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BESW

13:00

Kirby, you're up.

Problematic

"Hoog!" Wil grunts, eyes bulging.

trogdor

lol

"whats this? more people? where are you all coming from?"

"this is just perfectly horrible"

Kirby will pay careful attention

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trogdor

0+3

3 all together

BESW

Kirby now has the "Paying Careful Attention" aspect on himself, with two tags.

Wizard Lackey's turn.

He's going to attack Sanguine by throwing a blast of fire at her.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

13:04

Sang... is looking really nervous. She doesn't seem to have many friends here.

BESW

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Brian Ballsun-Stanton

okay, so that's going to be a quick defend of jumping out of the way

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+4

BESW

13:06

That's a +2, and he'll take one free tag from Zem's wind wall to prevent her from jumping as effectively, and he'll spend a Fate point to invoke her "through the stomach" aspect: she's just eaten a lot of scones and cookies, so she's slower than usual.

For a total of +6.

(Sang gets the Fate point because it was her aspect he invoked.)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

total of 6

she's going to take one of her staff aspects, cause pole vaulting is fun

mmm

and I'll leave him with the boost "sang is out of stance"

She didn't land quite right, damned wind wall

BESW

Princess's turn.

(Actually, lackey is going to retreat into the forest for cover.)

Princess makes herself a Small Target.

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BESW

She's not especially good at this, so that's a +0 total. Her aspect is just a boost.

Sanguine's turn.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

okay, so he's thrown the first shot

She's going to skip up the side of a tree and try to disarm him with her staff, (basically by catching his staff, hanging on, and hoping both drop to the ground)

BESW

13:11

Um. Zemenar's staff?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

is this attack or overcoming obstacles?

yes.

BESW

Technically he only summoned the guy who attacked her.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

oh wait

BESW

I'm cool with it if you are, just making sure that's clear.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

lackey threw fireball?

BESW

13:11

Aye.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

no, I though he did

and lackey is on ground?

BESW

Yes, in the forest.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

okay

She's going to jump over him and quickly punch him in the kidneys.

(cause fire is ouchie)

BESW

So, free action to enter forest, then attack?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

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13:13

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Brian Ballsun-Stanton

+5

BESW

Defending at +0, so he's likely toast.

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Brian Ballsun-Stanton

kidney punch for unconsciousness?

or rather, incapacitating pain

Problematic

Should take him out, no?

BESW

13:14

Despite invoking his tag on her being out of stance, she's still got +5 vs his +4.

That's one stress, which means that he's still up.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

hrmmm

she's going to burn a fate point

BESW

(He has one stress box.)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

invoke mossy ground, and have him stumble due to the hit, and then fall on his arse.

cause moss is slippery

BESW

That's two stress he can't handle. Narrate his takeout (I suggest banging his head on a tree as he goes down).

trogdor

lol

I second this motion

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

13:16

no, he slips and falls, and lands on his ass, and as two bits of his body just ache Sang looks at him and says "Stay. Down.". He... just nods, cause he likes his kidneys.

BESW

Lackey's out of the scene.

He no longer is able to provide mechanical influence.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

(woot, Sang is awesome)

BESW

@Problematic Wil's turn!

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

(but yeah, I'm going to try to make a point of doing least harm with Sang)

BESW

@BrianBallsun-Stanton I approve!

Problematic

13:18

Wil has by now realized what's going on, and struggles ineffectually against the tree branch.

(fishing for FP to keep me out of the action this turn)

BESW

Granted.

trogdor

lol

Problematic

That puts me at 5, I think

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

(::muttermuttermutterhavingtodoeverythingmyselfmutter::)

trogdor

lol

BESW

13:19

Zemenar is outraged at having his lackey removed so effectively, and wishes to place the "On Fire" aspect on the forest.

Flashily (+4).

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Brian Ballsun-Stanton

yeep

can I defend against that, having seen how he casts?

BESW

Not based on how we determined environmental advantages work; he's targeting the forest, not you.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

right

BESW

Do you have something that would justify it?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

13:21

just his aspect

so no, not really

I can't identify what he's doing

just that it's badnews

BESW

Okay, so the forest is On Fire at +5, with two tags belonging to Zemenar.

Kirby's turn.

trogdor

well

that all escalated quickly

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

"A ... little help, please?"

trogdor

" ok, I definitely smell smoke"

"who is the wise guy who set the forest on fire?"

BESW

[May I suggest that you try to get a vision of, perhaps, a safe way out of the fire?]

