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Down on the Disk (Graverobbing for Fun and Profit in an Original Science-Fantasy Universe)

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CuttleFish2.0 said:
Among those you purchase.

You are getting to choose an extra discipline because you chose Prodigy as your background.
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Got it! Thank you for clarifying. In that case my vote for the extra discipline goes to:

Edit: Just going to edit my last post.

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Among those you purchase.
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I misunderstood as well. So we must purchase at least one companion. If we purchase two, the cheaper one is free?
 
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Alaric said:
Got it! Thank you for clarifying. In that case my vote for the extra discipline goes to:

Edit: Just going to edit my last post.


I misunderstood as well. So we must purchase at least one companion. If we purchase two, the cheaper one is free?
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I mean... you don't have to purchase a companion if you don't want, but then you're leaving benefits on the table that you already voted to take. Otherwise, yes that is the way it works.
 
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I mean... you don't have to purchase a companion if you don't want, but then you're leaving benefits on the table that you already voted to take. Otherwise, yes that is the way it works.
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Thanks again for clarifying. I added the purchase of a companion to my vote and adjusted the credits accordingly. Should all track now.
 
[X] Plan Epic Skill and Epic Gear
-[X] [Companion] Adra Ortun'essig: every single stereotype and cliche people say about the yddr died a quick and untimely death the second you laid eyes on Adra; who is the thickest, meanest looking example of her species you've ever met. Maybe it's the steel and orichalcum arm, claw tipped and with a disconcerting range of motion. You saw her stab a guy through the hand with her pointer finger and then immediately after light a cigar with her thumb. The red glow from her prosthetic eye doesn't help. Apparently she's decided you're going places. (-5 Tokens)
-[X] [Companion] Kre'ebik Stargulper: aadad have always creeped you out. Kre'ebik is no exception, not even for being all of fourteen. Surprisingly though it has less to do with his appearance (usually the sticking point for you with aadad) and more to do with how he keeps talking about 'leylines' and 'the spirits of the cosmos' and a 'galactic consciousness, dreaming itself full of stories.' Kids should talk like that. They especially shouldn't follow you around, talking like that. (-3 Tokens)
-[X] [Purchase] Sled: Simple wood and metal sled. Provide transport for supplies, artifacts, and/or injured companions. Not self-propelled, range dependent on the user's own strength and stamina.
Price: 205 Credits
-[X] [Purchase] SeeAll, Deep Penetration Divination Sensor: Made of a flexible, semi-transparent plasti-crystal ("... comes in a variety of tints!" announces the box) with 'comfort designed' adjustable straps to attach a wide array of limbs types, as well as activatable 'Super-StickTM​' enchantments to allow for static mounting. Made by the Tein Uulass Ring, and usually running several tens of thousands of credits, this one has a giant crack running down the center and several of its convenience enchantments have failed. Still, it works.
Price: 5000 Credits
-[X] [Purchase] Single-Family Pre-Fab Module: Contain adjustable sleeping space for up to 8 individuals, one double occupancy/multi-species restroom, climate controlled storage, combination cooking/dining space, attachment points for full on environmental control suite, and a Quick SealTM​ airlock for rapid entrance and egress. Exterior facing module pieces are made of high-strength composites rated to withstand Class 0 extreme weather conditions.
Price: 3800 Credits
-[X] [Rival] Red Iron Works of Vapim, Asset Protection: Some of your more… energetic projects had unfortunate collateral impacts. Nothing ruinous. And no one lost more than a finger, or two. Still they put you, nominally, in the debt of Red Iron Works of Vapim; a local megacorp of your homeworld Golac, a debt that you had, technically, skipped out on. But with you gone to the Disk they'll probably just write you off as a lost asset and collect a fat insurance check. Right? They wouldn't send someone after you, would they?
-[X][EXTRA] Major Discipline: Linguistics

To be entirely honest, I'm open to changing the major discipline. Just figured linguistics is a good looting bonus.
 
