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
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
... What do you mean "It was close?" Did you just mean 'Close to a nat 100", or what?
I mean, a nat 99 is still really fuckin' good.
Also, if there was any doubt before, confirmation that Corpsemaker has access to Odr, he's got that Spotlight effect on him too.
Huh, I wonder what his reaction is then to seeing Halla with it? I think we just got Attention, though what level of it is unclear yet. Might be what the RNG is for, what his reaction is to "Huh, Steinarr's girl is Important."
Also, something weird going on with Halla there, we don't have a sword named Ravenfeast, and she certainly had no special animosity towards the Huns. We've never even heard of a weapon named Ravenfeast, and I'm not certain it was just "Crowfeeder but IF made a mistake", he's pretty good about not making that kind of mistake.
I mean, a nat 99 is still really fuckin' good.
Also, if there was any doubt before, confirmation that Corpsemaker has access to Odr, he's got that Spotlight effect on him too.
Huh, I wonder what his reaction is then to seeing Halla with it? I think we just got Attention, though what level of it is unclear yet. Might be what the RNG is for, what his reaction is to "Huh, Steinarr's girl is Important."
Also, something weird going on with Halla there, we don't have a sword named Ravenfeast, and she certainly had no special animosity towards the Huns. We've never even heard of a weapon named Ravenfeast, and I'm not certain it was just "Crowfeeder but IF made a mistake", he's pretty good about not making that kind of mistake.
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Hmmm, yeah. Now that you mention it, I am getting a vibe of "someone is throwing extra anger and discord into the party here."
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Ravenfeast was Blackhand's sword, and Blackhand fought Attila the Hun.
Is... is Blackhand affecting Halla with some second-hand rage?
Is... is Blackhand affecting Halla with some second-hand rage?
CedeTheBees
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[X] Yes, yes you will
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Huh. I...have no idea what to vote here? Like, I don't want to keep secrets, but on the other hand I see no reason to actually be that suspicious of this? And particularly none to think that, if there is something going on there, Steinarr is unaware of it. Might be bringing up a painful topic for no reason.
In other news, the ability to summon a ball of sunlight is awesome and snapping out of illusions is great. No regrets there.
@Imperial Fister I do have a few mechanical questions:
1. I thought spells were like Skill-Tricks in only having 6 Progression needed?
2. How long does Slipstream last?
3. As I asked earlier, what Tricks would an Atgeir Hugareida have that Sword wouldn't? And could we somehow permanently merge the two into, like, a Blades Hugareida?
4. I think our Capacity is off, sadly. We gained two spells, a Trick at Rough, and a Muna and our totals appear to be 13 Muna, 15 Hugareida Tricks, and 4 Spells, which would be 32/36. Unless spells are supposed to not cost a full capacity each, which would be great (2-3 spells per Capacity might make sense for how someone like the seeress has so many, though shuffling them around is also a valid explanation there).
That happens sometimes, yeah.
In other news, the ability to summon a ball of sunlight is awesome and snapping out of illusions is great. No regrets there.
@Imperial Fister I do have a few mechanical questions:
1. I thought spells were like Skill-Tricks in only having 6 Progression needed?
2. How long does Slipstream last?
3. As I asked earlier, what Tricks would an Atgeir Hugareida have that Sword wouldn't? And could we somehow permanently merge the two into, like, a Blades Hugareida?
4. I think our Capacity is off, sadly. We gained two spells, a Trick at Rough, and a Muna and our totals appear to be 13 Muna, 15 Hugareida Tricks, and 4 Spells, which would be 32/36. Unless spells are supposed to not cost a full capacity each, which would be great (2-3 spells per Capacity might make sense for how someone like the seeress has so many, though shuffling them around is also a valid explanation there).
That happens sometimes, yeah.
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Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Yeah, something fucky is going on and it's causing some leakage, I am concerned.
Just as I'm Concerned that there was an unlabeled and not-telegraphed RNG roll, with 99, and yet apparently nothing happened.
That being said, I don't see a need to press Steinarr on this? It's probably just some Lineage thing coming to play, Asva was the firstborn daughter, so she probably inherited whatever lineage Asveig was part of.
Just as I'm Concerned that there was an unlabeled and not-telegraphed RNG roll, with 99, and yet apparently nothing happened.
That being said, I don't see a need to press Steinarr on this? It's probably just some Lineage thing coming to play, Asva was the firstborn daughter, so she probably inherited whatever lineage Asveig was part of.
[X] No, no you won't
Family is family no need to reopen old wounds that may or may not exist.
Family is family no need to reopen old wounds that may or may not exist.
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[X] No, no you won't
I'm not sure we do know what's going on here (her being adopted is possible, weird bloodline stuff as Asveig's firstborn daughter is possible, the red hair thing just not actually being universal is possible, our parents could've had a semi-open marriage, and so on...I feel like cheating and, given the story we just heard, rape are the least likely explanations), but I'm pretty sure Steinarr does know what's up with that. No need to bring it up if it is something painful.
