FunkyEntropy
Occasionally insightful, possibly grumpy
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People really need to be more thrifty with their XP purchases. With Aisha out, it would behoove us to start hoarding for our next Alchemical.
Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 23: We Wonder Where Who Wanders When Watchers Wane
- Thread starter Gromweld
- Start date
That is not how it works.
Nothing we are voting for is necessary. Taylor could win the quest alone with what she already has.
What we vote for is what's IC for the characters, what's fun, and what reduces the costs of victory.
There is no benefit to reflexively voting to hoard XP under the current XP spending system.
You cannot plan ahead to any purchases like before; vote options appear once and may never return. Have not repeated so far.
Hoarded XP does not contribute to the game.
And if nothing ever shows up, you have wasted multiple updates playing packrat.
If we followed anything like this plan of yours, we literally would never buy anything for anyone because "Something better might come along".
I mean, you are literally voting for only two dots of Glaistig Uaine(Ally) when three dots are available.
Because you are hoarding XP.
Which makes no sense, because there are few more important things than taking Ciara off the board and on our side.
Our next Alchemical vote is (probably) Orichalcum. The candidates are:
1)Armsmaster, eleven year plus veteran parahuman, Hero protegé, former head of the Brockton Bay Protectorate and participant of multiple S-class incidents.
2)Accord, former Protectorate Thinker for several years, former supervillain warlord of Boston for several years, current Cauldron associate, S-class event participant.
3)Glaistig Uaine, child/tween trigger, two decade plus history as parahuman, killer of Gray Boy, Arthwys and other heavy hitters, solo destroyer of multiple kill squads, and former ruler of a cell block of the Birdcage for over a decade, as well as it's longest continuous inhabitant.
Even our Jade candidates come down to
1) Vista, child trigger, three year veteran of the Brockton Bay Protectorate, survivor of two S-class events, and survivor of Bonesaw and Jack Slash's personal attentions.
2) Miss Militia, child trigger, child soldier, two decade plus parahuman, former second in command of the Brockton Bay Protectorate, multiple S-class event participant
All of those guys, with the exception of maybe Vista, have earned more XP than Sirkalla did at her Exaltation.
Even Vista had the dubious privilege of growing up in a city where the E88 and the ABB butted heads, and encounters with dangerous parahumans were taken for granted; they canonically sent her and the Wards against a team(the Undersiders) which they knew had an accused murderer(Bitch).
None of them is going to be short on XP, by sheer dint of life experience.
And that's without accounting for write-in XP.
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- Location
- Russia
If anything, it's better to spend the XP right now so that Aisha doesn't have to later play catch up with someone who is, by default, more experienced than she is.
Spectral Waltz
Scatterbrained Writer
- Location
- Walking the Endless Corridors
Banking XP when you have a goal in mind, like a certain charm or talent that requires you to save for it, is sensible.
Banking XP on a 'maybe something better will come along' when you don't even know what you're waiting for or how much it will cost, is foolish.
Banking XP on a 'maybe something better will come along' when you don't even know what you're waiting for or how much it will cost, is foolish.
I'm waiting for the next Assembly member and/or us finally getting the opportunity to fix our overlocked frame issue and getting IAT back (will probably have to dump the 2nd Perception Aug to make room though).
[X] Taylor Takes A Break In A Few Days
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.(61 words)
Break is good. Now is bad, since there are still things Taylor said she'd do. And unless my estimation of how long this break is is very off, she'll still be back before the 9-day window runs out.
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, towelling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^= ∫ (61 words)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
Because going by Clarity, Sirkalla's even worse off than Taylor.
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
Let's Get This Party Started: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Aisha Heads For Philadelphia
-[X]STUNT: The duty officer tensed as the stunningly beautiful woman walked into the lobby of the building, trailed by the biggest godawful animal that he had ever seen. Cape, he thought to himself, a hand inching towards the panic button as he saw the ready squad subtly reorient towards her. She stopped in front of his desk with a brilliant smile "Guess Who's back?" (63 words)
I know I speculated voting for Missy, but she'll be back in a few in-game days anyway, and uju32 made good points re: family and loyalty.
