So long as we're careful not to expire.
A Simple Transaction I
- Thread starter Rihaku
- Start date
- Original
- Location
- Poland
- Pronouns
- He/Him
So, from skimming the pages, I take it we are now Harry Potter with S O R D instead of a wand... and also [A N Y T H I N G] bender?
Fun times.
Fun times.
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
We can't, we're basically a vampire.
Talace
It must be raining somewhere else!
We only bend our Imaginary Element, I think. I hope it's less sword and more [Determination] or [Severing], which would be cool.
All Along the Watchtower
Rihaku
The Internet
The winning vote was [X] Investigate the School with [X] Fierce Quickening. You now have 17.7 Arete.
What was Hunger doing while Letrizia went 'undercover' on her self-appointed mission? Choose 2.
[ ] Studying the Blade - While they ranted about the shackles of Imperial representation, he studied the Blade. While she participated in frivolous antics, he studied the Blade. And now that the rot spawn are at the gates, they turn to him for help?
Well, fine. But it'll cost 'em.
*Hunger fights the Rotspawn, the semi-undead army created by the Rotbeast, greatly relieving pressure on the town's defenders for a bit. He may encounter either mundane Rotspawn, Elite Rotspawn, or Primary Rotspawn.
*The vast majority of Rotspawn are mundane, but by presenting such an overwhelming threat, it's likely Hunger will force out more powerful specimens.
*50% chance of +1 pick
*35% chance of +2 picks
*15% chance of +2 picks, +.5 Arete, +1 major complication
*You may choose to 'target' a specific type of Rotspawn, greatly increasing encounter chances, by reaching a consensus on discussion of which to target and directing discussion and omake power towards it. You'll still get Arete for those omakes.
*Improves your value in the eyes of the townsfolk, reducing the penalties of any Tyrant proc.
[ ] Pursuing Technological Solutions - While they don't have anywhere near the facilities appropriate for properly maintaining an Armament, the Elixir Sovereignty is still a functioning small-scale technological civilization with sufficient industrial base (mostly automated) to produce outdated Imperial technology. This should really be Letrizia's job, but with her occupied on her mission it falls to Hunger and Gisena to procure repairs for Verschlengorge's armor and hydraulics, as well as re-stock its supply of missiles and kinetic ammunition.
*Improves Verschlengorge's combat capability without increasing its Rank, making it more self-sufficient and relevant in battle
*+Gisena, Gisena weaponry upgrade
*+Letrizia
*+1 day consumed; repairs take time
[ ] Relaxing at the Hot Springs - This is supposed to be a vacation, and that means only one thing: the absolute bliss of a worry-free existence at the Elixir Springs! Tomorrow there may be travail and fearsome tribulation, but today there is only the healing power of the geothermally-heated waters!
*+Gisena
*+10% healing chance, +10% Double Healing chance
*Pillars of Creation** is unlocked and can be purchased during any reasonably plausible Experience spend point for 1 pick, 25 Arete.
*Pillars of Creation is extremely powerful utility, offering Curse Mitigation, powerful buffs, and level-appropriate enemies in a reasonably safe environment. It would be extremely useful in the mid to late game.
[ ] Bloodwraith [2 Arete] - There must be a way to overcome the limitations of the spirit form. Its lack of blood renders it an underwhelming combatant compared to Hunger's fleshly body, and given his reliance on it in the past that cannot be allowed. The purview of Progression is the achievement of any feat, no matter how impossible it may seem. Now that he has time to slow down and actually think, might he discover some way of overcoming this weakness? Perhaps the answer lies in Verschlengorge's blood, for, as Letrizia mentioned, its body is spirit and flesh united, a thing not entirely of the physical world. With a sufficiently large sample and diligent experimentation, perhaps he could selectively enhance specific attributes of his own blood such that it could be retained in ghostly form?
*Doom of the Tyrant: Hunger will extract large quantities of Verschlengorge's blood for his experiments without even thinking to ask Letrizia, weakening its Astral Rank to 4. After all, he's its bonded Cursebearer, a position both he and Verschlengorge know is above that of its pilot!
*--Letrizia, -1 future pick
*Hunger's Second Stage is now treated as having corporeal blood for all purposes. It benefits from Quickening, regenerates via the Ring of Blood, and so on. Not only does this double your effective HP, it also allows you to make use of Quickening's benefits alongside the phasing and increased speed of the Second Stage!
[ ] Market Day [2 Arete] - It's been a long time since he's commingled with the common people as anything but their forlorn champion. Though he's never been much a proponent of enjoying 'normalcy' for its own sake, there is something to be said for walking through civilization with the relative anonymity of the unknown. Though it's somewhat risky given the Tyrant's Doom, there's hardly a safer place than this to learn how to manage it, inasmuch as that is possible at all.
