notanautomaton
I've got 99 quests, I've finished one
We told you guys this would be starting a grudge spiral. Did you listen to us? Nooooo.
Forge of Destiny(Xianxia Quest)
- Thread starter yrsillar
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
- Location
- England
SealedDaemon
Revealer of Invisitext, Vote Counter, and Beta
@yrsillar
Is this the total amount of looted stuff or is this Ling Qi's share? I believe it is the latter but it would be nice to have confirmation.
Looting the twins for their equipment gained the party up to 105 stones worth of talismans (~52.5 stones if sold and split). Better put it to good use cause the twins are definitely going to be back.
Is this the total amount of looted stuff or is this Ling Qi's share? I believe it is the latter but it would be nice to have confirmation.
Looting the twins for their equipment gained the party up to 105 stones worth of talismans (~52.5 stones if sold and split). Better put it to good use cause the twins are definitely going to be back.
- Location
- scrabbling
woops I feel like a pretty sloppy reader now
Anyway—keeping the speed talisman probably, right?
Anyway—keeping the speed talisman probably, right?
I say go full in on the gown, we will probably not get as good price for it nor the same quality of it if we go without Gu Xuilan.
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- Location
- UK
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Is it odd I feel less guilty now? They made threats and still tried to taunt and insult us. Screw them, only end I see to this "feud" is when we completely crush any hope they have of victory against us (I'm a proponent of simply getting that good rather than doing something to them)
- Location
- United States of America
Possibly not? I mean I feel terribly guilty right now so there's that. The grudge probably wouldn't have ended if we only took a little bit of their stuff, but it still feels bad. It could be beneficial to point Li Suyin their way in order to alleviate the grudge and get her some more experience with medicinal values, but I can see that exploding in our face.
Arkeus
Crazy cat guy
- Location
- France
[] Let Xiulan get you fitted for a gown
-[] Spend 50 stones
If we are getting a new gown, might as well get a decent one.
[] Sell
-[]Lifespring Staff
-[]Whirlwind Sabers
-[]Warrior's Sash
-[]Mountainheart Guai
Seems like Gu Xiulan is worse at analysing than Bai Meizhen.
[] Buy
White Peak Salve
Steady Growth Pill
Tranquil River Veil: A soft blue silken veil embroidered with silver thread. Adds one die to all clashes in which a water technique is used. Reduces the cost of water arts by one to a minimum of one. 25 Red Spirit Stones
Starlight Ribbon: A narrow silk choker that glitters under the the light. Reduces the cost of darkness techniques by one to a minimum of one. Adds one die to all perception checks. 15 stones.
Blooming Heart Brooch: A masterfully crafted silver and platinum clasp with a many faceted ruby at it's center. Reduces the cost of all heart based arts by 1 to a minimum of one and increases their range by five meters. 40 stones
All of those are interesting, but... @yrsillar, we can only use one accessory and one weapon talisman until yellow right? then one weapon and two accessory?
-[] Spend 50 stones
If we are getting a new gown, might as well get a decent one.
[] Sell
-[]Lifespring Staff
-[]Whirlwind Sabers
-[]Warrior's Sash
-[]Mountainheart Guai
Seems like Gu Xiulan is worse at analysing than Bai Meizhen.
[] Buy
White Peak Salve
Steady Growth Pill
Tranquil River Veil: A soft blue silken veil embroidered with silver thread. Adds one die to all clashes in which a water technique is used. Reduces the cost of water arts by one to a minimum of one. 25 Red Spirit Stones
Starlight Ribbon: A narrow silk choker that glitters under the the light. Reduces the cost of darkness techniques by one to a minimum of one. Adds one die to all perception checks. 15 stones.
Blooming Heart Brooch: A masterfully crafted silver and platinum clasp with a many faceted ruby at it's center. Reduces the cost of all heart based arts by 1 to a minimum of one and increases their range by five meters. 40 stones
All of those are interesting, but... @yrsillar, we can only use one accessory and one weapon talisman until yellow right? then one weapon and two accessory?
- Location
- England
Let the spoils salve your conscience! Give in to the power of the shiny side!
Seriously, though; they're rich, and we're not. We're going to be doing this a lot, if we want to keep up with people who are receiving significant outside aid. Best to just get used to it.
I agree, yeah. Go all in on Gown, and supplement it with a few trinkets.
Seriously, though; they're rich, and we're not. We're going to be doing this a lot, if we want to keep up with people who are receiving significant outside aid. Best to just get used to it.
