[Nightmares of the Second Age] The Daily Scribe

Does Ryu have Holistic Miracle Understanding? If so, I say give them the robot, 'cause he be able to build a better version and then mass produce it once we get the Factory Cathedral running.
 
Alternately: Give them the robot, but neglect to mention that we modified it so that it'll self-destruct if turned against beings of Creation.
 
I don't really want to give them anything within Rathess. They really would need to pledge us their Hearts for all time or something equally onerous. Would we need to worry about allies of the Raksha bothering us?


Dammit you really have me thinking with that rings of power quip :D
 
HOLISTIC


MIRACLE UNDERSTANDING


Cost: —; Mins: Craft 5, Essence 5; Type: Permanent Keywords: None Duration: Permanent Prerequisite Charms: Design Beyond Limit


The Solar craftsman has progressed beyond applying discrete bits of knowledge and skill—every part of him is an extension of his prowess, and intuitive understanding blossoms from ev- ery aspect of the world around him. The Solar perfectly un- derstands how to recreate any object he makes use of. When he climbs into a warstrider, he is able to estimate what prayers accompanied its creation, the temperatures used to forge its armor, and the order in which its parts were assembled.


When he fires a bow, he deduces the materials and methods used to create it—and to fletch the arrow it just fired. When he eats a cake, he deduces all the particulars of its recipe. Any effort the Solar undertakes to precisely reproduce an object analyzed by this Charm reduces its cumulative difficulty by half and the total number of successes required by his(Essence x2) to a minimum of 5. With craft 6+, Essence 6+ the solar also counts each hour of work invested in building such a replica as three hours of labor.





This Charm cannot perfectly analyze N/A-rated wonders like the Five-Metal Shrike or unique Primordial (or stranger) design such as the Sword of Creation, the elemental poles, or the Well of Udr. Instead, it grants the Solar a sense of vague but potent inspiration—a clue as to where useful information about or elements of the wonder’s construction might be sought. On all occasions when the Solar Exalted have attempted to use Holistic Miracle Understanding to examine an Exaltation, they have experienced only an encouraging-butvague sense that the answer rests within themselves.
 
Honestly, if I had remembered that charm at the time, I would have maxed out Panoply and Arsenal just so you could copy and reproduce all the more useful artifacts. Oh well, live and learn.
 
Don't worry, I believe a few of us have enough (a bazillion to be more precise) artifacts for Ryu to get plenty of inspiration from.
 
My own ratings in those backgrounds are pretty high IIRC. Did we want to make a proper Thread for reclaiming and restarting Ryu's Manse?
 
You also have to keep in mind that behaving like bullies would seriously annoy Skadi. Maybe, as has been suggested, the raksha are merely clusters of bacteria compressed into humanoid form (but aren't we all?) but that doesn't remove the responsibility Exalted have to act Justly and Wisely towards everyone.


To quote John McCain (before he lapsed into jerkdom): "It's not about who they are, it's about who we are."
 
[QUOTE="Lord-Leafar]Don't worry, I believe a few of us have enough (a bazillion to be more precise) artifacts for Ryu to get plenty of inspiration from.

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I look forward to roleplaying the fight over what Ryu makes first :D
 
Me, personally? Nah. It's a game.


If the Solars' First-Age-ness were to constantly alienate and enrage NPCs we want to befriend, it would get a little frustrating, from a gameplay point of view.
 
We want a reputation as a group of people that can be negotiated with. And Raksha have the manpower we lack.
 
Also bear in mind, if Skadi were to leave and join her own people, she could make things very disagreeable for you all... :P
 
Going by Aurora's mindset, she distrusts Fae in general (they are a negative intimacy of hers after all), but she does see the value on being just and honorable even towards enemies. She will always favor Creation and it's habitants in any circumstance, but if we as a group can reach a beneficial understanding for everyone involved, she will agree and go along with it.
 
Fae allies could be useful though. *shrug* They have stated their roles to some degree for us. Certainly not quite as clearly as Skadi may have wished, but still. As a player I'd be ok with an oath for them to return it when they are finished or something like that. In return we would have some powerful allies that could help us toward our other goals.


IC I'm not sure. Rin probably didn't deal much with Fair Folk and would have a pretty generic 1st age reaction to them. She probably is a bit like Ryu, protective of the works of creations crafters.
 
So with rose gone to deal with Filial, who should be our negotiator and what should our final verdict be?
 
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