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Foundation(Worm) aka Pet Rock Quest

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I've already used my guess, but... did anyone already suggest (stat/skill/physical) growth? It's the core part of The Gamer after all. If not, someone might want to include that in their guess.

Any since it was established that we are to be a companion to the girl and help her, we'd be growing together.
 
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[X]Gather some of that sweet, delicious, energy.(Puissance test)
 
[X]...Say, what's the point of ANYTHING? You have a glimmering of some sort of ACTUAL PURPOSE to your existence! Go into stasis while you try to figure that thing out. (Extended Notion+8 test, fail if more than 10 rolls, DC 600. Rewards:???)

Gathering energy won't make us anymore likely to succeed, so we might as well get this out of the way now.
 
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The Mad Ghoul said:
Gathering energy won't make us anymore likely to succeed, so we might as well get this out of the way now.
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Gathering energy doesn't help by itself. It does allow more time for people who haven't made a guess on our purpose to try for the bonus, though.
The "second major hint" still hasn't been found, something that would considerably improve our chances.

I think it's the following:
Nachtigall said:
I've already used my guess, but... did anyone already suggest (stat/skill/physical) growth? It's the core part of The Gamer after all. If not, someone might want to include that in their guess.

Any since it was established that we are to be a companion to the girl and help her, we'd be growing together.
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However, someone else would need to use their guess on it...
 
The Mad Ghoul said:
[X]...Say, what's the point of ANYTHING? You have a glimmering of some sort of ACTUAL PURPOSE to your existence! Go into stasis while you try to figure that thing out. (Extended Notion+8 test, fail if more than 10 rolls, DC 600. Rewards:???)

Gathering energy won't make us anymore likely to succeed, so we might as well get this out of the way now.
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Along with what Nachtigall said, gathering energy works best when the "source" is around. So we can succeed and still have 3 Energy, or we can wait one turn to succeed with enough Energy to actually do stuff with afterwards.

@grubleafeater, can we please have a Mechanics threadmark? I think that some information has been spread out through the thread, but there's no threadmark gathering it all together. Some information that it would be nice to have in a threadmark is (1) "What do all of the stats mean and how do they work in the quest?" & (2) "Do we collect Energy over time at all, or do we only get Energy if we specifically vote to gather it?"
 
[X]Gather some of that sweet, delicious, energy.(Puissance test)

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Nachtigall said:
Gathering energy doesn't help by itself. It does allow more time for people who haven't made a guess on our purpose to try for the bonus, though.
The "second major hint" still hasn't been found, something that would considerably improve our chances.
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A Bonus you say...

[]Gather some of that sweet, delicious, energy.(Puissance test)

Clearly our destiny to to grow and become a heavenly body. We are in fact, a baby planet.
 
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When it comes to drawing energy, I'm mainly concerned because so far the geode hasn't actually proven it is non-malicious. What if she assumes the geode is gonna play energy vampire? Sure no way we're getting shattered over this, but it might make her suspicious of the geode.

Personally I would suggest doing something magically complicated to try raising Notion further, both for the extended test and to accelerate language comprehension. Plus, getting good with shaping magic means the geode could communicate that way by making glowing letters.
 
Kkutlord said:
When it comes to drawing energy, I'm mainly concerned because so far the geode hasn't actually proven it is non-malicious. What if she assumes the geode is gonna play energy vampire? Sure no way we're getting shattered over this, but it might make her suspicious of the geode.

Personally I would suggest doing something magically complicated to try raising Notion further, both for the extended test and to accelerate language comprehension. Plus, getting good with shaping magic means the geode could communicate that way by making glowing letters.
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My understanding is that the geode can draw in Energy even when the "source" isn't around, but it's not as successful. That suggests that the geode is absorbing free-floating Energy from the environment including that emitted by the "source" instead of draining the "source" directly for Energy.

Also, even after the geode understands spoken language, it'll probably be a quite a while before it understands writing.
 