I agree, yeah. Go all in on Gown, and supplement it with a few trinkets.
Arkeus
Crazy cat guy
- Location
- France
I'm really glad with the way Qi Ling is feeling about this, yes. A nice gut punch is what she needs to keep being human.
- Location
- United States of America
I honestly don't know if it is at the point of a blood feud yet. We let their brother be healed, and we didn't beat them up after they surrendered. Unfortunately, they are young, and will not take favorably to this loss. Hopefully, we can just outstrip them and keep them away from us so that they can't deal with us in the long run. It might be nice to write an apology letter to them and refer them to Li Suyin, but they might take that the wrong way.
Ehh.... the sooner we get through this and the more distance is given to this choice the more likely I'll forget about this event as my coping mechanism.
Yeah weapon/armor/ 1 accessory per stage(whichever is higher)
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Referring them to Li Suyin is more likely to just have them murder her for being a weak associate of ours at this point.
That's the problem when you decide to escalate to a blood feud, they'll do anything they think they can get away with--and as we've just seen, the whole "Don't maim/kill" thing is more of a strongly worded suggestion than an ironclad rule--it just means you can't do it publically, but what happens outside the gaze of the public doesn't get protected by the rules.
That's the problem when you decide to escalate to a blood feud, they'll do anything they think they can get away with--and as we've just seen, the whole "Don't maim/kill" thing is more of a strongly worded suggestion than an ironclad rule--it just means you can't do it publically, but what happens outside the gaze of the public doesn't get protected by the rules.
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- Location
- UK
- Pronouns
- They/Them
So happy to see an update but they had to (not quite) ruin it with their cries of vengence. Oh well, suppose we ought to get used to making enemies...
Yeah considering she's already a healer I wouldn't say getting Li Suyin in their cross hairs would be worth the attempt at burying the hatchet
Murder is forbidden, but yeah they can make her life a living hell.
... Still cant say I feel guilty or anything, I look at the setting and at the characters and decided if they step foot on the battlefield that is this cultivator micro cosmos then they should not expect special treatment.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Yes, it's hypocritical, they would have taken us for everything we're worth if they won, assuming they didn't 'Accidentally' cripple us while they were at it.
But here's the thing, we just gave them legitimacy in the eyes of the public here, it's no longer them just crying sour grapes that they bit off more than they could chew, it's that we literally took them for everything they had with them on a fight that we didn't get seriously hurt in, that they had a legitimate reason for starting.
And if they go and ask their families for resources to get vengeance, and get it, they can then use this to just buy a small gang to fuck us up with. We've already seen how they have the resources and attention to spare to watch the market to snap up anything we sell there to recover them, affording an expensive talisman on short notice. It's not that big an extension there for them to go "Hey, I want a gang of ten acolytes with me, I'll pay each of you ten spirit stones if you help me break the legs of this street rat when she goes out into an area we can zerg her in."
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Yes. This is dumb. If you wanted to be merciful, the time was to do it before we looted them for everything. Mercy now is salt on the wound.
We're just going to have to deal with 3 adversaries specifically training to beat us, and we don't have the time or action points to waste on keeping tabs on them if we want to keep progressing and meeting our own goals.
I'm frustrated. We don't even need this many accessories, most of which we're going to have to sell and thus, goes straight back to them anyway. The lotus thing is nice, but we have so much qi that I wouldn't consider it all that important relative to other accessories to make our techniques cheaper. The only one that I really like is the anklets and those were from Hong Lin in the first place!
We're just going to have to deal with 3 adversaries specifically training to beat us, and we don't have the time or action points to waste on keeping tabs on them if we want to keep progressing and meeting our own goals.
I'm frustrated. We don't even need this many accessories, most of which we're going to have to sell and thus, goes straight back to them anyway. The lotus thing is nice, but we have so much qi that I wouldn't consider it all that important relative to other accessories to make our techniques cheaper. The only one that I really like is the anklets and those were from Hong Lin in the first place!
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They attacked us in a setting where getting looted if you loose is not exactly unusual, this is something they really should have considered before starting shit and we could have been significantly more assholish than we were, by preventing them from healing in order to slow their recovery.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
We're not so strong yet that we can afford to piss everybody off. So yes, the fact our social class is bad turns the 'Well, this is just to be expected' attitude into the 'Kill the fucking upstart now'.
That's the problem.
What we did is not culturally unusual, but we are not part of that culture yet.
So what we did is not "Talk shit, get hit", this is the equivilent of the angry bandit chief beating up the heroes and taking their magical items.