- Location
- madison
so I'm assuming it could do the reverse? where it blesses a family with good fortune?
The Dream that is Dying (Exalted)
- Thread starter Maugan Ra
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so I'm assuming it could do the reverse? where it blesses a family with good fortune?
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
Is Shep misgendering deliberate?
Mmm, no, not quite. The big issue here is that our family is not some random backwater peasants but the ruling class of a prominent country, which means that everything they do affects everyone else in Taira, requiring adjusting their destinies as well.
I mean, ensuring the safety of our family in the current political vacuum with various parties trying to gain control over the leaderless empire would likely be Sidereal Projection and maybe more than one.
Focusing on Sabah's well-being and perhaps eventual ascent as a ruler would be more doable, or we can generally encourage the odds of our family surviving and prospering without guaranteeing it. Either would likely fall into Supernal Projection territory.
Oh, and we can remove Sabah's I've-Seen-Some-Shit-based intimacy with Supernal Projection of Ambition 1.
- Location
- London, England
Indeed. The listed effects are there to give you a sense of scope, not to restrict you to specific effects.
It was not. I have fixed the places I spotted him doing that on a re-read, let me know if there are any others.
- Location
- London, England
It has occurred to me that a write-in only vote here might have been a poor decision on my part, especially so early in the quest. Hmm.
Would folks prefer if I added a set of pre-written options?
Would folks prefer if I added a set of pre-written options?
That would be helpful.
- Location
- Brittany, France
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Given how Farah themselves have little stake in anything save what they are living behind right now, there seem to be essentially two options plausible to their character:
1) Bless Sabah, their adorable and defenseless little sister, with good fortune and safety.
2) Bless their surviving family in general with safety from those who would tear them apart.
We're pretty lucky because this could very easily have been pointless; Fate is generally a very powerful instrument in Creation, but demons are specifically one of the things that fuck with it, and no amount of fated help for our family would help them against a Yozi Cult with sufficient demonic backup. It couldn't prevent the coup that just occurred. Luckily, most of the cult has been destroyed by the Sidereals and their own attack, so we should be relatively safe from them... And it also means we don't have to bother with going the spiteful route of cursing them to misery or whatever.
I'm kind of struggling to find more options than the two I outlined above; they conveniently take care of our most immediate priority so we can go to Heaven with a sad, but relieved mind.
Of course it means we can't have a totally sweet Lone Wolf and Cub dynamic where we are this crazy Chosen of Mars who goes everywhere with their adorable and confused little sister killing bad guys and fixing destinies but, sadly, that was probably never on the table.
(I wish it were tho)
1) Bless Sabah, their adorable and defenseless little sister, with good fortune and safety.
2) Bless their surviving family in general with safety from those who would tear them apart.
We're pretty lucky because this could very easily have been pointless; Fate is generally a very powerful instrument in Creation, but demons are specifically one of the things that fuck with it, and no amount of fated help for our family would help them against a Yozi Cult with sufficient demonic backup. It couldn't prevent the coup that just occurred. Luckily, most of the cult has been destroyed by the Sidereals and their own attack, so we should be relatively safe from them... And it also means we don't have to bother with going the spiteful route of cursing them to misery or whatever.
I'm kind of struggling to find more options than the two I outlined above; they conveniently take care of our most immediate priority so we can go to Heaven with a sad, but relieved mind.
Of course it means we can't have a totally sweet Lone Wolf and Cub dynamic where we are this crazy Chosen of Mars who goes everywhere with their adorable and confused little sister killing bad guys and fixing destinies but, sadly, that was probably never on the table.
(I wish it were tho)
- Location
- London, England
Alright then I have added a trio of general pre-written options to the vote and also removed the moratorium, since it was almost up anyway. Write-ins are still an option, as are sub-votes for specific details you wish to add to your initial request.
On a more general note, astrological projections can accomplish a staggeringly wide range of things. Imagine just about any curse, malediction or prophecy from a work of fiction or mythology and there is a good chance you can represent it through this system. You can even do conditional effects - Iron Siaka blessed her home village to protect it against plague and famine, and as a side effect of that (due to limited finesse) she found her blessing can be forfeit if someone in the village turns against their neighbor.
Similarly, projections like this are pretty damn durable. They can be undone by other projections and inherently have a completion clause in them somewhere, but otherwise will cheerfully persist for as long as required to see your aims fulfilled.
On a more general note, astrological projections can accomplish a staggeringly wide range of things. Imagine just about any curse, malediction or prophecy from a work of fiction or mythology and there is a good chance you can represent it through this system. You can even do conditional effects - Iron Siaka blessed her home village to protect it against plague and famine, and as a side effect of that (due to limited finesse) she found her blessing can be forfeit if someone in the village turns against their neighbor.
