EF 011.1: In which a dragon interrupts a confusing set of discoveries started by Kirby falling over a cliff

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 12:18

Okay.... So Sin just did a little in-place shadowjump.

trogdor

T.T

BESW

"'Wot's that? You're one of us?"
Sin's heart races as she reappears. She hates having her secret discovered.
"Us?" The word raises Sin's hackles. The man... taps the tabletop, and the shadows flicker out of proportion to the tap.
Then he smiles. "Us.

Now, Kirby, you're running from a dragon and hoping it won't follow.

trogdor

yep

I am guessing I run into this cave

probably by accident

BESW

Well, the cave is partway up a cliff.

trogdor

ah

Cat

Jun 3, 2013 12:20

Maybe he runs off the cliff and falls in the pool? ;)

trogdor

lol

I hope not, if it's the pool that was in last session

Cat

this one seemed harmless enough when I passed it

BESW

Fair enough.

trogdor

the pool I mean might look harmless,... but it depends how close you got I guess

Cat

Hmmm.well, I can't provide much info there. I think my pool had fish.

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 12:22

there was a lion guarding the one I mean, and touching this pool would effectively kill you

Cat

Oh, I saw no lion :)

BESW

Kirby, you're running through the Forest and then the ground suddenly stops. I believe this is a defensive roll vs. +4 as you fall.

As you're running, I hereby summarily ban Careful as a viable approach to this defense.

trogdor

ah, I was expecting to need to think of something

I had an idea

BESW

My vision is that you fall off the cliff into the pool, as was suggested.

trogdor

but I guess,... I will go with forceful

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 12:24

...well, maybe not into the pool if you roll poorly enough.

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Cat

:S

trogdor

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trogdor

FML

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

Jun 3, 2013 12:24

....

Cat

:O

doppelgreener

i saw that

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

I think that's accurate, really.

trogdor

the family curse

it hath claimed me

Cat

Sorry!!

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 12:25

That's, um.... -3 vs +5, I think.

trogdor

not your fault

BESW

8 shifts.

trogdor

goodness me

I see nothing I can invoke

in this situation

Cat

can you reroll?

trogdor

I would need an invoke

Cat

Jun 3, 2013 12:26

(for a FP?)

(Sorry, I don't understand the system yet)

trogdor

that's what invokes are for

BESW

@Cat Only if there's an aspect he can use to justify it.

trogdor

know what

BESW

Without an aspect to invoke, spending an FP can only give a +1.

trogdor

this is definitely a mess at least

I propose invoking my trouble

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 12:27

What does that look like?

How would you include it in narrating the event?

trogdor

desperate scrabbling at the ledge to at least slow the fall

BESW

@Cat Do you accept that?

Cat

Me?

trogdor

yeah

Cat

Sure ...

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 12:29

your part of the session

BESW

(whether aspects are appropriate to invoke is a group decision.)

Cat

Oh, okay.

BESW

(The GM is first among equals.)

Okay, so @trogdor is that a +2 or a re-roll?

trogdor

lol

re roll

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trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 12:30

hahahahahahahahaha

Cat

better!

trogdor

my personal luck is stronger than the family curse,... for now

BESW

+4 vs +5.

Cat

(don't jinx yourself)

trogdor

yep

hey

sorry, but I already got a -4

Cat

Jun 3, 2013 12:31

lol

trogdor

I can't jinx worse than that in FATE

BESW

I'm going to invoke Big Grey Rocks for a +2.

trogdor

you hate me

Cat

Obviously ;)

BESW

You're a blind man running through the Enchanted Forest.

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 12:32

I invoke mossy ground for +2, breaking my fall

BESW

Mossy Ground is in the Forest, not the Clearing.

trogdor

mm shallow pool then

BESW

Okay.

trogdor

mr I manipulate

BESW

Deduct your FP.

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 12:33

mk

took 2 out

BESW

And take your 1 stress.

Cat

Sorry, what was the second FP for?

trogdor

huh

?

BESW

@Cat He invoked Shallow Pool to get a +2 to the roll.

trogdor

I invoked 2 different things

Cat

Jun 3, 2013 12:34

You said you took 2 out?

BESW

Now narrate the event.

Cat

Oh, ok

trogdor

ok

should I narrate how the Rocks fit in too?

I think I didn't win this roll did I? am I still narrating?

BESW

Yes, everything that was used mechanically needs to show up.

You didn't win, no, but I'd like you to narrate it for the practice.

trogdor

ah I wasn't taken out

mk, Kirby runs though the forest (like a blind idiot) and comes to a cliff.

Cat

Jun 3, 2013 12:37

bathroom, brb

trogdor

before he notices it, he is already starting to fall, he scrabbles at whatever he can, but he grabs some rocks, they are big enough to hold him, but they have no purchase, and he falls. luckily for him, he lands in the pool.

