[X] The cycle of creation and destruction.
hopefully we learn how to fix the pillar quickly, and adding it to the core concept is not too complex.
ok, let's gather all the not-divine insights we have, so we can start looking at combinations for core powers.
Taking them from the character sheet, removing wind and adding the new ones from this turn (1 sky, 2 fire).
@uri side note, do our Keku insights stop working? I just realized we might lose out on a decent amount of divine charges if so from the "generate more intent" insight.
If so, that makes healing it a priority. As things stand we might not be able to afford both tech and lessons now... though we're expanding the faith, so
maybe we still can...
1. fire.
"Fire is rebirth, it spreads and destroys sparing nothing its wrath but, in its wake, new growth is found" grants a minor regeneration factor.
"You have known of the cycle of creation and destruction, felt it in your flesh and in your Dao, this knowledge can be used to help your body heal for as the flame consumes so dos it single new life" gain a medium regeneration factor (which replaces the one from your previous insight).
"The flame, it is ancient wisdom that fire cannot be controlled, yet it is wrong for dos not the smith control the flame when he fashions a blade, civilization has long learned how to do what wisdom dictated cannot be, learn from them and assume control of your flames" increased control of all fire mundane or supernatural.
2. water.
"Water is ever flowing, it may be diverted or even stopped for a time but it always flows forward in the end '' mental resilience is increased, effect decreasing mental resilience are easier to defeat and last less time (both those cast on you and cast by you).
"Clear water is a reflection, a reflection of you and of the world and you may find greater insight form it, yet you may not always like what you find" you may now choose 2 insight out of 4 instead of 1 out of 3 but every insight action carries with it a small chance of creating a minor heart demon.
3. flight.
"We don't think about it much but flight isn't just something we do it is a way of life" your flight skill is always considered one step higher.
4. life.
"Life is a preciouses thing indeed but it is also a fragile thing and must be guarded carefully" healing techniques are considered a step higher.
"To understand life is to understand a profonde truth of the universe" gain Dao fragment "life".
"life is energy, this you have known, the demonic use the life of others to harvest unparallel power yet a life freely given is so much more powerful than one taken by force and who can decide your life but you?" gain the ability to burn your lifespan for energy both for the use of advancement (10 years for one AP worth) and as a major combat boost.
5. Teaching.
"teaching is nothing but the conveying of concept to another person the pinnacle of teaching is to convey the most with the least amount of word's" your students are better able to comprehending your teachings, gaining a small bonus to their learning and allowing the teaching of advanced concept's without certain requirements.
"teacher to student, there is a heavy bond in this relationship, a bond that passes through generations, for what is a teacher student's if not students to that teacher, teacher? "Gain a connection to all of your students and their students and their students and so forth to the ninth generation, this connection allows you to ascertain their status at time (general level of health and general location) and may allow more with further experimentation.
6. Earth.
"The earth sees all and hears it all, and if you listen attentivity it may share its wisdom with you" you may attempt to listen to the earth and have it revel to you pieces of information it knows that are relevant to you (a few example's would be pinpointing where an army is, accertain type of tree, finding something buried and eventualy conversition's)
"The earth nourishes all life, and if you'll let it will nourish you too" so long as you touch the earth you will need no food and would effectively count as having a pure grade 2 spiritual diet (which makes you slightly stronger, healthier and even speeds up cultivation and Qi regeneration although at your stage the benefits are negligible on the cultivation front) if the land you touch is particularly healthy or full of spiritual energy (like a place of power) this effect will be increased (seeing as you live in a place of power -or right next to one but same thing- you will actually have grade 3 spiritual diet).
"Though a creature of the sky, the earth loves all of her children, seek shelter in her depths and in time your wounds shall heal" you may ask the earth to burry you deep in ground doing so grants you a major regeneration factor additionally you may spend 1 AP to halve your aging for the turn.
7. Keku.
"This path that you have forged, this power you have taken, is no longer just your own your species follows you into ascension and in time they will overcome you but this is your path align it more with your specie rather than yourself and see them take flight" the average Keku talent is increased by half a grade.
8. Death.
"Death, the great equalizer. In time all will know its kiss from the mightiest of gods to the lowliest of ants, it is the end and the beginning and to understand it means harnessing power unmatched. But to truly understand death one must experience it" Die and at the end of the next turn come back to life and in doing so gain the following, a Dao shard of death, the ability to resist death for a short while and the ability to impart death upon another a soul/comprehension based attack that deals instant death.
9. Sky
"The blue skies represent hope above all, they give us a sense of wonder and beauty unmatched, they give us our dreams and motivations, look to the sky and forget your earthly concerns" become resistant to supernatural emotion tempering.
so, we need to combine insights that think. I'll try to propose a few.
Just to be clear
@uri can we combine insights from the same pillar?
IDEA 1: LIFE
1) Flight: We don't think about it much but flight isn't just something we do it is a way of life.
2a) Life: Life is a preciouses thing indeed but it is also a fragile thing and must be guarded carefully
AND/OR
2b)Life: To understand life is to understand a profonde truth of the universe
3)Earth: The earth nourishes all life, and if you'll let it will nourish you too
4)Fire:
"You have known of the cycle of creation and destruction, felt it in your flesh and in your Dao, this knowledge can be used to help your body heal for as the flame consumes so dos it single new life"
Those 4 (or maybe 5, if we can use more insights from the same pillar) seems to work well together from the blurbs, as they all relate to life, its value, and its connection to various aspects of our Core Concept / Dao.
