Yes, though with greater difficulty because now you have to heal the wound and the burn.
Not if you give it time to disperse.
No.
Yes.
Yes.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Boney
- Start date
- Fantasy Users' Choice!
Voted best in category in the Users' Choice awards.
Yes, though with greater difficulty because now you have to heal the wound and the burn.
Not if you give it time to disperse.
No.
Yes.
Yes.
- Location
- Washington
I THINK I might have said this before but like, the Verenans have a fairly solid track record of keeping forbiden lore safe, being willing to see what can be gleaned from it, and also not churning out Archaons after failing to properly vet who can check the forbidden lore. If we actually want the info the Liber Mortis contains to be Just The Right Amount Of Accessible, they're pretty solid whereas the dwarves will frankly be TOO selective with it, which is absolute better than not being selective enough but if the option of "just the right amount of selective" exists, that's preferable.
Dermonster
The Shittiest Wizard
This turn is packed full of COOL AND RAD SHIT and I am hyped as hell.
PoV: You're a Rider in Red trying to hunt a Wizard in Altdorf.
The Phoenixian
The Glacier Witch
- Location
- My own little world
Oh, excellent. That can only mean...
Elector Count of Wissenland Interrupt!
since that's who it was the last time we saw that framing, right?
But seriously, if the Red Rider is truly a blood knight, then I have to wonder if this one now likes Johann the Muscle Wizard.
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
I feel very vindicated that a variant of my plan won. I still sometimes feel like a newcomer to the quest, having only joined in the middle of Turn 37, and with Divided Loyalties being the first quest I participated in, and the reason I created an account. I want to thank picklepikkl and Parabola for their feedback on my plan as I was developing it. I also want to thank Boney for writing such an engaging quest.
This shouldn't stop us from trying to gain an advantage.
After all they've tried to benefit as much as possible from their relationship with the Empire.
Is it weird that I sort of feel sorry for the Red Rider?
Like they're just doing their thing and then Bam! Suddenly Fist!
Sort of, but since their thing is eating wizards, that takes the edge off my sympathy.
- Location
- Finland
And then some grey weirdo tries to glue you to their soul.
I mean, attempted murder and all, but it still has to be rather weird.
Romv
A Memory of TREES
Congrats! It really had everything I wanted this turn.
And now that I can't jinx it anymore, I want to say that I love that we're finally looking into the Seviroscope. And to think it all came down to a throwaway comment by picklepikkl. It's kind of fascinating to me how things that have been talked about or considered without action for a long time, can suddenly get followed through on, without some obvious event forcing things.
And even if it doesn't work out, or it takes us more time than 1 AP, I'll be happy we at least tried.
Worst of it is, that is absolutely something that Mathilde and Johann would do.
Particularly with Ranald bringing popcorn.
Idea for liminal realm research - compress av in a shrine to ranald around our coin inserted into that amber? we gave to the colleges that only allows high or dark magic through, this might let us 'charge' the coin, or give Ranald metaphysical weight or make a new kind of liminal realm.
It's betting the coin, but it's betting on the coin with the gambler god in the shrine of the gambler we set up after gambling and winning big using something stolen while accidentally deceiving and purposefully protecting the innocent. Make a spell that says that in lingua presentia, replace Mathilde's name or Johan or ulgu of all 3 for accidentally and carve it on the inside of the stone touching the coin.
We could carve runes of ranald into the outside of the charcoal? guided by Ranald in the first proc of the gambler that turn activating at just the right time while compressing for the second proc.
We got the coin after we got av and the arcane magic protection stone was also in K8P so Ranald might have known about this possible research, we've shown that if we accidentally make a fingerprint we'll give it back anyway.
I think ranald probably would be able to anticipate this exact experiment when giving us the coin knowing we had av and the stone in stealing reach (god of thieves and all).
[X] Double Down
Change coin to liminal research and spend 3 CF to get the item back for research.
If this gives another plus twenty add to apparitions.
It's betting the coin, but it's betting on the coin with the gambler god in the shrine of the gambler we set up after gambling and winning big using something stolen while accidentally deceiving and purposefully protecting the innocent. Make a spell that says that in lingua presentia, replace Mathilde's name or Johan or ulgu of all 3 for accidentally and carve it on the inside of the stone touching the coin.
We could carve runes of ranald into the outside of the charcoal? guided by Ranald in the first proc of the gambler that turn activating at just the right time while compressing for the second proc.
