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Citation? I haven't been able to find anything with Mathilde calling them by their names, except in inner monologue.

Here:

You wince as Asarnil's blade flicks out twice, faster than the eye can see, and a scream of pain rises from the Norscan as he clutches at his face. "Most notably," you continue, "he was blinded..." Asarnil circles his foe, and you wince again as the Elf's greaved leg lashes out with a crack of shattering bone. "And crippled by Khaine," you finish, almost drowned out by the second crack.

Don't know if it means anything but, well, here it is. I think that there are a few more but this was the first one I found.
 
Here:

Don't know if it means anything but, well, here it is.
Ah. Khaine isn't one of the Four. Or, at least, that's what the elves claim, and he's one of their gods, so they should know, though the similarities between Khaine and Khorne are, uh, noteworthy. Khaine was even an option for patron deity at character creation separate from the question of whether we had been compromised by Chaos.
[ ] Khaine: God of Blood, Battle and Murder, believed by some to be the brother of Morr. Khaine cults sometimes crop up among soldiers and mercenaries, and though made infamous by the worship of the Dark Elves, the High and Wood Elves also pay homage to him. It's the sort of thing best kept to oneself.
So yeah, it's an understandable thing to get confused about, but saying Khaine's name is not the same as invoking Khorne, the Violent One of the Four.

The only example I've been able to find of Mathilde saying the name of one of the Four is this:
You take a moment to digest that. "Okay, then... so we're still facing Slaanesh daemons, if anything. Do they have a Greater Daemon?"
But other than that she seems to exclusively use epithets.
 
Khaine, not Khorne, different people.
Khaine is elven god of murder and war and shit, Khorne is the chaos god.
Khaine isn't Khorne by elven reasoning though.
Ah. Khaine isn't one of the Four. Or, at least, that's what the elves claim, and he's one of their gods, so they should know, though the similarities between Khaine and Khorne are, uh, noteworthy. Khaine was even an option for patron deity at character creation separate from the question of whether we had been compromised by Chaos.
Khaine's not a Chaos God, though? It's only directly mentioning the names of the Chaos Gods that Mathilde refrains from, the Order gods/goddesses are often and openly invoked directly by various characters.

Oh, sorry, my mistake!

The only example I've been able to find of Mathilde saying the name of one of the Four is this:
But other than that she seems to exclusively use epithets.

That said, picklepikkl found one.

Well, maybe this is nothing but I just felt that I should point this out.
 
Well, maybe this is nothing but I just felt that I should point this out.
Citation for reasoning!

Did Mathilde slip up on her training here? She tends to not use their names.
Asarnil did because the field in which he grows his fucks is completely barren, and Mathilde echoed him because she was focused on the report instead of Chaos OSHA.
 
Most reputable scholars of the subject very cautiously agree that that Khorne, Slaanesh, Nurgle and Tzeentch are corruptions of Their true names, which are probably closer to how They're referred to in Dark Tongue: Karneth, Slaaneth, Nurgleth, and Tzeeneth. But many still find that shaky ground to bet your soul on.
 
and now that we're voting to spend even less of our time in Karak Eight Peaks, a teleportation tower seems even less likely
What? No. We need it now.
Citation? I haven't been able to find anything with Mathilde calling them by their names, except in inner monologue.
Since they live in the Warp, shouldn't thinking their names have a qualitatively similar effect to saying them?
Most reputable scholars of the subject very cautiously agree that that Khorne, Slaanesh, Nurgle and Tzeentch are corruptions of Their true names, which are probably closer to how They're referred to in Dark Tongue: Karneth, Slaaneth, Nurgleth, and Tzeeneth. But many still find that shaky ground to bet your soul on.
I'd like to submit the theory of opposite being true. The Kurgans live up north and close to them. They are more likely to be cautious about their names out of sheer survivorship bias. And their versions all end with the same -eth ending, making it likely that it's a purposeful corruption.

Down south the names are primarily used by cultists, who are more likely to be more fanatically devout than your average Kurgan trying to live a Gods entertaining life and they also obtain their Chaos lore more directly from the source (daemons, trap books or divine inspiration) and without the tempering wisdom of a line of experienced shamanic predecessors.
Also, afaik, Order nation Humans use the same names as Ulthuani Elves and Karaz Ankor Dwarves. The former is ancient and prideful and the latter is accurate and grudgekeeping. Neither is likely to adulterate the Names, even if they can be swayed to not use them lightly.
 