*Extensive practice under potentially risky circumstances yields one purchase of Vigor Itself [++Might, +Cha]
*Gain some potentially priceless experience with the Doom of the Tyrant in a relatively controlled scenario, allowing Hunger to better plan around it when engaging with civilization in the future.
**[Pillars of Creation] - 25 Arete. At the end of each lunar month, wearer and companions may steal away to the realm of Evening, during which no time passes in the mortal world. Divine opulence and every conceivable luxury await the fortunate interlopers, restoring wholeness of mind, body, and spirit.
The realm of Evening responds to the desires of the wearer and can be shaped to induce a variety of effects at nigh-deific scale - worthy enemies, fields of unique reagents, anagathic peaches, arms and armor of myth. Only one rule is absolute: that each stay lasts seven days, no more and no less. Items typically cannot be carried out, though the effects of items consumed within the realm remain after departing it.
All Curses save the Geas of Indenture are only at one-third severity within the realm, though this does not stack with other forms of mitigation, nor impede their function outside.
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What type of magic did Letrizia discover at the Elixir Springs Prefectural High School?
[ ] Vertex - The design and construction of semi-autonomous magical Vertices, points of power that can be used by anyone initiated into the art. Inset into equipment or orbiting their wielder, these points of light can produce a number of functions so long as they are not destroyed: acting as smart- or dumbfire elemental drones, passively augmenting the Attributes or other aspects of their wielder, ablatively interposing themselves before enemy attacks, and so on. Raw power, complexity of Vertex effects, and intelligence of active Vertices are all determined by separate combinations of skill and Attribute, as well as other factors. For example, the raw power of high-tier effects is influenced in large part by the amount of lifespan the crafter shears away in the process of its creation.
*Can be destroyed by Nullity
*Hunger and Letrizia can theoretically learn to wield and create Vertices, though it's a demanding and time-consuming field, and Hunger would require either picks or Arete to overcome the requirement that one be initiated in one's youth, before the age of twenty-one. You may also buy Vertices even if you don't spend any effort making them yourself, though you'll need something to carry them in.
*The Evening Sky can serve as a natural carrier of Vertices.
[ ] Surgecraft - A seemingly simplistic but bizarrely powerful art by which its practitioners manifest and control vast quantities of a personal Imaginary Element. These range from the mostly physical (Ironflame, with the stability and density of steel but the heat and mobility of fire) to the highly conceptual (Fellspite, a slow but all-corroding mist that induces hatred and despair in those it touches; Fullmight, which simply amplifies the raw power of anything to which it's applied). Even the weakest Surgecrafter can unleash walls and torrents of their element sufficient to annihilate a large building, but control comes slowly and unsteadily for them, if at all. One can imagine the instability of a society populated by such mages.
*Hunger and Letrizia can theoretically learn Surgecraft, though blood manipulation will be needed for Letrizia to acquire it.
*The quality of Hunger's Imaginary Element, should he decide to pursue this route, will depend in part on Arete spent.
*Though none have accomplished it so far, it's relatively easy for experienced Surgecraft practitioners to unleash blasts of their Element that would be relevant on national, planetary, or even interstellar scales. Simple power is something that it develops easily.
*A Surgecrafter's strength in a given moment depends highly on their emotional context, personal circumstances, momentum of the battle and so on. It is at its heart a spontaneous art that disdains preparation.
What was Hunger doing while Letrizia went 'undercover' on her self-appointed mission? Choose 2.
[ ] Studying the Blade - While they ranted about the shackles of Imperial representation, he studied the Blade. While she participated in frivolous antics, he studied the Blade. And now that the rot spawn are at the gates, they turn to him for help?
Well, fine. But it'll cost 'em.
*Hunger fights the Rotspawn, the semi-undead army created by the Rotbeast, greatly relieving pressure on the town's defenders for a bit. He may encounter either mundane Rotspawn, Elite Rotspawn, or Primary Rotspawn.
*The vast majority of Rotspawn are mundane, but by presenting such an overwhelming threat, it's likely Hunger will force out more powerful specimens.
*50% chance of +1 pick
*35% chance of +2 picks
*15% chance of +2 picks, +.5 Arete, +1 major complication
*You may choose to 'target' a specific type of Rotspawn, greatly increasing encounter chances, by reaching a consensus on discussion of which to target and directing discussion and omake power towards it. You'll still get Arete for those omakes.
*Improves your value in the eyes of the townsfolk, reducing the penalties of any Tyrant proc.
[ ] Pursuing Technological Solutions - While they don't have anywhere near the facilities appropriate for properly maintaining an Armament, the Elixir Sovereignty is still a functioning small-scale technological civilization with sufficient industrial base (mostly automated) to produce outdated Imperial technology. This should really be Letrizia's job, but with her occupied on her mission it falls to Hunger and Gisena to procure repairs for Verschlengorge's armor and hydraulics, as well as re-stock its supply of missiles and kinetic ammunition.
