A Simple Transaction I
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Spend Gisena's Pillars time on making some relevant one-use item for Hunger.
Granted, I would rather just tank it, but that's the easiest way to mitigate the proc.
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For the two weeks until we activate the time stop, I don't have any specific plan to offer beyond 'RW Gisena + 26 Arete worth of immediate power from Signs will not be accounted for by the boosted Apocryphal Curse.' Once we are safely in the Realm of Evening, we'll have our entire Arete production since Sep 21 to spend on Graces, companion powerups, long-lasting reagent buffs, etc. I'm optimistic about both of those routes.
I also want to say that there is more to handling Apocryphal procs than just comparing the percentage of Curse Mitigation for each event. Our plot decisions make a big difference as well. For example, when we decided to go to Nilfel the blurb explicitly noted that we were not required to rescue the Princess or defeat the Lord Protector. By siding with the Royalists, we chose the more difficult and physically dangerous path. Similarly, we went looking for a fight and had to walk into Augustine's chosen battlefield, which she had already prepared for us, specifically. (This was instead of pursuing a diplomatic approach.)
Similarly, the specific details of our Build can make a difference. We chose to put a down payment on Fisher King instead of improving our magic Protection with Iridescence, saying that "we have enough power right now." This was after choosing not to buy Indomitable Dominion as the second Empyrean Sign, which would have been a perfect counter to the Soul Severing attack that Augustine used against us.)
The punchline here is that the Apocryphal Curse will ensure that Hunger's journey is interesting, but the voters are the ones who ultimately decide how things play out. Don't get so hung up on the percentage of curse mitigation that you ignore the other levers we have access to.
cute anime girl destroys local protagonist, more at 11
HoratioVonBecker
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Oh, someone was offering to buy votes? I was offering to sell mine.
Okay.
[X] Cursebearer's Strain
[X] Consolidate Power
[X] Regency
[X] Intensive Research
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Hrm, this one's a bit rough, not sure if I'll come back to this particular one to finish since I feel stuck/like I could do better if I started a new one? But here's at least a first iteration of Adorie, since Priest and I need to figure out what the sisters look like before we start a particular upcoming request!
We haven't made optimal decisions previously so why assume that we'll make optimal decisions in the future?
We did not spend 28 Arete on RW back when we had the chance which in hindsight was the MOST OPTIMAL DECISION (suck it GISENA EFB gang members, you were wrong)
On the other hand, we know that EFB can build on each other. So imagine what Gisena could have made if she had RW earlier?
RW is partially a potential based EFB after all and potential does love to build up upon itself.
HoratioVonBecker
Imperfectly Aligned
Hunger and Catherine.
Admittedly, they both had a thing for kinda-crazy dedication, but still!
With the loss of the 100% Arete bonus we actually have to put some thoughts into taking efficient picks rather than rely on brute forcing problems by EFBs. I suggest gunning for Ruling Ring ASAP and focusing on low hanging ultra efficient picks (reminder that Fierce Quickening and Vigor were single pick no Arete provided by +Progression) that the ++Progression RR would give us. If our first jaunt into Pillars would give us 1 pick/day we can still get a lot of the low hanging fruits and collect Arete for the combat EFBs (SJUC,RoB).
Still even with 1 pick a day we could get RR,Stranglethorn and Opal/Irid and focus on Stats (currently lacking for our Rank)
EDIT PS: We have reduced pick and Arete budget -> improve the efficiency of picks is a logical conclusion that hopefully people would not try to fight (but they will ofc)
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And we're going to ruin it by Fishing with explosives!
It's not paranoia when there's an Apocryphal curse out to get you!
For just a glorious second I thought it was VERSCHLENGORGE that was carving a fishing rod. Just try to picture it!
..Is her ignorance of fishing the fault of her noble title, or of the sci-fi setting, I wonder.
Also what a great idea! Sleeping while Verschle is moving! We should do that too!
Especially if we take the improved sleep option!
Well, if we were more reasonable we likely would have chosen Freedom instead of Revenge, and with that We wouldn't have had the Apocryphal curse, so I suppose she's technically right.
Also we're a tyrant and a cursebearer! Reason is for the weak! Our
..wait, maybe that was Suizhen actually.
That would be a bit hard with the fish rapidly dying from Decimator
Sorry, but retirement as a fisherman will have to wait until we'll have mitigated nearly all of the Decimator... so maybe in a few billions years if we're lucky.
I wonder, how many Cursebearers have managed to mitigate their curses COMPLETELY? @Rihaku, I don't suppose you could at least tell us if someone managed it, how rare it is, or how long it takes on average?
...You know, the hero certainly has changed a lot from his past self. I can't picture the man he's speaking of choosing the Decimator's affliction, maybe the worst curse for the effects it has on our surroundings.
