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Its not socially approved of at court. still happens though. Cultivation, superpowers, and general deathworldiness makes forming a centralized dominating culture hard.

Interlude vote is locked btw. We have a tie so I'm working out how to handle it
 
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Adhoc vote count started by Codex on Jul 25, 2017 at 6:02 PM, finished with 26451 posts and 57 votes.
  • [X] Plan Focus on Fundamentals
    -[X] Use from inventory: 2 RSS, 1 YSS
    -[X] Buy and use: Soul Concentrating Elixir + Flowing Rivers Pill + Gushing Spring Pill + Clear Wind Pill + Bright Sky Pill + Soaring Spirits Pill (26 RSS)
    -[X] Direct overflow to Qi
    --[X] Spend time researching and rearing your new spirit.
    --[X] Visit the Archive
    ---[X] Research the moon element and the phase spirits(counts as cultivation of EPC)
    ----[X] Continue getting to know Xuan Shi, he was a helpful and reasonable sort
    --[X] Train by hunting with Han Jian and his group
    ---[X] FVM
    -[X] Train at the vent with Suyin and Su Ling
    ---[X] Spiritual
    --[X] Train with Bai Meizhen
    --[X] FSA
    ---[X] Gu Xiulan seems awfully smug about something, and has dropped hints that she wants to go out together, indulge her.
    ---[X] Han Jian seems to be planning something, perhaps you can see if you can help?
    ---[X] Cai Renxiang has put out notice for a proper second meeting to discuss the future
    [X] [name] Zhengui
    [X] Plan Back to the Basics
    -[X] Use from inventory: 2 RSS, 1 YSS
    -[X] Buy and use: Soul Concentrating Elixir (8) + Flowing Rivers Pill (6) + Gushing Spring Pill (2) (16 RSS)
    -[X] Direct overflow to Qi
    --[X] Spend time researching and rearing your new spirit.
    --[X] Visit the Archive
    ---[X] Research the moon element and the phase spirits(counts as cultivation of EPC)
    --[X] Train by hunting with Han Jian and his group
    ---[X] Han Jian seems to be planning something, perhaps you can see if you can help?
    ---[X] FVM
    -[X] Train at the vent with Suyin and Su Ling
    ---[X] Spiritual
    --[X] Train with Bai Meizhen
    --[X] SCS
    ---[X] Gu Xiulan seems awfully smug about something, and has dropped hints that she wants to go out together, indulge her.
    ---[X] Cai Renxiang has put out notice for a proper second meeting to discuss the future
    -[X] Continue swinging by the medicine hall to have lunch with Li Suyin, you'd like to make sure she's still doing well
    [X] Plan All-Encompassing Shadows
    -[X] Use from inventory: 2 RSS, 1 YSS
    -[X] Buy and use: Soul Concentrating Elixir + Flowing Rivers Pill + Gushing Spring Pill (16 RSS)
    --[X] Spend time researching and rearing your new spirit.
    --[X] Visit the Archive
    ---[X] Research the moon element and the phase spirits(counts as cultivation of EPC)
    --[X] Train by hunting with Han Jian and his group
    ---[X] FVM
    ---[X] Han Jian seems to be planning something, perhaps you can see if you can help?
    -[X] Train at the vent with Suyin and Su Ling
    ---[X] Spiritual
    --[X] Train with Bai Meizhen
    --[X] SCS
    ---[X] Gu Xiulan seems awfully smug about something, and has dropped hints that she wants to go out together, indulge her.
    -[X] Speak with Gan Guangli, it can't hurt to get to know him better, and you can see how things are going for Cai's group
    ---[X] Cai Renxiang has put out notice for a proper second meeting to discuss the future
    [X] [Name] Xìnlài
    [X] [Name] Ling Ling
    [X][Name] Ling Wu
    [X] Plan Adoratortoise needs hugs badly
    -[X] Use 2 Red Spirit stones, 1 Yellow Spirit Stone
    -[X] Buy and use Gushing Spring Pill (2 Red Spirit Stones), Soul Concentrating Elixir (8 Red Spirit Stones), Flowing Rivers Pill (6 Red Spirit Stones)
    -[X] Major Actions
    --[X] Visit the Archive
    ---[X] Research the moon element and the phase spirits(counts as cultivation of EPC)
    ----[X] Continue getting to know Xuan Shi, he was a helpful and reasonable sort
    ---[X] Search for a technique
    ----[X] Ideally fire-(Moon/Heaven/Sun) or wood-(Moon/Heaven/Sun). Just fire or wood is fine though.
    --[X] Train with Bai Meizhen
    ---[X] Spiritual
    --[X] Train by hunting with Han Jian and his group
    ---[X] FVM
    --[X] Spend time researching and rearing your new spirit.
    -[X] Minor Actions
    ---[X] Gu Xiulan seems awfully smug about something, and has dropped hints that she wants to go out together, indulge her.
    ---[X] Han Jian seems to be planning something, perhaps you can see if you can help?
    ---[X] Cai Renxiang has put out notice for a proper second meeting to discuss the future
    [X] [Name] Reliance
    [X] [name] Dong Fu Junior
    [X][Name] Ling Ko
    [X] [Name] A'Tuin
    [X] [name] Potato
    [X] [name] Méitàngūi
    [X] Babytortoise Must Grow Larger!
    [X] Babytortoise Must Grow Larger!
    --[X] Spend time researching and rearing your new spirit.
    -[X] Train at the vent with Suyin and Su Ling
    ---[X] Spiritual
    --[X] Train by hunting with Han Jian and his group
    ---[X] FVM
    ---[X] Han Jian seems to be planning something, perhaps you can see if you can help?
    --[X] Visit the Archive
    ---[X] Research the moon element and the phase spirits(counts as cultivation of EPC)
    -[X] Take a job
    --[X] Acquire Reagents:
    ---[X] Gu Xiulan seems awfully smug about something, and has dropped hints that she wants to go out together, indulge her.
    -[X] Speak with Gan Guangli, it can't hurt to get to know him better, and you can see how things are going for Cai's group
    ---[X] Cai Renxiang has put out notice for a proper second meeting to discuss the future
    [X] [name] Turtle head : Xia | Dragon head : Long | Complete name : Xiaolong
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Thor's Twin said:
Normally I would agree with you, but it seems that the effect that is caused by the mystical musical melody is inherently separate from the melody itself. This can be seen in the 2 Thunderdome fight where even after we were knocked unconscious the mist and elegy lasted for the full amount of time. Since that is the case, we should be able to layer effects of the melodies upon each other without messing up the melodies themselves.
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Yeah, any sort of 'discord' between multiple music-based arts is entirely my speculation. I even mostly doubt that there is such a restriction, since Ruan Shen suggests that a focus on music-based arts is a distinct thing people do.

