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BESW

02:07

@BraddSzonye Took me a while, yeah.

I've got... one, two secrets? In the current campaign. One of them is actually Brian's.

and the other is more of a "If things reach this point, I know what I'll do."

Bradd Szonye

I'm personally terrible about keeping secrets from players. I always want them in on the joke.

BESW

I've freely said things that I wouldn't have in any other campaign, like "Zemenar is teaming up with Sanguine's nemesis."

Sohum

well, you also have a bit more leeway here

Cat

What? Wait a minute! What!?! ;)

Sohum

because not everyone's reading the chat all the time :P

BESW

02:09

@BraddSzonye I like setting up situations and telling them all the facts, then watching their faces as they put together the implications.

Sohum

@Cat Exhibit A :P

Cat

lol

I actually don't know Sanguine very well or who her nemesis is, so it's all good.

BESW

Sanguine is Brian's PC.

Sohum

she offers cookies!

BESW

The pastry-chef assassin.

Bradd Szonye

02:10

Mmm cookies.

Cat

Oh, cookie-girl I have heard of.

I am torn between reading through everything that has happened to everyone and trying to keep some surprises (I guess I am spoiler averse)

BESW

My big secret last session was that the dragon was going to show up.

Cat

Certainly keeps us on our toes

!

BESW

It's a good thing most dragons are in the Mountains of Morning.

An actual dragon would probably one-shot a PC without difficulty or preparation.

Adolescents not old enough to choose their gender yet? Eeeh, you have a chance.

Luckily, older dragons are often inclined to talk first. If they're not grumpy/hungry.

Sohum

and how often are they grumpy or hungry

BESW

02:16

(Although dragons are generally self-important and self-absorbed, they also tend to be practical.)

@Sohum How many wizards are nearby?

Sohum

@BESW ah, good :P

trogdor

so they really hate wizards

I kinda got that when even mc grumpy pants burninated a wizard before estabilishing where Kirby was and killing him

BESW

Wizards make them sneeze.

Well, technically it's the staff absorbing the dragon's magic that makes the dragon sneeze, but for all intents and purposes it's the same thing.

This does two things: it steals something from a dragon (not a good idea), and it discomfits the dragon (also bad).

Sohum

...if Thursday's staff turns out to piss off dragons, I will be very ... something

trogdor

lol

Cat

02:27

:)

trogdor

does that mean that a dragon can't recover from that theft?

BESW

No, they generate magic pretty quickly.

It's the principle of the thing.

trogdor

mk

so it's not dangerous to them unless there are enough wizards around

and even then it's more likely they would die by fighting them than by actually being drained

Bradd Szonye

I haven't read the latest session yet. Are the PCs still entangled, or are they roaming free now?

Cat

I'd answer if I knew which PCs you were referring to ...

Bradd Szonye

02:36

The folks currently present, for starters!

Cat

I believe Kirby was the only formerly engaged PC who entered the scene.

Stellata and I were both previously unengaged with anyone but ...

well, who, I'm not sure.

(aside from Trouble, who has become an NPC)

BESW

Kirby's facing down a dragon by himself, Stellata and Sindaria are jetting downstream with Henry in tow, Sanguine is... somewhere in the forest with a Princess and an unconscious knight, having failed to calm a dragon with pastries.

Bradd Szonye

Haha at Stellata's reaction to Kirby: “Moonbear? Regular bear!? Enlarged angry badly shaven hobo? What the heck is this thing?”

trogdor

lol

BESW

Thursday's following the river to Morwen the witch's house, as is Wil.

Liz is also following the river to Morwen's.

Bradd Szonye

02:39

OK. Trying to figure out who's available for new adventures and/or new companions.

BESW

Everyone is subject to the Forest deciding where they wind up next, with only those immediately adjacent to each other having to stick together.

(Amusing thought: challenge encounter with the Forest trying to force a PC to go somewhere and the PC resisting. Forest as character.)

Bradd Szonye

Ha, cute.

Anyone here available to play?

BESW

I'm heading out in minutes.

