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Fair enough. I'll add a note.
NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
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- Original Fantasy Action
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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 open voting
Fair enough. I'll add a note.
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I mean, I swear Gabriel wouldn't care anyway? Isn't only disrespectful for the Norse to be hit by the butt end of a weapon? Well, we don't really know all that much about Christian culture, but I don't think it'd be that bad?
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Honestly I think most people would get pretty pissed about being smacked in the face, Norse or not.
After all Norsemen are human too.
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Yeah, but at that point I don't think it matters if you hit them with the butt-end of the weapon or the blade. Most people are gonna get angry if you hit them in the face. The reason why it's a shame-strike in Norse culture is because they don't see something like that as actually making use of the weapon, which is why stuff like hitting people with a hammer is also a shaming strike, because they don't view hammers as proper weapons either.
I.F. Ister
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'Depends on the Finale. You stop them with another Finale of equal or greater power, eliminating the source — though that's not always able to stop it — or surrendering the battlefield.'
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Alright, I'll call the voting in an hour and a half
I.F. Ister
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Yes. It seems to be something to do with his armor
You absolutely can. You don't need tricks to do things, for the record.
Deadman's got the right of it. I worded it weird, that's my bad there
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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And voting is now closed
Hey @Imperial Fister around how strong* does someone generally have to be to make it into Valhalla? And can people who aren't that strong get in? For instance can someone who's under that level get in if they go down like a badass?
*Like in the Power rankings of the Valley or the combat tier list.
*Like in the Power rankings of the Valley or the combat tier list.
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Just to be clear: Could we put, like 20 or 30 dice towards it without a Trick? Because my impression was that while we could 100% grapple people without a Trick, it'd be a Basic Attack (and, as an unarmed one, one we couldn't use Hone or Sharpen on) and there'd thus be some issues actually landing it on someone like Gabriel.
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I.F. Ister
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What Odin is looking for isn't the power of a person, but the potential they have.
Absolutely. You can't put orthstirr towards it without a trick, but you can put more dice.
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Huh. That has not been the case previously...or is it only the case with grapples or what?
I.F. Ister
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Glima is a Martial Style, even if it's a weird one... I need to make some corrections to the sheet
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Fun Fact, Gabriel has burnt a full turn's worth of cultivation on this one fight so far
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Check. So Glima only. That's good to know and we can make use of that in future.
Interesting! I wonder if that means we can get the Grapple skill? I was sort of assuming Glima covered it, but if it's an actual Style and moved to that section...
Ooof. That's unfortunate.
Yeah, I'm a bit worried here as well. As far as I can tell the worst likely outcome is just us knocking him out but not actually resolving the problem or getting at the root causes, but there's all the unlikely outcomes as well, to say nothing of intervening variable we're unaware of.
I'm concerned.
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I can practically hear the salt and tears from GabrielQuest right now...
Man, it's a shame that this happened. I'd thought Gabriel had dealt with whatever was troubling him after his talk with Jerasmus, and I think it did, but from what I can tell we happened to dredge up even older wounds? Guy could use some R&R, and a talk as well.
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Is this a result of Gabriel's version of Bloodlust or Gabrielquest just Really wanting whatever shinies they get from winning.
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Nah, per what IF put in the post, doing this is damaging Gabriel's cultivation (specifically, this is likely a Sin) and likely a result of advancing too fast without taking time to stabilize. GabrielQuest are going 'Oh shit, we failed our Composure roll and now we're freaking out here!'
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Huh? I thought Imperial meant he had burned through a full turn's worth of cultivation, as in Zeal gained during a turn.
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That's what he meant above, yeah, I was referring to this:
That sounds like Sin to me.
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Huh, I missed that...
Well, that isn't good. That isn't good at all. GabrielQuest really is freaking out.
Awesome! Okay, well time to rewrite my plan around the idea of turning the other cheek, where we try and dodge his attacks then grab him in a bear hug so we can get through to-
Oh, never mind! 😅
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It sounds like he's dealing with Always Being Second. Never quite good enough. He wasn't quite good enough to beat the other squires in sparring. He wasn't quite good enough to save his master. He wasn't quite good enough to win Halla's affection. He wasn't quite good enough to fight off the trollmen. And even with every advancement he's made, all the bitter work he's put into cultivation, he still Isn't Quite Good Enough to win this spar.
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I think this is a large part of what's going on, yeah. I don't think it's the only factor at work, but it's certainly one of the most prominent.