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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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Niedzwenka is a friendly woman! Let's never inspire her to teach us a lesson. Leave those to Cadaeth-sensei.
Projectile said:
Drycha is dead. She was blasted by a blinding amount of Aqshy in the middle of her escape spell, which she failed to complete. Being interrupted mid-cast is itself dangerous. If her soul survived the destruction of her body, a miscast, and the obscene concentration of magical fire, she was still surrounded by a hostile forest spirit.

...there's no possible way she could have survived that!
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Boney said:
When a Dryad moves from a Dreaming Wood to the physical realm it borrows substance from the tree it uses as a bridge, and if they shed it or it is destroyed within the bounds of a forest the spirit can return to the Dreaming Wood.
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Man, all of these are Japanese aren't they? Is this a translation quirk? Are there multiple words for [Bad Thing] in Japanese and translation convention is to just translate it to Chaos? Naming an antagonist "Evil" doesn't really work in English.

Rafin said:
Boo. :p
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I meant that there were only 1000 people who inherently knew what a hoy was. Which while I have seen that word before an unusual amount of times, it didn't stick so I had to use google.
 
I mean, so what if she survived, it was also established that she probably got really fucked up by the experience, which was the important thing.
 
Swantree said:
Man, all of these are Japanese aren't they? Is this a translation quirk? Are there multiple words for [Bad Thing] in Japanese and translation convention is to just translate it to Chaos? Naming an antagonist "Evil" doesn't really work in English.
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As someone who heard the Japanese version of Final Fantasy Stranger in Paradise, they say Chaos as often as (if not more than) the English version and they straight up use the English word. Also, notice that fully half of that list is Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy has been pioneering the "Kill Chaos" train for a while now.
 
I feel like there's entire dissertations in whether a culture considers 'chaos' to be inherently evil or negative, and how that lines up with cultural values like how individualistic or collectivist that culture is.
 
Boney said:
I took 'from Bretonnia' as it being a question about Bretonnian religious policy in general, rather than about Mathilde's pre-existing arrangements specifically.
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I am slightly confused. To make sure I got it right: Mathilde could in principle get books on The Lady to any level of rarity due to being a noble, but currently she can only purchase them up to Extensive, and that will remain the case until she gets some book contacts in Bretonnia?
 
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Rafin said:
I'm not sure I've ever heard a clear pronoun in Warhammer Orcish. " 'E" could be anything. And that the surrounding Humans, Elves and Dwarves (mis)gender them as male based on their violent, competitive and muscular presentation isn't much of a surprise.
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Warhammer orcs use he/him pronouns. Warhammer 40k orks use he/him and they/them pronouns, the latter of which surprised an Inquisitor when she was interrogating Ghazghkull's banner bearer.
 
Boney said:
The charcoaled fruit that became the Cathayan jet was basically used as an enchantment material, it wouldn't have had any major magical properties on its own.
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I see. Is talisman crafting something that the Colleges can do with enchanting material then? Or is creating something like that not considered enchantment crafting as defined by the Colleges?
 
If you're talking about the magic item category known as "Talisman" (of which our Seed is an example of), then it falls under Enchantment. I don't see why it would be different.
 
Amantalado said:
Whatever classification that the Cathayan jet fell under. Johann called it a talisman. I wasn't sure if it was religious or arcane in origin, or what capacity Mathilde could use it in if she decided to add it to her person since it was so niche.
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From what I know, the line between Arcane and Religous in Cathay is blurred when it comes to magic. Yin and Yang is effectively a nationwide religion and almost everyone conforms to it, which enchances their battlefield abilites in the form of Harmony, and when they're fully aligned they can summon their Ancestors in a clear display of Yin Magic (primarily Shyish I assume). Yet, Yin and Yang also serves as an actual Arcane Discipline practiced by those with Dragon blood, who are effectively treated as divine beings.

If Mathilde had the chance to assess it, I would assume that she would say it's both. Also, Talismans are just a category of magical item. Like the Seed of Regrowth.
 
Codex said:
From what I know, the line between Arcane and Religous in Cathay is blurred when it comes to magic. Yin and Yang is effectively a nationwide religion and almost everyone conforms to it, which enchances their battlefield abilites in the form of Harmony, and when they're fully aligned they can summon their Ancestors in a clear display of Yin Magic (primarily Shyish I assume). Yet, Yin and Yang also serves as an actual Arcane Discipline practiced by those with Dragon blood, who are effectively treated as divine beings.

If Mathilde had the chance to assess it, I would assume that she would say it's both. Also, Talismans are just a category of magical item. Like the Seed of Regrowth.
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I see. In that case, Boney is the wood suitable material for making an enchanted object out of? A talisman by the definition that Codex supplied here?

