The last few days have been particularly busy. And, of course, this is a turn plan vote. Voting is set to close at the end of monday, because I definitely won't have the energy to write before then.
@BirdBodhisattva I meant escaping from Windigos when Stormchaser was away.
You have no idea.
Plus, you have only ever met a windigo inside the Mansus, where they are more dread than dream. So you can't attest for the air velocity of an unladen windigo.
@BirdBodhisattva Can we "point" the Bureau at ensuring the Wedding goes as well as possible, and then take the slacking option and have it's drawbacks mitigated?
Flavour it with avoiding the wedding getting Changeling'd again or something?
No. The wedding will already be adequately secured. And your "slacking" option really does involve fooling around with Princess Cadance, so having your agents run security in Canterlot while you do your merry rounds won't really help mitigate some of the drawbacks.
But yes, @BirdBodhisattva is searching for ritual sites in Danger Zones (with Marienette accompanying us to fight off whatever comes) a viable option?
One of the problems of a ritual site is that it has to be near your home. So, assuming you mean a "danger zone" like a faraway desert, it makes little sense for Velvet to be interested in a ritual zone that needs an entire personal action just to reach.
Your one-circle ritual under Canterlot is just close
enough for you to use it. But I don't see the attractiveness of rituals in dangerous places "just because".
And no, the Everfree Forest is not on the menu. You have no IC knowledge about it (looking at you, castle of the two sisters) that would justify being interested in it for ritual sites. Still, that's what the search action is for I suppose.
Hmm. Actually, @BirdBodhisattva question. What happens if we have Marinette assist with the Wedding? As in, she does the "help Velvet in her actions", not "do an action for Velvet"? Because the way you word this makes me think it wouldn't do anything either?
It really wouldn't do anything either. The wedding options, in practice, are really more on the mechanical side. So "lend a hoof" actions wouldn't really do anything, regardless of who does them.
But by all means, have Our Lady of Wires be your Honored Guest by taking one of those actions out of your hoofs.
Thank you! I legitimately don't have the energy to go over these right now, so I'll save them here for later. Still, I appreciate it.
Any thoughts on the AotL for my plan? Where should it be applied, and when? Or is it Write-in "whatever Velvet thinks will be tested to avoid mental maluses" if that is valid @BirdBodhisattva?
To be honest, you can just pick a Lore for AotL and not specify where it's used. Velvet will use it in the place she thinks is most convenient if that is the case.
@BirdBodhisattva Here's a WIP plan comparison table for everyone's sanity, but can we just... do this vote in two stages and get the unanimously agreed parts out of the way so everyone's plans are shorter?
I really appreciate this!
And in regards to your question. It is a bit of a problem that so many actions relate to
other actions. For example, having the Constables not do anything gives an extra personal action, and leveling up a follower rather than doing something else can impact the decision of what Baldomare or Mareinette do. So, Ii recognize that turn vote plans are unwieldy, and I am always looking for ways to make them simpler. But this seems to be the nature of the game, unfortunately.
Talking about game development a little bit, this is certainly a part of the quest that would benefit from another kind of medium. If it weren't text, and instead we had some kind of menu where we can select option, I can see it being a lot easier to manage. Still, this is one of the things I can do very little about.
@BirdBodhisattva Is assisting with the Wedding further even a repeatable action to begin with?
Not repeatable.
@BirdBodhisattva can we use the AotL action on Names, and does Baldomare need a RotT to find things for us?
No for both. AotL only affects Velvet, and Baldomare can search for whatever you want with a write-in. But of course, rituals have the benefit of being magical.
(@BirdBodhisattva uh, can Mareinette get lore scraps for us? That would be weird, but not the weirdest thing she could do)
I will honestly cross that bridge when I reach it
For now, just don't worry.
Thank you for your words, and welcome! I hope we can all continue to have fun.
Hm, @BirdBodhisattva what does Velvet think of asking the Bureau to hire Comet Feet? 🤔
Same reasoning for Stormchaser. Same reasoning for anyone you ask. He doesn't have a spotless record, ten-plus years working in law enforcement, and a cutie mark related to protecting other ponies.
Aye.
So, right now I am more exhausted than not. Kindly tell me if I missed any questions, and I hope you are all well. Still, I'll go take a day-long breather so I have the energy to write (and live) starting monday.
See you all soon, and happy new year!
