Hm... a tight vote so far!
That said, since it's a part of mitigation as opposed to an implicit part of the curse itself... @Rihaku, if we do eventually get to a point where we think getting 40% better conventional mitigation is more useful to us than being able to hunt things down to Sate Hunger, can Gisena undo this mitigation? And if she does, would that "reset" mitigation process on the curse by one degree, or would that stage of mitigation be lost forever with no long term benefit?
You're not certain, but Curses being what they are, it would probably be optimistic to think so.
If you don't spend the 2 Arete here, it means Gisena is still working on the un-mitigated Curses in the background, but she's not making good progress on them for one reason or another. Time taken up by greater priorities, or just finding the Curse resistant to mitigation (Tyrant, Apocryphal). If you do, it means Gisena has a flash of genius and makes good progress on mitigating all three immediately dangerous Curses.
I'm not quite clear on what the second choice does. What does "tolerate it for a time" mean? That we'll only follow it for a relatively short period? But that seems at odds with the "may not be changed once your mind is set" statement - or is that meant to imply that this mitigation only applies to one single custom, ever?
The latter, yes, but the custom can be worded in a general way, even if not overly broad. ("Showing weapons in public is offense and provocative" is fine, "you should follow the law" is absolutely not)
I thought there was a mitigation option which shortened the amount of time the Apocryphal Curse has to prep?
There is one that has a smaller minimum proc duration than 1 month, bu as to whether that's better is arguable.
I stand by my choice of Fierce Vigor for the fish power; since we have no Pressure right now, Might and Agility form the core of our fighting power. This should make us significantly stronger while Exhausted is active.
The choice of fish power is rather crucial...
Finally, since I cut Tyrant mitigation due to a more conservative Curse mitigation philosophy, I'm no longer taking an option that makes +Gisena tactically necessary. In light of that, I find Abstraction's point that it's better to get the + from choosing to interact compelling. Let's try to keep our relationships supported by on-screen scenes so our hero's sentiments and ours can grow together!
Hm... what the +Gisena bonus actually does is
re-interpret the scene that happens this update to be ++Gisena instead of +Gisena. If you are interested in Gisena's character, it's a
rather substantial difference.
This is a bit curious, was he just putting on a strong front when he first started using the title due to the uncertain situation which he can now relax on due to knowing them better, or has his mindset actually changed? His egalitarian values poking through once more perhaps, or just the shame of bearing such a tryhard name.
The latter.
The fact they have the same "Green-eyed" phrase but not this (Or maybe they don't and she just new it was a dig and responded appropriately?) as well as the anime thing probably isn't all that important for anything to do with Hunger, but it does sort of prick my interest about how and why the background mechanism functions.
Consider the cultural origins of each phrase and where Gisena originates from.
@Rihaku, does Vesch count as part of our company for the purposes of King's Blood? Getting its(his?) wounds healed immediately could be amazing.
No, but even if he did, he didn't eat any of the fish, and so wouldn't benefit!
My interest in Hunger was seriously linked to how he could justify Decimator, but the in narrative weaving of it in the quest as well as the ring's options for mitigation have won me back, so let's slay this beast a little bit.
The reason he took it is because the Accursed told him this one had some of the most varied Mitigation options. "So I just have to TRY HARDER? I can do that."
What a tryhard.
