- Location
- United States
- Pronouns
- They/Them
"Ok." Njal says, starting to guide her back home. Though not before turning to Anja momentarily and saying, "Give my regards to the host."
NorseQuest: Collective Edition (Group-Based Xianxia Settlement-Builder)
- Thread starter I.F. Ister
- Start date
- Original
Gefjosa sniffs and manages to get herself under control long enough to add to Anja, "You're really nice and I'm really sorry. Please tell everyone I'm sorry."
- Location
- The United States
- Pronouns
- He/They
Harald waits, smiling softly if she's looking at him with a slightly sad look on his face, but no Sorrow underneath.
He says nothing more.
He says nothing more.
- Pronouns
- he/him
Anja nods, bleeding from a half dozen swiftly healing cuts "travel safe Njal, Gefjosa. I'll check in on you tomorrow if you're ok with that"
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
So, leveling up, I think...
(5 unspent Ordstirr carryover)
(+3 during Summer 2 for 'Spring Planting' omake)
(+6 during Summer 2 for fighting skeleton army)
(+3 during Summer 2 for carving Torgarr Village-Feeder's runestone)
(+1 for surviving)
(+1 for owning land?)
(total now 19 Orthstirr -> 5 PT + 4 Orthstirr)
2 PT on Carpentry 1->2
2 PT on Spear 1->2
1 PT on Shield 0->1
4 Unspent Orthstirr
By the way, with Shapeshift 1 and 'Extra Fasts' from the shapecrafter, can I get a rough sense for how many slots and how many fasts I'd have? It helps me keep track of how I describe his actions.
And... OK, I think this should be my character sheet, noting that I'm updating ages as I go.
(5 unspent Ordstirr carryover)
(+3 during Summer 2 for 'Spring Planting' omake)
(+6 during Summer 2 for fighting skeleton army)
(+3 during Summer 2 for carving Torgarr Village-Feeder's runestone)
(+1 for surviving)
(+1 for owning land?)
(total now 19 Orthstirr -> 5 PT + 4 Orthstirr)
2 PT on Carpentry 1->2
2 PT on Spear 1->2
1 PT on Shield 0->1
4 Unspent Orthstirr
By the way, with Shapeshift 1 and 'Extra Fasts' from the shapecrafter, can I get a rough sense for how many slots and how many fasts I'd have? It helps me keep track of how I describe his actions.
And... OK, I think this should be my character sheet, noting that I'm updating ages as I go.
Erik Hardhead
Carpentry 2 (3 PT)
Force Kunna 2 (3 PT)
Runes/Literacy 1 (1 PT)
Spear Kunna 2 (3 PT)
Shapeshift 1 (1 PT)
Shield 1 (1 PT)
(4 Unspent Orthstirr)
Appearance: Age 21, florid, ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, slightly taller than average, with unusually though not freakishly long arms.
Personality: Erik has a habit of taking very noticeable pauses, sometimes short, sometimes long, followed by abrupt action or speech. He likes to listen, but after he's listened for a while, he'll usually start liking to talk for a while. This pattern of cycling back and forth between action and inaction can be seen in most things he does. He has a reputation for perfectionism and carefully following through on agreements, but also for being rather inflexible about what he sees as an important matter, even by the standards of the honor-focused Norse.
His 'force' kunna tends to express itself with sudden, explosive bursts of force or motion. Thus, for instance, while his ability to lift or carry heavy burdens is unremarkable by the admittedly insane standards of the Norse, he often strikes much harder or faster than those who don't know him would expect. He got his nickname as a boy by headbutting a ship's anchor on a wager; the anchor lost.
Combat Style: Erik is a passable archer, but only uses the bow for hunting. His close combat with spear and shield is enough to see him through skirmishes- deft, but not the stuff of legend. What you really have to watch out for is when he throws the spear. Very forcefully.
Family: widowed mother Unna, age 47, wife Svanfrid, age 20, daughter Ingfrid, age 2, cousin Trym, age 9 (ages updated for Summer 2)
Land: Assorted small plots of grain, large sheltered plot of monocrop golden grass (in Summer 2). House built in Summer 1. Warded by seeress as reward-boon for the Time Alligator hunt.
