It's already happened, the world can attest
We gotta get Selene some Winter realization in her Hooves.
How do we go on Expeditions? Bits. How do we summon things? Bits. How do we get the exact qualities we want in a reagent? Bits. What if we find the Level 6 Book in a shop? We spend Bits. We tend to focus on Bits because Bits curtail us an awful lot.
Problem with Mansus expeditions though is that we have no real way of determining what would be the main thing. Like last time, we were assuming that surely Grail would be important, seeing as it's very obviously a Grail location! And then the only check that used Grail was for bonus loot at the end.
This is what I'm talking about though. I do understand, but between Velvet's base salary and Rarity's work we have a solid base. We would spend less on the other options if we had more resources to start with. Considering the amount of effort needed to set up income streams we're better off focusing on expiditions which have up front costs, but have potential to net us the tools we need in both resources and with the Mansus, lores. Mansus expeditions also have the benefit of not costing anything.
All of those things are gated behind having the bits to acquire them. The only thing that can give us stuff with a bit cost, is the Mansus explorations. And with our cost about to massively increase with us wanting to send at least a full expedition out every turn. Scry ,cost money, a level 6 artifact, send an expedition next turn costs around 100 bits, repeating until we have them all. We are spending at base 150 bits a turn for the 6-8 turns, on just the basic stuff we need, not counting things like medicine, other rituals, and summonings which are all massively expensive. We are barely positive with no leeway if we need something done that cost bits.
I mean, that's fair, but I'm also pretty sure that at least a few people rightfully pointed out that Winter would be a pretty good idea. And since this is basically a continuation of the same place, while we don't know it will help it does stand to reason that it might. Hell, basically every lore except Grail got two shots. Well, Knock and Hesrt didn't either, but they were still good for the last roll.
Keep in mind that the later in the game the more bits it takes. We need to maintain multiple Named summons, harder expeditions cost more, highter level books cost more and so on. Rarity works to the bone to keep us solvent but it is not ideal situation and not something that can go on permanently.
I must admit, when I first read the intro I thought the mare was Velvet. And I was like "ohoh? Haters-into-lovers dyad story, starring Comet and Velvet?
"I don't mean to be dismissive, but I don't really know what to say. The Leash does exactly what it claims to do. It makes that character skip one step ahead on the acquaintance/minion scale as long as they are leashed.
It should be fixed now. Sorted by date, with the introductory apocrypha being the very first regardless. Thank you!
She definitely lives by those words. Breaking down the doors of cult hideouts, or blowing up the entrance of orphanages for her next heist, it sure is never enough for her
Basically that, yeah. The presence or absence of an Influence won't negatively impact the results of something you are doing. Might make it more interesting, or change the narrative. But if you roll an 80 while trying to convince a pony, having an Edge influence won't change the result. At most, it will change the narrative to say that you intimidated the pony, rather than something else.
The tally seems correct this time, actually! Or at least, it matches my own results when I run NetTally.
That was @spiderhellian I believe.
De nada. I almost wish we could afford to actually do it like that, because I really want to see what happens when four different old monsters work together with the singular purpose of "fuck that guy in particular". It would be an amazing flex.She definitely lives by those words. Breaking down the doors of cult hideouts, or blowing up the entrance of orphanages for her next heist, it sure is never enough for her
This was awesome. Thank you for sharing it!
Thank you! And I absolutely don't mean this in a negative way, but I think that "Plan Pittauro" was somewhat impacting my system because I think I read somewhere that a plan with a user's name will cause that person to "give their vote" to another use.
It kinda seemed the obvious implication to me.
Eh, if we really want to flex, you also need to add the two YOUNG monsters, Selene and Velvet CoversDe nada. I almost wish we could afford to actually do it like that, because I really want to see what happens when four different old monsters work together with the singular purpose of "fuck that guy in particular". It would be an amazing flex.
Like, Just imagine what our reaction would be if four Names suddenly broke down our door looking to ruin our day with almost no warning. Especially if that door was the door of a super hidden cult base nobody should know about.
Rerolls don't really matter on an expedition, failed rolls, either cost bits, or wounds, you can keep going so long as you have some to spare, and just roll again. A big reason to befriend Mareinette as she can just power thou any expedition even if she fails like 8 rolls.
"Rerolls don't matter"
True, which is part of why I've changed my mind about Biedde.
I'm assuming different obstacles come with different penalties for failures.
Curses, dreads, and fascinations don't effect Names. Really all Ax needs to just solo any expedition is some chaff health.
One option that we don't use is theft and such. Another is to use grail or other lores to get high paying job. We would have been fine with other starts, just would have started working on getting more money earlier.
Ah good catch. @OurLadyOfWires do you want me to edit the plan to include that?