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Edit: A polished version of this story with all the CYOA debates removed is being published on Royal Road. You can find it at https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/27044/aestia-valley . Please go check it out! In the beginning, there was nothing. Only an endless void. There was no land. There were no seas. There was no day nor night. There were no spirit beasts. Only the ancestors existed, and they hardly knew it. They forged their way through the void by pure will but did not know each other. The ancestors did not even know themselves, for in the void all was one, and the other could not be distinguished from the self.  Then the ancestors discovered a great light in the void. The light poured forth endlessly and pressed against the ancestors like a tidal wave. The light streamed out from its origin and on into the void. It carried anything in its path along with it. The Ancestors were pushed back by the light until they could barely see the origin anymore. Mustering up their will, they forced their way back to the light, for it showed them a great treasure.  With the light, the ancestors could see themselves and each other. There was much rejoicing; for each had thought themselves alone; but now, they had each other.  Celebrating the discovery of each other, the ancestors came together. Afterward, the first children of the ancestors were born into the void. These first children were born with wills far weaker than those the ancestors had cultivated in the journey through the void. Lacking the will to resist the light, the children were swiftly swept into the void. Many of the ancestors sought to catch up to their children. If any did, none returned to tell the tale. The first children and the ancestors who pursued them wander lost in the void still, unable to find the light once more. The ancestors who stayed learned from the loss of their children and the disappearance of the ancestors who left the light to find them. Joining their wills together they surrounded the light with an eggshell.  Again, the ancestors came together in celebration of their creation and each other. Again, children were born unto the ancestors after their celebration. These second children the ancestors placed lovingly within the shell. Along with their children, the ancestors placed within the eggshell everything their children would need to grow strong.  The ancestors watch over us all, hoping one day we will cultivate a will strong enough to leave our egg and join them. Although you are too young to know it yet, your journey to leave the egg starts in: CHOICE A: Aestia Valley  Aestia Valley is a small shelter of civilization hidden away from the madness beyond its tall but fertile slopes. Here, humans live in harmony with animals. Every child is raised together with an animal who shares their soul and their burdens. The Matriarch of each of the tribes is said to be able to take the shape of animals, and their companion the shape of a human. CHOICE B: Maraztlan, the Sea City  Maraztlan, the Sea City, is a wholly constructed city. It was dragged kicking and screaming into existence by the will of the Emerald Empress, long may she reign, to serve as an administrative center. The great families of the empire all make their homes here, as do many lesser ones. It pleases the Emerald Empress, long may she reign, to allow the great families to compete for her favor. The families, great and small alike, scheme against each other endlessly in the hopes of climbing to prominence over the crushed dreams of their rivals. Women and Men flock to the city from throughout the empire seeking advancement. Truly it is said; even a mouse may grow to a lion on the crumbs of a titan. CHOICE C: Chanquilo village  Chanquilo is a quiet place. One of many that grow food for Maraztlan. There has been no violence in Chanquilo in living memory. Most children work in the fields with their family when they grow up. Ambitious villagers might travel as far as the next village. Maybe once in a generation a villager is found to have been touched by the Ancestors and, by the grace of the Emerald Empress, long may she reign, is permitted to attend the same school as the children of the great families. CHOICE D: Puntolejano, city of trade  Far from the center of the empire and the safety provided by the Emerald Empress, long may she reign, Puntolejano exists on a knife's edge. It has been burned down twice in the past century by the Sky Children who live outside the Emerald Empire and is frequently raided. Puntolejano is always rebuilt because when the Sky Children aren't burning down everything they see, they are extremely lucrative