Welcome to Norseman Saga! You're the young norse boy Haskell Svenson, itching to make your mark on the world. Here's some important info.

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>>691281
>>Find Anders. You’ll need some advice if you’re going with Bjorn

>>691281
>Go find Knut. He’ll want to know someone will take you raiding.

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>>691281
>>Go find Knut. He’ll want to know someone will take you raiding.
I'm ready to bathe in the blood of christens

>>691281
>Find Anders. You’ll need some advice if you’re going with Bjorn
Like how not to be a dead meat shield.

>>691281
>Go find Knut. He’ll want to know someone will take you raiding.

Votes are in. Writing

>>691281
>Find Anders. You’ll need some advice if you’re going with Bjorn

Knut will want to know. Besides, you kind of want to tell someone, and Knut is going to crazy now that he can finally see the world. It feels good having that weight of keeping him here off your shoulders, even if it was his own choice.

You nearly sprint up to Olaf’s house, and don’t even knock as you enter. You find him at the table, poring over a book. He looks to you, surprised.

“Didn’t you just leave?” he asks of you in his almost sleepy tone.

“About an hour ago, Knut. Besides, didn’t you hear Bow Bjorns horn?”

“Guess not,” he replies slowly, as his eyes drift down to your shirt. “Is that what this is all about?”

You look down too, your hands instinctively grabbing the bottom of the shirt. Looks like in all your excitement, you bleed through both it and your bandages. Geira will not be impressed.

“Uh, yeah,” you say. “Accidentally corned a frost giant. Had to fight it. Big Bjorn saw. He wants to take me raiding.”

His eyes get wide, and he slowly stands from the table. “You’re serious? We get to go out?”

“Well, you’ve always had the opt-” is as far as you get before Knut is pulling you out the door by your wrist.

“We should find Anders. He’ll have some things to tell us, I’m sure!”

And before you know it, you’re outside. You should probably think of where to look for Anders. Knut wouldn’t have thought that far ahead.

>His house seems most likely
>No it doesn’t. Go to the mead hall.
>Go to the blacksmith, he’s probably looking at swords he can’t afford

>Also, ask Knut any questions, or tell him anything you’d like as a write-in

>>691446
>Go to the blacksmith, he’s probably looking at swords he can’t afford

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>>691446
I always forget Knut. Poor Knut.

>>691446
>>No it doesn’t. Go to the mead hall.

>>691446
>>Go to the blacksmith, he’s probably looking at swords he can’t afford
I wish we had the dosh for a real axe

All the christens will laugh at us and our tiny hatchet

>>691462
We aren't strong enough to wield a real axe+shield yet

>>691467
>>691467
Yes we can, we just couldn't wield a woods axe and shield seeing as those are 2 handed

Qm will we get bonuses based on which God we pick as our main god?

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>>691467
This kind of axe we could

>>691474
Um. Not really, for story reasons that will make sense later.

>>691481
Will we get a choice to decide which god we consider our patron god?

>>691490
Eventually, in a way. I can't really give you a straight answer without risking spoilers

Calling the vote in 5 minutes since two or three people posted without voting. Giving them a chance.

>>691446
>>No it doesn’t. Go to the mead hall.

>>691446
>>Go to the blacksmith, he’s probably looking at swords he can’t afford

Votes called. Writing. Did we want to talk to Knut about anything?

>>691532
Not really

>>691532
"I know i never really asked, but why always wait for me to raid with you, why not go on your own like you have had the chance to before?"

You get about thirty seconds away from the house before Knut stops in his tracks.

“Where..” he begins, trailing off as he begins to think.

“Goti’s.”

“The blacksmith!” he shouts before pulling you along again, barely able to keep up with the lanky, long-limbed bookworm.

“Knut, slow down,” you say. He either doesn’t hear you, or doesn’t listen, and you need to dig your heels in to curb his enthusiasm. “Knut. If you were this excited to go,” you say, guilt creeping into your heart, “Why did you wait for me? Why not go on your own?”

He stops, and turns to face you. He crosses his arms in front of his chest, letting your hand fall to your side. “We always did everything together, Haskell. All of it, for as long as I can remember. I wanted to do this together, too. It wouldn’t have felt right, experiencing it all without you there.”

Before you can do so much as respond, he grabs your wrist, and you’re off again. You’re at the blacksmith’s before you know it, almost bursting in the door, panting from the run over. You were right, and Anders was there, oogling over a sword he was years away from being able to pay for.

He looks the two of you up and down, taking in your blood soaked shirt. “Odin’s fucking beard, Haskell!”, he says, unable to look away from the crimson of your torso. “What the hell happened to you?!”

“I’ll tell you what happened,” a shrill voice comes from the other end of the show room. Looking over, it’s Geira, doing a check on Goti’s head once more. “The young fool took a frost giant all by his lonesome, and got himself gored doing it. And now, I bet he was foolish once more, and broke his scabs and bandages open, is that right?” she says, without ever looking away from the blacksmith’s bruised skull.

Anders merely looks at you, mouth agape in shock, as if to say ‘Is she telling the truth?”

>Play it up
>Tone it down
>Tell it as it happened
>Write-in

>>691622
>Play it up

It was nothing really.

>>691622
>Tone it down

>>691622
>>Tell it as it happened
It's impressive as is

>>691622
>Make bad puns the entire time

>>691622
>>Tell it as it happened

>>691622
>>Tell it as it happened

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>>691636
Fuck You

>>691622
>>Tell it as it happened

Lets not be humble homos at least

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>>691648
Right back at you

>>691622
Who is this guy again ??

