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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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Apocalyptic Loon said:
Can I recommend reading it out loud? The same thing always used to happen to me as well, but there is something about reading it out loud that makes you focus and leads to a higher appreciation of the song/passage. For me my brain natural wants to skip ahead to words further down the sentence before I get to them, so if I am reading something especially tense or important/interesting, I force myself to stop and really focus on what is happening.

If you do it, let me know if it helps you feel more immersed, I'm curious if it's just me, lol.
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Well there are good composed versions for the hobbit songs in youtube if you are intrested



This is one. You should be able to access them all from there, there are a few dozens
 
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NoxOfUmbra said:
2: Liao Zhu
495: Li Suyin
514: Bao Qingling
574: Wang Chao
580: Wen Cao
600: Ruan Shen
601: Bian Ya
625: Luo Zhong
657: Cai Renxiang
672: Ling Qi
675: Bai Meizhen
700: Xuan Shi
702: Kang Zihao
706: Sun Liling
720: Ji Rong
744: Yu Nuan
750: Du Feng
803: Su Ling

Look at that
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Long time reader, first time poster. Greetings.

Am I mistaken or have we dropped a further 10 places behind Cai Renxiang from the last sect ranks? If so that seems a bit harsh. Granted CRX did do the most work disposing of the Sishishui (Sp) in the last mission but we were able to spy on the group undiscovered, held our own in a battle that should have been beyond us and literally used our domain to save the lives of a number of disciples before managing to extract and transport the star rock out of the mountain. Seems a bit harsh even if the actual gain is sizeable.
 
yrsillar said:
Peering out of the corner of her eye, she saw Meng Diu, her expression indecipherable. Yet, as she watched, she saw the older woman shake out her sleeves, revealing dainty hands as powder white as her face. She clapped three times.

On the stage Hanyi beamed as she lowered her upraised hands, and bowed to the audience as the curtain fell.

In the time after the show, Ling Qi got around to mingling with the rest of her guests. Hanyi stayed at her side the whole time, and was unfailingly well behaved. Sweet almost. It actually took Ling Qi a bit of effort not to laugh at what an inaccurate picture these young men and women were getting of her spirit, but she wasn't going to ruin Hanyi's fun

Eventually, things wound down, and guests got on their way, leaving Ling Qi with her spirits, and bao Qian backstage. Hanyi sat balanced on Zhengui's back, who had shrunk himself down to the size of a big dog to avoid doing any damage, and Bao Qian stood before them, counting out the nights proceeds.

"And this is you're share, young Miss," he said, Bao theatrically as he placed a small pouch in Hanyi's hands. "A wonderful first performance certainly. I hope you are ready to compose more songs in the future."

"Uh huh!" Hanyi said excitedly, tugging the drawstrings of the pouch open, inside were many glittering yellow stones and a single green one, shining like an emerald.

Hanyi gains 1 green stone, 75 Yellow Stones

"That's surprising, for just entrance fees. How does this place stay open, charging in green stones?" Ling Qi asked curiously. It didn't seem like the clientele was that wealthy.

"They do not," Bao Qian admitted. He cast her a searching look. "However, Lady meng approached me to commission the first recording. That includes Miss Hanyi's part of the initial fee."
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I have to say that really honing in on the Weilu conservatives for Hanyi's song and our presentation at the Duchess' court was a good move in the opinion of Hanyi's pockets. Just look, she got a strong patron who is willing to buy her products, and that will make the demand for her songs rise even higher. Hanyi is going to have a good thing going on here, and it'll be interesting to see how she chooses to spend her well-deserved earnings.

Also, Bao Qian is loving this. He'll know how to get the most out of niche markets and this is a pretty stellar first salvo in terms of profits.
 
ehehhe

Us in the math cabal are really scrambling

Cause right now, not only do we have 5 AP penalty in the turn plan, we also don't get access to sites, which severely affects our skill plan as well

*chaos in the math channel at discord*
 
bazmati78 said:
Long time reader, first time poster. Greetings.

