You are an inhabitant of the Nameless Realm. This land is a land of countless paths to power, strange locales, powerful artifacts, and people who take them. Cultivators on the path of ascension. This is not who you are. You are one of the many more people who lead normal lives, far from the ones who grasp endlessly for power and their matters. Farmers, medicine men, nobles, whatever. Yet the past few hours of your life elude you. You wake up in a strange place with 4 others, equally confused. The floor and walls are a cold smooth marble white, pillars rising far into the darkness above. There are 3 paths ahead you, each one leading into a chamber...full of books. Tomes, manuals, and scrolls on topics which elude you. Though you're certain the contents within are invaluable, should you choose to study it. Each chamber is marked with an intricate symbol. One of a sword. One of a pond. One of a mirror. --- This game will take 5 players, first come first serve. Provide a name and 3 aspects of your background or personality from which to draw insight from, excluding any familiarity with cultivation. For example, you could be a bullheaded person with a history of butting heads with people, an unfortunate quality for someone of a noble background and upbringing. You were disowned for your impudence, going on to become a mercenary who favors an axe. Three aspects. Each cycle, you gain 3 Actions. For now, it can only be used to explore one of the 3 rooms, revealing a random book inside. Often, but not always, it can be advisable to take actions one by one. When you explore a room, roll a dice with a size equal to the number of books not yet found. Naturally, this dice lowers as more books are found. As you explore a room, unexpected events may occur. More mechanics will be revealed as they come up and become relevant. - Sword Chamber: 4 books. - Pond Chamber: 4 books. - Mirror Chamber: 4 books.
Anonymous
Wouhou, a Cultivation Quest! Let's see how it goes>Name : Mortar 3 Aspects : Orphan 15-year-old boy that learned to fend for himself in the wood, hunting and foraging for his food with his bow. Aspects would be something like Asocial, Survival, Marksmanship?
Mortar, the Wild Archer
>>6154714 Should I take an action? Or wait a bit for more participants?
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>>6154717 Go for it, the way this goes it can be run fairly asynchronously
Anonymous
Rolled 4 (1d4) >>6154719 Then I'll take
>Action 1 : Explore Sword Chamber Question : do we start with some kind of equipment?
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>>6154721 Yeah actually, I'll say each person wakes up with things they can, and usually carry on their person (within reason, of course)
Mortar explores the chamber marked with the sword on a far wall. It's empty, hollow, and disconcerting. Each foot fall echoes out the spacious room. It is, however, also seemingly the only path forward.
He plucks a random book off a shelf and examines it. Nothing inside agree with his sensibilities, its passages lined with flowery words, unfamiliar concepts, and contradictory statements.
Yet in his heart of hearts, he knows there is something deeper between these worn out pages.
TITLE: I, The Favored Blade
FRAGMENTS:
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You have found a book. Once a book is found, it is retrieved and can be used by anybody.
You can STUDY a book with an Action, rolling a d6 and freely assigning the amount rolled between the hidden FRAGMENTS.
Once the threshold is hit, the FRAGMENT is revealed and learned.
The person who initially finds a book gains one free STUDY on it.
Anonymous
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Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6154725 Rollin"
Hoppin I can skill-transfer to bow
Anonymous
Rolled 2 (1d6) >>6154725 Action 2 : study
Anonymous
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So I'll fully unlock Fragment 2 and spend 1 GoodBoyPoint to Fragment 1
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>>6154729 Mortar carries the book into a quiet spot and begins studying.
It's a story. An odd one at that. It describes the travels of an unnamed swordmaster and the opponents he fights along the way. He wins most, he loses some. He grows old and weak as time passes, yet he goes on. He begins to lose more. The story ends, finally, when his old, weathered blade breaks in a harsh clash of steel. The swordmaster kills his opponent with his bare hands, and passes himself soon after.
It's...not a very good story. The characters can barely be called characters at all, given how little they are characterized. Not much else happens but the battles, which itself goes into nearly pointless detail in bad prose.
Yet Mortar is moved by the tale in a way he can't quite describe. He sinks deeper into his studies and learns...
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"This steel I know for certain." 4/4
You have gained a FRAGMENT, portions and principles behind a greater whole. Rarely are they clear, and it is up for players to intuit the exacts behind them.
Two or more FRAGMENTS can be combined to become something more. FRAGMENTS belonging to the same book can be freely combined without any Action.
FRAGMENTS from separate sources will need Actions to be DEVELOPED. Declare which FRAGMENTS will be used, and a threshold of points will be provided that needs to be reached before the work can be completed.
Be warned, some FRAGMENTS work together better or worse compared to others, and may lead to varying quality of results.
As Mortar closes the book, he ruminate on his own experiences...
You can now also MEDITATE with an Action. Roll a d6 and assign it to one of your 3 Aspects. You may cash out all points in an Aspect to gain a FRAGMENT from it. Excepting rare circumstance, it is not advised this be the main component in a DEVELOPMENT, merely a guide.
Mortar
Rolled 5 (1d6) >>6154734 Keeping playing the tutorial, I'll
>Meditate on Marksmanship Mortar hunted small game, had to shot the occasional larger menace to his safety. Maybe some of the battle details can be related to past experience?
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>>6154738 Yep, you gain 5 points into your Marksmanship Aspect. Naturally, the more points you cash out, the better the Fragment will be. Meditations can be guided into specific facets of your character, as you've done here. I'll do some of the flowery words on the cash out
I'll probably wait for a few more players before proceeding to Cycle 2
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While we wait, I'll probably clarify a few more things. Other people will need to Study and also reach the number of points before receiving a Fragment for themselves Once combined, Fragments are used up, but can be Studied again, needing to reach the threshold again And lemme hear what things Mortar does have on his person And if you don't mind, thoughts on the system so far?
Mortar
>>6154739 Makes sense.
A few questions :
>Is cashing-out a free action? >how much point is considered a "good" fragment (like was the 4 points for the book because i rolled 4? Or is it just something from a random table of yours?) >Is the game collaborative or adversorial? >Are the points put toward a fragment usable by another player? >What is your usual "active time range?" As an Eurofag, it's mid-day here.
>And lemme hear what things Mortar does have on his person His old and trustable Yew-wood self made bow, with a few strings made from deer tendons. A few arrows in a rabbit-skin quiver, with stone heads. Good old all-purpose steel knife. A few bone needles and thread - be it to patch cloth or own skin. His namesake Mortar, along with a poach of medicinal herbs. Clothes are made of leather.
>Thoughts on the system For now, interresting. I feel we're in a phasis of "preparation" for a challenge to come - without knowing jack shit about said challenge. I'm orienting the character toward a range DPS with small heal abilities
I want to play some kind of Arcanic Archer able to mix some "elemental" effects [thinking about maybe Steel, thunder and wind] with his auto-attacks so I'll orient my choices like this. I hope for a collaborative game where we can cover each other weaknesses.
I already have an idea of the write-in for the development - but I'll base that on next turn.
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>>6154741 >Is cashing-out a free action? Yeah cashing out a Fragment from the points invested into an Aspect is free
>how much point is considered a "good" fragment (like was the 4 points for the book because i rolled 4? Or is it just something from a random table of yours?) The book was 4 points beforehand yeah. It's hard to given an exact answer to the 'good fragment' question, since in true cultivation the numbers will only Continue to Go Up, but nothing is truly 'bad'
The book is good for it's cost, and something with a bigger or lower point number will be good for *their* cost
Excepting combinations that are just Very Bad Conceptually(TM)
In the specific case of Aspect Fragments, I recommend having it in the same ballpark as the other Fragments you're tossing it in with
>Are the points put toward a fragment usable by another player? The points represent your personal comprehension of a Fragment, so it's tracked per player per fragment
>Is the game collaborative or adversorial? you are collaborating with your other 4 players yeah
>What is your usual "active time range?" GMT+8 but I wake up and stay up pretty late
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
Rolled 1 (1d4) >>6154742 Oooh a fellow Euro-fag
>>6154698 >Name Yìchén Third son of a decently well off merchant family, who has the social skills to follow his father's footsteps but not the money sense.
Aspects: Spendthrift, amicable, nonjudgmental
I'll start by checking out the pond room
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>>6154753 Yìchén explores the room with the symbol of a pond in the far end. This room, compared to the one with the Sword, is arranged with more grace.
Whereas the other room were rows and rows of shelves in spartan, pragmatic order, this one meanders a bit in a purposeful aesthetic design. Curved shelves are arranged in spirals and flourishes, all leading deeper inwards. It can almost be described as inviting.
He plucks a random book from a shelf and reads out the name:
Oceans, Swansongs, and Requiems
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Sword Chamber: 3 books
Pond Chamber: 3 books
Mirror Chamber: 4 books
Discovered Books:
- I, The Favored Blade (1/2)
- Oceans, Swansongs, and Requiems (0/2)
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Hmm. I may have made a miscalculation with user IDs and doing this on data (I am not too familiar with posting on 4chan)
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6154755 You should use a trip. this is done by using the "#" symbol followed by a passphrase
Anonymous
>>6154698 You know what, Why not.
>Name, Ji the Fool. Now Ji, in this new and crazy place. . . Was quite happy, actually. No crazy neighbours in sight.
But uh, where was here? When in doubt, find water. Find food. Find something to complain about.
A man with an unfortunate predilection for being ill tempered, last Ji remembers was when his neighbours were running him out of town for his latest blow up. Which frankly, they overreacted, Some of those asshole rice paddy flunkies simply didn't understand that they had it easy when their crops all drowned in the recent rainstorm, Rice is meant to drown. And if he rightfully called them morons and buffoons and had faces like his treasured pigs ass, well they deserved it.
On reflection, maybe he can see why they overreacted.
>Fairly talented Animal farmer, Speaks well before he thinks, always finds an escape route >first action, Inspect the rooms in the pond room. Anonymous
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Rolled 2 (1d3) >>6154757 Forgot.
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I HAVE ARRIVED HOME. This is my final identity I hope
>>6154756 Aha, exactly what I needed. Thanks
>>6154757 This place shall be more welcoming of Ji's sensibilities. Surely.
He takes the path down to the same chamber as Yìchén did, though the room is not hurting for space. Where he went left, Ji went right, finding an entirely different wing of the Chamber.
He plucks a random book off the room and begins reading.
Ideals and Antiquities: The Origin Arts
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Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
Rolled 4 (1d6) >>6154754 >?Action 2 Curious about the title Yìchén takes Oceans, Swansongs, and Requiems and looks for a nice spot to read it
Anonymous
Rolled 1 (1d6) >>6154760 Surely.
So taking the book up, and catching sight of some other weirdo. . . Well, best to warn him fair.
[To Yichrn] Hey! I KNOW where this place is, so don't you try and make trouble with me. So uhh, Do you know where we are? Cause I got a whole book about where we are.
>He then opens the book, trying to prove he has in fact read the book. Anonymous
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>>6154762 >A/N: he had not, in fact, read the book. But placed it in the first ??? The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6154761 Yìchén explores the winding paths of the room with book in hand for a bit longer, and his efforts are rewarded in the middle of one of the many spiraling arrangements, an arrangement of soft pillows in a pile present.
He takes a seat and begins studying...
It is a fable, or a myth, or perhaps a particularly nonsensical book of science, you genuinely cannot tell. It is odd, but then, you've all begun to realize perhaps all the books in this archive are odd.
It speaks of the creation of the world, how it began as simply a single drop of water in the void between the stars. It ventured forth, slaying colorful giants, courting beautiful phoenixes of constellations, and exploring parts of the universe unseen.
With each accomplishments, it grew bigger and deeper, spots of land beginning to dapple its surface. Trees and life sprang forth, as if in celebration for what it is becoming.
"I become what I do, and what I do becomes more." 4/4
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>>6154762 Jin, you open the book. Now, you aren't exactly a scholar, but this book is special. With one look...you know its nonsense. A special kind which transcends knowledge.
Complex formulae sprawl entire pages, pointing to answers which cannot possibly be true. Angles that do not add up. Treaties on physics that, at your best estimations, would imply a world where a drop of water cuts through a diamond, and rice stored in wrought iron pots spontaneously generates a plague that infects ice to slowly entropy into lightning.
And yet it is beautiful. If such a world out there exists, then you would much rather live there than here.
Then you snap out of your trance, dazed and disoriented. How much of your opinions you keep...I'll leave to you.
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Anonymous
Rolled 3 (1d4) >>6154765 Forgetting for a moment the weirdo, it must be true that this is special. . . And, it really does sound nice.
A world where nonsense I'd beautiful rather than grating, like the rest of these uptight jackasses. . .
Holding the weird book closely, Ji sits there for à minute more, and then wanders to the last room. If there's another special book then. . Well, maybe there can be a confirmation of this wackjob world.
>I think this I'd action 2, Inspect the mirror room for a good book. Since free action study for one you discover. The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6154767 Ji wanders away to the last room, the one emblazoned with a mirror. The design on this one is strange. You are offered winding paths every other step, promising to get you lost, akin to a labyrinth. Though you swear a pattern must exist, but each time you feel like you've grasped it, you are proven wrong.
Miraculously, each wrong path eventually leads you back to the entrance. You escape with one book to your name, entitled:
Envisioned Moment
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Anonymous
Rolled 6 (1d6) >>6154768 The stupid labyrinth, stupid patterns, stupid path. A wrong path huh?! Well maybe I wanted to go back to the nice room, huh! Maybe I didn't want to get stuck in a mirror room, Did you think about THAT ROOM OF MIRRORS?! MAYBE I DONT WANT TO EXPLORE YOU!? SO I WIN! I GOT BACK TO THE BETTER ROOM!
fuming and scowling, he inspects his prize, placing his insights into the second fragment, primarily. And curses the room again, in his head.
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 1 (1d3) >>6154698 >Name Xin Xin is a man who never understood people well and so often choose to spend his time reading instead of socializing. He eventually developed an obsession with philosophy as he wanted to understand how the people around him thought.
Aspects Philosopher, Bibliophile, Introvert
The mirror room sounds like an interesting place to explore
Anonymous
Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6154769 And just to speed things along, He will spend his last action trying to study the first fragments wisdom, since this book makes much more sense than the last one. Despite also being from the stinky room.
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>>6154769 >>6154772 He opens the book and...
Oh, it appears to be a collection of paintings. And what elegant paintings they are, the most beautiful he's ever seen. Picturesque valleys and mountains, villages and its people hustling and bustling. The colors and brush strokes so lifelike and vibrant, its akin he was viewing it in person. No...like it was more than real life.
Then he flips to a page, and his heart sinks as he sees himself, somehow, as viewed from behind. His head snaps behind him, and sees nobody. With dread, he looks again at the picture, and...oh, oh no. Haha. It was merely a trick. A clever illusion! It was a painting of a person, but not of him. Somehow, whoever painted this managed to make it so it could have looked like...anybody at all, if looked at the right angle.
Profound. You sink more time.
"I stand at the bridge. I have been here before." 4/4
"I look ahead of myself. I am reminded of home." 4/4
You have a free 1 point to repeat put into either of the Fragment, in case you need to pick up a copy in the future.
>>6154770 Xin, you follow Ji into the mirror room. You see him turn left. There are no other paths, so you follow after him. When you turn the corner, he is no longer there. You continue alone, and eventually return out with a book in hand.
Enlightened Mnemonics
0/4 ???
0/4 ???
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Brb for a hot sec. I shall, however, begin Cycle 2 Still waiting for our last player
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 5, 1 = 6 (2d6) >>6154774 Fascinating title. Sounds like just my kind of book I shall use my free study and 2nd action to also study
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>>6154774 Sat there, considering, Ji admires the pictures more.
These beautiful things, they didn't look like a mad world. A beautiful world perhaps.
And yet. . Something bothered him it looked like his world, a normal, sensible world. But what he held in his hands, these pictures and strikes of colour, his own reflection and the reflection of everyone's head. . . they were impossible. Inhuman skill and knowledge or simply mesmerising magic. His voice raises to a shout.
[To all] Hey you weirdos, anyone think these books are weird?!
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
Rolled 2 (1d6) >>6154762 >Yìchén is confused by the stranger accosting him and claiming to know where they are before asking him if he knows where they are. "No, I don't know. In fact I suspect I know less than you do if you've read about this place. Are there any things I should look out for?"
>>6154765 >Action 3 meditate on spendthrift After talking with the guy for a bit Yìchén reads his book and is surprised to find it talking about life, it wasn't what he expected from the title.
"I become what I do, and what I do becomes more. That was a strange book but that is one way to describe life after all all living creatures become more by reproducing. Just like how you have to spend money to make money.
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>Aspect : Asocial Noise comes and disturb the meditation of the teenage boy. He opens a eye, and relief washes over him : none of them stepped toward the sword room - no social interraction, no threat. Indeed, the three men look no warrior. At the very least, each seems to have a redeeming quality. First one, clad in rich attire, might be the less overall unreliable. Second one - by far looking the most unpleasant - at least looks like someone that worked outdoor. Last one have a low gaze, averting to cross eyes with Mortar and the two other, seems the most comfortable - maybe he's a servant of this home?>[To all] Hey you weirdos, anyone think these books are weird?! Of course, the unpleasant one talked first. Not answering is tempting. But something is off. Mortar feels a looming threat growing - and it would be laughable to think it's because one of the weirdos.>Aspect : Survival Mortar have to adapt - not antagonize any of the to-be frontline fodder when the wolf herd will strike. "Mine was poorly written, but had some kind of hidden merits"
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>>6154776 You open the book and begin to read. It is fairly dry, but provides eminently useful insight. It goes over various exercises and advice to remember better, going beyond the norm. You begin to doubt if what is written is even possible, but you continue.
A memory is a house. Or perhaps a library. Or perhaps a forest. Or perhaps an aviary. So on and so forth. A house is built brick by brick, wood by wood. Books are read, and written about, and cited. A sapling dies as a shrub chokes it. Does the chicken or the egg come first? It does not matter. It is actually helpful we do not know.
"One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. And now I know all." 4/4
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>>6154781 Yep, you meditate. You gain 2 points onto your Spendthrift Aspect.
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Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6154784 While seeming like nonsense there is a train of logic to the metaphor. A library is made of books. books are made from trees and birds live within trees. Library from a forest which is, in a way, an aviary. Perhaps the rest of this seemingly nonsense statements can provide further enlightenment. Spend my third action studying
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>>6154791 66 is 33 plus 33. Or even 22 multiplied by 3. Or 132 divided by 2. Or if you take 1...66 times. It can even be seen as six twice.
A word is only a combination of letters. A sentence a combination of words. A ruby-throated hummingbird is merely a hummingbird, which is merely a bird, which is merely an animal.
You already know all of this. You know everything. We have simply forgotten. We need only be reminded.
Lay down the first brick, write the first book, birth the first egg.
"One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. And now I know all." 4/4
"Pluck the bird from its flock, a sapling from its forest, a brick from its home." 4/4
You have 1 extra to assign to either Fragments, in the event you ever Study for a copy.
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Small reminder it is now Cycle 2. Y'all got 3 more Actions
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
Rolled 3 (1d3) >>6154795 First action : looking for a book in Sword room
Hoping for something nice using Qi or something.
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 2 (1d2) >>6154795 I shall seek more books in this mirror room
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>>6154796 Mortar delves deeper into the Sword Chamber...
And comes across a desiccated corpse, sprawled up against a shelf, its skin ashen gray and its flesh shriveled in a grotesque image. *No*. It's not dead yet. Listening carefully...he can still hear its weak, ragged breath.