>>691665
Anders, Goti, or Geira?

Anders is a childhood friend you met in the tavern before going to Olaf's to work

Goti is the blacksmith who got a concussion fighting the frost giants. You met him Geira's, who is the town healer while you got your cuts treated

>>691674
>>691674
Nah anders. I forgot

>>691681
It was just one post. Looks like we want to tell it straight. Writing.

You give a small shrug. “I was running towards the town center after Bow Bjorn blew the alarm. I came across one that had been separated and wounded, and it charged me. Got me a few times, but I ended up on top.”

“That’s awesome, Haskell,” he says in near amazement. “Killing a frost giant, even a wounded one… Who knew you had it in you? Uh, no offense, I mean.”

“None taken,” you say, waving off the worries of the young man. “Big Bjorn watched the whole thing. Didn’t help, of course, but did offer to take me raiding.”

His face lights up, and he rushes up the last few feet up to you and Knut, forming a small circle. “You’re really going out this year,” he asks, looking between the two of you. “Both of you?”

“Yeah,” you say, our own smile growing to match the contagions Anders. “Knut’s always had the option, he was just waiting for me.”

“That’s fantastic,” Anders says, pulling you in for a hug, getting your blood on his own clothes. He didn’t seem to care. “Where’s he sending you? When?”

“I don’t know any of that, yet,” you say, returning the hug. “I’m going to see him in the morning, I guess we’re gonna go over it all.”

“Fantastic. Come find me the moment you’re done with him. I’ll want to go with you guys, no matter where. I’ll twist Erik’s arm into it, too. Until then, though, we should celebrate! Let’s head over to Half-Handed Haki’s, get some mead in us!”

>Let’s go! I could use some celebration
>I don’t want to be tired for my meeting with Bjorn tomorrow
>Write-in

>>691775
>Let’s go! I could use some celebration

>>691775
>>Let’s go! I could use some celebration
DO IT, WHAT KIND OF PUSSY WOULD SAY NO

>>691775
>>Let’s go! I could use some celebration

>>691775
>>Let’s go! I could use some celebration

>>691775
>>Let’s go! I could use some celebration

Work hard play hard by odin!

Mead and Axes. What else could a viking ask for? Writing.

“Of course,” you say, twisting so the hug turns into having an arm over his shoulder. “Lead the way,” you order, your free hand gesturing towards the door.

The three of you begin filing out, when you hear an ‘Ah, ah ah!” come from behind you. Turning, you find Geira there, bandages in hand. Where she pulled them from, you don’t know. She sits you down and reapplies them quickly, before shooing you away.

“And don’t you tear those open again,” she yells after you from Goti’s as you leave.

On the way to the mead hall, you give Knut and Anders a more in-depth account of your fight with the frost giant, with stylized actions to go along.

You enter the door’s of Haki’s mead hall, and take a seat. Anders offers to buy the first set, and sets three coins down on the table. Half-Handed Haki grumpily drops three mugs on the table, and the three of you take long draughts.

As you finish the drink, Anders turns to you and Knut. “So, where are you two hoping you’ll get sent first?

“I’m not really picky,” Knut says. “If I wanted the money, I’d just take over the trading post from dad. This is about exploring for me.”

Anders shrugs, as if that’s as good an answer as any. “And what about you, Haskell? Where do you want to go?”

>Reply to Anders

>>691907
>Anglaland, plenty of attractive women and rich towns to plunder

>>691907
>>Reply to Anders

England

>>691907
England, at least there I can understand their wails and curses

qm what year are we playing in?

>>691968
About 915ish, roughly 100 years after the death of Charlemagne. That's not terribly important, though, as we'll most likely be diverting from 'real world' history.

Also, votes are in. Writing.

>>691999
Cool then we can still kill Grendel, also nice trips

>>692007
>implying you could ever possibly beat big dick Beowulf to the punch

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“I’m hoping for England,” you say, as you feel your lips curl into a grin. “Prettier women, richer towns, and I’ll be able to understand their shrieks and shouts.”

“England’s a good one,” Anders replies, “but France has the prettier women, I think.”

“Well,” Knut says, raising his mug, “let’s just take some from all over, and we can decide when we think we have enough!”

The two of you raise your own glasses to meet his, and together you finish the drinks, and Knut near immediately slams three more coins down on the rough wooden table. The hall isn’t terribly busy, so the grumpy Haki brings over more mugs, taking the empty ones and the coins with him.

“So,” Knut says as he finishes a long drink of his mead, “Any tips for fresh raiders?”

Anders sets his own mug down, and thinks for a moment. “Speed kills,” he begins, looking between the two of you. “If you can be one thing, be fast. You need to be done and gone before any help shows up. Secondly, Raidmaster’s word is law. Doesn’t matter if it’s Big Bjorn or someone he assigns. Everyone doing the same thing at the same time is what makes shit run smoothly, and therefore, fast,” he finishes, and takes another quick drink. “Any other questions?

>Any questions for Anders about raiding?

>>692062
Upon further investigation Beowulf takes place in the 6th century.

>>692080
I got nothing, except for the question of how tall are we?

>>692080

Got any tips for where they hide the best loot?

>>692092
Under their daughter's dresses

>>692087
With the Huge body type, you're about 6'6 and 250 lbs in freedom units. Knut, with the Long-Limbed body type, is a little taller, but about 50-60 pounds lighter. Anders with the Athletic body type is about 5'10 and 180.

>>692092
Churches. Always have gold shit in them.

