- Location
- Many Places
…Aren't you stealing from other disciples literally this exact turn?
Disciples of Red Dew Sect (Cultivation Riot Quest)
- Thread starter Arcanestomper
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
Non, I was told gifts were in bad taste.
So I am instead going to grovel and beg.
Unless someone has a better idea.
So I am instead going to grovel and beg.
Unless someone has a better idea.
- Location
- some computer lab
wow, It's really lucky that I came in right under the playercap. How do we have a xianxia sect without a single sword guy?
assuming I'm approved, I'm gonna go ahead and post my vote for this turn, so I don't miss it.
[X] Jian Ke
-[X] Main Action: Attend Elder Jiayi Shiang's Lecture
--[X] Fortune (Clay)
Name: Jian Ke
Description: extremely stereotypical xianxia style, long black hair, flowing robes, flawless skin, the works
Personality: very direct in most circumstances, Jian has utmost repsect for his martial siblings and elders, but craves a challenge against fellow swordsmen.
Element: Metal
Path: Sword
Gift: Extra Stripe
Cultivation: Tempered Peasant
2/3 to learning Red Dew School
Items:
Copper Peasant Sword
Copper Peasant Armor
3 clay spirit beast corpses
12 clay natural treasures
not sure where to note this down, but Tempered Eyes complete and assigned to body
2/7 towards Tempered Lungs
Description: extremely stereotypical xianxia style, long black hair, flowing robes, flawless skin, the works
Personality: very direct in most circumstances, Jian has utmost repsect for his martial siblings and elders, but craves a challenge against fellow swordsmen.
Element: Metal
Path: Sword
Gift: Extra Stripe
Cultivation: Tempered Peasant
- Body: Copper
- Spirit: Clay
- Fortune: Clay
2/3 to learning Red Dew School
Items:
Copper Peasant Sword
Copper Peasant Armor
3 clay spirit beast corpses
12 clay natural treasures
not sure where to note this down, but Tempered Eyes complete and assigned to body
2/7 towards Tempered Lungs
[X] Jian Ke
-[X] Main Action: Attend Elder Jiayi Shiang's Lecture
--[X] Fortune (Clay)
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After consideration, I'm going to officially withdraw and open up my spot for another player.
Nara
Chaos Fangirl
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Finally, another warrior!
Praise the heavens! Seek Elder Ping's eye and you shall prosper.
- Location
- USA
[X] Yu Siyuan
- [X] Main Action: explore, seeking a suitable landscape to paint!
-- [X] Fortune (Clay)
- [X] Main Action: explore, seeking a suitable landscape to paint!
-- [X] Fortune (Clay)
- Location
- Many Places
Can we use multiple techniques on a single action?
I don't believe we can.
It was said on the Red Dew General Technique page, I think.
Could be wrong though.
It was said on the Red Dew General Technique page, I think.
Could be wrong though.
[X] Daiki Inoue
-[X] Main Action: Ask a senior disciple to copy the technique, Light in the Fog, and cultivate it if the transcription doesn't take the whole action.
--[X] Fortune: Copper
As per the Honorable Elder's recommendation.
-[X] Main Action: Ask a senior disciple to copy the technique, Light in the Fog, and cultivate it if the transcription doesn't take the whole action.
--[X] Fortune: Copper
As per the Honorable Elder's recommendation.
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If you want to spend your action learning how to help in the archives, I was planning to reward you for showing up to your "punishment" and working hard. But yeah, now that things changed you don't have to.
Wuyin's Declassified Sect Survival Guide Part 2
- Location
- North Carolina
Once more, scrawled in seemingly random places scattered across the sect, familiar blocks of frantic and messy yet somehow legible handwriting can be seen with snippets of information fragmented throughout, like shrapnel from an explosive.
Wuyin's Declassified Sect Survival Guide Part 2: Congratulations! You survived!
