Fate chat and game room

Ben Hardy

12:00

Doooooom!

Cat

Hey all!

BESW

@Cat Hi!

Cat

:)

Discussing the new rules? I need to have a look at them.

BESW

Rather. Nothing big has changed, but there are more aspect and stunt slots available. We've decided to make them optional per PC, and when multiple PCs are together for a session the PCs with more slots filled will just choose a few to ignore for that session.

So you could add more to Sin's sheet, but there's no need. Unless there's something you're dying to add, let it come out naturally in play.

Cat

So we have the same number of FP but more stunts?

Or more FP to allow for more stunts?

BESW

12:07

@Cat Yes, up to three free stunts before you have to spent FP.

Cat

I remember having a good reason to not take more at this point

Ah. I will have to try to think of some new stunts then.

BESW

Are you hoping to run something now?

Cat

Doesn't matter. It would certainly be fun to, but I respect your timetable

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat run or play?

I can run or play for... exactly one hour.

Cat

OK, what's run?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:10

be GM

Cat

(vs play)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

be player

BESW

She wants to be a player.

Cat

oh, that comment's not for me then, lol

or wait, sorry, it was, but I haven't run anything before in FAE

BESW

Sorry, no, I mispoke.

Cat

12:10

I wouldn't try til I've played more

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

No worries, it doesn't get worse than having me as a PC :)

BESW

I meant did you want to play something now?

Cat

Sure, if you're up for it

Otherwise, I might just brainstorm some new stunts

Don't feel pressure

BESW

Brain = peanut butter, but I'm sure Brian can handle it.

Cat

I feel it's late where you are

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:11

I've had meetings, quite literally, all day long for the last two days. Look on my works, ye mighty, and.... giggle?

Let's have us some... fun. By Order.

22:12

Cat

Are we split into two gaming groups now?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat whomever has what.

@BESW let's spin you up someone real quick like.

Cat

Or are the starred comments split for another reason

BESW

@Cat 'cause the code's too long to fit in one now.

@BrianBallsun-Stanton Huurf, okay. Um.

Cat

Aha

I'll just sit back and watch ;)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:13

okay, should not start with "Helloo little girl...what's the rush..."

BESW

I shall be one of the witch Morwen's cats.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

but, into the woods ... yes, let us put that on.

@BESW excellent.

BESW

Trouble, one of Morwen's cats

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

to set the scene: Tis a sunny day in the forest, the paths are clear, there are no astrological events of any significance, and the denizens of the deep woods are sleeping... or dead.

The tree-cover overhead has dappled shadows and the wind causes a lovely shifting pattern of light over darkness.

Who is here?

Cat

me?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:16

(note, we have a fairly strict timeline of 40 odd minutes)

Ben Hardy

So, I'll just throw this out here and we'll see what comes of it!

Endal Pain grew up in a family of physicians. (that being the mainstay of most fairy-tale medieval settings etc) He grew up to the standard age, learning most of the craft from his parents before journeying to the big city to learn more and attain credibility. This led him along the various ranking systems of the healer caste and had made it up to the highest rank. Then one foggy christmas eve, a very very rich nobleperson came in with a horrific growth defect, almost a massive wart of sorts, This was "Cured" by giving the n…

BESW

Trouble is keeping an eye on Sindaria from a nice sunny spot on a rock.

Ben Hardy

:)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

Ben, you playing?

Ben Hardy

I might, I'm not fleshed out yet.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:17

ping me when you've got a fleshed out doc

Where is Sin?

walking on the path? doing something nearby?

Cat

Sin is walking the path, alert and slightly nervous for all the dancing shadows on the ground.

She is looking for shelter for the night

A good place to hide from the rain and any prying eyes

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

And this nervousness is... well... you are absolutely the first (or maybe the second, if you count cats)... a rough-shod walking stick clattering on the path.

It sounds as if someone is using it to feel their way, maybe a score of paces ahead, around a bend.

Cat

Sin chooses to leave the path and hide in the ferns.

BESW

Trouble jumps, nearly falls off the rock, and then falls off the rock anyway to make it look like he meant to do that.

Cat

Even if Sin has noticed the cat, she is largely unconcerned by it.

She's seen enough strays in her life on the streets

Sohum

12:20

(oh hey @Cat!)

