AM is a combat art though. And yes, that's exactly the kind of reason why training AM with Su Ling or Meizhen makes sense.
Forge of Destiny(Xianxia Quest)
- Thread starter yrsillar
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
- Location
- Spain
Yeah this would be good.
We could also start playing for the student council.
The Bet
- Location
- Brasil
- Pronouns
- She/Her
The Bet
A pale, lanky boy with black hair and eyes, Shouzu Tian was distraught, as the news that reached him made himself reconsider all actions that he had done until now. At least, there was still time to change course, if he ran, so that he would not become fragilized. No, he will change things and as such, his position will remain untouched. But first, he had a friend, nay, a rat, to find, though such should not be truly difficult, what with the way Ladies Cai and Ling offered a communal pill furnace with price competitive with the ones the sect provided.
After some prodding, and showing his patrolman armband, he finally found the rat, Maopi Heise, with his dark skin and bald head, and spirits be damned, the way his face was smirking, Tian knew he would not escape extreme gloating. "Ah, how the mighty have fallen. It was yesterday only, that a certain man was saying how we were all fools, idiots even, to not amend our bets, and now here he is, more ghost than man, but to what purpose?". Tian could feel the smugness from his voice not dripping, but falling like a veritable waterfall.
"Yes, I was wrong, I'm very sorry and all that, but I must emphasize that I may still correct my bets for the tournament. So, let us do like this, Heise - I will change my eight chosen with you completely silent, and then you can gloat and do all those things you so like as much as you want. Deal?", Tian said, extending his hand for the other boy, whose smirk seemed to get bigger to Tian despair, though in the end Heise squeezed his hand, offering him a piece of paper shortly after. Now this, this would entail some heavy considerations. Obviously, the Monster Trio of Bai, Cai and Sun was a certain bet, all fully in the third realm and boasting impressive arts and talismans, with resources that could rival ten of the common outer disciples. Now, the rest was a little harder to place, he had first gone with Chu Song from the seniors, as she was the only one he knew before, due to his, ahem, not exactly amicable nor unfriendly with Ji Rong before all those things happening in the sect - but Tian had made his choice in the Cai group, as his acquaintance, for lack of a better term, had made his, and as such they would fight if they met, even if Tian had the certainty he would lost easily.
Either way, Tian thought, there would be little chance for Chu Song this tournament, and her name was erased from his little listing, replaced with the freaking boogeywoman that was Lady Ling, and he wouldn't think of her any way besides as a respectful lady anymore, no matter what he dreamt of before. The next was Kang Zihao, and after some consideration, he thought the son of the Shield of the Empress would still be able to pass to the inner sect. Ji Rong was still in, as Tian knew the boy somewhat, and his fearful talent will see him through the battles. He had heard some things about Sir Xuan trying the production test, so out the guy was, and in came Sir Han, Tian having nothing but the highest esteem for the man after all the training. Sir Gan was almost out too, but in the end, Tian thought he had a great chance. Sure, he wouldn't ace the bet, due to all the seniors he didn't know about, but it was better than almost all of his friends, who put Huang Da on the list - sure, he was good, even got the prize from Elder Su way back then, but he wasn't good enough, and besides, he also didn't like the guy. After changing his bets though, he passed the paper to Heise, only to find himself being stared not only by him, but also by the Lu Twins, Ziyou and Yun, both with tan skin, blond hair and green eyes, and he groaned, already thinking on all he would heard. "See, twins, remember the face of this ghost, or if you can, record it for posterity, for that is the face of a man who made an error and is now dreading the consequences", Heise said while grinning larger than the Grinning Moon, with the twins in tow. But he wouldn't face this, oh no.
"Okay, let laid down some rules right now. I only gave Heise the right to gloat and be smug and all those things, so, if I hear any kind of comment from you twins, I will haunt you with my ghosts for an entire month" and that shut their opening mouths, the way they sometimes talked the same things at the same time freaking him and Heise out, though it got better. Still, even the threat of his Despairing Ghost Art wasn't enough to make them stop grinning with all of those feelings of superiority, after all, the bet they made about who would reach the mid tier in both realms was won by him a few days ago, even counting the head start the twins had in entering the Silver realm, so yeah, he would let them grin and hurt their faces, for he was sure they would still be radiating smugness during their mission to hunt beasts today. At least Heise wouldn't go with them today, to busy making pills and all that. Tian was sure he would need the reprieve, for the night would be long and full of jabs at his face.
