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Lord of a Fief Quest [Xianxia/Western Fantasy Fusion, CK2-ish]
- Thread starter ChaosCircle
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- Original
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- Belgium
[X] Plan we need more everything
[X] Blackmail him
--[X] His old cultivation technique, since he is trying to use forbidden techniques, he won't need his old ones. Also, during negotiations, can offer any outsider part we have for sale, maybe a future deal seeing as how we have a rift to deal with
[X] Blackmail him
--[X] His old cultivation technique, since he is trying to use forbidden techniques, he won't need his old ones. Also, during negotiations, can offer any outsider part we have for sale, maybe a future deal seeing as how we have a rift to deal with
Resonant
Procrastinator Supreme
...Okay, guess I'll just X my plan and lay out its pros & cons as there's not much interest.
[X] Plan Prepare for Cold War
-[X] Flood the Market - The Zhou Clan depended on revenues from Heizhu Valley to prosecute their war against you. If you disrupted that flow of income, you would disrupt their ability to attack you directly. Of course, this was not free. It would cost you 500 Silver Bars / Season in losses from your Alchemy products. That said, your spies estimated that would choke off almost all the money your enemies could afford to spend attacking you. A fair trade? You decide.
-[X] Acquire a Diplomat Adviser - Diplomacy was your weakest area of expertise, it was time to short that up with professional help. Have your spies seek out information on various candidates, screen them, then send the short list to you so that you might interview them for the position.
-[X] Border Forts - Establish a network of small forts to alert you to the presence of raiders and also to hold against those same raiders until reinforcements arrive. It would make you look good to your people and if you were expecting increased raids, it would reduce the damage they caused to your lands. This will strengthen you against Orc Raids but weaken you against Bandit Raids.
-[X] Heavy Road Patrols - Build defensible posts along the road to the Imperial Highway upon which most of your trade flows and establish heavier patrols along the roads. It will weaken your defense against Orc Raids but will strengthen you against Bandit Raids.
-[X] Tax Reform - Now that you have settled in and surveyed what there is to survey, you have some ideas on how to increase tax revenue. It may not result in a great inflow of cash but it is something. Increases tax revenue by 150 Silver Bars / Season.
-[X] Purification: You must cleanse yourself of corruption if you are to advance through Cultivation. This is the process by which impurities are purged from the flesh and the soul and you are covered in a black gunk.
++ Corruption Reduced by (1d100+Purification)/25
-[X] Social Actions (You may take 2 of these in exchange for 1 personal action)
--- [X] Have tea with the head of the Adventurer's Guild
--- [X] Have tea with Myeong Kimora
-[X] Send Wong Hui to Seclusion with Two Rank 2 Spirit Stones for 2x Speed per round of cultivation.
-[X] Provide all our Advisers One Rank 2 Spirit Stone for each round of Cultivation they undergo while at Rank 2. (Automatic until Stones run out or reaching Rank 3)
-[X] Report him to the Imperial Court and collect a reward of 20 Rank 3 Spirit Stones as a token of gratitude.
-[X] Do not buy Spirit Stones this Turn.
+ Focuses on preparing for upcoming Zhou Clan Cold War instead of risky & time-consuming endeavors.
+ Conserves money, no Spirit Stones is immediately required this turn.
+ Prepares fief during Winter peacetime for upcoming Spring/Summer raids. Zhou Clan noted to be focusing on us more.
+/- Meets with Kimora in Winter rather than wait for Spring to show our commitment. Otoh, it's forcing Kimora to travel to our Fief during Winter, which is inconvenient to her.
+ Sends our Intrigue Adviser to Seclusion during Winter, a calm period. Didn't pick any Intrigue actions this turn, so losing his bonus is fine.
+ Reports a corrupt, heretical Lord for Imperial Reputation/Favor. Can get Technique Scrolls with existing methods, while reputation gain is harder.
- Cannot cultivate any Techniques with current Corruption levels unless spending a long time to purify. Acquiring one isn't an immediate priority.
[X] Plan Prepare for Cold War
-[X] Flood the Market - The Zhou Clan depended on revenues from Heizhu Valley to prosecute their war against you. If you disrupted that flow of income, you would disrupt their ability to attack you directly. Of course, this was not free. It would cost you 500 Silver Bars / Season in losses from your Alchemy products. That said, your spies estimated that would choke off almost all the money your enemies could afford to spend attacking you. A fair trade? You decide.
