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Black Noise said:
Then you're shooting FSA odds even harder in the foot; it's ~40% for 1 action with skyblood and friends, half that without friends.
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That is fine. I don't really care if it takes an extra action to finish FSA; we can use the overflow to fill up Physical or refill Physical/Spiritual if we fail to break through.
Horium said:
FSA or TRF, either suffices, honestly.
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FSA is the first action. What is the second?
 
Unrelatedly, I'm not sure if it was confirmed or not but @yrsillar, does the following HRA line:
In addition, the armor of those affected may only be bypassed by perfect damage.
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Imply that we become immune to armor piercing and other non-perfect bypass effects? or is it just for the +2 armor granted by the tech itself.
 
I'm curious, can we do multiple tutor actions ?
Assuming we had the needed sect points, something like:
[] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
-[] AS3+ unlock minor action
[]Train at the vent with Su Ling
-<needed> Meridian
[]tutor 1
-FZ
-TSA
[]tutor 2
-AC
-AS
[]tutor 3
-TRF
-AE

[]locked-in CRX minor
 
Something to consider but the attack raiders option could allow Ling Qi to acquire the last argent art. Because at this point I think that one of Sun Liling's goons have it.
 
[X] Plan Escaping Eyesight
Adhoc vote count started by Absum on Dec 10, 2017 at 4:53 PM, finished with 144 posts and 18 votes.
  • [X] Plan Dragons, not Wolves
    -[X] Use From Inventory: 3RSS, 1YSS, Highsun Pill
    -[X] Buy and Use: Channel Cleansing Pill (2), Heavy Rains Pill (10), Clear Wind Pill (2), White Hart Elixir (6), Bright Sky Pill (2), Soaring Spirits Pill (6), Vigorous Sapling Pill (2), second wood pill (6), Bear Marrow Elixir (4), Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10), Steady Growth Pill (8), Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    -[X] Total Spending: 13 (stones) + 76 (medicines) = 89 RSS
    -[X] Grinning Moon bonus -> FZ
    -[X]Overflow : Physical
    -[X] Research Dragons, and how one might be appeased
    -[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    --[X]Heart Meridian
    --[X] (Minor) Work on formations with Li Suyin, working on a project with your friend will be fun
    --[X] (Minor) The Ma sisters are pleasant enough to be around. Why don't you invite Su Ling to join you in sparring with them, she needs to get out more.
    -[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    --[X] Spine Meridian
    -[X] Train with Meizhen
    --[X] Thousand Ring Fortress
    -[X] Cultivate on your own
    --[X] Falling Star Art
    -[X] (Minor) You need escape contingencies. Start working on that.
    -[X] (Minor) You never did get to go out have a night on the proverbial town with Xiulan, see if she's still up for that.
    -[X] (Minor) Cai Renxiang is going to help you get your mothers legal troubles worked out, and give you a crash course on basic law to boot.
    [X] Plan Emerald Sea
    - [X] Use From Inventory: 3RSS, 1YSS, Highsun Pill, Skyblood Pill
    - [X] Buy and Use: Channel Cleansing Pill (2), Heavy Rains Pill (10), Clear Wind Pill (2), White Hart Elixir (6), Bright Sky Pill (2), Soaring Spirits Pill (6), Vigorous Sapling Pill (2), second wood pill (6), Bear Marrow Elixir (4), Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10), Steady Growth Pill (8), Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    - [X] Total Spending: 13 (stones) + 76 (medicines) = 89 RSS
    - [X] Overflow : Physical
    - [X] Grinning Moon Blessing : AE
    - [X] Majors
    - [X] Hire a tutor
    -- [X] Stamina / TRF
    -- [X] Archery / FSA
    --[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    ---[X] Heart Meridian
    ---[X] Work on formations with Li Suyin, working on a project with your friend will be fun
    --- [X] Give the pen (from Renshu's base) to Suyin if we haven't already
    --[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    ---[X] FZ
    --[X] Train with Meizhen
    ---[X] Spine Meridian
    - [X] Take a job
    -- [X] Appease the Forest
    - [X] Minors
    --[X] Cai Renxiang is going to help you get your mothers legal troubles worked out, and give you a crash course on basic law to boot.
    - [X] The Ma sisters are pleasant enough to be around. Why don't you invite Su Ling to join you in sparring with them, she needs to get out more.
    -- [X] Assuming Meizhen agrees, share Growing Cavern with the Ma sisters
