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I didn't get to commenting when that last update actually came out, but reading it made me want to kill it with fire 😆😨 just due to being scared of it getting out of hoof and wanting fewer competing lore-equipped factions (although that ship has mostly sailed). Grimdark:
Also I thought of...
Related to these thoughts: there's a song from EPIC: The Musical, which is an in-production musical about the journey of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey, called Monster when Odysseus basically comes to this realization, that his "kindness" to the enemy is actually cruelty to himself and those he...
Do people really care about "minimize innocent/civilian casualties if it doesn't harm other objectives"? I could add it to the Leave No Trace plans if that's the consensus (ideally no one who voted for the plan already strongly objects) and it helps reassure people. But I'm pretty sure the team...
I feel pretty confident in Jade's scrying + Baldomare Lantern + Mareinette Grail to find everything we need. I don't know if interrogating Copper is too risky. We could potentially throw in a sentence "Only attempt to interrogate Copper if the risks are minimal and we are unable to locate the...
Moratorium is over. Open fire!
@Greymere "Plan Leave No Trace" is your variant exactly. (Let me know if you want any edits to it.) To summarize, we try to eliminate Copper as stealthily and leaving as little evidence as possible, whether through making it look like she tucked tail and ran, or...
Fair enough, thanks for clarifying. This isn't as surgical as I'd like, since the Bureau will start asking how their activities leaked before they even set hoof in Manehattan, and I respect them enough to think they might realize it doesn't add up, even if it would explain why everything is a...
Related to both of these thoughts, the issue is how we just seem to be unable to find the time for proactive social actions. How long have we had Applejack as a contact? And I recall the QM had to get us from acquaintance to friend using a reward for hosting the party, rather than a social...
Edited in both of these. I noticed @spiderhellian's plan has them taking a ton of stuff, I guess in the hope that something will be useful, just in case?
And yeah, let me know what variants might actually have people interested in them.
Here's an idea for a plan (I looked a bit at @spiderhellian's plan for some inspiration as well):
[] Plan Leave No Trace
-[] [BUREAU] You will assault Copper BEFORE the Bureau picks her trail.
-[] Assault an opponent (Copper Secateur)
--[] Who is going? (WRITE IN which followers will go)
---[]...
Wanted to try my hand at writing the objectives for a Copper assault done BEFORE the Bureau gets her trail. Maybe someone can incorporate it into their plan:
---[] Make Copper disappear. If possible, have Mareinette "clean up" Copper on her bed as she sleeps in the middle of the night, or if...
This approach, of saying "this is the story, stop asking me questions 😡" worries me a little bit. Is Velvet just talking about the official story that should be spread "in this house", or actually trying to gaslight the Bureau? I kind of wish Velvet had gone with something like "my memory is...
Hmm, I didn't think of the possibility of Axe getting "killed" during the assault on Copper and us being left without any wrong keys for three turns. But that would be a strong argument for making wrong keys this turn.
Ah yes, trauma is a difficult thing. The best things we can do are to...
[X] Plan Time's Up - Rarity Digging
[X] Plan Time's Up - Rarity Searching
[x] Plan Let's Get That Outsider:
[x] A tighter security detail
I think this new "Rarity Digging" plan is underrated and superior to all the other plans that create a prison, since they don't make a lot of time for...
While I'm still a bit partial to taking Copper alive, you make a compelling argument. Darn, that's disappointing. It feels like our rate of scrap acquisition was much higher early game when we had time to read books and mess around in the Mansus. Also, I wonder how Our Lady of Wires is going to...
Time for the follower phase table. (@OurLadyOfWires this may be of interest to you.) @ me if something is inaccurate or you need something updated. I forgot how tedious it was to make this, so I decided to skip the double-check and action counting this time, and I might stop doing it going...
There are one or more Worm-possessed ponies we might meet, aren't there?
(Relatedly, I find the prospect of meeting Sunset Shimmer to be pretty exciting!)
[X] There has been an attempt against the Commissioner's life.
I find it perfectly understandable to have reservations and prefer that nothing happen. For me they are outweighed by the many ways we can spin this to our advantage and use the new resources we'll be given. See my previous post...
Actually, another thought that occurred to me: how do the detectives make the connection that Copper is who they must investigate, since they have no idea who she is right now, as far as we know? Though I suppose she might be in their files of bad ponies somewhere. Is there evidence to implicate...