-[X] Acquire a Diplomat Adviser - Diplomacy was your weakest area of expertise, it was time to short that up with professional help. Have your spies seek out information on various candidates, screen them, then send the short list to you so that you might interview them for the position.
-[X] Border Forts - Establish a network of small forts to alert you to the presence of raiders and also to hold against those same raiders until reinforcements arrive. It would make you look good to your people and if you were expecting increased raids, it would reduce the damage they caused to your lands. This will strengthen you against Orc Raids but weaken you against Bandit Raids.
-[X] Heavy Road Patrols - Build defensible posts along the road to the Imperial Highway upon which most of your trade flows and establish heavier patrols along the roads. It will weaken your defense against Orc Raids but will strengthen you against Bandit Raids.
-[X] Tax Reform - Now that you have settled in and surveyed what there is to survey, you have some ideas on how to increase tax revenue. It may not result in a great inflow of cash but it is something. Increases tax revenue by 150 Silver Bars / Season.
-[X] Purification: You must cleanse yourself of corruption if you are to advance through Cultivation. This is the process by which impurities are purged from the flesh and the soul and you are covered in a black gunk.
++ Corruption Reduced by (1d100+Purification)/25
-[X] Social Actions (You may take 2 of these in exchange for 1 personal action)
--- [X] Have tea with the head of the Adventurer's Guild
--- [X] Have tea with Myeong Kimora
-[X] Send Wong Hui to Seclusion with Two Rank 2 Spirit Stones for 2x Speed per round of cultivation.
-[X] Provide all our Advisers One Rank 2 Spirit Stone for each round of Cultivation they undergo while at Rank 2. (Automatic until Stones run out or reaching Rank 3)
-[X] Report him to the Imperial Court and collect a reward of 20 Rank 3 Spirit Stones as a token of gratitude.
-[X] Do not buy Spirit Stones this Turn.
+ Focuses on preparing for upcoming Zhou Clan Cold War instead of risky & time-consuming endeavors.
+ Conserves money, no Spirit Stones is immediately required this turn.
+ Prepares fief during Winter peacetime for upcoming Spring/Summer raids. Zhou Clan noted to be focusing on us more.
+/- Meets with Kimora in Winter rather than wait for Spring to show our commitment. Otoh, it's forcing Kimora to travel to our Fief during Winter, which is inconvenient to her.
+ Sends our Intrigue Adviser to Seclusion during Winter, a calm period. Didn't pick any Intrigue actions this turn, so losing his bonus is fine.
+ Reports a corrupt, heretical Lord for Imperial Reputation/Favor. Can get Technique Scrolls with existing methods, while reputation gain is harder.
- Dangerous to make deals with Lord Kim for Outsider parts as it tells him our fief is valuable to him, while asking for his Old Techniques implies we're weak. Poor bargaining position for any negotiation, since Bai Clan is currently debilitated. Getting caught by Imperial authorities is worst case scenario.
- Cannot cultivate any Techniques with current Corruption levels unless spending a long time to purify. Acquiring one isn't an immediate priority.
Should specify what type of Technique you're getting beyond just the element, i.e. "Defense" or "Support", etc.
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[X] Plan Prepare for Cold War
Changing to this, I think it's more sensible and includes courtship tea.
Changing to this, I think it's more sensible and includes courtship tea.
Resonant
Procrastinator Supreme
So... we acquire a water technique and leave it alone for a year until we can cultivate efficiently again? Our Corruption is very high, it will take a while to purify. There's more urgent priorities than spending an action on something that's not going to be used for a long time.
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The same could be said about the tax reform since we already have a good inflow of cash per season.
Tax reform is an investment. Stealing a water scroll is a risk with no payoff.
Resonant
Procrastinator Supreme
No it's not the same thing. Cash is always useful, stealing a scroll that's doing nothing for several turns is bad time management. Also, we almost went bankrupt last turn for our Seclusion until we were forced to sell assets, so we do want more cash ASAP. Like, I'm all for getting a Scroll - when the time is appropriate.
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[X] Plan Prepare for Cold War
I think we may need to hire more troops to get the most out of the border fort and patrol actions. They seem to imply refocusing troops in two opposite directions.