Am I mistaken or have we dropped a further 10 places behind Cai Renxiang from the last sect ranks? If so that seems a bit harsh. Granted CRX did do the most work disposing of the Sishishui (Sp) in the last mission but we were able to spy on the group undiscovered, held our own in a battle that should have been beyond us and literally used our domain to save the lives of a number of disciples before managing to extract and transport the star rock out of the mountain. Seems a bit harsh even if the actual gain is sizeable.
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We also went behind the sect's back to report about the existence of unknown parties. So the sect is annoyed at us about that.
 
bazmati78 said:
Long time reader, first time poster. Greetings.

Am I mistaken or have we dropped a further 10 places behind Cai Renxiang from the last sect ranks? If so that seems a bit harsh. Granted CRX did do the most work disposing of the Sishishui (Sp) in the last mission but we were able to spy on the group undiscovered, held our own in a battle that should have been beyond us and literally used our domain to save the lives of a number of disciples before managing to extract and transport the star rock out of the mountain. Seems a bit harsh even if the actual gain is sizeable.
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We also angered the Sect by not telling the Elders about the Ice Witch. They had to hear about it from word coming back from the capital because we didn't trust them.
yrsillar said:
However, that did bring up another matter. The shard of icy iron stored away in her ring. No one had mentioned it, nor asked her about it, other 'dealing' with the White Sky barbarian. Ling Qi's gaze turned to Elder Nai, who was conferring with a core disciple still in the far corner of the room.

She was a little hesitant to bring it up to the Sect.

[] Catch the Elder's attention, and speak of the strange encounter.
[X] Remain silent, wait until your debrief with the Duchess to discuss the matter
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Lol Xin be all like "Welp, i lost my chance to keep Ling Qi in the Sect, better come up with a back up plan to meddle in her love life time to drop a line to the Meng and get one of my Hidden Boys in the Cai entourage so I can scheme"
 
Neshuakadal said:
We also went behind the sect's back to report about the existence of unknown parties. So the sect is annoyed at us about that.
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Seems like some of that backlash should have fallen on CRX. They're our liege, of course we would have told her first and of course she would have advised us to pass it onto her mother before the sect.

I guess that's the protection having the Radiant Tyrant as a parent would bring.
 
Alright, so losing our sites next turn as well as 4 AP makes things a bit complicated. AP requirements change from original plans.

In brief:
  • 300xp short of B4 w. 4 ap, 200 if we get another 100 drip
  • SNR was there for pool abuse, drop
  • BKSD is fine at 1 AP
  • PMR needs 450 vs expected 454 at 1AP - borderline. Either 1 more AP or use omake points
  • MSS needs 670 vs expected 1041 at 2AP
  • SSC needs 914 vs. expected 885 at 2AP
So: we need 1 more PMR, 1 more SSC, drop SNR
Probably can't reach B4 this turn, so lowered priority?
Turn 12 is planned to be water if we're back at sect, so we'll get all the physical that turn anyway.

So, a rough adjusted basic plan would be:
[] Plan: Social Meridians
-[] High Pills (free)
-[] Resources: 16 GSS, 8 YSS (8 free GSS, 12 from cash, 4 free YSS), Drip on Spiritual Cultivation
-[] buy Gushing Spring Pill (60 SP)
-[] Spiritual Cultivation (3 AP)
-[] Songseeker's Ceremony (3 AP)
-[] Frozen Soul Serenade Efficiency Upgrade (2 AP, Lung, Lung)
-[] Meridian opening (2 AP, Spine, Head)
-[] Beast King's Savage Dirge (1 AP)
-[] Playful Muse's Rapport (2 AP)
-[] Moonless Saboteur's Smile (2 AP)
-[] Equipment: Unequip: Anchor of Eight Imperial Duties, Equip: Dusk Wind Studs
-[] Sideboard: Combat/Adventure: HDW + MoSS <-> Social: PMR + MSS
-[] Upkeep: HDW (5) <-> MSS (5), RME (2), LFWT (15), WHR (3), UGM (5), SNR (10)
-[] non-Upkeep: none

This, however, has the downside that we can only equip PMR + HDW if we unequip RME. We want HDW, and PMR is arguably the most useful art for our diplo here - losing RME wouldn't be too bad. That being said, given our plans making HDW more efficient might be good?

