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The Dao of the Awakened, a Xianxia/Cultivation Quest

What voice/tense should the story be in?

  • Second person present

    Votes: 4 22.2%

  • Second person past

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Third person past

    Votes: 13 72.2%
  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .
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[X] Leave Droopy to hang. Logically, Hua Yin knew that a trap this close to the Sect would be checked regularly. Droopy would get down eventually.
[X] Does Hua Yin go hunting the fuzhu? It will be worth a significant amount in both money and resources if Hua Yin can catch it.

Fuck that guy
 
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[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
[x] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.

It's been settled.
 
You're spoiling us Waru! :D

[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
-[X] Keep an eye out to make sure he doesn't follow us

[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
-[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
--[X] If the fuzhu is amicable, try to pet him?

[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
-[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
--[X] If the fuzhu is amicable, try to pet him?
 
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[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
[X] Leave the beautiful creatures alone. Hua Yin's reward is to be one of the few to ever witness a fuzhu.
 
[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
-[X] Keep an eye out to make sure he doesn't follow us

[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
-[X] If they become aggressive just use EDP to climb back up the cliff and avoid a fight
 
[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.

Going with the leading Droopy vote which doesn't involve extortion, because like I said I'd really rather not have that making our reputation worse.
 
[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
-[x] "One never knows when a sect brother may be in a position to give unexpected aid."
[x] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
 
[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing
[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
 
[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
-[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
--[X] If the fuzhu is amicable, try to pet him?

Just imagine the coversation that we would have if we hunted it and then joined the spiritualist hall.
Hua Yin: "I saw a fuzhu once."
Senior spiritualist hall disciple: "oh cool, i heard they are really rare and peaceful creatures. Must have been quite the beautiful sight"
Hua Yin: "Actually, i killed it, ripped out its core and sold its meat, it was quite the profit"
Senior spiritualist hall disciple:"..."

And for the record, i dont think talking to the deer is gonna work, but Hua Yin actually convinced a much more powerful lightning wolf into freely using its font for a few pork buns. This doesnt seem that crazy in comparison. I also really dont care about droopy.

Am i the only one that thinks that yang is testing us with these choices somehow?
 
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[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
-[X] Keep an eye out to make sure he doesn't follow us

He's a right little shit. But we've already settled things out with him last time. So, get him loose. 'Sides he'll probably get himself out by the sect later anyway. No need to make things harsher than it already is.

[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
-[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
--[X] If the fuzhu is amicable, try to pet him?

Impress with the headpats, and we might get the insights!

Do they dig the Levin Step cha-cha?
 
[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
-[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
--[X] If the fuzhu is amicable, try to pet him?
 
Memes aside I'm trying to imagine how petting a wild spirit beast at least the same level as us isn't either dangerous or disrespectful. Either it's dangerous because it's a powerful wild animal we just met, or it's a thinking being and it's disrespectful to just walk up and pet someone you just met.
 
[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
-[X] Keep an eye out to make sure he doesn't follow us

[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
-[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
--[X] If the fuzhu is amicable, try to pet him?
 
[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.

[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
-[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
--[X] If the fuzhu is amicable, try to pet him?
 
[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
-[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
 
The main exploration survival check was more forgiving than I expected, we got our EDP bonus and Li Gai added to our pool instead of rolling another pool. The glass was slightly weaker than I expected but still useful. All in all once Yin gets survival 1 he should be rolling 11 dice reliably alone and on average be hitting the TN4 check.

[X] Leave Droopy to hang. Logically, Hua Yin knew that a trap this close to the Sect would be checked regularly. Droopy would get down eventually.

This guy is a massive scumbag, we don't need to make things worse for him but I see no reason to actively help him either. But the voting trend is clear and it's not important enough to spend much time arguing about.

[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.

Not a fan of the petting subvote, and the talk one seems like it's just trying to micromanage the survival test.
 
Sickul said:
Memes aside I'm trying to imagine how petting a wild spirit beast at least the same level as us isn't either dangerous or disrespectful. Either it's dangerous because it's a powerful wild animal we just met, or it's a thinking being and it's disrespectful to just walk up and pet someone you just met.
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Well yeah we're not just walking up to it and putting our hands on it. Hua Yin is gonna get consent first.

--[] If the fuzhu is amicable, try to pet him?

And we know spirit beasts like scritches, Tianlong asked for belly rubs.
 