Cat

(hey @Sohum)

(Is there anything distinctive about Trouble, @BESW)

BESW

Trouble strolls casually up along the edge of the path toward the noise, not limping at all. No.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

Wary and alert, she watches as an old man, with a beard that isn't so much gnarled as... nested in, a giant floppy straw hat, and a ratty robe comes along the corner, a shod walking stick clattering amongst the pebbles.

BESW

@Cat Trouble is a large, lean grey tomcat with a crooked tail and a recently acquired ragged ear.

Cat

OK, so nothing that suggests Trouble is anything other than a cat

BESW

12:23

Does his nested beard look like it contains anything yummy?

Cat

Sin chooses to remain quiet and let him pass, scanning him for anything that looks of value.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW well there is cheese... probably...

yesterday's lunch, mostlike. Maybe a literal bird's nest

Cat

Sin is hungry....

But she'd be looking for a loaf of bread or something more obvious.

A satchel that looks like it could hold food.

BESW

Trouble rubs up against the man, trying to Flashily create an advantage like "I'm a Nice, Hungry Kitty."

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat He nods, and in a voice that is the very image of a voice creaky from disuse he looks at Sin. "'allo"

@BESW have it.

BESW

12:24

No roll? Sweet.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat he indeed has a large bag, with lumps in.

@BESW The better to manipulate you with, my dear.

Cat

So he has detected me?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat curiously enough, he has. Which is, itself, exceptionally strange.

Cat

Sin's stomach must have growled too loudly.

;)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

:)

Cat

12:25

Sin stands, still among the ferns, and asks "How did you see me?"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat "Eh? Wot?" He cups his empty hand to his ear, then fumbles about for an ear trumpet. It's quite artful.

Cat

@BrianBallsun-Stanton Sin attempts to move silently farther towards a large,climbable tree on her right as she continues speaking.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW Once the trumpet is firmly seated, he reaches down and pets the kitty.

BESW

Trouble glances at Sin and "mrows" in a rather deprecatory fashion.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat He doesn't seem to be tracking you very well.

Cat

12:27

Sin still attempts to move silently.

"Do you live in these woods?"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat you have no evidence that he knows where you are.

BESW

The kitty arches into the petting and purrs as loudly as he can.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

"Aagh!" He jumps, his hand, ever so briefly, feels strong and tense, until he relaxes back and resumes petting.

Cat

(I guess I've given away my position again, lol)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat "Aye? I do? I'ma hermit, I am! 'Enry's my name"

BESW

12:28

I'd like to try discovering one of his aspects, if that's reasonable for Trouble to do.

(I am a Witch's Cat)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW sure, what would you like to do?

BESW

Bah, I'm still trying to figure out my approach scores...

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW meh. Make it up as you go along.

Cat

"Stitch, get away from him!", Sin calls.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

So long as you don't contradict yourself in this session, we're golden.

BESW

12:29

I'd like to Sneakily Create Advantage (discover) to read his body language as he talks to Sin.

Cat

"My cat seems to have taken a liking to you."

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW okay.

BESW

4d6

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Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW roll it, He'll oppose with clever...

4d6

Dice Service

12:30

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BESW

3.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

3

:)

@Cat "This is your cat? Eh? Is a very 'adnsome Tom"

Cat

"In as much as any cat belongs to a girl"

BESW

I'll grant a minor concession that he realizes I'm smarter than the average cat, and take the tie as a win.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW okay. You feel a remarkable ripple of magical energy around his hands ... and his staff.

Cat

12:32

"As usual, he's after his next meal, I suspect. You aren't carrying any food with you, are you?"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat "My..." he falters... "my 'ands weren't what they used to be, Girl. As an old man, in an evil forest, may I... ask for your 'elp? I'm trying to gather some mushrooms for stoo"

BESW

Trouble takes his cue from Sin to stroll casually over and rub against her leg.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW a slight spark leaps out as he toches her leg, Shocking!

Cat

Sin startles a bit from the shock.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

"I've 'ad some fat pork stewing this last day now, likely ready to eat soonish..."

BESW

12:34

Trouble Sneakily uses the cover of the shock to Create Advantage (aspect): Familiar's Protection, on Sin.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

For just a moment, his eyes lose their haze and, quite sharply, look at the started youth, trying to see how the shadows react.

Cat

"Mushrooms? I'm afraid I know nothing about them. I'm as likely to poison you as aid you, Henry," Sin says as sympathetically as she is able (she is not sympathetic)

BESW

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Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat "Oh no no, they're an art! Wit' my arthrits, I just can't pick them up no more. Maybe your hands can help my old mind?"

