Krein
Never stop never stopping
Nope. ANY Exalted thread. =)Quantumboost said:Fine, Exalted Quest thread then.
[Exalted/SMT] Shard of a Broken Sun
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Baughn
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I had a good look at those charms, and decided that they're horrifically broken.veekie said:
I'm replacing them with a
Ah, I thought you knew since you mentioned Lore charms and they are THE Lore charms.Baughn said:
Baughn
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Well, I kind of did. The fixed versions are still Lore charms, and still do the tricks I'd intended; I've just fixed the brokenness (hopefully) and turned it into more of a strategic manoeuvre.veekie said:
Baughn
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Level up! Favoured abilities chosen:
[X] Lore
[X] Presence
Additional dots due to actions during exaltation scene:
Dodge +1
Athletics +1 (Transferred from Ran)
Intimacy gained:
Chaos (Mutual curiosity)
This concludes character generation.
For events since her exaltation:
4 XP (Storyline: Hikawa Escapes)
+50% (Audience participation bonus)
+25% (Exaltation shard/Amu relationship bonus)
= 7 banked, 7 total
As usual, she's the one who spends it but you can make suggestions. XP can only be spent during downtime, regardless of training time. XP cannot be spent on improving mental attributes or virtues except through high-level stunts or in-story events.
Process Baughn now reinitiating EXEC_POMB_AKATA. Please wait warmly.
[X] Lore
[X] Presence
Additional dots due to actions during exaltation scene:
Dodge +1
Athletics +1 (Transferred from Ran)
Intimacy gained:
Chaos (Mutual curiosity)
This concludes character generation.
For events since her exaltation:
4 XP (Storyline: Hikawa Escapes)
+50% (Audience participation bonus)
+25% (Exaltation shard/Amu relationship bonus)
= 7 banked, 7 total
As usual, she's the one who spends it but you can make suggestions. XP can only be spent during downtime, regardless of training time. XP cannot be spent on improving mental attributes or virtues except through high-level stunts or in-story events.
Process Baughn now reinitiating EXEC_POMB_AKATA. Please wait warmly.
Will there be...singing?Baughn said:
... Alright. I have no problem admitting when I'm lost, so... What?Baughn said:
OctarineShrike
Avatar of Mandos
This is some matter of reference to Ar Tonelico. However, this is also not a song in Ar Tonelico, so that leaves deciphering the meaning of the name.ShadowAngelBeta said:
(Edit: Found it)Explanation: http://hymmnoserver.uguu.ca/search.php?word=pomb akata
Oh. Now I recognize it. Thanks.Conjured Blade said:
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...So... Amu can absorb Abilities from her Charas. At least when she's Chara Changed and actively uses that Ability, and it isn't restricted to Favored Abilities. May or may not be limited to those she would still get even with a Partial Change. Hm.
That's... worrisome if absorbing all the traits is "achieving the dream" enough to absorb the Chara itself. Baughn's mention of the OOC motivation behind Dream-Affirming Projection indicates that isn't the case, but still some concern.
If that is the case, keeping Ran/Su/Miki's Abilities up or creating an expansion to DAP would be a straightforward enough solution, and the former has the advantage of being something we'd want to do even if it isn't (since it would mean absorbing the Abilities after getting them for teh cheaps).
It also might not be possible for Charas to be absorbed that way.
More research is required. More SCIENCE!!! is required.
That's... worrisome if absorbing all the traits is "achieving the dream" enough to absorb the Chara itself. Baughn's mention of the OOC motivation behind Dream-Affirming Projection indicates that isn't the case, but still some concern.
If that is the case, keeping Ran/Su/Miki's Abilities up or creating an expansion to DAP would be a straightforward enough solution, and the former has the advantage of being something we'd want to do even if it isn't (since it would mean absorbing the Abilities after getting them for teh cheaps).
It also might not be possible for Charas to be absorbed that way.
More research is required. More SCIENCE!!! is required.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Yeah, I'm trying to figure out where that came from.
Because that wasn't in Amu's sheet, and I'm pretty sure that didn't come from us, nor did it come from any of our Chara.
So who the fuck caused that?
That aside... Hikawa Escaped.
Fuck
I mean, I recognize that stopping him was impossible, Samael in SMT3 was a just-prior to Endgame boss, and we are a freshly Exalted, extremely Nerfed Solar. It's a small miracle we managed to beat it Period. Doing so and catching Hikawa in the process? Would have required something on the lines of rolling all 10s on our first attack and one-shotting the bastard, and even then it wouldn't have been Assured, as Causality is pulling in Hikawa's favor. Which means that barring our own personal intervention, he is Going to succeed, because all the powers that be are backing him--at least until he triggers the Conception, and he has enough high-tier goons to throw in our way to make good his escape at any given moment.
If there's someone out there who has the ability to impose intimacies on us remotely, then we have Serious Problems. If not, then finding out where that Intimacy came from is going to be important, as I can't really see a Solar Exaltation (Especially the kind we've been playing) imposing that.
Because that wasn't in Amu's sheet, and I'm pretty sure that didn't come from us, nor did it come from any of our Chara.
So who the fuck caused that?
That aside... Hikawa Escaped.
