Well, maybe with Adorie along with us in the Realm of Evening, will make it easier to heal Praxis-related damage and exertion. Her power makes the Praxis easier to use, so -- hmm...
Actually, if we got Blood Sorcery again, I bet we probably
could start fixing ourselves directly?
[ ] Blood Sorcery [12 Arete] - What Hunger needs now is effectively the inverse of Adorie's bloodline power: an effect that, rather than resisting existential diminishment, actively refines the essence of a material or person. This would normally be impossible to derive from current materials, but the power of the Blood Ring is not so easily denied, especially at such cosmically relevant Ranks as Hunger occupies by virtue of the Crimson Flare. Hunger can manifest a Blood Domain effect that allows him to directly invert the bloodline powers of another, even, to a degree, when this would result in elevation far beyond the target's station. It'll require a hero's determination and a virtuoso's finesse, but who would expect the Realm of Myth to demand anything less?
*Adorie will be able to generate Myth-infused versions of any object given a mundane version of that object. She can also slowly elevate a character's Rank over time, though the benefits of this ability are negligable for someone of Hunger's already high Rank.
*Requires Hunger's complete attention to buff the target safely, and is somewhat exhausting for Adorie to use, but that reduces the problem to a simple matter of keeping up Adorie's strength.
*After she deals with the current budget shortfall, Adorie will be able to mass produce mythic platinum for the Cloak's consumption whenever Hunger is able to visit her in person. Could lead to further "free" breakthroughs in the Empyreal Signs.
The inverse of her bloodline power, the
refinement of
essence... (Refinement of Essence? Hmm...)
If her normal bloodline power makes the Praxis easier to use, then the inverse of it might it easier to advance or heal after over-using.
Also, "can also slowly elevate a character's Rank over time." That sounds like it means she could help heal our lost Rank while she's there!
... Of course, we don't have our huge Rank anymore, so Blood Sorcery would be harder to achieve... ... On the other hand, we have +.2 ISH thanks to OaF 2 from the Seraph's Favor!
In the update where he got it, Hunger talked about how he felt like he could do a lot more other things with his bloodcasting powers because of it. So I think this has a good chance of working out.
It'd mean Arete being spent on healing ourselves, before getting to Arete spent on Picks from the Realm of Evening. But on the other hand, if you're really worried about your condition, then spending a bit of Arete to accelerate the healing to way shorter than a month, would be well worth it no?
So, yeah.
I think bringing Adorie with us, plus the Realm of Evening, would have a really good chance of resulting in us being fully healed.
And then we emerge fully healed, with fully healed Verschlengorge, and companions buffed by Ennobling for 3 weeks straight. Maybe even with Adorie with a Surgecrafting element; if we can recreate the Elixir springs in the Realm of Evening.
Man. Accursed Implement is tempting just because we'd have so much more Arete to play around with, when entering the Realm.
So many Conjunctional Advancements will probably be available to be picked up in the Realm of Evening! So many delicious build-votes and blurbs!
