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

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yrsillar said:
Personal Actions (2 Available)

  • Idols and Ancestors: It has been awhile now, since Zeqing found her End. In many ways both you and Hanyi have grown. It is time to take a little time aside to walk the high mountain peaks, to think and listen and remember. [Must be taken with the Frozen Soul Serenade Successor project. Character's Hanyi and Sixiang]
  • Little Workshop of Wonders: You've drifted apart from Suyin a little and your time at the Sect is coming to a close. Now you have a gift to give and an excuse. Spend some time with one of your oldest friends, and look on what she has achieved. The Elixir recipe you discovered is a good place to begin the conversation. {+1 XP to Creation Mystery and Want Projects. Characters Li Suyin, Bao Qingling)
  • Serpent Whisperer: You undoubtably have a good rapport with your best friend, but you worry about the wider effects the Duchess' recent actions may have. Take Bai meizhen up on her standing invitation to join her at the Sect market along with her handmaiden and discuss the past and the future. (+1 to Power Darkness and Sincerity projects. Characters Bai Meizhen, Xiao Fen)
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Sorry, Zequin, i cannot vote for anything other than Suyin and Meizhen.
We need to give Suyin her gift and say goodbye, for now, and i am dying to find out about what Meizhen thinks of Shenhua's announcement

yrsillar said:
Professional Actions: (1 locked, 1 available)
  • Hostess Lessons: The little group of acquaintances you have cultivated alongside Wang Chao has grown quite large. Soon enough you will have to leave it in other hands, but it remains the seed of something useful and you like Wang Chao well enough besides. Introduce Meizhen to the group, along with Luo Zhong and others, and see to establishing someone to take your place in a few months [+1 XP to Community and Expression Projects undertaken. Characters, Bai Meizhen, Wang Chao, Xuan Shi, various]
  • Paying Respects: The Argent Peak Sect has been your home for two years now, and though you are growing apart from it, you still feel that connection. To it's disciples, to its Elders, to the caves and the vents and the trials. Spend some time showing your gratitude for lessons and connections [Maintains current relations with the Argent Sect Peak Sect on departure. 40% Chance to boost reputation with Argent Peak Sect by 1, and ???. Characters: Sima Jiao & Xin, Liao Zhu, various. +1 to Isolation and Power projects undertaken)
  • Root Inroads: Bian Ya, your occasional tutor and acquaintance is a fellow vassal of the Cai clan. Strengthen that relationship and see about learning more of your 'peers' (Information on Cai Vassals, particularly Bian and Xia, +1 to bond with Bian Ya. +5% to social action success during Auction. Character's Bian Ya, Ruan Shen)
  • Hou Zhuang's Gift 2 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. Advances the Argent Disciple Trait by 2. 50% chance to give a named contact Characters: Sixiang]
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This one is a bit harder, not a fan of Root and Gift, but the Hostess Lessons and Paying respects are both things i want to do.
Think i am going to have to go with Hostess Lessons. More Meizhen is always good, and Xuan Shi and Wang Chao would also be a treat
 
My first impressions:

  • Paying Respects: The Argent Peak Sect has been your home for two years now, and though you are growing apart from it, you still feel that connection. To it's disciples, to its Elders, to the caves and the vents and the trials. Spend some time showing your gratitude for lessons and connections [Maintains current relations with the Argent Sect Peak Sect on departure. 40% Chance to boost reputation with Argent Peak Sect by 1, and ???. Characters: Sima Jiao & Xin, Liao Zhu, various. +1 to Isolation and Power projects undertaken)
This one I think. The Sect has been such a big part of the story, I really want to reconnect with these characters and maintain good relations.

Fine with any of the personals. Frozen Soul Serenade succession is important of course, but I also want to reconnect with Suyin and Meizhen.

We should continue developing our Isolation concept to IV. Dreaming Songstress is locked until then, so we should also look at advancing our Grinning and Hidden moon aspects.


  • 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)
!!! Advances Isolation, which we need, and might give us Void 🥵


  • The Laughing Wind: Flight is freedom, defiance of one of the First Laws. Feel the wind on your face,witness all the earth below, and laugh in the midst of the clear blue sky. Advance Sable Grace by 1. Advance Motion and Freedom projects by one. Unlocks Two Project. (0/3)
I just think this one sounds neat. Flying is always nice.
 