It doesn't seem to have noticed you yet. You pick up the nearest book.
Somatic Katas
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Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6154795 BTW as you seem to be a new QM...
Try this out
[b:lit]Bold[/b:lit]
[i:lit]italic[/i:lit]
[red]color[/red]
[blue]words[/blue]
[green]text[/green]
Formating rights might be dependant of your ID so as you've switched it might not work though.
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
Rolled 1 (1d6) >>6154799 Free study
Also, creepy stuff. I'll walk to the other weirdos and usher
"Don't panic. There is some kind of monstrous being asleep against a bookshelf of sword room. Let's not awaken or disturb it."
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
Perhaps now is a good time to begin experimenting with Fragments?
>>6154800 [b:lit]Testing[/b:lit]
>>6154798 Clear Heart Mantra
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Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
Rolled 5 (1d6) action 2 : unfree study Will experiment with fragments AFTER seeing those gains
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 1, 6 = 7 (2d6) >>6154802 Curious title. My name does mean heart, so I suppose it is fitting that I found this. Let us see what secrets this book has to share.
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>>6154801 >>6154803 You open the book and begin reading. Despite the promise of martial forms, it...
Oddly enough, seems to be a book about engineering and architecture? Reading a bit closer, perhaps even a single device, or building. It is unclear. Though it never explicitly states what it is, it vividly implies its make and how to use it.
Firmly plant a beam here, use it as a foundation for a fired brick consisting of this ratio of limestone and wood ash. Adjust the joint at this specific angle, then flip this switch. Ah, do not forget to ensure its filled with coal. So on and so forth.
He sinks deeper into his studies...
"At least this wide to defy heaven, at least this heavy to conquer earth..." 4/4
??? 2/4
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>>6154805 You open the book, and...
It is a diary of sorts. And you deduce its owner must not be well. Some form of deluded mania. Any instance of where you'd guess a name must be written is scrawled out violently. You read more on what it is they have to say.
Oh, it is too much. Too many secrets, too many pain. Not my own, never my own. Why hide it? Where does the fear come from. I strain my ears, but it is not a matter of hearing. No, I must listen closer, deeper.
- "And so I bear my heart out to you, until it is finished." 4/4
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Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6154806 I'm cashing in the Meditation Fragment on the Marksmanship aspect.
I'll combine the 3 following fragments :
>Marksmanship What I know is the way of the bow
>This steel I know for certain I have to fend for myself
>At least this wide to defy heaven, at least this heavy to conquer earth... Of course the beam firmly planted is my rear leg. Ratio of limestone to wood ash is how much strength to the lower and upper body. Angle joint is arrow's trajectory.
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6154808 Wait, it cutted a bit short.
The idea is to create a Marksmanship martial skill.
The "steel" is metaphorical for the strength of the weapon. The last fragment is a way to greatly empower the martial skill.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6154808 >>6154810 Fragments from 3 different sources. Lets say you'll need to collect 4 points of Development to bring it all together
Similar to studying, you're rolling d6 here
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 2 (1d6) >>6154807 Not quite what I hoped but the ravings of a madman are more unique than the thoughts of a scholar. I shall finish the book
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6154816 What happen to the extra point? Can I get a free point in one of the two used book?
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>>6154812 "Ah, I see now why they cower in the shadow. Why they hide their wounds. There much bigger things to fear, but I will not be afraid. My heart is steady as it is cut down. If this is where we belong, then I will become a mother of all things that should not."
- "And so I bear my heart out to you, until it is finished." 4/4
- "Ah, what did they do to? Come to me. I understand." 4/4
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>>6154818 Whoops, second one cut short
"Ah, what did they do to you? Come to me. I understand."
>>6154817 Honestly, yeah go ahead. That works
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>>6154819 >"At least this wide to defy heaven, at least this heavy to conquer earth..." 0/4 (Still 4?) >??? 3/4 The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6154808 >>6154816 You meditate on all your learnings. Each half step of understanding which doesn't quite make sense, but does. Individually nonsense.
Together something more.
It clicks.
Bow, arrow, target. An arrow knocked. A missile let loose. A life ended.
This weapon is you, and you are this weapon.
A specific form to carry out a specific task. Optimal. Calculated. Unforgiving.
???
You learn a specific set of motions. Draw your arrow. Hold it for 6 seconds. Then release. This is powerful enough to pierce steel.
Attempts to use this with any other weapons is impossible. Lesser bows will break.
You become fearful for your bow, as if your own body.
This is your own creation. Name it freely.
Congratulations, Mortar has taken his first step into the world of cultivators. This Technique is a superhuman one, transcending human limits.
Techniques can be used similarly like Fragments, as components for a bigger, better Technique.
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>>6154822 Any other weapon as in, other bows aside the one Mortar currently has on his person
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6154824 >>6154822 What other name than the
STEELPIERCING POWERSHOT
can I give?
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>>6154826 And so Steelpiercing Powershot it shall be
Small addendum part 2 because I am a forgetful bastard who posts before he thinks:
These are 6 STATIONARY seconds. The kata breaks if you move
And the 'lesser bow would break' thing are separate clauses. Its impossible with other bows. If it just happens to be weak enough, it will break on top
General clarification:
If there is a problem in one of the other rooms, they can be interacted with freely without Action cost. Aka that weird monster thing in the Sword Room. The room cannot be explored further until its dealt with
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6154842 So If the current bow break would I die?
Maybe I'll be able to research to attune to a future bow? Or if I turn the "I become what I do, and what I do becomes more." into a crafting skill?
I'd love to attempt to
>Fuck up the not-zombie as a free action
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>>6154844 You wouldn't but it would suck very badly for your mental state until you fix it, or even forever if its broken badly enough to be irreparable
'Impossible' is only a suggestion in the world of cultivation, though. There are many weird techniques to be found
So yeah all possible ideas for sure
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>>6154844 Also sorry yes, hit me with your gameplan with the not-zombie here
getting a bit latemode and its fucking with me bigstyle
Anonymous
Rolled 6 (1d6) >>6154781 >what to look for. [To Yichen] That mirror room mocks you, so it's stupid. Not worth three tael strings rubbed together.
Ji considers that Taels are valuable, and curses.
>>6154795 >Action 1, Meditate in animal farmer aspect. >action 2, Attempting to Merge the Fragments of wisdom of the book with Animal farmer points. Obviously I am talking about Home, when I refer to where I have been and where I shall go. But where is Home? Home is with Bully, my prized pig so keen he is basically a boar.
Stupider men wished to eat bully for the winter, but my Bully, knows just where the shoots hide, the shrooms grow.
I should quite like the technique to bring me back my Bully.
Med roll
Anonymous
>>6154854 Not bad eh.
Anyway, gameplay for the metaphysics of this technique is basically create a spirit companion out of his memories. The bridge being a mental construct to facilitate taking things from "home" to here.
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>>6154854 8 points to develop. Doesn't seem like the Animal Farmer Fragment meshes too well with the Fragments from the book
You can freely pull back Fragments assigned to a Development, but any points already in it are lost. Which isn't a problem if you haven't invested any into it yet
Anonymous
Rolled 4 (1d6) >>6154857 I'll roll to meditate/develop again then as action 3.
Do tell me if aspect and development points don't coexist.
I realise using escape route probably works better, but I choose this route.
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>>6154858 Ah sorry may have been a bit unclear. So how it works is
You invest points into an Aspect. Then cash out any number of points in an Aspect into its Fragments
I assumed you were doing the 6 points into your Aspect, cashed it out immediately into a Fragment to be used
Development points are their own things, to track the progress you've made into doing the necessary work to make a Technique out of Fragments
They're tracked per set of Fragments currently intended to be combined
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6154851 >Be me >Go back to sword room >Move silently toward UglyMcStinky >Draw my bow. >Mutter between my teeth "STEELPIERCING POWERSHOT" while I release the string He gets what he fucking deserved.
>>6154856 I like that idea.
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
Anonymous
>>6154859 Ah.
So use 6 to cash out one fragment, 2 left in animal.
So the 4 to develop, so 4 left [when I can afford the second fragment]
Then the techniquenis made?
Or would you prefer the 4 goes to animal to make it 10, and cash out to develop later?
Sorry if I'm a bit slow here.
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
Rolled 2 (1d6) >>6154782 While Yìchén wouldn't put like that the kid has a point. He still doesn't know what the contents of Oceans, Swansongs, and Requiem really had to do with the title or even if it was meant to be a fable or a myth after all.
> "Mine was more confusing, I'm still not sure if it was just a story or if it was meant to be scientific." >>6154795 >>6154854 Action study I, the favored blade
Having gotten curious Yichén picks up I, The Favored Blade after the kid has gone deeper in to the Swords room and decides to read it. In case the kid wants back he looks for a spot that is not too far away but also keep the two of them out of each others personal space
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>>6154866 Mortar quietly returns to where the desiccated 'corpse' is. It isn't hard to remain unseen, as it seems mostly insensate as it groans and breaths on the ground.
He draws his bow, its both ends bending impossibly further back than he's ever done before, or even believed possible with its make, letting out a low, dangerous creak.
Yet he believes with a cold, practiced certainty what it is capable of. Exactly six seconds pass, and a skin teeth's away from snapping in half, he finally releases, letting out a resounding TWANG as the arrow whips up a bout of wind in its wake and...
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Rolled 17 (1d20) >>6154871 Dice roll epic fail, kms. If this next one fails can someone tell me what to put in the options field lol
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>>6154868 No worries. I will admit perhaps my wording is a bit shit
So 'cashing out' is something specific to points invested into Aspects
Normally, Fragments gained from books have a hard number you want to reach
Then you gain the Fragment
Aspects I wanted to be something you could 'scale' far into the late game with you
So instead of a hard number, you can invest as much as you want into it and it never falls behind even once you run into higher point books
Right now you have
- Your books Fragments, which are 4 points each
- An Animal Farmer Fragment with points equal to how many points you decided to pull from it
- And 4/8 into your Development of your Techniques, due to the result of 4 you made on your d6 roll to Develop a Technique out of the 3 Fragments mentioned above
>>6154873 The arrow strikes true, nailing it between the eyes and absolutely obliterating its head. The arrow is thin, yet the force it exerted created a hole entire inches wider than the penetration point.
For a terrifying moment, it shambles and thrashes despite missing 70% of its head, but...it dies down, flopping down to its true final rest.
>>6154869 2 points to be assigned to a Fragment of your choice, yep yep
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Decided to write down all the current rules down on the Google Sheet above
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
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>>6154878 [To all]
"It's cool. I dealt with the ugly. I think there is a way forward after the sword room. Anything at the end of the puddle or the vertical glaze"
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
Rolled 3 (1d3) >>6154878 I the favored blade has only has one fragment revealed so I'll put those two points in This steel I know for certain.
>Action 2 exploring mirror room for books. Yichén wonders what to do next only to remember being told that the mirror room mocks people. Curious as to what can possibly mean he decides to check it out
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>>6154899 There's only one book left in the Mirror Chamber actually, but yeah you pick up:
The Smile Pinned at Heaven
- ??? 0/4
- ??? 0/4
Finally, after the collective, exhaustive efforts of a few people, Yìchén is the one to find a path to the end of the confounding Mirror Chamber...only to be met with a large, locked door.
And he comes face to face with 5 mirrors, each one on a different, angled wall pointing back at himself. It reflects an image of himself, naturally, but...they seem off slightly, somehow.
Going to bed now guys, I shall do more stuff in the morning
Or whenever it is we're all around
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
>>6154906 >Action 3 While the book is tempting Yichén is currently more interested in the door. Not expecting to actually find anything he looks around for a key.
After a while he focuses on the walls the mirrors are on. Pushing against the glass he wonders if he can change the angle so that his reflections will look normal and if that will even accomplish anything
Anonymous
Rolled 2 (1d6) >>6154878 Understanding all this, my final move will be to finish development, and with thst I need to roll 4 or higher on this development roll.
Then I will have this memory spirit companion
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
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I'm posting for myself a "End of turn status" that i'll also put on the Gsheet for tracking purposes>Weapon skill : "STEELPIERCING POWERSHOT" >Progress counter Somatic Katas "At least this wide to defy heaven, at least this heavy to conquer earth..." 0/4>??? - 3/4 I, the Favorable Blade>??? - 1/4 >"This steel I know for certain." 0/4
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Hello hello people, we're back in business
Lets kick things off by putting things to Cycle 4. That's 6 more Actions for all of you
Could y'all post your current held Fragments and ongoing progress on things?
And for ease of tracking, declare actions in this format:
>Cycle X: Action Y >What you're doing >>6154918 Small fix, I meant 6 mirrors here, not 5. My apologies, sleep deprivation struck last night yet again
Also it doesn't take an Action to interact with the mirrors. Go ahead and feel free to use it for something else
The door doesn't appear to have a lock or even a handle. Regardless, Yìchén takes a cursory look around the nearby area, but his search unfortunately yields no keys.
Finally, he slowly approaches one of the mirrors. But before he could reach the mirror, he hears a warped version of his voice, as if echoing from across an empty hallway.
"Careful, now." A reflection from one of the mirror says. "That mirror you approach is malevolent and a liar. Do not believe his words."
Your reflection in the mirror in question does not address his comment, instead making his own. "That mirror," it points, "Can be trusted."
Your reflections in the mirrors begin to fully break away from mimicking you, now. They move of their own will, crossing arms, impatiently tapping foots. As you look away, you're certain all eyes are on you.
>>6154947 Wasn't your previous Action already your Cycle 2 Action 3? Just to double check
Either way, I rolled over to the new Cycle. This can be your new set of Action, and yeah 6/8 until a completed Technique now
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6155158 I have a proposition for the enigma but my character isn't there + I don't wanna spoil the fun so it's behind a spoiler tag
I'd say the top-middle and top right are malevolent? >Cycle 3 : Action 1 : study Somatic Katas Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6155164 Can I unveil the ??? before splitting the 2 remaining points?
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>>6155165 Yeah absolutely
"At least this wide to defy heaven, at least this heavy to conquer earth..." 0/4
"And when completed, the work shall stand for an eternity more." 4/4
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
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Rolled 5 (1d6) >>6155166 Well both keyphrases seem really good, so i'll split 1 point into each.
Cycle 3 Action 2 :
>Study Oceans, Swansongs, and Requiems Specifically, I'll put what I roll into
>I become what I do, and what I do becomes more. Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
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Rolled 5 (1d6) Finally, Cycle 3 Action 3 :>Meditate on "Survival" aspect I'll let the other guys play a bit before my Cycle 4
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
END OF CYCLE 3 progress counter :>Weapon skill : "STEELPIERCING POWERSHOT" >Progress counter Somatic Katas>At least this wide to defy heaven, at least this heavy to conquer earth..." 1/4 >And when completed, the work shall stand for an eternity more - 5/4 I, the Favorable Blade>??? - 1/4 >"This steel I know for certain." 0/4 Oceans, Swansongs, and Requiems>I become what I do, and what I do becomes more. (5/4) Survival Aspect : 5 You can guess where it is going : How much for cashing out 4 points of Survival, merging it with the 2 fragments? Here's the motive behind : Mortar always make do with what he had. Be it skinning game, using stone, wood and bones as materials and tools, maintain his bow and cloth, recognizing medicinal herbs from poison...
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>>6155170 Hmm, lets say 6 points of Development to complete the Technique
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
Rolled 1 (1d6) >>6155174 CYCLE 4 ACTION 1
Develop the technique
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6155175 ACTION 2
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
Rolled 1 (1d6) >>6155174 and
ACTION 3
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>>6155177 Absolute tragedy
You know what, since I have zero self control, fuck it. Lets roll up to Cycle 5
Small general reminder for any would be watchers, we still have a slot open if you want to be the last person to hop on
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6155175 >>6155176 >>6155177 Incredible Cycle for the woodland boy.
>>6154873 Do we get any kind of bonus other than "allowed to progress" for combat? Like XP or something?
[Mortar Point of view : First Kill]
There it is. Something that might once have been human. Now a danger for me. Not that I can count on those guys to settle it.
Weight on my Left leg, bending the knee. Using the right leg, fully extend and feet orthogonal, as a supporting beam.
Breath in.
Draw the bow, hear a concerning cracking sound.
Hold the breath.
The man (夫) is the link between Heaven and Earth. And that technique Mortar created perfectly embodies it. Energy of the Heavens from the breath in diffuse in the body. Delve into the Earth from the bended leg. Rise back into the spine from the extended one. This Qi road is slow, taking six full seconds to come back in Mortar's right end, then the arrow.
Release. Breath out.
The shot flies, pierce the monster. Too big of a hole to be usable in a hunt.
And what if it wasn't enough? What if removing the atrocity's head was not lethal?
Next time, Mortar can't be so careless. He'll need some kind of first-line meatbag to hold the enemy inbetween two shots.
What if the bow breaks? The creaking sound was scary. Well, as long as the pieces are not all replaced at the same time, it's steel the same bow, right? Maybe the shelve's wood could make a good replacement for the branchs? The monster's tendon could be of some use to create another string?
Mortar will have to think about it...
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6155180 I have self control and I don't want the other players to feel too intimidated by 9 actions to catch back.
It would be a great way to get only you and me remaining in the quest, thus you losing motivation and me suffering once again from this doomed concept of Arcanic Archer
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
>>6155158 The first idea that Yichén had was simply ask each of the reflections which mirror the malevolent one would point too if he asked to point to the safe ones. That way he could be sure each indicated mirror would be safe, but the rejected that idea. It might work with just two mirrors and the guarantee that one was always lying and the other telling the truth.
Instead he mentally went over what each said, trying to find any statements that clearly referred to the same mirror more than once but didn't find anything. He did learn that there were two mirrors that were said not to be malevolent and two that were said to be but none of the info could be taken at face value.
In the end Yichén simply guessed that the top middle and top right were the dangerous one but still didn't know what to do
>>6155164 Thanks for your help. I'm terrible with that kind of puzzles The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155184 Hmm. Yeah giving XP for clearing challenges probably isn't a bad idea. I'll give you 2 points to assign into whatever for it
Ah also, sorry to interrupt this wonderful piece of writing, but I will note this Technique makes no use of qi
I should probably give a bit more background to the setting. While none of you are super familiar with cultivators, some common rumors are passed down
Qi and other energies exists, but is not ubiquitous in paths to power. Some cultivators legit do just have Physics Shattering levels of Physical Strength and or Skill- without making use of stuff like that
Such as the case of your Powershot
Of course, there's no reason they shouldn't just do both, so its rare to find to find a strong one who doesn't utilize it in some way or form, but qi is not the imperative principle behind all manifestations of Superhumanity
I might have given the wrong impression with the creaking, too. The powershot is a superhuman kata, I wrote it to imply 'perfect control and mastery of your tool, riding the edge of what it can handle to maximize its power', but Mortar is basically never at risk of accidentally breaking his bow at this point
>>6155188 Real. You are my voice of reason
>>6155190 Once Yìchén decided which mirrors are malevolent, the bickering falls silent. All at once, they speak:
"Have you decided? Then come."
Perhaps it is time to approach one of the mirrors and examine it closer, as he originally planned before being interrupted?
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
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>>6155190 In that kind of puzzle it's good to find "contradictions" Top right and bottom left are direclty in opposition so one of the two is the lier. Then "simulate" what happens by coloring one in red for evil, one in blue, and then propagate colors until you find a contradiction/solve the puzzle Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6155193 >Ah also, sorry to interrupt this wonderful piece of writing, but I will note this Technique makes no use of qi Mortar doesn't know that and that's how he feels - despite how wrong it is. Maybe it's just his muscular control that circle around his body.
