Thanks for all the great ideas! Repulsion looks good for a gravity negation pair. Though we might be able to get a negation trio with gravity, electro magnetism, and either the strong or weak nuclear force.
TreeQuest: Magitech (Riot Quest)
Thanks for all the great ideas! Repulsion looks good for a gravity negation pair. Though we might be able to get a negation trio with gravity, electro magnetism, and either the strong or weak nuclear force.
- Location
- being near locations is my passion.
If we're doing the four forces, why not go for a combination thingy? They're easier than negations but work for things that don't negate.
[X][Action] Empty Veil (Void)
WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER?
FOR TEN-THOUSAND YEARS, I LAY DORMANT
WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER?
- Location
- Goose Land
The Energy of Shaped Mass, and the Existence of Shaped Unmass.
I can dig it.
Robinton
Probably petting Schrödinger's cat
- Location
- Scientifically proving a miracle
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You're not really learning how to use Light better, so Magic Elements doesn't count. The Magic tag is for actually using Magic, which this mostly isn't (beyond the Forest being Magic, of course).
I will admit that Shield/Defender is a fairly sensible combination, under the circumstances. Lens/Collector would also be interesting, or Wise/Clever.
Quote me on this to remind me if you want to use it - I should probably give some sort of bonus to an Ancient Tree that is Lens/Collector or Wise/Clever. Shield/Defender doesn't really need a bonus, aside from "can carry Shields around really well" and "awesome mobile fighting force."
Thanks!
Got it! Added to notes (with a TODO to propagate effects of +1 Shield Tree when I start writing up the next turn).
Hmm... Magic Research, yes.
You're not really learning how to use Light better, so Magic Elements doesn't count. The Magic tag is for actually using Magic, which this mostly isn't (beyond the Forest being Magic, of course).
Yes, that's allowed, though obviously every point you put into something like that is one less point you have in "getting stuff done with your Action" or "becoming an Elder Shield/Defender/whatever."
I will admit that Shield/Defender is a fairly sensible combination, under the circumstances. Lens/Collector would also be interesting, or Wise/Clever.
Quote me on this to remind me if you want to use it - I should probably give some sort of bonus to an Ancient Tree that is Lens/Collector or Wise/Clever. Shield/Defender doesn't really need a bonus, aside from "can carry Shields around really well" and "awesome mobile fighting force."
Specifically, the plan - and I may tweak things, but I haven't decided to change anything yet - is that you'll have a normal turn, followed by another "here's how you battled the monsters" turn, followed by two more turns of at least sporadic battles.
By my count you're at 15 Competent+, of 16 needed.
Makes sense to me, yeah. Though you'd want to have "Grow the Forest" and "Grow the Forest x2" both, on separate lines, for the tallier to track your vote correctly.
Oooh so that is the difference.
Magic Research covers developing new magics.
Magic Elements covers anything with an element.
Magic is casting and other pure uses.
This is nifty to learn/focus on so I can remember.
I mean for my tree it doesn't matter since I get the same bonus for all three due to my nature. But yeah its good to know.
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Robinton
Probably petting Schrödinger's cat
- Location
- Scientifically proving a miracle
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And it's original, though vaguely inspired by broad-strokes animal knowledge and folklore.
If you look at the "120" pricetag and wonder how that's a Competent? Yeah, it's not. It's 60 each.
Last vote results were at TreeQuest: Magitech (Riot Quest).
Publicly Uproot got 9 votes, and Orchestrate a Plot got 5. The Forest will mostly go for Publicly Uproot this turn, I think, though you might throw a bit of effort into Orchestrate.
...I think that actually probably means Focus is overridden this turn? Need to double-check what's happened; I'm forgetting stuff, too.
You could pick Levity, though Gravity/Levity would be... interesting and amusing; it would be an odd and weirdly social power potentially, and probably twice as difficult as baseline because of it.
Buoyancy would work, and that would... be less effective outside a liquid/gas (aka the vacuum of space), but remarkably effective within such (especially water or other liquids).
And Wallis's ideas would work. Not sure about the third, but the other two for sure.
Toboe's too.
All three are valid. Do you want Magic Tree? (Just double-checking I'm not reading your preferences backwards.)
Correct!!! Take a free success to... say, Elder Sensing Trees.
And it's original, though vaguely inspired by broad-strokes animal knowledge and folklore.
