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

[Talon Tiger Dino]

Oh yeah, I gotta say that with the reveal that the Bureau can do Long Expeditions for us for free, I am really glad that we didn't take the Celestia option that would tie up the Bureau. We didn't know it at the time of our choice, but I feel like we lucked out on that.

 

[Pittauro]

Well there was that area which auto gives renewable SH scraps up to level 5.

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not sure if they're renewable. my impression was that we get it just once, but as the first time we were at cap we somehow... left it there for later.

Look, being able to get Moth Mastery next turn would be extreamly useful.

I was right on the should have gotten Master's Moth Sacrament and healing our scar earlier stuff wasn't I. Testing this is something I suspect is something similar.

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Completely different things in my opinion. I just don't find Moth Mastery really viable at this point.

 

[OurLadyOfWires]

In which Love starts to understand

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This was delightful! Thank you for sharing it with us.

Really, it was in-character, sweet and a nice bridge that wouldn't be out of place as an update. Awesome stuff!

If we happen to reach a SH Sacrament, and we have the opportunity to teach Cadance the Lores, I wouldn't mind making this her first lesson.

@OurLadyOfWires We can scry everything that's not the House of the Sun right? So technically stuff in Ash or the dreamlands are valid targets to scry. So could we scry for the remains of the Hour Velvet?

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The Wood grows around the walls of the Mansus. As any student of Histories knows, the Mansus has no walls.

~ Christopher Illopoly, Travelling at Night

The Ashen Wastes are part of the Mansus, and there is nothing worth scrying in the Dreamlands.

The Velvet

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The atmosphere in this was great! And the final blurb was nicely designed. I think I would have buffed her a little more, but that's just me.

Thank you for sharing this with us!

Though that gives me a thought @OurLadyOfWires considering we got our Sacrament from Smiles, does that mean he also Heals Without Scars?

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If he was fully in the Wake, probably. But for the sake of game mechanics, he can't.

It just wouldn't do for Names to be too overpowered.

@OurLadyOfWires Can we target our detectives at Neighnea?

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Good question.

Let's go with "yes." Your orders wouldn't be "Go find a Name that is also a painting," but you would direct the Bureau in a way that sent them in that direction.

So sure.

Hmm. Your choice of wording saying "Whenever Velvet Covers rolls a combat dice" isn't what I would have expected if it was just a per-turn thing. Does that mean that if she gets fought by 3 enemies at once her Hate grows three times as fast? This is basically Lung's power from Worm after all, so it wouldn't be out of the question.

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A lot of people mentioned it, and I agree. +1 would probably be too little, given how quick battles can go (although I try to balance them around two combatants of similar competency that roll 50s against each other every time), so it would probably be +2.

Still, the way that would work would be that every time Velvet rolls a combat dice, she gets a bonus. Including re-rolls.

So, in a combat turn where Velvet Re-rolls, she would gain a total of +6 (two dice rolled on one clash, one dice rolled on the second).
But if she is fighting several enemies, her enemies would roll several dice, and she would still only roll one (or two, if rerolling) dice per clash.

It feels "in line" with what I have in mind for each combat turn (two clashes, with potentially three dice rolls) to give Velvet around +4 or +6 combat bonus.

But this is definitely not a Lung-like skill where more enemies would make her get stronger faster. It would still be beneficial for her to have allies to soak other combatants, until she can get strong enough to pick them off with massive bonuses.

@OurLadyOfWires Since we had an Quest anniversary pass during the migration over here, do you mind holding one now, so we can have some final hints on stuff to note?

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I could, but those take a lot of energy to write

But we are close to an Ending, so I wouldn't mind answering some things like I did with the Edge Sacraments.

All Maps point Home

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For you are Velvet Covers
And on your flank is a book of all history
And for as long as it is
It's incredibly short




Glory shines
And all basks in its splendor
Palest reflections

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This was certainly an experience. Your writing always makes me feel like I am remembering a dream I had forgotten.

And I mean this in a good way. Thank you for sharing this!

And I agree with another poster. This last part certainly made me think about certain things.




Righty-o.

