HoratioVonBecker
Imperfectly Aligned
Huh. Sad that Lealope doesn't seem to be with them, she was cool. Uly/Moon is okay, but Lea is the one I was actually introduced to. Did she die?
A Simple Transaction I
- Thread starter Rihaku
- Start date
- Original
Lealope
Not yet invincible
- Pronouns
- She/Her
The mind boggles at the thought. When are we getting the Ulyssian Christmas caroling songfic interlude, Rihaku? How could you cut it off before the best part???
- Location
- The Middle of the Howling Wilderness
Ulyssian talking to every parent on Earth:
edit: Honestly the real question is how he managed to eat all the Christmas cookies left out for him!
- Location
- a place
Ah, I see you don't know the true purpose of why Oddysial invented the 'Hungry Tiger Technique' back during the dawn war.
Lealope
Not yet invincible
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Genesys
(Discrete Mokona)
- Location
- California
month of not writing only half because of finals, since I finished those two weeks ago. half of it's just binging xianxia and roguelikes
anyway, this is done.
1362 words.
Previously Next
Quick Transmigration Record of Cursebearer Fodder's Record of Resistance Pt. 7
The Purple Zones, as the name suggested, were worlds heavily inundated with Purple Color magic, in all its various shades. The denizens were predominantly Purple as well; a weaker creature remaining for too long could easily be corrupted by the ambient power, while the powerful of different colors preferred to remain in their respective zones for the most part. Seralize, though bearing her own Purple, was not naturally attuned to such and could not stay indefinitely. Remaining for a fourth of every day would reach the current limit of her tolerance. Assimilating that power and dying it in her own shade sped her accumulation noticeably, but she was there primarily to observe and form new conceptual links, and so observe she did. Her invisibility was even stronger in a place where light was primarily purple, and in the early days of her exploration she roamed, purely observing the myriad of life in this place. Relatively normal animals tinted purple, for one, but also moving whorls of a dark and dense Purple, elementals of a kind, and the rare creature who had become sapient through its accumulations, many times greater than a usual member of its kind.
Soon enough though, Seralize decided that mere observation was not enough to truly mimic the uniqueness of each of these beings. She needed to do more. Sufficiently powerful specimens that she could have challenging combats against were somewhat difficult to find at times, but she persevered, and their demises fed the growth of her power further. One day, however, as she casually regaled Su Chen with tales of her latest trip, he made a suggestion.
"You're trying to mimic the talents of these purple creatures, with your own power which is strongly related to theirs, right?"
"Yeah, though it's more about conceptually linking what they can do in my mind with the source of my power."
"Maybe you haven't really studied human history or cultivation theory, but that seems exactly like what bloodline Origin Qi skills are meant to do. You could look into how those are developed and get some inspiration?"
Though Su Chen's status was quite low, as the Su clan still believed he was blind, he still had enough authority to procure several introductory tomes on anatomy and cultivation theory. Through these, she learned of the basics of dissection and some of the workings of Origin Qi Techniques. On her next trip in, she slew one of the ever-present rodents and began to take it apart. This breed had a strange trait: they could elude spiritual senses, but not physical ones. She never had an instinct for their presence, but they were easy to spot. Regrettably, this seemed not to be a physical talent, and she did not glean much from the process.
Previously Next
anyway, this is done.
1362 words.
Previously Next
Quick Transmigration Record of Cursebearer Fodder's Record of Resistance Pt. 7
The Purple Zones, as the name suggested, were worlds heavily inundated with Purple Color magic, in all its various shades. The denizens were predominantly Purple as well; a weaker creature remaining for too long could easily be corrupted by the ambient power, while the powerful of different colors preferred to remain in their respective zones for the most part. Seralize, though bearing her own Purple, was not naturally attuned to such and could not stay indefinitely. Remaining for a fourth of every day would reach the current limit of her tolerance. Assimilating that power and dying it in her own shade sped her accumulation noticeably, but she was there primarily to observe and form new conceptual links, and so observe she did. Her invisibility was even stronger in a place where light was primarily purple, and in the early days of her exploration she roamed, purely observing the myriad of life in this place. Relatively normal animals tinted purple, for one, but also moving whorls of a dark and dense Purple, elementals of a kind, and the rare creature who had become sapient through its accumulations, many times greater than a usual member of its kind.
