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[05:59] <Rending_Tide> I needsleep
[06:02] <Ikiryo> Aye Aye
[06:35] <CelestialDoggie> morning Iki
[07:19] <~Earthflame> Heya
[07:19] * ~Earthflame stretches
[07:28] <Ikiryo> Heya
[07:29] <~Earthflame> That fight was really fun to run
[07:30] <~Earthflame> Although I don't think we're gonna have another full group fight for a while :P 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3 duels would work better, I think.
[07:34] <Ikiryo> Hah
[07:34] <Ikiryo> A lot faster :P
[07:34] <Ikiryo> And less prone to 'Stacks on that fucker!'
[07:35] <~Earthflame> Also helpful that in most fights, your opponent will back down when they're sufficiently injured rather than fighting to the death
[07:35] <~Earthflame> This was just pretty extreme
[07:36] <Ikiryo> Yep
[07:36] <Ikiryo> Well, one of them didn't fight to the death! :P
[07:38] <~Earthflame> Still took Taking her out
[07:38] <~Earthflame> She's gonna be fun though :P
[07:38] <Ikiryo> Yes but it wasn't DEATH :P
[07:38] <Ikiryo> And yeah...that's going to be...interesting.
[07:39] <~Earthflame> :3
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[08:04] <~Earthflame> Heya CD
[08:05] <CDAtWork> morning
[08:06] <~Earthflame> Forgot to do so last night, but could I get a Medicine roll, if Xiaozhi is going to get at all close to The Monsters body?
[08:07] <CDAtWork> +10, +15 if related to "injuries" (which'll be important for fixing up Tide's shoulder)
[08:08] <CDAtWork> !xia 7
[08:08] <XiaBot> CDAtWork: 29 23 18 14 15
[08:08] <CDAtWork> so 39, or 44 if spec is applicable (doubtful)
[08:08] <~Earthflame> Yeah, that's plenty enough
[08:09] <CDAtWork> also, from while I was driving: [07:34] <Ikiryo> And less prone to 'Stacks on that fucker!' <-- I was kinda getting the impression that we were setting up like FATE--everybody piles on Disrupts or Disorients and then somebody like Blade or SWD just goes for a pure strike and blows the living hell out of something
[08:10] <CDAtWork> 'cause that's how we ended up in DFRPG. Four of us would stack conditions/aspects on a target, and one player would get to tag all of them at once for *bananas* damage
[08:10] <~Earthflame> As twisted and terrible as what was done to him was... Whoever did it was some kind of mad medical genius. She finds Black Lotus Pills implanted at each of his Chakra's, keeping a constant flow of mind numbing narcotics and vile Chi going all hours of the day. And from the heavy scar tissue at each spot, they're regularly replaced.
[08:11] <CDAtWork> oh god
[08:12] <~Earthflame> There's other signs of medical manipulation too, surgical scars and needles left embedded in his body. Whoever did this must have regularly maintained the delicate balance of his medical systems or he'd have straight up died long ago... Which means they're in Hell, somewhere.
[08:12] <CDAtWork> that's cheery
[08:13] <~Earthflame> But yeah... This is Something Else. Taking Black Lotus Pills is enough to drive most people insane, but this is so far beyond it's not even funny.
[08:15] <~Earthflame> But yeah, that's the tl;dr. He had seven Black Lotus Pills implanted at the focal points of his Chi pathways.
[08:16] <~Earthflame> Two of which are in the head, if you know Chakra's.
[08:18] <Ikiryo> >(10:09:39 PM) CDAtWork: also, from while I was driving
[08:18] <Ikiryo> Eh, ish. Against a single massive foe, you'll want the disrupts in place becuase the more he has, the hard it is to clear them all...but a sufficiantly good defender can be MONSTEROUS against a group of people by just outdefending their offence.
[08:18] <Ikiryo> Turn Long defence boosters to eat away at EVERYONE'S chi, Replies.
[08:18] <CDAtWork> crown is one chakra, but the other?
[08:19] <CDAtWork> also, yeah, Iki, I didn't mean that to be an exact port over from FATE but it seems like a not-bad tactic in many cases
[08:19] <Ikiryo> Yeah. It's not quite as drastic but it doesn't hurt.
[08:20] <Ikiryo> You'll find that multiple people ganging up on a single person is 'Ripples, not much effect, ripples, not much effect, *Crunch*' due to how ripples add up and make each subsequent hit worse.
[08:20] <CDAtWork> yeah
[08:22] <CDAtWork> so EF, I assume we're allowed to spend D? Or do we need to wait for "training times?"
