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Hmmph... this junior is a good seed [Cultivation Management Quest]

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    • Alright, I'm gonna try and get out another omake before the end of this turn, lets hope the dice gods are favourable this turn
     
    TheDuke said:
    Mmm, could be a couple of things. Optimistically, it could just be them trying to soften up our fortifications for the coming Trials, with the intention of letting the Trials do the job of crippling us for them. Much less optimistically, it could be, as you said, the Palace softening us up with the Devil Bees so that they can do the real damage in a second wave themselves. Even more pessimistically, it could be them softening us up for the coming Trials, with the intention of striking as soon as the Trials are over and we're even further weakened. On the extremely optimistic side, we might not be the target at all, and they wanted to break the Devil Bees on our fortifications so that the Palace can sweep in and wipe out the remaining Devil Bees with ease. I uh, wouldn't exactly bet any drachma on that last one though, with the heavens actively conspiring against us.
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    All of which are bad for us. Honestly, i gotta give props for the sheer chutzpah it takes to go " hey, i know we're both still wounded from ganking each other, but how about you mosey along and hit those Golden Devils. " Saber Palace is appearing a the archetype Righetous in name only Faction. The ones in Xianxia that are on that side because of the lack of opposition to their actions by the masses.

    Personally, my suspicions are along the lines of Saber Palace trying to acquire Karma like the Trial participants. They might have found a way to petition the heavens to grant them the same thing, which makes going after us worth it for them.

    I mean it clearly isn't for our crappy resources. Probably they will try to leverage the Karma from wiping us out to make it easier for their Sect Cultivatiors to cultivate or ascend, maybe via a Dao of Karma or something.
    TehChron said:
    Maybe, but if this was a very significant fraction of the Devil Bees power massed together, then between the ganking of one of their Nascent Souls and getting thoroughly rebuffed by the Golden Devils, then it's less likely theyll try again any time soon

    The Bees were likely betting on the payout from hitting us making up for the lost investment of the Nascent soul on top of whatever they squeezed out from the Verdant Sea post-razing the SDSP.
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    Yeah, thankfully our fortification turn it from mutual attrition to a Meat Grinder. Again, i will got to admire the move made by the Saber Palace cultivator that came up with it. For a bribe, they weaken both parties buying time for them to recover.
     
    ninjastar said:
    [X] Plan Both Sides
    -[X] Heraclius Staurakius - One of your precious Core Formation cultivators in the Great Circle, Heraclius has stalled cultivation-wise. He is an exceptional commander, but he is old. At 900, he will only be capable of command for another 80 years or so. He is the best commander available by a significant margin, and the most experienced, but taking him on as a commander will mean replacing him before too long - discontinuity of command is where the Legions are the weakest. In the short-term, though, he is the best available to you - a little more skilled than Aikaterine, even.
    --[X] Have him immediately begin grooming Olympiodora Rhangabe to be his successor
    ---[X] Have him prepare to step down as soon as the hundred-year trials are over to take a job as an advisor to Olympiodora Rhangabe while she gets the hang of things
    --[X] When he dies, have Olympiodora Rhangabe take over from him

    This way he will be in charge during the hundred year trial, which is what we desperately need, but we will also get the long term benefit of Olympiodora Rhangabe sooner than normal.
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    This is viable, but be aware that changes in command come at significant loss to your combat capabilities each time.
     
    occipitallobe said:
    This is viable, but be aware that changes in command come at significant loss to your combat capabilities each time.
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    Naturally less so if it's a more smooth transition I'm guessing

    Hrmmmmmmmmmm

    Hopefully most of our neighboring powers won't be in a position to do anything to take advantage of that weakness before it can be successfully mitigated
     
    ninjastar said:
    But he is close to death anyway, so we will have to replace him either way. This way he can at least have a little more time to train his successor
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    It's that training the successor immediately before the Trials bit that seems to be what would be classified as "be aware that changes in command come at significant loss to your combat capabilities each time." Like the transition period for our last military commander. Only this would happen either the upcoming turn, or during the Trials itself, as the change in command is set to happen immediately.

    I'd like to believe I'm wrong, and the transition issues would happen after the Trial, but I don't think I am.
     
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    Marlin said:
    It's that training the successor immediately before the Trials bit that seems to be what would be classified as "be aware that changes in command come at significant loss to your combat capabilities each time." Like the transition period for our last military commander. Only this would happen either the upcoming turn, or during the Trials itself, as the change in command is set to happen immediately.
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    As per my plan, he wouldn't step down until after the trials ended.
     
    Just as it sounds. I've tried to make a sheet as simple as possible for an omake reward index, to ensure I know what people want.

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    ninjastar said:
    As per my plan, he wouldn't step down until after the trials ended.
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    He would begin training a successor immediately, training a successor is what the last protostrator did to step down. Which was done by training the successor through letting them be in command. A transition period that began when the successor was being trained.

    The QM didn't respond to the request for clarification on if your plan would mean the transition, with the weakening issues involved, begins immediately, or if the transition will begin after the Trial as attempted to set up in the plan. So, it's up to the players to interpret properly, I guess. Or maybe the QM will clarify?
     
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    Marlin said:
    He would begin training a successor immediately, training a successor is what the last protostor did to step down. Which was done by training the successor through letting them be in command. A transition period that began when the successor was being trained.

    The QM didn't respond to the request for clarification on if your plan would mean the transition, with the weakening issues involved, begins immediately, or if the transition will begin after the Trial as attempted to set up in the plan. So, it's up to the players to interpret properly, I guess. Or maybe the QM will clarify?
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    The transition for the new Protostrator begins immediately. He will be somewhat less effective if he's grooming a successor during that time, though. The second transition will begin after the Trials in the plan, which will be a sharp drop in effectiveness. To put it simply, doing any major military operations in the hundred years after the coming Trials would be a difficulty, with the triple whammy of going through three Protostrators in quick succession, and the centennial genocide attempt atop that.
     
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