Combinatorial Explosion (Worm/Original)

School has kinda been in the background of this quest for a while so when does the school year end? Typically June through mid-August is summer break, but that varies depending on the district.
 
[X][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.
-[X][Collapse] This is EXACTLY what the 'Rewind' mana is for, Thaum > Salt > Copper > Copper, it even does so specifically to separate objects.
-[X][Collapse] If not, it's probably the easiest and safest to just amputate the outer half of each finger. We've got plenty of mana types for that and being stretchy or over-vasculates hidden with colouration magic is a much less problematic side effect. And should all else fail, we do know Panacea who can correct the details.
 
[X][Taylor] Hang out with Greg, instead of merely tolerating his presence.
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum > Ruby > Ruby. Thaum > Ruby > Ruby > Ruby. Thaum > Sapphire> Ruby. Thaum > Sapphire> Sapphire> Sapphire.Arcane> Ruby > Ruby. Arcane> Ruby > Ruby > Ruby. Arcane> Sapphire> Ruby. Arcane> Sapphire> Sapphire> Sapphire.)

[X][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.

[X][Project] You've transformed yourself by mistake, it could have happened to anyone. Now it's time to correct that mistake.
-[X][Project] this is EXACTLY what the 'Rewind' mana is for, Thaum > Salt > Copper > Copper, it even does so specifically to separate objects.
 
[x][Sage] You'll spend your time investigating.
-[x][Sage] Investigate the gang attack on the Barnes family last year. You now know everything that happened. Now it's time to start tracking down Shadow Stalker and find out the truth. Why did they do this to you?

[x][Project] You'll begin a project of some kind.
-[X][Project] Now you're certain that there is someone on the other end of the connection through your Corona Pollentia/ Eldritch Relay, try to establish contact with that entity.
--[X][Project] Create a Taylor-shaped avatar and try delegating control of it to the entity for communication.

[X][Taylor] What sort of things will you do during the day?
-[X][Taylor] Stay at home (Enhances other actions)
--[X][Taylor] Look through the books you have.
-[x][Taylor] Something Else (Go to the library and check out multiple fantasy books. Even if you can't learn from them directly you can use them as inspiration.)

[X][Taylor] Skip School. If you don't, you'll have to wear gloves until you fix your hands, and keep them on no matter what.
-[X][Taylor] Tell dad. He'll be worried despite this being a quick fix, but he can simply tell the school that you're ill.
 
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[x][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.
-[x][Collapse] Now would be a good time to make some better containment procedures for your experiments.
—[x][Collapse] Also might be good practice for helping Case 53s, isn't there that one mercenary group in town? See if you can't study/heal them later.
 
[x][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.
[x][Business] Fund a venture.
-[x][Business] Fund a project. (-1000$, A second [Project] action will be done this turn)
--[x][project] try to sercure a zone in the lab using alchemy and diverse mana

[x][Advanced] the worth materialised become a golden nuget maybe see if you can extract worth out of gold even if there is no craftmanship
[X][Business] Establish a new way of making money using the means at your disposal
-[X][Business] (Open a recycling business, have the city pay you for handling the junk, and you then get a bunch of shit to experiment with!)
good idea not only can she get worth from using the craftmanship of some item put also use denature to break them done to base component to resell
 
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[X][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.
-[X][Collapse] This is EXACTLY what the 'Rewind' mana is for, Thaum > Salt > Copper > Copper, it even does so specifically to separate objects.
-[X][Collapse] If not, it's probably the easiest and safest to just amputate the outer half of each finger. We've got plenty of mana types for that and being stretchy or over-vasculates hidden with colouration magic is a much less problematic side effect. And should all else fail, we do know Panacea who can correct the details.
[X][Project] Lisa wants a device that will warn you if she is the subject of a thinker prediction. You'll try to create something to do exactly that.
-[X][Project] Take one of those obsolete phones with no sim card and whose antennas you ensure dont work, and tinker some Eldritch Relay and 'Zap' transmutation into it so you can supply it with mana at all times from a distance like you did with the prison phone bug, AND make it function as an actual phone for communication by hooking the speaker and microphone into your power. Then further reinforce this with an arcane transmutation spell:
A villain's brought my blood to boil
Device, guard against the menace Coil
Anoint you with a sacred oil
A mana test, that is his foil
Therefore I in transmutation toil
Eldritch power, earthly soil
Us from trouble un-embroil

[X][Taylor] Skip School. If you don't, you'll have to wear gloves until you fix your hands, and keep them on no matter what.
-[X][Taylor] Tell dad. He'll be worried despite this being a quick fix, but he can simply tell the school that you're ill.
[X][Sage] Go out healing with Panacea.
-[X][Sage] Have her heal you. For her, removing these blemishes would take less than a minute at most.
 
