A Simple Transaction I
- Thread starter Rihaku
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Tyrant_Rayne
Probably Not Evil… Maybe
- Location
- Canada
[X] Combat -
[X] Hero-Defeating Stance
[X] Hero-Defeating Stance
We should go with stealth because it's a novel utility, everything else other party members can provide. This is unique and as such every further improvement there is more valuable. Since Flare won we shouldn't be too far off from healing the liver ourselves anyway.
I think we're in a good enough position to save here. Even if we don't want to go for another EFB we're in a good spot to at the very least retreat if not win this encounter, and can afford to wait and see what our options are later.
If Hero DS ends up winning here though I'm going to greatly regret not supporting ADS.
I think we're in a good enough position to save here. Even if we don't want to go for another EFB we're in a good spot to at the very least retreat if not win this encounter, and can afford to wait and see what our options are later.
If Hero DS ends up winning here though I'm going to greatly regret not supporting ADS.
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- Location
- Canada
The default choice and a very good one. Stealth is why we picked Aeira in the first place.
Make Aeira more relevant in combat and provide a cure to our liver. Pretty good. Could make Aeira stay relevant over the longer term, but extracting her from the Voyaging Realm would be very risky and probably not worth it.
The choice we should make if we want to bring Aeira to the Human Sphere. Not super helpful in our current circumstances, though.
No. There is a time to save but just when you're about to go into an encounter that has a chance of killing you isn't it.
N O T D Y I N G. All but guarantee survival in combat while also being very good for diplomacy. This is perfect.
Lowering Apocryphal risk is great and all, but it's not what we need right now, when we've outscaled it at the present time, anyway.
Best option for diplomacy. A decent choice, but we probably still have some chance to immediately die, if we pick this.
[X] Stealth
[X] Hero-Defeating Stance
- Location
- Pindorama
Why Hero Defeating Stance? If you all want a diplo victory; Guile is your best bet. We already have good combat odds. Why not get something that would benefit the Infiltration mission as a whole?
[X] Combat
Reduce the auto lose chance if the Apocryphal curse comes with some poison nemesis
[X] Magic-Defeating Stance
Our esoteric defence sucks ass, and this will also mitigate our Curses and also is building towards ADS
Guile is also good.
Reduce the auto lose chance if the Apocryphal curse comes with some poison nemesis
[X] Magic-Defeating Stance
Our esoteric defence sucks ass, and this will also mitigate our Curses and also is building towards ADS
Guile is also good.
Rihaku
The Internet
Don't underestimate the value of business!
Soul Evocation actually isn't very well suited to the power of the Azure Ring, not directly!
Soul Evocation actually isn't very well suited to the power of the Azure Ring, not directly!
OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
Selling my vote this round for 1 marker with 1 veto.
Wait a bit to gauge the players and the sides. It improves the chance of getting more out of the deal
OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
Sure why not then. Holding off.
Rihaku
The Internet
I can see the logic in getting it if one feels that The King Stands Alone is too rare / impractical / contested to pick up! This nearly guarantees you'll have reasonably high Defensive Rank against whatever enemies you encounter in the future.
[X] Business
I think Temple is a pretty cool guy, Eh gives bonus Curses and doesn't afraid of anything
Projectile
Thinking of Rabbits
- Location
- USA
[X] Combat
[X] Guile-Defeating Stance
Even with the new revelations, I do hope for diplomatic success. Aeira vote is subject to change is someone scares me enough about Apocalypse Now or has clever stealth-related plans.
[X] Guile-Defeating Stance
Even with the new revelations, I do hope for diplomatic success. Aeira vote is subject to change is someone scares me enough about Apocalypse Now or has clever stealth-related plans.
Rihaku
The Internet
The Temple of the False Moon has severe power indeed...
If anything, more information would but improve the chances of diplomatic success!
