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

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Nice.

Adoption Vetting I feel is almost kinda mandatory really.

All the professional actions are really good and feel important. In contrast I'm largely willing to drop the personal honestly. FSS+ doesn't feel like the right moment this turn.

The Bian Ya and intelligence actions are also the ones most relevant to the Auction arc and tie in there...
 
Considering the Insight Ling Qi got from Frozen Soul, (There are ending and there are Endings, and only the latter is final...) the successor project should be done the same turn Ling Qi formally leaves the sect, so as to create a thematic resonance between the event and the resultant art.
 
The Dreaming Gala: Only once have you tasted the wine of Dream, and reveled in her halls. Those memories are blurry. Those memories are slippery. You have grown, and you know in your heart that you always have an invitation. Seek again that cacophonous hall, that phantasmal concert, and find the lessons you may have yet missed: Fuses the Ephemeral Dreamlit Dancer technique in to the Dreamwalker Trait. Advances the Dreamwalker Trait by 1 level, and the Creation Concepts by 1 step. (0/5)

Weaver of Tails: You've spoken with Su Ling about her troubles, and though you can't give her answers, you can give her a method of better exploring her own thoughts. Take her with you through the labyrinth gate and see where the foxfire leads. (+1 to Dream and Motion Projects. +1 to Dreamwalker Trait on completion. Characters Sixiang, Su Ling)

We've been leaving Su Ling and Sixiang without proper attention too long. Best to fix that if we don't want flagged tragedies actually happening.
 
Looks like we need to synchronize the professional and personal actions with what cultivation we want to do. I do like adoption vetting though.
 
Things to note for everyone:

We actually have 1 professional action available (according to discord yrs) since Garden of Sinners is locked in. Due to the constraints, Yrsillar is allowing to trade 1 personal action for another professional.

With that said, I advocate for Adoption and Hou Zhuang for professional, while Su Ling's for personal
 
The Dreaming Gala: Only once have you tasted the wine of Dream, and reveled in her halls. Those memories are blurry. Those memories are slippery. You have grown, and you know in your heart that you always have an invitation. Seek again that cacophonous hall, that phantasmal concert, and find the lessons you may have yet missed: Fuses the Ephemeral Dreamlit Dancer technique in to the Dreamwalker Trait. Advances the Dreamwalker Trait by 1 level, and the Creation Concepts by 1 step. (0/5)

All moon raves, all the time!

The party where we met Sixiang is one of my favorite parts out of the whole story, plus I feel like we don't do enough stuff for the sole reason that it makes Six happy.
 
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yrsillar said:
"There is something wrong with the whole scenario," Gan Guangli rumbled. "That they have the troops free to go south, that King Sun is intending to visit Xiangmen in person."
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Just for everyone to know, the auction is gonna take place in Xiangmen this coming turn, and seeing that Sun Shao,\ the big man himself is coming there, this makes me wanna take Wind Thief more

  • The Opened Vault: Ten thousand Locks and not one to stop you. Learn the lessons of the first thief, whom no vault or security could stop. Acquire the Thief of Winds technique, which allows you to interact with and steal from dimensional storage and bypass many forms of security. Advances Vanishing by 1. Advances Want project by one. (0/5)
 
Hey since the auction is happening in Xiangman, it's the perfect time for the fortress of Tsu.

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)
 
EternalObserver said:
Just for everyone to know, the auction is gonna take place in Xiangmen this coming turn, and seeing that Sun Shao,\ the big man himself is coming there, this makes me wanna take Wind Thief more

  • The Opened Vault: Ten thousand Locks and not one to stop you. Learn the lessons of the first thief, whom no vault or security could stop. Acquire the Thief of Winds technique, which allows you to interact with and steal from dimensional storage and bypass many forms of security. Advances Vanishing by 1. Advances Want project by one. (0/5)
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Seconded. An art auction plus a bunch of acceptable targets in the form of the recently-allied-with-the-Sunflower-Goddes Western Territories group is a great setup for shenanigans. Since LQ is technically a priestess of the Grinning Moon, it's honestly a religious obligation, really.
 
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So I just realized that truly HIGH politics might be in play between Xiangmen and the Red Garden. And I don't mean their vassal Whites.
I mean the Post-White entities themselves. Grandmother Snek too.
 
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So ... what would a plan look like?

Maybe like this?

[] Plan ???
-Cultivation Projects
--[] Garden of Mists
--[] The Dreaming Gala
--[] Xiangmen, Fortress of Tsu Pt. 1
-Professional Actions
--[] Adoption Vetting
-Personal Action
--[] Hou Zhuang's Gift 1 of 3
--[] Weaver of Tails


But.. how is the Argent Vent modifier applied in the plan? 😅
 
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I agree with advancing the Xiangmen project during the art auction that actually happens at the city itself. It makes perfect narrative sense and Xiangmen itself is so cool it would be a shame to ignore.
 
Ok, so we should take the auction action since it is this turn and Hou's gift for sinergy, at least.

Edit: Nvm, auction is locked in.
 
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[] Plan Dreams, Dreams, Dreams
- [] Dreaming
- [] The Dreaming Gala
- [] Phantasmal Mastery

[] Plan Cheshire Cat
- [] Grinning
- [] Opened Vault
- [] The Laughing Wind

My reasoning for these is that they create a very strong theme for yrsillar to write around, potentially reducing turn length and making which actions go where in the turn pretty flexible. The first also masters PLR, allowing us to mark one big project off our checklist

I am more flexible on the other actions
 
Weaver of Tails is the only action I feel strongly about

This system does create a lot of excitement around turn votes. I can't help but have the feeling that LQ can't juggle this many plates though, which is a good and bad feeling for a game/quest
 
EternalObserver said:
Just for everyone to know, the auction is gonna take place in Xiangmen this coming turn, and seeing that Sun Shao,\ the big man himself is coming there, this makes me wanna take Wind Thief more
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I don't think Sun Shao is going to visit Xiangmen next month, a state visit should take more than a few weeks to organize. And Mommy Cai is staying with the sect atm.