Cat

sigh

(of relief)

trogdor

lol

Cat

(for Kirby, of course)

trogdor

well, I can't say I know that feeling as well as you then

Cat

Jun 3, 2013 12:39

Kirby can't swim?

trogdor

so far the closest thing he has to relief is falling off a cliff instead of being eaten by a dragon

Cat

It is "shallow"

I'd call that progress ;)

trogdor

never said he can't swim

being blind might not help though,I dunno

BESW

As Kirby flails in the pool, he hears someone give a shout of surprise.

Sindaria hears a shout-thud-splash-groan/splutter outside the cave, followed by a shout of surprise from someone else outside the cave.

trogdor

lol

Cat

Jun 3, 2013 12:42

Huh?

BESW

Henry pauses, a look of surprise on his face: "Eh? Who's that, then?"

Cat

Sin has a second large startle response.

BESW

@Cat There is someone outside the cave, in the clearing, that nobody knew about until I said there was a shout of surprise.

Cat

She tries grabs one of her two daggers.

(assuming I'm allowed to have them)

BESW

It seems reasonable.

Cat

Jun 3, 2013 12:44

OK. So now I have the aspect "armed" correct?

trogdor

just daggers, I see no point in not letting you have some kinda weapon

you have to roll it if you want to make an aspect

Cat

OK, here goes nothing:

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BESW

Okay, so you're going to "Create Advantage" by placing the "armed" aspect on yourself.

Cat

I'm trying to do it quickly

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 12:45

makes sense

especially as a response to being startled

BESW

So that's a -1, which would fail vs the target of 0.

No, sorry.

-1 +2 = +1. Success.

Cat

Why a -1?

OK, that makes sense

Yay! (that would be embarrassing)

trogdor

also, don't I actually get a FP for that invoke against me after this scene

?

BESW

@trogdor Right.

trogdor

mk

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 12:46

Sin now has the "Armed" aspect (+1, Sin, tag x1).

Cat

which invoke?

trogdor

but not yet, obv

Cat

(sorry, I'm slow following)

trogdor

he invoked the rocks against me

Cat

OK

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 12:46

when I fell

BESW

@trogdor Actually you don't get it at all because it was a scene aspect.

trogdor

ah

BESW

If I'd invoked Blind then you'd get it.

trogdor

mk

Cat

:(

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 12:47

Argh.

Okay, the scene is very unclear.

pause.

Cat

Sure.

BESW

This is the clearing.

Halfway up the cliff is a cave.

trogdor

I would assume this at least got paid out of the NPC pool then.

BESW

Kirby just came running off the top of the cliff, bounced off the rocks, and into the pool.

Someone is in or near the pool in the clearing, and was startled to see a blind man run full-tilt off the cliff.

The interior of the cave is inspired by this.

Henry is a nearly-blind old man who the cat (currently curled around the man's staff) thinks is a wizard, but who just told Sin that he's a shadowmage like herself.

Sindaria just grabbed for her daggers, giving herself the aspect Armed. It takes a roll of +1 to disarm her unless she actively rolls to defend against that instead, and she has 1 free invoke on the aspect.

I'm going to change the aspect to Dagger In Hand.

Cat

Sure

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 12:51

"Armed" is a little vague.

Cat

Yup

BESW

(Do you become an amputee if someone removes the aspect?)

Cat

:S

trogdor

I hope not

that's one exspencive set of daggers

BESW

And now, it is Stellata's turn. @JonathanHobbs Please begin by describing yourself and your current situation.

Cat

Jun 3, 2013 12:55

(as an aside, is there a limit to the number of tags I can have?)

doppelgreener

Stellata's in the water. She's been sitting in there for a little while now, quite peacefully. Whether she was there when Sindaria and an old man were fussing about isn't material at the moment: what is material is that a brown(?) shape has made quite a noisy entrance quite nearby her. She is currently Startled, I think.

trogdor

lol

Brown works

though it may not be so brown now

BESW

@Cat [Free invokes are usually limited to two (1 for creating/discovering/manipulating an aspect, 1 for getting 3 more than you needed to do so).]

Cat

OK

BESW

[You can have as many as you like spread across multiple aspects, though.]

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 12:57

@JonathanHobbs some of the brown may have washed off now, he has not had a chance to bathe for a while

BESW

@JonathanHobbs And what does Stellata look like, for the record?

trogdor

lol

as if anyone can see yet

BESW

This is a better time than forgetting to describe her later.

trogdor

but it is a good time to establish it

doppelgreener

Stellata is a plant lady. She's green and seven feet tall, and so is the armor she's wearing. Or the armor she's growing. It's hard to tell which it is and it's hard to tell where it ends and she begins. Her face is partially obscured by what may or may not be a helmet, though right now her head's pointed at the monk in the water.

