Conversation started May 18, 2013 at 14:40.
May 18, 2013 14:40
And now it's Zemenar's turn!
He knows I'm probably full of dragon dung, but if I'm not...
Beware the 16 year old... goddess... OF PASTRIES!
Zemenar is Alarmed, Unstaved, and just got knocked out of the air, his staff taken away, one of his best lies was oracularly dismissed, and he got three stress aimed at the kidneys.
"Flee flee flee the overwhelming odds!"
We're going to have him try to remove the Unstaved aspect, 'cause without his staff his defenses suck.
Sanguine still has the staff, right?
May 18, 2013 14:42
@BESW yes
She's behind him, having just used it to vault him.
(she does seem to like doing that.)
Then she gets to choose: make an opposed roll, or use the original Unstaved aspect's roll.
@BESW I forget what...
wait the original was like +12, wasn't it?
that depressingly epic fate-burn?
yeah, she'll keep the +12 thankyouverymuch
mine
No, it's the difference between the rolls.
It was 9 vs 12, so it's a +3.
May 18, 2013 14:44
no, I'll go for the roll
bring it, pointy-headed meanie
Okay. He's going to try to Flashily (+4) distract Sanguine with a feint into the woods, and when she goes to trip him he'll grab the staff.
4d6
+5
(I think I've got a use of unstaved left...)
It says "0" on the sheet.
May 18, 2013 14:46
I rather too proactively burned it.
yes
ah, no
2 uses
okay, lets see here
quickly dodge out of the way
4d6
Oh, by the way, the wall of wind has died down to a fading breeze.
misread.
I think quick, cause she falls for the feint and then tries to pluck the staff back?
"ohshitohshitohshit that was a lie"
3+2 =5
He's got his staff back, then?
tie on overcome
and fatepoint to tag... unstaved
cause he really is unused to doing stuff the hard manual way
(and I'm starting to run low on fate, folks)
May 18, 2013 14:50
Ah, but Zemenar is Schemingly Evil. Fate Point.
from what?
you said he was out
@BrianBallsun-Stanton looks at mad FATE ARMS RACE I can see why
Every time you burn a Fate Point on someone else's aspect, they get that point.
@Problematic And I'll tag alarmed
you spend FATE against his aspects
he gets that FATE
May 18, 2013 14:50
oh, ... I...
Somebody's already spent an actual FP on Unstaved.
The one you just spent doesn't go to him until the action's over though.
Otherwise it'd be ridiculous.
... urrf
so I'll tag alarmed, cause maybe I'm going to turn him into a croissant or something.
So tied at 5, then at 7, now it's 7/9 Sang.
May 18, 2013 14:51
yep
Okay, she pulls the staff back from his grasping fingers.
Zemenar reverses again and makes good on his feint into the woods: zone change to Forest.
Kirby!
through the fire?
Ooh, right. I'm still thinking in DFRPG sometimes.
Then he's done.
Kirby!
ok
I want to walk up behind him and kick him in the back
prolly sneaky
Okay.
May 18, 2013 14:55
4d6
He'll defend with Clever, to notice the Sneaky.
4d6
May 18, 2013 14:55
alarmed
+8.
So, anyone can invoke it, but Wil personally gets 2 free invokes, yes?
@Problematic Right. And you can pass them to people if/when it makes sense.
@BESW oh, then I'm out of fate
I can get 6 more on my own
May 18, 2013 14:56
But one roll can only take advantage of each aspect once.
(That's why having lots of different aspects is so powerful; not only do they increase the chance some will be applicable; with enough aspects your bonuses are only limited by the FP you have to spend.)
Wil seems like an aspect machine. You're welcome, powerhouses.
paying close attention is 2 (free invoke) unstaved is 2 (Fate Point) and I am specifically "blind" in my High concept
so if I can invoke that he is less wary because of that, thats another 2 with my last Fate Point
That'll meet his defense.
then if Will hands me the free invoke its +8
10
overall
Wil? Are you feeling generous?
May 18, 2013 14:59
with all that
I think Alarmed might apply if he thinks Kirby could be a dragon. Let's do it.
8/10 Kirby on a regular old attack, then.
That's 2 shifts of stress.
Zemenar is now O X X.
Lucky Zemenar.
Princess... is going to try creating an advantage by berating Zemenar. He's a mean nasty bad man.
May 18, 2013 15:01
4d6
mm hmm
+1 to make him a Cad and a Villain.
vs his... Clever, I guess.
4d6
.... yeah ::sigh:: dear, you're getting hauled of to Mr. nice Dragon..
May 18, 2013 15:02
+3 to defend. The Princess's words are useless.
Sanguine's up.
ugh.
Sanguine's starting to feel tired...
ABOUT TIME.
oh well, new, shiny, wizard's staff at the ready, she goes for a kneecap.
quick
4d6
May 18, 2013 15:03
+4, just going to tap staff at the ready to get this out of the way.
