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trogdor

10:00

just 1

BESW

Seemed good to me.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

cool

BESW

How did you enjoy your dragon friend?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

now, generating aspect 4 is... probably not minor?

I got a strong Spike vibe from him

BESW

Unintentional, but probably not invalid.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

10:01

Hell, I was channeling a bit of MLP..

so.. yeah

trogdor

I got the impression of it being slightly bigger than a human

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

let's say we also get an additional aspect at a significant milestone?

@trogdor yes.

BESW

MLP is certainly a valid influence: legendary mundane.

trogdor

green too

not purple

spike only has green ridges

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

huh.

wait, this is odd

trogdor

10:02

I wasn't getting that impression, but wtv

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

ooooh

refresh starts dropping at 3 stunts

trogdor

hmm?

I thought it started dropping at 2

in FAE

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

nope

page 11, sidebar

BESW

I think you have a newer pdf than I do.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

so we get two free stunts as part of advancement

which is cool for what we're desining

trogdor

10:05

yeah,....

I only have 1 stunt

I thought that was all you got for free

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

we get N stunts at char creation. where N is the experience of the least experienced player.

We can have up to 3 before our refresh starts dropping

trogdor

so

BESW

"Experience"?

trogdor

that should still be 1

when you start

sounds like

I dunno

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

On the other hand, if you’re an ex-
get opportunities to add to your refresh.
perienced Fate gamer, you might look
Your refresh may never go below one.
ahead and discover that, just like in Fate
Core, your character is entitled to three
free stunts before it starts costing you
refresh. In that case, let the least expe-
rienced member of your game group
be your guide; if someone is new to the
game and only takes one to start with,
that’s what everyone should do. If you’re
all experienced, and you want to start

trogdor

10:08

huh

I have only done DFRPG FATE

its not technically FATE core

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

er?

aaand now... silence.

trogdor

lol

BESW

Other DFRPG player showed up.

trogdor

yeah

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

Ah, so.

enjoy.

trogdor

11:14

lol

we didn't have time for a session

BESW

So... we have time for a session.

[cracks knuckles]

trogdor

well

we three didn't have time

so now its time for a poor blind guy to be raked over the coals

BESW

Kirby is walking slowly and carefully through the forest, trying to stay in the same direction, whatever direction that might be. The cool, damp forest isn't silent, but the noises of birds and squirrels are strangely subdued.

Then, as he continues, Kirby hears the faint sound of weeping off to his left.

trogdor

"who is that over there?"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

(::watches::)

trogdor

11:23

(you pervert)

lol

BESW

The weeping pauses, and a sob-wracked woman's voice drifts through the trees: "Oh! Woe is me, for mine is a terrible plight! A stranger has found me in my distress, and shall do I know not what!"

trogdor

"well, if your afraid of what I am going to do, I can just keep going"

"where-ever this direction is"

BESW

"Oh, a kind man! That I should be so fortunate to meet a Samaritan in such a dismal place!"

trogdor

"yeah sure, if that's what you call someone who can't help it"

"everyone always thinks THEY are the ones in the most need"

BESW

"Ah, kind and fortunate stranger, your speech is puzzling! Pray, come closer that we may speak without all the forest hearing, for I have no wish to add to my distress!"

trogdor

11:28

ok

I guess I gotta roll for that

?

BESW

For following her voice effectively? It'd be uninteresting if you failed, so you can do it.

trogdor

mk

so I head over there

BESW

Kirby feels the sun dappling warm on his face as he approaches the woman, who is still hiccoughing gently with the weight of her despair, but no longer sobbing.

"I bid you such poor welcome as I may," she says. Her voice is really rather musical. "Alas! That I can offer you no refreshment. For I am in great distress."

