That is in some ways a stronger ability than the gods themselves get. Even they can misread the signs, hence why gods actually act as opposed to playing divination chess all the time. That said I could certainly see Lya getting much clearer divinations than any other mortal.
Alright, by RAW Mythic abilities, Flash of Insight allows 100% accurate Divination without riddles, so I assumed that would be fair game.

Edit: Though you need CL 20 and Mythic Rank 10 to get 100% accuracy.
 
Wouldn't that be more covered by fate and it's sundry mechanics?

Would that work at all?

I would rather not lean too hard on fate as the reason why the gods fight, win and lose, that way lies the concept of an overgod which I dislike for various reasons that take would take too long to recount this late

Alright, by RAW Mythic abilities, Flash of Insight allows 100% accurate Divination without riddles, so I assumed that would be fair game.

Edit: Though you need CL 20 and Mythic Rank 10 to get 100% accuracy.

I'm fine with it getting perfect information for most intents and purposes in most circumstances but for the sake of narrative tension it would be posibile for it to be misinterpreted, for instance when it conflicts with other similarly powerful lines of divination (in this case being the direct actions of gods).

I'll look into hammering out something less vague in the morning.
 
I'mza gonna go pass out. I'll hash out the Rank 1 stuff for the Sage tomorrow, assuming my damned throat doesn't get worse.

Tag me with any suggestions, alright?
 
I would rather not lean too hard on fate as the reason why the gods fight, win and lose, that way lies the concept of an overgod which I dislike for various reasons that take would take too long to recount this late



I'm fine with it getting perfect information for most intents and purposes in most circumstances but for the sake of narrative tension it would be posibile for it to be misinterpreted, for instance when it conflicts with other similarly powerful lines of divination (in this case being the direct actions of gods).

I'll look into hammering out something less vague in the morning.
Flash of Omniscience can be 100% accurate, but it's only equivalent to a Divination spell, so there is plenty of room for misinterpretation, as you suggest.
 
The basic idea is not for her to gain spontaneous insights handed to her like Viserys or Dany, but to give her... basically Wikipedia, as written by the creator of the universe to browse in.
Would dp be the overgod or the luminous one in this scenario? Also would the akashic records provide an answer for who created the universe? Cause if it would the .It would be cool to know if our setting had an overgod.
 
Lya finally gets access to the universe's design doc. She immediately wrinkles her nose and busts out the red pen. :V

Lya, on checking doc against reality: THE FUCKING LOWEST BIDDER CONTRACTORS SLACKED ON THE DESIGN TOLERANCES!
Viserys, actually frightened of his wife pulling a Galadriel right now: Honey, please-
Lya: I AM GOING TO HUNT THEM DOWN AND END THEM!!
 
Lya, on checking doc against reality: THE FUCKING LOWEST BIDDER CONTRACTORS SLACKED ON THE DESIGN TOLERANCES!
Viserys, actually frightened of his wife pulling a Galadriel right now: Honey, please-
Lya: I AM GOING TO HUNT THEM DOWN AND END THEM!!

I like this, I like this a lot, but Viserys' actual response would have been: pop

Because getting in the way of that temper tantrum is the last thing on his mind. He's virtuous, not suicidal.
 
Actually, the text spells out that the answer is never cryptic.

Though I'm peachy with a remaining risk of misinterpretation.
Yeah, but I figured even absolute truth and straight, unambiguous fact can still be misleading if your own biases color your interpretation of the answer, though such chances should be rare as hens teeth when you have superhuman Intelligence and Wisdom attributes.

And that requires 10th Mythic tier, so prior to that there is still some degree of uncertainty.
 
On a more immediate note, what do we want for Viserys 2nd Path Ability?

I'm still eyeing Elemental Bond Fire.
 
I would prefer Flexible Counterspell or Competent Caster (to avoid ending up like that Marilith).
Either of these would be great.

Sorry, @Azel, but Elemental Bond is solidly "meh", with a big healing dollop of "pfft".

EDIT: To clarify, we already have Fire Mastery and are Immune to Fire damage. We need solid improvements, not more of the same.
 
