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Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)

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Anaja said:
I think we should bring Mom and Dad in on this before we actually do anything. They should be aware of what's going on, and what Daniel's goals and desires are. Minimizing secrets and circumventions in a family is good, and I think it'd be better for him psychologically if he could do,this with the feeling that his parents have his back in it.

I don't expect to see them cheering on the idea of him actively involving himself in fighting the darkness like that, but I think a convincing case can be made for training and equipping him. The danger is real, and it has come to our home and hurt him before. Also, he might still be a child for the moment, but he's close to adulthood. It's just around the corner, and if he is still intent on these choices come that time, then best that he be as ready as possible.
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Its hard to argue against training... or at least the sort that doesn't open a pandora's box or twelve. That is probably eventually going to be on the table but probably not all that much for the introductory lessons even just due to needing a better foundation and general time constraints. Hopefully he ends up finding himself gifted in things outside of actual combat, as much as he needs to be ready for combat because eventually something is going to come-a-knockin'.

I'm not expecting him to ever actually go out and kill jack shit, in actuality, unless things have already gone horribly wrong. That said, its not like he wouldn't have a place in our eventual Wolfram & Hart and most operatives aren't going to be used as beatsticks.

We'll have experts trying to figure out what he's good at. If he finds something special it will give him direction and defuse a lot of his psychological turmoil. Finding an outlet is a really good selling point,
 
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uju32 said:
The angels only directly intervene with supernatural threats, but the warranty coverage over the family is rather more expansive than just that.
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To a certain point, maybe, but I think there must always be a chance of failure. If Uriel and the like could, with their manipulations, just weave a perfect desired pattern from the future actions of mortals, then Free Will wouldn't exist.

Lydia does not have the expertise to do anything of the sort. Occult 1, no summoning or binding, no Contacts, potentially hostile interactions with Winter. After Corpsetaker almost ate her soul, and she then saw the 10 year old who made a deal with a bane, she isnt about to go stumbling into the NeverNever and making deals with random spirits either.
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The update specifically mentioned that Spirit Realm Quest they were planning with Lydia again, regardless of all the issues you mentioned? She is a teenager, too. Something merely being an unwise idea doesn't mean she wouldn't still do it (and as long as Daniel would be the one in risk/paying the price, then Arawn very likely wouldn't care - either the mortal boy proves himself worthy or his daughter learns a valuable lesson).

We didn't offer our help here out of nowhere, we offered it as a better alternative to what they were already plotting.

Speaking of which:

[X] Catch up with Lydia
 
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Regarding Lydia and the Spirit Realm

Library 5 covers a multitude of sins... or you know causes them, but the point is she is an Exalt. They tend to get a bit too focused when a problem is placed before them to fix.
 
I don't see any reason that Daniel should go on a quest by himself. It seems fitting that Lydia go with him.
 
I am picturing us getting VEE then giving people in our hell a dot of background for stuff in our world and wondering how the universe possibly justifies it.
 
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[X] Catch up with Lydia

Incidentally, we should keep the character sheet gag around as long as it doesn't get too meta.

Writing down whatever he ends up with on a sheet and then pulling it out like a checklist to make sure he has all his class resources refreshed or some similar line when he's about to go do something spooky sounds funny.
 
Personally I feel like getting VEE and then ordering Daniel to not say grabblefraster for a year or he will be immediately teleported into a hospital in our kingdom would be the best way to have him help well given him a safety net. Much better than crafting him objects of power which people will target him for.
 
[X] Catch up with Lydia

It makes sense as a follow-up to the conversation that we just had with Daniel.
 
fictionfan said:
Personally I feel like getting VEE and then ordering Daniel to not say grabblefraster for a year or he will be immediately teleported into a hospital in our kingdom would be the best way to have him help well given him a safety net. Much better than crafting him objects of power which people will target him for.
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That will work, odds are it will even work perfectly given how profound and insidious the work of Verdant Emptiness Endowment is, but it will only work once and then you cannot renew it for a full year, or at least the remainder of the year long span.
 
DragonParadox said:
That will work, odds are it will even work perfectly given how profound and insidious the work of Verdant Emptiness Endowment is, but it will only work once and then you cannot renew it for a full year, or at least the remainder of the year long span.
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I mean one safety net a year seems fair. It is more then most people fighting the good fight get.

Although I am now wondering what happens if Dad gets tagged as a creature of darkness?
 
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