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Eldritch Avatar Quest - You are the Outside-Context Problem!

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cheesyme said:
[X] The duel between two strong lifeforce signature. One is protecting another and in turn, is given strength to match his opponent.
Yeah, I'd rather go to a fight where we might be able to go after the survivor or have backup than do a solo monster hunt.
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I don't think Maki would wait to try and pick off the survivor. She probably would pick a side to fight on, and since I am assuming her side has better odds of winning the two on one, she would have somebody to interact with afterwards. Possibly two somebodies, depending on which fight we interrupt and who she sides with. And, still assuming she would likely jump right into the thick of things, she also could be attacked by both combatants if they are opposed to the Light side.

I would much rather go for a straight fight without new social interaction, and a straightforward spirit exorcism seems like a good way to harvest the soul energy and/or souls this ghost has stolen without getting observed.
 
[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.
 
shibosho said:
The one with the strongest lifeforce is apparently doing battle with a number of weaker energy signatures judging by the emotion they are releasing. Curiously, the weaker ones have either have no emotions or are very good at suppressing them. Near that one is a strong mana signature who seems to be watching the fight while feeling confident about something.
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Are Necromancers/Summoners a thing now?

[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.

I'd rather not have us concume life forse of sentient beings for now.
 
[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.

Most probably doing the world a favor and getting rid of a problem before it matures into something big. Also may be screwing up some big bad plan for something or whatever.
 
[X] The duel between two strong lifeforce signature. One is protecting another and in turn, is given strength to match his opponent.
 
Conceptualist said:
I don't think Maki would wait to try and pick off the survivor. She probably would pick a side to fight on, and since I am assuming her side has better odds of winning the two on one, she would have somebody to interact with afterwards. Possibly two somebodies, depending on which fight we interrupt and who she sides with. And, still assuming she would likely jump right into the thick of things, she also could be attacked by both combatants if they are opposed to the Light side.
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and what do you want to bet that she'd jump right into the fight to help out the guy who's protecting an ally? because I'm willing to bet that the protector won't shank her after the battle, and this lets her get into a fight with some backup as I had commented on wanting in the previous post.
 
[X] The duel between two strong lifeforce signature. One is protecting another and in turn, is given strength to match his opponent.

Who knows, we might even get Maki some fans, I'm sure she'd appriciate the ego boost. Setting up a rescue mission might also help to make us appear more trustworth/benevolent to her. Thanks to danger sense, we also don't need to worry about her getting shanked in the back. So the "worst case" would just be a chance to grind more exp.
 
[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.
 
cheesyme said:
and what do you want to bet that she'd jump right into the fight to help out the guy who's protecting an ally? because I'm willing to bet that the protector won't shank her after the battle, and this lets her get into a fight with some backup as I had commented on wanting in the previous post.
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I'm not disagreeing with those odds. In fact, I completely agree with you. I just don't want to have to interact with people after we kill something or someone. Mika is a magical girl with a history and a team behind her. Adding more social things to deal with beyond her team is, right now, not something I want.

From past experience with this setting and author, one of the most effective way to power up via Ebony is murdering something strong, and harvesting it's power for fuel. Assuming you can't just have a long term renewable fuel source.

Siding with the guardian and protected group means the priority is protecting the noncombat over killing the opposition. If the opposition flees immediately, we get diddly squat. If it escapes killing, we miss out on some potential Ebony power. Mowing down a horde of minions might possibly generate more ebony power than the ghost fight, but going into a fight where you're likely outnumbered and don't know for sure if you would have back up is stupid.

Killing a hungry ghost is not really likely to have a social dilemma, should be a relatively easy kill, and I believe that the payout of soul energy is going to get the most Ebony Power for the least risk.

And since I trust the GM's implication that the three options presented are going to be fights that are either even or slightly in Mika's favor, I want to get the most bang out of our buck I can.
 
[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.
 
Conceptualist said:
And since I trust the GM's implication that the three options presented are going to be fights that are either even or slightly in Mika's favor, I want to get the most bang out of our buck I can.
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Eh, that's the sort of thing I'm not used to taking for granted, so I see the hungry spirit fight as likely the hardest and with a decent chance of getting Mika injured and probably freaking her friends out. Part of that may be because of some of the quests I'm currently in, but I still have that worry. I'd rather deal with some socials and risk losing the reward than risk worrying Mika's teammates or getting her injured.
 
[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.
 
cheesyme said:
Eh, that's the sort of thing I'm not used to taking for granted, so I see the hungry spirit fight as likely the hardest and with a decent chance of getting Mika injured and probably freaking her friends out. Part of that may be because of some of the quests I'm currently in, but I still have that worry. I'd rather deal with some socials and risk losing the reward than risk worrying Mika's teammates or getting her injured.
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I understand completely. I didn't think about the possibility of injuries worrying her team mates, but I still think the potential risk is worth the potential reward. Especially if we can get Mika into situations that force her to use us more.
 
Mika gets a suspicious sword and next day kills a human.

vs

Mika gets a suspicious sword and next day kills a monster.

The impression of these two situations vastly differ.
 
[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.
 
[X] The duel between two strong lifeforce signature. One is protecting another and in turn, is given strength to match his opponent.
 
[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.
 
[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.
 
[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.
I do not like the sound of this thing. let's kill it and juice it into Ebon force!
 
[x] The duel between two strong lifeforce signature. One is protecting another and in turn, is given strength to match his opponent.
 
[X] The hungry soul that lies underground, devouring the souls that it draws in, growing ever stronger even as its hunger grows as well.
 
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