Cat

I could play, but I'm not sure I'm "allowed"

trogdor

lol

Cat

02:47

I only have an hour or so too

trogdor

I am up for it, but Kirby "is" currently with a dragon

Bradd Szonye

I was wondering why he didn't flee down the river with the others.

trogdor

well

for starters

he didn't get a turn after the dragon showed

Cat

:(

trogdor

in fact,... that's a pretty great reason on it's own

but I was gonna self compel my trouble

to have Kirby try to talk the dragon down rather than running away

doppelgreener

02:50

@trogdor wow that would not have gone well

trogdor

well

I have a feeling BESW is gonna keep having it chase him anyway

and besides anything else

Bradd Szonye

If other folks are going to help out with GMing, it would be very helpful to end with scenes that actually leave the characters available to play with the other GMs. ;)

trogdor

I personally think it's more interesting if he attempts to make amends with a dragon than to just try to never see it again

doppelgreener

@trogdor The dragon could either chase him through the woods wreaking havoc, or the dragon could eat up the monk then stomp around in a bad mood wreaking havoc.

@trogdor Ok, trying to make amends could go well.

Cat

I think the problem was a time limitation on my part, @Bradd

trogdor

02:52

well

Bradd Szonye

Ah, yeah that's tough to work around.

trogdor

that doesn't mean, for example, that "you" couldn't run the dragon

but yeah

Bradd Szonye

It's a general problem I've noticed though with the ongoing threads, people being left in situations where they can't or don't want to move on.

trogdor

there were time constraints

Bradd Szonye

Which makes it tough to shift characters and GMs in and out.

trogdor

02:54

otherwise Kirby would be either completely free or dead

Cat

Well, as stated, I don't see why there's any issue with you resolving the issue of Kirby and the Dragon right now.

doppelgreener

@Cat Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

Cat

(assuming @BESW can give you the stats)

trogdor

they should be in the NPC record

but then again

he got mad at me when I used that last time

Bradd Szonye

Is that the Proud Young Dragon?

trogdor

02:55

I dunno if those stats are right or not

yeah

doppelgreener

@BraddSzonye Yes

trogdor

only dragon I know of who has shown up yet

Bradd Szonye

The same one with the scones.

doppelgreener

The people in that scene split in two: Sindaria, Stellata and Henry floating downriver to parts unknown, and Kirby's standing at the bottom of a cliff over which an angry dragon is peering. Both of those should not be hard to pick up.

@BraddSzonye The very same. "THE SCONES WERE BURNED!!"

Bradd Szonye

Heh.

trogdor

02:56

is it still up there?

Bradd Szonye

OK, I have a better sense for what is going on now.

trogdor

I thought it had to come down to burn mookmage

Bradd Szonye

The dragon that Kirby ran away from ended up following?

Cat

As far as I understand...

doppelgreener

@trogdor I think it burninated him from the clifftop with a jet of flames? That's the mental image I had anyway

Cat

02:57

That was my understanding @Jonathan

trogdor

mm

Bradd Szonye

Is mookmage Henry or someone else?

trogdor

and yeah

It followed me

no

Cat

Someone else...

trogdor

Henry is a completely different guy

Cat

02:57

"wizard's lackey"

Bradd Szonye

Oh ok.

doppelgreener

.. I just saw the title for that session's post xD

trogdor

Mookmage is no longer with us

Bradd Szonye

So the dragon wasn't chasing Kirby, but still nearby.

doppelgreener

"In which a dragon interrupts a confusing set of discoveries started by Kirby falling over a cliff"

Cat

02:58

Yeah, that was my lame attempt to summarize

I just wanted to lighten BESW's load

Bradd Szonye

I could pick it up from there if you want to play, @trogdor.

trogdor

ok

doppelgreener

@Cat It is an excellent and funny summary

Cat

I'll just eavesdrop and provide witty commentary ;)

trogdor

I can't see this going poorly at all T.T

Cat

02:59

lol

Bradd Szonye

Cool. Anyone else want to join in?

Cat

Thanks @Jonathan

Let's see how far you get with Kirby

I may join if opportunity presents itsefl

(and it's not too late)

Bradd Szonye

Well, I could very easily sweep Kirby into the river, to short-circuit any possible dragon complications.

doppelgreener

@Cat "Is that something she does now or later?" - this could be snipped out, that was a mechanical question :)

Cat

Oops - missed that one. I'll find and fix it

doppelgreener

03:01

right after angry badly shaven hobo

Bradd Szonye

And then use the river to separate anyone not actually here.