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

13:23

@trogdor "Some wizard in the trees?"

trogdor

ok

I think I will take that suggestion

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BESW

What mechanic would this be?

trogdor

careful

BESW

13:25

No, like, are you trying to Overcome an obstacle or Create an Advantage?

Oh..

There's a "help" option.

I'll let you use that roll to justify doing it even when it normally wouldn't make sense: give up your turn to give Sang a +1 to get out of the fire.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

er, forest and clearing are on fire?

trogdor

just forest

BESW

No, just forest.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

cause I'm seeing wall of wind is actually doing nice job of keeping fire out

trogdor

I will do that then I guess

BESW

13:27

Look at the combat sheet's zone aspects.

@BrianBallsun-Stanton That makes a lot of sense.

So, Sang has a +1 to her attempt to leave the forest next turn.

Princess...

Will attempt to overcome her crippling fear.

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BESW

Nice! She might actually attack or something next turn.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

hahaha

::sigh::

BESW

Sang, you're up.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

okay, I'm going to hope that the fire and the wind are mostly magical

so now it's time to play "I want your staff!" with mr wizard, especially as she doesn't know to not touch another wizard's staff.

As she runs pass the princess, she drops a small scone onto the princess's hands.

(manipulation starts at the stomach, after all.)

runs up the tree, and jumps onto Z's staff, trying to wrestle it from his hands.

I'm going to be invoking all sorts of aspects on this one

trogdor

13:31

uh

BESW

Free action zone move: forest to treetops, and then... create advantage?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

I'm thinking overcome

trogdor

he doesn't have to roll to get out of the forest?

BESW

Yeah, I'm trying to figure that out.

trogdor

or assumed success because of help?

Problematic

13:32

I think it's more interesting if he can do what he's trying to do.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

well, for the forest, I've got the assassin stunt for physical obstacles

and we've established that she skips up and down trees

meh, let's go for "I get set up for the jump"

BESW

Assuming a roll of 0, that's a total of +6, which is more than the On Fire aspect's value... in the name of Interesting, I'll say it's a success because Kirby is able to talk you through the flames.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

quickness, create advantage

er, okay?

trogdor

fine by me

BESW

So, free action to leave the forest if you want. Otherwise, you can spend this turn creating more tags... but Kirby's +1 goes away unless he sacrifices his next turn too.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

13:34

@BESW then yeah, disarm?

my objective is to get the princess.

not run away

BESW

Okay, that sounds like Creating an Advantage in the form of giving Zemenar an Unstaved aspect.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

right.

(hopefully it also disrupts a number of his spells)

but it's a mix

BESW

He's defending with Flashy (+4) until he loses that staff.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

maybe I have to toss the staff to someone who can use the bloody thing

right. Create advantage it is.

trogdor

lol

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

13:36

quick, still?

BESW

Sure.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

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+6

ohhithere

BESW

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Brian Ballsun-Stanton

that's a neat +3, methinks?

BESW

Yup....

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

cool, so he's got unstaved, with 2 free tags from us

"Hey, can anyone use a staff to put out this fire?"

BESW

Waaaait.

He's going to spend an On Fire tag to impede your progress, giving him +5.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

and I'm going to spend my tag of Wizzard who casts with a staff

giving me +8, +1 from the seer?

(I don't know how the seer stuff works)

BESW

13:39

No, the Seer was just helping you get out of the fire.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

oh

so yeah, spending my discovered aspect tag on him

BESW

Okay.

Ummm.

He spends a Fate point on his Head Wizard aspect to improve his magical defense, for +7, because that whole "extra tag" thing isn't cool.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW and I'm going to spend protector of the princess, (or ask or something) cause well, fire is bad

valid?

Problematic

ARMS RACE

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Problematic just a little bit, we've been charging all fight

BESW

13:40

Since he's what's keeping her from leaving with you, working to make him ineffective is a valid use of that tag.

And there's a Dense Canopy between you and him as you charge, so that's worth another Fate point.

So it's +9 vs +10, I believe.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW hahaha

uh

how did he catch up?

no, +3, +2 (on fire), +2 (head wizard) +2 (thick canopy)

right

and me, is... +6 +2 (wizzard), +2..

oh, I'm the +10

BESW

And I'm out of NPC FP.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

I'll burn a fate point on assassin-monk, for extra leaping effectivness!

