Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.
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- Europe
[X] Assist Cai Renxiang immediately, bringing your spirits with you. Ducal heiress or no, he has three stages on her. He seems to be the only one who can immediately pull the starstone out of play anyway.
I don't see the point in preventing interference in her duel when she's outmatched and probably won't win anyway. Also, again, we're in combat here. There's a fair chance Renxian could die, so let's try and limit that.
I don't see the point in preventing interference in her duel when she's outmatched and probably won't win anyway. Also, again, we're in combat here. There's a fair chance Renxian could die, so let's try and limit that.
- Location
- Colorado
Well it's great I was wrong about our ability to move the Plot Rock, that was fucking awesome.
[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.
[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.
Remember that the worst case scenario for Cai in this situation is that she gets controlled by her dress. If she ever gets in mortal danger the dress takes over and destroys whatever put her in danger. It's pretty mentally scaring but at least she won't die.
- Location
- Florida
[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.
I was shook for Zhengui when the dancer cut him with the knife... then I realized they tried to poison Zhengui of all people which he would laugh at and have war wounds to parade about with matching war scars with his momma.
I was shook for Zhengui when the dancer cut him with the knife... then I realized they tried to poison Zhengui of all people which he would laugh at and have war wounds to parade about with matching war scars with his momma.
Decent but that would be a victory, since:
I'm pretty sure contaminating the meeting spot with impurities would count as a desecration.
- Location
- Earth
My main problem with the fortress idea is that we're building it around something we know messes with Qi. So we have a rock that will constantly be trying to degrade the fortress in the middle of it.
[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.
Even so, Ling Qi was made for mulching mooks, not fighting higher tier cultivators. Being a mobile defense point is what she does best, if I understand the math cabal right.
[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.
Even so, Ling Qi was made for mulching mooks, not fighting higher tier cultivators. Being a mobile defense point is what she does best, if I understand the math cabal right.
[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.
As long as we're planning to fully apply our support skills - which seems to be guaranteed if we're in range to try to prevent interference.
Isn't that more about showing we can complement each other rather than literally fighting side by side? Keeping the bulk of the enemy away while she duels a priority target still sounds like a decent demonstration of cooperation to me, and more appropriate for the current situation.
In the long run we're supposed to be an agent or a land-holding vassal rather than a close bodyguard. In our post-sect roles working together in big battle would probably mean leading our own troops near and supporting Cai rather than personally joining her in duelling an individual target. This is a big enough battle that working together at a bit more distance seems appropriate.
I'm also a bit worried about having enough practice fighting together closely. The last training with Cai we saw onscreen wasn't a group strong or big enough to make Ling+Cai against others a common or educational match. Domain interactions might be unfavorable, our darkness and mist and stealth and revelry probably needs a bit of care to synch up with the Cai LIGHT OF ORDER. The Wind Thief stuff might have thrown that off a bit.
As long as we're planning to fully apply our support skills - which seems to be guaranteed if we're in range to try to prevent interference.
Isn't that more about showing we can complement each other rather than literally fighting side by side? Keeping the bulk of the enemy away while she duels a priority target still sounds like a decent demonstration of cooperation to me, and more appropriate for the current situation.
In the long run we're supposed to be an agent or a land-holding vassal rather than a close bodyguard. In our post-sect roles working together in big battle would probably mean leading our own troops near and supporting Cai rather than personally joining her in duelling an individual target. This is a big enough battle that working together at a bit more distance seems appropriate.
I'm also a bit worried about having enough practice fighting together closely. The last training with Cai we saw onscreen wasn't a group strong or big enough to make Ling+Cai against others a common or educational match. Domain interactions might be unfavorable, our darkness and mist and stealth and revelry probably needs a bit of care to synch up with the Cai LIGHT OF ORDER. The Wind Thief stuff might have thrown that off a bit.
[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.
This is exactly what we were practicing with Wang Chao for. Might as well take advantage of it.
This is exactly what we were practicing with Wang Chao for. Might as well take advantage of it.
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- Europe
If you think the dress can defend from anything that could be thrown at her here then I've got a bridge to sell you.
It can and has defended against cyan and greater threats so yes she is protected against anything this group of enemies can throw at her.
Her dress saved her from a Shen using cyan monstrosity as well as an assassin good enough to slip past an indigo body guard. We haven't seen anything here that seems powerful enough to succeed where they failed and if there was only the elder would have any hope of protecting Cai from something that powerful.
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EternalObserver
eYe Gaze baCk
- Location
- The Void
That said, while I'm not worried about CRX dying, it is still a bad thing should Liming take control. CRX really hates it whenever that happens so we should limit that as much as possible
[X] Assist Cai Renxiang immediately, bringing your spirits with you. Ducal heiress or no, he has three stages on her. He seems to be the only one who can immediately pull the starstone out of play anyway.
I'm just voting to tip the scales here
[X] Assist Cai Renxiang immediately, bringing your spirits with you. Ducal heiress or no, he has three stages on her. He seems to be the only one who can immediately pull the starstone out of play anyway.
I'm just voting to tip the scales here
Reinforcements are inbound, and Renxiangs build is primarily about serving as a Commander rather than a duelist. So long as we can keep it one on one, her build should enable Renxiang to keep.the G7 in check long enough for reinforcements to arrive and the buff chain to push things over the edge against it.
What's important is preventing that interference, which forting up is explicitly about in the wording
Remember, theres still a wounded Dancer in stealth in the Caldera along with three G3 Barbarians to.try and keep Ling Qi in check
So long as she represents a threat and keeps the Starstone secure, they're not gonna be able.to.turn their backs to Ling Qi.
Not after this display just now
This chapter really shows off the durability of a cultivator.
Getting stabbed in the neck, splashed with acid, struck by lightening, frozen, smashed by blades. Kinda like your running on health bar rules and not squishy vulnerable organs.
That interlude from Jiao stabbing his father in the face eight thousand times really makes me wonder how much of a slog murder becomes at the higher ranks.
Getting stabbed in the neck, splashed with acid, struck by lightening, frozen, smashed by blades. Kinda like your running on health bar rules and not squishy vulnerable organs.
That interlude from Jiao stabbing his father in the face eight thousand times really makes me wonder how much of a slog murder becomes at the higher ranks.
- Location
- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
It makes me wonder just how difficult killing a white, like what Sun Shao did, is. We saw the battlefield, but we really don't know how long that fight lasted.
In this update, we just found out that starstone arrows from beyond the horizon is really fckin good sniper ammo.
minimap_op
plsnerf
- Location
- Lower Lefthand Corner
[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.
- Location
- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
I am sceptical that the cultivator killed in the opening moments was a white.
Starstone is really good sniper ammo. We also know from the cyan using a mask of it that it's possible to tinge your arts with entropic Qi. Makes it a powerful base for talismans.
EternalObserver
eYe Gaze baCk
- Location
- The Void
iirc the one who got struck is probably from one of the dismantled former Count clans in the South, so probably Violet, or Prism at best.
Zwobot
Pure Lazy
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Wow, what an update! I usually don't care that much about fighting scenes - but this had an appropriate level of chaos without being too confusing to follow. Anyway, time to play hardpoint.
[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.
[X] Fortress up with Zhengui around the starstone, drive the barbarians away from it and try to eliminate any who would interfere with Renxiang's duel.