I think we may need to hire more troops to get the most out of the border fort and patrol actions. They seem to imply refocusing troops in two opposite directions.
Resonant
Procrastinator Supreme
I agree, I considered using the Martial actions on 'Military Reforms' or 'Increase Military Spending' to improve our troops, but doing them at max efficiency requires picking multiple sub-options, which will cost us a lot of Silver Bars.
I wanted us to build a stockpile/buffer of cash as we just went into debt last turn, and picked the easier infrastructure projects. Our revenue is basically +957 Bars/turn because we're committed to spending -500 Bars on flooding the market every turn.
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Sorry for pinging you like this but I just realized a really dumb mistake I did and edited my Plan, wanted to let you know the changes since you're voting for it @Mr. Prokosch @Uhtread @asonia
[ ] Plan Prepare for Cold War
-[ ] Flood the Market - The Zhou Clan depended on revenues from Heizhu Valley to prosecute their war against you. If you disrupted that flow of income, you would disrupt their ability to attack you directly. Of course, this was not free. It would cost you 500 Silver Bars / Season in losses from your Alchemy products. That said, your spies estimated that would choke off almost all the money your enemies could afford to spend attacking you. A fair trade? You decide.
-[ ] Acquire a Diplomat Adviser - Diplomacy was your weakest area of expertise, it was time to short that up with professional help. Have your spies seek out information on various candidates, screen them, then send the short list to you so that you might interview them for the position.
-[ ] Border Forts - Establish a network of small forts to alert you to the presence of raiders and also to hold against those same raiders until reinforcements arrive. It would make you look good to your people and if you were expecting increased raids, it would reduce the damage they caused to your lands. This will strengthen you against Orc Raids but weaken you against Bandit Raids.
-[ ] Heavy Road Patrols - Build defensible posts along the road to the Imperial Highway upon which most of your trade flows and establish heavier patrols along the roads. It will weaken your defense against Orc Raids but will strengthen you against Bandit Raids.
-[ ] Tax Reform - Now that you have settled in and surveyed what there is to survey, you have some ideas on how to increase tax revenue. It may not result in a great inflow of cash but it is something. Increases tax revenue by 150 Silver Bars / Season.
-[ ] Purification: You must cleanse yourself of corruption if you are to advance through Cultivation. This is the process by which impurities are purged from the flesh and the soul and you are covered in a black gunk.
++ Corruption Reduced by (1d100+Purification)/25
-[ ] Social Actions (You may take 2 of these in exchange for 1 personal action)
--- [ ] Have Wong Hui over for tea.
--- [ ] Have tea with Myeong Kimora.
-[ ] SendLiu ChenWong Hui to Seclusion with Two Rank 2 Spirit Stones for 2x Speed per round of cultivation.
-[ ] Provide all our Advisers One Rank 2 Spirit Stone for each round of Cultivation they undergo while at Rank 2. (Automatic until Stones run out or reaching Rank 3)
-[ ] Report him to the Imperial Court and collect a reward of 20 Rank 3 Spirit Stones as a token of gratitude.
-[ ] Do not buy Spirit Stones this Turn.
-[ ] Flood the Market - The Zhou Clan depended on revenues from Heizhu Valley to prosecute their war against you. If you disrupted that flow of income, you would disrupt their ability to attack you directly. Of course, this was not free. It would cost you 500 Silver Bars / Season in losses from your Alchemy products. That said, your spies estimated that would choke off almost all the money your enemies could afford to spend attacking you. A fair trade? You decide.
-[ ] Acquire a Diplomat Adviser - Diplomacy was your weakest area of expertise, it was time to short that up with professional help. Have your spies seek out information on various candidates, screen them, then send the short list to you so that you might interview them for the position.
-[ ] Border Forts - Establish a network of small forts to alert you to the presence of raiders and also to hold against those same raiders until reinforcements arrive. It would make you look good to your people and if you were expecting increased raids, it would reduce the damage they caused to your lands. This will strengthen you against Orc Raids but weaken you against Bandit Raids.
-[ ] Heavy Road Patrols - Build defensible posts along the road to the Imperial Highway upon which most of your trade flows and establish heavier patrols along the roads. It will weaken your defense against Orc Raids but will strengthen you against Bandit Raids.