We got the coin after we got av and the arcane magic protection stone was also in K8P so Ranald might have known about this possible research, we've shown that if we accidentally make a fingerprint we'll give it back anyway.
I think ranald probably would be able to anticipate this exact experiment when giving us the coin knowing we had av and the stone in stealing reach (god of thieves and all).
[X] Double Down
Change coin to liminal research and spend 3 CF to get the item back for research.
If this gives another plus twenty add to apparitions.
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Cd-3 and the Making of the World - A Warhammer Fantasy Old One Quest
You are Autonomous Biological Weapon System Developer designate Cd-3, the third in command of the Research Continent formally designated Cd:Radixashen. Until this particular planetary rotation, you would have said that things were going very well in the shelter of the densely-wooded plateau of Cd, which teems with some of your finest work. The massive figures of the Cd/Zl-Large/Resistant-1 'Island Giant' project thrive on an island to the west, which had led to the development of the Cd/Zl-Large/Resistant-2 'Sky Titan' project, which were thriving in the mountains far to the east even if they did have significant trouble at lower elevations. Cd-Adaptive-1-Final 'Humans', your personal favourite and a lot more fun than those spoiled pets that were Qt-Adaptive-1-Final 'Elves', show enough promise that populations have been created for further development in both Zl and Cl, even if they did have a tendency to be a little too attached to just about everything. You hadn't had much to do with Cd-Resistant-1-Final 'Halflings', but you'll still bear a grudge in solidarity against the hacks of Cl for their blatant and unauthorized integration of parts of them for the so-called 'Cl-Resistant-1' 'Ogres' project, and you definitely had nothing to do with the troubles that Cl is now having with their migration patterns.
There were even whispers of an Adaptive/Resistant/Obedient-1 strain being worked on down in Zl, though for some reason they were very reticent to discuss the matter over the G-Web.
But today? Today, everything has gone wrong. Power fluctuations make doing any work impossible, the G-Web has crashed so you can't even fill your day with talking to your delightful counterpart in Qt, and for some reason you can't even load into your Deific Interface, Qt-DI3 'Tepok'. And now that tiresome bore and your best friend Cd-2 wants you to go with them to check on the Northern Polar Infrastructure team. And worst of all, you're so bored that you're considering it.
---
How you miss the blissful ignorance of just a few moments ago, when you thought all this was a technical glitch.
The Polar Gates are tearing themselves apart, malicious instructions interlaced with Daemonic malice tearing through systems they should never have been able to even dream of entering. Unimaginable masses of the splintered essence of the Eternal Enemy teem just on the other side of the barrier, waiting for the inevitable failure that Cd-2 was now doing everything in their power to delay. You have been instructed to return to Cd with all imaginable speed to bring reinforcements - not to prevent disaster, but to buy enough time to allow as many of the experiments as possible to be destroyed before they fall into the hands of the Eternal Enemy, with a scant few samples snatched by the last of the team before they flee this planet forever.
To destroy almost everything you've worked on. Everything you shaped this world to achieve.
Must such a thing be done? Or might there be another way, if you flee to and raise the alarm of a more sentimental Research Continent instead?
[-] Cd
Cd is your native RC, and in your opinion the most prolific and sensible of those on this world. Perhaps too sensible. Cd-1 is ruthless when They have to be, and Cd-4 and Cd-5 obey Them utterly. They would agree with Cd-2 and would do what perhaps must be done to prevent your work from falling into the hands of the Eternal Enemy.
+ Will allow the projects to continue elsewhere.
+ Will maintain your relationship with your best friend, Cd-2.
? Will doom this world.
- You'll probably never see Qt-3 again.
[-] Qt
Qt are the least productive RC unless you count them sharing their pets with the Adaptive/Resistant-ImportedTemplate-0 'Dragons', but you'll admit what little they have created does show some promise. For some reason, Qt has developed an entire secondary Deific Interface Pantheon for their pets. That seemed a ridiculous waste of resources, but with the shutout of the mainline DIP they might be what saves this world.
+ Will allow the use of their secondary DIP to directly battle the forces of the Eternal Enemy.
+ Qt-3 is there.
? The unruly underlings of Qt may take the opportunity to loot the other Research Continents instead of helping.
- They're so tedious.
