Enlightenment
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Sirrocco
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That's not correct. There is explicitly a tangible benefit to volunteering to go early. Like, they straight-up said "If you volunteer to go early, we'll give you extra stuff."
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[X] Volunteer to go now
Chances are that Yon will be sent. Gambling on prep time doesn't make a huge amount of sense as why would a third of the Outer Disciples being away from the Sect mean he has more free time to prepare anything?
Getting the 'additional benefits' is more likely to be of use.
Leaving it to Fate is the gambling option.
Chances are that Yon will be sent. Gambling on prep time doesn't make a huge amount of sense as why would a third of the Outer Disciples being away from the Sect mean he has more free time to prepare anything?
Getting the 'additional benefits' is more likely to be of use.
Leaving it to Fate is the gambling option.
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[X] Volunteer to go now
I mean it being actually a 40K crossover is the sort of existential horror viewed from a different angle that is so on brand, I wouldn't be surprised if AN was changing things in the background to align with that as we type, now that the idea has been voiced.[X] Volunteer to go now
Though I give this vote under the full understanding that we are in an AN quest and unholy eldritch horrors likely await us
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"The vote is basically decided"
"Yeah, but there's a hidden mechanic."
"Well then this is a great time to show off that these sorts of things can happen!"
"True, true. Okay."
29/(29+8) = 0.78 -> 0.8 -> 8 mod
"Yeah, but there's a hidden mechanic."
"Well then this is a great time to show off that these sorts of things can happen!"
"True, true. Okay."
29/(29+8) = 0.78 -> 0.8 -> 8 mod
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- Academy City
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[X] Leave the situation up to fate
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What just happened, what's 8 mod
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Yon has a good degree of conviction to volunteer, modifying how early he is in taking the red ball and thus what sort of reward he gets.
Aabcehmu
Confusion as a Natural State of Being
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I agree, though divinity might be two grand realms above the celestials, rather than just one. I suspect that the divinities are in the fourth grand realm, just going from the numerological vibes so far. If Yon, Va, etc. are all in the same in grand realm as mortals, then I think there's an additional one between the celestials and the divinities, but if mortals count as a grand realm below cultivators then maybe not.
For additional context: it's a unanimity mechanic, something we're getting for having the vote not be super split. It's something AN's experimented with in previous quests.
Hmm a mid on how early. But numbers of those who took up offer either meant a lot of volunteers to work with or only few meaning we get more rewards.
Looks like a lot of people voluntarily signed up.
Sirrocco
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It's a mid... modified by the 8 mod.
I *think* that means that he's towards the front of whatever line it is? Not at the very front, but closer to the front than the back, and possibly much closer.
Agreed that we just don't know the implications of the "Take up the offer" roll. My guess is that it would be a relatively high number, but...?
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Wait a minute:
The deities we know of are the Knowing Flame (Umbral crescents, mushrooms that grow on Hidden knowledge are connected to), the Harvestfather (Who the corrupted residue is put aside as an offering to), the Storm Lord (associated among other things with rage) and whilst we've not heard much about the Lotus Prince...
Son of a bitch if you're trying to cultivate by aligning with a God, and there's 4 great sects...
Academia Nut, this absolutely IS just a wh40k crossover isn't it?!
The deities we know of are the Knowing Flame (Umbral crescents, mushrooms that grow on Hidden knowledge are connected to), the Harvestfather (Who the corrupted residue is put aside as an offering to), the Storm Lord (associated among other things with rage) and whilst we've not heard much about the Lotus Prince...
Son of a bitch if you're trying to cultivate by aligning with a God, and there's 4 great sects...
Academia Nut, this absolutely IS just a wh40k crossover isn't it?!
You probably don't need to align with a god to cultivate at those higher levels but there's likely a lot of benefits to doing so, affiliation, a prewalked path, ect ect. Learning more about religion and gods will be interesting as would learning about where cultivators fit into that.
The entire mortal servants and members of the sect self-immolated and 2/3s of the sect's outer disciples are being drafted with the between-the-lines implication not many are coming back.
This sect is rather fucked in the short term, being left behind is going to result in a heavy resource crunch as all the man-power for the easy to acquire resources just evaporated.
[X] Volunteer to go now
Sirrocco
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From the descriptions of the ancients, it seems pretty clear that it is an option, and that some choose to pursue it and some do not.
Unless you want Yon to be jumping to conclusions there needs to be an 'at an equal ratio' somewhere within the Elder's explanation.
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The masses of people pouring out onto a bridge that comes out of a 'Dragons' belly, with said 'dragon' hovering impossibly like a bee, didn't strike you as odd?
