Forge of Destiny(Xianxia Quest)

I appreciate the politeness, but she was given a body entirely because we hung out with her more than anyone else, and I would be genuinely interested in what else you think is going on here.
The first thing that comes to mind for me is that she thought we were a cute distraction, like a Fey seeing a cute guy they want to oogle. The second is that she is far far too free spirited to be bound willingly in any sensibly useful time frame.
 
The first thing that comes to mind for me is that she thought we were a cute distraction, like a Fey seeing a cute guy they want to oogle. The second is that she is far far too free spirited to be bound willingly in any sensibly useful time frame.
I can accept the second bit as possible, if not an interpretation that I believe, but I don't buy into the first one at all. The thing to keep in mind is that she didn't form her own body to follow us around, she was given one because we paid more attention to her than anyone else. Ling Qi being a cute distraction had nothing to do with her being on the outer sect mansion right now.
 
[X] Plan: Museic
Adhoc vote count started by Erebeal on Apr 5, 2018 at 1:49 AM, finished with 57148 posts and 64 votes.

  • [X] Plan: Museic
    -[X] Overflow to Qi, vent drip to AC, Moon successes to SCS
    -[X] Buy/use stuff
    --[X] Use two YSS, two virtual YSS
    --[X] Heavy Rains Pill (15 RSS), 10 Dice Wood Pills (30 RSS), 5 Dice Water Pills (10 RSS), 5 Dice Darkness Pills (15 RSS)
    --[X] Total: 70 RSS, 2 YSS
    -[X] (MAJOR) Train Music arts with Zeqing
    --[X] FSS
    --[X] (attached minor) Zeqing wanted to speak with you about something aside from your lessons, indulge her?
    -[X] (MAJOR) Train with Gu Xiulan
    --[X] TRF
    -[X] (MAJOR) Take a job
    --[X] Haunted Mansion
    -[X] (MAJOR) Cultivate in the White Room
    --[X] Leg meridian
    --[X] With Xiulan
    -[X] (MAJOR) Visit the Archive
    --[X] Look into the items you found during your quest
    --[X] (attached minor) Meizhen has been withdrawing a bit again. See what you can do to talk her back out of her shell, and ask about what has been bothering her
    -[X] (minor) Playing music with Sixiang was fun, even if you didn't get to do as much fun composing as you might have liked. See if the muse has any suggestions.
    -[X] (minor) Zhengui did a good job, take him out on a hunting trip, and maybe start working on getting him ready to introduce to your family.
    -[X] (minor) It's time for testing! You should work for some prototypes. Suyin has invited you to join her in her mentors workshop to do some more experimentation
    [X] Plan: Last breath
    -[X] Overflow to Qi, vent drip to AC, Moon successes to SCS
    -[X] Buy/use stuff
    --[X] Use two YSS, two virtual YSS
    --[X] Heavy Rains Pill (15 RSS), 10 Dice Wood Pills (30 RSS), 5 Dice Water Pills (10 RSS), 5 Dice Darkness Pills (15 RSS)
    --[X] Total: 70 RSS, 2 YSS
    -[X] (MAJOR) Train Music arts with Zeqing
    --[X] FSS
    --[X] (attached minor) Zeqing wanted to speak with you about something aside from your lessons, indulge her?
    -[X] (MAJOR) Train with Gu Xiulan
    --[X] TRF
    -[X] (MAJOR) Take a job
    --[X] Haunted Mansion
    -[X] (MAJOR) Cultivate in the White Room
    --[X] Leg meridian
    --[X] With Xiulan
    -[X] (MAJOR) Visit the Archive
    --[X] Look into the items you found during your quest
    --[X] (attached minor) Meizhen has been withdrawing a bit again. See what you can do to talk her back out of her shell, and ask about what has been bothering her
    -[X] (minor) After hearing of your encounter in the woods, Gan Guangli announced that he wanted to challenge the strange boy. You... might be interested in watching.
    -[X] (minor) Zhengui did a good job, take him out on a hunting trip, and maybe start working on getting him ready to introduce to your family.
    -[X] (minor) It's time for testing! You should work for some prototypes. Suyin has invited you to join her in her mentors workshop to do some more experimentation
    [X] Plan: Don't let Yan Renshu make this breath our last
    -[X] Overflow to Qi, vent drip to AC, Moon successes to SCS
    -[X] Buy/use stuff
    --[X] Use two YSS, two virtual YSS
    --[X] Heavy Rains Pill (15 RSS), 10 Dice Wood Pills (30 RSS), 5 Dice Water Pills (10 RSS), 5 Dice Darkness Pills (15 RSS)
    --[X] Total: 70 RSS, 2 YSS
    -[X] (MAJOR) Take care of Yan Renshu
    --[X] (attached minor) Meizhen has been withdrawing a bit again. See what you can do to talk her back out of her shell, and ask about what has been bothering her
    -[X] (MAJOR) Train with Gu Xiulan
    --[X] TRF
    -[X] (MAJOR) Train Music arts with Zeqing
    --[X] FSS
    --[X] (attached minor) Zeqing wanted to speak with you about something aside from your lessons, indulge her?
    -[X] (MAJOR) Cultivate in the White Room
