Yeah. We definitely would need a lot of prep work to attempt that. But it would be well worth it in the end, I feel. If nothing else, even assuming there's not treasure, the corpse itself is treasure enough. A Dragon zombie raised by an exalt would be a superb guardian (and would probably qualify for "carriage of the Ankou" summoning if Lydia ever needs the "Summon Biggest Fish" power).
Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)
- Thread starter DragonParadox
- Start date
- Crossover Fantasy
That will be next update. I thought about doing it before the turn end, but there just wasn't a lot of narrative space and it would have felt rushed. This way I can cover it in a reasonable span with follow-ups as needed
- Location
- Brazil
If we get the corpse I also suggest using Ankou's miliner knowledge and our occult rolls plus many essences as a source of power to create a ritual to empower him even more. After all, to Lydia's big red "FUBAR" button, the only thing better than a dead body from a being whovonce had a Mantle of godly power is one that was further empowered by some truly powerful dark and hellish rituals.
So, my premade list of questions for people to discuss:
1) The location of Atlantis. Focus: a copy of Plato's dialogs.
Reasoning: Once we get RVD, this is a free adventure. The focus is essentially free. The potential for loot is high. Since it's likely to be underwater, our BSM should allow us to investigate it easier. And we could always escape using RVD, if there's too strong of an opposition there. If we get to look for it using RVD + perception rolls, we might want to save the focus for stuff like "what are the dangers of exploring Atlantis, to myself and others?".
2) The locations of Dragon's Nests in Chicago's general area. Focus: Last Station's Dragon's Nest, or a map of Chicago, or Little Chicago.
Reasoning: we want to start looking into where to set the primary home base (where to build a house for when we move out). We are unlikely to live in the Last Station, even if we might hold court there It seems reasonable to build/purchase a house on / near a Dragon's Nest. Beyond that, we need to investigate who holds the places of power in the wider city area. Beyond that, having samples from Dragon's Nests of Chicago will strongly enhance Little Chicago Dresden made. I am fairly sure he's ignorant of many of those locations.
3) The location of the largest / most powerful currently undiscovered and unclaimed Dragon's Nest in the world. Focus: one of the Dragon's Nests in Chicago's area
Reasoning: Similar reasoning to the point above – we want to claim the strongest place as our own, if only to make it into a workshop. Plus, there might be some old lore there.
4) The location of the largest collection of writing in the Old Realm. Focus: the photo of the Arawn's ritual circle with our improvements
Reasoning: Plot! Plot! Plot! I want to find the embers of the First Age. I am interested in them. I want to pursue this line of investigation. And the focus is relatively "cheap" – there's not many other things we can use it for.
5) The location of Holt's primary permanent residence. Focus: Black Ride.
Reasoning: Loot and the continuation of the Thule Society plotline. There's still a number of people we need to murder. We'll probably need RVD for this.
6) The locations at which the gossamer harvested from the same Raksha ended up. Focus: the gossamer we collected during Pathfinder raid.
Reasoning: the follow-up on the Pathfinder quest, a list of fomori-associated locations, i.e. a list of acceptable targets, and places where we can loot more gossamer. If we get to use RVD to look underwater, we might want to save the focus for something else.
7) The list of people possessing the same kind (in the sense of mechanics / underlying mechanisms) of powers as Lydia does. Focus: Lydia using her powers
Reasoning: either this nets us Dragonblooded, or demigods currently active in the world. Both are useful, and both can lead to more circlemates. As an alternative, we could use her power manifestiations for research into how charms/ exalts work.
8) Location of orphan golden crow eggs. Focus: either crow eggs, Lydia's new Raven familiar (nothing says she can only have one; hell, having an older familiar to raise a golden crow chick is even better), textual description of golden crows.
Reasoning: more familiars for Lydia. Plus plot. This might require RVD to really work.
9) Location of Mouse's litter mates. Focus: Mouse's birthday party, once he has it, Mouse's bed, Mouse's collar / bowl / favorite toy if he has one.
Reasoning: rescuing Mouse's remaining siblings, getting more familiars for Lydia. Getting a family dog for Carpenters. Getting Mouse in contact with his family (lend them out cyberdevil text to speech devices). Probably requires RVD to be useful.
