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Disciples of Red Dew Sect (Cultivation Riot Quest)
- Thread starter Arcanestomper
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
- Location
- iTALY
Use Spirit Beasts corpses as Punching Bags.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Can I sell my spirit herbs now or would I have to wait until I get back to the sect to be able to sell them.
Neat.
Is there a certain number of Insights I should or need to gather before attempting a breakthrough?
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I know you need at least 9 insights at minimum before needing to breakthrough.
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
- Location
- Somewhere
- Pronouns
- They/Them
You need 9 for an enlightenment, and the more enlightenments you have the better. But you only really need 1 to break through.
- Location
- England
"Why am I destined to be surrounded by corpses?" Maggot mutters to himself, as he puts these away securely with the others he received from the mines, as well as near the natural treasures he got from the disciple who he had covered.
"I should probably start using these before they go bad, if I want to catch up with the others." He noted, even as he felt the real reason hovering over his shoulder. The longer he took, the more disappointed the Soldier, who got angrier, and who sent nightmares that kept him awake.
No, he would need to do whatever he could to ascend. Whatever. It. Takes.
Time to roll some lung dice!
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Rolling for Heart and Stomach:
There's no better time to ascend an organ than while grievously injured in enemy territory while spying I say!
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
- Location
- Somewhere
- Pronouns
- They/Them
That's some shounen shit and I love it
SoixanteZio
Dead man walking
- Location
- anywhere
Ehhhh!? That was a hell of a lecture. Wow.
- Pronouns
- He/It/Argh!
@Arcanestomper Mechanics questions:
What benefit does using the Healing Hall give for recovering from injuries?
How do Spiritual Meals compare to Body Tempering Elixirs?
What benefit does using the Healing Hall give for recovering from injuries?
How do Spiritual Meals compare to Body Tempering Elixirs?
- Location
- Israel
Completed 2 organs finally .
its rolling time
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its rolling time
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A healing hall lets you automatically recover if you rest there.
Spiritual meals and body elixirs do the same thing.
@Arcanestomper , here's my roll for Tempered Eyes.
- Pronouns
- He/It/Argh!
But what do the different grades do?
Are they all +1 dice but you can't use any that are lower grade than your cultivation level?
To my understanding, higher grade means more dice and higher realm means you die.
Clay/copper/iron/silver. . . Are grades, peasant/soldier/knight are realms
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Does that mean we automatically succeed the roll to recover, or that we get our action that turn on top of the healing?
Iron meals would give 3 dice instead of 1.
You automatically succeed on the action to recover.
@Arcanestomper Eye's Tempering Roll
Wuyin's Declassified Sect Survival Guide Part 6: Breakthrough, and You!
- Location
- North Carolina
Once again, the latest series of scribblings can be found scattered throughout the Sect. One wondered when Wuyin would run out of things ramble about. Best not count on it anytime soon, at least.
Wuyin's Declassified Sect Survival Guide Part 6: Breakthrough, and You!
Hey hey fellow Disciples! Things have only been getting faster and faster, and some of us have already have hit the peak of Peasant Realm cultivation, and are probably wondering what the next step is! So, here we are, reading some random scribbles on some random stone tile or tree branch, looking for somewhat coherent guidance! So let's get straight into it:
What you'll need
So, in order to advance to the Forged Soldier Realm, you'll need 2 main things.
The first is that you'll need to have Tempered the 4 organs: Eyes, Lungs, Heart, and Stomach
The second is that you'll need to achieve at least 1 Enlightenment.
Enlighten'er? I hardly know 'er!
So how do you get Enlightenment? Well, first, you'll need to accumulate 9 Insights of any type. They don't strictly have to be all of the same type!
Once you have 9 Insights of any type, you'll then need to perform the Meditate Action in order to assemble those insights into an Enlightenment. if the insights are all from the same Path, then you'll gain Enlightenment in that Path. If they're from different paths, then you'll need to combine them into a new Path.
So for instance, if one wanted to combined 4 insights from the path of Swords with 5 insights from the Path of Artifice, you could combine them into the Path of Sharpening and gain Enlightenment for the Path of Sharpening.
It should be noted here that while you need at least 1 Enlightenment in order to Breakthrough, acquiring multiple Enlightenments will offer you additional bonus once you've broken through, though the exact form of these bonuses will largely be up to the Giant Hand in the Sky, and will likely be on a case-by-case basis. We all travel our own paths, after all.
Additionally, a single meditate action can assemble as many Enlightenments as you have Insights for! You don't need to meditate for each Enlightenment you want to gain!
The Big Moment
So, once you've tempered all your organs and gained Enlightenment, how do you breakthrough? Well, at our level, it's actually pretty simple.