So he'd have a clear look at her face, though he's blind, and I imagine submerged.

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 13:00

Is Stellata going to take an action this round, or move to an adjacent zone?

trogdor

yep

both

the second one doesn't hurt nearly as much as the first

doppelgreener

She's going to climb out of that pool pronto.

Preferably on a bank opposite the one the monk fell in from.

BESW

[I'm taking the tag on Startled for myself, by the way, but it's fragile.]

trogdor

"it's raining Peasants! RUUUUN!"

doppelgreener

[What do you mean you're taking it for yourself?]

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 13:01

I see only one problem

doppelgreener

[You have a free invoke on it?]

trogdor

there was no roll.....

BESW

@JonathanHobbs Right.

trogdor

but he did say it is there

so I guess that works

BESW

Nothing in particular is in the way of Stellata getting out of the pool, so that's a free action to move a zone unless she wants to do it in a particularly interesting way.

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 13:03

sounds like the idea is just to get out?

doppelgreener

@trogdor Yeah, it is at the moment!

trogdor

lol

BESW

Does she have a rolly action too?

trogdor

murder perhaps?

lol

doppelgreener

Stellata climbs out and turns to look at whatever thing it is that just fell into the pool. Moonbear? Regular bear!? Enlarged angry badly shaven hobo? What the heck is this thing?

Is that something she does now or later?

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 13:04

free action to climb out

BESW

@JonathanHobbs Now, if she likes. Moving to an adjacent zone is free.

doppelgreener

Right now then. :)

I'll wait to hear what exactly the monk does next.

trogdor

so no other action?

doppelgreener

(I imagined him in a brown robe actually.)

I'm not sure what else I should/can do?

BESW

You could Create Advantage by placing an aspect on yourself (Ready for Trouble, maybe?).

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 13:06

he may be in brown but not as strongly brown as the (hopefully) dirt he has not been washing off recently till now

BESW

(Or summon up some plants by placing a scene aspect?)

trogdor

I see no reason for him not to be wearing brownish robes

doppelgreener

@BESW I'll do that. Stellata is going to get herself Ready for Trouble. She doesn't know her opponent yet, or if there is an opponent.

BESW

Narrate, including the approach you'll use, roll (vs +0), and finish the narration based on the result.

doppelgreener

Stellata steadies herself on the balls of her feet. She's ready to either attack or run, but she doesn't appear to have any weapons in hand. The main thing here is she needs to think fast and focus, so she's going to try to cleverly Ready for Trouble.

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doppelgreener

Wow.

BESW

[blink]

Cat

:)

doppelgreener

4+2, 6 shifts.

Stellata is mentally in the zone.

Cat

Why do the shifts matter?

(or don't they)

doppelgreener

Jun 3, 2013 13:10

I succeeded with style I guess!

Cat

Oh, ok

trogdor

yeah

BESW

Shifts matter in this case for two reasons.

First, Stellata got three or more shifts above what she needed, so she gets a second tag.

Second, if anyone wants to remove the aspect, they have to get a +6 or better.

Cat

Oh, that's what you were saying before

Ouch!

BESW

@JonathanHobbs Conclude narration, and feel free to actually change the aspect from "Ready for Trouble" to something worth 6 shifts of awesome.

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 13:12

yeah

doppelgreener

Oh goodness. I'm not sure what to change it to.

trogdor

Fully Prepared

doppelgreener

Prepared for Anything?

trogdor

that seems to be workable

BESW

Ready for Anything sounds good.

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 13:13

it is 6 shifts

doppelgreener

or Completely in the Moment?

BESW

Oooh.

Do it!

Much better for her in particular.

Cat

...no sneaking by her now ...

trogdor

yeah,... like I am sneaking

Cat

lol

(I was being self-centered there)

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 13:14

lol

maybe she will blow it all on me and you can escape

Cat

let's hope, lol

;)

trogdor

I am,... threatening,... as I fall down

threatening like a rock

doppelgreener

Ok. Stellata is Completely in the Moment. She's calmed, she's staring very wide-eyed at this thing in the water and her eyes are darting around her surroundings. Her senses are keen, her ears are metaphorically perked and so on for various other planty senses. She's watching, and waiting.

She's going to wait to know what's going on before she acts.

If she has a heart its beat is now steady, and she takes a deep breath.

(end narration?)

trogdor

works for me

BESW

Henry listens for a moment, then turns vaguely in Sin's direction. "Yer a good bit younger than I am, lass."

"Fancy a smattering of spying? I can give ye some pointers, and they'll ne'er ken ye were there."

