Not without completely rebuilding it from scratch to incorporate it.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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Not without completely rebuilding it from scratch to incorporate it.
... Damit... Now we need a external censer.
Mopman43
Mountain-Hermit of Nitpeak
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- Vermont
I'm sure there are styles of Grey Wizarding where that would come in handy, but for Mathilde, I think constantly billowing smoke might disrupt her stealth.
Sir_Travelsalot
Never wakes up tired.
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- At Home
Aren't most of Mathilde's tools for stealth a grand array of SEP fields and wallflower illusions? She doesn't really do that much physical sneaking around as part of her stealth.
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- Outside the Box
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- She/Her
Actually, all her spells involve highly visible billowing smoke. The smoke just has such a strong SEP field that not even the narrative notices it.
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- Earth
They form a large part, but after the Karagril wakeup call invisibility became a big factor too. And given the wording of Mantle of Mist, I'm pretty sure her methods of invisibility don't apply to the particulates attracted by her arcane mark.
So that when the enemy notices non SEP stealth smoke, they automatically attack it thinking she's in there! GENIUS!
Lets keep a few smoke grenades handy.
Well yeah, Mathilde can only be up there when she's around Dawi.
[X] Thorek
Re-thinking my choices, I feel like I want to see Thorek more than take our precious time to introduce ourself to yet another wizard that works for us.
I mean, I'd rather deepen our relation with Thorek than to learn more about Tochter. Now I don't mean to be dismissive, I'm sure that Tochter could be interesting, but at the same time, I feel like hanging out with one of the greatest dwarves alive is an occasion to jump on.
Plus, by taking time with Thorek we might learn more about him and how he feels about the project until now. We might even get some clues on how our help panned out. For now, our relation with him is very transactional we paid him very well for his work but we are kind of just his employer.
I don't think we took a social action with Thorek since the project began, it would be nice to build closer ties.
Re-thinking my choices, I feel like I want to see Thorek more than take our precious time to introduce ourself to yet another wizard that works for us.
I mean, I'd rather deepen our relation with Thorek than to learn more about Tochter. Now I don't mean to be dismissive, I'm sure that Tochter could be interesting, but at the same time, I feel like hanging out with one of the greatest dwarves alive is an occasion to jump on.
Plus, by taking time with Thorek we might learn more about him and how he feels about the project until now. We might even get some clues on how our help panned out. For now, our relation with him is very transactional we paid him very well for his work but we are kind of just his employer.
I don't think we took a social action with Thorek since the project began, it would be nice to build closer ties.
- Location
- North Wales
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
If this becomes the stumbling block for the project, it might be worth checking in with the Emperor and asking for some assistance from the Imperial Intelligence branches. Even if they don't have someone relevant locked away already, and can't enact a capture to change that, they might have info for Mathilde to act on as a side-adventure.
Lots of other options to explore first though before poking the angry Druchii and ending up the Dark Elf equivalent of L.M. Grey and her open invite for hobgoblin assassins.
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- The Internet
[X] Karaz-a-Karak
There actually is a Lord Magister with an analogous Druchii experience, and he never had to take the name Grey:
Clar Karond isn't really the place I would go to in search of Waystone lore, but Kupfer must know a thing or two about Naggaroth in general, perhaps he could point us in the right direction. As an added bonus, he may be a Haléthan and/or a Hedgefolk, so maybe he'll have something to share on those matters as well.
K von Carstein
Likes to go for a walk
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- Belgium
- Pronouns
- He
[X] Wissenland
[X] Sylvania
[X] Sylvania
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Fantasy Addict
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- She/Her
It's possible no one took notice of what he looked like or who he was. Dark Elves aren't well known for putting a name and a face to their slaves, they just put them to work. If he was being very clever about it, he instigated riots without any Druchii actually figuring out any real details about him.
And yes, Clar Karond is the primary slave and beastmaster city. It's where the slaves are put to work and serves as a breadbasket and economic center for the Dark Elves, and also where a lot of their beasts are tamed. Karond Kar is their port city where slaves are shipped in and most trade is done and also includes some beast taming, Naggarond is their government center, Ghrond is their magical center, Hag Graef is a city full of political intrigue built on the side of a mountain well known for its assassins and political machinations, and Har Ganeth is the most Khainite city, the center of the Witch Elf and Executioner cults.
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- A Pit Of My Own Making
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- He/Him
Morathi seems like the bored type of immortal. She might go along with it just because it has been too long since the last time someone tried it.
I also feel like a lot of Druchii would be at least tempted to share the secret if we told them that the Asur really do not want us to know it.
Well, my thinking was more along the lines of: some high ranking casters must be trusted with the keyphrases, because Morathi can't possibly bother to go and mess around with Waystones on her own every time a keyphrase is required, right? And then maybe Kupfer or someone similarly knowledgeable could tell us where casters trusted enough to do stuff with the Waystones can be found. But on second thought I suppose that the leyline connecting keyphrase specifically is only ever needed when expanding the network, which is an occurrence rare enough that there may not be much of a need to share the keyphrase with anyone.
... I think it's more likely that she would kills us for even just touching her...
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- Actually pretty lost
When would they need to go mess around with Waystones regularly?
The last thing Malekith and Morathi did in the initial rebellion was trying to break the Vortex, which caused the Sundering. The first thing they did after they got to Naggaroth after beaching most of the cities they tore off of Ulthuan was turning it into the Dhar-soaked frozen wasteland most of it is today. It seems doubtful there'd be any part of the Waystone network still functioning on the entire continent, so there wouldn't be much need for them to distribute information about how to maintain it.
When mantaining them. The keyphrases that Teclis saw fit to share with the Colleges, like the ones for turning Waystones on and off, are probably known by more than just two Druchii.
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Huh. Well then, nevermind.
Though you mentioned before that Mathilde thinks Naggaroth might be connected to L'Anguille, and while we have good reason to believe that's not really the case that does give Mathilde a reason to think that the Druchii have some use for the Waystone network
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She doesn't. The possibility came up but it makes so little sense to her that she immediately started suspecting that there's something in between L'Anguille and Naggaroth.