Kkutlord said:
When it comes to drawing energy, I'm mainly concerned because so far the geode hasn't actually proven it is non-malicious. What if she assumes the geode is gonna play energy vampire? Sure no way we're getting shattered over this, but it might make her suspicious of the geode.

Personally I would suggest doing something magically complicated to try raising Notion further, both for the extended test and to accelerate language comprehension. Plus, getting good with shaping magic means the geode could communicate that way by making glowing letters.
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My current idea, pending QM approval, is having the Rock magically record the sounds the Source makes and play them back at her. We have proven able to detect sounds, even if we can't understand them, and if we can make light, we can make sound. Should be a form of proto-communication, like babies trying to mimick the sounds their parents make. At the very least she will know we are trying to communicate.
 
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Notion: 2
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Actions: 1 per 12 hours. Geodes require no sleep!
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Notion: 4
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Actions: 1 per 6 hours.
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Wow... if those two are related, then from an in-character perspective (insofar as the geode has character), Notion is pretty much our god-stat. Twice as many actions!

It doesn't really affect us voters all that much since in-story time is irrelevant for update speed, but it makes multi-turn actions (like finding our purpose, or later on understanding speech) much more palatable.
 
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So with Motion 0, does that make Teleportation impossible to develop, or just really difficult/expensive? The geode doesn't really have any means of effective self-defense so far, and something less aggressive would be better until it finally learns to communicate.
 
Nachtigall said:
Wow... if those two are related, then from an in-character perspective (insofar as the geode has character), Notion is pretty much our god-stat. Twice as many actions!

It doesn't really affect us voters all that much since in-story time is irrelevant for update speed, but it makes multi-turn actions (like finding our purpose, or later on understanding speech) much more palatable.
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It also means we get bored twice as fast!
 
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    • Kkutlord said:
    So with Motion 0, does that make Teleportation impossible to develop, or just really difficult/expensive? The geode doesn't really have any means of effective self-defense so far, and something less aggressive would be better until it finally learns to communicate.
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    Let's just say that teleportation is distinct from Motion.

    The price of Motion is tied in with your nature. If you're doing things right, you shouldn't have much use for more than 2-5 Motion.

    tizian.s said:
    Is this quest on hiatus?
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    Nope, it's just on procrastination. :V




    [X]Gather some of that sweet, delicious, energy.(Puissance test)

    Code: 
    Roll(1d100)+7:
81,+7
Total:88

    You focus upon drawing the energy into yourself, and after a few hours you're once more full to the brim with energy.

    (+39 Energy)



    []Channel some energy to grow! (Extension, uses 2 energy, roll for bonus on 80+)
    []Do something magic!(Puissance test, costs Energy)
    -[]What, precisely?
    []...Say, what's the point of ANYTHING? You have a glimmering of some sort of ACTUAL PURPOSE to your existence! Go into stasis while you try to figure that thing out. (Extended Notion+8 test, fail if more than 10 rolls, DC 600. Rewards:???)
    -New!
    []Maybe, somehow, you can force understanding upon yourself? By expending a large amount of energy, you may be able to force it to coalesce into something related to your purpose? (Single Notion+Puissance+8(+/-?(unknown if other bonuses or penalties may apply)) test, DC 75, Rewards:???. Risk:Moderate.(d6-Resilience damage+((DC-roll)/10), environmental effects on a 50 or lower. Mutually exclusive with the above option.)
     
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    • [X] Do something magic!
    -[X] Try magically moving yourself, like teleportation or telekinesis.

    Figure gathering more Notion would be a good idea, and this way hopefully we end up with a geode capable of warping space-time. You know, eventually...
     
    [X] Do something magic!
    -[X] Try magically moving yourself, like teleportation or telekinesis.
     
    [X] Do something magic!
    -[X] Try to temporarily lower your own weight.

    I doubt we could figure out telekinesis without first manipulating mass.

    We're also familiar with the concept of mass due to our recent growth, while we have no such advantage with movement.
     
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