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

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[X] Plan: Devouring the Sky
[X] Plan: Graven Commissioner and Commander

Changing my vote to drop prisoner chomping. We can't afford to run into problems with whatever prisoner we get when we have, in the worst-case scenario, 3 turns to be ready and 3 Names to befriend. If we fail to make progress on one and potentially insult Mareinette in the process, we're going to have to make BIG concessions, and I don't want to take that risk.
 
Those of you voting for Plan: Prisoner Chomping with dirty hoofs and those voting for Plan: Let's Not Kidnap a Prominent Figure From Canterlot, I beseech you all to approval vote each other, for the difference in Plans is so very minor, and may bring them to the forefront of the struggle amongst the Plans. Let not poor formatting stifle us from plunging into Tall Tale like a figure from myth!
 
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Flaregamer82253 said:
[X] Plan: Devouring the Sky
[X] Plan: Graven Commissioner and Commander

Changing my vote to drop prisoner chomping. We can't afford to run into problems with whatever prisoner we get when we have, in the worst-case scenario, 3 turns to be ready and 3 Names to befriend. If we fail to make progress on one and potentially insult Mareinette in the process, we're going to have to make BIG concessions, and I don't want to take that risk.
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How is getting a prisoner we don't like any less of a risk than the assault on Velvet Hill just plain failing?
 
Also if the DoA is the one who does the kidnapping, distance does not matter one whit to her. She is a befriended Name who can slither between points in space in no time at all, like she did with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. This really isn't an impossible task for a motivated Name, and we have a motivated Name.
 
[X] Plan: Cannibalism is Cringe
[X] Plan: Prisoner Chomping
[X] Plan: Prisoner Chomping with dirty hoofs
[X] Plan: Let's Not Kidnap a Prominent Figure From Canterlot

I honestly detest Mareinette and would much rather have nothing at all to do with her and just continue to string her along until we do All In, but I'm changing my vote to approval vote for the plans that at least don't have the long term consequences of assaulting a Noble and throwing everything into chaos.
 
I do find it interesting that some people are willing to take the risk with Hill, but aren't willing to let Velvet get her hooves dirty under two influences that would be ideal. Obviously a chunk of this is just vote consolidation, but devouring the sky has mostly been the leading Hill plan.
 
I think if there was a vote on an expedition alone, it would trump making institutional knowledge.

But the way it's all bundled with voting and people not wanting one to slip because of one's that are just behind it…

Make it tricky.
 
Some of the plans are so similar as to differ only in the specifics of the same action, things are so messy. Seriously, the difference between Plan:
Prisoner Chomping with dirty hoofs and Plan: Let's Not Kidnap a Prominent Figure From Canterlot is this:

Dirty Hoofs
- "Acquire a prisoner, preferably not an innocent civilian"

Let's Not
- "There really is no other way. Ask somepony to get you a live prisoner; specifically, a foal peddler/predator. (You have no place to keep live prisoners)"
 
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I do find it interesting that some people are willing to take the risk with Hill, but aren't willing to let Velvet get her hooves dirty under two influences that would be ideal. Obviously a chunk of this is just vote consolidation, but devouring the sky has mostly been the leading Hill plan.
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Personally I just prefer expanding on Bureau over gambling on there being hidden stash of bits we can loot in the hive
 
Eh screw it, normally I wouldn't do this but these Plans are so alike it almost feels like I'm telling someone they accidentally made a copy, so:
@Nevermort , @Demilich , @Mr. K , may I trouble your trio to consolidate with Plan: Let's Not Kidnap a Prominent Figure From Canterlot ? It is nigh-identical to Plan: Prisoner Chomping with dirty hoofs, the only difference lying with the specificity of the Prisoner to be acquired. I know that some of you have had your misgivings with the specificity of the victim, but surely that is but a negligible difference compared to other plans in the running.
 
Arrkhon said:
Personally I just prefer expanding on Bureau over gambling on there being hidden stash of bits we can loot in the hive
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I mean there's stuff there, it's just whether Velvet can grab it. She also won't have any influence as we saw with the Master's hive assault.
There's also potential silver key opportunities. The knock sacrament encourages us to have Velvet take part in expeditions.