Want a free Alarmed?
+6
let's see if I need it
He's still defending with Clever, because this isn't really anything new in her fighting style.
4d6
(I... don't really buy it?)
(clever doesn't seem appropriate to a quick attack..)
May 18, 2013 15:04
Okay.
"A Clever action requires that you think fast, solve problems,
or account for complex variables."
He swirls his robe Flashily to make his kneecaps harder targets?
"Thinking fast" seems legit, but...
He does the Charleston
May 18, 2013 15:05
That's a total of +5 Flashy defense.
(it's not so much thinking as *moving)
and +6 from me, and I'll take that alarmed, please
to turn it into a +8, or another 3box :)
So, 1 shift of stress?
ooh, okay.
(and is will out of alarmed?)
I think so
he had 2
he gave 1 to me 1 to you
yeah
okay, so, 3 shifts :)
May 18, 2013 15:07
Zemenar reduces the stress by two with a Mild consequence of Badly Bruised Shin.
1 stress
Consequences can be invoked?
Yes.
And Sang gets a tag on it, I believe, for being its cause.
Sounds like a heyday for Wil
whee, mfree tag for me
May 18, 2013 15:08
Wil's turn!
Any stress will force Zemenar to either take even worse consequences or he'll be taken out.
Zemenar has one FP and a tag on the fire.
Wil has 2 FP and no tags
But he won't directly attack Zem
put out the fire?
I want to try to convince Zemenar to flee
"On Fire" is at +5 to remove, and without his staff Zemenar can't choose to actively roll the defense.
... or does it not work like that
May 18, 2013 15:11
@Problematic Well, his turn is up next. You could make it worth his while to concede.
Heck, he's unstaved, alarmed, and badly bruised. You could probably offer him a Fate point to compel a concession.
I'll do that. Wil throws out his arms and shouts "WAIT!"
(cue cartoon-style pause with Sang mid-swing)
The underarm seams on his shirt split.
There's no reason for this! Zem will stop trying to set everything on fire and be on his way if you lot give him back his staff
(I suggest that Zem shove Wil at the other PCs as he flees, if it goes that way)
@Problematic See, I was with you until I heard "give back"
"I like this, it's pretty."
May 18, 2013 15:15
> Conceding is different than being taken out, because you get a say in what happens to you. Your opponent gets some major concession from you—talk about what makes sense in your situation—but it beats getting taken out and having no say at all.
I'm pretty sure if Zem concedes, he sets the terms for it, yes?
Or do they keep the staff as the concession?
So my first objective is princess
and second is staff
Yeah, the things at stake for Zemenar are Staff and Princess. Choose one to keep.
::muttermuttermutter:: Princess.
"Do I have your parole?"
Zemenar grits his teeth. "Give me my staff and you can keep the useless floozy."
May 18, 2013 15:16
lol
@BESW "And you won't attack us again?"
brb, afk
Oooh. Make him Promise.
(Yeah, I'm asking for a parole here)
"You CAD! I am not something to be traded for a stick of wood!"
"...I'm worth at least half a kingdom." She lifts her chin.
May 18, 2013 15:19
Sang blinks.
Zemenar ignores the princess entirely, and glares at Sanguine. "If you give me my staff, we can both leave this clearing unmolested."
Sang, unfortunately, isn't clever enough to realize that clever clever wording.
And hands him his staff.
"I will not be the first to break this accord."
@BESW She nods.
"Want a cookie?"
May 18, 2013 15:21
Isn't he Deliciously Evil or something? IT'S A TRAP
Zemenar takes the staff, attempts to look dignified as he uses it to take the pressure of his bad leg, and looks at Sanguine with an expression of absolute incredulity.
@Problematic yep, have to follow the trope though.
@BESW ::she holds out a cookie::
"This was fun!"
"I swear to you, I will not forget this encounter." A great whoosh of wind and a crack of thunder shakes the clearing, and Zemenar is gone.
She frowns. "He's no fun."
"ok"
May 18, 2013 15:22
"Oh well, Thanks you two!" beat. "Hey, princess, what's your name?"
(should have had him explicitly leave me to the wolves)
(as it were)
"time to get going then"
Wil coughs awkwardly.
@trogdor "Bye Mister. Thanks!"
"whatever"
May 18, 2013 15:23
@Problematic She turns to the poor excuse for a flunky. "Want a cookie?"
"try to do one person a favor and everyone starts murdering each other"
"I am Princess Keredwel of the Kingdom of Raxwel, kind girl."
[Sorry, got lost.]
@BESW "okay, we need to go meet my friend. Hey, guy with the falling and stuff, you can come too! We have scones!"
(okay, writing Sang is... kinda fun)
May 18, 2013 15:25
I think that's a great place to stop.
yeah, and scene.
 
Conversation ended May 18, 2013 at 15:25.