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

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ngl the fact that Garden of Mists project not only raises our Formation skill, but also turn WHR into a Dream Formation arts overall really has the potential of changing my stance of WHR from "WHR is trash" to ".....go on, I'm listening"

Yrs making a good saving throw there
 
@yrsillar Does the Omake point 20% increase limit just apply to only how much the Omake points increase?
Like if 8 were used to add 20% and the project utilized the Argent Vent, "We are but Ripples" chance of adding the Void concept to the domain would be increased from 40% to 70%?
 
yrsillar said:
We are but Ripples: In waters deep, under skies far, we bear witness to our own crushing smallness. Where then does meaning rise, in the infinite dark? Advances Isolation and Mystery Projects one step. 40% Chance of acquiring Void concept for your Domain.(0/3)
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I'm really interested in how the Void concept would interact with Endings. I feel like it would add to the spooky villain aura Ling Qi emits to people who don't know her. Also it's in the mid price bracket and adds to Isolation which is our strongest concept.

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Social Arts

Playful Muse's Rapport:
Dreaming Muse Rapport VII: Continue to study the art of wielding honesty and friendliness to achieve your social goals. Advance the Trait by one (0/1)

Moonless Saboteur's Smile
Hidden Smile V: Continue to hone your ability to keep your poise and defend against the social probes of your peers. Contemplate the meaning in etiquette and the role of tradition, truth, and stories. 50% Chance to advance the Truth Concept by 1 Advance the Trait by one. (0/1)
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I'm in definitely in favor of hitting our socials hard if we can before we to go into the Outer Sect Tournament. They'll also probably be key to our diplomatic efforts and they're also incredibly cheap so we can slot these in alongside basically anything.

I also think our social skills are going to be where Renxiang leans on us the hardest since she's been transitioning us away from the spy/thief type role to more of an ambassador/entertainment one.

Also after reading about Shenhua's Way I'd love to see LQ melt someone just because they came into her presence.

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It's Depths Without End: The imperturbable surface, a skin of shimmering black that lies over the infinite deeps beneath. All vanishes into the dark, leaving mere ripples behind. Where sleeps that which vanishes from world, sight, and memory?. Advances the Mystery and Ending Projects one step. Reveals text of Imperturbable Soul Trait. (0/3)
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I just like the name of Imperturbable Soul. It'd be awesome to get to the point where we are totally calm meeting with anyone (Shenhua might be impressed if we're totally unflappable).
 
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Basically yeah, they're meant to shape new insights and empower arts which match their themes
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Another question Yrs. What happens to a Conceptual Project when it reaches 5/5? Like if we get Community to 5/5 and a fully fleshed out concept to go with it, what will we be doing with that Concept? I feel like you probably told us this but I don't remember, sorry lol.
 
Lena27 said:
Another question Yrs. What happens to a Conceptual Project when it reaches 5/5? Like if we get Community to 5/5 and a fully fleshed out concept to go with it, what will we be doing with that Concept? I feel like you probably told us this but I don't remember, sorry lol.
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It levels up and we get more text/understanding of the concept.
 
Audacious said:
It levels up and we get more text/understanding of the concept.
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And then what? It says on the front page that Concepts shape the power and function of our domain but I thought our Insights did that...I guess if both Insights and Concepts are used for the same purpose in our domain then functionally speaking, whats the difference? Do Insights impact one thing while Concepts impact another?
 
Lena27 said:
And then what? It says on the front page that Concepts shape the power and function of our domain but I thought our Insights did that...I guess if both Insights and Concepts are used for the same purpose in our domain then functionally speaking, whats the difference? Do Insights impact one thing while Concepts impact another?
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concepts influence insights; insights influence our domain. So we level up concepts to strengthen and change what insights we get, then those insights change our domain. At least that's my understanding.
 