Okay guys. I did make a mistake but not with the personal actions. I forgot retainer was a seperate category and that a professional was locked by auction last turn. So you have 2 professional and 1 personal this turn
 
My rough idea

  • Survey the Wall: You will need to begin establishing yourselves, Renxiang and you. The cradle of the Sect will no longer last forever. Search within the newly claimed sections of the wall for good location choices to investigate further. With Cai Renxiang's funding and help this task will be much expedited. [Exploration Action; 1d100 Base +40 for liege attention, First Reward Threshold at 60, with additional thresholds at 100, 120, and 160 and 200 and 300. Characters: Cai Renxiang and Gan Guangli) Current Total 138
  • Long Arm of the Law II: You have accepted the role of preventing the escape of the probable letter forger. Though it is likely this man is a dupefor another, rounding him up is important for discovering the source of your troubles. Travel with agents of the Ministry of Law and apprehend the criminal in the town of Feixian, north and west of the Argent Sect. (Advance the Long Arm of the Law Quest. Gain Information, +1 Mystery XP. Characters: Diao Hualing, Sixiang, Hanyi)
Our locked actions.

Personal actions
  • Idols and Ancestors: It has been awhile now, since Zeqing found her End. In many ways both you and Hanyi have grown. It is time to take a little time aside to walk the high mountain peaks, to think and listen and remember. [Must be taken with the Frozen Soul Serenade Successor project. Character's Hanyi and Sixiang]
  • Serpent Whisperer: You undoubtably have a good rapport with your best friend, but you worry about the wider effects the Duchess' recent actions may have. Take Bai meizhen up on her standing invitation to join her at the Sect market along with her handmaiden and discuss the past and the future. (+1 to Power Darkness and Sincerity projects. Characters Bai Meizhen, Xiao Fen)
All three are great, but I think these two are most important.

Songseekers Ceremony: Moon, Yin, Mystery, Motion, Expression
  • Hidden Scribe: You have asked the second question, and looked upon the world with the eyes of a seeker if only for a moment. Delve further into mystery and the questions that underlie the world of now. Advances the Mystery and Causality Projects by one step on completion. 70% Chance of additional Moon attention on completion. 50 XP Spiritual Cultivation (0/8)
We have a bonus to spiritual cultivation this turn iirc

Starless Night's Reflection: Yin, Lake, Darkness, Reflection, Stillness, Void
  • 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)
We also have bonuses to Lake and Dark, this also gives us the Isolation progression we need, with a chance for Void, which lets be honest sounds pretty cool.


Successor Creation
[] Frozen Soul Serenade: Must be Taken with idols and Ancestors

Required per above. These are the things I really want to see in our next plan.
 
So personally my biggest priorities next turn are TREE, FSS+, LFWT.
LimitlessMemes said:
My first impressions:

  • Paying Respects: The Argent Peak Sect has been your home for two years now, and though you are growing apart from it, you still feel that connection. To it's disciples, to its Elders, to the caves and the vents and the trials. Spend some time showing your gratitude for lessons and connections [Maintains current relations with the Argent Sect Peak Sect on departure. 40% Chance to boost reputation with Argent Peak Sect by 1, and ???. Characters: Sima Jiao & Xin, Liao Zhu, various. +1 to Isolation and Power projects undertaken)
This one I think. The Sect has been such a big part of the story, I really want to reconnect with these characters and maintain good relations.

Fine with any of the personals. Frozen Soul Serenade succession is important of course, but I also want to reconnect with Suyin and Meizhen.

We should continue developing our Isolation concept to IV. Dreaming Songstress is locked until then, so we should also look at advancing our Grinning and Hidden moon aspects.


  • 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)
!!! Advances Isolation, which we need, and might give us Void 🥵


  • The Laughing Wind: Flight is freedom, defiance of one of the First Laws. Feel the wind on your face,witness all the earth below, and laugh in the midst of the clear blue sky. Advance Sable Grace by 1. Advance Motion and Freedom projects by one. Unlocks Two Project. (0/3)
I just think this one sounds neat. Flying is always nice.
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TOTALLY agree with you on Paying Respects and Suyin. There's also lots of synergy there. We really should pay our respects to the institution, Argent Sect, that gave us the opportunity for, well, everything. However TBH, compared to Suyin, we've been seeing Meizhen plenty. We really need to reconnect with Suyin and ensure we have a path back to her and to the Sect. If we don't do Little Workshop of Wonders, going back to work on the Cyan breakthrough recipe later is gonna seem really weird and weak narratively.
Idols and Ancestors--it goes without saying this is NECESSARY
Little Workshop of Wonders--My girl Suyin needs some screentime to shine.