[08:23] <~Earthflame> Spend it freely
[08:23] <CDAtWork> yay
[08:23] <CDAtWork> I did last night, right before bed
[08:26] <CDAtWork> (Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ff8vag1k2jxa7u/Xiaozhi.pdf)https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ff8vag1k2jxa7u/Xiaozhi.pdf updated with more info
[08:27] <Ikiryo> I should get Smothered By Inner Flame
[08:27] <CDAtWork> [00:42] <Blessed_Blade> Xiaozhi and Wolf are <3. Tide and Xifeng are <3. Anvil has Forest. <-- people get that impression?
[08:27] <Ikiryo> Effect: Increases the penalty from a disrupt/disorientate by 5.
[08:27] <Ikiryo> It's BRUTAL for reducing someone to a puddle of penalties.
[08:27] <CDAtWork> hoooly shit
[08:28] <Ikiryo> Yeah. ti's not cheap and not easy though
[08:28] <Ikiryo> A) It's 4 chi to use
[08:28] <Ikiryo> B) I can only trigger it when I trigger a rippling roll, and I give up the rippling roll to use it.
[08:28] <CDAtWork> ah hah
[08:28] <CDAtWork> yeah, I snitched two more techs from my internal
[08:29] <~Earthflame> ...Oh, also. At some point I need to collect everyones sheets and check things over
[08:29] <Ikiryo> Alternatively: I could get some Scholars Extraordinary Techniques.
[08:30] <Ikiryo> Like the one that allows you to resist any secret art with Learning, as long as I can 'OBJECTION!' a reason they are wrong.
[08:30] <~Earthflame> But tl;dr? If you've spent Destiny on Loresheet stuff I may be willing to refund it go you when you gain enough E to have bought it anyway in a way that seems appropriate. Xiaozhi's Deed Entanglement going to Doctors Arts would make perfect sense, for example.
[08:30] <~Earthflame> *to you
[08:30] <CDAtWork> okay, that makes sense (though she's only earned 2 whole points of Deed-related E :P)
[08:31] <Ikiryo> I was luckier and earned 8!
[08:31] <Ikiryo> Righteousness is Xifeng's top virtue.
[08:31] <CDAtWork> very nice
[08:31] <CDAtWork> yeah, both of mine are rated at 1
[08:31] <~Earthflame> It was Force or Righteousness, when I edited it :P
[08:31] <~Earthflame> So you get 4
[08:31] <Blessed_Blade> I earned 9!
[08:31] <~Earthflame> Heck, call it 5, given that you increased Ai too.
[08:32] <~Earthflame> (And mark down one point of progression towards Paramours Pursuit)
[08:32] <Blessed_Blade> Force is Blade's
[08:32] *** Blessed_Blade is now known as Read_
[08:32] <CDAtWork> I increased Ai?
[08:33] <~Earthflame> Oh, bleh, misread on your sheet
[08:33] <~Earthflame> Never mind
[08:33] <CDAtWork> oh, okay
[08:33] <CDAtWork> lol, for a second I was thinking that it happened automatically somehow
[08:33] <CDAtWork> but you have to spend D on upping Virtues, yes?
[08:33] <~Earthflame> Yeah
[08:34] <~Earthflame> People can nominate one another for Deeds too, remember.
[08:34] <CDAtWork> yes
[08:34] <CDAtWork> I think you finally passed out last night
[08:35] <CDAtWork> but I said I was going to nominate ID for a Deed of Ferocity--iff (if and only if) that wasn't what you were already going to assign
[08:35] * ~Earthflame nods
[08:37] <~Earthflame> Hmm... I might just make that a thing anyway. Generally, only one Deed per Virtue per Session, so there is an advantage to being a bit more spread out in your Virtues.
[08:37] <CDAtWork> yeah
[08:38] <CDAtWork> is there a cap to Virtues? 10?
[08:38] <CDAtWork> (I know it's 5 at chargen)
[08:38] <~Earthflame> Five is the cap
[08:38] <~Earthflame> I think
[08:38] <CDAtWork> oh
[08:39] <CDAtWork> still have plenty of room :P I have lots and lots of 3s and 2s
[08:40] <~Earthflame> I was pondering offering you Benevolence instead of Love, but you had sorta been fishing for Love :P
[08:40] <CDAtWork> hehe
[08:40] <CDAtWork> the two are pretty closely related
[08:40] <~Earthflame> Yeah
[08:41] <Ikiryo> I should look into getting the Dragon Well virtue :P
[08:41] <CDAtWork> I mean, you're right, I was/am, but I wouldn't have complained about Bene either
[08:41] <~Earthflame> Iki, Read, could you both link me your sheets again? May as well start on the cheatsheet now and do a bit of virtue analysis
[08:42] <Ikiryo> When I finish updating it, sure.
[08:42] <~Earthflame> And if you want to switch it CD, go for it.