trading partners. So magistrates want to stay on the good side of the Sky Children, but the Emerald Empress, long may she reign, keeps a close eye on the magistrates and is swift to punish any hint of disloyalty. She has executed more of them than the Sky Children have killed. The current magistrate has thus far managed to avoid incurring the wrath of either the Sky Children or the Empress. That is unlikely to last forever, but as long as it does, wealth will flow through the city like a river. CHOICE E: Suelta  Suelta is one of many city-states so far beyond the borders of the Emerald Empire that they haven’t even heard of it. No one city in the region is strong enough to dominate much territory, and dangerous spirit beasts roam the wilds between cities. No city-state could afford to lose more than a few of its warriors, so conflicts between cities are usually solved by duels instead of all-out war. Suelta has been involved in duels with at least one of its neighbors eight out of the last ten years. WRITE IN CHOICE Welcome to the game! I'm very happy you are here. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I expect to enjoy writing it. All Ways Be Cultivating is a Choose Your Own Adventure game loosely inspired by Cultivation stories and several other sources. Cultivation stories are kind of like wuxia ramped up to 11 and also often have a strong emphasis on accumulating supernatural martial arts powers. Every update will offer options that will influence what happens next. You can always propose an alternate path to pick. Some of the best plans in previous games have been write ins. So have some of the most entertaining plans; note that the most entertaining plans aren't always the most successful plans. I always enjoy reading write in options. Type as much as you like, and when you vote, please bold your vote like this. The winning vote will be randomly selected from amongst all votes, so every vote matters and you always have a chance of getting to decide what you do next! I hope to be able to post at least every other day, but won’t be limiting myself to that. If I have enough time, I’ll post every day or more often so vote early and often! Weekends I'll either be able to post a lot or hardly at all. One way this game is different from other games is that your adventure is a freeform adventure. You choose your path. The world can and will change around you based upon your actions and the actions of others. You do not have a predetermined story to run through. Your path and ultimate fate are not planned. Today, the day we start the game, I honestly have no idea where we may be two months from now, let alone how it might one day end. Each of the initial options will result in very different stories. It is all up to you. There is no wrong choice. You do not have plot armor. You do not even have clothing yet, much less normal armor. You start as a fragile human baby. Bad decisions can get you killed or wreak horrible consequences which you did not intend. You will have many opportunities to ask questions of the people you encounter and can always ask questions about your own knowledge. Many other CYOAs can be found in the CYOA thread. Fan Art! sheep-dodger posted:As a disclaimer for most characters we don't have a lot of detail what they look like beyond the colour of their hair, their robes and their general build, things like skin colour and so on are generally left open, so I took the liberty to just make it up from whole cloth. Generally I've tried for a more diverse cast, both to make it easier to differentiate people and because I think the Emerald Empire, long may it stand, is big enough to not just have everyone look vaguely Chinese. Edit: Manliu Village Market Rates What the Job Hall pays 1 quartz VEA = 0.5 CP 1 diamond VEA = 2 CP 1 dawn dantian = 3 CP 1 shining dantian = 9 CP What it costs you to buy from the Job Hall 1 quartz VEA = 1 CP 1 diamond VEA = 3 CP Market Exchange rate 1 diamond VEA = 5 quartz VEA 1 dawn (1.x) dantian costs ~ 2 diamond VEAs (varies with size, purity, and rarity) 1 shining (2.x) dantian costs ~ 6 diamond VEAs (varies with size, purity, and rarity) LLSix fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Aug 8, 2021 |
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Link to up to date google doc character sheet. The one provided below is usually updated at the end of every week and can get a bit out of date if I forget. People you have told about or shown your life dantian: 2*/? (Xue Min, Elder Yun Hui *literally dozens of once-born. Possibly hundreds have been healed using Life techniques) Name: Luxing Pūmiè (given after reaching out to Wotjeo during the fire trial at age 4) Nickname: growllita Tier: Brilliant Shining Rough Amethyst Height: 143cm at winter 12 Weight: 32kg at winter 12 Diet: Vegetarian since winter six Foundation
