deathofrats0808
Don’t think of it as dying; just as leaving early
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- Earth
Maybe they use eight pointed stars instead.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Boney
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NuclearConsensus
Herald of the Thorned One
- Location
- the Philippines
Or the shards of broken telescopes!
- Location
- Europa, Jupiter Orbit
Classical, Kislevite, High Nehekharan and Arcane Khazalid might be the ones that are worthwhile without already having specific books lined up.
I mean... Your plan looks as decent as it can, considering that we are missing massive amounts of information on what will even be available, let alone urgent. Like, will Tindomiel or the Hedgewise ask for an AP each? Will 3+ directly interesting Waystone options open instead of <3 that represent beginnings of branching research paths? Will any of the other actions we do this turn roll in such a way that they might need follow-up actions? Will there be any unrelated emergencies or time sensitive events we don't yet know about?
Honestly, talking up whatever Socials you prefer seems like a more worthwhile endeavor. Right now we don't even know enough to clearly decide the book or purchase votes.
My understanding was that there's language groups. In the Old World those would be Classical-derived (Estalian and Tilean), Classical-Khazalid-Tribal (Bretonnian, Old and New Reikspiel, maybe Norscan), Khazalid (Norse and Fire included), Eltharin (all dialects), Kislevite (and Ungol?) and Dark Tongue (including Kurgan and maybe some Norscan).
Mopman43
Mountain-Hermit of Nitpeak
- Location
- Vermont
I want to take Eike on as an apprentice because Mathilde is the reason she chose Grey to begin with and she basically promised Wilhelmina that she'd teach Eike.
And because I want her as an apprentice.
Eike's specific interests are something to consider while teaching, not a reason to get her a different master entirely.
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Well, the Celestials are all about 'Mundane thing + Being Really High -> Special Celestial Magics'. Mist + Being High -> Clouds. Some ice and rocks + Being High -> Comets. Dreams + Being High -> Prophecy. Walking across a fluffy rug in winter + Being High -> Lightning. Looking at stuff+ Being High -> Omens. Perfectly Good Wizard + Being High -> Celestial.
We can only praise Ranald that Hubert decided to take the being high part literal.
- Location
- Utrecht
If we look at the only wizard master and apprentice relation that is shown on screen, i.e. Mathilde and Regimand, the specialities don't really matter all that much.
Regimand is an infiltrator/spymaster type, an is only occasionally stabby, while Mathilde does the infiltration thing only to get within stabbing distance.
What your master's specialization is does not have that much impact on what kind of wizard the apprentice turns out to be.
I'm pretty sure "Find the problem and hit it with a sword" does not appear anywhere on Regimand's "How to Grey Wizard" book
Regimand is an infiltrator/spymaster type, an is only occasionally stabby, while Mathilde does the infiltration thing only to get within stabbing distance.
What your master's specialization is does not have that much impact on what kind of wizard the apprentice turns out to be.
I'm pretty sure "Find the problem and hit it with a sword" does not appear anywhere on Regimand's "How to Grey Wizard" book
Also Regimand disappeared from time to time during Mathilde's apprenticeship and arranged for other wizards to tutor her in his place. If he can find the time to infiltrate multiple chaos cults simultaneously and give Mathilde a good education, we can do the same with Eike and the Waystone Project.
I honestly don't think Eike 'speciality' matters all that much.
or to be more specific, by the time it matters, she will be off on her journey already.
Mathy was a bit green for an electer adviser, but she was typical of a new Journeyman.
so think of Eike as having around the same 'starting exp' and 'trait picks' as mathy had.
and our input is to help 'pick' the traits, and influence how much that starting exp is.
do a good job and eike will be buff 'for a new journeyman' e.g 4 traits instead of 2 or some rareer traits, some extra skill levels, and extra spell etc etc.
do a bad job and she will 'be bad for a new journeyman'
but what she won't be is 'buff' enough to walk out the door and turnaround to take her exam.
or to be more specific, by the time it matters, she will be off on her journey already.