    --[X] Leg meridian
    --[X] With Xiulan
    -[X] (MAJOR) Visit the Archive
    --[X] Look into the items you found during your quest
    -[X] (minor) After hearing of your encounter in the woods, Gan Guangli announced that he wanted to challenge the strange boy. You... might be interested in watching.
    -[X] (minor) Zhengui did a good job, take him out on a hunting trip, and maybe start working on getting him ready to introduce to your family.
    -[X] (minor) Playing music with Sixiang was fun, even if you didn't get to do as much fun composing as you might have liked. See if the muse has any suggestions.
    [X] Plan: Monkeys and Meizhen
    -[X] Overflow to Qi, vent drip to AC, Moon successes to SCS
    -[X] Buy/use stuff
    --[X] Use two YSS, two virtual YSS
    --[X] Heavy Rains Pill (15 RSS), 10 Dice Wood Pills (30 RSS), 5 Dice Water Pills (10 RSS), 5 Dice Darkness Pills (15 RSS)
    --[X] Total: 70 RSS, 2 YSS
    -[X] (MAJOR) Train Music arts with Zeqing
    --[X] FSS
    --[X] (attached minor) Zeqing wanted to speak with you about something aside from your lessons, indulge her?
    -[X] (MAJOR) Train with Meizhen
    --[X] (attached minor) Meizhen has been withdrawing a bit again. See what you can do to talk her back out of her shell, and ask about what has been bothering her
    --[X] TRF
    -[X] (MAJOR) Take a job
    --[X] Durian Snatching
    -[X] (MAJOR) Cultivate in the White Room
    --[X] Leg meridian
    --[X] With Xiulan
    -[X] (MAJOR) Visit the Archive
    --[X] Look into the items you found during your quest
    -[X] (minor) Playing music with Sixiang was fun, even if you didn't get to do as much fun composing as you might have liked. See if the muse has any suggestions.
    -[X] (minor) Zhengui did a good job, take him out on a hunting trip, and maybe start working on getting him ready to introduce to your family.
    -[X] (minor) It's time for testing! You should work for some prototypes. Suyin has invited you to join her in her mentors workshop to do some more experimentation
    [X] Plan: Sable Light Week
    -[X] Resources Used: 1 GSS, 3 Virtual YSS, Heavy Rains Pill (15 RSS), Qi Sea Pill (35 RSS), +10 Meridian Pill (60 RSS), +20 Qi Pill (60 RSS), +10 Darkness Pill (40 RSS), +10 Music Pill (40 RSS), +15 Water Pill (70 RSS), +15 Earth Pill (70 RSS), Sable Light Pill (From Inventory), Week Tutoring: Darkness Arts (30 Sect Points)
    --[X] Total Cost: 1 GSS, 410 RSS, 30 Sect Points, 1 Sable Light Pill
    -[X] Overflow to Qi, vent drip to AC, Moon successes to SCS
    -[X] Major: Train Music Arts with Zeqing (FVM)
    --[X] (attached minor) Zeqing wanted to speak with you about something aside from your lessons, indulge her?
    -[X] Major: Tutor: Sable Crescent Step
    -[X] Major: Tutor: Abyssal Exhalation
    -[X] Major: Cultivate in the White Room (With Xiulan): Head Meridian
    -[X] Major: Train with Meizhen: FSS
    --[X] Meizhen has been withdrawing a bit again. See what you can do to talk her back out of her shell, and ask about what has been bothering her
    -[X] Major: Train at the vent with Su Ling: Leg Meridian
    -[X] (minor) Zhengui did a good job, take him out on a hunting trip, and maybe start working on getting him ready to introduce to your family.
    -[X] (minor) After hearing of your encounter in the woods, Gan Guangli announced that he wanted to challenge the strange boy. You... might be interested in watching.
    [X] Plan: Sable Light Week
    -[X] Resources Used: 1 GSS, 3 Virtual YSS, Heavy Rains Pill (15 RSS), Qi Sea Pill (35 RSS), +10 Meridian Pill (60 RSS), +20 Qi Pill (60 RSS), +10 Darkness Pill (40 RSS), +10 Music Pill (40 RSS), +15 Water Pill (70 RSS), +15 Earth Pill (70 RSS), Sable Light Pill (From Inventory), Week Tutoring: Darkness Arts (30 Sect Points)
    --[X] Total Cost: 1 GSS, 410 RSS, 30 Sect Points, 1 Sable Light Pill
    -[X] Share Mystic Vale with Meizhen
    -[X] Overflow to Qi, vent drip to AC, Moon successes to SCS
    -[X] Major: Train Music Arts with Zeqing (FVM)
    --[X] (attached minor) Zeqing wanted to speak with you about something aside from your lessons, indulge her?
    -[X] Major: Tutor: Sable Crescent Step
    -[X] Major: Tutor: Abyssal Exhalation
    -[X] Major: Cultivate in the White Room (With Xiulan): Head Meridian
    -[X] Major: Train with Meizhen: FSS
    --[X] Meizhen has been withdrawing a bit again. See what you can do to talk her back out of her shell, and ask about what has been bothering her
    -[X] Major: Train at the vent with Su Ling: Leg Meridian
    -[X] (minor) Zhengui did a good job, take him out on a hunting trip, and maybe start working on getting him ready to introduce to your family.
    -[X] (minor) After hearing of your encounter in the woods, Gan Guangli announced that he wanted to challenge the strange boy. You... might be interested in watching.
 
