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Knight of Wessex (A Written World Quest)

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[X][BLESSING] Dragonslayer: You have faced the Dragon in your heart and driven it to flight--mere external threats are nothing compared to that. Has a similar effect to Litany of Resolve, but requires no Capacity or Fervour to maintain. Does stack with Litany of Resolve, making you virtually impervious to mental influence, though this still only has limited effect against reasonable suggestions.

If we're inscribing a Truth, it feels thematic for Audrey to internalise the lesson learnt from the Dragon adventure.
ThreeThird said:
I would also like to see if it is possible to get Watchmen's Eye before we go for a scouting ability.
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...Not sure if we'd be able to get something that seems tied to a bloodline and possibly stronger than Severance from the way its described.
 
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
I'm gonna need more details on these. What do you actually want from them...these are too broad to be useful as guides for what effect to provide.



You're aware that these don't do anything, right? Well, 16 on the Hard-Fall does, but not the other 1. Or the 4 on Cloak. If the 4 on Cloak is just to be a Light Rote, you can get a Social Boost with Light really readily. Or put them towards raising its level, which already has 1 towards it.
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K, I added more information and instead made a new light rote and tossed the extra 1 training at the revelation. Is the extra information enough, or should I add more.
 
[X] Rounding Out but Invisible, Horsemanship 4
-[X] [Focus Action] The Tournament
-[X] [Secondary Action] Training Superlative Counter
-[X] [Secondary Action] Scout out the area, study the enemy, learn their secrets
-[X] [Chancellery] What do regular folks need to thrive?
-[X] Training and Zeal (61 Training, 127 Zeal) 60
--[X] Spend 27 Training on Cloak of Invisibility
--[X] Spend 16 Training on Hard-Fall Style 4 -> 5
--[X] Spend 4 Training on Refining Superlative Counter
--[X] Spend 1 Training on Light 1/16 -> 2/16
--[X] Spend 9 Training on gaining & & Refining a Light Mediation to put the user in a better light, both literally & metaphorically
--[X] Spend 4 Training on Web 2 -> 3
--[X] Spend 64 Zeal on Combat 6 -> 7
--[X] Spend 8 Zeal on Horsemanship 3 -> 4
--[X] Spend 12 Zeal on Administration 2 -> 4
--[X] Spend 8 Zeal on Scouting 3 -> 4
---[X] 35 Zeal in Reserves
[X][BLESSING] Dragonslayer: You have faced the Dragon in your heart and driven it to flight--mere external threats are nothing compared to that. Has a similar effect to Litany of Resolve, but requires no Capacity or Fervour to maintain. Does stack with Litany of Resolve, making you virtually impervious to mental influence, though this still only has limited effect against reasonable suggestions.

My main disagreement with Rounding Out is what to Master. Cloak wont get as large of a Fervor cost decrease, but Mastering it should make it give better bonusus both in combat and out of combat. Scouting and gathering information is a lot easier if Audrey is effectively invisible.

EDIT: Have also reduced Horsemanship to 4, to save 16 more Zeal.

Actually, speaking of which, could Audrey use Cloak to pretend to be a perfectly normal civilian and interact with others?
 
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[X][BLESSING] Beacon of Radiance: It is not enough to merely stand on the field of battle, you must be the center of attention! Makes you easier to notice when you are not actively concealing yourself, and makes you look more dangerous of a target--drawing attacks to you... And by extension, away from more vulnerable allies. Also has a modest boost to your social efforts when in armor
 
Jaguar2234 said:
K, I added more information and instead made a new light rote and tossed the extra 1 training at the revelation. Is the extra information enough, or should I add more.
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Sure.

Jaguar2234 said:
–[X] 9 Training for an information gathering prayer, specifically to learn information about her opponents before the fight starts
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You need to specify what info you're looking to get on a Prayer like this. Greatest strength, biggest weakness, what are we talking?

Jaguar2234 said:
–[X] 9 Training for a impression/social boost prayer under diplomacy, when people meet Audrey they will have a good impression
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You could also do this with Light, which is what I meant by mentioning that. Probably better there, honestly, since Light is more specialized than Diplomacy.

Jaguar2234 said:
–[X] 9 Training for a cheap filler attack prayer that focuses on anti-armor under Severance, cheaper than black scratch
–[X] 9 Training for a prayer to help with negotiations/haggling for items with administration
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These work, yeah.

Jaguar2234 said:
–[X] 3 Training for a Light Prayer that boosts Audrey's Presence
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In what sense? If it's for social stuff, then it's redundant with the above mentioned one...well, maybe better but not at Rough and they probably wouldn't stack. If it's for tanking in combat you need to specify that.

Jaguar2234 said:
–[X] 17 Training for Hard-Fall Style 5
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There's still an extra point there not doing much, for the record.
 
[X][BLESSING] Beacon of Radiance: It is not enough to merely stand on the field of battle, you must be the center of attention! Makes you easier to notice when you are not actively concealing yourself, and makes you look more dangerous of a target--drawing attacks to you... And by extension, away from more vulnerable allies. Also has a modest boost to your social efforts when in armor
 
[X][BLESSING] Dragonslayer: You have faced the Dragon in your heart and driven it to flight--mere external threats are nothing compared to that. Has a similar effect to Litany of Resolve, but requires no Capacity or Fervour to maintain. Does stack with Litany of Resolve, making you virtually impervious to mental influence, though this still only has limited effect against reasonable suggestions.

Because while Audrey put the Dragon in her heart to flight it will be back and they are patient creatures that wait for the right moment to strike.
 
I mean, "Anti-Armor but cheaper than Black Scratch" isn't really a great niche, since Black Scratch is already a fairly economical anti-Armor Rote. You're just going to get a worse Black Scratch that way. It'll work, just understand what you're getting into.

Now, if you just specify as "An (X) Rote that we can use as an inexpensive filler", and you're just defining the aesthetic by the Martial Style you learn it in, that's another story.
 
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DeadmanwalkingXI said:
Sure.



You need to specify what info you're looking to get on a Prayer like this. Greatest strength, biggest weakness, what are we talking?



You could also do this with Light, which is what I meant by mentioning that. Probably better there, honestly, since Light is more specialized than Diplomacy.



These work, yeah.



In what sense? If it's for social stuff, then it's redundant with the above mentioned one...well, maybe better but not at Rough and they probably wouldn't stack. If it's for tanking in combat you need to specify that.



There's still an extra point there not doing much, for the record.
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Ok, made the changes
 
In the update Reinald mentioned a attention drawing meditation may be useful. I imagine one of the main uses for that would be as a taunt. A lot of the current plans are making Mediation to boost our social skills. If we made a skill that draws attention to us, some kind of dominating presence, could that be used to boost our social skills? If so, we could hit two birds with one stone by getting a taunt and a social buff.
 
[X][BLESSING] Dragonslayer: You have faced the Dragon in your heart and driven it to flight--mere external threats are nothing compared to that. Has a similar effect to Litany of Resolve, but requires no Capacity or Fervour to maintain. Does stack with Litany of Resolve, making you virtually impervious to mental influence, though this still only has limited effect against reasonable suggestions.

Dragonslayer provides further impunity from the outside world, the resist and remain unstained and unclaimed by the mire and dross of Sin and Inequity as much as this would make Audrey immune to the presence of the most empowered of heathen and pagan false prophets. Mechanically, stacking an otherwise difficult to stack effect is always always a good idea.

[X][BLESSING] Mastery of the Blade: You are the Blade, and the Blade is you--extends the benefits of Knightly Armor to your readied weapon, making it capable of resisting (Though not piercing and otherwise damaging) Steel, and renders you nearly immune to being disarmed or your weapon broken.

Having the ability to combat Steel at all with a more mundane weapon however I think is the better option, a raising of the floor for our combat capabilities.
 
Alectai said:
I mean, "Anti-Armor but cheaper than Black Scratch" isn't really a great niche, since Black Scratch is already a fairly economical anti-Armor Rote. You're just going to get a worse Black Scratch that way. It'll work, just understand what you're getting into.

Now, if you just specify as "An (X) Rote that we can use as an inexpensive filler", and you're just defining the aesthetic by the Martial Style you learn it in, that's another story.
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This would indeed result in 'cheaper but worse Black Scratch' but that's a viable attack, potentially.

Jaguar2234 said:
Ok, made the changes
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Those all work.
 
I like Rounding Out But Invisible, but we were recommended to keep at least 20 zeal in reserve. We should be aiming to keep significantly more in reserve if at all possible. And it's definitely possible to save substantial amounts of Zeal without compromising things too much. The Spurs let us get away with Horsemanship 4 for instance.
 