Cat

Jun 3, 2013 13:18

Sin cringes at what seems like Henry's excessively loud voice, but nods silently.

BESW

He is attempting to Cleverly boost Sin's confidence. Is Sin going to defend, or take it?

Cat

She'll take it

BESW

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Cat

So I get a "confident" tag?

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 13:20

How about "I Have Good Advice"?

Cat

Hrmmm...this is going to bite me in the ass, but sure

trogdor

lol

doppelgreener

haha

BESW

Trouble paused mid-hiss at the sudden sounds, and his ears went straight up. Now he's straining to listen as hard as he can.

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BESW

Jun 3, 2013 13:22

...Trouble has no idea what's out there, as the stew in front of him is far too tasty-smelling.

There is one last character, and I need Stellata and Kirby to make rolls against his attempt to hide.

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BESW

He's got +0.

doppelgreener

Do I pick any approach?

BESW

Anything you can justify for noticing someone who isn't very good at sneaking up.

trogdor

ok, I guess I am listening underwater,.... I think an invoke involving the pool might be in order

doppelgreener

Jun 3, 2013 13:25

Stellata will be Careful

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doppelgreener

-2 + 2 = 0. What's that mean?

Moderate success on the part of the sneak?

trogdor

this NPC has to beat 0 or not be sneaking past you

and you have tags on something that should help for keeping people from sneaking past around or behind you

BESW

Let's see what Kirby gets (as he is underwater, I will be giving a small bonus to the difficulty).

trogdor

ok

I will use careful to listen

seeing as sight isn't gonna help

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Jun 3, 2013 13:27

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trogdor

0 not counting the penalty

BESW

Isn't that +1?

trogdor

err yeah

but penalty

which I don't know the number of, but I am assuming 1 or 2

BESW

So, you both tied with the target numbers. Because you're defending rather than actively rolling, the advantage goes to the instigator of the change.

So he'll place a boost on the two of you, something like "Doesn't Know I'm Here," unless you do something to increase your roll.

doppelgreener

I think I am currently obliged to use one of those tags on Stellata's Completely in the Moment. She just now achieved it - she should be using it now if ever.

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 13:30

Fair enough. Increment her tag from x2 to x1 and she'll notice the guy.

Kirby?

trogdor

lol

no

not spending FPs on this

Cat

So the tag is the number of times you can invoke the aspect?

(before losing it?)

BESW

For free, yes. But you only lose it afterward if it's fragile.

(Meaning you only just hit the target number.)

Cat

OK

BESW

So long as the aspect exists, you can spend FP on it.)

Stellata's keen senses pick up a clumsy stumbling in the bushes. A seed-covered man in a dark green robe uses his walking stick to clear the thorny branches away as he comes into the clearing.

doppelgreener

Jun 3, 2013 13:34

HE IS THE SHADOWS O_O

BESW

He pauses, straightens his robe, and clears his throat while making a fiddly sign with his fingers. "HENRY!" his voice booms supernaturally, "I KNOW YOU HAVE THE GIRL!"

trogdor

lol

that escalated quickly

BESW

Kirby, your turn.

Oh, wait.

He needs to roll to place the aspect, sorry.

trogdor

lol

BESW

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Jun 3, 2013 13:35

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BESW

That's +3 to make himself Menacing.

Kirby, you're up for real now.

trogdor

ok

well, first Kirby gets up, and wants to climb out of the water

BESW

I think that being blind is going to make that an overcome check for him.

Any objections from the group?

trogdor

no

not from me anyway

Cat

He could use the voice?

Although I guess he doesn't know that's not int he water

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 13:38

to climb out of water?

BESW

Right.

doppelgreener

No objections, I totally pictured him face-down splashing around.

BESW

Let's say... difficulty of +1.

Cat

overcome

BESW

It's shallow, there's a voice to move toward.

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 13:38

I think careful can actually aply to this now

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BESW

Indeed.

trogdor

1

BESW

Narrate, please.

(It's a tie, so you need to succeed at minor cost.)

trogdor

Kirby flounders around in the water, and eventually starts feeling his way to any nearby edge of the pool

what can I make a cost? some kind of fragile aspect?

BESW

Jun 3, 2013 13:40

That'd work.

trogdor

mk

BESW

On All Fours, maybe.

trogdor

ok

BESW

And then I get the tag.

doppelgreener

or waterlogged?

trogdor

Jun 3, 2013 13:41

that is better

I like that

BESW

Okay, sounds good. Kirby gets to his feet on dry ground, but is waterlogged.

trogdor

Kirby finds his way to the edge by feel, and carefully climbs out, but he has splashed around so much that he is now waterlogged

EF 011.1: In which a dragon interrupts a confusing set of discoveries started by Kirby falling over a cliff

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