I mean we can talk about the narrative impact of Hill, but eh, feels a bit hollow at this point. That's just my opinion though.
Now leading an assault on a changeling hive with max lantern and edge sounds metal as fuck.
 
Adhoc vote count started by Shaper47 on May 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM, finished with 475 posts and 39 votes.
  • [X] Plan: Prisoner Chomping
    -[X] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[X] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[X] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[X] (Commissioner) Introduce Lore: Forge
    -[X] (Director) Lantern
    -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[X] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[X] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[x] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry x 2
    --[X] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[X] Target: Easiest Forge 6 reagent to acquire
    --[X] At Jade's old house
    -[X] Acquire a prisoner, preferably not an innocent civilian
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Obtain a dead body
    -[X] Perform the Attention of the Laws (Edge) (x2)
    -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)
    [X] Plan: Devouring the Sky
    -[X] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[X] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[X] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[X] (Commissioner) Introduce Lore: Forge
    -[X] (Director) Lantern
    -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[X] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[X] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[X] (Cherenkolt-Free) Recalibrate: Moth
    -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Selene) Dreamwalking: Spy on Windy Flakes
    -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[X] Assault an Opponent: Velvet Hill
    -[X] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry
    --[X] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[X] At Jade's old house
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Obtain a dead body
    -[X] Perform the Attention of the Laws (Edge) (x2)
    -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)
    [X] Plan: Let's Not Kidnap a Prominent Figure From Canterlot
    -[X] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[X] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[x] (Commissioner) Get your Hoofs Dirty
    -[X] (Director) Lantern
    -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[X] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[X] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[X] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[x] (Free) Summon a Risen.
    -[X] There really is no other way. Ask somepony to get you a live prisoner; specifically, a foal peddler/predator. (You have no place to keep live prisoners)
    -[x] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry x 2
    --[X] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 6 Forge Reagent to acquire
    -[X] Build a prison (Cherenkolt)
    -[x] Edge AotL x 2
    -[x] Cover your Bases x 2
    [X] Plan: Prisoner Chomping with dirty hoofs
    -[X] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[X] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[X] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[x] (Commissioner) Get your Hoofs Dirty
    -[X] (Director) Lantern
    -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[X] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[X] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[x] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry x 2
    --[X] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[X] Target: Easiest Forge 6 reagent to acquire
    --[X] At Jade's old house
    -[X] Acquire a prisoner, preferably not an innocent civilian
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Obtain a dead body
    -[X] Perform the Attention of the Laws (Edge) (x2)
    -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)
    [X] Plan: Cannibalism is Cringe
    -[X] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[X] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[x] (Commissioner) Get your Hoofs Dirty
    -[X] (Director) Lantern
    -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[X] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[X] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[x] [CHERENKOLT] (Free) Recalibrate to Grail
    -[x] [CHERENKOLT] Something else? (Go over Rarity's Contract with the Needles, see what can be improved.)
    -[X] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[x] (Free) Summon a Risen.
    -[x] Go searching for expeditions.
    -[x] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry x 2
    --[X] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 6 Forge Reagent to acquire
    -[x] Edge AotL x 2
    -[x] Cover your Bases x 2
    [X] Plan: Graven Commissioner and Commander
    -[X] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[X] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[x] (Commissioner) Get your Hoofs Dirty
    -[X] (Director) Lantern
    -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[X] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[X] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Selene) Dreamwalking: Spy on Windy Flakes
    -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[X] (Summon) Summon a Torn Risen
    -[X] Assault an Opponent: Velvet Hill
    -[X] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry
    --[X] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[X] At Jade's old house
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Perform the Attention of the Laws (Edge) (x2)
    -[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)