Similarly, projections like this are pretty damn durable. They can be undone by other projections and inherently have a completion clause in them somewhere, but otherwise will cheerfully persist for as long as required to see your aims fulfilled.
- Location
- Third planet from the star named Sol
- Pronouns
- He/They
[X] A Blessing of Personal Safety: You would have the fate of your surviving family members emphasize their continued survival - they will be healthy and whole, and that is what matters.
- Location
- Brittany, France
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] A Blessing of Personal Safety: You would have the fate of your surviving family members emphasize their continued survival - they will be healthy and whole, and that is what matters.
Taira is gonna go to shiiit and let's not have them in the firing lines
kingship is overrated
Taira is gonna go to shiiit and let's not have them in the firing lines
kingship is overrated
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
[X] A Blessing of Love: They have already lost one family - you would help them find another. Weave fate so as to guide the members towards people they can love and who would love them in return.
Now, a blessing of safety is probably what I should vote for, but as a rabid shipper I feel obligated to make this write-in. Feel free to improve the wording so as to avoid fate kicking us in the personal bits.
Now, a blessing of safety is probably what I should vote for, but as a rabid shipper I feel obligated to make this write-in. Feel free to improve the wording so as to avoid fate kicking us in the personal bits.
Dragontrapper
Homeless Draconis
- Location
- A Tower in the middle of nowhere
[X] A Blessing of Personal Safety: You would have the fate of your surviving family members emphasize their continued survival - they will be healthy and whole, and that is what matters.
- Location
- Denmark
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] A Blessing of Personal Safety: You would have the fate of your surviving family members emphasize their continued survival - they will be healthy and whole, and that is what matters.
@Maugan Ra kenpachi can have a tiny shoulder girl, give us a tiny shoulder girl or we riot
@Maugan Ra kenpachi can have a tiny shoulder girl, give us a tiny shoulder girl or we riot
[X] A Blessing of Personal Safety: You would have the fate of your surviving family members emphasize their continued survival - they will be healthy and whole, and that is what matters.
Yeah, probably the best out of standard ones. I had vague ideas about a blessing of anti-PTSD for Sabah, but dealing with trauma is good for the narrative, so.
I would like her to be our Acquaintance. We can drop by every now and then and have conversations that keep us connected to our humanity as we become a mover and shaker of destinies.
I suppose that when she talks about us to other people, they would see us as her imaginary friend, a savior figure she's made up after witnessing murder of her family, assuming they remember her descriptions of us at all.
Yeah, probably the best out of standard ones. I had vague ideas about a blessing of anti-PTSD for Sabah, but dealing with trauma is good for the narrative, so.
I would like her to be our Acquaintance. We can drop by every now and then and have conversations that keep us connected to our humanity as we become a mover and shaker of destinies.
I suppose that when she talks about us to other people, they would see us as her imaginary friend, a savior figure she's made up after witnessing murder of her family, assuming they remember her descriptions of us at all.
- Location
- Texas
You people are all incredibly, shamefully generic in your astrological blessings. Put some pride in it. Think like a warrior from a horse-riding culture.
[X] A Blessing of Equine Fortune: People who give aid to members of your family find their horses are healthy and well-behaved. People who mistreat your family find their horses are sickly and ill-tempered. Carries down generationally for your family.
Don't just be all "we want nice things", give some cause and effect. Start a lineage fairy tale here.
[X] A Blessing of Equine Fortune: People who give aid to members of your family find their horses are healthy and well-behaved. People who mistreat your family find their horses are sickly and ill-tempered. Carries down generationally for your family.
Don't just be all "we want nice things", give some cause and effect. Start a lineage fairy tale here.
I see the tendency of going with safe options is going strong.
[X] (Supernal, Ambition 2): Bless your family down to the third generation, such that they inspire kindness and goodwill in all who meet them, so long as they remain true to their family legacy and work to reclaim the throne. You wish for your family to not simply survive, but to thrive, even if it means getting indebted to a more powerful peer you haven't met yet. Your family will not be condemned to live as exiles, but shall return to claim their ancient birthright.
Basically its the Bless with Success option, but I want to make it clear what scale I'm aiming for. This is the scale for a whole tribe, and the level below it is enough to make a single person rapidly gain political power. I wish for our family to survive, gain allies, and return in triumph.
