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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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TotallyNotEvil said:
No Mastered Burning Shadows?
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Friendly reminder to all not to do this.
BoneyM said:
Mastery happens, first and foremost, when I decide it does. That said, my internal process for deciding it is something like this:

a) when a crit happens;
b) when it is, in my opinion, narratively appropriate for a spell to be mastered; and
c) when there's no more pressing issue that the benefits of a crit would be better applied to.

If anyone is ever even a little bit tempted to point to a past or future situation where a crit did not result in a mastery, and argue that it should have, I would encourage them in the strongest possible terms to instead not. I try my best to be an easy-going kind of person, but very little gets me more heated than someone trying to 'gotcha' me. The relationship I want to have with you, the readers, is a collaborative one where we all work together to forge a story. If it turns into an adversarial one where readers feel like they can argue me into giving Mathilde extra benefits, all it will result in is undermining my desire to spend time here.
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I would strongly recommend you threadmark this or put it on the front page @BoneyM.
 
Guile said:
Is there any value to doing 'Martial Practice' instead of 'training with the Greatswords'?

They both seem like basically the same thing, except with the latter we get to hang out with the Greatswords.
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If we actually wanted to push our Martial score, We should do the 'ask Van Hal to train us' variant, but he's not a councillor. A good way to hone command might be following him around for a month.

Guile said:
Bad for our ability to read in bed, but good for our Magister bid.
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We've been using the Light spell for years, since we re-studied it. Not sure if Flicker affects Ulgu-driven light?
 
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That being said, the method of killing we employed here puts reviving out of reach for anything but a near Nagash tier necromancer.
 
Hangwind said:
No, they're endlessly revivable. Small but important difference.
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I think they're unkillable, as vampires in 'torpor' can influence their minions or susceptible necromancers to find and restore them, so they never actually die. Libris Necris claims that vampires are simultaneously alive and undead.

Alectai said:
That being said, the method of killing we employed here puts reviving out of reach for anything but a near Nagash tier necromancer.
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I don't believe there's any reason to believe that's the case. Or even that the method of killing influences how hard it is to awaken a dispersed vampire.
 
Here's something to think on. Van Hal is an experienced Witch Hunter who earned his current position by clearing out an entire nest of vampires. He's also got surprisingly high Learning.

With those things in mind, doesn't it make sense that he knows enough to not give us the skull unless he was certain it wouldn't be a problem?
 
PsyFarrow said:
Here's something to think on. Van Hal is an experienced Witch Hunter who earned his current position by clearing out an entire nest of vampires. He's also got surprisingly high Learning.

With those things in mind, doesn't it make sense that he knows enough to not give us the skull unless he was certain it wouldn't be a problem?
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He might be certain, but that doesn't mean much, for two reasons:

One, because the Empire, very sensibly, is very, very tight on information security and compartmentalisation when it comes to things related to necromancy.
Two, the Empire is really tremendously ignorant about necromancy and the nature of vampires.

This applies to just about everything, not just necromancy.
 
[X] Plan Train The Watch, or How To Not Have A Watch Revolt On Our Hands
-[X] The Dwarves have crossed into the Empire and joined up with the Empire forces. Perhaps you could spend some time with the general staff as the two of them start to work together.
--[X] Enquire about arranging for some Tunnel Fighting trainers for the future "War Below" (after the Purge), or at least make some contacts. Not hired right now, we can't afford them.
-[X] Stirland Watch: Work alongside Jack to administer the Watch. Choose another Organizational Action for the Watch.
--[X] Improve the training of the Watch, hiring trainers and dedicating paid time each week to sharpening skills.
---[X] A formal program of a few old-timer veterans with the right attitude and aptitude being paid to train and pass local knowledge to newcomers. Perhaps injured Greatswords or officers provide some candidates to sharpen fighting skills? Jack might know some trainers in the arts of avoiding notice. Watchmen who arrived prior to us probably can't read. Does Van Hal know a retired Witch Hunter who could pass on some investigation and Corruption-spotting skills? Maybe Julia can suggest an Agent particularly skilled at ferreting out information and sifting useful leads from bad. Anything that comes up from the meeting with the senior Watchmen below?
---[X] Meet with some and gain a better understanding of the senior Watchmens' grievances and discuss our shared hopes for the future of the Watch. We really respect the Watch and want to address their concerns, we owe our life to a brave and dedicated village Watchman. Shouldn't every child in Stirland have the same protection, and more?
---[X] Ranalds Blessing

There have been many hints that the Watch veterans are angry, so I want to put off the possibility of a revolt. We can afford to set up better training, which might indirectly increase from the Saltpeter formalisation. Gives them a reason to collect urine. Makes good on the promises Jack made on our behalf. Spend an action now, to save many more rebuilding after this resentment explodes.

I'm hoping to draw on our contacts for specialist skills that would be useful for some kind of combined law enforcement/investigation agency... like modern police forces.

I'm tying the Dwarves in because it's both Purge-relevant, gives us a chance to make contact with a foreign power, and we want some Tunnel Fighter trainers anyway. Blessing because they're stubborn and we're not that great socially. Not totally married to this, I could be persuaded to change it to Martial training if that's the way the thread goes- but the experience bonuses to Martial training will probably accumulate for three Purge turns at least, and we could learn a lot from the way Dwarves organise in comparison to humans.