For the Plan ...

Professional Actions: (1 locked, 1 available)
  • Xiangmen Auction: At the end of the month, the auction for the cast number of treasures found in the Corpse Immortals ring begins. Between the Journey and the auction itself there is much to be done. [Special Action: Characters, Cai Renxiang, Diao Hualing. Advances Garden of Sinner's Quest] Locked In
  • Adoption Vetting: The request made of you is a very serious one. You need to give it the consideration it deserves. Take some time to speak with Yu Nuan, introduce her to your family, and perhaps make a little trip to see how she holds up in your presence. [Single Instance Exploration 1d100+20 Base. Gain Location Thunder Palace. Reward thresholds at 40, 60, 80, 100. Characters: Yu Nuan, Ling family)
  • Hou Zhuang's Gift 1 of 3: Bai Meizhen's father has given you a princely gift as far as intelligence goes. It is time to really delve into it and begin establishing the potential contacts he has given you. [Begins establishing provincial intelligence. Gives +10% to rolls on Long hand of the Law actions during auction. +1 XP to Mystery and Home projects undertaken. Characters: Sixiang]


Personal Actions (2 Available)
  • Weaver of Tails: You've spoken with Su Ling about her troubles, and though you can't give her answers, you can give her a method of better exploring her own thoughts. Take her with you through the labyrinth gate and see where the foxfire leads. (+1 to Dream and Motion Projects. +1 to Dreamwalker Trait on completion. Characters Sixiang, Su Ling)

That gives us bonuses to Dream, Moon, Mystery, Home

Arts Development (3 available)

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)

The Opened Vault: Ten thousand Locks and not one to stop you. Learn the lessons of the first thief, whom no vault or security could stop. Acquire the Thief of Winds technique, which allows you to interact with and steal from dimensional storage and bypass many forms of security. Advances Vanishing by 1. Advances Want project by one. (0/5)

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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Something like this?

Not sure for the arts because the bonuses don't really fit anywhere good ...


[] Plan Workaholic Dreams
-Cultivation Projects
--[] Xiangmen, Fortress of Tsu Pt. 1 (With Argent Trait we get 5/5)
--[] The Opened Vault (With Argent Vent we get 5/5)
--[] Garden of Mists (Base 6/5)
-Professional Actions
--[] Xiangmen Auction (logt in)
--[] Adoption Vetting
--[] Hou Zhuang's Gift 1 of 3
-Personal Action
--[] Weaver of Tails


If I did not mess up my "math".
I think i forgot the 1 free success we get for starting the project, so add 1 to all)

And for the project that did not make the cut, 6 months in the sect means 6 more turns for Xin and company.
 
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I'd really like to keep relations with the sect. Mostly in hopes that we keep moon aunty around. I like her and I like to think she has tons of cool things to teach us. Also maybe we could work to build a relationship with the MOI ourselves. That would be useful I think.
 
Man, this vote is really though. There is so much to do and I want to do everything.

I think we should try to synergize Cultivation with Professional and Personal when possible.

Since there is only 4 Personal projects (though I'm sure they will increase), I'm actually thinking of doing only one this turn and choosing 2 Proffesional ones. Well, as long as they aren't timed beyond our remaining time in the sect. @yrsillar , can you confirm that they aren't going to expire in a couple turns?

For the Personal project I would go with Weaver of Tails. I don't want to do FSS+ this turn, so Idols and Ancestors is out. I also want to give Meizhen and Qingling time to talk between them before questioning them. Futhermore, I want to advance in Hou Zhuang's Gift before working on the breaktrough elixir with Suyin. The first part of that quest is going to be about acquiring the materials since we chose the soil's studies for the dagger. That will be easier with more contacts.

So, if we are doing Weaver of Tails (damn, I just noticed the pun), then is just sensible to do The Dreaming Gala. The same with Xiangmen, Fortress of Tsu Pt. 1, since we are going to the auction. It's also in line with the whole ancestry and researching the past thing we have going on.

About the other 2 Proffesional projects, I really think we should do Adoption Vetting. Adopting someone into the family is something really important, and it's a little sad we haven't been able to dedicate time to it. Besides, I'm not gonna lie, I totaly want to vist the Thunder Palace. So much so that I'm willing to spend my single Omake Point to increase the chance of maximum reward.

For the last one, I'm choosing Hou Zhuang's Gift. In particular, I really want that "+10% to rolls on Long hand of the Law actions during auction". It's the main reason I went for an extra Proffesional instead of Personal. Since the auction is next turn, it is a missable bonus. Long hand of the Law is a massively important Quest, both for Hanyi's career and our relationship with the Diao clan. We can't screw it up.

Lastly, the third Cultivation project should be about Songseekers Ceremony. It's always important to improve our cultivation art. We already did Hidden, so we can do Grinning or double down on Dreaming. I prefer Grinning, personally. Ediit Changed my mind (yes that was fast) The Opened Vault seems incredibly useful for the intrigue of Xiangmen and for advicing Long hand of the Law smoother. So my vote would go there. Also, loot.

So my plan would be:
[] Plan Family and Duty
-Cultivation Projects
--[] The Opened Vault
--[] The Dreaming Gala
--[] Xiangmen, Fortress of Tsu Pt. 1

-Professional Actions
--[] Adoption Vetting
--[] Hou Zhuang's Gift 1 of 3

-Personal Action
--[] Weaver of Tails
 
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