    - [X] You need escape contingencies. Start working on that.
    [X] Plan Escaping Eyesight
    -[X] Resources:
    --[X] Bought and used: Channel Cleansing Pill (2); Heavy Rains Pill (10); Clear Wind Pill (2); Bright Sky Pill (2); Vigorous Sapling Pill (2); Bear Marrow Elixir (4); Bear's Heart's Blood Elixir (10); White Hart Elixir (6); Soaring Spirits Pill (6); Steady Growth Pill (8); Sturdy Oak Pill (18); 2nd level wood Pill (6)
    --[X] Used: 1 High Sun Pill; 1 Skyblood Pill; 3 Red Spirit Stones; 1 Yellow Spirit Stone
    --[X] Used and bought?: Any wood pills Cai directed us to
    --[X] Total: 79 Red Spirit Stones; 1 Yellow Spirit Stone
    --[X] Overflow to Physical
    -[X] Major Actions
    --[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    ---[X] Spine Meridian
    ---[X] Work on formations with Li Suyin, working on a project with your friend will be fun
    --[X] Visit the Archive
    ---[X] Anti-Scrying formations
    ---[X] You need escape contingencies. Start working on that.
    --[X] Train with Meizhen
    ---[X] Heart Meridian
    --[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    ---[X] TRF
    --[X] Hire a Week tutor From the Inner Sect
    ---[X] FSA
    ----[X] Use Windblown Site
    ----[X] Archery
    ---[X] FZ
    ----[X] Athletics
    -[X] Minor Actions
    --[X] Cai Renxiang is going to help you get your mothers legal troubles worked out, and give you a crash course on basic law to boot.
    ---[X] Ask her if she knows where to get good wood cultivation pills
    --[X] You never did get to go out have a night on the proverbial town with Xiulan, see if she's still up for that
    [X]Girl's night out with Lan Lan
    [X]Girl's night out with Lan Lan
    -[X]Market Pills : Relevant ones.
    -[X]Rare Pills : Highsun, Skyblood
    -[X]Overflow : Physical
    -[X]Grinning Moon Blessing : AE
    -[X]Hire a tutor
    --[X]TRF
    --[X]FSA
    -[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    --[X]Heart Meridian
    --[X]Stop forgetting to give the pen to Suyin.
    --[X] Work on formations with Li Suyin, working on a project with your friend will be fun
    -[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    --[X] FZ
    -[X] Train with Meizhen
    --[X] Spine Meridian
    -[X] Take a job
    --[X]Wolfpack Hunt
    --[X] Take Xiulan along for a girl's night out.
    [X] Cai Renxiang is going to help you get your mothers legal troubles worked out, and give you a crash course on basic law to boot. LOCKED
    [X] You never did get to go out have a night on the proverbial town with Xiulan, see if she's still up for that
    [X] You need escape contingencies. Start working on that.
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[X] Plan Dragons, not Wolves

Not really happy with this plan, but even less happy with others.

I really would have preferred to get the favor out of the way, because waiting for green breakthrough is not realistic in my opinion, it will just take too long.

This plan has at least the dragon action.
 
Hangwind said:
We may not put the fear of God in them, but they'll never look at a foggy morning the same way again.
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For extra creppyness, teach mini-Qi how to make some small mist cloud. :whistle:

I mean, it's pretty obvious we'll unlock her to Red when we next see her anyway.

By next year when we see Mom and mini-me, we'll be a solid Green (maybe green 2?) so a low grade cultivation Art and an other random one to practice with seem easily in our reach.
Part of our duties will be to build a House, it'll be an expected move from us.

That makes me think, next Letter we should ask Mom to have mini-me tested. I'm sure there's something put in place to help new cultivator families that don't have endless generations to know what hereditary cultivation aspects they have. (The ??? Wind thing might be hereditary?)
See if she has talent and/or elemental affinities, what her interests are (does she like music? does she prefer playing in the mud? swiming in the river ?), so we can start planing what exactly we'll send her. With a bit of luck we can sell her first introduction in cultivation as a game!
Also need to ask Mom if she herself has been tested too.


tenchifew said:
I really would have preferred to get the favor out of the way, because waiting for green breakthrough is not realistic in my opinion, it will just take too long.
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I don't see why you think it's a pressing issue, there's still a couple months before the end of the year and logically the moment their projects get rated...
 