Soon enough though, Seralize decided that mere observation was not enough to truly mimic the uniqueness of each of these beings. She needed to do more. Sufficiently powerful specimens that she could have challenging combats against were somewhat difficult to find at times, but she persevered, and their demises fed the growth of her power further. One day, however, as she casually regaled Su Chen with tales of her latest trip, he made a suggestion.
"You're trying to mimic the talents of these purple creatures, with your own power which is strongly related to theirs, right?"
"Yeah, though it's more about conceptually linking what they can do in my mind with the source of my power."
"Maybe you haven't really studied human history or cultivation theory, but that seems exactly like what bloodline Origin Qi skills are meant to do. You could look into how those are developed and get some inspiration?"
Though Su Chen's status was quite low, as the Su clan still believed he was blind, he still had enough authority to procure several introductory tomes on anatomy and cultivation theory. Through these, she learned of the basics of dissection and some of the workings of Origin Qi Techniques. On her next trip in, she slew one of the ever-present rodents and began to take it apart. This breed had a strange trait: they could elude spiritual senses, but not physical ones. She never had an instinct for their presence, but they were easy to spot. Regrettably, this seemed not to be a physical talent, and she did not glean much from the process.
Nevertheless, the effectiveness of the hunting and dissections aside, soon enough it had been three years since Su Chen's blinding and Seralize's entry into the world, and the annual Su clan evaluation rolled around. Su Chen hardly cared for the portion of Verdant Wood Essence awarded to the winner, infused with Seralize's energy as he had been, so he skipped this as well. The next one, however, would determine who would be permitted to attend the decennial Hidden Dragon Institute exams. As the Hidden Dragon Institute was the best Origin Qi Scholar school of Long Sang Country, he could ignore all of the Su Clan's enticements, but he had to get in. While Northface City had a mere four Yang Opening cultivators, each a clan head with a mixed bloodline who could not progress further, and around twenty or fewer Blood Boiling realm elders, most of the graduates from the Hidden Dragon Institute had reached Blood Boiling realm, and many of the instructors were Light Shaking cultivators; there would be much of use there. The exam itself would be one of combat, eliminating other examinees for points, and so Su Chen decided it would be necessary to gain some combat experience in the year he had. None of his generation could contest him, as they had not even managed to break through to Qi Drawing realm yet, so he would enter the Scarlet Mountain. With Seralize guarding him, it would be safe enough.
Seralize has gained the Hide Presence technique from mimicry of the Purple Zones' endemic rodents. It dampens her presence to supernatural senses but does nothing to mundane detection. If she can study the means by which they achieve their stealth, this technique may be improved. Additionally, pick two other techniques that she derived.
[ ] Amaranthine Flame: The dragons of the Purple Zones are mostly unintelligent, but they spit a special flame that sticks to their prey, usually weakening it enough for them to swoop in and feast. Seralize has dissected one and uncovered the glands within their throats that they use to do so. She can now create a purple-tinged napalm-like substance, already ignited, from her hands and mouth. It will persist up to six hours initially, likely beyond the full duration of any given combat. She may also dispel it with a touch.
[ ] Poison: The assassin's best friend. Seralize may generate a cocktail of poisons mimicked from various sources at will from any portion of her body. Additionally, she is now immune to any poison she has mimicked, and highly resistant to any poisons with similar effects. Initially, she has unlocked the effects of sleep, paralysis, numbness, blindness, and necrosis. Initially, these persist up to one day. They may be dispelled at will, as long as they are still within her sensory range. Potency scales both with her power level and number of poisons with a given effect that she has mimicked.
[ ] Energy Beam: Simple stuff. The elementals of the Purple Zones' primary means of combat is firing condensed color energies at their foes, and Seralize has learned how to do so herself. Unlocks more ranged applications, like conveying buffs via range or creating beams of substances she knows how to create.
[ ] Fog of Fear: One denizen of the Purple Zones releases an opaque gas that causes panic to hunt; Seralize can now do the same. Range scales inversely with duration; the substance will last a full day at a meter from Seralize, half a day at two meters, a second at 86.4 kilometers. Unlocks conveyance of other effects via fog, and other mental influence applications.
[ ] Body Enhancement Specialization: Seralize will mimic certain creatures in order to specialize her body enhancement. May be picked multiple times, one suboption per time.
