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Forge of Destiny(Xianxia Quest)

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Thor's Twin said:
So, the changes to the gown were pretty nice, and I am super happy that the gown is self-improving, as we increase realms.

The old version


The New version


Changes appear to be: 1 more armor, 1 more qi reduction to darkness and water arts, 2 more intimidate and stealth dice, 2 more durability, and a new ability that for 1 qi per turn we can change the area around us for 50m into low light. Which works nicely with the defensive dice bonus.

All in all, some pretty sweet changes.
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Flying is also 2 qi cheaper per turn, which is yuuge.
 
The Sandman said:
Thinking we buy a Greater Qi Card or two, put techniques in them, then give them to Meizhen for use against Sun Liling. Not because we think she needs it, but because we also have a score to settle with Liling and this is the best way for us to get in on the beatdown.
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GQC math down to worthwhile if the skill used costs 15+ Qi per cast. Iirc that only covers Worm summining and (large) group TRF buffing. Since both work around extra costs for additional multiple targets i'm not sure how it'd work.
Worms are probably no issue, but what happens if we want to use a 5 target TRF buff but only have 2 allies around ?
 
yrsillar said:
"I see my lessons have been entirely wasted," Meizhen's cold voice cut through her pounding headache like a knife of ice.

Ling Qi winced, cracking her eyes open to peer up at the white blur of her housemate. "...Meizhen? What are you doing in my bedroom?"

Her friends unamused face swam into proper view… and so did the open window of the dining room. "We are note in your chambers Ling Qi. Perhaps you should attend to your surroundings," she sounded… pretty mad.

Then the bed under her squirmed, and Ling Qi looked down, only to freeze. Disheveled hair that shimmered in the colors of a rainbow were pooled behind a pretty slightly androgynous face with blue tinged skin and elfin features. They were on the table, and she could feel the spirit girls lithe limbs shifting under her. Ling Qi was suddenly all to aware of the fact that her gown was hiked up to her knees, and the spirits had fallen off her shoulder.
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You can see her ankles! Scandalous!
yrsillar said:
"Most don't, as a rule," the spirit replied cheerfully, the rustle of cloth indicating that she was doing as Ling Qi asked. "Then again, most don't leave grandmothers galas either. You can call me Sixiang!" Ling Qi looked back up to see that her… guests clothes were at least not falling off anymore, though the shimmering pink gown was as low cut as the most risque of Xiulan's.

Well unlike her friend, at least Sixiang didn't have anything to be jealous of, Ling Qi thought grumpily.
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Sixiang - Four Perfumes? Or Four Thoughts?
Also of course the rave was potentially deadly. Entirely unsurprised.
yrsillar said:
"Huh," Sixiang seemed nonplussed, cocking her head to the side in thought. "Are you sure?" she asked dubiously. "Her feelings seemed pretty clear, and you talked about her a lot. Didn't you dedicate your whole second song to her?" She leaned forward, staring hard at Ling Qi. "...Wow, what a thornbush, you don't even know what you think."
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We did?
We're going to be sharing that with her and making things even more complicated?
yrsillar said:
"I don't follow," the spirit replied sounding confused, "Why doesn't one of you change if that's a problem?" Sixiang frowned, swinging her legs off the edge of the table, the lacey hem of her gown fluttering up over bare feet. "You didn't mind when I turned into a girl for our dance."

"...Things don't work like that for humans," Ling Qi replied dryly. "And… what?" she asked, narrowing her eyes. "I… when did you change, are you really a boy or a girl?" Had she just actually slept on top of a man?

"I don't understand the question," the spirits hair fluttered in a phantom wind and something about her(?) form subtly changed. "Why would I just be one or the other? You were taking the lead last night, so I felt more like a woman," The spirits voice was a little deeper, and the lines of her… his face slightly more masculine, and was her chest flatter now?.
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Moon is change, so it's unsurprising that theres gender shifters.

yrsillar said:
"But now you need a push! Your distracting yourself! Why are you chatting with me when your friend is upset? Go talk to her you silly human."

"I really shouldn't bother her when she's upset," Ling Qi hedged. "We can…"

"Nope," Sixiang interrupted her, hopping down from the tabletop. "Excuses are no good!" the moon spirit declared, poking her in the shoulder as if to prod Ling Qi toward the door. "If you leave her to stew on it, things are just going to get worse!"