Fuck
I mean, I recognize that stopping him was impossible, Samael in SMT3 was a just-prior to Endgame boss, and we are a freshly Exalted, extremely Nerfed Solar. It's a small miracle we managed to beat it Period. Doing so and catching Hikawa in the process? Would have required something on the lines of rolling all 10s on our first attack and one-shotting the bastard, and even then it wouldn't have been Assured, as Causality is pulling in Hikawa's favor. Which means that barring our own personal intervention, he is Going to succeed, because all the powers that be are backing him--at least until he triggers the Conception, and he has enough high-tier goons to throw in our way to make good his escape at any given moment.
If there's someone out there who has the ability to impose intimacies on us remotely, then we have Serious Problems. If not, then finding out where that Intimacy came from is going to be important, as I can't really see a Solar Exaltation (Especially the kind we've been playing) imposing that.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Hikawa? He doesn't quite count as Chaos--and in fact, his actual ambition is Utterly Inimical to Chaos's credo.
His whole shtick is "Engineer the Conception so I can create a world of peace and stillness". That's Law to the fucking hilt, and he's using the methods of Law to bring it about for that matter.
And if we basically got social-fued by the Samael and it forced an Intimacy into our skull, then I'm not sure how well we can do. Samael's pretty scary, but he's still mid-tier as far as most Demons go. If he could force an Intimacy through us and punch through our defences, then we don't have a prayer against an actual Player.
His whole shtick is "Engineer the Conception so I can create a world of peace and stillness". That's Law to the fucking hilt, and he's using the methods of Law to bring it about for that matter.
And if we basically got social-fued by the Samael and it forced an Intimacy into our skull, then I'm not sure how well we can do. Samael's pretty scary, but he's still mid-tier as far as most Demons go. If he could force an Intimacy through us and punch through our defences, then we don't have a prayer against an actual Player.
... Now I"m wondering why Hikawa had Samael as a servant at all, if he was so Law. Isn't Samael chaos-aligned??? Wiki says he is.
Regardless, it doesn't take any forcing. Amu is curious about him. He's curious about her. Boom, there you go. Mutual curiosity established.
If anything, you should be happy that this gave us information we wouldn't otherwise have. How the hell does THAT work?
Regardless, it doesn't take any forcing. Amu is curious about him. He's curious about her. Boom, there you go. Mutual curiosity established.
If anything, you should be happy that this gave us information we wouldn't otherwise have. How the hell does THAT work?
Baughn
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Simple answer? It doesn't. That wouldn't happen.pressea said:
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
True enough. I'd still like to know where that fucking Intimacy came from though.
Either definition of Chaos from any end of the crossover is Bad, and neither of them should be things that Amu knows anything about.
And with Conviction 2? It takes more then one scene of social-fu to impose that, barring UMI or other powerful magic. The only alternative is that they basically instantly anticipated our every action before our Exaltation hit, and they launched a trojan horse in one of our Chara before we shielded them. Which would be colossal bullshit in itself which would mean that their precog is immune to essence scrambling, and detailed enough that they could set up a big-ass plan like that off the cuff.
And if we can be mapped to that degree, and that level of speed (Or worse, that Essence doesn't scramble this form of Precog), we lose pretty much the one saving grace that an Exalt has in a high power setting. Because we can be scry-and-died with abandon the moment we become an actual threat that's worthy of throwing shit at us.
Either definition of Chaos from any end of the crossover is Bad, and neither of them should be things that Amu knows anything about.
And with Conviction 2? It takes more then one scene of social-fu to impose that, barring UMI or other powerful magic. The only alternative is that they basically instantly anticipated our every action before our Exaltation hit, and they launched a trojan horse in one of our Chara before we shielded them. Which would be colossal bullshit in itself which would mean that their precog is immune to essence scrambling, and detailed enough that they could set up a big-ass plan like that off the cuff.
And if we can be mapped to that degree, and that level of speed (Or worse, that Essence doesn't scramble this form of Precog), we lose pretty much the one saving grace that an Exalt has in a high power setting. Because we can be scry-and-died with abandon the moment we become an actual threat that's worthy of throwing shit at us.
Baughn
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Natural mental influence. That fight was traumatising to her, forming an intimacy of that sort is perfectly reasonable. You'll see the results of that over the next couple of scenes.Alectai said:
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Yuck.Baughn said:
I suppose it can't be helped though, at least we got her a Little protection against this kind of shit by raising her Conviction. Still, not much more to say until we see the update.
Hopefully we'll be able to fix that. Chaos is not your Friend. At best, it's a tool to be employed carefully.
Baughn
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Intimacies represent emotional bonds. "Mysterious Benefactor" or "Ally" isn't an emotion, "Curiosity" is.pressea said:
Having Chaos as an ally/mysterious benefactor would be the Ally or Mentor Backgrounds.
Oh, I see what was meant by avoiding it becoming more dangerous, then. Any emotion is dangerous. What a jerk system.Quantumboost said:
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pressea said:
Er... yes, emotions can be dangerous. Though being without emotion is generally a really bad state for humans to be in, so... I'm not sure what you mean?
I don't see how it's a jerk system for... representing how you have emotions and feelings toward particular things. And how it's possible to exploit those feelings by socially-adept people.
...or if that was sarcasm: would you normally want someone to have a major part of their emotional makeup, on par with "Loves her mother", be "Curiosity towards Yog-Sothoth"?