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Feb 16, 2020 4:11 pm

Feb 16, 2020 4:11 pm

Re: House Fugue

To me, just the fact that there's some drug going around that anyone can take and gain large magical powers if they practice a bit (even if the actual control about the weather is limited) already puts it into high-magic.

I think we just need to establish a baseline for this setting because I imagined this setting as very grounded so suddenly having weather control pills and demons and parallel universes or whatever is throwing me off a bit xD

Feb 16, 2020 4:13 pm

Feb 16, 2020 4:13 pm

Re: House Fugue

Chalrytharendir says:

RoAries says:

I am thinking that through some weird ritual, it is possible that other worlds could be connected, and that communication and the potential summoning of these "demons" could happen through the use of some dark magic/mad science.

Just checking out some of the other threads. I think weather control is on the lower side of magic compared to opening portals to other worlds to summon demons 😱

Agreed. That also was pretty unexpected...

Those things are fine I guess but we need to establish the magic level of this world because I think we all have different ideas in our heads at the moment

Feb 16, 2020 5:15 pm

Feb 16, 2020 5:15 pm

Re: House Fugue

How about it's more of a ritualistic magic, that takes days of soaking and meditation to do. Most people who partake in etherite bathing would find it to be simply relaxing, since they only soak for a relatively short amount of time, thus meaning common people probably wouldn't have the time to soak long enough to trip hard enough to influence/predict the weather. Sort of like how shamans trip out and have prophetic visions.

Chalrytharendir

Feb 16, 2020 5:56 pm

Feb 16, 2020 5:56 pm

Re: House Fugue

Those a good suggestions, I added it to the OCC discussion.

Feb 18, 2020 4:16 pm

Feb 18, 2020 4:16 pm

Re: House Fugue

Etherite is probably related to runic magic somehow, if you need to connect it to a magic type. People who use without scribing a rune are just going to get a nice experience. Taking some of it and scribing a rune probably makes the rune stronger or something like that. Also, the veins you're following are probably like.... an inch wide.

Feb 18, 2020 4:38 pm

Feb 18, 2020 4:38 pm

Re: House Fugue

I'm rethinking my history (with the help of random barbarian name generator :D) and there is one house tie I'm missing..
I'm thinking that I may have build an antagonistic relationship (still far from open aggression!) with house fugue as I'm trying to control some trade routes and these guys just seem to have cornered the market (or control major regions/routes) because they have exclusive access to that bloody thing that is getting the barbarians addicted. Maybe something along the lines of the opium wars?

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Feb 18, 2020 5:06 pm

Feb 18, 2020 5:06 pm

Re: House Fugue

Ooh, I like that. Kind of a growing tension as the exploitation goes on.

Also, each etherite vein may only be an inch wide, but I'll counter with my idea that they're a dense network of veins, like in the picture below.

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Feb 18, 2020 5:08 pm

Feb 18, 2020 5:08 pm

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The main idea is that it's hard to come by. There's a reason it's valuable. It should be rare.

Feb 18, 2020 5:28 pm

Feb 18, 2020 5:28 pm

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Not necessarily. Salt is an abundant resource. The reason it was valuable long ago was because of high demand, and the fact that extracting and transporting salt was difficult.

I'm not going to imply that etherite is even close to salt's usefulness and demand, but I could emphasize the dangers of trying to mine a resource that's honestly not well understood, and with known psychogenic effects.

Also, House Fugue has a pretty strong hold on the etherite market, since no other house as of yet has been mining it. All etherite on the market comes from House Fugue's mines.

Last edited February 18, 2020 5:29 pm

Feb 19, 2020 7:40 pm

Feb 19, 2020 7:40 pm

Re: House Fugue

That I don't have a problem with, but if it's going to have any kind of magical effect, it either needs to be 1) very rare, or 2) take an awful lot of it to do anything. I'm fine with either of those.

Feb 19, 2020 11:17 pm

Feb 19, 2020 11:17 pm

Re: House Fugue

I'm fine with the second one. What I was thinking with the ritual was that the bath itself would be dug out in the shape of a giant rune. Not only would it take a lot of resources, it'll take a lot of time to actually set up the specific rune for the task. Does that sound good?

deadpool_qc Inactive forever!

Feb 20, 2020 5:29 pm

Feb 20, 2020 5:29 pm

Re: House Fugue

Did you need to hire some mercenaries to help quell your rebellion ? You could have hired Kraken Society to help you...

Feb 20, 2020 7:03 pm

Feb 20, 2020 7:03 pm

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Yeah, Saevikas, that seems good to me. I'm not going to be TOO picky. A lot of the flavor is going to be up to you; I'm just concerned with having the flavor match the mechanics.

Feb 20, 2020 11:18 pm

Feb 20, 2020 11:18 pm

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Sounds good Deadpool. House Fugue hired some of House Kraken's mercs in order to quell a particularly persistent miner's rebellion.

Feb 21, 2020 7:10 am

Feb 21, 2020 7:10 am

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Damn, I'm too late. One of my events is helping another house against a peasant revolution. Could have worked perfectly as a connection

Mar 25, 2020 5:57 pm

Mar 25, 2020 5:57 pm

Re: House Fugue

OOC:

I'll just take the 5 wealth, turning it into 40 wealth.

Fugue continues to gain wealth from their mining operations.

The head of Fugue, Erik Fugue, decides to attend the royal banquet, along with his daughter, Maria Fugue. The overall attitude that the Fugue household takes is that going to the banquet is worth it. The risk and cost of going is low, while the potential benefit is high. Even if they are rejected, then it is of no loss to them.

Fugue is not very pleased at Gasharde's attempt at gaining a monopoly on the ship repair business. A bit ironic, considering the monopoly on the etherite trade, but as they say, thieves worry about other thieves. They'll attempt an alliance with nearby trade empire Maa-talia, who would share a mutual interest in prevent such a monopoly.

Fugue is currently watching the Ala-Osberg relations very closely, sending spies to gather information, and to verify the rumors. Individually, those houses are not much to worry about, but when combined, it could disturb the balance of power in Scymira. This would be particularly pertinent to Fugue, as they're the closest house to the area. If this were to be true, then Fugue would need to consider what actions to take.

House Maa-Talia

Chalrytharendir

Apr 7, 2020 10:16 pm

Apr 7, 2020 10:16 pm

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Chalrytharendir sent a note to saevikas

Apr 7, 2020 11:20 pm

Apr 7, 2020 11:20 pm

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saevikas sent a note to Chalrytharendir

House Maa-Talia

Chalrytharendir

Apr 8, 2020 12:35 am

Apr 8, 2020 12:35 am

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Chalrytharendir sent a note to saevikas

deadpool_qc Inactive forever!

Apr 9, 2020 2:34 am

Apr 9, 2020 2:34 am

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A messenger is sent to Fugue...

To the head of House Fugue,
The Kraken Society invites you to an important meeting in Larimar concerning the future of the ship repair business.
Kraken's best troops will be there to assure your security during your stay, but feel free to bring your own if you feel the need.

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