NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
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- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
- Thread starter Boney
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Ericwinter
Definitely not a Skaven Infiltrator
- Location
- America
I wonder, is it a sign that we're a really good Ranaldite that people would rather believe we worship Chaos than consider him a possibility? Or that we're a bad one?
NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
- Location
- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
BoneyM -> MoneyB
Money = Dollary
That's as far as I get as a possible answer.
I don't think Ranald cares. It's good to be friends with the boss. Speaking of that, we should give him a present again, because by my count we only gave 1 (mork pound'o'flesh) for 2 of him (wolf, the coin).
The damn man? doesn't want to go into negative presents.
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Vebyast
Nascent Transhuman
Yes? That's what technical leadership looks like in an engineering role. Giving orders to software engineers is guaranteed to go horribly wrong. The closest you get is publishing thinkpieces identifying potential high-level problems and proposing general solutions and directions for the team to move in. Check out this example design document by Joel Spolsky for a simple website. The process of building and finalizing that document involves making sure all the resources and infrastructure bits and libraries are available, making sure the requirements match user needs, making sure the algorithms are fundamentally viable, and finally talking to everyone involved and addressing their complaints before sign-offs. Nine-tenths of the real, actual Hard Problems in high-level engineering look like what a team manager would do in sports.
And that's precisely what Panoramia is doing for the terraforming work. She can't personally test the soil quality. She can't even give orders to test the soil quality. She's working at an entirely different and higher level than that. What she has to do is, first, get reports that some crops are failing and the drainage is a bit wonky and notice that there's a stream with an odd color in a corner somewhere and realize there's an unusual soil chemistry issue somewhere and it needs to be nailed down. Then she has to go around to the pig farmers and the arborists and the gardeners and the potato farmers and the wheat farmers and the gong farmers and the entomologists and the geologists and the hydrologists and the civil engineers and the chemists and integrate all of their information. Then she writes up a proposal that says "We need to know these things about the soil. We need to know them in these places. We need to know them to this degree of precision. We need to know them by this date. We can use these tests. We can get the materials from here. We'll collect, organize, and analyze the raw test results like this. We'll distribute the resulting conclusions like this. Here are the teams that have agreed to add responsibilities to their monthly plans." Then she goes over the proposal with representatives of all of those groups and makes sure it's feasible and addresses their needs. Then she publishes the proposal and it starts happening. Then she goes around to all of the involved teams once a week asking how the soil tests are doing and checking on the results and maybe suggesting adjustments based on early evidence and how the organization is working out in practice.
It looks an awful lot like what a "team manager" does, doesn't it? And it looks quite a lot like what a Mathilde does, too. Read the Duckling Club meetings. She doesn't give orders. She says things like "I set up a firing range in the mountains so you can practice your blasty spells." And "Maybe brush up on your fundamentals." And "I'm heading to Karag Dum, anyone up for joining?". And "Watch the Marienburg situation." And "Gotri was working on something like that, go talk to him." It's the same thing but on a much lower level - identify problems, collect information, create proposals, collect consensus, organize solution. And it's what high-level professional software engineers do. No orders. Orders don't work at that level of complexity. It isn't a single game that you can call plays for. You have to lead the organization in a useful direction by moving in that direction yourself with enough visibility and supporting evidence and arguments that everyone follows.
Correct. BoneyM, swap the letters to get MoneyB, pick a different word for "money" and then tweak for alliteration and Aussieness to get DollaryDoo.
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If it was that simple, Ulgu would not be the wind of ambiguities. You did not even mention how she could be simultaneously, sequentially and causally* both and neither. Alas, if her loyalties are prime or divisible will remain a mystery.
*And of course casually a casualty**
**Rumours of Mathilde's demise might have been greatly exaggerated
Mopman43
Mountain-Hermit of Nitpeak
- Location
- Vermont
He gave Wolf in exchange for her giving him the chance to take a bite out of Stromfels.
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- US
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Why is his beard so short? Don't they get so long that they reach their feet? That's why they braid and plait them, so they hang shorter.The Runelord of disapproval looks in your direction.
I call shenanigans on this picture! There's no such thing as a Grey Shortbeard!
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- Location
- Greece
NSMS
Probably evil, unfortunately.
- Location
- A rapidly widening tear in the fabric of reality
It's tucked into and wrapped around his belt.
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- US
- Pronouns
- He/Him
BAH! That clearly has too much brown, can't be his beard or it'd be grey!
Maybe. Given Kragg is 1500+, its probably a full body suit at this point if that where the case. "Who needs clothes, if yer cold just wrap yer beard around ya!"
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- Greece
Anime protagonist dwarf, with tricolored beard. Naturally, in the traditional colours of grey, other shade of grey and brown.
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- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Sounds like a perfect fit for the runesmith anime.
