Shards of Awakening

Oh, I had the impression that option was there for if we thought of a good move aside from the actions already provided, not that we needed to do something ASAP with it.

Doctor Xerox said:

Oh, I had the impression that option was there for if we thought of a good move aside from the actions already provided, not that we needed to do something ASAP with it.

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I'm pretty sure we have to explicitly take the quest action? I'm basing that assumption off of this tho

dmclain2 said:

Quest Actions
Not every turn, and not necessarily every month, but occasionally as Quan Jia reaches relevant prerequisites, quest actions will appear. These actions will allow her and others within her circle to begin to make progress on the overarching quest. The urgency of these actions will be indicated narratively, but will typically need to be resolved within a month of their appearance.

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Oh, that does sound a bit more pressing. We did at least find out about that early though and got a big bonus from our letter home for it.

What action would we write in?

My personal preference, assuming we don't have a good idea for the action to take for the quest on that free action, would be to do three social actions this week and only one cultivation of DEJ, then take two next week. Since its statistically likely to take 3 actions exactly to hit DEJ lvl 1 (... hopefully not more), I'd rather prioritize one more social action this month since I believe we have three that are worth that sacrifice.

-[] Cultivate Art or Technique
--[] Dreamer's Endless Journey
--[] 2 Spirit Diamonds
-[] Only Meng Chao can answer why he was inspecting individual grains of rice at a merchant's stall, but Quan Jia found it odd enough that she had to stop what she was doing and investigate. Has he always been this weird?
-[] Yeah, Quan Jia was trying to make her oldest friend super strong, but did that really excuse Xiao Lien from always wearing the same ugly, boring robe. Honestly, she'd put it off for long enough, but Quan Jia would see her friend wearing decent clothes if it killed her. It wouldn't really kill her though, would it?
-[] Though it would be hard for anyone else to tell, Mei Mei was clearly being even more sarcastic than normal. It was time for Quan Jia to drag her off for a spa day. This wasn't because I keep grounding her, right?

But on the other hand, we're going to get even more social actions to juggle next month! So I'm undecided.

[X] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation
-[X] Cultivate Art or Technique
--[X] Dreamer's Endless Journey
--[X] 2 Spirit Diamonds
-[X] Only Meng Chao can answer why he was inspecting individual grains of rice at a merchant's stall, but Quan Jia found it odd enough that she had to stop what she was doing and investigate. Has he always been this weird?
-[X] Yeah, Quan Jia was trying to make her oldest friend super strong, but did that really excuse Xiao Lien from always wearing the same ugly, boring robe. Honestly, she'd put it off for long enough, but Quan Jia would see her friend wearing decent clothes if it killed her. It wouldn't really kill her though, would it?
-[X] Though it would be hard for anyone else to tell, Mei Mei was clearly being even more sarcastic than normal. It was time for Quan Jia to drag her off for a spa day. This wasn't because I keep grounding her, right?

[X] Plan Grassroot's Social
-[X] That weird shadow girl, what was her name… oh right, Ma Liqiu had stopped by to ask if Quan Jia, not Lady Quan, would be willing to join her at a teahouse. Maybe she wouldn't be so boring after all.
-[X] That was a lot of nascent spirits trailing behind Dai Qiao. Was she taking them for a walk? Quan Jia knew she had to find out. Do boge dream of spirit-sheep.
-[X] Yeah, Quan Jia was trying to make her oldest friend super strong, but did that really excuse Xiao Lien from always wearing the same ugly, boring robe. Honestly, she'd put it off for long enough, but Quan Jia would see her friend wearing decent clothes if it killed her. It wouldn't really kill her though, would it?
-[X] Though it would be hard for anyone else to tell, Mei Mei was clearly being even more sarcastic than normal. It was time for Quan Jia to drag her off for a spa day. This wasn't because I keep grounding her, right?

A couple of other options to consider! Grassroot's social either takes a gamble that we will cultivate our Art during Sect Class (or get a pill that assists) or that we'll find a relevant cultivation site for the automatic explore action. If those don't happen, then the plan will likely delay DEJ Level 2 until Month 2 Week 3 at the earliest. Plan Noble Social + Cultivation allows us to still keep on track while creating a better relationship with Meng Chao.

[X] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation

@dmclain2 you've mentioned before that we need to master the first level of our art to use it, whereas we can use SGS lvl 1 without having to master it. Does that mean the progression for the former for us is as normal (25xp to be able to use lvl 1, and 50xp on top of that to be able to use lvl 2/see lvl 3), whereas for SGS putting 25xp into it technically does nothing for us, whilst putting a further 50xp into it gets us lvl 2 as normal?

[X] Plan Girls' Day Out
[X] Plan Grassroot's Social

@Thor's Twin You forgot to put dashes next to your social votes.

[X] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation
[X] Plan Girls' Day Out

[X] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation

Mmmm, I think I'd rather regret being greedy than regret being cautious here.

[X] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation

Karnax626 said:

@dmclain2 you've mentioned before that we need to master the first level of our art to use it, whereas we can use SGS lvl 1 without having to master it. Does that mean the progression for the former for us is as normal (25xp to be able to use lvl 1, and 50xp on top of that to be able to use lvl 2/see lvl 3), whereas for SGS putting 25xp into it technically does nothing for us, whilst putting a further 50xp into it gets us lvl 2 as normal?

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No, you'll unlock technique levels as you get to them rather than arts when you master them. So 25xp will provide the improvement to the sand technique

[X] Plan Girls' Day Out
[X] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation

@dmclain2 I noticed when doing some math that the character sheet isn't updated with the new meridians or our spirit diamond count and the pill we used up.

Doctor Xerox said:

@dmclain2 I noticed when doing some math that the character sheet isn't updated with the new meridians or our spirit diamond count and the pill we used up.

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Updated, thanks.

[x] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation

Nobody appreciates Chen Bai's efforts, poor guy is stuck in a sect full of meatheads.

[X] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation

dmclain2 said:

No, you'll unlock technique levels as you get to them rather than arts when you master them. So 25xp will provide the improvement to the sand technique

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How does that work with breakthrough bonuses? Would unlocking level 2 be enough to count, or would we need to unlock level 3?

Karnax626 said:

How does that work with breakthrough bonuses? Would unlocking level 2 be enough to count, or would we need to unlock level 3?

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Level 2 in at least one art or technique is required to imbue the Quartz Soul with a resonance. You'll hear more about it in cultivation class (or exposition elsewhere if that option's not chosen).

Level 3 is where bonuses start coming in to play, though again, you'll hear more about the mechanics etc. turn 5.

[X] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation

[X] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation

[X] Plan Noble Social + Cultivation

rolling for something, mostly narrative.

edit: yep, luck stays the same as ever.

@dmclain2 Are you, by chance, related to Will Wheaton?



Because this is some pretty bad luck.

it is rather remarkable. Like I mentioned, it is a narrative reward, so if someone else wants to sub in their role, I'll take the next result instead.