Also TBF, 'flying is always nice' is putting it a little lightly. Laughing Flight of the Wind Thief is an awesome art and any work we put into cultivating it will make for some amazing narrative.
 
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Personal action is rough this turn. I really like advancing Creation and Mystery, and Li Suyin coming with that is great. But IIRC there was something about us really needing to do the successor soon or it'll slow down our cultivation in later turns, and also the third possible action is Meizhen? Like I said, very rough decision.

For cultivation, I'm most interested in Phantasmal Mastery and TREE.
 
I hate to say it, but with the anniversary of Zeqing's passing falling into Turn 16 and the dearth of personal actions this turn, putting FSS+ off by one more turn looks like the best choice to me.

Finishing PLR, Hitting Grinning for b5 and Tree sounds like my first choice right now. That would set up both Nightmare tribulation and FSS+ for Turn 16.
 
Mmm, my feeling is that while technically we're not locked into Suyin's action... we kind of voluntarily locked ourselves into it when we chose to get her that gift.

Putting it off would be weird.
 
I'm partial to a layout like this. It lets us advance physical to the next stage with the spiritual and lets us keep up with the exp multiplier by having the successor art either started. Cause we then need to master it too.
I think professionally its also a good time to start tying off the knots related to sect.
  • Hostess Lessons: The little group of acquaintances you have cultivated alongside Wang Chao has grown quite large. Soon enough you will have to leave it in other hands, but it remains the seed of something useful and you like Wang Chao well enough besides. Introduce Meizhen to the group, along with Luo Zhong and others, and see to establishing someone to take your place in a few months [+1 XP to Community and Expression Projects undertaken. Characters, Bai Meizhen, Wang Chao, Xuan Shi, various]
  • Paying Respects: The Argent Peak Sect has been your home for two years now, and though you are growing apart from it, you still feel that connection. To it's disciples, to its Elders, to the caves and the vents and the trials. Spend some time showing your gratitude for lessons and connections [Maintains current relations with the Argent Sect Peak Sect on departure. 40% Chance to boost reputation with Argent Peak Sect by 1, and ???. Characters: Sima Jiao & Xin, Liao Zhu, various. +1 to Isolation and Power projects undertaken)
  • Idols and Ancestors: It has been awhile now, since Zeqing found her End. In many ways both you and Hanyi have grown. It is time to take a little time aside to walk the high mountain peaks, to think and listen and remember. [Must be taken with the Frozen Soul Serenade Successor project. Character's Hanyi and Sixiang]
  • Grinning: It is the seeking that brings joy, the journey and the acquisition. Delve into the deeper mystery of the Grinning Moon, seek, adventure, explore to integrate its lessons. Advances the Freedom, Motion, and Isolation projects one step on completion. 30 XP to physical cultivation. (0/3)
  • Successor Creation
    [] Frozen Soul Serenade: The crystallization of the lessons you learned from Zeqing on the high, snowy mountaintops. Yet the form she taught you an echo of her own nature, is falling behind you cultivation. The time has come to make it your own. Requires selection of the Idols and Ancestors Social Action
  • Soul of Ice: Blizzard and glacier, fine snow and driving sleet. cruel wind and soft snow. Stasis, Inevitability, Endings and Renewal. There is more to ice, more to winter than meets the casual eye. Is your own understanding too narrow? Advances Isolation and Want Projects. Advances Winter's Heart by 1. Begins Trait Quest Chain. (0/5)
 
Spacegnom said:
I hate to say it, but with the anniversary of Zeqing's passing falling into Turn 16 and the dearth of personal actions this turn, putting FSS+ off by one more turn looks like the best choice to me.

Finishing PLR, Hitting Grinning for b5 and Tree sounds like my first choice right now. That would set up both Nightmare tribulation and FSS+ for Turn 16.
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The thing is there is always going to be a logical reason to put off a long term yet necessary project like FSS+. People say we can do it next turn or that we will do it next turn...and we don't for some reason because there's always something else. There's just never enough narrative space. Everyone always says 'next turn'. I've heard it before. At this point, I don't really believe it.
 
yrsillar said:
Physical Cultivation
Threshold Bronze Physique (10) - 4990/4800
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This feels off.