>>6155193 I'll conveniently take 1 point of development for finishing the Technique and stockpile the second one for later.
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>>6155196 Ez
>>6155196 You fall back into a state of deep meditation, one you're beginning to become familiar with by now.
In a sense, a life fending for yourself in the woods is a more accomplished one, is it not?
To hunt and gather no longer mere actions, but a way of life. A respect for nature. And nature has come to respect you.
Accomplishment. Accruement.
Settling into an auspicious shape.
It clicks.
???
'Natural things' gathered by Mortar, and materials from a carcass hunted by Mortar himself becomes suffused with qi.
This qi serves to enhance the natural properties of said material. Pelts, bones, herbs, etc. are slightly tougher and more potent, so on and so forth.
The qi greatly fades in power when worked with tools of sufficiently advanced technology.
This is your own creation. Name it freely.
Anonymous
Rolled 2 (1d6) >>6155158 My last action [with the roll of 4] was action 3 if you needed a roll for Merging the Fragments [which is action 2, and would have the roll of 2.]
If merging and development are seperate actions, it is cycle 3 action one.
And speaking of that, fast because I am at work.
>FINISH DEVELOPMENT. CYCLE 4 ACTION 2 OR 1: Develop!
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>>6155200 Oh whoops, you're right. Sorry I missed one of your actions
For clarity, I started the day off going from Cycle 2 directly to Cycle 4
So I belieeeeeeeeve you should be done with your Technique by Cycle 2 Action 3
So you have Cycle 3 Action 1 open right now to begin doing other stuff with going forward
So, you begin to meditate, memories of home floating to the front of your mind. Of your dear pig Bully.
Stepping forth from what was.
Looking ahead to what will be.
But...what is present in the between?
You must it must exist, for it is where you are now. And continue to be, despite any efforts to move forward.
Then, are you trapped? Are you being followed? Are you being avoided?
No. Rather, it must mean you must already be there to begin with.
It clicks.
???
You can very vividly imagine your pig Bully. It is so lifelike, in fact, it is for all intents and purposes a proper clone of the pig in question, although existing only inside your mind.
By paying attention to your surroundings, you can construct a mental model of your surroundings for Bully to interact with. It has partial capacity to predict what will happen if Bully were to take certain actions, further limited by the accuracy of the facts you feed it.
This is your own creation. Name it freely.
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
END OF CYCLE 4 progress counter :>Weapon skill : "STEELPIERCING POWERSHOT" >Crafting skill : Intent of the Gatherer Would "anything made by Mortar" count as high-qi worthy? Primitive Technology style? ==================>Progress counter Somatic Katas>At least this wide to defy heaven, at least this heavy to conquer earth..." 1/4 >And when completed, the work shall stand for an eternity more - 1/4 I, the Favorable Blade>??? - 1/4 >"This steel I know for certain." 0/4 Oceans, Swansongs, and Requiems>I become what I do, and what I do becomes more. (1/4) Survival Aspect : 1 One dangling FreeXP Does harvesting the dead ugly count as one action?
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
Theorycraft time : I think my next technique attempt will be something that QM planned - maybe to improve our dice on fragment study or something, bettering our action economy? There don't seem to be any kind of pressure or timer for now...
Anonymous
Rolled 2, 2, 4 = 8 (3d6) >>6155203 Start of Cycle 3.
Ji the Fool.
Speaks before he thinks, Skilled animal farmer [6 points], always finds an escape.
Bully's Intuitive Guidence
>Envisioned Moment "I stand at the bridge. I have been here before." 4/4
"I look ahead of myself. I am reminded of home." 4/4
You have a free 1 point to repeat put into either of the Fragment, in case you need to pick up a copy in the future.
>Ideas and antiquities: Origin arts. ??? 1/4
???
>cycle 3 act 1, study the origin arts >cycle 3 act 2, Study Origin arts. >cycle 3 act 3, Meditate on escape. Just want to clear out cycle 3 to get to cycle 4, then I will theorise on the gains to be made.
Anonymous
Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6155213 Hmm. All that in the second fragment, and now I have 4 points in escape aspect.
>Cycle 4, act 1, study origin fragment Anonymous
>>6155215 Perfect, book unlocked.
>Cycle 4, Act 2, Fuse Origin arts technique together. >>6155210 [To Mortar, the weirdo] Hey weirdo? Since we all seem to be stuck in here, ya got any idea on why? Cause you all look real different from eachother, and I can see none of you can handle a hog without getting covered in shit so ya ain't like me.
But you know what I also don't see? Much way that there is a lot of food in here.
So who and why are they putting us in a big library with no obvious door out, eh?
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6155216 [To Ji]
"Well I don't feel too sullied after talking with you.
How long have we been there? I agree with the lack of food - and most importantly Water - but I don't feel hungry or thirsty for now.
Do you recall what you was doing before getting in there? Cause I don't. And if we were dragged in that mean there is a way out, right?"
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>>6155218 [To Mortar, the oblivious Weirdo] course you ain't sullied, Ya haven't even so much as looked at Bully.
Ji, the ever wise man he is, pets thin air, enjoying the brief feeling of companionship it offers. Really, they should at least compliment bully, last time he got insulted he earned his name.
[Speech resumes] Well for water they got that Pond room, gotta be some water in there.
And seeing how that stinky room got a new wall, and this sword room got a critter in it when before it was empty, shits gonna get worse as we keep poking it.
As for what I was doing?
-a brief flashback to frantic running through a forest, angry idiots on his heels like the mangy curs they resembled.-
In the forest.
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>>6155206 Nah you're free to harvest the ugly. Though even with your new Technique's effect, the quality is kind of dogshit. It's kind of a miracle at all it isn't ashes to the wind.
>>6155213 >>6155215 >>6155216 "Ye of closed eyes and little faith. You doubt my Truth, yet refuse to see it for yourself? Even once, have you sought one of my principles to its conclusion?"
"A hundred more times should lightning strike, a hundred more of my lives I shall keep. I know exactly where it will land- and I will go to where it is."
- "Its presence is everywhere, for it is but an idea. Take one step back, to the left. Rotate 47.31 degrees. Then look again." 4/4
- "Coax the light from a sun, and the shadows from its hiding places." 4/4
You meditate, deeper and deeper into the odd math and sciences of the book. You've fallen into a trance once before already. It comes easier when you embrace it.
You doubt its contents, of course. How could you not? A whole life hearing, *living* reality as you've experienced it. Reading this is but a flightful bit of fancy.
At first.
But then you begin to understand. You begin to see patterns that, if you do presume a few things about reality, you suppose would make sense. Then if you presume that's true, then a few other things are, too. More and more these principles cascade down, until...
"Planes tapering down to a thin point concentrates force into a single area."
But...that's how it really does work, doesn't it?
Then it clicks.
Trace of a Notion
You become aware of the 'presences' of concepts. Naturally, such concepts inhabit where they are most strongly invoked. Sharpness along a knife, love within a smitten human, and life within a mighty oak, so on and so forth.
You learn how to 'Trace' concepts, so to speak, slightly bolstering its presence where it already exists. This requires a sympathetic vector. Sharpness is a physical concept, and so you must hold the knife. Love is an emotional one, and so should be fed with words. So on and so forth.
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
>>6155193 Hoping he was right about the malevolent mirrors Yichén decided to examine the one on the top closer.
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>>6155229 To double check, you're approaching one of the ones you guessed is Malevolent?
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
>>6155229 Sorry I meant to say top left which is one I guessed to be safe
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>>6155235 Yìchén approaches one of the mirrors he deemed safe, and as he draws closer, the rest of the mirrors fade away. By the time he comes face to face with the mirror, it seems to reflect him normally.
He reaches forward to touch its glassy surface...and finds it to not be solid at all. His hand passes through, letting out a ripple on the surface akin to a still body of water being disturbed, before being sucked in entirely.
He tumbles through the mirror's surface, appearing out an identical room- save for the rest of the mirrors being missing except the one he came through, and the giant door being opened. It leads to two deeper chambers.
You have unlocked 2 new Chambers. These are now available to all players:
- Fog Chamber: 4 books.
- Eye Chamber: 4 books.
Yìchén receives 2 points he can put wherever
Anonymous
Rolled 4 (1d4) >>6155239 >Cycle 4, act 3, Check the eye room Oil weirdo, great work. And I think I figured something out, these books all got secrets in em, like this one is pretty good.
You want to try and learn it from me?
Anonymous
Rolled 5 (1d6) >>6155242 Heh.
Free study of the book from eye room.
Anonymous
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 5, 2 = 7 (2d6) >>6155158 since Yichen never read the smile pinned at heaven I'll spend 2 actions studying that
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 5 (1d6) >>6155248 and an action to finish
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>>6155242 >>6155243 Ji enters the Eye Chamber, and...
Its full of marble statues raised on dais. Each one depicts different people of all kind in various poses, though the most common one is legs crossed, head forward. Many of them seemingly face the entrance of the room.
He moves on, finding a good book to retrieve from the room. And when he looks back, he can't be entirely sure, but...
He could have sworn less statues were facing in his direction when he first entered the room.
Regardless, he quickly exits the room.
DUET WITH NOBODY, VOL. II
- ??? 0/12
- ??? 0/6
- ??? 0/6
If you change your mind, feel free to assign the numbers somewhere else
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>>6155248 >>6155249 You open the book, and...
It appears to be some kind of disconcerting storybook for children. The subject matter isn't too bad at first glance, but the tone can be a bit...off at times. Despite this, the tale goes on and played straight, as if nothing is amiss and this was just another tale for children.
"Oh, oh, for I have not seen big brother Li smile in a forthnight. I have not seen big brother Li do much of anything at all! Whatever shall we do?"
"If he cannot find it in himself to lift his head, we shall take it for him. And if he cannot find it in himself to feel joy, we shall find it for him."
"I as well, I shall take this needle and embroider for him a scene of heaven for him alone."
- "What a mighty sleepiness it is! Why, I fear he might continue to sleep forevermore!" 4/4
- "If the heaven and earth are blind to us, I shall weave one right here at our very home!" 4/4
You know the drill, assign the extras to either ones for possible future copies
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
Rolled 6 (1d6) >>6155239 I'm using the two point to raise "This steel I know for certain." to 4/4
>Action 1 read The Smile Pinned at Heaven While curious about the new rooms Yichén is already has one book waiting for him and figures he might well take care of that first before finding any new ones,
He heads back to the main room and seeing Xin read waits for him to finish so he can read the book as well
Anonymous
>>6155251 I did change my mind. Second fragment please.
[To all]
Hey, weirdos? I think we are gonna have a statue problem.
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 1 (1d4) >>6155261 Xin passes the book to Yichén. "Seems to be a nice little children's book" before heading to the fog chamber
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
>>6155261 >>6155264 Let me know when you two finish Cycle 4
>>6155263 "Is violence an advisable solution?"
On a really meta Point of View, the Trace of Concept seems a great basis for future techniques. I'm curious about possible book autocombinations that can rise our numbers.
QM, is food and water an issue for our characters?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155261 Yep, note the points down
>>6155263 Ji reads the book, and it appears to be an annotated, unpublished draft of a sequel of a famous stage play. Uniquely, it appears to be a different author from the first.
It is neurotic and obsessive. The first and second scene are route and serviceable, if uninspired. But the weirdness begins at the third one, where a sole actor in the stage addresses the audience with a emotional speech. The full length, very thick manuscript does not go past this scene.
It is...hard to read. Both in making sense of it, and emotionally. Each iterated version is present, but ultimately scrapped and remade. Then the next. Then the next. Each one becomes more desperate, channeled and captured quite beautifully in the dialogue. At some point, it starts actually becoming a captivating scene.
Though it is never enough. The lines go completely off script, as if the writer giving up entirely and merely venting to a diary, or the audience still, or whoever might one day read this. Screaming into the void, desperate to be heard.
- ??? 0/12
- ??? 5/6
- ??? 0/6
>>6155264 Unsurprisingly, the Chamber is foggy. As Xin forges a path forward, he cannot see more than a feet ahead of himself. Uniquely, what little of the environment he can make out, it does not appear to be a library anymore. The walls are smooth, gray, stone and uneven, winding here and there. Patches and shrubbery crop up the gravelly ground, as if he was at the bottom of a valley.
He comes away with a stone tablet for his troubles.
Clouded Path
- ??? 0/6
- ??? 0/6
>>6155268 Actually yeah, I should have mentioned. Kind of easy for the small details to slip through, apologies. But all of you oddly enough do not feel any hunger or thirst or even sleepiness
Given these facts and no view to the outside world, your sense of time has also been kinda fucked
Anonymous
>>6155268 "Well it ain't for me, on account of not being a fighting man, but I reckon them statues are looking at us when we go in.
And that is. . A thing."
Ji, perhaps obviously, is uncomfortable with the thought.
Aight guys, I'm thinking I have a few tools here. And a few bits ready to cook.
But now I ask the qm how it is to try and teach my fellow anons a technique or fragment.
And can we combine our understandings for techniques that require multiple participants?
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 6, 1 = 7 (2d6) >>6155279 using free study and an action to study
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 4 (1d6) >>6155289 I'll use my last cycle 4 action to study more
Mortar !2gxW5JDLSc
QM, could you kindly "sort" the books by chamber + indicate the book autotech on the Gdoc?
>>6155261 If I counted right, you still have 2 actions for cycle 4, Aight?
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
Rolled 2 (1d6) >>6155268 >What a mighty sleepiness it is! Why, I fear he might continue to sleep forevermore!" 3/4 >- "If the heaven and earth are blind to us, I shall weave one right here at our very home!" 3/4 Can they be combined without having the maximum amount of points? If so I'd like to do
>Action 2 meditate on nonjudgmental Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
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>>6155293 Well now just one but I'll try to get it done quickly
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155283 Original Techniques can be taught yeah. This'll be represented by not needing to roll to Develop it anymore, though they'll need to spend the same Fragment set
Technique with Aspect Fragments will complicate things though for obvious reasons. They don't have the same background and history as you to gain the same insights
I will say however, if the 'Teacher' spends an Action, they can open a *specific* Aspect Fragment used in a Technique to be learned like a book Fragment by someone else, once
They'll have to spend an Action again to teach the Aspect Fragment to a second dude, for example
>>6155293 Did the sorting
>>6155295 Unfortunately not, you'll need the complete Fragments for them to be usable for combinations
One sec, shall write up new reads in a sec
Anonymous
>>6155301 Hey man. Is there still a spot open for a nee player to jump in?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6155289 >>6155290 You look at the tablet. Finally, thank god, a completely normal cultivation manual played straight. The other books convey the Techniques perfectly fine, and maybe even better given the immersive way they lay out what they're teaching, but there's something to be said about the 'seriousness' of it all. Doesn't really hit the same when you're learning superhuman techniques from a damned children's storybook
Anyway
The guy who wrote this is kind of batshit too regardless. They do not go over to who they are. They make it very clear you should not try and find this detail out. They state very clearly who this tablet was meant for (probably not you). But you continue anyway
Given the contents and reading between the lines, this guy is the leader of some kind of hidden, not-so-righteous sect. He is *very* paranoid. He goes over the method to hide your tracks. Each action, no matter how perfect, always leaves behind a trace. The heavenly Dao watches over all. This is possible because of the presence of qi, which all things posses, even if minutely. And qi comes from the spirit, which comes from consciousness...
- "If it can be answered by you, it will be, regardless of your words." 6/6
- ??? 5/6
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>>6155308 Yeah absolutely hop in
Mortar, the Wild Archer
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>>6155308 Wouhou, new fren
Anonymous
>>6155310 Alright. Then here goes.
Iskandra (usually shortened to Iska)
22 years old. Third daughter of a nobleman, living close to a Savage Mountain range. Many cold days and nights spend training to try and satisfy her ambitious fathers expectations of her lead her to develop a strong sense of determination and drive to succeed, bordering on obsession.
When the time came for her to marry and improve her familys standing she fled, following a wish to be herself and not what her family wants her to be.
Even then she kept up with her Training, using the Shortsword and several daggers she stole from her familys armory to keep up her reflexes and the lesson hammered into her over countless hours.
Qualities: Determined, Free spirited and Short bladed weapons.
I hope this is okay
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6155314 Works fine yeah. Go ahead and take your Actions, you've got a whole 15 to work with
But we can take it step by step so no rush
Anonymous
>>6155314 And if its still doable can i enter Sword Chamber?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
Mortar, the Wild Archer
>>6155314 >First "functional" character based on aspects Maybe us all picking a glaring defect (asocial, loudmouth, spendthrift, introvert) was not the brightest idea. I hope it will lead to the funniest techniques though.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 2 (1d2) >>6155319 Dice. Dont fail me now
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6155321 I do plan on having her be a bit hotheaded and a bit of her own worst enemy.
>>6155319 Also apparently the dice didnt take the first time
Mortar, the Wild Archer
[To Xin] I'm curious about that memory method books of yours. Did you found out some secret insight from it?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155321 Average cultivator, really
>>6155322 Iska wanders the monotonous halls of the Sword Chamber for a while, and plucks a curious book from a shelf:
A Hundred Years in Hell
- ??? 0/4
- ??? 0/4
Mortar, the Wild Archer
>>6155290 Out of character, I'm really curious about the available techniques, especially Mnemotics and Somatic Katas. You should be like 2 points away from fusing that book's technique, so it would be a waste if I spent 3 actions on that.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 1 (1d6) >>6155325 Alright. So action 2. Study whit book. Cant have been worse than back home.
So i roll a d6 to study? And could alter meditate on this as well?
Also. You can play with the determination bit. Its bordering obsession after all.
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
>>6155324 "I believe the fragments I've gather may be great for learning and perhaps disassembly"
>>6155327 Personally, I think now I know all and this steel I know sound like they would have great synergy
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155328 Yeah so, as you are the one who discovered this book, you gain a free Study on this, which is a d6 yes
You can continue to Study a book with more Actions
Wdym by alter meditate?
Mortar, the Wild Archer
>>6155329 Indeed, it might be an interesting combination. However, the books are free-assemble...
Wait... What fragments do you own? Did you develop some into techniques yet? I'm a bit lost
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 4 (1d6) >>6155330 i meant after. i could meditate on what i read after reading the book..
and third action will be another study then
"This cant be it. This is surely not just some story. There has to be some deeper meaning behind this. "
Mortar, the Wild Archer
>>6155329 Basically I'm trying to "snipe" interesting technique books as If there is a way to improve our action efficiency, it's in them - and Mnemonic sounds like the perfect way to retain a fragment (or at least points) after a development, making it a must-have skill for all of us;
QM, if one of us learn a book skill can we help other study it ? Like free-action to give +1 to book fragments or something?
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
>>6155333 "One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. And now I know all."
"Pluck the bird from its flock, a sapling from its forest, a brick from its home."
"And so I bear my heart out to you, until it is finished."
"Ah, what did they do to? Come to me. I understand."
"What a mighty sleepiness it is! Why, I fear he might continue to sleep forevermore!"
- "If the heaven and earth are blind to us, I shall weave one right here at our very home!"
- "If it can be answered by you, it will be, regardless of your words."
