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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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If we are going to make Mathilde more Killy let's finish the sword style, or get more gear, or spend time training with elves. While I would like pit of shadows for when Mathilde needs to kill a army we have other options. I would also like to see what we can do with vitae since I think it will be amazing with enchanting or power stones. The enchanting is because of what Thorek said.
 
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New forms of magic are all well and good, but Mathilde's currently at (2*/4) for Master Greatsword, and Branarhune is much closer to completion than any other self improvement project. I'd much rather see that through before creating or learning any new forms of combat magic.
 
One good way to kill an army is to get someone elses' to do it for you. We've had a bit of luck a knack in this realm.

In general I support Sword Style as a priority over battlemagics now, also.

Mastering an Ulgu Arcane Soul Mark or two would also be the Done Thing for Lady Magisters, I think.
 
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Alliterate said:
One good way to kill an army is to get someone elses' to do it for you. We've had a bit of luck a knack in this realm.

In general I support Sword Style as a priority over battlemagics now, also.

Mastering an Ulgu Arcane Soul Mark or two would also be the Done Thing for Lady Magisters, I think.
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I really would like to at least master our shadow. It feels like a great path to future spells.
 
Nurgle said:
I have always wanted to empower our shadow with the burning shadows spell and let it do it's thing.
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I have wanted to arm it with our shadow daggers. The cool thing about our shadow is that it can act independently. Which means that if we can get it to follow instructions it makes lots of cool multi tasking in combat possible. It is basically an apparition. Except since it is comes from us and is already bound to our soul the hard parts have already been done.
 
Mathilde could find out her name with ease, considering her position as Lady Magister of the Jade Order, but basic courtesy has prevented her from attempting such a thing because Panoramia clearly doesn't want Mathilde to know.
 
Redshirt Army said:
Personally, when it comes to "blade" thematics, one of my ideas I had floating around in case I ever did a far-future!Mathilde omake was that Mathilde might get a personal mastery of Penumbral Pendulum that uses Branulhune and its connection to the liminal space it disappears to, plus Mathilde's long-time association with the weapon, plus the thematic resonance of a sword being used to cut while being a symbol of Ulgu.

The end result would be a Penumbral Pendulum that was *weaker* than the OG version in raw power... but the cutting plane would follow Mathilde's sword slash, as opposed to being a straight vertical line.
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I was thinking about starting smaller and working up to infinite sharpness gradually. Currently, Mathilde has a mastery that constantly channels magic into her weapon and a spell that detects breaks in uniformity and delivers something there. So the idea is that rather than sending separate instances, she splits up her manifested shadow dagger and uses it to fill the microscopic imperfections in the edge for even more sharpness and less friction.
 
Codex said:
Mathilde could find out her name with ease, considering her position as Lady Magister of the Jade Order, but basic courtesy has prevented her from attempting such a thing because Panoramia clearly doesn't want Mathilde to know.
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I doubt we've ever mentioned our mothers' name to Panoramia, either. Families can be complicated. Seems fair to me.
 
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deathofrats0808 said:
Not really. His canon rise to power came through guile, murder and his truly brilliant grasp of magic. He didn't need to be super diplomatic, he painted himself as a hero, the only one who could save the Light Order from the dire straits it was in.

Also, he didn't corrupt any members of the College. No one left with him when he escaped Altdorf, save Baudros. He was ultimately a liar, not a charmer.
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I could have sworn I read about him having a bunch of cultist followers…

But fair enough, if that's true. He's probably got better intrigue in that case.
 
Ericwinter said:
I could have sworn I read about him having a bunch of cultist followers…

But fair enough, if that's true. He's probably got better intrigue in that case.
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You were right:

"For three years, the wicked Patriarch worked his evil. Seeds of corruption were planted in the hearts of many of Apprentices and Magisters, and many of the most promising initiates to the Order were lost in the shadow Horstmann cast across it. Such was his skill at weaving wicked magics, Horstmann was able to subtly alter many of the Order's rituals, redirecting their otherwise benevolent powers to his own ends. Most outrageously of all, Horstmann actually used the energies called down by the choirs of Apprentices to work away at the vaults beneath the Pyramid of Light—vaults that had remained sealed since the founder of the Colleges of Magic, Teclis of Ulthuan, had created them as a prison for some of the most terrible creatures and artefacts from the last Great Chaos Incursion. One by one, Horstmann defeated the vaults' magical locks to reveal the forbidden things they contained. It's impossible to calculate the damage done or the horrors unleashed upon the world by Horstmann before his evil was uncovered.