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Serialkilerwhale said:
[X] Plan Epic Skill and Epic Gear
-[X] [Companion] Adra Ortun'essig: every single stereotype and cliche people say about the yddr died a quick and untimely death the second you laid eyes on Adra; who is the thickest, meanest looking example of her species you've ever met. Maybe it's the steel and orichalcum arm, claw tipped and with a disconcerting range of motion. You saw her stab a guy through the hand with her pointer finger and then immediately after light a cigar with her thumb. The red glow from her prosthetic eye doesn't help. Apparently she's decided you're going places. (-5 Tokens)
-[X] [Companion] Kre'ebik Stargulper: aadad have always creeped you out. Kre'ebik is no exception, not even for being all of fourteen. Surprisingly though it has less to do with his appearance (usually the sticking point for you with aadad) and more to do with how he keeps talking about 'leylines' and 'the spirits of the cosmos' and a 'galactic consciousness, dreaming itself full of stories.' Kids should talk like that. They especially shouldn't follow you around, talking like that. (-3 Tokens)
-[X] [Purchase] Sled: Simple wood and metal sled. Provide transport for supplies, artifacts, and/or injured companions. Not self-propelled, range dependent on the user's own strength and stamina.
Price: 205 Credits
-[X] [Purchase] SeeAll, Deep Penetration Divination Sensor: Made of a flexible, semi-transparent plasti-crystal ("... comes in a variety of tints!" announces the box) with 'comfort designed' adjustable straps to attach a wide array of limbs types, as well as activatable 'Super-StickTM​' enchantments to allow for static mounting. Made by the Tein Uulass Ring, and usually running several tens of thousands of credits, this one has a giant crack running down the center and several of its convenience enchantments have failed. Still, it works.
Price: 5000 Credits
-[X] [Purchase] Single-Family Pre-Fab Module: Contain adjustable sleeping space for up to 8 individuals, one double occupancy/multi-species restroom, climate controlled storage, combination cooking/dining space, attachment points for full on environmental control suite, and a Quick SealTM​ airlock for rapid entrance and egress. Exterior facing module pieces are made of high-strength composites rated to withstand Class 0 extreme weather conditions.
Price: 3800 Credits
-[X] [Rival] Red Iron Works of Vapim, Asset Protection: Some of your more… energetic projects had unfortunate collateral impacts. Nothing ruinous. And no one lost more than a finger, or two. Still they put you, nominally, in the debt of Red Iron Works of Vapim; a local megacorp of your homeworld Golac, a debt that you had, technically, skipped out on. But with you gone to the Disk they'll probably just write you off as a lost asset and collect a fat insurance check. Right? They wouldn't send someone after you, would they?
-[X][EXTRA] Major Discipline: Linguistics

To be entirely honest, I'm open to changing the major discipline. Just figured linguistics is a good looting bonus.
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Hey buddy? Sorry, but this isn't a plan vote.
 
I like this spread of companions more.
[X] Plan The Trio and Debt

Spending our free companion on a 3 token seems a bit of a waste, really. Even if I do like birds.

That said, if we're taking a second major it should synergize with the rest of our build - either runes or enchanting for graduating to magitech, or biology to round out the mundane mad sciences and get cybernetics on the table.
 
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Prime 2.0 said:
I like this spread of companions more.
[X] Plan The Trio and Debt

Spending our free companion on a 3 token seems a bit of a waste, really. Even if I do like birds.

That said, if we're taking a second major it should synergize with the rest of our build - either runes or enchanting for graduating to magitech, or biology to round out the mundane mad sciences and get cybernetics on the table.
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I will admit at first it doesn't seem appealing, but think of the utility use of the bird. The simplest way we could use it is to scout out places, but it could be so much more. Sending messages, spying on enemies, stealing/recovring items and artifacts, and those are just what come off the top of my head.

Life-Shaping gives the enchanter trait, but more importantly, allows us access to messing with life. It allows us to use magitech while also covering biology partly, due to our experience with shaping flesh, not to mention that our skill would allow us to create cybernetics for living magical creatures, which could possibly further enhance our bird. Imagine if he had a microphone that recorded every conversation he was near, or made clones of him from flesh and have a flock of loyal birds that could help us with a multitude of tasks.
 