*Improves Verschlengorge's combat capability without increasing its Rank, making it more self-sufficient and relevant in battle
*+Gisena, Gisena weaponry upgrade
*+Letrizia
*+1 day consumed; repairs take time
[ ] Relaxing at the Hot Springs - This is supposed to be a vacation, and that means only one thing: the absolute bliss of a worry-free existence at the Elixir Springs! Tomorrow there may be travail and fearsome tribulation, but today there is only the healing power of the geothermally-heated waters!
*+Gisena
*+10% healing chance, +10% Double Healing chance
*Pillars of Creation** is unlocked and can be purchased during any reasonably plausible Experience spend point for 1 pick, 25 Arete.
*Pillars of Creation is extremely powerful utility, offering Curse Mitigation, powerful buffs, and level-appropriate enemies in a reasonably safe environment. It would be extremely useful in the mid to late game.
[ ] Bloodwraith [2 Arete] - There must be a way to overcome the limitations of the spirit form. Its lack of blood renders it an underwhelming combatant compared to Hunger's fleshly body, and given his reliance on it in the past that cannot be allowed. The purview of Progression is the achievement of any feat, no matter how impossible it may seem. Now that he has time to slow down and actually think, might he discover some way of overcoming this weakness? Perhaps the answer lies in Verschlengorge's blood, for, as Letrizia mentioned, its body is spirit and flesh united, a thing not entirely of the physical world. With a sufficiently large sample and diligent experimentation, perhaps he could selectively enhance specific attributes of his own blood such that it could be retained in ghostly form?
*Doom of the Tyrant: Hunger will extract large quantities of Verschlengorge's blood for his experiments without even thinking to ask Letrizia, weakening its Astral Rank to 4. After all, he's its bonded Cursebearer, a position both he and Verschlengorge know is above that of its pilot!
*--Letrizia, -1 future pick
*Hunger's Second Stage is now treated as having corporeal blood for all purposes. It benefits from Quickening, regenerates via the Ring of Blood, and so on. Not only does this double your effective HP, it also allows you to make use of Quickening's benefits alongside the phasing and increased speed of the Second Stage!
[ ] Market Day [2 Arete] - It's been a long time since he's commingled with the common people as anything but their forlorn champion. Though he's never been much a proponent of enjoying 'normalcy' for its own sake, there is something to be said for walking through civilization with the relative anonymity of the unknown. Though it's somewhat risky given the Tyrant's Doom, there's hardly a safer place than this to learn how to manage it, inasmuch as that is possible at all.
*Extensive practice under potentially risky circumstances yields one purchase of Vigor Itself [++Might, +Cha]
*Gain some potentially priceless experience with the Doom of the Tyrant in a relatively controlled scenario, allowing Hunger to better plan around it when engaging with civilization in the future.
**[Pillars of Creation] - 25 Arete. At the end of each lunar month, wearer and companions may steal away to the realm of Evening, during which no time passes in the mortal world. Divine opulence and every conceivable luxury await the fortunate interlopers, restoring wholeness of mind, body, and spirit.
The realm of Evening responds to the desires of the wearer and can be shaped to induce a variety of effects at nigh-deific scale - worthy enemies, fields of unique reagents, anagathic peaches, arms and armor of myth. Only one rule is absolute: that each stay lasts seven days, no more and no less. Items typically cannot be carried out, though the effects of items consumed within the realm remain after departing it.
All Curses save the Geas of Indenture are only at one-third severity within the realm, though this does not stack with other forms of mitigation, nor impede their function outside.
---
What type of magic did Letrizia discover at the Elixir Springs Prefectural High School?
[ ] Vertex - The design and construction of semi-autonomous magical Vertices, points of power that can be used by anyone initiated into the art. Inset into equipment or orbiting their wielder, these points of light can produce a number of functions so long as they are not destroyed: acting as smart- or dumbfire elemental drones, passively augmenting the Attributes or other aspects of their wielder, ablatively interposing themselves before enemy attacks, and so on. Raw power, complexity of Vertex effects, and intelligence of active Vertices are all determined by separate combinations of skill and Attribute, as well as other factors. For example, the raw power of high-tier effects is influenced in large part by the amount of lifespan the crafter shears away in the process of its creation.
*Can be destroyed by Nullity
*Hunger and Letrizia can theoretically learn to wield and create Vertices, though it's a demanding and time-consuming field, and Hunger would require either picks or Arete to overcome the requirement that one be initiated in one's youth, before the age of twenty-one. You may also buy Vertices even if you don't spend any effort making them yourself, though you'll need something to carry them in.