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“Where do they keep their best stuff,” you ask? It is a business venture, after all.

“Depends on where,” Anders replies, thinking. “English and French keep their shit in churches, generally beneath an altar. Like we haven’t found shit underneath there, before. Slavs usually bury their stuff, or hide it in walls. The Irish will just leave it right there on the floor, and fight you to the death for it. Ballsy, if not very bright. That’s all the places I’ve been, at least.”

You nod, and take another drink, and turn to speak to Knut when someone sits next to you. You turn to face them, and see the slightly unwelcome face of Svala seated beside you. Probably the fiercest shield maiden for a hundred miles in any direction, and the youngest woman for Big Bjorn to ever take on a raid.

“Heard you killed a frost giant,” she says, her pretty face forming that wicked smile she wears so easily. "Also heard Bjorn's taking you out raiding in a few weeks." Well, at least it wasn’t a backhanded compliment.

>Reply to Svala

>>692232
"Yeah and I heard youre only here from sucking bjorns cock for a chance to raid"

>>692232
True, I'm ready the bloody my axe and bring glory to my name.
>>692253
This is how we die, she isn't even being a bitch

>>692232
>Damn straight, gotta show those heathens the might of Odin

>>692232
Yeah he liked what he saw and I get to show my metal.

>>692277
It's funny because axe heads are metal and you probably meant mettle.

>>692295
My phone decided I was wrong and I didn't check it in time

>>692232
"That's right, on both counts. Any advice to your junior in raiding?"

>>692312
I don't think she wants to advise us of shit. Weakness should not be shown to this stone cold bitch

>>692299
Smartphones indeed.

>>692322
>yfw she actually just has a bullying fetish and Haskell is a juicy target for being both huge but not particularly high in the social hierarchy

>>692337
>"G-Guy's seriously s-stop bullying me. I'll grow into my figure."

>>692322
Never show weakness to any viking ever

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>>692337
>Mfw being bullied is our fetish

>>692372
>Not slaughtering the weak and raping women
Shit viking desu

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>>692380
>Not being able to both pillage and be bullied
In you go

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>>692387
>Wanting our viking to get off on being weak
Odin is disgusted with you anon

Thread 1: Puns
Thread 2: Fetish shit

You guys are killing me. Writing after doing gay married guy shit. Looks like we want to play it straight.

>>692110
>6'6 and 250 lbs

Bit smaller than I was imagining. We can still git a bit more swole though I suppose.

>>692232
>Irish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse%E2%80%93Gaels

Just sayin'

>>692372

I'll not be having any of that faggy shit

>>692409
I'm more of a Freyr kind of guy

>>692424
Come on I'm just joshing.

>>692425
Odin for life motherfucker Tyr or Baldr are also acceptable

>>692424
I toned it down a bit, because I'm from an area of strong Nordic genes. 6'6 is unusual, but by no means a giant around here. I was in my teens when I found out 'average' wasn't six foot . Didn't want to overblow it with my biased sample base.

>>692429

Bringing up fetish stuff in quests is no laughing matter, one guy makes a joke a couple fuckers run with it and ruin everything.

>>692438

Eh, I was just imagining a bit closer to 7' is all, nothing ridiculous. Bout like some of the bigger strongman competitors, we can always go about getting stronger I suppose?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orm_Storolfsson

Who we should aspire to be

“True on both counts,” you say, doing your damnedest not to give her any ammunition against you. “Finally ready to sharpen an axe, and show some of Odin’s glory to the world.”

“Well said,” she answers, taking a swig from the mug she brought over. “Gotta be honest, I was expecting you to take up farming and be done with it.”

“Guess Big Bjorn was impressed by the fight I had with the giant. I think he watched the whole thing. Came up to me after, yelled at my father for a bit, and here we are. I meet with him to discuss details in the morning.”

“Lucky you,” she says as she rises from the seats. “Try not to get yourself killed. A little bit of practice, you might finally be of some use to the raiders.” With that, she leaves you.

“Ah,” Knut says when she’s out of earshot, “I was wondering when she would get to that.”

“Get to what,” Anders asks, leaning in closer to Knut.

“Insulting him,” the tall man answers as he raises his mug to his lips, and looks sadly into it when he finds it empty. Looking into your own, you find yours to be dry as well.

>It should be your turn. Pay for a fresh round of drinks. (-3 coins)
>Start a new conversation
>Head home for the night
>Write-in

>>692487
>Head home for the night
I think being drunk on our first day would not set a good example.

>>692487
>Challenge your buddies to a game of darts with throwing axes. Go out back if we have to

>>692487
>>Head home for the night
Need to be bright for tomorrow, throw down to coins tho

>>692487
>>Head home for the night

>>692487
>>Head home for the night

>>692499

Having a little practice at throwing axes sounds fun

I'll back this

>>692487
>>It should be your turn. Pay for a fresh round of drinks. (-3 coins)

Both guys payed for a round, the leaat we could do is pay the round back. Even if we don't drink.

Let's not lose the respect of the boys, cmon everybody start changing votes

>>692533
Sure, No reason we can't buy a round before throwing axes at a tree

>>692533
I'd vote paying and then leaving

Secondary vote because of write-ins

>Go home
>Go home but leave enough for two drinks (-2 coins)
>Pay for a fresh round, stay
>Challenge Anders and Knut to a round of axe throwing

Vote from this post, please

>>692543
>>Challenge Anders and Knut to a round of axe throwing

>>692543
>>Challenge Anders and Knut to a round of axe throwing
>Pay for a fresh round, stay
This will be a good chance to work on our axe skills anons

>>692543
>>Go home

>>692543
>>Go home

>>692543
>Go home

>>692543
>Go home but leave enough for two drinks (-2 coins)

If the axe trowing one wins I say we still pay for their drinks

>>692561
Add axe trowing to mine

Should we really be throwing axes with a torn up chest?