    [X] Plan: Velvet of All Lores, Introduction
    -[X] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[X] Detectives - Dodge City
    -[X] Constables - Tall Tale Proto-Hive
    -[X] (Commissioner) Introduce Lore: Forge
    -[X] Free Lore Introduction - Lantern
    -[X] Cherenkolt Mode - Lantern
    -[X] [MAREINETTE] Grail Influence
    -[X] [BIEDDE] Edge Influence
    -[X] [BALDOMARE] Lantern Influence
    -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night
    -[X] [SELENE] Spy on Windy
    -[X] RotT for Lv. 7 book.At Jade's old house
    -[X] RotT for Forge 6 reagent. At Jade's old house
    -[X] Get body. If successful Risen
    -[X] Cover your bases (-5 Follower AP, +2 Velvet AP )
    [X] Plan Prep for Moth and Grail Sacraments while finally getting our SH Sacrament and Edge Sacrament
    -[X] [DETECTIVES] (FOLLOW UP) They have confirmed the presence of changelings in Dodge City. Have them take a closer look, and focus their efforts there. (May not be picked with "Siege Dodge City")
    -[X] [CONSTABLES] (FOLLOW UP) Everypony heard what happened to your previous prisoner. Nopony wants to sit around and wait for what happens next. Time to raid the mountain of Tall Tale.
    -[X] [COMMISSIONER] Spend time with Cadence
    -[X] [DIRECTOR] Lantern
    -[X] [RARITY] Focus on her work. (Guarantees she will "succeed" on her career roll)
    -[X] [MAREINETTE] You need her to talk to Spoiled Rich
    -[X] [AXE] Ask for a Knock lesson x 2
    -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night
    -[X] [SELENE] Get the Silver Key from Axe (Knock Sacrament)
    -[X] [BALDOMARE] SH Sacrament
    -[X] [BIEDDE] Edge Influence
    -[X] Leash Filithy Rich
    -[X] One extra Velvet action! (Costs 2 follower actions)
    -[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[X] You might need a place to… "store" your enemies. Alive. Dig a small prison under her house.
    -[X] Aotl lantern x 2
    -[X] Aotl edge
    [X] Plan Prep for Moth and Grail Sacraments while finally getting our SH Sacrament
    -[X] [DETECTIVES] (FOLLOW UP) They have confirmed the presence of changelings in Dodge City. Have them take a closer look, and focus their efforts there. (May not be picked with "Siege Dodge City")
    -[X] [CONSTABLES] (FOLLOW UP) Everypony heard what happened to your previous prisoner. Nopony wants to sit around and wait for what happens next. Time to raid the mountain of Tall Tale.
    -[X] [COMMISSIONER] Spend time with Cadence
    -[X] [DIRECTOR] Lantern
    -[X] [RARITY] Focus on her work. (Guarantees she will "succeed" on her career roll)
    -[X] [MAREINETTE] You need her to talk to Spoiled Rich
    -[X] [AXE] Ask for a Knock lesson x 2
    -[X] [CHERENKOLT] Ask for a Forge lesson
    -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night
    -[X] [SELENE] Get the Silver Key from Axe (Knock Sacrament)
    -[X] [BALDOMARE] SH Sacrament
    -[X] Leash Filithy Rich
    -[X] One extra Velvet action! (Costs 2 follower actions)
    -[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[X] You might need a place to… "store" your enemies. Alive. Dig a small prison under her house.
    -[X] You would like for somepony to search for books…
    --[X] In Ponyville, and its… great assortments of libraries? (HEART, FORGE)
    -[X] Aotl lantern x 2
    [X] Plan: Velvet of All Lores
    -[X] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[X] Detectives - Dodge City
    -[X] Constables - Tall Tale Proto-Hive
    -[X] Commissioner - Get our hooves dirty
    -[X] Free Lore Introduction - Lantern
    -[X] [MAREINETTE] Grail Influence
    -[X] [BIEDDE] Edge Influence
    -[X] [BALDOMARE] Lantern Influence
    -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night
    -[X] Assault Opponent: Velvet Hill
    -[X] RotT for Easiest Level 7 book to acquire. At Jade's old house
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Get body. If successful Risen and Edge AotL
    -[X] Cover your bases (-5 Follower AP, +2 Velvet AP )
    [X] Plan: Waste Not Want Not
    -[X] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[X] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[x] (Commissioner) Get your Hoofs Dirty
    -[X] (Director) Lantern
    -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[X] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[X] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Selene) Spy on Windy's Dreams
    -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[X] Forge Lesson (Cherenkolt)
    -[X] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[X] Look for Medium difficulty Expeditions
    -[X] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry
    --[X] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    -[X] Edge AotL
    -[X] Cover your Bases (1 AP)
    [X] Plan: Devouring the Sky
    -[X] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[X] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[X] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[X] (Commissioner) Introduce Lore: Forge
    -[X] (Director) Lantern
    -[X] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[X] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[X] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[X] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Selene) Dreamwalking: Spy on Windy Flakes
    -[X] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[X] Assault an Opponent: Velvet Hill
    -[X] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry
    --[X] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[X] At Jade's old house
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Perform the Attention of the Laws (Edge) (x2)
    -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)
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Not a fan of scrying for a level 6 reagent (a valuable AP and like half the cost of just creating it ourselves) so...

