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Then we should ask Xiulan permission for sharing Argent Current too. And we didn't share it freely, we exchange it. Naturally we'll share the result of transaction too.
Forge of Destiny(Xianxia Quest)
- Thread starter yrsillar
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- Original Fantasy
Then we should ask Xiulan permission for sharing Argent Current too. And we didn't share it freely, we exchange it. Naturally we'll share the result of transaction too.
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- Brazil
@yrsillar Is the first line a permanent Sneak Attack of sorts, as King as we act first in a turn we get five dice to attack?
Or are the numbers flipped? Or is the latter supposed to be sux?
I'm going to fight for this.
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- madison
I wonder if our spirt can damage things that are typically immune to poison? It sounds like the damage comes as much from the liquid being superheated than anything, I suspect a lot of poison protections would not help with that.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
No, it makes sense.
If Ling Qi launches the first move in an encounter, she gets +5 dice.
But after the battle is joined, and she breaks contact again, her next offensive clash does three dice.
But it means that if you start a battle from stealth, you don't get +8 dice.
If Ling Qi launches the first move in an encounter, she gets +5 dice.
But after the battle is joined, and she breaks contact again, her next offensive clash does three dice.
But it means that if you start a battle from stealth, you don't get +8 dice.
Arkeus
Crazy cat guy
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- France
There is not going to be Overflow from Argent Current, overflow only happens when we are blocked from advancing, and we have all the necessary meridians needed for that.
As for the training itself, I would suggest it being either a 'War' training, or a 'Melee' training. Given we can't agree on what weapon to train, War is probably best.
Also, reminder that Elder Jia is a blade specialist.
I agree about Meizhen because Stealth missions sounds fun as heck.
Argent Current is really really good for Su Ling, and she expressed a desire for exactly this kind of art. Considering she isn't a rival for Gu Xiulan, and we have priority over her for the art, this should not be an issue... but asking Xiulan should be done regardless.
Black Ichor Elixir must be used this week. We are getting FVM5 week 30 with eightfold pill, so even if we do find a new death art in shaman bag (and we would need to open the last slot I think) we would still only have 2 darkness/death art. If we don't, we would have just 1.
So, it needs to be used this week.
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TheLastOne
Person of impeccable tastes (for destruction)
You know what, I'll just quickly make a plan. Note I'm not filling out the medicine right now because I'm tired and that's fiddly. I'll do it tomorrow morning when I'm up for fiddly things. This is just a map of major's and minors.
[X]Plan Plumb the Darkness
-[X] Resources: 3 RS, 1 YS, all Darkness, Wood, Water, and Fire pills available, Soul Concentrating Elixir.
-[X] Major Actions
--[X] Train with Elder jiao (LOCKED)
---[X] Formations
----[X] Try to figure out the locking formations on the last bag
---[X] Larceny
----[X] Sable Crescent Step
--[X] Train with Zeqing
--[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
---[X] Thousand Ring Fortress
--[X] Train with Meizhen
---[X] Argent Current
----[X] Share it with her.
--[X] Infiltrate Yan Renshu's hideout
---[X] Ask Meizhen to back you up
-[X] Minor Actions
--[x] You haven't had much time for Li Suyin lately, and you have a mysterious tome, maybe the two of you could work on deciphering it?
--[x] Xuan Shi seems to be busy setting something up at the council meeting pavilion, perhaps you could help him out?
[X]Plan Plumb the Darkness
-[X] Resources: 3 RS, 1 YS, all Darkness, Wood, Water, and Fire pills available, Soul Concentrating Elixir.
-[X] Major Actions
--[X] Train with Elder jiao (LOCKED)
---[X] Formations
----[X] Try to figure out the locking formations on the last bag
---[X] Larceny
----[X] Sable Crescent Step
--[X] Train with Zeqing
--[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
---[X] Thousand Ring Fortress
--[X] Train with Meizhen
---[X] Argent Current
----[X] Share it with her.
--[X] Infiltrate Yan Renshu's hideout
---[X] Ask Meizhen to back you up
-[X] Minor Actions
--[x] You haven't had much time for Li Suyin lately, and you have a mysterious tome, maybe the two of you could work on deciphering it?
--[x] Xuan Shi seems to be busy setting something up at the council meeting pavilion, perhaps you could help him out?
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Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Ugh.
Mountain's 11 is pretty good--my draft was nearly identical to it so I discarded it, my bottom line though is that Meizhen and CRX are too high profile to be brought in on a sneaking mission though. And that inviting them is liable to have the defenses brought up when they realize "Oh shit we lost track of them bunker up boyz"
Mountain's 11 is pretty good--my draft was nearly identical to it so I discarded it, my bottom line though is that Meizhen and CRX are too high profile to be brought in on a sneaking mission though. And that inviting them is liable to have the defenses brought up when they realize "Oh shit we lost track of them bunker up boyz"
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- Brazil
I'd prefer Xuan Shi to Han Jian, honestly.
Yeah, I agree here. It absolutely sounds like one.
Oh @Spectrum , we are together in seeing this ship set sail.
I disagree Meizhen wouldn't notice Extended surveilance on her person and that she wouldn't be able to avoid it.
