[Exalted, ?] Most High
- Thread starter Rihaku
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And damn I like Pearl and Lea, would love to have seen more interaction from them in the first age. They are both broken in ways we can not fully understand, with you know not living on a death world. To bad Pearl probably will be assassinated but we can save at least one Sid!sis.
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Merc gonna merc ya
Uh no. Ulyssian would not exist. It would be Odyssial from the beginning. Ulyssian might as well not even existed.
Honestly, I rather WANT to play Odyssial. This is HIS story for a change.
[X] Pick an additional option from any epoch after the one you achieved Greatness 10, for free.
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
[X] Reincarnation Planning
We are nuts, but awesome. Everyone fears us. Everyone.
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
[X] Reincarnation Planning
We are nuts, but awesome. Everyone fears us. Everyone.
- Location
- Southern Virginia
[X] Pick an additional option from any epoch after the one you achieved Greatness 10, for free.
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
A lack of XP has never been a problem with Rihaku's quests. We have the option to stay under Heartlessness 10 and I think we have the discipline to take it. Reincarnation Planning has, roughly, no appeal to me since I really do not like the conceit of Ulyssian being a "reincarnation" of Odyssial; he is and should be a new person, and the drama comes from grappling with the legacy of his First Age predecessor.
The Lathe of Heaven is, of course, everything Odyssial was working up to. And his name having a terror among gods, fae, demons, and Exalted alike is both amusing and appropriate. We must take this. It is the capstone to Odyssial's entire narrative arc, his monumental attempt, subsumed as it is by thousands upon thousands of years and countless memories, to make up for his failure to his tribe. To his youngest sister. It is a work of incredible hubris and power that must, by its very nature, stand as the ultimate testimony to the promise and terror of the First Age.
The Fairest on the other hand is an interesting plot hook. It'll make Creation slightly less desperate without sacrificing Ulyssian's central opportunity to the continued potency of the Bronze Faction. It finishes his Artifact N/A blade. It mitigates his Heartlessness right as his Infinite Singularity Husk is initiated, lending perhaps the poignant suggestion that, indeed, it would have been worth it after all. I half-suspect that might very well have been behind the Vision of Gold...
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
A lack of XP has never been a problem with Rihaku's quests. We have the option to stay under Heartlessness 10 and I think we have the discipline to take it. Reincarnation Planning has, roughly, no appeal to me since I really do not like the conceit of Ulyssian being a "reincarnation" of Odyssial; he is and should be a new person, and the drama comes from grappling with the legacy of his First Age predecessor.
The Lathe of Heaven is, of course, everything Odyssial was working up to. And his name having a terror among gods, fae, demons, and Exalted alike is both amusing and appropriate. We must take this. It is the capstone to Odyssial's entire narrative arc, his monumental attempt, subsumed as it is by thousands upon thousands of years and countless memories, to make up for his failure to his tribe. To his youngest sister. It is a work of incredible hubris and power that must, by its very nature, stand as the ultimate testimony to the promise and terror of the First Age.
The Fairest on the other hand is an interesting plot hook. It'll make Creation slightly less desperate without sacrificing Ulyssian's central opportunity to the continued potency of the Bronze Faction. It finishes his Artifact N/A blade. It mitigates his Heartlessness right as his Infinite Singularity Husk is initiated, lending perhaps the poignant suggestion that, indeed, it would have been worth it after all. I half-suspect that might very well have been behind the Vision of Gold...
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Does the Infinite Singularity Husk involve rewriting reality more to Odyssial's liking? Or is it an Infinite Tsukuyomi v2.0?
Maybe, maybe not. By not going full sorcerer the reincarnation will not be perfect So Ulyssian will maybe be somewhat safe, and we kinda need to make the reincarnation as close as possible while keeping Ulyssian intact if we want all the stuff Odyssial made in the first age with any chance of surviving.
Could someone explain what the hell Heartlessness is?
80 pages in and I still have no idea what the fuck it's for.
80 pages in and I still have no idea what the fuck it's for.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Essentially, it's how sociopathic Odyssial was.
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Merc gonna merc ya
How hardcore Odyssial is.
At 8, the god of exaltations is begging for an finite punishment from the reincarnation of Odyssial.
[X] Pick an additional option from any epoch after the one you achieved Greatness 10, for free.
[X] The Peerless City
[X] The Fairest
[X] Reincarnation Planning
[X] The Peerless City
[X] The Fairest
[X] Reincarnation Planning
- Location
- California
Yes. High Heartlessness is bad. Its why some of us have been trying to limit the amount we get all game.
M'kay then, gonna agree with Cavalier's plan then.
[X] Pick an additional option from any epoch after the one you achieved Greatness 10, for free.
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
[X] Pick an additional option from any epoch after the one you achieved Greatness 10, for free.
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
EnderofWorlds
Kneel, mongrel
- Location
- My Ship of Light in the Cosmos
[X] Pick an additional option from any epoch after the one you achieved Greatness 10, for free.
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
[X] Reincarnation Planning
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
[X] Reincarnation Planning
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Yeah.
We're already one point higher then canon Odyssial (Though we also took a lot of options that somewhat mitigates the impact), but canon Odyssial was apparently in a state of perpetual Limit Break that he had optimized to retain functionality in without losing it's advantages.
On the other hand, he was constantly in limit break
[X] Pick an additional option from any epoch after the one you achieved Greatness 10, for free.
Experience has never been an issue for us; I'd much rather hone our legacy into something truly awe inspiring.
[X] The Peerless City
Because following in Nimrod's footsteps is simply too great an opportunity to ever be passed up. It is appropriate that as the First Age wanes, Odyssial's hubris waxes.
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
I'd feared that the Infinite Singularity Husk was a casualty of Fury's victory, and I am immensely heartened to see that this is not the case.
[X] The Fairest
The option I am least keen on, but it finishes the Unfinished Blade, and the Fairest could prove interesting. Still, the option has synergy with a perfect reincarnation, which I would like to avoid.
Experience has never been an issue for us; I'd much rather hone our legacy into something truly awe inspiring.
[X] The Peerless City
Because following in Nimrod's footsteps is simply too great an opportunity to ever be passed up. It is appropriate that as the First Age wanes, Odyssial's hubris waxes.
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
I'd feared that the Infinite Singularity Husk was a casualty of Fury's victory, and I am immensely heartened to see that this is not the case.
[X] The Fairest
The option I am least keen on, but it finishes the Unfinished Blade, and the Fairest could prove interesting. Still, the option has synergy with a perfect reincarnation, which I would like to avoid.
[X] Pick an additional option from any epoch after the one you achieved Greatness 10, for free.
[X] The Peerless City
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
One thing I like about Rihaku's quests is the colour-coded options. It doesn't mean anything, I just think its a nice touch.
[X] The Peerless City
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
One thing I like about Rihaku's quests is the colour-coded options. It doesn't mean anything, I just think its a nice touch.
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If we get the Fairest then during the end of the Age of Dreams Odyssial will temporarily be relieved of his Limit Break so that is always a good thing, plus even if he reaches Heartless 10 the choices we made with Lea and Pearl has made him nicer overall, and the Peerless city ensures that he doesn't unduly harm his subjects.
Deadly Snark
Tryhard As Fuck
Oh gods, I do not want Reincarnation Planning. Ulyssian should stay as Ulyssian, not be consumed by Odyssial.
[X] Pick an additional option from any epoch after the one you achieved Greatness 10, for free.
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest
[X] Pick an additional option from any epoch after the one you achieved Greatness 10, for free.
[X] The Lathe of Heaven
[X] The Fairest