Going back to this for a moment, we get a...random chance roll (or something like that) using a d100 every party we go to or throw to see if something happens. Rolling low on one of those got us drunk and pregnant for example, so it's not exactly untelegraphed. A 99 resulting in near-murderous rage is interesting and odd, though.
I'm not sure we do know what's going on here (her being adopted is possible, weird bloodline stuff as Asveig's firstborn daughter is possible, the red hair thing just not actually being universal is possible, our parents could've had a semi-open marriage, and so on...I feel like cheating and, given the story we just heard, rape are the least likely explanations), but I'm pretty sure Steinarr does know what's up with that. No need to bring it up if it is something painful.
Going back to this for a moment, we get a...random chance roll (or something like that) using a d100 every party we go to or throw to see if something happens. Rolling low on one of those got us drunk and pregnant for example, so it's not exactly untelegraphed. A 99 resulting in near-murderous rage is interesting and odd, though.
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[X] No, no you won't
Asva is Steinarr's daughter and our sister and we'll stab anyone who says differently. That's the Truth and mere 'facts' are irrelevant.
Asva is Steinarr's daughter and our sister and we'll stab anyone who says differently. That's the Truth and mere 'facts' are irrelevant.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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A Nat 100 would've, well
; )
Thanks for the vote of confidence ;P
You're right, whoops, fixing
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Attacks with rather long reach. Crazy vaulting shenanigans. Sound-based escapades.
Things like that.
As for the second question, I can't say more than what you desire requires having a much greater understanding of both hugareida.
Shuffling around plus ridiculously high hugr
Thank you for the corrections, by the way. I had a much easier time today with remembering the numbers of everything, but sometimes things just slip through the cracks.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
CEASE YOUR CHEERY SMIRKS!
They give me anxiety.
But then again, a lot of things give me anxiety so...
Frown.
Still, while a 99 ain't a nat 100, it's still well in the ballpark of "Good Shit" range, unless this was more of a "Roll the equivalent of nat 20 on a d20 to not get shit on" roll. In which case, we still made that ballpark.
Probably.
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Sound-based? Huh. Did not expect that. Sadly, none of that actually sounds more useful than Sword (or our other Hugareida) and Capacity is becoming A Concern. I remain worried we just won't wind up using it much. Well, we'll see if Halfdan has some more specific ideas, I bet he's got Atgeir Hugareida if anyone does...
Interesting. We'll definitely need to keep looking into that.
Fair. If they get the ability to speed-shuffle like you apparently eventually do for shapeshifting that'd be very viable.
No worries. Happens to everyone. I also am a little OCD on that kind of thing, I admit. I actually originally joined this site because I noticed a character sheet error in Threads of Destiny and felt the need to point it out so it could be fixed.
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Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Well, at least Hugr seems to be more-or-less softcapped for Infusions. We can push it up two more ranks hypothetically before the actual Hard Cap for Saga Establishment, but they're going to come at increasingly high opportunity costs.
We're also almost done with our X-Crafting Skill Tricks too! Just need Shields and Gambesons for Armorcrafting, then we can probably do Axes and Spears for Weaponcrafting, and we'll have all of the major types of gear sorted out.
We're also almost done with our X-Crafting Skill Tricks too! Just need Shields and Gambesons for Armorcrafting, then we can probably do Axes and Spears for Weaponcrafting, and we'll have all of the major types of gear sorted out.
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AeonIlluminate
The power of friendship and aggressive landscaping
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[X] No, no you won't
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We still need Jewelry, and honestly given Sten's bonus we can get more at 3 dice per Skill-Trick and a max of 2 dice a turn...that seems worth sticking with for at least the immediate future given the high rate of return and low costs.
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Yeah, we can do that immediately, which was the goal, after all.
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[X] No, no you won't
Family is family. Leave it be.
Family is family. Leave it be.
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Two redheads- at least where real-world genetics are involved- cannot have non-redheaded children (barring absurdly rare mutations). Like, it may not be worth poking at, but- this is far past "suspicion", this is fact: there is absolutely no non-magical possibility that Asva is legitimate.
(If Asva were blonde, it would at least be possible for her to be legitimate, even if not plausible. One in...I forget, several hundred, a few thousand odds? With black hair, though, no. No way.)
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Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Wait, wait!
@Imperial Fister!
We had +4 dice from Forgefire for our crafting check that weren't added!
While getting the +3 successes we need to convert it from Mastercraft to Wondrous isn't exceptionally likely, it's quite possible! It would also be a very nice flex to do so.
@Imperial Fister!
We had +4 dice from Forgefire for our crafting check that weren't added!
While getting the +3 successes we need to convert it from Mastercraft to Wondrous isn't exceptionally likely, it's quite possible! It would also be a very nice flex to do so.
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I.F. Ister
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There were three possible outcomes for that roll. 1, 2–99, and 100
1 - Something Happens
2–99 - Nothing Happens
100 - Something Happens
Just rolled, got 6, 5, 4, 2. That's a 4, which means it's Wondrous now, baybee
Technically, this instance isn't bleed over