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Respect Your Elders v2 - Galactic Boogaloo [Warhammer Lizardmen Quest]
- Thread starter Xantalos
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- warhammer warhammer 40k fantasy sci-fi science fantasy science-fantasy kitchen sink space fantasy isha kroak (warhammer fantasy) mazdamundi (warhammer fantasy) magic empire quest actions have consequences dinosaurs ia ia kroak fhtagn lasers lizardmen qm likes speculation and questions slann what could possibly go wrong?
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Wouldn't be surprised if Isendral's reminiscing in her garden isn't any sabotage by Slaneesh, but simple Eldar nature.
That would make it scarier, honestly. It would explain why was Slaneesh born and nobody noticed until it was too late.
The weight of their past lives and brightness of their memories. The dullness of eternity and the strain of everyday mundanity.
The former blinds them to what is literally in front of them. The latter pushes them into hands of the one corrupting them.
That would make it scarier, honestly. It would explain why was Slaneesh born and nobody noticed until it was too late.
The weight of their past lives and brightness of their memories. The dullness of eternity and the strain of everyday mundanity.
The former blinds them to what is literally in front of them. The latter pushes them into hands of the one corrupting them.
Noroboro
Consistency is key and I’m consistently tired :)
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- Canada
So I feel like the guy who hired these Orks must of gave them an Eldar ship so they could travel through the Webway and use that thing that was too bright to be seen to track down Isendral's husband.
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- UK
That depends, perhaps they hit the wrong fortress.
The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
Just blitzed the whole thing and I'm curious whatall we can do with our fancy new Web Magnitude. For example, we know Geomantic Rituals can function outside the reach of the Web, so could rituals be used to extend the benefit of the Web further to cover enemy territory or bolster construction of new nodes? I'm also curious about how our increased Geomantic potency will boost things like spawning research and such. Perhaps we can wrap up Fungus Amungus and use it to target a Geomantic ritual to kill the supporting orkoid ecosystem, crippling the WAAAGH! and preventing further spawns from lengthening the cleanup process.
Funny enough that's already the plan. Geomantic rituals can be used to temporarily boost the Web level, and we're gonna be using the warboss as the focus of a ritual to basically headbang all the orks under him, which is why we are preparing for literally all of the orks to start attacking us.
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With her quite literal soulmate husband possibly dead, a treacherous space knife ear behind the scenes, and the ever looming malaise of the present compared to a more dynamic past. Isendral is in a really emotional and existential position. Then enter Qur-zhiosti of the Fifth Spawning, a chubby but well meaning psychic supercomputer spacefrog leaning how to be a person and was taught the beauty of walking in mud by her. Bonding over a hatred of chaos and the beauty of badass biology.
....... @Xantalos? This is honestly a good setup for a romance. "Can Love Bloom in a Savage Jungle" Haha.
I'm kidding but I think an honestly healthy way for Isendral to cope with her existential malaise is to continue teaching the Lizardmen via Qur-zhiosti how to person as sharing and teaching the beauty in things to another is another form of fulfillment a being can strive for. Also any opportunity to smother Slaneesh is good for me.
Xantalos
Turtle-Speed Writing
As far as crack fics go, it wouldn't be that far out of the realm of plausibility. Qur-zhiosti, Ahi-Mun, or even Mazdamundi himself would all fit fairly decently into such a role, albeit with somewhat different dynamics for each. Having Mazdamundi and Isendral in the same room would definitely provoke both of them to have an aloof, brusque, mysterious elder contest with each other, for example.
As for how Isendral might be helped with her malaise… there's ways, but I'll leave it to you guys to figure out.
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BagFullOfLizards
Some bag, mostly lizards
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- A bag
Since she enjoyed watching a new Quango be born, we have got to show her our species that reproduces through art criticism.
Nightchill
from the cold of night
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Indeed, dragons are always the answerDragons.
Bitches love dragons
The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
Neato. I'm having trouble finding where the discussion took place though, if you could point me in the general direction.
Some additional ponderings:
How much contact do we have with the Starwalkers? Like, finishing spawning pools let us transmit those techniques, but we can't consult them on research or ask if they have a better view on the coming storm or what have you. Could we do some variant of what Isendral did to call her ex? Like, not being here and able to help with war or rituals or dedicate themselves to research is reasonable, but it might be nice to have lines of communication anyway.
What happens if you hook a god up to the Web?
What happens if we infuse Winds into non-skink castes? They probably won't be as versatile as Priests but instinctive combat or architectural magic could be neat.
Maybe we should consult the First Gen Relic Priests on some of the research projects related to the Great Plan or Spawning. I bet the liminal minds of our eldest siblings have a ton of insight into the soul structure, for example.
Maybe stick a third gen on deciphering the prophecy too. Like, the storm might be related to Slannesh or it might be more tied to how Isendral is going to tantrum spiral when she finds out her fun little bioweapon got her husband killed by orks or something.