Once you're ready, you just choose to breakthrough, and you'll get it done automatically. No rolling of celestial dice, no tribulations from the heavens. Those come later, but the jump from Peasant Realm to Soldier Realm is a fairly smooth one.
Now, there is something you'll need to choose when you breakthrough, and that is your Main Path. This is the concept you choose to base your cultivation on! At our level, it's not going to be too impactful, and it can be changed later on, but you should consider this carefully! Your main path is based off of your Enlightenments. If you only have Enlightenment in one Path, then that Path becomes your main path by defaut.
If you have multiple Enlightenments, then you get to pick which one will be your main Path when you breakthrough.
So what do I get?
Lucky for us, Breaking Through to the next realm offers a few bonuses on top of the benefit of achieving the next realm of cultivation.
I already mentioned that Disciples receive bonuses for additional Enlightenments when breaking through, but there's a few other bonuses that might apply as well!
For one, if you happen to have a high grade in a stat, usually Gold or above, then you'll gain a bonus from that when you break through.
For another, if one happens to possess or gain a bloodline through some means, then that will also offer a bonus when breaking through. A bloodline is exactly what it sounds like, some latent attribute that comes from being descended from an ancestor who achieved a high realm of cultivation. This isn't relevant for any of the disciples at the moment, though it is possible to gain a bloodline through some kinds of particularly crazy encounters, assuming you survive them.
What stays, and what goes
Once you break through, your stats will all reset back down to clay barring bonuses that increase them once you've broken through. You will need to use Soldier Realm Spirit Stones to replenish your Qi, and Peasant Realm treasures won't offer much bonus for you either. Reputation will remain as it is though.
Techniques will carry through assuming that A. They have been trained to their maximum grade while you were a Peasant, and B. The technique in question can reach into the Soldier Realm.
For instance, the Red Dew School, if trained to it's maximum grade of Clay in the Peasant Realm, will carry through to the Soldier Realm once you breakthrough, and it will be available at Clay level immediately after you've broken through. Consult the Giant Hand in the Sky to check if any specific technique can carry through to Soldier Realm or not!
Good luck out there Disciples!
Wuyin's Declassified Sect Survival Guide Part 6: Breakthrough, and You!
Hey hey fellow Disciples! Things have only been getting faster and faster, and some of us have already have hit the peak of Peasant Realm cultivation, and are probably wondering what the next step is! So, here we are, reading some random scribbles on some random stone tile or tree branch, looking for somewhat coherent guidance! So let's get straight into it:
What you'll need
So, in order to advance to the Forged Soldier Realm, you'll need 2 main things.
The first is that you'll need to have Tempered the 4 organs: Eyes, Lungs, Heart, and Stomach
The second is that you'll need to achieve at least 1 Enlightenment.
Enlighten'er? I hardly know 'er!
So how do you get Enlightenment? Well, first, you'll need to accumulate 9 Insights of any type. They don't strictly have to be all of the same type!
Once you have 9 Insights of any type, you'll then need to perform the Meditate Action in order to assemble those insights into an Enlightenment. if the insights are all from the same Path, then you'll gain Enlightenment in that Path. If they're from different paths, then you'll need to combine them into a new Path.
So for instance, if one wanted to combined 4 insights from the path of Swords with 5 insights from the Path of Artifice, you could combine them into the Path of Sharpening and gain Enlightenment for the Path of Sharpening.
It should be noted here that while you need at least 1 Enlightenment in order to Breakthrough, acquiring multiple Enlightenments will offer you additional bonus once you've broken through, though the exact form of these bonuses will largely be up to the Giant Hand in the Sky, and will likely be on a case-by-case basis. We all travel our own paths, after all.
Additionally, a single meditate action can assemble as many Enlightenments as you have Insights for! You don't need to meditate for each Enlightenment you want to gain!
The Big Moment
So, once you've tempered all your organs and gained Enlightenment, how do you breakthrough? Well, at our level, it's actually pretty simple.
Once you're ready, you just choose to breakthrough, and you'll get it done automatically. No rolling of celestial dice, no tribulations from the heavens. Those come later, but the jump from Peasant Realm to Soldier Realm is a fairly smooth one.
Now, there is something you'll need to choose when you breakthrough, and that is your Main Path. This is the concept you choose to base your cultivation on! At our level, it's not going to be too impactful, and it can be changed later on, but you should consider this carefully! Your main path is based off of your Enlightenments. If you only have Enlightenment in one Path, then that Path becomes your main path by defaut.
If you have multiple Enlightenments, then you get to pick which one will be your main Path when you breakthrough.
So what do I get?
Lucky for us, Breaking Through to the next realm offers a few bonuses on top of the benefit of achieving the next realm of cultivation.
