Pretty sure it's 6 slots per year. At E we had 3 slots and going but what I remember Judge saying we should gain one slot per rank so we should have 4 right now and get 5 when we reach C and 6 at B.Alratan said:
[x] Plan Cytokinesis
Xander [Quest], Thread Ten: You Blame Navi For This
- Thread starter Judge Mental
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[x] Plan Cytokinesis
Vindictus
XENO
- Location
- Texas
You're missing that we're voting to use the 30% ki for spur of the moment training before we grab ourselves a full-heal, since we apparently plan on grabbing a full-heal anyway.New Shadow said:
Or we might be grabbing a full heal because we want to train and need more than 30% of our ki to do so effectively. Not sure.
Either way, it makes more sense to use up the last bit of ki before we fill the tank up, rather than basically throwing it away.
Hey guys, is there any reason people are voting for the stopping at 75% ki for the sword training instead of 90% ki?
I originally proposed 75% because we were going down to 40%, and that gave us a roughly equal split in ki expenditure for the sword training and the spiritual training. Since we're stopping at 50%, I adjusted the sword stopping point up to 90% so that we had a 40%/40% equal split to the trainings. The Sword Beam is more expensive, but we're doing two hours instead of one for the spiritual training.
I'm not totally opposed to 75% or anything since Sword Beam is very expensive, I'm just wondering if it is a copy paste mistake or if it is deliberate.
I originally proposed 75% because we were going down to 40%, and that gave us a roughly equal split in ki expenditure for the sword training and the spiritual training. Since we're stopping at 50%, I adjusted the sword stopping point up to 90% so that we had a 40%/40% equal split to the trainings. The Sword Beam is more expensive, but we're doing two hours instead of one for the spiritual training.
I'm not totally opposed to 75% or anything since Sword Beam is very expensive, I'm just wondering if it is a copy paste mistake or if it is deliberate.
Ah... Thanks for the clarification. I tried to post earlier, but lag happened.
frozenchicken
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Well, I suppose at least we can guarantee that we're safe locked inside the dome..
Pretty much this. While some basic crafting, such as the ability to create mana potions or health potions, might be useful for the most part it's something that doesn't synch well with Alex's capabilities. There is a reason Briar suggested that Amy be the primary crafter.Alratan said:
Forgothrax
Not Going Gently
- Pronouns
- He/Him
We may be able to work with Amy on crafting; she doesn't have the raw power we could provide, but we lack the skill.
Honestly? I don't think it's a waste of our time. It may not be the best use of it, but it's a really good skill to learn, it's something new that Ganondorf never did, and it opens up a huge amount of options for us.Alratan said:
I don't think we should make it our primary focus or anything, but devoting part of our time and effort into it is definitely useful. Having Amy do more of the basic things is probably sensible, but Alex should learn about it himself and contribute where he can.
Judge Mental
Stranger In a Strange Land
[x] Plan Cytokinesis
You decide that you can afford to have Briar use up one of her full-power healing effects during your training. Aside from refilling your ki, it'll address the damage you took from your last fight, which will make just about everything else you plan to do easier.
Before that, though, you spend some time just messing around with your Sword Beam technique, in the hopes of getting a better grasp on how it works and what you need to do to improve it. You go through the technique step by step, with Briar watching and advising as best she can - ki isn't her thing, but this particular move comes straight from Hyrule, so she knows a bit about it and can infer a fair bit more. While slower than simply spamming the attack, this process is also considerably more productive. Which isn't to say that you don't do some beam-spamming. Being able to fire off semi-automatic Sword Beams could be an interesting asset. Beyond this, you explore the differences between Sword Beams produced by thrusting your blade and those generated by slashes, and also have a go at recreating the Guardian's Glowing Spiral of Doom - to no avail, unfortunately.
About twenty-five minutes on, you lower your sword and let out a breath that is more labored than it should be. You knew, of course, that ki depletion does nasty things to one's endurance, but you've never pushed yourself quite this far before, even in the tournament or the craziness surrounding it. The symptoms are... surprisingly intense.
