SuperSonicSound
Shadowmancer of the Shadow Cabal
I kind of think you're wanting Mathilde to take up one of the martial adviser slots with that.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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I kind of think you're wanting Mathilde to take up one of the martial adviser slots with that.
Sinsystems
Patron Librarian
Honestly in my opinion
Barring something terrible happening in the empire that needs her urgent attention or the Grey College flexing their pull to get her to be assigned somewhere.
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- Austria
Martial is for more straightforward scouting, I presume; Learning is for poking esoteric/weird threats for which Rangers are not equipped - Avatar of Gork, figuring out that Dragon Ogres likely eat Azyr, fetching Amber Wizards to talk to nascent spider hivemind, very very carefully looking at Skaven "engineering"...basically, I think that anything that requires Study actions or passing Learning/Piety checks to properly understand and react to is a ballpark of Learning advisor, even if it's scouting per se.
edit: but yeah, you are not wrong in that it has a lot of overlap with internal Martial. But I think that emphasis on trying to grok the threats and more in-depth spying and whatnot is suitably different, idk.
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Sinsystems
Patron Librarian
I'd assume it would also include raiding expeditions into the unclaimed sections in order to open a sealed vault and retrieve the artifacts.
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- Austria
We aint opening sealed vaults, that's definitely job for Runesmiths.
We can do plenty of raids too, really, although that is in fact closer to Martial profile.
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- France
The best thing about being a respected leader is that if we ask to retire, we can.
People can and do retire in this setting (Anton Senior and Anton Junior! Wilhelmina leaving her job! QM statements about old grey wizards eventually settling down to run an inn and being a casual local spy!) and we never swore to do this forever. We absolutely can leave eventually - although it is generally considered polite to give notice, and if possible to have a heir.
People can and do retire in this setting (Anton Senior and Anton Junior! Wilhelmina leaving her job! QM statements about old grey wizards eventually settling down to run an inn and being a casual local spy!) and we never swore to do this forever. We absolutely can leave eventually - although it is generally considered polite to give notice, and if possible to have a heir.
Well they move on from their council jobs really. Anton Junior is still and active noble and Wilhelmina is still doing high powered Stewardship stuff.
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- Austria
I don't mind leaving after K8P is secured in some form, but that's some years away I guess.
Or maybe we stay here forever, idk - although I would no mind trying to shoot for being Emperor's spymaster afterwards.
Depends on world events at that point.
But anyway, way I see it, Learning advisor Mathilde is basically Belegar's "What the hell is going on?" button. It's fun to read about and it's gonna net us College favours by being all research-y and stuff.
Lack of a good spymaster who'd keep humans in line is concerning though...not sure they have somebody qualified enough to weed out all the spies that are going to flow in with the opened trade.
Or maybe we stay here forever, idk - although I would no mind trying to shoot for being Emperor's spymaster afterwards.
Depends on world events at that point.But anyway, way I see it, Learning advisor Mathilde is basically Belegar's "What the hell is going on?" button. It's fun to read about and it's gonna net us College favours by being all research-y and stuff.
Lack of a good spymaster who'd keep humans in line is concerning though...not sure they have somebody qualified enough to weed out all the spies that are going to flow in with the opened trade.
Sinsystems
Patron Librarian
I'd imagine that any raids would include more than just Mathilde as we'd need some help moving all the stuff.
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- Austria
Fair, but I think most of Mathilde's job will be done before the raid, if previous fights were any indication.
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- She/Her
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Hopefully we can agree to lock in an action on whatever comes in fourth place after the epilogue turns end.
I am tempted by scouting, but the fact that we haven't seen Mathilde's friends for over a year OOC is making me want to see them more than another update of scouting.
I am tempted by scouting, but the fact that we haven't seen Mathilde's friends for over a year OOC is making me want to see them more than another update of scouting.
Sinsystems
Patron Librarian
Possibly, it will all depend really. I mean do keep in mind that we have a Gotrek and Felix adventure novel's worth of stuff down below. Quite literally as this is the site of the Trollslayer book.
As far as the money goes...well, we're really not *trying* to make all this money, and we're really trying not to use it for our own personal ends. I think the Grey Order has shown they're willing to recognize that so long as we keep investing the money we make into our jobs and not in such a way that it benefits us directly.
OOC time? That's what rereads are for!
- Location
- Chicago
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- She/They
This is a very good point. That trade and mercenaries that we are counting on for driving the wealth and status and opportunities for info gathering? None of it is going to happen unless someone makes it happen. Gets the word out to mercs. Starts getting caravans moving. Builds inns and markets and supply depots.
I think we do need to do stewardship for at least a few years to make sure that the foundation we are assuming comes into being, and I'm pretty sure that delegation means we can research as we do it.
I am worried about threats, but I'll be honest: they are going to be on our doorstep and scheming for the foreseeable future, and we can't stay on a way footing the entire time. Get a sense, yeah, I voted for scouting, but I'd prefer to play Magister Lord than infiltrator.
FlyingScanian
Tea Addict
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- Land of Eternal Night
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- He/Him
I have almost no idea what's going on or what I've missed (sigmars balls you guys talk fast). But a tally allows for some semi-tactical voting (and some voting because I just want it to be)
[x] King Belegar is allowing you to use the King's Armoury. Recover your extant study materials from Stirland and tuck them away safely in there.
[X] Remain in Karak Eight Peaks, either in the employ of Belegar or pursuing your research.
[X] Scout the rest of the Eight Peaks, to find out what other horrors are waiting out there.
Incidentally, did I miss any massively informative posts between the last story post and here?
[x] King Belegar is allowing you to use the King's Armoury. Recover your extant study materials from Stirland and tuck them away safely in there.
[X] Remain in Karak Eight Peaks, either in the employ of Belegar or pursuing your research.
[X] Scout the rest of the Eight Peaks, to find out what other horrors are waiting out there.
Incidentally, did I miss any massively informative posts between the last story post and here?
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- Australia
I get what you mean, but I'm okay for skipping it, even though I initially voted for it, because with retrieving study materials winning its not needed as urgently as scouting.
...plus I'm voting for Stewardship and bringing EIC and the spy ring up here when normal turns resume, so it won't be long.
SuperSonicSound
Shadowmancer of the Shadow Cabal
I couldn't say what you missed but you might find the following relevant.
for why it's perhaps best not leave the scouting purely to the rangers.
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- Pilipinas
Can you provide a source for this open to the public temple of Ranald? I cant find it in my 2e and 4e, iirc if a temple is open to all to see then it kinda loses its potency. Also Marienburg authorities came down hard on Ranald worshippers.
Edit: Hans Von Kleptor (most powerful priest of Ranald in Marienburg) tried to organize the cult there, but again no mention of the temple being openly known to the public.
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- Germany
- Location
- Australia
You mean, unlike last time we were in a position of authority?
SuperSonicSound
Shadowmancer of the Shadow Cabal
Tally post
- Location
- New Brunswick, NJ
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- He/Him/His
Hey, I just read this entire quest over the last two days of frenzied archive bingeing (thanks to the FoD/ToD community on Discord for pointing me here) when I should have been doing other things, and I wanted to say that this is super awesome even though I knew nothing about Warhammer going in beyond a basic sketch of the WH40K factions.
Not sure how active I'll be, given how ill-equipped I am to participate in decision-making, but wanted to register my approval publicly.
Not sure how active I'll be, given how ill-equipped I am to participate in decision-making, but wanted to register my approval publicly.