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How do you get to that conclusion?
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Due to those she gets compared against? I am still not convinced the Patriarch doesn't have several editions of the LM.
I was going to quote why but some else did it. But yeah Mathilde is the least problem of any lord Magister in the ulgu colleg. The only problem is that Mathilde is visibly into comforts that rich nobles, elector counts or rich merchants have.
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My objection is to Least Evil, Corrupt and Problem Causing.
Mathilde could be a terrifying necromancer and a daemonologist... which would catapult her to the top of the list in the worst sort of way.
The only reason she's not there already is because so far it's in the realm of the theoretical, rather than in the past.
Ehhh, some are worse and some are better. We have a tendency to horde knowledge and I'm betting the other LMs are guessing that not all of it is "good" knowledge. Just from our history.
We are currently not making any trouble but we do have the potential of making major trouble. Even just using things openly known about us.
Would it be better to say least possible corrupt , evil or problem causing. Because besides being obviously rich Mathilde is a perfect Magister who has helped the empire and it's allies to a extend that is legendary.
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We're certainly no perfect angel...
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I mean:
I don't know if I'd say "least." She's not wildly more sus than anyone else in the LM circle, but she's not wildly less sus either, to an outside observer. In particular, our publication track record is extremely concerning, given that our possession of a belt that burns off Dhar is not public knowledge -- we get in close and personal with Dhar-based magic and environments often enough that some of our colleagues have to be placing bets on when poisoning will get us. And that's to say nothing of the loyalty issues: while the Karaz Ankor and the Empire are aligned, all is well and good, but if ever there were a split in policy, we are suddenly extremely unreliable.
But the thing is Mathilde has reached the point where the college trust her or does not. There is no not trusting her at this point unless she starts literally doing questionable things besides being rich. I think venture capitalism research would be something the order would like Mathilde spending her wealth on.
Tbf so have the others. We only know of like one that worked against the empire and that's because it was against Dieter...
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Nope, getting that Asp was an accident (miscast), because summoning is a capital offense.
We tried that once. The second time just happened. On it's own. Promise.
That's only something worth worrying about once it happens.
Not serving any Gods. *crosses fingers*
Yay, more dwarfs!
That's called an universal good as far as the Grey Order is concerned.
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If we suddenly had Algard's personal notes and a research team I would rather start on grinding the Windherder tech tree over trying to make pocket dimensions .
Again, this has nothing to do with trust, it has all to do with the principal of the thing. Letting one LM openly spend money at the college is a really bad look to all other magisters because they can't do that.
And it would come out if you do assemble your "research team."
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I have no earthly idea what I'm doing:
My first attempt at painting, specifically brush priming a model that I truly don't care about. A Dryad. I used a combination of Black, Grey and White base paints and did it in layers. I made sure to thin them thoroughly, but the white came out really strong. I did use it as the final coat, but I hope that when it sets by tomorrow I get to see hints of the other colours creating highlights. I'll see whether it's a disaster or a decent job tomorrow I guess.
If it's a runelord shamed by Thorek then it is someone who tried to act like Kragg without his skills so eh... every slayer is a tragedy, but at least this one would be a byproduct of actual progress or at least an attempt at it
If you did the primer right then it should only show white.I have no earthly idea what I'm doing:
My first attempt at painting, specifically brush priming a model that I truly don't care about. A Dryad. I used a combination of Black, Grey and White base paints and did it in layers. I made sure to thin them thoroughly, but the white came out really strong. I did use it as the final coat, but I hope that when it sets by tomorrow I get to see hints of the other colours creating highlights. I'll see whether it's a disaster or a decent job tomorrow I guess.
It's after the prim that you start basing, eg. Painting the whole model in one or two full body layers that can be seen through each other.
The prim is supposed to be a 'canvas'.
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You've lost a bit of detail around the head and hands. Where the paint has pooled. It looks like it will need another layer on some of the body parts that needs to be very thin and then it should be completely primed and ready for base coating.I have no earthly idea what I'm doing:
My first attempt at painting, specifically brush priming a model that I truly don't care about. A Dryad. I used a combination of Black, Grey and White base paints and did it in layers. I made sure to thin them thoroughly, but the white came out really strong. I did use it as the final coat, but I hope that when it sets by tomorrow I get to see hints of the other colours creating highlights. I'll see whether it's a disaster or a decent job tomorrow I guess.
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Probably evil, unfortunately.
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If you want to create highlights, painting over previous layers entirely generally won't work. You need to either paint adjacent sections in slightly different colours to create colour 'gradients', apply a different colour only to raised sections, or similar techniques.I have no earthly idea what I'm doing:
My first attempt at painting, specifically brush priming a model that I truly don't care about. A Dryad. I used a combination of Black, Grey and White base paints and did it in layers. I made sure to thin them thoroughly, but the white came out really strong. I did use it as the final coat, but I hope that when it sets by tomorrow I get to see hints of the other colours creating highlights. I'll see whether it's a disaster or a decent job tomorrow I guess.
Also, it looks like you may have used a bit too much paint on the hands and face, based on how it's pooling; from my experience, you get better results from multiple thin and light layers (only just enough paint to see) than one thicker one. It dries quicker too, which is a bonus.
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Sounds to me like learing unique Ulgu spells may be an option during the Elfcation. Learning even just one spell that we can then disseminate to the rest of the Grey College would be highly valuable.
Malekith periodically dumps entire Shade clans into Nagarythe, promising them a bounty per Nagarythian head and ownership of any lands they manage to take and hold.
You wouldn't, because the Empire isn't stupid enough to put the R&D of one of their major military assets at the mercy of the whims of venture capital. One of the whole points of the Colleges as an institution is to make sure promising research actually gets done. The bleeding edge of pocket dimension research is what Algard has: stationary pockets inside a magic-rich environment that collapse if the wrong magic gets too close.
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I don't understand where you got the idea that Orbs of Sorcery would be relevant to the creation of pocket dimensions, or why Mathilde would have any insight into pocket dimensions, given her lack of relevant spell creation traits.
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What are you basing that on?
Wouldn't a magic rich environment be needed to do research into pocket dimensions? I figure if we wanted to study Algard's enchantments I guess we would need to be able to create a rich ulgu environment.