>>692571

Should we really be not paying for a round for the mates after they payed for us?

Have you guys ever gone out drinking?

>>692543
>Challenge Anders and Knut to a round of axe throwing

>>692577

I just added axe trowing to try to win over sim ply going home without paying

Okay. So, I think you guys don't really know how a secondary vote works, but we're going forward with it.

Looks like Axe throwing and leaving are tied. I'm going to go with the axe throwing here, because going home is obviously always an option, whereas the competition won't always be. That fair?

>>692596
Sounds good, lets just make sure to pay for another round too. We're going raiding so we should be getting more gold soon

>>692596
Don't care sooner you write sooner we get to stuff I actually want to see

>>692602
>>692604

These two

Alrighty, hit me with those 3d10's

Rolled 3, 3, 7 = 13 (3d10)

>>692619
Time to prove we're the best axe thrower ever

Rolled 8, 8, 9 = 25 (3d10)

>>692619

Rolled 6, 3, 4 = 13 (3d10)

>>692619

Rolled 9, 2, 3 = 14 (3d10)

>>692619

Rolled 3, 6, 10 = 19 (3d10)

>>692619

Rolled 7, 2, 2, 3, 3, 10 = 27 (6d10)

Anders and Knut, in that order. Their body types give them both a minor bonus to throwing.

>>692638
Looks like we cleaned up

“Well, fuck her,” you say, rising a from your seat, your head a little swimmy from the drink.

“If she’s offering,” Anders says quietly under his breath as he watches her walk away, earning a snort from Knut.

“Hey, we’re mad at her right now,” you say to Anders, snapping his head back into the conversation. “Let’s get one more drink, then go throw some axes around for a while. Winner gets a free, warningless punch on the two losers. Deal?”

That elicits quite the reaction from Anders, who’s always open to any competition, and a smile from Knut, who is always looking for a reason to punch Anders.

You buy another round, putting three coins on the table and quickly chugging the mugs before leaving. You find a nice, wide tree, and carve a rough X into it with your seax.

You measure out fifteen paces from the tree, and the other two meet you there.

“Anders bought first, so Anders throws first,” you say slightly drunkenly as you hand him your hatchet from your belt.

He lines up his throw, and in his drunkeness, barely hits the tree. It does stick squarely, though, far off to one side, about a foot and a half from the mark. Knut walks up and pulls it out, carving an A into the tree next to the wound in the bark.

“Either way, this is going to hurt,” Anders says, already bemoaning his loss. He’s a bit of a sore loser, especially when losing means getting punched unaware.

Knut takes his time aiming his throw, as he does in nearly everything. He lets the axe fly, and it smacks into the tree about halfway between Anders’s mark and the center of the X. He walks up to pull it out, carving a K in next to it. He hands it to you, along with a comment about ‘having to get pretty close’.

You line up you shot, and snap your wrist just as you release, giving it a perfect flight path. It lands about two inches above the mark, the clear winner.

“Can’t wait to cash in on these,” you boast to the other two, already rubbing their jaws in an expectation of pain. “Better keep on your toes.”

With that, you say your goodbyes to your friends, and head back to your own home for the night, laying down in your bed gingerly as to not upset the wounds.

You drift into sleep, and have that old, familiar dream. Always the same, but for the man you saw last night. He’s a bit closer now, at the edge of the village, rather than the beach with his feet in the water. His face is obscured by long, gray hair, and just as last time, he disappears as a cheering shield blocks him from view.

1/2

You wake in the morning, your chest tender, but not bleeding. You rise out of bed carefully to not crack the scabs, and get dressed for the day. Looking at the wall, where you leaned the axe and the shield before going to bed. Should you bring them to Big Bjorn’s? On the one hand, you’ll be discussing raiding. Not like they won’t come up. On the other, it’s not like you’re actually GOING raiding, so who knows?

>Bring the axe and the shield
>Go unarmed

>>692677
>>Bring the axe and the shield
Better to have and not need then need and not have

>>692677
>>Bring the axe and the shield
What's he going to say "oh how rude of you"

>>692686
Even worse
>That shield does not go with that axe. And that Seaxe is so last season

>>692677
>Bring the axe and the shield

Alright folks, I'm gonna get some sleep, but I have the day off tomorrow, so I'll post around 10 am central and see if we have readers. If we do, I'll pick up with this story post, if we don't, I'll try again around 7 pm.

Thanks for playing, and I always love questions and criticism. Sleep tight, guys.

>>692705
>10 am central
Wohoo! Fits my time zone!
Thanks for writing, reading now :).

Pure story text of Norseman Saga 1-2 (partly): http://pastebin.com/j69KbPGY

>>693251
This is awesome, anon. I love it.

Going to do a roll call here in about an hour and a half

Alright. Roll call. We got enough around, we'll pick up where we left off last night

>>693393
Me, me! I'm here for more blood-letting and shield maidens!

>>693393
Here, at least for a couple hours.

>>693393
Ready to rape

Quick errand popped up, but I should be able to start writing in half an hour or so

>>693428
do it
lognhals

>>693393
Present!

