I would personally dump these two ingredients for more mundane crafting supplies, or at least one of them. We don't have any particular plan for these, and they're minor ingredients at best. We only have 6 units, which might not be enough for more than a charm or two, so we should stock up.
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I would personally dump these two ingredients for more mundane crafting supplies, or at least one of them. We don't have any particular plan for these, and they're minor ingredients at best. We only have 6 units, which might not be enough for more than a charm or two, so we should stock up.
Van Ropen
Angry, angry about elves.
We don't have any particular plan for anything beyond "an axe", which shouldn't use up that many supplies. It's not like we're gonna be crafting anything before another supply run anyways.
But there has been some talk about a healing charm so the Blood is an easy fit for that. After that I figured if there's only one point the beast mat would be best since it could be used with the crab shell, and Clothwork is something we have some skill points in.
I'm aware we don't have any particular plans. At the same time, we were previously advised that we should stock up on mundane crafting supplies - I would like to have enough for at least a couple of larger projects, just in case.
Van Ropen
Angry, angry about elves.
Right, and then we bought some. We have six, when we were told projects would use between 1 and 5.
In case what? Like, what does a crafting emergency look like?
Let's say we're sent on a mission outside the sect, and we need to use our charm crafting skills in order to make something to solve a problem, and we've used up most of our stuff in a project prior to leaving. We won't necessarily have a convenient supply market available outside the sect. As I recall we were advised to keep a healthy stockpile, so I'd rather just have some more.
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I have reservations about putting all our eggs in the master-the-BSA basket.
Both BSA and Vitriolic Retort are rather physical damage based. What if we come up against something where this is ineffective?
Warhound's Cry cannot be used safely around others at the moment. However, I would not expect that issue to disappear until phase 3.
Achieving that will require 2 Choir's Notes and 2 Heartbeats from Jai Shouxi, likely a Spider's Serum from the market. ( I have yet to work out how the anam requirements increase. I'm assuming that the Sound cost won't jump up heaps.)
Other than it being cheap, do we really need 4 Stagheart pills to have enough Earth to master BSA? Do we even need to fully master BSA? Going to phase 4 from phase 2 is likely to be a significant improvement.
Would it be too big an action cost to improve Warhound's Cry as well?
If someone could crunch the numbers on a plan for purchasing the requirements for achieving phase 3 Warhound's Cry, and whatever is possible for BSA, I would appreciate it. I'll think about it in the morning.
(Still wanting that Pirate Flag for making some Crab/Camel/Turkey armour.
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Both BSA and Vitriolic Retort are rather physical damage based. What if we come up against something where this is ineffective?
Warhound's Cry cannot be used safely around others at the moment. However, I would not expect that issue to disappear until phase 3.
Achieving that will require 2 Choir's Notes and 2 Heartbeats from Jai Shouxi, likely a Spider's Serum from the market. ( I have yet to work out how the anam requirements increase. I'm assuming that the Sound cost won't jump up heaps.)
Other than it being cheap, do we really need 4 Stagheart pills to have enough Earth to master BSA? Do we even need to fully master BSA? Going to phase 4 from phase 2 is likely to be a significant improvement.
Would it be too big an action cost to improve Warhound's Cry as well?
If someone could crunch the numbers on a plan for purchasing the requirements for achieving phase 3 Warhound's Cry, and whatever is possible for BSA, I would appreciate it. I'll think about it in the morning.
(Still wanting that Pirate Flag for making some Crab/Camel/Turkey armour.
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Then we rely on our teammates to help us. The goal here is not to be a top tier combatant, but to be good enough we're not totally getting carried through the deeps and can contribute. We're a crafter, first and foremost
[X] Plan Kong Zhi, Warrior Crafter
Okay, as much as I'd like to level WC, unless we plan on concentrating on it I don't think doing so is necessary because only one phase probably won't make it so it won't hurt allies anymore. Given we're going as a group, using WC would actually be to the group's detriment in that case. On the other hand, we're hoping to invite Nokai, and I think there's a good chance she'll come with us. She and her pack will likely have mastered WC to a higher level by now, so they could fill the role that uses that in our party.
Okay, as much as I'd like to level WC, unless we plan on concentrating on it I don't think doing so is necessary because only one phase probably won't make it so it won't hurt allies anymore. Given we're going as a group, using WC would actually be to the group's detriment in that case. On the other hand, we're hoping to invite Nokai, and I think there's a good chance she'll come with us. She and her pack will likely have mastered WC to a higher level by now, so they could fill the role that uses that in our party.
- Location
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Hey, this beauty is still available!
@edit: ... And no one wants it. Of course.
So, people have been thinking of a healing charm?
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I'll change my plan to include another healing pill. I dropped the Sapling. Everbloom and Ifeagrass has been at the market before, so they might be recurring items so we might be able to get duplicates another time for a better healing charm.
