Talace
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A Simple Transaction I
- Thread starter Rihaku
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Much as you say that, Evening Sky is still left without any upgrades that boosts its abilities. If, as you say, one of its abilities is giving us access to magic systems...would us not upgrading the Evening Sky itself also disallow us to have better and grander options with regards to Magic Systems? On top of having better protection/utility based stats.
And, it also still doesn't detract from how Philosopher's Wreath only powers up one other system. A system that, sure, increases the usefulness of our teammates but also delays us even further from a holistic advancement in the form of Ruling Ring.
DkArthas
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Yeah sure, it would. But I am not willing to take chances right now. Once we have taken care of the Temple, I will be right behind you on getting the Ruling Ring. Increasing our chances of survival and success is my main priority right now. And that means more power now.
Rihaku
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If Hunger had wanted only armor, he'd have manifested a suit of armor! The function of a mantle, such as a mage's cloak, as a magical item is precisely to provide magical and intellectual buffs (such as +Int/+Wis/+Cha) alongside protection! If the "acquire new system" rather than "boost existing system" function of the Advancement were used, and the new system was fluffed as emerging from the Evening Sky, would people still say the mantle is neglected? Possibly, but that reflects a very narrow conception of what the Evening Sky is.
Even Inksky wasn't really a "magic system" related to the Evening Sky, since the only thing it does with the physical mantle itself was make it tankier and give it greater tactile mobility: physical force by another means. Its other function was simply "making more upgrades available thanks to the Evening Sky," since something like buffing cha/int/magic has nothing to do with the physical mantle itself.
But ultimately I don't think Hunger IC would care whether one of his artifacts is neglected or not. He doesn't exist to balance them, they exist to serve him and the cause of vengeance and he will do what is most effective therein.
Honestly the Rotbeast might simply be too weak to provide much Rank even with an advertising campaign... I'm not even sure it's a 2-pick anymore, depending on what you guys get this time.
Hunger actually has pretty high Wisdom. It's necessary in order to scam people effectively. Part of the benefits of Age is Wisdom!
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Think I'll just go to bed
Think I'll just go to bed
Shard
One and Many
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We can still kill it so Hunger gets a morale boost from helping the people right?
Rotbeast? More like Isn'titsadbeast.
Rihaku
The Internet
Hunger has no intention of killing the Rotbeast. IC he doesn't even know how difficult it would be and he's focused on the Temple.
Hmm, in that case I don't there's much impact we can have to farm Rank from them in a timely manner. Well, making off with the hometown heroes might do something? Pied Piper style.
Speaking of life-changing, have you heard about the Ring, our lord and savior? It's a booster and plot device all-in-one, what a bargain! Take one and get more picks for free!
[X] Vigor Itself
[X] Vigor Itself x2
[X] Magnitude
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[X] Vigor Itself x2
[X] Magnitude
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[X] Evening Sky - Philosopher's Wreath
[X] Control
[X] Control
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For those voting for Philosopher's Wreath, wouldn't choosing Experimentation rather than Control bring more synergistic results, since you would have improved both Hunger's and Gisena's affinity with their own magic systems and that would probably increase the chance of manifesting a pseudo-grace succesfully? Maybe even get one of higher quality while we're at it.
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Part of me feels like it's a mistake, but i don't see myself voting for
[X] Evening Sky - Philosopher's Wreath
outside of this synergistic circumstance. I personally just wanted to stop dithering and Cut Through, but now that we're here I want to maximum pump this time.
[X] Experimentation
This is also a difficult choice. Magnitude is a bit too on the nose for me. Control is actually really good and I would love it as well.
Based on the quote below, I feel pretty confident that the failure rate wont be anything close to the listed 20~30% failure chance. I'm willing to believe a dramatic increase to the success chance would be, well, dramatic.
[X] Evening Sky - Philosopher's Wreath
outside of this synergistic circumstance. I personally just wanted to stop dithering and Cut Through, but now that we're here I want to maximum pump this time.
[X] Experimentation
This is also a difficult choice. Magnitude is a bit too on the nose for me. Control is actually really good and I would love it as well.
Based on the quote below, I feel pretty confident that the failure rate wont be anything close to the listed 20~30% failure chance. I'm willing to believe a dramatic increase to the success chance would be, well, dramatic.
Rihaku
The Internet
Exalted Spirit's good too!
Experimentation's not the only that benefits from Wreath! And physical stats may not always be the solution.
You could consolidate with Ennobling if you wanted to get ahead of Wreath! It's a rare Advancement and only spends 2 Arete!
Experimentation's not the only that benefits from Wreath! And physical stats may not always be the solution.
You could consolidate with Ennobling if you wanted to get ahead of Wreath! It's a rare Advancement and only spends 2 Arete!
Talace
It must be raining somewhere else!
Unfortunately, I must stay the course so long as STATS is currently going strong. If it lags behind, I will swap!
Every time I see it listed, I think to myself "Something good is gated behind this."
And then we don't take it. The Brand of the Evening Sky is powerful indeed, to shroud even these mysteries from the mind's wandering eye.