We suffer a rank penalty for any actions we take that aren't directly related to freeing the ring don't we?. I think it was like -0.25 or something? So we'll be even worse off than we are now if we try to fight something outside the temple.
Right now, maybe not?
How in the world would she be less sad on encountering someone who has basically locked away her brother's soul. Horrified and angry, more like..
It's not just thousand cuts being spammable it's every attack becomes thousand cuts. There's no need for form of rage when this makes us stronger than we would be while raging. We already commited to our first form by taking quickening and we've never used Rage anyway.
), each update has had me at the edge of my seat in suspense over our possible death.
Overwhelming just means we win a match up at least 90% of the time. Which might not even require 2x strength to achieve.
Also, just wanted to comment that I really do quite enjoy the direction the quest's taken. Even though the thread has slowly descended into madness and pique as we pushed Hunger into increasingly risky and dangerous fights (hilariously, all because of a single vote about Fishing
And man, just looking back at our progress in universe, it seems absurd. In a week or so, we have already power-leveled hard enough to nearly be as strong as Old Seram in AST/Zero (thanks to @Microwave MKII for that wonderful shorthand title) and we have gained some really cool powerups and effects. Reading about how Hunger processes the immense strength gained through the catalyst of Progression is very cool and the more visceral, descriptive nature of obtaining picks from foes that we have overcome makes it a more interesting portrayal of the nature of a Progression-type as compared to the more quantified lens Seram saw his power through, imo.
The speed of Hunger's growth kind of reminds of me how it felt to read about Seram's natural magical potential in Unnamed Quest, where in one day he attained the same power others had devoted their whole lives to reach. Though, it's not a perfect mirror of that feeling and has been accompanied by some seriously intense encounters to justify that growth.
I was kind of ambivalent on going to the Temple of the False Moon and wasn't sure if it would be worth it, but just the fight against Vanreir alone has made it worth the price of entrance. The risk of death is certainly an intimidating aspect of our recent votes but I feel it strengthens Hunger's drive, molds him into a more heroic figure that boldly challenges monsters, magi and masters of the sword and goes beyond his own limits to surpass them.
Even should all creation rise against you, rise higher that you may strike them down. That is the provenance of a Cursebearer, the legacy given by the Accursed and the words Hunger may yet live up to.
But Age and Treachery, man. Age and Treachery. Also i don't think getting into the habit of trapping people's souls is super healthy...
Just give this a subtitle. There's no need to go renaming done things.
In fact this is obviously untrue because Kinslayer comes with no drawbacks. Options which sacrifice something are inherently more powerful than options that don't i.e unshattered.
What's crippling about Uttermost? It buffs all the stuff we actually use by a ridiculous margin and nerfs things we weren't using anyway. The only thing it effects that has actually previously been important is the reduction to protection.
This is both wrong and silly logic. Sacrifice does not make an option better, it just means there are balances in play.
Hunger uses Luck in everything he does. He uses Protection to not die, and it has been relevant to us in every fight we've ever been in. He use Wisdom to make decisions that are actually sound and take their ramifications further into account, and has seen significant use.
It's my second choice, since the opportunity to talk to a soul locked in our soul is pretty nice.
Unshattered would have started us at rank 6 and been picked up from a trivial fight at the cost of not being able to heal our injuries.
It specifies pluses so it won't decrease stats we haven't taken any of yet, it just makes taking them in the future less valuable.