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Horstmann's Apprentices are everywhere, and nearly two thirds of all the Chaos cults in the Empire are either created indirectly by agents from within his network, are controlled by his Cabal in some round about way, or owe direct allegiance to him. Such plotting and scheming no doubt pleases Tzeentch, and he seems to have rewarded Horstmann greatly over the years, making him his most favoured mortal servant." Realms of Sorcery 2E page 88-89

He was very much a corruptor. Two thirds of the Chaos Cults in the Empire were a result of his actions. Tzeentch considered him his favored mortal servant.
 
Codex said:
He was very much a corruptor. Two thirds of the Chaos Cults in the Empire were a result of his actions. Tzeentch considered him his favored mortal servant.
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I really hope that his very high DC loyalties roll at the beginning of the quest was, at worst, ambivalent.

Codex said:
I mean, we don't know Panoramia's surname either. If either of them even have one. It's not like it's specific to him.
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What do you mean, she is clearly soon to be Weber :V
 
Codex said:
I mean, we don't know Panoramia's surname either. If either of them even have one. It's not like it's specific to him.
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I never said it was specific to him. I said that we don't know our best friends family name because he never talks about it and it's taboo in the colleges to ask unprompted.

If anything, Mathilde is the weirdo here because she kept "Webber" despite her family trying to burn her at the stake.
 
Nerdasaurus Rex said:
I never said it was specific to him. I said that we don't know our best friends family name because he never talks about it and it's taboo in the colleges to ask unprompted.

If anything, Mathilde is the weirdo here because she kept "Webber" despite her family trying to burn her at the stake.
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It's a Stirlander thing. They naturally have a proclivity to brag about their lineage. If you choose a Stirlander in the RPG you're automatically proficient in Genealogy. The funny thing is that Halflings also start with Genealogy. Despite the Stirlander's hatred of Halflings, they do have their similarities.

Remember when Mathilde talked to that one chieftain in that village, Biderhof, in the start of the Quest? She got along with him because she found that they shared a distant relation back in their family relations. This is despite the fact that Mathilde left Stirland on bad terms at 10 years old. It's really ingrained onto her like all Stirlanders.
 
K von Carstein said:
Is Horstmann playable in the TT? And if yes, does his stats and abilities match his in-universe rep?
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Check this post out from another forum.

It's either old stuff or White Dwarf, but apparently he was once the most expensive Special Character in Warhammer points wise. His 6th Edition White Dwarf is utterly bonkers. As a point of comparison, his physical stats are on par with 8th Edition Malekith. His older edition is more tame by modern standards, but for his time, still very strong.

EDIT: Never mind, his older version had ridiculous items and skills to compensate for slightly lower stats. He's crazy good all around, albeit very, very expensive.
 
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Family is touchy at best for wizards. Not that many are in good standing with family by the end. Best not to ask unless it is volunteered or you are acting in the capacity of investigation and audit
 
Codex said:
Check this post out from another forum.

It's either old stuff or White Dwarf, but apparently he was once the most expensive Special Character in Warhammer points wise. His 6th Edition White Dwarf is utterly bonkers. As a point of comparison, his physical stats are on par with 8th Edition Malekith. His older edition is more tame by modern standards, but for his time, still very strong.

EDIT: Never mind, his older version had ridiculous items and skills to compensate for slightly lower stats. He's crazy good all around, albeit very, very expensive.
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Now I suddenly want to somehow get Egrimm a dragon, if only because him having a dragon is a big part of his corrupted kit. No idea how we'd get him a Dragon but you have to admit that if we somehow did it would be epic.

On a side note maybe we should introduce him to Cython.
 
ReImagined said:
New forms of magic are all well and good, but Mathilde's currently at (2*/4) for Master Greatsword, and Branarhune is much closer to completion than any other self improvement project. I'd much rather see that through before creating or learning any new forms of combat magic.
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We do seem to be making a habit of solving our problems with judicious amounts of sword to the face.


The thread: 'We can put off completing our sword style, it's not a big deal'

Also the thread, when confronted with a problem: 'So anyway, I started stabbing'
 
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