"You okay there, Alex?" Briar inquires. "Because if you say yes, I'll call you a liar to your face."
"And you'd be right," you admit, leaning on the Blessed Blade slightly. "I think I could use a bit of that fairy magic right about now, Briar."
"Sure thing!"
Glowing brightly, Briar swirls up and around you, trailing sparkling motes of magic. As they settle on your body, you feel a deep, soothing warmth that chases away the fatigue in your muscles and quickly fills the empty place in your consciousness where you keep track of your ki reserves. It also loosens the stiffness in your chest and shoulder where the Guardian's attack clipped you. You try to pay attention, hoping to work out exactly what it is that Briar's magic is doing and how the so-called pixie dust is amplifying it, but it's kind of like trying to study an explosion from the inside - it's over very quickly, and you're rather distracted for the entire time. You do note that the effect has the usual Conjuration/Necromancy mix of most healing spells, but it also has a remarkably strong aura of Transformation, something you weren't expecting.
Gained Ki Recovery E
You spend another ten minutes after that practicing your own Sword Beam, and you can't help but notice that when your ki is topped off, you get a somewhat larger, brighter, better-defined, and faster-moving projectile than you do when you're tired. Since your only potential targets are stone and steel that won't even notice the modest level of force you can currently dish out with this technique, you're left to wonder if these "enhanced" Sword Beams are also more damaging than the low-end variety. You wouldn't be surprised if that was the case, but it's something you'll have to test another time; though only two-thirds of the hour that you originally thought to dedicate to this particular type of training have passed, you've decided that you'd be better-served by conserving your ki instead.
Gained Sword Beam F+++
Setting aside your weapon, you sit yourself down in a meditative position, close your eyes, and turn your attention inward. About twenty minutes of controlled breathing later, you feel sufficiently-calm and focused to reach for your ki and begin exploring the impressions and images that it creates in your mind's eye. Visualizing the flow of your life's energy as a river, you start looking for a "current" that feels like Ichigo or Kagome's auras - as the strongest spiritual presences in your experience, they make for convenient benchmarks. It doesn't take you too long to locate the energy you're looking for, but tracing it back to its source proves considerably more time-intensive. One of the other currents feels considerably stronger than the one you're trying to follow, and its interference keeps throwing you off, but you do make progress.
Gained Spiritual Control D+
Gained Spiritual Power E++
In this case, said progress is measured by how much that bright, distracting current fades into the background along with the rest of the river that is your ki, until they are mere shadows at the edges of the bright stream of pure spiritual power you are following. By tracking this back to its source, you'll have taken a major step towards harnessing the energy of your soul directly, without all this time-consuming medita-
There is no warning. One moment you're imagining yourself swimming down against a gently-upwelling current of liquid light; the next, you are staring up at something huge that has simply appeared before you, radiating heat, power, violence, and pure THREAT in roughly equal and immense amounts. It has a vast bristly mane, tusks that would shame an elephant, and blazing golden eyes that glare down at you like two angry suns.
The Raging Boar opens its tusked maw and bellows with the force of a hurricane.
And the next thing you know, you're opening your eyes to stare up at the shadowed ceiling of the dome. It takes you a moment to realize that you're lying on the floor, when you were sitting up before.
"Alex?!" Briar cries out as she zips into your field of view. "What happened NOW?!"
"I think my spiritual totem just said, 'hi,'" you respond faintly as you sit up. "How long was I out?" you ask, trying not to recall what the big pig's breath smelled like. Good grief, is THAT what Kahlua and Altria saw when their auras clashed with yours? You may not have been giving those girls enough credit.
"Um, about ninety minutes."
That tallies with your internal clock, as well as the complaints your butt is lodging. You've used up the time you were planning to assign to working on harnessing spiritual energy, and you're not entirely sure if you want to make another attempt. On the one hand, you were making real headway, and you think you were right on the edge of a breakthrough. On the other hand, GIANT. ANGRY. BOAR.
[ ] One face-to-face meeting with the Porcine Wrath of God is enough for a day.
[ ] Resume meditation. If and when you see the Raging Boar again...
- [ ] ...run away!