[X]WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X]WMS - 4 XP - Medicine ●○○○○
[X]WMS - 2 XP - Ride (Like It's Stolen ●●○)
[X]EOA - 2XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[X]EOA - 6XP- Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X]FPoP - 4XP - Medicine ●●○○○
[X]FPoP - 3XP - Mentor (Contessa) ●○○○○
[X]WoRI - 6XP - Ally (Glaistig Uaine) ●●○○○
[X]WoRI - 2XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
EDIT: Added Medicine for Aisha because... well, some of it is probably a good idea for anyone with a medical Charm, even if only so they know when it's needed.
Holding off on a Virtue for now, basically entirely for Lisa's sake. We can pick one and buy it up in a few updates.
EDIT: Also:
As uju32 literally just pointed out, we won't need banked XP for future Assembly members, because they all have plenty of their own.
IAT plus all submodules is 7XP by quest mechanics - if we don't get a refund for whatever Charm we trade in, and if we have to pay for all the submodules on an Iris-Charm-swap, and if we buy Essence-Muting Baffles (which we don't really need). On top of that, at this point Weaver is so well-known that we don't really need IAT for things other than not giving Lisa Thinker headaches. Fixing the overclocked frame will help, but once that's done IAT simply isn't a big deal.
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.(61 words)
Break is good. Now is bad, since there are still things Taylor said she'd do. And unless my estimation of how long this break is is very off, she'll still be back before the 9-day window runs out.
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, towelling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^= ∫ (61 words)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
Because going by Clarity, Sirkalla's even worse off than Taylor.
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
Let's Get This Party Started: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Aisha Heads For Philadelphia
-[X]STUNT: The duty officer tensed as the stunningly beautiful woman walked into the lobby of the building, trailed by the biggest godawful animal that he had ever seen. Cape, he thought to himself, a hand inching towards the panic button as he saw the ready squad subtly reorient towards her. She stopped in front of his desk with a brilliant smile "Guess Who's back?" (63 words)
I know I speculated voting for Missy, but she'll be back in a few in-game days anyway, and uju32 made good points re: family and loyalty.
[X]WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X]WMS - 4 XP - Medicine ●○○○○
[X]WMS - 2 XP - Ride (Like It's Stolen ●●○)
[X]EOA - 2XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[X]EOA - 6XP- Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X]FPoP - 4XP - Medicine ●●○○○
[X]FPoP - 3XP - Mentor (Contessa) ●○○○○
[X]WoRI - 6XP - Ally (Glaistig Uaine) ●●○○○
[X]WoRI - 2XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
EDIT: Added Medicine for Aisha because... well, some of it is probably a good idea for anyone with a medical Charm, even if only so they know when it's needed.
Holding off on a Virtue for now, basically entirely for Lisa's sake. We can pick one and buy it up in a few updates.
EDIT: Also:
As uju32 literally just pointed out, we won't need banked XP for future Assembly members, because they all have plenty of their own.
IAT plus all submodules is 7XP by quest mechanics - if we don't get a refund for whatever Charm we trade in, and if we have to pay for all the submodules on an Iris-Charm-swap, and if we buy Essence-Muting Baffles (which we don't really need). On top of that, at this point Weaver is so well-known that we don't really need IAT for things other than not giving Lisa Thinker headaches. Fixing the overclocked frame will help, but once that's done IAT simply isn't a big deal.
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And a last point:
People, please stop voting for Temperance or Compassion increases, sight unseen.
We have literally NEVER seen Aisha on screen as an Exalted. We have no reason to believe that she needs a Virtue increase at this time.
Taylor lasted almost four entire arcs with Temperance 1, Conviction 4 before we decided to raise it to Temperance 2 on general principles.
Furthermore, obvious personality changes will make it more difficult if we choose to try to Exalt Vista, because her current legal guardians will get briefed on every previous Exalt in order to make an informed choice.
Don't shoot us in the foot.
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And speaking of Missy:
Yes she is a fan-favorite; mine too. Yes she's been off-screen for a while.The GM has explicitly stated she's due back soon.
Please don't monofocus.
Lung is coming to Philadelphia. The Fallen are already here, creating suicide killers. The Elite are here. The Butcher and the Teeth are trapped in a time bubble that is due to pop soon. We want to send Taylor on vacation. Sirkalla can be pulled at any time on S-class duty.
