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Unnatural Forces; a Necromancy Quest

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Alectai said:
Just out of curiosity, what do these keywords even mean?
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They're traits your Manifestations have at varying levels. You want to get a lot of Ancient Knowledge for stability's sake, otherwise certain votes in the future will reference them and I will be rolling against them occasionally when various factions in the world do things. They also help guide me on how I write the creatures.

They are, however, completely unreadable in their current state. I wanted to give them a spooky theme, but I may have gone overboard. I'll be providing a rundown when I set up the informational post tomorrow, but for the sake of the current vote Ominous represents precognitive ability, Lithesome is Dexterity, and Haunting represents an attachment to a person or thing.
 
[ ] Plan: Spooky Psychic Zoombies
-[ ]Cadavers gain [Ominous]
-[ ] Nigredo (5/15)
-[ ] St. Azrael's Fire (3/7)
-[ ] Crop Circles (2/2)
-[ ] Observation:

Look, Lightning Ghosts are super cool, Crop Circles gives us more Magnitude, and Nigredo is part of our ultimate wincon, so we should start chipping at it ASAP.

Observation is because a good scientist needs to understand their work before they publish it, to do otherwise is folly.
 
[X] Plan : Cadavers 2.0 and magnitude growth
-[X] Cadavers gain [Lithesome]
-[X] St. Azrael's Fire [7/7]
-[X] Damnable Weather [1/5]
-[X] Crop Circles [2/2]
-[X] Observation

I like the idea of improving our cadavers but maxing magnitude first sounds like a better path IMO.
 
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[X] Plan : Frankenstein early access edition
-[X] Cadavers gain [Lithesome]
-[X] Sparks of Life [5/5]
-[X] Crop Circles [2/2]
-[X]Damnable Weather [3/5]
-[X]Observation
 
[X] Plan : Cadavers 2.0 and magnitude growth
-[X] Cadavers gain [Lithesome]
-[X] St. Azrael's Fire [7/7]
-[X] Damnable Weather [1/5]
-[X] Crop Circles [2/2]
-[X] Observation

Seems like a decent plan. Lightning ghosts are cool.
 
Oh right, I need to repost this now.

[X] Plan: Spooky Psychic Zoombies
-[X] Cadavers gain [Ominous]
-[X] Nigredo (5/15)
-[X] St. Azrael's Fire (3/7)
-[X] Crop Circles (2/2)
-[X] Observation:
 
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Hmm, hmm...
I want to get the public to accept our new project ASAP, for reasons both ideological and practical, so I'm drawn towards Tenure. Observation is a good starter option, because it feels like THE choice to prevent the Frankenstein scenario (a.k.a. our creation growing to resent us for not being treated as a person). That said, my personal endgame project is a low-level post-scarcity society built on the undead automation, and corpses being highly cognizant is counterproductive to this. Another thing is side benefits: Observation explicitly improves our future undead, while Tenure seems to help with public opinion and might even give a small increase to Magnitude as the pracitice of necromancy spreads across the country.

Now, Manifestations. Here, the economy goblin in me says that more resources earlier=more stuff done earlier=more benefits over time=profit. So Magnitude growth it is.
Cadaver option: my first instinct was Lithesome, because other options struck me as something likely to trigger torches&pitchforks, but as it was explained, Ominous feels like the way to go. Precognition is always useful.

[X] Plan I See The Future And It Is Undead
-[X] Cadavers gain [Ominous]
-[X] Nigredo (3/15)
-[X] Damnable Weather (5/5)
-[X] Crop Circles (2/2)
-[X] Tenure:
 
Alright, the informational post has been created. It has all the information you need for now and will be updated with the turns. Thank you all for your patience.
 
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