It means Mathilde gets one hit on him. Not necessarily a free hit; she's probably taking one in return. And after that, he's skilled and experienced enough that he can probably compensate and the bonus goes away.
Of course he is. He has a great bloody sword of "breaks any magical item that touches it." His first impulse will be to block with his sword to leave the stupid human without a weapon.
It would make sense if they're using the concept of wind, as we are using the concept of the river, to suck up all the magical winds in the area. Thus titan metal to suck up the wind, bound in gold as they're binding the winds to then be pushed through the earth.
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That and not wanting to lose out to the Dwarf and human contingents.
Success breeds success.
That's part of it I think, but I wonder if its trying to get as much done as possible before the Asur start making offers; 'cuz the more that the Eonir are being asked to give up [more useful things developed from the project] the better a negotiating position the Enoir might be in.
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The Mathilde effect: start slowly, like an avalanche. Realizing the benefits and jumping on the bandwagon.
Probably, which, knowing him, is only a singular roll. We can probably get one hit in past his bonuses before he figures out how to counter it, and if Bran hits him, his armor converts whatever hit into 1 wound. His armor is designed to shut down killing blows. And then he swings his sword and he destroys a magic item and reduces our wizard level, which is catastrophic.
That, or politics back home is rather dependent on certain superiority narratives, and the possibility of Waystones being constructed without the Ulthuan's High Magic...
Though there's the possibility of the Rune of Superior Skill shutting down his equipment.
This doesn't scan quite right. Seems like it's missing a word.
Teclis didn't just crash build the Colleges for war. It's what he started doing, sure, but he spent 20 odd years in the Empire after the war ended.
Keeper of Secrets are definitely more than huamn sized and I think this one was too? It was described as an oversized Fiend, and those are already more than human size.
He'd more likely use his shield than his sword (much in the same way that blocking with Branulhune doesn't deactivate magical effects, neither should Destroyer). Which is likely to make it harder, because unlike parrying with a blade, you leave less space between yourself and a shield.
Basically only good for a surprise attack while he is fighting someone else then running away. Still that can be all the difference in a high level fight.
I think Boney mentioned that if you use Bran on a legendary item, it becomes Kragg vs whoever made it. Depends on if you think Kragg is superior to Hotek.
I was thinking that it might be the Queen putting pressure on them/offering the houses things to help more, as she would see an advantage in any hypothetical Ulthuan request to 'shut down the project' to be a bigger thing to ask for.
Malekith made some of his equipment personally to be fair. Although I wonder if Vaul would be involved at all? The Hammer of Vaul was used to make Malekith's armour at the very least.
Eh, not really. Most any treatise and instruction on fighting with a shield I've come across (unless it's as immense as the Greek aspis and designed to be supported by the shoulder) recommends holding the shield as far out as possible to block as many angles of attack around the shield as possible, and to keep distance in case the enemy tries to hook the shield away.
Not gonna lie, I both hope Eike gets brave, and fervently hope she doesn't, for Mathildes poor stress level if nothing else.
