Alright it seems likely we'll end up returning home after chatting with Malfeas, and we've managed to build a fair chunk of xp, so do people have thoughts towards what Charms they're interested in, so that we can train them whilst traveling home? There are a few immediately cool ones to be grabbed including My Dark Lady, Insane Graceful Movements, and the Malfeas Charm that gives you extra health (I forget the name). There are also various charm tree options that can be worked towards. Ulululating Nightmare Wings is poorly suited for our campaign, but the tree that builds towards Lunatic Pyre Shintai seems cool. I already made clear some of my opinions on the TED charms in my earlier post. Do people want to chat about any Malfeas charms that catch their eye?
Hardened Devil Body is the health-level adder. A purchase or two of that would go a long way towards not dying.
GSNF is the quintessential damage-adder for Malfeas, so that's a must-have. Getting on the path to Chartreuse Coronary Ignition (depending on how you want it to work alongside Titanic Heart charms) is an easy-to-get deva.
So, just to go over my thoughts on this...
First, how much XP will we have? Currently we have 49 XP to spend. After the current scene ends we'll have an additional +5 for completing the scene, +4 for completing the main objective, and at least +3 I think for various bonus objectives completed. From the end of the prior scene to the current vote we've had 105 different people vote in the quest (congrats,
@Alexander89), giving a massive 21 XP for participation.
In total, this is 82 XP. We may have more after talking to Malfeas, as that's supposed to be a separate scene, though I don't know if Alexander will decide to give XP or not since the scene will likely be shorter, so for now I'll say we'll have 82 XP to spend.
Now, I'm all for getting some Charms, but we should spend some on Abilities as well.
Three Oramus Charms I think are essential:
1 & 2. Flowers Bloom Like Madness + Muse of Unearthly Delights (16 XP) - A good first foray into Pantheon Charms. Also has the benefit of letting us help Rakshata make new stuff.
3. Preposterous Molding of Zero (8 XP) - We need a defense against Shaping attacks, as currently we have none. This is very important not only to defend against enemy Charms, but also against Geass users. I'm fairly certain that many Geass effects are Shaping effects. Lelouch's canon Geass for instance likely is, given that even in the two cases where the individuals had extreme willpower and managed to temporarily resist it they wouldn't. If that's the case, Marrybell mel Britannia's Geass (if she has it in this AU) most definitely is, given that it turns people into slaves with no ego of their own. We may also consider getting Soothing Balm of Insanity so as to have a defense against Unnatural Mental Influence other than spending Willpower, but at least we already have that as an option. But the Shaping defense we'd get from PMoZ is great, because we can basically reflect the Geass effect back at the user. Mind you, me wanting this early may just be me being paranoid.
That would leave 58 more XP to spend.
After that I'd get some Malfeas Charms. Given these cost 10 XP each for us, we should limit it to two or three purchases. Some combination of the below would seem wise.
Hardened Devil Body
By Pain Reforged
Insignificant Embers Intuition
- Green Sun Nimbus Flare
-- Kissed By Hellish Noon
- Skyfire Seizing Repast
-- Sun-Heart Furnace Soul (Pantheon)
And as mentioned the Ebon Dragon's Pantheon Charm, Darkling Grace Complete, and it's prerequisite are desirable at 16XP for the package.
If we spend 30XP on Malfeas Charms that'd leave us with 12 XP.
It is important to remember though that we'll probably want to save some XP for Fourth-Soul Devil Domain, which will be 10XP. Also, I kind of want to max out our dots in Drive so we can murderstomp people in a Knightmare. Lelouch is now better than he was in canon, but seeing as in canon he lost handily to Cornelia while he was in the Gawain (which according to him should have been enough to make him win by machine specs alone) I think it rather important to get that sooner or later.
