Fate chat and game room

BESW

07:27

[huggles FATE]

Ben Hardy

would you like some T?

trogdor

not unless it has been slowly burninated over an open cottage

a T pot would work too

whatever those look like

BESW

trogdor

yeeeeeessss

that will do nicely

BESW

08:36

Okay, I'm available from 15 minutes from now until at least three hours from now, if anyone wants to make a PC or do a session.

Oh, and I will not be available this weekend, from Friday night on. Got a National Convention to attend.

trogdor

mm

I would be good with a session

but I am not sure what I would do by myself

cause, dragon

Ben Hardy

i would be, but i think i'm gonna spend my time in nap for gig tonight. that being said, gnight.

BESW

Aight.

Sohum

I'm around, but I can't handle a super-long session

@BESW and this is amazing

BESW

Hmm. Let's see.. Thursday... quick session...

Sohum

08:47

1-1.5 hours should be fine

I just meant I don't have the full three hours :p

trogdor

lol

yes

this is perfect

action hero princess should be able to help bail me out

lol

actually, I guess she might be good at diplo?

I didn't stick around for the whole creation process, all I remember is that diplomacy bonuses were mentioned as an option

BESW

Actually, I'm thinking that we should just get Kirby away from the dragon at the end of the last scene; he was ready to run, right?

Sohum

She's not bad at either, but she prefers to think of herself as an adventurer rather than a hero :P

trogdor

yeah

he was thinking of running

BESW

We can say that he ran and Sanguine kept the dragon from going after him--Brian can handle that in his next session.

trogdor

08:51

actually I guess that might be the best option since Brian's character isn't around

Sohum

poor dragon :P

trogdor

lol

it still gets what it wants,.... I think

Sohum

well, it gets the other princess

trogdor

I was technically trying to help the miserably useless princess who it sorta kidnapped

technically it didn't do any of the work in getting her there, but she is there now

BESW

So, as I recall, Kirby has nothing in particular in terms of immediate goals and @Sohum wants Thursday to fail to save Wednesday in this session.

Sohum

08:52

but honestly, she's miserably useless enough that she's bound to have a Heroic Love or something swoop in soon enough

trogdor

not true

Sohum

@BESW it doesn't have to be this session; I'd prefer that to be a solo session, actually

BESW

@Sohum Okay, so this is "Welcome to the Forest!"

trogdor

he has the goal of finding a reasonable place in this forest to live

Sohum

mmhm

BESW

08:53

@trogdor Yes, but that's... not exactly actionable.

trogdor

lol

BESW

You've set Kirby up as the guy who wanders around and butts in on other peoples' stories.

trogdor

true

I like it that way for now

Sohum

:P

trogdor

maybe after more things have happened I can develop his goals further

Sohum

08:54

isn't that what wandering oracles do?

trogdor

lol

BESW

@trogdor I might have to ask you to step out of the session because this is @Sohum's first. First sessions are... special.

trogdor

I didn't get a first session

Sohum

I'm special!

trogdor

(pouts) :P

it's cool, honestly

I can just spectate

BESW

08:55

@trogdor You did. You got a full-formed solo first session that would've ended when Zemenar showed up.

trogdor

that will still be fun

BESW

Then a second session was immediately attached to it.

trogdor

that doesn't count

:P

BESW

Okay. @Sohum, do you have any particular desires in terms of setting, theme, conflict, etc, for this first session?

trogdor

but just to be clear, I am only messing with you

Sohum

08:59

hmm

gah

sorry, no

BESW

No problem.

trogdor

well

there is the whole rescue sister thing?

Sohum

yea, but that's heavily thematically solo

trogdor

yeah....

I already agreed to step out for this

Sohum

occasionally!

BESW

09:02

Okay, I have an idea. Gotta put together an NPC and I'll be ready.

Sohum

I assume you're still playing

trogdor

I just can't refuse the chance to give BESW a hard time right now

Sohum

:P

BESW

yeeah, don't give me a hard time when I'm trying to put together a game on the fly.

trogdor

uh

lol

sorry

but anyway

I think the point is that I am at least staying out of this until you have had a proper "first session" like everyone so far has had

so I may not be stepping in for a while

I don't honestly remember how long this takes, and he's throwing it together more last minute than the others, I think

BESW

09:06

Okay! [cracks knuckles]

Acting on the desperate pleas of her sister's raven, Thursday entered the Enchanted Forest against her better judgement.

The trees are thick and tall, with wide spaces of deep moss between them. The light through the leafy canopy is dim and green, and the forest is filled with the sounds of distant animals.

Sohum

Well, against the better half of her judgement. The other half is all oooh forest of doom...

BESW

Despite the soft moss, Thursday's leg quickly begins to ache.