It sounds like she's sitting or lying on the ground, maybe in the middle of a clearing? There's sun overheard and Kirby doesn't feel the trees as closely or hear the birds directly overheard.

trogdor

"that is fine with me, it isn't like I did not bring my own food"

"it isn't like I could find some until I found some kind of settlement

".......unless there was a cave with mushrooms nearby"

BESW

"Mushrooms?" She sounds puzzled.

trogdor

11:33

"yes, I can tell ,... most ,.... of the edible ones by touch"

BESW

"Are you some manner of great and adventurous epicurean, then, to seek such delicacies in the heart of this terrible place?"

trogdor

"no"

"I am not looking for mushrooms here"

" I was actually just hoping to escape the throngs of people who may be too scared of this place to follow me"

BESW

"Oh, then you are a most great and powerful hero! Indeed, it was most foolish of me not to see this before! Ah, that the gods should smile upon me in my hour of need and send such a man to aid me in my distress!"

trogdor

" I wouldn't call what I am a Hero"

BESW

"A prince, then?"

trogdor

11:37

" I should be so lucky"

BESW

"Shut out from his realm by some devious schemer, and seeking a princess to support him as he reclaims his throne, no doubt!"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

(oooh, are you a princess? If you are... I've got cookies...)

BESW

@BrianBallsun-Stanton Hush.

trogdor

"no.... do you know some princess that would do that for a random Prince?"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

(sorry)

trogdor

11:38

"If so, this is truly a strange place"

"maybe just strange enough, most common folk will not come here?"

BESW

@trogdor "Any princess would, indeed, O brave prince! For a man of honor and sinew is of worth beyond price, when a crown is also near to his head. For such a valuation, even one in such calamity as myself might find herself brave!"

trogdor

"I think you missed my point"

I am not seeking to go back where I came

I deliberately came here, and I am commonly born"

"if only common birth had seen fit enough to leave me normal"

BESW

"Oh, no, good sir, you do yourself a disservice. A hero such as yourself (for surely only a great and brave hero would come willingly to this place!), albeit of common stock, must never wish himself ordinary!"

trogdor

"ordinary would be quite a blessing in comparison to what I am"

"I may as well not hide it, or I will get nowhere today"

"I flee from my condition, for my condition is that of a seer, or an oracle, as some call it"

"as well as being born blind"

"here I seek nothing less than a diminished number of people flocking to ask me what the future holds"

BESW

"Alas! and woe is me! For you are not a hero at all! Oh, is there none to offer me aid in my great distress?"

trogdor

11:47

"if help is something you require, in the hope of not needing to do this as often as before, I may answer one important question you have"

other than that, I see nothing I can do, at least without further explanation

BESW

"Oh, you would do this for me, kind seer? Say it is so, that you may yet be my savior!"

trogdor

"I warn you, this question must be asked correctly, and it will be harder for me to answer you if you have thought on it"

"I do not understand why it works this way, but it does."

"it is hardly ever quite as useful as most people hope it to be"

BESW

"Ah, generous man in your own deprivation! My question I know only too well: Where is the child Sindaria?"

[If you choose to use this as your stunt, you'll know it automatically. Otherwise, roll.]

trogdor

mk

I will use that

since I can

if I have to do this later I will roll

ok

BESW

[Actually, no. Not spontaneous enough. Roll.]

trogdor

11:52

mk

BESW

[Difficulty... Superb (+5).]

trogdor

4d6

Dice Service

•

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

(question, can you compel against yourself to have this fail?)

BESW

@BrianBallsun-Stanton [yes.]

trogdor

11:54

1+2 clever

so a fate point would get me there

HC Fate point use

so 5

that's a yes

BESW

[Okay, so I'll take over your voice for a bit to deliver that.]

Kirby's voice deepens, and his face shifts into something very un-Kirby-like. "The child Sindaria is on the western path to the home of Morwen the Witch."

A great whoosh of wind and a crack of thunder shakes the clearing, the birds rise from the trees with a clamor, and the princess's replying scream rises up toward an octave normally reserved for dog whistles.

trogdor

"sorry"

"that happens, you kinda have been thinking about that question far too long my dear"

"it was hard to find that answer"

BESW

A man's dry, impatient voice cuts through the fading cries of the birds. "Oh, shut up already, Princess."

trogdor

"harder than most actually"

BESW

He then addresses Kirby: "Seer, you give yourself too much credit. That was my entrance."

trogdor

11:59

"oh great"

"more people is it"

BESW

The Princess, surprisingly, shuts up. Kirby hears her shifting in the moss toward the sound of the man's voice.

trogdor

"I'll have you know" that's my last for the day"

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