Cat

fixed

Bradd Szonye

Just trogdor then?

trogdor

I guess?

seems like no one else is ready right now

Cat

Get started, depending on how you resolve it, I can join, I think

Bradd Szonye

03:05

OK, I'll use my solo scene then. There are parts where other folks can jump in if they like.

Cat

Like I said, I only have an hour.

(sorry to be difficult)

Bradd Szonye

No worries!

Tracking sheet: docs.google.com/document/d/…

doppelgreener

I'm preoccupied with study at work, so I can't join in

Bradd Szonye

We left off with a great roar and a burning wizard crashing into a pool at the bottom of a cliff, with some debris.

Cat

(Maybe I'll just work on the episode summary as you guys chat away.

Bradd Szonye

03:08

A few gouts of flame erupt over the edge of the cliff, as the young dragon vents a bit of anger for good measure.

A stream flows away from the pool, and a path follows it for a short way, but diverges in the distance.

There's a fair bit of grumbling and stomping around above, but the dragon does not show its head . . . yet.

Kirby?

trogdor

hmm

well

Kirby can't "see" any paths

Bradd Szonye

(He can possibly hear the stream?)

trogdor

yeah

he definitely knows that is there

Bradd Szonye

(And he can definitely hear the dragon above, and you know from experience that there's a cliff.)

trogdor

oh

I was gonna say, I had one stress box tagged, but that is over now cause it is a new session

Bradd Szonye

03:15

Yeah, I cleared that and anything else that would vanish.

trogdor

ok

first thing first I guess

Kirby will try to carefully position himself under the cliff, so that he is not easily seen.

Bradd Szonye

OK.

trogdor

4d6

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trogdor

I believe that is 4

yeah it's 4

so I think I have an aspect, Hiden under the cliff, with 2 tags on it?

Bradd Szonye

03:18

(I think the dragon can defend against this, also using Careful. If it beats you, you can invoke a situation aspect against it because it's distracted.)

4d

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Cat

ouch!

trogdor

jeez

Bradd Szonye

That's +6.

trogdor

ok

Bradd Szonye

03:19

The dragon grows a little quieter above, as its intelligence catches up with its fiery instincts.

trogdor

um

Bradd Szonye

(Do you want to invoke something?)

trogdor

wait

I need to check what I can invoke

Bradd Szonye

(I'm only narrating the dragon's Carefulness, not the outcome.)

trogdor

mk let's see, I think I can probably invoke the cliff itself

Bradd Szonye

03:21

Yes, because it blocks line of sight.

trogdor

possibly my aspect, "I always take my time"

Bradd Szonye

(And you can still invoke Distracted on the dragon too.)

trogdor

because it is momentarily distracted

or that

that works

so I think I will invoke those 2 things

8 vs it's 6

Bradd Szonye

(Good. Narrate your win.)

trogdor

ok

Bradd Szonye

03:22

(You're creating an advantage, yes?)

trogdor

Kirby slowly slips under the cliff, being careful not to make noise, and places himself at an angle that the distracted dragon can't easily see him

yeah

Bradd Szonye

The dragon considers that it's unwise to just leave a wizard for dead – although no longer senses the wizard's staff stealing its power.

It peers briefly over the edge, just to be sure –

4d

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Bradd Szonye

(Careful: total –1)

(You can defend with Careful.)

trogdor

mk

4d6

Dice Service

03:26

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trogdor

3

Bradd Szonye

(So you defend with style.)

trogdor

mostly because it failed

but yeah

Bradd Szonye

The dragon snorts, “Good riddance! That'll teach you to ruin my scones!”

(Feel free to add a flourish for your success with style.)

trogdor

flourish?

as in narration? or describing a boost I get?

Bradd Szonye

03:28

(Additional detail to make Kirby look cool. That too I think)

(Yes, you get a boost. Narrate it and let me know what it is.)

trogdor

lol

Kirby stands very still under the cliff, as the dragon looks haphazardly over it.

he is very careful to not make noise, so I think "very quiet" is appropriate naming of the boost

Bradd Szonye

(OK, done.)

Satisfied with its victory, the dragon returns to Sanguine to discuss the possibility of more scones.

