Esquestria: The House of the Sun - A pony cultist experience

[Talon Tiger Dino]

Didn't we leave Copper alone for over a year? Suggesting we leave Biedde alone for 3 months, when we know his power in the Wake is extremely limited, is not a comparable kettle of fish.




Yes, that's what monsters are known for. Mercy.

There is no merciful Edge Hour. One of them is a tyrant in service to his duty, and in that duty slays monsters. And the other is a killer in service to strength and freedom, and creates monsters that rampage against the innocent.

Spare Equestria from such "mercy." Velvet is far more merciful than either.

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Biedde is much more dangerous than Copper. He doesn't need over a year to become an existential threat. He just needs to enter the Wake and start stabbing our network anywhere Smiles is not guarding. He's not blinded by a hatred for Velvet like Copper was; he can be smart about how he picks things apart once he's back. Those of the Colonel are patient and cunning after all.

As for your second point; I was talking about Velvet. When I say "make them work for Velvet" I do not mean "make them work for the Lionsmith".

 

[Shaper47]

Even assuming that won't cause other problems, that sort of taking our time just means the other timers blow up in our face?

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True but being better prepared for All In might be worth it.

Like, narratively I suspect having the higher lore the better for the Glory Ending.

And, well personally there's a lot I still want Velvet to do before she ascends.

It's a trade off I suppose. The more time Velvet has to prepare the better but she's still vulnerable while preparing.

 

[Greymere]

Our layers of lies and masks and obfuscations have layered themselves so deep that we're now presenting Reproach with the literal truth. His beliefs regarding everyone's identities is now accurate, but it doesn't feel like it.

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There are times you can really tell that Moth was the lore chosen in that first quest vote, that it was Velvet's first lore to 3, that it was the first lore we taught Selene. This update felt like one of them: pretty much the entire truth, but it's refracted through a plethora of deception. Mothy through and through!

Dovetailed nicely with the loss of influence and wound, too.

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And all this is without the ability to "don the mask", however that shakes out.

Edit: You know, if we end up having any free/flex follower AP, I'd almost be tempted to send someone out to look for books in Ponyville.... we're only a single Level 2 book away from having the Bureau at Forge 3.

 

[dcoconeo]

-"Lend" FOUR followers to Baldomare. They will all embark on a SHORT expedition with her to an unknown location.

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Can we lend Smiles over, since this is also SHORT?
Similarly, can we double down on feeding Smiles Velvet AP if we want?

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Also, isn't making the Forge 6 Reagent directly much easier than the expedition, since sending Names is not cheap either?

 

[Greymere]

Also, isn't making the Forge 6 Reagent directly much easier than the expedition, since sending Names is not cheap either?

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Making the Forge 6 reagent ourselves would cost 190 bits (80 for Lv. 4 + 110 for purification). So... it depends.

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@OurLadyOfWires there's a tiny bit of a discrepancy between the progress bar we were originally told for the map fragment, and what it is in our inventory...

BOOK Non-Lore. "The Way Home (Fragment)." A fragment of a map, retrieved from a small changeling quasi-hive, that might point the way to their original hive. (Requires deciphering. Progress 0/100. Confusing text, "-20" to deciphering rolls.)

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-You will gain the Non-Lore book "The Way Home (Fragment)," which has a "-20 (Confusing)" malus for study, and a "0/300" progression bar to it. Finding other Fragments (if they exist) would greatly help you study this book.

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[DelightedOne]

Can we lend Smiles over, since this is also SHORT?
Similarly, can we double down on feeding Smiles Velvet AP if we want?

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We could.

Wait, I'm a bit confused. Why are you asking that if it doesn't matter who we send on an AP level(I'm assuming you are thinking on using Smiles' Troublemaker trait)? Since it doesn't consume Follower actions.

-The expedition will not cost you funds, nor will they cost actions from the followers. But it will cost one action from Baldomare herself.

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