..hm. So is the battle finished and we're back to the usual Main Action stuff?
Odd that I didn't get a prompt for the last two Threadmarks. o.o;
Odd that I didn't get a prompt for the last two Threadmarks. o.o;
NorseQuest: Collective Edition (Group-Based Xianxia Settlement-Builder)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
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No, Nando is just gonna be out of communication for a bit and got their actions in early.
Summary of the End of the Skeleton War and Refreshing of Season Plans
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Unfortunately, it seems I lack the spoons for a good and proper end for this event, which I am deeply sorry about. I'll try to do something for it tomorrow, but I make no promises.
Regardless, I figure I might as well go ahead and summarize the events as I understand them.
Necromouser Kill Team:
-Killed the Necromouser--A sort of rat-man-thing.
-Gunnar activated a device in the lair that started a secret, super-charged boss fight--which is where that team left off.
--The boss fight went okay-ish. Nobody came out of it unwounded, but Krakr was knocked out by a tailswipe and Gefjosa, inspired by the bravery of those around her, downed the entire stock of Onigar Potions Krakr had on him. This allowed her to, with little exagerattion, punt the Super-Charged Gravity Tyrant through the ceiling, creating a brand-new skylight in the process.
Loot:
-1 Black Communications Orb
-Necromouser Notes
-20oz of silver
+12 Ordstirr for Gefjosa
+5 for everyone else
Harrying Force:
-Caught the Skeletons as they were entering the jungle. Engaged them in battle and brought them low. However, while the skirmishers where engaging the skeletons, the cavalry came up from behind.
-Harald, Steinarr, and Hulfr fought like beasts as the forty skeletal cavalrymen bore down on them. Hulfr crafted a long, log-thick stake that he used to pike and bat the skeletons around. Steinarr sacrificed some of his precious stones to explodes the legs of many of the cavalry, stopping their charge dead in its tracks. Harald, axe in hand, lopped the heads off of more skeletons than all save for Skuli.
-Many were wounded in the chaos, but Harald Logarson showed remarkably leadership under stress. This earned him a personal commendation from the Jarl--who some noticed had something of a pale, gaunt face--and a recommendation for Deputy Hersir.
Loot:
+9 Ordstirr for Harald, 8 for Steinarr and Hulfr, +4 for everyone else.
Everybody who participated in the event earns +6 Ordstirr.
Ivor Name-Giver, for slaying Draugalti, earns an additional +1 Ordstirr, reduced because of the fact that it also killed two of his allies.
The dead have been made alive again, actions have resumed as normal. In addition, from now on, seasons will be one week of real life time starting on Wednesdays and ending on Tuesdays, with the time in between used for book-keeping and planning purposes.
Thank you all for putting up with this experiment, I need to do some thinking on how to conduct large events like this in the future. I suspect that, if I do wind up conducting another, it will be with the help of many sub-QMs.
Regardless, I figure I might as well go ahead and summarize the events as I understand them.
Necromouser Kill Team:
-Killed the Necromouser--A sort of rat-man-thing.
-Gunnar activated a device in the lair that started a secret, super-charged boss fight--which is where that team left off.
--The boss fight went okay-ish. Nobody came out of it unwounded, but Krakr was knocked out by a tailswipe and Gefjosa, inspired by the bravery of those around her, downed the entire stock of Onigar Potions Krakr had on him. This allowed her to, with little exagerattion, punt the Super-Charged Gravity Tyrant through the ceiling, creating a brand-new skylight in the process.
Loot:
-1 Black Communications Orb
-Necromouser Notes
-20oz of silver
+12 Ordstirr for Gefjosa
+5 for everyone else
Harrying Force:
-Caught the Skeletons as they were entering the jungle. Engaged them in battle and brought them low. However, while the skirmishers where engaging the skeletons, the cavalry came up from behind.
-Harald, Steinarr, and Hulfr fought like beasts as the forty skeletal cavalrymen bore down on them. Hulfr crafted a long, log-thick stake that he used to pike and bat the skeletons around. Steinarr sacrificed some of his precious stones to explodes the legs of many of the cavalry, stopping their charge dead in its tracks. Harald, axe in hand, lopped the heads off of more skeletons than all save for Skuli.
-Many were wounded in the chaos, but Harald Logarson showed remarkably leadership under stress. This earned him a personal commendation from the Jarl--who some noticed had something of a pale, gaunt face--and a recommendation for Deputy Hersir.