Social 2.2 - 0/180
Qi Brilliant Shining (3.1) - equal to highest dantian tier and rank
[*]Consume(hard) 1 - 0/35
Physical: Rough Amethyst (3.1) - 0 / 420 monster meat boosts: 1 sea eel
Inventory Available Contribution Points: 0 Spent Contribution Points: 63 Worn
In Wooden Cave you share with Liuxue
Wotjeo Size: 273cm long, 173cm tall (fall after winter 12) Dream Silver (Silver Bear) Madra Dantian(one tier higher physical cultivation because of monster sea eel meat and regular exercise)
Woodlore: can identify most trees. Knows a lot about bees, honey, and fruit A/N you can usually assume Wotjeo is at least as good as you are at anything. Among other things he's a better fighter than you are. The one notable exception is he has shown no ability to manipulate Light Madra even though he speaks better Crystal Butterfly than you do. Inventory Grey Steel Armor - Middle Second Tier armor mode of overlapping steel plates. Very heavy Servants Lu An Female long chestnut hair pale blue shirt, gray pants Ge Young male teenager Gardener Mu Young female teenager Maid Pre-calculated experience boosts LLSix fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Jul 20, 2021 |
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Other People Arc 2: Luxing Traveling Academy Dabai Zhuque (Undying Phoenix Flames) - female, fiery red hair, Accidentally almost burned you to death on the day before the first day of classes - Daji, fire fox spirit, ash black, and fiery orange fur. rank 1.1, quick, clever -Lin Yun female servant -Gouming (enlightened dog) - pale blue robes with light gray edging. One of Zhuque's two roommates. --male servant Big Bailei - female, forearm is as large as some of the other disciples' thighs. copper-colored robe. She’s big enough that you could almost mistake her for a short Silver Bear. Hundred Hammer Forge Fire madra (hasn't shared the name with Pumie yet) VERY LOUD - Yang - Hammer with wooden shaft and a copper end-cap. - Keaiweizao - diminiutive early quartz dragon, smaller than a bear paw. Greedy, arrogant. VERY LOUD. Golden scales on his belly. Purifying flame madra. -NONGMIN YI (female) learning how to find spirit beasts --Cangbai - pallid storm harrier (white-bodied and gray-winged bird of prey) -TIAOYUE BUXING (male) assists big bailei in the forge - Ku Mo (female servant) Lianhe Liuxue (Thousand Kilometer Forest madra) - female, tall, head and shoulders taller than you. not heavily muscled but gracefull. hair is short, only shoulder length, and shamrock-green and Bèiké - male, spirit tortoise, brown shell, enjoys eating wooden furniture -Guanjia - Liuxue's head servant, old man, brown hair. - 2 Chefs - - Sze (male) - 2 Kitchen assistants - - Baojia (male) - apprentice cook and server servant, general help around the kitchen for more experience servants - 1 Chambermaid - 3 maids - - Piao (male) - - Lin (female) - - Hao (male) - 1 spirit tortoise tender - 1 journeywoman doctor - 3 guards - 2 gardeners on loan from Luxing Traveling Academy - 1 fish tender on loan from Luxing Traveling Academy Tie Shudaizi - Male. Crystal-clear hair, very tall, but thin. Chew Chengzhang (Growth) - Female. About your size. Brown hair with green tips. Thin. Nervous. Pale blue robes with gray edging. - Pebble. boulder badger spirit. stone gray body with a marble white stripe down back, obsidian black paws, face alternates stripes of marble white and obsidian black rank 1.1 (size of two palms), fiercely protective -Shu Mia (female servant) Lumang - diamond-colored robe embroidered with swords on the sleeve. Right sleeve hangs past his hand, left sleeve stops just below the elbow. -Meidou Dashuijie - vivid blue robes, long, vivid blue hair, vivid blue eyes. Female. Water healer --Bob Ross - happy cloud. Doesn't talk. Hangs around Dashuijie's head in the shape of a veil. --Healer Luxing Ginko - dark blue robes with storm-black edging and gold thread in the shape of lightning, breath-takingly beautiful, smooth, graceful, elegant Tu Fei - dude who challenged you to a duel and you clobbered easily in the second month (Nuli). First duel at Luxing Traveling Academy. dark blue robes embroidered with several other colors to create the appearance of intimidatingly huge wave crests flowing around his body. Zhong He - Male. Average height. Plain blue eyes. Rich mahogany hair and robes. Obviously spends a lot of time on his hair. Pale white skin. Qiqiang Haruhia - Black girl, short hair, sword and shield, ex-Nuli Shengli client, worried about Viridians -Wuye - shadow panther Luxing Ju-Long - Inner Disciple, 3 years older than you. pale