As its stomping recedes, Kirby appears to be in the clear.

(At this point, I'd like to suggest compelling a vision)

trogdor

ok

I'll take it

Bradd Szonye

(OK, please describe Kirby's reaction to getting a vision – what does it look like to other people?)

trogdor

ok

he grabs his head like he is getting the worst migrane ever, and attempts not to make any noise, as often happens when he gets a vision

Bradd Szonye

03:36

(Your visions include sight, right?)

trogdor

yes

those include anything they need to

Bradd Szonye

Kirby sees a child in a hooded cloak, walking along a forest trail.

trogdor

it doesn't mean he can see while it happens, but he does see "in" the vision

Bradd Szonye

The child reaches into a large basket and removes a small, polished stone that glows brightly iridescent in the vision.

The child drops the stone onto the trail, walks along about twenty paces, and drops another.

Just as the child is nearly out of sight, a large, gray wolf emerges from the undergrowth to sniff at the first stone.

WHAM! The vision ends.

trogdor

ok

Bradd Szonye

03:40

(I gave you a fate point. You have two now.)

trogdor

do I know whether this is something happening now or if this is something that is going to happen soon?

or do I just see it?

Bradd Szonye

(You just see it.) It leaves behind a sense of urgency.

trogdor

ok, do I have any idea which direction relative to me this may be?

Bradd Szonye

(You could try probing your memory of the vision for a lingering sense of it. Or you could simply follow the one clear way out of here.)

trogdor

ok

well, I will just try walking down the only path

assuming I take just a little time to find it being blind

Bradd Szonye

03:45

Kirby sets out tentatively for the sound of the stream, and his feet find the familiar feel of a well-worn path.

With some caution, he can keep to the path.

Although it's difficult to be cautious when you get visions! Another one hits, this time very briefly, just a glimpse of that iridescent stone.

The urgent feeling peaks along with the short glimpse.

(How does Kirby react to the second vision?)

trogdor

does he see what is around the stone?

for example, if it is one still being carried or one that is in the ground

Bradd Szonye

(This one is out of context, with a sense that you need to find it.)

(Or something terrible will happen.)

trogdor

ok

Bradd Szonye

The feeling that he needs to find the stone gives Kirby the impression that he's probably seeing the future – but not very far in the future.

trogdor

he will continue down the path he is on

Bradd Szonye

03:51

(Slowly and cautiously, or will he hurry up to heed the vision?)

trogdor

he will attempt to hurry up

is that a roll?

Cat

I'm afraid I have to retire to bed now, gentlemen.

Bradd Szonye

(No, but if you go slowly, you can self-compel)

Night, Cat! Hope you enjoyed it so far.

Cat

I'm just going to cut and past the text I have to now in the chat window. You can finish the rest.

trogdor

mk

night

Cat

03:52

We left off with a great roar and a burning wizard crashing into a pool at the bottom of a cliff, with some debris. A few gouts of flame erupt over the edge of the cliff, as the young dragon vents a bit of anger for good measure. A stream flows away from the pool, and a path follows it for a short way, but diverges in the distance. There's a fair bit of grumbling and stomping around above, but the dragon does not show its head . . . yet.

Unfortunately for Kirby, he can't "see" any paths, but can hear the stream and the dragon above. Kirby tries to carefully position himself under the cli…

Bradd Szonye

(Because you're going quickly, please roll Clever to see if you notice hazards along the way.)

@Cat (Thanks!)

trogdor

ok

4d6

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trogdor

0

Bradd Szonye

versus +2:

4d

Dice Service

03:54

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Bradd Szonye

You are currently down two shifts.

trogdor

I think I will let this hit me

whatever it is

Bradd Szonye

In his rush to investigate the vision, Kirby must pay close attention just to staying on the trail, and he doesn't notice the big, gray wolf stalking him.

Following the trail becomes even more difficult once it diverges from the stream, but thankfully Kirby doesn't need to go much farther than that.

He hears the unmistakable sound of somebody biting into an apple.

(To you.)

trogdor

ok

we going for social initiative?

or am I just going to go first?

Bradd Szonye

(There's no conflict yet. Just want to know how you act.)

(also, brb)

trogdor

03:59

ok

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