-[ ] Flight: Soaring above dragons and birds. Seralize may manifest wings upon her back in order to fly. This is not wholly mundane flight; she is less effected by gravity and the winds do not batter as fiercely, unless she wishes to be. Initial speed is about a fourth of her land speed and can be improved via training. Unlocks "wingless" flight later on. More accurately, invisible-wings flight. The wings can also serve as a third pair of limbs to strike with in combat.
-[ ] Speed: Bursts of speed and alacrity. Seralize draws from ambush predators in order to amplify her acceleration tenfold and doubles her sustained speed, on top of her existing bodily enhancements. Her mind accelerates such that this is not difficult to control; her bodily enhancements now grant a small amount of Wits as well. Additionally, she can improve the magnitude of her bodily enhancements by a fifth by halving their sustained duration, up to ten times. Unlocks similar magnitude amplification for other applications.
-[ ] Power: Brute strength to shatter mountains and overturn seas. Seralize mimics the musculature of both giant creatures and those disproportionately strong. Every strike imparts triple the force, and in sustained efforts, Seralize's effective Strength will be multiplied by ten. This applies to actions such as lifting heavy objects and locking blades with opponents. Opponents are somewhat less likely to attempt trickery in combat, in respect to the valiance exuded. Additionally, the duration of her bodily enhancements is tripled, and the magnitude no longer decays over time without constant effort. Unlocks similar sustainability for other applications.
Seralize has gained the Hide Presence technique from mimicry of the Purple Zones' endemic rodents. It dampens her presence to supernatural senses but does nothing to mundane detection. If she can study the means by which they achieve their stealth, this technique may be improved. Additionally, pick two other techniques that she derived.
[ ] Amaranthine Flame: The dragons of the Purple Zones are mostly unintelligent, but they spit a special flame that sticks to their prey, usually weakening it enough for them to swoop in and feast. Seralize has dissected one and uncovered the glands within their throats that they use to do so. She can now create a purple-tinged napalm-like substance, already ignited, from her hands and mouth. It will persist up to six hours initially, likely beyond the full duration of any given combat. She may also dispel it with a touch.
[ ] Poison: The assassin's best friend. Seralize may generate a cocktail of poisons mimicked from various sources at will from any portion of her body. Additionally, she is now immune to any poison she has mimicked, and highly resistant to any poisons with similar effects. Initially, she has unlocked the effects of sleep, paralysis, numbness, blindness, and necrosis. Initially, these persist up to one day. They may be dispelled at will, as long as they are still within her sensory range. Potency scales both with her power level and number of poisons with a given effect that she has mimicked.
[ ] Energy Beam: Simple stuff. The elementals of the Purple Zones' primary means of combat is firing condensed color energies at their foes, and Seralize has learned how to do so herself. Unlocks more ranged applications, like conveying buffs via range or creating beams of substances she knows how to create.
[ ] Fog of Fear: One denizen of the Purple Zones releases an opaque gas that causes panic to hunt; Seralize can now do the same. Range scales inversely with duration; the substance will last a full day at a meter from Seralize, half a day at two meters, a second at 86.4 kilometers. Unlocks conveyance of other effects via fog, and other mental influence applications.
[ ] Body Enhancement Specialization: Seralize will mimic certain creatures in order to specialize her body enhancement. May be picked multiple times, one suboption per time.
-[ ] Flight: Soaring above dragons and birds. Seralize may manifest wings upon her back in order to fly. This is not wholly mundane flight; she is less effected by gravity and the winds do not batter as fiercely, unless she wishes to be. Initial speed is about a fourth of her land speed and can be improved via training. Unlocks "wingless" flight later on. More accurately, invisible-wings flight. The wings can also serve as a third pair of limbs to strike with in combat.
-[ ] Speed: Bursts of speed and alacrity. Seralize draws from ambush predators in order to amplify her acceleration tenfold and doubles her sustained speed, on top of her existing bodily enhancements. Her mind accelerates such that this is not difficult to control; her bodily enhancements now grant a small amount of Wits as well. Additionally, she can improve the magnitude of her bodily enhancements by a fifth by halving their sustained duration, up to ten times. Unlocks similar magnitude amplification for other applications.
