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Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest

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[x] Thane Borek Forkbeard
[x] Head Engineer Gotrek Gurnisson
[x] Preceptor Joerg von Zavstra
[x] Sir Ruprecht Wulfhart the Younger
 
The Lone badger said:
Rite of Way makes 'solid' ground for heavy vehicles to safely traverse. Could a modified version of it make 'liquid' ground and allow ships easy passage through shoals etc?
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That'd be a question for Boney, but my first instinct would be no, since the former is shoring up divots in the ground, or soft terrain. It's fundamentally reinforcing what's already there. The latter would mean excavating large amounts of coral, rock, and dirt - and I would assume that's considerably more magic intensive.

On the other hand, maybe there's something to the idea of a spell that causes a localized swell in front of, and beneath, the ship? Raising the local sea level high enough that you can safely traverse overtop reefs and the like. It's probably the sort of thing that Ulthuan already knows how to do, if it's possible. I think creating a magical fluid for the ship to traverse would be a lot less efficient than coaxing the water to artificially swell where you need it, only when you need it to.
 
The Lone badger said:
Rite of Way makes 'solid' ground for heavy vehicles to safely traverse. Could a modified version of it make 'liquid' ground and allow ships easy passage through shoals etc?
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I suspect it would be a new spell. One we may or may not have easier time inventing, if it is even feasible with our wind.

The mental image of Mathilde consulting sailors to learn of all the hazards encountered is funny though.
 
BoneyM said:
Shortly after dawn, the Expedition trundling along the Skull Road comes across you sitting atop a stack of barrels in the middle of the empty wasteland as you skim through the books. You project an air of aloof smugness as you ignore the many bewildered questions directed your way, which redouble after someone finds the markings on one of the barrels confirming that they came from a Marienburg trade ship. The Dwarves are familiar enough with their vessels at this point that it only takes them a few moments to swing out the davits and start hoisting the barrels aboard
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I swear she derives sustenance from their surprise and confusion.
BoneyM said:
"It should have been two at most," he grumbles. "The four-wheel design would have had us halfway back to Karak Kadrin by now, as long as every road on the way was solid and perfectly maintained stone at no more than a three degree incline. I should have pushed back more against the sort of Grandmasters that haven't seen the sun since they were Apprentices, but there was trouble enough with me being appointed Head Engineer and having to relocate the project would have ended it there and then. Even though the only reason it was me and not one of them was because none of them would do it."
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Assume a spherical ship in a perfect vacuum sorts huh?
BoneyM said:
"I've heard Karag Dum has a lot of detractors among traditionalists," you prompt.

"Folks are always ready to believe the worst of those they've failed," he says with a shrug. "If Karag Dum wasn't worth protecting, there's no shame in failing to have protected it. And it's not like they're able to level a Grudge in defence of their good name."

You nod silently. It's a reasonable conclusion and possibly even a correct one, and it doesn't require the degree of culpability that Thorek's theory requires.
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That does point to a more contained result than the previous theory, though thats a lot of longbeards thats going to be extremely shamed and doubly so if it survived.
BoneyM said:
"So, this will get the salt out of the meat?"

"Most of it," he grumbles, but in a less morose tone; a Dwarf grumbling about how much better they could do something with more time or better resources is always a happier Dwarf than a Dwarf grumbling about the decline of the Karaz Ankor.
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Dwarf Wrangling 101
BoneyM said:
"There are cauldrons and ovens that feed off the heat of the boiler already of course, but we're going to need to boil these a lot to get them edible. At sea they'd steep them first, but that means changing the water every few hours and we don't have an endless supply of water with lower salinity than the meat, so that's out. And we can't just toss it into the main boiler, that's designed to be damn near a closed system, and introducing salt and meat fragments would go wrong very quickly. So we build a secondary boiler and condenser and run them off the firebox, boiling off most of the water and draining off the brine and refilling it from the reclaimed fresh water. Before long we'll be left with boiled and only moderately salted meat and a tub of saturated brine that would be maybe eight times saltier than seawater. We can use that to preserve any new meat that comes in that's in excess of what can be eaten, or if nothing else, sell it to a saltern or a pickler on the way back home."
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Hmm...wonder if we'd run into a giant slug daemon to a-salt to death. That much salt is fairly useful in its own right too, it'd normally take a lot of time and space or a lot of fuel and engineering to extract
BoneyM said:
"Not really," he says with a shrug. "Don't get me wrong, it was the right thing to do and I'm glad we did it, but the Karaz Ankor and I have parted ways. My Ankor is my family now, and they're no better or worse off than before with a Dwarfhold on the other side of Kislev back in existence."

"Ah."

Gotrek apparently takes this as an unvoiced question. "My wife is Clanless. My Clan wouldn't allow her to join it in marriage, so I left it."

You consider the offer that Gotri said he's willing to extend. "Do you regret it?"