Is the +60% combat strength/endurance from the raw energy boosts, the Geomantic enchantments or both?
Xantalos
Turtle-Speed Writing
You've a limited degree of communication with them - not enough to have a conversation, but enough that vital information can be conveyed, like general situation and whatnot. They haven't checked in for a few decades, but none of them are dead (well, none who weren't already), you'd have felt it.
You already do this, actually - it's part of what lets you change them on a whim, and gives them a bit of a power boost.
I want to do something like this, but I gotta spend some time contemplating how to make it fit. Probably something that'll happen during the timeskip between story arcs.
Just the raw energy boosts - geomantic enchantments let those buffs apply to your equipment as well.
Ritual cost to send them a magic and tech update
Romka
Master of Stealth
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You find out that following his death, Isendral's husband was somehow reincarnated into a psychic robot frogman from another dimension. After a rigorous investigation was conducted by Isendral and the Slann to find out how this happened, the mastermind of the plot was uncovered by following a trail of trashy fanfics on webway.net:
"Damn it Loec!"
Xantalos
Turtle-Speed Writing
They get that sort of thing automatically, no need to worry.
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so first things first @Xantalos I dont remember if it has been asked before but since the "teleporting the boss to itza at the last second to start the ritual" plan is a go, would we be able to make a sacred site on itza before we teleport him and the orks start to swarm the city? (as the mon keigh say and I think the lizardmen would agree better safe than sorry, specially when it comes to itza's safety)
- Let's be nice to Isendral
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@Loremaster You're gonna wanna reformat that buddy. That's a massive wall-o-text.
The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
Can we set up more consistent communication? Like, if we use what Isendral made as basis for making our own psychic ansible would we be able to keep up a conversation? If so, what benefits would that have other than morale?
Do we have the divine knowhow to juice them with rituals or would that require more research? Or explode them.
So 256% total boost inside the web? Hot dog.
How much space would a Magnitude 3 ritual be able to bring into the Web for a single turn?
Can Rituals be used to boost research? Either to manifest potent analysis spells, run costly experiments, or just straight up buff the Slann?
Can we use Rituals to build cities? And if so, would each city need to be a separate Mag 1 Ritual or could the higher magnitudes produce more? If the latter, would they be limited to producing their equivalent in Mag 1 rituals or would the numbers be as exponential as the area?
How much more badass are the starwalkers with what we've sent them? Considering how much of a boost VIEST is and that they could spend a turn cranking out the output of a Level 5 Web 5 city.
Do we know the cost/benefit analysis of letting a Slann join Ayotzl rather than become a Relic Priest? Would the spiritual effort saved by not having to maintain their own stability, being sheltered within the great shell, outweigh, or at least equalize, the more limited access to the Materium?
Are the principles of the WAAAAGH! compatible with our own teamwork modifiers or do the Web and Communion basically cover all the same bases?
How powerful would a WAAAAGH! need to be for us to refine it into a Godseed?
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Thebigpieman
I've got this, I think.
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Well it works, but I think what they were trying to get you to do was break it up into coherent paragraphs instead of a single wall of text.
Next turn we *must* do that shiny rock. If that's Isendral's husband's soul stone then we need to know. And she needs to know.
One of the most immediate ways we have of derailing Slaanesh's birth is Isendral rallying her allies and going after the Dark Muses for their shenanigans. We can follow up and help against the warp tumor that is gestating Slaanesh.
We should both do the rock and talk to Isendral.
Edit: Frankly, learning whatever the rock is for sure is more important than almost any other research we could do. If it turns out that the rock is a soul stone with Isendal's husband in it, we'll have cemented an alliance with a extremely powerful priestess of Isha and thus another ally against the ruinous powers. Plus another if she can create her husband a new body.
@Xantalos if we research and finish the rock and if we talk to Isendral again, will we finish the rock before we talk to her? Or will we have to talk to her the turn afterwards to tell her about whatever the rock is?
One of the most immediate ways we have of derailing Slaanesh's birth is Isendral rallying her allies and going after the Dark Muses for their shenanigans. We can follow up and help against the warp tumor that is gestating Slaanesh.
We should both do the rock and talk to Isendral.
Edit: Frankly, learning whatever the rock is for sure is more important than almost any other research we could do. If it turns out that the rock is a soul stone with Isendal's husband in it, we'll have cemented an alliance with a extremely powerful priestess of Isha and thus another ally against the ruinous powers. Plus another if she can create her husband a new body.
@Xantalos if we research and finish the rock and if we talk to Isendral again, will we finish the rock before we talk to her? Or will we have to talk to her the turn afterwards to tell her about whatever the rock is?
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The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
By Eldar beliefs, Nurgle and just being legit sad are far from mutually exclusive. I do agree that we can probably spare Ahi-Mun for further Diplomancing.