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## [RT][HF] A Practical Guide to Evil, Book 3, Chapter 29: Scale
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* Author: u/None *
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* URL: https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2017/09/06/chapter-29-scale/
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* Score: 43
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* Created: 2017-09-06T04:46:20
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### Post:
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[Link to content](https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2017/09/06/chapter-29-scale/)
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### Comments:
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> **u/CFCrispyBacon** [+7] (10 hours later)
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> Replacing Rise is going to be a real problem. Cat gets nearly killed often enough that she's REALLY going to miss being able to heal.
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>> **u/None** [+8] (10 hours later)
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>> I mean she fractured her rib seconds after
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>> swapping powers. I do wonder what she'll Take next and how often she can Take. It's interesting we've only seen it used a couple of times.
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>>> **u/CFCrispyBacon** [+6] (11 hours later)
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>>> It seems like she can only Take one power at a time, and that only lasts until she Takes something else. Extremely powerful, but a mixed bag. Using it offensively here was a good idea, but she'll probably Take the next thing that comes along that is more advantageous, and doesn't clash with her Winter title.
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>>>> **u/None** [+6] (12 hours later)
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>>>> Crazy thought, what if she Takes an aspect from [Ranger](https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/regard/). Learn, Perfect, or Transcend I think Cat takes the last.
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>>>>> **u/CFCrispyBacon** [+5] (13 hours later)
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>>>>>
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>>>>> Maybe eventually? I wouldn't want to mess with any of the Calamities, especially the one that I'd have to first pick a fight with (thus being on the losing side of the story arc from the beginning), who is also the one who hunts fae nobles for sport.
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>>>>> **u/Oaden** [+1] (a day later)
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>>>>> Would that actually work? wouldn't you need to take Perfect first, cause you can only transcent what you perfected.
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>>>>>> **u/None** [+1] (a day later)
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>>>>>> I don't know, I'm thinking either it would be a critical moment that causes ranger to stumble and that's most of the narrative payoff for someone who is always using her powers. I agree it might be streaky or completely useless without the other powers.
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>>>>>>> **u/Oaden** [+1] (a day later)
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> Skills acquired with Learn weren't lost when cat lost the aspect, so stealing any of the three wouldn't likely impact her direct fighting ability, just hamper her further growth.
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>>>>>>>> **u/None** [+1] (a day later)
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>>>>>>>> That's why I said stumble. She could put herself in a position that's unwinnable without Transcend, like what happened when she fought the White Knight Revenant.
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>>>>>>> **u/melmonella** [+1] *Tremble, o ye mighty, for a new age is upon you* (a day later)
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> Why would Ranger pick a fight with Cat again?
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>>>>>>>> **u/None** [+1] (a day later)
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>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> > “I am the Ranger,” she said. “I hunt those worth hunting. Rejoice, you qualify.”
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>>>>>>>>> **u/ricree** [+2] (4 days later)
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>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> If she "refrained from killing Praesi for sport more out of courtesy for Black than any real fondness", then I doubt she would break that prohibition by going after his handpicked protege.
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>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> At least not fatally so. It is possible that she got curious and decided to see what was up with Squire firsthand.
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>>>>>>>>> **u/melmonella** [+1] *Tremble, o ye mighty, for a new age is upon you* (a day later)
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>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> She didn't hunt black, so it doesn't really hold. At best she would want to spar.
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>>>> **u/ricree** [+1] (4 days later)
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>>>> Also, the strength of an aspect seems to depend a lot on how favorable the circumstances were. When Taking Rise, it was after a well earned victory against the heavens and meant stealing a ressurection she was owed. That gave her months worth of an OP healing ability.
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>>>> Here, though, it was Taken from a force that opposed her winter connection, while having no circumstantial or thematic connection asside from the old trope about turning someone's power against them. That didn't even get her one full use of the ability, though the portion she got was enough for the moment. Had she tried to Take preemptively, rather than wait until the climactic moment where the power was already in play, I doubt she would have gotten anything.
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>> **u/None** [+3] (10 hours later)
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>> Time to find a real healer
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>>> **u/Kiroto** [+4] (11 hours later)
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>>> Just need a quick detour down to the free cities to meet the Irene (Ashen Priestess) about a thing, brb Diabolist.
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>>>> **u/None** [+5] (11 hours later)
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>>>> I know it's near impossible but if Cat managed to indoctrinate the white knight and Co I would be so happy.
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>>>> Maybe the fact that the dread empress let diabolist use the weapon would push cat to the other side.
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>>>>> **u/Belgarion262** [+5] (a day later)
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>>>>> It would be interesting to see some "Good Guys" who would be flexible enough to try and work towards something different, a little like Black and the Empress have done, but from the "Good" perspective (if that makes sense).
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>>>>>> **u/None** [+2] (a day later)
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>>>>>> Yeah, since I learned about the empire that is ruled by a hero and a villain duo, I have been waiting for a hero to join cat on equal grounds
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> **u/aeschenkarnos** [+7] (3 hours later)
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> These chapters are coming amazingly fast!
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>> **u/Belgarion262** [+9] (3 hours later)
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>> If I recall correctly, they are released Monday and Wednesday.
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>> In fact
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>> As quoted from the wordpress site; "Updates every Monday and Wednesday, as of the latest Patreon goal."
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>> And I agree! It is a pleasantly rapidly updated story, especially when compared to others on the web.
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> **u/MoralRelativity** [+4] (3 hours later)
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> Cat's taken a beating but it seemed to be a worthwhile exchange. Masego and Archer are both going to be useful.
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> Predictions for next chapter:
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> 1. Juniper will make an impact.
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> 2. The knights will make more of an impact.
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> 3. Summer will finish with Winter.
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> **u/None** [+4] (7 hours later)
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> This was a insanely good chapter, I knew that rise would be run off / be replaced sooner or later but this this bet from Cat was on Joseph Joestar level, I really like it a lot.
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