[X][Simple] Study a target for Runes: Alexandria
[X][Business] Establish a new way of making money using the means at your disposal
-[X][Business] (Open a recycling business, have the city pay you for handling the junk, and you then get a bunch of shit to experiment with!)
[X][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.

I still feel that Taylor hasn't fully maximised her combat potential yet.
 
[X][Collapse] Strive to accept the changes. You can hide them with some coloration magic, and they will serve as a sign of your fallibility.
 
Then why don't you vote for it?

Seriously. Invest in coming up with safety measures for our lab. It WILL save Taylor's life, and will be required if we are to do anything involving alchemy or dangerous rune work.
Lab. Safety.

Get on it. Before we get turned into a bird or something...
Yes. This feels like the kind of thing [Focus] would be useful for.

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By the way, is there a way I can vote for a sub action, without voting for the parent action? As in, saying "I don't think this should be our project, but IF the vote turns out against me here is a suggestion on HOW to do it". Because I think we have more urgent problems than the one to establish contact with QA with a Taylor-twin, but I have ideas on the details of to do it if it does win. ANd even wrote this:
Eldritch forces I beseech thee
I provide a means to reach me
Corona Pollentia
My blood as respondentia
Source of power, strange unknown
Manifest within this zone
Answer me, pick up the phone

Are we humans all alone?


Anyway some extra actions based on other people's, hopefully the vote will add these to the bottom and not overwrite my previous more important post:

[X][Business] Make use of Lisa. (See if she can make sense of The Language created from Arcane > Paper, and if the writing works as Runes.)
-[X][Business] Make sure to provide her with LOTS of paper, and maybe a complete blank book that had the mana applied, as well as papers that had the Arcane > Paper mana mixed with a pinch of some other random mana to make just a slight theming or variant.

[X][Business] Fund a venture.
-[X][Business] Purchase new materials and supplies (Buy a small vacuum chamber for 200ish dollars)

[X][Simple] Test a specific Rune's effect: Bounded spirals; like a golden spiral, but strictly approaching a very finite limit.

[X][Simple] Study a target for Runes: study the 'Zap' phonem, batteries charged using 'Zap', platinum electrodes, and an induction coil all together.

[X][Simple](Business?) Scout the area we are hiring, Getting a better overview of what rooms it consists of and he level of security on each one, as well as *review candidates* for 3 dedicated rooms: A shopping area open to the public where they can browse the stuff you're selling, a reasonably-secure additional garden + storage space, and a space to dedicate into a lab for dangerous alchemy experiments and such.

[x][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.
-[x][Collapse] Now would be a good time to make some better containment procedures for your experiments.
---[x][Collapse] Also might be good practice for helping Case 53s, isn't there that one mercenary group in town? See if you can't study/heal them later.

[X][Business] Establish a new way of making money using the means at your disposal
-[X][Business] Set up your building to sell goods from. Goods to Sell:
--[X][Business] Water and Air dusts made with clay mana
--[X][Business] 'Solar Sand'
--[X][Business] Jeans treated with 'Artefact' as a more authentic form of the distressing fashion trend
--[X][Business] Lightning Wafers
--[X][Business] Flying catfish (the cheapest kind you get from a petstore) made with Riftgecko Mutation + some minor mutations to make them breath air
--[X][Business] Fancy looking Betta fish modified with Chameleon Mutation, Ancestral Mimicry, Bioluminescence,
--[X][Business] Nuggets of Sabertooth Tiger Iron
--[X][Business] Jewelry selectively transmuted into Sunstruck Citrine and improved using 'Align Material' mana
--[X][Business] Hopewood pellets in a fancy lantern-looking container you can safely put in your window sill or flower bed and which looks pretty as it burns and boosts the surrounding plants.
--[X][Business] Woodsmith Armor-based furniture grown organically in a single smooth piece
--[X][Business] Unhunger Snacks
--[X][Business] 'Shadowplant Growth' based potted plants with Bioluminescence and Eyeplant Fruit and Heatseeker Plant
--[X][Business] Healing fruit made using Seeds of Life
--[X][Business] A small potted tree with 'Bioelectricity', mutated and with small copper bits it's made to grow around such that you can plug USB cables into it and use it to power and charge electronics
--[X][Business] A photo booth that applies 'Sharpen' mana to the images before outputting them.
--[X][Business] Bags of Haste Soil
--[X][Business] Curestone pebbles
--[X][Business] Seance powder
--[X][Business] Recovery gel
--[X][Business] Nuggets of Thunderbolt Iron
 
Then further reinforce this with an arcane transmutation spell:
A villain's brought my blood to boil
Device, guard against the menace Coil
Anoint you with a sacred oil
A mana test, that is his foil
Therefore I in transmutation toil
Eldritch power, earthly soil
Us from trouble un-embroil
I like this spell, but I assume linking devices to Taylor's mana will require a lot of trial and error. I can imagine side effects, such as the device consuming a greater amount of mana if it is far from Taylor, thereby knocking Taylor out if she uses a lot of mana on experiments or personal safety. I won't vote for it in its current state. Why don't we just give it a dust-fueled engine?