The most annoying thing was that she knew the spirit was right, despite the questions she still had floating around. She really wished she could recall last night more clearly. She batted Sixiang's finger away with a huff.
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SV's single most prized thing: Diplomacy Advisor.

yrsillar said:
"Sorry," she apologized again, letting go of the girls hand. "Look, you know that was just a misunderstanding right? I met the dreaming moon last night and…"

"You allowed yourself to become intoxicated on Delusion Nectar," Meizhen replied without turning her head. "The smell is rather obvious. You require a bath."

Ling Qi winced holding up a hand in front of her face, letting out a breath, she could only grimace. There was definitely a strongly sweet scent clinging to her. "Yes, that. Is that what its called?"

"Grandfather as well as my aunts and uncles partook during feast days," Meizhen replied stiffly.

Ling Qi paused, trying to imagine a drunk Bai, then shook her head. Still she guessed that explained why she remembered drinking out of a cup that was practically a thimble.
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...we went to a party high as a kite, and then got higher...

yrsillar said:
"Do you imagine that such revels are not dangerous?" Meizhen replied incredulously. "Greater cultivators than you or I have failed to leave them with an intact mind. You are lucky the Dreamers whims were benevolent."

...She didn't regret it, and going by the harsh breath her friend released, Meizhen could tell.
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Meizhen: "Ling Qi, you have no survival instinct do you? Dammit girl!"
yrsillar said:
When she returned to the meditation room, it was with a refreshed body and mind, despite a slight nervous feeling as she overheard some of the girls in the residential district talking about a strange spirit wandering around, asking strange questions. It seemed like some people were thinking it some odd test from the Elders, like a wandering trial… Sixiang wouldn't cause too much trouble hopefully.
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Huh, odd. Whats she up to? Finding out the leisure life of cultivators?
yrsillar said:
If her second realm breakthrough had left her unblemished, this one had simply made her… more. Looking at herself in the mirror, it was hard to pin down exact changes. Her skin remained just as dusky as ever, and she remained tall and thin, without much in the way of feminine charm. Yet… her eyes burned an icy blue, like chips of glacial rime, and she thought her features looked a little more mature, stripped of their last vestiges of childish softness.

Her hair, wet from washing and mostly unstyled was still wild and curly, but it no longer seemed quite so frayed or frizzy, seeming instead sleek and dark, drinking in the dim light of the meditation room and reflection nothing, despite now hanging down to the middle of her back. In fact… toying with the ends of her bangs… did it seem a little blue-ish? It was more of a midnight blue than Suyin's lighter shade. With a bit of rising suspicion, she began to cycle her qi, letting cool darkness flow through her meridians… and sure enough, she caught faint twinkling sparkles like dim stars in her hair.

...She wasn't sure if that was embarrassing or cool.
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...we have sparkles?
yrsillar said:
General Bonuses
Attribute, Skill and Mastery Caps raised to 7, Dexterity raised to 8
Domain Cultivation unlocked
Auto Successes to Physical and Meridians increase to 5
Additional Health Box added

Elemental Bonuses
Heaven: Heaven specialty added to archery

Water: Ling Qi gains a two die bonus on all defenses while she has a water technique activated.
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Can't wait to see what Domain Cultivation does.
Heaven specialty is probably going to generate a new round of debate I'm sure.
yrsillar said:
Violet Lotus Gown upgrades due to increased wearer parameters

A many layered gown of water smooth black silk with white highlights and a dark blue mantle split down the center like a pair of wings and embroidered with white lotus petals. Made by an apprentice of the Duchess Cai, it's craftsmanship is near unparalleled. Armor 3. Reduces the cost of Darkness and Water arts by 3 to a minimum of one. Provides an additional four die to defense in low light and darkness, and two under normal light. Provides a four die bonus on intimidate and stealth tests. Self Repairs. Durability 10
-Wings in Shadow: At the cost of three qi per turn, provides flight at the user's speed, or negates any damage from a fall of one hundred meters or less
-Twilight Beauty: For one qi per turn, the user may reduce light levels to low within fifty meters
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It grows?!
That's really a Goku Uniform?!
yrsillar said:
Flying Swords:
Temporarily Locked, due to lack of character knowledge
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Help Us Meizhen Sensei!
 
