Yaoma Storytellers (Standalone)

Residing primarily in the globular star cluster known as The Tianting, the Yaoma are a group of hermaphroditic xenohumans closely related to and otherwise visually indistinguishable from baseliners. They originated from a prosperous glitterworld, designed by the first of them: their mythologized hero-king known as Ku. From their Jade Progenitor, they have received a sacred mission to ensure greater humanity’s survival against the archotechs.

Whether said directive is warranted is another story.

Among them are those that have traversed the full breadth of Yaoma cultivation, a psycho-transhumanist method for transcendence of the human mind and body. They are known as immortals. Immortals represent the most honored and powerful of the Yaoma, capable of altering the natural world with the aid of their comprehension of the Dao, a metaphysical gestalt schema managed by the xenotype. By applying said laws with the usage of qi, the motive force of the universe, the Jade Sisters hope to stand against the transcendent machines.

Of these immortals, a few of them have more than a passing interest in storytelling. Their experiences, understanding, and capabilities shape the tales that they tell to such an extent that natural law bends to their will.

Survive their challenges, and you just may seize victory against the archotechs.

Can I use the code in here? Go for it, preferably with credit!

I don’t like some of the mechanics here. What can I do about them? You’ll want to look in the mod settings- you can alter base mechanics.

Look, this is nice and all, but is there anything else to these storytellers? All storytellers have additional bonus mechanics. By default they are disabled, but can be enabled within mod settings. These additional mechanics include the following:

• Farseer Fan: alternative and deferred incident predictions.
• Kaiyi the Karmic: karma incident point scaling and incident catalog rerolls.
• Deathless Daji: lifesteal on melee attacks and Crimson Psychosis severity decrease on kills.
• Jianghu Jin: map biome and hilliness alteration on terraforming.

Is there a race mod associated with this? Am I missing out on something? No, you aren’t missing anything. Originally, the storytellers were meant to accompany a race mod. But because of their level of polish compared to the rest of the mod at the time, I’ve opted to put the storytellers into their own standalone mod.

• Github Repo[github.com]
• Additional Lore[docs.google.com]

My warmest thanks go to:

• Vex, for the incredible storyteller art of Farseer Fan as well as Kaiyi the Karmic;
• Visandar_the_Unliving, for his heart-stopping depictions of Deathless Daji and Jianghu Jin;
• DetVisor, for the incredible mod page art assets and preview;
• Gouda quiche, for his storyteller balance discussions and mod setting advice;
• Feldoh, for his aid in optimizing this mod and polishing storyteller design;
• Fraudecon, Argon, and Sovereign, for listening to my ramblings;
• Elseud and TheCatLover366, for aiding in editing descriptions and lore;

And many others within the RimWorld community for your support!