Also I reckon there should be a line about "minions paid or forced to be loyal" to give the spell the best possible chances of being effective against Coil.
 
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I like this spell, but I assume linking devices to Taylor's mana will require a lot of trial and error. I can imagine side effects, such as the device consuming a greater amount of mana if it is far from Taylor, thereby knocking Taylor out if she uses a lot of mana on experiments or personal safety. I won't vote for it in its current state. Why don't we just give it a dust-fueled engine?

Also I reckon there should be a line about "minions paid or forced to be loyal" to give the spell the best possible chances of being effective against Coil.
taylor already made a pen weapon for her dad its even easyer the second time unless she makes a really good item
minions paid or forced to be loyal isnt nessecarily true his 1st target that isnt a mercenary is lisa without her all under him is paid so the line doesnt work because your thinking of the wrong timeline
 
taylor already made a pen weapon for her dad its even easyer the second time unless she makes a really good item
minions paid or forced to be loyal isnt nessecarily true his 1st target that isnt a mercenary is lisa without her all under him is paid so the line doesnt work because your thinking of the wrong timeline

Minor correction. Dad's Pen-Branch Weapon is powered by a metal powder mix packed into it to fuel a dust engine.
 
Hmmm.... Mana storage is becoming a larger and larger problem that we need to solve. Maybe we can see how Taylor's body naturally stores mana and duplicate that? Runes would probably help....
 
taylor already made a pen weapon for her dad its even easyer the second time unless she makes a really good item
minions paid or forced to be loyal isnt nessecarily true his 1st target that isnt a mercenary is lisa without her all under him is paid so the line doesnt work because your thinking of the wrong timeline
I chose the word "loyal" because it fit the rhyme, but I'll keep working on it. The phone is meant to protect against Coil specifically so including his minions seems like a key variable.

Hmmm.... Mana storage is becoming a larger and larger problem that we need to solve. Maybe we can see how Taylor's body naturally stores mana and duplicate that? Runes would probably help....
Well as Sage explained to Piggot we have an engine worked out. Let's work on a battery prototype. I realize that larger batteries will hold more mana, but for a portable phone... let's start with an AA battery, something that can be removed for later recharging. Taylor can ship batteries to Lisa (and future allies) via bird-delivery if she ever needs to hunker down for safety reasons.
 
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Haven't had time to think through the vote yet, but I wanted to get these mana tests in.
Edit: Have an actual vote in now.

[X][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.
-[X][Collapse] This is EXACTLY what the 'Rewind' mana is for, Thaum > Salt > Copper > Copper, it even does so specifically to separate objects.
-[X][Collapse] If not, it's probably the easiest and safest to just amputate the outer half of each finger. We've got plenty of mana types for that and being stretchy or over-vasculates hidden with colouration magic is a much less problematic side effect. And should all else fail, we do know Panacea who can correct the details.

[X][Taylor] Skip School. If you don't, you'll have to wear gloves until you fix your hands, and keep them on no matter what.
-[X][Taylor] Tell dad. He'll be worried despite this being a quick fix, but he can simply tell the school that you're ill.

[x][Sage] You'll spend your time investigating.
-[x][Sage] Investigate the gang attack on the Barnes family last year. You now know everything that happened. Now it's time to start tracking down Shadow Stalker and find out the truth. Why did they do this to you?

[X][Project] Something Else (Before we can make the equipment we need, or any good "Coil Alarm Bells" for Lisa, we need a good source of power. Return to Dust Engines and once again attempt to make a preferably compact pollen based engine. Ideally, we want something fairly well self contained, or easily attachable to devices. We need a 'plant' consisting of vital plant components, and some kind of bulb which contains and circulates pollen inside itself. Possibly embedded in wood. )

[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum -> Corona Pollentia -> Skin)
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum -> Gold -> Skin)
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum -> Gold -> Skin)
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Arcane -> Eye -> Corona Pollentia)
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Arcane -> Corona Pollentia- > Eye)
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum -> Gallium -> Lead)
 
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[X][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.