10) Locations of temple dogs available for adoptions (In case question 9 doesn't net us a familiar or a dog for our family). Focus: any of Mouse's siblings
11) The list of magical materials, starting from the most common (or "the worst associated with us", but that runs into "exaltation can't see itself" issue). Focus: Periodic table of elements
Reasoning: we need magical materials to really start working on wonder crafting, even before we buy the very expensive craft charm. To do this we need to learn what kind of materials there are, in order to know what to look for. We could consult Bob afterwards about each material (or prior to asking the question even)
12) List of Prophecies concerning members of Carpenter family. Focus: a family photo.
Reasoning: just to get it out of the way. This is a possible plot thread, and there might be prophecies about many members of our family, from our father, to our mother, to us. Yes, we are outside Fate, but "when the first Exalt takes up her Crown, the new Era will begin' is an informative prophecy. This is something to check.
13) How to safely get to the treasure of the Dragon our father killed. Focus: not sure, maybe out mother? Maybe a written story of our father killing the Dragon.
Reasoning: loot
14) How to extend the time no sleep potion works beyond one week. Focus: no sleep potion.
I figure that there might be a way to extend its functionality beyond one week with additional successes. And taking one potion per month is much more palatable than once per week. As an alternative for this question, we might want to ask for a location of an enchanted object that makes sleep optional and is up for grabs.
1) The location of Atlantis. Focus: a copy of Plato's dialogs.
Reasoning: Once we get RVD, this is a free adventure. The focus is essentially free. The potential for loot is high. Since it's likely to be underwater, our BSM should allow us to investigate it easier. And we could always escape using RVD, if there's too strong of an opposition there. If we get to look for it using RVD + perception rolls, we might want to save the focus for stuff like "what are the dangers of exploring Atlantis, to myself and others?".
2) The locations of Dragon's Nests in Chicago's general area. Focus: Last Station's Dragon's Nest, or a map of Chicago, or Little Chicago.
Reasoning: we want to start looking into where to set the primary home base (where to build a house for when we move out). We are unlikely to live in the Last Station, even if we might hold court there It seems reasonable to build/purchase a house on / near a Dragon's Nest. Beyond that, we need to investigate who holds the places of power in the wider city area. Beyond that, having samples from Dragon's Nests of Chicago will strongly enhance Little Chicago Dresden made. I am fairly sure he's ignorant of many of those locations.
3) The location of the largest / most powerful currently undiscovered and unclaimed Dragon's Nest in the world. Focus: one of the Dragon's Nests in Chicago's area
Reasoning: Similar reasoning to the point above – we want to claim the strongest place as our own, if only to make it into a workshop. Plus, there might be some old lore there.
4) The location of the largest collection of writing in the Old Realm. Focus: the photo of the Arawn's ritual circle with our improvements
Reasoning: Plot! Plot! Plot! I want to find the embers of the First Age. I am interested in them. I want to pursue this line of investigation. And the focus is relatively "cheap" – there's not many other things we can use it for.
5) The location of Holt's primary permanent residence. Focus: Black Ride.
Reasoning: Loot and the continuation of the Thule Society plotline. There's still a number of people we need to murder. We'll probably need RVD for this.
6) The locations at which the gossamer harvested from the same Raksha ended up. Focus: the gossamer we collected during Pathfinder raid.
Reasoning: the follow-up on the Pathfinder quest, a list of fomori-associated locations, i.e. a list of acceptable targets, and places where we can loot more gossamer. If we get to use RVD to look underwater, we might want to save the focus for something else.
7) The list of people possessing the same kind (in the sense of mechanics / underlying mechanisms) of powers as Lydia does. Focus: Lydia using her powers
Reasoning: either this nets us Dragonblooded, or demigods currently active in the world. Both are useful, and both can lead to more circlemates. As an alternative, we could use her power manifestiations for research into how charms/ exalts work.
8) Location of orphan golden crow eggs. Focus: either crow eggs, Lydia's new Raven familiar (nothing says she can only have one; hell, having an older familiar to raise a golden crow chick is even better), textual description of golden crows.
Reasoning: more familiars for Lydia. Plus plot. This might require RVD to really work.
9) Location of Mouse's litter mates. Focus: Mouse's birthday party, once he has it, Mouse's bed, Mouse's collar / bowl / favorite toy if he has one.
Reasoning: rescuing Mouse's remaining siblings, getting more familiars for Lydia. Getting a family dog for Carpenters. Getting Mouse in contact with his family (lend them out cyberdevil text to speech devices). Probably requires RVD to be useful.