[-] Iz
After an early embarrassment with one of their team having smuggled their spouse along with them, Iz have spent all their time on this world creating servitors for Resistant/Obedient-ImportedTemplate-0 'Slann', but in doing so have produced some truly excellent strains. Iz-1 is almost as skilled as They think They are, and Iz-2 is even more so, and surely they are even now trying to restore access to the Deific Interfaces that can command the Slann and their servants. Perhaps this is the most straightforward way to avert disaster.
+ Will prevent the ascension of the traitor Iz-1 as the first Daemon Prince of this world.
+ Will allow a complete recovery of Iz-DI2 'Sotek', instead of merely fragments of it.
+ Will save much of the Iz team, who are otherwise doomed.
? There may be a chance to restore at least some access to the Slann DIP.
[-] Zl
Zl are the only team that has approval to work on the extremely troublesome Resistant-ImportedTemplate-0 'Orks' strain, which has led them to making great progress towards the ultimate goal of the planet. They're a team of extremely experienced and adaptative superstars, and they may be your best chance to avert at least some of the coming disaster.
+ Will prevent the doomed and desperate attempt to mantle Gork and Mork, which will destroy Zl-1 and Zl-2 and unleash those Gods upon this world.
+ Will prevent the the loss of the Zl-Resistant-1-Final 'Orcs' and Cl/Zl-Adapative/Resistant/Obedient-1 'Goblins' strains to alien Gods.
? Will prevent the Resistant-NativeTemplate-0 'Promethean' abyssal evacuation.
? Will prevent the Zl diaspora.
- They don't have the best track record of playing nice with others, or even each other.
[-] Cl
Cl are insular and strange, but they get along better with the leaders of the Adaptive/Resistant-ImportedTemplate-0 'Dragons' than anyone else on the planet, and they're the only RC that hasn't lost or repurposed the Ship they arrived here with. They might be able to lead the Dragons into battle against the Eternal Enemy.
+ They are the only Research Continent that still has a fully intact and operational Ship.
+ Will prevent the corruption of the Large/Resistant-NativeTemplate-0 'Shartak'.
+ Will prevent the rebellion of most of the Cl team.
? Cl have grown closer to the Adaptive/Resistant-ImportedTemplate-0 'Dragons' than most of your kind would consider appropriate.
[-] Go and hide in the deserts north of Zl and hope everything sorts itself out
What?
- That makes no sense.
- Why would anyone even think you'd do that?
- It's not quite a social action, but I'm counting it as such anyway to make up for the one absent from the last social turn.
- Inspired by the SV First Chapter Contest. There's only a few ways to get first-er than this.
- This isn't going to be continued, it's more sort of a... QM-made nega-quest post, I guess?
There were even whispers of an Adaptive/Resistant/Obedient-1 strain being worked on down in Zl, though for some reason they were very reticent to discuss the matter over the G-Web.
But today? Today, everything has gone wrong. Power fluctuations make doing any work impossible, the G-Web has crashed so you can't even fill your day with talking to your delightful counterpart in Qt, and for some reason you can't even load into your Deific Interface, Qt-DI3 'Tepok'. And now that tiresome bore and your best friend Cd-2 wants you to go with them to check on the Northern Polar Infrastructure team. And worst of all, you're so bored that you're considering it.
---
How you miss the blissful ignorance of just a few moments ago, when you thought all this was a technical glitch.
The Polar Gates are tearing themselves apart, malicious instructions interlaced with Daemonic malice tearing through systems they should never have been able to even dream of entering. Unimaginable masses of the splintered essence of the Eternal Enemy teem just on the other side of the barrier, waiting for the inevitable failure that Cd-2 was now doing everything in their power to delay. You have been instructed to return to Cd with all imaginable speed to bring reinforcements - not to prevent disaster, but to buy enough time to allow as many of the experiments as possible to be destroyed before they fall into the hands of the Eternal Enemy, with a scant few samples snatched by the last of the team before they flee this planet forever.
To destroy almost everything you've worked on. Everything you shaped this world to achieve.
Must such a thing be done? Or might there be another way, if you flee to and raise the alarm of a more sentimental Research Continent instead?
[-] Cd
Cd is your native RC, and in your opinion the most prolific and sensible of those on this world. Perhaps too sensible. Cd-1 is ruthless when They have to be, and Cd-4 and Cd-5 obey Them utterly. They would agree with Cd-2 and would do what perhaps must be done to prevent your work from falling into the hands of the Eternal Enemy.
