Autochton: "What kind of shitty memory editing can be bypassed by viewing it remotely?"
Also wasn't quite live footage IIRC, they got a digitally modified video offset to be a few seconds behind realtime.
Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 23: We Wonder Where Who Wanders When Watchers Wane
- Thread starter Gromweld
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Also wasn't quite live footage IIRC, they got a digitally modified video offset to be a few seconds behind realtime.
Dynamesmouse
Bzzzzzz
@Gromweld
"After the King of Craftsmen spared a moment to ensure he was indeed (figuratively) receiving a request for a hammer when the previous requests had been for complete workshops, Autochthon fashioned the best "hammer" ever made and counted himself lucky (for once) that all his prior work with converting far more complicated Shards had ultimately made the process as quick and resource-efficient as possible."
Did Autobot count himself lucky that he was able to make something simple, after converting these "workshops", or was it because he was able to make something cheaply?
"After the King of Craftsmen spared a moment to ensure he was indeed (figuratively) receiving a request for a hammer when the previous requests had been for complete workshops, Autochthon fashioned the best "hammer" ever made and counted himself lucky (for once) that all his prior work with converting far more complicated Shards had ultimately made the process as quick and resource-efficient as possible."
Did Autobot count himself lucky that he was able to make something simple, after converting these "workshops", or was it because he was able to make something cheaply?
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- Location
- Washington
[X] Taylor Takes A Break Now
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.(61 words)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, towelling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^= ∫ (61 words)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
[X] Aisha Heads For Missy
-[X] STUNT: Missy shrieks and falls backwards from her seat on the porch as, out of nowhere, an enormous silver panther slams down right in front of her, scattering the chickens she'd been feeding. "Get on, loser!" shouts the equally silver girl with a manic grin from atop the beast, "We're going shopping!"
[X] WMS - 3 XP - Compassion ●●●○○
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] EOA - 6 XP - Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
-[X]STUNT: Nostrils flaring in the cold air, Taylor stared down the length of the Calgary, Alberta ski run, resolutely ignoring the sneaked glances of the other late season skiers. "Dunno how I let you talk me into this" She muttered into her headset, adjusting her goggles. Dragon's low chuckle was her only reply. She exhaled sharply."Here goes nothing" And kicked off.(61 words)
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, towelling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^= ∫ (61 words)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Fix Relationship With Kali
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
[X] Aisha Heads For Missy
-[X] STUNT: Missy shrieks and falls backwards from her seat on the porch as, out of nowhere, an enormous silver panther slams down right in front of her, scattering the chickens she'd been feeding. "Get on, loser!" shouts the equally silver girl with a manic grin from atop the beast, "We're going shopping!"
[X] WMS - 3 XP - Compassion ●●●○○
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] EOA - 6 XP - Ally (Armsmaster) ●●○○○
Spectral Waltz
Scatterbrained Writer
- Location
- Walking the Endless Corridors
Okay I only just noticed this why in the seven heavens nine hells and innumerable realms of mortals would dragon send her to Calgary?!
For skiing.!?
Go to the Rocky Mountains! Go to Whistler-Blackcombe! Go somewhere that's not frigging flatlandia!
sainen
Elder Lich
Linguistics is so that Aisha can speak english, and is infinitely more important that an extra dot of compassion
- Location
- Here
I think it'd be amusing if Aisha couldn't speak English (initially) after emergence.
Not amusing enough to be worth the difficulties when the joke loses its lustre, though. Hm.
Maybe we could have her pretend not to? How widely known among the PRT/Protectorate/Wards is it that Taylor had to (partially) relearn English? That is, would Aisha possibly know and decide to use that for a joke for a few scenes?
Not amusing enough to be worth the difficulties when the joke loses its lustre, though. Hm.
Maybe we could have her pretend not to? How widely known among the PRT/Protectorate/Wards is it that Taylor had to (partially) relearn English? That is, would Aisha possibly know and decide to use that for a joke for a few scenes?
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Aoinfinity
Unlimited Blue Works
- Location
- a blue Infinity
This is my first time voting in this Quest, and I hope I've done it correctly. If anything is wrong, I would appreciate someone letting me know. Thanks!
[X] Taylor Takes A Break In A Few Days
-[X]STUNT: In the Library of Congress Taylor sat in a comfy couch, her legs curled beneath her. Taking a sip of hot tea from her thermos, she turned the page of her book. Piles of read books and too-be-read books surrounded her. A swarm clone told the Librarian of Congress "Thanks again for letting me use my powers in here."
