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

[Nevermort]

[X] (MAREINETTE) Mareinette is her own mare, and Cadance could use some company. Don't do anything, and see how things turn out.

[X] Rare Item

[X] Rare Ties

[X] Rare Tone

 

[ses]

Honestly we can, uh, probably skip Forge Sacrament due to Forge name being able to be brought into the Malleary. And our wallet is already crying enough.

If we do though I'm kind of still partial to Personal Forge because it sounds like we can use it for bieddes duel. Meanwhile we don't have the budget for artifact crafting or the time for it to pay off.

Glad to hear we can do the refinement on turn 23. Turn 24 befriending seems locked in.

 

[OurLadyOfWires]

Glad to hear we can do the refinement on turn 23. Turn 24 befriending seems locked in.

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Quick note.

I hope I am not raining on anyone's parade. But I don't want you to assume you can do both refinings on the same turn.

That is, if you create a Forge 4 reagent on one turn, don't expect to turn it into Forge 6 AND Blue Gold on the same turn.

I sounds doable from a mechanic perspective. But I actually would like for the process of turning Iotic Essence into radioactive material to take a full month, if you don't mind

So yeah. Assume you need a Forge 6 reagent at the beginning of a turn in order to pick the final refining option.

 

[ses]

No problem, the fact we can make the iotic essence on a turn he's fun sized more than makes up for that

 

[Pororurin]

[X] (MAREINETTE) Mareinette is her own mare, and Cadance could use some company. Don't do anything, and see how things turn out.

[X] Rare Item

 

[MisRAR1]

[X] (MAREINETTE) You introduced her to Cadance, yes, but you are still very interested in her endeavors.

[X] Rare Item

 

[Limabot]

[X] (MAREINETTE) Mareinette is her own mare, and Cadance could use some company. Don't do anything, and see how things turn out.

[X] Rare Fabric

 

[ses]

We could set him to Forge/Grail and have him make bits this turn, or we can stick to Forge/SH and have him handle the 3circle site.

 

[Talon Tiger Dino]

Total cost is 190 bits (reagent + purification).

With another 60 bits we'd have 165 bits currently.

This is before Rarity's dividends which which would probably pay for the remaining 25 bits.

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Math doesn't add up there. QM said we should have 623 Bits at the top of the turn, and that includes Rarity dividends. 623-438 (Joyous)-20 (Reagent)=165, which is 25 shy of the 190 Bits needed for refinement. Subtracting Biedde's price brings us to 105 Bits, which means we could make the Level 4 Reagent this turn, if we really wanted to.

Also whoo, Jade can study Artifacts for us now! This is great!

[X] (MAREINETTE) Mareinette is her own mare, and Cadance could use some company. Don't do anything, and see how things turn out.

I want more Mareinette in Canterlot scenes.

 

[Pittauro]

Oh, right, right.

There is so much going on I completely forgot about this.

Jade was supposed to formalize her "researcher" trait after completing A Memory of Light. But the Follower's Report had so much going on it slipped my mind.

So yeah. Please remind me of this later, but Jade can now study artifacts and be asked to research for new rituals. (Her studying artifacts won't yield you Lore scraps, and more on "Ritual researching" later, it won't be as straightforward as you think).

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we get 2 artifacts and 3 books because we have a lantern realization.

Does HER Lantern Realization do something similar?

If not it would be a single artifact, sadly.

The Name of Forge's invitation: "This body lacks its workshop functionalities, but I am able to provide instructions. It should be possible to perform imbuement in profane items even in this rarefied atmosphere, devoid as it is of patronage from the Hours."
-Perform the action "Set up a workshop".
-The action "Set up a workshop" costs 200 bits, and requires an action from both Velvet Covers and the Name of Forge at the same time.
-The action "Set up a workshop" cannot fail.
-Velvet Covers must have reached 4/4 scraps of Forge before she performs this action.

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mh... you know, I'm not sure if I want this over the normal Forge Sacrament.

With a forge influence and Forge 6 artifact to help us, we'd get... something like +112 or so, with reroll? That's PROBABLY 2 actions total from Velvet (and 2 from the Name), and for only 100 bits.

then again, this one can't fail, and it's cheaper in actions. But I liked the potion idea. This one feels more about making artifacts instead. Maybe "mundane" artifacts for our followers to use? Or to sell, I suppose.

@OurLadyOfWires out of curiosity, I KNOW we can only get one Sacrament, but... how does that narratively work? Can we still make the workshop but we wouldn't be able to learn how to use it?

In any case, my guess at the two sacraments here is that

POTIONS: we can give further bonuses to ourselves and others by making consumable reagents boosting the pony. MAYBE only on others if it replaces their lore value with ours (so we can give someone else Forge 4, but we can't give MORE forge to ourselves).

