seems my brand new set of bones from '' lenses are rather predisposed towards curses..
the following were all accomplished using the same brand new set of bones, of note, the only positive (chain) was done using a full pool, the others with the following:


You have a feeble understanding of the celestial influences over magic.
You have no understanding of the celestial influences over lore.
You have a weak understanding of the celestial influences over offensive combat.
You have no understanding of the celestial influences over defensive combat.
You have a fledgling understanding of the celestial influences over survival.
You have a weak understanding of the celestial influences over future events.

are partial pools to blame, or are my bones already tilted towards curses?

remember now, these are store bought:
You turn your bones about, carefully evaluating the craftsmanship.

The Krr-tich is notably off-balanced.
The Sek-rith is notably off-balanced.
The symbols on the Moon Sphere are nearly impossible to differentiate though the weighting of the bone is fair.
The lacquer unevenly coats the Sun Disk, which is slightly off-balance.
The bones are rather new.
They appear to have seen little use.
The overall craftsmanship is poor and the bones should prove rather susceptible to damage.

Recognizing the investiture as your own, you cautiously probe the bones with your prophetic talent.

A lone strand of probability trickles through the Krr-tich.
A lone strand of probability trickles through the Sek-rith.
A lone strand of probability trickles through the Moon Sphere.
A lone strand of probability trickles through the Sun Disk.
Roundtime: 10 sec.



You close your eyes, struggling to catch a glimpse of foresight. Many images flash rapidly before your mind's eye and you are able to identify the following:

A flickering crimson tree that shifts into an acrobat. It seems to vanish almost immediately. A Prydaen man stands in the background, watching.

A flickering ruby moonblade that slowly reshapes itself into a greataxe. It seems to vanish almost immediately. A Prydaen man stands in the background, watching.

A flickering scarlet moonblade that disappears and is replaced by a pair of parallel daggers. It seems to vanish almost immediately. A Prydaen man stands in the background, watching.

A flickering crimson spellbook that resolves into a cowering figure. It seems to vanish almost immediately. A Prydaen man stands in the background, watching.

A flickering sapphire shield that disappears and is replaced by several linked rings. It quickly dissipates. A Prydaen man stands in the background, watching.

A flickering ruby tree that shifts into a dark cloud. It seems to vanish almost immediately.

Roundtime: 15 sec.

>The shadowling exclaims, "Mana neeto!"

Curse rate is really high on tools with little use, much higher then it was in 2.0. Like in the 40-50% range. It'll come down as you bond with them. The good news is the bond rate is accelerated on new tools to get over the initial hump quicker, so keep at it.

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Chatter[Sava] well I bled all night and didn't become diseased
Chatter[Tincan] That's what she said?

As noted, it gets better as you go. Time invested in the tool is key, as is full pull prediction. No input on stats or other weird variables. It's slow going though. Expect to spend a couple months of full predictions building your tool to "worth the risk" then substantially more building it to "it really matters and I need it now."

Caveat, lots of tweaking happening!

<<given the time investment, i'd honestly almost prefer to just wait until my preferred tool is available.>>

I think that's a very good idea, particularly if your MM has good "base" astro/charisma/wisdom (I forget which stat, or both, helps visions). In my experience at the upper end a bit, visions are much better results until the tool starts to turn a good bit (which does take a long time).

>> Vocals are actually pretty good under the new system.

Vocals?

Visions?

At that level of astrology I wouldn't expect results much different than using a raw tool.

-Raesh

"Ever notice that B.A.'s flavor text swells in direct proportion to how much one of our characters is getting screwed?" - Brian Van Hoose

I think st high skill/stats, no-tool visions are better than unbonded tools.

<<is the time to bond similar to the time for better no-tool predictions?>>

Not sure what you mean by this, but I think the answer might be: bonding a tool is worth the time in all cases.

>>is the time to bond similar to the time for better no-tool predictions?

Traim, I think this question can be rephrased as, "is the time it takes to get a worthwhile bond with a tool similar to the time it takes to build up enough skill so that Visions are worthwhile?"

The answer is, however, pretty much that we don't know. My guess is that tool bonding will take longer but is a much bigger payout over the long term. But that's just a guess.


-- Player of Eyuve