#7ktactics

[leahazel]

Nissa's further adventures

I'm gonna try a version of Nissa with less cunning and (even) more charisma, maybe. Or just cave and make her a 75-manip princess.

With 50 manip and 50 courage, you can get into hot water with Gisette, which loses you a source of charisma. With low ethics, you lose out on Clarmont and his leadership bonuses.

Conclusion: in the world of the Seven Kingdoms, if you're gonna be bad, you better be damn good at it.

[leahazel]

I'm going over Verity's build for the new alpha content. Later tonight I'll be playing again and sometime this weekend I'll get around to trying out her week seven. After I've tested and tried out a few other things. Which means I'm gonna find out what Verity's canonical ending (sans epilogue) looks like, haha. Hahaha.

Which is fine, yes. This is fine.

[leahazel]

I forgot how fiddly and un-fun 50-manip builds could be when I made Nerissa one. 

[leahazel]

Let’s lay this to rest once and for all...

HOW TO CREATE A STRONG ARLAND!MC, by HAZEL, A FAN

“‌When you were born...“ -> “bring people under your spell“ = charisma. 

“As a young child...” -> “much too well behaved“ = Arland approval. 

“It wasn't all fun and games...“ -> history. 

“When you were ten...“ -> “rallied your guards“ = leadership. 

“By this point, your natural talents...“ -> “speech“ = eloquence. 

“Some lessons you can only learn...“ -> “People watching“ = people. 

“Speaking of learning...“ -> “unladylike“ = etiquette. 

“At thirteen...” -> “spoke intelligently“ = intelligence. 

“Not long after your fourteenth birthday...“ -> “remained calm“ = poise. 

“When you were 15...“ -> “may very well live or die“ = politics. 

If you’re careful about selecting your weaknesses (grace, beauty, even eloquence) you can start the game with almost 200 persuasion, almost 200 likability, 80 interpersonal insight, and 75 book smarts. With enough insight from the Welcome Feast, you can get seven invitations in week 1, throw a near-perfect event and get a perfect introduction, and even hunt some secrets. 

Sheltered Princess is a stronger background than people give it credit for. 

[leahazel]

Random 7kpp ask--you probably didn't see my reblog question because it was like a month late, but tell me about your perfect run MC you posted in August!

I totally missed this ask, like, four months ago! I was going through some stuff. But now I’m clearing the old inbox, so. 

I assume you’re referring to this post, that I managed to dig up? Gosh, I post an awful lot about 7KPP, don’t I. I found the savegame that I think this screencap belongs to, and it’s from a Corval!MC named Phoebe who I created in a (failed) bid for one of the achievements that’s only available for alpha, as yet. She was romancing Hamin because I kind of don’t have a “canon” Corval/Hise romance. I didn’t do much roleplaying with her. 

For my really well-developed MCs, a lot of them are OP but none of them are really “perfect”. My two high manipulation MCs, Marguerite (of Corval) and Allegra (of Revaire), each fall short of achieving perfection in some way. Marguerite by being, well, less than ethical, and Allegra just by not jumping on every opportunity available on the isle. And neither of them took Katyia’s legacy as her ambition. My main KL delegate is Felicity (of Arland) who almost certainly cannot ace it.  

The only one out of my secondary MCs who might end up getting close to a “perfect run” is Calliope, and I haven’t even decided whether I want to play her through the whole game or not. 

That said, I am always on the lookout for ways to develop exciting new MCs. And I’m still brewing character concepts for my secret background MCs, when those start to become available. I have high hopes for the weaver!MC, for obvious reasons. 

[leahazel]

I replayed Selene and Anaele and in the process checked off two more achievements. 

[leahazel]

Fun 7KPP Fact

The /lowest/ you can get MC's persuasion, to start with, is 75. This is only possible with a scholar or a barefoot countess, due to reasons.

Ask me anything about 7KPP and persuasion. I've studied the subject extensively.

[leahazel]

Look at this thing, it’s magnificent.

(Breakdown behind the cut)

charm: 50

eloquence: 85

beauty: 70

leadership: 50

self-defense: 5 lol

charisma: 50

manipulation: 95 woot woot

courage: 25 started from ZERO

intelligence: 70

etiquette: 60

grace: 45

poise: 75

cunning: 15

insight: 85

Cumulatives:

persuasion: to invoke the ancient islander proverb, “enough to convince the matchmaker to declare penelope and jarrod a love match”

likeability: a fair bit more than most of my persuasive builds, because I started with beauty for REASONS

quick-wittedness: just short of fabulous, but give it time

defensive instincts: lol nope but it’s ok, people are literally competing with each other to save her from peril

interpersonal insight: “I know what you know before you even know that you know it”

book smarts: not awful, but she may need to get Lyon to do her homework or something