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Salted Sands (A Caves of Qud-Inspired Cultivation Quest)

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[X] Get out of there while you still can (Lesser Arc End)

I have to vote for cutting our losses. I'm probably gonna lose, but just because we rolled super well this time doesn't mean we'll do so again.
 
I don't want to discourage you, but I would like to point out some things

>Karter, by himself, replicated a feat that normally requires a number of additional people to add their ka to the mix
>Kell has no ka of his own
>You found an outrider cuirass in the spawning pool. That means that someone on a similar level of strength as Karter was either killed by the monsters or whose body was scavanged by them. How they managed that, if they did indeed kill the outrider, is a mystery.

Once more, I do not want to discourage you. All I am doing is advocating for the currently losing option.
 
[X] Get out of there while you still can (Lesser Arc End)

This is not the time for an optional boss fight.
 
[X] Get out of there while you still can (Lesser Arc End)

After thinking about it, yeah we need to go.
 
[X] Get out of there while you still can (Lesser Arc End)
Yeah, best not push our luck

I liked it? A bit ambiguous so far as what different options mean, but that's going to fade with time I imagine. Love the bomberbush, it's a neat bit of world building
 
ArcanaVitae said:
I feel like it really shows that for all that Kell has muted emotions he still feels. He's angry at what was done to his home and was revenge, is afraid for his family, hopeful for learning Ka while having doubts about it and has learned to love Kater.
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Not to be a sour puss, but I'm kind of on the opposite end here for this. It feels like we get too many looks into how emotional Kell can be, with random outbursts that make Karter go :? about them and his deep long internal narratives on how Angry he is. It honestly feels like Kell isn't so much emotionally muted as he just only feels extremes - when he's happy he's incredibly happy, when he's angry he's incredibly angry, etc, not that he feels less than others do.

It's not a big criticism and I'm not attached to the idea of him being Less Emotional. It just surprises me compared to what he's talked about as being vs what he is.

Anyways,

[X] Fight the Monster (Extreme Difficulty)

I like risks, what can I say.
 
KittyEmpress said:
Not to be a sour puss, but I'm kind of on the opposite end here for this. It feels like we get too many looks into how emotional Kell can be, with random outbursts that make Karter go :? about them and his deep long internal narratives on how Angry he is. It honestly feels like Kell isn't so much emotionally muted as he just only feels extremes - when he's happy he's incredibly happy, when he's angry he's incredibly angry, etc, not that he feels less than others do.

It's not a big criticism and I'm not attached to the idea of him being Less Emotional. It just surprises me compared to what he's talked about as being vs what he is.
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I'm still playing around with how to portray Kell, to be honest. I also do agree that I think I went a little too hard on emotions for Kell in this chapter, though that can very easily be explained as a result of the great amount of upheaval he's currently experiencing.
 
I.F. Ister said:
I'm still playing around with how to portray Kell, to be honest. I also do agree that I think I went a little too hard on emotions for Kell in this chapter, though that can very easily be explained as a result of the great amount of upheaval he's currently experiencing.
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I'm gonna be homest, I just assumed it was a hint about Karter's powers. He's a cultivator with (I think?) a Tongue of Salt, so I thought he was using his talky magic to draw out Kell's emotions.
 
CedeTheBees said:
I'm gonna be homest, I just assumed it was a hint about Karter's powers. He's a cultivator with (I think?) a Tongue of Salt, so I thought he was using his talky magic to draw out Kell's emotions.
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Karter does not have a Tongue of Salt. He's just suffered mutations as a result of Sands shenanigans. You can ask him about it during downtime, should you so desire.
dugong said:
What exactly is the benefit of staying?
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More XP, should you defeat the monster, as well as additional loot
 
Orbmorb said:
Do we know if it's a spark-eye that could potentially set up a new hive if we don't kill it now?
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It's certainly not impossible. However, you do know that any spark-eye that wanted to do such a thing would be at a severe disadvantage. Spark-eyes, though generally poorly understood, are not known to be the originators of monsterhives.
 
[X] Get out of there while you still can (Lesser Arc End)

If the difficulty is higher than the Monsterhive we'll totally lose horribly given how hard the Monster Hive was to begin with.
I.F. Ister said:
What are your thoughts on Karter?
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It's nice having nice relatives. Karter's basically Kell's surrogate older brother.
 
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