While I'm sure they are grateful to be alive I suspect the horror of the experience itself will dominate their recollections. Being dipped in the wind of boundaries and pulled through the space between spaces blind and helpless would be mentally scarring to anyone. Never mind how anathema to the very solid dwarfs image of themselves it would be to be rendered intangible.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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While I'm sure they are grateful to be alive I suspect the horror of the experience itself will dominate their recollections. Being dipped in the wind of boundaries and pulled through the space between spaces blind and helpless would be mentally scarring to anyone. Never mind how anathema to the very solid dwarfs image of themselves it would be to be rendered intangible.
Kornet
Quite possibly a sloth abomination
- Location
- Mother Russia
They were waist-deep in water, and we have word of Boney that wet dwarves die of hypothermia before conventional help arrives.
But it worked. Thats important!
Chlof
Her Ladyship
- Pronouns
- She/Her
So if we cast SOS on the sealed door we could tell if there was light on the other side?
- Location
- being near locations is my passion.
I was wondering that too, unfortunately:
It'd just pass through, doing either nothing at best, or cutting a dwarf at random if you are unlucky.
That said, a hypothetical "summon-sword" spell based on the the principals underlying The Penumbral Pendulum - i.e. the uh... not-space where Mathilde was made Lord Magister would be infinitely sharp, and would cut through any non-magical thing like a lightsaber through butter. But I've considered such a spell for the funsies, and because of Branhulme, Mathilde is the person who would get the least out of it.
A gilded Gold wizard would be the best person to have on a rescue like this - especially if they had a quirky magesight that let them see through metal, or a Gold wiard and a Celestial who can divine if there is someone in a given compartment.
Unlikely to help:
Curse of Rust: One nearby metal item the size of a breastplate or smaller becomes pitted and useless.
May help:
Law of Age: A solid, inanimate object becomes brittle and much easier to break for several minutes.
Transformation of Metal: By touching a metal object, you transform it into a different object of the same metal. Quality depends on casting check. Long casting time.
For the third spell, I'm picturing someone shaping a metal wall into a "wall with a smooth, person sized hole in it"
Curse of Rust: One nearby metal item the size of a breastplate or smaller becomes pitted and useless.
May help:
Law of Age: A solid, inanimate object becomes brittle and much easier to break for several minutes.
Transformation of Metal: By touching a metal object, you transform it into a different object of the same metal. Quality depends on casting check. Long casting time.
For the third spell, I'm picturing someone shaping a metal wall into a "wall with a smooth, person sized hole in it"
Like I said grateful be be alive, just don't expect them do do any deep thinking on the nightmare fuel moment.
You wouldn't be able to SoS the door separately to the rest of the ship, and there needs to be a distinct shadow that it's within, not just darkness.
The Phoenixian
The Glacier Witch
- Location
- My own little world
As far as scouring the riverbanks goes, I'm assuming there's a reason Mathilde in particular is thinking of doing it herself, but not so much grasping why. Would it just be that her windsight gives her night vision gives her a better edge for scouring the riverbank than a team of dwarves would have, or is there more to it than that?
Or is that just something that's being put to the thread's judgement?
[X] Scour the river banks for anything the bandits left behind
Or is that just something that's being put to the thread's judgement?
[X] Scour the river banks for anything the bandits left behind
And that's why you put on the Protector.
Chlof
Her Ladyship
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Could we use marsh lights and our own shadow to bypass this or is our shadow too unruly?
Wouldn't that just kill the dwarf once the water comes through the now immaterial door?
Edit: Mathilded
Things under SoS are selectivly intangible with the caster doing the selecting.
TimEd
Meteor maker
[x] Scour the river banks for anything the bandits left behind
this is the 2nd to last safest action of Mathilde, and I'm only voting for this because our unique perspective still may offer a worthwhile return despite Mathilde's condition.
Also I think an explicit bit regarding Mathilde's status at the end of the chapter may help others on their vote and what level of risk they want to take, like Mathilde's current physical, mental and magical status.
this is the 2nd to last safest action of Mathilde, and I'm only voting for this because our unique perspective still may offer a worthwhile return despite Mathilde's condition.
Also I think an explicit bit regarding Mathilde's status at the end of the chapter may help others on their vote and what level of risk they want to take, like Mathilde's current physical, mental and magical status.
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SuperSonicSound
Shadowmancer of the Shadow Cabal
Well then it's a pretty big deal, and we should really use the protector coin this turn.
- Location
- Utrecht
We can start while it's dark, the dwarfs cannot.
That would work for that part of the problem.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
That was the plan.
We might have to just shove everything but Rite of Way aside to free up AP to spend the rest of it on the investigation aftermath, but the plan was always to swap to Protector.
Chlof
Her Ladyship
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- She/Her
Right, didn't read the first part of that properly. Bugger.
Self-assessments are unreliable because adrenaline is a hell of a drug and fatigue is really good at masking fatigue. Mathilde has the same solid facts to work with to reach a conclusion that the reader has.
@BoneyM what if we tested adjacent cargo holds with a stick? As I see it there's 3 likely possibilities when we test with a stick that's under Substance of Shadow.
1. Safe Passage: The stick safely goes through which shows the area is in shadow. Mathilde can pass through and rescue anyone inside.
2. Merge: The stick merges with the wall. Mathilde can't enter but the situation is no worse than before.
3. Explosion: The stick explodes possibly injuring any dwarfs and creates a breach. However, dwarfs are tough and Mathilde has the seed so with the new breach Mathilde will able to have the lights shut off and be able to enter the room and rescue any dwarfs.
4. The wall explodes, killing the dwarfs.
We can't, the water is not an object, or it it is it's too heavy since it is continuous.