Here's where we're at so far
Adhoc vote count started by CedeTheBees on Jun 30, 2022 at 6:20 AM, finished with 50 posts and 30 votes.
  • [X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
    [X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
    -[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
    --[X] If the fuzhu is amicable, try to pet him?
    [X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
    -[X] Keep an eye out to make sure he doesn't follow us
    [X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
    [X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
    -[X] If they become aggressive just use EDP to climb back up the cliff and avoid a fight
    [X] Write-in: Request a third of the spirit herbs Droopy has gathered so far in exchange for helping him. Inform him that you are willing to lend aid to your fellow disciples but this generosity has its bounds. If he believes this is unfair of Hua Yin, he can reject the offer. Either way, he should think twice before trying to sabotage Hua or his friends in the future.
    [X] Does Hua Yin go hunting the fuzhu? It will be worth a significant amount in both money and resources if Hua Yin can catch it.
    [X] Leave the beautiful creatures alone. Hua Yin's reward is to be one of the few to ever witness a fuzhu.
    [X] Leave Droopy to hang. Logically, Hua Yin knew that a trap this close to the Sect would be checked regularly. Droopy would get down eventually.
    [X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
    -[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
    -[X] If they become aggressive just use EDP to climb back up the cliff and avoid a fight
    -[X] If they attempt to run, have Feng track them to where they are fleeing to.
    [X] Ask if Droopy has any spirit herbs to compensate his rescuer.
    -[X] Cut Droopy down anyway.
    [X] Leave the beautiful creatures alone. Hua Yin's reward is to be one of the few to ever witness a fuzhu.
    -[x]Learn the habits and powers of the fuzhu. Try to track it surreptitiously.
    [X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
    -[x] "One never knows when a sect brother may be in a position to give unexpected aid."
    [X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
    -[X] Try to talk with them before approaching. If they start to show hostility and ready themselves to fight, back off.
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[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
-[X] Keep an eye out to make sure he doesn't follow us

I don't care if it's naive. I don't want to reopen that old wound with Droopy, nor give him extra motivation to attempt new shenanigans against Hua Yin. Nor I want to add real substance to the bad rumors about Hua Yin, even if Droopy turns out to be one of those spreading them. He'd do it whatever we do, so at least let's not give him true ammo.

Besides, leaving him there or demanding payment just for undoing a snare is a dick move, and I don't want Hua Yin to be a dick. If Droopy was asking us a favor or service, I'd gladly charge him extra. If helping him had a cost for Hua Yin, I'd demand compensation. But neither is the case here, and I don't see value in kicking someone when they're down. We're gonna have enough enemies and trouble without purposedly breeding resentment.

If Droopy pulls something on Hua Yin again, I'll revise my position. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me" and all that. But for now, I'm going with letting sleeping dogs lie.

[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
-[X] If they become aggressive just use EDP to climb back up the cliff and avoid a fight.

Let's go for the minor prize, at least. If the Fuzhu are so rare, I don't want to contribute to their extinction.

Plus, given how much Yang Genji has kept herself apart from most disciples, I'm suspecting that she's extremely wary of people only reaching to her because of the benefits her friendship can bring. If Hua Yin shows appretiation for the Fuzhu instead of seeing only the prizes he can gain from it, it could make Genji let her guard down more in his case.
 
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CedeTheBees said:
And we know spirit beasts like scritches, Tianlong asked for belly rubs.
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Well technically we know 1 spirit beast like scritches, but I don't expect it to be especially punishing even if it fails. Though if we provoke it into combat that's where the danger generally is.

It's possible that not taking anything from the deer and just letting it be could lead to some kind of non material reward, maybe something spiritual. Even if it doesn't though do we really need the herbs guys? We don't even use the cultivation aides we have, it seems like there's potential downsides here and the upside of getting the herbs aren't even that big.

Can animals even use Cultivation Aides? What about something like
[X] Go near the Fuzhu and place on the ground an offering of Ma Family Peach Flower Fire and step back, be respectful and try to establish a connection with the Fuzhu.

Deer like peaches and cultivators like alcohol, logic feels flawless here. Was originally going to use a Supplicant's Aid but I don't know if spirit beasts can even eat those. Time to induct the Fuzhu into the Brothers of the Peach Blossom Fire, hopefully Tianlong doesn't hear and get jealous.
 
[X] Leave the beautiful creatures alone. Hua Yin's reward is to be one of the few to ever witness a fuzhu

A survival check? We have no survival. Besides if we follow them they might lead us somewhere interesting
 
[X] Cut Droopy down. Droopy will go off and do his own thing.
[X] Attempt to peacefully gather spirit herbs. This will require a survival check. A fail may result in combat with the herd.
 
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