Prime 2.0 said:
That said, if we're taking a second major it should synergize with the rest of our build - either runes or enchanting for graduating to magitech, or biology to round out the mundane mad sciences and get cybernetics on the table.
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Like I said, I wasn't 100% on the second major, but Linguistics is huge here. Think about it, we're in an ancient tomb to raid it, being a personal expert in IDing what we dig out so we can figure out it's value is the one thing we really can't bid off to someone else and isn't in the companion list. This is why we should get companions that round us out rather than attempting to grab a magic discipline ourself, IMO.

Regarding companions, that...is more or just grabbing the guy from the other plan because ngl, I was genuinely tempted to vote for him instead. As for my choice of combat companion, let us be honest.

We are the last person to be trusted with keeping Opal from drowning himself in cheap booze. And this team already has an alcoholic thank you very much.

Also, cyborg arm.
 
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[X] Plan Companion Synergy and Wyrm
-[X] [Companion] Elenari: (-8 Tokens)
-[X] [Companion] Thurgash Namecaller of the Three Ravens: (-8 Tokens)

You start with 7000 Credits (plus 1 Token for 7525 credits)

-[X] [Purchase] Samshi SurvivalistTM​ Weapon:
Price: 180 - 615 Credits
Gain: One Weapon
-[X] [Purchase] Sled:
Price: 205 Credits
Gain: Small Transport (Slow) Capacity
-[X] [Purchase] Olorin Class 1 Environmental Suit:
Price: 2125 Credits
Gain: Protection against moderately extreme environments.
-[X] [Purchase] Report to High Prelate Gharisk on Assets of the Four-Hundredth and Thirty-Second District of the Final Conquest:
Price: 4095 Credits
Gain: Guarantee the majority of sites you start with access to will be Engineering and Metallurgy oriented.

-[X] [Rival] Natya Dannika Llitov:
-[X] [EXTRA] Major Discipline: Runes

An orc specialising in Divinity, and equipment and armor supposedly gifted by an orcish god look like a match made in heaven (heh). Add Elenera for the free companion (maybe she can pull the sled?), Natya seems fun as a rival, and up to around 1000 spare credits.
Runes are mostly because they seem fun, and give us an in on the magical side of things.
 
Just because I won't get to working on the next update for a couple days I've changed the end of the vote period to Wednesday.
 
Is it foolish to make an important vote like this based solely off of whether there's a space frog involved? Yes. Am I doing it anyway?