[X] Plan: Devouring the Sky

[X] Plan: Graven Commissioner and Commander

[X] Plan Prep for Moth and Grail Sacraments while finally getting our SH Sacrament and Edge Sacrament
[X] Plan Prep for Moth and Grail Sacraments while finally getting our SH Sacrament
 
[X] Plan: Prisoner Chomping

Not really a fan of eating Velvet Hill. Velvet Covers doing it right now without the realization that he runs a crime empire just comes across as uncharacteristically vengeful to me.
 
And I guess with that it's over for Let's Not? It would need four more votes now that Shaper voted for Devour, if I'm counting correctly.
 
Scheduled vote count started by OurLadyOfWires on May 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM, finished with 334 posts and 40 votes.
  • [X] Plan: Prisoner Chomping
    -[x] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[x] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[x] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[X] (Commissioner) Introduce Lore: Forge
    -[x] (Director) Lantern
    -[x] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[x] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[x] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[x] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[x] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[x] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry x 2
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[X] Target: Easiest Forge 6 reagent to acquire
    --[X] At Jade's old house
    -[X] Acquire a prisoner, preferably not an innocent civilian
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Obtain a dead body
    -[X] Perform the Attention of the Laws (Edge) (x2)
    -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)
    [X] Plan: Devouring the Sky
    -[x] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[x] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[x] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[X] (Commissioner) Introduce Lore: Forge
    -[x] (Director) Lantern
    -[x] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[x] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[x] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[X] (Cherenkolt-Free) Recalibrate: Moth
    -[x] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Selene) Dreamwalking: Spy on Windy Flakes
    -[x] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[X] Assault an Opponent: Velvet Hill
    -[X] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[X] At Jade's old house
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Obtain a dead body
    -[X] Perform the Attention of the Laws (Edge) (x2)
    -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)
    [X] Plan: Let's Not Kidnap a Prominent Figure From Canterlot
    -[x] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[x] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[x] (Commissioner) Get your Hoofs Dirty
    -[x] (Director) Lantern
    -[x] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[x] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[x] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[x] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[x] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[x] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[x] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[x] (Free) Summon a Risen.
    -[X] There really is no other way. Ask somepony to get you a live prisoner; specifically, a foal peddler/predator. (You have no place to keep live prisoners)
    -[x] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry x 2
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 6 Forge Reagent to acquire
    -[X] Build a prison (Cherenkolt)
    -[x] Edge AotL x 2
    -[x] Cover your Bases x 2
    [X] Plan: Cannibalism is Cringe
    -[x] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[x] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[x] (Commissioner) Get your Hoofs Dirty
    -[x] (Director) Lantern
    -[x] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[x] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[x] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[x] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[x] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[x] [CHERENKOLT] (Free) Recalibrate to Grail
    -[x] [CHERENKOLT] Something else? (Go over Rarity's Contract with the Needles, see what can be improved.)
    -[x] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[x] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[x] (Free) Summon a Risen.
    -[x] Go searching for expeditions.
    -[x] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry x 2
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 6 Forge Reagent to acquire
    -[x] Edge AotL x 2
    -[x] Cover your Bases x 2
    [X] Plan: Prisoner Chomping with dirty hoofs
    -[x] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[x] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[x] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[x] (Commissioner) Get your Hoofs Dirty
    -[x] (Director) Lantern
    -[x] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[x] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[x] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[x] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[x] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[x] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry x 2
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[X] Target: Easiest Forge 6 reagent to acquire
    --[X] At Jade's old house
    -[X] Acquire a prisoner, preferably not an innocent civilian
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Obtain a dead body
    -[X] Perform the Attention of the Laws (Edge) (x2)
    -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)
