This is experimental in the "Is my spaghetti done" sort of manner. But essentially, I'm letting us use multitasking ability from QA for mental attribute/ability/charm training. Meaning: could train multiple mental things at once if sufficiently justified. Can train mental things while training physical things so long as the training for the mental things doesn't require access to a physical resource which interferes with the physical thing.
I reiterate that this is an experiment. I've never run a quest before, and in the past I usually waived training times as having occurred during down time in a campaign (with the exception of raising Essence, which required a training montage and downtime, or the completion of a Motivation). Speaking of. Taylor still lacks an epic Motivation. That...might be something to fix.
Doin' just fine, if ya don't mind me sayin'.
RE: Motivation, I think our Urge is sufficiently epic and also conveniently aligned with what we actually want to do. Always nice for an Infernal when those two align.
Hmm. So. Things I think we can train while meeting the requirements listed above for purely mental training:
- Perception. Noticing shit, training ourselves to quickly pick out details. Simple.
- Tomescu Flesh Extravaganza. Mulling over the nature of a Tomescu and our relationship with Uncertainty.
- Joy In Violence Approach. Analyze how vulnerable people are when talking, plan out how to attack if we needed to escalate to violence. Like, "If Dad were suddenly Mastered into attacking me, how would I disable him without hurting him?" Can combine with Perception training by scanning the environment for combat advantage (feeds War too).
- Insignificant Embers Intuition. Taylor is watching you. Silently. Judging you.
- War. This one's tricky since instead of focusing on troops we mentally train this by focusing on terrain and the environment and how that would be a dis/advantage in combat. Choke points, high ground, cover, etc.
I have a hard time convincing myself that we can mentally train the other stuff. So, with that in mind, here's the proposed training regimen:
Physical
Death Dealing Journey
Mental
Joy In Violence Approach
Perception
War
These three work well together since they're all about analyzing details for advantage. All told, these choices tell the story of how Taylor has learned from her encounter with Oni Lee that she needs to be much more wary of her surroundings, that she needs to have plan of action because she could get jumped at any moment.
