Dwarves want things clean and authentic. I think we'd be better off putting our Wizards on it, we got an Engineer Bright, and two Golds, reverse engineer it on wizard time, and then Adela just casually chats with Gotri about engineering principles during their lab time.
Maybe it is!
Maybe it's only prime-numbered number of Runes allowed when more than 1.
Eh, I figured we could use that disdain for shit engineering to prompt them into making something better and more reliable. Talking about reverse-engineering Skaven stuff though, I wonder if it would be at all possible to create a reverse of the Dreaded Thirteenth Spell, essentially turning Skaven into humans. we would need to either see it in action or find some sort of spellbook describing its mechanics, of course, but if anyone could do it, it would be Mathilde. Windsage and Avatar--if it's partially divine--plus the ulgu conceptuality of stealing or fooling the Horned Rat into releasing his grip on their souls would probably lend themselves well to that. We might even be able to turn Qrech, if we managed it!
Extremely unlikely. Extremely.
The Thirteenth is Divine, and I assume its less Turning Humans Into and rather Turns Target Into Skaven, which is within the Horned Rat's divine portfolio.
Or we can learn Theurgy, and use Ranald's portfolio of stealing things and protecting from tyrants to do it. though yeah, figuring out how different gods effect creatures not of their patron race would probably also help.
Eh, I wasn't really meaning anything about reverse-engineering, but basically using the knowledge and techniques to engineer new things. On the other hand, you've got a fair point.
You can't just skip all the difficulties by claiming it falls under one thematic or another; by that logic anything's possible. Ranald takes stuff from people, but he doesn't regularly mutate entire populaces so hard they spontaneously and permanently transform into a relatively stable and self-replenishing species, which the Horned Rat does. If Ranald stole the spell, my closest guess would be that other people just wouldn't be able to cast it until they got it back, not that he could turn it into its exact opposite.
We don't even have to go to Nuln. We've got a branch of the Imperial Gunnery School right here in Karak Eight Peaks now, thanks to Kazrik, and that could be expanded for actual production instead of just research.
I wasn't saying it wouldbe skipping difficulties, like at all. We still habe to learn basic Theurgy, figure out the general shape of the spell, rework it to apply for Ranald and humanity, all sorts of stuff. And I meant Ranald would be staling the Skaven, not the spell.
Dwarves inherently reject magic, but if he wore a hat that just so happened to project the illusion of being worn by a short guy I don't see any point where it'd actually be running through him.
It's probably be easier to make a fake identity and just keep sending papers in.Dwarves inherently reject magic, but if he wore a hat that just so happened to project the illusion of being worn by a short guy I don't see any point where it'd actually be running through him.
It'd probably just be easier to disguise him as a fat guy who doesn't usually leave his workshop or something, though, or use an actor when other people want to meet him.
Yeah, a Ranaldite Reversal of the Thirteenth, if its even possible, is probably just straight out stealing the transformation...then calling in Shallya to fix the traumatized broken mess left after you stole it.
It would certainly be a nice boast.
Tzeentch, on the other hand, would be all over that shit.
Let's hope he isn't.
Dude would gladly sponsor us for Everchosen status if we fall to Chaos off of this campaign alone.
Could the tower be used in a lesser mode without invoking Gazul though?
Mathilde for Everchosen 2482.
