Dreams of the Second Age

[PirateLexi]

That's not even an SMA, that's VBoS

 

[Sherwood]

VBoS counts as a SMA. It is a level 5 offense in heaven to teach it to a non-Sidereal. They take their secrets seriously.

 

[PirateLexi]

Ah well that I didn't know. Makes it kinda useless until I get more essence, but I won't object to it then. Makes my next action choice easier.

 

[Seeker of the End]

Do i have to declare golden destruction cut at the beginning of the attack or can I do at the damage calculation? I forgot.

 

[Sherwood]

I am not familiar with that Charm. What book is it in? It should say what part of the attack action it goes on.

 

[Seeker of the End]

It just says instant, combo-OK, and doesn't specify when I can do it. It's an upgrade off of Hungry Tiger technique. It's okay if it doesn't count, since it's literally only one die difference of damage.

 

[PirateLexi]

Yar. Want me to go ahead and post my attack or wait for the others?


 
Another question: What I'm about to do is basically going to push my Overwhelming tag to 13, what exactly does that mean for damage? I have been digging through books for the past like 30 minutes and can't figure it out.

 

[Sherwood]

Hmmm. From the way I read the Overwhelming tag, that is the least amount of damage you do. If your raw damage is less than the 13 O, you only do that level. But, if your raw damage is (for example) 20, but the Soak of the bad guy sucks it up, you will at least get your 13 dice to roll for damage. If I am wrong, which is a rare thing but it is possible, please feel free to let me know.

 

[PirateLexi]

That's how I read it but I wanted to make sure, because it's so poorly explained in the book that I wasn't sure if I made heads or tails of it at all.

 

[Seeker of the End]

...How exactly are you getting that much damage?

 

[PirateLexi]

Charms. I'm starting to see why VBoS is considered an SMA


Edit to add explanation. The form adds some automatically, life severing blow adds even more. It's less impressive on a low level exalt but at our level it's pretty nice.

 

[Seeker of the End]

Holy crap, I looked at the charms and they actually work that way.

 

[Sherwood]

Yeah. Charms like those are why this is not a combat-intensive game, but there will be the occasional battle against a powerful foe.

 

[PirateLexi]

Eh I'll have to switch to be the party night caste eventually, so don't get used to it lol. Sooner if I muck up enough to get myself killed lol.

 

[JayTee]

Sorry for the delay, guys. I'll get a post up as soon as I can.

 

[Sherwood]

@Seeker of the End, if I don't get a Join Battle roll from @RettieSetGo in a little bit, I'll have him delay and you can go ahead and make your next action so we don't have this fight on terminal hold.

 

[PirateLexi]

Woo. I've been holding on an awesome thing, I need it to go off before the minimum damage hits me in meatspace instead lol

 

[RettieSetGo]

You might as well go ahead, because Niko aint goin in there

 

[Sherwood]

I just wanted to make sure that you weren't being left out. @Seeker of the End, go ahead and make your next action.

 

[Seeker of the End]

Hold on, if the worm's DV is 4 after being reduced by my daiklave, shouldn't i succeed with 5 sux on both attacks due to onslaught?


 
Also is this a Creature of Darkness? Solar Judgment made my attacks Holy.

 

[Sherwood]

Yes. I completely forgot about that. My bad. Even the all mighty Storyteller can make mistakes.

 

[PirateLexi]

That....rolled way better than I expected.

 

[Seeker of the End]

Is the creature holy? If so I deal Aggravated damage.

 

[Sherwood]

[QUOTE="Seeker of the End]
Also is this a Creature of Darkness? Solar Judgment made my attacks Holy.

[/QUOTE]
Hmmm. I'm not sure if an animated necro-machine is a COD. I will go ahead and say yes, it counts as one for your Charms.

 

[Seeker of the End]

Sherwood, I am so sorry, I might have killed your thing already... If you want, I can take back the holy part and have it so i only deal 4 dice on my two attacks.