Maybe we'd finally see some megalomania. That's a real weakness of her character.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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"That's true, stone is an excellent insulator of magic. Nothing to see here, then." I'd recommend not letting meme votes win unless you really want them to be what takes precedence in Mathilde's actions.
That was part of it. The other part was me realizing I'd rather Mathilde's relationships be things that were built entirely on-screen with thread participation, rather than her having a pre-existing network of friends and contacts. So the College Contacts ended up being a close relationship with the one exception (her Master) and a solid reputation amongst the Grey College in general.
Squeezing magic is technically a very very simple magic ritual. Most of the difficulty is keeping your grip on it while it tries to wriggle free, which is not a skill that being good at rituals will teach you.
Emphasis on the 'could' with AV. Artificial familiars and apparitions are very different in nature, so it would be even more unsure a 'could'.
Too young to be a Clan Elder, but good enough at his job that he's expected to become one in time.
Sub-1000, so yes.
De Facto: Minor Holds swear fealty to Major Holds which swear fealty to the Karaz Ankor, similarly to Baron/Count to Elector Count to Emperor. Rulers of Minor Holds are called a King but they're recognized at not being a King King. The terminology is not considered confusing because Dwarves would instantly recognize 'King of Karak Hirn', for example, as being completely different in nature to 'King of Karak Gantuk'. Perhaps the best term for them would be 'Petty Kings', though it wouldn't be a great idea to use that term where they can hear you.
De Jure: They're outposts of the Major Holds, and their 'rulers' should be considered Lords, not Kings.
Sold to another Clan, or to Karak Izor.
In that case, the asterisk goes on 'human' with a number of question marks in the footnotes.
I have to flatly disagree with you here. BoneyM has been consistent about having "hero units" just like in Tabletop Warhammer, who while they may not be quite capable of taking on armies singlehanded are simply more stubbornly able to survive and win when most people would die.
Did you notice how Snorri was basically contributing as much as the entire rest of his rangers combined in that scuffle at the Karak Vlag entrance?
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well, they were bamboozled by the temptation and Snorri wasn't.
It makes sense for stubbornness to help in that case
Aranfan
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This isn't actually unusual. Maw Firebellies aren't actually using the Elf Lore of Aquashy, they are using a religious lore, but it's similar enough that the tabletop just uses it. Similarly, the Nekeharan Liche Priests get to use Lores of Light and Death, but their traditions are entirely separate from the elf tradition and they are actually using a religious lore that involves both.
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1) Pretty sure we are still WS5 BS4 (base WS is 3, basic greatswords upgrade it to 4, advanced to 5 and special Branulhune style would make it WS6 (and probably I6 A4), but we didn't finish it yet)
2) Our new robes are 3+ armor save, not 4+
3) Seed should probably only work if Mathilde's own unit didn't retreat/wasn't wiped out to represent the ability of an uninterrupted enemy to kill her again and again thus preventing resurrection
4) Magical attacks are redundant with Branulhune
5) Branulhune disables enemy magic items to the end of battle
6) Rite of Way probably shouldn't increase M and for simplicity's sake should work on "Mathilde and any unit she is attached to"
7) Why does Deceiver (perfect lie face of the coin) grants Scout? Kinda don't understand the logic here
While no one actually knows, we can guess. Thorgrim has another Axe of Grimnir and they are likely of the similar power level. Thorgrims grants this:
1) Always Strikes First special rule
2) Wounds on 2+ against non-magical armor, on 3+ against magical one (regardless of target's Toughness)
3) Has Multiple Wounds (D6) against Giants and Chaos Giants.
So a very fast and killy axe which is especially killy against giants, but not nearly enough to make a normal dude unkillable.
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Thanks for chipping in. Magical Attacks causes the Dwarf guns to also count as magical, so it's not redundant, and Mathilde already has Scout - Deceiver just enhances it, i.e. lets her use her illusions with flawless deception to get much closer to the enemy and only reveal herself at the critical moment (normally Scouts deploy before the game starts). The rest of it is very useful though! Edits are in place.
Do see my disclaimer about not being super confident mechanically in the Coin, though
It sure says something about the prestige of Karak Eight Peaks that some 3000 years after its fall, dwarves still thought of the uncrowned heir as kind of a king-king, even if a beggar-king-king.
Rival to Karaz-a-Karak indeed.
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I don't believe this is true, in-quest - the effect extends to held weapons but not any ammunition, so it's only relevant if she's pistol-whipping someone.
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- Earth
There is no reason to believe Grimnir has the exact same axe twice.
Rule of Pride would rather speak against it.
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- Finland
I assume that helping find Vlag is going to do marvels to Snorri's future political aspirations.
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An axe for every situation.
Grimnir: And this is my tea drinking axe.
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Aranfan
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It is true on the tabletop tho. And he was making tabletop stats.
I was trying to make Quest-accurate tabletop stats, as difficult as that is
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How about something from the Lahmian gift set, from 6e? The Transfix power, which was target model makes a leadership test. If failed, they couldn't attack that round.
With a few outrageous words that sound nonetheless ring true, Mathilde's opponents are left completely befuddled.
Choose one model in base contact with Mathilde. That model must pass a leadership test or be unable to Attack for that phase.
More ideas from the same book:
More powerful: If the Ld test is failed, the victim is hit automatically in close combat
Same level: make it one use only, but works automatically
Weaker: If the Ld test is failed, the victim can't attack Mathilde. Everyone else is fair game.
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While not automatically applied via her mastery Mathilde can bless her bullets by applying the spell to them instead of the weapon.
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- Actually pretty lost
Yes, but they can trivially make it quest accurate by dropping the rule, because Mathilde's default melee weapon will already count as magical without taking her Mastery into account.
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- Russia
And I never claimed otherwise.
But there is a reason to believe that his axes were at about the same level and not "one god-tier axe and one normal axe". The one we know about is approximately 150 points weapon which ignores "Jealous Runes" rule. All of its effects can be duplicated by the modern Dawi (although not on the same weapon, since thay are all Master Runes). There is no reason to believe that the other axe is so much better that he makes the wielder unkillable.
Sort of. The mastery effect that makes it automatic does not apply to ammunition, but she can cast the spell on those. She does that in clearing the haunted hills, for example.
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- Spain
To be fair, if we come out of the expedition alive we are going to get the most advanced dwarf revolvers we can from Zhufbar and we are going to rune them fully, so that little thing will stop being relevant relatively soon.
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- Actually pretty lost
Oh, for sure. We should have done it already really, we're never going to spend all of our Dwarf Favour.
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- Spain
Especially with the AV generating 3 free DF per turn without us doing nothing...
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- Mid-Atlantic
Also, by now Mathilde has a much better idea of which runesmiths are close enough to the Kickflip Zone to seriously consider enchanting a revolver.
We could well find significantly more valuable uses for AV than burning it for dwarf favour.
This is something where the Thungni Lore skill we could learn might help.
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- Spain
Probably, but we will need to invest quite a few AP to reach that point, for now using it for DF is the only use we can get out of it, and, to be fair, it is already pretty amazing...
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