10) Locations of temple dogs available for adoptions (In case question 9 doesn't net us a familiar or a dog for our family). Focus: any of Mouse's siblings
11) The list of magical materials, starting from the most common (or "the worst associated with us", but that runs into "exaltation can't see itself" issue). Focus: Periodic table of elements
Reasoning: we need magical materials to really start working on wonder crafting, even before we buy the very expensive craft charm. To do this we need to learn what kind of materials there are, in order to know what to look for. We could consult Bob afterwards about each material (or prior to asking the question even)
12) List of Prophecies concerning members of Carpenter family. Focus: a family photo.
Reasoning: just to get it out of the way. This is a possible plot thread, and there might be prophecies about many members of our family, from our father, to our mother, to us. Yes, we are outside Fate, but "when the first Exalt takes up her Crown, the new Era will begin' is an informative prophecy. This is something to check.
13) How to safely get to the treasure of the Dragon our father killed. Focus: not sure, maybe out mother? Maybe a written story of our father killing the Dragon.
Reasoning: loot
14) How to extend the time no sleep potion works beyond one week. Focus: no sleep potion.
I figure that there might be a way to extend its functionality beyond one week with additional successes. And taking one potion per month is much more palatable than once per week. As an alternative for this question, we might want to ask for a location of an enchanted object that makes sleep optional and is up for grabs.
Can we include qualifications like not cursed, or not having negative side effects?
I think that would count as an additional question, sadly. We could use the object itself (or the place it is kept in, or the seller, if we are buying it from someone) as a focus for a second question (to check the safety).
OK, looks pretty settled. Let's get this show on the road.
Yzarc
The Spark of Madness
Also whenever reasonably possible, will Molly automatically use Boiling Sea Mastery? Such as with Bob and the Qiao training?
She will yes.
That assume any actually interesting place is not already claimed, doubtful. I don't think this one'll lead anywhere.
Winning Vote
Arc 5 Post 9: Sharper than Steel
Sharper than Steel
1st of September 2006 A.D.
Getting back to school is like being hit by a freight train made of noise, the worries of the new kids and the and the grumblings of those familiar with this teenage purgatory, friends gathering together for protection against the avalanche of state mandated nonsense that would soon be inflicted upon their minds while 'friends' loudly proclaim what and who they had done on holiday to spark jealousy or at least attention. And for those without the wherewithal to tell the truth in the matter or the imagination to lie convincingly....
"Woah there, I'd tap that ass." Tyler Gordon, former member of the school band until he decided it would be too uncool for his social aspirations, current captain of the swim team and all around asshole says loudly as you pass, enough so to make Izzy tense up as she is coming to greet you.
Just ignore them.
"What Carpenter, are you crazy man? Your dick would probably get caught in one of her piercings. They'd have to pry it off with pliers," some other clown laughs.
"Nah see I like girls like her, they turn out like that 'cause their daddies didn't get them enough attention growing up and I've got all the attention they could...."
The pontificating cuts off abruptly as you turn on your heel to look right at him. Without missing a beat you cut in: "Really? Because I heard boys who pretend to know what girls think do it to impress their peers because they were the ones who lacked male companionship growing up."
Tyler just looks at you for a long moment like you had whacked him between the eyes then his face scrunches up... Is he crying?
"Shut up! Shut up Carpenter! You don't know me!"
His friends are laughing now, Izzy is in stitches, but you cannot bring yourself to join in. I didn't even invoke any of my powers and he's bawling. High School kids aren't vampires, government spooks or hardened criminals, you are rather abruptly reminded, it's like you'd brought a arsenal of knives to the verbal nerf bat fight.
"Earth to Molly, hellooo..." Izzy waves her hand in front of her face. "What are you thinking?"
"That I should be more careful with my words."
"What, around assholes?" your friend asks rolling her eyes.
Around mortals. For just that moment passing through familiar off white doors it feels like you are a hundred feet tall, it feels lonely. Taking a deep breath you ask her: "So how was your summer?"
"My summer? I'm not the one who took up Kung Fu Ms 'Fencing is a family tradition'. What are you preparing for the zombie apocalypse?"
Out of all the stuff you had been getting into martial arts lessons had seemed like the most innocuous to talk about, but it had not occurred to you how it might look like from the outside, especially since you had never made a secret of the fact that you have been able to fence since you were in middle school. You open your mouth to answer and then you realize just how little you can talk about what you did without revealing something.
