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

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[X] Approach the hut and seek the right of guests, listen to what can be heard. (Xuan Shi Gains in his Narrative Concept, 60% chance of additional reward)
 
JohnnieBoy123 said:
The Celestial Peaks is built around the perfection of humanity but in a context where humans were the slaves of dragons. In the Peaks you cultivate some manner of utility which you then provide to your superiors. You might be a warrior, a chef, a doctor, a musician, or whatever, but your cultivation is about that.

The traditional Emerald Seas tends to involve messier cultivators who do not clearly fit into a profession, often blurring the line between human and spirit. What's LQ's job? Scout? She's far too loud for that. Assassin? She kills far too slowly. Sword or Flute? She thinks too much.
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Neshuakadal said:
This can be pretty complicated and I personally don't think JohnnieBoy123 is correct in the statement that Peakaboos don't see cultivators as people. It's more that for the peak, people, all people cultivators and mortals, have a place and a role in society. If they work to fulfill that role than that brings stability. Unfortunately when cultivators cultivate for a role they might lose some of their humanity and become more tools than people. We can see this in sword saints and in Meizhen's father. This is seen by almost everyone as quite bad, yet it works with the Peaks cultural understanding of how the world should work so they won't go out of their way to try and prevent it. That at least is my understanding of the situation.
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Well that's pretty horrible. The more I read about Peaks culture the more I go "ick, do not want!"
Neshuakadal said:
More seriously we have an art called Beast Kings Savage Dirge (BKSD) and its the story about the battle between Tsu and the Beast Gods at Xiangmen. This battle is part of the founding myth of the Emerald Seas so its a pretty big deal. Calls for plan TREE have been about advancing that art. You'll see a lot of that from me.
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Savage Dirge and Melodies of the Spirit Seekers are the most Weilu arts we have, so hell yeah I want both to be mastered and insights gained from! :D

A question about etiquette: A bunch of commenters I've seen on the discord I've also seen here, but not all, and vice versa. Would it be acceptable to post identical questions/musings here and on the discord, or would that be seen as doubleposting and rude?
 
Oh also for efficiencies sake I'll be taking omake point offers. To be clear the extra rewards in this vote are still primarily by and for Xuan Shi.
 
Adhoc vote count started by MrRageQuit on Aug 15, 2022 at 10:46 AM, finished with 186 posts and 107 votes.
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Karthak Urzak said:
I still don't quite understand how the dice rolling works. How many degrees of success is this?
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X < 21 - 0 degrees of success
21 -- 1 degree of success
31 --- 2 degrees of success
41 ---- 3 degrees of success
51 ----- 4 degrees of success
61 ------ 5 degrees of success

Edit: Okay, so this is wrong, and I'm editing it based on @CedeTheBees list down below
 
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Oliver_Twister said:
21 - 0 degrees of success
31 -- 1 degree of success
41 --- 2 degrees of success
51 ---- 3 degrees of success
61 ----- 4 degrees of success
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21 - 1 degree of success
31 -- 2 degrees of success
41 --- 3 degrees of success
51 ---- 4 degrees of success
61 ----- 5 degrees of success

0 degrees of success would mean you don't succeed.
 
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So I am way late on this because I've been out the whole weekend but I really liked the prose this chapter.

yrsillar said:
It was one of the earliest promises she made in her cultivation, back before she had ever heart of domains or names or laws. When she had abandoned the dream of the infinite blue sky, unmoored wholly from the base earth. Sometimes she forgot, sometimes it troubled her, sometimes she failed. She wasn't going to today.

Her wings were strong. She would carry as many as she needed too.
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Especially loved this part. I kind of forgot about it, but looking back this really does feel like a central part of Ling Qi's cultivation, or maybe what she wants it to be. Makes me look forward to the art and name creation stages all the more.

The mentions on the Other and Forever King were interesting too. They really seem like the sort of forces that are directly opposed to Ling Qi's budding ideals, the sort of things that are really worth trying to change the world over.

The Gamera rocket ship was fun too… I'm contractually obliged to mention that :p
 
Having read Meng Deming's story several times I'm still a bit confused. How did the Hui pervert their religion, and what is it about in the first place? Something about rejecting this world? That sounds pretty terrible, and reminds me of the Weilu just disappearing and the chaos that caused.
 
Karthak Urzak said:
Having read Meng Deming's story several times I'm still a bit confused. How did the Hui pervert their religion, and what is it about in the first place? Something about rejecting this world? That sounds pretty terrible, and reminds me of the Weilu just disappearing and the chaos that caused.
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Their religion is essentially Buddhism. Basically be humble and eventually reach enlightenment to transcend this reality and if enough people do that eventually the nameless will wake and remake the world into a paradise. The Hui perverted their religion by insisting that they could reach enlightenment by separating themselves from the peasants and living in their ivory tower in Xiangmen while making their own little worlds.
 
Elsecaller said:
Their religion is essentially Buddhism. Basically be humble and eventually reach enlightenment to transcend this reality and if enough people do that eventually the nameless will wake and remake the world into a paradise. The Hui perverted their religion by insisting that they could reach enlightenment by separating themselves from the peasants and living in their ivory tower in Xiangmen while making their own little worlds.
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Much appreciated. :)

Another question: Is there a post explaining the workings of Talent somewhere? I've already gathered that it goes from 1 to 9, that Ling Qi is a 6, and that your cultivation xp is multiplied by it, so you advance faster the more talent you have, but other than that it still feels a bit confusing. What else does talent help with?
 
Karthak Urzak said:
Much appreciated. :)

Another question: Is there a post explaining the workings of Talent somewhere? I've already gathered that it goes from 1 to 9, that Ling Qi is a 6, and that your cultivation xp is multiplied by it, so you advance faster the more talent you have, but other than that it still feels a bit confusing. What else does talent help with?
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I think mechanically, in this iteration of the system, that's about it. Thematically, it covers how quickly a cultivator advances, but it's something of an abstraction combining luck, drive, and various other factors as well as natural talent. In-setting, Ling Qi's somewhat ridiculous luck gets lumped in as part of 'being a talented cultivator', for example.
 
DeadmanwalkingXI said:
I think mechanically, in this iteration of the system, that's about it. Thematically, it covers how quickly a cultivator advances, but it's something of an abstraction combining luck, drive, and various other factors as well as natural talent. In-setting, Ling Qi's somewhat ridiculous luck gets lumped in as part of 'being a talented cultivator', for example.
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So it doesn't have a mechanical impact on opening meridians or learning arts?
 
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