That leaves Saki, and the Valor 5 Lord Grasp, who is not human, and does not have a human's sensibilities about use of force, as the main Alchemicals in Philly, and Saki is going to need to manage Accord and the PRT and the reconstruction effort. We need Aisha here. Yesterday.
Not off in Atlanta gallivanting on some farm with ponies.
Especially since her brother and the rest of the Wyld Hunt show up here on occassion, and the last thing we want to see happen is Inquisition or Rachel or Grue getting wololo'd by the Fallen.
People, please stop voting for Temperance or Compassion increases, sight unseen.
We have literally NEVER seen Aisha on screen as an Exalted. We have no reason to believe that she needs a Virtue increase at this time.
Taylor lasted almost four entire arcs with Temperance 1, Conviction 4 before we decided to raise it to Temperance 2 on general principles.
Furthermore, obvious personality changes will make it more difficult if we choose to try to Exalt Vista, because her current legal guardians will get briefed on every previous Exalt in order to make an informed choice.
Don't shoot us in the foot.
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And speaking of Missy:
Yes she is a fan-favorite; mine too. Yes she's been off-screen for a while.The GM has explicitly stated she's due back soon.
Please don't monofocus.
Lung is coming to Philadelphia. The Fallen are already here, creating suicide killers. The Elite are here. The Butcher and the Teeth are trapped in a time bubble that is due to pop soon. We want to send Taylor on vacation. Sirkalla can be pulled at any time on S-class duty.
That leaves Saki, and the Valor 5 Lord Grasp, who is not human, and does not have a human's sensibilities about use of force, as the main Alchemicals in Philly, and Saki is going to need to manage Accord and the PRT and the reconstruction effort. We need Aisha here. Yesterday.
Not off in Atlanta gallivanting on some farm with ponies.
Especially since her brother and the rest of the Wyld Hunt show up here on occassion, and the last thing we want to see happen is Inquisition or Rachel or Grue getting wololo'd by the Fallen.
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Yes I am. Because chargen, even if the next candidate doesn't need much in the way of Abilities/Attributes, will still spend multiple dozens of XP on Charms, slots, and Backgrounds. I see no issue with saving some XP here and there in light of that. More worthwhile than questionable things like a specialty dot that's not going to measurably improve our Crafting capabilities, imo.
Sworl
Sparky
These stats suggest to me that Aisha is going to be very popular with the public (especially with a younger demographic), but rather less so with those who will have to live with her.
She'd probably be really good at dancing and parkour.
Our remaining Exalt candidates have enough life experience that they will show up with a large amount of XP in their own right, as well as whatever we choose to contribute at that time. And XP debt remains a fallback option anyway.
Most of the XP for Exalting the Twins did not come from any special store of savings.
Most of the XP for Aisha didn't come from any special store of saved XP either. And those were the guys with the least XP from their life experience, compared to the adult candidates with decades of experience.
The GM has explicitly stated that there are non-mechanical benefits to Specialty dots.
Having Taylor be better at drones rolls over in a passive manner to all her operations involving drones.
Having Saki look harmless rolls over to every time she has to negotiate with paranoid people who are suspicious of law enforcement or capes. And so on.
It's not just about min-maxing numbers, much as I enjoy doing that.
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If she doesn't like you, maybe.
She has been living with the Wards for most of a month so far without making herself unpopular, which indicates that her personality traits are perfectly fine with her friends.
She's not Penny, who would probably have issues if Kinzey wasn't unknowingly covering for her. And if she wasn't so monofocused on Kinzey.
The repressed lesbian is going to have even more hormonal issues, with all the Appearance 5 women around that aren't Taylor.
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Yes it did. Or am I imagining that we spent a very large amount of Assembly XP for each of Aisha's and the Twins' chargens?
Differing priorities then, I suppose.
sainen
Elder Lich
remember Marrow's exaltation? you advocated not spending any exp on her because her converted exp covered everything.
this is relevant because 5 out of our 6 candidates should have similar or greater amounts of personal experience to draw upon during exaltation, and the 6th while less than the other five has more than 4 of our exalts had at the time of their exaltation.
in the end we bought 16 points of Stealth and 4 points of Linguistics, no charms
Didn't chargen work somewhat differently way back then though? It's been several years so I don't fully remember.