Mathy was a bit green for an electer adviser, but she was typical of a new Journeyman.
so think of Eike as having around the same 'starting exp' and 'trait picks' as mathy had.
and our input is to help 'pick' the traits, and influence how much that starting exp is.
do a good job and eike will be buff 'for a new journeyman' e.g 4 traits instead of 2 or some rareer traits, some extra skill levels, and extra spell etc etc.
do a bad job and she will 'be bad for a new journeyman'
but what she won't be is 'buff' enough to walk out the door and turnaround to take her exam.
Hey now, that's reductive. Mathilde also does infiltration to steal things.
Codex
Fantasy Addict
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Normally this wouldn't matter, but considering that there is a different character named Wilhelmine, I think it should be pointed out that Eike's grandmother is Wilhelmina.
Somewhat ironic that their names have only a single letter difference and they're both economic specialists. I'd like to think they'd either hit it off or be at each other's throats. I'd like to see that.
- Location
- Utrecht
They're probably going to butt heads when it comes to Eike's tithe
- Location
- Europa, Jupiter Orbit
As long as Wilhelmina is alive, maybe even as long as Mathilde is alive, Eike might officially just get a normal stipend from the EIC instead of a percentage cut of the profits. And after that, well, I do hope that we are able to outlive someone who was a talented Grey Wizard in the days of Dieter IV.
Something I realised recently is that Wilhelmine (the bursar) was probably a contemporary of Saint Grey, the Ranaldian Grey Wizard who sped across the countryside on a shadowsteed to warn journeymen that magic had been outlawed and that the witch Hunters were coming for them.
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- Utrecht
Wasn't Wilhemine the person who stole Sigmar's hammer from Dieter? If so she was definitely a contemporary of St. Grey.
Wait, what if she is Saint Grey? And they put her in charge of the college's finances!
I'm like 80% sure you have to be dead to be a saint, but I can dream, right?
Burned_Cookie
Very tired girl.
- Location
- Plato´s cave.
- Pronouns
- She/Her/It/Its
It's Ranald, if 90% of his recent Saints haven't just faked their deaths and are still doing things elsewhere, I'd be very suprised.
consequences
Not A Nice Person At All
- Location
- Jerkville
I mean, do we have any proof that some decades ago Wilhelmine/a wasn't subjected to that 'split into two people' effect?
I'd ask if anyone had seen them both in the same place at the same time, but that would hardly be an impediment to a Grey Magister Lord.
- Location
- Finland
Venerated soul.
And technically no, you can be declared one while alive.
You won't be because then you might do something the people doing the declaring find inconvenient.
But i am pretty sure it is theoretically possible.
- Location
- being near locations is my passion.
iirc, prayers/faith aimed towards dead Saints empower said Saint's god. If someone prays towards a "Saint" that is actually a living person, that prayer is wasted and the assoicated god gets nothing.
Edit: oh yeah, 'Venerated soul' is the term. Cheers valmond
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I mean it is not like there is a formal church of Ranald. As far as I can see all Saint Grey would have to be is recognized by her peers in the College and in the faith, which given her deeds she certainly would be... then again I am not sure if she would have had reason to hide like that and call herself Saint Grey if it were the case. I mean who would she be hiding from, the story is already internal.
Most likely they are two people, as hilarious as it would be to be delivered that fish speech by a saint of the God of Thieves.
Most likely they are two people, as hilarious as it would be to be delivered that fish speech by a saint of the God of Thieves.
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That is more the start of the book being slow than anything, it does have a point though. The idea is to ground the reader in the bucolic hobbit land before sending them all off on Adventure with all its marvels and its hardships. The fact that one is seeing all that stuff from a hobbit's eye view as well as how they are affected by it is very much part of the theme.
I mean it is not like there is a formal church of Ranald. As far as I can see all Saint Grey would have to be is recognized by her peers in the College and in the faith, which given her deeds she certainly would be... then again I am not sure if she would have had reason to hide like that and call herself Saint Grey if it were the case. I mean who would she be hiding from, the story is already internal.
Most likely they are two people, as hilarious as it would be to be delivered that fish speech by a saint of the God of Thieves.
According to the Wiki, Venerated Souls have to be declared as such by the Conclave, and it has to be a unanimous vote by all the cults involved. Ranald's cult always has a presence at the Conclave (even though the organisers change the location each year to try to keep them out) so a High Priest of Ranald could potentially get any number of people venerated simply by threatening to Veto every other nomination.