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We were wanting loyalty boost for Russ and this will give us that.

And now we just hope that who ever gets the Sanderson's sisters book can fight them off, I really hope those witches fail in their plan.
 
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I just commented about this in the Discord, but I think that I may have an idea of who Redhead #2 may be.

Glaring redhead with interests in black magic and swords in the tailored suit is all but confirmed to be Dominique Destine/Demona.

Jacket wearing redhead sitting behind Doof may be an slightly aged up Will Vandom (main character from WITCH). Interest in the sword suggests a martial inclination (or an interest in the energy manipulating powers that would go well with Will's energy generation powers). Lack of known bids may suggest a lack of funds. Apparent age may simply mean that some time has passed since the end of canon WITCH or that she is using her magical form, which in the cartoon makes the Guardians look older than their early teen selves. The Guardians of the Veil in the series are based on Heatherfield, Connecticut.

It is by no means a sure thing, but it strikes me as a likelier candidate than Titania's human self. Anastasia Renard doesn't do casual, the few times we saw her, and she is both known to Xanatos and likely to result in some kind of reaction.
 
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Still now that I think about it Made in Heaven do we know what time it is? Night/day well likely night because it has to be a full moon for the black flame candle to work but how late in the night.
 
Okay. Someone said that we should use the sheep to mess with Doom in his dreams??
Sounds like a goblin occult action!

Sounds like a Kitsune action!

Let's have her laugh as she punches Doom right in the brainpan. Dude sucks
The problem with giving Kitsune the Sheep Talisman is getting it away from her afterwards when she's done with it. Too much potential for mischief, too tempting.

But given how we didn't lose a single bid due to being outspent last round, I think the surety everyone has about absolutely needing to dump 17 on whatever we want to be really weird. Literally no-one has displayed that level of profligate spending so far.
We have no idea how much money the other people have, and we have good reason to believe that at least SOME of the people here came specifically to bid on big-ticket items like the Encantus or the talisman that they knew would be here, and then saved up all or nearly all their money for that purpose.

The only two people who bid on a large number of items in the first two rounds were Xanatos, who's richer than God, and Doof, who is also a prominent billionaire. A lot of the other players seem to have been saving their money for the last run. Without knowing how much money they have, we have no assurance that their bids will be modest. Sure, the bids were low in the last two rounds, but that's for the obvious reason that everyone was saving up so they wouldn't shoot their bolt and have no money left for THIS round. Other people haven't been pursuing our strategy because unlike us and Xanatos, they don't have the funds to throw around.

I don't know why we can't bid the minimum on an item nearly no one else is interested in. Even Owen is likely interested in the Merlinian copy for Xanatos' son. No one else is going for it. If there's anything we can be with the minimum, it's the Morganian Encantus.
I mean, probably, but I'm not sure? And we can be damn sure someone's going to bid high for the Talisman.
 
So any plans for when or if we have the talisman(very sure its going to win the vote.) we can do something to doom with it? Learning hes a toon through his dreams or learning of his illegal activities would be wonderful or heck straight up possessing him to give us evidence.
 
So any plans for when or if we have the talisman(very sure its going to win the vote.) we can do something to doom with it? Learning hes a toon through his dreams or learning of his illegal activities would be wonderful or heck straight up possessing him to give us evidence.
Maybe give it to Russ? I'm sure he'd love an opportunity to screw with Doom.
 
So any plans for when or if we have the talisman(very sure its going to win the vote.) we can do something to doom with it? Learning hes a toon through his dreams or learning of his illegal activities would be wonderful or heck straight up possessing him to give us evidence.

Can we reveal that info publicly? Like, magic veil is still in effect. If we did it through mundane means like a spy drone or something, it would be a question for the lawyers about invasions of privacy and so forth, but to do it with a magic amulet we'd have to come up with some really convincing way we actually came up with it.
 
I think the talismans are supposed to have some kind of synergistic benefit for using more than one together, so maybe let's see what happens with Doof having both.

Also Doof should have the talisman so he can actually follow Russ's advice and practice protecting his mindscape with the talisman.
 