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I feel we need to start dedicating actions towards looking for the final Argent Art specifically, as I'm uncertain of the feasibility of just waiting for it to pop up before we break through. I genuinely want to unlock the set bonus (Probably Argent elemental meridians, from the wild mass-guessing theory sprees I subscribe to) to acquire the delicious bonii it will doubtlessly grant.
 
yrsillar said:
"As we all must," Zhong Peng replied, shrugging his broad shoulders. "Choose what you want to do, tailor your skills to that," he added bluntly. "As things are, once you have mastered Falling Stars… I would suggest looking into mid and close range variants, water or pure wind. One who tries to do all things will only find themselves drowning in mediocrity."

"The sect arts cover all the elements though, don't they?" Ling Qi replied, feeling a bit defensive. "The Sect Head can't be wrong, right?" The argent arts had been personally developed by him after all.

Zhong Peng inclined his head slightly. "That is a path all its own," he replied. "An inner disciple who wishes to follow in Master Yuan's footsteps would do well not to be distracted by other arts," the young man frowned, reaching up to scratch at the stubble on his chin. "What you are doing is not wrong," he said, considering his words. "Yet you lack focus. Secondary skills are an asset, but one needs a clear primary skill."
Ling Qi grudgingly nodded. If she had to choose… her music would be her primary skill, but her other arts didn't necessarily support that. Not the way Xiulan's skills empowered her flames, or Meizhen's all supported her utterly impregnable defense.
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Rather than chasing unknown argent art, I would look for synergistic art in library, either way, we probably don't get any new arts before breakthrough.
 
Peter87 said:
Rather than chasing unknown argent art, I would look for synergistic art in library, either way, we probably don't get any new arts before breakthrough.
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Well, my plan would have us at 50 or so sect points week 36, so if we manage to not have any bad luck dice we could get the first level of a new art before breakthrough :)
 
Peter87 said:
Rather than chasing unknown argent art, I would look for synergistic art in library, either way, we probably don't get any new arts before breakthrough.
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We do know that the last Argent Art is strongly synergistic.

And chasing down a set bonus is narratively very powerful in Xianxia.

Hidden synergies, unique artifacts and obscure talents are the marks of a protagonist in the genre.

You do not see a protagonist getting really good by visiting a library. Case in point - our build is thanks to luck and a great roll, which resulted in Moon Aspect noticing us.

The hint we received about the last Argent Art in the last update really should not be ignored.
 
Reader of all said:
Something to consider but the attack raiders option could allow Ling Qi to acquire the last argent art. Because at this point I think that one of Sun Liling's goons have it.
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Good point, I was actually about to offer that.

Thinking at work has upsides!


If nobody's gotten a good plan by the time I get home, I'll offer it.
 
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tenchifew said:
We do know that the last Argent Art is strongly synergistic.

And chasing down a set bonus is narratively very powerful in Xianxia.

Hidden synergies, unique artifacts and obscure talents are the marks of a protagonist in the genre.

You do not see a protagonist getting really good by visiting a library. Case in point - our build is thanks to luck and a great roll, which resulted in Moon Aspect noticing us.

The hint we received about the last Argent Art in the last update really should not be ignored.
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Synergistic with each other, not with archery, stealth, music and EPC.
AM is good, and AC have good passive effects but both AC and AS are melee arts, and I don't believe that voters would drop archery.
 
Peter87 said:
Synergistic with each other, not with archery, stealth, music and EPC.
AM is good, and AC have good passive effects but both AC and AS are melee arts, and I don't believe that voters would drop archery.
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I respectfully disagree that AC and AS are pure melee arts.

We also do not need to drop archery.

And gathering 3/4 of a set, and than drop the last fourth is not a clever thing to do.

Besides, we want the Elders to notice us. I am pretty sure that gathering this set will achieve this objective.
 
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