[X] Plan Epic Skill and Epic Gear
 
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    • Scheduled vote count started by CuttleFish2.0 on Oct 17, 2021 at 5:54 PM, finished with 28 posts and 12 votes.
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      [X] Plan The Trio and Debt
      -[X] [Companions]
      --[X] [Companion] Nosta: raroh hawks are particularly intelligent and social species of hawks common — and prized — on your homeworld. Their mixed red and white feathering hides them against the quartz-iron rich walls of the canyons where they hunt, too have they learned to hunt in the cities dug into the canyon floors. You discovered Nosta as a chick, one of her wings weak and shrunken and nursed her back to health. In time her wing grew to full size but she never left you. (-3 Tokens) [FREE]
      --[X] [Companion] Natya Dannika Llitov: your fellow apprentice and your only close friend in the world (or at least the only one you half-way respect) Natya is in many ways your reflection just as obsessed as you with metals and tinkering, but with a bent towards the magical. Why she chose to follow you on your journey you're not entirely sure, but you're glad to have her nonetheless. (-4 Tokens)
      --[X] [Companion] Opal Glittering Skyline, Nine Wings Broken: Opal-Nine is an aged khar, his mottled brown and green carapace scratched from years and years of hard living on the edge of civilization. Long ago he was a soldier in the Republic of Kharmun-thar. You met him drinking himself to death in a rundown little joint on Zerzura and struck up a conversation, apparently he liked you well enough to forego the alcohol induced funeral and hitch his 'fading fortunes to you.' He's seen a lot and done more. (-5 Tokens)
      -[X] [Purchases]
      --[X] [Purchase] Samshi SurvivalistTM​ Weapon: Knives, spears, swords, axes, hammers, any weapon you could imagine, Samshi makes. Their Survivalist line — consisting of rugged, weatherproofed, simple designs — is sold practically everywhere and will serve against most wildlife. Most even have dual function capabilities as utility tools.
      --[X] [Purchase] Sled: Simple wood and metal sled. Provide transport for supplies, artifacts, and/or injured companions. Not self-propelled, range dependent on the user's own strength and stamina.
      --[X] [Purchase] PalmDiv, All-Purpose Scanner: Azrhan-Dam House Works is a small-time producer of custom scanning and divination devices for pest-control, law enforcement, and adventurers of all kinds. One of their first models, the PalmDiv lacks in much of the modern deep penetration capabilities of competitor designs but makes up for it in affordability.
      --[X] [Purchase] Single-Family Pre-Fab Module: Contain adjustable sleeping space for up to 8 individuals, one double occupancy/multi-species restroom, climate controlled storage, combination cooking/dining space, attachment points for full on environmental control suite, and a Quick SealTM​ airlock for rapid entrance and egress. Exterior facing module pieces are made of high-strength composites rated to withstand Class 0 extreme weather conditions.
      -[X] [Rival] Red Iron Works of Vapim, Asset Protection: Some of your more… energetic projects had unfortunate collateral impacts. Nothing ruinous. And no one lost more than a finger, or two. Still they put you, nominally, in the debt of Red Iron Works of Vapim; a local megacorp of your homeworld Golac, a debt that you had, technically, skipped out on. But with you gone to the Disk they'll probably just write you off as a lost asset and collect a fat insurance check. Right? They wouldn't send someone after you, would they?
      -[X] [EXTRA] Major Discipline: Life-Shaping
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      [X] Plan: Fully Operational
      -[X] [Companion] Adra Ortun'essig: every single stereotype and cliche people say about the yddr died a quick and untimely death the second you laid eyes on Adra; who is the thickest, meanest looking example of her species you've ever met. Maybe it's the steel and orichalcum arm, claw tipped and with a disconcerting range of motion. You saw her stab a guy through the hand with her pointer finger and then immediately after light a cigar with her thumb. The red glow from her prosthetic eye doesn't help. Apparently she's decided you're going places. (-5 Tokens)
      -[X] [Companion] Nosta: raroh hawks are particularly intelligent and social species of hawks common — and prized — on your homeworld. Their mixed red and white feathering hides them against the quartz-iron rich walls of the canyons where they hunt, too have they learned to hunt in the cities dug into the canyon floors. You discovered Nosta as a chick, one of her wings weak and shrunken and nursed her back to health. In time her wing grew to full size but she never left you. (-3 Tokens)
      -[X] [Purchase] Samshi All-Environment Ranger Kit: 'Perfect for Rangers of all shapes and sizes! Feel at home in all environments!' That's what it says on the packaging. Includes a BlendAllTM​ camouflage cloak, MoonshotTM​ bow, WaspStingTM​ throwing knives, DragonhideTM​ armor, plus more.
