Here, they would have counter-counterspelling as a specific duty that they should prioritize, given that the Eye can lay waste to a whole section of the Caldera at once, and without spending the charges on any Ancestor Runes.
No choice??
Possibly. But that still leaves the issue of spells going off before they get obliterated, assuming the shamans can't attempt a Dispel...has dispelling of Anvil of Doom effects ever come up in quest?
I don't think it has. Kragg had that one screw up in the battle of Karag Nar but that was attributed to him be too into his drum solo. He rolled really really good otherwise so the shamans may not have had a chance to counter the runic magic.
Some day our spider/halfling pistolleers will be epic.Two thoughts- first, I *wish* we had a cavalry force, even just an elite squad, stationed/hidden in Ziflin right now. They could ride havoc immediately after the eye fired the first time, if they trusted the eye not to burn them, they could slash at the orcs huddled in the shadow of the rim and bait groups out to be ashed.
Second- immediately after this battle, when both Kragg and Thorgrim are looking at their dwindling arsenals of charged major battlerunes, is exactly the right time to mention that we may have a recharge method. Maybe even before the battle, so they don't sacrifice dwarf lives being miserly with the power.
No thanks. I'm getting tired of overdoing our duty when we still have the backlog, which is only getting bigger and likely to increase after we tally the relevant loot from four freaking Karags. And the Mors camps.
He's been ducking us with all that 'Thorek's grumbles haunt the Karag' and 'Thorek tutting over the Anvil of Doom' stuff, and Kragg's been helping him evade the camera by being all territorial and cute over us, but it's time for him to get an actual, real line in-quest! Surely he's not going to just mumble into his beard when Belebro asks the council its thoughts, right?
I'm sensing a building irritation at the direction of the questions.... how about we just take it that the tower works like Boney says it does
I want to make more magic stuff for Belegar first. Like a map of the whole Karak. (One they have the controls to edit and add stuff to, so they don't need to break out the balls on string again)
No, the first step for DWARF research as demonstrated by Kragg is:
Yes, and using it in the middle of a high stakes battle is not first test time.
Yeah, if each Knight had shadowsteed enchanted spurs then that's the basis for a Knightly orders winner circle Inheritance. I assume we can pretty casually drop Holy Weapon into a sword given our mastery.Honestly, if we 'retire' from the council to write and research and do this as our day job, then the EIC becomes the equivalent of our employee wizards in terms of replacing our personal actions. IE we spend a turn or two 'off' of setting up satrapies to write or research or adventure and use our EIC action to keep our objectives with them in play.
It makes action economey slot more flexible, it lets Mathilde play for bigger stakes (that allow tension, because personal prowess matters less and info/strategy more) at a scale that accommodates her ability to project force on a strategic scale. (Elite personal retinue/bodyguard unit and mercs plus whatever she can talk the dwarves into.)
I think the win here might be a good time to transition to that role. K8P is our home now, I think: we need to develop some lasting relationships if we are going to be well-balanced human. So adventures plus returns to see changes and flourishing, tell stories, write papers. We are a Thane and the first court wizard to a Dwarfhold, but I think the Thane title lets us play in our current league politically should we need to despite not being on the council directly if we retired. Thane is forever, after all.
Trying it the first time is testing it? Like, absolutely the first step in getting anything to 'tested' status is the first test.
I hear and support you in this! It'll be a convergence of the halfling population, which i expect to undergo a huge boom shortly as the colony expands to its final dimensions in the caldera, the gunnery school and taking locals of all stripes, and the increasingly close relationship between the We and the farmers who supply them with food.
Speaking of, we are well setup to turn the caldera proper into grazing lands. Good grass that we know will grow here, lots of nutritious ash, and the ooze to bulk out and replace grain. We can probably build some very large flocks easily- keep the east valley as cropland farms with the irrigation network developed off of the aquaduct, where the halfling cottages are already built.
But personally, I really really want and would appreciate support in a campaign for setting up a unit (24-36?) of Smoke Knights on shadowhorses, and poaching Soizic as their captain and our personal agent.
@BoneyM I just really want Mathilde to make Soizic a horse because she doesn't have one, can I beg for an option to vote for that?
I get if no- there haven't been any relationship actions laying groundwork, really, but it would be cool to make magic items for both Oswald and Soizic the way we gave the torq to Francesco. Oswald would really appreciate a trial-and-error collaboration with Johann, I bet...
I just want Soizic to have a horse. (╥﹏╥)
How about we don't?