-[ ] Tax Reform - Now that you have settled in and surveyed what there is to survey, you have some ideas on how to increase tax revenue. It may not result in a great inflow of cash but it is something. Increases tax revenue by 150 Silver Bars / Season.
-[ ] Purification: You must cleanse yourself of corruption if you are to advance through Cultivation. This is the process by which impurities are purged from the flesh and the soul and you are covered in a black gunk.
++ Corruption Reduced by (1d100+Purification)/25
-[ ] Social Actions (You may take 2 of these in exchange for 1 personal action)
--- [ ] Have Wong Hui over for tea.
--- [ ] Have tea with Myeong Kimora.
-[ ] Send
-[ ] Provide all our Advisers One Rank 2 Spirit Stone for each round of Cultivation they undergo while at Rank 2. (Automatic until Stones run out or reaching Rank 3)
-[ ] Report him to the Imperial Court and collect a reward of 20 Rank 3 Spirit Stones as a token of gratitude.
-[ ] Do not buy Spirit Stones this Turn.
For those voting for a Plan, sending an Adviser to Seclusion is a big selling point, since Winter is one of the only times you can do so safely. Spending our leftover Rank 2 Stones is also important for increasing our Retainers' power, a subset of our own, and it's why we conserved them in the first place and it's cheap.
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Thanks for the reminder.
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Added as actions.
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I'm on the fence about that. On one hand, it should be possible to expand your bureaucracy. On the other hand, I can't think of a fair price for an extra strategic action each turn.
Personal actions can be increased through cultivation based on the number of cores you have. (i.e. 1 Core = 3 Actions, 2 Core = 4 Actions)
You can form a maximum of 5 cores or upgrade 1 core 5 times. Once you exit Core Formation stage, you have a number of major bonuses permanently locked.
Core Formation is 1000 to 5000 Power. (i.e. Every 1000 Power you gain a Core)
You can negotiate it as part of a marriage contract but right now, your relationship with Myeong Kimora hasn't progressed to the point you can start penning down a marriage contract with negotiated exchanges.
The latter. You are more likely to become addicted at high levels of corruption. (i.e. 44 Corruption is a pretty solid chance of +1 vote towards eating cores on every action)
Purely related to Corruption gained.
You need to 10:1 them until you are of equal rank. (i.e. Rank 5 is 100 Rank 3 Spirit Stones)
Correct, he mastered the Wood Element itself. Mastering elements provides a bonus to rolls I haven't really defined for techniques that use that element. Right now, I've been silently adding +10 but I'm not sure if that is too much/too little.
You've mastered all 3 techniques. But you can train techniques to provide additional bonuses. (i.e. Heaven's Grace can be trained to give up to an additional +10 when its used)
The former is part of the core consumption action, the latter requires a personal action to learn from a technique scroll.
No. Its part of why Corruption is such a risk. I may add them into the game later but right now, they'd be too expensive.
I can add an action for that if you want.
Techniques aren't ranked. Publicly available techniques are relatively cheap, like 200 Silver Bars but are of low quality. Secret techniques are of high quality but cannot be bought for currency. Quality affects the cap of what you can train it to. (i.e. Low Quality techniques I'd probably cap at +5 for training them.)
Correct.
No.
Yes, but the gains will probably be substantially less.
I'm an idiot, I did pure power instead of Cross-Cultivation. I'll just leave the Power as is and give some Brawn/Finesse/Con gains.
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This is not correct. You can learn scrolls w/o worrying about Corruption.
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One trope of xianxia is that sometimes the protagonist will delay their breakthrough to the next cultivation realm in order to strengthen their foundation. Would we have the option of doing something like that, perhaps by sacrificing part of our power to do so?
E.g. Losing 500 or 1000 power gives us the capacity to create an extra core or upgrade an existing one by a single rank.
So, if we earned 25,000 power, and reset 20,000 of it, we could then create 5 cores that were each at rank 5. This would give big bonuses to our future growth, and make it so that our ultimate limits were that much greater, at the cost of handicapping us in the short term, and risking falling behind our rivals for a time.
