Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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So this might hamper our relations with Shen Hu significantly. Which is a shame.
Yeah. That would suck a lot. Though thankfully we could at least try to talk with him afterwards unless he does the "Begone from my sight Wraith" thing and I don't think that's particularly likely given his temperament. He's really too chill to bully like this :(
 
[X] Accept the blessing of Hide

Might change later. I think the lack of a clear source of a Foundation level defense for Ling Qi and the randomness of Fang's use for us decide it for me.
 
[X] Accept the blessing of Hide

Defense has saved our asses multiple times. So lets keep it up. Plus, I'd be totally down for TRF+ or a shape-shifting art.
 
So a thing to note here about Shen Hu's situation: Since we could've voted to go along with him and he still retains the minor favor for his part in helping Vengeance (we spent ours on information[1]), it is likely he has all the tools he needs to save himself, so to speak. A lesser trial granted, but not insurmountable like the oncoming White-led Hunt.

On the Fang vs Hide thing... Granted we likely have FSS+ lined up and the fate of TRF+[2] and SCS+ is less clear, but I do think Fang is the better choice here. Much as I like Zeqing and how well her arts fit us, she's a "mere" high 4th realm spirit of winter and music. This is a chance (if it's an art) to get something comparable to SCS in quality and moon-themes but for offense, not something to dismiss lightly.


[1] If this isn't a "known" secret at least among a specific elite then it is likely worth a lot more than the Death Mirror. Unfortunately it's not something we can turn into drugs quite so easily. I suspect we'll be collecting quite a few of these ancient Truths with the Hidden Moon as our patron.
[2] It is possible we'll be getting this or something similar from the Cai archives since the TRF-line is apparently Weilu arts or heavily based on them.


Edit: forgot to vote

[X] Accept the blessing of Fang
 
An art is the obvious boon, and one that we have received before for dealing with moon spirits and their tests, but I find the idea that it is a body modification of a boon, or a spirit or piece of gear being spun off to help us as pretty plausible as well.

[X] Accept the blessing of Fang
 
What fits Ling Qi isn't just a matter of elements, especially for offense. The skill the Art uses to attack is significantly more important. A Moon Art that gives her claws and fangs fits her less than a Fire Art that burns things with the passion of her song.
 
[x] Ask for something else, despite the risk
-[x] Ask that Shen Hu be spared the hunt
 
So... We are going to spent the next few updates killing people for the horrible sin of... building permanent homes and practicing agriculture?

Truly, we are an exemplar imperial cultivator!

[X] Accept the blessing of Fang
 
This would be OOC knowledge.

That said, I would be in favor of seeing this OOC knowledge for the sake of a more fun quest experience.
This I agree with. While "gambling on unknown rewards" is fun, we've already had that in our previous choices. "choose between two unknown rewards" is kind of just a vehicle for salt.

Like, I'll echo the others there in that my concern isn't the choice between Fang and Hide, and the pros and cons there, but rather that for Fang especially I'm really leery of whether or not it will just make our life more difficult and cause lots of salt once we get it.
 
The whole thing is kinda annoying. Fang or Hide are both kinda uninteresting, because we gain them by taking part in a massacre, which maybe include the Helpless. A dream massacre (or battle, whatever) sure, but non the less something very bad for personal gain.
Joining the battle to minimize suffering or or achieve a positive effect in some way be it in understanding for us or others, I am all for.

[X] Ask for something else, despite the risk
-[X] Ask that Shen Hu and any mortals be spared the hunt


Truthfully I don´t get how the dream or memory interact with us, but those things can change. Our protagonist maybe unable to change something large and maybe it will result in nothing, but maybe it can, and wouldn´t it be still grand to have changed something of this scale, even a little bit.
If the mortals being spared by the Hunt is to much maybe we can beg the boon to spare those brought down by us, with a symbolic shed blood of the mortals, who have little importance in the revenge.

No matter, I just hope people don´t just vote to greedy grasp for loot in the here and now, if a reward doesn´t need to have a certain statistic and number to be counted as good.

Just my tired thought.
Nice Days all around.
 
So... We are going to spent the next few updates killing people for the horrible sin of... building permanent homes and practicing agriculture?

Truly, we are an exemplar imperial cultivator!
Agriculture is actually an invention from the founder of the Weilu so that is probably fine. What they did was breaking old agreements on boundaries with the spirits and forests to gain more land and resources to do more of that.
 
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