*The Evening Sky can serve as a natural carrier of Vertices.
[ ] Surgecraft - A seemingly simplistic but bizarrely powerful art by which its practitioners manifest and control vast quantities of a personal Imaginary Element. These range from the mostly physical (Ironflame, with the stability and density of steel but the heat and mobility of fire) to the highly conceptual (Fellspite, a slow but all-corroding mist that induces hatred and despair in those it touches; Fullmight, which simply amplifies the raw power of anything to which it's applied). Even the weakest Surgecrafter can unleash walls and torrents of their element sufficient to annihilate a large building, but control comes slowly and unsteadily for them, if at all. One can imagine the instability of a society populated by such mages.
*Hunger and Letrizia can theoretically learn Surgecraft, though blood manipulation will be needed for Letrizia to acquire it.
*The quality of Hunger's Imaginary Element, should he decide to pursue this route, will depend in part on Arete spent.
*Though none have accomplished it so far, it's relatively easy for experienced Surgecraft practitioners to unleash blasts of their Element that would be relevant on national, planetary, or even interstellar scales. Simple power is something that it develops easily.
*A Surgecrafter's strength in a given moment depends highly on their emotional context, personal circumstances, momentum of the battle and so on. It is at its heart a spontaneous art that disdains preparation.
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OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
Considering my obligations I'll have to seriously think about this one...
- Location
- US
We're 0.3 Arete from being able to buy Cut Through. Please keep this in mind.
(Though, if we generate enough Arete, we could get a 2 Arete pick this turn.)
(Though, if we generate enough Arete, we could get a 2 Arete pick this turn.)
[X] Relaxing at the Hot Springs
[X] Studying the Blade
[X] Vertex
[X] Studying the Blade
[X] Vertex
LordOfMurder
Bhaal
- Location
- Australia
[X] Relaxing at the Hot Springs
[X] Pursuing Technological Solutions
[X] Surgecraft
Get healing our complications out of the way before fighting rotbeasts. Pursuing Tech because it offers a +Gisena.
I prefer Surgecraft over Vertex because I like it's blurb better.
[X] Pursuing Technological Solutions
[X] Surgecraft
Get healing our complications out of the way before fighting rotbeasts. Pursuing Tech because it offers a +Gisena.
I prefer Surgecraft over Vertex because I like it's blurb better.
- Location
- Omniverse #1345
[X] Relaxing at the Hot Springs
Basic choice, no arete expenditure (which must be watched Very Carefully)! And gains Access to Pillars, which will be very valuable in the Long Run.
Arete is Not a limited resource, but picks are, according to Rihaku. And Pillars lets us laugh in the face of that.
[X] Studying the Blade
Free, potentially gets us access to picks so we can actually *buy* Cut Through before we lose our nerve.
[X] Surgecraft
Vertex just isn't very attractive an option right now.
Basic choice, no arete expenditure (which must be watched Very Carefully)! And gains Access to Pillars, which will be very valuable in the Long Run.
Arete is Not a limited resource, but picks are, according to Rihaku. And Pillars lets us laugh in the face of that.
[X] Studying the Blade
Free, potentially gets us access to picks so we can actually *buy* Cut Through before we lose our nerve.
[X] Surgecraft
Vertex just isn't very attractive an option right now.
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OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
Lord Hunger's activities are a 2 pick option people. The TOP 2 are presumably what's going to happen.
- Location
- Earth
[X] Relaxing at the Hot Springs
[X] Studying the Blade
[X] Surgecraft
[X] Studying the Blade
[X] Surgecraft
- Location
- US
[X] Market Day [2 Arete]
[X] Studying the Blade
[X] Surgecraft
Studying the Blade is for actually buying Cut Through.
Market Day is for learning how to navigate around Tyrant. Also, I feel confident in being able to generate more than 2 Arete this update.
[X] Studying the Blade
[X] Surgecraft
Studying the Blade is for actually buying Cut Through.
Market Day is for learning how to navigate around Tyrant. Also, I feel confident in being able to generate more than 2 Arete this update.
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LordOfMurder
Bhaal
- Location
- Australia
It sounds like we don't have to pay for the magic system right away.
Projectile
Thinking of Rabbits
- Location
- USA
[X] Studying the Blade
[X] Market Day [2 Arete]
[X] Surgecraft
The passive augmentation of Vertices sounds amazing, but Surgecraft is incredibly Passionbloodwar so Hunger has to choose it, I'm in love.
[X] Market Day [2 Arete]
[X] Surgecraft
The passive augmentation of Vertices sounds amazing, but Surgecraft is incredibly Passionbloodwar so Hunger has to choose it, I'm in love.
Maragas
Nothing to see here.
- Location
- Tree House
I like focusing my votes on my most preferred one until I decide the second one.