Slyvena
I don't like pie.
- Location
- Pie Shop
We'll leave the specific mechanics for when Lilly figures them out. But you are right in that it corresponds far more closely to Lilly guiding her own actions rather than imposing onto other things.
The 'Surge' mechanic itself was Lilly misunderstanding her powers fundamental operation. When she figures it out it will become clear what the Surge's really were. It's a bit like heating a kettle to use the steam to push a turbine to move something. It technically works, but is not what it is meant for. Which is why even with surges she still was only able to influence minuscule things.
Aye, it really has come in clutch. I never imagined you'd have a shot at keeping every plate up in the air, the intention was more for you to choose which ones to let shatter whilst inevitably dropping a couple others.
Mathew himself wasn't paid. Yolun didn't so much 'call in a debt' as simply talk with Mathew's father with whom he has some significant good will built up. Mathew was expecting to find a spoilt brat with her father wrapped around her finger dreaming about heroics and adventure without being willing to put in the work to achieve it.
Not much more than a man would be. It just comes with the territory of being a good support but lacking much personal power. Perhaps unfortunately, cultural weight means more women choose that kind of Ethos, but the exploitation is surprisingly equitable (they are all shat on equally).
There is a bit of negative pressure for selecting powers that would 'double up' in unhelpful ways. So perception powers that are inferior to Essence Sight are less likely to be offered. By this point you'd have likely gained a perception power from another Ethos. Perhaps a 'pick up on subtle cues' from [Intuitor] or something like that. It would be a very different Quest, that's for sure.
{Flower}: I cannot change the fact that I am profoundly magnificent. Stating anything less would be an outright lie.
Not impossible, but would definitely require an appropriate Spellworks from which to construct the spells. Which you can find in various places or do the hard work yourself and build the knowledge from the ground up. Captain Martin would have access to some basic elemental varieties.
The Conceptual focus is which kinds of Spellworks the Ethos finds easier as well as what meta-mana powers it is likely to align with, but it does not forbid a mage from branching into unrelated Spellworks.
Especially if you pick up a couple of them. The early learning phase is a bit of a bottleneck, but past that you could get some amazing stuff happening.
Oath has a lot more hoops to jump through, but can be one-way. Consent is the shortcut, forced Oaths are possible but there is almost always a better way to do it. The energy spent weakening an opponent directly with Oath would be many times more effective if used to empower an ally.
The Soul in general really. Your Domain is somewhat optimised for interacting with Ethea and as such has some necessary soul-perception, but its a bit of a hodge-podge without Oath.