The quick and dirty fix is to drop a spiritual for an efficiency upgrade for HDW, allowing PMR + HDW + RME:
[] Plan: Better Diplomacy through Harmony (basic)
-[] High Pills (free)
-[] Resources: 16 GSS, 12 YSS (8 free GSS, 8 from cash, 4 free YSS), Drip on Spiritual Cultivation
-[] buy Gushing Spring Pill (60 SP)
-[] Meridian opening (2 AP, Spine, Head)
-[] Spiritual Cultivation (2 AP)
-[] Songseeker's Ceremony (3 AP)
-[] Frozen Soul Serenade Efficiency Upgrade (2 AP, Lung, Lung)
-[] Harmony of the Dancing Winds Efficiency Upgrade (1 AP, Head)
-[] Beast King's Savage Dirge (1 AP)
-[] Playful Muse's Rapport (2 AP)
-[] Moonless Saboteur's Smile (2 AP)
-[] Equipment: Unequip: Anchor of Eight Imperial Duties, Equip: Dusk Wind Studs
-[] Sideboard: Combat/Adventure: HDW + MoSS <-> Social: PMR + MSS; Diplomacy = HDW + PMR - RME
-[] Upkeep: HDW (5) <-> MSS (5), RME (2), LFWT (15), WHR (3), UGM (5), SNR (10)
-[] non-Upkeep: none

However, we could go further. Social is super important this turn, so we could try to make a play for ultimate social that would allow us to have all our social arts equipped:
[] Plan: Ultimate Social Time
-[] High Pills (free)
-[] Resources: 16 GSS, 12 YSS (8 free GSS, 8 from cash, 4 free YSS), Drip on Spiritual Cultivation
-[] buy Gushing Spring Pill (60 SP)
-[] Meridian opening (2 AP, Spine, Head)
-[] Harmony of the Dancing Winds Efficiency Upgrade (4 AP, Head, Head, Head, Head)
-[] Songseeker's Ceremony (3 AP)
-[] Frozen Soul Serenade Efficiency Upgrade (2 AP, Lung, Lung)
-[] Playful Muse's Rapport (2 AP)
-[] Moonless Saboteur's Smile (2 AP)
-[] Equipment: Unequip: Anchor of Eight Imperial Duties, Equip: Dusk Wind Studs
-[] Sideboard: Combat/Adventure: HDW + MoSS <-> Social: PMR + MSS; Diplomacy = HDW + PMR + RME + MSS :V
-[] Upkeep: HDW (5) <-> MSS (5), RME (2), LFWT (15), WHR (3), UGM (5), SNR (10)
-[] non-Upkeep: none

Downside is this drops all our extraneous things like spiritual and, importantly, means we don't level up BKSD to get a big doggo summon 😢 . Would allow us to have HDW + PMR + RME + MSS up tho :V

A more efficient option though might be to accept we don't need RME up for diplo, and drop one of the HDW efficiency upgrades for that sweet BKSD level:
[X] Plan: Ultimate Slightly More Efficient Social Time with Doggo
-[X] High Pills (free)
-[X] Resources: 16 GSS, 12 YSS (8 free GSS, 8 from cash, 4 free YSS), Drip on Spiritual Cultivation
-[X] buy Gushing Spring Pill (60 SP)
-[X] Meridian opening (2 AP, Spine, Head)
-[X] Harmony of the Dancing Winds Efficiency Upgrade (3 AP, Head, Head, Head)
-[X] Songseeker's Ceremony (3 AP)
-[X] Frozen Soul Serenade Efficiency Upgrade (2 AP, Lung, Lung)
-[X] Playful Muse's Rapport (2 AP)
-[X] Moonless Saboteur's Smile (2 AP)
-[X] Beast King's Savage Dirge (1 AP)
-[X] Equipment: Unequip: Anchor of Eight Imperial Duties, Equip: Dusk Wind Studs
-[X] Sideboard: Combat/Adventure: HDW + MoSS <-> Social: PMR + MSS; Diplomacy = HDW + PMR - RME + MSS :V
-[X] Upkeep: HDW (5) <-> MSS (5), RME (2), LFWT (15), WHR (3), UGM (5), SNR (10)
-[X] non-Upkeep: none

Edit: ok, I hadn't updated dice for SSC4, which helps a bit. PMR is borderline and we could maybe save an ap with omake points?
 