-[ ] Power: Brute strength to shatter mountains and overturn seas. Seralize mimics the musculature of both giant creatures and those disproportionately strong. Every strike imparts triple the force, and in sustained efforts, Seralize's effective Strength will be multiplied by ten. This applies to actions such as lifting heavy objects and locking blades with opponents. Opponents are somewhat less likely to attempt trickery in combat, in respect to the valiance exuded. Additionally, the duration of her bodily enhancements is tripled, and the magnitude no longer decays over time without constant effort. Unlocks similar sustainability for other applications.
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Lealope
Not yet invincible
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[Se] Body Enhancement Specialization
-[Ra] Flight
[Lize] Poison
Flight's important as a status symbol and to combat peer level opponents while poison provides significant nonlethal utility. We might be able to leverage it into manufacturing medicine due to something something the dose.
-[Ra] Flight
[Lize] Poison
Flight's important as a status symbol and to combat peer level opponents while poison provides significant nonlethal utility. We might be able to leverage it into manufacturing medicine due to something something the dose.
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Exaltation or no, Uly's allergic to fair fights. He hasn't changed that much. In any case, this was a pleasure to reread. The backdrop of the World of Darkness only makes the happiness and heartwarming antics of Most High's cast more appealing. I hope everyone's holidays are at least a fraction as fun!
Well, he does keep granting people the power of unrestricted Progression. Absent the Brand of the Champion, Remittances can just be straight-up gifts!
Moon is more than merely okay, thank you very much! But the snippet doesn't specify. We know from Most High that Lea was at war with the Handsome Monkey King, though, which is hardly the safest of activities. He was capable of challenging Odyssial in the Tournament For the Fairest (speaking of Fair fights) and in the centuries since had become greater still. We don't know what became of Serenity's greatest surviving Chosen either, but word-count remains a limited resource.
Looks like it took direct intervention from Nilul. Even the Princess of Lies can only stomach so much avoidance of obvious truths!
In true Christmas spirit, my guess is he managed with a little help from his friends. Hero in particular seems the sort to be a cookie monster; restraining the blossom of the Perfected Lotus is hungry work.
Arguably, Ulyssian became Mountain Hero's Sasuke.
- Location
- Peterborough, NH, USA
Probably going to have to wait until next time. Since the Evening Realm is basically 'inside' the Cloak, I'm pretty sure we don't need to worry about the low-end Cloak-related Enhancements being available next time.
I wonder how much Arete we've got now? If it's over 6 we might need to seriously considering grabbing Mental Apex/Sealing Protocol for further increasing Grace-learning/power.
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- Location
- Peterborough, NH, USA
Fandom Color Derivates
Ocean of Learning - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
The source of natural life is generally agreed to be the ocean, or meteorites from space. The sky, in other words. Thus, the source of all life is frequently associated with blue, even though red and green are the colors most commonly tied to life. This extends to knowledge as well, because what is knowledge without someone to know it? Nothing.
The quest for knowledge has been an ever-present one, begun when the first being wondered 'Why?' when they came upon a peculiar substance or behavior, frequently from looking up at the stars and wondering why they were there.
Gain Progression speed in magical systems based on knowledge of them. Knowing the inner workings of a type of magic will drastically accelerate attaining skill and power in it. Knowledge of other magic systems applies a bonus, but at a severe penalty, due to cross-application of theoretical workings, and in time, competing ontologies.
Alchemical Transmutation - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
Yellow is the color of creation, where gold is wealth and order and white is purity and all-encompassing.
The conversion of an element to another is a simple matter of adding or removing protons. Simple does not equate to easy, of course, but it occurs in the billions in every major galaxy, as fusing light elements into heavier ones is something a star must do to be considered a star. Alchemists long attempted to replicate this, even before knowledge that this occurred in nature was obtained. The classical pursuit of transmuting lead into gold. Of course, this would have crashed the economies of the time, as they relied on the worth of gold, and much of it's value is derived from rarity. An example of how the pursuit can be better than the goal, as their pursuit lead to many discoveries.
Hunger gains the ability to change elements into those one place further along or behind on the periodic table. Helium could be converted into Hydrogen, or Lithium. In time, this can advance into outright changing any element into another. This does not directly grant the elements any magic, but it may make them eligible or ineligible for magics. This ability does not change mass, so a kilogram of lead will become a kilogram of gold, with associated changes in size and density.
