[Emperors of the Fading Suns] [Emperors of the Fading Suns] OOC Thread

Arynne said:
Between Cunning Fangs, Malek and now Flicker, we have quite a few ways of creating enlightened mortal heroes. This is something we need to start thinking about.
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It is a very interesting line of thought.


I admit I never considered to make more than 1 assistant. Thank you times n for making me think about this.


However, I'd say, we don't make mortal heroes, we make mini exalts !


I do have to commit 15m per mini me I am maintaining and you less motes but a HL (not sure if that one regenerates), but with our large panel of charms and their versatility it does present several tactical very interesting options.


Cool thing about this: is it's a power switch. We can turn it off at wish, and on again on touch.


For now I only have one super spy/thief (Melia) I am always maintaining (and will always support), but since the charm works as an on/off switch... I guess we could actually make more profiles, even couples on a Solar / Lunar model and leave them in charge when we are away.


At least that would free us from handling 1/3 cities which clearly can't hurt.
 
Feantari said:
I'm still holding out for DB kids, but 's not lookin' good.
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You may need to get more info on Tirana's plans for that, and even then it may be... Awkward?
 
For those who need Essence raised, Rhapsody can be a "trainer" as well. It doesn't matter as much with the AWESOME narrative Projects mechanic, but it's something to keep in mind.
 
Several of the objectives revolve around specific locations, social groups or characters and characters.


Fangs or Malek bypass the constraints of distance for exalts but not large groups, so we can optimize our moves and actions and maximize efficiency, but not the dominion's.


Made a list of what's to be done for the dominion, where, who can do. From there we can divide the tasks between ourselves.


Places of interest:

  • Great Forks: Zenjo's Losses / Investigating the Killer Bloom / Setting up the trap for Legion (linked to getting back the Tome OR giving the Ring to Mirror... I'm sure Fangs will be totally impartial on this one :P ) / Equipment Buying


  • Cross: Food production / Securing Big K and the labs / Equipment allocation / Spiritual Diplomacy
  • Mirunda: Moving some Crossers there / Equipment allocation / Studying the Bloom
  • Lookshy: Recon / Contact the Lookshyans / Stop the Juggernaut
  • Nathir: Control (Malek ) / Equipment buy
  • Chaya: Equipment buy
  • Ankss: DK slaughtering / Getting back Berek's old stuff (Mirror & friends)
  • Sanctuary: toning things down with Tirana (Fangs only)
  • Nexus: WTF is going on there ?!
  • Autochtonia: the matrix has you


Circle "Perks" (since everyone kicks ass now, we'll consider it's a given for all of us - the rest should be intelligible)

  • Asai Malek: War - Investigation - Hunting - Movement - Diplomacy - Delegate - Use Technology - Infiltration - Bureaucracy
  • Cunning Fangs: Occult - Diplomacy - Movement ++ - Communication ++ - Summoning - Use Technology -Infiltration
  • Flickering Claw: War - Hunting - Delegate - Infiltration
  • Kalak the Shining Prince: Crafting - Occult - Use Technology
  • Mirror of Hipocrisy: War - Use Technology
  • Peleps Argis: War - Diplomacy - Communication ++ - Heal -Bureaucracy
  • Rhapsody: War - Diplodomacy (she can't read people but she sure as hell doesn't need to in order to crush them socially) - Heal


Okay so generally speaking... Enough Warlords, Diplomats and people able to operate Artifact Technology, which is never a bad thing considering security is never a given in Exalted.


2 Bureaucrats (one with an assistant), only 1 investigator (that is light), 2 walkie talkies (this will be VERY useful to coordinate since one of them has the greatest mobility) 2 Occultists, 1 Diplodomat (you just don't say no to Rhapsody !) and 2 Healers.


So... my recommendation for the immediate actions for the next weeks:

  • Great Forks / Lookshy -> Argis / Fangs / Malek / Mirror; Recon & Contact the Lookshyans (All 4) / Investigating the Killer Bloom (Malek + friends) / Cooling things down with Zenjo (Argis or Malek) / Setting the trap for Legion (Argis)
  • Cross -> Rhapsody / Kalak handle the local Spirit Courts and crush them to get what we need from them; Kalak; study the Bloom
  • Mirunda -> Flicker marches men up there to settle, possibly training her Delegate on the way


Any input ?
 
I have no particular merit for rearranging what has been written so far by every member of the team.


But glad you liked it anyway :)
 
xarvh said:
Well, it's very useful to get a clearer idea of the mess, and I for one welcome it dearly.
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Yeah, me too. I didn't know how much I needed a bird's eye view to sort it a bit in my brain. Thanks again.
 
