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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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Well first roll will likely be to see if plan "clog waystone" even works correctly. Will be kind of embarrassing if after all this we roll a 01 on that first Learning check and the Waystone explodes when we try to clog it. (Yes Mathilde has the knowledge and it should be 'not difficult' but it's also the first time she's messed with a waystone.)

Then next roll will be to see if cutting the energy source does a "make karak come back" like we want. Then if we get it past that, we can start with the daemons.
 
Wait a minute, the dwarfs turn into stone when exposed to chaos, and they have been trapped in the aethyr sorrounded by demons of excess, does that mean.

Oh.

Oh no.

The Daemonettes dug too deep and too thirsty-ly.
He is coming


 
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It's also possible there are still dwarves inside who the enemy might not even be able to disengage from, or at least not in force and without getting attacked from the other side instantly. That would be nice, if admittedly unlikely.
 
I guess I'll lay down my marker- I am honestly pretty skeptical about a "dwarven resistance" inside the aethyr. I mean, how exactly are they going to hold off an endless horde of daemons whose not-that-elite soldiers have +30 combat bonuses? Without supplies of any sort, for over 180 years? It's a gamble whether they'd starve or be reduced to throwing rocks first. They're in like a ten times worse position than even Karag Dum, and we've been pretty doubtful about Karag Dum holdouts! The only way I can see it is if they got very lucky on the time fuckery and it's only been two years for them or something like that.

That's not to say I don't think there's any dwarves to rescue, but I'm thinking more like "slaves kept for eternal torment to entertain demons with their pain and despair". It may actually be necessary to stage some kind of rescue mission to keep the daemons from executing them if the daemons realize they're going to dissolve.

We'll see, I suppose. If we get that far.
 
Briefvoice said:
I guess I'll lay down my marker- I am honestly pretty skeptical about a "dwarven resistance" inside the aethyr. I mean, how exactly are they going to hold off an endless horde of daemons whose not-that-elite soldiers have +30 combat bonuses? Without supplies of any sort, for over 180 years? It's a gamble whether they'd starve or be reduced to throwing rocks first. They're in like a ten times worse position than even Karag Dum, and we've been pretty doubtful about Karag Dum holdouts! The only way I can see it is if they got very lucky on the time fuckery and it's only been two years for them or something like that.

That's not to say I don't think there's any dwarves to rescue, but I'm thinking more like "slaves kept for eternal torment to entertain demons with their pain and despair". It may actually be necessary to stage some kind of rescue mission to keep the daemons from executing them if the daemons realize they're going to dissolve.

We'll see, I suppose. If we get that far.
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Because in the warp, much like in lordran, time is convoluted.
 
We don't actually know how long it has been inside the hold, could have been couple centuries, couple millenia, couple days, all of the above depending on which tile you were standing...
Nothing to it but to jank the lever and see what rolls out.
 
You see. All this talk about Sigmarites rumbling down and mugging Ranald of one of his hard earned Saints is silly. Because of course we would be a saint of Ranald.
I mean Sigmar mister officer! The Sigmarite Saint Mathilde sir! The rider of Dawn, herald of Sigmar, embodying Sigmar's Hatred of Undead, a wielder of greatsword, holy gunpowder enthusiast, patron of furious widows and swift precise strikes against the evil.

Not the Dammerlichtreiter, Saint of Ranald, Gambler of the four sided coin, Protector of the shadowed, Deceiver of schemers and Prowler of Dawn and Dusk. She who ushers the faithful to safe havens at Dusk, she who terrorizes and stalks the evil in the Night, and disrupts and confounds their schemes at Dawn.

No no. Imagine trying to use Divine Power meant for Sigmarite ends for Ranaldian Gambits instead! Why, what a scheme that would be. Hijacking Sigmarite faith to actually achieve something direct and useful on this plane as a living saint.

sounds positively Grail Knight-esque. And Ranald would know after all, having hypothetically supped from Shallya's grail for his ascension

but what I'm saying mister officer is that I am definitely not praying to any hypothetical Ranaldian Saint that may not even exist, but instead the real and straight foward Saint Mathilde of Stirland. Totally above board and not suspicious in the slightest.
 
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Valmond said:
We don't actually know how long it has been inside the hold, could have been couple centuries, couple millenia, couple days, all of the above depending on which tile you were standing...
Nothing to it but to jank the lever and see what rolls out.
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Are... are we treating lost holds like Gacha rewards now?
 
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das_slash said:
Wait a minute, the dwarfs turn into stone when exposed to chaos, and they have been trapped in the aethyr sorrounded by demons of excess, does that mean.

Oh.

Oh no.

The Daemonettes dug too deep and too thirsty-ly.
He is coming


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Context please, who be this Magni fellow?
 
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Honestly... I am all for tooting Mathilde's horn, and my history has shown this, but...

Why does the thread keep assuming that the first part of our plan (cutting the energy source and forcing the fort into reality) will even succeed before the dice are even cast? Its... jarring.
 
storryeater said:
Honestly... I am all for tooting Mathilde's horn, and my history has shown this, but...

Why does the thread keep assuming that the first part of our plan (cutting the energy source and forcing the fort into reality) will even succeed before the dice are even cast? Its... jarring.
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because if the first part of the plan doesn't work, we will be exploding,

can really plan the negative when the negative will be game over
 
Jyn Ryvia said:
because if the first part of the plan doesn't work, we will be exploding,

can really plan the negative when the negative will be game over
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...The very concept of this plan is that if step 1 fails, we'll just lose a few days and be somewhat embarassed.

Unless you mean that there is a chance the cllogging itself will fail, which... we had no indication that it would be that hard or dangerous?
 
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