let me rephrase the, Who would be defeated first an M1A2 Abrams with standard gear and equipment, or 1 Iudian legion with which none of them will experience any morale loss, with the distance being a kilometer?
my little gripe with playing a trans male character. i don’t mind my character being seen as a woman inside the story, but stats are a game mechanic and are there for the player’s benefit soooo
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Apologies for the oversight, should be fixed now.
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Oh. I thought fire will consume her. Thought thats how predeceased will would act.
What about iblin? Can we arrest or kill him if we reach palace when he has Agusta?
I really want to fail 
Text says we will lose -1 health but our stats still stays 5/5.
Ah all right, apologies for my inattentiveness.
The injury malus is inserted later in the file.
That will factor in at a later time, should you choose to pursue that path. Augusta being burned does affect her scenes and personality, however.
He can be wounded if the Prefect duels him, should the Prefect have at least 7 Warfare.
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I know this decision of hers has been criticised to hell and back, but boy oh boy was it bad. How can she be such a bad judge of character while being completely paranoid of everyone’s intentions ? Is her desire to demean others so strong that it overrides basic political acumen ?
She should be really grateful that she was the heir to a well-established dynasty, because she wouldn’t have lasted as long as she did without that Galeriae stamp.
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I’d say she was less so motivated by pure paranoia and more so destructively misanthropic with severe insecurities, mainly coming from her own mother’s neglect in favor of her elder sister, and then her sister and brother in law tried to kill her when there seemed the slightest chance Scilla might replace her, which left Scilla with serious health issues the rest of her life, scars both physical and mental.
The stated goal was to integrate Julia into the imperial family not only to ward off an external challenge, but to throw her daughters off their footing. Each had been accruing power bases despite her efforts, Invidia in Kyro and Aite in Hadat, and now had to contend with a new rival.
Yet, remember, this wasn’t even her first idea. It was Leta who wanted to prevent Scilla from killing Julia…and whose faith in her sister had long been slipping as she tells the Prefect and Julia in the Chapter IV flashback. You may gain the chance to learn more from Leta herself in the future.
However, it’s also true that…
Yes. In fact the fact that she felt forced to give Julia a triumph after Leta persuaded her out of killing Julia drove her insecurities into overdrive, where she hoped to ‘lay Julia low’ to which even Julia acknowledges in that scene was likely also designed to erode her own credibility before the great notables of the Empire assembled there.
If Scilla was able to restrain herself and put her insecurities and misanthropy at ease, it’s quite possible she would still be Empress, but that would be a drastically different Iudia. One in a much better shape by the time Augusta comes to power.
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Now that’s some heavy deja vu for me, which means that you already explained this aspect of Scilla’s personality, but I forgot. Whoops. My bad.
On an unrelated note: what do people of importance in Iudia think about Scilla’s “death”? Certainly, there must be quite a few who suspect there was foul play involved.
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Oh, absolutely. Right away, Aite blamed her sister for their mother’s death, being that she was so conveniently away in the capital at the time. Invidia then blamed Aite for it, as she was with Scilla on the hunt where the assassin struck the Empress.
Of course, this was Julia and the Prefect’s design, to pit the sisters against each other so that Julia’s own forces could gather and strike. Most now believe it was Aite or Invidia, though clearly Leta knew the truth even before it happened, as she explained to Julia and the Prefect in Chapter IV.
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@Azan When faced with the choice of what boon to ask from the Goddess, I would’ve liked the option to refuse for a different reason than a lack of trust in her. I was hoping for an option that felt very humble or worldly. Something that feels wise and complements her surprised reaction to your lack of temptation.
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Impressive writing, it feels like a combination of roman empire and maybe sci-fi. Like some fantastical weapons or accessories they considered magic are clearly familiar to us but at the same time it also makes you think maybe it’s just magic and I’m just thinking too deep. The author could go to so many directions with this.
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It’s classified as a science fantasy for a reason
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I’m a little curious to hear y’all’s thoughts on this. I’m writing a POV for the Chapter VI interlude for my revisions and I’m a little torn between writing a longer Victoria flashback POV which would shed more light on her character and goals and a Augusta POV which would elaborate on her thoughts about recent events and rulership. It wont be long but there’ll have to be several variants due her personality/injury status.
Both would be good, but I won’t put in more than one POV in a Chapter, so:
Which PoV should go in the Chapter VI Interlude?
- Augusta (Perspective on Recent Events)
- Victoria (Backstory Flashback)
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I think everyone even people with manipulative Prefects are curious about what is going on through Augusta’s head during these chaotic events.
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My hearts says Augusta, but my mind says Victoria. With Augusta we can talk quite a lot, so we can get her perspective about the recent events and her difficulties with her new position.
Victoria, on the other hand, is rather distant from the Prefect. Which is to say we don’t get involved enough with her to paint a clear picture about her story and desires.
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Now that I’ve given it thought, there really is nothing preventing me from doing both. I think I’ll write a short but inner-monologue heavy Augusta interlude between the points in Chapter VI when the Prefect goes into the Axis Mundi again and then wakes up, and then the Victoria POV will be a longer section (necessary due to the need to establish her character and motivations) that follows the “Fin” screen at the end. This will also help preserve the effect of the “Fin” stinger as it then won’t flow immediately into Chapter VII.
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For some reason I’m reminded of the contrast in The Godfather Part 2 where after Fredo is killed on Michael orders the next scene is a flashback where it shows Fredo being the only person in his family who supported Michael joining the army in WW2.
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Yippie
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