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
I think that you may be jumping to conclusions about Hisvir. All the evidence pointing to Hasvir playing that role still stands. There's no reason to assume that Hisvir's absence equates to his being Horra's vessel of revenge.
From what we've seen Hisvir seems to have inherited his father's cowardice. When people started turning into draugars, it's reasonable to assume that he decided to flee before the undead elephants started showing up.
He might not even be aware that his family survived Horra's final vengeance. If he is, he could be too ashamed to show his face and/or afraid of Drysalt to return. Locating him, perhaps through use of Seidr, may very well be a good use of our time.
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She'd need to be part of the Kyrsvikingar specifically before Eric would be allowed to share their secret combat tactics.
Yeah, this is my thought. If we can find out where he is and what he's doing and have a talk with him, we can probably still work things out.
Sirrocco
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Okay, this downright perplexes me, because back when we killed that kid on the ice, Steinarr was concerned enough about the (four cows and their calves) wergild that he went back out raiding. Based on our own experience, however, being an excellent farmer with a thriving farm should mean that you're fabulously wealthy, and that kind of a cost ought to be relatively trivial. Was he just constantly hanging out charity or something?
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Most of Norse wealth from their farm is in livestock. Steinarr is good with plants, not animals.
Like, under the previous Management system, Steinarr had 9 fields which could grant him 108 Fodder/Food per year if he tended all of them once...even if he triples that (tending 9 fields every turn during Summer and getting three crops per year) and gets 324 Food/Fodder...we bought 20 Fodder for, like 1/4 silver (and food wasn't much more expensive than that, I don't think), so that's not as much as you might think in terms of actual wealth (less than 20 silver a year...enough to pay his taxes, make big sacrifices, and feed everyone and everything, but likely not much more). Most of our wealth gains were in baby animals, which are, frankly, not something Steinarr has any extra bonuses to gain from what we've heard.
EDIT: Wait, I think he actually had 12 fields before giving us three as our dowry. That's still only 144 Fodder/Food per harvest and thus 432 even at three harvests a year. Probably slightly more than 20 silver, but still less than 25, and perhaps most importantly, only 15 more silver or so than a more normal farmer with the same livestock might make.
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I guess he needed some hard cash to get more cows? It doesn't matter how good a farmer you are if your existing stock aren't having babies. Or your calves haven't grown yet and you need them producing.
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Ahahaha.. yeah, that's going to be exciting, alright.
As a note, I don't think Blackhand approves of Warbands. He was silent when Eric was beaming in pride at becoming a Stoneson of the Kyrsvikingar, and he disdains Steelfathers. All Warbands (that survive for any amount of time) are led by Steelfathers.
So far it's going good so far, though that haminja check got me sad for a bit, but makes sense, story wise.
We really should learn from him more than just battle tricks.
Did... Did Sten got apprenticeship from a Fae or Fae descendant? Iirc, Minna is (one of) the daughter of his master?
Or perhaps a connection to the forge god Hallr "visited"?
(At least, only Blackhand knows of all the poetry Halla must have made about Abjorn
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...I am kinda curious though, did he took the jars or not?
Hopefully, he will visit his home before going on a revenge spree on us.
Rest in peace, unnamed farmhands and thralls.
May you find rest in the afterlife.
Interesting that Swordfury is also from there though....
The plot thickens, I guess?
[X] Plan Taking Revenge
I like the plenty of rope in it.
Perhaps, we should make a pest repeller or something?
That's... Wow.
We really should learn from him more than just battle tricks.
He is smart huh? Perhaps shy as well?
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Did... Did Sten got apprenticeship from a Fae or Fae descendant? Iirc, Minna is (one of) the daughter of his master?
Or perhaps a connection to the forge god Hallr "visited"?
Heh, it's that clear to everyone, huh?
(At least, only Blackhand knows of all the poetry Halla must have made about Abjorn
)Lol.
Shapecrafting is nuts.
...I am kinda curious though, did he took the jars or not?
Hopefully, he will visit his home before going on a revenge spree on us.
...oh.
Rest in peace, unnamed farmhands and thralls.
May you find rest in the afterlife.
Hey tha- ah, shard already said it.
Interesting that Swordfury is also from there though....
The plot thickens, I guess?
[X] Plan Taking Revenge
I like the plenty of rope in it.
Perhaps, we should make a pest repeller or something?
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Yeah, being a super-farmer is just not actually that lucrative compared to stock-breeding. Which, for the record, seems to match what we know of actual Norse farming. They certainly had fields and crops, but their focus was more on the livestock.
Yup. Definitely gonna be eventful over there.
The Varangian Guard is a notable exception (and likely part of why it's not technically considered a warband). And Hallr seems fine with them based on his pride at Steinarr doing well there.
Which is not to say you're wrong, I think you're entirely correct, I'm just noting that the Varangian Guard is a different thing.
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[X] Plan Taking Revenge
[X] Plan Taking Revenge
-[X] Bring our normal combat gear loadout, plus the bottled light source we bought, all our explosive charms, other sources of light, digging tools, and plenty of rope.
-[X] In terms of people, bring Abjorn, Tryggr, Trausti, Gabriel, Stigr, and Stigmar.
If Darkest Dungeon has taught me anything, it's that you never want to run out of torches.
-[X] Bring our normal combat gear loadout, plus the bottled light source we bought, all our explosive charms, other sources of light, digging tools, and plenty of rope.
-[X] In terms of people, bring Abjorn, Tryggr, Trausti, Gabriel, Stigr, and Stigmar.
If Darkest Dungeon has taught me anything, it's that you never want to run out of torches.
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Since we're a farmer taking revenge for the destruction of our home, should we bring a couple of pitchforks too?
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We know she gives more Training Dice than normal due to having an actual Teaching Trick, so I'd imagine fairly valuable. And she knows more than just the basics, I think. She's got some pretty cool stuff really...admittedly, only people with Ignition or Standstill Hugareida can learn some of the really good stuff, but some of our non-Hugareida Tricks have been mentioned as very good as well (Reinforce Shield is great, for example).
Now, whether she'd teach more than the basics to non-family is a bit less clear, but she does have some non-basic options.
Alectai
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Might be something to start testing the waters over, being renowned as a good teacher is a good bit of rep to have, especially with the Drysalt thing spinning up meaning the actual best of the best are going to be busy doing counterplay.
On an unrelated note!
Focus Guard! That's exactly what we need to make better use of Mire Ward, we're already immobile in that state!
On an unrelated note!
Focus Guard! That's exactly what we need to make better use of Mire Ward, we're already immobile in that state!
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Offering classes has been mentioned, and we should definitely consider it.
Yep. Exactly what we were looking for. I'm super pleased. That and Mire Ward (plus Contested Movement and maybe Sword Guard which is apparently ongoing and based on Defend) will make us hell on wheels in an actual duel if we ever have to fight one.
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I think he disapproves of Steelfathers specifically. They have some connection with Steel and are possibly benefiting from the Curse of Steel that Blackhand wants to break.
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@Imperial Fister
This should be at 60d6 (and 36 Orthstirr to reach) now due to upping Cut and Bash.
Our Odr is also still 2 points too high, our Capacity 2 points too low, and our Training Dice do not yet include Eric's 1d6, just for the record.
The Sword Skill-Trick is also listed under Armorcraft rather than Weaponcraft.
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Sirrocco
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No... not even that. When a Viking truly dies, all that is left behind are the remnants of their stories and sagas.
This process ate all of that. There's nothing left to rest.
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[X] Plan Taking Revenge
Halla Drengmaker
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- Malaysia
To be read literally and metaphorically *