Primordial Symbols Talisman Breakthrough

The Primordial Symbols Law has a unique Breakthrough feature of drawing a Natal Talisman on with one's own Qi. This tattooed Talisman is in addition to and can be a "copy" of a worn Talisman and vice versa.

## Natal Talisman Breakthroughs

These are the Breakthroughs where your disciple draws a Natal Talisman.

 Water and Fire
 Primordial Core
 Pure Yang

## Effect Simplified

 Emerald-spirit Technique
 Aqua-specter Technique
 Violet-spirit Technique
 Cundi Technique

## Tradeoff between technique and quality

Depending on the quality of the talisman the player manages to draw, it may be worth it to use a higher cost technique. In general: it is always worth it to go for the best technique that one can achieve 90% on. Otherwise, the tradeoff depends on the quality loss. The table below shows, assuming you can draw a talisman at a certain quality between 90 and 100%, the minimum quality you need on the next level to choose it over the current one.

Since talismans drawn at below 90% incur a quality penalty, higher-tier talismans with quality below 90% have the penalty included in their numbers.

Examples:

* if you can reach 92% quality with the Aqua-specter technique, >88% quality with Violet-spirit technique is enough to be better.
* if you can reach 98% quality with the White Origin Technique, >69% quality with the Emerald-Spirit technique is enough to be better.

## Talisman Stacking

It's usually not possible to draw the same talisman more that once, since it gets "locked out" after you draw it the first time. However it's still possible to draw the same talisman on a "Blank" and have it take effect. It is the same efficacy as your usual Fake Talismans of equivalent tier. It just won't say "Fake" in the name.

## Effect Explained

### Base

The Base effect of a Natal Talisman = Tier 2 Talisman

### Breakthrough Talisman Quality

It's not possible to fail a Natal Talisman breakthrough, but the Breakthrough success chance still affects the quality of the talisman produced. The Breakthrough % chance (capped at 100%) is multiplied by 2 to obtain the Breakthrough Talisman Quality factor.

As those breakthroughs have a base "chance" of 25%, it's fairly easy to cap out the bonus at 200%.

This brings a Tier 2 Talisman , effectively to a Tier 6 Talisman. This is because T2 = (2 + 2) = "4", and T6 = (6 + 2) = "8" per-tier multiplier.

### Drawing Quality

#### Quality Explained

The drawing quality still multiplies the effect (like the paper-drawn Talismans)

But now you have a "Qi" limit. As it's a breakthrough, you are tattooing the talisman on to yourself with your own Qi. Qi is spent each tick you are drawing, so maintaining the mouse pressed will keep using Qi.

#### Amount of Qi

I found that for me, I could draw a 10x talisman with a very relaxing pace at 20,000 Max Qi, and get ~99% Accuracy.

But drawing a 10,000x Talisman with only 7 mil Qi felt very rushed, and I could only get ~96% Accuracy. However I feel like this is still not quite my "lowest bound", and need to test further.

As for drawing 100x with 20,000 Max Qi, the effect was a lot worse than attempting to draw a 10x, meaning that it lost probably at least 40% (though it was still identifiable as the correct talisman).

This gives rise to "Qi Drawing Ranges". Meaning that you (or I) need a certain amount of Qi to be able to successfully draw a Talisman. And the lower in that bracket, the worse the drawing quality.

#### Qi Drawing Ranges

It's not easy to estimate how much Qi is needed for each Talisman, as it will depend on your personal ability and the difficulty of the talisman used. As a broad approximation, you want your Max Qi to be around 700 to 2,000 multiplied by the Qi consumption amount.

* 700 - 2,000 = 1x = 100%
* 7,000 - 20,000 = 10x = 200%
* 70,000 - 200,000 = 100x = 300%
* 0.7 - 2 Mil = 1,000x = 400%
* 7 - 20 mil = 10,000x = 500%

##### Dot Method

Some people like to use the "dot method" where they only put 1 dot on a canvas before stopping. As qi is spent each tick the mouse is pressed, this can be a way to minimize Qi spent.

Note: done with just shy of 7 mil max qi on highest drawing multiplier. Yields correspond to 95.86 and 97.63 Talisman Draw Qualities respectively.

### Effect Sum

So finally, you have a

* T2 Talisman
* 200% Multiplier
* 100%-500% Multiplier
* Drawing Quality (within drawing range)

Sum effect = Per Tier Effect \* (2 + 2) \* 2 \* (1 to 5) \* Quality

Sum effect = Per Tier Effect \* Quality \* 8 \* (1 to 5)

Sum effect = Per Tier Effect \* Quality \* (8 or 16 or 24 or 32 or 40)

Sum effect = Equivalent to Talisman of Tier (6 or 14 or 22 or 30 or 38).

With the tier picked from which "Drawing range" you are in, and Talisman quality hinging on how much leeway you have in that drawing range.