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So, I had this idea when our relationship with the Outer Sect changed, and really, I believe many of the disciples from our year, and even the seniors, have betting pools about who will pass the tournament for entrance in the Inner Sect. Sorry for bad writing and english and all that, haven't practiced lately.
[X] Plan: Surprise! I'm secretly invincible!
And now, I return to lurking.
A pale, lanky boy with black hair and eyes, Shouzu Tian was distraught, as the news that reached him made himself reconsider all actions that he had done until now. At least, there was still time to change course, if he ran, so that he would not become fragilized. No, he will change things and as such, his position will remain untouched. But first, he had a friend, nay, a rat, to find, though such should not be truly difficult, what with the way Ladies Cai and Ling offered a communal pill furnace with price competitive with the ones the sect provided.
After some prodding, and showing his patrolman armband, he finally found the rat, Maopi Heise, with his dark skin and bald head, and spirits be damned, the way his face was smirking, Tian knew he would not escape extreme gloating. "Ah, how the mighty have fallen. It was yesterday only, that a certain man was saying how we were all fools, idiots even, to not amend our bets, and now here he is, more ghost than man, but to what purpose?". Tian could feel the smugness from his voice not dripping, but falling like a veritable waterfall.
"Yes, I was wrong, I'm very sorry and all that, but I must emphasize that I may still correct my bets for the tournament. So, let us do like this, Heise - I will change my eight chosen with you completely silent, and then you can gloat and do all those things you so like as much as you want. Deal?", Tian said, extending his hand for the other boy, whose smirk seemed to get bigger to Tian despair, though in the end Heise squeezed his hand, offering him a piece of paper shortly after. Now this, this would entail some heavy considerations. Obviously, the Monster Trio of Bai, Cai and Sun was a certain bet, all fully in the third realm and boasting impressive arts and talismans, with resources that could rival ten of the common outer disciples. Now, the rest was a little harder to place, he had first gone with Chu Song from the seniors, as she was the only one he knew before, due to his, ahem, not exactly amicable nor unfriendly with Ji Rong before all those things happening in the sect - but Tian had made his choice in the Cai group, as his acquaintance, for lack of a better term, had made his, and as such they would fight if they met, even if Tian had the certainty he would lost easily.
Either way, Tian thought, there would be little chance for Chu Song this tournament, and her name was erased from his little listing, replaced with the freaking boogeywoman that was Lady Ling, and he wouldn't think of her any way besides as a respectful lady anymore, no matter what he dreamt of before. The next was Kang Zihao, and after some consideration, he thought the son of the Shield of the Empress would still be able to pass to the inner sect. Ji Rong was still in, as Tian knew the boy somewhat, and his fearful talent will see him through the battles. He had heard some things about Sir Xuan trying the production test, so out the guy was, and in came Sir Han, Tian having nothing but the highest esteem for the man after all the training. Sir Gan was almost out too, but in the end, Tian thought he had a great chance. Sure, he wouldn't ace the bet, due to all the seniors he didn't know about, but it was better than almost all of his friends, who put Huang Da on the list - sure, he was good, even got the prize from Elder Su way back then, but he wasn't good enough, and besides, he also didn't like the guy. After changing his bets though, he passed the paper to Heise, only to find himself being stared not only by him, but also by the Lu Twins, Ziyou and Yun, both with tan skin, blond hair and green eyes, and he groaned, already thinking on all he would heard. "See, twins, remember the face of this ghost, or if you can, record it for posterity, for that is the face of a man who made an error and is now dreading the consequences", Heise said while grinning larger than the Grinning Moon, with the twins in tow. But he wouldn't face this, oh no.
"Okay, let laid down some rules right now. I only gave Heise the right to gloat and be smug and all those things, so, if I hear any kind of comment from you twins, I will haunt you with my ghosts for an entire month" and that shut their opening mouths, the way they sometimes talked the same things at the same time freaking him and Heise out, though it got better. Still, even the threat of his Despairing Ghost Art wasn't enough to make them stop grinning with all of those feelings of superiority, after all, the bet they made about who would reach the mid tier in both realms was won by him a few days ago, even counting the head start the twins had in entering the Silver realm, so yeah, he would let them grin and hurt their faces, for he was sure they would still be radiating smugness during their mission to hunt beasts today. At least Heise wouldn't go with them today, to busy making pills and all that. Tian was sure he would need the reprieve, for the night would be long and full of jabs at his face.