Greetings fellow Disciples! The first month has passed, and with it, comes the consequences of our actions! Some of us did well, some us did alright, some of us did nothing, and some of us did poorly. But regardless, both the Elders and the Cosmic Hand in the Sky have seen fit to grant us what they believe we are due. But what do we do what we are due? Do you know what to do with these dues? Do I ever! Allow this humble and not quite sensical Wuyin to explain!
I've fallen and I can't get up!
The whims of heaven go many ways, and these ways have a way of breaking one's bones! Now, as cultivators, we are far more resilient than the average human, but we also tend to face threats that can injure us quite severely. So, if you happen to find yourself on the wrong end of one of these threats, what happens?
If a Disciple is injured, their actions suffer a -3 modification on any dice rolled for said action until the injury is healed. As one might imagine, this is rather painful, and not just due to your aching flesh wounds!
Luckily, any Disciple can spend their action on recovering from an injury. In this case, the Disciple rolls their Body stat plus any relevant techniques, without the penalty from their injury! If the Disciple rolls enough successes, then the injury is removed, and they no longer suffer the injury penalty on any non-recovery rolls.
There are other ways to heal injuries as well. One could seek treatment from a professional healer, likely for a price, or otherwise enlist help from one's fellow Disciples to treat one's wounds, assuming said Disciples are willing to help.
And of course, there exist certain medicine which can be consumed to heal injuries. But wait a minute...
Do drugs! Or don't? Drugs!?
Amongst cultivators, there exist a wide variety of fantastical medicines, capable of a variety of effects. So many in fact, that I cannot possibly list them all down. So instead, I'll cover the main 2 you're likely to see both for sale and as rewards from our Elders.
The first is the Body Tempering Elixir. This can be consumed to grant 1 extra die during Base Cultivation (Organ Tempering!). You can only consume one of these per month, not unless you want to poison yourself! Still, they are a significant aid in progressing ones cultivation!
The second, and more powerful, is the Pure Essence Pill. These can be consumed to gain 1 Success during Base Cultivation. Yes, you heard me. Not an extra die. An extra success. Guaranteed, no rattling of cosmic dice threatening to render your meager effort useless in an uncaring world!
And unlike elixirs, multiple Pure Essence Pills can be consumed in a single turn! Exactly how many!? Well, how lucky are you feeling Disciple? For while you could theoretically temper an entire organ guaranteed by consuming a large quantity of these pills, you increase your risk of poisoning yourself for each additional pill you consume! So consume wisely!
Now, both of these medicine are quite potent, particular for us Disciples who stand at the lowest rungs of cultivation. And thus, they cannot be obtained easily or regularly, not with the Red Dew Sect in the state it is currently in. Normally, these medicine can only be received as rewards from performing tasks for the Elders. But there does exist another means to acquire them...
It's the Economy, Disciple!
Money! Though we are cultivators, we still very much require means to exchange value. And there are three primary mediums for these exchanges!
The first is good old fashion barter. Trade things for other things! This will likely take an action to complete, unless you're swapping things with a cooperating fellow Player Disciple! Then you can just swap things for free!
The second is Silver, or more properly Silver Tals. A single Silver Tal represents about a week's wages for a skilled mortal Artison. These can be spent to purchase mortal goods in Roaring Furnace City! While many might look down on dealing in mortal things, remember that we fresh disciples are not so distant from mortals, and that many treasures originate from mortal crafts.
Finally, the third medium of exchange for Cultivators, and the one primarily used by Cultivators, are Spirit Stones! These come in different realms, but for us Outer Disciples, we'll primarily be dealing in Peasant or Soldier Realm stones. These stones are unique, because they are not just used as currency, but can be consumed to restore Qi, although this can only be done once a Disciple has Tempered their Lungs. A single Peasant Realm stone is worth 1,000 silver tals! Quite the eye-watering sum for many of us!