- ??? 5/6
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
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Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6155308 Welcome
Mortar, the Wild Archer
>>6155341 So the 3 first can be made into premade techniques "for free"
Aren't you curious? (cause I'm extremely)
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155334 Points into Fragments represent deeper insight, each and every one of you are basically constantly meditating on the deeper meanings of each book. So yeah for sure
Ah whoops, forgot to give the Flavor Text(TM) for what you read. So
Iska opens the book, and it appears to be some kind of diary. If its intended to be portrayed as fictitious or not is unclear.
It details the life of a slave in a strange, unfamiliar land with cruel, unfamiliar captors. Though the book doesn't provide much details on how the supposed writer arrived here to begin with, he is subject to cruel work and even crueler magics. Large amounts of time passes between each entry, a moment of reprieve to write seemingly few and far between.
Each passage is scrawled with hateful details of his captors and descriptions of how he might slaughter them- actual demons of ashen skin and horned heads. The writer admits them as mere fantasies in the beginning, though as decades pass, his writing becomes colder and his resolve becomes more solid.
"Their magics do not work as well on us as it had, decades prior." He details. "We do not call it hope, for there is nothing left for us past this. Should we prevail or fall, let us be free of this."
- "I observe the horrors around me. And I remain only as someone who suffers it." 4/4
- ??? 1/4
>>6155336 Unfortunately I'll have to say probably not for the sake of the game design vision I had in mind
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6155347 "Ah interesting... so this could lead to.... yes. Very interesting"
Being so caught up reading an account even if fictional of what her own life felt like at some points, though with less evil sorcery Iska is near impossible to break out of her reading, continuing to study the book
action 4 is more study
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>>6155349 - "I observe the horrors around me. And I remain only as someone who suffers it." 4/4
- "When I've more scars than flesh, and sensations fail me, what of me then?" 4/4
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 1 (1d1) >>6155351 "What of you then... indeed. Maybe. Maybe i can read something else that would be useful here."
search for new book in the Sword Chamber. There are still 2 books left over yeah? so its a d2
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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Rolled 2 (1d2) >>6155353 I am quite incompetent today. Am i not.
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>>6155353 Last book actually, so no roll needed. Iska delves deeper into the Chamber, and eventually...it opens up into a wide arena.
The shelves encircle it by a wide berth. A circular area, its floor the design of the yin and yang symbol, a noticeable seam present where the two meet in the middle.
In the middle of that circle...is a dusty, half-smashed wooden automaton. Its crack reveal its interior, full of interlocking gears, far from pristine condition.
There doesn't appear to be any other way forward, and it doesn't seem to react, so you walk closer, and you spot two things.
A switch on its back.
And a dusty scroll in its hands.
Fundamental Exercises
- ??? 0/4
- ??? 0/4
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 6 (1d6) >>6155361 "Who left you poor thing here... and this scrol... it reminds me.... no.... dont think about that." Study the book
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>>6155362 Don't forget your free Study from discovering your book
You unfurl the scroll, and...
It appears to be some kind of daily schedule? The life it paints is one of a modest rice farmer, and yet...
Wake up.
Have breakfast with my family.
Tend to the rice.
Speak with an old friend.
Eat dinner with my family.
Sleep.
Wake up.
Eat breakfast with my family.
Tend to the rice.
Fix the cart.
Eat dinner with my family.
Sleep.
Wake up.
Eat breakfast with my family.
Farm rice.
Celebrate my son's birthday with the village.
Have dinner with my family.
Sleep.
- "Who shall stop me? When your mouth grows hungry, from whence does your food flow?" 4/4
- ??? 2/4
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 1 (1d6) >>6155365 Then the free study
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6155366 Yep. Mark it down
Don't wait on my account if its just numbers crunching
I'll pop in when a room is explored, new Fragments are uncovered, etc.
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
How is the response to
>>6155336 coming or did I mis it somehow?
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 4 (1d6) >>6155362 >>6155365 >>6155366 "This... This cant be it? What in the nine hells is this junk? What am i supposed to learn from this" She shouts frustrated after a short first glance, before being drawn in by the writing, the simplistic repetition being almost hypnotic and soothing her mind, drawing her back to memories not exactly solely her own.
Action 6 is reflection, trying to collect what she found together and combine the pieces in her mind.
working on aspect Determined.
just to clarify. i have three fragments now? and i could combine any two for an action to learn a technique. or the latter two as a free action following the diary? "Who shall stop me? When your mouth grows hungry, from whence does your food flow?" "I observe the horrors around me. And I remain only as someone who suffers it." "When I've more scars than flesh, and sensations fail me, what of me then?" The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155376 The question directed at me? My thoughts at the bottom here
>>6155347 >>6155377 Yep, you have the 3 Fragments you mentioned
You can try and combine 2 or more Fragments into a Technique
Free if all Fragments are from the same source
If not, you'll have to spend Actions to roll to Develop a new Technique
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
>>6155383 I linked to the totally wrong post sorry I meant to ask about
>>6155295 so I can do my final action for the cycle . I think you missed the part at the end where I had Yichén meditate since the attempted combining was a free action, both fragments being from the same book and all
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155405 Ahh, no worries. I responded here:
>>6155301 Fragments are not gained until the point Threshold is reached, so 3/4 unfortunately doesn't quite cut it yet
Yìchén is at the cusp of understanding actionable portions of the book's wisdoms, but he'll need to spend some time Studying that last, small stretch
Unless I'm misunderstanding the question somewhere
Also, so long as you keep track of the Meditations on each of your Aspects, there's not much need for me to post about it, so you're good on the whole Nonjudgemental thing
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I am once more entering sleepo mode for the night great goon sesh guys before i go, wanted to hear feedback. how's the pace feeling? too slow? something else? anything you guys feel like i'm doing weird? Also, by the way, if any of you feel like I may have skipped over a post or message (very possible), don't be afraid to poke me about it See you gamers tomorrow
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
Rolled 4 (1d6) >>6155418 O okay I thought you saying writing up new reads meant you were gonna write something about that and I was waiting until you were done before posting my last action for the cycle. My bad.
>Action 3 Feeling there was something he missed about The Smile Pinned at Heaven Yinchén decided to reread the book in an attempt to find whatever hidden meaning had eluded him
Attempting to get both What a mighty sleepiness it is! Why, I fear he might continue to sleep forevermore!" and "If the heaven and earth are blind to us, I shall weave one right here at our very home!" to 4/4
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155383 okay. then i would like to combine
"I observe the horrors around me. And I remain only as someone who suffers it."
"When I've more scars than flesh, and sensations fail me, what of me then?"
This is free since its from the same book. so as Action 7 i would like to go to continue reading my previous book Fundamental Exercises. which i will finish since i only need one more charge. and i think i cant go over the 4 charges i need for a Fragment
>>6155430 >>6155343 >>6155341 and i will try to roleplay with you guys once i get to your cycle. up till then you see this young woman running here and there just devouring books and occaisionally cursing and yelling about something or other when not meditating.
Anonymous
>>6155448 [Toward Iska]
By sheer luck, the boy crossed path with the tornado-made woman. Weapons by her side, full of energy.
This makes a favorable impression to Mortar - finally, a frontliner. Now, he just have to make her confident enough to engage a foe while shooting from the back.
Out of RP :
When you have a weapon skill, I'll eagerly team up on battling the dummy with you.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6155451 i will try. probably after finishing this current book i will meditate and work on my Short Weapon skill. Should be pretty nimble. hopefully enough to dodge Arrows ^^° Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Tue 10 Dec 2024 20:09:32 No. 6155458 Report >>6155424 >how's the pace feeling? too slow? By the board's standard, brecknecking fast.
>something else? I'd appreciate some threats or events coming by specific Cycle number - Hunger or thirst or sleepiness strike, invasion of ennemy squad, scholarly ghost to debate... It would break the monotony and knowing of those deadline would force us to strategize a bit more than "just" being in the library sandbox,
I'd also love to interract more with the room themselves, but I guess this will have to wait something like opening the Forrest room or something.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Tue 10 Dec 2024 20:10:33 No. 6155459 Report Rolled 2 (1d6) Cycle 5 Action 1 : Study Somatic Katas
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Tue 10 Dec 2024 20:11:34 No. 6155461 Report Rolled 1 (1d6) >>6155459 Let's do it again
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Tue 10 Dec 2024 20:13:00 No. 6155464 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6155461 Cycle 5 Action 3
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Tue 10 Dec 2024 20:14:32 No. 6155465 Report Quoted By:
END OF CYCLE 4 progress counter :>Weapon skill : "STEELPIERCING POWERSHOT" >Crafting skill : Intent of the Gatherer Would "anything made by Mortar" count as high-qi worthy? Primitive Technology style? ==================>Progress counter Somatic Katas>At least this wide to defy heaven, at least this heavy to conquer earth..." 4/4 >And when completed, the work shall stand for an eternity more - 4/4 I, the Favorable Blade>??? - 1/4 >"This steel I know for certain." 0/4 Oceans, Swansongs, and Requiems>I become what I do, and what I do becomes more. (1/4) Survival Aspect : 1 One dangling FreeXP QM, when you wake up I'd love to get the free skill of Somatic Katas
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Tue 10 Dec 2024 20:16:30 No. 6155467 Report END OF CYCLE 4 progress counter :>Weapon skill : "STEELPIERCING POWERSHOT" >Crafting skill : Intent of the Gatherer Pending question : Would "anything made by Mortar" count as high-qi worthy? Primitive Technology style? ==================>Progress counter Somatic Katas>At least this wide to defy heaven, at least this heavy to conquer earth..." 4/4 >And when completed, the work shall stand for an eternity more - 4/4 I, the Favorable Blade>??? - 1/4 >"This steel I know for certain." 0/4 Oceans, Swansongs, and Requiems>I become what I do, and what I do becomes more. (1/4) Survival Aspect : 1 One dangling FreeXP QM, when you wake up I'd love to get the free skill of Somatic Katas
Anonymous
>>6155290 Starting Cycle 5, I have
Ji the Fool.
Speaks before he thinks, Skilled animal farmer [6 points], always finds an escape.
Bully's Intuitive Guidence
Trace of a notion
>Envisioned Moment "I stand at the bridge. I have been here before." 4/4
"I look ahead of myself. I am reminded of home." 4/4
You have a free 1 point to repeat put into either of the Fragment, in case you need to pick up a copy in the future.
>Ideas and antiquities: Origin arts. "Its presence is everywhere, for it is but an idea. Take one step back, to the left. Rotate 47.31 degrees. Then look again." 4/4
- "Coax the light from a sun, and the shadows from its hiding places." 4/4
>Duet with nobody v2 ??? 0/12
??? 5/6
??? 0/6
Interesting how the advance of the chambers seems to correlate to an increase of potency.
Anonymous
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>>6155555 And 4 points in escape, sorry
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155430 Oh whoops, no the 'writing up new reads' bit was a general comment. Sorry
>>6155458 Oh yeah, post rate for sure we're going fast. I meant more so the pace of the gameplay loop and in terms of things to do, yeah
Comment noted
>>6155467 Woops sorry, missed it. Qi suffuses what you harvest, not what you craft. But if the intent is 'making magical items', it should be a minor difference. Things made out of items affected by your Technique are definitely stronger
Unless I'm misunderstanding the question somewhere
>>6155555 By the way, once you combine Fragments, you lose them btw. You'll have to Study to regain them, hence the repeat points
General:
Will write up created Techniques in a second
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6155467 >>6155677 Re: Mortar's crafting
The amount of qi you suffuse into items is relatively low, but a lot of the utility comes from how reusable and applicable it is
Though in True Cultivation Fashion(TM), it's all relative, and numbers will continue to go up. I consider things by point investment. Everything is 'as powerful' as its Tier, it's just that where those points manifest are different
Intent of the Gatherer is a perfectly good 12 point 'reusable material boosting technique'
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155677 I know that i will lose them. Or could i invest the fragments somewhere else and use them that way to restudy the books again later?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155720 Oh I was responding to someone else for that specific bit, you're good
Though, wdym by 'invest the fragments somewhere else and use them that way to restudy the books again later'?
Typically how it works is basically players will have to restudy specific Fragments to regain them for use
General:
Small delays in writing the Techniques, I in fact do not have that dog in me so I'll probably wait to get home before I continue this
See you guys in 2ish hours
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155725 i was thinking to maybe use a fragment to help with understanding ones own aspects and generate Skills like that. though i might have misunderstood how that works.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155727 Ahhh, you've got it in reverse. You generate Fragments FROM Aspects, which you can combine into Techniques
You invest points into an Aspect, and you can 'cash out' any number of points from an Aspect into a Fragment
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155732 okay. and i can just say i am doing that by rolling a D6 while studying my own aspects?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155733 Yeah. Just keep in mind it's an Action to do
Speaking of which, lets kick off Cycle 6
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You've all been here for a few days now, encountering dangers you never would have faced in your lives otherwise. Strange, inscrutable places and opponents.
But you've begun to learn strange, inscrutable things yourselves. Wielding the hidden powers and secrets of the world.
One thing is for certain- this place is dangerous. But promises gains beyond imagining. One way or another, you're all changing. You feel as if you've begun to take well to the strange, arcane logics so common in these books.
Insight deepens.
Study, Meditation, and Develop Actions performed from Cycle 6 onwards are now rolled at 1d6+2.
On my way home. We pop off soon
Yìchén !!3AXPr/gJfA0
Rolled 4 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6155748 Okay I'm combing "What a mighty sleepiness it is! Why, I fear he might continue to sleep forevermore!" and "If the heaven and earth are blind to us, I shall weave one right here at our very home!" which are from the same book, meaning it's free
Having reread the book Yichén fels like he now understands it fully and wonders if he can use the insights somehow to improve himself or learn something new
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155753 You meditate...
The inciting tragedy was unfortunate, but it wasn't a matter the characters had any say in. But the decision they *could* make...
If blood was what it took for some semblance of peace, the choice is obvious, wasn't it?
Eyes inside walls, painted over. And what a beautiful mural it is.
This is a happy ending. Heaven has come our home. From it, a smile overlooks all of earth.
Bloody Grin
Practice: Induce a powerful delusion upon yourself, warping your mental state closer to what suits your need. This delusion requires an aspect of whimsy and glee.
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Some Techniques can be Practiced with an Action. This represents extended exercises with repeatable benefits.
When a Player first learns a Technique with Practice, they gain one free Practice on it.
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>>6155448 You can go over the maximum, so go ahead and roll it. Just means you're starting on a second copy of the Fragment anew
- "Who shall stop me? When your mouth grows hungry, from whence does your food flow?" 4/4
- "And in the mornings when I drive my hoe into the soil, the earth rouses and the birds sing." 4/4
You sink into a deep meditation as you combine your 'Hundred Years in Hell' Fragments...
The book ends abruptly with the ominous comment from the writer. Though it should be clear what it is he left to do.
There is no need to know what becomes of him after. You already know what became of him now. Anything else matters little.
A becoming, regardless of how harsh it is. And how cold and hard it is he's become.
It clicks.
Marrow Memory
What is shattered cannot be broken, and what does not live cannot be killed.
You acclimate to physical harm you suffer. This is divided into three categories:
- Slash
- Blunt
- Pierce
When you suffer a grievous wound of a certain type and survive, you become more resistant to it by one degree. Each category has 3 degrees of resistance.
This does not apply to your eyes and the inside of your mouth.
Acclimating to damage this way produces heavy and ugly scarring on your flesh.
Practice: Take the time to purposefully mangle and harm yourself. Choose a category and raise your resistance to it by one degree.
>>6155467 You sink into deep meditation...
If you are to build a home to live. Should it not be the greatest it could be? Should it not outlive you, and be passed on to your children?
When the rains and the storms come, should it not be able to hold fast against its winds?
It is what we put here, and here it will stand forevermore.
Tower Katas
You learn a specific set of martial forms. They can be adapted to a variety of poses, but must adhere to the following:
Both feet on the ground, legs in a slight squat. Arms raised forward. Hold your form for 3 seconds.
After the form is held for 3 seconds, you become incredibly stable, nigh impossible to move from your spot. Your arms become highly durable to damage, while your legs and torso becomes moderately so.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6155768 Re: Tower Kata
Only lasts for as long as you maintain the stance
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 4, 2 = 6 (2d6) >>6155768 Alright then i will roll it. It will be the first die. Second die is for action 8. Or action 2 in cycle 3. Which will be meditating about Determination.
I think combining determination and thr Hundr3d Years in hell could be useful to push myself beyond my limits.
And if I get to choose one resitance type already then i think i will choose pierce. For those. Accidental backshots
MortarOnPhone
Rolled 4 + 2 (1d6 + 2) Cycle 6 turn 1 : MnemonicsMaxxing Question : are the tower Katas and steel piercing auto-combinable? They seem to fit the same requirements stemming from the same keyword
MortarOnPhone
Rolled 4 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6155785 Turn 2 : more mnemomax; autofuse
Anonymous
Rolled 5, 3 + 2 = 10 (2d6 + 2) >>6155555 Intriguing.
Most intriguing.
I think, given everything, I have two paths to go. I am going to try and finish out this Duet with nobody, Then max my talk before thought aspect.
Because I have a notion. A notion that if Duet is combined with trace of notion, I could become a bard buff type.
And that helping the fighters. . . Hmm.
[To all] Right, so officially to you Weirdos, I doubt your all clever enough to put this together, so I guess I can trust you a little.
This hook here, the origin arts one? It's got this nifty trick in it, Like. . Make some stuff more, I can make you even more annoying or a bit more unobservant, enhancing what's already there. . So if you guys want to read it, might help. Especially you bow man.
Cycle 6, Act 1, Study of Duet with nobody.
Cycle 6, Act 2, Study of Duet.
Anonymous
Rolled 4 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6155789 Might as well Duet max.
5 shards plus 12 is 17, needing 24 total. This next roll could finish out the book. Perhaps.
But the previous rolls assigned to fragments 2 and 3.
Anonymous
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>>6155790 And the last action was 1 shy. Alas.
Still, even if the book technique is not related to buffing, I can make it so, I reckon.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 2 (1d6) >>6155770 Might as well continue introspektion and reflection for Determination with Action 3 of Cycle 3
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155785 As in, combined into a new Technique? No, but its Development cost is pretty low. I'll say 0/4
If anybody has Fragments combinations they're curious about, I can preview the cost for Development for it
>>6155786 You sink into a deep meditation...
One. Two. Three. Four.
Yes, yes. You've seen it all before. Two becomes one.
Crow. Sparrow. Pigeon. Hummingbird.
And one becomes infinitely more.
It clicks.
L.I.B.R.A.R.Y.
Doesn't necessarily have to be a library. It is a partition of your mental processes manifested as a place within your imagination. This imaginary place can holds imaginary things, which correspond to specific memories.
Practice: Take 4 specific memories or details and shape them into an object, conjuring them into the imaginary space. These can no longer be forgotten, its information readily accessible in perfect clarity by going up to them in the imaginary space and examining them.
Once per Cycle, you may roll a 1d6 and add it as Study points into a single Fragment you set as a consolidated memory.
>>6155789 >>6155790 You read more. Something changes. He begins having...a conversation. He begins answering questions you don't know, and asking some himself. But with who? Himself? Has he gone mad?
No. Something is there.
- ??? 11/12
- "Hello, anybody? Anyone? I'll take anyone at all! Even if its you!" 6/6
- "My only company are my echoes, and somehow, what fine company they are." 6/6
MortarOnPhone
>>6155807 So is the practice a free 1d6/cycle?
If so, this one is the most valuable technique we should all get.