- [ ] ...don't run away! (Write-in.)
You decide that you can afford to have Briar use up one of her full-power healing effects during your training. Aside from refilling your ki, it'll address the damage you took from your last fight, which will make just about everything else you plan to do easier.
Before that, though, you spend some time just messing around with your Sword Beam technique, in the hopes of getting a better grasp on how it works and what you need to do to improve it. You go through the technique step by step, with Briar watching and advising as best she can - ki isn't her thing, but this particular move comes straight from Hyrule, so she knows a bit about it and can infer a fair bit more. While slower than simply spamming the attack, this process is also considerably more productive. Which isn't to say that you don't do some beam-spamming. Being able to fire off semi-automatic Sword Beams could be an interesting asset. Beyond this, you explore the differences between Sword Beams produced by thrusting your blade and those generated by slashes, and also have a go at recreating the Guardian's Glowing Spiral of Doom - to no avail, unfortunately.
About twenty-five minutes on, you lower your sword and let out a breath that is more labored than it should be. You knew, of course, that ki depletion does nasty things to one's endurance, but you've never pushed yourself quite this far before, even in the tournament or the craziness surrounding it. The symptoms are... surprisingly intense.
"You okay there, Alex?" Briar inquires. "Because if you say yes, I'll call you a liar to your face."
"And you'd be right," you admit, leaning on the Blessed Blade slightly. "I think I could use a bit of that fairy magic right about now, Briar."
"Sure thing!"
Glowing brightly, Briar swirls up and around you, trailing sparkling motes of magic. As they settle on your body, you feel a deep, soothing warmth that chases away the fatigue in your muscles and quickly fills the empty place in your consciousness where you keep track of your ki reserves. It also loosens the stiffness in your chest and shoulder where the Guardian's attack clipped you. You try to pay attention, hoping to work out exactly what it is that Briar's magic is doing and how the so-called pixie dust is amplifying it, but it's kind of like trying to study an explosion from the inside - it's over very quickly, and you're rather distracted for the entire time. You do note that the effect has the usual Conjuration/Necromancy mix of most healing spells, but it also has a remarkably strong aura of Transformation, something you weren't expecting.
Gained Ki Recovery E
You spend another ten minutes after that practicing your own Sword Beam, and you can't help but notice that when your ki is topped off, you get a somewhat larger, brighter, better-defined, and faster-moving projectile than you do when you're tired. Since your only potential targets are stone and steel that won't even notice the modest level of force you can currently dish out with this technique, you're left to wonder if these "enhanced" Sword Beams are also more damaging than the low-end variety. You wouldn't be surprised if that was the case, but it's something you'll have to test another time; though only two-thirds of the hour that you originally thought to dedicate to this particular type of training have passed, you've decided that you'd be better-served by conserving your ki instead.
Gained Sword Beam F+++
Setting aside your weapon, you sit yourself down in a meditative position, close your eyes, and turn your attention inward. About twenty minutes of controlled breathing later, you feel sufficiently-calm and focused to reach for your ki and begin exploring the impressions and images that it creates in your mind's eye. Visualizing the flow of your life's energy as a river, you start looking for a "current" that feels like Ichigo or Kagome's auras - as the strongest spiritual presences in your experience, they make for convenient benchmarks. It doesn't take you too long to locate the energy you're looking for, but tracing it back to its source proves considerably more time-intensive. One of the other currents feels considerably stronger than the one you're trying to follow, and its interference keeps throwing you off, but you do make progress.
Gained Spiritual Control D+
Gained Spiritual Power E++
In this case, said progress is measured by how much that bright, distracting current fades into the background along with the rest of the river that is your ki, until they are mere shadows at the edges of the bright stream of pure spiritual power you are following. By tracking this back to its source, you'll have taken a major step towards harnessing the energy of your soul directly, without all this time-consuming medita-
There is no warning. One moment you're imagining yourself swimming down against a gently-upwelling current of liquid light; the next, you are staring up at something huge that has simply appeared before you, radiating heat, power, violence, and pure THREAT in roughly equal and immense amounts. It has a vast bristly mane, tusks that would shame an elephant, and blazing golden eyes that glare down at you like two angry suns.