BESW

12:35

(3)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW Eeeh, a bit liberal I'd say. There's no bargain yet, but the basis for one. But sure, familiar's protection it is.

Cat

"Can you describe the mushroom's you're looking for?"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat "O'course I can! I found some nice patches too.... right this way... off the path..."

BESW

(I'm assuming I was sent by Morwen to lead Sin to Morwen's house... this is an inconvenience, but Morwen wouldn't take it as an excuse.)

Cat

Sin becomes suspicious. If he is blind, how does he know where the mushrooms are.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:37

He goes on to describe the delicious cup of death mushroom and the differences between it and the hideously poisonous death's cup mushroom.

Cat

Sin does not follow him off the path.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat He's not blind, per se, but he does act like he doesn't see particularly well.

Cat

But does listen to his description.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

"As you wish, poor girl. you are indeed welcome in my cave... if you have need of a friend." He describes the rough location of his cave. "Just bring me some mushrooms and we shall have us a feast!"

Cat

Sin's stomach growls again.

Sin nods, wordlessly.

BESW

12:39

Trouble walks up to the indicated mushrooms and sticks his nose right up for a whiff.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

He sets off down the path, stick clattering. Putting no pressure whatsoever on the extremely hungry youth.

@BESW they smell tasty, almost meaty.

BESW

Forcefully Create Advantage (discover aspect) on the mushrooms?

Ben Hardy

He hears word of this and gives the cure to the leprosy-like disease so the attendants are cured (a fairly simply cure, oddly enough, just 2 teaspoons of sugar and a pinch of salt) But his actions broke the oath of his order causing him to be outcast and stripped of his titles and his practice etc. And he has been given the reputation of an almost warlocky feel spinning disease from his fingers being pure evil etc, (which isn't true....yet.)

BESW

Hoping that being a Witch's Cat can let me check for magic.

Ben Hardy

I'm either in the forest to further my fight fire with fire aspect. (Some poisons countering other poisons and stuff like that) or to find the final ingredient to the acknowledged "Safe" cure to the wart-like disease which is found somewhere within the enchanted forest.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:40

@BESW It's fine, they are a fairly common meat-mushroom in these parts. Dead animals fertilize it and make, with some careful preparation, a nice 'shroom

BESW

I'll pick one in my mouth and carry it back to Sin.

Cat

Sin has no knowledge of this, but watches to see if the cat eats it.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW Mmmmmm.. baaaacon. baaaaaaacon. Oh this is soooo tasty.

Cat

"Well, aren't you a clever one..."

BESW

@BrianBallsun-Stanton Are you trying to compel me to eat it?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:41

@BESW Only if you wish. It is tasty.

Tempting,morelike.

BESW

Are you tempting me with a Fate point?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW nope :)

Cat

Sin looks over her shoulder again.

She's only heard of witch's cats in fairytales.

BESW

Trouble takes a bit out of the mushroom while Sin is looking at him, just to prove that it's safe to eat. That's the only reason.

Cat

She's never known an actual witch in the city.

(just "healers")

Sin watches the cat eat, and decides to gather some of these mushrooms to eat an hour from now (well, more like a half hour, since she is so hungry)

(assuming the cat's not dead)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:44

@BESW And it's made out of... baacon. Maybe a boar died under that mushroom or something.

But baaaacccon.

Cat

"So, what are we going to do now?"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

A half our later, the mushroom is almost completely gone (there are some stinky bits that the cat doesn't eat), and a sense of great satiation emanates from the well-fed tom.

Cat

"I don't suppose you have a nice little cave you curl up in somewhere?"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

Here, have a fatepoint, @BESW

BESW

@BrianBallsun-Stanton My "Curious as a..." aspect says I lead her to the "hermit's" cave instead of Morwen's hut.

Cat

12:45

Sin finds a tree to climb up and hide in while she eats her "meal"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW and another point that is :)

Cat

She tries only a bit of one first, to see if it burns.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat It's made out of what, to a human, could only be uncooked bacon.

Cat

(but it tastes like bACON!!!)

BESW

Trouble mrows insistently at Sin.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:46

Wait, no, this one is more jucy... Maybe it's beef?

Cat

Oh, sigh....

Sin's never had good beef

BESW

He leaps forward in the direction the beggar went, and then turns to look at her expectantly.

Cat

It probably tastes as good as some of the street rat she's had.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat and you don't have to share.... and there may be... stooo...