They were beneficiaries of write-in XP. A LOT of write-in XP.
XP that appeared at chargen, not XP that was saved for them for several turns.
And that's in addition to GM generosity.
You can't stand here with a straight face and tell me we saved 88 XP for the Twins chargen, barely an update after regenerating Taylor.
Sirkalla is literally the only person who we didn't get much XP for, and didn't bother to write-in, and she came with a full establishment of around 20 charms and an extra 20XP.
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sainen
Elder Lich
chargen's basically the same, if anything it was harsher when Marrow was exalted( no bonus familiars, no PLMs fully stocked with a mastered MA style, or 25 dots of Artifacts).
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- Chicago
The All-Mother Needs Her Nightcap: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Takes A Break In A Few Days
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.
Faustian Bargains Don't Honor Refunds: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, toweling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^=
Let's Get This Party Started: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Aisha Heads For Philadelphia
-[X]STUNT: A brisk wind blew off the Delaware, ripping at the clothes of the figure standing on the tip of the spire of the Liberty Place skyscraper. She smiled wickedly. "Betcha I can make it from here." The earpiece in her ear squawked in increasing negation as her outfit rippled, transforming into a wingsuit. "Watch."And she jumped off the building.(61 words)
Interesting Times: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
Praying For Fun And Profit: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
XP Expenditures
[X]WMS - 4 XP - Medicine ●○○○○
[X]WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X]WMS - 2 XP - Ride (Like It's Stolen ●●○)
[X]EOA - 4XP - Performance ●●●○○
[X]EOA - 2XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[X]EOA - 6XP- Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X]FPoP - 4XP - Medicine ●●○○○
[X]FPoP - 3XP - Mentor (Contessa) ●○○○○
[X]WoRI - 2XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X]WoRI - 9XP - Ally (Glaistig Uaine) ●●●○○
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[X] Taylor Takes A Break In A Few Days
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.
Faustian Bargains Don't Honor Refunds: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, toweling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^=
Let's Get This Party Started: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Aisha Heads For Philadelphia
-[X]STUNT: A brisk wind blew off the Delaware, ripping at the clothes of the figure standing on the tip of the spire of the Liberty Place skyscraper. She smiled wickedly. "Betcha I can make it from here." The earpiece in her ear squawked in increasing negation as her outfit rippled, transforming into a wingsuit. "Watch."And she jumped off the building.(61 words)
Interesting Times: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
Praying For Fun And Profit: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
XP Expenditures
[X]WMS - 4 XP - Medicine ●○○○○
[X]WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X]WMS - 2 XP - Ride (Like It's Stolen ●●○)
[X]EOA - 4XP - Performance ●●●○○
[X]EOA - 2XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[X]EOA - 6XP- Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X]FPoP - 4XP - Medicine ●●○○○
[X]FPoP - 3XP - Mentor (Contessa) ●○○○○
[X]WoRI - 2XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X]WoRI - 9XP - Ally (Glaistig Uaine) ●●●○○
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- Somewhere, Maybe
[x] PLAN UJU32
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
Old Realm is very linguistically dense, moreso than English or normal human languages. It is inherently magical, having been borne of the Primordials and their component spirits, which is why even Dragon's translator fumbles it. As a result, meatrobot!Ciara had difficulty communicating exactly which meaning for the words she was saying, but soulgemmed!Ciara will have much less difficulty in her lessons when she wakes up despite nothing else changing. Related: Ciara is a smart cookie, but she only managed to (partially, ~60% of the way there) learn a new, alien language in ~4 days due to Lord Grasp's non-stop tutelage and Saki's repeated experimentation with Happy Fun Spike - not a set of circumstances easily repeated with others.
Clarification: the Assembly XP pool earns .5 XP per active Alchemical at the end of a Chapter. As a result, since Aisha just managed to squeak in at the end of 10.2, the Assembly earned 2 XP for Chapter 10.2.
Taylor: Omnitool Implant
Prayer: Though her DOOM COMBO is fairly infamous now, healing is extremely noteworthy, especially since her Body-Reweaving Matrix sees tons of casual use as she touches up small injuries on PRT troopers rotating through patrols.