"A week and maybe a bit of change" is the plan.
That makes sense, yeah. I'll add it as a note in future turns.
Yes, absolutely. Finishing this would give 2 Competent Elements (since there are two subtypes of Illusions).
If you look at the "120" pricetag and wonder how that's a Competent? Yeah, it's not. It's 60 each.
100%.
I get the same count as you do: 12+3=15. I'm fairly certain "12" was an old count. Turn updated.
No - though what specific action are you looking at? I sometimes miss tags.
Update the vote-category here, please?
Since you haven't actually advanced through time past the last true Turn, nothing has changed yet.
Last vote results were at TreeQuest: Magitech (Riot Quest).
Publicly Uproot got 9 votes, and Orchestrate a Plot got 5. The Forest will mostly go for Publicly Uproot this turn, I think, though you might throw a bit of effort into Orchestrate.
...I think that actually probably means Focus is overridden this turn? Need to double-check what's happened; I'm forgetting stuff, too.
Welcome!
Remember the updated format.
You could pick the other fundamental forces - though frankly the Forest doesn't really have the concepts yet (aside from a vague glimmer of 'oh that was a theory mentioned in this book we scanned'). You could research those, potentially.
You could pick Levity, though Gravity/Levity would be... interesting and amusing; it would be an odd and weirdly social power potentially, and probably twice as difficult as baseline because of it.
Buoyancy would work, and that would... be less effective outside a liquid/gas (aka the vacuum of space), but remarkably effective within such (especially water or other liquids).
And Wallis's ideas would work. Not sure about the third, but the other two for sure.
Toboe's too.
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So looking it over in the Research section the only ones that are strictly Magic Biology Research are the ones that create new Trees within the Forest.
Its fine. I'm not complaining. I just noticed it and am mentioning it. (It makes sense that while working magic is something my tree can do, creating new variants of Trees for the Forest would be something else.)
So right now our workings seem to be Magic, Ancient Tech, Psionics.
Speaking of psionics, I hope we get a tree who focuses on it. It would be cool!
I used the Squirrel action drop down you did. But it seems that while that drop down is there there the action itself is gone. As I am fine with you choosing the general bonuses of our animal friends I won't include that and thus will remove that action prompt.
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It really is cool to see this back again and once again think of actions of our Trees and the Forest. So fun!
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- Location
- being near locations is my passion.
I'm grateful you checked. I've been going back and forth like crazy on it. In the end I would like to be
Magic Tree:
6 in (Magic Research)
6 in (Magic Elements)
6 in (Magic)
I'm all about researching magic, but when there's a huge crisis and I gotta get my branches dirty, I wanna be able to actually wield magic rather than just 'destructive testing' the problem
(Though I do currently intend to 'destructive testing' most problems)
Actually, thinking on it, in the last mini-turn I voted to "destructive testing, death magic". Would I have gotten substantially more death magic study done if I had just voted for 'lots of monsters are going to die, take the opportunity to study death magic'?
(Taking into account that the mini turn was 1/8th of a regular turn)
Sir Plusse
Overly Vicious Quester
- Location
- Kansas
[][Minor Question] (to Mr. Tavish) Know of any bird monsters with prophetic powers? This one we're being harassed by is a real nuisance.
[][Minor Question] (to Materson) Any advice for fighting evil precognitives?
Remembered the Minor Question system, and figured I might be able to use it to get a bit of info on that precognitive pest.
[][Minor Question] (to Materson) Any advice for fighting evil precognitives?
Remembered the Minor Question system, and figured I might be able to use it to get a bit of info on that precognitive pest.
Welcome to the brotherhood of the Magic Tree!
So yeah, that was my philosophy too. While most of my actions so far have been more magic research I figure that in the future there will also be a time of magic using and so I wanted to be as good at that as research.
- Location
- a place without enough snow
[X][Action] Study the Tea-Kettler's Magical Startle effect
[X][Focus] Mining
[X][Focus] Bone, Not of My Bone (Magic Biology Research) (Magic Elements)
[X][Focus] Research Advanced Movement (Magic Elements) (Movement Research)
[X][Focus] Monster Energy (Magic Biology Research) (Biology Research) (Magic) (Esoteric Research)
[X][Focus] Mining
[X][Focus] Bone, Not of My Bone (Magic Biology Research) (Magic Elements)
[X][Focus] Research Advanced Movement (Magic Elements) (Movement Research)
[X][Focus] Monster Energy (Magic Biology Research) (Biology Research) (Magic) (Esoteric Research)
AntaeusTheGiant
Child of Gaea
- Location
- Lawrence, KS
[X][Action] Organize a Christmas Concert! Encourage Villagers and any others who want to to participate! Surely the Corvids at least can sing! And perform myself, of course!