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ok, so just to say it in advance:

between the AP cuts and especially the loss of the cultivation locations there has been so much to talk about the plan changes that we wont ever finish by moratorium end and at the current rate id expect this to take quite a bit longer than usual
 
Erebeal said:
Alright, so losing our sites next turn as well as 4 AP makes things a bit complicated. AP requirements change from original plans.

In brief:
  • 300xp short of B4 w. 4 ap, 200 if we get another 100 drip
  • SNR was there for pool abuse, drop
  • BKSD is fine at 1 AP
  • PMR needs 450 vs expected 436 at 1AP
  • MSS needs 670 vs expected 981 at 2AP
  • SSC needs 914 vs. expected 834 at 2AP
So: we need 1 more PMR, 1 more SSC, drop SNR
Probably can't reach B4 this turn, so lowered priority?
Turn 12 is planned to be water if we're back at sect, so we'll get all the physical that turn anyway.

So, a rough adjusted basic plan would be:
[X] Plan: Social Meridians
-[X] Medium Pills (free)
-[X] Resources: 16 GSS, 8 YSS (8 free GSS, 12 from cash, 4 free YSS), Drip on Spiritual Cultivation
-[X] buy Gushing Spring Pill (60 SP)
-[X] Spiritual Cultivation (3 AP)
-[X] Songseeker's Ceremony (3 AP)
-[X] Frozen Soul Serenade Efficiency Upgrade (2 AP, Lung, Lung)
-[X] Meridian opening (2 AP, Spine, Head)
-[X] Beast King's Savage Dirge (1 AP)
-[X] Playful Muse's Rapport (2 AP)
-[X] Moonless Saboteur's Smile (2 AP)
-[X] Equipment: Unequip: Anchor of Eight Imperial Duties, Equip: Dusk Wind Studs
-[X] Sideboard: Combat/Adventure: HDW + MoSS <-> Social: PMR + MSS
-[X] Upkeep: HDW (5) <-> MSS (5), RME (2), LFWT (15), WHR (3), UGM (5), SNR (10)
-[X] non-Upkeep: none

This, however, has the downside that we can only equip PMR + HDW if we unequip RME. We want HDW, and PMR is arguably the most useful art for our diplo here - losing RME wouldn't be too bad. That being said, given our plans making HDW more efficient might be good?

The quick and dirty fix is to drop a spiritual for an efficiency upgrade for HDW, allowing PMR + HDW + RME:
[X] Plan: Better Diplomacy through Harmony (basic)
-[X] Medium Pills (free)
-[X] Resources: 16 GSS, 12 YSS (8 free GSS, 8 from cash, 4 free YSS), Drip on Spiritual Cultivation
-[X] buy Gushing Spring Pill (60 SP)
-[X] Meridian opening (2 AP, Spine, Head)
-[X] Spiritual Cultivation (2 AP)
-[X] Songseeker's Ceremony (3 AP)
-[X] Frozen Soul Serenade Efficiency Upgrade (2 AP, Lung, Lung)
-[X] Harmony of the Dancing Winds Efficiency Upgrade (1 AP, Head)
-[X] Beast King's Savage Dirge (1 AP)
-[X] Playful Muse's Rapport (2 AP)
-[X] Moonless Saboteur's Smile (2 AP)
-[X] Equipment: Unequip: Anchor of Eight Imperial Duties, Equip: Dusk Wind Studs
-[X] Sideboard: Combat/Adventure: HDW + MoSS <-> Social: PMR + MSS; Diplomacy = HDW + PMR - RME
-[X] Upkeep: HDW (5) <-> MSS (5), RME (2), LFWT (15), WHR (3), UGM (5), SNR (10)
-[X] non-Upkeep: none