I will go look at the current plans, but before I get to that I want to make something clear:

@OurLadyOfWires not to spam you with pings, lol, but I just wanted to clear with you how you want to handle the Follower's phase vote if our plan involves summoning two MITLs via Name AP, and wanting to make sure our Cover Your Bases actions and Graverob action fall on our summoned/unintelligent followers so that Servants and Fluttershy can provide +2 Smiles each. Also do we need to be concerned about Suspicion if we volunteer our servants to Smiles?

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Re: the MitLs, I had a thought, so let's put a pause on that for a moment. @OurLadyOfWires if we summon something, we get access to its AP on the same turn it is summoned, yes? Can we 'backfill' Cover Your Bases with a MitL, if we successfully summon at least one, and drop e.g. Jade's action if we don't, like what we did before with the Risen?

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@OurLadyOfWires , can we have Mareinette use Honored Guest to raise Spoiled to Confidante for our Moth Sacrament this Turn, or does it have to be the Leash? So far it looks like she just autosucceeds at the befriending process, but I could be wrong.

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For this turn (and the next turn, if we have one) we are going back to early quest rules.

Make plans for the resources you have RIGHT NOW. No backfilling, no conditionals. Assume that any action you order/perform will take the entire turn to prepare, and will only yield results at the end of the turn. That means that even if you summon creatures, they will be counted as summoned "at the end of Turn 23, to fade at the end of Turn 26."

That means that whenever I check a Plan, the first thing I will do is count if there are fourteen servant actions being used.
The two exceptions for this are:
-If you "dig up a dead body" you can consider that you summoned an extra Risen at the beginning of Turn 23, and you may include it in your plans (but that's basically using one servant action to dig, in order to gain a servant action from the Risen).
-If you use your Leash on a Close Friend right now, you can count on the extra follower action from a Confidante (but your only options for that are Cheerilee, or Filthy Rich, and picking either would disallow you from using it on Spoiled RIch).

And no need to worry about Servant suspicion on Smiles.



I hope you are all doing well. Let me know if there is anything I can help you with.

 

[ses]

Okay Neighnia is just obviously the best pick for our Detectives I think, if we dont want Windy-Detectives. We should really try and get our plan edited to allow for that.

 

[DelightedOne]

If we happen to reach a SH Sacrament, and we have the opportunity to teach Cadance the Lores, I wouldn't mind making this her first lesson.

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Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt...

I was that on point with this? That was just for fun and half built after I left the original draft alone for 7 months.

and there is nothing worth scrying in the Dreamlands.

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Me thinks this has a hidden meaning.

 

[Shaper47]

Let me know if there is anything I can help you with.

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@OurLadyOfWires Could you clarify on getting our hooves dirty rules for the Bureau in regards to expeditions?

I.e. Can Velvet join long expeditions with only that one Velvet Commissioner action.

The Ashen Wastes are part of the Mansus, and there is nothing worth scrying in the Dreamlands.

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So basically if we want to find the corpse of Hour Velvet we need to manually search the Roots.

Well I suppose if we finish exploring unexplored areas we could go looking.

Time it for when we have a SH influence and we'd be searching with a +90 SH bonus which might just make it possible.

Kinda sad we probably won't have time.

The atmosphere in this was great! And the final blurb was nicely designed. I think I would have buffed her a little more, but that's just me.

Thank you for sharing this with us!

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Thanks .

The idea was she could improve her Edge and Winter lore the hard way. I.e. Get some Sacraments and study to Mastery.

But yeah getting killed and then reborn got her nerfed a bunch.

Still pretty powerful though and new player on the board.

 

[OurLadyOfWires]

@OurLadyOfWires Could you clarify on getting our hooves dirty rules for the Bureau in regards to expeditions?

I.e. Can Velvet join long expeditions for only that one Velvet Commissioner action.

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Sure.

So, what I am thinking is this. If Velvet does absolutely nothing but dedicate herself to personal actions, she has 8 personal actions to work with. (I'm pretty sure that's how far we could go back then, when you were still under your father's thumb).

Leading the Bureau cost you a permanent "loss" of 4 personal action points. But for the sake of your "Tall" build and game balancing, we reached a nice compromise that "Cover your Bases" can give you more time to get stuff done, under the narrative explanation that your followers can prepare stuff ahead of time, and you only need to "finalize it" by using less of your personal time.