View: https://youtu.be/GTG0VPLAFkU
View: https://youtu.be/GTG0VPLAFkU
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I don't know if I'm waiting for any further input from Robinton surrounding the planned 'Operation Hallmark Christmas Special' or if there was actually anything said or asked that would warrant any input. 
Your questions sine the turn started:I don't know if I'm waiting for any further input from Robinton surrounding the planned 'Operation Hallmark Christmas Special' or if there was actually anything said or asked that would warrant any input.
So, I think last thing you were doing was trying to get an overview of who does what for it.
IamtooSleepy
I came here to be an ant
[X][Action] Organize a Christmas Concert! Encourage Villagers and any others who want to to participate! Surely the Corvids at least can sing! And perform myself, of course!
Yeah, organising a Christmas concert sound fun.
Also, music is a form of communication, right?
Yeah, organising a Christmas concert sound fun.
Also, music is a form of communication, right?
- Pronouns
- Reader
Might I suggest some collaboration towards completing Illusion Magic Elements research?
It's something of a minor hole in our defenses at the moment
It would also help us reach the requirement for researching magical theory.
In which it would benefit from nearly triple the number of successes as normal. Currently there are 32 dice on this action. It has the highest likelihood of completing first of all the magic elements being researched/raised to competent.
I suppose it can also be used with the festive write in option some people are using to also put on a show, if that interests you.
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- Location
- being near locations is my passion.
I've been wanting to get Earth up a level for a very long time by now. If I help with that, I will have contributed to the resource storing trees' efforts. (+5% bonus per Earth level iirc).
That said, I am happy to slot 'patching the minor in our defences' into my priority list above 'air'- with the current assumption that a good way to do that is to study Illusion.
If QM says that studying Illusion will not help, I'll switch to whatever does help patch that hole.
New priority list:
1. React to a crisis if there is one that I can help with.
2. If there's a lot of Combat in a given turn, study Death.
2. Otherwise study Earth until it goes up a level
3. If Earth is finished, study [patching the minor in our defences], currently assumed to be Illusion.
4. Then get Air up a level.
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I'm interested in the show - it sounds really lovely - but not enough to bump Illusion above Earth, sorry.
- Pronouns
- Reader
It is. It's a part of the Study Illusions action description.
It's likely we'll be finishing study illusions before you can join but thanks for responding. I'm mainly trying to drum up support because it's not far from being guaranteed to succeed this turn. Another 8 dice would do.
My own current priority list
-Study Illusion/patch hole in our defense
-learn gravity magic/improve telekinesis for capturing monster specimens for integration
-contribute to learning magic Theory.
--Destructive testing with any of the above if needed for combat.
--possible spell use if major attack occurs.
I forgot to account for overall research bonus, so it's actually closer to finishing than I originally thought.
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- Pronouns
- He/Him
Should I understand this as write-ins being limited to this Google Doc?
EDIT: By the way, I'm TripleTango--I changed my name in the interim.
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- Location
- being near locations is my passion.
@Randino Treviani
I got Six dice now for research.
Six!
So excited.
You say we've a good chance of finishing Illusion this turn. Hmm. Is is a very useful skill.
... How about this:
I'll switch to Illusions this turn, if you agree to throw your action onto Earth as soon as Illusion is completed; barring some sort of crisis, in which case you'll throw your first non crisis-turn's action onto Earth - or if that's been leveled up by that point, either Air or Death, your choice.
I got Six dice now for research.
Six!
So excited.
You say we've a good chance of finishing Illusion this turn. Hmm. Is is a very useful skill.
... How about this:
I'll switch to Illusions this turn, if you agree to throw your action onto Earth as soon as Illusion is completed; barring some sort of crisis, in which case you'll throw your first non crisis-turn's action onto Earth - or if that's been leveled up by that point, either Air or Death, your choice.
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- Pronouns
- Reader
Deal. Once Study illusions is complete I'll throw my support behind Earth for at least a turn. My 14 dice should contribute greatly.
These are the current festive write ins if your interested in that.