This makes me want to get a peek at some of the other high level character's sheets in WFDLaAQ. How many weird titles does Dragomas have? What kind of enchanted equipment does Heidi have up her sleeves? Stuff like that.
(Kragg's stat sheet: Yes.)
- Location
- Norway
We already got a peek at Kragg's sheet a while back.This makes me want to get a peek at some of the other high level character's sheets in WFDLaAQ. How many weird titles does Dragomas have? What kind of enchanted equipment does Heidi have up her sleeves? Stuff like that.
(Kragg's stat sheet: Yes.)
Diplomacy: No.
Martial: Yes.
Stewardship: No.
Intrigue: No.
Piety: Yes.
Learning: Yes.
(Looking back, I'm a little surprised he isn't at least Stewardship: Maybe. I can understand staying out of politics, but I would have thought he'd pick up some organization and logistic skills whenever he needs himself and his anvil brought to the right place for battles and the like.)
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- Location
- Greece
We already got a peek at Kragg's sheet a while back.
Diplomacy: No.
Martial: Yes.
Stewardship: No.
Intrigue: No.
Piety: Yes.
Learning: Yes.
(Looking back, I'm a little surprised he isn't at least Stewardship: Maybe. I can understand staying out of politics, but I would have thought he'd pick up some organization and logistic skills whenever he needs himself and his anvil brought to the right place for battles and the like.)
That always seemed strange to me, funny as it is.
A Learning yes would roll a dice with yes bonus when examining Bok, yet clearly Kragg didn't know what it was.
A martial yes would have a big enough bonus to retake a Karak on his own with some soldiers, yet Kragg seemed to nt be clearly good enough to autowin all confrontations.
A piety yes character... yeah, I have no antifeat for that, considering Ancestor gods work differently.
So the "yes" should not be an exact number, or he could succeed even a DC of 1000 (defeat a Waagh alone? be able to instantly reverse eingeeneer everything at a glnce?). Rather, this "merely" implies that it is beyond legendary or something, so he should sill have numbers.
- Location
- Czech Republic
Wouldnt that be included in martial ?
- Location
- France
When you're good enough at runecrafting, various Holds will compete to have you around. They'll promise you money, all the supplies you need, the best possible labs... All you need to do is occasionally make runes to enhance the Hold's defenses and/or arm its warriors and you're set logistically and financially.
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- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I want updates to this as the quest first meets Mathilde and conti ues to be confused by her
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- Norway
I think you're overthinking a silly joke.
But if we're taking it seriously, I would read Martial:Yes to mean he can defeat any orc. Orc shows up, Kragg kills it. Orc shows up, Kragg kills it. Bigger orc shows up, can Kragg kill it? Still yes. But when he's alone he doesn't roll on the necessary scope to single-handedly defeat a Waaagh - there will be too many orcs not engaging him.Bok involves elf nonsense. It is well known that elf nonsense is exempt from Learning:Yes because it cannot be learned, only grumblingly tolerated.
tapkomet
Senātus Populusque Rōmānus
- Location
- Ukraine
I believe we discussed before that Khornate worshippers prefer to focus on their kills, rather than their skills. There is another of the Four whose worshippers are frequently known as master swordspeople - it's just too bad that DollaryDoo neglected to mention Smut Collection among the items, or I'm sure ShortSpeak would figure it out quite easily
TimEd
Meteor maker
Wolf was part gifted to us due to our destroying that Shark altar.
- Location
- Aotearoa
I believe we discussed before that Khornate worshippers prefer to focus on their kills, rather than their skills. There is another of the Four whose worshippers are frequently known as master swordspeople - it's just too bad that DollaryDoo neglected to mention Smut Collection among the items, or I'm sure ShortSpeak would figure it out quite easily
It would certainly leave a strong impression.
I'm guessing a certain someone hasn't seen our bedroom bookshelf either... yet.
This is the truth; I have no idea what many posters are going on about with a "terraforming project". I keep seeing references and I'm like, did I miss something in a post? Was this an omake? What are they talking about?
I just did a search for posts by BoneyM mentioning "terraforming" (I didn't really expect that word, but I wanted to check), "farming" (some stuff, but I can't find anything extensive), and "soil". Can someone direct me to the post I'm missing?
I think Panoramia is doing some work with farming and soil improvement, but as far as I can recall we've gotten like three sentences on it. This isn't even about liking her or not; I don't know how anyone knows what she's doing.
I just did a search for posts by BoneyM mentioning "terraforming" (I didn't really expect that word, but I wanted to check), "farming" (some stuff, but I can't find anything extensive), and "soil". Can someone direct me to the post I'm missing?
I think Panoramia is doing some work with farming and soil improvement, but as far as I can recall we've gotten like three sentences on it. This isn't even about liking her or not; I don't know how anyone knows what she's doing.
Mopman43
Mountain-Hermit of Nitpeak
- Location
- Vermont
Panoramia is basically creating an ecosystem from scratch, users have likened it to terraforming.