You shrug, and sling the shield over your back and stick the axe handle in your belt. He may want to see what you’re comfortable with, or what you’re capable of. You leave the house, still early enough for your father to be asleep. Though, with finishing up planting, there isn’t a whole lot for him to be awake for.

You walk the short distance into the village proper, and cross it to find Big Bjorn’s. It’s not too hard, being as it’s the largest house in town, with a number of smaller outbuildings for various thralls and servants, and even a few that serve as an armory and a small butchery. Bjorn is a rich man.

You pound on the massive door, and wait for an answer. Big Bjorn himself answers it, and absolutely fills the doorway.

“Come with me, Haskell. We’ve got some things to discuss,” he says, taking you by the shoulder and turning you towards the outbuildings. “First things first, your da says if you’re going raiding, you’re not using some forest hatchet and a ten year old shield. Part of the deal was I’d outfit you from my own armory,” he ends as he opens the door.

Inside for the first time, you’re taken aback. Axes, swords and mauls adorn the walls, along with decorated bows, shields and spears, all manner of weaponry that you can think of. Racks of leather armor and chainmail sit along a wall, next to about a dozen sets of throwing weapons.

“Well, load up,” he says, as he surveys the room. “And don’t touch the chainmail. I could buy a new house for what one of those costs. You need to earn that shit.”

>As the ‘Huge’ body type, you get 6 hands worth of weapons instead of two.
>Shields are one handed
>Bows are two handed
>Spears are two handed, but can be used with one hand should you wish to
>A ‘hand’ of throwing weapons is 2 javelins, 3 axes, or 5 daggers.

>When voting seems to slow down, I’ll do a secondary vote of the most popular options

>>693507
Also, FYI, this one's probably going to sit for a while so everyone that wants to gets a chance to vote. I'll be around to answer any questions regarding weapons, hands, bonuses, etc

>>693507
Leather armor, so we don't just die 'cause of some lucky hit,
Axe, because we're the Axe Master,
Shield, because those damn arrows can't hurt us!

>>693507
And a helmet! Noone should go out without one!

>>693507
Handaxe, twohanded weapon (maybe a sword? Apparently an ancestor was famous for it, right?), Shield, a hand's worth of throwing axes
Maybe a second shield, if having our shield destroyed is going to be a thing.

Also, leather and a helmet, if the big guy's willing to give us all of it.

...and maybe make sure that all this shit isn't going to come out of share.

>>693507
>Chain mail
>Helmet
>Dane Axe
>Hand Axe
>throwing axe
>Shield

>>693507
>Shield
>Axe
>1 hand worth of throwing axes

So that's 3 and still left with 3. Maybe use the 2 hand slots for various misc items instead? Like a length of rope or a utility hammer.

Some durable boots, since it looks like we'll be footslogging most of the time. And I agree with the armor options here >>693522 >>693524

>>693507
Shield
6 throwing axes
Waraxe

>>693533
“And don’t touch the chainmail. I could buy a new house for what one of those costs. You need to earn that shit.”

>>693534
Good choice.
Boots, good ones! That way we can actually run around and kick some English monks!

>>693549
Missed that line

>>693533
Change chainmail to leather Armor

>>693534
I'm not going to concern myself with inventory space for stuff like rope or anything. That's the kind of stuff I'll just consider to be 'in camp' or something like that.

Also, forgot to mention, you always have a seax on your belt that does not factor into how many weapons you can take

Is a chainmail really worth that much?

Do the armor/helmet/boots count as one hand worth of stuff each - or just one hand for all armor?

>>693560
Back when they had to fold every ring around four other rings by hand, absolutely. I have a few slightly questionable sources if you' like one

>>693561
Armor won't factor in to any of that

>>693558
Okay. More room for axes then!

Though taking that into account, I'm tempted to get a two handed axe along with the one-hand axe and shield combo.

>>693562
>Armor won't factor in to any of that
Great!
>>693565
Yes, a dane axe?

>>693562
>they had to fold every ring around four other rings by hand
What a fucking boring job

>>693568
>fold every ring around four other
+rivet them - yt videos show that this takes time, loads of it...

>>693568
>>693569
Yeah, fuck that. I may just rather get stabbed.

>>693507
>Hand axe
>Shield
>Throwing axes
>Throwing axes
>Daggers
>Leather armor

Daggers because a man can never have enough spare blades in a fix, preparedness and all

>>693573
Scratch a throwing axes for a set of javelins

>>693507
>hand of axes x2
>shield
>dane axe
>hand of daggers

Okay, about three hours now. I think that's enough time.

Looks like a shield, a one-handed axe, leather armor, and helmet are a shoe-in. Two handed axe also got quite a lot of support. Throwing axes also got mentioned a lot.

For sure
>Shield
>1h axe
>Leather armor
>Helmet

Probable
>2h axe
>Throwing axes

This look good to everyone? Would bring you up to a total of 5 hands

>>693779
Look good, you really *handled* that vote.

>>693779
That sounds good

>>693787
It's time for puns again.

>>693787
I've been QMing now for like four? Five months? I am genuinely surprised that joke took this long to make.

We'll get a few more confirmations and I'll start writing

>>693779
Sounds good. Lets always leave one hand open in case we find something good while on a raid

>>693794
Ha yeah, I followed you all the way through Contractor quest and never thought to make the joke. Seems these Norsemen really bring out the pun in everywun

>>693779
Sounds fine.
We'll see if it works in action.
And if it doesn't... well, maybe we'll still survive. Seems we're playing a tough fucker.

All good.

>>693818
>survive
Those puny English don't stand a chance!