Saki: Radiant Iconography Display is almost always in use in some form, but usually in very subtle/sneaky ways so most people don't recognize how much she's abusing the shit out of it. If her friends were to point to a more 'signature' charm beyond her shard-charm, they'd probably say Husk-Sculpting Apparatus since she shifts between versions of 'herself' fairly regularly, but her Personality Override Spike remains the #1 thing everyone remember about her once they learn she has it (and especially after they learn that she's been practicing with it).
As noted in the chapter, Ned has currently been engaged with Ash Beast already for two days straight. Ned's having a ball, since Ash Beast is still able to harm him even after all this time, but mostly because he isn't able to keep within Ash Beast's damaging range for long enough to adapt to the constantly-changing damage before being punted away by shockwaves (they're in the Sahara, so not much to grab on to for support). I'll note that "focus" means she dedicates most of her time towards that choice, but if we don't choose Ash Beast for Prayer then she'll only pop over when Ned finally gets bored and things start to deteriorate rather than being preemptive and striking early.
Parkour? Parkour!
- Location
- New York
This is nonsense. We know that future XP options will rarely repeat either. Every chapter has good targets to spend XP on. If we had the ability to plan ahead, it wouldn't be a huge deal to run out of XP, because we'd be able to put off next turn's XP spending off to the turn after next. Precisely because we'll have unpredictable opportunities, we need to keep some XP in the bank.
(Quite aside from future chargen arguments.)
The only reason to vote for spending 40 XP now is if you expect that most of these expenditures will fail due to having below 50%, and thus that at the limit every individual expenditure is desirable. That's a reasonable justification for a spend-all-the-XP vote, but not for actually spending all the XP.
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The All-Mother Needs Her Nightcap: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Takes A Break In A Few Days
Faustian Bargains Don't Honor Refunds: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Emily resisted the urge to sigh and massage her temples as she stared at her Senior Agent-In-Charge. "Weaver brokered a truce with the Elite. During the concert. In Pittsburgh". Prayer's- Sirkalla's- foot twitched, then stilled, but her face remained impassive as she nodded. "I received an email this evening. Burner account. Dossiers,known associates, and hideouts, here and over the river."(63 words)
Interesting Times: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
Praying For Fun And Profit: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
Let's Get This Party Started: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Aisha Heads For Missy
XP Expenditures
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] WMS - 2 XP - Ride (Like It's Stolen ●●○)
[X] EOA - 2 XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[X] EOA - 6 XP - Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X] FPoP - 4 XP - Medicine ●●○○○
[X] FPoP - 3 XP - Mentor (Contessa) ●○○○○
[X] WoRI - 2 XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X] WoRI - 9 XP - Ally (Glaistig Uaine) ●●●○○
I`ll put this to avoid missing the vote (again) will have to see if any new stunt catch my eyes for the missing options.
[X] Taylor Takes A Break In A Few Days
Faustian Bargains Don't Honor Refunds: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Emily resisted the urge to sigh and massage her temples as she stared at her Senior Agent-In-Charge. "Weaver brokered a truce with the Elite. During the concert. In Pittsburgh". Prayer's- Sirkalla's- foot twitched, then stilled, but her face remained impassive as she nodded. "I received an email this evening. Burner account. Dossiers,known associates, and hideouts, here and over the river."(63 words)
Interesting Times: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
Praying For Fun And Profit: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
Let's Get This Party Started: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Aisha Heads For Missy
XP Expenditures
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] WMS - 2 XP - Ride (Like It's Stolen ●●○)
[X] EOA - 2 XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[X] EOA - 6 XP - Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X] FPoP - 4 XP - Medicine ●●○○○
[X] FPoP - 3 XP - Mentor (Contessa) ●○○○○
[X] WoRI - 2 XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X] WoRI - 9 XP - Ally (Glaistig Uaine) ●●●○○
I`ll put this to avoid missing the vote (again) will have to see if any new stunt catch my eyes for the missing options.
The All-Mother Needs Her Nightcap: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Takes A Break Now
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.
Faustian Bargains Don't Honor Refunds: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Emily resisted the urge to sigh and massage her temples as she stared at her Senior Agent-In-Charge. "Weaver brokered a truce with the Elite. During the concert. In Pittsburgh". Prayer's- Sirkalla's- foot twitched, then stilled, but her face remained impassive as she nodded. "I received an email this evening. Burner account. Dossiers,known associates, and hideouts, here and over the river."