Argis also does the investigation thing.


I'm not really sure yet if 5OD would actually care to meet any of the celestials. I'm sort of guessing he's gold faction, but he's pretty dang mysterious about it all.


I would have thought Malek wanted to be involved in resettling Mirunda and going all eclipse-fu on the spirit courts? oaths++? Is there a driving reason you want him on the other trip?
 
Mirror has Lore & the Lore Exc, she's good at knowing stuff. She is going to be working her way up Investigation.


She's also going to want to learn that flying chariot spell from Fangs, which means she's also movement++ when that happens.


Edit: Mirror also has high awareness -- good for noticing all sorts of stuff - and is Combat Focused. She's an excellent escort & guard. She'd also make a great "bad cop" to Rhapsody's "good cop" -- she's got the people reading to back Rhapsody up, too.


@WlfSamurai -- Rhapsody can speed up training times for raising essence? That would be much appreciated!
 
xarvh said:
Well, it's very useful to get a clearer idea of the mess, and I for one welcome it dearly.
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Would that be worth a Project Post ? I know I could use one more ;)

Argis also does the investigation thing.
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Woops, right, sorry about that, sometimes I miss things when my eyes bleed at 2am, silly me. :D

I'm not really sure yet if 5OD would actually care to meet any of the celestials. I'm sort of guessing he's gold faction, but he's pretty dang mysterious about it all.
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Then let's not let the crazy celestials meet him, and leave Argis to that and do something else.


Plenty of things to do in the city... bugging the Three, buying marvelous stuff, kicking some Faes around, dodging stones thrown at you by bystanders, stealing from people, tearing slavers to shreds, getting massively stoned etc etc


You can always find a way to have fun in the city of gods.

I would have thought Malek wanted to be involved in resettling Mirunda and going all eclipse-fu on the spirit courts? oaths++? Is there a driving reason you want him on the other trip ?
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Three words: Zenjo, priorities, mistake :D


Malek was the one asking Zenjo for men, and he wants to look him in the eye and tell him that we took good care of his men and that he's sorry that the courrier never arrived. Seems like the polite and respectful thing to do. I can give you guys a letter and come see him later though.


Not having seen that Argis had at least an investigation excellency, I thought Malek's presence was an absolute necessity on site to seek out the thuth, would have been a shame, but heh, sacrifices have to be made and Malek knows it, he would have made them and miss Mirunda's reconstruction because there were more important thing to do that only he could do.


Malek has some decent Survival, while Argis has Medicine so they'd make a pretty good team looking that thing up and see if it actually exists, but I guess Argis can handle the investigation without him, and give Malek a CWTWT call if he needs assistance.


I do not like the idea of leaving one person alone handle this as it can easily turn out to be a trap.


But if Fangs & Mirror stick with Argis all the way through, then I guess we can leave Malek in Cross handle the diplomacy with spirits and autobots with Rhapsody, and later indeed join Flicker in Mirunda to supervise the reconstruction and oversee security.


Which is cool because now, I can see more clearly the chain of interactions between Nathir - Mirunda - Cross and what needs to be done to consolidate their exchanges.


First I'm going to make a step deeper in Nathir to enlarge my business and influence there, and from there rebuilding Mirunda should follow more fluidly.
 
Kacie said:
Mirror has Lore & the Lore Exc, she's good at knowing stuff. She is going to be working her way up Investigation.
She's also going to want to learn that flying chariot spell from Fangs, which means she's also movement++ when that happens.


Edit: Mirror also has high awareness -- good for noticing all sorts of stuff - and is Combat Focused. She's an excellent escort & guard. She'd also make a great "bad cop" to Rhapsody's "good cop" -- she's got the people reading to back Rhapsody up, too.


@WlfSamurai -- Rhapsody can speed up training times for raising essence? That would be much appreciated!
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The list was just a quick resume of abilities useful on a dominion scale.


Stuff like personal combat prowess, athletics, or awareness for example matters a bit less than the ability to counter a disease outbreak, lead men into battle, operate first age technology, administrate etc etc


That does not mean that I consider Mirror as having less importance at all.


She's seriously bad ass and we're very lucky to have her on our side rather than against us ! :D


Can't wait to see her throw herself into battle... that is going to be a thing of beauty methinks.
 
Earlier, though, we discussed an upgrade to the enlightening Charms when the Exalt reaches a high enough level...
 
Hopefully in two weeks I'll see the overpaid charlatan psychiatrist about my memory issues.


While I wait for the miraculous cure, I'd appreciate a link or a recap.
 
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