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, towelling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^= ∫ (61 words)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Take Down Ash Beast With Ned
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
[X] Aisha Heads For Missy
-[X] STUNT: Missy shrieks and falls backwards from her seat on the porch as, out of nowhere, an enormous silver panther slams down right in front of her, scattering the chickens she'd been feeding. "Get on, loser!" shouts the equally silver girl with a manic grin from atop the beast, "We're going shopping!"
[X] FPoP - 2 XP - Occult (Autochthonian Prayers ●○○)
[X] WoRI - 4 XP - Occult ●○○○○
[X] WoRI - 2 XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Medicine ●○○○○
[X] WMS - 3 XP - Temperance ●●○○○
[X] Taylor Takes A Break In A Few Days
-[X]STUNT: In the Library of Congress Taylor sat in a comfy couch, her legs curled beneath her. Taking a sip of hot tea from her thermos, she turned the page of her book. Piles of read books and too-be-read books surrounded her. A swarm clone told the Librarian of Congress "Thanks again for letting me use my powers in here."
[X] Taylor Honors Her Deal With Bastard Son
-[X]STUNT: Bastard Son stepped out of the bathroom in the early morning light, towelling his hair vigorously as the steam billowed around him. He whistled as he turned to the mirror, slathering shaving cream on his face as he reached for his razor. Then stopped. On the mirror was finger-painted a message in the condensation: Seven days =^._.^= ∫ (61 words)
[X] Sirkalla's Focus For The Next Few Days: Take Down Ash Beast With Ned
[X] Work With The PRT To Start Ciara's Parole Process
[X] Aisha Heads For Missy
-[X] STUNT: Missy shrieks and falls backwards from her seat on the porch as, out of nowhere, an enormous silver panther slams down right in front of her, scattering the chickens she'd been feeding. "Get on, loser!" shouts the equally silver girl with a manic grin from atop the beast, "We're going shopping!"
[X] FPoP - 2 XP - Occult (Autochthonian Prayers ●○○)
[X] WoRI - 4 XP - Occult ●○○○○
[X] WoRI - 2 XP - Stealth (Completely Harmless ●○○)
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Linguistics ●○○○○
[X] WMS - 4 XP - Medicine ●○○○○
[X] WMS - 3 XP - Temperance ●●○○○
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Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
How Endbringers manifest is almost exactly the same way that parahuman powers manifest - the controlling shard is capable of a range of powers/abilities generally focused towards a specific goal, but the end result is tailored to manifest a "powerset" relevant to what's needed. The Simurgh, for example, likely did not take the same human-angel shape during the last Cycle, and its visible powers likely were slightly different.
That's because Scion only kills their Earth-Bet puppet-body. When the entire point of a Cycle is the gathering of resources and knowledge, it would be counterproductive in the extreme to destroy Endbringer in its totality, since the Endbringers themselves are also capable of gathering data.
My interpretation is different, since it's clear to me that everything Entities do is through Shards. Communication methods are Shards. Propulsion Systems are Shards. Weapons are Shards. So, unless you have a specific quote from Wildbow WoG-style that explicitly declares that Endbringers are housed in totality inside their cores, in this quest they operate like all other Entity powers and Entity avatars.
Yes, it's an upgrade, though it's more an extension of how it already worked; in canon, there needed to be a few seconds of time-delay to any footage of her in order to see her (that's how Coil did it), as live footage still tricked people (as shown in the S9000 arc).
Yes.
Yeah, I'm not quite getting this, either - there aren't any mountains in Calgary. Unless someone gives a good reason, I'll just tweak the location and keep the rest of the Stunt the same.
Sworl
Sparky
I don't fully understand the game mechanics involved here; but does this mean that for all intents and purposes, Aisha has 5 dots in Stamina?
I notice that she also has '- 4th Dexterity Aug [1m] x 2 - DEDICATED'.
What does seven dots of Dexterity even look like?
You're basically quoting WoG here yourself - Wildbow explicitly makes the lens/projection analogy here and in a few other places.
And there's a mountain of almost-but-not-quite-explicit evidence of this, too. Endbringers' forms are customized even after Eden's death to cope with ongoing situations. Side note - this is why I really am not in favor of solving the Endbringer problem through brute force. I don't want to meet Endbringers optimized for combating Exalted.
This part is a little more speculative though. At a certain point I'm not sure how meaningful the difference between an autonomous entity construct and a shard is, but there's definitely at least some difference between the Endbringers and the things that hook into brainmeats. EB powerlevels are definitely off-spec due to Eden's death and Eidolon's whatever-ing (pet theory: and Cauldron's generally upping the global powerlevel and social stability), but I don't buy that we know for a fact that Scion used 'conventional' weaponry against them.