MortarOnPhone
>>6155807 If I'm right : how much for developing into "any fragment or aspect"?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155808 Yeah basically
>>6155809 Like, to make it so you can assign the points from the 1d6 to any Fragment or Aspect? You'll have to find the right mix of Fragments or Techniques to produce the results you want
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155810 So nothing for
>>6155803 And
>>6155770 >>6155808 I am just two cycles behind you now. So that means i would very luch like to take on the Automata sometime soon
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155812 Ah sorry. So. You do have the points into Determination but they don't really do anything until you 'cash them out' into a Fragment
I wasn't saying anything because you don't super discover anything new
you're just gathering established materials, basically
Unless you were doing something with your Fragments that I missed?
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155813 Nah. Its alright. Then for cycle 4 i would like to cash out in determination to gain a fragment. The amount of points i cash out correlate to potency. Any specific thresholds i should be aware off?
I have 4 points in determination at the moment. Same as any of the book ones i have access tom
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155814 No Thresholds, but the established recommendation is around the same number of points as other Fragments you're mixing it with
MortarOnPhone
[To all] Why didn't any of you told me about this book doubling the gains for half the effort? Any other secret you're keeping? Ooc : That book mean one free roll per turn. It's brokenly good. Please get it; we'll see how it can be furthered improved Iska : I'm safekeeping my last cycle 6 action for the fight
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 4 (1d6) >>6155815 I would like to try and combine
"Who shall stop me? When your mouth grows hungry, from whence does your food flow?"
And the determination fragment. Both have a rating of 4 in them. I am joping gor something making me more relentless and maybe even more attention grabbing. I would be a poor tank if an enemy could just ignore me
Action 1 of cycle 4
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155820 I'll say this is a Development of 0/6 to complete the Technique
Can you write a bit more about what Iska's Determination means to her as a character? Any specific event, facet, or part of her life she draws inspiration from?
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155821 Then action 2 of cycle 4 will hopefully help finish that technique. I guess its cumulative points? Or all or nothing for development.
Determination. The relentless hunger to accomplish whatever goal she has set for herself. She remembers the cold nights in the small family fortress when her arms were burning from training with the blade all day, her lungs from the ice cold air she takes in with each shallow breath.
At first she had pushed herself out of fear. Of her father, of punishment. Of disappointing the strongest man she had known in her short life so far. But with time this had changed. She felt the disappointment in her soul, the very core of her being. And despised it. Despised that she had been weaker than most of her siblings, not gifted with her fathers stature unlike them.
Determination could lead her to a goal most would consider out of reach but for her nothing will be. This she swore to herself on that cold and lonely night. And they all would see her for what she was and would be.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 4 (1d6) >>6155825 Got too caught up writing
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155825 >>6155826 Cumulative, yes. You have 2 over what you need, so feel free to assign it to any of the Books or Aspects you sourced the Fragments from
So in this case, Fundamental Exercises and your Determination Aspect
So you fall into a deep meditation...
Who is to say what you can and cannot achieve? Shall words and expectations stop you?
How could such ephemeral things hope to convince you, when you've already convinced yourself with something so much more?
A promise made, and a promise acknowledge. It carries you forward, and the world parts.
???
Practice: Concentrate on a specific goal and crystalize your will. While following a goal established with this Technique, reality bends slightly: Minor setbacks do not affect you as strongly for seemingly no discernible reason, and once per goal, after you roll a d20 but before you see the result, you may choose to push yourself and add a +4 to your roll.
This is your creation. Name it freely.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 12:50:16 No. 6155843 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 3 (1d6) >Free memory roll previously unlocked Fragment - I become what I do, and what I do becomes more.
Anonymous
>>6155817 [To Mort, suddenly interested] eh?! What book are you babbling on about you brook mouthed brute? We're in the worlds weirdest library to make a scholar cry. WHICH BOOK?!
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 13:09:00 No. 6155848 Report >>6155846 The one I'm holding you crude fucktard! It was obvious : improving our memory would stop us reading the same few pages again and again and again
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 2 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6155748 I finish studying the clouded path
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 14:08:32 No. 6155858 Report QM, could you open the drive to us? I'd like to track Mortar infos on an online Player Sheet
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155858 This is probably a good idea. Opened the Sheets for edit to anybody
If this becomes a problem in the future I shall deal with it thenksrv08
Sorry, may have to dip early today. Irl stuff came up
Might come back later if I still have time but no promises
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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Popping in real quick to make an addendum to LIBRARY Wrote something a bit wrong When it says take 4 memories, it becomes 4 separate items that populate your imaginary space Not that you generalize all memories into one object Whoopsie
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6155833 i shall name it "Path to the Heavens"
When Iska crystalizes her will in her mind she creates a path she needs to follow to reach it.
i take it its another 1d6 to set my goal?
Then my next goal shall be to reach a Deeper chamber through my own strength.
or is that too short term of a goal? Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 3 (1d6) >>6155833 Action 3 of cycle 4
I will concentrate on my matial focus, using Short Bladed Weapons to train and recenter myself with what i have so far learned.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 4, 2 = 6 (2d6) >>6155882 and another roll, this time Action 1 of cycle 5. i will get something good out of this hopefully.
Action 2 will be another study of "And in the mornings when I drive my hoe into the soil, the earth rouses and the birds sing."
i hope i will have enough to combine two fundamental Exercises with my swordcraft to get a very centered ability allowing me to take ground and keep it.
Anonymous
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>>6155883 I'm curious of the raw "fundamental exercice"
Anonymous
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>>6155860 Thanks for the opening; I'm finally happy with how I wrote my infos.
Now, my future action will depend on Iska + I result on the combined assault of the Trainbot. But with how things are going, I feel my character will turn into some kind of living ballista
Current plan :
- Using "I become what I do" and merge it to LIBRARY to extend its effect to aspects?
- Keeping unlocks of Basic Books skill?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
I return
>>6155849 - "If it can be answered by you, it will be, regardless of your words." 6/6
- "Do not mistake it for you. A corpse could not be so malevolent." 6/6
>>6155880 No need for a roll, you're not putting points into anything. That goal is fine, the price paid is with the Action economy
>>6155882 >>6155883 Yep yep, note your point gains down. Lemme know if you do anything with your stuff and things
General:
Lets kick off Cycle 7.
As the days pass, you notice...a foul miasma has begun to settle within the Pond Chamber, a visible fog hanging in the air with a severe smell and ill presence. The wooden construct at the end of the Sword Chamber, too- between visits, it has a different stance each time, and the surrounding shelves become more and more smashed each time.
Anonymous
>>6155900 I beg you to wait - we plan to take down the construct with Iska at Cycle 6!
Anonymous
Rolled 2 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6155848 [To Mort, Exasperared] if it's in your hands you rube, how the hell could we figure out it had such a prize in it?!
Give it here!
Cycle 7, Act 1, study the book
[To all] anyone think I was right, as usual? I also think we should probably arm ourselves.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 2 (1d6) >>6155900 okay. last action for cycle 5. i wann combine two fragments from "And in the mornings when I drive my hoe into the soil, the earth rouses and the birds sing."
and my one Level 4 fragement from my Short Bladeed Weapons Skill
i am looking for an offensively powerful strike. maybe something like a Quickdraw skill what with the Earth rousing and Birds Singing.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6155903 "Speak for yourself. I am armed already" Iska lifts her sword, after finally acknolwedging the people around her.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155902 Oh woops. Right I forgor
Yeah this doesn't happen if you guys deal with the thingamajig before Cycle 7 lmao
>>6155905 Oh sorry, you can't stack like. Multiple of the same Fragments in the same Technique. If this changes your point assignments, and what combination you wish to do, feel free to go back a bit and readjust
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 16:15:37 No. 6155909 Report >>6155903 "Right on what you lunatic? And sure, what kind of weapon do you want, so that I buy it from you during my trip to the blacksmith."
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155908 alright then i will try to combine "Who shall stop me? When your mouth grows hungry, from whence does your food flow?"
"And in the mornings when I drive my hoe into the soil, the earth rouses and the birds sing."
with my one Short Balded Weapon Fragment of 4 potentcy. i had rolled a four for study so i can just reassign the fragment to the other part of the book.
Anonymous
>>6155909 [To Mort, Aware he cannot lose face here, and also aware he barely every used anything like a weapon] aaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy. . .[uncomfortably long elongation of A.]. . Pitchfork. Very good weapon. Mhmm.
>>6155908 [To Iska, irrate] yeah, I can see both of em. I can also see lacking hands for three of us.
Hey wait a minute, there's a blacksmith here?!
Ooc, I'm down to help fight I just uh. Don't know how good I will be
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155910 I'll give this a Development cost of 4
Lets count the 2 you already rolled earlier, so just 2 more here
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 1 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6155912 okay. will try again with first action in cycle 6
whatever is left over will be invested back into my Short Bladed Weapon Aspect.
>>6155911 "I got Two more daggers here. But we can probably repurporse some pieces of wood as cudgles like bandits use."
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
>>6155900 I'll go ahead and combine the clouded path fragments
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
Sorry, got distracted with noodles. We get this bread
>>6155913 You sink into meditation...
Slash. Parry. Step. Thrust.
It's all familiar to you, by this point. How could it not, given how much of yourself you've put into it?
A dance of edges, a song of steel.
A surety to your strikes. You are a short blade master, and when you swing, it cuts.
???
Your intent becomes aligned with your blade, and your intent affects the world.
You need only swing. So long as you can manage this, the rest is sure to follow.
- Your target is slashed, regardless of distance. Though power decreases sharply with distance.
- So long as you hold a short blade handle, even if the blade itself is wooden, or shattered, your strikes are as if a fine steel blade.
- If you do have a serviceable weapon, and you do hit your opponent normally on top, the damage is magnified 1.5fold.
This is your own creation. Name it freely.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 16:57:28 No. 6155920 Report >>6155911 >Ooc, I'm down to help fight I just uh. Don't know how good I will be What relevent skill do you have? Maybe Piggy Buddy can scout the Trainbot ability beforehand?
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 2 (1d2) >>6155919 Mindful Edge
[to no one in particular]
"Ones Weapon is one life. Entrust yourself to it and it may never be destroyed. The Mantra of my Father...... "
i will check the pond chamber, where Iska will finally take notice that she is not the only person brought to this library. And introduce herself with only some light hesitation in the back of her mind at the embarassment of not having noticed the others sooner.
>>6155920 [looking over at Mortar and judging him probably capable.]
"You. Yes you. You seem to have some time on your hand and are good with your bow. Should we go take on that Practice dummy while there is still some time left? I am just gonna peak into that pond chamber. there might be something interesting in there."
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155918 You sink into deep meditation...
You are...
Not.
You are...
Empty.
Your soul is still. Your body is cold.
The path you take is clouded.
Clouded Path
You learn how to enter a certain trance of paradoxically hazy and focused awareness. While in this trance:
- You lean closer to something akin a plant or a rock for metaphysical effects, where it matters.
- Any attempts to predict or get a read on your intent, actions, and mental state become exceedingly hard. The same goes for any traces you leave behind.
However, you also:
- You act closer to instinct. You will react automatically to surprising and sudden things.
- Active, focused use of qi is complicated. Any attempts to do so works, but briefly breaks the positive effects of this Technique for the duration of the use.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155921 As this is before Cycle 7, this is before the Weird Shit begins to happen. So she comes out with a book normalstyle
Ruminations on the Four Seasons
- ??? 0/4
- ??? 0/4
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 1 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6155927 and the free study and then i am ready to go take on the practice dummy together with Mortar
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 17:12:08 No. 6155930 Report >>6155921 [To Iska]
>Aspect : Asocial Hold on, I'm trying to remember something... and she's gone. Did I blew it?
Mortar suffers from the improved memory to replay his misses of social cues again and again and again.
>>6155928 Let's go.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155928 Cool, cool. I shall say something relevant to Mortar's Techniques in proper, active combat
The whole '6 seconds of charging' will be represented by a whole turn of, well, charging
Assuming he begins it in the middle of combat, of course
So, gimme the gameplan of you two approaching this
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155927 >>6155931 so. lets take on the Trainign dummy. what do we roll for it?
Anonymous
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>>6155920 Make trace of notion better with a knife.
Maybe once a turn or two have passed I might manage to develop a mental impression good enough to find a flaw in the dummy.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155932 Nothing yet, you're gonna have to tell me *how* exactly you're approaching this
Right now its just sitting there collecting dust and not reaching to anything
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 2 (1d3) >>6155923 I'll further explore the fog chamber
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155937 alright. So.
>>6155930 "Mortar I see you have a bow. Would you be willing to take up position some space away from the dummy. make sure you have it in your sight. without me being in line with the arrows.
I will activate it. I think that is what the mechanism is for. I will try to keep its attention on me and you just pepper it. Maybe try to trip it up so i can get good hits in."
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 17:26:29 No. 6155942 Report >>6155940 Alright. You let me take place. Give me 5 second to get a good aim before activation?
Anonymous
>>6155940 I'll stay back from the damned thing, and wait for am opening to cut its sides!
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6155942 "absolutely. wouldnt want to get struck by an accidental arrow. Saw somone take an arrow to the knee once. He never was the same afterwards."
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155942 Alright, roll me a d20
>>6155944 You vibe a little bit back for the beginning then, aye
>>6155945 So, as you flip the switch, the construct comes to life and looks at you...
And offers a bow. Huh.
Though there's an unmistakable tension in the air. You're certain that, in the next breath, it shall strike
Tell me what you do and roll a d20
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 7 (1d20) >>6155948 Return the bow just slightly. Manners are to be respected after all and slash at its weapon arm just when i get back up. in an attempt to deal damage or dismember it.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 17:42:45 No. 6155954 Report Rolled 5 (1d20) >>6155948 "Start the count."
Mortar takes the stance.
One. Tension rising in his arm.
Two. A deep breath in.
Three. Tension goes from his left arm, holding the bow, to the left leg.
Four. Tension climbs back from right leg toward the back.
Five. Tension inches forward, centimeter by centimeter, almost unbearably engaging all muscles of the body.
Six. It finally reaches the arm, then the hand. TWANG.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 17:47:36 No. 6155957 Report >>6155950 >>6155954 It's so over.
Also, I think the dummy's "puzzle" was to practice the Fundamental Exercice technique he was giving out but we retard attempted to bruteforce him.
Anonymous
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>>6155957 Ah stop your blabbering.
I have an idea, if I traced my finger along your bow, or bow string, I could apply trace the notion until you let it fly.
Anonymous
Rolled 4 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6155903 Cycle 7, act 2, fragment research on mennomics.
First fragment gets 4, unlocking it.
Anonymous
>>6155959 And 2 danging, leaves
>cycle 7, act 3, condense the knowledge for LIBRARY Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 17:57:16 No. 6155961 Report >>6155960 It's free action
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155950 It's unarmed! Regardless, Iska, you motion to swing your blade, but quick as a flash of lightning and with the precision of, well, a machine, its arm shoots up and crosses with yours, locking it in place. It crooks its elbow, your arms hooking against each other as it smoothly whirls around with its footwork, forcing you to stumble around it a bit, putting you in front of both Ji and Mortar.
An arrow splitting and whipping your hair about in a frenzy from the wind it kicked up from the sheer force, barely missing you.
Ji, you're looking at all this. You're looking for an opening, but the only thing you can find is it kind of doesn't have any.
Next turn. Gimme your actions and rolls if you're doing anything
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 19 (1d20) >>6155962 So it wants to wrestle. Fine. Lets do this. try to sweep its leg while applying pressure to its upper torso to throw it to the ground and try to get back away from it to get some distance.
Anonymous
>>6155961 Good to know.
>>6155962 >Ji, in his infinite limited wisdom, drops to a knee and grabs hold of the bottom of the bow. Alright you two bit jesters, let's see if it understands us. Sword flail, bait its attack but stay to the side of us, so if it tries to hit you, it has to open the side or dodge the arrow by going behind you.
Twingy, I'm gonna make your bow twang harder, so the arrow ought be faster. In theory.
Aim good!
Anonymous
Rolled 5 (1d20) >>6155968 D'oh
The instructioʻns might distract the device if it has a mind. If not. Oh well.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 18:05:41 No. 6155971 Report Rolled 12 (1d20) >>6155968 Alright. If this fuck up my treasured weapon, I swear the replacement will be made with your femur and tendons.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6155968 Applying Traces this way doesn't quite work. You're not applying Extra Concept Sauce from simple contact
Its more so you're very good at understanding what invokes these concepts, and so know the way to draw a bow or swing a knife that makes it more x specific concept
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do here
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 18:06:41 No. 6155974 Report Quoted By:
>>6155971 Of course I'm charging for one turn, ready to release at turn 3
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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Waiting on Ji's revised turnaroonies, if he has one
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6155969 You got any revisions to make?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6155938 Ah sorry, missed this
As Xin forges deeper into the foggy valley, he begins to hear...sounds. Whispers and hushed voices which sound like they *could* be conversations, but any attempts to make out specific words fails.
It's an odd feeling, like you're on the cusp of understanding, yet it eludes you like water slipping between your cupped fingers.
Then the shapes. Just beyond the fog, figures shambling about. Too many to count- or perhaps much less, but they fade in and out of your limited sight, making it hard to keep an accurate count. Perhaps the distinction doesn't matter.
At least they don't seem to have spotted you yet.
You find a book, but you're still going to need to navigate your way out of this mess before anything else:
The Ringing and the Reveries
- ??? 0/6
- ??? 0/6
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 18:48:35 No. 6155997 Report Quoted By:
I'd say to proceed with his attempt doing nothing at all. He knows about it; we don't.
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
>>6155996 If the path I took to get here was mostly straightforward then I will simply retrace my steps however if I took a lot of turns to get here or the turning back is taking noticeably longer than it should I will instead attempt to approach where the voices are coming from
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
It is getting latemode for me regardless, so maybe its for the best I close things off for the night here
Let me just leave things off with a final response
>>6156003 You wouldn't say the path here was perfectly straightforward, but given the circumstances, you took care to remember your steps
Does Xin take any special care given the circumstances, or is he just casually walking straight back?
Regardless, gimme a d20 roll to go along with it
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
Thanks for playing today guys, see you tomorrow
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6156005 have a good night Qm.
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 18 (1d20) >>6156004 He is moving slowly just to make sure he doesn't accidently run directly into one of the things moving in the fog
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 21:01:29 No. 6156050 Report >>6156007 And another problem solvable by the Mnemonic books. I beg you all to get that.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6156050 I will. Soon as this little spat is over and done with
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 11 Dec 2024 21:15:37 No. 6156072 Report Quoted By:
If me survive it
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
Hello hello people
Feeling a bit sick and in the schoolwork crunch. May be a short session today
I'll give Ji an opportunity to catch up if he turns up later but for now I'll say he continues to observe
>>6155965 So you are whirled, but you flow with the momentum and get your feet back under you. You use the arm-lock as leverage, sweeping your feet under its legs before pushing it down
The arm-lock releases, if only so it can catch itself in a quite frankly freakish display of dexterity, ball joints whirring at rapid speed and rotating angles impossible for a human so it can catch itself before hitting the floor. Briefly, it is on all fours, but quickly begins to push itself back up.
Iska uses the opportunity to back away into a safe distance, knives ready.
Mortar sucks in a deep breath of focus, falling back into that familiar, powerful bow stance. His eyes and bow point lock onto his prey, wood creaking in both careful control, but unmistakable power. Six seconds. The arrow is knocked.
