[Nightmares of the Second Age] The Daily Scribe

When there are other solars present, all statements are suggestions ;) That realpoltiky comment out of the way, you did say "I think" and "with the goddess Reelza's permission."
 
Fair enough. Well he was asking Relza as more a pro-forma formality, but if you didn't get it I doubt anyone else will.
 
Sorry for the epic lack of postage, I found out earlier this week that I have my first exam of the semester this upcoming Monday so I sorta went into panic mode. After it passes I should be better off. I'll attempt to post something short, I have the basics of the entire thing laid out in my head but it needs to be put into words.
 
Yes, good luck with your exams. Real Life takes priority. I plan on starting up a new thread soon. Ponder on what your next course of action will be.
 
I already bought a charm, though. As we get 10 xp per thread, my purchasing strategy is to alternate between buying ability 6 (9/10xp) or a charms (8/10xp).
 
You can do that of course, but charms give you way more bang for your buck than abilities, particularly when purchased with xp rather than bp.


And just because we got 10 xp for each of the first two threads, it doesn't mean that's how it will be for everyone ;)
 
Rose has the basic Lore training charm btw, but that justs cuts it down to a week rather than many weeks.
 
Training caste or favored abilities has no training time, from what can tell, which is why I'm looking at them at the moment
 
This is true, and the same applies for Willpower and Virtues. But I do believe that patience is a virtue here and we should hold our horses.
 
Remember, I'm more dependent on my inherent capabilities than the rest of you, one more ability dot is one less mote spent on excellencies.


Hm, speaking excellencies, what are the pros and cons of Infinite ability mastery vs supreme perfection of ability?
 
This is one of the few cases where I would advocate in favor of redundancy, as in: Get both.


Infinite Ability Mastery is *fantastic* if and only if you can afford to spend an entire acting activating a charm that cannot be combo'ed. This will not be the case in every battle, and some battles are too small to warrant the expenditure of 20+ motes and 2 wp.


Supreme Perfection of Ability is a great all round charm, but since it doesn't stack with IAM, you won't get to use it in those big iconic battles.
 
And a post script for this one as well: Get SPoA for the abilities that are peripheral to your chosen activity. For instance, spending motes on an awareness excellency when rolling join battle is not very economical, but when the price gets slashed in two, it suddenly looks pretty good.
 
Do SPoA successes count towards your dice adder cap?


EDIT: And I so intend to get Supreme Perfection of Craft
 
oops! I was getting mixed up, I meant Peerless Paragon of Craft (Glories: UCS, page 28). Do THOSE successes count towards your cap?
 
Perfection looks more cost-effective to me. With Infinite Mastery, I have to pay 2 motes and a willpower to commit, say, 10 motes to get 5 free dice out of the 1st excellency, which are tied up for the rest of the scene. With Perfection, though, I just spend 5 motes to get 10 dice, which with a good stunt I can get back 2-4 for a net cost of 3-1. Am I missing something?
 
Yes, flurries. If you make a flurry (magical or otherwise), the price of boosting all the attacks with an excellency goes through the roof without IAM.
 
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