Arkeus said:
hopefully we'll begin doing dangerous things with regularity (E.G, every 3/4 weeks) soon.
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>voters taking serious risks
lul

I mean, I don't mean to discount the idea entirely but I do disparage it a little. Like, voters are really risk-averse. Nothing in event time with the curse, even though the curse is pretty weak-sauce mechanically (and admittedly there was serious event-fatigue at that point). The riskiest thing Ling Qi has ever done were things she couldn't really predict all that much: Sun Liling and the pretty up-there sequential threats of the Disappearances mission. Other than that the thread is pretty happy to sit and grind.
 
Evilness42 said:
The question now remains: What types of hats? Tophats? Fedoras? Bowlers? Fezes? Berets? Two different types at once?
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I don't think any of those hats are actually available at this point in time in Magical Fantasy China.

Speaking of hats, I wonder what Dong Fu's doing right now, and if we'll ever see him again. Hat guy was nice.
 
tricholysis said:
I mean, I don't mean to discount the idea entirely but I do disparage it a little. Like, voters are really risk-averse. Nothing in event time with the curse, even though the curse is pretty weak-sauce mechanically (and admittedly there was serious event-fatigue at that point). The riskiest thing Ling Qi has ever done were things she couldn't really predict all that much: Sun Liling and the pretty up-there sequential threats of the Disappearances mission. Other than that the thread is pretty happy to sit and grind.
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Well, the Kang Zihao bullying might be it too, but I am often the one trying to push doing the missions in a more risky way. We did do the Serpent's treasure in a decent way I think though. I continue to think both Ling Qi and the thread not only vastly under-estimate Ling Qi but also vastly under-estimate the advantages of doing dangerous things.

I'm hoping Ling Qi is going to be less risk averse, but some of the reactions to some of the more risk averse characters (Su Ling comes to mind) being "Welp, we need to stop doing anything risky" worries me. Especially when it appears there is a bit of a consensus that 15 points missions are risky when I personally consider them "just above the cake-walks that are 10 points missions, though we haven't done them yet so I can be wrong".

Still, with the confirmation we get significant advantages by doing dangerous things I am hoping some of the plan makers are going to choose to take more risks soon both in actions taken and the choices during the events.
 
