Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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Yes, I understand how the rules work. That's why it's a dumb idea to bet all of one's CP. If Ling Qi loses a challenge she bet all her Contribution Points on, then any low rank cultivator with contribution points can force Ling Qi to fight, and gain next to nothing. Any disciple worth challenging can afford to lose 1 CP ignoring challenges.
The only reason to bet the full 20 is that the person being challenged loses too much on refusing the challenge to make it worthwhile, but since she's not on the border between reward tiers, that assessment doesn't hold water, because as long as she believes she has a reasonable chance of victory, then the CP put up as collateral only needs to be enough not to insult her, which is a much lower bar.
Aoinfinity
Unlimited Blue Works
- Location
- a blue Infinity
Good argument.
[X] 4 CP
Zeqing disapproves.
People don't spend resources messing with you, researching your skillset and preparing counters to your skillset if they think you're a weakling and noone ever sees your full skillset.
They might also be more likely to accept your challenge, either because they don't suspect how good you are and think it's easy CP or because the loss of face of dodging a duel with such a low rank is almost equivalent to actually losing.
Which leads to the reasons losing defending challenges is bad.
Regardless of the fact that losing a duel doesn't actually have very harsh ranking punishments for a defender, it's still a very public loss against someone nominally your inferior in an area of your specialization.
Even ignoring the fact that being beaten publicly can expose your weaknesses to others aiming to exploit them as well, the simple fact of the matter is that, if you are being overtaken, it's just bad for your rep.
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Well, that was cool. I really liked the cultivation fluff and character bits there with Zeqing. Fun descriptions of SCS, interesting CDE lore, and I liked the way Ling Qi being tired was touched on.
Also Hanyi is adorable.
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Keep things simple, go for a normal amount.
[X] 6 CP
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
Tbh, I think we'd really prefer all GSS, but oh well.
Also Hanyi is adorable.
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Keep things simple, go for a normal amount.
[X] 6 CP
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
Tbh, I think we'd really prefer all GSS, but oh well.
[X] 6 CP
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
notanautomaton
I've got 99 quests, I've finished one
[X] 6 CP
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
[X] 4 CP
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
- Location
- New York
[X] 4 CP
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
A reminder to everyone: on average, one CP costs 40% of an action. Betting 4 CP means that we are wagering roughly 1.6 actions worth of contribution points; going up to 6 CP raises that to 2.4 actions worth, a difference of slightly less than one action.
[X] 5 CP
I'm a core disciple of the round number sect.
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
Aren't these freely exchangeable? The only angle I could see here would be to take fewer green stones so that we can convert the yellow stones into green using our one sect discounted stone per month, but we're not strapped enough on cash to make that viable. We already have enough small change to buy the discounted stone every month.
I'm a core disciple of the round number sect.
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
Aren't these freely exchangeable? The only angle I could see here would be to take fewer green stones so that we can convert the yellow stones into green using our one sect discounted stone per month, but we're not strapped enough on cash to make that viable. We already have enough small change to buy the discounted stone every month.
DeAnno
Sometimes words have two meanings
[X] 6 CP
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
There's no discounted stone anymore, the effect was rolled into income. I thought stones in general were exchangeable too, though.
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
There's no discounted stone anymore, the effect was rolled into income. I thought stones in general were exchangeable too, though.
- Location
- Europe
Do you have word of god on this?
Because to me, it seems narratively and quests wise a bad decision to not have your players invest a focused action into dealing with their problems.
[X] 6 CP
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
- Location
- The Maple Syrup Mountains
[X] 6 CP
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
[X] 30 Green Stones, 300 Yellow
- Location
- United States of America
So, time to talk shop about a revealed tech that I am extremely excited about. "Joyous Toast"
There is a couple of things to note here. First off, this tech is slow, like really slow. You have to have IPF active already, then you do this which does nothing on the turn that it is activated, and then the next music, dance, or art based technique (presumably next turn) is bumped up a rank for determining effects. Slow, but very powerful, especially when used with higher ranked music, dance, or art based techniques. Lower ranked techniques aren't as valuable for being buffed, however, as the difference between those ranks are smaller compared to say... the difference between B and A (or A and S).