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Resonant
Procrastinator Supreme
Ok so... I just found 3 glaring errors that needs some tweaking @ChaosCircle and I definitely sympathize lol:
+1000 from Alchemy Hall (does not specify per season, assuming per year)
+1000 from Spirit Grain Farm (does not specify per season, assuming per year)
+1000 from Spirit Herb Garden (does not specify per season, assuming per year)
+300/season or +1200/year from River Mills
+100/year from Cao Grass
+12100/year from Population Centers
+5% from Stone Roads
Total: 16,400*5% = 17220 Bars/Year or 4305 Bars/Season
Also, even if the above wasn't the case, the Per Year & Per Season values don't match up:
17,185/4 seasons = 4296.25 Bars (not 4371).
- Can you mix and match cores, getting a 3-level Core and 2-level upgraded core instead of 5 individual cores, for example?
- Can you define how Power Ranks fall under the stages of Cultivation? E.g. Becoming a Cultivator is Qi Condensation (Rank 1) and leaving Core Formation is Rank 50 (Power 5000?), but I recall Rank 50 is reaching Immortality?
- How often does stealing of a Secret Technique happen? If it happens is it a big deal, does it become a debacle that will involve lots of drama?
- What are the consequences of getting caught stealing; the punishments?
- Can Secret Techniques ever be traded for with favors and such instead of base currency? Does it always require a formal relationship like marriage?
- How secret is a technique kept in general; only to main branch members, only to the clan head + heir, specific to each Clan?
- Are Clans the only source of Secret Techniques? What about Sects, for example.
- Has there been a secret market/auction selling Secret Techniques in history? Can we go looking for alternatives before resorting to stealing, or is that the easiest method?
- Is the Bai's Ironwood techniques an example of a Secret Technique?
- What happens to failing Clans that can no longer keep their Techniques to themselves? Has there ever been examples of Secret Techniques being pawned off/sold as a Clan degrades?
So to confirm, we can still train all 3 Techniques? I.e. they haven't reached their max bonus yet. If so, which action applies for that, Element Training or Skill Training?
Also to confirm, is there still room for improvement in mastering Wood Element itself?
We can learn and use a Water technique without worrying of Corruption. We can't cultivate with it using the hot springs. Ergo, stealing and learning a Technique Scroll doesn't fulfill the main objective. Priority should still be increasing Power > Versatility. Bai Shen is still under-powered until he reaches Rank 6, the lowest minimum for his position.
EDIT: Important question to consider whether meeting Kimora in Winter is wise.
- If she does travel to our fief, will she be stuck there for the duration of Winter, since apparently travel becomes difficult?
- Does Bai Shen know if Kimora expressed her desire to meet urgently? I.e. Is this a test made by her or just an idle wish to meet "soon" that held low expectations.
- How often are you expected to meet during courtship? I.e. We saw her recently in Summer, is a 3-month absence normal, if we delay till Spring?
- There's an error in calculating Fief Tax Revenue:
Our revenue per year should be 17,220 Silver Bars/Year. Calculations are as follows:
+1000 from Alchemy Hall (does not specify per season, assuming per year)
+1000 from Spirit Grain Farm (does not specify per season, assuming per year)
+1000 from Spirit Herb Garden (does not specify per season, assuming per year)
+300/season or +1200/year from River Mills
+100/year from Cao Grass
+12100/year from Population Centers
+5% from Stone Roads
Total: 16,400*5% = 17220 Bars/Year or 4305 Bars/Season
Also, even if the above wasn't the case, the Per Year & Per Season values don't match up:
17,185/4 seasons = 4296.25 Bars (not 4371).
Are you sure about making it 1k Bars/Season? That's 4k/Year, a substantial boost and it doesn't match the calculations for the 1st Grain Farm.
The Cultivation bonus for our Seclusion was +50: 40 from Attribute, 10 from Divine Luck. You forgot to add an extra +10 from Spirit Grains.
Follow-up questions:
- What's the difference between forming a new core vs. upgrading an existing one?
- Can you mix and match cores, getting a 3-level Core and 2-level upgraded core instead of 5 individual cores, for example?
- Can you define how Power Ranks fall under the stages of Cultivation? E.g. Becoming a Cultivator is Qi Condensation (Rank 1) and leaving Core Formation is Rank 50 (Power 5000?), but I recall Rank 50 is reaching Immortality?
When you say "permanently locked major bonuses" does that imply we get to choose what the bonuses are, and can switch between them beforehand? Or do you mean "unlock" new bonuses after leaving Core Formation.
