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MaHaSuchi's700]I'm not sure that's allowed. As far as I can gather said:
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Of course, I'm not Sherwood. But there's my 2 cents if you're interested.
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That does make sense, but I have certain doubts for the following reasons, the way one single Solar can't stack TWTT it's because of the charm duration, namely you have to keep the charm's mote cost committed for that whole week while it's in use, meaning you can't double-activate it, and during that training time your essence is focused towards one particular skill/attribute/ability or what not, any other charm or effect coming into play that works towards the same benefit (two charms training to raise melee for example) would only benefit from the stronger effect (in this case, the shortest duration), we could use the bonus stacking part of the errata as a further guideline to support this, in which only the greater benefit can be used when two bonuses come into play, in this case if you have a Solar and a Lunar using their respective training charms on a unit (which should have no issue as they're different charms), Drill can only be increased weekly as by one single use of a charm. However, what happens when such charms train the additional different effects like HAM, since each charm actually only requires 5 hours in a given week from each user, there would be no issue with having each solar (or lunar/abyssal or what not) spent their committed essence for the whole week with a same group, as long as each trains a different additional trait for the duration of the charm, this way Drill is increased by 1 every week to a maximum of 5/4 (the higher in this case, depending if it's a Solar and/or a Lunar doing the training), but each charm's additional benefits could stack further as long as they're geared towards different traits, obviously this means that the units needs to train at least 10 hours a week or more if two or more Solars/Lunars train them together.


Of course, there's no solid rule to say one way is correct or incorrect, after all it comes down to an interpretation of the rules as we have them, which in this case falls on Sherwood's take on the matter, if it's doable cool, but if not, no biggie.
 
[QUOTE="MaHaSuchi's700]Possibly, at least if someone with Heroism-Encouraging Practice isn't leading the unit. If you think Skadi might ever lead a unit, then it's a worthy investment - perhaps not immediately, but eventually for sure.

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Once she gets Essence 6 and can learn Relentless Lunar Horde, definitely. ;)
 
[QUOTE="Lord-Leafar]That does make sense, but I have certain doubts for the following reasons, the way one single Solar can't stack TWTT it's because of the charm duration, namely you have to keep the charm's mote cost committed for that whole week while it's in use, meaning you can't double-activate it, and during that training time your essence is focused towards one particular skill/attribute/ability or what not, any other charm or effect coming into play that works towards the same benefit (two charms training to raise melee for example) would only benefit from the stronger effect (in this case, the shortest duration), we could use the bonus stacking part of the errata as a further guideline to support this, in which only the greater benefit can be used when two bonuses come into play, in this case if you have a Solar and a Lunar using their respective training charms on a unit (which should have no issue as they're different charms), Drill can only be increased weekly as by one single use of a charm. However, what happens when such charms train the additional different effects like HAM, since each charm actually only requires 5 hours in a given week from each user, there would be no issue with having each solar (or lunar/abyssal or what not) spent their committed essence for the whole week with a same group, as long as each trains a different additional trait for the duration of the charm, this way Drill is increased by 1 every week to a maximum of 5/4 (the higher in this case, depending if it's a Solar and/or a Lunar doing the training), but each charm's additional benefits could stack further as long as they're geared towards different traits, obviously this means that the units needs to train at least 10 hours a week or more if two or more Solars/Lunars train them together.
Of course, there's no solid rule to say one way is correct or incorrect, after all it comes down to an interpretation of the rules as we have them, which in this case falls on Sherwood's take on the matter, if it's doable cool, but if not, no biggie.

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I don't know. I see your point, but that opens the floodgates to a huge potential for stacking as many Training effects on a single unit as possible. At the moment we only have two TWTTers (assuming Filial has it), and three if and when Aurora picks it up, so I guess it wouldn't be too bad.


ST ruling?
 
I don't see why two or three different Solars couldn't spend their time training a different ability, since it is only 5 hours in the week that is used up by the Charm. So long as you are all focused on different skills, you can do it.
 
I'll try to get back to you tonight with thoughts for Rin. Finally got caught up on the ooc thread, but I want to check some things. Not able to put time towards that today until after work.
 
[QUOTE="MaHaSuchi's700]Storm will be training the troops as well. Rose probably doesn't need to worry about going with him to Chiang-Dav until we have a signal for
If you can tell us, how long will Ejava take to announce she wants the meeting? If it will be more than a day or two, Storm would head back to Rathess and ask Grond to perform scouting duties in Chiang-Dav until the Ejava gives the signal.

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It will be at least a week, and Grond was going to go with Skadi and Maverick to see Mi-Ha-Suchi, but he can change his plans.
 
MrSerious said:
Okay, Essence 6 ahoy! How many dots of Familiar do I need to get a mice of the sun as a familiar? :)
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Hmm. They are not combat capable, or have any special powers other than showing the blessing of the Sun. I'd say for one Mouse you can spend two dots for one.
 
1) Skadi and Blossom spending time recruiting the local tribes to your side.


2) Investigating the Pyramid of the Sun for what's in the closed rooms. - Tiger?


3) Continued contact and recon in Chaing-Dav, trying to recruit Tepet Ejava away from the invasion plans. - Grond


4) Training the army, including capturing more Dragon Kings and Awakening their Essence. - Athaclenna, Rose, Storm


5) The supply run to Jades and setting up future deliveries - L'Ron


6) Work on the Rathess infrastructure to get the basic utilities running, along with the tram system - Ryu's flunkies Essence powered Artisans


7) Continued contact with potential allies in Yu-Shan to recruit more people and gods to your side - Sash


8) Getting Aurora into a leadership position in the Aerial Legion


9) Investigate Mount Metagalapa for the presence of the Directional Titan - Ryu, De'aneir'a


10) Going way out West to find the one hidden underwater. - Tiger, Skadi, De'aneir'a


11) Whisper going to Yu-Shan to see Lytek - Rose


12) Establish contact with Mi-Ha-Suchi - Skadi, Maverick, Blossom?


thread 1 will be Skadi, Maverick, and maybe Blossom going to be making contact with Mi-Ha-Suchi while working her magic on the local tribes.