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The only two people who bid on a large number of items in the first two rounds were Xanatos, who's richer than God, and Doof, who is also a prominent billionaire. A lot of the other players seem to have been saving their money for the last run. Without knowing how much money they have, we have no assurance that their bids will be modest. Sure, the bids were low in the last two rounds, but that's for the obvious reason that everyone was saving up so they wouldn't shoot their bolt and have no money left for THIS round. Other people haven't been pursuing our strategy because unlike us and Xanatos, they don't have the funds to throw around.
Something really important is that unlike the poor folks, both Xanny and doof are big enough that there is multiple projects which disproportiately benefit from seemingly weaker items.

Reuben, Other Dimension-inator, Dream Queen Protection is already really good in and of itself.
 
I think the talismans are supposed to have some kind of synergistic benefit for using more than one together, so maybe let's see what happens with Doof having both.
I dont know if its important, but the rooster and the goat are separated by the monkey in the Chinese zodiac, so we may need it for maximum synergy

Edit: dammit I meant goat
 
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Something really important is that unlike the poor folks, both Xanny and doof are big enough that there is multiple projects which disproportiately benefit from seemingly weaker items.

Reuben, Other Dimension-inator, Dream Queen Protection is already really good in and of itself.
Oh yeah, sure, but that doesn't matter for the small and medium-size players if they don't have the cash to buy multiple items.

A lot of people probably come to events like this looking for something specific, that they know is on sale and likely to be useful, with every intention of spending everything they can scrape together. Or they come with a relatively small budget, planning to "shop" among the low-ticket items. Only big players like Doof and Xanatos have enough money to do both at the same time, in most cases.
 
So, if only one hero at a time can use the Scrolls, who do you think we should have use them first? On the one hand, upgrading Temujin even more would make him terrifying, while on the other, Tobe and his ninjas would probably appreciate a boost.
Maybe use it on Doof himself? Doof's bonus is added to all rolls in that category, so giving him an upgrade would be quite useful.
 
I dont know if its important, but the rooster and the hen are separated by the monkey in the Chinese zodiac, so we may need it for maximum synergy

The rooster and goat are sperated by the monkey. There is no hen?

So telekinesis, possibly shape shifting, and astral projection. It'd be interesting being a shape shifting poltergeist.
 
Can we reveal that info publicly? Like, magic veil is still in effect. If we did it through mundane means like a spy drone or something, it would be a question for the lawyers about invasions of privacy and so forth, but to do it with a magic amulet we'd have to come up with some really convincing way we actually came up with it.
We don't need to prove Doom is a toon in a court of law, just enough to damn him in the eyes of public opinion. Just us accusing him of being a toon and asking him to publicly dip a finger in Dip and Doom refusing would already be enough to make his life incredibly harder.
 
Maybe a small dish of Dip then trim a fingernail and cut off a bit of hair. Plop, sizzle, toon! An issue would be Doom getting some finger clippings and hair beforehand along with him having the right to refuse. But he wouldn't be poisoning himself.
 
We don't need to prove Doom is a toon in a court of law, just enough to damn him in the eyes of public opinion. Just us accusing him of being a toon and asking him to publicly dip a finger in Dip and Doom refusing would already be enough to make his life incredibly harder.
Doom is a toon, Wack him with a hammer or blow something up in his face, has the same revealing effect.
 
Look, there are ways to reveal Doom's toon status without using dip or violence like a hammer, which is just assault. We've got mad scientists, we could probably whip up a toon detector or something should we have the need.
 
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Owen is not a trait of Xanatos, but a hero on his own right.

With 45 Intrigue and maxed loyalty.

That is... 128 base Intrigue for National Actions, before rolls.

Let's avoid shenanigans in New York, shall we?
 
This keeps coming up, but dip is super toxic. Normal people shoudn't touch it either.
That's why I only had him Dip a finger. He could immediately clean it off, you know, if he wasn't a toon. But yeah, there are better ways.

Doom is a toon, Wack him with a hammer or blow something up in his face, has the same revealing effect.
Yeah, the important part is, just knowing he is a toon would already give us options without having to tell anyone why or how we know he's one.
 
Can we reveal that info publicly? Like, magic veil is still in effect. If we did it through mundane means like a spy drone or something, it would be a question for the lawyers about invasions of privacy and so forth, but to do it with a magic amulet we'd have to come up with some really convincing way we actually came up with it.
I was more thinking along the lines of looking in his mind for evidence and then getting physical evidence or mind controlling him to admit his crimes on camera in an act. Not actually admitting mind control or mind reading or anything of the sort.
 
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