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Topic	Anagram rates and ranks fictional settings
SovietOmega 04/18/20 4:07:12 PM #110:	Anagram posted... What is this? Basically power levels if they were steeped in daoism. You have a number of different tiers which can be broken up into different stages which themselves might be broken down numerically. To give an example, at the start of the book the very first part of cultivation is the 'qi condensation' stage which is known in the world to have 9 levels. You're absorbing qi from the world and condensing it internally. In this stage you learn to fly and don't need to eat/drink. Think of a level 20 dnd monk or late dragonball/early dbz. That's the starting point. From there, you take the qi inside you and start forming dao pillars with it in the Foundation Establishment stage. Guess how many you can form? That's right, nine! Also it matters if your pillars are shattered/fractured/flawless/perfect as to how powerful you actually are. Makes perfect sense? Good, because next is the Core Formation stage where you melt your pillars that are inside you and form a core, but what color core you form matters. I could go on, but there are several stages past this, and we haven't even gotten past mortal cultivation. Essentially you manipulate qi inside you to do things, often through various meditation techniques or extensive use of pills (alchemy is a valuable skill in this world, for every stage of cultivation there's an assortment of pills that can help if one has enough spirit stones). As you get higher up the ranks, your lifespan gets increased too. It is not uncommon to hear about old sect leaders being secluded in meditation for centuries. Ultimately, it is a way for the author to go "look at this main character, he is fighting somebody that is in the late stage of x while he is still in the early stage of x!" but it also helps a lot with worldbuilding, as breaking into each higher stage raises the status of the main character and forces him to deal with greater threats in kind. Like how a low level dnd party might help find a lost cow for a village, but by the end of their adventure they're dunking on gods and mythological creatures like nothing. That's kinda what this story does. --- There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out <cite>SovietOmega posted [p:937646809] in Anagram ra... [t:78588177]...</cite> <quote>Anagram posted... </cite> <quote>What is this?</quote>Basically power levels if they were steeped in daoism. You have a number of different tiers which can be broken up into different stages which themselves might be broken down numerically. To give an example, at the start of the book the very first part of cultivation is the 'qi condensation' stage which is known in the world to have 9 levels. You're absorbing qi from the world and condensing it internally. In this stage you learn to fly and don't need to eat/drink. Think of a level 20 dnd monk or late dragonball/early dbz. That's the starting point. From there, you take the qi inside you and start forming dao pillars with it in the Foundation Establishment stage. Guess how many you can form? That's right, nine! Also it matters if your pillars are shattered/fractured/flawless/perfect as to how powerful you actually are. Makes perfect sense? Good, because next is the Core Formation stage where you melt your pillars that are inside you and form a core, but what color core you form matters. I could go on, but there are several stages past this, and we haven't even gotten past mortal cultivation. Essentially you manipulate qi inside you to do things, often through various meditation techniques or extensive use of pills (alchemy is a valuable skill in this world, for every stage of cultivation there's an assortment of pills that can help if one has enough spirit stones). As you get higher up the ranks, your lifespan gets increased too. It is not uncommon to hear about old sect leaders being secluded in meditation for centuries. Ultimately, it is a way for the author to go "look at this main character, he is fighting somebody that is in the late stage of x while he is still in the early stage of x!" but it also helps a lot with worldbuilding, as breaking into each higher stage raises the status of the main character and forces him to deal with greater threats in kind. Like how a low level dnd party might help find a lost cow for a village, but by the end of their adventure they're dunking on gods and mythological creatures like nothing. That's kinda what this story does. --- There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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