      -[X] [Purchase] Ten Springs Two-Way Uplink Set: Utilizing automated astral projection and catching techniques these pair of fist sized black stones with gold filigree allow for the transmission of both thought and data across upto 100 kilometers without lag and 1000 kilometers before total signal degradation. Has both hands-free and manual mode.
      -[X] [Purchase] Single-Family Pre-Fab Module: Contain adjustable sleeping space for up to 8 individuals, one double occupancy/multi-species restroom, climate controlled storage, combination cooking/dining space, attachment points for full on environmental control suite, and a Quick SealTM​ airlock for rapid entrance and egress. Exterior facing module pieces are made of high-strength composites rated to withstand Class 0 extreme weather conditions.
      -[X] [Rival] Torin Dyatlav: you never really noticed, but for years Torin has been living in your shadow. Always held up to your example and found wanting. It's the sort of thing that can gen irritating, that can get under someone's skin and drive them just mad… the sort of mad that leads to questionable decisions made on the basis of questionable reasoning. One way or another they mean to demonstrate for now and forever that they are not just a lesser version of you come too late.
      -[X] [EXTRA] Major Discipline: Life-Shaping
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      [X] Plan Epic Skill and Epic Gear
      -[X] [Companion] Adra Ortun'essig: every single stereotype and cliche people say about the yddr died a quick and untimely death the second you laid eyes on Adra; who is the thickest, meanest looking example of her species you've ever met. Maybe it's the steel and orichalcum arm, claw tipped and with a disconcerting range of motion. You saw her stab a guy through the hand with her pointer finger and then immediately after light a cigar with her thumb. The red glow from her prosthetic eye doesn't help. Apparently she's decided you're going places. (-5 Tokens)
      -[X] [Companion] Kre'ebik Stargulper: aadad have always creeped you out. Kre'ebik is no exception, not even for being all of fourteen. Surprisingly though it has less to do with his appearance (usually the sticking point for you with aadad) and more to do with how he keeps talking about 'leylines' and 'the spirits of the cosmos' and a 'galactic consciousness, dreaming itself full of stories.' Kids should talk like that. They especially shouldn't follow you around, talking like that. (-3 Tokens)
      -[X] [Purchase] Sled: Simple wood and metal sled. Provide transport for supplies, artifacts, and/or injured companions. Not self-propelled, range dependent on the user's own strength and stamina.
      -[X] [Purchase] SeeAll, Deep Penetration Divination Sensor: Made of a flexible, semi-transparent plasti-crystal ("... comes in a variety of tints!" announces the box) with 'comfort designed' adjustable straps to attach a wide array of limbs types, as well as activatable 'Super-StickTM​' enchantments to allow for static mounting. Made by the Tein Uulass Ring, and usually running several tens of thousands of credits, this one has a giant crack running down the center and several of its convenience enchantments have failed. Still, it works.
      -[X] [Purchase] Single-Family Pre-Fab Module: Contain adjustable sleeping space for up to 8 individuals, one double occupancy/multi-species restroom, climate controlled storage, combination cooking/dining space, attachment points for full on environmental control suite, and a Quick SealTM​ airlock for rapid entrance and egress. Exterior facing module pieces are made of high-strength composites rated to withstand Class 0 extreme weather conditions.
      -[X] [Rival] Red Iron Works of Vapim, Asset Protection: Some of your more… energetic projects had unfortunate collateral impacts. Nothing ruinous. And no one lost more than a finger, or two. Still they put you, nominally, in the debt of Red Iron Works of Vapim; a local megacorp of your homeworld Golac, a debt that you had, technically, skipped out on. But with you gone to the Disk they'll probably just write you off as a lost asset and collect a fat insurance check. Right? They wouldn't send someone after you, would they?
      -[X][EXTRA] Major Discipline: Linguistics
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      [X] Plan Companion Synergy and Wyrm
      -[X] [Companion] Elenari: (-8 Tokens)
      -[X] [Companion] Thurgash Namecaller of the Three Ravens: (-8 Tokens)
      -[X] [Purchase] Samshi SurvivalistTM​ Weapon:
      -[X] [Purchase] Sled:
      -[X] [Purchase] Olorin Class 1 Environmental Suit:
      -[X] [Purchase] Report to High Prelate Gharisk on Assets of the Four-Hundredth and Thirty-Second District of the Final Conquest:
      -[X] [Rival] Natya Dannika Llitov:
      -[X] [EXTRA] Major Discipline: Runes
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    Plan Trio and Debt wins! Update will be ready probably sometime around Friday. Character sheet will be updated momentarily...

    As an additional tease, someone wanna roll 1d4 for me?
     
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