OurLadyOfWires
Uh-oh, better hide those FOALS!
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Good day everyone.
"Bird, when are we learning about Ash?"
"Bird, it couldn't possibly be that those two things are related, could it?"
Well, they might not tell you directly, but I will. So those fine details really aren't on Velvet's radar right now.
Having a Sacrament doesn't mean you can teach other ponies Sacraments.
The requirements for teaching a Sacrament is literally a skill called "One who is very great".
Attaining a Sacrament doesn't make you a Very Great creature, the same way that graduating from school doesn't make you a professor.
So, unfortunately, perish the thought of having one character reach a Sacrament and then "spreading it around".
Thank you for writing it!
When a Name gives you a temporary Influence, it's like they are a little ghost following you around and buffing you. You can have an many as you want.
When you summon a 2-turn influence, it's like a cape or a gear you are putting on, and it's too cumbersome to have two at the same time. (But they last two turns, unlike a Name-given one)
And as always, he might be too busy to answer. But you can write to him whatever you want.
Still, she knows there is something very Forge-y and very Break-y there, and...
Actually, let me take a step back. You need to remember that Velvet doesn't know how to obtain the Blood of an Outsider. Knowing that killing Selene would net you that is a was-not that she never really had contact with.
She only has this vague understanding, corroborated by Baldomare, that Outsiders are a power "not from this world".
So right now, her best plan is to literally find an Outsider, and then wring him on a juicer until something usable comes out.
And given what happened in the Mansus, she thinks the best place she can find the largest juicer possible, anywhere, is where the Forge-of-Days did something.
Let me know if there's anything else I can help with. I was considering extending the moratorium a little bit, since it's a friday and I posted the update probably during the night of several timezones. But things seem to be progressing fine.
Oh, sorry for that. "Mansus-related outsidere option" costs one Mansus exploration action. So, since you already will use your free Mansus exploration for the Ashen Wastes, then you would need to spend a personal action to gain the usual two Mansus Exploration points, and then spend one of those two points on that option.The wording on this option seems to imply it takes up both of the Mansus exploration actions that we would normally get per AP spent? Is that the case, or is it the same as other Mansus exploration actions?
Because if it eats both, I need to go adjust my plans.
"Bird, when is Selene going to talk to her other sister, Soft Sweeps?"Also @OurLadyOfWires still no Ash info? We're starting to run out of "beginning" for the turn.
"Bird, when are we learning about Ash?"
"Bird, it couldn't possibly be that those two things are related, could it?"
No rerolls used on DoA. Knock was a tiny bit clutch, but passing a roll by a little is still passing.
You can't tell for sure, really. Unironically speaking, an Edge AotL might be useful.Would AotL Grail actually help with Comet @OurLadyOfWires ? If not we might be better off going for Heart or Winter, in case of such rolls in the Mansus (as they're the "defensive" lores).
All that matters is that Rarity will let you know if she definitely needs to succeed her roll during a turn. Just how like Jade tells you if she needs some time off.Actually, @OurLadyOfWires has Rarity ever failed a roll thus far? and if she's working on her career, does she also rolls for the quality of her work besides the automatic success?
Well, they might not tell you directly, but I will. So those fine details really aren't on Velvet's radar right now.
@OurLadyOfWires does Rarity gets a potential Sacrament to achieve on her own, like Velvet does?
And if she does, could SHE then share it with us?
About this. Let me dispel a misunderstanding that I think has been building up for a while.@OurLadyOfWires I don't suppose Selene can research her own personal Sacraments for Moth and Winter and then share them with us, can she? I already asked about the other confidants, though I don't think you answered (not recently at least. If I had asked in the old thread I don't remember it).
Having a Sacrament doesn't mean you can teach other ponies Sacraments.
The requirements for teaching a Sacrament is literally a skill called "One who is very great".
Attaining a Sacrament doesn't make you a Very Great creature, the same way that graduating from school doesn't make you a professor.
So, unfortunately, perish the thought of having one character reach a Sacrament and then "spreading it around".
This was awesome! I love her already. And it was funny how she was so casually strong and dismissive about it at the same time. "Yeah, I pinned you down and you can't escape. Sure. But did you really need to have a scar?"
Thank you for writing it!
"Velvet Moon"?
Uh… from what I recall we can only have one Name Influence at a time? Or did that get changed? I remember there being some confusion at points when Bird rejiggered the rules a bit, but not exactly how it played out.
What Greymere said.Iirc, we can only have one Called Influence at a time. I don't believe we're limited on Name-channeled Influences.
When a Name gives you a temporary Influence, it's like they are a little ghost following you around and buffing you. You can have an many as you want.
When you summon a 2-turn influence, it's like a cape or a gear you are putting on, and it's too cumbersome to have two at the same time. (But they last two turns, unlike a Name-given one)
Well, Level 4 Lore gives you a reroll, and they are Level 6. So they certainly have at least a Level 4 reroll, yes....do Names even get rerolls, actually? It's not like we've ever seen them use them. @OurLadyOfWires?
Sure. I'd appreciate a little more specificity on your wording, though, just so Steppes understands what you are asking.One thought on a Steppes action: we could ask him about his time in Manehattan?
(@OurLadyOfWires is this a possible Steppes letter?)
And as always, he might be too busy to answer. But you can write to him whatever you want.
Well, the Forge-of-Days did a lot of breaking, and left a very big "something" in a very big crater. And the only reason Velvet didn't look at the crater was because she was too mentally overburdened to do anything more than crawl to the Tricuspid Gate and get closer to Glory.@OurLadyOfWires Sorry, What is the place that Velvet suspects she might want to visit? Is this the crater, a gate, something else? If Velvet has a suspicion, surely that's something we should know…
Still, she knows there is something very Forge-y and very Break-y there, and...
Actually, let me take a step back. You need to remember that Velvet doesn't know how to obtain the Blood of an Outsider. Knowing that killing Selene would net you that is a was-not that she never really had contact with.
She only has this vague understanding, corroborated by Baldomare, that Outsiders are a power "not from this world".
So right now, her best plan is to literally find an Outsider, and then wring him on a juicer until something usable comes out.
And given what happened in the Mansus, she thinks the best place she can find the largest juicer possible, anywhere, is where the Forge-of-Days did something.
Let me know if there's anything else I can help with. I was considering extending the moratorium a little bit, since it's a friday and I posted the update probably during the night of several timezones. But things seem to be progressing fine.