You are implying some other Outer Disciple can perfectly spy on both her and CRX at any and all times. Which includes their training time.
So yeah, I doubt that.
Besides, while Stealth Missions are fun, imagine the loot we can get by metaphorically gunning down everyone. Meizhen and Cui can certainly help with that, and is so loaded she wouldn't mind.
We did Xiulan a favour. A big one, in bringing her there.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Well. Yes. I'm assuming a veteran, Third Realm Cultivator who's already shown the ability to operate remotely is going to have the ability to spy on young Third Realm Cultivators, if that's his field of expertise.
The goal of the Yan Renshu op isn't to smash and grab him and everything. It's to get the book and the slip, and use the book to our advantage.
Bringing Meizhen with the idea of wiping everyone out would have been fine... If we were taking the Bloody Moon Quest.
The goal of the Yan Renshu op isn't to smash and grab him and everything. It's to get the book and the slip, and use the book to our advantage.
Bringing Meizhen with the idea of wiping everyone out would have been fine... If we were taking the Bloody Moon Quest.
TheLastOne
Person of impeccable tastes (for destruction)
Eh, sure.
Disagree. We're still a support character, and this mission isn't just to steal something, it's also to put the fear of Cai into them. Some fun bonding over violence, along with bringing the kind of hammer good for violence, seems like the best plan. They can't skedaddle that fast because honestly they're going to be losing track of Meizhen all the time. You don't get to spy on someone 24/7.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Do we know how scrying works? We do know that plenty of dudes on this mountain have really good intelligence and don't seem to need to tip off that they're watching in the process.
Bringing someone who is certainly on the shortlist for "People I want to keep an eye on" is a very good way of risking them raising the defenses in earnest. And that's dangerous because you don't fight a Formation Specialist on their home turf unless you're planning to bleed.
Yan Renshu is not our primary target. He's one of many, and we'd do a lot more damage by discreetly nabbing the blackmail material than we would be bringing down a hammer.
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- Brazil
I do believe you are doing the "too smart for your own good" thing that got us in the trial.
Meizhen isn't dumb, or even uninformed. As soon as we describe the mission and target, she will pull out herself if need be. I trust her to know better.
I'd rather not fight a Third Realm and a dozen Yellow cronies in his home turf by ourselves. It's asking to get beaten and looted.
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TheLastOne
Person of impeccable tastes (for destruction)
Yeah, you're assuming a munchkin level of competence and preparation here, the level a good GM won't let anyone have. As @TotallyNotEvil put it, you're overthinking it.
Spectrum
Tell me a secret~
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- Behind you~
Wouldn't characterize it that way. Huang Da totally is a sketchlord and deserves any sort of characterization that way.
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- Brazil
Can you explicitly let her in on it?
Otherwise, sounds like the perfect Plan:
[X]Plan Plumb the Darkness
Arkeus
Crazy cat guy
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- France
I am not saying he doesn't. But Han Jian? Her immediately asssuming the Great Spirit was looking to abuse that other Great Spirit in the lore dump? Her constantly being afraid of men and sexuality in general?
Half the reason the Meizhen stuff went so badly is because it made Ling Qi realises she couldn't be safe with women either.
Meizhen isn't dumb, but she has agency and different goals than we do. She would be looking to punish Yan Renshu's group and bloody them, not looking to steal a book and a jade slip.
Likewise, there is no "too smart for our own good" thing that got us in the trial.
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- Brazil
I'm not saying that, I saying that I do believe you are overthinking the situation.
It sounds highly unlikely they'd be on Red Alert 24/7, surveiling CRX and Meizhen and who knows whom else everywhere, all the time, and assume that their super secret, magically warded base that is only known to a selected, trusted few and uses multiple proxies for its supplies has been compromised and is about to be suffering from a bad case of Snek if he loses track her for a few minutes. For one, he isn't tireless, and can't sit around and play NSA all day long.
The might be good, but that's just our paranoia at that point.
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- madison
I'm not so sure about that. He's assuming that they are keeping an eye on two of there more powerful enemies. It wouldn't have to be some sort of super scrying, it could be as simple as a mostly uninvolved student who gets a pile of stones a week for sending a signal when they go somewhere.
They might not be, but keeping at least a limited eye on one of those two is well within the bounds of what we could expect a reasonably skilled opponent could do.
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- Brazil
Yes, that works as a way to collect juicy gossip and keep abreast of the who' who with the firsties. Not real-time, 24/7 surveillance as has been implied.
Who is to say Meizhen and Ling Qi going into the forest isn't yet another of their training sessions?
Assuming a messenger is faster than us. Or his spies even capable of noticing we were gone.
Not taking our bestest, strongest friend over this is pure paranoia. And we reall need to bond over some violence and loot.
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I'm with Alectai on Yan Renshu. Don't know for sure how extensive his surveillance network is (if it exists), but I prefer a Stealth mission over fighting our way in anyway. Fits better with the Grinning Moon.
But we wouldn't be fighting them? We'd be solid snaking it.
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- Brazil
If he is just shy of omniscient, that won't work.
We one mediocre Formations roll away from screwing that up.
Not to mention we could really use a few hundred stones in loot.
And Meizhen can also be sneaky. She has the raw dice and stats for it.