Still, that means your time at the Bureau is still worth around 4 personal action points. And going to a Long expedition costs up to 3 personal action points. So, it is narratively possible, and mechanically acceptable, for your "Get your hooves dirty" decision to let you go to a Long expedition.



In short, here is the practical answer:
If you pick "Get your hooves dirty" while the Bureau is going on a long expedition, you will be offered a vote option later in the turn.
You can either "go" on the Long expedition, and decrease the amount of time you will have to help the rest of the Bureau (since long expeditions will take most of your Commissioner time). Or you can "not go" on the long expedition, and fully dedicate yourself to helping your Investigators and other parts of the Bureau.
Still, getting your hooves dirty is the best way to join a Bureau expedition and optimize whatever free time you have as Commissioner.

 

[Arrkhon]

Me thinks this has a hidden meaning.

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The single most important thing to see there can be found by merely looking up

 

[DelightedOne]

The single most important thing to see there can be found by merely looking up

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You are talking about the Mirror right? Referencing this in particular:

But in that moment you were sure, you were absolutely sure, that the light shining down upon you was the same light that was shining from under the Dreamlands, when you walked those hallowed and Worm-infested walkways.

It was the same sun, the same beacon, and the same pulsating star that seemed to be the only source of light in all of creation.

Yes, in that moment you were sure of it.

The sun shining down upon this world was the same one that was shining up from the depths beneath the crisscrossing Dreamlands.

And for a single, maddeningly short fraction of a moment, you felt that was good. And you were in peace under its light, with not a single thought left for the harsh glare of Glory.

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That is the obvious answer. I am thinking about what the non-obvious answer is. It's been a long list of surprises with our skilled and sneaky QM so I would rather not assume we have all the pieces of relevant information on the landmarks and paths of the Dreamlands(which we barely explored).

My theory that the Dreamlands also serve as a crossroad to other places(like the Foggy Mirror) plays a part in that.

It also doesn't help I'm 83% sure the Silver Key has some use in the Dreamlands(or just to get to the Mirror World through the Dreamlands). So I'm a bit obsessed with something we won't see before reaching the Glory Ending.

 

[Greymere]

[X] Plan: A Song of Light

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow
-[X] (Detectives) Investigate Neighnia
-[X] (Constables) Expedition: The Quarry of Yuxtabai
-[X] (Commissioner) Get your hooves dirty
-[X] (Director) Heart
-[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Mayor Mare
-[X] (Baldomare) Lantern lesson
-[X] (DoA) Consult
-[X] (Smiles-Free) Lead an expedition: Is It Free Real Estate?
-[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult
--[X] Recalibrate: Grail
-[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
-[X] (Jade) Study Moth 3 artifact
-[X] Summon a Mare-in-the-Light
--[X] In a barn on our estate
-[X] Acquire a dead body
-[X] Help Smiles (x2)
-[X] Cover your bases (-5 Follower AP, +2 Velvet AP)

 

[spiderhellian]

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow

 

[ses]

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow
[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow but Actually Caring about Cadance
[X] Plan: Soothing and Befriending and Investigating
[X] Plan: Soothing and Befriending Neighnia
-[X] [DETECTIVES] Investigate Neighnia
-[X] [CONSTABLES] Plan and execute a raid. Within Equestria, or anywhere else that is needed. (Quarry)
-[X] [COMMISSIONER] Get your hoofs dirty. (Participate in the "Investigators" and "Constables" actions.)
-[X] [DIRECTOR] Introduce another Lore to the Lunar Bureau. (Heart)
-[X] [JADE] Research an artifact (Moth 3)
-[X] [BALDOMARE] Ask for a lesson on the Lores. (Lantern)
-[X] [MAREINETTE] [FLEETING OPPORTUNITY] Have her aid Cadance.
-[X] [AXE] Consult to the Lunar Bureau
-[X] (CHERENKOLT) "Recalibrating." (Grail)
-[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult with the Lunar Bureau
-[X] [SMILES] (TROUBLEMAKER) Tell him you need something broken. (Is It Free Real Estate?) (FREE ACTION)
-[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night. (Her Winter realization. Unknown effects, if any.)
-[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
-[X] You need somepony to perform this ritual… (Summon a Mare-in-the-Light)
--[X] To be performed... somewhere, where you hope nopony will catch wind of it.
-[X] You need somepony to perform this ritual… (Summon a Mare-in-the-Light, sacrificing a Wrong Key)
-[X] (NEW OPTION) Smiles needs help with something, please go do what he asks... within reason of course. (Aid Smiles' Progression Bar. QM will decide who is optimal, unless you write-in the characters) 4x
-[X] One extra Velvet action! (Costs 2 follower actions)

