I've explained the basic concept of the setting, and you're both passingly familiar with Fate, so lets' dive into character generation and we'll answer any questions as we go.
To keep the dice from getting confusing, we'll do this one at a time. @Shalvenay, would you like to start while Pixie works with her browser?
Masters of Umdaar has a semi-random generation process that we'll be using to speed things up.
That result is "Humanoid." You're effectively a human, but maybe with some added bits for flair. If you find this boring, roll twice more and we'll pick the one you like best.
> Humanoids are often Clever, which makes them good Mages and Bounty Hunters. They use weapons like Minor Artifacts, Wands, and Living Weapons.
> Rifle or Pistol (Careful): You have a deadly ranged weapon—like a sonic blunderbuss, a laser cannon, or a uranium six-shooter—that can blanket an area with deadly shots. Once per scene, you can gain +2 when attempting to Carefully create an advantage to pin down an enemy, firing warning shots or laying down suppressive fire.
> Metal Skin (Careful): You can rapidly cover your skin with thick metal or bone armor. If you spend an exchange doing nothing but defending yourself, you gain +2 whenever you Carefully defend yourself against physical attacks until the end of the scene.
So, with two Careful stunts, it'd make sense for you to choose to be a Runekeeper or a Paladin. These classes are just flavour describing your chosen approaches:
@Althis Are you intending to participate or observe? Right now, the players are just Pixie and Shalvenay. If you want to observe you need a pair of eyes and may want the Masters of Umdaar rulebook (or you can just read along here, BESW will be quoting stuff), if you want to play that's another matter.
@Althis See the script link in the room description? It'd be helpful if you installed that. You can download the PDF of the setting [here](www.drivethrurpg.com/product/155458/Masters-of-Umdaar--A-World-of-Adventure-for-Fate-Core), but it's not necessary. And if you want to refer to Fate Accelerated rules, they're here.
@Althis We're everybody who's available at this time.
Your motivation, which is best phrased as "I must...", tells us why your character has chosen such a high-risk lifestyle as delving into the Wild Lands to find ancient Demiurge artefacts.
And your shared aspect, we'll leave for later: it's going to describe your character's relationship to another PC.
Examples of Motivations: I Must Crack the Riddle of the Runes; I Must Make the Masters Suffer; I Must Have All of the Shinies; I Must Become the Most Beloved Archaeonaut Ever
> Brain Twister (Clever): Using psychic energy, you can Cleverly attack an opponent’s mind—provided they have a mind to attack! If you succeed with style on this attack, you can discover an aspect of the target with one free invoke instead of taking the boost. In addition, you can never become Unarmed.
Would you like your second stunt to be another power, or a weapon?
> Super Strong (Forceful): Once per scene, when you attempt to Forcefully overcome a physical obstacle in your path by trying to breaking it, you can outcome surge the result. Whenever you use this stunt, place a Debris situation aspect on the scene with no free invoke.
"Outcome surge" means that you increase the level of success by one: from failure to tie, from tie to success, from success to success with style.
@BESW still trying to figure it out -- this character is reminding me strongly of an existing char of mine, but I'm not sure if a systems aspect is acceptable in this game
I was considering overlaying an existing character onto this, but I couldn't imagine her without wings, so I'm going in a different direction. That direction is apparently "full of herself." :P
> Frill or Mane (Flashy): You possess a frill, mane of hair, or markings that make you terrifying to behold. +2 when Flashily creating advantages to instill fear.
> Bite (Forceful): +2 when Forcefully attacking someone who’s bound or restricted, represented by an aspect like Wrestled to the Ground.
As I envision her currently, Mara is confident to a fault, a generally upbeat person, and in pursuit of glory. I don't get the sense that she's truly anyone important, though. No royalty here.
Mara's not motivated to save the world, but she's likely enough to take to someone simply by being sufficiently impressed. "I like the cut of your jib!" etc. Being rather driven herself, she finds that level of dedication admirable.
My personal aspect is "My father's bow" because it reminds me of my purpose, as well as the teachings of my father on how to survive in this harsh world.
This unlikely group of archeonauts banded together to search for the Starblades of Su'ul, a set of five swords forged from the pieces of a legendary weapon called the Firerain Wheel. Master Appa-tax, Queen of the Dinosauroids, also seeks these blades. Her trusted general Kaji-Sa has already found one of the Starblades and is on the trail of another, deep in the untamed Wild Lands. Luckily, you managed to coerce information from one of her mercenaries about where she's heading: the Psycho-Jungle.
You're taking a shortcut through the Psycho-Jungle, hoping to head off Kaji-Sa and get to the Starblade before she does; her soldiers are going to be following the winding trail, while your small party can cut straight through the dense, dangerous jungle.
As you can see on the tracking sheet, the Psycho-Jungle is filled with Hallucinogenic Fog, and it has Vines and Vegetation Everywhere. Is there another aspect we think the jungle should have?
So, you're picking your way through the lethal, trackless jungle. What are each of you doing to help the group move as fast as possible without succumbing to the jungle's dangers?
@Pixie Then roll 4d6 and add Mara's Forceful modifier to modify the situation aspect Hallucinogenic fog to say Thin hallucinogenic mist instead, and get a free invoke on it.
@Althis You tie. I'll give you the free invoke at the minor cost of foreshadowing: focused as he is on the inanimate threats of the jungle, Edward discounts the pair of glowing yellow eyes peering at him from a nearby thicket.
The noise of the party's speedy movement through the jungle, and the periodic blasts of wind scaring birds up into the air, inevitably attract attention.
A sudden blast of blue lazer-fire lights up the shady clearing.
Two lazer-wolves burst out of the jungle on either side of the party. They'll get a single free attack (on Mara), and then Edward gets to go as he's got the highest Quick rating.
Hmm. This is a defensive action, so you won't get the "discover an aspect" bonus (that's only when you're trying to inflict stress, which is an attack action)--but narratively, the stunt does give you permission to defend that way, so yeah. Roll a Clever defence to mess with the wolf's mind.
That's a tie! The wolves are going to invoke their high concept as Laser-Gun-Wielding Wolf Robeasts to bring it up to +4 (that's one of my 3 Fate points for this scene).
@Pixie Would you like to use any of your Fate points to increase your roll?
The lazer-wolves criss-cross the jungle with bright blue lines of light, but it's erratic and confused and they don't hit anything. However, trying to confuse two cyborg animals at once, on such short notice, gives Mara a Dull brain pain (boost, belonging to the GM).
@Althis! It's Edward's turn. I believe he's scrambling for a tree?
