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[anailater]

Lp archive is great for games like that. The OFF lets play there is equal parts informative, funny, heartbreaking and terrifying.

[hops]

OFF is one of those games you'd rather watch the LP, since the actual game is horrible and boring.

Anyways we're getting off topic. More theorycrafting, less OFF, guys.

[javierpwn]

Remember guys! Make those theories so I can crush your dreams get some material for my own theories and get our party some useful gear

[Ochita]

Uh well um errr hmmm.

Theory: The shapes in the middle of soul stars are a good indication of what each soul star does; see Proxxy's, or Cherish's.

[GreatWyrmGold]

So, I've been thinking of possible test subjects for the Chilling Storm spell, and here are a few:

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1. The Party
Wait, hear me out here. We have the Met Hat, Knight Rubrics and Druid's Bulwark. We should be able to zap someone without a serious risk of them dying. Cons: shipping rating decrease probable.
 a) Cherish. Casts heal upon self when taking fatal damage, so we won't accidentally kill her.
 b) Goombess or Al. Both pretty much standard choices. Nothing really special
 c) Slog. Pretty much no chance of a shipping rating decrease, (and he's mostly useless anyway)
 d) Ciro. As she's holding the spellbook, probably not a good choice,

2. Underside Villagers
Pros: no risk at all to anyone with a name. Also free loot (body + their stuff + house) if the spell is too powerful.
Cons: Probably pretty hard to convince them to let us zap them, even with the ring + payment with our last five Stream Rubies. Although I guess we could try intimidation with our shotgun and intimidation rubric if no-one takes up our offer.
Also possibility of murder.

3. Inanimate Objects
Pros: no/low risk of death
Cons: may not get accurate results as, you know, inanimate objects.

1a. Not ideal.
1b. Too important.
1c. I like this plan. Worst-case scenario, we just keep him out of action before we can spare the SP to heal him again.
1d. Nah.
2. No. We need people who don't hate us.
3. Eh.

People said it's a game repeatedly but yet you refuse to just Google it.

Yes. Because "OFF" is not a common English word or anything.

OFF is one of those games you'd rather watch the LP, since the actual game is horrible and boring.

Noted.

Anyways we're getting OFF topic.

FTFY.

Uh well um errr hmmm.

Theory: The shapes in the middle of soul stars are a good indication of what each soul star does; see Proxxy's, or Cherish's.

How so?
And how do the others we know the functions of fit into this theory?

[Elephant Parade]

People said it's a game repeatedly but yet you refuse to just Google it.

Yes. Because "OFF" is not a common English word or anything.

Google "OFF game" or "Let's Play OFF".

[Ochita]

Well, Cherish's has the whole plant shape in the middle, along with the 2nd shifted form doing earth damage. That and when it was in the greens, it provided power for everything, and I think that it probably allowed for the growth of those power weeds, maybe? Proxxy's has some sort of stylised lightning bolt symbol in the middle, and its been stated that her soul star's used to charge up machinery and stuff. I mean If I felt like it I would probably look at all other symbols for every other soul star/ sibling and look at possible meanings from those, but eh.

Maybe its not a great indication of what they do, but I definitely think that the shapes in the binding are linked to what they do at the very least.

[Elephant Parade]

Hold on. Cherish's Soul Star was providing power to the Greens? Or was it powering all of Underside? I remember Cain saying something that implied it was powering all of Underside.

Also, does this mean that Proxxy's bomb caused the power outage by damaging the Soul Star somehow?

We should probably figure out whether it was powering the whole floor or not, since we don't want Underside to become a Cleared Level.

Also, maybe the criteria for a level becoming Cleared is for the Soul Star of the floor's owner to be absent for an extended period of time? It fits with what we've seen so far.

[Tomcost]

We should probably figure out whether it was powering the whole floor or not, since we don't want Underside to become a Cleared Level.

Don't give FFS ideas.

[Elephant Parade]

We should probably figure out whether it was powering the whole floor or not, since we don't want Underside to become a Cleared Level.

Don't give FFS ideas.

Actually, if floors are powered by people and not their Soul Stars, we need to be really careful that Cherish doesn't die.

Wait, no. Proxxy didn't die, and the Dungeon Level has been confirmed cleared despite us being gone from Underside for longer than we've been gone from DL2. Unless Underside has soul batteries or something, leaving shouldn't be an issue.

I think we should check Cherish's Soul Charge whenever we enter or exit Underside or the Greens. In fact, if somebody could dig through the archives to see if Cherish's Soul Charge has ever changed at odd times, that would be great.

By the way, have we ever tried using Shifted weapons? FFS has pretty much outright stated we should be using them (or Al's, at least).

[Tomcost]

Why would we need to waste soul charge on enemies when we are perfectly capable terribly lucky?

[GreatWyrmGold]

Well, Cherish's has the whole plant shape in the middle, along with the 2nd shifted form doing earth damage. That and when it was in the greens, it provided power for everything, and I think that it probably allowed for the growth of those power weeds, maybe?

Maybe. We should check the Greens to see if anything's not working.

Proxxy's has some sort of stylised lightning bolt symbol in the middle, and its been stated that her soul star's used to charge up machinery and stuff.

True. Pretty sure there are other things, though.

I mean If I felt like it I would probably look at all other symbols for every other soul star/ sibling and look at possible meanings from those, but eh.

I'll give you an easy one: Look at the Astral Influx and the Illborn Exchange.

[javierpwn]

Why would we need to waste soul charge on enemies when we are perfectly capable terribly lucky?

Ciro's uses Soul Charge to attack, but it does Holy damage.
Cherish's Heal(Staff) uses charge after she heals someone, but has a cooldown
Al's LSLifeline probably does something amazingly plot relevant, and consumes Charge

[Ochita]

Nnn.... I dont think the bomb disrupts soul stars. Like I dont think proxxy even knew about soul stars anywhere in the underside, what she used was probably just a more normal EMP bomb, or something like that. Also aren't cleared levels just levels that you know, we've cleared and gone though, or has there been something to support that apparently cleared levels are a bad thing?

Also eehhhh. Soul weapons seem to be uh, not directly in it for the damage, I think. I think that their weapon forms are more for the secondary effects that they hold. 1d4 is not great levels of damage. Funny though how ciro's seems to be capable of more damage than the others, probably signifying that ciro's is stronger, maybe?

I mean If I felt like it I would probably look at all other symbols for every other soul star/ sibling and look at possible meanings from those, but eh.

I'll give you an easy one: Look at the Astral Influx and the Illborn Exchange.

Awwww..... Work? Fine. Illborn exchange has an arrow, most important thing on it's 'star' form's menu is the up and down arrow. Considering that there is a slot for illborn, and that the other slots can take Items I think, means that the arrows are probably to do a conversion or exchange, down for illborn to something, up for stuff into illborn maybe? And the astral exchange. Well that's got maybe... A flame symbol, or a spirit symbol? Considering it seems to move US around, the dead so our perspective is focus'd on someone else, I guess its to do with spiritual movement. The sword form, is pretty much a mystery to me I guess, maybe testing out its secondary move will provide answers, maybe.

(+1 to putting slog in illborn exchange and pressing arrows randomly.) <- Probably not a good idea if we're planning to make Electrically themed ally from slog and stuff.

[draco1234]

(+1 to putting slog in illborn exchange and pressing arrows randomly.) <- Probably not a good idea if we're planning to make Electrically themed ally from slog and stuff.

Worst case scenario we can just make Goombess electric instead.  Provided she's willing.