However, we could go further. Social is super important this turn, so we could try to make a play for ultimate social that would allow us to have all our social arts equipped:
[X] Plan: Ultimate Social Time
-[X] Medium Pills (free)
-[X] Resources: 16 GSS, 12 YSS (8 free GSS, 8 from cash, 4 free YSS), Drip on Spiritual Cultivation
-[X] buy Gushing Spring Pill (60 SP)
-[X] Meridian opening (2 AP, Spine, Head)
-[X] Harmony of the Dancing Winds Efficiency Upgrade (4 AP, Head, Head, Head, Head)
-[X] Songseeker's Ceremony (3 AP)
-[X] Frozen Soul Serenade Efficiency Upgrade (2 AP, Lung, Lung)
-[X] Playful Muse's Rapport (2 AP)
-[X] Moonless Saboteur's Smile (2 AP)
-[X] Equipment: Unequip: Anchor of Eight Imperial Duties, Equip: Dusk Wind Studs
-[X] Sideboard: Combat/Adventure: HDW + MoSS <-> Social: PMR + MSS; Diplomacy = HDW + PMR + RME + MSS :V
-[X] Upkeep: HDW (5) <-> MSS (5), RME (2), LFWT (15), WHR (3), UGM (5), SNR (10)
-[X] non-Upkeep: none

Downside is this drops all our extraneous things like spiritual and, importantly, means we don't level up BKSD to get a big doggo summon 😢 . Would allow us to have HDW + PMR + RME + MSS up tho :V

A more efficient option though might be to accept we don't need RME up for diplo, and drop one of the HDW efficiency upgrades for that sweet BKSD level:
[X] Plan: Ultimate Slightly More Efficient Social Time with Doggo
-[X] Medium Pills (free)
-[X] Resources: 16 GSS, 12 YSS (8 free GSS, 8 from cash, 4 free YSS), Drip on Spiritual Cultivation
-[X] buy Gushing Spring Pill (60 SP)
-[X] Meridian opening (2 AP, Spine, Head)
-[X] Harmony of the Dancing Winds Efficiency Upgrade (3 AP, Head, Head, Head)
-[X] Songseeker's Ceremony (3 AP)
-[X] Frozen Soul Serenade Efficiency Upgrade (2 AP, Lung, Lung)
-[X] Playful Muse's Rapport (2 AP)
-[X] Moonless Saboteur's Smile (2 AP)
-[X] Beast King's Savage Dirge (1 AP)
-[X] Equipment: Unequip: Anchor of Eight Imperial Duties, Equip: Dusk Wind Studs
-[X] Sideboard: Combat/Adventure: HDW + MoSS <-> Social: PMR + MSS; Diplomacy = HDW + PMR - RME + MSS :V
-[X] Upkeep: HDW (5) <-> MSS (5), RME (2), LFWT (15), WHR (3), UGM (5), SNR (10)
-[X] non-Upkeep: none
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Another option to get some of our plan fixed, just a bit, would be to increase pills for this turn. Since the cost is per ap, it wont cost that much, and it would help reducing the losses
 
Blademaster said:
It is the best I can see, and the cost is dictated by dice actions so we dont waste stones
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They are wasted stones if we don't need more dice on those actions.

Anyway, on the note of meridian and efficiency actions this is actually now the best turn for it since our sites don't benefit meridians at all. Loading as many of those actions that we can find here is actually a good idea.
 
Math wizardry aside, I really enjoyed the written imagery in Hanyi's song.

Yrs' scenic writing has become truly vivid the past few turns.
 
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Neshuakadal said:
We also went behind the sect's back to report about the existence of unknown parties. So the sect is annoyed at us about that.
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I dunno, I feel like this was the sort of intrigue they just expect people like us to do sometimes.

They employ us as a sneak thief, Jiao trained us in Larceny, and they know we're loyal to the Cai first.
 
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