Saving mayor mare and burning our Rarity and Smiles AP annoys me but whatever, the first one is a worthy thing to spend our unexpected windfall on (QM was being very generous giving us a free AP), and the 2nd one isn't really that big a deal.

God I hope Selene highrolls. I want to play with our SH sacraments sooo bad.

 

[Rafuki22]

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow

I suppose that i'll vote for this for now.

When does the vote end and which plan is winning?

 

[DelightedOne]

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow

[X] Plan: A Song of Light

 

[Shaper47]

[X] Plan: Moth Mastery

[X] Plan: Befriending Smiles

[X] Plan: Betraying Our Friend Windy

[X] Plan: Befriending Smiles and sending Selene to Dodge City colony

[X] Plan: Soothing and Befriending

[X] Plan: Soothing and Befriending and Investigating

[X] Plan: Soothing and Befriending Neighnia

Mareinette should be on Cadance.

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow but Actually Caring about Cadance
-[X] (Detectives) Investigate Neighnia
-[X] (Constables) Expedition: The Quarry of Yuxtabai
-[X] (Commissioner) Get your hooves dirty
-[X] (Director) Heart
-[X] (Mareinette) [FLEETING OPPORTUNITY] Have her aid Cadance
-[X] (Baldomare) Lantern lesson
-[X] (DoA) Consult
-[X] (Smiles-Free) Lead an expedition: Is It Free Real Estate?
-[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult
--[X] Recalibrate: Grail
-[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
-[X] (Jade) Study Moth 3 artifact
-[X] Summon a Mare-in-the-Light
--[X] In a barn on our estate
-[X] Acquire a dead body
-[X] Help Smiles (x2)
-[X] Cover your bases (-5 Follower AP, +2 Velvet AP)

 

[Solace2117]

[X] Plan: A Song of Light

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow

I'm good with either of these.

 

[Sveta08]

Me thinks this has a hidden meaning.

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There always has been. Up and down and within and hidden. I think I rambled on it at one point a long while back.

Oh well.
Doors and locks and keys that once were important and still are.
Especially now that we have the Silver Key. ...Goodness, I hadn't even thought of that. Beautiful passage that it is. Of course the key has a door, where better than a world of doors? Where better than a land of keys?
Fitting a key would be bound by a snake in a mountain leading to a door that it helped create. A unity. A bond.
Axe did make the right key after all. Fulfilled the promise to Selene and then some. Just not to her lock.

Every Cutie Mark has a door.
And Silky has a cutiemark now.


There are things to be found in the dreamland, but dice have been cast and hands have been made and lines to be drawn.
Why do you think Axe is devoted to Silky and not to Velvet? Why do you think Marrionette can taste the distinction? Why do you think Silky felt she had failed something looking at Biedde's hat?

I was too blind and forgot to remember in time. To warn and throw weight into a failing path of cowardice. I was too... gegh. I was too distant to think and remember.
But what Our Lady has said is true. There is nothing worth scrying in The Dreamlands.
Why look in the hall when you know what you will find? The real wonder is behind the doors. and from deeper than them.



I am glad people liked the writing. I'm still ill and can't focus quite right. But it's...
The structure kept repeating. Kept knocking on my brain.
I need to read more and catch up more.

 

[excedere]

I don't have a very big inclination for any specific plan, but these seem fine. Not sure about Mareinette's positioning here.

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow but Actually Caring about Cadance

 

[Talon Tiger Dino]

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow

I really hope Selene can clutch the Soothing this turn. There are so many things I wish to see Velvet do. Like reach All-4 and elevate her family further. And get her two SH Sacraments. That may not sound like a lot, but I assure you such things cannot be done quickly, so it is a lot.