How sacred is a clan's secret technique in this setting's culture:
- How often does stealing of a Secret Technique happen? If it happens is it a big deal, does it become a debacle that will involve lots of drama?
- What are the consequences of getting caught stealing; the punishments?
- Can Secret Techniques ever be traded for with favors and such instead of base currency? Does it always require a formal relationship like marriage?
- How secret is a technique kept in general; only to main branch members, only to the clan head + heir, specific to each Clan?
- Are Clans the only source of Secret Techniques? What about Sects, for example.
- Has there been a secret market/auction selling Secret Techniques in history? Can we go looking for alternatives before resorting to stealing, or is that the easiest method?
- Is the Bai's Ironwood techniques an example of a Secret Technique?
- What happens to failing Clans that can no longer keep their Techniques to themselves? Has there ever been examples of Secret Techniques being pawned off/sold as a Clan degrades?
Can we get addicted to Cores passively while trying to purify the Corruption, or does it require us to actively eat Cores while maintaining a high Corruption level? i.e. Is it unsafe to enter high Corruption at all (very limiting), or does it need a combo of both.
You don't necessarily need to create an Action, just create a mechanic to fiddle with Tradition and integrate it with existing/normal Actions and make it available. I'm just looking for a method to start solving that hole in our fief.
I think a better word for it is "Learnt/Known" techniques instead of Mastered, if we still need to Train to reach the max bonus. The connotations of "Mastered" implies there's no more room for improvement, which you've said there still is.
So to confirm, we can still train all 3 Techniques? I.e. they haven't reached their max bonus yet. If so, which action applies for that, Element Training or Skill Training?
Also to confirm, is there still room for improvement in mastering Wood Element itself?
The main goal of acquiring a technique is not just to learn it, but to fulfill the Hot Spring requirement to gain its 3x Cultivation Speed multiplier. It's the underlying intention in the previous discussion thus it's still a somewhat valid point.
We can learn and use a Water technique without worrying of Corruption. We can't cultivate with it using the hot springs. Ergo, stealing and learning a Technique Scroll doesn't fulfill the main objective. Priority should still be increasing Power > Versatility. Bai Shen is still under-powered until he reaches Rank 6, the lowest minimum for his position.
EDIT: Important question to consider whether meeting Kimora in Winter is wise.
ChaosCircle, can you tell us of the likelihood of Kimora getting offended if we invited her to our fief during the Winter?
- Is traveling during Winter normal in the Empire, at least for Cultivators like Kimora? Would inviting her during Winter be a burden on her?- If she does travel to our fief, will she be stuck there for the duration of Winter, since apparently travel becomes difficult?
- Does Bai Shen know if Kimora expressed her desire to meet urgently? I.e. Is this a test made by her or just an idle wish to meet "soon" that held low expectations.
- How often are you expected to meet during courtship? I.e. We saw her recently in Summer, is a 3-month absence normal, if we delay till Spring?
Another Question:
Would there be any benefit to selling our Cao Grass to Myeong Clan, would it be the same as selling Poisons 'openly'? Do we already sell to them, and if not would changing buyers cost an action? I want to show our goodwill as we're courting Kimora, just not sure if it'd be worth our AP.
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General rule of thumb for authors - don't commit to increasing the writeload. Make actions do things more powerfully, more quickly, or more widely, but additional actions rarely end well for quest quality.
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There are techniques that would allow you to sit at Peak Core Formation and form additional cores. (i.e. 5000 -> 6000 but then you cycle 1000 power for an additional core) You don't know any at present.
That said, Core Formation is just setting the foundation for future advancement. You can build onto it if you want but its not without cost.
Updated.
Changed to 1k a year.
I'm going to ignore that because I'm already going to give you more power Power than I was supposed to.
New Core = New Element
Upgrading an existing Core =
Yes.
Peak Core Formation = Immortality.
You can reforge your Cores in Core Formation. Once you exit Core Formation, your Core Formation is locked.
Throughout the Empire? Probably once or twice a season.
Its a big deal to the clan it gets stolen from but it doesn't make waves beyond that.
Well, you use Ninja. The Ninja are blamed, their employer isn't. The ninja you send don't even know their employer's name.
The whole purpose of the Hidden Village system is the employer is 100% shielded from responsibility and the Hidden Village takes 100% of the blame.