Interesting Times: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
Praying For Fun And Profit: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
Let's Get This Party Started: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Aisha Heads For Philadelphia
-[X]STUNT: A brisk wind blew off the Delaware, ripping at the clothes of the figure standing on the tip of the spire of the Liberty Place skyscraper. She smiled wickedly. "Betcha I can make it from here." The earpiece in her ear squawked in increasing negation as her outfit rippled, transforming into a wingsuit. "Watch." And she jumped off the building.(61 words)
XP Expenditures
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] WMS - 2 XP - Ride (Like It's Stolen ●●○)
[X]WMS - 4 XP - Medicine ●○○○○
[X] EOA - 2 XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[X] EOA - 4 XP - Performance ●●●○○: 17 votes
[X] EOA - 6 XP - Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X] FPoP - 3 XP - Mentor (Contessa) ●○○○○
[X] WoRI - 2 XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X] WoRI - 6 XP - Ally (Glaistig Uaine) ●●○○○
[X] Taylor Takes A Break Now
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.
Faustian Bargains Don't Honor Refunds: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Emily resisted the urge to sigh and massage her temples as she stared at her Senior Agent-In-Charge. "Weaver brokered a truce with the Elite. During the concert. In Pittsburgh". Prayer's- Sirkalla's- foot twitched, then stilled, but her face remained impassive as she nodded. "I received an email this evening. Burner account. Dossiers,known associates, and hideouts, here and over the river."
Interesting Times: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
Praying For Fun And Profit: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
Let's Get This Party Started: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Aisha Heads For Philadelphia
-[X]STUNT: A brisk wind blew off the Delaware, ripping at the clothes of the figure standing on the tip of the spire of the Liberty Place skyscraper. She smiled wickedly. "Betcha I can make it from here." The earpiece in her ear squawked in increasing negation as her outfit rippled, transforming into a wingsuit. "Watch." And she jumped off the building.(61 words)
XP Expenditures
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] WMS - 2 XP - Ride (Like It's Stolen ●●○)
[X]WMS - 4 XP - Medicine ●○○○○
[X] EOA - 2 XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[X] EOA - 4 XP - Performance ●●●○○: 17 votes
[X] EOA - 6 XP - Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X] FPoP - 3 XP - Mentor (Contessa) ●○○○○
[X] WoRI - 2 XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X] WoRI - 6 XP - Ally (Glaistig Uaine) ●●○○○
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- Location
- New York
Vote change (accounting for Abilities costing 4 XP not 3):
[X] Taylor Takes A Break Now
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.(61 words)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, towelling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^= ∫ (61 words)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
[X] Aisha Heads For Missy
-[X] STUNT: Missy shrieks and falls backwards from her seat on the porch as, out of nowhere, an enormous silver panther slams down right in front of her, scattering the chickens she'd been feeding. "Get on, loser!" shouts the equally silver girl with a manic grin from atop the beast, "We're going shopping!"
[X] WMS - 3 XP - Compassion ●●●○○
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] EOA - 6 XP - Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X] EOA - 4 XP - Performance ●●●○○
[X] FPoP - 2 XP - Occult (Autochtonian Prayers ●○○)
[X] WoRI - 2 XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X] Taylor Takes A Break Now
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.(61 words)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, towelling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^= ∫ (61 words)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
[X] Aisha Heads For Missy
-[X] STUNT: Missy shrieks and falls backwards from her seat on the porch as, out of nowhere, an enormous silver panther slams down right in front of her, scattering the chickens she'd been feeding. "Get on, loser!" shouts the equally silver girl with a manic grin from atop the beast, "We're going shopping!"
[X] WMS - 3 XP - Compassion ●●●○○
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] EOA - 6 XP - Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X] EOA - 4 XP - Performance ●●●○○
[X] FPoP - 2 XP - Occult (Autochtonian Prayers ●○○)
[X] WoRI - 2 XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
- Location
- Maryland
The All-Mother Needs Her Nightcap: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Takes A Break Now
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.