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So, I had this idea when our relationship with the Outer Sect changed, and really, I believe many of the disciples from our year, and even the seniors, have betting pools about who will pass the tournament for entrance in the Inner Sect. Sorry for bad writing and english and all that, haven't practiced lately.
[X] Plan: Surprise! I'm secretly invincible!
And now, I return to lurking.
- Location
- The Temple of the Winds
There is one reason i can think up for Meihzen, and only her, being able to help in cultivation: she already walked the path and is Early Green. Generally speaking any friend that is on a higher cultivation (physical or spiritual) level than Ling Qi should be able to give pointers even if not using the same cultivation technique.
BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
- Location
- Lickwidget
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I seem to recall that yrsillar has said that most of our friends besides Meizhen find it a bit weird and potentially excessive. Or something like that.
Meizhen just think its normal.
One thing to note is that our new sonic attacks are potentially dangerous to us without an actual art to give them good dice.
The reason is counter arts. If we we look at how tranquil rebuke works, all it needs is for us to win the defensive roll. Which it also boosts. And will apply technique dice to. We win it, and the attacker eats perfect damage.
This means that throwing out techniques with low dice can actually just set you up to eat piles of counter damage.
The reason is counter arts. If we we look at how tranquil rebuke works, all it needs is for us to win the defensive roll. Which it also boosts. And will apply technique dice to. We win it, and the attacker eats perfect damage.
This means that throwing out techniques with low dice can actually just set you up to eat piles of counter damage.
Kai Merah
Hound Hearted Hedonist
- Location
- Somewhere in the corners of my imagination
I really like how the leading plan this week has us touching base with all our friends. Although, can we add in a free [] talk to all our friends about the vassalage thing, see what they think about it?
I think it's only polite to give everyone a headsup, and I'd like to hear all our friends' opinions on it, even if it's probably only Golden Fields and Meizhen that can comment on it meaningfully.
I think it's only polite to give everyone a headsup, and I'd like to hear all our friends' opinions on it, even if it's probably only Golden Fields and Meizhen that can comment on it meaningfully.
Kai Merah
Hound Hearted Hedonist
- Location
- Somewhere in the corners of my imagination
Not like, a dedicated discussion on it, but maybe casual chatting as we do whatever? Like, if it's something on Ling Qi's mind, she can bring it up in casual conversation with her friends, right?
- Location
- United States of America
Well, I have something of an insight into the "music" element based on the fluff surrounding the event that had us acquire it.
Music is the expression of the soul. It is the means by which the soul can communicate with the world around it and evoke the same feelings and emotions that the soul is experiencing. However, as an element, it does not rely on simple things such as wind or sound to either enhance or deter its expression. Rather, it forgoes the need for such things by directly affecting the world through itself. Tone, rhythm, melodies, all of these things are expressed through the soul to affect the world rather than through wind or sound.
In such a manner, wind or sound do not matter to one who has come to understand what music truly is, for they have overcome the obstacles of using such rough mediums to express the soul and rather rely on the soul itself.
Yeah I should have. If folks would like to add that to your plans go ahead, just slot it in with the pills and other expenses, no more than three though, if you want it to remain a free action.
It's a cultivation site. Ling Qi doesn't want to go back there right now though.
Your likely right, which is why this is only the second time I;ve done it. I think last time was a sable week too. I'll probably do this in the future.
It occurs at the end of the turn. You only get one qi back per turn, no matter the wounds inflicted right now.
Dex. I need to clarify the worm thing a bit more I think, so look forward to that when I finally get to the task of making fixes and updating the front page.
Ling Qi is not in a great space for any sort of intimate relationship period, for all that she shows the occasional flare of puberty around guys she finds attractive. There was pretty much no situation in which that would have went well.
1. already answered. Stacking bonus can get to five in one turn if enough people are hit, and counts stuff like dissonance. It decays after the next turn though, so you need to keep hitting people to keep it.
2. AE uses Int as its attack stat. You'll start ranking up the 'unarmed' mastery for spirit now that you have it... Should probably give you a point now honestly
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yeah this is right, I'll make clear that they add the tech dots in place of a mastery
6. Yes
7. Yes
Yeah, that is how it works.
