LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
Oh you have no idea.
Puella Magi Imperatrix Mundi, or: Wherein Half Of Japan Tries To Kill You
You are right; so I am. You are talking dominate meguca as opposed to hijack body. Fair enough.
Of course, that still costs us in the thousands.
Here is where we used the ability:
...and here was the latest corruption total show:
Admittedly, there was some time in between, but we didn't really do any serious magic, so I expect that to still cost 2k+ grief.
Muramasa
Best Girl
The expense came from interference from Hisae. Her power caused ours to short out somehow, which had the side effect of our grief spike. My guess is our power overloaded trying to push through Hisaes interference.
We don't know how expensive that power is under normal circumstances.
- Location
- England, unfortunately.
- Pronouns
- She/They
*Looks at thread. Sees Morality arguments and Mura having to vote against redteam at one point*
...Oh hey, ummmm still need to write my own quest, hahaha...I'll just... be going there now...which is not here...or on fire.
...Oh hey, ummmm still need to write my own quest, hahaha...I'll just... be going there now...which is not here...or on fire.
Echo
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before
- Location
- "echolocation" dur hur hur
Maiko's magic is very nearly unique in being flexible, clearly supernatural, and entirely corruption-free.
Actually, here's another bit of wish mechanics that applies in this quest: "Wish magic" acquired as a means to fulfill the wish will have low or nonexistent corruption costs. Magic that's only tangentially related to fulfilling the wish, or using the core magic in ways that clearly go beyond the bounds of the wish, will have corruption costs. Examples:
- Homura's time looping is free, but her time stop isn't.
- Naoko's regeneration is nearly free, but healing other people isn't.
- Kaede's clairvoyance and tracking are nearly free.
- Maiko's unique magic is free, and using her grimoire to develop new spells is nearly free.
- Shinobu's compulsion effect is nearly free.
I will say that redemption won't always be possible. You can't fix wish-induced mindfuckery, for instance.
...that seems a little harsh.
Typical Grief Seed capacity is 2k-3k. Right now it'll be a bit higher because lots of old, powerful witches are active. Under normal circumstances the lower end of that range will be more common.
The specifics of how that bit of magic works aren't known for sure by either Yui or the thread, so it's hard to predict how much it would cost.
However, the reason Yui spent that much magic the first time without noticing is that she let herself get carried away by the effect as well. If she's paying attention, she's capable of backing off without burning a lot of magic on something that isn't working.
Don't be silly, nothing here is on fire. Koharu's grounded, remember?
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- Location
- England, unfortunately.
- Pronouns
- She/They
The metaphorical fire of rampant ohgodwhy that cannot be quenched still burns brightly though.Don't be silly, nothing here is on fire. Koharu's grounded, remember?
PhDEevee
Mathematician and Questgiver
- Location
- Sydney
It's been fairly civil for such a contentious topic, actually. I was kind of surprised.
I dislike my timezone sometimes. >.< All the good discussion's about to start and I'm about to go to bed.
- Location
- England, unfortunately.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Oh, okay.
I just keep clear of anything beginning the resemblance of something similar to this with a standard D&D 10ft pole. Mild or no, I don't really want to find out.
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Echo
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before
- Location
- "echolocation" dur hur hur
There was a lot of really good discussion, in fact. I was really happy with it, overall.
The main problem in the end just seems to be fatigue, so I should probably close the votes tonight whether I have time to write or not, to avoid leaving things hanging.
Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
- Location
- In transition
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Hence why I'm sticking with my write-in rather than switching to his.
- Location
- Home
Yui's life is dedicated to saving others. Things that make her life more difficult are making saving others more difficult.
Additionally, to be frank I suspect having Naoko and Kaede around will rapidly make this quest unfun and it will die soon afterwards, so there's a bit of meta there.
Echo
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before
- Location
- "echolocation" dur hur hur
Out of curiosity, why do you say that? I like to think I could handle any reasonable choice of action in a way that would still be enjoyable...
I was actually gonna ask if you really intended that to be said verbatim, because leading with "what the fuck" is a bit jarring since Yui basically doesn't swear (or use whatever sort of rude phrasing that would supposedly correspond to in the hypothetical Japanese she'd be speaking).
In fact, I got curious and did a quick (and possibly slightly inaccurate) tally of how often characters in the quest have said "fuck".
- Maiko gave a flat "...fuck." once.
- Koharu said some variation on "I fucked up".
- Yumi said fuck three times, twice using "fucking" as an intensifier and once using "fuck me" as an expression of irritation.
- Asami said variations on the word fuck, uh, twenty-two times. Maybe more, I might have lost count.
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
Out of curiosity, why do you say that? I like to think I could handle any reasonable choice of action in a way that would still be enjoyable...
I was actually gonna ask if you really intended that to be said verbatim, because leading with "what the fuck" is a bit jarring since Yui basically doesn't swear (or use whatever sort of rude phrasing that would supposedly correspond to in the hypothetical Japanese she'd be speaking).
In fact, I got curious and did a quick (and possibly slightly inaccurate) tally of how often characters in the quest have said "fuck".
- Maiko gave a flat "...fuck." once.
- Koharu said some variation on "I fucked up".
- Yumi said fuck three times, twice using "fucking" as an intensifier and once using "fuck me" as an expression of irritation.
- Asami said variations on the word fuck, uh, twenty-two times. Maybe more, I might have lost count.
Jokes on you, they're all speaking Japanese! So they probably said 'fuck' way less than that many times.
Vebyast
Nascent Transhuman
I'd have left it to your discretion if you'd questioned it, and I may have implicitly assumed that you'd alter it anyway. Have there been any verbatim votes in this quest yet? Some QMs take direct quotes as just slightly stronger suggestions and indications that something is specifically to be said out loud rather than thought.
Nolrai
weak to fangs
- Location
- Porltand
Yeah, this was hard but fun. I am worried, but in a good way. I wish more quests were like this, but they tend towards being too easy or players actually getting emotionally hurt.
Nolrai
weak to fangs
- Location
- Porltand
Honestly I don't agree with his overall point, but think the analogy was fine and you guys are being a bit ...?rude? grr. not the right word there.
Nervos Belli
Don't think this means you've won!
- Location
- Murica
Echo
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before
- Location
- "echolocation" dur hur hur
Jokes on you, they're all speaking Japanese! So they probably said 'fuck' way less than that many times.
Well yeah, but you know what I mean.
Asami's speech, for the record, should be interpreted as not especially feminine, inappropriately direct, and sometimes lacking in the expected self/in-group humility, plus occasional joking uses of that "impolite to the point of self-parody" thing that only anime characters do unironically. Or something like that, my knowledge of Japanese is fairly limited.
If the vote includes something in quotes, I'll generally have Yui say something as close to that as possible in the context of the surrounding dialogue. In this case I was going to ask about it, because being uncharacteristically emphatic is plausible enough that I'd want to know if that was the intent.
Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
- Location
- In transition
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Was I? I tried not to be. I did my best to clearly explain why the analogy he used didn't work the way he wanted it to.
- Location
- Home
Abrasive, unpleasant or difficult characters aren't much fun to read about and it's even less fun arguing about how to interact with them in my experience.