Magical Girl Home Base Quest
- Thread starter 7734
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- The state of Paranoia
Honestly we'd probably get a lot of benefit from doing it right now since there's a good chance it would increase our production ability like the last time, letting us churn out even more items.
I kind of want to do the boot camp option and try to get some kind of standardized training for the girls, but it doesn't look like it would continue after the crisis and it feels like 'standardized' anything wouldn't really fit the theme of the quest.
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[X] [WORK] No, you want to research an item instead.
-[X] Kolobok
[x] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
I'd prefer to upgrade the workshop right now, but that's not happening based on the votes thus far, so I'll take the dice roll of research.
-[X] Kolobok
[x] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
I'd prefer to upgrade the workshop right now, but that's not happening based on the votes thus far, so I'll take the dice roll of research.
[X] [WORK] No, you want to research an item instead.
-[X] Kolobok
[x] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
Now that Kolobok is gaining traction, changing my vote.
-[X] Kolobok
[x] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
Now that Kolobok is gaining traction, changing my vote.
[X] [WORK] No, you want to research an item instead.
-[X] Kolobok
[x] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
Okay, since there are now the votes for it, I'll go for this.
-[X] Kolobok
[x] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
Okay, since there are now the votes for it, I'll go for this.
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
Cleveland! Our biggest exports are crippling depression and demon lords!
Well that's goddamn bloodcurdling. Way too many shades of Sailor Nothing here... Trompdoy sure is damn tired of this shit, for one.
[X] [WORK] No, you want to research an item instead.
-[X] Kolobok
[X] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
Yeah, we're going to need that healing item. So let's put in the work to make it not radioactive and possible deadly to use.
And partnering up with someone like Trompdoy who's survived a while at this is probably the best bet to keep the new girls alive longer.
Icipall
Don't worry, we can fanfix that!
- Location
- Cold snow fields of Finland
Some good, some bad.
Heh. No, MB, smoking is bad for you.
That's good, knowing your enemy and all that.
Hah! Good to see that the senpais are on the up.
Ouch. Note to self, magic missile can ignite things.
Well, hopefully we can show her the power of more mundane power of riendship.
And bigger canteen, though that could have been just Chris' action alone and not tied to us improving our building.
And the fact that we haven't unlocked the medical center yet.
They do, but how they work depends of the armor. In one of the omakes we have a costume that shrugs off physical attacks, but is not much use against magical ones.
No, it wouldn't be. Armor is not going to make anywhere nearly as good of a weapon as a dedicated weapon.
[X] [WORK] No, you want to research an item instead.
-[X] Kolobok
[X] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
If we were making Tier 3 costumes, then what they could do is let magical girls tank and fight with mundane weapons and innate magic. This isn't a JRPG where armor and accessory slots are relatively minor parts of a character's stat boosts.
We see in this update that Rose at least isn't worried about offense against the mooks - on the other hand Trompdoy is concerned about taking hits from mundane enemies.
The big problem is we can only make Tier 1 costumes, and that's not a great use of our actions compared to stuff that can stop time or make illusions that can hurt (I think). I believe upgrading our workshop would start to fix that problem - my understanding is that a level 2 workshop would let us build level 2 items, we just wouldn't get our skill bonus.
The other problem is that right now we have so many magical girls that trying to supply them with equipment piece by piece is not workable - and that's not even counting those that wander in from outside.
Again, the workshop upgrades may help. The first one we did let us put out three pieces of Tier One gear with every crafting action. There may be similar production upgrades for wands, costumes and trinkets.
We see in this update that Rose at least isn't worried about offense against the mooks - on the other hand Trompdoy is concerned about taking hits from mundane enemies.
The big problem is we can only make Tier 1 costumes, and that's not a great use of our actions compared to stuff that can stop time or make illusions that can hurt (I think). I believe upgrading our workshop would start to fix that problem - my understanding is that a level 2 workshop would let us build level 2 items, we just wouldn't get our skill bonus.
The other problem is that right now we have so many magical girls that trying to supply them with equipment piece by piece is not workable - and that's not even counting those that wander in from outside.
Again, the workshop upgrades may help. The first one we did let us put out three pieces of Tier One gear with every crafting action. There may be similar production upgrades for wands, costumes and trinkets.
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- ?
To be fair,it's possible that we can make a costume that ignores magical attacks. It wouldn't make much sense if we couldn't.
7734
Trust and verify.
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- Philmont
I mean, if you want to up Skill instead of workshop, it would help if you built items in the skill you want trained. Calypso has a Masterwork Trinket which would have boosted your skill if you hadn't already hit advancement cap via Masterwork in Trinkets, so it's not impossible.
Ah, so that is that how that works. My apologies for misinterpreting that to the thread earlier, then. Guess a Masterwork is a nat 10?
