Just something I'll say.
By no means am I implying that some choices are more correct than others. But in some cases, some choices are certainly more optimized.
Having someone (Rarity or otherwise) perform the "search for artifact" roll will have them roll for a search, for an artifact of random(?) Lore. Said roll can be a 2 or a 100, and the Lore can be any(?). Plus, if said character does not have an innate Secret Histories to them, they won't get as many bonuses as SV would like for our renowned min/maxing habits.
Having that same character ask the merchants will lock the Lore and the Level (up to 3). You don't risk having a bad roll and finding a level 1 Lantern artifact, for example, but you also don't risk critting and finding a... something better.
Anyways, said judgement is up to you. Just saying.
Also.
Also, @BirdBodhisattva, what happens when we sleep, if we don't add the Mansus to our 5+1 actions that turn? Do we still dream? Do we just sit in the Crossroads planning our day? Do we go into a trance where Velvet better aligns herself with the will of holy SV?
You haven't had a normal dream ever since your Knock Revelation. You haven't "accidentally" entered the Mansus again either, but now it is as simple as "sliding" into it, without performing any mane-cutting ritual or otherwise.
You still opt not to enter the Mansus without wanting to, because you very much rather mentally prepare yourself before doing that.
That said, entering the Mansus every single night is narratively possible, all things considered. But it is also very foolish, and something Velvet knows better not to do.
She could cradle a book to sleep while continuing reading it!
This is equal parts likely, adorable, and somewhat disturbing enough to show those slight (and worrying) signs of lunacy.
I love it.
From the last update, it sounds like she will only pay us until we get back the 300 bits we spent in the first place.
It specifically mentions that Jade is pretty sure she won't stop there.
What Ericwinter said.
And I DEFINITELY want to get a share of that. Our father quite literally CAN'T deny we deserve it.
Somewhere, far far away, your father raised a questioning eyebrow.
@BirdBodhisattva what would be needed to reach lvl 0 and lvl 1 edge? number of books and of what level? Is each book capable of removing only a -1, or can the edge 3 book bring us all the way to lvl 0 or 1?
Bird previously stated that the -2 bonusis applied after everything else. So to get the cult Edge 1, we would need to reach level 3 by normal accounting.
What PrimalShadow said.
That said, acquiring enough Library levels to reach level 2 will land your cult on level 0. So you will "have" Edge cultists, but they won't really be able to do much.
about Plan Cooling Down plus family and rituals, if Jade is doing the ritual on her own, wouldn't she use her own SH score? that means she has to pass a DC 60 with no bonuses, right?
Correct. Bar her cadre and innate magic, she has no other bonuses.
Other possible places Velvet could know of... I suppose she might use it on historical and/or legendary ruins, possibly to learn WHERE they are starting from the name. Or we could use an action to look for interesting legends in books, and then decide on the most interesting ancient lost artifacts the books talk about.
I'll just mention this.
Many turns ago, when you did a book search but didn't have the bits to buy them, you actually found a book that would reveal three Expedition sites. It was a high roll and a good book.
Just reminding you all of this obscure piece of information.
..you know, from the sacrifice bonuses, we gather that a pony life isn't really worth that much.
+ 10 to both rolls is more or less equivalent to +20 on a single one (with the +20 being actually slightly better as one DC is usually much higher than the other), and the price of a lvl 2 artifact is 100 bits.
So, for a ritual sacrifice, a pony is worth about the same as a lvl 2 artifact, which is 100 bits.
That's.. a bit sad.
Correct.
Eh~... sort of. Functionally, yeah, we don't get much bonus out of it right now, but in reality the problem is more that we can't use it's full worth, rather than it not actually being worth much. Remember that it gives +10 to every Lore. That's including the ones we're not invoking, and comes out to +90 total. Which is quite a lot. The only problem is that +70 of that goes to waste.
Also correct.
And again, the Master explicitly said that going higher in the Mansus will reveal a circle to "summon minions to aid your cult", so that's no secret. Anyone who knows a bit about summoning from the game also knows how many Lores that involves.
And on a completely unrelated note, today I have learned that tomorrow will be one of those incommunicable work days. Votes will be closed on wednesday as soon as I return home.