Erik, Unna, Svanfrid, Ingfrid, Trym birthdays in
summer, winter, summer, winter, summer
updated at end of season
(Svanfrid is fated to have up to 4 children in her marriage, if they both live)
(start rolling that in Winter 2)
Carpentry 2 (3 PT)
Force Kunna 2 (3 PT)
Runes/Literacy 1 (1 PT)
Spear Kunna 2 (3 PT)
Shapeshift 1 (1 PT)
Shield 1 (1 PT)
(4 Unspent Orthstirr)
[work in progress]
Force
Knock You Out (strike enhancer)
Carpentry
[wood-straightening trick]
[hole-poking trick]
Spear
Didn't Miss
Force
Knock You Out (strike enhancer)
Carpentry
[wood-straightening trick]
[hole-poking trick]
Spear
Didn't Miss
Appearance: Age 21, florid, ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, slightly taller than average, with unusually though not freakishly long arms.
Personality: Erik has a habit of taking very noticeable pauses, sometimes short, sometimes long, followed by abrupt action or speech. He likes to listen, but after he's listened for a while, he'll usually start liking to talk for a while. This pattern of cycling back and forth between action and inaction can be seen in most things he does. He has a reputation for perfectionism and carefully following through on agreements, but also for being rather inflexible about what he sees as an important matter, even by the standards of the honor-focused Norse.
His 'force' kunna tends to express itself with sudden, explosive bursts of force or motion. Thus, for instance, while his ability to lift or carry heavy burdens is unremarkable by the admittedly insane standards of the Norse, he often strikes much harder or faster than those who don't know him would expect. He got his nickname as a boy by headbutting a ship's anchor on a wager; the anchor lost.
Combat Style: Erik is a passable archer, but only uses the bow for hunting. His close combat with spear and shield is enough to see him through skirmishes- deft, but not the stuff of legend. What you really have to watch out for is when he throws the spear. Very forcefully.
Family: widowed mother Unna, age 47, wife Svanfrid, age 20, daughter Ingfrid, age 2, cousin Trym, age 9 (ages updated for Summer 2)
Land: Assorted small plots of grain, large sheltered plot of monocrop golden grass (in Summer 2). House built in Summer 1. Warded by seeress as reward-boon for the Time Alligator hunt.
Erik, Unna, Svanfrid, Ingfrid, Trym birthdays in
summer, winter, summer, winter, summer
updated at end of season
(Svanfrid is fated to have up to 4 children in her marriage, if they both live)
(start rolling that in Winter 2)
Yeah so I guess the vison about any valuable/useful stuff on my land for the seeress if that's possible. And I'm not really sure what to do about the shapechanger so since your characters mines blood brother(and you've been such a big help to me) can I just give that to your character?
So I have 14 Ordstiff to use? Then upgrade my Muck Kunna to two. Put one PT into farming. And one into bone carving.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I came to 20, and thus 5 left over. To be clear, you currently have Spear Kunna not the Spearmanship skill, so that's what I raised. Is that correct?
The shapecrafter thing gives you 3. You then have 3 shapeshifting slots, each of which could theoretically give you 3 more, but only by foregoing things like increased strength and speed.
You could if you want, you could also just use it on increased speed or durability or something? I'll take it if you really want, but there's lots of good stuff.
Done.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Yes, though if I accumulate more Orthstirr than I'm planning around for this coming season, I'll probably start working on formal spearmanship too.
So three fasts, three slots. Gotcha.
Nah I'm good. If I get another one I'll figure something out. besides we're BLOOD BROTHERS!!!
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Ragnarr will reluctantly accept and note in his mental ledger that he owes Amlodi a major favor.
I can post this a different time if needed, or if something is wrong but here is my character sheet.
Character
Name: Stigg Drythroat (He/Him)
Age: 19
PT: 1 Carpentry, 1 Helmsmanship, 1 Ocean Kunna, 1 Axemanship
Description: Stigg is a young man, of middling hight and blonde hair, he is more wiry than broad, and he has a goatee with two braided lengths hanging from it. His axe is not often far from him.
Bio: Stigg, before the destruction of Gotland seemed destined for obscurity. His father, once a mighty warrior and master shipwright, broken by weight of tragedy and dishonor, becoming not but the town drunk, and his mother dead from the ordeal of his birth. His home of his youth naught but a shack by harbor. Stiggs youth was spent not in training or games, but in hard-labor, working as a hand for any shipwright who would have him.
When he finally reached the age of majority, his father was already dead, killed in some dispute over a tab and barmaid at a tavern, his only inheritance a Kunna of the ocean, which he seemed fated to never use... but the fall of Gotland, at least for this one, marks a chance to become more than a simple laborer for the rest of his life.
Character
Name: Stigg Drythroat (He/Him)
Age: 19
PT: 1 Carpentry, 1 Helmsmanship, 1 Ocean Kunna, 1 Axemanship
Description: Stigg is a young man, of middling hight and blonde hair, he is more wiry than broad, and he has a goatee with two braided lengths hanging from it. His axe is not often far from him.