Now, as I mentioned above, Spirit Stones can be used to purchase medicines. For Elixirs, this will run you around 5-6 Peasant Realm stones per Elixir, depending on the deal you manage to strike. Sadly, there are no shops which provide an easy means to arrange such deals, so you'll have to spend an action to actually seek out and seal such an exchange. Pills currently lack a price as well. Additionally, Spirit stones can also be spent in Roaring Furnace City to trade for Cultivator grade equipment or goods via the Rogue Cultivators who produce such goods in the city.
Speaking of our fellow Cultivators...
Reputations for the Reputative and Reputable Repetitively!
No man is an island, and we cultivators are no different! Even our esteemed Elders find themselves a part of a greater world of cultivation that we lowly Disciples barely touch on, and yet all touch this world regardless!
Still, for more practical purposes at our level, us Outer Disciples ought concern ourselves with how our peers view us! There's over 8,000 of us after all!
Reputation primarily goes from 0 to 10 for a given group, and all Disciples start at 0. When performing actions that endear you to a group, in our case our fellow Outer Disciples, we can earn reputation among this group! For every 5 reputation, our fellow Disciples will be willing to lend assistance to our endeavors, granting a +1 on one's dice if our fellow Disciples are capable of lending their aid!
Certain particularly notable actions can exceed the reputation cap of 10 for a group, so this bonus can be quite powerful indeed, if properly cultivated!
Thus, do not be afraid to go out there and make some friends!
Parting Thoughts, or The Things that didn't Quite Fit Anywhere Else
I wonder if anyone will read this section.
Things seem to be in somewhat of a flux, as the Giant Hand in the Sky weighs many decisions on it's fingers. Not to mention that much is happening here, at the Sect, even though we Outer Disciples can only ever get glimpses into the complexities of them. But one way another we will be caught up in things greater than ourselves, like so many leaves flying in an autumn storm.
So I will use this section to provide advice, for anyone with the patience to read this far.
We are but ants in this frightening world filled with giants. But ants are never alone.
Work together with your fellow Disciples. Reach out to our Senior Outer Disciples, or Inner Disciples. Seek the ears of our Elders, wherever they may be inclined to lend them.
If we are willing acknowledge that we are all but single drops of rain, then we may yet be able to navigate this vast ocean we found ourselves in, together.
Otherwise, we risk being swept away by the whims of Heaven.
Good luck, and may you find the strength in each other to defy the weight of the dice rolling upon our heads.
Wuyin's Declassified Sect Survival Guide Part 2: Congratulations! You survived!
Greetings fellow Disciples! The first month has passed, and with it, comes the consequences of our actions! Some of us did well, some us did alright, some of us did nothing, and some of us did poorly. But regardless, both the Elders and the Cosmic Hand in the Sky have seen fit to grant us what they believe we are due. But what do we do what we are due? Do you know what to do with these dues? Do I ever! Allow this humble and not quite sensical Wuyin to explain!
I've fallen and I can't get up!
The whims of heaven go many ways, and these ways have a way of breaking one's bones! Now, as cultivators, we are far more resilient than the average human, but we also tend to face threats that can injure us quite severely. So, if you happen to find yourself on the wrong end of one of these threats, what happens?
If a Disciple is injured, their actions suffer a -3 modification on any dice rolled for said action until the injury is healed. As one might imagine, this is rather painful, and not just due to your aching flesh wounds!
Luckily, any Disciple can spend their action on recovering from an injury. In this case, the Disciple rolls their Body stat plus any relevant techniques, without the penalty from their injury! If the Disciple rolls enough successes, then the injury is removed, and they no longer suffer the injury penalty on any non-recovery rolls.
There are other ways to heal injuries as well. One could seek treatment from a professional healer, likely for a price, or otherwise enlist help from one's fellow Disciples to treat one's wounds, assuming said Disciples are willing to help.
And of course, there exist certain medicine which can be consumed to heal injuries. But wait a minute...