I already mentioned that Disciples receive bonuses for additional Enlightenments when breaking through, but there's a few other bonuses that might apply as well!
For one, if you happen to have a high grade in a stat, usually Gold or above, then you'll gain a bonus from that when you break through.
For another, if one happens to possess or gain a bloodline through some means, then that will also offer a bonus when breaking through. A bloodline is exactly what it sounds like, some latent attribute that comes from being descended from an ancestor who achieved a high realm of cultivation. This isn't relevant for any of the disciples at the moment, though it is possible to gain a bloodline through some kinds of particularly crazy encounters, assuming you survive them.
What stays, and what goes
Once you break through, your stats will all reset back down to clay barring bonuses that increase them once you've broken through. You will need to use Soldier Realm Spirit Stones to replenish your Qi, and Peasant Realm treasures won't offer much bonus for you either. Reputation will remain as it is though.
Techniques will carry through assuming that A. They have been trained to their maximum grade while you were a Peasant, and B. The technique in question can reach into the Soldier Realm.
For instance, the Red Dew School, if trained to it's maximum grade of Clay in the Peasant Realm, will carry through to the Soldier Realm once you breakthrough, and it will be available at Clay level immediately after you've broken through. Consult the Giant Hand in the Sky to check if any specific technique can carry through to Soldier Realm or not!
Good luck out there Disciples!
Turn 6: Jiang Chen in the Infirmary
Omake: Jiang Chen in the Infirmary
Well Jiang Chen thought to himself This sucks. And indeed, as he lay there, on the infirmary bed, in the Red Dew Sect's great Healing Hall, bandages around his arm, torso, and legs, it could be confirmed that his present circumstances "sucked". After his moderate success with his hunting party, Jiang Chen had grown confident in his sword arm, believing his moderate skill, combined with the gifts of the Honoured Elder of the Sect, would easily be enough to carry him through against the minor Spirit Beasts he'd encounter while guarding the wood cutting Mortals. How wrong he was.
In truth, it was his own fault, not truly listening to his fellow disciples as they described their experiences. Culling the Spirit Beasts that dwelt within the forest was nothing like facing the concentrated might of the forest itself, even the Soldier Realm Elk that had chased Jiang Chen and his companions could scarcely compare to the sheer overwhelming volume of attacks he had faced that day. In the end, all he could do was thank the Heavens that he still drew breath, and correct his mistake. The first place to start? Training.
Fierce as the Forest was, it was not insurmountable, as his fellow disciples proved, and so, should he hone himself as a true disciple of the Red Dew Sect, he should be able to make it through unscathed. As was right and proper. And so, in the plane of his minds eye, Jiang Chen threw himself back, remembering as much detail of the battle as he could muster. The first root came for him, he calculated its trajectory, 37 degrees downward, step half a pace to the right, raise sword 17 degrees upwards, Parry. The second, much the same, 48 degrees upward, on path toward throat, jump back 67 centimetres, position blade at 107 degree angle, Chop. Over, and over, and over, mathematical formula soared through his mind, calculating optimal angles from which to attack and defend, but as he processed this data, the number of roots grew.
49 degrees, sideways, raise swor- 37 degrees, diagonal, leap- 29 degrees dow- Quickly, the number of roots and branches swinging for him began to overwhelm him, he remembered his fellow disciples and his seniors, stepping up to his defence, fending off attacks that should surely have dealt him most grievous injuries, even as he did the same for them. Not good enough. 42 degrees, 38 degrees, 90 degree thrust, sidestep with sword at 112 degree angle he calculated, barely avoiding two roots spearing towards him as he deflected a third with his blade, speeding up his calculations through the use of shorthand, taking more and more detail into account in as small a span as he could manage in this mental battle dome, when suddenly, he heard a great cracking noise. A mix of memory and instinct caused his mental self to try and hurl himself out of the way, but in the space of his mind, the creature was too big, too vast to escape. A solid wall of formerly living wood fell upon him, the memory of his bones breaking as bark scraped his skin raw scoring across his mind. And in the end, the only thought in Jiang Chen's mind was this: Now, how do I get out of this next time?