Information is valuable but at this point there is far too little time to change strats because a new player showed up. I would rather make use of limited time with a muse. We should be able to get information during the tournament while we watch him fight. It would be unfortunate if the first pairing was against him but that risk doesn't bother me that much.
Arguably, we are picking up new talismans right now. Talismans and consumables could be chosen depending on what we see of them.

But yeah, Ling Qi deserves her mud wrestling ogling action sometimes.
 
What benefit do we even get from watching a fight? Its not like we could change Ling Qi's battle plans. New music on the other hand might be a major game changer depending on what we get.


Also lets not forge that the Muse spirit is the result of a long chain of successes on the high end requirements.
 
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It would give us a better idea for how Swamp Boy fights.

Which would do what exactly? The dice rolls logs are meaningless because yrsillar adjusts the opponents dice to what he thinks is a fitting challenge level, and trying to pick up specific counters to his fighting style when Ling Qi isn't even guaranteed to fight him is a poor use of time.

It's far better to build on Ling Qi strengthes rather then specialising in one opponent weaknesses.

Edit: fixed a mistake.
 
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Which would do what exactly? The dice rolls are meaningless because yrsillar adjusts the opponents dice to what he thinks is a fitting challenge level, and trying to pick up specific counters to his fighting style when Ling Qi isn't even guaranteed to fight him is a poor use of time.

It's far better to build on Ling Qi strengthes rather then specialising in one opponent weaknesses.
Well, it could help us/Ling Qi determine the best strategy to take going up against him.
 
Well, it could help us/Ling Qi determine the best strategy to take going up against him.

A dude that Ling Qi isn't even guaranteed to fight? A reminder that Ling Qi needs to go through several gauntlets of yellows before reaching the one-on-one fights, and the knowledge that the sect will fix fights so that the most impressive cultivator won't meet each other super early so that they can show their chops at the 1v1 part.

Like, all Ling Qi needs to do is win the first 1v1 fight to get in the inner sect and she might as well be matched against Kang or Ji Rong or Chu Song.
 
A dude that Ling Qi isn't even guaranteed to fight? A reminder that Ling Qi needs to go through several gauntlets of yellows before reaching the one-on-one fights, and the knowledge that the sect will fix fights so that the most impressive cultivator won't meet each other super early so that they can show their chops at the 1v1 part.

Like, all Ling Qi needs to do is win the first 1v1 fight to get in the inner sect and she might as well be matched against Kang or Ji Rong or Chu Song.
She might, but she might not. Shen Hu is one of the 9 likely green in the tournament (Sun Liling, CRX, Meizhen, Kang Zihao, Gan Guangli, Chu Song, Ji Rong, Shen hu, Ling Qi) and the odds of Ling Qi fighting Shen Hu in the tournaments are pretty high (we aren't likely to be pitted against CRX or Gan Guangli,).

Having a good idea of someone else's fighting style gives us a good advantage in a fight as the first few turns are crucial. For example, We now know we want to have TRD and Maybe HRA up as fast as possible against Sun Liling, as damage mitigation ad PD is disproportionally good against whirlwind-type enemies.
 
Is this sentence correct?

Yes, although the sentence is a little confusing. So the statement that the mother disagrees with is the statement about sabers. That there can be no depth or beauty in the saber. So Cai's mother thinks that there is depth and beauty in the saber. The double negative could be removed and the sentence changed to add clarity but it does work.
 
[X] Plan: Museic

For Sixiang>Fight my thoughts are that even if we see shambler guy fight it isn't going to help us much. I can't see us changing our cultivation to counter his no matter what we see, so strategising for the first few turns of a fight are pretty much the only benefit.

Sixiang on the other hand even if binder her is a long shot I imagine we'll get something, whether a training bonus, new technique or talisman.

Basically, although information is important we may not even end up fighting him, not to mention he would only be one of many opponents. It's a possible universal combat boost vs information on only a single one of our dozen or so opponents.

We'll probably end up with another chance to see him fight or learn about him anyway, either by another spectator to this fight or at the actual tournament. Tbh I was more swayed by the mud wrestling part of the minor than the infowar part.

In other news, if the earliest Biyu can start cultivating/be awakened safely is at 8 years old, we will be 20 by then. By that point we may be closing on if not having just reached Cyan. That's gonna be so good for her, shame it's so far in the future I'm not sure I can wait D:
 
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