blue robes. Teaches beginners physical skill classes days 5&6. Administrator Un - pale blue robes, inner disciple, replaced Dinvuk starting Month 2 (Nuli) Inner Disciple Luxing Dinvuk - dead, original admin for the first Luxing Traveling Academy pumie was at Inner Disciple Tie Chushi - taught first few physical lessons, taught cooking Inner Disciple Xue Min - female, not interested in formalities or politeness, gray robes, cultivation technique teacher Healer Zhe Zhuru (Living Wall dantianx2)- Male, big bushy beard, even shorter than most of the people you’ve met, as wide as he is tall Zhe Chuizi "The Hammer" - Zhe Zhuru's twin brother, gave you Zhe Zhuru's scrolls and promised you any help he could offer once, in reason. Elder Yun Hui - Spirit teacher. Male. White Hair. Head of crafting. Elaborately patterned robes in all the colors of the sky. Elder Yun Tzu - Female. Super buff. Strategist. Elaborately patterned robes in all the colors of the sky. Medical Saint Luxing Qianni - Elder, female, Her long hair is a vibrant red, that flows all around her Kue He - pale blue robe, young man, kind of a loser, outer disciple, 2nd year Core Disciple Luxing Jirounu - storm-gray robes with bronze edging. Taught you Hands of Glory variation of variation of Elder Yun Tzu's Thousand Thunders Resounding physical cultivation technique. Missing her right ear. Large and muscular, like a younger version of Elder Yun Tzu. No family resemblance. Inner Disciple Erzi Huojiu - relatively muscular chest, wide shoulders and a smiling face. Smaller than the adults Pūmiè grew up around, but impressive by local standards. Speaks in a very heavy accent and often mixes up the order of words, but thankfully Wotjeo can read what he's trying to say well enough despite Imperial being neither of their birth tongues. Inner Disciple Yunheliudi - male, shimmering blue robes, 107 Streams In A River style Inner Disciple Luxing Yisheng (Strengthening Spring Madra, mostly water supported by a complex mix of air, fire and metal) - Hands of Glory teacher. Blue robes with ornately tri-colored embroided hems. Inner Disciple Bi Shou - male, deliberately disrespectful. Metal madra, throwing dagger focused (uses metal guidance-like technique) Inner Disciple HouDanDan - red robes, fire madrax2 Inner Disciple Chaoxiang - sabotaged Pūmiè's cultivation shortly after arriving at Luxing Tavelling Academy. Elders forced him to make amends and he promised to do one favor for Pūmiè. Jin Yao - long yellow hair, generous, very wealthy, primary weapon is a spear Lei - short hair, taciturn, two-handed axe. Hospital Staff Old Wupo - crazy old woman prone to cackling. White shirt and pants. Ri Ko - boy your age with messy brown hair. White shirt and pants. Do Rothi - girl your age with neat, ear length black hair. White shirt and pants. Arc 1: Aestia Valley The Matriarch Description: Silver hair and skin, black eyes, tallest member of the silver bear tribe Zhuchansa, the midwife Papa - Guarnicio Ironheart & Arely Ironheart Description: The second tallest member of the silver bear tribe. Insanely muscled and broad in proportion to his height. Quirks: Insanely in love with his wife History: Started teaching you how to exercise and meditate when you were 3 Mama - Rica Ironheart & Azuria Ironheart Description: Sapphire Crystal Butterfly spirit sister, laughter is as bright and charming as a summer breeze Quirks: Vegetarian History: retrieved you after bee battle taught you basics of foraging fancy clothes: Mama is wearing the same beautiful dress made of the odd not-leather that the Corazon Chamois make that she wore for the Luchamadra tournament. It sparkles like dew reflecting the first rays of the sun at daybreak as night slides East to reveal the sun once more. Hadorita - newly independent hunter Description: hair is bright orange with dull gray tips Elder Minaro & Genialida Quirks: Rude and thinks he's surrounded by idiots, hates children largest spirit companion Elder Herejo & Deslea - dreamkeeper elder Description: pale-blue eyes Quirks: Curious Healer Curada & Bagujo Description: yellowish-brown hair, dark brown eyes third largest spirit companion Elder Teshera - treasure keeper & Smith elder Elder Ximena - trader elder Elder Cazadoro - Hunter Leader Elder Qiwo - Fisher Leader Mina & Chimenea - Guard trainer Description: flat black hair, big Amiya & Beayro, Tin Description: yellow haired training partner two years older than you Amiya is a head taller and much stronger (winter solstice six) Beayro is a little bigger but proportionally stronger than Wotjeo (winter solstice six) apprenticed to Castilla & Diehenio (orangish-brown hair) Vaquera - Amiya's Mom, a farmer Description: older than your mama, but she’s obviously well-muscled with orangish-brown hair. Rubia - Amiya's sister, Lead-Tier prodigy Description: Bright blond hair Age: 7 winters older than you Aracato - Leader of the Hunters. Bato, son of Aracato. Description: largest and strongest new cub, brown hair Quirks: Son of the leader of the Silver Bear hunters Cordero & Checha, Bato's older cousin 7 winters older than you Lead tier, hunter's apprentice Chuno & Esperanza Description: second largest new cub, yellow hair Decavo & Zelencia Description: third largest new cub, red hair Quirk: short temper Felero & Poca, Lead - son of dreamkeeper named Suena. Description: smallest new cub, black hair Felero- scrawny (winter solstice six) Poca - normal size but growing fast (winter solstice six) Suena - a dreamkeeper; she holds the memories of every dreamkeeper before her and can share them as a dream with other tribe members when they need to remember the past. Abealo - a potion brewer, Felero's maternal grandfather description: Flat Black hair Sonadoro - teenage miner's apprentice you woke up as part of learning how to manage your dream vital essence hearing. Senior Enlacio & Senior Fianza - topaz hilt tutor Description: short and slender. White hair pulled back into a slender and tidy ponytail decorated with strands of minuscle gems. Glittering topaz earrings, dazzling anklets, and an emerald necklace, every finger of his right hand has at least one ring. Dominant hand: Ambidextrous, but prefers his left Quirk: all but the most subtle emotional cues are suppressed Smith Carmenia & Fierrro Description: A boulder of a woman. Nearly as wide as she is tall. Hugely muscled. Maybe even stronger than Papa Hair: Flat-black Fierrro looks tiny next to Carmenia. Quirk: very determined Lela & Joveno Smith apprentice 5 winters older than you Description: dark-brown hair, soot covered Goya; a Miner’s daughter; Hates you for getting her hurt, stealing her smith apprenticeship, and helping Chuno get a smith apprenticeship instead. Two winters younger than you Traders: Garido & his son Yeso. Garido has orangish-black hair Yeso has shiny brown hair and is a nearly adult teenager Garido is married to Trades with Crystal Butterflies Tunica and Valo orangish-brown hair Trades with Corazon Chamois Montego & Lacada 8 winters older spear and javelin Hunter apprentices. Current Cultivation Study Group members Lead 2 survived eight winters - You & Felero - instructors Tin 1 survived eleven winters - Arturo & Ahelia, a Farmer’s son, Ore 2 survived ten winters - Javiero, a Farmer’s son and Farmer's Apprentice; Amiya, your childhood sparring teacher 3 survived nine winters - Mateo & Domingo a Farmer’s twin son; Camina a Guard’s daughter and apprentice miner. 1 survived eight winter - Chuno, a Farmer’s son and Smith apprentice 1 survived seven winter - Zoa* & Dimasa, a Trader’s daughter; Ore 3 survived seven winters - Milagra & Anzuelo, a Fisher’s daughter; Ximena, a Miner’s daughter; and Facundo, a Farmer’s son 3 survived six winters - Cacho, a Farmer’s son; Adolfo, a Hunter’s son; and the ambitiously named Silvia* & Teodosio, a Smith’s daughter. Friends winter 7->8 cultivation class Current friends Lead Tin 1 nine winters old - Javiero, a Farmer’s son and Farmer's Apprentice 1 eight winters old - Mateo a Farmer's son Ore 1 10 winters old boy - Arturo & Ahelia, a Farmer’s son, Ore 2 eight winters old - Domingo a Farmers's son, twins; Camina a Guard’s daughter 1 seven winters old boy - Chuno, a Farmer’s son 4 six winters old, all the children a winter younger than you - Milagra & Anzuelo, a Fisher’s daughter; Zoa* & Dimasa, a Trader’s daughter; Ximena, a Miner’s daughter; and Facundo, a Farmer’s son 5 five winters olds - Cacho, a Farmer’s son; Adolfo, a Hunter’s son; Isma a Farmer’s daughter; and the ambitiously named Silvia* & Teodosio, a Smith’s daughter. Friends you made by teaching your winter 6->7 cultivation class longer descriptions 1 nine winters old boy - Arturo, a Farmer’s son 2 eight winters old - Yolanda, a Farmer’s daughter; and Javiero, a Farmer’s son 3 seven winters old - Mateo and Domingo Farmer’s sons, twins; Camina a Guard’s daughter 1 six winters old boy - Chuno, a Farmer’s son 4 five winters old, all the children a winter younger than you - Milagra & Anzuelo, a Fisher’s daughter; Zoa*, a Trader’s daughter; Ximena, a Miner’s daughter; and Facundo, a Farmer’s son 5 four winters olds - Cacho, a Farmer’s son; Adolfo, a Hunter’s son; Isma a Farmer’s daughter; Goya; a Miner’s daughter; and the ambitiously named Silvia* & Teodosio, a Smith’s daughter. LLSix fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Nov 14, 2021 |
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Choice D Trading sounds like fun.
