[X] Aid the prince, it was better to err on the side of the human
Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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Black Noise
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[X] Aid the spirit, something about the prince set her on edge.
Nobody besides Shenhua gets to be that tall and not get their ass kicked.
Nobody besides Shenhua gets to be that tall and not get their ass kicked.
- Location
- USA
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- He/Him
The enemy stat blocks are beefy; that really might just be the sensible retreat option, though I'm sure it won't just end the event with no rewards.
A wrong choice isnt the same as a trap option
Such an assumption presumes that we're entitled to success. Which i wholeheartedly reject. Not just on principal, but by how the quest has played out until now.
- Location
- France
[X] Aid neither, leave them too it and go elsewhere, to try and figure out what is going on in this dream.
I think it's important to note that, neither of them noticed Ling qi for now. The prince was not adressing to us but to Shen Hu. So maybe we can find more info while Shen Hu engage in the fight ?
I don't think directly taking part in the fight would please the Spirit, as he asked not to. Especially, if it's a matter of vengeance. His vengeance, his fight not ours.
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I think it's important to note that, neither of them noticed Ling qi for now. The prince was not adressing to us but to Shen Hu. So maybe we can find more info while Shen Hu engage in the fight ?
I don't think directly taking part in the fight would please the Spirit, as he asked not to. Especially, if it's a matter of vengeance. His vengeance, his fight not ours.
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That's not the option you're voting for. Shen Hu is following Ling Qis lead
- Location
- France
I don't see how the other options are though.
Edit : Ok now I see, but not changing my mind.
Either way, I do prefer the third option here, More info before jumping into fight, not our fight. But I can understand why we would want to help the Spirit.
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[X] Aid neither, leave them too it and go elsewhere, to try and figure out what is going on in this dream.
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Supporting spirit still seems to be leading significantly.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Mmm.
What it boils down to is that "Gather Information" requires at least one of two big assumptions to be correct for it to be the ideal choice.
A) It has to give us meaningful material advantage compared to acting immediately, because the situation will continue unfolding without our intervention, and this is functionally something that will be interpreted as a half-assed "Side with the Spirit" vote by the Horned Prince. He assumes we're soldiers, he gave us an order to assist him, refusing means he's sort of required to make an example of us for insubordination--and he'll be a much harder fight without the Burning Oak threatening him. We might be able to evade him given his sub-par Perception, but I doubt Shen Hu can.
B) The entity involved with keeping this Dream involved has to be willing to reward someone for digging beneath the surface, rather than going with the flow and participating in it. The Moon overhead is the Bloody Crescent--which is not one that particularly requires introspection given what Moon Senpai told us in the last thread about how he got the Reflecting Moon to make sure that he could deliver Justice to the right targets--and the use of 'Dream' suggests the Dreaming Moon has a say as well, and again, she's a 'Go with the Flow' style rather than a careful thought and consideration face. There is no evidence in the narrative suggesting that the Hidden Moon has a ball in this particular court. Furthermore, even if said clues exist, they need to be ones we can actually find in the time we have available.
Either is a bit of a stretch, and basically relies upon hoping the Hidden Moon busts in from nowhere and rewards us for ignoring the narrative in favor of looking for the man behind the curtain. It might be right, but it would be right for reasons entirely unrelated to what we're seeing--and for all intents and purposes, is a complete shot in the dark.
Events seem to be a Puzzle to be Solved, and not something you can just YOLO any way you want and expect the best outcome--and we're tight enough on time and resources that we can't afford to reach for mystery boxes when two potential avenues of approach are presented before us. Curiosity is something to be sated when you're not in immediate danger, not a virtue in and of itself.
Anyway, with my feelings on that set down, moving to a different topic.
@yrsillar , in furtherance to my previous question, about how long was Bronze the dominant base material for weapon and armor talismans? I'm presuming it was the Big Thing for an extended period of time--given how one of the most foundational levels of Physical Cultivation is named after it, and it was one of the big resources that the Bai brought to the table in the Founding--but based on what we've seen now, Talismans can pretty much be made of any weird and exotic material as long as you know the right formations to get your desired effect.
I'm trying to narrow down a ballpark for when this memory could have taken place based on context clues, pretty much. I'm presuming I'm not wholly wrong by treating this event as a 'Puzzle to be Solved based on clues you can find and remember' rather than 'Choose which narrative you want to follow today', right?
What it boils down to is that "Gather Information" requires at least one of two big assumptions to be correct for it to be the ideal choice.
A) It has to give us meaningful material advantage compared to acting immediately, because the situation will continue unfolding without our intervention, and this is functionally something that will be interpreted as a half-assed "Side with the Spirit" vote by the Horned Prince. He assumes we're soldiers, he gave us an order to assist him, refusing means he's sort of required to make an example of us for insubordination--and he'll be a much harder fight without the Burning Oak threatening him. We might be able to evade him given his sub-par Perception, but I doubt Shen Hu can.
B) The entity involved with keeping this Dream involved has to be willing to reward someone for digging beneath the surface, rather than going with the flow and participating in it. The Moon overhead is the Bloody Crescent--which is not one that particularly requires introspection given what Moon Senpai told us in the last thread about how he got the Reflecting Moon to make sure that he could deliver Justice to the right targets--and the use of 'Dream' suggests the Dreaming Moon has a say as well, and again, she's a 'Go with the Flow' style rather than a careful thought and consideration face. There is no evidence in the narrative suggesting that the Hidden Moon has a ball in this particular court. Furthermore, even if said clues exist, they need to be ones we can actually find in the time we have available.