Do drugs! Or don't? Drugs!?
Amongst cultivators, there exist a wide variety of fantastical medicines, capable of a variety of effects. So many in fact, that I cannot possibly list them all down. So instead, I'll cover the main 2 you're likely to see both for sale and as rewards from our Elders.
The first is the Body Tempering Elixir. This can be consumed to grant 1 extra die during Base Cultivation (Organ Tempering!). You can only consume one of these per month, not unless you want to poison yourself! Still, they are a significant aid in progressing ones cultivation!
The second, and more powerful, is the Pure Essence Pill. These can be consumed to gain 1 Success during Base Cultivation. Yes, you heard me. Not an extra die. An extra success. Guaranteed, no rattling of cosmic dice threatening to render your meager effort useless in an uncaring world!
And unlike elixirs, multiple Pure Essence Pills can be consumed in a single turn! Exactly how many!? Well, how lucky are you feeling Disciple? For while you could theoretically temper an entire organ guaranteed by consuming a large quantity of these pills, you increase your risk of poisoning yourself for each additional pill you consume! So consume wisely!
Now, both of these medicine are quite potent, particular for us Disciples who stand at the lowest rungs of cultivation. And thus, they cannot be obtained easily or regularly, not with the Red Dew Sect in the state it is currently in. Normally, these medicine can only be received as rewards from performing tasks for the Elders. But there does exist another means to acquire them...
It's the Economy, Disciple!
Money! Though we are cultivators, we still very much require means to exchange value. And there are three primary mediums for these exchanges!
The first is good old fashion barter. Trade things for other things! This will likely take an action to complete, unless you're swapping things with a cooperating fellow Player Disciple! Then you can just swap things for free!
The second is Silver, or more properly Silver Tals. A single Silver Tal represents about a week's wages for a skilled mortal Artison. These can be spent to purchase mortal goods in Roaring Furnace City! While many might look down on dealing in mortal things, remember that we fresh disciples are not so distant from mortals, and that many treasures originate from mortal crafts.
Finally, the third medium of exchange for Cultivators, and the one primarily used by Cultivators, are Spirit Stones! These come in different realms, but for us Outer Disciples, we'll primarily be dealing in Peasant or Soldier Realm stones. These stones are unique, because they are not just used as currency, but can be consumed to restore Qi, although this can only be done once a Disciple has Tempered their Lungs. A single Peasant Realm stone is worth 1,000 silver tals! Quite the eye-watering sum for many of us!
Now, as I mentioned above, Spirit Stones can be used to purchase medicines. For Elixirs, this will run you around 5-6 Peasant Realm stones per Elixir, depending on the deal you manage to strike. Sadly, there are no shops which provide an easy means to arrange such deals, so you'll have to spend an action to actually seek out and seal such an exchange. Pills currently lack a price as well. Additionally, Spirit stones can also be spent in Roaring Furnace City to trade for Cultivator grade equipment or goods via the Rogue Cultivators who produce such goods in the city.
Speaking of our fellow Cultivators...
Reputations for the Reputative and Reputable Repetitively!
No man is an island, and we cultivators are no different! Even our esteemed Elders find themselves a part of a greater world of cultivation that we lowly Disciples barely touch on, and yet all touch this world regardless!
Still, for more practical purposes at our level, us Outer Disciples ought concern ourselves with how our peers view us! There's over 8,000 of us after all!
Reputation primarily goes from 0 to 10 for a given group, and all Disciples start at 0. When performing actions that endear you to a group, in our case our fellow Outer Disciples, we can earn reputation among this group! For every 5 reputation, our fellow Disciples will be willing to lend assistance to our endeavors, granting a +1 on one's dice if our fellow Disciples are capable of lending their aid!
Certain particularly notable actions can exceed the reputation cap of 10 for a group, so this bonus can be quite powerful indeed, if properly cultivated!
Thus, do not be afraid to go out there and make some friends!