Thread 2 looks like De' and Ryu nosing around Mount Metagalapa. Any other takers?


Thread 3 will be a general, catch all thread, where we can post training the army and other stuff like that.


Anyone need a fourth thread? I don't want to leave anyone out.
 
Skadi probably won't bring Blossom to meet with Ma-Ha-Suchi...if he's been so disfigured by exposure to the Wyld, the last thing she wants to do is remind him of her own affinity for it.


(Naturally, she doesn't know about him running a rape camp inside of a Wyld zone to create mutants, or about his using the tendency of the Wyld to turn people into tropes to make his followers simple-minded mooks.)
 
Skadi's proposed method of dealing with the jungle tribes will require the co-operation of Shining Flower: she plans to locate their villages, walk into their midst -- possibly naked for greater impact ;) -- and pound the crap out of their strongest warriors while glowing. Top it off by having Shining Flower appear and tell her worshipers to follow the Exalted now.


Alternatively, for greater impact, she might allow herself to be captured, even let them attempt to torture her (good luck getting through her Stamina Charms) before she's forced to fight one of their warriors in a gladiatorial match while armed only with feathers...and then light up like a silver torch and pound the crap out of them.
 
While Aurora will help with the training of the army, she will keep an eye for an answer of the War gods, and meet them at the earliest opportunity, she will try and meet both the Central, Eastern and Southern gods of war, with particular emphasis on the Central and Eastern ones first. And through their influence try to get an audience with Ghataru later on.
 
Sherwood said:
1) Skadi and Blossom spending time recruiting the local tribes to your side.
2) Investigating the Pyramid of the Sun for what's in the closed rooms. - Tiger?


3) Continued contact and recon in Chaing-Dav, trying to recruit Tepet Ejava away from the invasion plans. - Grond


4) Training the army, including capturing more Dragon Kings and Awakening their Essence. - Athaclenna, Rose, Storm


5) The supply run to Jades and setting up future deliveries - L'Ron


6) Work on the Rathess infrastructure to get the basic utilities running, along with the tram system - Ryu's flunkies Essence powered Artisans


7) Continued contact with potential allies in Yu-Shan to recruit more people and gods to your side - Sash


8) Getting Aurora into a leadership position in the Aerial Legion


9) Investigate Mount Metagalapa for the presence of the Directional Titan - Ryu, De'aneir'a


10) Going way out West to find the one hidden underwater. - Tiger, Skadi, De'aneir'a


11) Whisper going to Yu-Shan to see Lytek - Rose


12) Establish contact with Mi-Ha-Suchi - Skadi, Maverick, Blossom?


thread 1 will be Skadi, Maverick, and maybe Blossom going to be making contact with Mi-Ha-Suchi while working her magic on the local tribes.


Thread 2 looks like De' and Ryu nosing around Mount Metagalapa. Any other takers?


Thread 3 will be a general, catch all thread, where we can post training the army and other stuff like that.


Anyone need a fourth thread? I don't want to leave anyone out.
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Rin wants to help repair the city and make sure the factory cathedral is operating/making useful things, but she could probably also be helpful to L'Ron making a supply run. Or she could make a stir by flying over to Chaing-Dav to load up on supplies there/see what she can observe of troop movements/provide covert fast travel for spies wanting to check it out. Need to have an excuse to buy up some espionage skills... :-P
 
Looks good to me, Sherwood. Looking forward to seeing what kind of nasties you've got hidden in that Pyramid :D
 
Sherwood said:
It will be at least a week, and Grond was going to go with Skadi and Maverick to see Mi-Ha-Suchi, but he can change his plans.
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Yeah, if that's possible, he is the best person for this job. Ideally, Storm would, but he Storm will check up on him daily since he really only needs an per day to train the army.


Actually... Rin could quite possibly do so herself if Feantari is interested, but that again is a significant investment of time.
 
Ok, the new threads are on the way. I should have them up later this afternoon.
 
Too much playing of the secret world means that I now think Rin needs to design hovering sentry drones that fly about doing perimeter sweeps. Just much less dumb than the version that inspired the ideas...

[QUOTE="MaHaSuchi's700]Yeah, if that's possible, he is the best person for this job. Ideally, Storm would, but he Storm will check up on him daily since he really only needs an per day to train the army.
Actually... Rin could quite possibly do so herself if Feantari is interested, but that again is a significant investment of time.

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Yeah, she needs to be doing work and such.. but a short trip/supply run would give us at least some intel, and she's very curious about the state and being of dragon blooded in this age.
 
New threads are up. Am I missing anything that involves a player character? If not, feel free to post in the appropriate thread for what you are doing.
 
Just for clarification - what type of Dragon King is G'kar? I thought he was the lone Anklok, but I'm not certain about that in the least whatsoever.
 
One of four? Good to know. I knew the Anklok were the most devout and usually the highest priests of the Sun among the Dragon Kings, so I figured it was safe to assume that he was one. The Mosok are in the lake, right?
 
There is the one elder Mosok, and a few wild ones in the lake. There is a effort being made to round them up, but since they can swim away, it is more difficult.
 
-sigh- I really wanted to craft something really cool before setting off to the Titan. Like Celestial Battle Armor with integrated essence cannons or something similar :P
 
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