He shakes his head firmly. "I regret that they made it necessary. Never my response."
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Hrm, might extend that offer anyway. Sounds like while Gotri is on the ball for the idea.
Might annoy his old clan though.
BoneyM said:
It comes as a surprise to you that wholesome water supplies can exist in the middle of Chaos Dwarf territory, but you suppose that even Dwarves would think twice before taking on an aquifer.
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*Dwarf Fortress Flashbacks*
Fucking with the aquifer is bad juju.
BoneyM said:
It's not hard to confirm the correct one when you find it, as the Skaven seem to have an impulse to carve their Runes into the walls of every tunnel they occupy, and you follow the three-sided Rune of the Skaven and the overlapping triple diamond of Clan Moulder into the darkness deep underground.
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Bit of a curious compulsion, but then basically EVERYONE likes to mark spaces as Mine. Humans use fences and flags, beastmen and orcs use totems, dwarves and skaven do it with carvings.

No idea what elves do.
BoneyM said:
Your explorations quickly reveal that the base has already been quite thoroughly looted, including the vaults, cells, laboratories and armouries, but there's one place that you're hoping they wouldn't have been able to find yet: the hidden safe in the Warlord's personal quarters that featured prominently in his story of how he replaced the Warlord before him. The room has already been torn apart, with the wall hangings and carpets Qrech described already disappeared and probably destined for either a Chaos Dwarf's own quarters or Uzkulak for resale, and the vast aquarium that takes up one wall has been broken and the gilled rats that called it home are gone. You reach through the broken glass and pull up the tiny sword lodged in the ribcage of an upset-looking model skeleton, and with a few clicks that make their way through the walls, part of the wall swings noiselessly out, revealing a safe dial. 13-13-13 gets you in, because the way to change the code had been lost with Qrech's predecessor when he was entombed alive in this very safe.
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As villain lairs go its pretty nice.
You can already see the paranoia and confusion if they reclaim it and it seems somebody managed to open the secret safe with the secret password.
BoneyM said:
The few careful tests indicate that though the wolves and Demigryphs aren't exactly enthused by the salt meat, they'll eat it, and after they show no signs of side-effects worse than a certain amount of grouchiness it is distributed to the rest of the beasts and to anyone else willing to try it. You give it a shot yourself, and though it's still hellishly salty, you have to admit you've eaten worse, mostly from Altdorf street vendors.
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Mysterious Meat-like object on a stick?
From some Dibbler guy?
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The Expedition has reached the eastern end of Zorn Uzkul, and faces what might be the most laborious part: the switchbacking ascent to the Great Steppes. This is the leg of the Expedition where the speed of the steam-wagons will reduce to a crawl and the convoy might be most vulnerable to attack, and the quality of the road is likely to be extremely variable.
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Mathilde: "Watch, nothing up my sleeves."

[X] Scout the lands of the Iron Wolves

[X] Use Rite of Way to ease the ascent
[X] Investigate the 'Windfall' with the Light Wizards
 
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[X] Use Rite of Way to ease the ascent
[X] Investigate the 'Windfall' with the Light Wizards
[X] Journeyman Cyrston von Danling
 
The Lone badger said:
Rite of Way makes 'solid' ground for heavy vehicles to safely traverse. Could a modified version of it make 'liquid' ground and allow ships easy passage through shoals etc?
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Would be a completely different mechanic. Currently, the spell employs "Skywalk" in order to smooth out surfaces. Employing it on a shoal would force the ship up and over it instead of liquifying the obstacle.

Skywalk: Allows you to walk on air for a few seconds, enough to cover about twenty meters at a run.
- If you want to bring someone along you'll have to carry them.
 
BoneyM said:
it gets overlooked to a degree by the Zhufbar Engineers Guild.
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How does he work in/for the Engineers Guild if he lives in Ostermark?
picklepikkl said:
I think it is much more important for us to put any effort into keeping tabs on our Journeymen -- the most vulnerable ones with the least experience with their magic
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I voted for Cyrston this turn, but there is an argument to be made that it's most important to take care of them while actually in the Chaos Wastes, which we will be soon. And for that purpose one might want to strategically vote in such a way that they are the most interesting remaining options since we already visited all the fan favorites in the previous turns.
 
[x] Thane Borek Forkbeard
[x] Asarnil the Dragonlord
[x] Ice Crone Ljiljana
[x] Use Rite of Way to ease the ascent
[x] Attempt to make contact with the Iron Wolves
[x] Investigate the 'Windfall' with the Light Wizards
 
Mathilde smugly sitting on mysterious barrels of supplies for the Expedition is such a Gandalf move. The only thing lacking was a pipe. We make do with a book , sure, but it's just not the same.
 
veekie said:
Hrm, might extend that offer anyway. Sounds like while Gotri is on the ball for the idea.
Might annoy his old clan though.
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I don't think it could annoy them. Since they disowned him he should likely be "forgotten".
Edit: He left them, but the end result should be the same.
 
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vsh said:
Mathilde smugly sitting on mysterious barrels of supplies for the Expedition is such a Gandalf move. The only thing lacking was a pipe. We make do with a book , sure, but it's just not the same.
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You're right, it's better. :V
I mean sure, I like Gandalf's pipe, but nothing says casual smugness like not even looking at people, and a book makes that much easier to get away with.
 
Heidi, one of the most powerful people in the Empire should come visit K8P some time imo.

So we can smug at her about our bathroom.
DragonParadox said:
This would indeed be cool for a Taalite to have. I think he's a Taalite right?
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Uh, maybe? I have him as a Taalite in my head too for some reason, but after some valourous combat with the search funcfion, I have found no citations to provide. Pickle makes it look easy. :/
 
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