Next turn
>>6156007 Xin ducks, weaves, and takes momentary pauses within the foggy environment to avoid the figures. He watches them come and go, doing a fine job of not getting seen.
Just as he was about to step out of the Fog Chamber, it happens. He feels a chill from behind, and looks. There he sees a figure, staring straight at him. They lock eyes. Theirs was a burning, hollow light, adorned within appears to not be a physical body, no, but a mass of fog contained within a brown, tattered hood, continuing down to hide the rest of its body.
Then you finish your step, foot meeting ground, and you find yourself back within the safe areas of the archives once more.
MortarOnPhone
>>6156384 I think I already rolled for it -unless you want another one
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6156384 I will try to force the automaton into a narrow path or if possible even jumping in the air, using precise strikes with my blade to make Mortars Shot easier and maybe score some Knicks and hits myself
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6156386 Yeah you're good. Go ahead and take your next turn
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 18 (1d20) >>6156390 MortarOnPhone
>>6156393 IskaSis keeping winning and winning
I thought you would submit him lining the shot to his head last turn
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6156390 >>6156393 >>6156400 I assume Mortar takes the shot
So Iska slashes to the left- the construct dodges. She slashes right- she nicks a shallow cut across its arm, wood splintering from her blade intent projecting through space to carve her target.
The construct dashes forward with each exchange, getting routed with each directed strike into the firing path of a bow.
The arrow flies, and the construct displays its inhuman dexterity again. Through sheer reaction, its body twists- the arrow that would have taken its entire torso claiming its right side instead.
Its right arm clatters to the ground, a half circle puncture wound on its right shoulder nearly a feet wide divesting it from its limb.
It topples forward regardless, lunging for Iska as a leg is brought up from her right side in a smooth kick.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 2 (1d20) >>6156401 "Good shot little bro" she calls out before the construct is upon her
Flowing with the motion Iska will bring her blade up to redirect the kick and get herself into position to deliver a crippeling slash at the leg its standing on, hopefully forcing it to collapse.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6156403 Oh. This is gonna hurt
MortarOnPhone
Rolled 13 (1d20) Powershot again, despite it taking two turns it's my only real option
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6156403 >>6156414 Its fine. I will be fine. Just gotta survive and i will grt some resistance to blunt force trauma... maybe. Hopefully.
MortarOnPhone
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>>6156415 Well at least we disarm it...
Losing an arm means more dead angles for you to exploit. Relying on kicks let you didtabilise it ,with a good shove or leg slash
Anonymous
Rolled 14 (1d20) >>6156401 Ji, Returned from the land of his waking sleeping, tries his level best to interfere with the construction, attacking from the other side as Iska.
Hoping the technique makes his cuts better than his lacking skill.
Xin !biXTMYa3RQ
Rolled 2, 4 = 6 (2d6) >>6156384 I'll use my free study and an action for The Ringing and the Reveries
MortarOnPhone
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>>6156403 "Good shot little bro"
Unnecessary pity-rub-the-miss-in-the-face.
Mortar knew he failed - or succeeded only partially. So why is he feeling so warm inside? Just in case, he'll aim a bit closer to Ji than Iska for that next attack.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6156384 Hey QM. You okay?
MortarOnPhone
Quoted By:
They mentioned schoolcrunch and a shirt session yesterday, so I'll go with a solid "Maybe?"
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
Hello my friends, small update Sickness has gotten Worse(TM), and still crunching through all the work I need to do Prolly no session tonight We'll see how things look tomorrow
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6156913 Get well soon then.
MortarOnPhone
Quoted By:
>>6156913 Update appreciated. Seconding wellbeing message
>Prolly We might get one more turn of fight then! Wohou!
Anonymous
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>>6156913 This Ji thinks you are just weak of constitution. My pigs, which you cannot compare too, are hardy and indomitable in the face of anything that would keep them from their life goals [food, shit].
Ridiculous! You should bathe in dirt, Like a Noble Pig, to cultivate your resistence to disease.
Many wishes on your expedient progress to becoming a pig like existence!
Anonymous
Dear QM, I hope you're still Ok.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Mon 16 Dec 2024 16:30:58 No. 6159011 Report Quoted By:
>>6158953 I'll blame it on my cursed concept of teenage Arcanic Archer, sunking one more campaign/quest
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 19 Dec 2024 12:00:25 No. 6160980 Report >>6156913 It's been one week. QM died of ligma confirmed.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6160980 >>6156913 Seems like it.
QM. Wherever you are. Know that you will be remembered by few. Unless you come back and beat the Curse
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6160980 Who's Steve Jobs?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
Hey guys, sorry for disappearing for a bit. Got hit by a truck and isekai'd into another world and had to fight the demon lord But I'm back now Going to start this back up in a bit. In the meanwhile, show of hands, who of our players are still around?
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6164653 I still exist. Also good to see you returned.
Did you open the 999 gates to the heavens while over there?
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 25 Dec 2024 19:10:58 No. 6164744 Report Quoted By:
>>6164653 I'm also back. Couldn't post earlier due to the obvious holiday-thingy.
Let's try to summon thee other
Xin?
>>6156467 Ji?
>>6156438 YiChen?
>>6155753 Anonymous
>>6164670 I was more of a 7 Profane Paths kinda guy
General:
Okay okay, lets call this post tonight am early heads up. We get this bad boy going for real 12 hours from now
See you guys then
Anonymous
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>>6164758 goodnigh'
Also, glad you're back.
Anonymous
Quoted By:
>>6164653 This great farmer had no confidence in you, for your countenance was much like a mantis rather than a mighty pig.
But you have returned.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Wed 25 Dec 2024 20:44:22 No. 6164784 Report Three is a crowd. Fool of a Ji, I plan once we shred the Fight-o-tron to loot a few of its gears, some planks of one of the library and the previously-looted tendons to make you a Qi-infused pitchfork
Anonymous
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>>6164784 Fool of a Ji is it, you mud raking mud toiling dirty mud grubber!?!
I would be greatly obliged you. . You uh, mouthbreathing stick flinger!
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6156403 Iska brings her blade up to parry the leg, and again, with inhuman reflexes, the construct stops before impact. Then, the limb goes on to snake around her weapon, hand, and up her arm into yet another awkward grapple. Tipping its entire weight backwards, it does a cartwheel of sorts, throwing Iska backwards on her back with a heavy impact with the floor, knocking the wind out of her lungs.
>>6156438 Ji isn't idle with his new weapon, however, unfamiliar as he might be. He lunges in while its distracted. You can sense it. It's in the way you hold it, the angle of your wrist, the quality of the edge, the straightness of your swing, and the material of your target.
You bring forth Cutting into the world.
SLASH. Ji, you've probably cut wood before. This is not at all like that experience. It's more like cutting soft butter with a warm knife. You feel no resistance. There is no sound. There are no splinters flying out, or rough edges in your cut.
The blade shaves a clean hit through its knee joint, and the construct, again, is forced to display its inhuman reflexes. It catches itself into a one handed hand stand, before flipping away from the trio, landing and balancing on one leg.
It looks at the three of you with a featureless, impassioned wooden face.
>>6156414 Mortar prepares another devastating shot...
Next turn
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 08:13:14 No. 6164977 Report >>6164975 TWANG
Can't do much more.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 4 (1d20) >>6164975 "Resilint.... arent you." she coughs betweenpainful breaths trying to push herself back up to continue the fight. Pain is nothing new and she will overcome this trial using what she has.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
While we wait for Ji, feel free to do other stuff. We'll forward date and it and shit Cycle 8 drops The miasma in the Pond room is getting worse...
Anonymous
Rolled 15 (1d20) >>6164975 Oh, so that's what being a bad ass feels like.
Not one to let the momentum die, Ji rushes forwards again to give his teammate a moment to collect herself.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6164982 What's the plan here after he rushes up?
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 08:52:08 No. 6164984 Report Rolled 4 + 2 (1d6 + 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4zKHXHjP78 >>6164980 Well here's my cycle 7
>First action : craft of a pitchfork based on loot >Second action: Explore pond room I'd love us to coordinate for Pond Room solve before round 8; but the most important thing for you two is rushing the broken mnemonic book
Rolling free study
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 5 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6164980 Enlightened Mnemonics study.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 4 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6164985 so... so close to getting through the entire book in one sitting. well. doesnt help much. so here is another round of studying the book.
Anonymous
>>6164983 Cut, thrust and keep the focus on him rather than Iska. This knife van cut, so let's cut another limb or neck.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6164985 oh yeah. cycle 7 action 1
>>6164986 cycle 7 action 2
i will get the skill of the book and as Object of my obessive memorisations i will put Rumination of the Four seasons
Anonymous
Rolled 1 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6155808 Starting Cycle 7, I have
Ji the Fool.
Speaks before he thinks, Skilled animal farmer [6 points], always finds an escape.
Bully's Intuitive Guidence
Trace of a notion
>Envisioned Moment "I stand at the bridge. I have been here before." 4/4
"I look ahead of myself. I am reminded of home." 4/4
You have a free 1 point to repeat put into either of the Fragment, in case you need to pick up a copy in the future.
>Ideas and antiquities: Origin arts. "Its presence is everywhere, for it is but an idea. Take one step back, to the left. Rotate 47.31 degrees. Then look again." 4/4
- "Coax the light from a sun, and the shadows from its hiding places." 4/4
>Duet with nobody v2 ??? 11/12
"Hello, anybody? Anyone? I'll take anyone at all! Even if its you!" 6/6
- "My only company are my echoes, and somehow, what fine company they are." 6/6
Finishing the last turn of cycle 7, since that isn't valid apparently.
>>6155960 >Finishing the Duet with nobody, first fragment. The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6164977 >>6164979 >>6164982 >>6164987 Okay since Ji is here, lets handle this fight real quick before everything else.
Ji rushes up and starts engaging with the opponent. Even with a single leg and arm left, its clear how much this wood construct outclasses you in pure skill. It sways, hops, and parries your strikes with relative ease.
Regardless, you're getting a few nicks and chips into its wooden in on its wooden form as you swing and thrust, and only get away with a few bruises yourself. Because despite the difference, its obvious its concentration is focused elsewhere...
TWANG. Ji, you stagger to the side from the wind kicked up by the arrow passing by your side. Suddenly, the construct sways heavily, narrowly dodging the arrow it was focused on looking out for this entire time.
Iska gets back to her feet, ready for round 2. Both her and Ji are looking pretty banged up, but it doesn't compare to the damage the construct has suffered. You all notice its starting to slow down, all the accumulated damage finally catching up to its systems. An awful creaking and splintering sound echoes out from its frame with each movement it takes. Even so, it begins to hop forward both of you.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 15 (1d20) >>6164991 A final strike is all that is needed. Iska attempts to bisect the construct that has so humiliated her in this battle.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6164992 and sice this will probably clear this challenge and the room with it, which is my goal i will use my +4 on this now.
Anonymous
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Rolled 10 (1d20) >>6164991 Having no greater idea of what to do, and with the foe hopping towards him, Ji tries to backpedal back towards the wall, maybe kick a nearby book under the hopping creatures foot to unbalance it while going for another cut to the joints.
THIS JI IS NOT APPREFIATIVE OF THIS HURTING!
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6164992 >>6164993 Iska steps forward, blade in hand, her will steeled. She faces off her opponent...
The construct lunges. Iska swings her blade downwards. Once more, the construct displays inhuman speed and reflexes. It reaches her, fist swinging up to deflect her blade.
But it doesn't matter. With one defiant roar, action and intent are aligned. She simply pushes her arm harder, and the blade cleanly slices through the wood of its fist.
And further.
With a singular, steel note singing in the air, the slash bisects the construct cleanly in half. Its constituent parts toppling into the ground, unmoving.
Your goal is attained.
There is a loud rumble, and the circular arena with the yin yang design begins to spin...before splitting open in the middle where the two sides meet, revealing a spiral staircase leading downwards.
You have unlocked 2 new Chambers. These are now available to all players:
- Oak Chamber: 4 books.
- Beast Chamber: 4 books.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6165002 Slumping to the ground Iska groans, gently touching her bruised ribs where she will need to be careful in the coming days.
"Ji... Mortar. You both fought well. Alone this would have been a lot harder fought" she admits before querying Mortar for the book he was speaking about that helped improve memory.
Anonymous
Rolled 6 (1d6) >>6165003 This Ji accepts your humble thanks. . . Ow.
>Cycle 7, free acrion, library study Duet with nobody The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6164984 From the broken planks and poles of wood salvaged from the slain automaton, you're able to fashion yourself a serviceable pitchfork. It's odd working with the thing suffused with your qi, really, responsive to your hands as if alive somehow. It bends with welcome flexibility when you want it, but holds fast with durable rigidity when it is needed.
You forge deeper into the now miasma infested Pond Room. Even beyond the awful smell, there is a certain kind of stillness and foulness in the air you can't quite put your finger on that disquiets you. You find the final book:
Primus Alembic
- ??? 0/4
- ??? 0/4
...as well as a small open area. In the middle is a pedestal, and affixed atop this pedestal is a marble basin of some sort, as if designed to hold something. A small radius around this basin alone seems clear from the influence of the miasma, but...you can tell it is gradually growing smaller, infected by the miasma.
>>6164990 - "I speak and I speak, and Nobody listens. I understand now. I offer my voice, then, to the void. To be swallowed by it. So it may be taken somewhere better than here." 12/12
- "Hello, anybody? Anyone? I'll take anyone at all! Even if its you!" 6/6
- "My only company are my echoes, and somehow, what fine company they are." 6/6
General:
For the ones picking up already explored books, just note 'em down
Anonymous
Rolled 2 (1d4) >>6165004 >Cycle 7, act 2, free action Fusing Duet to a technique. >Cycle 7 act 3, Investigate beast room book. Anonymous
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>>6165006 Thus should be Cycle 8, act 2, and all together.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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Okay to make sure I don't get burnt out as quickly as I did last time, I le take small break here. See you guys in an hour or 2
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 6 + 1 (1d6 + 1) >>6165005 Cycle 7 free action ruminaton of the 4 seasons.
and for my final action in Cycle 7 Oak Chamber will be searched. need to get tougher
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 1 (1d4) >>6165014 huh didnt like a second die roll. please ignore the +1 i will foll for the Oak Chamber now.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 10:03:21 No. 6165016 Report Rolled 5 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165005 Cycle 7 action 3 : study of Primus Alembic + Automerge
I will have at least 8 points; I'll stockpile the remaining ones.
This is action 3 if crafting count as one action; if craft was a free action maybe I can do something with the book's skill?
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 10:06:22 No. 6165017 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 5 (1d6) Also,>Activation of Passive on "This steel I know for Certain"
Anonymous
>>6164990 For my internal records.
Origin arts has 2 points free floating.
Duet has 8.
And I'm thinking, I could probably do something with that Speak before I think aspect.
A spell relying on speed of casting, perchance.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 10:16:14 No. 6165023 Report Xin and Yichen are quite uselessly "meditating"; so deep in their trance they seem comatose. At the very least, useless Ji now have a polearm, more distance between him and the target means a better shot angle. But Iska... She captivated the boy. Mortar was deeply practical in his approach of the martial thing; his gesture displaying the dry efficiency of a movement so refine it became bleached. Iska seems more dancing than fighting - a dextrous sidestep, an agile parry, a fluid strike; all with lethal efficiency. Those seems like dangerous thoughts. Better go back to the books. Maybe there's something in this alchemy book about cleansing foul air?
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 10:17:15 No. 6165024 Report Quoted By:
>>6165022 Have you considered creating a sheet in the gsheet? The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6165006 Colloquy
You learn how to commune with Voices, creatures borne from the wider collective unconscious, and establish stable contact with it. They hold inhuman perspectives, bound closely to its given Domain, and so may give unique advice. With a good enough relationship and offerings, Voices can be convinced to exert its influence upon the physical world for minor to moderate effects.
Practice: Describe what kind of Voice you are looking for and sing to the void. Three Voices will commune with you, and you will be able to select which one you wish to keep. After the 1st and free Practice, the next one will cost 3 Action, and the next one will cost 6, so on and so forth.
You follow the path down the stairs, and end up in a heavily forested area. Even from the entrance, you hear lively sounds of activity- birds chirp overhead, and bushes rustle all around. In this new environment, you push deeper.
Scavenger's Way
- ??? 0/6
- ??? 0/6
From a distance, you see a boar. Bigger, fiercer, and stronger than any you've seen or heard before. Its make of fur is razor sharp, and its tusks are almost as big as its body. Standing off against it, you see a bear, its stone jagged and angled akin to rock. With a roar, the boar charges the bear, and the bear holds fast to meet it. The impact alone cracks the earth and upturns the ground, causing the nearby trees to be uprooted and collapse.
This forest is filled with spirit beasts.
You take this as your cue to leave while you still can, scurrying away while they still haven't noticed you, scroll in hand.
Players may now use their Actions to Explore, delving into a specific room in search of certain things.
Beast Chamber: Minor spirit herbs and fruits, but more importantly, moderate spirit beasts to potentially hunt.
(1/2)
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6165014 >>6165015 You read the book. It seems to be a collection of anecdotes and musings interspersed with poems. These aren't professional dissertations, merely a layman's personal observations and a humble philosophy. The topics are scattered and unfocused, ranging from the cycle of life and any number of changes in the natural world. Yet you can't help but find a inkling of truth within these pages, and maybe perhaps the same kind of contentment you're certain the writer must have felt in his lifetime.
Ruminations on the Four Seasons
- "The soil cannot hold on its own. The tree is its ally, and the rain a dear friend." 4/4
- "We must realize, then, what a catastrophe it would be should the sun and moon rise both at once." 4/4
Iska explores the Oak Chamber...and steps foot into a still and silent sanctuary. Colossal trees as tall and steady as the mountains rise higher than she can see, its trunk serving as natural barriers miles wide. The roots digging into the soil serve as entire platforms, almost as if islands unto themselves. Vines and moss grow in proportions never before seen by her, each one a landmark unto themselves. Soft light pierce through the gently swaying canopy of leaves. It all seems...holy, almost.
Oldest Oak
- ??? 0/6
- ??? 0/6
>>6165016 I'll say its free, but more involved and complex crafting will deffo need Actions spent on them.
Primus Alembic
- "It's all made from the same things, see. Watch. We can pull anything from anything out, if only they'll tell us their secrets." 4/4
- "Of course, a wound never heals perfectly, and a vein of ore cannot happen by human hand. But what use is both compared to folded iron?" 4/4
Technique:
Dissolution
You learn how to prime water with a special kind of qi. Using this liquid medium and a fire, you learn how to dissolve a cubic feet of material into it. This leaves you with the distilled, concentrated aspect of that material, suspended in the liquid. Among one of its most basic uses is forming these liquid aspects into pills, temporarily granting its consumer its qualities.
Practice: Craft up to 2 Concentrates into 5 Pills.
(2/2)
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 5 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165035 free study of Oldest Oak as last part in Cycle 7
then i can start cycle 8
Anonymous
Rolled 1 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165034 The book study it is.
>>6165023 [To Mortar, the useful idiot] in spite of the bruises, this is a worthy offering! This Ji thanks you!
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 12:13:28 No. 6165040 Report >>6165035 Alright. I think I have my third action of cycle 7 :
>Use "Dissolution" using the basin as a crucible to extract some purity - essence to dispell the mist Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 12:15:16 No. 6165041 Report Quoted By:
>>6165039 >Aspect : Asocial Mortar fails to see the efforts made by Ji to create some kind of friendship and just grunts in acknoledgement
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6165040 What are you dissolving?