Alright, cool. Writing.

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You spend a while looking over your options in the small, but impressive armory. The first thing you do is replace your current weapons with newer, more fitting ones. Mom’s shield worked fine, but you’re much taller, heavier, and stronger than she is, so it wasn’t a great fit. You also grab an axe better suited to people, rather than tree limbs. Picking some leather armor and a helmet off a torso stand, you slip it over your clothes. It may not be as good as chain mail, but it’ll stop a bad day from turning into a shitty one.

You pick a massive two-handed battleaxe off the rack as well, hefting the weight and securing it with leather straps to your back, underneath the shield. On your way back to Bjorn at the door, you also grab a leather brace of small, light throwing axes, and wrap them around your belt.

“You probably don’t know this,” Bjorn says, “but you have expensive tastes. You can leave your old shield and axe here. I’ll have a man take it back to your farm. Now, for the other part of the deal. We get to go see the Crones.”

You shudder, slightly, at the thought of dealing with those creepy old witches, but you suppose a little magic in your life won’t hurt.

You and Bjorn make the trek out into the woods where the crones have their small house. Bjorn enters without knocking and immediately takes a seat at the rough wooden table. The house is a bit of a mess, but it’s hard to blame the crones. It’s not like they have eyes. That’s one of the things that always creeped you out the most about them. Their face is completely empty from their hairline to their nose, like they were never even supposed to have eyes, and yet, you’ve never seen them do so much as stumble. It’s eerie.

You swallow your courage, and take a step in the front door. Bjorn gives you a look as if to say he understands your hesitation. The moment you cross the threshold, the both of the crones snap their attention to you. They ‘look’ to one another for a moment, before speaking to you.

“Come, boy,” one, Hilda, you think, begins in her slow, creaking voice.

“Tell us why you have come,” the other, probably Helga, finishes in much the same tone.

“His fa-” Big Bjorn begins, before being cut off nearly immediately.

“We do not care why he was brought,” they say, in unison, their voices going from creaking to wailing in a matter of seconds. “We care why he has come.”

>Answer the crones

>>693859
>To grow stronger and earn my place in Valhalla

>>693859
To know what fate the gods have in store for me

>>693859
>>Answer the crones

Power

>>693870

Seconding this

>>693859
To get sight beyong sight

>>693859
"I want to gain a Name for myself! When I take my place in Valhalla, I want to have enjoyed everything this life can offer! Riches, women, friends, raids!"

>>693892
beyond

Votes called, looking like we want to secure a place in Valhalla. Writing.

>>693905
Deathwish? Rawr! Like a true viking who never killed anyone! First kill: MC cries himself to sleep, has nightmares, doesn't want to die anymore...

“I want to prove myself in battle, and secure my place in Valhalla. When I arrive in Odin’s longhouse, I want all present to know the name of Haskell Svenson. When I leave here, I want to have known everything that Midgarrd has to offer. Power, gold, women. All of it.”

You step forward to take a seat next to Bjorn, across from the crones. He gives you a nod and an impressed smile. Hilda and Helga look to each other again, before turning to you and speaking, back to their slow, knowing manner.

“And we’re sure you will,” they say together, giving small chuckles to themselves, as if it was a joke you didn’t get.

“You have many paths ahead of you, boy,” Helga says, pointing to you with a gnarled hand

“If you are wise, you may choose them all,” Hilda finishes. She turns to Bjorn. “Now you may speak. What is it you want from us?”

You zone out a little while Bjorn goes through the fairly boring business of haggling for the crones’ spells for stormless travels and wealthy, unprepared enemies, and the like. You snap back when Bjorn taps your shoulder and stands, you rising with him. He seems almost in a hurry to leave the house, but as you reach the door, the women speak.

“Wait, boy,” one says.

“We will be rewarded for helping you, someday,” the other says, seamlessly.

“So tell us,” the first one begins once again.

“What it is you’d like us to do for you,” the second finishes.

>I want to grow stronger, faster
>I want to heal more quickly
>I want to always know where to find the best loot
>Write-in

>>693938
>How about we make a trade? My left eye for all three
>I want to always know where to find the best loot

>>693948
I meant if they won't be the write in then
>I want to always know where to find the best loot

>>693938
I want so see all the hidden things, in men and in nature

>>693938
>>I want to heal more quickly
>>693948
Don't try to pull an Odin you ass

>>693964
Why not?

>>693938
>>I want to grow stronger, faster

We already huge, we should go full on beast mode

I have to get ready for work, so we'll do another roll call in a few hours. Thanks for playing, folks. I always appreciate it

>>693938
>>I want to heal more quickly

>>693938
>>I want to heal more quickly

Being huge is great, but being able to get up when you fuck up or someone out-huges you is even better. Less time spent recovering is more time spent looting.

>>693938
>I want to heal more quickly

>>693938
>>>I want to heal more quickly
We will get hurt, but we always get up quickly!
Yes! >>693998 We don't want to die because of illness or poison! We shall only die by beheading!

>>693990
Thanks for writing! Enjoyed it greatly.
Hopefully the storms and seamonsters don't keep us from our loot for too long :).

>>694006
Beware the sea wenches. Selkies and so forth.

I hope we go raid some irish, find some nice red haired lass to bring back home.

>>694010
:^)

>>694006
Don't go jinxing it. Past a certain story point, I'll be rolling for storms and stuff like that.

Actually leaving now.

>>693998
Yea but if we're even huger and faster we have less need to worry about getting hurt.