Legitimately, most Xianxia ends up being a bit technological. Not because they're looking to BE technological, necessarily, but for the mixture of practicality and style.
Let's take transport, for example. Say your natural method of transport is via walking, which makes sense, as humans do that all the time. But that takes effort, so you find something to ride on. A horse could take you, but requires feeding and various forms of maintenance, right? So when you want to move on from the horse, you find something that you don't have to feed, that isn't temperamental, that isn't emotional or determined to do things on their own. Even the finest horse that never sways and listens to you all the way still smells, still requires things, and will eventually affect the curve of your body as you sit on it.
But what about movement for this new thing that is no horse? Well, that takes power, no matter what. It wouldn't be able to move otherwise, no matter what it is, but let's assume you can supply that. Let's take the basic horse model and remove all the things we don't like. We don't need the mind or head getting in the way so long as we have a way to steer, so we can remove that. The tail can be removed. Suddenly you're sat astride a four-legged platform with a steering wheel. Whether you replace the legs with wheels or not for comfort on roads is up to choice, but at the end of the day you've created a wagon that you move yourself, essentially. Inclement weather is still a problem during travel, so you create a cover for the top of this thing, and for your own comfort you give yourself a place to sit. Suddenly you're driving a car.
If you want to bring extra people along, you can just expand the bed of this theoretical vehicle, giving more space to carry them, and to maintain comfort you also give them seats, whether or not they're as nice as the driver's seat.
Then, you have the consideration of crossing impassable terrain. Perhaps there's a canyon in the way, or a giant boulder blocking the road, or maybe there's just no level terrain for you to ride on. So let's remove the terrain consideration, right? Flight is perfectly possible, and it lets you get rid of the legs/wheels outside the ability to land. How you decide to start flying doesn't matter, you do it regardless, and everything else works the way it did before. You need a few extra controls at the front to manage altitude, pitch and yaw, stuff like that, but otherwise it's the same thing as you've been doing before. Your car is now a jet platform. Whether it's running on technology or floating on a bound cloud, it's a jet.
So yeah. Like I said, it's 100% practicality as the reason why this stuff turns into "technology". We developed our tech the way we did in the real world because it's the practical direction to take these things to benefit our necessities. If you want to transport numerous people across long distances without worrying about terrain, you make a closed platform that has space for them as the transport. A plane is simply where that idea lands.
Let's take transport, for example. Say your natural method of transport is via walking, which makes sense, as humans do that all the time. But that takes effort, so you find something to ride on. A horse could take you, but requires feeding and various forms of maintenance, right? So when you want to move on from the horse, you find something that you don't have to feed, that isn't temperamental, that isn't emotional or determined to do things on their own. Even the finest horse that never sways and listens to you all the way still smells, still requires things, and will eventually affect the curve of your body as you sit on it.
But what about movement for this new thing that is no horse? Well, that takes power, no matter what. It wouldn't be able to move otherwise, no matter what it is, but let's assume you can supply that. Let's take the basic horse model and remove all the things we don't like. We don't need the mind or head getting in the way so long as we have a way to steer, so we can remove that. The tail can be removed. Suddenly you're sat astride a four-legged platform with a steering wheel. Whether you replace the legs with wheels or not for comfort on roads is up to choice, but at the end of the day you've created a wagon that you move yourself, essentially. Inclement weather is still a problem during travel, so you create a cover for the top of this thing, and for your own comfort you give yourself a place to sit. Suddenly you're driving a car.
If you want to bring extra people along, you can just expand the bed of this theoretical vehicle, giving more space to carry them, and to maintain comfort you also give them seats, whether or not they're as nice as the driver's seat.
Then, you have the consideration of crossing impassable terrain. Perhaps there's a canyon in the way, or a giant boulder blocking the road, or maybe there's just no level terrain for you to ride on. So let's remove the terrain consideration, right? Flight is perfectly possible, and it lets you get rid of the legs/wheels outside the ability to land. How you decide to start flying doesn't matter, you do it regardless, and everything else works the way it did before. You need a few extra controls at the front to manage altitude, pitch and yaw, stuff like that, but otherwise it's the same thing as you've been doing before. Your car is now a jet platform. Whether it's running on technology or floating on a bound cloud, it's a jet.
So yeah. Like I said, it's 100% practicality as the reason why this stuff turns into "technology". We developed our tech the way we did in the real world because it's the practical direction to take these things to benefit our necessities. If you want to transport numerous people across long distances without worrying about terrain, you make a closed platform that has space for them as the transport. A plane is simply where that idea lands.