Parting Thoughts, or The Things that didn't Quite Fit Anywhere Else
I wonder if anyone will read this section.
Things seem to be in somewhat of a flux, as the Giant Hand in the Sky weighs many decisions on it's fingers. Not to mention that much is happening here, at the Sect, even though we Outer Disciples can only ever get glimpses into the complexities of them. But one way another we will be caught up in things greater than ourselves, like so many leaves flying in an autumn storm.
So I will use this section to provide advice, for anyone with the patience to read this far.
We are but ants in this frightening world filled with giants. But ants are never alone.
Work together with your fellow Disciples. Reach out to our Senior Outer Disciples, or Inner Disciples. Seek the ears of our Elders, wherever they may be inclined to lend them.
If we are willing acknowledge that we are all but single drops of rain, then we may yet be able to navigate this vast ocean we found ourselves in, together.
Otherwise, we risk being swept away by the whims of Heaven.
Good luck, and may you find the strength in each other to defy the weight of the dice rolling upon our heads.
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I'd prefer to do this. Mechanical aspects of the game should not affect the internal story.
Of course.
[X] Wu Ji Nin
-[X] Main Action: Travel with my fellow disciples to the Tea Pavilion to assist in Elder Xuan's Tea Ceremony.
--[X] Attribute Used: Fortune (Clay)
I imagine that Yong Jiahao (Friend) was invited by Elder Xuan as well, given that it was a reward for a task we performed together last turn. In which case, he'll join us, too. If not, hopefully he can help out some other way. Maybe he has info on Tea Ceremonies, Imperial Officials or anything else relevant?
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- Location
- iTALY
[X] Liang Xinyue
- [X] Main Action: Attend Elder Jiayi's Lecture
--[X] Attribute Used: Spirit (Clay)
I'm actually unsure if I want to do this (safe, optimal choice) or accet the mine mission (dangerous, high risk, but mines are full of dust and useless detriti).
- [X] Main Action: Attend Elder Jiayi's Lecture
--[X] Attribute Used: Spirit (Clay)
I'm actually unsure if I want to do this (safe, optimal choice) or accet the mine mission (dangerous, high risk, but mines are full of dust and useless detriti).
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Indeed, all that aided in collecting the leaves would've been invited to participate in the event (And even if they didn't, they can certainly try to join in as well, for the Elder of Tea is generous like that).
Once you lot contact with the higher ranking disciple, you may be disappointed to learn that your job will mostly consist on helping move furniture, bring flowers for the floral arrangement, prepare celebratory decoration, fetch water for the performers... It's not exactly the most edifying experience, but perhaps you may learn a thing or two about social etiquette, gain Elder Xuan's good graces, and perhaps get a glimpse of the Elder's ongoing politicking? Not to mention the chance to see an imperial official in the flesh. Xuan's retinue is understandably pretty worked up about it, trying to ensure everything is up to par. The elder himself is nowhere to be seen, having left to gather some ingredients.
You learn that the imperial official in question is one known as Mei Chang, a tax collector. Rumour has it, she is even more powerful than all the elders of the sect, combined.
- Location
- Israel
.....please don't piss off the overpowered visiting cultivator and get us all killed .
- Location
- Many Places
So is she a Baron or something even higher than that?
Worse, she is a tax collector.
It is said that even Profound Dukes quiver in fear before these terrible creatures.
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- Location
- Many Places
It does make a lot of sense that a tax collector would have to be strong as hell in this genre.
Especially considering the typical young master's reaction to the sentence "Ok, so you and your sect owe us about (insert massive number here) spirit stones."
Especially considering the typical young master's reaction to the sentence "Ok, so you and your sect owe us about (insert massive number here) spirit stones."
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Put your action on it. The more dice you have on something the more likely it is to succeed.
Approved
One attribute and one technique per action.
- Location
- Many Places
So who's trying to repair the lama fence?
