I don't think it matters, to be honest. I don't think we'll be able to overcome the bandwagon that's growing to switch it on and off based on the external situation rather than on our Internal Clarity levels.Cytokinesis said:
Agreed. Many secrets are necessary. The default should be not to tell people things - we can always tell them later, but can't un-tell them.Cytokinesis said:
First off, 3 votes isn't a bandwagon. Second, did you properly parse veekie's vote?Alratan said:
2nd Perception Augmentation allows you to buy Successes with Essence (2m per success). It doesn't boost your Perception Attribute at all, like the 4th ____ Augmentation does, so there's no red dot/circle in Perception.Doomlord9 said:
No stunts this time.Doomlord9 said:
As I've said before, Clarity will be lost much more easily after we 'Meditate On Exaltation'.Alratan said:
One problem is that we probably won't be getting the choice since situations where Clarity shoots up rapidly are also situations where we NEED SoPA on for pure survival and tactical utility. I suggest getting high social interpreters(Dennis and Missy for example) who know about our Issues, and help smooth things out for us. We could however, turn it off and keep it off at higher Clarity once we gather enough willpower to put it back in the box.Alratan said:
It still activates and deactivates it repeatedly which, as I mention, totally screws us. Having SoPA active is bad in social situations is bad when we have high Clarity. Switching it off right beforehand is even worse, given how it burns so much of our Willpower, leaving us massively socially compromised.landcollector said:
At the very least Who and Vista are somewhat aware of our condition, and the rest of the Wards are likely going WTF right now. Giving them the Full Monty will prevent them from forming false conclusions. Note: Spread the word is just to the BB Wards and our Superiors.Cytokinesis said:
When that happens, we can change the ground rules, as you mentioned was possible. For now, we haven't meditated on our Exaltation though.Gromweld said:
Those situations are usuaully over quickly. We should also consider that our vision charms make SoPA much less necessary than it otherwise would be. We can see through the walls anyway.veekie said:
If he's briefed on it ahead of time, and we set up rules that he signs up to at low Clarity about downtime, I think he's the type that would follow them. Particularly if Dragon nagged him.veekie said:
ISF shouldn't help with that. Charms don't effect you from the consequences of your other charms.veekie said:
Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead. We're not the only person with bullshit surveillance. The Wards will inevitably discuss it unsecure. They're only kids, after all. Telling them pretty much means telling the world in short order.landcollector said:
You're reading that wrong - it's a -1 External Penalty ON TOP of Clarity's normal -2 penalty at that point. Whoops.uju32 said:
Good luck trying to find Iris without SoPA active, and once he's back... remember, you sorta disable him completely when you turn off SoPA? He might not appreciate that.Vanguard_D said:
Rereading things, I think I might be confused about the secrecy vote. Does "Spread the Word" apply only to the Wards, or does it mean being open to everyone?Gromweld said:
When dealing with early teens, I'm not sure there's much of a difference.Cytokinesis said:
Keep in mind everyone, that setting Bug Hunt as our default will make it impossible to find Iris. You know, the familiar we got attached to and that costs us 17 XP?Elero said:
The three votes are as such:Cytokinesis said:
This may or may not be true as well. One of the Philly Wards is called 'Broadcast'...Alratan said:
When we get Iris back we can turn it on all the time again. Until then, I want to keep the addictive, mentally influencing, clarity gaining, slave-mongering charm off whenever possible.landcollector said:
We're activating it in threatening/combat situations. Iris is with the S9. I'm pretty sure being close to the S9 counts as threatening.landcollector said:
Veekie's vote for SoPA potentially screws us, as it involves switching off SoPA and burning an enormous amount of Willpower immediately before entering important social combats, where Willpower is our 'health bar'. His idea of using interpreters at high Clarity is a good one, but when we're at high Clarity SoPA needs to go off and stay off.landcollector said:
Aranfan said:
Here's an idea: With Veekie's vote: Having it on during the 2 out of 3 day cycle, would give us advance warning of the S9's presence.Elero said:
You're making assumptions on what the level of Clarity to be considered high is, when the general thread consensus seems to be 3 as the breakpoint.Alratan said:
No it doesn't. Iris is already turned off, he's too far out of range thanks to Behemoth. Once the S9 become a concern, there will be fighting, and Iris will reactivate and we then have cause to keep it on all the time. The Iris objection fails to actually raise any real objection.uju32 said:
I'm pretty sure the S9 would be noticed long before they enter our range. I mean they constantly murder people.landcollector said:
Yeah Grom said Spread the word ONLY lets the BB and Philly wards know in addition to Legend/Dragon and Director Uriel not the general public.ticktrick said:
Ok, I laughed out loud at this. Not just for the morbid humor, but also because I was reminded of how hard it was to track them in canon.Elero said:
