That link doesn't work for me, just sends me to a "Not Found" page. I don't think an ellipsis is even valid in a web address.Diller said:
Smuthunter said:OH SHIT.
>Dat Koneko
>Dat Juggernaut Drive
>Dat Oppai Dragon Song
The Slumbering Crocodile said:
Sweeeet.Diller said:
May I ask why?Smuthunter said:
By the time we get there we're probably going to be elder essence. Elder essence means we're at the point where we can wave our hands and make entire plots disappear faster than a vampire at high noon, particularly if we've spent any time investing in socialize charms or other grand-scale effects. At that point the plot would most likely involve steamrolling over anything that isn't a deathlord, a yozi, or Chejop Kejack simply because we're so fucking broken that nobody else can meaningfully oppose us; eliminating slavery is a good goal for us just to start with for example, but it's not going to get the exposure it deserves if we can whip out a socialize charm and make whole nations renounce the practice overnight. Meanwhile on Earth we still have enemies who can whip out shonen power levels and other abilities that Exalts were not designed to deal with, at least until we hit late essence 5 or so.BFldyq said:
In short you're worried about the lack of narrative conflict?Smuthunter said:
Mecha. Always a good thing.Introspective Tinkerer said:
You spill the blood of a virgin on a magical rock and POOF!, vampire? Fifty.
Dragon. Dragons explain everything
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Alexander said:In short you're worried about the lack of narrative conflict?
I predicted that. Nothing is set in stone, but I am prepared for everything 8)Mecha. Always a good thing. You spill the blood of a virgin on a magical rock and POOF!, vampire? Fifty.
Dragon. Dragons explain everything
Not a lack of narrative conflict, a lack in what kinds of conflicts we get into. You talk a lot about how we're enemies of the yozis and bros with the Unconquered Sun but what about Bob the Farmer and his ranching compound out in Marukan? Conflict shouldn't occur only on the highest possible level; that's the Thousand Dooms issue writ large. Who cares about anything else that's going on in the West when the Silver Prince's First Age Doom Fleet is guaranteed to pop out of the sea and conquer everything in about five years or so? Volcano god cults? Lintha pirates? Fuck 'em, they're not important and/or we can curbstomp them all so trivially that we don't even need to waste time writing the fight scene.Alexander said:
Uh. Is that a known thing? Because in that case there is no way anyone would allow virgins near Stonehenge.Introspective Tinkerer said:
In that case...Smuthunter said:
Do you read Solar Quest on /tg/?Smuthunter said:
Alexander said:
You mean Vlad? THE Vlad the Impaler?Introspective Tinkerer said:
Alexander said:
Relation with DxD canon vampires?Introspective Tinkerer said:
http://highschooldxd.wikia.com/wiki/VampireIntrospective Tinkerer said:
This had better not involve curing it.Alexander said:
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Three, Thousandfold Courtesan Calculations.Noctum said:Also, we need to seduce a female Alchemical, preferably Oricalicum caste. Two reasons. One; and Oricalicum caste Alchemicals reduce the Limit that Solars accumulate just by being around them/having a positive intimacy. Two, a Metropolis would make for a fantastic base/home for us.
It gets a little trickier if you think of Autobot's robocancer as being something genetic. You might be able to send it into remission or alleviate the symptoms but you can't cure it or remove it without stripping out his genes or whatever the primordial equivalent is.EternitynChaos said:
Basically, in order to "cure" Autobot's robocancer you'd need to change his entire nature from base principles. That's more than just fetich death, that's basically creating a new Primordial from scratch.Smuthunter said:
Auto-kun is best PrimordialNoctum said:This had better not involve curing it.
*deep breath*
Sorry for that. I'll explain myself.
Remember how I said that all Primordials are living concepts? That applies to Autobot, but no in the manner that most people think. An initial glance at him would suggest that his base concept is crafting. This is more the lens that his real theme is expressed through, like She Who Lives in Her Name's crystals or The Ebon Dragon's shadows.
Autocthton's real theme is Violating Boundaries.
Autocthton's whole basis is doing things that everyone, even the other Primordials, believe to be impossible. Why do you think that they kept nicking his stuff? Before they made Creation[1],when the Primordials were travelling through the Wyld, they feared that they were going nowhere. So Autocthton made a bridge to Nowhere and said that as long as they travelled away from it, they would go Sonwhere. He built the Exaltations which could do the impossible, kill the Primordials, who could not die or know death.
Autocthtion was again the exception.
His core concept unintentionally allowed him to violate the boundary that meant that Primordials could not die or get ill. He could. Thus, his robocancer is a core part of his very being, an unintentional expression of his capacity to do what all others claim is impossible. To cure it would be to excise this from his very being, and the result would not be Autocthton any more. It has likely managed to infest his Excellency, Mythos Exultant and Sorcerious Initiation. Hence why Alchemical Exalted cannot learn Sorcery, as that would require using a robocancer infestation vector.
Hence, I am opposed to 'curing' Autokun. That said, he had it under control when he was awake and healthy. But he is .... er .... neither awake nor in the best of health. He could cure himself if he woke up, but his Third Circles are in a deadlock in the debate over this, and none of the Great Nations are willing to wake the Great Maker without the approval of his souls, so that's a problem.
Also, we need to seduce a female Alchemical, preferably Oricalicum caste. Two reasons. One; and Oricalicum caste Alchemicals reduce the Limit that Solars accumulate just by being around them/having a positive intimacy. Two, a Metropolis would make for a fantastic base/home for us.
[1] By way of lesbian, underage, incestuous sex between Gaia and Cytheria. Natch
Alchemical Synergy, page 42 of Manual: Alchemicals.Alexander said:
That is doable. But it would require an alteration of the very core of his being, and would likely require a controlled fetich death. Fetich deaths tend to not turn out very well for the Primordial in question, often either lessening them or changing them for the worse. Good luck convincing him to do that; better that he just wake up and keep it under control.HypoSoc said:
Niiice. Is the effect cumulative (probably not, but one can hope)?Smuthunter said: