Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
Cai will tell us if it comes up. Currently just become as badass as we can be.
[X]Plan Will it Blend?
I have a question to the glorious planners: why did we forego STR for DEX? And for EPC, why Qi over say, Stealth (freeing training slots for other stuff)?
I have a question to the glorious planners: why did we forego STR for DEX? And for EPC, why Qi over say, Stealth (freeing training slots for other stuff)?
Godzillaslayer10
I am ready for this quest!
- Location
- Somewhere
[X] Actual Plan Gamma
- Location
- Earth
[X] Actual Plan Gamma
Dex is a godstat along with Wits. It's not as dominant as it was, but yiu can look at the derived stats formula to see why people would rather get Dex upgrades if possible.
Stealth needs to be used for missions for the epc bonus sux to trigger and skills and attributes can't be rolled more than twice a turn. Since missions already roll stealth twice, might as well choose qi to roll.
I expect that regularly meeting up with CRX and sparring with each other is still a thing we're technically obligated to do, though obviously the second requires the paperwork to get done first and the new system doesn't actually include social actions in the monthly cultivation plan, so there's no equivalent of "locked social actions" that's come up yet.
So no actual concrete duties right now, but as CRX is our boss she can of course give us new jobs and duties.
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- earth
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- Location
- The United States
- Pronouns
- He/They
[X] Actual Plan Gamma
- Location
- USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
We're still subordinate to Renxiang, though, so she'll continue to make a claim on our time, at the very least for training and sparring, but that could easily extend to social functions and even proper shenanigans and intrigues - we have 300 ranks to climb, so there's a lot of work to be done managing the enemies that will make.
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Varder
Tired Cultist
- Location
- Hell
God, why would she do something so unproductive as taking out her rivals on her own?
Rivals are best ways to harvest moon quests, after all.
BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
- Location
- Lickwidget
- Pronouns
- She/Her
If you look at the hit values, several of them are pushing towards B rank due to Qualified Bonuses which apply conditionally, several of those same bonuses being very easy to get in combat like Cold Arts and Music Arts.
Looking for an art which modifies our base attributes runs into the issue that it will only change the derived attributes which really matter when it pushes the base stat a rank upwards. Better to find things which boost the derived stats like TRF or FSS. And even then such arts take away from our training time. We only have 18 turns counting this one before the inter-sect tourney, so spending time outside our core compliment needs to be considered thoroughly and debated as thoroughly.
Training, consistently. That's one of the biggest things in this system, spending consistently committed time training something we're weak in.
There's... Not really much else that is possible besides Tribulations(narrative super challenges which can risk death or permanent injury).
The second way is how I recall it working in the first quest, to the salt of many because we basically had to go there and grab something. What we need(and I view it on the same level of need as the need for air) is to be able to go there and look at our options, then walk away to consider it all and think up where we can go with that new info.
Kinda falls under not embarrassing, but gaining information on other factions and being her Problem Begone Stick. Sorta, it hasn't been explicitly stated by her but it is pretty much why she hired us as a retainer, so it is more an obligation in that fuzzy in between state of self imposed and simply expected.
- Location
- The Temple of the Winds
DeAnno[/USER] , Arkeus[/USER], Alectai[/USER]
The 2AP per turn training limit has been removed (or at least i can't find it anymore in the rules)
Means we need to modify all plans to single Skill or Attribute per training action.
For ease of planing the Attributes are:
Physical Attributes: Strength - Dexterity - Stamina
Mental attributes: Intelligence - Wits - Resolve
Social Attributes: Presence - Manipulation - Composure
Cultivation Attributes: Qi - Domain
Skills are:
Academics- Craft- Formations
Physical Skills: Athletics- Perceptiveness- Stealth- Survival
Social Skills: Beast Handling- Empathy- Spirit Ken- Speech- War
Martial Skills: Archery - Blades - Blunt - Polearms - Projection- Misc. (weapons) - Unarmed
(i assume masteries = skills)
Dodge- Fortitude
Fade- Resilience
Specialized Skills
[Max]Expression
-Music
-Art
-Dance
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- Location
- USA
[X]Plan Will it Blend?
Been way to busy to post the last few months, but I'm very excited about the new thread! It'll take awhile to get used to the new system when I don't have a ton of time, but so it goes. I'm going for Blend because I like training stamina more than strength, and while I don't want us to get a new art in the near future there's nothing wrong with investigating - plenty to like about at least seeing our options. I'll vote against getting any new arts for the near future though.
Been way to busy to post the last few months, but I'm very excited about the new thread! It'll take awhile to get used to the new system when I don't have a ton of time, but so it goes. I'm going for Blend because I like training stamina more than strength, and while I don't want us to get a new art in the near future there's nothing wrong with investigating - plenty to like about at least seeing our options. I'll vote against getting any new arts for the near future though.
DeAnno
Sometimes words have two meanings
Control F that in cultivation tab, it's still there. No plan changes needed. @Arkeus @Alectai @BungieONI
Yrs' example just is a bit wonky, it was always like that I think.
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Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
A minor adjustment to Plan Gamma has been made, mostly in attribute finangling because we're getting an embarrassing amount of Qi automatically anyway.
The net difference is -1 Qi training and +1 Spirit Ken training.
The net difference is -1 Qi training and +1 Spirit Ken training.
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- Location
- Dreamland
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Actual Plan Gamma
Honestly, I think we should train Dodge on SCS instead of Dance this turn. Dodge is only 8 xp off getting to B rank, and is kinda really important - especially if we have any duels any time soon. A slightly above average set of rolls could get us there this turn.
Dance we do need to train, but it's not going to be useful for a while yet.
Don't forget the fundamentals here.
Dance we do need to train, but it's not going to be useful for a while yet.
Don't forget the fundamentals here.
Arkeus
Crazy cat guy
- Location
- France
Yeah, I do think @BungieONI should switch his plan to train Dodge rather than dance, as much as I want to train Dance given Dodge is a low hanging fruit that will give us a great boost to power.
Still, Dance is probably not bad as long as we don't get in a fight this month.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Hmm.
I suppose that's fair. I'll make the switch.
We're technically up to Zeta now.
I suppose that's fair. I'll make the switch.
We're technically up to Zeta now.
Alectai said:
- Location
- United States of America
I mean... all we are getting is 3 free rolls of qi a turn where each of those rolls gets +1. That's normal right? Everyone has that... right?