[08:42] <CDAtWork> nah, I'm golden
[08:43] <CDAtWork> I like what I have
[08:43] <CDAtWork> so nyah
[08:43] <~Earthflame> Hehehe
[08:43] <~Earthflame> Don't want anyone to feel hard done by
[08:43] <CDAtWork> yeah
[08:43] <CDAtWork> you're fine
[08:43] <CDAtWork> (by me, at least :P )
[08:44] <~Earthflame> Hehe
[08:45] <Ikiryo> I personally put him on the 'Megahitler' scale myself :P
[08:46] <CDAtWork> hahahaha
[08:46] <CDAtWork> to each their own, I guess?
[08:49] <CDAtWork> also, boy will Ma Sin be surprised~
[08:49] <Ikiryo> oh?
[08:50] <CDAtWork> pleasantly so
[08:50] <CDAtWork> but Xiao walked out of that fight without a scratch (because I was so much AFK that EF didn't target her)
[08:50] <CDAtWork> and none of us actually did die
[08:52] <CDAtWork> I'm going to go ahead and assume that Blade Blossom is alive--perhaps a little roughed up, because off-screen, but otherwise still standing
[08:54] <~Earthflame> Yeah
[08:56] <CDAtWork> coolies
[08:56] <CDAtWork> what's her external? She's using a rapier, as I recall
[08:57] <~Earthflame> I need to finish statting her :P
[08:57] <CDAtWork> lol, ok fine
[08:59] <CDAtWork> the two Xs remain alone in the "goes by name, not title" club :D
[08:59] <Ikiryo> Well, in Xifeng's case her title IS '<Name> of the X'
[08:59] <Ikiryo> So a shortened version is...her name.
[08:59] <CDAtWork> I know
[08:59] <CDAtWork> that's why I said "goes by"
[09:00] <CDAtWork> Xiao just plum doesn't *have* one
[09:02] *** Read__ has joined #JiangHigh
[09:09] <Read__> Hi?
[09:09] <CDAtWork> *crickets*
[09:09] <Read__> :<
[09:09] <Read__> I SCARED EVERYONE OFF T_T
[09:09] <CDAtWork> *crickets*
[09:09] <CDAtWork> :p
[09:10] *** Feldi has joined #JiangHigh
[09:10] <CDAtWork> hi Feldi too
[09:11] <Feldi> yo
[09:11] <CDAtWork> remind me how Anvil fared in the fight
[09:11] <CDAtWork> I know Tide got her shit well and truly kicked
[09:12] <Feldi> She got her gauntlets punched into her arms. (Minor)
[09:12] <CDAtWork> okay
[09:12] <CDAtWork> that'll be easy to fix up and soothe to Trivial
[09:12] <Feldi> Hopefully lol
[09:13] <CDAtWork> Xiao has Medicine +10 with a spec in "injuries" :/
[09:13] <CDAtWork> so
[09:13] <Feldi> Shouldn't be too difficult
[09:15] <CDAtWork> yup
[09:15] <Read__> Anvil and Blade need to talk :D
[09:15] <Read__> Or Blade and Stained Sword need to meet :D
[09:15] <CDAtWork> clean tools, a steady hand, some bandages, and she'll be good as new in a day
[09:15] <Feldi> yep
[09:16] <CDAtWork> Tide'll be more difficult
[09:17] <Read__> So, how does medicine work on a body made of wood, jade, metal, and chi?
[09:18] <CDAtWork> the same way it would on anyone else, just different
[09:23] <CDAtWork> uuuuhm. Alright, so--more Medicine Qs. For 3 Victory I can "discover" a quality manual of medicine or tool for one of the 5 Medicines. Does...that still apply here?
[09:26] * Feldi shrugs
[09:26] <Feldi> You'd have to ask EF
[09:27] <CDAtWork> I kinda was. He was conscious a short while ago
[09:28] <Feldi> oh
[09:28] <Feldi> He's probably gone to get lunch or some tea.
[09:28] <CDAtWork> could be
[09:28] <CDAtWork> or he's napping again
[09:34] <~Earthflame> Heya
[09:34] <Read__> hi!
[09:34] <~Earthflame> I was grabbing a shower
[09:34] <CDAtWork> otay
[09:35] <~Earthflame> And yeah, you can get a Quality Tool
[09:35] <~Earthflame> Heck, you could find it in the Black Lotus den. A high end medical bag of stuff that you can doubly and triply check to be sure is free of any contamination.
[09:36] <~Earthflame> And for Sword, although she doesn't have organs she does have Chi Flows
[09:36] <~Earthflame> And they're disruptable like anything else. Serious injuries on her will sustain and give her difficulties just like anyone else.
[09:37] <Read__> *nods*
[09:37] <Read__> Fixing the chi flow means that her scabbard body heals.