[X] Plan BSA and double healing.
-[X] Jai Shouxi's Commissions
--[X] Stagheart (8 Points. Grade 1 Wood/Earth Pill) x 4
-[X] Pills and Elixirs
--[X] Woodsman's Respite (7 Points. Grade 1 Wood Pill) x3
--[X] An Evening's Rest (12 Points. Grade 1 Healing Pill. Restores 1 Physical Stress Box.) x 2
-[X] Materials
--[X] A Still Shaking Anvil (4 Points. Steel/Force Aspected. +7 to development)
--[X] A Brass Knocker. (2 Points. Force Aspected. +3 to development)
--[X] An Everbloom. (3 Points. Life Aspected. +6 to development)
--[X] A bundle of fresh Ifeagrass. (1 Point. Blood Aspected. +3 to development)
How does our actions look like for next week?
4 to pop pills, 2 for the mission. And then?
Our only other option to get to the 8th circle is to do assignments. So, do we go for 3 assignments?
We should atleast do one in order to benefit from the drive trait that KZ has.
I imagine that the issue can be resolved if we don't go there for a week. The same thing happened to the water/whirlpool kukuni.
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Throwing my hat in the ring with a new plan. Basically i had a thought, what if better stuff unlocks upon reaching the 8th circle? I can see two reasons for this, 1. That higher circles get first pick on mats so better mats and elixirs are available the higher we go up. 2. What is sold to the ninth circle is limited so we get more choices once we hit the eight. Either way, I want to wait with as many sect points as possible to go to the shop after hitting 8th circle, which will happen in two weeks, like right after we finish the deeps. Worst case we get some of the similar stuff we see here. Best case we get better mats to choose from.
And so my plan is to buy the minimum for maxing BSA plus the healing elixirs. This way we can save as much as possible for later.
[X] Plan Conservative Purchasing
[X] Exchange all Bronze Talents for Points.
[X] Jai Shouxi's Commissions
-[X] Stagheart (8 Points. Grade 1 Wood/Earth Pill) x 4
[X] Pills and Elixirs
-[X] Woodsman's Respite (7 Points. Grade 1 Wood Pill) x3
-[X] An Evening's Rest (12 Points. Grade 1 Healing Pill. Restores 1 Physical Stress Box.) x 1
And so my plan is to buy the minimum for maxing BSA plus the healing elixirs. This way we can save as much as possible for later.
[X] Plan Conservative Purchasing
[X] Exchange all Bronze Talents for Points.
[X] Jai Shouxi's Commissions
-[X] Stagheart (8 Points. Grade 1 Wood/Earth Pill) x 4
[X] Pills and Elixirs
-[X] Woodsman's Respite (7 Points. Grade 1 Wood Pill) x3
-[X] An Evening's Rest (12 Points. Grade 1 Healing Pill. Restores 1 Physical Stress Box.) x 1
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- Brazil
So, shouldn't we take this opportunity and cash in all our Talents for points? Who knows when it won't be at a sucky exchange rate again.
So about the materials, are you guys picking stuff to make that Axe for Jai Fa or what?
No, because there are things that cost Talents. We should really be doing more to earn points through sect jobs and other means, rather than relying on our allowance for this.
DracoDracul
Transbian Communist
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- Austin
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[X] Plan Kong Zhi, Warrior Crafter
[X] Plan Kong Zhi, Warrior Crafter
So, when we formed our core, we took a pill as part of a cycling action, iirc.
Does anyone know if this means we can take pills while performing a cycling action, or even any action, or that taking pills is an action of itself now?
If the first is true, then we could rent out The Stomping Garden, and use pills to save ourselves an action. It'd wouldn't be efficient economically, as The Stomping Garden is 50 points, but it would be action efficient. Probably not worth it, but it might get us a cycling upgrade, see what the wonder looks like, and another action next week would let us take another sect job and recoup some of the money loss, maybe take another swing at the investigation, or do anything, really.
Hmmm. This is interesting, and maybe a clue towards dislike of some of the older crafting students towards Zhi.
Is he being judged for being an elitistic hermit? Apparently most of the crafters work in and gather around the Garden and make up a sort of an artisan community, that inevitably has a plethora of different interactions including talking shop (which clearly Zhi misses and is interested in).
Is him being a solitary artisan thought of having pretension above his station?
With not actively participating in the community mentioned above considered a "diva" behaviour, and him obviously being too unexperienced and unskilled to behave as such.
Or maybe it's just a collective general distaste for the concept of double-dipping and not focusing solely/mostly on crafting skills.
Anyway, no matter the reason, I propose that we dedicate an action or two in the future to interacting with other craftsmen. Zhi is obviously interested in professional discussions, what with a couple of mentions of having to focus on the matter at hand.
[X] Plan BSA and WC
DangerKitty
shoddy writter
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[X] Plan BSA and WC