Sohum

"Ugh, leg. Get it together, will you?"

"You: carry me. I: eat to nourish you. This is how our relationship has always worked."

BESW

"Is it bothering you so?" A familiar and oily voice interrupts her argument with the recalcitrant limb. Antorell, clad in dark blue robes and sporting a tiny brown goatee, is leaning on his staff on the other side of a small stream. "It can all be better quite easily, you know."

Sohum

Staff out, pointing at his face --

"Antorell! How not nice to see you here!"

BESW

09:13

Let's make this a conflict, eh? It can start out social.

Sohum

sure sure

initiative on social combat is ... Careful, I think

BESW

Sounds good to me.

Sohum

which Thurs is +0 on

BESW

Antorell is +1, so he'll start.

docs.google.com/document/d/…

Sohum

oooh, four stress markers

he's a beefy one :P

BESW

09:18

Antorell begins by attempting to Forcefully Create an Advantage.

Sohum

what kind of advantage?

BESW

He wishes to place the "Cowed by my Power" aspect on Thursday.

"My darling Thursday, you know it's pure foolishness to fight me. I am a Wizard, and you are... not." He smiles--even his teeth seem oily--and gestures with his staff.

4d6

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Sohum

You Won't Catch Her Napping, so she's going to Defend Quickly with +2 stunt bonus

BESW

Excellent. He rolled +2, with a +4 in Forceful for +6.

So now you roll.

Sohum

09:20

"And I am sane, intelligent, and not a creep. We're listing things the other isn't, right?"

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Sohum

ouch

+1 roll +3 Quickly +2 stunt is only +5

BESW

That roll is -1, actually.

Sohum

eep, so it is

+3...

BESW

So you've got a +4 vs his +6.

Sohum

09:22

+3, actually

BESW

-1, +3, +2 = +4.

Sohum

I.. .cannot math apparently

yes

BESW

'sokay.

Sohum

do ties go to the defender?

BESW

If you spend a Fate point, you'll tie with him, meaning he'll "succeed at minor cost."

("action point," bah. Spent too much time in 4e.)

Sohum

09:23

and if I spend two, I can win...

BESW

Yes.

Sohum

@BESW (yea, I was about to mention :P)

and I start with 3?

trogdor

yes

BESW

Yup.

trogdor

that is correct

Sohum

09:24

hmmmmm!

BESW

Let me say what he's doing with his magic.

Sohum

okay

BESW

Oooh, I want to change what aspect he's trying for: "Stranded."

Sohum

...

huh...

I am less interested in defeating that, actually

BESW

Antorell raises his staff, and the stream's level rises with it, overflowing its bank on the east side and rushing toward Thursday.

Sohum

09:25

Stranded in the ... right, physical sense

BESW

mmm, let's see if we can't make that aspect better.

Sohum

"At My Mercy"?

BESW

Sounds good!

So, he's flooding the river at her, and she's down by 2 on defending against it.

Sohum

okay, spending a fate point on Perfect Poise to bump it to a tie

BESW

Okay, so "minor cost." How about mitigating the aspect?

He's going to have only one free invoke on it, and the aspect fades as soon as he invokes it, so what's an appropriate "fragile" aspect in this situation?

Sohum

09:28

hm.

BESW

Maybe instead of an aspect on her, he's changed the river's aspect?

Sohum

"Spluttering"?

BESW

Spluttering is good!

The river rushes at Thursday, soaking her and sending her spluttering, but her grace and poise let the princess dart away before it can wash her downstream.

Sohum

(meh, did not like it)

BESW

Antorell snarls at Thursday.

Sohum

09:31

Thursday snarls right back.

BESW

Your turn.

Sohum

"Seriously, go away. I don't like you, I don't want you, and I can't bear to look at you."

BESW

Just narrate what you'd like her to attempt, and we'll find the mechanics for it.

Sohum

She's Attacking Forcefully, I think

BESW

Social attack, okay.

Sohum

09:33

4d6

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Sohum

+0!

+2 forcefully

trogdor

forceful social attack?

I guess yelling

Sohum

those words don't seem forceful to you?

BESW

Antorell defends flashily, attempting to assume a devil-may-care attitude against her insults.

4d6

Dice Service

09:34

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Sohum

huh

BESW

That's a 0, with +3 for Flashy.

So unless you spend a FP, he's successfully defended.

Sohum

shouldn't it be +1?

trogdor

jeez

Sohum

that's -2

right?

BESW

09:36

Oh, sorry. You're right.

I can't math either!

trogdor

yeah

BESW

Okay, so... he's going to use his free invoke on Spluttering. Thursday's words are forceful, but her delivery... not so much.

After this action is completed, Thursday will lose the Spluttering aspect.