So, what techs does "Joyous Toast" work on? Well, anything from PLR, SCS, FSS, and FVM as those all have dance or music in their categories. Which ones should we use Joyous Toast on? Well, a couple spring to mind. First off, all of these techniques are all going to be the improved versions which we don't have yet, the non-improved versions work as well.
And finally, my favorite wombo combo
This also means that the nuke for ending the melody would be calculated as if it was from an S-ranked technique as well as the paralysis effect. Which is utterly bonkers.
Joyous Toast serves as a potentially powerful defensive and offensive buff, depending on the situation at hand. While slow and tedious to set up, the effects of this technique when properly used could be devastating. As in... a nuke with a radius of "very far" computing its damage as if it was an S-ranked technique.
Edit: Just asked Yrs in Pm about Traveler's End buffing itself and that is a typo. It should be "all other Forgotten Vale Techniques." So, no getting an S-ranked nuke for us. Shame, but probably more balanced that way. Still though, buffing Traveler's End with Joyous Toast means that you need A-ranked dispell to even touch the other techs.
There is a couple of things to note here. First off, this tech is slow, like really slow. You have to have IPF active already, then you do this which does nothing on the turn that it is activated, and then the next music, dance, or art based technique (presumably next turn) is bumped up a rank for determining effects. Slow, but very powerful, especially when used with higher ranked music, dance, or art based techniques. Lower ranked techniques aren't as valuable for being buffed, however, as the difference between those ranks are smaller compared to say... the difference between B and A (or A and S).
So, what techs does "Joyous Toast" work on? Well, anything from PLR, SCS, FSS, and FVM as those all have dance or music in their categories. Which ones should we use Joyous Toast on? Well, a couple spring to mind. First off, all of these techniques are all going to be the improved versions which we don't have yet, the non-improved versions work as well.
Bumping this up to B means that the qi drained will be more (which means more for us) and there will be more of a debuff when the sights and sounds cloud the target's mind and steals their strength. All in all, a pretty good buff.
This one is actually interesting it should increase the damage by a rank as well as increasing the debuff to the target's vitality and will. This is important, as we have other debuffs that have additional effects when a target fails a save that has something to do with their will. So increasing the debuff to the target's vitality and will could be used to trigger some other debuffs.
Using Joyous Toast on Grinning Cresent Dancer means that we can have our first A ranked defensive technique. Enhancing this technique to A would mean an even greater ability to avoid attacks and stay ahead of foes, while in darkness ignoring more of the impact of even those attacks which strike us. Having this at A rank will be fantastic for our continued survivability.
And finally, my favorite wombo combo
Making this an A-ranked technique could be utterly broken. First off, "While active all Forgotten Vale Techniques are considered one rank higher, and attempts to dispel them must first dispel Travler's End." Using "Joyous Toast" with Traveler's End means that TE will be considered one rank higher for determining effects, while also buffing itself to be one rank higher. This means that TE could reach S-Rank and require an S-rank dispel before dispelling any other FVM techniques.
This also means that the nuke for ending the melody would be calculated as if it was from an S-ranked technique as well as the paralysis effect. Which is utterly bonkers.
Joyous Toast serves as a potentially powerful defensive and offensive buff, depending on the situation at hand. While slow and tedious to set up, the effects of this technique when properly used could be devastating. As in... a nuke with a radius of "very far" computing its damage as if it was an S-ranked technique.
Edit: Just asked Yrs in Pm about Traveler's End buffing itself and that is a typo. It should be "all other Forgotten Vale Techniques." So, no getting an S-ranked nuke for us. Shame, but probably more balanced that way. Still though, buffing Traveler's End with Joyous Toast means that you need A-ranked dispell to even touch the other techs.
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- Location
- Europe
I liked the update but I did spot some minor errors:
You're.
Year's. (I think...)