[09:38] <CDAtWork> well, EF, still costs D/E for it, but--I was mostly asking if it would be a one-size-fits-all item, or if I would need to obey the "one manual/tool per medicine"
[09:39] <CDAtWork> given the...differing nature of the setting from the book's :D
[09:39] <~Earthflame> Ahh
[09:39] <~Earthflame> Yeah, just take it as a general medical bag
[09:39] <CDAtWork> okay
[09:43] <CDAtWork> I'm not looking to be super-snowflaky, just want to be good at my job :)
[09:43] <~Earthflame> That'll be out of combat use only, mind.
[09:43] <CDAtWork> of course
[09:44] <CDAtWork> no going full Faust
[09:46] <~Earthflame> You can get in combat use Medical Tools
[09:46] <~Earthflame> But that'd be a different purchase
[09:47] <CDAtWork> k
[09:58] <CDAtWork> anyone up to doing some more, or should I wait for Adri to wake up so I can fix up Tide? :P
[09:59] <Read__> Well, Anvil and Blade are going to talk
[09:59] *** Read__ is now known as Blessed_Blade
[09:59] <Feldi> Do you want to start?
[09:59] <Blessed_Blade> Sure!
[10:09] * CDAtWork fist-pumps
[10:15] <~Earthflame> That actually links to what was being said earlier
[10:15] <~Earthflame> In the Wulin, names are Earned, not Given
[10:16] <Blessed_Blade> *nods*
[10:26] <Blessed_Blade> The blade is unsheathed. Given as the only sheath that'll work *is* Blade and she wants to hug.
[10:26] <Blessed_Blade> Blade's body*
[10:28] <~Earthflame> Anvil, make me a Craft and Wu Wei roll?
[10:28] <Feldi> ah
[10:28] <Feldi> !xia 7
[10:28] <XiaBot> Feldi: 22 26 10 19 17
[10:28] <Feldi> hmm
[10:29] <Feldi> 41 for Craft, 32 for Wu Wei
[10:29] <CDAtWork> nicely done
[10:29] <Blessed_Blade> :O
[10:31] <Feldi> @Blade, ah whoops, but now she's transformed anyway?
[10:31] <Blessed_Blade> Yeah :D
[10:31] <Blessed_Blade> The only imperfection on the sheath is covered by the bandaid/healing chi thing on her cheek.
[10:34] <~Earthflame> This is the physical representation of the sliver of Corruption left in her, still present after long purification. The bit which takes mighty deeds and virtuous action to cleanse.
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[10:44] <Feldi> Yo ID
[10:44] <Blessed_Blade> Hi ID!
[10:44] <CDAtWork> morning ID
[10:47] <SavageWolfDuchess> hey
[10:48] <Rending_Tide> hi
[10:49] <CDAtWork> hi Adri
[10:50] <Blessed_Blade> Her hair and body feel mostly "normal"
[10:50] <Feldi> ah
[10:51] <Blessed_Blade> But it's...not normal :D
[10:51] <Feldi> ahhhhh
[10:51] <Blessed_Blade> Like, she's a touch artificial feeling but not bad. She's soft. Warm.
[10:51] <Feldi> Right
[10:55] <CDAtWork> Adri, you want to get Tide's shoulder fixed up?
[10:55] <Rending_Tide> Yeah, just give me a sec to read the morning's logs
[10:58] <~Earthflame> Oh, could someone get ID logs?
[10:59] <CDAtWork> of which channel?
[10:59] <SavageWolfDuchess> yes
[10:59] <CDAtWork> lol
[10:59] <CDAtWork> coming up
[10:59] <~Earthflame> Main channel? Or did things happen in the second channel? If so, get me those logs too :P
[10:59] <CDAtWork> nothing in JHIC2 yet
[11:00] <CDAtWork> he popped in for a bit in the wee hours of the morning but went back to sleep
[11:00] <SavageWolfDuchess> oh hey we got 10D? Hah hah rank 5 get
[11:00] <CDAtWork> hoo boy
[11:00] <CDAtWork> yes, 10D total over the first few sessions, including the fight
[11:00] <Blessed_Blade> Rank 5?
[11:00] <CDAtWork> of Internal
[11:00] <~Earthflame> The ultimate technique
[11:00] <CDAtWork> ^
[11:01] <~Earthflame> Like Buddha's Bitchslap which the Madam used on Tide :P
[11:01] <CDAtWork> (I did pick up Divine Authority. That's...going to be unholy)
[11:01] <Blessed_Blade> Oh!
[11:01] <Blessed_Blade> Okay!
[11:01] <~Earthflame> (Actual name Iron Buddha's Disapproval, but I prefer Buddha's Bitchslap)
[11:01] <Blessed_Blade> I picked up my Rank 5 too!
[11:01] <CDAtWork> of course you did