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 12:24:43 No. 6165043 Report Pure Water. I suspect the Basin is radiating some purifying Qi so using it as the crucible I should get some of that concentrated
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 2 (1d3) >>6165035 Cycle 8 action 1
explore Oak Chamber further.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6165038 Oldest Oak
- "This has been my home for a millennium before. This will be my home for millennium more." 6/6
- ??? 1/6
>>6165040 >>6165043 Mortar, you experiment. You prime the liquid medium. Then you add water into it.
It doesn't quite work as you'd hoped. The water is dissolved, but you can tell it only contains aspects of 'Fluidity'. Whatever this affixed basin is, it doesn't seem to be forthcoming with your alchemy.
But it doesn't matter. As the liquid qi and fluidity is created, something triggers in the basin. And it begins to...drain it. Greedily drinking of its energy and essence.
And that seems to be enough. Whatever hidden systems are in place, it is revitalized, and the foul miasma slowly but surely begins to clear out.
Some kind of liquid begins to spout out from the basin, gathering and pooling until it seems to risk overflowing. But it never does. Somehow, it just continues to grow, as if the container wasn't merely the basin, but some other, invisible area. It grows and grows-
Until it reveals new places entirely.
You have unlocked 2 new Chambers. These are now available to all players:
- Mountain Chamber: 4 books.
- Heart Chamber: 4 books.
All 3 initial Chambers have been cleared. There is a rumbling in the hallways connecting the three Chambers to the hall you all woke up in. When you all next look, each 3 hallways has opened up a new path, converging into the middle, revealing a hidden Chamber.
As you stand by its entrance, there is a truly indescribable wall of aura emanating from within. Ancientness. Finality. Ferocity. Sagacity. Divinity. Everything and nothing.
It does not take an Action to enter.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 1 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165048 >>6165052 also free study of newest book i grabbed.
>>6165043 >>6165039 "that place that just appeared. It feels weird. Do we want to try and get in there?"
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 13:00:10 No. 6165054 Report Rolled 4 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165052 Complete success. All according to the Keikaku.
>>6165053 I'm indeed curious... But will I be brave enough?
QM do we get some XP for clearing the bassin puzzle? The Wooden automaton fight?
Anyway, Cycle 8 action 1 :
>Study I, The Favorable Blade Anything above a roll of 1 would let me automerge the first book of this quest.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 13:02:25 No. 6165055 Report Rolled 5 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165054 With the single point I already had in the unknown fragment, and the 5/4 on the "this steel I know for certain" this gives me 2 complete "This steel I know for certain" + 1 of the mysterious fragment.
Action 2 would be studying Ocean and Swansong second fragment, in the hope to automerge with my already available fragment
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6165048 >>6165053 Rumor of the Willow
- ??? 0/6
- ??? 0/6
>>6165054 >>6165055 Yeah sure, 1xp for the basin. Mortar, Ji, and Iska gains 3xp each for the construct fight.
Second fragment of Favored Blade is
- "This hand knows not of defeat."
Ocean and Swansongs second fragment is
- "What I do is what I am, and what I am becomes more."
I know you said were merging some stuff but I'm gonna take a step here and reconfirm with you what you're merging with what
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6165056 Sorry, one of the Willow fragments should be 3/6
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 13:17:23 No. 6165058 Report >>6165056 I'm merging both to the pre-made book skill just to chart more of what you've planned.
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 13:18:23 No. 6165059 Report And after thinking about it, I'm ok to visit the secret room with both of you (in case it's a one-time-only thing)
Anonymous
Rolled 2 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165059 I shall follow fellow Mortar inside.
That is to say, I will happily lead the way, behind someone with very good eyes. Yes yes.
>Cycle 8, Act 3, Meditate on Qucik talk aspect. Then we go into the Hidden vault!
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>>6165058 Bladestance
This martial art allows you to fight barehanded to the same effectiveness as if you were wielding any melee weapon. At will, your fist can become as heavy as hammers, your kicks as sharp as swords, your reach as long as a spear, so on and so forth.
Song of Self
Your personal accomplishments gain a certain weight and gravitas, accruing and crystalizing as usable qi within your body. Whenever you gain encounter xp, instead of putting it into Fragments, you may instead convert it into Song of Self Qi. You also gain 1 SoS Qi every Cycle. This qi is broad and unfocused, but universally applicable. You become slightly stronger, faster, smarter, and so on.
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 13:31:02 No. 6165064 Report Quoted By:
>>6165061 "Go first. Just in case there are some traps."
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 2 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165056 Cycle 8 Action 2
study on oldest Oak second chapter.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 3 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165065 >>6165056 and another study of that book. then i will combine the two fragements from this book. lets see if this could become something useful for my fighting style.
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 13:34:24 No. 6165067 Report >>6165063 Bladestance is meh; Song of Self sound excellent.
1/ does current cycle count as Song-of-Self Qi?
2/ I have 5 Freeform XP unspent (the 4 given + 1 remaining from ugly kill); can I dump them all? in SoS?
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>>6165053 >>6165059 >>6165061 The three of you.
Step.
Inside.
It is awful. It is wonderful. It is indescribable. It can be described simply. It is sublime. It is ordinary. It is everything. It is nothing at all.
The weight of millennium floods your mind. Histories and secrets not meant for mortal minds. Maybe not even immortal minds. But impossibly, you all endure.
You are aware you are walking, but you swim in and out of conscious thoughts. Often (and never, or already have?), flashes of events appear in your mind's eye, as if you lived it yourself. Sages and gods walking this realm. Joy. Sorrow. Triumph. Defeat. Uncountable years passing by in mere instants. You do not remember what you see, but you feel enlightened nonetheless.
You find yourself in the Ancient Archive. Behold the inscription upon its walls.
THE WORLD FEARED OUR POWER. IT SOUGHT TO BURN IT, TO BURY IT, TO HAVE I BE LOST TO THE AGES.
I AM THE ARCHIVE. I PRESERVE. I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.
WITHIN THESE SHELVES ARE THE REMAINS. FRAGMENTS OF TECHNIQUES THAT ONCE SHOOK THE HEAVENS.
MAKE THEM YOUR OWN.
And indeed, as each of you explore the scrolls within this hall, even the lowliest writing is a miracle beyond imagining. You can barely fathom an inkling of a corner of the insights contained within.
Each of you may only pick one. These Ancient Fragments will become unique to you and cannot be shared:
- "In the beginning. In the end."
- "Everything. Everywhere."
- "Without compare."
- "Without definition."
- "We are all of us beholders."
- "You are all of you listeners."
- "All under Heaven is beneath me."
- "I."
- "The world sings to me our favorite song."
- "I know nothing. And need nothing."
- "A leaf is carried by the wind onto a pond, and the ripple reaches my feet."
- "I am battered across a storm. I know not where I go. I am free."
- "Deeper and darker still, my hands become stained."
- "In all I have done, I remain immaculate."
- "All becomes one."
- "More. More. It is not enough."
- "With my hands I forge my path."
- "I follow the destined way before me."
- "Here is etched my final name."
- "Even now, I walk this land still."
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6165075 Stepping into what she is soon told is the Archive is an experience disorienting like no other. Feeling likie she balances between heaven and hell Iska almost stubles before stopming her foot onto a ground that is sharp and soft beyond imagining.
> In all I have done, I remain immaculate. The words almost split her lips on their own. They speak to her, they call and sing her name. A promise, a wish, reality and dream interesect as she lifts the ancient tome and feels it being just right for her.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6165065 Will get to this in a bit
>>6165067 Yeah sure, current Cycle counds
Yeah you can put your hanging xp into it
Anonymous
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>>6165075 Ji. . Is shaken. This is not as it should be, this world is not a world their benefactor revealed, what is a speck before the all consuming onslaught of eternity uncomprhensible.
Ji laughs, the Fool laughs, an immortal laugh and an insane laugh and everything else between.
Ji is.
>Without Compare. Clutching the scroll to his chest, Ji shrieks, and all he can hear is his own beating heart.
With a blink, he stumbles against the door of the hidden chamber, laughing until he cries.
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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Okay sorry prolly gonna have to hop off for tonight I'll leave this as a cliffhanger here If the other 2 players turn up they will have an opportunity to visit the Ancient Archive also See you gamers tomorrow
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 18:43:51 No. 6165157 Report Quoted By:
>>6165075 >- "I am battered across a storm. I know not where I go. I am free." Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 18:59:56 No. 6165160 Report Rolled 6 (1d6) >>6165082 I'll track the SoS counter on my sheet of the gdoc; currently at 6.
I'm rolling for Mnemonic passive; can I dump it in the "Unique" Fragment?
I found a way to use the Bladestance :
Can I combine Bladestance and STEELPIERCING POWERSHOT, (and maybe some points of Marksmanship) into something like "Stance of the Entranched Ballista"?
The idea would be a battle stance that lock Mortar in place, but give more power to each shot of his - not as strong as the steelpiercer skill, but stronger attacks.
The longterm idea would be to have several stances based on the needs of a fight.
Second question : I interpret the OP fragment as some kind of "new aspect" in which we can dump as much point as possible - is that the case?
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 19:00:59 No. 6165161 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 5 + 2 (1d6 + 2) Cycle 8 action 3 :>Meditate on "Marksmanship"
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 19:53:36 No. 6165189 Report Also, thanks for returning QM. I'm extremely glad you come back. Try not to burn out; I will keep trying to shape my arcanic archer. Fellow player, why did you pick the fragment you took? For me, I see "storm" as an opportunity to extract something like "Storm of arrow" (quickshots) or Lightning-element arrows. "I know not where I go. I am free" combined to a battlestance coud turn into a high-mobility stance improving maybe dodge and fire rate?
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6165189 i took it because is determined to the point of obsession
She strifes to be the best and not let such things as potential step back bring her down.
also the immaculate part. i hope to use that to be able to mold her into her perfect vision of herself despite the scars she will doubtlessly pick up from the Marrow Memory Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Thu 26 Dec 2024 20:27:41 No. 6165206 Report Quoted By:
>>6165196 >Made me realize my pick works well with the "Asocial" aspect. Also, regarding scars... Depending on your aspect after the dummy fight, Mortar might or might not put high on his priority list the fact to hunt some things to create some leather armor (hence why I'm looking for some "mobile-compatible" bow skill to fight against the spirit beasts)
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
Hello hello people, Archive here Might be a late start today I will keep you guys updated for today's status
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6165507 'Tis fine.
I am working today. So it will be a bit longer probably till i react to stuff.
MortarOnPhone
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>>6165507 Same here; on phone today
Still eager to get answers to shape my character future
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6165066 "To not merely know it, but to live it. Each pace comes as readily as the beat of my heart and the draw of my breath."
Deepest Roots
Upon entering this stance, note a 5 meter radius circle from your current position. Using profound and rapid movements, any given discrete action can be made as if you were in any point within the area instead, while also acting as if you have not moved. This stance does not leave you immobile, but it necessitates you find yourself within the center area by the end of any discrete action. Doing otherwise breaks the stance. Leaving the stance, forced or on purpose, leaves you weakened and slowed for one turn.
>>6165160 You can deffo combine them, but Mortar feels as if the constituent fragments don't quite combine into what he's hoping for
Unfortunately, the Ancient Fragments work like normal combine materials
They're also unique, so don't count on getting copies unless something really insane happens
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6165606 Center area as in, the middle point you entered the stance in the first time
General:
Lets rip Cycle 9
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6165606 can i work on the fragment i picked up? Maybe meditate over it? Or just fold it into something else?
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>>6165610 What are you hoping to do?
Since the three of you have committed on the Ancient Fragments and properly (but not fully) learned it, I can tell you a bit more about them if asked
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6165614 so are they like normal fragements that when used in a Technique are used up?
Could i potentially replicate it for my own personal use? or should i be careful where to use it since i can only ever get one?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6165617 Yeah its used up if you combine it into a Technique
And you only have one copy, no known way to replicate it right now
It's definitely a big one, but I wouldn't *super super* worry about maximum optimal
As long as the Fragments aren't actively antagonistic with each other you should come out with something good
MortarOnPhone
>>6165619 Count me interested in knowing more about my broken fragment
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 1 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165619 alright. Cycle 9 action 1
Oldest Oak will be studdied.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6165625 >>6165619 as a free action i will combine
"The soil cannot hold on its own. The tree is its ally, and the rain a dear friend."
"We must realize, then, what a catastrophe it would be should the sun and moon rise both at once
Anonymous
>>6165614 >>6165614 By all means, please tell me what it means to be "without compare"
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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Rolled 2 (1d6) >>6165626 oh and free roll for rumination of the four seasons.
this roll does not go up i take it since its a recall. and not a study.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Fri 27 Dec 2024 17:38:50 No. 6165676 Report >>6165160 So as I can't use Mnemonics to Unique fragment, I'm assigning those
>>6165160 6 points to "What I do is what I am, and what I am becomes more."
Also, we didn't kept the gsheet up to date for second-level rooms...
With what I have under hand, QM would
>I am battered across a storm. I know not where I go. I am free >This steel I know for certain >What I do is What I am >Aspect : Marksman Work well together?
The idea would extract from the OP fragment either "battered" as some kind of quickshot barrage or (better) Storm as kind of lightning shot.
I'm considering wether or not include in the mix "Coax the light from a sun, and the shadows from its hiding places."
Can I use my "Free Practice" of L.I.B.R.A.R.Y and apply it to
>I am battered across a storm. I know not where I go. I am free ?
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6165676 look at
>>6165619 and
>>6165606 >They're also unique, so don't count on getting copies unless something really insane happens pretty sure that means no. but QM might surprise us.
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Fri 27 Dec 2024 17:50:10 No. 6165681 Report Quoted By:
>>6165679 I know; I'm trying to break the game using the tools at my belt anyway :)
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Fri 27 Dec 2024 19:48:11 No. 6165737 Report Other questions : can I merge the Unique Fragment to the Song Of Self (and Marksmanship?)>Cycle 9 Action 1/3: >Current SoS counter : 7 Explore Mountain Chamber
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>>6165626 Elemental Cycles
You learn to harness and feed the five classical elements according to Chinese feng shui. If you have a given element at hand, you may consume it (it spontaneously disappears) in order to empower or weaken its a corresponding element within your line of sight. Efficiency of empowerment and suppression drops steeply beyond 10 meters.
>>6165623 A mad god, howling, laughing without abandon. The heaven shudders.
A wave of qi hits a mountain. It is torn asunder. Some rocks begin to careen skywards. Some rocks are vaporized. Some rocks come to life, chittering and crowing and scuttling away. Some rocks bloom into flowers, birthing new life into the ruined aftermath.
A prophecy shatters.
>>6165630 A graveyard, a mountain of swords, battered and broken. One stands pristine at the top.
A figure rises from a basin of liquid, skin sizzling and eyes gleaming. The first, last, and only one of his kind.
A clenched fist, rearing back. A punch thrown. Space shattering.
>>6165676 Mortar feels like it is an average and fine combination
Unfortunately cannot use LIBRARY on your Ancient Fragment
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>>6165737 Yeah this can be done, nothing stopping him
Roll me dat dice
Anonymous
>>6165737 can i borrow that book for that song of self Qi?
>>6165740 so if i use a piece of wood i can empower fire or weaken water? do i understand that correctly?
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
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>>6165744 Empower fire or weaken earth, but yes
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Fri 27 Dec 2024 20:18:26 No. 6165759 Report Rolled 4 (1d4) Rollin for book
>>6165744 Sure
>>6165742 "Average and fine" I don't understand
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 6 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165740 then i will try to study that book as my second action of cycle 9
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6165759 Like, the initial combination you proposed, Mortar feels like it is neither especially good or bad
General:
Heading to bed now. Sorry for the slow/short session today guys, got cauag840jght up with some stuff
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Fri 27 Dec 2024 20:30:49 No. 6165765 Report >>6165764 What about the one including the "coax" fragment? is there one non-matching fragment in the combination?
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6165760 Taking the delicate scrolls from Mortar before he went off to the Mountain Chamber Iska presents a pleasant smile before starting to devour the books contents.
It all seems so natural to her. The ebb and flow of this trickle of Ki that has been hidden inside her now laid bare for her to see, direct and shape as she sees fit.
A tiny droplet seems to manifest inside her, giving of a warm comfort before her gaze is drawn to the cold steel of her knifes and Blade. gently tracing her finger along the immaculately maintained edge Iskandra dreams and wanders along the paths that the ancient Fragment has prepared for her.
For action 3 in cycle 9 i will try to fold in
>Song of Self Qi Technique >In all I have done, I remain immaculate. >and finally a 7 piece Fragment formed from Short Bladed Weapons >>6165764 and no worries. there is always another day. and some players might need to wake up some more.
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>>6165765 Anything with more raw points in it will tend to be stronger, but tossing in the 'coax' fragment doesn't seem to especially tie the concept together any better than it already had
Hesitant to go into any deeper detail about your combination than this since a big part of the game is intuiting the fragments and coming up with shit
Hmm. I'll toss at least this much though
Each of the Fragments I had a core word behind
Mortar's is CHAOS
Ji's is ABSOLUTE
And Iska's is VIRTUE
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>>6165788 interesting. Virtue. The closest she has for that is Determination.
any other fragments. maybe the fundamental exercises. though i think i would prefer what i already have written down. maybe without the sword fragments though.
going more for an ever filling reservoir of immaculate ever more honed QI then.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Fri 27 Dec 2024 21:23:37 No. 6165793 Report Rolled 4 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6165788 Thanks.
>Action 2 : Meditate [Marksmanship] Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Fri 27 Dec 2024 21:24:58 No. 6165794 Report >>6165788 >>6165793 And I'll dump
>I am battered across a storm. I know not where I go. I am free >This steel I know for certain >What I do is What I am >Aspect : Marksman [The 13 points I have stockpiled] Toward my lightning arrow skill.
Anonymous
>>6165788 Ji is still present, he is just taking the day to daydream and do some bookkeeping for how to figure out how shit may work best.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6165812 Iska might be a bit more dismissive due to her excitement over her current study matter.
but I am not. what are you planning or hoping to achieve. The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6165767 ???
A wellspring of golden qi begins to gather inside you, carrying an unmistakable drive to SMITE EVIL. This golden qi can be shaped into a celestial blade, able to cleanly slice through steel without effort and even directly strike at the concept of evil.
It grows in power if used to carry out a good deed or when confronting evil, but conversely becomes weakened or even outright nonfunctional if you commit foul acts.
When you slay a great evil or perform a great act of heroism, this Technique has the potential to permanently grow in power.
>>6165794 ???
You learn 7 powerful bow shots. These are moderately more powerful than a normal bow shot by baseline, but each one has an additional effect on top. Once one is used, it cannot be used again, but the rest grow in power. This Technique resets after all 7 shots are fired.
- Calamity. A colossally powerful, single fire shot.
- Fate. Unerring and highly accurate.
- Storm. Fire a shower of numerous lesser arrows in a single instant.
- World. (Effectively) Blink some distance away after you fire the arrow.
- Harmony. Arrow becomes infused with one of the five elemental qis of your choice.
- Profound. Arrow can hit and harm the intangible and conceptual.
- Enlightenment. Sharply heightened reflexes and senses while drawing the bow.
These are your own creations. Name them freely.
>>6165737 >>6165759 Mortar steps into the Mountain Chamber, and as promised, he comes face to face with a veritable mountain, its base extending either direction endlessly and its peak spearing well beyond the clouds. It gives off a heavy, ancient aura, but not unwelcoming.
In front of him, among the moss covered stone edifice of the monumental landmark, he sees a clear path forward in the form of a weathered, cobbled staircase.
The only way is up.
Our Foremost Covenants
??? 0/12
??? 0/6
??? 0/6
General:
Dropping Cycle 10
Lemme know if I'm missing anything I need to resolve
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 1 (1d2) >>6166083 The drive to hunt and destroy EVIL overcomes Iska, her face distorts for a moment into one of rage at the world and herself for being not even close to as good as they ought to. The moment is fleeting though. Manifesting the new blade in one hand she feels its radiant purity. surely a gift from the Heavens, though not one used lightly.
"Of ye Heavens hear my Oath. May this Blade and its light be my guide to punish evil and erase it where i may find it." she swears kneeling on the ground before righting herself and letting the Blades of Heavens Oath Technique fade from view. She can still feel it, waiting just behind her fingertips but until the need arises it shall slumer.
Action 1 of Cycle 10.
Explore the Oak Chamber
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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Rolled 1 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6166113 and the free study of that book. only one remains after.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sat 28 Dec 2024 13:16:17 No. 6166136 Report Rolled 1, 6 + 4 = 11 (2d6 + 4) >>6166083 Cycle 9 Free study + action 3/3 : Study Our Foremost Covenants
Technique Name :
Quiver of the Seven Treasured Arrows
Question :
>Are there "threshold" where SoS materialize benefits? Still missing Passive of LIBRARY for that turn
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sat 28 Dec 2024 13:21:54 No. 6166139 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 5 (1d6) >>6166136 I'm putting 11 over the 12 points fragment.
LIBRARY passive : Pluck the bird from its flock, a sapling from its forest, a brick from its home.
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sat 28 Dec 2024 13:22:57 No. 6166140 Report Rolled 6 + 2 (1d6 + 2) Turn 10 :>SoS counter : 8 Action 1 : studying the new book
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sat 28 Dec 2024 13:23:58 No. 6166142 Report Rolled 6 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6166140 This means I have
??? 12/12
??? 6/6
??? 1/6
Action 2; hoping for 3+ on the roll to fully get the book...
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sat 28 Dec 2024 13:25:54 No. 6166144 Report >>6166142 And that's 3 dangling points on the Study Our Foremost Covenants
Action 3 will be auto-merging. Still have the LIBRARY passive Up.
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sat 28 Dec 2024 13:36:01 No. 6166150 Report A/N : I'm extremely happy with my bow skill. It will synergize greatly with itself, with the SoS as it uses a "normal bow shot as baseline" and I'm already thinking about great combos with the teammates - especially the Elemental-empowered one in synergy with Iska's Elemental Cycle Note to self : get that skill down, because it seems extremely mergeable with the broken skill + "pluck a bird from its flock" to get a weaker, self-sufficient elemental arrow basic skill. Question time :>Is it possible to flavor it as some mystical quiver hanging side by side with the real one? >Would discarding some arrows (shooting them up in the air somewhere...) to only keep 1reset the technique after a fight possible? Would that take an action or be free?>How much time is there for a technique reset? Let's say I'm using the 7th arrow in the fight - do the quiver refill immediately for the next turn?
Anonymous
>>6166027 Absolute is the there of the Fragment.
Now I could make a technique from it using pretty good animal handler, to fulfil my original intention of beast master cultivator.
But I think mixing it with escape aspect could have a real potent escape technique prepared.
And mixing the two isn't going to do me any favours, unless I can figure out a few words/themes that I can combo on there. Like my "trace an aspect technqiue".
So there's my conundrum, do I double down on escape or beasts.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6166192 i would say probably beasts is the go to here. you might be able to tame some spirit beasts so they can continously be harvested and provide support in your tasks.
MortarOnPhone
MortarOnPhone
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>>6166192 Wanna team up for catching a beast in the forest?
Can save an action for that
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6166150 >Is it possible to flavor it as some mystical quiver hanging side by side with the real one? I wouldn't be entiiiiiiiiiiiiiirely opposed, but its more actually is just a profound bow firing technique
>Would discarding some arrows (shooting them up in the air somewhere...) to only keep 1reset the technique after a fight possible? The growing power of each subsequent shot comes from chaining the shots in quick order. They're fairly flexible within a shorter (i.e. a fight) timescale, but its not so long that he can just hold a souped up final shot out of combat prepped entering a fight
Unless I'm misunderstanding what your question is
>How much time is there for a technique reset? Instantly. Imagine doing the final step of a martial arts kata in sequence and having to start at the very beginning
>>6166113 Millennium Vigor
??? 0/12
??? 0/6
??? 0/6
Let me know where you want your 3 points put in
>>6166142 >>6166144 Noted. Sorry, I'll probably get to this tomorrow
Yet another slow day for the Esoteric Archive I'm afraid
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Ah fuck I forgot to mention As Iska explores deeper into the heavily forested area, she notices one section which seems...less lively. And more sickly. The ancient and holy dignity gives way to something more foul and ominous, as trees grow more gnarled, thin, and festooned with a foul rot gnawing and weaving through its wood. And growing. The soil is gray. The air is stale. Beams of sunlight does not reach this place. And in the middle, she notices one giant tree, bigger than the rest. And embedded in the middle of the trunk, a few meters off the ground is a...humanoid figure? Sickly and mangled, the figure is suspended at an awkward pose. Neck, arms, and back bent sharply backwards, fused to the tree by the arms, hip, and the upper portion of its head, covering the eyes, leaving its chest jutting out...and the middle of that chest opens up grotesquely to a giant, inhuman eye. You can feel it, a combination of the eerie sensation that raises the hair on your back, confirmed by the fury and indignance the golden qi is giving off in reaction to this entire area. This was a foul filth. Oddly, you notice the eye was already pointed in your direction by the time you entered the era. Though it doesn't seem to be actively doing anything right now.
MortarOnPhone
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>>6166253 Thanks for the answers. You were on spot-I was trying to see if I could start a fight with one really empowered one.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
Rolled 6 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6166269 "This place is..... An abomination..... I will have to do something about this. Maybe those two will be willing to help. His arrows should be useful against the eye." Iska mumbles to herself, grasping the Manual tightly while biting down on the urge to attack the foulness straight away.
action 2 of cycle 10 is study of Millenium Vigor
maybe it will help with purifying this corruption.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6166253 i will start from the bottom to fill those out first before continuing with the really big chapter.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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Rolled 6 (1d6) >>6166322 free roll for >"We must realize, then, what a catastrophe it would be should the sun and moon rise both at once
though library.
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sun 29 Dec 2024 11:06:47 No. 6166703 Report The prized fragment Mortar got from the archive is still echoing in his mind. A certain truth that will vanish as soon as its fleeting insight will be seized. Mortar can't waste it. Should he safekeep it for later? No; no. This would be the greatest of waste - dying with a knowledge able to save him unused. Sitting on the Mountain Path, Mortar meditate. The bow is laying on the ground in front of the young cultivator. With the improving strength of the marksman, he's afraid the wood might give - string got enough tension for now. Breath in. Breath out. The knowledge from various source collide, merge. Many becomes one. One is many. Clarity flashes. Word written on slits of bamboo, bound together to create a whole text. A sequence of motions : what easterlings call a Kata, but Mortar heard called "Quyen" in the blury memories of his southerland province village. In his mind, the slits fell, and he scurries to set them back in their first order. Which was first? Fate? Or Harmony? It doesn't matter : the sacred text meaning is changing with each order, fragments read giving more and more meaning to the remaining ones. This is the secret held by The Fragmented Quyen of the Seven Wondrous ShotI hope you like this name more.
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>>6166136 Realized I miss this
After getting a bit of a feel for the qi, you roughly estimate each point of SoS qi improves your parameters by 5%
so by 20 points of SoS qi you'll be twice as strong, fast, smart as an average person. So on and so forth
>>6166703 Nod. You guys keep cooking with the names, don't worry
Tbh you can keep the old quiver name one if you prefer
It could be metaphorical if anything
General:
Sorry for no session today guys, business today and general struggle with motivation
Lets try again tomorrow
Anonymous
Rolled 4, 5 + 2 = 11 (2d6 + 2) >>6165039 I have elected.
First roll is my free Library skill [study duet] and my second roll is the one with the bonus for my scavenger book.
>Cycle 9, act 1. Study scavengers way [already got 5 points, requiring 7 to bond together] If I get this done quickly, then I guess I can get my mega technique started.
Anonymous
Rolled 3 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6166860 uhh. Perfect number to bond to the scavenger technique.
So uh, I'll do that.
>Cycle 9, Act 2, free action bond scavenger book technique. Actual action Meditate on fragment "Without compare." I also have the google thing working.
Anonymous
Rolled 1 + 2 (1d6 + 2) >>6166862 >cycle 9, Act 3, Study Origin arts [currently 2] I need a 6 for origin arts. Cause I figure if I remerge the techniques for trace of a notion with the beast aspect and the Abslute fragment, I should double match.
Because enhance aspects + absolute aspect + a thing I wanna supercharge.
Anonymous
Rolled 4, 1 + 2 = 7 (2d6 + 2) >>6166867 Gah. Set
>Cycle 10, Act 1, study origin arts [currently 5]. Free action library study of Duet which is the first dice. Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sun 29 Dec 2024 19:50:02 No. 6166870 Report Quoted By:
>>6166840 Thanks for the answers. Better a few cycles every few days than you straining yourself and burning out.
>You can keep the old quiver name Part of the fun for me is to confront my vision to yours, and building something great together (including Iska and Ji in the lot)
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sun 29 Dec 2024 19:51:28 No. 6166871 Report Quoted By:
>>6166867 This read like a smart combo
Anonymous
>>6166869 right, so that's 8 bits for the origin arts, which can remake the technique. Very good.
Duet has 16 points. Like. damn. I could use that later. Anyway, so 5 points in absolute, 6 in beast farmer, all is ready for production of my mega taming technique.
QM, how much of a roll do I need here? Or would you advise me to up my aspects a bit more?
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sun 29 Dec 2024 19:56:41 No. 6166874 Report >>6166872 IIRC, you can't put points in "broken fragment" they just exist as acquired
Anonymous
>>6166874 oh. . . . . Does anyone have an opposition to me putting the
>>6166862 here into the beast tamer for 11 points to making the technique?
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc
Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:s6PRgkbd Sun 29 Dec 2024 20:03:44 No. 6166879 Report Quoted By:
>>6166876 Fine by me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Archive !OEvOLfAK56
>>6166874 Correct, yes
>>6166876 All good. Go ahead
>>6166872 To double check, the combo is
- Origin Art Fragments
- Colloquy Techinque
- "Without compare."
- And your Beast Farmer Aspect?
Or were you just combining the Absolute Fragment and your Beast Farmer Aspect?
General:
Going to be making all the new Techniques in one shot tomorrow, but I'll let y'all a sneak peak
Our Foremost Covenants is communing and bargaining with ancient spirits to help you out
Scavenger's Way is the classic 'eat shit into body cultivation' pipeline
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>>6166906 Also if you could tell me a bit more about how the 'Beast Farmer' facet expresses itself from Ji, that would be hella and give me more to work with
Anonymous
>>6166906 the combo is
>Origin art fragments [Trace of origin technique] >"Without Compare." >Beast farmer Aspect. Colloquy isn't being invoked. This is just taking aspects of "Fairly talented animal farmer" and enhancing it with Trace of origin, then mega enhancing it with the ancient fragment.
>>6166910 Ji's facet is that, despite everthing else about him, his mouth and frequency to bail out of a situation, he was kept around because he did have a decided way with animals.
Animals don't give you shit for when you tell them how much of a fu##@{} A**£&@# they are being and that they can ~@!"%£"@!"£~"£@"£!~!"@~"£@!~ themselves with ~@^$"%&$£.
All they need is some food, some oversight, some cleaning and some water. And depending on where you put em, most of the work is done by nature. Animals are easy to understand, easy to handle and just require simple work to keep living and happy. He's been doing it since childhood and it's only gotten easier.
It's why his first technique was about trying to summon one of his prized boars to his side, it's what he understands and what makes him comfortable, valuable and useful.
Does that help?
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>>6166916 Gotcha gotcha. Yeah helps
Don't worry about the points to develop. This is something I did with Iska's and Mortar's combinations as well; the Ancient Fragments seem to be a very effective at holding things together
But before anybody laments about missing the opportunity to cramming as much Fragments into it, don't worry, it would have hit a limit and started costing points eventually so nothing is wasted
Alright, sit tight you guys. I'll see y'all tomorrow
Anonymous
>>6166917 See ya later.
And I'm not so worried about wasted opportunities.
The way I see it is "3 elements with a specific resonance will get me what I want beyond 9 disperate elements that I have on hand"
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>>6166933 Aye. T'was a general statement. Just in case
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6166876 no problem from me. i suggested beast taming anyway in the past.
so. does anyone want to try and take on that thing in the Oak Chamber? It is Evil and needs to be smote down, its eye stabbed and pig feces rubbed into the wound.
MortarOnPhone
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>>6167259 Definitely down for it
MortarOnPhone
>>6167259 Let's think about the "best" sequence.
As it will take like 7 turns, we probably won't finish the sequence itself
>Fate as a starting shot, to guide us to the trees weakness (probably the eye) >World as an emergency escape tool >Storm in case of add pops/need of dps >Harmony : steel can fuck up wood good >Calamity as a powerful finisher? Profound and Enlightenment seem less useful, maybe a late profound shot can hit his very concept; enlightenment might be a great reflex tool to use blade stance to kick away some monster bush or anything?
You might use your elemental cycle to drag some wood energy and turn it into steel maybe?
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
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>>6167299 i am not quite sure yet what i want to do. i would like to get to know what the fragments of the newest book do. maybe i can create some kind of shield to protect from the baleful gaze that the creature will likely have.
maybe commit a knfe to the Library memory so i can just pull one out and fling it if necessary.
though i might just start by calling to the heavens for aid and trying to stab the eye with my Anathama Blade.
i admit i havent slept all that well recently so planning is probably not my strong suit right now. Anonymous
>>6167259 This Ji doesn't know what the standoffish jabber stabber means by evil monster, But it is probably an animal.
SO THIS ji would be delighted to meet a friendly face after so many ugly scowls.
Iska !XS8vrClKs2
>>6167340 "Big creature. Looks human... but fused with a tree. A single large eye on its chest. Staring at me. Name me the beast that looks like that and i shall see if we can eradicate its entire kind" Iska answers. Her eyes shining with almost zealous fury the scaring on her body making her look a bit deranged
Anonymous
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>>6167348 [To Iska, The woman who puts danger in "endangered speicies"] This is not good incentive to have this Ji, who respects the animals, to tell you what the weird man-tree is. Though it does sound more like a plant, so Ji is happy to tell you that pokey Iska sucks at telling me any useful identifying marks. It might be a Ghost of the Forests, which are relatively common in Ji's village area.
We need some cats and a wine cask to kill it!
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Still around, but today looks like a bust today too. Apologies Around New Years is just a bit more of an inconvenient time than I expected, I'm afraid
Anonymous
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>>6167401 It's ok; It is the same for me anyway.
Keep the fire burning; give us one cycle or two before the end of the weekend; maybe new week will be gentler on our plannings.
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>>6166144 Book: Our Foremost Covenants
- “As we settled, we realized we were not the first to have done so. How could have anyone?” 12/12
- “And what strange exchanges we’d make, to offer spices and gems and have grasses grow and for rivers to part in return.” 6/6
- “Peace and amity. That is all either of us have ever wanted.” 6/6
Technique: Spirit Bargains
You learn how to perceive ancient spirits, as well as speak and bargain with them. A Landmark steeped with a deep quality of nature will usually hold a eligible spirit to bargain with.
Practice: After the 1st free Practice, the next Practice costs 3 Actions, then 6 Actions, so on and so forth. Establish a long standing rapport with a specific spirit. Baseline, so long as you do not offend the spirit: You gain considerable command over a related element to the spirit (not the 5 classical elements), and gain access 3 related Fragments associated with no Technique related to wisdoms the spirit can impart to you.
Your favor with specific spirits has the potential to grow (or worsen) and offer greater benefits, should you consistently act in alignment with its ideals or offer things of both interest and value as sacrifice to it. It may also occasionally ask favors of you to complete.
Current known spirits:
- Oak Chamber’s Forest Spirit
- Mountain Chamber’s Mountain Spirit
- Fog Chamber’s Valley Spirit
>>6166862 Book: Scavenger’s Way
- “What good is gold to me? I would give my kingdom for the scraps.” 6/6
- “I will not die here. If all you have is bones and gaunt flesh, then bones and gaunt flesh I will take.” 6/6
Technique: Scavenger’s Way
Rough draft: Use Actions to devour edible things and gain ‘calories’ or some such. This can be consumed to boost the raw strength of a physical action massively once, or permanently slightly, up to a cap. Amount of calories you can store probably capped also
You become able to safely eat raw meat, bones, carrion, and generally a wider range of ordinarily inedible parts of a cadaver and efficiently extract nourishment from it.
Roughly, a rabbit is 2 Units of Nourishment, a whole sheep is 5 Units, and a whole cow is 10 Units. You can only hold up to 25 Units at once.
You can expend stored Nourishment to empower the raw physical strength of a single action.
Practice: Expend up to 10 Units to permanently increase your raw physical strength, to a maximum of 50 Units. Each unit is roughly 10% again of an average human’s added to yours.
You may hold the free Practice gained from this Technique for later.
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>>6166916 ???
You are able to take on the conceptual visage of a superlative specimen of any given mundane animal (except humans). While this does not give you any physical benefit, you are perceived as the peak exemplar of the qualities usually ascribed to the given animal. You become a lion amongst lions or an elephant above all elephants, so on and so forth.
This manifests most obviously when interacting with animals, offering a range of social effects. It may be you garner heavy respect from fellows of your chosen visage, or be viewed with crippling fear by its natural prey animal, or something stranger and more specific, like a toad’s greed for a swan’s meat.
It is important to note this does not affect perceived strength directly, but it still goes a long way in potentially suppressing beasts, feeling as if they’re fighting against the natural order (or any other manifestation of perception for that matter). Consider how you would feel if you were to face down a god, a being ordinarily capable of smashing mountains with a snap of their finger, looking at you with baleful eyes that have beheld the wisdom of countless eons- even if current circumstances happened to reduce his strength to a mortal man.
This is your own creation. Name it freely.
General:
Next Cycle drops. That is Cycle...11? Can someone double check
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>>6168383 Fuck ignore the rough draft part I forgot to remove that lmao
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>>6168383 Carcass also, not cadaver
Sorry wrote this way late as fuck
No further posts tonight, just trying to get back into the groove of things
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:FMZJmq+P Wed 01 Jan 2025 21:06:08 No. 6168403 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 6 (1d6) Using Mnemonics on >As we settled, we realized we were not the first to have done so 0/12 For the end of turn 10
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Mortar, the Wild Archer !2gxW5JDLSc ID:FMZJmq+P Wed 01 Jan 2025 21:09:23 No. 6168404 Report Quoted By:
>>6168384 I think this is correct - beginning of Cycle 11
Iska, Ji wanna start turn by fucking up Fugly treedude?
I'm eager to drop some new wood for my bow from him.