Greedy For Skill - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
Is it greed or pride that motivates a person to climb higher? On the one hand, they wish for more, often when they have enough to get by. On the other hand, they may well be spurred on by competition. Regardless, this Enhancement takes that skill, and pushes it along. This is not a boon to progress, nor to power, but to skill. Nothing more, and nothing less. If it is impossible for you to slice through the boundaries of space and time with your blade, because no amount of skill will let you focus your power in such a manner, then this Enhancement is useless for such an endeavor. Few things cannot be accomplished with sufficient skill, however. Praxis is proof of that.
Hunger's mundane skills, such as swordsmanship, gain a multiplier based on how proficient he is with them. A novice-level skill would be perhaps 10% greater. A master would grow an order or magnitude. A paragon such as one who could access Sword Praxis through sheer mastery would find themselves a thousand times more proficient.
Healing Silver - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
Silver has long been believed to have healing properties, and indeed, even mundane silver possesses anti-biotic properties, and is one of the few metals which does not tarnish. Many healing spells are white or silvery as well. Hunger can gain an aspect of this resistance to corrosion.
Hunger gains accelerated healing of most personal Conditions sufficient to reduce the time to recover by half, and he can share this with his companions should he be willing to dilute the effect. Effect applied at one tenth strength to Panopoly. That is, if healing would require 20 days, time is reduced to 19 instead.
Illusory Shadows - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
The shadows are where assassins and thieves skulk. The shadows are usually their graves as well. Their relationship with the shadows is somewhat tenuous for this reason. They rely on the shade to cloak them, but it will betray them on day, and they know it. But what if you could make your own shadows? Shadows that would be born and die by your will and yours alone? Of course, they do not offer the same protection as true darkness, but they possess something it does not. Loyalty.
Hunger gains access to illusions. The less the target knows about Hunger, the more potent the illusions are. Misinformation will strengthen them further. Making them think Hunger wields an ax in place of a sword, for example. This magic is unusually difficult to turn against Hunger or his allies.
Accepting Blank Canvas - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
A blank canvas is one of the most frustrating things an artist might face. A bizarre form of choice paralysis often befalls them, the sheer potential making the act of creation more difficult. The canvas does not mind. Even a truly terrible creation is fine, because the act of creation adds something. Even foul ones do not, in and of themselves remove more than they create. Hunger might be able to glean something from this.
Various unpleasant side effects of other Enhancements mitigated slightly. Penalties from incompatible Enhancements reduced by 25%, or one step along the ISH, whichever is lesser. Additionally, Mental Contamination is reduced by 25% in strength. The Canvas accepts all, because it is never truly overwritten. Not completely.
Disruptive Corrupted Seals - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
The knowledge of sealing inherently comes with the knowledge of unsealing. If you create a seal that locks an entity, energy, or person away, then you also know how to break that lock. The greatest seals are more akin to entire prison complexes than the individual cells of the basic ones. However, it is easiest to seal away parts of oneself over anything else. Parts one might reject or wish to avoid, parts that cause pain, or parts that are simply inconvenient. Take care that you do not reduce yourself to a machine.
Hunger gains the ability to break and apply seals to himself. This can take the form of training aids, sealing portions of his power so that he might gain more from spars and Evening Realm fights. Seals are difficult to break in combat-relevant timeframes, but self-applied seals can always be broken by oneself, unless active effort is made to prevent this. Mental Contamination that reaches the point of noticeably altering one's behavior runs the risk of causing personality splits or rapidly compounding when using this ability.
AN: I did it for canon Color Magics, why not the ones I made up? Got one more Omake out before the next update, but I'm pretty sure Ody's Threadmark reset the counter.
1182 Words, discounting this line.
Ocean of Learning - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
The source of natural life is generally agreed to be the ocean, or meteorites from space. The sky, in other words. Thus, the source of all life is frequently associated with blue, even though red and green are the colors most commonly tied to life. This extends to knowledge as well, because what is knowledge without someone to know it? Nothing.
The quest for knowledge has been an ever-present one, begun when the first being wondered 'Why?' when they came upon a peculiar substance or behavior, frequently from looking up at the stars and wondering why they were there.
Gain Progression speed in magical systems based on knowledge of them. Knowing the inner workings of a type of magic will drastically accelerate attaining skill and power in it. Knowledge of other magic systems applies a bonus, but at a severe penalty, due to cross-application of theoretical workings, and in time, competing ontologies.