- Location
- Pindorama
I really think we should Save here; Crimson Flare was already the "diplomacy" focused option and our odds when fighting are already pretty good. EFB's remain one of the best purchases we can make; and if we are not saving we should at least pick something more in-line with our ultimate goal like Guile-defeating Stance.
Combat is good because she won't lose her Stealth utility, but more combatants are always helpful. I also boosts us directly by healing our wounds! What's not to like?
Combat is good because she won't lose her Stealth utility, but more combatants are always helpful. I also boosts us directly by healing our wounds! What's not to like?
Ehh, there's a lot we can do until then that I think H-DS for this worry in specific is overly hasty.
ImperatorV
The Laughing One
- Location
- The Voyaging Realm
So, stances. I'm personally very inclined towards SAVE, because there's likely a big build vote coming up and I want to buy something cool there. However, Not Dying is also important.
Out of the three stances, Hero-Defeating is actually my least favorite in the long term, but it does grant the best survival chances and ups the chance of diplomacy working as well. Guile-Defeating I like a bit better for its social focus, and it does greatly improve our chances of diplomatic victory. Magic-Defeating is the most likable of the three thanks to curse mitigation, but it also is the one that contributes the least to our current situation, offering only somewhat improved combat outcomes and no help at all to diplomacy.
I do want to play greedy here, but we did just pick Crimson Flare, which is already somewhat greedy.
OK, let me think. We likely generate around 2-4 Arete over the next 24 hours. Then the post-Avecarn build vote starts, and if we can pick up 3-5 Arete over the course of that vote, we can afford a 7-Arete choice. Alright, in that case buying a stance might not stop us from getting a 7-Arete option next build vote, which makes it more palatable.
[X] Guile-Defeating Stance
[X] Combat
Guile-Defeating because we're shooting for a social victory here even with Hero-Defeating. Getting a social victory with Hero-Defeating is very possible, and would leave us in a much worse position then if we had a comprehensive social defense like Guile-Defeating.
Out of the three stances, Hero-Defeating is actually my least favorite in the long term, but it does grant the best survival chances and ups the chance of diplomacy working as well. Guile-Defeating I like a bit better for its social focus, and it does greatly improve our chances of diplomatic victory. Magic-Defeating is the most likable of the three thanks to curse mitigation, but it also is the one that contributes the least to our current situation, offering only somewhat improved combat outcomes and no help at all to diplomacy.
I do want to play greedy here, but we did just pick Crimson Flare, which is already somewhat greedy.
OK, let me think. We likely generate around 2-4 Arete over the next 24 hours. Then the post-Avecarn build vote starts, and if we can pick up 3-5 Arete over the course of that vote, we can afford a 7-Arete choice. Alright, in that case buying a stance might not stop us from getting a 7-Arete option next build vote, which makes it more palatable.
[X] Guile-Defeating Stance
[X] Combat
Guile-Defeating because we're shooting for a social victory here even with Hero-Defeating. Getting a social victory with Hero-Defeating is very possible, and would leave us in a much worse position then if we had a comprehensive social defense like Guile-Defeating.
Projectile
Thinking of Rabbits
- Location
- USA
Or obvious stealh-related plans, that works too.
[X] Stealth
[X] Guile-Defeating Stance
Not really, in comparison to better stealth and infiltration a mediocre additional combatant is far less pertinent to the parties overall capabilities. This will only get more true as time goes on and we restore Verschle's Rank. Better she be a Master of one trade here.
[X] Combat
[X] Guile-Defeating Stance
If we choose the diplomacy option, we probably should focus on increasing the chances of diplomatic victory. We are already very unlikely to die here, and Guile-Defeating also contributes to the All-Defeating and leaves us an opportunity to buy TKSA in the future, in addition to diplomatic benefits.
[X] Guile-Defeating Stance
If we choose the diplomacy option, we probably should focus on increasing the chances of diplomatic victory. We are already very unlikely to die here, and Guile-Defeating also contributes to the All-Defeating and leaves us an opportunity to buy TKSA in the future, in addition to diplomatic benefits.