Karugus said:
I like Rounding Out But Invisible, but we were recommended to keep at least 20 zeal in reserve. We should be aiming to keep significantly more in reserve if at all possible. And it's definitely possible to save substantial amounts of Zeal without compromising things too much. The Spurs let us get away with Horsemanship 4 for instance.
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Hm, makes sense, will reduce Horsemanship so we have Zeal to do other stuff after Finale, like say Armour Charge or Rebuke.
 
[X][BLESSING] Mastery of the Blade: You are the Blade, and the Blade is you--extends the benefits of Knightly Armor to your readied weapon, making it capable of resisting (Though not piercing and otherwise damaging) Steel, and renders you nearly immune to being disarmed or your weapon broken.

While you norsemen were killing people, i was busy mastering the blade.
 
[X][BLESSING] Mastery of the Blade: You are the Blade, and the Blade is you--extends the benefits of Knightly Armor to your readied weapon, making it capable of resisting (Though not piercing and otherwise damaging) Steel, and renders you nearly immune to being disarmed or your weapon broken.

[X] Plan Bash out basics
-[X] [Focus Action] The Tournament
-[X] [Secondary Action] Training Superlative Counter
-[X] [Secondary Action] Talk to a priest about the Light Revelation
-[X] [Chancellery] What do regular folks need to thrive?
-[X] Training and Zeal (61 Training, 127 Zeal)
--[X] Spend 16 Training on Hard-Fall Style 4 -> 5
--[X] Spend 4 Training on Refining Superlative Counter
--[X] Spend 2 Training on Light 1/16 -> 3/16
--[X] Spend 9 Training on getting Probing Strike (cheap filler attack that makes the next attack more likely to hit, like a stabby Clever Deflection) from Not Existing -> Refined
--[X] Spend 9 Training on getting a "What's their Greatest Combat Weakness" Tactics prayer from Not Existing -> Refined
--[X] Spend 9 Training on getting a "What's their Greatest Combat Strength" Tactics prayer from Not Existing -> Refined
--[X] Spend 9 Training on gaining & Refining a Light Mediation to put the user in a better light, both literally & metaphorically (Light based Diplo bonus)
--[X] Spend 3 Training on getting a hearing boosting Scouting Meditation to Rough
--[X] Spend 64 Zeal on Combat 6 -> 7
--[X] Spend 16 Zeal on Tactics 4 -> 5
--[X] Spend 8 Zeal on Horsemanship 3 -> 4
–[X] Spend 8 Zeal for Insight 3 -> 4
--[X] Spend 4 Zeal on Administration 2 -> 3
---[X] 27 Zeal in Reserves

Master Black Scratch for per turn fervour eco reasons, Hard Fall to meet benchmarks and for more Tactics roll, then grab some utility Diplo and Tactics stuff. Combat 7 (and therefore Horsemanship 4), Tactics to eyeball people, Admin as its cheap and really low, and Insight to eyeball magic gear better. Then enough Zeal for a Finale and some other bits.

Edit, dropped black scratch for a spamable attack (Probing Strike) and some tactics prayers
 
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Jaguar2234 said:
–[X] 9 Training for a Rote that we can use as an inexpensive filler under Severance
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Okay, removing the specificity of anti-armour focus is good in that it means it won't just be a weaker Black Scratch but, uh, you do still need to say what it does? Like, I don't know what to do with a Rote with this description at all. You need to decide what the purpose of the Rote is beyond just price. Do you want something disabling with either pain or, like, crippling a limb? Something good against armour but actively bad against unarmoured targets? Something that specifically works well on unarmoured targets? What's your intent here?
 
[X][BLESSING] Dragonslayer: You have faced the Dragon in your heart and driven it to flight--mere external threats are nothing compared to that. Has a similar effect to Litany of Resolve, but requires no Capacity or Fervour to maintain. Does stack with Litany of Resolve, making you virtually impervious to mental influence, though this still only has limited effect against reasonable suggestions.
 
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
Okay, removing the specificity of anti-armour focus is good in that it means it won't just be a weaker Black Scratch but, uh, you do still need to say what it does? Like, I don't know what to do with a Rote with this description at all. You need to decide what the purpose of the Rote is beyond just price. Do you want something disabling with either pain or, like, crippling a limb? Something good against armour but actively bad against unarmoured targets? Something that specifically works well on unarmoured targets? What's your intent here?
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Could a severance rote do unhealable damage to fortitude, seems like a good way to deal with aspect healing.
 
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