I think I'd rather rely on stopping enemy forces before they ever set foot on the battlefield. Bonus points for also letting Mathilde cast relatively safely since she can be unhurried when preparing herself.
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I think I'd rather rely on stopping enemy forces before they ever set foot on the battlefield. Bonus points for also letting Mathilde cast relatively safely since she can be unhurried when preparing herself.
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And yea. Definitely time to upgrade our robe armor. That should definitely be one of our actions next turn. Probably our only self improvement one.
I told it it looked smug anyway. If I'd told it the truth it would have cried, weeping great tears of crawling shadow that burn the earth and hiccuping a fog of misery. Too creepy for me.
Also, have you seen her eat? Food should not just fade into darkness with a scream on the edge of hearing. I'd never have gone on the second date if I'd remembered the first and after that I wrote notes.
[X] Yes, have one social interaction be initiated by someone other than Mathilde.
Can't really choose, want them all.
Can't really choose, want them all.
Education is a matter of years.
Cross-cultural understanding is a matter of decades.
This is both
Don't fret on how fast it happens. Its chugging along at a respectable pace if they already got the basis of barter
Actually, looking over Battle Magic just about the only ones we actually would find useful should be the Pit of Shades and MAYBE the Pendulum.
The rest just don't tend to be relevant with our playstyle.
This double, triple emphasis.
Or we can avoid miscasts entirely by doing what Mathilde had been doing up to now:
-Gaming the circumstances so she never needs to cast with a roll.
-Managing risk, ensure she has exit strategies so she's not stuck spamming spells and hoping it works
-Having mundane or runic equipment do the heavy lifting. Spells are more versatile than items, but when in a pinch she has guns and sword which don't ever miscast.
Theres ONE beneficial Arcane mark left. One about as useful/annoying as the mantle of mist. And three that are extremely incompatible with how we've built our social status.
Algard, the Grey Patriarch, made it to his office with no readily identifiable Arcane Marks, suggesting he has been doing very similar things.
Or we scrape together the energy to Dictate both? Think we could fit that in?
I really want to hit the Waagh paper out of the park, its got good synergy effects with our Waaghbane paper(which establishes Mathilde as an authority on orc magic), which should help with notability stacking, which we hadn't been doing since we write papers like a cat with a laser pointer.
Also hi, I saw the tag and waded through 10 pages instead of sleeping.
*goes to bed for real now*
We did participate in front line battles once during the taking of Karagil, twice during the expedition and even more times back in Sylvania.
Sure Mathilde isn't a Battle Wizard but it'd be a stretch to say it doesn't fit her style.
Since he's the Grey Patriarch he might very well have traits that manage that sort of thing - or maybe he uses illusions over his eyes, etc.
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If we ever get forgettable, well, do you remember this negaverse line?
That could be our social life.
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[X] Yes, have one social interaction be initiated by someone other than Mathilde.
[X] Francesco Caravello, proud leader of the Undumgi and possible future Thane.
[X] The Amber College, to see how your donation of Lustrian eggs is going.
[X] Kragg, who's begun to be seen around the Karak once more, indicating he might be finishing his study of the rune-axe you and Johann found.
[X] Check in on your fief in Stirland.
[X] Francesco Caravello, proud leader of the Undumgi and possible future Thane.
[X] The Amber College, to see how your donation of Lustrian eggs is going.
[X] Kragg, who's begun to be seen around the Karak once more, indicating he might be finishing his study of the rune-axe you and Johann found.
[X] Check in on your fief in Stirland.
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If you want to hit it out of the park, the optimal thing to do is wait until it's refreshed. At the moment we have neither penalty nor malus. When we refresh it, we get a +10.
So the Coin is the only retroactive bonus in the quest. Only being add after all the relevant rolls to see where it can do the most good. (Or least bad on really bad rolls)
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Correct. Such is Ranald's power over fickle fortune.
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We are the ideal renaissance woman.
Niches are for insects. Mathilde specialises in whatever she can get her grubby hands on (and gets her favour).
I wonder if we're far along enough with the silk plot thread (heh) for us to commission the materials for a proper We silk robe to enchant with aetheyric armour, or if we have to wait for the whole thing to be finished.
Magic 8 is a breakpoint so we don't really need to wait for 9, right?
It might be slightly premature, but if I'm reading this right, we have enough weavers and silk access to run off a prototype robe. (and it'd be pretty cool to have the very first we silk robe in existence)
Magic 8 is a breakpoint so we don't really need to wait for 9, right?
It might be slightly premature, but if I'm reading this right, we have enough weavers and silk access to run off a prototype robe. (and it'd be pretty cool to have the very first we silk robe in existence)
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It actually hasn't. You could argue that Tilea has had people equivalent to that period with Leonardo da Miragliano but realistically most of the old world is pre-renaissance or in the midst of it.
Even numbers are the break point so magic 9 doesn't give us anything new with the armour robe.
To go back to this for the moment, does any have any other suggestions on how they might run the turn plan?
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Omnidisciplinary magic pseudo science is technically a field right?
Excerpt from a nebulous point in time where Mathilde applies for a lecturers position at the Colleges:
"So Mathilde Weber what is your specialized field of study?"
Weird magical phenomena
"...Well yes, but specifically what kind?"
Yes
"...What?"
What?
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If they're anything like us, they're busy trying to figure out what the hell the Dwarves and their Wizard are up to, probably with a side of having some Skaven up on top of Yar with their eye glued to a telescope, trying to figure out what the fuck is going on with all of these towers we're building.
Reminds me of finals time, where I and many other people would essentially move into the library for the duration.
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Always follow the golden rule.
[X] Yes, have one social interaction be initiated by someone other than Mathilde.
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We do deserve to exist.
Maybe switch some focus to hitting Skryre as well. Their writing probably has different words relating to their technology and research. Greater variety in writing anyway, and Qrech is willing to translate for them as well.
Though we might want to manage our "attracts vapors" problem first.
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Enchanting stuff would just be enchanting stuff. The Matrix is special.
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Ah damnit didn't see that specification.
I read that we get +10 against enraged and unthinking targets so I thought if we had an "easier" method of inflicting debuffs on a target we'd be gud
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One thing I'm not sure about in this quest is how alchemy works; people sometimes throw out various nifty potions and unguents that basically all turn out to be hideously expensive; is this a function of the fact that we don't really have any alchemists on the payroll so we'd be buying at a steep markup; or is it just that any use of this stuff at the scale we're working on is completely out of our price range?