It's an interesting thought. In-universe one Bureau action has narrative weight in a way most "single actions" does not -- this is the action of hundreds of Equestria's finest, after all. But you raise a good point that Name actions are so high-value...
Sure, the point is that we have other sacraments and names to work for, and Smiles basically requires 8 actions from Mareinette and Velvet...
We don't need to befriend him in 1 turn.
MY hope is to make it in two turns really. 4 Velvet + Mareinette actions per turn (with one cover your bases per turn at least on Velvet)
"So what's your brefriending quest?"
He is already doing that, but he isn't that knowledgeable about the Wake as it is in the present, so his progress is limited. Represented by him only giving a +1 each turn.
@OurLadyOfWires This was described in the vote as having a progress bar that starts at 0/300... did something change or is it just a typo?
It is too late in the quest for me to want to sit down and figure out a mechanic that is both fun and rewarding for a level 5 follower. And besides, the most important bonuses (re-rolls) come at level 4, which you already can and know how to access.
Agreed. But I don't have the time to do that right now.
I suppose you can. Spend a personal action on that come next turn for us to discuss options.
It will depend on how next turn goes.
No.
Will fix it, thanks. Probably happened because I typed it rather than copy-paste it.
I suppose he can, the same way Velvet could spend an entire action to go on a short expedition that "coinscided" with the Bureau assault.
This was great. Thank you for sharing it!
The answer is obviously "not now"
Looking for Biedde's pawns is not exactly in your radar at this exact moment. Due to a more pressing concern.
Cult activity is not yet a quantifiable or known enough issue for it to be searched for. More on that later.
No.
Yes, thank you kindly.
The Name of Edge having it out for us is not even on our radar.
I don't think Selene would be asking to meet with us to update us if Daybreaker was here. That's more "run into our office screaming" territory.
Oops, the text cut off. It was supposed to be "run to Glory"
And that still leaves time for SH and Moth sacraments next turn, I think.
Mh... Maybe something to consider on turn 24 actually.
Maybe we could cram the Forge's Redemption in on T24 too, depending on how the timeline goes. I mean, if we/Velvet know that making the Blue Gold is going to give us radiation sickness, getting a healing ritual ready ahead of time doesn't seem an unreasonable action.
We have Moth, Grail and SH sacraments lined up for nest turn, so probably only one Velvet action available for Smiles?
Two, potentially three if we make the constables do our paperwork. Having the Risen and Fluttershy do Cover Your Bases to give us +1 Velvet AP for Smiles is more efficient than sending them to help him directly.
Well, I doubt it will be that bad but we could compensate for sending Mareinette to her in the next turn, since we are very likely to do her Sacrament and get 2 actions from her.
Maybe? I don't know if we want to expect that we'll get her +1 AP immediately. Plus, I feel like chances are she's either going to be duoing the Quarry w/ DoA while we get the Forge reagent the more expensive but also more reliable way (making it ourselves), or she's going to be soloing the Quarry while DoA solos the City if we want to try and YOLO it.
I agree with making the Reagent ourselves. Maybe send Smiles with Recalibrated(Grail) and miniaturized Cherenkolt to help DoA instead of Mareinette? That could work.
Ehh... that still lands them at a maximum social bonus of +45, which isn't great if there really is a social hurdle in there somewhere. And there's also the bit about the land being thrice-cursed. Considering Heart and Winter are usually the "resisting curses" Lores, having the Heart Name around would probably be helpful. There's also the aspect of, if things are RED ALERT ALL HANDS ON DECK then we don't really have time or AP to spend on sparing Mayor Mare from Consequences, and if we aren't in full panic mode then we can probably still afford to spare our Social AP to do it ourselves.