BESW

Trouble returns to her treebranch and nudges her, hard.

Cat

12:47

Sin gathers some more mushrooms after leaving the tree.

Sin has found food. She isn't trusting of strangers.

Maybe she looks to see if she can spot the hermit's cabin from the treetop?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat I'll offer you a fatepoint if you find yourself at the hermet's cave.

Cat

hahaha

Well, when you put it that way.

BESW

(Serious, @Cat, this isn't D&D. Throw caution to the wind in favor of what's interesting.)

Cat

The prospect of a store of food protected by a weak hermit is appealing.

Sin scouts out the area the cave is in first before approaching.

BESW

Trouble is overjoyed to be able to satisfy his curiosity about the wizard's plots without letting his assigned charge out of his sight.

Cat

12:49

Looking for escape routes, signs of other life, etc.

BESW

He bounces into the cave while Sin is scouting.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

The cave is... up the side of a rocky... outcrop. No obvious way to ascend. Next to it is a very small waterfall where the water seems to fly down the side of the cliff.

@BESW The hermit looks up " 'ullo"

Ben Hardy

(well, I have 3 aspects, a stunt, and my refresh, what power level are we 3 at? not that they are all that hot, else, ready to jump in whenever.)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BenHardy Probably ont worth it, just about to wrap up.

Ben Hardy

k :)

BESW

12:50

Trouble checks the floor for food.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

"Did you bring a friend?"

BESW

(Sometimes people drop food! It's crazy, but he won't argue with it.)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat there are likely some fish in the stream that flows around the meadow under the rocky outcrop

@BESW there are a few dropped heels of bread on the floor, yes. They're rather stale.

Cat

"Well, just great!" Sin says out loud, frustrated with the situation.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat no signs of life, no signs of how the hell the 'ermit was able to get up to the cave.

BESW

12:51

Trouble eyeballs the "hermit" while stuffing his mouth with bread. Where's his staff?

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW Next to his chair, both behind a large table. His small cot is beind them both.

Cat

She decides to call out. "Henry?"

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat "Wot?"

Cat

"I've brought your mushrooms"

BESW

Trouble Sneakily "wanders" over to the chair and creates advantage (aspect): There's a Cat on Your Staff.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:53

@BESW this we're going to roll for :)

4d6

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BESW

4d6

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Brian Ballsun-Stanton

8 :)

BESW

6... using my free invoke on I'm a Nice, Hungry Kitty and spending a Fate point on Witch's Cat.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

12:53

@Cat "Oh, goodie." He claps, and a ladder... flickers into existance from the shadows on the cliff face.

BESW

for 10.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

"Come on up."

@BESW ok

Cat

Sin is astonished and suddenly VERY interested in this man.

He is obviously both magical, and somehow in control of shadows.

(but also suspicious, as he is a wizard/sorceror)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

(Trouble, BTW, notices that just after he claps, he rests his hand on his staff for a moment)

BESW

He's gonna have to Overcome my aspect to get that staff.

Cat

12:55

"I'd feel safer if you came down. I'm scared of heights." (she lies)

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW oh, not to move it, he just rests his hand on it.

BESW

Okay, I'll let him do that... for now....

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat hrmmm.... roll, please.

Cat

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Cat

12:56

bah!

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

And this is what, clever?

Cat

I guess so.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

For a total of?

Cat

1

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

.... eh, I'll buy it.

'enry stands up with a great creaking of joints

BESW

12:56

[Trouble Cleverly creates advantage (aspect, self): Got My Eye On Him, as soon as it's his turn.]

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

We're... not actually in combat, mate :)

He'll try to shoo the cat off his staff, and fails.

"I... er... 'elp?"

"I think your cat has got my stick! And 'e ain't lettin' go!"

BESW

"Fsssssst!"

Cat

"Stitch! STITCH!"

"I'm afraid he's fond of what he likes"

"If you leave him alone, he'll lose interest."

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@Cat "I can't walk too good without my staff"

"'elp?"

BESW

"HISSSSSSS."

Cat

12:59

"I'm afraid I can't from down here."

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

He glances over to his cookpot, and seemingly grows alarmed. "My stoo! It's about to boil over!"

BESW

Trouble needs to make a roll to fall for that. Food is serious business.

Cat

Sin's stomach growls again.

She approaches the ladder to examine it.

Brian Ballsun-Stanton

@BESW oh, it does seem to be bubbling quite merrily.

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