Or maybe he took it because it pushes him to always improving, never stopping, otherwise people will suffer even more for as long as he lives. It can be some sort of grim motivation I suppose... though if he doesn't take the 2 years of curse sated this interpretations doesn't really hold up.
1)I didn't recognize the quote. Is it actually that famous? I mean, It certainly sounds as something Asuka would say, but I can't remember this specific sentence
2) She's a natural redhead and they have the show! She's truly cursed
mh.. How old was Asuka in the third movie? There was a timeskip there, and she certainly was more mature after the near-third impact (at least I think it was the third).
The eyepatch looked good on her.
I swear it seems taken straight out of a manga! The explanation of his powers given by the hero.
..are we sure she didn't take it by the local Evangelion show? Maybe they didn't have AT fields...
Also Hunger's quip was PERFECT!
A shroud.. or maybe a barrier? A field?
...an AT field?
there are certainly a few similarities.
Also I wonder, would the Accursed even get a number on the scale, or would it simply read infinity? I suppose the second one is the most likely, what with him being nearly all-powerfull (other than for his curses).
I wonder, where this some kind of prototype artificial cursebearers for this one specific curse?
Also they got vaccinated against accidental AI development
If I don't sound surprised about the decimator revelation, it's because I had skimmed the quest more or less up to this point in the past, so I already knew of the Armaments being created by the Accursed.
I'm pretty sure I remember Spill winning. The second one would be nice to pay for the Of Fishermen option below though
ok, let's be real. It HAS to be of Fishermen, A King. With arete growth becoming faster until the next BIG vote (I'm pretty sure this doesn't count) going from the current near 6 arete to the 7 (and 1 of debt) for a 7 point option plus the fish is certainly possible.
Also it's a mistery box! It could be anything, maybe even a Giant Fish!
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haven't given up yet
10% a year is hardly rapid.
Rihaku
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Update tonight. Precursor update, including blurbs for spells discovered, now out on the Patreon.
Gisena's True Nullity was of course the obvious means, but bereft of a specific target to nullify (the Realm itself? some specific command of unknown location or nature? an underlying phenomenon, possibly emergent, arising from interactions within the Realm?) progress was slow.
Letrizia entered his office, alongside Adorie who carried a large stack of tomes.
"Hello, Lord Hunger!" The pilot greeted cheerfully, her wounds magically healed in the wake of the battle's conclusion.
"That's King Hunger to you. You're in a good mood."
"Naturally," she said, sitting down in the plush chair facing his desk. "Verschlengorge is as close to fully-healed as he has been. I think he really likes the new weapons and armor we've installed. I've been thinking of asking Miss Gisena to take a look at him as well. According to her, the Foremost used magics similar to the Graces of her Maiden. Maybe she could even fix him with the Ring of Artifice!"
"Gisena's got a dozen projects commanding her research attentions," Hunger mused. "What's one more?"
"I know, right?! What can't she do?"
"Find a way to extract Aobaru and Aeira in a timely manner. Hence the purpose of your visit today, I assume." He addressed Adorie.
"That's right," The presumptive queen said, slamming the tomes on the desk with a satisfying thud. "I spent all morning looking through my library and finally found these! If your Cloak of Sky does wield sorceries incipient to the Realm of Myth, you should be able to find reference materials in here."
Gisena's True Nullity was of course the obvious means, but bereft of a specific target to nullify (the Realm itself? some specific command of unknown location or nature? an underlying phenomenon, possibly emergent, arising from interactions within the Realm?) progress was slow.
Letrizia entered his office, alongside Adorie who carried a large stack of tomes.
"Hello, Lord Hunger!" The pilot greeted cheerfully, her wounds magically healed in the wake of the battle's conclusion.
"That's King Hunger to you. You're in a good mood."
"Naturally," she said, sitting down in the plush chair facing his desk. "Verschlengorge is as close to fully-healed as he has been. I think he really likes the new weapons and armor we've installed. I've been thinking of asking Miss Gisena to take a look at him as well. According to her, the Foremost used magics similar to the Graces of her Maiden. Maybe she could even fix him with the Ring of Artifice!"
"Gisena's got a dozen projects commanding her research attentions," Hunger mused. "What's one more?"
"I know, right?! What can't she do?"
"Find a way to extract Aobaru and Aeira in a timely manner. Hence the purpose of your visit today, I assume." He addressed Adorie.
"That's right," The presumptive queen said, slamming the tomes on the desk with a satisfying thud. "I spent all morning looking through my library and finally found these! If your Cloak of Sky does wield sorceries incipient to the Realm of Myth, you should be able to find reference materials in here."
Finding reference materials in a massive stack of tomes? Sounds like Gisenas' fourteenth project to me!
Rihaku
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Gisena's busy, maybe Lord Hunger can help her with that!