Taking advantage of my earlier post for argument
CedeTheBees said:
Genuinely wondering why "Phantoms, Presents, and Politics" is beating "Phantoms, Presents, and Pines". It's not any more political, they both have the exact same personal and professional actions. The only difference is Tree vs Wind Thief. That's literally it. Tree makes way more sense than Wind Thief rn since we were just at Xiangmen. Heck, there's even a chance Yrs will start that turn out while we're still at the Tree so as to make the action make more sense.
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Lena27 said:
The thing is there is always going to be a logical reason to put off a long term yet necessary project like FSS+. People say we can do it next turn or that we will do it next turn...and we don't for some reason because there's always something else. There's just never enough narrative space. Everyone always says 'next turn'. I've heard it before. At this point, I don't really believe it.
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I completely agree. The excuse next turn will probably be that we should do the tribulation and shouldn't do it at the same time. There will always be some excuse.
 
Professional Actions: (2 available)
  • Hostess Lessons: The little group of acquaintances you have cultivated alongside Wang Chao has grown quite large. Soon enough you will have to leave it in other hands, but it remains the seed of something useful and you like Wang Chao well enough besides. Introduce Meizhen to the group, along with Luo Zhong and others, and see to establishing someone to take your place in a few months [+1 XP to Community and Expression Projects undertaken. Characters, Bai Meizhen, Wang Chao, Xuan Shi, various]
  • Paying Respects: The Argent Peak Sect has been your home for two years now, and though you are growing apart from it, you still feel that connection. To it's disciples, to its Elders, to the caves and the vents and the trials. Spend some time showing your gratitude for lessons and connections [Maintains current relations with the Argent Sect Peak Sect on departure. 40% Chance to boost reputation with Argent Peak Sect by 1, and ???. Characters: Sima Jiao & Xin, Liao Zhu, various. +1 to Isolation and Power projects undertaken)
  • Root Inroads: Bian Ya, your occasional tutor and acquaintance is a fellow vassal of the Cai clan. Strengthen that relationship and see about learning more of your 'peers' (Information on Cai Vassals, particularly Bian and Xia, +1 to bond with Bian Ya. Character's Bian Ya, Ruan Shen)
  • Hou Zhuang's Gift 2 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. Advances the Argent Disciple Trait by 2. 50% chance to give a named contact Characters: Sixiang]




Ok, hot take here: I really dislike Hostess Lessons: introducing Meizhen and Luo Zhong to what 'take over the group' does not fit to the idea of Wang Chao's friendly sparring group that doubles for helping him get his own clique among ES scions.
Meizhen is presumably leaving with us. and Luo Zhong has his own group already.
even if that wasnt true, I would much much rather see us 'promote' one of the friends like Nie Ai or Hou Min that have been part of the group for a long time. Introducing a new character into the group to take over feels really wrong to me.



the other three look really nice and im down for any combination of those.
maybe keep the Hou Zhuang's gift questline going?
i do think doing the sect thing is important since we want to send family to the sect in the future. also, while they like us less now, it is important to remember that the relation is still positive right now! there is no reason to throw that away
 
[] Plan: Spinning Webs
-[] Root Inroads /Paying Respect (i dont think Paying Respect is good for this turn but those two, im willing to switch)
-[] Hou Zhuang's Gift 2 of 3 (we got people from all around the Emerald Seas, we will get in touch with them when we go to Long Hand)
-[] Little Workshop of Wonders
-[] Hidden Scribe - Silent Stones
-[] Phantasmal Mastery - Shattered Gaol
-[] It's Depths Without End - Saline Grotto (because i want to know what this mystery trait provided by the art does, also, Hidden and Suyin both boost it! plus gotta check out the grotto :D)

Long Hand alreadyy locked, and it advances mystery, so why not make ita mystery turn?
Im willing to swap out Root Inroads to Paying respects Due to Xin and Jiao.
 
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@yrsillar do we know when the war Arc will happen? Is it somewhere in the last 3 turns while we are still at the sect? Or is it going to happen once we have left the sect?
 
[] Plan: FSS and Void
-[] Root Inroads
-[] Hou Zhuang's Gift 2 of 3
-[] Idols and Ancestors
-[] Hidden Scribe - Silent Stones
-[] Phantasmal Mastery - Shattered Gaol
-[] We are but Ripples- Saline Grotto
-[] Frozen Soul Serenade
 
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I'm personally favoring something like:
  • Paying Respects
  • Hou Zhuang's Gift 2 of 3
  • Little Workshop of Wonders
  • Songseeker's Ceremony: Grinning
  • Phantasmagoria of Lunar Revelry: Phantasmal Mastery
  • Starless Night's Reflection: It's Depths Without End
 
Ok, so currently we've been getting a lot of cool dream development tied into our social concepts and character growth, and I feel it would be good to keep moving on that. We need Isolation IV for that, which needs 3 more isolation xp.