Yes but it always requires a formal marriage or other serious relationship.
Only main branch members.
Sects have their own secret techniques but they aren't likely to share them.
No. Stealing is the easiest method. People don't sell these things as they one of the pillars of power for a Clan. Having a repository of secret techniques gives you a major advantage.
Yes.
They marry/merge into another Clan and share their secret techniques with them.
It requires you to eat the Cores while maintaining Corruption.
Okay.
Fair enough.
Skill training.
Only by achieving Core Formation and creating a Wood Core.
Fair enough, I was just trying to make sure there wasn't a misunderstanding.
She won't be offended.
Its generally avoided but its not an undue burden. Its basically annoying for Cultivators.
As a cultivator? No. But she probably would come with a cultivator bodyguard plus herself rather than a full staff so its an annoyance because she has to take care of herself.
No.
It'll be a 6 month absence if you wait until Spring.
3-6 months is normal.
You already sell it to them.
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In this case, it slows the quest down but doesn't really affect quality imho.
Well, players always WANT more actions(the sign of a good action system is enough to do everything they need to do, but very little of what they want to do), but GM only has so much time to write with.
Can't change that really.
Resonant
Procrastinator Supreme
First of all, thanks for being so thorough in answering Chaos, appreciate it. Also wanted to preface the following by hoping that I'm not being a nuisance with my pestering and my record-keeping is useful for keeping track of details. Apologies if I come off as being annoying instead, let me know and I'll stop.
Out of curiosity, if we did get charged, how much did it cost? It's not directly listed and the Myeong Clan is now giving us free service so we don't know the amount.
Also bit unclear, do the rolls for producing Cultivation Aids affect the multiplier only, or the pricing as well, or all 3 (including Corruption)?
Huh, Core Formation gets you Immortality? Neat. Is there an intermediate Foundation Building realm between Qi Condensation and Core Formation? My best guess is Foundation Building would be around Rank 6, that's why Elders start there, because Rank 10 would be the start of Core Formation.
Since Kimora's Earth-aspect helps endure bad weather, hopefully that'll mitigate some of her annoyance. Can we go further by providing our staff for her usage while visiting though, or will she decline our offer as a matter of trust? (i.e. She can't trust unfamiliar servants)
On the bright side, this is good to know for planning so we know to meet Kimora twice a year or every other turn. Ideally, we should wait till Spring to meet her so the next time our meeting happens in Fall, rather than Winter again. However, I don't want to take chances on souring relations this early; better play it safe and meet her after 3 months separation, since we heard about it from Kimora telling her maid.
Then, next year with our schedule busy we can wait for 6 months and arrange the next meeting in Fall.
Errors:
The latest Turn Order post still needs fixing with the new Tax Revenue changes. We had 63 Silver Bars leftover after last turn's (Fall) expenditures. So 63+1435 = 1498 (-32 Silver Bars from Treasury).
Should this be Rank 5 instead?
Accounting Error: Hiring Ninja Protection cost the same 600 Silver Bars for both Summer and Fall Turn Orders, likely from Copy-Pasting. This means we paid an extra 200 Silver Bars when we hired them during Fall, it's supposed to only cost 400 Silver Bars for 2 Seasons of protection.
Typo: short -> shore? (probably)
Main Questions:
Question: Did we ever get charged for the 1st attempt at hiring Ninjas before we met Kimora? I'm not sure if we ever got charged for that, and we should subtract our funds accordingly, if not.
Out of curiosity, if we did get charged, how much did it cost? It's not directly listed and the Myeong Clan is now giving us free service so we don't know the amount.
Can you add the list of Cultivation Aids to Informational so we have a reference there as there's a 'standard list' with each type having a Stock, which means they don't run out or get switched. It'd be more accessible so we can plan for using them without checking Turn results.
Also bit unclear, do the rolls for producing Cultivation Aids affect the multiplier only, or the pricing as well, or all 3 (including Corruption)?
Are Sect Secret Techniques any better or easier to steal than Clans', and if so will we get the option to target them?
So... just to clarify, the description of getting caught in the actual Action is revised to be completely risk-free?
Thoughts & Minor Questions:
When we do get to eventually training a Technique, there should probably be stages of progression that needs to be listed on the Informational post, so we can keep track. Just a suggestion.