It functions as a melee attack, which means you can use anything that functions with a nonspecific melee attack.
No, that mechanic is for doubling up on cultivation. It might affect how Ling Qi behaves a bit though, since it shows that she's pretty worked up about it.
Anyway, now I do edits and updates. Wish me luck doods
BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
- Location
- Lickwidget
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Hmm.
Ya know if this setting has a Soul of the World concept, or Genius Loci in general, then this Music Element may be a way for us to commune with it or them.
- Location
- United States of America
Thanks for the answers! I wish you luck on your epic quest!
One thing I'll note is that sound attacks from the flute make a flying flute a bit more viable than it seemed before.
[X] Plan Find Meridians
Has everything I want, so no issues.
-It's been repeatedly highlighted that cultivation involves more than just Arts and combat applicability. Ling Qi is impeded in her musical development because she's been treating it more like a tool than a passion.
-Observe that FVM has variant songs. We got one off Zeqing, but it ALSO involved truly FEELING the song, not just being very good at the technical skill portion. This would be progress towards opening up more parts of the song than the lost and alone portion.
-Oh and we now have attacks running off our Manipulation/Expression scores, which music work would increase.
-Ling Qi has been also noted to be hideously uncultured, to the extent she couldn't understand why you might want to read for leisure. The Dreaming Moon disapproves.
Something which ironically Ling Qi is rather limited at.
We've theorized that Argent Current would be weapon agnostic, like the Ash art.
Powerful enemies, ironically, won't be that big an issue until then. Being a Cai vassal also means that most big players can't make direct plays for fear of triggering something too big. We'd be seeing a lot of feudal jockeying at the low levels, and Cai's biggest avenue of conflict is liable to be first and foremost intrigue in nature.
Pretty much. Ling Qi spends basically all her time training. She even fits time with her friends in as training, she fits her hobby in as training, she turns every bit of the money she gets into either tools or more training....
Has everything I want, so no issues.
A few elements:
-It's been repeatedly highlighted that cultivation involves more than just Arts and combat applicability. Ling Qi is impeded in her musical development because she's been treating it more like a tool than a passion.
-Observe that FVM has variant songs. We got one off Zeqing, but it ALSO involved truly FEELING the song, not just being very good at the technical skill portion. This would be progress towards opening up more parts of the song than the lost and alone portion.
-Oh and we now have attacks running off our Manipulation/Expression scores, which music work would increase.
-Ling Qi has been also noted to be hideously uncultured, to the extent she couldn't understand why you might want to read for leisure. The Dreaming Moon disapproves.
Worth noting that our strong Darkness element probably reinforced it a bit.
Plus, I'm very interested in how the Music meridian would influence her personality. It's something to do with emotions and expressing yourself after all.
Something which ironically Ling Qi is rather limited at.
Meizhen: "Ling Qi, did you HAVE to use worms like in those lurid and most inappropriate novels?"
Sounds rather like a Spirit of Inspiration?
I suspect rolling better would have involved signaling Meizhen before she moves in for the kill that she's not good with surprise intimacy.
As far as I can tell it works with any musical, generic ranged arts, or weapon agnostic art.
We've theorized that Argent Current would be weapon agnostic, like the Ash art.
Being left carrying the bag when/if the elder Cai ascends and leaves just the one daughter to be her house.
Powerful enemies, ironically, won't be that big an issue until then. Being a Cai vassal also means that most big players can't make direct plays for fear of triggering something too big. We'd be seeing a lot of feudal jockeying at the low levels, and Cai's biggest avenue of conflict is liable to be first and foremost intrigue in nature.
Pretty much. Ling Qi spends basically all her time training. She even fits time with her friends in as training, she fits her hobby in as training, she turns every bit of the money she gets into either tools or more training....
Thanks.
Ling Qi: "I knew those novels Xuan Shi was reading must have some techniques in them! Where can I get more?"
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HYPE!!!
- Location
- United States of America
Alas, nothing is ever that simple. The Han Jian action is to acquire Argent Storm, an Argent art that may or may not be decent. The reason to get it this week is so we know what meridians we need to open next week, in order to train it the week after.
The timings could be different, but people are thinking of training it in the next 2 to 3 weeks with an eightfold path pill which will give us tremendous benefits with little effort.
- Location
- my house
Mei isn't as upset about this as she pretends