I think we could combine them all at once pretty safely.
IF we want to try and add more... Well, I already took one (at least) insight from flight, life, earth and fire. Keku is out for now, and it's a bit of a shame as I think it could have fit.
That leaves Water, Teaching, Death and Sky, but I think that except for maybe the teaching one below they don't fit well enough to add them as they are all at once.
"teacher to student, there is a heavy bond in this relationship, a bond that passes through generations, for what is a teacher student's if not students to that teacher, teacher?
If I had to guess what power could come out of this, it would be either a healing or defensive power related to the protection and preservation of life.
IDEA 2: DEATH
1) Death:"Death, the great equalizer. In time all will know its kiss from the mightiest of gods to the lowliest of ants, it is the end and the beginning and to understand it means harnessing power unmatched. But to truly understand death one must experience it"
2a)Fire: "Fire is rebirth, it spreads and destroys sparing nothing its wrath but, in its wake, new growth is found"
AND/OR
2b)Fire "You have known of the cycle of creation and destruction, felt it in your flesh and in your Dao, this knowledge can be used to help your body heal for as the flame consumes so dos it single new life"
3) Life "life is energy, this you have known, the demonic use the life of others to harvest unparallel power yet a life freely given is so much more powerful than one taken by force and who can decide your life but you?"
If before I went with life as the shared concept, here I'm taking the opposite concept of death instead. Ironically, a life insight made it in as it relates to sacrifice, the
end of life.
If I had to guess what power could come out of this, it would be some kind of power that gains benefits from the event of deaths happening.
IDEA 3: KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING
1) Fire: "The flame, it is ancient wisdom that fire cannot be controlled, yet it is wrong for dos not the smith control the flame when he fashions a blade, civilization has long learned how to do what wisdom dictated cannot be, learn from them and assume control of your flames"
2) "Clear water is a reflection, a reflection of you and of the world and you may find greater insight form it, yet you may not always like what you find"
3) "To understand life is to understand a profonde truth of the universe"
4) "teaching is nothing but the conveying of concept to another person the pinnacle of teaching is to convey the most with the least amount of word's"
5) "The earth sees all and hears it all, and if you listen attentivity it may share its wisdom with you"
6) "Death, the great equalizer. In time all will know its kiss from the mightiest of gods to the lowliest of ants, it is the end and the beginning and to understand it means harnessing power unmatched. But to truly understand death one must experience it"
the unifying concept here is power through knowledge, wisdom and understanding.
From fire civilization, from water self-reflection, from life a truth of the universe, from earth informations and wisdom, from understanding death power, and what you understand you can teach with the fewest words.
I'm not 100% convinced they ALL fit. I suppose there's an argument for removing fire or teaching, but I think they can work well together.
If I had to guess what power could come out of this, it would relate to gaining understanding and information. Possibly some kind of power related to training our skills faster, or a boost to our divination methods?
IDEA 4: SACRIFICE
1) Fire: "Fire is rebirth, it spreads and destroys sparing nothing its wrath but, in its wake, new growth is found"
2) Water: "Clear water is a reflection, a reflection of you and of the world and you may find greater insight form it, yet you may not always like what you find"
3) Life: "life is energy, this you have known, the demonic use the life of others to harvest unparallel power yet a life freely given is so much more powerful than one taken by force and who can decide your life but you?"
4) Death: "Death, the great equalizer. In time all will know its kiss from the mightiest of gods to the lowliest of ants, it is the end and the beginning and to understand it means harnessing power unmatched. But to truly understand death one must experience it"
The idea here is "power that comes from sacrifice". The sacrifice of life, the harrowing experience of death, new growth coming from burned life, the sacrifice of ignorance in pursuit of self-understanding
If I had to guess what power could come out of this, it would be the ability to give up something in exchange for something else. life for death, death for life, ignorance for knowledge.
IDEA 5: CHANGING AND CYCLES, NOTHING EVER STAYS THE SAME
1a) Fire:"Fire is rebirth, it spreads and destroys sparing nothing its wrath but, in its wake, new growth is found" grants a minor regeneration factor.
AND/OR
1b) Fire: "You have known of the cycle of creation and destruction, felt it in your flesh and in your Dao, this knowledge can be used to help your body heal for as the flame consumes so dos it single new life" gain a medium regeneration factor (which replaces the one from your previous insight).
2) Water: "Water is ever flowing, it may be diverted or even stopped for a time but it always flows forward in the end '' mental resilience is increased, effect decreasing mental resilience are easier to defeat and last less time (both those cast on you and cast by you).
3) Teaching: "teacher to student, there is a heavy bond in this relationship, a bond that passes through generations, for what is a teacher student's if not students to that teacher, teacher? "Gain a connection to all of your students and their students and their students and so forth to the ninth generation, this connection allows you to ascertain their status at time (general level of health and general location) and may allow more with further experimentation.
The idea here is that the world is everchanging. from the death of old life springs new life. The water flows and can't be stopped, it doesn't stay still. Through the generations the knowledge shared by teacher to student evolves.
There is a connection between old and new, but the new will eventually replace and expand on the old.
If I had to guess what power could come out of this, something promoting innovation and change, and preventing stagnation.
@uri, is this what you were thinking about for how we'd go about combining insights?