Either is a bit of a stretch, and basically relies upon hoping the Hidden Moon busts in from nowhere and rewards us for ignoring the narrative in favor of looking for the man behind the curtain. It might be right, but it would be right for reasons entirely unrelated to what we're seeing--and for all intents and purposes, is a complete shot in the dark.
Events seem to be a Puzzle to be Solved, and not something you can just YOLO any way you want and expect the best outcome--and we're tight enough on time and resources that we can't afford to reach for mystery boxes when two potential avenues of approach are presented before us. Curiosity is something to be sated when you're not in immediate danger, not a virtue in and of itself.
Anyway, with my feelings on that set down, moving to a different topic.
@yrsillar , in furtherance to my previous question, about how long was Bronze the dominant base material for weapon and armor talismans? I'm presuming it was the Big Thing for an extended period of time--given how one of the most foundational levels of Physical Cultivation is named after it, and it was one of the big resources that the Bai brought to the table in the Founding--but based on what we've seen now, Talismans can pretty much be made of any weird and exotic material as long as you know the right formations to get your desired effect.
I'm trying to narrow down a ballpark for when this memory could have taken place based on context clues, pretty much. I'm presuming I'm not wholly wrong by treating this event as a 'Puzzle to be Solved based on clues you can find and remember' rather than 'Choose which narrative you want to follow today', right?
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Can we stop with this "disengaging means we get attacked worse" nonsense? The prince has told us what he's going to do after the fight: Go find his father. Helping with the other fights going on is going to be a much higher priority for him than trying to hunt down an unaligned cultivator or two.
And all that assumes the prince wins, when the statblocks have the two being pretty evenly matched, with only a slight edge.
[X] Aid the spirit, something about the prince set her on edge.
And all that assumes the prince wins, when the statblocks have the two being pretty evenly matched, with only a slight edge.
[X] Aid the spirit, something about the prince set her on edge.
[X] Aid neither, leave them too it and go elsewhere, to try and figure out what is going on in this dream.
- Location
- California
[X] Aid neither, leave them too it and go elsewhere, to try and figure out what is going on in this dream.
A spirit which can cast Sleep, Dispel and Sonar ping with Lake...I got nothing.
Also Sixiang you're getting lazy, pick up a new technique already!
For an Earth cultivator I'd personally advise a medium power Earth shotgun wide bore, low damae blast which slows down opponents for their cheaper hits to get a windup.
"Drugs and regenerative arts are fecking awesome is what"
Shen Hu: "Girl, you facetanked Sun Liling, the most attacky cultivator of the Outer Sect, for several minutes and you want MORE TONK?! Truly a Xuanwu is well suited to you!"
Shen Hu's flexing could keep her eyes busy for ages.
Ling Qi has optimized sparring further by including rest time involving the detailed study of fine musculature.
Hmm lets see... he's very Healthy as expected, he's actually faster than Ling Qi when burrowing, and his tonk is really tonky(even his evade isn't bad). But his accuracy is shit, except for that sleep technique his spirit is packing.
Man these rolls aren't very good(except for the Special)
And apparently Shen Hu has some kind of bonus to exploration
Hmm, it occurs to me that this isn't too unusual. Lots of natural places of power either get camped on by a powerful spirit, or just eaten for cultivation bonuses.
Water Qi continues to sneak up on us. The Grove makes finding a Wood Art this turn pretty lucrative though. And Zhengui would probably love it. If he doesn't snack on the trees.
Definitely an artificial site.
Trial Site. We met the Moon Stag before, but never really got a sense of personality.
Peaceful valley holding a memory of ancient days. Likely the founding event?
Shen Hu Quest: "Man that Ling Qi really is as airheaded as her reputation huh? She just keeps staring off into nothing."
LOL, these two.
Ling Qi: "Weird spirit place which all the local gribblies are avoiding"
<Literally their entire other social circle in the distance>: "No! Thats dangerous!"
Shen Hu: "Imma go in?"
Ling Qi: "Imma go in!"
*high five*
Well, SOMEBODY has to be the sane one in the group.
Unfortunately for Ling Qi her group is:
-2 Monsters who have completely different standards
-Suyin aka miss "I will poison people inside a safe zone" and "what is this hole in the ground full of eldritch horrors good for? DRUGS!"
-Zhengui aka "petrifying argent vent is shiny, Imma go in" and "Sledding with a Yukiko is fun!"
-Xiulan aka miss "I will set myself on fire for power or die trying"
...it occurs to me the Sane Man of Ling Qi's social group is basically Han Jian and Meizhen.
Bloody Moon.
Vengeance wrought, without care for what it burns.
So...anyone recalls that the Weilu were replaced by Tree Cultivators?
And heres the Weilu guy who is pissed off and probably mantling Bloody Moon something fierce, going by the aesthetics.
Also no idea whether he's going to his father's rescue, to stop him from doing something or to go maximum Mordred.
Sixiang was muffled. Something doesn't want her to tell us whats going on, so probably the Bloody Moon's aspect wanting to see our reaction.
The reasoning for each option is curious too:
[] Aid the prince, it was better to err on the side of the human
Remember what Sixiang said before on the Weilu? By what measure is a human?
[] Aid the spirit, something about the prince set her on edge
Ling Qi IS legitimately very perceptive about her social senses. She has a +10 bonus to Social Perception from domain, another bonus against lies and illusions(which this is both) AND a burst perception enhancement.
What all this is telling Ling Qi is that there is something wrong with the prince. Something she inherently distrusts.
[] Aid neither, leave them too it and go elsewhere, to try and figure out what is going on in this dream.
And this takes the angle of "well this dream is history, so might as well see if we can find the program guide to this movie". Very Hidden Moon.