Running the calculations in his head, Jiang Chen could not see a way out from the felled titans mass, not with his current speed. Whatever angle of motion, whatever direction, however much force he put behind each step, he could not imagine himself escaping from the falling lump of wood. So, if he could not go around, what was there to do? As Jiang Chen lay there, in his infirmary bed, contemplating, his eyes glanced over to where he kept his sword. He had been allowed to keep it close by, sheathed, of course, but as he did so, an image ran through his head. The blade, dancing in the light as it did whenever he drew it. If I cannot go around he thought Then I shall go through. In his mind, Jiang Chen ran the math. The first calculation did not work, halted by the fictitious titans oaken skin, nor did the second, the third, the twelfth, the thirtieth, the hundredth, and so on, but each calculation was closer. In his mind, the blade bit deeper into the titans wooden flesh as it fell, deeper, deeper, carving a path to Jiang Chen's freedom, until finally, after 4378 attempts, hours of lying in his infirmary bed and simply running the numbers, Jiang Chen solved it. He could see it, in his mind, the steps, the position, the target, everything he needed, everything he should have done, to defend against a seemingly unavoidable blow. In his mental space, he saw himself raise the blade, anchor his feet, and cut, the angle just right to carve out enough of a space in the woody body for him to avoid the shattering of his bones. Next time, he thinks to himself, next time.
Well Jiang Chen thought to himself This sucks. And indeed, as he lay there, on the infirmary bed, in the Red Dew Sect's great Healing Hall, bandages around his arm, torso, and legs, it could be confirmed that his present circumstances "sucked". After his moderate success with his hunting party, Jiang Chen had grown confident in his sword arm, believing his moderate skill, combined with the gifts of the Honoured Elder of the Sect, would easily be enough to carry him through against the minor Spirit Beasts he'd encounter while guarding the wood cutting Mortals. How wrong he was.
In truth, it was his own fault, not truly listening to his fellow disciples as they described their experiences. Culling the Spirit Beasts that dwelt within the forest was nothing like facing the concentrated might of the forest itself, even the Soldier Realm Elk that had chased Jiang Chen and his companions could scarcely compare to the sheer overwhelming volume of attacks he had faced that day. In the end, all he could do was thank the Heavens that he still drew breath, and correct his mistake. The first place to start? Training.
Fierce as the Forest was, it was not insurmountable, as his fellow disciples proved, and so, should he hone himself as a true disciple of the Red Dew Sect, he should be able to make it through unscathed. As was right and proper. And so, in the plane of his minds eye, Jiang Chen threw himself back, remembering as much detail of the battle as he could muster. The first root came for him, he calculated its trajectory, 37 degrees downward, step half a pace to the right, raise sword 17 degrees upwards, Parry. The second, much the same, 48 degrees upward, on path toward throat, jump back 67 centimetres, position blade at 107 degree angle, Chop. Over, and over, and over, mathematical formula soared through his mind, calculating optimal angles from which to attack and defend, but as he processed this data, the number of roots grew.
49 degrees, sideways, raise swor- 37 degrees, diagonal, leap- 29 degrees dow- Quickly, the number of roots and branches swinging for him began to overwhelm him, he remembered his fellow disciples and his seniors, stepping up to his defence, fending off attacks that should surely have dealt him most grievous injuries, even as he did the same for them. Not good enough. 42 degrees, 38 degrees, 90 degree thrust, sidestep with sword at 112 degree angle he calculated, barely avoiding two roots spearing towards him as he deflected a third with his blade, speeding up his calculations through the use of shorthand, taking more and more detail into account in as small a span as he could manage in this mental battle dome, when suddenly, he heard a great cracking noise. A mix of memory and instinct caused his mental self to try and hurl himself out of the way, but in the space of his mind, the creature was too big, too vast to escape. A solid wall of formerly living wood fell upon him, the memory of his bones breaking as bark scraped his skin raw scoring across his mind. And in the end, the only thought in Jiang Chen's mind was this: Now, how do I get out of this next time?
Running the calculations in his head, Jiang Chen could not see a way out from the felled titans mass, not with his current speed. Whatever angle of motion, whatever direction, however much force he put behind each step, he could not imagine himself escaping from the falling lump of wood. So, if he could not go around, what was there to do? As Jiang Chen lay there, in his infirmary bed, contemplating, his eyes glanced over to where he kept his sword. He had been allowed to keep it close by, sheathed, of course, but as he did so, an image ran through his head. The blade, dancing in the light as it did whenever he drew it. If I cannot go around he thought Then I shall go through. In his mind, Jiang Chen ran the math. The first calculation did not work, halted by the fictitious titans oaken skin, nor did the second, the third, the twelfth, the thirtieth, the hundredth, and so on, but each calculation was closer. In his mind, the blade bit deeper into the titans wooden flesh as it fell, deeper, deeper, carving a path to Jiang Chen's freedom, until finally, after 4378 attempts, hours of lying in his infirmary bed and simply running the numbers, Jiang Chen solved it. He could see it, in his mind, the steps, the position, the target, everything he needed, everything he should have done, to defend against a seemingly unavoidable blow. In his mental space, he saw himself raise the blade, anchor his feet, and cut, the angle just right to carve out enough of a space in the woody body for him to avoid the shattering of his bones. Next time, he thinks to himself, next time.