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What? No. We need it now.

I don't see how. Surely you're not expecting to be able to make continent wide teleportation towers with bare enchanting and no ritual magic? The kind of scale of teleportation you're asking for so that its relevant to travel from K8P to Laurelorn is far beyond any result that can be expected of Mathildes current skills and we don't have the CF to bring in Grey magic specialists that might be more pussiant in this area.
 
And we could just spend the Dord Favor to finally get our own gyrocopter for basically the same result but with a significantly less action cost.

Remember that the more AP we spend on other things, the less we could spend on research or using the knowledge learned from that golden hound spell.
 
Wowowow I finally caught up. This story is incredible. I didn't know anything about warhammer coming into it and still don't understand a lot of the references but it's been fun to follow along!

Some questions I had:
- Why did no one vote for the teleportation tower when Mathilde was building her tower? That seemed so cool! Teleporting!

- What's the plan for Gehenna's hounds?

- Why did Borek (Karg dum guy) gather hundreds of people together for an expedition to go to this castle just so he could abandon everyone and walk into it alone? Why didn't he just go by himself in the first place?? I was so confused at that part.

- Finally, y'all seriously voted to romance THE DRAGON??? 😂☠

Welcome! And yeah I get what you mean, I still don't get how the dragon got so many votes. The hive collective of giant spiders was obviously the superior waifu.
 
I'd like to submit the theory of opposite being true. The Kurgans live up north and close to them. They are more likely to be cautious about their names out of sheer survivorship bias. And their versions all end with the same -eth ending, making it likely that it's a purposeful corruption.
The Kurgan ride on pilgrimage to Karag Dum to poke Morghur for mutations that can be potentially deadly. What you are proposing is not what is demonstrated on every step of the way to be true.
 
We don't even need one. Mathilde can ride a gyro anywhere in range of the Karaz Ankor anyway. At worst you're looking at a 3 day round trip.
Yeah we have an open invite to borrow a gyrocopter, but getting our own allows us to do more personal stuff, especially since we plan to deal heavily with elves.

Really, we have personal travel on a lock. It's just on the other stuff that a personal gyrocopter is for. It's an option anyway.
 
Yeah we have an open invite to borrow a gyrocopter, but getting our own allows us to do more personal stuff, especially since we plan to deal heavily with elves.

Really, we have personal travel on a lock. It's just on the other stuff that a personal gyrocopter is for. It's an option anyway.
We can paint it Red and make it go even faster.
 
"Aha! I knew it!"
"No, Panoramia."
Mathilde sat curled in her favourite chair, tongue half poking out the side of her mouth in that endearing way she had when engrossed in a particularly tricky magical problem, or juicy passage. Her shadow hovered over her shoulder, intent on whatever Mathilde was so focused on.

With a final series of bold horizontal strokes, Mathilde set her notebook down in her lap. Panoramia could see the sketch of a slimline two-seater gyrocopter, covered in runes, with speed lines behind.
"I don't think it's 'fair to say' I'm having a midlife crisis."
 
Would gyro really solve the issue?

I can see Mathilde having bonuses from her towers/library for her personal projects since she should be able to return to K8P, but would she retain those bonuses while working directly with others in Laurelorn?
 
I don't see how. Surely you're not expecting to be able to make continent wide teleportation towers with bare enchanting and no ritual magic? The kind of scale of teleportation you're asking for so that its relevant to travel from K8P to Laurelorn is far beyond any result that can be expected of Mathildes current skills and we don't have the CF to bring in Grey magic specialists that might be more pussiant in this area.
K8P-Altdorf and K8P-Stirland would still keep time down. Also, if there was any truth to the speculation that K8P-Altdorf was even possible, then building the primary tower in Altdorf in the first place might allow Laurelorn-Altdorf and then Altdorf-K8P.
We don't even need one. Mathilde can ride a gyro anywhere in range of the Karaz Ankor anyway. At worst you're looking at a 3 day round trip.
You act like that's nothing. Even needing half a day to commute between one's job and one's family/girlfriend often means that one only sees them on the weekends. Three days would put it firmly into LDR with meetings for special occasions or during vacation only. And this is in an age before telephones.
The Kurgan ride on pilgrimage to Karag Dum to poke Morghur for mutations that can be potentially deadly. What you are proposing is not what is demonstrated on every step of the way to be true.
They do that. But their Shamans clearly still have a tradition of not naming god names lightly.
 
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