    [X] Plan: Graven Commissioner and Commander
    -[x] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[x] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[x] (Commissioner) Get your Hoofs Dirty
    -[x] (Director) Lantern
    -[x] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[x] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[x] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[x] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Selene) Dreamwalking: Spy on Windy Flakes
    -[x] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[X] (Summon) Summon a Torn Risen
    -[X] Assault an Opponent: Velvet Hill
    -[X] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[X] At Jade's old house
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Perform the Attention of the Laws (Edge) (x2)
    -[x] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)
    [X] Plan: Velvet of All Lores, Introduction
    -[x] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[X] Detectives - Dodge City
    -[X] Constables - Tall Tale Proto-Hive
    -[X] (Commissioner) Introduce Lore: Forge
    -[X] Free Lore Introduction - Lantern
    -[X] Cherenkolt Mode - Lantern
    -[X] [MAREINETTE] Grail Influence
    -[X] [BIEDDE] Edge Influence.
    -[X] [BALDOMARE] Lantern Influence
    -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night.
    -[X] [SELENE] Spy on Windy
    -[X] RotT for Lv. 7 book.At Jade's old house
    -[X] RotT for Forge 6 reagent. At Jade's old house
    -[X] Get body. If successful Risen
    -[X] Cover your bases (-5 Follower AP, +2 Velvet AP )
    [X] Plan Prep for Moth and Grail Sacraments while finally getting our SH Sacrament and Edge Sacrament
    -[X] [DETECTIVES] (FOLLOW UP) They have confirmed the presence of changelings in Dodge City. Have them take a closer look, and focus their efforts there. (May not be picked with "Siege Dodge City")
    -[X] [CONSTABLES] (FOLLOW UP) Everypony heard what happened to your previous prisoner. Nopony wants to sit around and wait for what happens next. Time to raid the mountain of Tall Tale.
    -[X] [COMMISSIONER] Spend time with Cadence
    -[X] [DIRECTOR] Lantern
    -[X] [RARITY] Focus on her work. (Guarantees she will "succeed" on her career roll)
    -[X] [MAREINETTE] You need her to talk to Spoiled Rich
    -[X] [AXE] Ask for a Knock lesson x 2
    -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night.
    -[X] [SELENE] Get the Silver Key from Axe (Knock Sacrament)
    -[X] [BALDOMARE] SH Sacrament
    -[X] [BIEDDE] Edge Influence.
    -[X] Leash Filithy Rich
    -[X] One extra Velvet action! (Costs 2 follower actions)
    -[x] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[X] You might need a place to… "store" your enemies. Alive. Dig a small prison under her house.
    -[X] Aotl lantern x 2
    -[X] Aotl edge
    [X] Plan Prep for Moth and Grail Sacraments while finally getting our SH Sacrament
    -[X] [DETECTIVES] (FOLLOW UP) They have confirmed the presence of changelings in Dodge City. Have them take a closer look, and focus their efforts there. (May not be picked with "Siege Dodge City")
    -[X] [CONSTABLES] (FOLLOW UP) Everypony heard what happened to your previous prisoner. Nopony wants to sit around and wait for what happens next. Time to raid the mountain of Tall Tale.
    -[X] [COMMISSIONER] Spend time with Cadence
    -[X] [DIRECTOR] Lantern
    -[X] [RARITY] Focus on her work. (Guarantees she will "succeed" on her career roll)
    -[X] [MAREINETTE] You need her to talk to Spoiled Rich
    -[X] [AXE] Ask for a Knock lesson x 2
    -[X] [CHERENKOLT] Ask for a Forge lesson
    -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night.
    -[X] [SELENE] Get the Silver Key from Axe (Knock Sacrament)
    -[X] [BALDOMARE] SH Sacrament
    -[X] Leash Filithy Rich
    -[X] One extra Velvet action! (Costs 2 follower actions)
    -[x] Needs must. Ask somepony to procure you a dead body from the local cemetery.
    -[X] You might need a place to… "store" your enemies. Alive. Dig a small prison under her house.
    -[X] You would like for somepony to search for books…
    --[X] In Ponyville, and its… great assortments of libraries? (HEART, FORGE)
    -[X] Aotl lantern x 2
    [X] Plan: Velvet of All Lores
    -[x] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[X] Detectives - Dodge City
    -[X] Constables - Tall Tale Proto-Hive
    -[X] Commissioner - Get our hooves dirty
    -[X] Free Lore Introduction - Lantern
    -[X] [MAREINETTE] Grail Influence
    -[X] [BIEDDE] Edge Influence.
    -[X] [BALDOMARE] Lantern Influence
    -[X] [SELENE] Soothe the night.
    -[X] Assault Opponent: Velvet Hill
    -[X] RotT for Easiest Level 7 book to acquire. At Jade's old house
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Get body. If successful Risen and Edge AotL
    -[X] Cover your bases (-5 Follower AP, +2 Velvet AP )
    [X] Plan: Devouring the Sky
    -[x] (Free) Sell Edge 3 artifact
    -[x] (Detectives) Follow Up: Dodge City
    -[x] (Constables) Follow Up: Tall Tale
    -[X] (Commissioner) Introduce Lore: Forge
    -[x] (Director) Lantern
    -[x] (Mareinette) Honored Guest: Spoiled Rich & Filthy Rich
    -[x] (Biedde) Channel an Edge Influence
    -[x] (Baldomare) Channel a Lantern Influence
    -[x] (Selene) Soothe the night
    -[X] (Selene) Dreamwalking: Spy on Windy Flakes
    -[x] (Rarity) Focus on her work
    -[X] Assault an Opponent: Velvet Hill
    -[X] Perform the Reflection of the Tapestry
    --[x] Target: Easiest Level 7 book to acquire
    --[X] At Jade's old house
    -[X] Build a prison
    -[X] Perform the Attention of the Laws (Edge) (x2)
    -[X] Cover your bases (-2 Follower AP, +1 Velvet AP)
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So chomping on a random pony wins out by a single vote, a shame since I doubt that double sacrament with Spoiled's help will win out
 
