Sixiang is definitely a contender for us to bind, but I'd rather not do so before the tournament considering the cost to our qi a Third Realm Foundation level spirit would incur.
At the least I want to look up the Monkeys in the archive, if only so we know whether binding one would be viable.
This is what Zhengui bring us:
+10 dice to cultivation of Fire Arts
+10 dice to the cultivation of Wood arts
+2 Armor vs Fire damage
+2 dice on all power/expression based offensive clashes
+1 health box
We have 9 more weeks to the tournament. Assuming a similar bonus from Sixiang you're giving up something like, well, let's assume two actions a turn that her bonus helps us, and 15 dice for tier 3 spirit, so something like 270 bonus dice you're giving up, not to mention the peripheral bonuses she might give. Like better attack and such.
Or the combat contribution she herself would give. She is third realm herself. I'll bet you she's no slouch.
I don't know. I like the idea of having her for the tournament. But I just don't know what the price would be.
Zhengui is 13 at tier 2, and with something like -3 maintenance cost, if I remember right.
Sixiang would likely be something like 20-21 to bind. Which yeah, it would be a chunk of our Qi. The question you should be asking is if her bonuses to combat(expression, and whatever else she could provide) and having her help in combat would outweigh the cost of cultivating more Qi. Compared to cultivating more arts, which is what we are doing right now. Yes, I want FSS at a higher level, but how high?
Basically, depending on how much Qi it costs, and if we can even do it(because we don't know if she wants to be bound), I think it might very well be worth it.
EDIT: Also, regardless of who we choose, we should get a second binding before the tournament. Bai thought it was a good idea. Why shouldn't we? The difference between a team of 2 and a team of 3 is pretty big, you know?
(also would give us more wind)