 

[DelightedOne]

Is the Bureau able to access our Artifacts? The SH and the Lantern one could be useful for the study of the Husk and they are not really going to be used on the Expedition since I assume we are sending Velvet to the Quarry(that was the plan right?).

 

[Earth-Destroyer]

We really should summon an Edge Influence because if next turn is go time we will need all the combat buffs we can get.

 

[des-pair-2]

[X] Plan: A Song of Light

[X] Plan: Soothing and Befriending

While I don't participate in the thread as I once used to, I'm still keeping and eye on it. I would like us to leave the Winter Name and Windy alone.

 

[Arrkhon]

So why are we voting to go after a name when the last thing we need right now is more enemies?

 

[DelightedOne]

So why are we voting to go after a name when the last thing we need right now is more enemies?

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Cause we have a job offer for her. And we are going to have a Rich guy to help fund her new gallery.

This is just a social call or the start of a chain to get a social call.

Besides, Neighnia is chill. Even when she tried to kill Velvet she was relatively nice.

And we really should not let an unbound Name in the Wake if we can help it.

 

[Pittauro]

on a quick look through the plans

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow

In the lucky case we get an extra turn, we could acquire Neighnia turn 24, and befriend her and/or get the Winter Sacrament on turn 25... It's a bit optimistic, but it would be a massive coup...

I'm uninterested in investigating Windy or foreign threats right now (please PLEASE no Sombra right now PLEASE!), and... I'm too sleepy right now to think more about it XD

If the vote doesn't close in the next... 24 hours or so, I might give it a second look, but in the meantime this will do.

 

[Wise Wolf]

Might be my favorite so far, because it gets us 6 Cadance actions:
[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow but Actually Caring about Cadance

 

[Thamuzz]

[X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow but Actually Caring about Cadance

 

[Wise Wolf]

9 votes: 5 Cadence AP, save Mayor Mare, get in touch with Neighnia
6 votes: 5 Cadence AP, save Mayor Mare, find more expeditions
5 votes: 6 Cadence AP, get in touch with Neighnia

Adhoc vote count started by Wise Wolf on Jan 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM, finished with 157 posts and 16 votes.

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  9 people have voted

  [X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow
  -[X] (Detectives) Investigate Neighnia
  -[X] (Constables) Expedition: The Quarry of Yuxtabai
  -[X] (Commissioner) Get your hooves dirty
  -[X] (Director) Heart
  -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Mayor Mare
  -[X] (Baldomare) Lantern lesson
  -[X] (DoA) Consult
  -[X] (Smiles-Free) Lead an expedition: Is It Free Real Estate?
  -[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult
  --[X] Recalibrate: Grail
  -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
  -[X] (Jade) Study Moth 3 artifact
  -[X] Summon a Mare-in-the-Light
  --[X] In a barn on our estate
  -[X] Acquire a dead body
  -[X] Help Smiles (x2)
  -[X] Cover your bases (-5 Follower AP, +2 Velvet AP)

  • DelightedOne
  • Solace2117
  • Greymere
  • spiderhellian
  • Rafuki22
  • Talon Tiger Dino
  • Pittauro
  • ses
  • excedere

  6 people have voted

  [X] Plan: A Song of Light
  -[X] (Detectives) Search for foreign threats
  -[X] (Constables) Expedition: The Quarry of Yuxtabai
  -[X] (Commissioner) Get your hooves dirty
  -[X] (Director) Heart
  -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Mayor Mare
  -[X] (Baldomare) Lantern lesson
  -[X] (DoA) Consult
  -[X] (Smiles-Free) Lead an expedition: Is It Free Real Estate?
  -[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult
  --[X] Recalibrate: Grail
  -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
  -[X] (Jade) Study Moth 3 artifact
  -[X] Summon a Mare-in-the-Light
  --[X] In a barn on our estate
  -[X] Acquire a dead body
  -[X] Help Smiles (x2)
  -[X] Cover your bases (-5 Follower AP, +2 Velvet AP)

  • DelightedOne
  • Solace2117
  • Greymere
  • dcoconeo
  • Limabot
  • des-pair-2