[X] (Supernal, Ambition 2): Bless your family down to the third generation, such that they inspire kindness and goodwill in all who meet them, so long as they remain true to their family legacy and work to reclaim the throne. You wish for your family to not simply survive, but to thrive, even if it means getting indebted to a more powerful peer you haven't met yet. Your family will not be condemned to live as exiles, but shall return to claim their ancient birthright.
Basically its the Bless with Success option, but I want to make it clear what scale I'm aiming for. This is the scale for a whole tribe, and the level below it is enough to make a single person rapidly gain political power. I wish for our family to survive, gain allies, and return in triumph.
- Location
- Texas
So, we have Shepard of the North Star.
Gathering a small band of charismatic misfits on his ship, so that they can save the universe, presumably by traveling around a lot and engaging in three-man-squad infantry battles.
Farah should try to secure the badass-from-a-warrior-culture slot. The token Krogan is always the best squadmember. You don't want to get stuck as the Jacob or Kaiden slot and left back on the ship all the time.
Gathering a small band of charismatic misfits on his ship, so that they can save the universe, presumably by traveling around a lot and engaging in three-man-squad infantry battles.
Farah should try to secure the badass-from-a-warrior-culture slot. The token Krogan is always the best squadmember. You don't want to get stuck as the Jacob or Kaiden slot and left back on the ship all the time.
Well, Farah has red eyes, so he'll provide the Renegade companion.
It seems like if we declined to connect with Farah's distant family because we feared they might have been in on the plot, it would follow that we should tailor the blessing to not include those family members, that way he's not blessing the people that potentially murdered his immediate family
In which case, we could presumably ask for a more potent blessing solely for Sabah, or for Sabah and her descendants etc.
Further, there's some benefit for asking for a more significant blessing too. If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem. Asking for something that requires Farah to become in debt to a significant Sidereal is a good way to get into that Sid's network, make them his patron, and derive all the benefits from that. Yes Farah will owe them one, and have reduced control over his future, but that would've happened anyway realistically. It'll give that Sid a vested interest in insuring he doesn't die and that he develops into the kind of ally they can further use.
In which case, we could presumably ask for a more potent blessing solely for Sabah, or for Sabah and her descendants etc.
Further, there's some benefit for asking for a more significant blessing too. If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem. Asking for something that requires Farah to become in debt to a significant Sidereal is a good way to get into that Sid's network, make them his patron, and derive all the benefits from that. Yes Farah will owe them one, and have reduced control over his future, but that would've happened anyway realistically. It'll give that Sid a vested interest in insuring he doesn't die and that he develops into the kind of ally they can further use.
Imrix
Periodically Malevolent QM
HEY MAUGAN GUESS WHAT
Now then...
[X] A Blessing of Glory: Yours is an ancient line, and it has held the throne by accomplishment and valour - were you not champion of the kingdom's finest warriors, an honour you earned in blood and victory? But now you are gone, sailing away to Heaven. It is only meet, then, that you see your family's passions kindled in your wake, the blaze of your Second Breath inspiring their own achievements in your absence, that they might remind the wolves at the gates exactly who they are fucking with.
Like Yonatan, my write-in is basically the Invocation of Success, but I'm taking it in entirely the other direction. If the best defence be a good offence, then let it be so - Rouse yourselves, kin of Amestris! Gird your loins! Fly the banners! Seize destiny by the throat, and make these traitors rue the day they dared such schemes!
With the royal family decapitated, the realm will be thrown into chaos. We can't assure our family will be safe. At best we can weight the odds a little, and safety is going to be very hard to come by. The better route, I think, will be to put steel in their hearts and fire in their bellies, so that when chaos comes they have the heroic vigour to master its challenges.
More cynically, narratively speaking if we raise the chances of our family churning out heroic figures, that makes it a lot more likely that those heroes will be significant actors should we return home in the future, as opposed to our family receding into a comfortable but irrelevant obscurity.
(Also like... We're playing a hot-headed warrior. Let's own that. Somebody's just come for our family's blood, we're not going to sail gently into the night - we're gonna flip them the bird as hard as we can from the horizon's edge!)
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DB_Explorer
Purveyor of alternate realities.
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Pronouns
- He/Him
... I have no idea what to vote for
*panics*
*panics*
1337Procrast
Fire Emblem Enjoyer
- Location
- Australia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] A Blessing of Glory: Yours is an ancient line, and it has held the throne by accomplishment and valour - were you not champion of the kingdom's finest warriors, an honour you earned in blood and victory? But now you are gone, sailing away to Heaven. It is only meet, then, that you see your family's passions kindled in your wake, the blaze of your Second Breath inspiring their own achievements in your absence, that they might remind the wolves at the gates exactly who they are fucking with