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A because animal buddies sound like an awesome start to an adventure.
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I would like to run a banner ad to help people find the game. CYOAs benefit a lot from having a diverse group of readers and voters. I've already made and paid for one, but I'm not confident in my graphical skills. Does anyone want to try to make a good banner? If anyone does I'll pay for it and it will make my day.
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:A because animal buddies sound like an awesome start to an adventure. This, A
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A How far is the Aestia Valley from Maraztlan?
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M. Night Skymall posted:How far is the Aestia Valley from Maraztlan? If you start in Aestia Valley (A) your parent's won't know anything about Maraztlan or the Emerald Empire.
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E, wanna see some Spirit Tigers get suplexed
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E This is absolutely my jam. For some reason, I just really love a well done cultivation CYOA game.
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@LLSix:  Always enjoy your CYOAs, glad that I'm getting in on the ground floor for this one!LLSix posted:The winning vote will be randomly selected from amongst all votes, so every vote matters and you always have a chance of getting to decide what you do next! I really this like method for voting. Vote: CHOICE E: Suelta We're uniting the barbarian tribes and burying the Emerald Empress within her City in a shallow, watery grave.
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gently caress yeah wuxia CYOA. E sounds the most entertaining to me.
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I've definitely got to throw my vote in for A. Can't spell 'cat' without an A!
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chin up everything sucks posted:Would this game happen to be based on the Cradle series of Wuxia novels? It's probably going to be patterned after it somewhat, but that's more just wuxia/xianxia in general. I'm going to go on a bit of a tangent here because I'm stupid and like informing people. I'm not a expert on these or anything and the genres of wuxia has had a long history. Xianxia is newer but also more or less just codifying various existing story structures and elements that have been seen repeatedly. Wuxia is going to be more grounded. Relatively mundane martial arts styles. Maybe some supernatural feats like people fighting in midair or having magical artifacts. Xianxia usually goes far beyond that. Magical flying swords are normal. Weird martial arts styles that that might be the odd or unique thing in a wuxia are far more common (like the toad style in Kung Fu Hustle, but going even more bizarre). We're talking Exalted Martial Arts here, going straight into the bizarre feats of 2E's Sidereal Martial Arts styles. Chinese xianxia tends to be rooted in a lot of daoist terminology (partly because its idea of immortal practitioners comes from daoism), but Cradle shows that you don't need explicit daoist elements to tell a xianxia story. The genres are not so strictly defined as I'm laying out here but it's basically superhuman but mundane feats versus magical martial arts bullshit.
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The Lord of Hats posted:A wise man once said that the most powerful force in the universe is Compound Interest. lmao you got me with this one seconding
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chin up everything sucks posted:Would this game happen to be based on the Cradle series of Wuxia novels? If you're familiar with the series you'll see similar elements and I may use some of the same terminology. I did just finish reading as much of the series as is out so far, and one of the initial starts is heavily influenced by it. You can probably guess which one. The other starts have other inspirations or are entirely products of my imagination. So how much the game resembles Cradle is ultimately up to the readers. If you haven't read Cradle, you should! It's a really well done version of the genre. It does a great job of explaining how the magic system works and stays within those explanations most of the time.
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Hi I'm here from the banner ad and thought why not. I can't decide between setting A and E so I'll pick the one with fewer votes right now. CHOICE E
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