First line got cut-off, but I'm assuming it's supposed to be "Upgrade Element Core" or similar.
Huh, Core Formation gets you Immortality? Neat. Is there an intermediate Foundation Building realm between Qi Condensation and Core Formation? My best guess is Foundation Building would be around Rank 6, that's why Elders start there, because Rank 10 would be the start of Core Formation.
Oops, had a brain fart. You're right, it'd be 6 months if we skip meeting Kimora this Winter. Darn, I'm somewhat on the fence but still gonna lean towards meeting her early, so we can have some flexibility for Spring's Personal Actions. Winter doesn't have much going on apparently, so we can safely meet her without urgency.
Since Kimora's Earth-aspect helps endure bad weather, hopefully that'll mitigate some of her annoyance. Can we go further by providing our staff for her usage while visiting though, or will she decline our offer as a matter of trust? (i.e. She can't trust unfamiliar servants)
On the bright side, this is good to know for planning so we know to meet Kimora twice a year or every other turn. Ideally, we should wait till Spring to meet her so the next time our meeting happens in Fall, rather than Winter again. However, I don't want to take chances on souring relations this early; better play it safe and meet her after 3 months separation, since we heard about it from Kimora telling her maid.
Then, next year with our schedule busy we can wait for 6 months and arrange the next meeting in Fall.
Appreciate that, it wasn't my intention to min-max or nitpick, just pointed it out of OCD habit. So we got a flat +10 gain to Str/Agi/Con Attributes? Just curious about the improvement rather than any complaint.
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Incense: You may use one per cultivation action. Items are consumed on use.
[ ] Blackworm Incense - 2x Cultivation Speed - 50 Silver Bars, 1d6 Corruption, Stock: 10
[ ] Heartwood Incense - 3x Cultivation Speed - 200 Silver Bars, 2d6 Corruption, Stock: 5
[ ] Wyrdwood Incense - 4x Cultivation Speed - 500 Silver Bars, 3d6 Corruption, Stock: 2
Pills: You may use one per cultivation action. Items are consumed on use.
[ ] Bloodthorn Pill - 2x Cultivation Speed - 50 Silver Bars, 1d6 Corruption, Stock: Unlimited
[ ] Daoseed Pill - 3x Cultivation Speed - 200 Silver Bars, 2d6 Corruption, Stock: 5
[ ] Heavendao Pill - 4x Cultivation Speed - 500 Silver Bars, 3d6 Corruption, Stock: 2
Other: You may use one per cultivation action. Items are consumed on use.
[ ] Power Concentration Array - 2x Cultivation Speed - 50 Silver Bars, 1d6 Corruption, Stock: 10
[ ] Spiritual Energy Concentrator Array - 3x Cultivation Speed - 200 Silver Bars, 2d6 Corruption, Stock: 5
[ ] Limitless Energy Concentration Matrix Array - 4x Cultivation Speed - 800 Silver Bars, 3d6 Corruption, Stock: 2
[ ] Blackworm Incense - 2x Cultivation Speed - 50 Silver Bars, 1d6 Corruption, Stock: 10
[ ] Heartwood Incense - 3x Cultivation Speed - 200 Silver Bars, 2d6 Corruption, Stock: 5
[ ] Wyrdwood Incense - 4x Cultivation Speed - 500 Silver Bars, 3d6 Corruption, Stock: 2
Pills: You may use one per cultivation action. Items are consumed on use.
[ ] Bloodthorn Pill - 2x Cultivation Speed - 50 Silver Bars, 1d6 Corruption, Stock: Unlimited
[ ] Daoseed Pill - 3x Cultivation Speed - 200 Silver Bars, 2d6 Corruption, Stock: 5
[ ] Heavendao Pill - 4x Cultivation Speed - 500 Silver Bars, 3d6 Corruption, Stock: 2
Other: You may use one per cultivation action. Items are consumed on use.
[ ] Power Concentration Array - 2x Cultivation Speed - 50 Silver Bars, 1d6 Corruption, Stock: 10
[ ] Spiritual Energy Concentrator Array - 3x Cultivation Speed - 200 Silver Bars, 2d6 Corruption, Stock: 5
[ ] Limitless Energy Concentration Matrix Array - 4x Cultivation Speed - 800 Silver Bars, 3d6 Corruption, Stock: 2