Sohum

she's going to invoke Cursed, because fuck this guy

wee down to 1 FP

BESW

That is language unbecoming a princess, young lady!

Sohum

Good thing I'm an adventurer right now, then, huh?

BESW

09:38

He will also invoke Cursed, spending a FP that Thursday will receive at the end of this action.

Now it's +4 vs +5, Antorell's favor.

Sohum

what's he invoking Cursed on?

this attack is about how he's a creep no one likes

trogdor

yeah,.....

BESW

Mmm. Fair enough. I retract.

Instead, he will invoke Proper Ladies, because she isn't behaving like one.

Sohum

And she can invoke Princess Who Saved Herself in response exactly as above :p

trogdor

lol

BESW

09:40

Antorell's out of FP and free invokes, so he's going to take 1 stress.

trogdor

the FATE point arms race

wow

Sohum

yea, but that last bit was fate-neutral for me

still at 1 fp

trogdor

what a jerk

BESW

Despite being inexperienced in the art of direct insults, and spluttering wetly, Thursday's conviction and rage clearly unsettles Antorell.

You are able to move one zone as a free action, if you want.

Otherwise it's Antorell's turn.

Sohum

would there be any reason to?

trogdor

09:43

if you were going somewhere

BESW

If you wanted to get up close to him, you could start by moving into the stream and then closing with him next round.

trogdor

and want to ignore him

that too

Sohum

I could attack him

that is tempting

trogdor

next round

Sohum

yea

BESW

09:43

Yeah, physical combat doesn't do so well across two zones--and if Antorell wants to attack, his magic would easily cross those two zones.

Sohum

I mean, my better instincts should be telling me to get away

trogdor

but only if you want to escalate the conflict

Sohum

feel like compelling Learn By Doing?

BESW

I do.

Sohum

done

BESW

09:44

Narrate wading into the stream?

Sohum

She moves into the stream - because hell, she's already wet from that ass's water thing - and plants her staff into the riverbed for support.

BESW

Nice.

Antorell looks a little nervous, then hastily makes a complicated gesture his staff.

He's Creating an Advantage by placing an aspect on the environment: Giant Water Snake Construct.

Sohum

that doesn't sound good

BESW

I think that's Flashy.

Sohum

probably!

BESW

09:46

4d6

Dice Service

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Sohum

+1 +3 = +4

right?

BESW

That's my math as well.

Sohum

I think I can activate my stunt here as well

BESW

How is Thursday going to roll defense against something he's doing to the river?

Sohum

09:48

by trying to get out of the river?

I guess that's not defending against the creation of the aspect

BESW

Basically, he's placed an aspect against a difficulty of 0, and you're going to want to do something on your turn to mitigate it: Overcome, maybe.

Sohum

okay

So, Thurs is now surrounded by a giant water snake construct?

BESW

The water just downstream of Thursday bunches up and rises into a roughly snake-shaped form that towers over her, spreading a watery hood like a cobra and bubbling.

Sohum

Okay

so on her turn

BESW

Its tail forms upstream and curls about, cutting off her retreat.

Sohum

09:50

aha

but not her path to Antorell?

BESW

Right.

Sohum

On her turn, she's going to move a zone and thwack him.

Either intending to do damage or to knock that silly thin staff out of his hand

not sure yet

BESW

Okay, decide before you roll; one is Create Advantage, the other is Attack.

trogdor

lol

take his little toy away

Sohum

mmm. I'unno, stress sounds good, but advantages also sound good

BESW

09:53

Handy hint: in Fate combat, free invokes are always good.

Sohum

yea

"Oh, look at the shiny things your staff can do!"

"This is what mine can do."

4d6

Dice Service

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BESW

The general structure of combat is to create advantages and then make an attack that takes advantage of them, while trying to get others to spend their free invokes on defense instead of offense.

Sohum

and quickly

so +2 +3

BESW

So what are you trying to do? Knock it out of his hand?

Sohum

09:54

yea, create advantage

BESW

Antorell's water snake moves to intercede (using Antorell's Flashy modifier, with free tag if necessary).

4d6

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BESW

That's... +1 +3, so he'll use the tag for a +6.

Sohum

I'll tag... mmm. Learn By Doing

BESW

That's all he's got, so you win by 1.

What's the aspect?

(Narrate, please.)

Sohum

09:59

Thursday rushes in from the stream, staff out, focused. At some point, there is a giant water snake in the way, but she guesses a strike at its ... hood? thing? will force it to retreat, and it does.

Then there's a clatter of wood vs wood, and then Antorell's staff is flying through the air, coming to rest in some distant part of the forest behind him.

he is now Destaved. Or should he be At My Mercy? :P

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