BESW

Ooh.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12 and 9:)

BESW

13:42

We just broke the FATE ladder.

trogdor

lol

BESW

Is Sang quite done?

Problematic

This is the stuff cut scenes are made of

trogdor

how is he invoking the +5 from fire withought my +1 involved?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW I dunno, you doing anything else?

I mean, I'm spending resources like mad for a temporary aspect..

BESW

13:43

@trogdor He had a free tag from creating it.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

but ... it seems... relephant.

@trogdor (+2 from fire, making him +5)

BESW

Okay, Wil, it's your turn to... do... something?

trogdor

yeah

Problematic

Umm... has Zemenar actually taken any stress?

trogdor

so far you have done even less than me

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

13:44

(and ignore the giant fwoosh of fate leaving the game)

BESW

@Problematic No.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

no, that was me taking his staff from him

Problematic

Seems like the only thing for Wil to do following that epic display of effectuality is spend a FATE point to declare that the branch snaps and he falls onto Zemenar, sending everyone crashing to the ground?

BESW

You're the one compelling yourself to stay out of the fight; you don't need to spend FP to stop compelling yourself, only to keep someone else from doing it.

Problematic

Then I should roll to activate Wil's incompetence and see if he can bring the Head Wizard down?

BESW

13:47

Yes.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Problematic feel free to yell for the staff...

trogdor

it doesn't work that way

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

(of course... you're his friend, ... nevermind)

Problematic

@BrianBallsun-Stanton Please. That wouldn't be very wizardly.

BESW

Is this an attack?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

13:48

@Problematic ah, full marks :)

Problematic

I guess I'm falling Quickly

trogdor

or forcefully or flashily

Problematic

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BESW

Again, is this an attack, or a... um? I'd let it be a roll just to move him from one zone to another against his will.

Problematic

13:50

0, +2 for quick, can I invoke my trouble since Wil would probably think he's helping Zemenar at this point?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW I'd say an overcome

BESW

@Problematic That's hilarious, and thus acceptable.

Problematic

+4

And I want to invoke Unstaved since Zemenar can't control himself very well without his staff

BESW

Narrate it, please, so I can determine the appropriate defense?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

Okay, so, there's this slightly pudgy 16 year old assassin hanging off his staff.

and they're all up on this wind-column in the tree canopy

trogdor

13:52

lol

I think he means for Prob to do it

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

And she's just pried his third finger loose

yes, scene setting is important :)

and now...

Problematic

With one final tug, Wil breaks free of the tree with a yell of "Zemenar, I'm comEEEEEEEENG!" (humiliated hedge wizards scream like little girls when they're frightened), hurtling through the air like a scraggly wizard-seeking missile and plowing through the Head Wizard as Zemenar's attention is focused on Sanguine.

BESW

And what's your goal (not Wil's)? Knock the staff out of his hand? Knock him to the ground?

Problematic

My goal is to splat the bastard. Maybe light his robes on fire.

trogdor

(ground ground ground ground)

BESW

13:55

Okay, so he's going to have to defend by Quickly getting out of the way.

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BESW

3 + 1 = +4

Problematic

Fie. I'm going to have to dip further, aren't I.

BESW

Aaand he's out of FP and free invokes.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

well, I'm going to helpfully rock on the staff

trogdor

13:56

peerfect

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

so here, have a +1 :)

oooh

Problematic

Wil should be ineffectual with style right now, I think. Can I invoke Distracted since he's looking at Sang and not me?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

wait, give up actoin

nevermind

BESW

Umm. Tie to overcome = fail, or succeed at minor cost.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

(yeesh, aid another is harsh)

BESW

13:56

@BrianBallsun-Stanton Because it's boring.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW yeah

carry on

Problematic

I thought I was at +6 with my Trouble and Zem's Unstaved?

Oh. I see.

BESW

Wait, no, you're right.

Problematic

No, I am right. wut.

BESW

Sorry, there was such a long time between rolls.

So: you succeed by 2.

Problematic

13:58

So can I call him Distracted?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

only if you boost

this was a normal succeed

so you change zone

BESW

@Problematic He doesn't have that aspect that you know of.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

succeding with style gets you a boost.

BESW

Your goal here was to Overcome and make him change zones.

Problematic

@BESW He's looking at the monk

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

13:58

(not really worth it)

BESW

Okay, wait, back up.

@BrianBallsun-Stanton You gave him the aspect Unstaved, but then narrated that he's still holding onto it.

Choose one, and change the other accordingly.

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