Faustian Bargains Don't Honor Refunds: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Emily resisted the urge to sigh and massage her temples as she stared at her Senior Agent-In-Charge. "Weaver brokered a truce with the Elite. During the concert. In Pittsburgh". Prayer's- Sirkalla's- foot twitched, then stilled, but her face remained impassive as she nodded. "I received an email this evening. Burner account. Dossiers,known associates, and hideouts, here and over the river."
Interesting Times: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
Praying For Fun And Profit: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
Let's Get This Party Started: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Aisha Heads For Missy
-[X] STUNT: Missy shrieks and falls backwards from her seat on the porch as, out of nowhere, an enormous silver panther slams down right in front of her, scattering the chickens she'd been feeding. "Get on, loser!" shouts the equally silver girl with a manic grin from atop the beast, "We're going shopping!"
XP Expenditures
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] WMS - 2 XP - Ride (Like It's Stolen ●●○)
[X] EOA - 2 XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[X] EOA - 6 XP - Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X] FPoP - 4 XP - Medicine ●●○○○
[X] FPoP - 3 XP - Mentor (Contessa) ●○○○○
[X] WoRI - 2 XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X] WoRI - 9 XP - Ally (Glaistig Uaine) ●●●○○
[X] Taylor Takes A Break Now
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.
Faustian Bargains Don't Honor Refunds: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Emily resisted the urge to sigh and massage her temples as she stared at her Senior Agent-In-Charge. "Weaver brokered a truce with the Elite. During the concert. In Pittsburgh". Prayer's- Sirkalla's- foot twitched, then stilled, but her face remained impassive as she nodded. "I received an email this evening. Burner account. Dossiers,known associates, and hideouts, here and over the river."
Interesting Times: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
Praying For Fun And Profit: (Choose ONE, NO Stunt)
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
Let's Get This Party Started: (Choose ONE, ONE Stunt Allowed)
[X] Aisha Heads For Missy
-[X] STUNT: Missy shrieks and falls backwards from her seat on the porch as, out of nowhere, an enormous silver panther slams down right in front of her, scattering the chickens she'd been feeding. "Get on, loser!" shouts the equally silver girl with a manic grin from atop the beast, "We're going shopping!"
XP Expenditures
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] WMS - 2 XP - Ride (Like It's Stolen ●●○)
[X] EOA - 2 XP - Craft (Drones ●●○)
[X] EOA - 6 XP - Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
[X] FPoP - 4 XP - Medicine ●●○○○
[X] FPoP - 3 XP - Mentor (Contessa) ●○○○○
[X] WoRI - 2 XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X] WoRI - 9 XP - Ally (Glaistig Uaine) ●●●○○
- Location
- A Table Near You
One last question @Gromweld: if Taylor goes on vacation and keeps SoPA usage to a minimum during it, would that speed up SoPA's recovery? The 'base' recovery ETA (never use SoPA) was a mere 1 week, but the thread voted for the option that gave a full recovery ETA of ~4 weeks. I think it's been about 1 or 2 weeks since then (depending on when the ETA started counting from), about a quarter to halfway done, so it's conceivable that a 3-6 day vacation would give Taylor time needed to make a full recovery.
Munchkin role-playing aside, I think this would be an excellent in-character justification for Taylor to convince herself to take a vacation. It's not rest, it's recovery! Just what the robo-doctor ordered! She needs to be at full strength to purge the criminal infestation of her city, right? I am not merely saying that to justify a cheap power increase. Honest.
Munchkin role-playing aside, I think this would be an excellent in-character justification for Taylor to convince herself to take a vacation. It's not rest, it's recovery! Just what the robo-doctor ordered! She needs to be at full strength to purge the criminal infestation of her city, right? I am not merely saying that to justify a cheap power increase. Honest.
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Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
I do a roll to see how much she's recovered each day, reduced by how many times she "pushed" her range that day and how intensively she used her multitasking (actually controlling things rather than just letting them do whatever). Given four days of pure relaxation and complete "hands-off" use of SoPA (never controlling anything in her range), as well as keeping her essence at max so that excess goes to SoPA, she might get it back to fully operational given great rolls. More realistically, she probably needs ~10 days of vacation with minimal control and zero pushes to get her full range back full-time again. However, this concern is certainly a thing she's going to in-story comment about if we choose either of the "take a break" options.