A Simple Transaction I
- Thread starter Rihaku
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- Rivendell
Hmm... could Philosopher's Wreath let us unlock the Noble Praxis? We've certainly encountered the Accursed, who presumably had access to the lesser versions of his greatest power, and we've definitely experienced the effects of his Imperial Praxis ourselves - assuming that that is what he makes Cursebearers with. That just might be enough to qualify us to unlock the lesser version of the Praxis.
- Location
- Omniverse #1345
As I see it our options are:
Safe, but relatively low reward.
Medium (variable) with high reward.
And very high, with ridiculous reward.
Now if we didn't have apocryphal and Ber breathing down our neck the safe option would be a reasonable one. But we do, so we need to push harder than civilization is likely to allow us to, for the moment. I suspect a particularly powerful one could offer what we need, though.
At the same time the temple is a riskier play than I would like to take, as it is clearly a high level trap. We'll likely spend all the arete we gain on immediate survival for us and our companions.
After all the dicussion I'd probably prefer temple over civilization, simply because we are not ahead of the apocryphal curve by much and civilization will likely lead to us falling behind.
Hunt falls right into my perfered zone of having some risk but high enough rewards to more than compensate, and any risks we do encounter should be exactly the kind of thing we've been dealing with up till now, so we have a decent amount of experience handling them.
Safe, but relatively low reward.
Medium (variable) with high reward.
And very high, with ridiculous reward.
Now if we didn't have apocryphal and Ber breathing down our neck the safe option would be a reasonable one. But we do, so we need to push harder than civilization is likely to allow us to, for the moment. I suspect a particularly powerful one could offer what we need, though.
At the same time the temple is a riskier play than I would like to take, as it is clearly a high level trap. We'll likely spend all the arete we gain on immediate survival for us and our companions.
After all the dicussion I'd probably prefer temple over civilization, simply because we are not ahead of the apocryphal curve by much and civilization will likely lead to us falling behind.
Hunt falls right into my perfered zone of having some risk but high enough rewards to more than compensate, and any risks we do encounter should be exactly the kind of thing we've been dealing with up till now, so we have a decent amount of experience handling them.
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Is this Marvel-comics radiation? That'd explain what happened to the King Fish! Hell, going by Iskander's isekai intro there's even a somewhat straightforward method of conversion between radiation and power!
...is our Form of Rage green, by any chance?
It is the color of our salty tears.
To be more accurate, Unknown risk, with fairly generously proportionate reward relative to whatever risk level it ends up being.
This could be medium risk, or it could be something else.
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Don't call it a slippery slope, it's really more of a water slide. They've got those in CursedLand, how bad could it be?!
And what is this eleventh hour reversal, nobody wants to go green? Safe and sustainable hunting, a middle path charted between the perils of social interaction and the blatant death trap of the Temple? We don't have Scent, sure, but we could. All it'd take is Hunger doing what he did in the previous update with different parameters!
- Location
- USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I feel too threatened by the Civ vote so I'm switching to my second choice, sorry!
OctarineShrike
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We've got 4547 Omake power by wordcount right now. Temple is the only one that does not benefit from Omake power.
Edit: On another note, how many backpacks/sacks/carts for carrying loot do we even have? A treasure vault or Magical Library is isn't that good without the means to carry all or a notable portion of the contents out.
Edit: On another note, how many backpacks/sacks/carts for carrying loot do we even have? A treasure vault or Magical Library is isn't that good without the means to carry all or a notable portion of the contents out.
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It's not influenced by the thread, that's a bit different. The others are more freeform, this one is a ready-made quest.
- Location
- Earth
[X] Make For Civilization
[X] +1 pick during next Experience spend
[X] +1 pick during next Experience spend
ImperatorV
The Laughing One
- Location
- The Voyaging Realm
The Apocryphal Curse is us. It was always us.
Hmm, the Temple option is the color of the Endless Sky and the Thrice-Great. And the path leading to it was brought to us by a King Fish that also gave us a Pearl. Not sure it makes me want the option more or less.
[X] Make For Civilization
[X] +1 pick during next Experience spend
Last time we tried our luck properly with a dungeon it cost us an arm- a limb for which we have no spares- and one of our coolest powersets (RIP Destroyer Halo).
i don't trust these dice with our fate at all
[X] +1 pick during next Experience spend
Last time we tried our luck properly with a dungeon it cost us an arm- a limb for which we have no spares- and one of our coolest powersets (RIP Destroyer Halo).
i don't trust these dice with our fate at all
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Meh, we can take 'em.
The bonus with the same name didn't win, but it seems like Huntress' Moon style tactics are going to be a staple of Hunger's. When in doubt, disappear into the wilderness and kill things until your problems are no longer intractable and the Affliction's suppressed. Of course, on returning to civilization he may find that everything's on fire, but so it goes when you bear the Apocryphal Curse.
State of the art healing in the Human Sphere might've been able to help, but going out of our way to heal Letrizia means more loyalty. I'm a little disappointed that Vanguard or Shine Bright didn't win, since we could've gotten her back in the game immediately.
Now we've got to prioritize protecting her during her convalescence, which imposes additional constraints on our freedom of action and gives the Apocryphal Curse a vulnerability to poke. The revelation that Versch's effective Rank is under ours also means that he might've been a valid Vanguard target, at least until it healed him back up? That would've been amazing, just because he doesn't talk (much) doesn't mean his well-being shouldn't be a priority. Oh well, at least we didn't burn much Arete.