  5 people have voted

  [X] Plan: A Song of Bright Snow but Actually Caring about Cadance
  -[X] (Detectives) Investigate Neighnia
  -[X] (Constables) Expedition: The Quarry of Yuxtabai
  -[X] (Commissioner) Get your hooves dirty
  -[X] (Director) Heart
  -[X] (Mareinette) [FLEETING OPPORTUNITY] Have her aid Cadance
  -[X] (Baldomare) Lantern lesson
  -[X] (DoA) Consult
  -[X] (Smiles-Free) Lead an expedition: Is It Free Real Estate?
  -[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult
  --[X] Recalibrate: Grail
  -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
  -[X] (Jade) Study Moth 3 artifact
  -[X] Summon a Mare-in-the-Light
  --[X] In a barn on our estate
  -[X] Acquire a dead body
  -[X] Help Smiles (x2)
  -[X] Cover your bases (-5 Follower AP, +2 Velvet AP)

  • Shaper47
  • ses
  • excedere
  • Wise Wolf
  • Thamuzz

  3 people have voted

  [X] Plan: Soothing and Befriending
  -[X] [DETECTIVES] The dangers in the dark come from outside of Ponykind as well. Listen to the rumors. Study the myths. Look for the threats from without. (Search for Expedition Sites for your later consideration. Additionally, keep an ear on the ground for other "foreign" threats)
  -[X] [CONSTABLES] Plan and execute a raid. Within Equestria, or anywhere else that is needed. (Quarry)
  -[X] [COMMISSIONER] Get your hoofs dirty. (Participate in the "Investigators" and "Constables" actions.)
  -[X] [DIRECTOR] Introduce another Lore to the Lunar Bureau. (Heart)
  -[X] [RARITY] Take a commission. (Gain at least 100 bits immediately, will "fail" her career roll)
  -[X] [JADE] Research an artifact (Moth 3)
  -[X] [BALDOMARE] Ask for a lesson on the Lores. (Lantern)
  -[X] [MAREINETTE] [FLEETING OPPORTUNITY] Have her aid Cadance.
  -[X] [AXE] Consult to the Lunar Bureau
  -[X] [CHERENKOLT] "Recalibrating." (Grail)
  -[X] [SMILES] (TROUBLEMAKER) Tell him you need something broken. (Is It Free Real Estate?) (FREE ACTION)
  -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night. (Her Winter realization. Unknown effects, if any.)
  -[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
  -[X] You need somepony to perform this ritual… (Summon a Mare-in-the-Light)
  --[X] To be performed... somewhere, where you hope nopony will catch wind of it.
  -[X] You need somepony to perform this ritual… (Summon a Mare-in-the-Light, sacrificing a Wrong Key)
  -[X] (NEW OPTION) Smiles needs help with something, please go do what he asks... within reason of course. (Aid Smiles' Progression Bar. QM will decide who is optimal, unless you write-in the characters)
  -[X] One extra Velvet action! (Costs 2 follower actions)

  • Alan975
  • Shaper47
  • des-pair-2

  3 people have voted

  [X] Plan: Soothing and Befriending and Investigating
  -[X] [DETECTIVES] Nudge them in the… "correct" direction. Put them on the trail of one of your Opponents. (Windy Flakes)
  -[X] [CONSTABLES] Plan and execute a raid. Within Equestria, or anywhere else that is needed. (Quarry)
  -[X] [COMMISSIONER] Get your hoofs dirty. (Participate in the "Investigators" and "Constables" actions.)
  -[X] [DIRECTOR] Introduce another Lore to the Lunar Bureau. (Heart)
  -[X] [RARITY] Take a commission. (Gain at least 100 bits immediately, will "fail" her career roll)
  -[X] [JADE] Research an artifact (Moth 3)
  -[X] [BALDOMARE] Ask for a lesson on the Lores. (Lantern)
  -[X] [MAREINETTE] [FLEETING OPPORTUNITY] Have her aid Cadance.
  -[X] [AXE] Consult to the Lunar Bureau
  -[X] [CHERENKOLT] "Recalibrating." (Grail)
  -[X] [SMILES] (TROUBLEMAKER) Tell him you need something broken. (Is It Free Real Estate?) (FREE ACTION)
  -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night. (Her Winter realization. Unknown effects, if any.)
  -[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
  -[X] You need somepony to perform this ritual… (Summon a Mare-in-the-Light)
  --[X] To be performed... somewhere, where you hope nopony will catch wind of it.
  -[X] You need somepony to perform this ritual… (Summon a Mare-in-the-Light, sacrificing a Wrong Key)
  -[X] (NEW OPTION) Smiles needs help with something, please go do what he asks... within reason of course. (Aid Smiles' Progression Bar. QM will decide who is optimal, unless you write-in the characters)
  -[X] One extra Velvet action! (Costs 2 follower actions)

