I honestly forgot we could teach as a free social, I guess that solves the AP cost issue with Selene's training.
That speedrun will prove if Velvet's luck went away for good or if it will return.
That basically locks Axe's action as a lesson though, nothing wrong with it I just don't like using Name actions for teaching, feels like a waste. How many actions are we willing to invest again? Because if we are really desperate we can trade some(or all)Follower actions for Velvet actions.
I forgot that too. I was kinda fixated on the idea of using that action to teach Rarity, I didn't consider we could use it to teach Selene.
as for "wasting" Name actions on lessons... honestly a lesson from them is still very valuable, but ideally only after we get a Sacrament or to reach the next threshold.
After all, a lvl 5 book is 120 bits. so it could be argued a Name Lesson once we're lvl 5 is worth 120 bits (though we don't get a Manuscript out of it), and in theory 6 turns of those lessons would get us to lvl 6, the same tier of power Names use in the Wake (not counting their general bonuses and traits, admittedly).
and another 7 such actions and we could, if we wanted to, reach lvl 7, the (presumed) limit of mortal understanding of a Principle.
of course using a Name only for lessons for the 13 turns required to go from beginning of lvl 5 to lvl 7 is likely something we just won't be able to afford, even if the game continued beyond Tricuspid... though hey, who knows. Maybe we'll get lucky with expeditions and we'll want to use those lessons to get the last few scraps at key points.
Maybe All-7 dream is not dead yet...
It depends on people's priorities, I guess? If we're trying to speedrun though, I'd want to go for 3 Sacrament actions and converting 5 follower AP to 2 Velvet AP to leave room for FR and the inevitable family and Cadance FOs.
We could technically convert 9F to 3V instead to squeeze in one more Velvet action, but at that point we're eating a bunch of Name and/or Selene AP, which are very valuable actually.
More than 2 extra actions from "cover your bases" is unrealistic, yeah. It costs too much for what we can gain.
side note, Let's say we finish Axe's sacrament in less than 3 actions. What would we have Velvet do in its place?
We could have her try the SH Sacrament, assuming she still has an SH Reroll. We could of course also just go for the near inevitable fleeting opportunities, or mansus exploration...