PLR is almost done, so wrapping it up would be good - and phantasmal mastery could potentially tie into our skely tutoring and storytelling?

Grinning could be done with surveying pretty well imo. As could LFWT - which would be good to upgrade given how important it is to us. Though my feeling is that if LFWT was tied into surveying odds are it would push us into getting into danger and having to run from things at some point :p

MoSS could also be solid at any point for surveying ofc. Community is currently locked, so xp there would be banked.

Continuing to follow up on Hou Zhong's gift could maybe be good just to keep things moving there??

Not sure about the last project. Could go all in on Grinning/LFWT maybe? Social could fit in with a lot of the projects, but also bleh. Grinning is really good for an easy 2 isolation xp.

I really want Xiangmen, and as follow up meditation on our adventures there it would fit well I'm just not sure what project it could integrate into?

Hostess lessons is potentially a bit of a gamble, but goshdarnit we tried to make this thing dammit I want to spend time on it to make sure we get everything from it. The main problem is I don't want to spend time on Meizhen or Xuan Shi or Luo Zhong. I want to be spending time working on our new contacts in the Wang group!

[] Suyin/Isolation Plan??
-[][Personal] Little Workshop of Wonders: You've drifted apart from Suyin a little and your time at the Sect is coming to a close. Now you have a gift to give and an excuse. Spend some time with one of your oldest friends, and look on what she has achieved. The Elixir recipe you discovered is a good place to begin the conversation. {+1 XP to Creation Mystery and Want Projects. Characters Li Suyin, Bao Qingling)
-[][Professional] Hostess Lessons: The little group of acquaintances you have cultivated alongside Wang Chao has grown quite large. Soon enough you will have to leave it in other hands, but it remains the seed of something useful and you like Wang Chao well enough besides. Introduce Meizhen to the group, along with Luo Zhong and others, and see to establishing someone to take your place in a few months [+1 XP to Community and Expression Projects undertaken. Characters, Bai Meizhen, Wang Chao, Xuan Shi, various]
-[][Professional] 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. Advances the Argent Disciple Trait by 2. 50% chance to give a named contact Characters: Sixiang]
-[][Art] Phantasmal Mastery
-[][Art] Grinning
-[][Art] The Laughing Wind
 
Erebeal said:
Ok, so currently we've been getting a lot of cool dream development tied into our social concepts and character growth, and I feel it would be good to keep moving on that. We need Isolation IV for that, which needs 3 more isolation xp.

PLR is almost done, so wrapping it up would be good - and phantasmal mastery could potentially tie into our skely tutoring and storytelling?

Grinning could be done with surveying pretty well imo. As could LFWT - which would be good to upgrade given how important it is to us. Though my feeling is that if LFWT was tied into surveying odds are it would push us into getting into danger and having to run from things at some point :p

MoSS could also be solid at any point for surveying ofc. Community is currently locked, so xp there would be banked.

Continuing to follow up on Hou Zhong's gift could maybe be good just to keep things moving there??

Not sure about the last project. Could go all in on Grinning/LFWT maybe? Social could fit in with a lot of the projects, but also bleh. Grinning is really good for an easy 2 isolation xp.

I really want Xiangmen, and as follow up meditation on our adventures there it would fit well I'm just not sure what project it could integrate into?

Hostess lessons is potentially a bit of a gamble, but goshdarnit we tried to make this thing dammit I want to spend time on it to make sure we get everything from it. The main problem is I don't want to spend time on Meizhen or Xuan Shi or Luo Zhong. I want to be spending time working on our new contacts in the Wang group!

[] Suyin/Isolation Plan??
-[][Personal] Little Workshop of Wonders: You've drifted apart from Suyin a little and your time at the Sect is coming to a close. Now you have a gift to give and an excuse. Spend some time with one of your oldest friends, and look on what she has achieved. The Elixir recipe you discovered is a good place to begin the conversation. {+1 XP to Creation Mystery and Want Projects. Characters Li Suyin, Bao Qingling)
-[][Professional] Hostess Lessons: The little group of acquaintances you have cultivated alongside Wang Chao has grown quite large. Soon enough you will have to leave it in other hands, but it remains the seed of something useful and you like Wang Chao well enough besides. Introduce Meizhen to the group, along with Luo Zhong and others, and see to establishing someone to take your place in a few months [+1 XP to Community and Expression Projects undertaken. Characters, Bai Meizhen, Wang Chao, Xuan Shi, various]
-[][Professional] 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. Advances the Argent Disciple Trait by 2. 50% chance to give a named contact Characters: Sixiang]
-[][Art] Phantasmal Mastery
-[][Art] Grinning
-[][Art] The Laughing Wind
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I like that set up, but would switch the laughing wind with Primacy of Beasts. Since both Hostess Lessons and Hou Zhuang's Gift 2 of 3 deal with people I think meditating on the difference between people and beasts could be an interesting lens for either of those two projects. In my opinion the laughing wind doesn't really add anything to the rest of the list. I would prefer to leave the Laughing wind for the conclusion of the Long Arm of the Law., which I suspect won't be wrapped up in a nice single action.