@yrsillar you are missing the last domain insight we got in your new cultivation menu post. 'The future changes with every step, never be certain you know what is coming (Causality, Mystery, Chaos)'
 
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Garden of Mists: You keep no hearth, but you do tend the garden. Kin and clan, parents and siblings, dreams of the future and trials of now. You have come to know the ways of boundaries and stories, told to keep back the night. You protect your own. Alter the WInter Hearth resounding Art, replacing the Fire Keyword with Dream and Music with Formations. Advances Community and Cycles Project by 1. Advances Liminal Carver by 1. (0/5)

Raising the Bastion: In the harsh south, under the gaze of Bleak Skies yearning, you received a taste of the casual cruelty which spirits unbound and uncaring of man may display. In the lessons of the Bastion's Melody, you find the lessons needed to mitigate their harm, and even bring understanding of their doings to spirits most inhuman. Alters the Bastion's Melody Art, giving a chance to negate damaging environmental traits of higher spirits. Advances the Community and Protection projects by one step. Unlocks one project. (0/5)

It's Depths Without End: The imperturbable surface, a skin of shimmering black that lies over the infinite deeps beneath. All vanishes into the dark, leaving mere ripples behind. Where sleeps that which vanishes from world, sight, and memory?. Advances the Mystery and Ending Projects one step. Reveals text of Imperturbable Soul Trait. (0/3)
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  • Community III (2/5): Family is the most fundamental unit of society, the block from which all else is built. Yet, what is the meaning of family, where does obligation stop, and love begin?
  • Endings I (0/2): All things end in time, it is the journey to ending that has meaning.
  • Mystery I (1/2): The first question asked in life is how do I survive. The second is why.
  • Protection (0/1)-?
  • Cycles (0/1)-?
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NGL I'm kinda tempted to go for these 3 next turn. The concepts they advance all seem to synergise (particularly Mystery and Community), and it unlocks Protection and Cycles. Gardens of Mist maintains momentum from the festival we just did, and Raising the Bastion's description text should resonate with Ling Qi's thoughts on protecting her family?
Depths without End I also want to do just because I really want to know what the trait is.
 
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Karnax626 said:
NGL I'm kinda tempted to go for these 3 next turn. The concepts they advance all seem to synergise (particularly Mystery and Community), and it unlocks Protection and Cycles. Gardens of Mist maintains momentum from the festival we just did, and Raising the Bastion's description text should resonate with Ling Qi's thoughts on protecting her family?
Depths without End I also want to do just because I really want to know what the trait is.
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We've got a lot of potential ways to go depending on our needs.

Like, if we want War prep then Big Tree, Fat Lake, and Phantasmal Mastery would be good.

If we want to be doubling down on dream stuff further there's Gala, Garden, and probably LFWT and Bastion for getting ready for our new friend.

If FSS+ is unlocked or we're wanting to prep for it, then Soul of Ice raises its head.
 
@yrsillar Community III, Power III and Motion II are all missing a sentence. I don't know the oher two, but Power is missing what we gained in the last vote about the many ways that power can be understood as.
Also, as I understand it, every full sentence in the conceputal projects are the gains of another level. As such, Casualty I and Mystery I may feel as being at level two already. Perhaps, adding ";" instead of "." would be more clear in the future?
 
I don't know if we necessarily want war prep, but the war being out of sight and out of mind is going to start stretching the reader's sense of disbelief if it hasn't already. Every time we're involved shit is going down, so shit not going to start feeling like the videogame 'and you can do as many sidequests as you want while the plot helpfully remains on hold for you' only in our case it's arguably worse since the plot just gets ignored?
 
I mean there isn't really any choice is there? One path is just clearly better, more optimal, more impactful than any other option.
yrsillar said:
  • Bear God's Fury: The Bear God, avatar of wrath, whose crushing paws sundered trees and reshaped hills, Learn the stanzas of the great ballad which spoke of his coming and the ruin of the wolf gods plans. Learn the Bear God's Fury technique, which summons the phantom limbs of the titan to crush and pin down foes. Unlocks One Project. (0/3)
  • Primacy of Beasts: Learn the song of nature, the melody of tooth and claw. Where lies the line between beasts and men, which brings us to war? Mere greed and pride, or something more? Alters the primal War Calling technique. Advances the Power and Want Projects by one step. (0/3)
  • Xiangmen, Fortress of Tsu Pt. 1: Before the ravening of the Gods, Xiangmen stood uncaring, and in the trunk sheltered all of the people of the Emerald Seas. Against the Gods stood the Diviner, who would see that man was never subjugated again. Alters the Eagle God's Defiance technique. Advances the Motion and Home projects by one step. (0/5)
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By doing these three options we improve everything we need to. It's perfect.
 