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Given how damn handy tutors are we really do need to do more missions.
 
Arkeus said:
Especially when it appears there is a bit of a consensus that 15 points missions are risky when I personally consider them "just above the cake-walks that are 10 points missions, though we haven't done them yet so I can be wrong".
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Wait, what? People have generally been in favor of doing the 15 point missions, since they give us the most points...
 
Erebeal said:
Wait, what? People have generally been in favor of doing the 15 point missions, since they give us the most points...
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Yeah, I'm all for doing the 15 point missions.

The problem is that currently we're really busy trying to settle our foundation and free up actions, as well as all our other obligations. Not to mention we don't really need points right now. When we're free enough to get ZB+ we should try to do missions so we can get that archive pass.
 
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Wait, what? People have generally been in favor of doing the 15 point missions, since they give us the most points...
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Ah, sorry, I was unclear: I meant that there seemed to be a consensus that a 15 points missions carried significant risk by themselves, not that we were against doing it. Basically, I consider 15 points missions to still be 'fighting below our level' for the most part, though that will be truer once we get FVM4/SCS4.

That doesn't mean we should stop doing them then (though it would be nice if Ling Qi looks at harder missions) but that Ling Qi can afford to do them in riskier way than usual.
 
PrimalShadow said:
What confirmation? All I remember on the subject is our dream twin going "stop being all boring."
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Getting Dissonance on instant being confirmed as combat breakthrough and +2 to cultivation for moon/darkness being heavily hinted as 'take risks now' (not 'stop being boring').

All of this came after a long time of pretty much everyone we know referencing to combat as being very important for breakthroughs (Huang Da, Li Suyin, Han Jian, first Cai meeting...) , but this was the first time it happened to Ling Qi.
 
Arkeus said:
Well, the Kang Zihao bullying might be it too, but I am often the one trying to push doing the missions in a more risky way. We did do the Serpent's treasure in a decent way I think though. I continue to think both Ling Qi and the thread not only vastly under-estimate Ling Qi but also vastly under-estimate the advantages of doing dangerous things.

I'm hoping Ling Qi is going to be less risk averse, but some of the reactions to some of the more risk averse characters (Su Ling comes to mind) being "Welp, we need to stop doing anything risky" worries me. Especially when it appears there is a bit of a consensus that 15 points missions are risky when I personally consider them "just above the cake-walks that are 10 points missions, though we haven't done them yet so I can be wrong".

Still, with the confirmation we get significant advantages by doing dangerous things I am hoping some of the plan makers are going to choose to take more risks soon both in actions taken and the choices during the events.
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One way to end up doing more risky stuff naturally is to spend time befriending larger than life over the top archetypes like Gan Guangli and Xuan Shi rather than with more grounded, risk averse, acting like real people would act in these circumstances, plcharacters like Su Ling and Li Suyin.
 
Yeangst said:
One way to end up doing more risky stuff naturally is to spend time befriending larger than life over the top archetypes like Gan Guangli and Xuan Shi rather than with more grounded, risk averse, acting like real people would act in these circumstances, plcharacters like Su Ling and Li Suyin.
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I was very disappointed by Xuan Shi appearing to be a more grounded character without much panache :(

Anyway, one of the reasons I tried to push the Gan Guangli vote this week was because I was thinking he could be a great help for going on wacky adventures, though obviously we always have Gu Xiulan for that.

Interestingly, Li Suyin is someone I'd consider very ambitious. She is more grounded than Gu Xiulan, yes, and has her issues, but she is a ambitious gal and has her own secretive goals.
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Who were the two characters? Elder Jing and Xiulan?

They don't seem like they'd interact much.
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Elder Jiao and Gu Xiulan, yeah. Sadly I would have switched my vote if I had noticed it was going to be a stall :(
 
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Grigori said:
Bear in mind that clans with spirit connections are what they are because of an ancestral spirit. I suppose if we do adopt little precious and then marry him off to some nice(or just talented) girl we could then have him be the ancestral spirit of our clan with us as the great ancestral spirit but the bloodline wouldn't include any other children Ling Qi has. Ignoring the other solution because, ew...
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Cool, that's good to know.

I was mostly thinking of him as our clan's version of Dune Family Atomics, except cute and loved forever and ever and ever and ever and ever like a brother. I want to raise him to be as strong as he can be so he can be safe! The best TurtleBro!

I get this from a comment I remember saying that spirit beasts can actually go past White after enough time. This is the Sublime Ancestor and why they are considered super-weapons only used in desperation. Is this correct?
 
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