Cochimetl said:
And I guess with that it's over for Let's Not? It would need four more votes now that Shaper voted for Devour, if I'm counting correctly.
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Yep, even if Dirty Hoofs had gotten folded in that play would leave Let's Not behind.

At least we avoid the guaranteed problems stealing Hill would have caused. Still kind of bummed we won't hit Tall Take though.
 
Well that was some drama down to the wire. Definitely a big pivot, what that extra day did. Kind of a weird voting period, eg the Tall Tale thing, but that's how it goes sometimes. Ah well.

I'm glad we're committed to Mareinette, at least.

Now surely Velvet voting will be more straightforward….. right…..
 
spiderhellian said:
Now surely Velvet voting will be more straightforward….. right…..
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Time to vote for Velvet to go to Tall Tale anyways

You cannot stop me

Unless you are the QM, in which case you can definitely stop me

I will call it Plan: Burning the Midnight Oil, since it will involve Velvet sticking her snout into more workstuff than usual, and because oil fuels Lantern stuff, which we will be doing a lot of this turn.
 
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Well! That was that.

Thank you for your time and participation, everyone! I mean it.

I, uh, am not entirely sure why this vote turned out so contentious. Sacraments are supposed to be something important, yes, but more in an administrative sense. They're supposed to take setting up, but pushing the "go" button should be as easy as a turn vote decision. But it seems that here we got snagged with the ingredients. And also, there are people who are still opposed to the Mareinette Sacrament itself as a whole.

I am not saying this in a mocking or dismissive tone. I really am not! But again, this was a bit of a surprise. So, thank you for your votes and your discussion!

For now, I'll check the winning plan for any major problems (I wasn't able to truly check all the runner ups like I like to do). And we won't be having any updates for the next few days.

So, if you will, take a breather. I'll start figuring out how the short descriptive blurb should be, for the next update, and then we can start the Velvet Phase.

I hope you are all doing well!

Cheers
 
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