Edit edit: I'd actually like to swap the order we do them in, now I think of it.

Also, I don't mind saying I was wrong about the Fight the Singing King action, that whole thing was very cool.

Edit edit edit: included Dwarves missing a dash, and put them first for narrative sense.

Edit XXXX: Moved the blessing to the training program, as it's the critical issue for us, a really good Watch training program will pay out sustained benefits and probably involve multiple rolls. Dwarf friends are in the nice-to-have category, I think.
 
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[X] Plan Give The Watch A Reason To Collect Urine, or Not Have A Watch Revolt On Our Hands
-[X] Stirland Watch: Work alongside Jack to administer the Watch. Choose another Organizational Action for the Watch.
--[X] Improve the training of the Watch, hiring trainers and dedicating paid time each week to sharpening skills.
---[X] perhaps an injured Greatsword or a few injured officers provide some candidates? And Jack might know some trainers in the arts of skulking and sneaking. And Watchment who arrived prior to us might probably can't read.
[X] The Dwarves have crossed into the Empire and joined up with the Empire forces. Perhaps you could spend some time with the general staff as the two of them start to work together.
-[X] See about getting some Tunnel Fighting trainers for after the Purge, or at least make some contacts
-[X] Ranalds Blessing
 
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Alectai said:
That being said, the method of killing we employed here puts reviving out of reach for anything but a near Nagash tier necromancer.
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Thats a bit of a stretch on the difficulty don't you think? I mean his body isn't even completely ash soaked in holy water bottle locked in a box covered with symbols of Sigmar. I mean a a necromancer with even a tenth of Nagash's power could revive the vampire we have like it was childs play.
 
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Dadarian said:
[X] Plan Give The Watch A Reason To Collect Urine, or Not Have A Watch Revolt On Our Hands
-[X] Stirland Watch: Work alongside Jack to administer the Watch. Choose another Organizational Action for the Watch.
--[X] Improve the training of the Watch, hiring trainers and dedicating paid time each week to sharpening skills.
---[X] perhaps an injured Greatsword or a few injured officers provide some candidates? And Jack might know some trainers in the arts of skulking and sneaking. And Watchment who arrived prior to us might probably can't read.
[X] The Dwarves have crossed into the Empire and joined up with the Empire forces. Perhaps you could spend some time with the general staff as the two of them start to work together.
-[X] See about getting some Tunnel Fighting trainers for after the Purge, or at least make some contacts
-[X] Ranalds Blessing
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Apologies, I'm a post-posting editor, I changed it a bit if you'd mind re-voting.
 
[X] Plan Train The Watch, or How To Not Have A Watch Revolt On Our Hands
-[X] Stirland Watch: Work alongside Jack to administer the Watch. Choose another Organizational Action for the Watch.
--[X] Improve the training of the Watch, hiring trainers and dedicating paid time each week to sharpening skills.
---[X] perhaps an injured Greatsword or officers provide some candidates? And Jack might know some trainers in the arts of skulking and sneaking. Watchmen who arrived prior to us probably can't read. A formal program of a few old-timer veterans with the right attitude and aptitude being paid to train newcomers.
[X] The Dwarves have crossed into the Empire and joined up with the Empire forces. Perhaps you could spend some time with the general staff as the two of them start to work together.
-[X] Might as well ask about arranging for some Tunnel Fighting trainers for the future (after the Purge), or at least make some contacts. Not hired right now, we can't afford them.
-[X] Ranalds Blessing
 
Atam the Ork said:
Thats a bit of a stretch on the difficulty don't you think? I mean his body isn't even completely ash soaked in holy water bottle locked in a box covered with symbols of Sigmar. I mean a a necromancer with even a tenth of Nagash's power could revive the vampire we have like it was childs play.
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Locked in a box? Locked in a box? Why the hell have you not distributed the bottles of holy-water-soaked vampire ash among several boxes and buried most of them in different provinces, as well as pouring one of them into the sea? :wink:
 
thamuzz said:
Google translate has this as "Singer critical".
Every way of translating this comes out sort of tongue in cheek.
She who critted the singer?
Or she who was critical of the singer?
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As is, the closest translation is something along the lines of "critical of singers", cause the whole word turns into one single adjective due to ending with one.

The fact that the singular "singer" and the plural "singers" both translate to "Sänger" ultimately makes it ambiguous to how many singers the term refers, and the implication becomes that she's critical of singers in general.
 
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PsyFarrow said:
Here's something to think on. Van Hal is an experienced Witch Hunter who earned his current position by clearing out an entire nest of vampires. He's also got surprisingly high Learning.

With those things in mind, doesn't it make sense that he knows enough to not give us the skull unless he was certain it wouldn't be a problem?
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When has an NPC ever stopped any quester ever from baseless fear-mongering?
 
It is currently nothing but a skull and we plan to use it as a paper weight.

We would notice if it started recovering and it would take a long time. The moment any more bone is grown or flesh starts to forms we just cut off the growth with a knife.

Problem solved.
 
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