Loot:
+9 Ordstirr for Harald, 8 for Steinarr and Hulfr, +4 for everyone else.
Everybody who participated in the event earns +6 Ordstirr.
Ivor Name-Giver, for slaying Draugalti, earns an additional +1 Ordstirr, reduced because of the fact that it also killed two of his allies.
The dead have been made alive again, actions have resumed as normal. In addition, from now on, seasons will be one week of real life time starting on Wednesdays and ending on Tuesdays, with the time in between used for book-keeping and planning purposes.
Thank you all for putting up with this experiment, I need to do some thinking on how to conduct large events like this in the future. I suspect that, if I do wind up conducting another, it will be with the help of many sub-QMs.
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Hmm. Not to self advocate too hard, but does Ragnarr get any extra for leading the successful defense as a whole and making the plans? That seems the sort of thing that'd get him some Ordstirr beyond the basics?
Also, does Sigmund count for getting the +5 from the Necromancer hunt, and do we recover Bjorn's body intact?
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Okay, so I'm planning to pick up where I left off with a major action that centers around runestones for our dead.
Now, just to be clear, we have two Final-Day all-dead guys now, Galti Sea-Rider (a.k.a. Hanison) and Torgarr Village-Feeder, right?
Galti's already turned into a draugr and attacked us, which makes it kind of pointless to make his runestone first to prevent that from happening. Torgarr, meanwhile, has not turned into a draugr and attacked us, so we'd better do something about that first.
Which is not to say Galti isn't getting a runestone, but a man's got to be practical when he only has one rock and is in a potentially ambiguous legal position getting it from a mostly-dead guy (Ivor Name-Giver) to commemorate an all-dead guy.
Am I making any sense here, or is this just my brain on sleepy?
Now, just to be clear, we have two Final-Day all-dead guys now, Galti Sea-Rider (a.k.a. Hanison) and Torgarr Village-Feeder, right?
Galti's already turned into a draugr and attacked us, which makes it kind of pointless to make his runestone first to prevent that from happening. Torgarr, meanwhile, has not turned into a draugr and attacked us, so we'd better do something about that first.
Which is not to say Galti isn't getting a runestone, but a man's got to be practical when he only has one rock and is in a potentially ambiguous legal position getting it from a mostly-dead guy (Ivor Name-Giver) to commemorate an all-dead guy.
Am I making any sense here, or is this just my brain on sleepy?
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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Good point, have +2 ordstirr.
I'll say he gets +1 from both the Necromouser and the Harrying. He wasn't participating in them, but he was there. You do recover Bjorn's body and he is now alive again, as are the other casualties--sans Torgarr, of course
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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You had your spine broken, no big deal.
No biggie. He's still young. Kids bounce back from anything
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- Mid-Atlantic
God, it's like we're playing 40k orks only with actual rules and proprieties other than the hooligan parody aesthetic.
Did we get any loot from the skeletons? I vaguely remember some of them being noted for having actual metal weapons.
I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
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You remember incorrectly. It was all sharpened bone/blunt bone weapons
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@I.F. Ister
Is the Necromancer loot going to the village or do they get divided up among the group. I'm mainly asking about the silver since I don't think anybody wants the notes and the orb should probably be a communal resource.
Is the Necromancer loot going to the village or do they get divided up among the group. I'm mainly asking about the silver since I don't think anybody wants the notes and the orb should probably be a communal resource.
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i'd like to lay claim to the free chunk of hills, three north and one west of camp. please let me know if there's an issue with that
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- Many Places
I'm interested in the Notes.
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- Eastern Seaboard
Seconded-- also interested in looking at the notes
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- Space between realms
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Valo sighs...wistfully; wishing he'd simply charged the army. Oh well! There's nothing for it. He's going to kill something in the sea.
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- Many Places
Well, since the notes aren't a consumable how about we share them?
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- Eastern Seaboard
That's fine with me
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- United States
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Do we even know what that orb communicates with? There might just be other necromousers out there that use it as a chat system.
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Your claim is registered.
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No idea, it could have been how the necromouser was controlling the skeletons, or talking to other mouse people, won't know for certain until the seeress checks it.
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Hey uh, someone might want to check on the Jarl? He don't look like he's doing too good.
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The only permanent death was Torgarr Villagefeeder.