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[X] Lead the Wizards, Knightly Orders, and Asarnil

Mathilde is a Lady Magister now. She's going to have a big piece of the responsibility pie for this expedition no matter what we pick. Might as well make it official so she can best help keep everyone working together well.

In game-mechanics sense, her Diplomacy may only be decent but her traits are all lined up to make this a position she can manage very well.
 
[X] Lead the Wizards, Knightly Orders, and Asarnil

We are at the pinaccle of our career we became ML. We definetly can make it.
 
[X] Lead the Wizards and Asarnil

Since we aren't leading dwarves, skaven and/or undead against skaven and/or undead, Mathilde's command bonii aren't that large. Pretty sure whoever else gets put in charge can bring forth better numbers.

Plus, Mathilde's at her strongest when she's flitting around the back line cleaving important personel.
 
I'd be hella curious how we, or some other SV questing crowd, would have reacted to Mathilde's speech there. How much would we take at face value, how much would we be suspicious about, how much would we believe to be well meant, but ignore out of curiosity and how much, if anything, would we think plain wrong on her part?

She is a Lady Magister known for her expertise in both Dwarven and Greenskin matters. But she's also a Grey, if a flashy one, and there's rumors that she's an unapologetic Ranald worshipper (both from the Stirland Watch and from a couple rites and sponsorships in K8P). Then there's the part where she willingly invited Horstmann and friends to a trip to the Chaos Wastes, which IC shouldn't bother any of the Journeymen, but OOC might make them even more paranoid than it did the real us.

and you have to fight the urge to scrutinize her with your Magesight to see if you can spot any signs of a bound Apparition. Hopefully you'll have a chance to see it in action.
Why did she fight it? Is Magesight inspection noticeable for the Wizard that's being inspected?

seeing them fill the entire width of a major road really highlights just how large they are.
What happens if we encounter a wheeled caravan on the High Pass that is trying to go the opposite direction?
Alriksson, Magnus, Kriestov, Alexis, Volans. The High King, Emperor, Ar-Ulric, Tzar, and Magister Patriarch that won the Great War Against Chaos.
This is cool and surprising.

Are things named after non-Dwarf heroes a more frequent thing or does this cement the engineers and the expedition as a whole as proud kickflippers beyond even just the practical?

Of course Horstmann already knows all about the Skaven. He's so smooth, competent and in control every time we see him that it just making it increasingly believable that he'd already be a Chaos-worshipper somehow hiding it from everybody.
We've seen him exactly twice. The first time he was no more suspicious than Johann and the second we actually noticed him visibly react by trying not to, just as all competent-but-not-Grey Wizards in the know are expected to do. A competent Grey Wizard would have reacted like all of those other Journeymen.
 
Eh, we are a LM, that does make a big difference for "awesomeness quoetient before it becomes sus".
If we were older, but as it stands we're a new character in the world the same age he is and became a lord magister before Mr prodigal personal student of at least an ex supreme patriarch and current semi patriarch.

To me at least that looks mightily sus, but has no reason to act on it cause of the Grey/Dawi connections...but maybe they're a really good Tzeench cultist playing the long game!

Ohhh we better not show we've got any knowledge of Dhar beyond the normal, or that sus meter is going to ****ing explode :p
 
Why did she fight it? Is Magesight inspection noticeable for the Wizard that's being inspected?

When you're looking for fine details, it can be pretty noticeable that you've zoned out.

What happens if we encounter a wheeled caravan on the High Pass that is trying to go the opposite direction?

Most of the pass has enough space for them to pass. If it happens in a chokepoint, then the giant metal behemoth has right of way.

Are things named after non-Dwarf heroes a more frequent thing or does this cement the engineers and the expedition as a whole as proud kickflippers beyond even just the practical?

It's pretty rare, but in this case specifically it makes sense. They're the leaders that won the Great War Against Chaos, which is why Karag Dum was cut off in the first place. Note they still left Teclis out.
 
the leadership of the Expedition has consisted of Borek, Gotri, and Snorri.
Gotrek

Would taking command mean passing normal chain of command over us or it could mean only assuming highest authority while leaving command subordination in day-to-day affairs direct between high command of Expedition and commanded party? Will be we highest authority over Knights if latter is not the case and vote involving not taking command would win?
 
If we were older, but as it stands we're a new character in the world the same age he is and became a lord magister before Mr prodigal personal student of at least an ex supreme patriarch and current semi patriarch.

To me at least that looks mightily sus, but has no reason to act on it cause of the Grey/Dawi connections...but maybe they're a really good Tzeench cultist playing the long game!

Ohhh we better not show we've got any knowledge of Dhar beyond the normal, or that sus meter is going to ****ing explode :p

I didn't see the thread explode over Dragomas, and he is much more outrageous than us.
 
I don't know the two named blades you mentioned, but isn't Branulhune quite a bit more powerful than the Runefangs?
In fact, if Alaric the Mad is so much more awesome than Kragg, why is his most famous work still weaker? Is it due to the mass production of an inherently shoddy form (sword) for a recent ally's followers? What are some examples of his best standalone works?
... what?

the runefangs are near Unbreakable and can cut anything. In their along history, nothing has matched or broken them. Even the sword of the everchosson cound not break them (the welders, not so much)

if Branulhune Traded blows with a Runefang. There is good odds that the runefang would start chipping Braulhune within two to three strikes.

Alaric spent hundred of years on them,the last given to the descendants of the tribe leaders.

it's not just the no save and Insent wounds.

to steal a Fate concept, they have greater authority.
 
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Would taking command mean passing normal chain of command over us or it could mean only assuming highest authority while leaving command subordination in day-to-day affairs direct between high command of Expedition and commanded party? Will be we highest authority over Knights if latter is not the case and vote involving not taking command would win?

The leaders of the forces of the Knightly Orders will retain command over them, what changes is whether they're talking directly to Borek or whether that communication goes through Mathilde.
 
To the delight of every cattle merchant in Praag
And the dismay of said cattle.
Needless to say, I'm protective of that goodwill, so here's some ground rules
Horstman taking notes eagerly
the dragon that is perched atop it, watching the terrain crawl past with disdain
"I could be flying I just don't want too."
I know we call griffons cat birds, but do dragons have a more appropriate attitude?
 
Dwarf Loremasters have speculated that Laihtero is Law in its purest form and that it will not accept magic enchantments of any kind.
Well we're a Dwarf Loremaster...;)
The coffin itself was hidden beneath the Empire city of Praag, capital of Kislev. Her sword Laihtendrung was also made of Laihtero
.Hey! We're in Praag!
 
The leaders of the forces of the Knightly Orders will retain command over them, what changes is whether they're talking directly to Borek or whether that communication goes through Mathilde.
I meant that whether taking command would mean that leaders of the Knights would always communicate through intermediary or that we would get nominal higher authority to step in when needed and leave actual day-to-day communication to be direct. From second part of your answer eems like it's former, but would we still have any authority at all over Knights if we choose not to command them?
 
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