I still don't like grinding low Tier equipment, but good to know.
I still don't like grinding low Tier equipment, but good to know.
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- ?
So I guess that means we're probably gonna have to bite the bullet and actually make some Lv 1 Costumes and Bombs even if they're not optimal. Either that, or hope we get lucky researching a major artifact. Not sure about the minor artifacts since we haven't done anything with them yet.
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Well, if we build workshop upgrades, it'll at least help the durability issues. Costumes would still only be (Die) x 2 weeks of durability, which... ouch.
Icipall
Don't worry, we can fanfix that!
- Location
- Cold snow fields of Finland
I know, I just used that as an example of how different costumes can be.
ImperatorV
The Laughing One
- Location
- The Voyaging Realm
Going for a wand masterwork could be a decent play. We're at tier two so it's not a much of a waste as crafting tier 1 stuff. And getting up to T3 in both Wand and Trinket would give us high-power offense and defense options.
Hmm. Assuming it's a nat 10, the odds are awful, but then again it sucks to waste advancement possibilities.
7734
Trust and verify.
- Location
- Philmont
Yes.
Ding ding ding, he gets it. What's even funnier is thinking that a level 2 shop will let you produce a level 2 item you don't have skills for. Don't know how that idea came around, but c'mon. This is not Capatalism Quest. Your material wealth is not the beginning and end of your leverage on the world.
I swear there were statements that implied so, but apparently not.
Kind of irked that we made a Masterwork and didn't get told such since that's a fairly important piece of the black box we were missing, but I'll take my lumps.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Experience suggests that if we want to make bombs, the best thing is to ask Homer to do it; he's better than we are.
@7734 , has Medicine Boy talked to Homer at any point about the possibility of selling his items? Does he sell them himself, or just stash them, and does he have any known plans along those lines?
I mean, it's superficially plausible that mediocre skill plus the right tools can produce better results than mediocre skill plus mediocre tools. But yeah.
Referring to costumes.
Referring to workshop upgrades.
Stuff like this may have been what led me to believe that upgrading the workshop would open up new Tiers of gear fwiw. If it's wrong it's wrong, but it didn't come from nowhere.
LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
Hey, folks? Maybe instead of researching shit for later, we should make some weapons for the unarmed magical girls so they don't die right now?
[X] [WORK] Wand
-[X] Level 2
[X] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
[X] [WORK] Wand
-[X] Level 2
[X] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
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- Location
- UTC -6
Build a Tool
[X] [WORK] Wand
-[X] Level 2
A good blaster can turn a marginal new girl with a non-offensive gift into a force that smites evil. Or would if any of them could afford it :\
Maybe someone will pay enough cash for the secondary bombs to let us keep feeding the newbies?
Magical Girl Direction
[X] [GIRLS]: Start fishing for information- you want to get this threat over and done with as soon as possible, and that means knowing thy enemy.
Right now it sounds like everything is on fire, but since the National Guard hasn't engaged damned demons in pitched battles there's just a little bit of leeway in my mind. Enough to try and pry for more intel before Hell amasses more forces. Better scouting should also improve the effect of Mission Control, by giving a better picture to everyone what may be happening.
[X] [WORK] Wand
-[X] Level 2
A good blaster can turn a marginal new girl with a non-offensive gift into a force that smites evil. Or would if any of them could afford it :\
Maybe someone will pay enough cash for the secondary bombs to let us keep feeding the newbies?
Magical Girl Direction
[X] [GIRLS]: Start fishing for information- you want to get this threat over and done with as soon as possible, and that means knowing thy enemy.
Right now it sounds like everything is on fire, but since the National Guard hasn't engaged damned demons in pitched battles there's just a little bit of leeway in my mind. Enough to try and pry for more intel before Hell amasses more forces. Better scouting should also improve the effect of Mission Control, by giving a better picture to everyone what may be happening.
7734
Trust and verify.
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- Philmont
They're getting stashed, mostly because they're really trash T5 bombs. Unlike other items that have a shelf life, bombs have Collateral Risk based on the maker. Homer, since he doesn't get a ton of practice, still tends to make nuclear hand grenades when he doesn't need to. Due to the high risk, they'll be auto-sold when a job that needs it comes around.
That's reflected in the durability increases.
- Location
- United States of America, Michigan
Well we did unlock level 1 costumes from upgrading our shop so it wasn't completely unlikely to assume that upgrading our shop again could improve our sewing skills through getting an actual sewing kit or sewing machine.
[X] [WORK] Wand
-[X] Level 2
[X] [GIRLS]: Partner the junior girls up with the senior magical girls; it'll probably increase their odds of survival.
While I want to fix up our base even more we really need something to sell to the girls for food money. Also buddy system should be a hard rule.