RoninSword
Sky God
- Location
- Canada
Isn't Scions Golden Fuck you Beam partially dimensional? I know its 'stilling' and something along the lines of atomic manipulation (stopping all particles, transforming them, etc), but its strength is still enough to tear into dimensional shenanigans.?
Frequency manipulation. It just sets all ongoing processes to Off.
Closest Exalted equivalent is probably Oblivion though, since thats the only way to Stop all essence activity.
sainen
Elder Lich
yeah, it means exactly that
as for Dex 7 to quote the 2nd Ed Core book
7 Dex is in the Realm of the inhumanly swift and graceful, we're talking high-end Elves and Fae here
RoninSword
Sky God
- Location
- Canada
Quite literally, when she's moving at her maximum reflexes, it will look inhuman to people.
- Location
- U.S.
I'd ask you to rethink these, as neither is terribly useful right now, and AIsha is...not the best equipped for using Occult in general.
Long Distance Skiing? That can be done in flat areas, and having been up there, it's definitely a nice area.
Yeah, Prayer also actually had Dex 7, but both are into the range where people will notice that they don't look right when they move. Too fast, too precise. In Aisha's case it will be worse, as her anima, when active, speeds up all her actions. She's going to be a bit creepy, probably.
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
Question: Why do people want Missy hauled back into the story?
Last I checked that girl really needed some R&R/peace and quiet.
Last I checked that girl really needed some R&R/peace and quiet.
Akuma-Heika
The Devil Exists Within
- Location
- United States
@uju32: Considering Scion's puppet body, I have to agree with Gromweld's interpretation.
The Lowtide
Mountain Witch
- Location
- Redmond, WA
- Pronouns
- She/Her
She's our primary Jade candidate with a really good power to match, essentially, and this provides a way to do so. Plus, she does have the kind of mentality that is probably chomping at the bit to get back in the action anyways, so it might even be doing her a favor to get her involved a few days early?
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
We'll have to see.
Of course there is also the issue that the PRT etc will be.....less then happy if Taylor starts making noises to converting another Ward.
Sure in thoery Taylor and the assembly could probably bulldoze through them in various means but that would result in a lot of bridge burning.
RoninSword
Sky God
- Location
- Canada
My Jade candidate is still MM.
But this argument has come and gone a bunch of times already.
But this argument has come and gone a bunch of times already.
It's reassuring to see Taylor mirror a lot of my own thinking here. I have a strong preference for Hannah over Missy*, but putting both MM and Armsmaster on the team would create a distinct faction within the Assembly (even more so than MM/Alexandria!) that I'm not sure we can afford. IMO that shakes out as being a penalty to Armsmaster, but Exalted tinkering is something I'm mechanically interested in (even if I don't think it's the best idea).Chapter 10.2 said:
*I fear that letting Vista-as-Jade be our final Exaltation would be doomed to failure unless we start actively sabotaging her progress in rebuilding her life before then. I don't think I want that for her.
That part was, uh, less reassuring. *adjusts tinfoil*Chapter 10.2 said:
This section is probably my favorite depiction of what-Tinkering-actually-is in the fandom.Chapter 10.2 said:
Anticipated, but unfortunate to see that shards unaffiliated with us are starting to adapt. (How much do shards talk to each other? How fast is this spreading, even before Iris starts making leylines?)Chapter 10.2 said:
Chapter 10.2 said:
Aw, man. I increasingly don't think I want Accord for our team, but I also really want to read the adventures of the Ambassadors-turned-Assembly.
Accord's Assembly would be needing a Moonsilver anyway, eh? Eh?Chapter 10.2 said:
On a related note, has any/everyone been keeping up with Ward? There's some Citrine stuff there, and it's awesome. She's growing on me as a character and I really hope we can do better than simply eliminating her.
Drunk!Tiny!Glaisting Uaine is an adorable mental image for reasons I can't quite explain.Chapter 10.2 said:
Overall, I think the content in this chapter regarding our Ori candidates does a very good job of prioritizing the ones that won the first round vote while still throwing in commentary about the others. That said,Chapter 10.2 said:
The Elite conscripting Canary makes so much sense I'm retroactively surprised it didn't happen in canon.Chapter 10.2 said:
Daww.Chapter 10.2 said:
Lord Ultimus
Beautiful...
- Location
- Undisclosed Warehouse
I want MM as an Alchemical just so we can see her employ Patriotism-Provoking Display.
I don't think I've ever felt my opinion solidify quite that fast before.