I feel like when we do the SNR advance that gambles for the Void Keyword, we should hopefully get some Omake Friends massaging that number. It's a very good Concept to understand for a musician, I feel.

The whole "Negative Space" thing.
 
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Lord of the High garden
  • Sidestory
    • Lords of the High Garden

    Have you walked amongst the sunlit gardens
    That crown these grand mountains' jagged peaked wall?
    Have you spoken to the stolid wardens
    Who ensure that no foul harm can befall?

    Have you walked amongst the well-tread paths bare
    That meander through beds of pristine flowers?
    Have you spoken to those meek tenders fair
    Who clean, weed, plant, trim, and prune at all hours?

    Have you walked beneath the Lords' darkened shade
    That cools those below the magnificent sun?
    Have you spoken to the priests' that parade
    Who ensure all prayers and rites are done?

    Upon this unbreaking Wall, can there be any glory
    If one does not remember these Lords' story?    ​



    Have you /walked among/st the/ sunlit/ gardens
    That crown /the grand /mountains'/ jagged / peaked wall?
    Have you/ spoken/ to the/ stolid/ wardens
    Who en/sure that/ no foul/ harm can/ befall?

    Have you/ walked among/st the/ well-tread/ paths bare
    That mean/der through/ beds of/ pristine/ flowers?
    Have you/ spoken/ to those/ meek ten/ders fair
    Who clean/, weed, plant/, trim, and/ prune at/ all hours?

    Have you/ walked be/neath the/ Lords' dark/ened shade
    That cools/ those be/low the/ magnifi/cent sun?
    Have you/ spoken/ to the/ priests' that/ parade
    Who en/sure all/ prayers/ and rites/ are done?

    Upon this/ unbreaking/ Wall, can/ there be/ any glory
    If one/ does not/ remem/ber these/ Lords' story?


    A/N: @yrsillar a small omake offering for a small dream! For while Zhengui's name may be but a whisper and his kingdom but a dream, I believe that in due time all will know of his work and his kingdom will span the Wall. At that time, I feel that many will try to capture the beauty and majesty of the High Gardens through poetry and song. So, here is my first attempt, which is, I think, a half-decent attempt at a Shakespearean sonnet portraying the desire of a wandering cultivator to walk amongst the paths of the High Gardens. I hope you all enjoy this snippet, and suggestions would be welcome!
     
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    • yrsillar said:
    Garden of Mists: You keep no hearth, but you do tend the garden. Kin and clan, parents and siblings, dreams of the future and trials of now. You have come to know the ways of boundaries and stories, told to keep back the night. You protect your own. Alter the WInter Hearth resounding Art, replacing the Fire Keyword with Dream and Music with Formations. Advances Community and Cycles Project by 1. Advances Liminal Carver by 1. (0/5
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    EternalObserver said:
    squint

    double-checks sentence

    Ummm, wow, this project just went up from the bottom of my priority list.
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    Agree!! 1000% agree!!! This project is my priority!!
     
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    Juli Freixi said:
    Agree!! 1000% agree!!! This project is my priority!!
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    Huh. I agree for the most part, although I didn't realize till now that Music would be cut out. I'm trying to imagine the Winter Hearth Resounding art as, well, not resounding but formations-based. I don't really know how that would work. With music techs, we whip out our flute, start playing and the Art starts. Formations are meant for items/objects already in existence, aren't they? WHR is an Art that is supposed to bolster other arts and allies...When the Art is activated, would formations just appear on our allies or something? Idk, its hard for me to imagine.
     
    Lena27 said:
    Huh. I agree for the most part, although I didn't realize till now that Music would be cut out. I'm trying to imagine the Winter Hearth Resounding art as, well, not resounding but formations-based. I don't really know how that would work. With music techs, we whip out our flute, start playing and the Art starts. Formations are meant for items/objects already in existence, aren't they? WHR is an Art that is supposed to bolster other arts and allies...When the Art is activated, would formations just appear on our allies or something? Idk, its hard for me to imagine.
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    Sigils of ice and dream draw themselves in the air and on objects?
     
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