  • Alan975
  • ses
  • Shaper47

  2 people have voted

  [X] Plan: Befriending Smiles
  -[X] Leash Spoiled Milk
  -[X] (Detectives) Analyse your options regarding the Changeling Colony
  -[X] (Constables) Expedition: The Choked City
  -[X] (Commissioner) Cadance
  -[X] (Director) Moth
  -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Cadance
  -[X] (Baldomare) Lantern lesson
  -[X] (DoA) Expedition: The Quarry of Yuxtabai
  -[X] (Selene) The Quarry of Yuxtabai (2 AP)
  -[X] (Smiles) Consult
  -[X] (Smiles-Free) Lead an expedition: Is It Free Real Estate?
  -[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult
  --[X] Recalibrate: Grail
  -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
  -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
  -[X] Grab a corpse for a Risen
  -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)

  • Alan975
  • Shaper47

  2 people have voted

  [X] Plan: Soothing and Befriending Neighnia
  -[X] [DETECTIVES] Investigate Neighnia
  -[X] [CONSTABLES] Plan and execute a raid. Within Equestria, or anywhere else that is needed. (Quarry)
  -[X] [COMMISSIONER] Get your hoofs dirty. (Participate in the "Investigators" and "Constables" actions.)
  -[X] [DIRECTOR] Introduce another Lore to the Lunar Bureau. (Heart)
  -[X] [JADE] Research an artifact (Moth 3)
  -[X] [BALDOMARE] Ask for a lesson on the Lores. (Lantern)
  -[X] [MAREINETTE] [FLEETING OPPORTUNITY] Have her aid Cadance.
  -[X] [AXE] Consult to the Lunar Bureau
  -[X] (CHERENKOLT) "Recalibrating." (Grail)
  -[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult with the Lunar Bureau
  -[X] [SMILES] (TROUBLEMAKER) Tell him you need something broken. (Is It Free Real Estate?) (FREE ACTION)
  -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night. (Her Winter realization. Unknown effects, if any.)
  -[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
  -[X] You need somepony to perform this ritual… (Summon a Mare-in-the-Light)
  --[X] To be performed... somewhere, where you hope nopony will catch wind of it.
  -[X] You need somepony to perform this ritual… (Summon a Mare-in-the-Light, sacrificing a Wrong Key)
  -[X] (NEW OPTION) Smiles needs help with something, please go do what he asks... within reason of course. (Aid Smiles' Progression Bar. QM will decide who is optimal, unless you write-in the characters) 4x
  -[X] One extra Velvet action! (Costs 2 follower actions)

  • ses
  • Shaper47

  1 people have voted

  [X] Plan: Moth Mastery
  -[X] Leash Spoiled Milk
  -[X] (Detectives) Analyse your options regarding the Changeling Colony
  -[X] (Constables) Expedition: The Choked City
  -[X] (Commissioner) Cadance
  -[X] (Director) Moth
  -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Cadance
  -[X] (DoA) Expedition: The Quarry of Yuxtabai
  -[X] (Smiles) Consult
  -[X] (Smiles-Free) Lead an expedition: Is It Free Real Estate?
  -[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult
  --[X] Recalibrate: Grail
  -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
  -[X] (Jade) Study Moth 3 artifact
  -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
  -[X] Scry Moth 5 Book (x 3)
  -[X] Grab a corpse for a Risen
  -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)