[X][Taylor] Skip School. If you don't, you'll have to wear gloves until you fix your hands, and keep them on no matter what.
-[X][Taylor] Tell dad. He'll be worried despite this being a quick fix, but he can simply tell the school that you're ill.

[X][Sage] Something Else (Wander around town, and use mana pulses to create a mental map of the bay, just like we did with our house.)

[X][Business] Fund a venture.
-[X][Business] Fund experiments. (-100$, three additional [Advanced] Tests are added)

[X][Project] Something Else (Before we can make the equipment we need, or any good "Coil Alarm Bells" for Lisa, we need a good source of power. Return to Dust Engines and once again attempt to make a preferably compact pollen based engine. Ideally, we want something fairly well self contained, or easily attachable to devices. We need a 'plant' consisting of vital plant components, and some kind of bulb which contains and circulates pollen inside itself. Possibly embedded in wood. )

We can handle our hands next week, if we dont find a better way to do it by then, we can use the obvious healing option or go to panacea. (See mana tests for ideas on fixing our hands)

You have (Zero) Advanced Tests Remaining. (Write-in)
[X][Advanced] You have (Three) Advanced Tests Remaining. (Attempt to enter an elemental plane using Aluminum's set bonus)
[X][Advanced] Discover additional Cantrips of a particular Set Bonus. (Sage Armor)
[X][Advanced] Attempt to Alloy Pandore Powder with various other metals

[X][Simple] Test a substance's Mana Attunement (Thaum > Pandora's gold/copper/Iron)
[X][Simple] Test a substance's Mana Attunement (Thaum > Hopewood)

We need to fix our hands, likely by replacing the damaged sections. Numbing and removing bits sounds messy, possibly traumatic, and dangerous if we slip in our numbed state. We know the flesh is still alive, and that what we have now cant simply undo it. But what about new types? These are ideas for a sort of "Molt" type that heals a target by decaying and replacing flesh in the same moment. It might be a start.

[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum> Egg > Bone > Diamond)
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum> Egg > Bone > Salt > Diamond)
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum> Egg > Bone > Graphite)
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum> Egg > Bone > Salt > Graphite)
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum> Egg > Bone > Iodine)
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum> Egg > Bone > Salt > Iodine)

Its a bit more dangerous but also consider these incase we need extra kick to actualy remove the damaged portions?

[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum> Egg > Bone > Salt > Diamond + "Vampire's Curse")
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum> Egg > Bone > Salt > Iodine + "Vampire's Curse")
[X][Simple] Attempt to string together an Attunement Chain (Thaum> Egg > Bone > Salt > Graphite + "Vampire's Curse")


Also, hard no to selling all that random crap we haven't properly tested or made. Most of that stuff will revert, or die, or might be dangerous.
Solar Sand, iirc is not even a material. We would need to at least have a shelf life for that stuff longer then 12 hours.
 
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[X][Sage] Something Else (Wander around town, and use mana pulses to create a mental map of the bay, just like we did with our house.)
 
[x][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.
 
[x][Collapse] Strive to remove the changes. They are a direct link to your other identity, and a sign of your failure besides.
 
What rest of the vote? You mean you don't think we should make the device for lisa as a Project, or that we shouldn't transmute a phone?
 
Yo thread, since we want Sage to be a magical blacksmith, we should note stuff that could be useful, this is what I've noted so far:
Arcane > ChromiumCleanseRayThis mana purifies what it is applied to.Failed to Properly Scan. Most details unknown.
Depends on the specifics, but this could be useful.
Thaum > ManganeseRefinementRayThis mana reduces the negative features of what it comes in contact with,Useful for improving the quality of metals.
Thaum > Manganese > ManganeseAlloyRayThis mana reduces the negative traits of a target by attempting to make them positive.Useful for improving the quality of metals.
Thaum > PalladiumDark PowerRayThis mana fills a target with a corrupt energy, amplifying its strength.Depends on the nature of corruption, and if Chromium can remove the taint and keep it just strong, but this could be pretty useful.
Thaum > Tungsten > Stainless SteelWhiteforgeRayThis mana uses raw kinetic energy to smelt rust back into steel./shrug tbh
Arcane > SulfurHellforgeElemental LiquidThis mana transforms heat into a hellish material. The greater the heat, the more valuable the result.This and the below could be used with Alchemy to recycle materials worth into quality.
Thaum > SulfurHellfireElemental LiquidThis mana transforms value into heat, burning away a target's worth.This and the above could be used with Alchemy to recycle materials worth into quality.
 
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