Having both Phantasmal Mastery and Primacy of the Beasts leveling up at the same time would also work wonderfully with the combat focus our little group has and prep us for any combat we see going forward.

So something like this:

[] Suyin/Isolation Plan??
-[][Personal] Little Workshop of Wonders: You've drifted apart from Suyin a little and your time at the Sect is coming to a close. Now you have a gift to give and an excuse. Spend some time with one of your oldest friends, and look on what she has achieved. The Elixir recipe you discovered is a good place to begin the conversation. {+1 XP to Creation Mystery and Want Projects. Characters Li Suyin, Bao Qingling)
-[][Professional] Hostess Lessons: The little group of acquaintances you have cultivated alongside Wang Chao has grown quite large. Soon enough you will have to leave it in other hands, but it remains the seed of something useful and you like Wang Chao well enough besides. Introduce Meizhen to the group, along with Luo Zhong and others, and see to establishing someone to take your place in a few months [+1 XP to Community and Expression Projects undertaken. Characters, Bai Meizhen, Wang Chao, Xuan Shi, various]
-[][Professional] 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. Advances the Argent Disciple Trait by 2. 50% chance to give a named contact Characters: Sixiang]
-[][Art] Phantasmal Mastery
-[][Art] Grinning
-[][Art] 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)
 
eh little spoiler-y, but though there may be smaller scale conflicts a big and proper war arc will probably not happen till after the summit, because that would make the already stretched narrative build up for it split at the seams
 
[]plan initial
-[] Hostess Lessons
-[] Paying Respects
-[]Little Workshop of Wonders
-[]hidden scribe
-[]Xiangmen
-[]soul of ice
so like I mentioned earlier I prefer doing paying respects right now due to several reasons. I assume the ??? here is probably another action and I prefer to know what it is sooner. I don't think this is our goodbye action. Paying respects to an elder in advance especially when we have no idea where he would be depending on war actions is not a weird thing.
The last arc was a very strong narrative in moon cultivation and we would be meeting 3 moon cultivators in paying respects to action. I think it would be a good narrative flow. the long arm of mystery is already locked and it can also synergize with jiao's past and Xin's experiences. the gift from the auction and the fact we didn't have Suyin interaction in a while seal Little workshop. I think doing hostess lessons this turn and meeting meizhen personally in the next turn is a good idea since I am worried about the whole dangling plot thread of Luo Zheng. Xiangmen is obvious since we just got back from there. and doing soul of ice now leaves us primed to tackle FSS+ next turn(16) which is apparently the anniversary of Zequing's death which is happy confidence.
I am not sure how the math works out with this plan though
 
[X] Plan: Isolated Dreams
-[X] [Professional] Hostess Lessons
-[X] [Professional] Hou Zhuang's Gift 2 of 3
-[X] [Personal]Idols and Ancestors
-[X] [Art] Grinning (Silent Stones)
-[X] [Art] Phantasmal Mastery (Shattered Gaol)
-[X] [Art] Frozen Soul Serenade

Grinning gives us the physical XP to reach G5 in both Spirit and Body next turn. + It advances Isolation for 1.
Phantasmal Mastery gets us a new Trait and buffs all our summons. + It advances Isolation for 1.
Since we double the Grinning one, we would get 3 Isolation XP and unlock Isolation IV. (need to get to Sixiangs Grandpa asap and get us our nice tribluation)

So we would get FFS+, Isolation IV, Mastery of PLR with the new Trait Yrs has hinted at over multiple updates now and S5 and B5 together (this is not so important since we are going to hit B5 next turn anyway)

Edit More Plans:
[X] Plan: Illusive Beginnings
[X] Plan: Dreams of Roots
[X] Plan: Dreams of Frosty Soul
 
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