Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)

Our most significant combat encounter to date had two shaping attacks, failing the first would have left us cursed with -2 success on everything, including the counterspell for not being erased from existence from that outer knight.
Which is not an instant death effect, which is my point. They are good to have but not "get it or die" kind of levels of importance.
 
We could get Lash to upgrade our Perception. Although I am more inclined to have her up our Appearance as being less intrusive seeing as Appearance is skin deep.

As for panic on losing one health level that was mostly because it meant that she could actually get though our soak. I don't know how much another Ox body would have changed the panic reation. Also I think many people just wanted to see our Kingdom Sig in action.
Can we? No way she'll do it for free. She's her own person, not our attribute dispenser.

We can buy 2 Ox-bodies or 8 health levels for a mere 6 XP, much cheaper than any perfect defense. This nearly doubles our health pool.
 
[X] Deliver the gifts in person to the Summer Lady

Let's at least give some lip service to trying to maintain the balance between Summer and Winter. True, Winter gets their gifts through a courier, too, but we have already met Maeve twice, and once not in official capacity.

And using the killer of the previous Summer Lady as a gift courier to the current one could be interpreted in all sorts of ways we don't want.
 
[X] Deliver the gifts in person to the Summer Lady
Can we? No way she'll do it for free. She's her own person, not our attribute dispenser.

We can buy 2 Ox-bodies or 8 health levels for a mere 6 XP, much cheaper than any perfect defense. This nearly doubles our health pool.
Didn't we have two Ox bodies already? It isn't listed in the character sheet, but I thought we had 2 already.
 
Which is not an instant death effect, which is my point. They are good to have but not "get it or die" kind of levels of importance.

One of them was, and the other set us up for it.

Perfect attacks aren't necessarily death effects, but we're really invested in soak. Getting through it invalidates a significant part of our combat kit.
I am not talking about being a Pact bearer just her using her Lore of Flesh on us.
No way? After everything we have done for her?
This could still blow up on us, we should take it a slower than this.
 
I think a perfect defense should be higher on the list. IDU's significant changes have made it less of an issue, but I'm not really convinced about the added value by comparison. That or ATP so we can teleport without scaring people.

What have we done recently that would have benefited from it? What are we planning that needs it and isn't potentially covered by the FCF?

Just because we can find a way to make most anything useful doesn't mean it's actually an efficient use of exp.
I want a perfect defense, but I'm in favor of Black Mirror Incarnation ASAP. Beyond the utility of being able to perfectly disguise ourself, it's even more important because it can also hide our aura from all the shit that can sense our presence or passage through an area.

We'll never be able to move around freely without having to worry about being tracked until we can mask our presence.
 
I want a perfect defense, but I'm in favor of Black Mirror Incarnation ASAP. Beyond the utility of being able to perfectly disguise ourself, it's even more important because it can also hide our aura from all the shit that can sense our presence or passage through an area.

We'll never be able to move around freely without having to worry about being tracked until we can mask our presence.
BMI is good, but we probably won't be able to afford it for a while. It's cheaper and more immediate to make a prodigy and buy ATP.
 
Underlined errors in the order of reading are:

One might be forgiven for thinking that you got into the spirits business on the third day of Christmas. For the Lady and the Queen of Winter you're thinking of a bottle of Arctic Absinthe, a spirit fermented from fresh Ascetic's Root and those few lightless plants of the waste that are edible to people with a humanoid metabolism, not that you doubt Mab's ability to digest far harsher fare, but it is the spirit of the thing. Damn it, you just punned in your own head. To make yourself feel better you swirl the sample in the glass and note liquid almost seems to contain a trapped aurora borealis. It's supposed to taste cold if that is not just advertising. One way to know for sure. In one quick motion you drain the cup.

nete the liquid not note liquid

Together with a jar to milk and honey to pay off the messengers you hand hand both bottles to one of the eldest malks of Chapalu's kindred assured that they will get to where they are meant to in good time. There aren't many things that can stir a cat into prompt action, but the thought of Mab's ire at being left waiting for a gift, even so small as this is one of them. And maybe they are a touch worried about me as well, you admit, a little proud, a little worried and altogether next year's thought.

of not to

doubled up word

Also neighbor I am experiencing the usual Serbian issues of plot reading with this one. If you want to disturb yourself see if you can spot where you made this paragraph worthy of a head tilt.
 
Underlined errors in the order of reading are:



nete the liquid not note liquid



of not to

doubled up word

Also neighbor I am experiencing the usual Serbian issues of plot reading with this one. If you want to disturb yourself see if you can spot where you made this paragraph worthy of a head tilt.

Thanks, fixed, including making that phrase more understandable hopefully.
 
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[X] Deliver the gifts in person to the Summer Lady

Engage both Courts.
We have met both Lily and Fix in passing; we have no reason to avoid them.
And its an opportunity for social links AND XP.


Didn't we have two Ox bodies already? It isn't listed in the character sheet, but I thought we had 2 already.
Molly has 1x Ox-Body.
Its Lydia who has two, IIRC.

I remember being an advocate of buying a second Ox-Body after people were panicking over damage during the Arianna fight, but that vote didnt win; y'all voted for Craft 4 instead.
BMI is good, but we probably won't be able to afford it for a while. It's cheaper and more immediate to make a prodigy and buy ATP.
BMI is 15xp. We can afford it.
Whether we need it this turn is a different argument, IMO. There's certainly an argument for Inner Devils Unchained this month or the next. And we havent bought up either Alchemy or the Bridge we trained.

We do need antipoison. We need points in Alertness and Awareness.
Essence Dissecting Stare could be very important in Vegas, since we're talking an area where there's a breach in reality

So would Hell-Walker Technique, which critically makes us able to understand the language of spirits.
All the languages of spirits, including those they share with humans.
Given as Las Vegas is around 33% Hispanic, and has an adjacent Native American population, that might be important.

I am not talking about being a Pact bearer just her using her Lore of Flesh on us.
She needs Flesh 5 for that, and as far as we know, she doesnt have that yet.
Nor do I expect it to be free.
 
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