TehChron said:
No, the bird kind of just died from the sheer power of Meizhen's fear aura.
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We've gone a long way from when we cowered at her aura.
Now we hardly notice even as small animals die and Red cultivators cry.
Thor's Twin said:
Ling Qi: "Alright, Meizhen, explanation time for why I was even at the Dreaming Moon's Gala. I was invited to go there in the stead of the New Moon and was scheduled to perform there without my knowledge or consent, after reaching the location I was surprised by the amount of Qi and was discovered, upon which I had no choice but to perform. I probably was safe because I was there under a kind of sort of invitation by the New Moon."
Meizhen: "What..."
Ling Qi: "Well, I got a puzzle box from the New Moon, had to solve it, gave me the location of the gala without telling me what was there, I explored it, but got discovered when I stumbled upon the gala."
Meizhen: "What..."
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Life Of Ling Qi
The Sandman said:
Thinking we buy a Greater Qi Card or two, put techniques in them, then give them to Meizhen for use against Sun Liling. Not because we think she needs it, but because we also have a score to settle with Liling and this is the best way for us to get in on the beatdown.
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But what techniques would be compatible with Meizhen and yet effective?
Spring's End Aria is pretty perfect I think. it has a debuff on spiritual defenses, Meizhen has VICIOUS spiritual attacks, and draining qi from failed clashes might work on Sun once since nobody's seen us use Spring End anywhere before.
yrsillar said:
Ah apologies. I did confirm that.

Fourth argent art is the bonus for mastering the other three
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Ah, weren't getting it by breakthrough anyway since there wasn't enough interest in Mastering the Argents.
Should be reachable with a super drug trip though!
 
So after talking with Yrs on the Discord, it appears that the Heaven bonus to Archery and the Dex cap being 8 instead of 7 is because of our ??? trait. Also, EPC bonus is attached to our domain, so we'll probably learn more about that in the next update.

So with this new information, I think we can safely say that our ??? bonus is Heaven/Wind archery/dex related.
 
Nah, it's not inky black, it's midnight blue, it still has that slight tinge of blue if you look at it really closely.

In fact, I found a swatch of it.

 
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Anyway, time to do this:
[X] Purchase Plans
-[X] -Exotic Elements (Moon) 10 dice.

We apparently can't stack the 5 dice version on top @yrsillar?

Anyway, increase our odds of getting EPC5 this week. They will be really low, but they exist.
 
yrsillar said:
Greater Qi Card: Stores a single technique of three dots or lower indefinitely. Techniques stored are used as with the casters full baseline dice pool. The user must be within the same cultivation realm as the caster. 3 charges. 120 red Stones.
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I'm looking at this... and it seems solidly broken for the tournament.

Like, if we found someone at green completion or something and got them to fill a Greater Qi card for us, then that card's tech would get 6-7 autos against anyone it was used on, plus whatever the general advantage of almost a full realm of cultivation makes in terms of dice.

Even if that is expensive, and we can't afford it, there isn't any reason that the nobles can't afford it. This seems exceptionally problematic.
 
PrimalShadow said:
I'm looking at this... and it seems solidly broken for the tournament.

Like, if we found someone at green completion or something and got them to fill a Greater Qi card for us, then that card's tech would get 6-7 autos against anyone it was used on, plus whatever the general advantage of almost a full realm of cultivation makes in terms of dice.

Even if that is expensive, and we can't afford it, there isn't any reason that the nobles can't afford it. This seems exceptionally problematic.
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Sorry, to clarify, you get the dice pool they would have casting it from a resting state, and without talismans, not any auto successes they would have.

WolfKit said:
The question is, does Ling Qi's hair wave in a non-existant breeze?
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Depends on how emotionally worked up she is. She does tend to kick up breezes when she's upset. hair only has little bits od midnight blue in it though, still mostly black.
 
Glad to see the gown upgraded itself, I was worrying about that, especially the durability.

yrsillar said:
Talismans:
All Talismans at third realm and above must be custom ordered. However delivery time is immediate for any talisman costing two hundred red stones or less which do not include any personal resource additions, due to pulling from sect storage.
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Could we have a couple of references for price point? Like, if we spent 200 rss, what could we get in terms of a qi reduction talisman for spinal arts, or a bow? Or any amount of rss, just something to give us a sense of scale.
 
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