+ Will allow the projects to continue elsewhere.
+ Will maintain your relationship with your best friend, Cd-2.
? Will doom this world.
- You'll probably never see Qt-3 again.
[-] Qt
Qt are the least productive RC unless you count them sharing their pets with the Adaptive/Resistant-ImportedTemplate-0 'Dragons', but you'll admit what little they have created does show some promise. For some reason, Qt has developed an entire secondary Deific Interface Pantheon for their pets. That seemed a ridiculous waste of resources, but with the shutout of the mainline DIP they might be what saves this world.
+ Will allow the use of their secondary DIP to directly battle the forces of the Eternal Enemy.
+ Qt-3 is there.
? The unruly underlings of Qt may take the opportunity to loot the other Research Continents instead of helping.
- They're so tedious.
[-] Iz
After an early embarrassment with one of their team having smuggled their spouse along with them, Iz have spent all their time on this world creating servitors for Resistant/Obedient-ImportedTemplate-0 'Slann', but in doing so have produced some truly excellent strains. Iz-1 is almost as skilled as They think They are, and Iz-2 is even more so, and surely they are even now trying to restore access to the Deific Interfaces that can command the Slann and their servants. Perhaps this is the most straightforward way to avert disaster.
+ Will prevent the ascension of the traitor Iz-1 as the first Daemon Prince of this world.
+ Will allow a complete recovery of Iz-DI2 'Sotek', instead of merely fragments of it.
+ Will save much of the Iz team, who are otherwise doomed.
? There may be a chance to restore at least some access to the Slann DIP.
[-] Zl
Zl are the only team that has approval to work on the extremely troublesome Resistant-ImportedTemplate-0 'Orks' strain, which has led them to making great progress towards the ultimate goal of the planet. They're a team of extremely experienced and adaptative superstars, and they may be your best chance to avert at least some of the coming disaster.
+ Will prevent the doomed and desperate attempt to mantle Gork and Mork, which will destroy Zl-1 and Zl-2 and unleash those Gods upon this world.
+ Will prevent the the loss of the Zl-Resistant-1-Final 'Orcs' and Cl/Zl-Adapative/Resistant/Obedient-1 'Goblins' strains to alien Gods.
? Will prevent the Resistant-NativeTemplate-0 'Promethean' abyssal evacuation.
? Will prevent the Zl diaspora.
- They don't have the best track record of playing nice with others, or even each other.
[-] Cl
Cl are insular and strange, but they get along better with the leaders of the Adaptive/Resistant-ImportedTemplate-0 'Dragons' than anyone else on the planet, and they're the only RC that hasn't lost or repurposed the Ship they arrived here with. They might be able to lead the Dragons into battle against the Eternal Enemy.
+ They are the only Research Continent that still has a fully intact and operational Ship.
+ Will prevent the corruption of the Large/Resistant-NativeTemplate-0 'Shartak'.
+ Will prevent the rebellion of most of the Cl team.
? Cl have grown closer to the Adaptive/Resistant-ImportedTemplate-0 'Dragons' than most of your kind would consider appropriate.
[-] Go and hide in the deserts north of Zl and hope everything sorts itself out
What?
- That makes no sense.
- Why would anyone even think you'd do that?
- It's not quite a social action, but I'm counting it as such anyway to make up for the one absent from the last social turn.
- Inspired by the SV First Chapter Contest. There's only a few ways to get first-er than this.
- This isn't going to be continued, it's more sort of a... QM-made nega-quest post, I guess?
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This canon?
It was once. Reality has gotten a bit less authoritative since then, and causality isn't what it used to be.
- Location
- Finland
*squints suspiciously*
Hmmm...
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No, wait, what was the name of the Nehekharan snek god we had suspicions of being Ranald?
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Codex
Fantasy Addict
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Qu'aph.
- Location
- North Wales
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
Haha, yeah, who would do such a thing during the Coming of Chaos, Ranald?
- Location
- Somewhere between the stars
- Pronouns
- She/Her
The Slann divine network thing is really interesting to note. The Slann is commanded through the divine network, and without that you cannot command them. Is the Slann lethargy connected to that? I might be misrecalling, but wasn't Sotek awoken during a time where Skaven was rampaging through Lustria and all the Slann was asleep? Did Slann re-awake as a result of Sotek re-starting?
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