Alchemical Transmutation - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
Yellow is the color of creation, where gold is wealth and order and white is purity and all-encompassing.
The conversion of an element to another is a simple matter of adding or removing protons. Simple does not equate to easy, of course, but it occurs in the billions in every major galaxy, as fusing light elements into heavier ones is something a star must do to be considered a star. Alchemists long attempted to replicate this, even before knowledge that this occurred in nature was obtained. The classical pursuit of transmuting lead into gold. Of course, this would have crashed the economies of the time, as they relied on the worth of gold, and much of it's value is derived from rarity. An example of how the pursuit can be better than the goal, as their pursuit lead to many discoveries.
Hunger gains the ability to change elements into those one place further along or behind on the periodic table. Helium could be converted into Hydrogen, or Lithium. In time, this can advance into outright changing any element into another. This does not directly grant the elements any magic, but it may make them eligible or ineligible for magics. This ability does not change mass, so a kilogram of lead will become a kilogram of gold, with associated changes in size and density.
Greedy For Skill - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
Is it greed or pride that motivates a person to climb higher? On the one hand, they wish for more, often when they have enough to get by. On the other hand, they may well be spurred on by competition. Regardless, this Enhancement takes that skill, and pushes it along. This is not a boon to progress, nor to power, but to skill. Nothing more, and nothing less. If it is impossible for you to slice through the boundaries of space and time with your blade, because no amount of skill will let you focus your power in such a manner, then this Enhancement is useless for such an endeavor. Few things cannot be accomplished with sufficient skill, however. Praxis is proof of that.
Hunger's mundane skills, such as swordsmanship, gain a multiplier based on how proficient he is with them. A novice-level skill would be perhaps 10% greater. A master would grow an order or magnitude. A paragon such as one who could access Sword Praxis through sheer mastery would find themselves a thousand times more proficient.
Healing Silver - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
Silver has long been believed to have healing properties, and indeed, even mundane silver possesses anti-biotic properties, and is one of the few metals which does not tarnish. Many healing spells are white or silvery as well. Hunger can gain an aspect of this resistance to corrosion.
Hunger gains accelerated healing of most personal Conditions sufficient to reduce the time to recover by half, and he can share this with his companions should he be willing to dilute the effect. Effect applied at one tenth strength to Panopoly. That is, if healing would require 20 days, time is reduced to 19 instead.
Illusory Shadows - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
The shadows are where assassins and thieves skulk. The shadows are usually their graves as well. Their relationship with the shadows is somewhat tenuous for this reason. They rely on the shade to cloak them, but it will betray them on day, and they know it. But what if you could make your own shadows? Shadows that would be born and die by your will and yours alone? Of course, they do not offer the same protection as true darkness, but they possess something it does not. Loyalty.
Hunger gains access to illusions. The less the target knows about Hunger, the more potent the illusions are. Misinformation will strengthen them further. Making them think Hunger wields an ax in place of a sword, for example. This magic is unusually difficult to turn against Hunger or his allies.
Accepting Blank Canvas - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
A blank canvas is one of the most frustrating things an artist might face. A bizarre form of choice paralysis often befalls them, the sheer potential making the act of creation more difficult. The canvas does not mind. Even a truly terrible creation is fine, because the act of creation adds something. Even foul ones do not, in and of themselves remove more than they create. Hunger might be able to glean something from this.
Various unpleasant side effects of other Enhancements mitigated slightly. Penalties from incompatible Enhancements reduced by 25%, or one step along the ISH, whichever is lesser. Additionally, Mental Contamination is reduced by 25% in strength. The Canvas accepts all, because it is never truly overwritten. Not completely.
Disruptive Corrupted Seals - 2 Picks, 25 Arete.
The knowledge of sealing inherently comes with the knowledge of unsealing. If you create a seal that locks an entity, energy, or person away, then you also know how to break that lock. The greatest seals are more akin to entire prison complexes than the individual cells of the basic ones. However, it is easiest to seal away parts of oneself over anything else. Parts one might reject or wish to avoid, parts that cause pain, or parts that are simply inconvenient. Take care that you do not reduce yourself to a machine.
Hunger gains the ability to break and apply seals to himself. This can take the form of training aids, sealing portions of his power so that he might gain more from spars and Evening Realm fights. Seals are difficult to break in combat-relevant timeframes, but self-applied seals can always be broken by oneself, unless active effort is made to prevent this. Mental Contamination that reaches the point of noticeably altering one's behavior runs the risk of causing personality splits or rapidly compounding when using this ability.