Bio: Stigg, before the destruction of Gotland seemed destined for obscurity. His father, once a mighty warrior and master shipwright, broken by weight of tragedy and dishonor, becoming not but the town drunk, and his mother dead from the ordeal of his birth. His home of his youth naught but a shack by harbor. Stiggs youth was spent not in training or games, but in hard-labor, working as a hand for any shipwright who would have him.
When he finally reached the age of majority, his father was already dead, killed in some dispute over a tab and barmaid at a tavern, his only inheritance a Kunna of the ocean, which he seemed fated to never use... but the fall of Gotland, at least for this one, marks a chance to become more than a simple laborer for the rest of his life.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
An entirely reasonable character. He will be added.
@I.F. Ister Hey, is there a reason my animal search didn't go off? Thanks
Aabcehmu
Confusion as a Natural State of Being
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Pronouns
- Any/All
@DeadmanwalkingXI in light of recent discussion on the discord, could I ask that you replace my recently acquired Glima skill with the title of Smith-in-Training?
@DeadmanwalkingXI and could you replace my Flima skill with Glima, lol
- Pronouns
- He/Him
If that's what you want, sure. Given you were advised to raise it, I'd probably not raise the Kunna instead (maybe grab Glima 2 or something else entirely), but it's your character.
Ugh. Yes. Goddamn typos.
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I.F. Ister
Fortifying The Thread
- Pronouns
- He/They
Personally, I would go with a straight up water kunna rather than specifically the Ocean, but it's up to you
If there was something that could be found with a passive, it would have been found by now
Aabcehmu
Confusion as a Natural State of Being
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Pronouns
- Any/All
Oh yeah, that's an option. I kind of forgot lol. If it's not too much of an additional hassle, I'd like to take your suggestion and lower Hand Kunna back to 2, reacquire Glima, and rank it up to 2.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Done.
In other stuff: @I.F. Ister in terms of seeress rewards, Amlodi wanted to have the seeress divine if there's anything interesting/useful on his land, and Anja wanted an item to capture lightning. Are those viable? What would be the results and the item?
- Location
- The United States
- Pronouns
- He/They
Harald turns to leave after Njal and Gefjosa have left, without a word to anyone, and then stops halfway out, and turns back to Anja.
He doesn't feel loopy, though he does feel strange.
Was he ever drunk? Was it just her throwing him off this whole time?
The coral emblem on Harald's chest lifts itself up by the cable of soil which held it up, before dropping softly into his shirt, away from everyone's sight.
He's calm.
"Ma'am, thank you for attempting to help, truly.
You seem like you have your priorities in order, and had you intervened the first time today I was making an ass of myself in front of Njal without her I would have said nothing but my thanks, but you had to step in when we were fine, when we were together, happy.
She knew everything she needed to know about how I felt. I know, because I told her.
I knew everything I needed to know about how she felt. I know, because she told me.
She didn't use the words I wanted to hear, or the words I said. That was fine with me. She didn't use words you'd accept, but I accepted them just fine.
I knew she wasn't ready to answer that question, and I just got caught up trying to tell her how I felt because you asked and I cared more about responding truthfully to your question than about..."
Harald sighs, and touches his chest.
"It doesn't matter. Thanks for trying. Please let me know some time tomorrow at the field southwest of Ragnar's house if you have any preferances for the land I'm looking for for you. Lastly though..."
Harald raises his voice as he walks out of the room.
"I have erred in my decorum today, and will be restituting the damaged parties, none of which are present.
Of the parties present, I know all actions were taken because of the beer. I know that so firmly I almost don't feel the need to add:
If any of you ever treat me or Gefjosa Beastkicker like a child, I will demand satisfaction."
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- Location
- In the oldest city on the oldest land
Bjorn drakeslayers Ordstirr spending:
Convert 9 Ordstirr into 3 Pt
Spend 2 Pt to get archery 2
Spend 1 Pt to get a fylgja unveiling
Convert 9 Ordstirr into 3 Pt
Spend 2 Pt to get archery 2
Spend 1 Pt to get a fylgja unveiling
Ivor's purchases:
Needle Kunna 3, Fylgja 2 (Scout Fox), Literacy 1, Reflexes 1
Needle Kunna 3, Fylgja 2 (Scout Fox), Literacy 1, Reflexes 1
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Done. PM IF about what kind of Fylgja you get and tell me and I'll specify. Also, you do have 1 more PT if you want it, do you want to spend it on anything?
- Location
- In the oldest city on the oldest land
Huh, ig my math was wrong.
I'll spend the last pt on exceptional strength.