It's a nice departure from Seram's experience, differentiating between the two Progression-types. Amplitude was cool, as were the Graces offered, Reversion especially. But we went for an intentionally proactive playstyle this time around and it's worked out... I'd say okay, so far? Lots of complications, but satisfying payoff even if I feel like we're one bad roll or decision from tumbling into the abyss. Maybe two, now that we don't die when killed. Accretion's a great system, it's got just the right amount of mythic fluff. Once we start snowballing I'm hopeful that Hunger can start performing legendary feats in the public eye again.
Not "I'll find a way," eh? Speaking of, this sequence reminds me of Seram 1.0's frantic attempts at Azoth acquisition to save Control. By comparison, Hunger's a lot more competent, but I was proud of 'Mister Law' for making good on those words.
Yeah, the need to guard Letrizia and Versch so nobody swings by to finish the job is going to cramp our collective style. Also, beauty sleep? Hunger's down an arm and an eye, dead tired, and has limited access to amenities. Even Accretion can only do so much. Not everybody's got Sorcerous powers, Gisena! I wonder if she ever drops her transformation? Wouldn't be advisable in the Voyager's Realm anyway, much less with the Apocryphal Curse in play.
If this process is repeatable, limited only by Hunger's ability to exert Pressure and the resources of the Voyager's Realm, then hunting has serious long-term potential. Lacking Scent's unfortunate, but if we do this enough then our powers will accommodate us and cough up another crack at it or something equivalent. That's the way this works, no doubt there are no shortage of predators with supernatural senses.
I did get a kick out of the name, fitting for a dire wolf living in a swamp. The creature itself's quite impressive, we've been getting our fill of all the fight scenes missing from EFB. The ghostfire provokes curiosity about its hunting strategies, does it create will-o'-the-wisps to lure in prey or passersby?
After seeing the roll I was waiting for something to go horribly wrong and was pleasantly surprised when it didn't.
So the Blade's effectively our phylactery now, good to know. I'm eager to see both it and Hunger repaired, though every part of our panoply's technically a piece of Hunger. Some commonalities with Elven Artifice and Tolkien's crafting system, but in a good way. Symbiosis, rather than scraping your soul raw.
This is an elegant way of combining the two winning options, so that the 'complete restoration' property of Pristine Star's what allows Second Stage to fully heal us on expiring. Ghostfire's a curious substance; if we generate more, can the healing be accelerated? I'm envisioning something like Arthur's Heart of Winter Acheron technique. Second Stage seems like it could easily evolve into a possession technique too, layering some fraction of our stats atop the target's and promoting healing.
I wonder how far the template damage extends; would prostheses prove effective? A cybernetic eye, Vitalist replacements? Or are the wounds so comprehensive that targeted reinnervation would just - fail, by supernal fiat? Does the same property raise the difficulty of resurrecting Hunger's wife?
A shame we didn't drag the carcass back to camp, fried alligator actually tastes great. But if the wolf weighed as much as the rock it resembled then it might not have worked. Besides, we wouldn't have gotten this image, gliding across the lake as a softly gleaming specter. We can't fly (yet), but we can certainly glide! This might prove useful if the Temple wins and it's underwater as hypothesized, though I certainly don't want to walk in with only one life left. Or at all, really.
I was concerned about Gisena's reaction, but it turns out there was no need. Is she concealing concern here or does she have faith it's another evolution of our power? Hunger's Progression is capital-C Concerning from the viewpoint of enemies, there was a whole bout of paranoia about whether or not to tell Jeanne, but Gisena's got a good poker face and Letrizia's more interested in our interactions with Verschlengorge.
There's the concern, masked with poise and humor. Having semi-corporeal hands seems useful for all sorts of things, from surgical procedures to directly attacking the brain, though stamina limitations are a buzzkill. Thankfully none of this speculation's being said aloud, I can only imagine what Gisena would do if armed with that last sentence.
Hm, I hope that we don't have to stay in our Second Stage for this to take effect, otherwise progress healing her trades off against our safety.
Ouch. Hopefully she recovers and survives, I've grown low-key fond of Letrizia. Hunger's presence having an anesthetic effect is also useful for building positive associations, though I remember my horror at Arthur being in literally constant pain outside of Imperia's presence. Shine Bright's charisma-fuelled healing would've made for a better scene, vanishing for two hours and returning with the ability to regenerate allies is a potent statement.
Unfortunate but not unexpected. No doubt the Apocryphal Curse will provide capable enemies, I have no confidence in partial intangibility immunizing us to the attacks of anyone relevant. The Evening Sky makes us immune to mundane weaponry, but everyone and their brother's got Rank.
And there's the drawback. It could be worse, but 5% gives enemies a wholly unnecessary edge. At least it'll expire without the need for a sidequest.
We're always willing to accept payment in Curse mitigation! Tyrant's probably next on the chopping block, or it will be after it inevitably gets us into trouble in civilization. It's like a Limit Break, only without Odyssial optimizing our life.
Heh, if we take the Philosopher's Wreath this could become a contest of Wreathsmanship!
Uplifting, yes, but on reading the last line I can almost hear the Apocryphal Curse cracking its metaphorical knuckles. In all the infinite expanse of the omniverse, surely there's a mitigation method that involves instantiating one's Curses and punching them into submission? A Muscle Wizard Cursebearer must've invented one.
1215 words. I wanted to work in a Wolf Moon reaction pun, since the former reacting to the latter entails howling, but eh.