WORKSHOP: we can make no-effect artifacts for other to use.

...wait, that seems very similar in effect... I'm missing something I think.

Ah, thank you for pointing it out.

So, yes and no. The biggest problem with the GrailMoth combo is that you guys don't have the Moth scraps, and I can't guarantee you will get it in time.

But one thing at a time.

First
If you have Spoiled as a Confidante by the end of this turn, you will be allowed to promise Mareinette to Sacrament on Turn 23 in lieu of her rebinding price.

Second
If you reach the end of this turn with 4/4 Moth scraps, I will assume you will be able to Moth Sacrament on Turn 23.

Third
If you fulfill BOTH requirements at the same time, I will create a personalized action to make the combo-Sacrament more convenient on Turn 23. And, of course, you will be able to promise Mareinette as much.

But if by any chance you guys promise Mareinette to Sacrament, and come Turn 23 you don't pick the combo-Sacrament option, you will still be "forced" to at least pick the Grail Sacrament (because you promised as much).

Well, you won't be forced to do it. But the alternative is a slighted Name of Grail. Which I would allow you guys to walk into just because it sounds interesting. (But that's, uh, a path to possibly losing the quest).

Did I miss anything else?

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I suppose we'd get a second chance at getting Spoiled as a confidant next turn right before the grail sacrifice if we somehow failed this turn? Failing the Moth Book with up to 6 attempts with a Lantern 4 influence is basically impossible.

Quick note.

I hope I am not raining on anyone's parade. But I don't want you to assume you can do both refinings on the same turn.

That is, if you create a Forge 4 reagent on one turn, don't expect to turn it into Forge 6 AND Blue Gold on the same turn.

I sounds doable from a mechanic perspective. But I actually would like for the process of turning Iotic Essence into radioactive material to take a full month, if you don't mind

So yeah. Assume you need a Forge 6 reagent at the beginning of a turn in order to pick the final refining option.

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well, one more reason to try and FIND a forge 6 reagent instead I think, and saving us some money.

Math doesn't add up there. QM said we should have 623 Bits at the top of the turn, and that includes Rarity dividends. 623-438 (Joyous)-20 (Reagent)=165, which is 25 shy of the 190 Bits needed for refinement. Subtracting Biedde's price brings us to 105 Bits, which means we could make the Level 4 Reagent this turn, if we really wanted to.

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but we used the free reagent for the summon, so that would actually cost an AP (for 2 reagents).

Also whoo, Jade can study Artifacts for us now! This is great!

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but probably only one, unless her lantern realization has the same effect as ours.

 

[IronHydra]

[X] Rare Item

[X] (MAREINETTE) You introduced her to Cadance, yes, but you are still very interested in her endeavors.

Loved the update and the omakes, very flavorful and I enjoyed reading them both, they really fit as being canon, so hoping Rare Item wins for the name, that interaction is too funny and cute at the same time.

Sorry Rarity, you ARE the father.

 

[K4lepo]

[X] (MAREINETTE) Mareinette is her own mare, and Cadance could use some company. Don't do anything, and see how things turn out.

[X] Rare Fleece

 

[spiderhellian]

Thank you for sharing this with us! I kind of want everyone who read the Forge Name summoning to read this, immediately after. So, I hope you don't mind if we do that.

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Wow, of course. That's delightful. I'm glad my creation landed like that!

[X] (MAREINETTE) You introduced her to Cadance, yes, but you are still very interested in her endeavors.

[X] Rare Item

 

[Earth-Destroyer]

[X] Rare Item

[X] (MAREINETTE) You introduced her to Cadance, yes, but you are still very interested in her endeavors.

 

[BritBiscuit]

[X] Rare Item
[X] (MAREINETTE) You introduced her to Cadance, yes, but you are still very interested in her endeavors.

 

[Nevermort]

MLP friendship: I times of hardships trust other ponies to help with things you can't do alone
CS friendship: Have a nice dinner together with refined lady


That said I am kind of hoping that regardless of result Cadance would eventually be able to spare action to assist us. Maybe when she learns more about Lores and thus learns to work more effectively. Imagine how many bits Ruling Princess can acquire. And we know from Luna that Lore increase gives Alicorn many abilities. And Cadance lore advancement is automatic so it just matter of time. Would be nice to speed it up though.

 

[Earth-Destroyer]

@OurLadyOfWires

Can the Forge Name make artifacts and such already. Could it make a set of Forge Tools to boost Rarity. Is its secondary lore locked for the turn.

Probably want the Forge Name to cast Forges redemption on Shining if it can switch to Grail 3 for the turn, Cadance can pay.