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Actually, after looking at Flexible Counterspell, I am feeling that more.

On the other hand, in another couple of tiers and three levels we should be able to reliably make use of Flash of Omniscience to get 100% success rating.

For now though I am feeling Flexible Counterspell even more, it is always nice to be able to dunk on an enemy spell caster who is feeling a bit preemptively triumphant because of the spell they are casting, only to see the hope drain from their eyes.
 
I would prefer Flexible Counterspell or Competent Caster (to avoid ending up like that Marilith).
Flexible Counterspell looks neat, though I'm surpremely meh on Competent Caster. Viserys ain't no squishy wizard, so this is a lot less useful for him.
Display of Charisma or Flash of Omniscience.
Not really interested in Flash of Omniscience for Viserys, especially as he later get's more flavorful stuff that fills the same niche.

As for Display of Charisma, you do miss the days of brainmelting by social skills alone, right? :V
Either of these would be great.

Sorry, @Azel, but Elemental Bond is solidly "meh", with a big healing dollop of "pfft".

EDIT: To clarify, we already have Fire Mastery and are Immune to Fire damage. We need solid improvements, not more of the same.
The thing is adding Tier to CL for Fire spells, which both increases damage and makes them harder to resist with SR.
 
The more I think about it, the more I prefer Competent Caster as Viserys' next Mythic ability. It's not flashy, but it's pretty much a surefire way to remove the largest vulnerability common to all casters.

I'm not sure how many of y'all understand how easy it can be too shut a spellcaster down simply by preventing them from succeeding on a Concentration check.
 
Actually, after looking at Flexible Counterspell, I am feeling that more.

On the other hand, in another couple of tiers and three levels we should be able to reliably make use of Flash of Omniscience to get 100% success rating.

For now though I am feeling Flexible Counterspell even more, it is always nice to be able to dunk on an enemy spell caster who is feeling a bit preemptively triumphant because of the spell they are casting, only to see the hope drain from their eyes.
I like Flexible Counterspell, but Viserys' Spell-Singer's ring is a decent alternative to it for now.

EDIT: Also, next month we are crafting Spell-Singer's rings for several Companions, so we'll have pretty good Counterspell coverage.
 
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Yeah, forcing impossible Concentration checks is stupidly easy at high levels. Celerity + Arcane Fusion (True Strike + Orb of Force) and bam! That's a Time Stop you just Counterspelled.

And I feel like Flexible Counterspell is massively broken, anyway. It's great, but stupidly good.
 
I'm leaning towards Flexible Counterspell or Competent Caster. So far DP has not ever even once made it a large concern for us, because Viserys is a scary fuck-off melee monster even in close-range.

I think that is what makes me want Flexible Counterspell more, Competent Caster is of extremely niche use, it's just that when it actually becomes useful (all of two or three instances in the next ten thousand pages?) it will be of critical life-saving usefulness.
 
The more I think about it, the more I prefer Competent Caster as Viserys' next Mythic ability. It's not flashy, but it's pretty much a surefire way to remove the largest vulnerability common to all casters.

I'm not sure how many of y'all understand how easy it can be too shut a spellcaster down simply by preventing them from succeeding on a Concentration check.

Half asleep musings from phone.

That's nice and all, but given that Mythic Paths are more about story than mechanical perfection in my opinion - which I know is shared - then the real question is how do you justify it in that line.

How is this part of Viserys' legend?

That's the point of Mythic.
 
The thing is though that we waltz around with 3+ casters on basic missions and 6+ casters on the dangerous ones. Forcing Viserys to fumble a concentration check is all nice and good, but it won't help you against the barrels full of hurt that Lya, Dany, Vee and co. will hurl your way.

Edit: And, you know, Viserys ditching the monkey suit for most serious battles, so hurting him enough to fumble casting is a) not as easy as it sounds and b) he can still try if you go well with ketchup.
 
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Whereas we have run into numerous occasions in several thousand pages alone, not counting the other five thousand because they had fewer high level spells, where being able to NOPE a spell would have made that fight less hair-raising.
 
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