  • Shaper47

  1 people have voted

  [X] Plan: Betraying Our Friend Windy
  -[X] Leash Spoiled Milk
  -[X] (Detectives) Analyse your options regarding the Changeling Colony
  -[X] (Constables) Expedition: The Choked City
  -[X] (Commissioner) Cadance
  -[X] (Director) Moth
  -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Cadance
  -[X] Scry Windy
  -[X] (DoA) Expedition: The Quarry of Yuxtabai
  -[X] (Selene) The Quarry of Yuxtabai (2 AP)
  -[X] (Smiles) Consult
  -[X] (Smiles-Free) Lead an assault: Windy
  -[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult
  --[X] Recalibrate: Grail
  -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
  -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
  -[X] Grab a corpse for a Risen
  -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)

  • Shaper47

  1 people have voted

  [X] Plan: Befriending Smiles and sending Selene to Dodge City colony
  -[X] Leash Spoiled Milk
  -[X] (Detectives) There are still changelings out there. Hunt them. Look for them, and for the ponies who colluded with them.
  -[X] (Constables) Expedition: The Choked City
  -[X] (Commissioner) Cadance
  -[X] (Director) Moth
  -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Cadance
  -[X] (Baldomare) Lantern lesson
  -[X] (DoA) Expedition: The Quarry of Yuxtabai
  -[X] (Selene) The Quarry of Yuxtabai (2 AP)
  -[X] (Smiles) Edge Influence on Selene
  -[X] (Smiles-Free) Lead an expedition: Dodge City colony
  --[X] Selene joins
  -[X] (Cherenkolt) Consult
  --[X] Recalibrate: Grail
  -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
  -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
  -[X] Lead an expedition: Is It Free Real Estate?
  -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)

  • Shaper47

  1 people have voted

  [X] Plan: A Song of Light, Bureau Doing Its Job
  -[X] [DETECTIVES] Investigate Dodge City
  -[X] [CONSTABLES] Plan and execute a raid. Within Equestria, or anywhere else that is needed. (Quarry)
  -[X] [COMMISSIONER] Get your hoofs dirty. (Participate in the "Investigators" and "Constables" actions.)
  -[X] [DIRECTOR] Introduce another Lore to the Lunar Bureau. (Heart)
  -[X] [RARITY] Take a commission. (Gain at least 100 bits immediately, will "fail" her career roll)
  -[X] [JADE] Research an artifact (Moth 3)
  -[X] [BALDOMARE] Ask for a lesson on the Lores. (Lantern)
  -[X] [MAREINETTE] Honored Guest: Mayor Mare
  -[X] [AXE] Consult to the Lunar Bureau
  -[X] [CHERENKOLT] "Recalibrating." (Grail)
  -[X] [SMILES] (TROUBLEMAKER) Tell him you need something broken. (Is It Free Real Estate?) (FREE ACTION)
  -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night. (Her Winter realization. Unknown effects, if any.)
  -[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
  -[X] You need somepony to perform this ritual… (Summon a Mare-in-the-Light)
  --[X] To be performed... somewhere, where you hope nopony will catch wind of it.
  -[X] You need somepony to perform this ritual… (Summon a Mare-in-the-Light, sacrificing a Wrong Key)
  -[X] (NEW OPTION) Smiles needs help with something, please go do what he asks... within reason of course. (Aid Smiles' Progression Bar. QM will decide who is optimal, unless you write-in the characters)
  -[X] Cover your bases (-5 Follower AP, +2 Velvet AP)
  -[X] If summoning rituals or graverob fails, lose Smiles actions to compensate

  • Limabot

 

[Earth-Destroyer]

Wonder if Cadance/Shining will be coming to the All In mission.

 

[Pittauro]

9 votes: 5 Cadence AP, save Mayor Mare, get in touch with Neighnia
6 votes: 5 Cadence AP, save Mayor Mare, find more expeditions
5 votes: 6 Cadence AP, get in touch with Neighnia

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Are those the only actual differences? Because yeah, if we're searching for another complicated expedition then yeah, I'd rather try our hand with Neighnia.

There's a low but non-zero chance we could dedicate basically all of turn 25 to friendship and winter sacrament with her IF we get her AND the extra turn in time.

With turn 24 basically being mostly focused on SH, Baldomare, Cherenkolt and Smiles.

...damn, those are some REALLY rewarding turns when you think about it. We've grown in power fairly quickly during the whole quest, but NOW we're actually getting the good stuff.