Or do I need to be specific about what I'm looking for from the wood before you can answer?
 
Amantalado said:
Whatever classification that the Cathayan jet fell under. Johann called it a talisman. I wasn't sure if it was religious or arcane in origin, or what capacity Mathilde could use it in if she decided to add it to her person since it was so niche.
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A talisman is just a magical item that's meant to be worn or carried on you and isn't armour or a weapon. Amulets, rings, belts, that sort of thing.

Andres said:
Warhammer orcs use he/him pronouns. Warhammer 40k orks use he/him and they/them pronouns, the latter of which surprised an Inquisitor when she was interrogating Ghazghkull's banner bearer.
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Similarly, apart from a few offhand lines in obscure novels, Ogres really seem like a race with zero sexual dimorphism that use universal he/him pronouns. And it actually makes sense if you think about it, Ogres all have wide hips anyway and are apparently capable of eating solid food from birth, so apart from what's under the loincloths there's no biological need for any difference between the sexes. And if they all habitually armour their guts then there isn't really that much of a problem with the whole tribe going into battle, even if some of them are pregnant.

Amantalado said:
I see. In that case, Boney is the wood suitable material for making an enchanted object out of? A talisman by the definition that Codex supplied here?

Or do I need to be specific about what I'm looking for from the wood before you can answer?
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As long as it's an Ulgu enchantment, yes.
 
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Boney said:
Similarly, apart from a few offhand lines in obscure novels, Ogres really seem like a race with zero sexual dimorphism that use universal he/him pronouns. And it actually makes sense if you think about it, Ogres all have wide hips anyway and are apparently capable of eating solid food from birth, so apart from what's under the loincloths there doesn't need to be any difference between the sexes. And if they all habitually armour their guts then there isn't really that much of a problem with the whole tribe going into battle.
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There is this one case. I think you know it. It's this Maneater model that is somehow still under production and hasn't been discontinued (but currently sold out).

The URL says "Female Maneater". I've been trying to puzzle this out for a while now. My initial assumption was that it was a transphobic joke made decades ago or something, but I'm constantly reevaluating whether this model is supposed to be positive or negative. Are they a Drag Queen that GW decided to cover up with the URL so it wouldn't be viewed as transphobic, is she an actual trans woman, or is this what the standard female Ogre looks like. I don't know. I don't think even fans of Warhammer know.

By your interpretation I could see this Maneater being genuinely enamored by woman overboard and deciding to present as a woman despite the Ogre's lack of sexual dimorphism.
 
Now ninja-ed, but when I went looking to see 'The lower half of an Ulgu-wielding Branchwraith' is listed under "Magical components and artefacts" in our K8P home.

However, I also noticed this...
Boney said:
Wurtbad Thieves Guild - You're still annoyed that Ranald did most of the work here.
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Are we really still annoyed about this? :V

Let it go, Mathilde. That was almost 20 years ago now! Ranald has saved your life, surely he gets a pass here. Or at least the Grudge is repaid. :)
 
Codex said:
There is this one case. I think you know it. It's this Maneater model that is somehow still under production and hasn't been discontinued (but currently sold out).

The URL says "Female Maneater". I've been trying to puzzle this out for a while now. My initial assumption was that it was a transphobic joke made decades ago or something, but I'm constantly reevaluating whether this model is supposed to be positive or negative. Are they a Drag Queen that GW decided to cover up with the URL so it wouldn't be viewed as transphobic, is she an actual trans woman, or is this what the standard female Ogre looks like. I don't know. I don't think even fans of Warhammer know.

By your interpretation I could see this Maneater being genuinely enamored by woman overboard and deciding to present as a woman despite the Ogre's lack of sexual dimorphism.
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A common theory behind it is that the Ogre in question saw a housewife beating up their husband with a rolling pin and decided to make that the 'foreign martial tradition' they based their Maneaster persona on. Which is... not really great either.

There are more explicitly female Ogre models, but they're from Blood Bowl which is blissfully free from any concerns of canonicity:

 
Droman said:
You never see an Ork on their own doing stuff.
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Sure you do.
Boney said:
One missing Orc means you look around for the skiver, two missing Orcs mean that two skivers are keeping each other company. Three means the alarm should be raised. You don't question this insight into greenskin psychology, taking it as a given and going on the offensive before anyone notices those three.
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You see 'em skiving.
 
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The reason Orcs aren't off on their own is because they have an energy field that pushes them to see other people of the same type and beligerence. If you're strong enough that you aren't attracted to someone's burgeoning Waagh, then other people will be attracted to you. The only way for you to be truly alone as a Greenskin is to cut yourself away from the Waaagh.
 
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