Maybe you could be a little more honest. They do know you are into New Age-y stuff, the Order of the Cauldron would fit in with that right? You could talk about Lydia. Once you have even a toe in the door you could fall in, you worry. Do you have the right to talk to them about that just so you can feel a little better about sharing what you did this summer?
What do you do?
[] Deflect, tell them nothing out of the ordinary, nothing that could put them in danger
[] Dress up some of the truth in more mundane guise, talk about Lydia, the Order, taming lessons from Harry
[] Find a private place and just show Izzy and Alec your Crown, time to pull back the veil. A little knowledge is more dangerous than one at all
[] Write in
OOC: I know I promised you guys Crown questions but then that set of rolls happened and it lead naturally into the question Izzy asked with its implications.
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Mother Nyx
Mother of Elpis
- Location
- The Kei Klub
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Oh my goddess, he rolled a zero. For fucks sake, I pity him but he got what he got, lmao:
- Location
- Earth
At least he didn't botch...
- Location
- Germany
Well, we can honestly say that we have no need at all to prepare for that, we are better suited for surviving any kind of apocalypse than most mortals can possibly be.
taovkool
Forever Gone
- Location
- The Library, Department of General Works
[X] Write-in: "Worse, parental supervision. Mom got my money's locked down tight so I'm trying something unique for my teenage rebellion. I'm going to start a business."
I always liked the truth, just not the whole truth. Probably need a bit more of a touch up.
I always liked the truth, just not the whole truth. Probably need a bit more of a touch up.
- Location
- Earth
I say it's time to consider what we told the soon-to-be-wed woman.
So we either bring them in, or we ditch them.
Going in between will only bring hurt.
And I'd rather keep them.
[X] Find a private place and just show Izzy and Alec your Crown, time to pull back the veil. A little knowledge is more dangerous than one at all
[X] Yog
So we either bring them in, or we ditch them.
Going in between will only bring hurt.
And I'd rather keep them.
[X] Find a private place and just show Izzy and Alec your Crown, time to pull back the veil. A little knowledge is more dangerous than one at all
[X] Yog
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Uriel and a whole lot of angels and demons probably had a big "Yeah. Yeah you are stating to get it" moment.
We really do need to take the time for a crafting project to support BSM at some point. Upgrading Ebon Scales to contain unscented oil of some kind doesn't seem that hard relative to the other material science nonsense Molly has pulled so far.
We keep talking about it, but there never seems to be a convenient time to do it.
On an unrelated note, I have a question about Qiao @DragonParadox . You've ruled that Mo Kung doesn't stack with excellency for Molly, but would that also be the case for Lydia?
I ask because her excellency is based on her attributes and not enhancements based on the skills they're expressed through, which changes the fluff a bit, and because of how the abilities are modified by powering them with essence instead of qi.
It seems like it'd fit together thematically if she could buy a divine attribute, then use active techniques to lean even further into that aspect of her heritage.
Especially since it plays off her only current celestial grade cheat and the importance of willpower to her supernatural abilities.
Really that might have even been a good expo for that kid. A legendary success difference could scrape some of the stupid off while he's still young.
We keep talking about it, but there never seems to be a convenient time to do it.
On an unrelated note, I have a question about Qiao @DragonParadox . You've ruled that Mo Kung doesn't stack with excellency for Molly, but would that also be the case for Lydia?
I ask because her excellency is based on her attributes and not enhancements based on the skills they're expressed through, which changes the fluff a bit, and because of how the abilities are modified by powering them with essence instead of qi.
It seems like it'd fit together thematically if she could buy a divine attribute, then use active techniques to lean even further into that aspect of her heritage.
Especially since it plays off her only current celestial grade cheat and the importance of willpower to her supernatural abilities.
Hey, if someone chooses to try jumping you armed only with a nerf bat because they think your bones are as brittle as theirs are they've earned what they've got coming.
Really that might have even been a good expo for that kid. A legendary success difference could scrape some of the stupid off while he's still young.
Molly: "Vampire apocalypse really, the undead are a cast iron bitch to maintain at that scale. Really the fish people are probably a bigger issue, and don't even get me started on the fey."
It does not stack for any exalt, that is RaW in the fan book and I think balanced.
Agreed. Put up or shut up. These are our friends. @DragonParadox how close are we talking about? I mean, Rosie is the closest friend Molly has, from my understanding, what about these guys? How close is she to them?