AN: I did it for canon Color Magics, why not the ones I made up? Got one more Omake out before the next update, but I'm pretty sure Ody's Threadmark reset the counter.
1182 Words, discounting this line.
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- Location
- Italy
I'm a bit surprised by Foment winning, but then again Rihaku later clarified that it actually has better chances of working. On the other hand it takes more time, and TIME is, in the end, the second most valuable currency (Slightly behind Arete, and maybe picks)
the 97 is VERY nice though. Let's see, maybe we'll find a fourth companion for our party! If they don't lose their powers once we take the ring they could be useful!
nothing to say about Vigor Incarnate. It's a good choice, and patches our Protection hole in the build.
Now Iridescence and Pearlescence are definitely more attractive, though I don't remember if we ever took the required basic opalescence.
On the other hand the -scence might not be necessary, as we already have a protective aura of ruin... it depends on how they combine together
Nice about the 3 picks and 1 arete too. I nearly forgot to mention them!
"You get what you pay for" indeed. I'll try to avoid this option if possible.
I'm now a bit sad about ignoring the previous Fairbright lady...
Much better than the previous option, we get at least a couple of relevant fighters, and a blood-buffed Fairbright should be a valuable asset.
mh.. I wonder, how long will it take us to ennoble the whole population before we leave? What if we also included the people from the Middle Ring? we WILL have to spend a few days here at the very least I think, though hopefully we'll be able to make them productive.
Underlined and bolded a couple of lines for hilariousness.
Lots of mentions of the Dimensional Rift. That might be important
Well, I have no interest in the Geriatrics, so it's either this or the Fairbright Lady (which at this point I sort of hope might become a companion). I'm currently slightly in favour of Fairbright, but it's a VERY slight preference, and it might change depending on the picks below too.
eh, with the clarification Augment Dominion loses its appeal to me.
Well, let's see the picks
mh.. all stances are good. I'd avoid Hero-defeating because it doesn't feed on All-defeating.
I'd probably go with either Magic (to deal with soul evocations), or World-defeating (the 0.2 rank is also nice to improve blood buffs even more, and we could all use some more luck...). I think BOTH should be able to help deal with the Dimensional rift and time manipulation, but Magic might be better to also protect our allies..
same old same old.
let's ignore the -scence, we already have power of ruin working on magical effects, and 7 arete are probably more efficient on a stance rather than pearlescence anyway.
Exalted Spirit is a good pick, and would strenghten the blood buffs even more, which is pretty good with either of the decent support options.
Actually, Dominion War + Exalted Spirit might not be a bad idea, especially if the rank from war works for blood buffs too (empowering our soldiers might count as war buff), but it's a pretty modest buff all things considered.
yeah, I'd say I like Exalted Spirit a lot in this situation, I'd take it if possible.. but let's see the 2 pick options first.
mh.. in the short term my impression is that Exalted Spirit might be slightly better for our situation. Both together would be even better, but we don't really have enough picks (unless we pick the crap reinforcement option, which I DON'T WANT).
...romantic duels?
Still, while Heartpiercer is pretty good I'd rather spend that arete on one stance instead.
Currently I'm in favour of one of world or magic defeating stance, and exalted spirit. If we have a second pick I might exchange Exalted Spirit for Iron Maelstrom (or add dominion war or fierce quickening), or take both if we have 3 picks (which I hope we won't).
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- Location
- Pindorama
Hopefully we'll get them when they are bundled with shinier stuff, like Pearlescence or Lunar Coronet. It may even happen sooner now for Exalted Spirit now that Honing is a lock.
Zampano
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- Location
- Simping for DSB
Would you pay 3P9A for Pearlescence?
And I think Lunar Coronet would be 2P9A.
Given our plan to tour the Human Realm and bait (?) Armament fights, I think it'll be a tough sell to invest in nation-scale building projects like Lunar Coronet. Thread wants to hit robots with our sword. Pearlescence is an easier sell tbh, but it's been crippled by revealing the blurb in an early episode before the power creep really set in
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
Luminescence?
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- Location
- Chicago, IL
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- Any/All
We don't actually know what it's going to be, IIRC?