The Raging Boar opens its tusked maw and bellows with the force of a hurricane.
And the next thing you know, you're opening your eyes to stare up at the shadowed ceiling of the dome. It takes you a moment to realize that you're lying on the floor, when you were sitting up before.
"Alex?!" Briar cries out as she zips into your field of view. "What happened NOW?!"
"I think my spiritual totem just said, 'hi,'" you respond faintly as you sit up. "How long was I out?" you ask, trying not to recall what the big pig's breath smelled like. Good grief, is THAT what Kahlua and Altria saw when their auras clashed with yours? You may not have been giving those girls enough credit.
"Um, about ninety minutes."
That tallies with your internal clock, as well as the complaints your butt is lodging. You've used up the time you were planning to assign to working on harnessing spiritual energy, and you're not entirely sure if you want to make another attempt. On the one hand, you were making real headway, and you think you were right on the edge of a breakthrough. On the other hand, GIANT. ANGRY. BOAR.
[ ] One face-to-face meeting with the Porcine Wrath of God is enough for a day.
[ ] Resume meditation. If and when you see the Raging Boar again...
- [ ] ...run away!
- [ ] ...don't run away! (Write-in.)
Finally.
Huh. Well, we should have expected that I guess. I'm really not sure what to do here. One on hand, big breakthrough, on the other hand GANON. Taking the risk now is probably not the best idea given the circumstances, but it could have a big payout.
If we do take the risk, I'm tempted to say just stand there and don't waver in the face of the threat - which would probably be in line with our totem, but yeah, all kinds of possible consequences coming from that end.
Anyway, new skill.
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If we do take the risk, I'm tempted to say just stand there and don't waver in the face of the threat - which would probably be in line with our totem, but yeah, all kinds of possible consequences coming from that end.
Anyway, new skill.
I wonder, if Aura of Ki Power exists, does that mean Mana Power does too
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That's very tempting, I just don't know if it's very smart. I imagine Briar would probably do bad things to us if we tell her what we are going to try.Cyanios said:
I'm half of mind just to put the rest of our ki and time allotment to refining the Sword Beam further, but this is probably one of the most ideal places (though likely not the ideal time) for us to be doing this kind of meditation.
It could backfire horribly though, and it would be much safer to find someone to guide us instead of forging ahead in the face of a demon totem.
SuperSonicSound
Shadowmancer of the Shadow Cabal
cant vote or type well on phone. alex needs to finish this meditation and learn more about spiritual power ideally id like alex to be able to recognise his mental energys as well even he does nothing with it.
Our totem is not a demon totem. Nor is it Ganon. Or Ganondorf. Our totem is the Raging Boar. Not the Demonic Boar. Not the Dark-Lord-of-Boars.Cytokinesis said:
We are inside a site dedicated to the Goddess of Power, who favours us. This is possibly one of the best times to do this. We need to stand firm, and be brave.
What I would do, however, is use this:
Totemic Knowledge: F++. You have obtained basic knowledge of the spirit guides and their roles, as well as how to invoke your own spirit beast - if you so dare.
and deliberately invoke the Raging Boar first, to demonstrate that we are not afraid.
Wouldn't this be the Porcine Wrath of God?Judge Mental said:
- Location
- California
[X] One face-to-face meeting with the Bovine Wrath of God is enough for a day. (We should probably get on with that third 'trial')
[X] Onwards, to that last tower!
[X] Start with ritually casting overland flight again, then a ritual casting of our armor/protection spells, and finally a ritual teleport to get out of this dome.
[X] Onwards, to that last tower!
[X] Start with ritually casting overland flight again, then a ritual casting of our armor/protection spells, and finally a ritual teleport to get out of this dome.
[X] Meet the Boar spirit again as you meditate. Time to say hi properly instead of running away like a coward.
-[X] Look it in the eye and show not a shred of fear nor doupt. We need to prove we have selfassuredness and power.
-[X] Look it in the eye and show not a shred of fear nor doupt. We need to prove we have selfassuredness and power.