Youre all worried about being hurt, I argue for making it harder to get hurt. Unless we're talking about super fast healing then thats a different deal all together.

>>694010

Or conquer a swath of land in ireland perhaps

>>693938
>>I want to grow stronger, faster
Hope I'm not too late to vote

>>694059
Everybody goes for the British isles, lets conqueror spain

>>694072
If we are based in scandinavia, the furthest route we could go is to join the vanarian guard over in eastern roman empire and fight turks. Going to spain in a longboat is going to require some resupply stops.

>>694072
Fuck Spain. We need us an Irish lass and some potatoes I know this predates potatoes but who cares to farm

>>694079
Since it roughly 915 there are still Viking lands in the british isles we could stop at

>>694084
>>694085

Dusky turkish babes anons.

>>694089
Feisty red haired lasses anon

>>694072
Unfortunately spain is sorely lacking in redheads. Plus spain is rougher terrain and removes our boats advantages

Could be cool doing something similar to the kingdom of dublin and the isles, only successfully conquering ireland

>>694097
Then again, right now spain is under moor (muslim) control mostly right?

>>694089
>>694093

Por que no los dos?

>>694101
Because one involves going to turkey for 10 years

>>694104

But what if we lure a moorish trading caravan to us?

>>694104
Fuck going to turkey, they aren't even that rich yet, we would get much more money attacking Italian cites then we would going to turkey

>>694100
Yes. Spain already has enough problems with the muslims, they don't need vikings to fuck their shit up too.

>>694116
Sounds like a grand place to land a merc contract with the christians to fuck up muslims for loot and women.

>>694118
Fuck Christens and fuck being a merc. We are an honest viking

>>694121
>Honest Viking

Anon, getting other people to give you gold while you loot more gold and walk off with women is the best way to be. Noone said wede stick around or be a merc company all the time.

>>694125
Seems like a waste of effort when we could just take that from the slavics and the Isles

>>694134
Your doing what you normally do, and getting someone to pay you extra on top. The hell do you mean waste of effort?

>>694144
You mean your fighting for the cross and dieing for probably a french men in Spain.If we become a merc we join the guard.

>>694054
>thinking getting more huge can placate the dice
>thinking getting huge can stop things that are naturally huger from outhuging us

>thinking being huge can stop our bad decisions from fucking us over

I get where you're coming from but let's be honest here, we're going to get hurt regardless

>>694134

I believe the phrase is: If you're good at something never do it for free.

Once we get our own raiding group together we should really learn some politics of the areas we go to and start offering our services to their enemies. And then if the enemies pay more we turn around and raid the original contract owners. Make the contracts last for a raiding season at a time so that the areas have a chance to build up wealth to renegotiate again.

>>694157
Well if you go for the conquoring malarky then you can make people put up their land as insurance to paying you.

Full on east indian trade company some folks.


Note that the normans and scilily (for a time) were viking invasions that adopted local culture. York was the longest standing viking kingdom in britian (and its effects are still felt to this day). This time is really good for land grabbing.

>>694165

I wasn't going to go full on conquering myself, unless maybe if we want to establish a colony out in Iceland (that would be sweet). More of just a protection racket

>>694084
Not a good idea as around this time is when the Irish get their shit together.

Love the discussion and back-and-forth here guys.

Glad to know you're getting so into it so soon

Rolled 5, 3, 6 = 14 (3d10)

>>694156
My dice says you're full of shit

Rolled 6, 4, 1 = 11 (3d10)

>>694178
Hes the anti roll i guess.

Rolled 4, 4, 3 = 11 (3d10)

>>694178
Mediocre

And I have horrible luck.

>>694144
Well working as mercs means actually comitting to large battles that probably wont net as much loot as raiding

If we're going to go all out and comit to big costly fights we may as well take the land itself.

Might can make some money on one off deals sure, but i'd be against signing on with someone.

Rolled 2, 10, 2 = 14 (3d10)

>>694185
Nat 3

>>694186
Thats why you dont take contracts for big battles, you offer services raiding.
We can negotiate what we actually do you know.

>>694156
Rule of cool anon, i mean unless its mild regeneration or something.

>>694186

I think that the idea idea that I and other anon are working with is the same sort of difference between pirates and privateers. We are just promising that we won't attack your land in exchange for payment, and in exchange for even more payment we'll raid your enemies

If anything we only take mercenary work to get the Varangian trait for that extra personal combat skill and point of martial.

Weren't the Varangian guard mostly German dudes and not Scandinavian ones?

>>694195
That won't be for a while anon, to start with we'll only have one boat and that'll take time to get. When we get three or four boats then nations might be willing to do that

>>694194
We could always hunt down a troll and eat some of it.

I am sure that can in no way backfire. THough maybe not a scandi troll, those are intelligent, roughly organized and will fuck your shit up. Depending on your definition/variety of troll.

>>694173
>Not a good idea as around this time is when the Irish get their shit together.

That makes it the very best time since it will provide a great challenge worthy of boasting of in valhalla.

Set up shop on one of those islands off the coast of scotland or england for a stepping off point perhaps.

>>694177
I wish the isles were broken down into all the petty little kingdoms and tribes that were there historically, but all the same ive been wanting a quest like this for a while now.

>>694203
If we are going that route we might as well kill a dragon and bathe in its blood.

>>694213
You're thinking too small, let's go kill and skin Fenrir and wear his pelt as a hat.

>>694195
Well thatd be fine by me, i was thinking mercenary company

>>694199
Depended on the time.

