of Weight.
 
It's kind of surprising that the Norse are all cultivators. I wonder if there is a way to to create more Orthstirr since there is apparently a limited amount of it to go around.
 
Well, not the update I was expecting to read, that is for sure.

feels weird that the whole Hasvir popping got glassed over, and that Halla got scot free while Horra trying to retaliate got the old disarming and outlawing thing, even with the Drysalt ending it feels weird for it to be totally overlooked.

And if Drysalt is so much a nuclear threat I am suprised no one waited to listen to whatever reason Halla has to mention him and the troll, a simple question would have her saying that Drysalt was what lead the troll to the service of Horra. Which would have both been important for them to hear about Drysalt actions and would have significantly changed the outcome of this trial, if they suspected that Horra has contact with it.

Well mission accomplished. Horra outlawed for 3 years, which doesn't matter. just need to make sure Steinerr doesn't come after him while in a protected area. and his son was always dead?. also the whole daughter thing need to be reexamined from a possible ally against Horra to a whole different player on the chess board.

In regard to the sanctum. would it not be better instead of clearing it out to do a stakeout and wait for Horra to sneak into it to draw him out in the open? might be still doable if he don't get a remote update on it. but it feels unlikely.
 
How did people respond to Weight:

"Seriously?"

Dorri Rattlespear
Harald Wolfwind
Audrikr Fishfighter
Solrun(?) - She had enough presence of mind to go and take cover.

"Ow."

Horra Hasvirson
Sten Iskearauta (Is it okay if I just call Sten as Sten Ikea)
(non-Audrikr Judges?)

(OW OW OW)

Halla Longstride

<<<KO!>>>

Abjorn Vidarsson (We should get a kenning for Abjorn at some point)
Folkmarr Manetaker
Wolfwind's son
(Presumably everyone younger)

*POP*

'''Hasvir Horrason'''
 
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seekingflame said:
feels weird that the whole Hasvir popping got glassed over, and that Halla got scot free while Horra trying to retaliate got the old disarming and outlawing thing, even with the Drysalt ending it feels weird for it to be totally overlooked.
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I mean, to any of the stronger cultivators, it should've been obvious that Halla didn't actually do anything - she just poked him, and he exploded. Halla did no violence, nor did she try to - Horra on the other hand, did. If anything, the fault should fall on Logi, since it was due to his Weight that Hasvir... turned off? Died? Went AFK? Still not really surr what happened there, but it's not really Halla's fault.
 
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
Can we? We've earned several Muna in the last year from battle and spars and so on and zero Hamingja. Meanwhile, the Management System is still down and thus so is sacrificing for Hamingja, while when it was up, it was rapidly escalating in price to the point where we weren't going to be able to pay it too much longer. That could change, but I wouldn't count on the second part doing so.

Also, Hamingja stacks. However easy it is to get, it will still be just as easy if we have 3 more of it, so this is +3 Training Dice every turn forever until we die since our Hamingja will literally always be 3 points higher.

Maybe the Muna is better, but it's not because Hamingja is easy to get or lacks value.
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Do remember what circumstances the munas came about. Its whenever Halla has had a big moment. As we go on, we will get less of those from said fights, not to mention we only got munas from the spar with Sten.
There might be more waiting behind more spar, but we do not know for certain.

And i know well Hamingja stack. As well as how important they are for the training. And i did NOT said it has no value, so i would really prefer you not putting that in my mouth.
We also know it easier to get, because it rubs off on those hanging out with/around lucky people, things or places

As for why i personally prefer the muna instead of the Hamingja? Because it builds the story of Halla more, imo, than another 3 training dice.

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Constenanto said:
I mean, to any of the stronger cultivators, it should've been obvious that Halla didn't actually do anything - she just poked him, and he exploded. Halla did no violence, nor did she try to - Horra on the other hand, did. If anything, the fault should fall on Logi, since it was due to his Weight that Hasvir... turned off? Died? Went AFK? Still not really surr what happened there, but it's not really Halla's fault.
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True, but there still feels like there should have been more a reaction, if they acknowledged he was a flesh puppet brought to the Thing, or if he just genuinely died right there and then.
 
TheCount said:
Do remember what circumstances the munas came about. Its whenever Halla has had a big moment. As we go on, we will get less of those from said fights, not to mention we only got munas from the spar with Sten.
There might be more waiting behind more spar, but we do not know for certain.
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Sure, but my point is that big moments aren't in short supply.

TheCount said:
And i know well Hamingja stack. As well as how important they are for the training. And i did NOT said it has no value, so i would really prefer you not putting that in my mouth.
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Not my intent, sorry about that.

TheCount said:
We also know it easier to get, because it rubs on on those hanging out with/around lucky people, things or places
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That requires actions devoted basically just to Hamingja acquisition, which we don't have unlimited time for, and, from previous usage, generally at least 3 actions per point. Given what else we can do with actions, that's not a small price to pay.

TheCount said:
As for why i personally prefer the muna instead of the Hamingja? Because it builds the story of Halla more, imo, than another 3 training dice.
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Maybe. That's certainly a defensible point...but 3 Hamingja is quite a lot. I'd definitely pick the Muna over 1, but 3? 3 is huge.
 
I mean, I chose the passive Weight defense because I'm not sure we could get again... or at least, get it again so easily. We were pretty lucky in this situation that Logi wasn't actually trying to kill us - he just released it as a result of losing control. To get it, I imagine we'd need to undergo a similar situation such as this one, but we may not be so lucky next time.

At the same time, not sure how much help Weight resistance would be... if we ever meet someone with the same Weight as Logi trying to kill us, Weight reduction wouldn't help at all, lmao. And I imagine if we're strong enough to 1v1 someone like him, we would be able to withstand their Weight even without the muna.

Still, it sounds good enough that I'd rather get it, and I imagine we can sacrifice animals when the management rework gets implemented. Probably?
 
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