Lots of anglo saxons joined it after the norman conquest for instance

We should just make it a point to kill as many famous monsters as possible.

>>694203
There is a difference between ice giants and trolls. Trolls are much larger, much dumber, and much meaner

>>694205
I wanted to, but the thing is, if I do it for England, then I have to do it for Spain, and the Frankish mess that came after Charlamagne's death, and it'll quickly get out of hand and bogged down in bullshit the more places we go

>>694258
Just use ck2 and look at what the map looks like in 915, I think a mid has roughly that date

>>694240
I doubt we will have much of a choice in fighting monsters. I don't really know what you mean by famous tho.

>>694305
You can absolutely go monster hunting for the folk beasts of various cultures, if you get support. Not that you guys would stand a chance against most of them right now, though

>>694373
Hypotetically if we bathed in dragon's blood would we get the same benefit as Siggy?

>>694391
If we kill a Dragon I'm sure Odin would personally pat our back. I don't think we will live long enough to see that tho

>>694277
Not a bad idea there

>>694258
Not that everything has to be absolute historical detail in that regard, but say we're just raiding somewhere we dont really need a whole lot of details initially, but if we get invested into the area or raid around it repeatedly it'd be nice to see more detail about the local powers.

Like, its all england now, give it some time we actually get to learn some of independent kingdoms that make up the isles assuming we spend a lot of time there.

>>694391
Dragons don't exist in Norway anon

>>694409
This is something I may do. Thanks for the idea, anon. It would give me time to keep them straight, too.

>>694411
Do we have to go to ching chong land?

>>694424
Who knows?

>>694430
Can we defeat a mythical creature with our puns?

>>694439
No

>>694439
Like I'm going to give you guys a reason to throw more puns at me

>>694452

Slinging puns like we sling axes

If we get famous can we get a skald to follow us around and be the only person who ever laughs at our puns? Our stories must be told and they must be told with puns

>>694487
If anons are willing to pay him, hell yeah.

I love it when you guys come at me with off-the-wall stuff like that

>>694493
Just a wondering bard following us around writing songs and compiling a Joke Book about us

>>694487
Not even once

Home now, and will be running after I eat. Who's around?

>>694553
Not me

>>694553
I'm around and sad that I missed the crone vote.

>>694553
still here

>>694553
I am

>>694553
Me

>>694553

Reporting for duty to please that booty

>>694553
I'm ready to rape English women

>>694553
Sup CQH, did I miss something with Jan or is this just to recharge

>>694553
And my axe!

>>694637
Basically, interest in CQ felt like it was dropping, especially my own. I felt a lot of this was due to the lack of an actual story in favor of the 'villain of the week' type missions we were doing. I'd had this one on the back burner for a while, so I started it up to refill creative juices and give myself time to set up a story for CQ without just dropping questing. Ideally, it'll be back in time for a Halloween special.

Counting votes, then writing

“Actually, I got a bit messed up by a frost giant,” you say after some consideration. “Anything you can do to speed that whole process up?”

“Why yes,” one says, almost intentionally creepily.

“We can,” says the other. She turns to Bjorn. “The spells will be finished by the end of the week. The boys, by morning.”

With that, they go back to what they were doing like you were never even there. The massive raidmaster shrugs, and shuts the door. “I fucking hate going there,” he says to you. “But, needed to be done. Now, let’s talk some business. You’re getting sent to raid some slavs, mostly for food and livestock. It’s not choice raiding, but no one gets the English or French their first time out. You’ll get paid for your time, though, since there won’t be as much to bring back. However, before we send you there, I have a little job for you and Knut to do. Mountain passes have just opened up from winter, and the temple in the mountains will need a shipment of food. I’ll send Anders and Erik along with you. Make sure it gets there safe, and you’re on the first ship out of the fjord. Any questions?”

>That sounds fair
>No. I want to get on a ship, now.
>Ask a question

>>694689
>>That sounds fair
Got to start somewhere

>>694689
>>That sounds fair

>>694689
>>That sounds fair
Can't really say no

>>694654
Hey cool beans mang. Glad you're still chugging along. Not too many QMs pull off Rule of Cool like you do.
Redline Quest was the best thing ever

>>694689
>That sounds fair

>>694689
>That sounds fair

>>694689
>>That sounds fair

>>694689
>That sounds fair
>Anything other Ice Giants, bears, and the like to lookout for

>>694707
All about the fun, man.

Alright, a resounding yes. Writing

>>694689
>>That sounds fair

If we kill another frost giant we need to make a fur cloak

“Gotta start somewhere, right?”, you ask.

“That’s the spirit,” he says, clapping a massive hand over your shoulder. “I have a feeling you’re going to be worth just about any investment I put into you, Haskell.”

“Will there be anything to worry about, other than frost giants or trolls?”

“Probably,” he says, rubbing his beard. “Winter will have been hard on bandits and wolves alike. The four of you, a wagon full of food and a mule will be quite a score for either. Keep an eye out. Come find me when your chest is healed up. Should happen a lot sooner now, with that spell the crones are doing for you.”

With that, he gives you a small wave, and heads of towards his house, leaving you on the outskirts of the village, unsure of what to do with yourself. You should probably let Knut know you volunteered him for something, and you do need to ask Anders and Erik if they’ll help you out.

>Find someone (Who? Why?)
>Look for something specific (What?)
>Go home, busy yourself until you’re healed up (Timeskip)

>>694744
>>Find someone
Kunt tell him we have a mission, and we are going to raid dirty slavic ppl

>>694744
Wander around and see what we find