I'm mostly thinking of how she might have to explain a few things to the others. Like, what made her believe that such a thing would even work in the first place.Ijara's in a RD. If she drops it, she abruptly ceases to have ever existed. I wasn't aware, though. I'll try to puzzle out how she might blow her cover.
sorry, I can abandon this idea for narrative convenience, it just immediately jumped out as the best way to save lives. We don't gain anything by failing miserably to fight this thing while it slaughters defenseless people. Ijara hates the idea of surrendering, but I have to imagine she's a devout student of the Gauntlet. The fact it hurts doesn't make it the wrong choice..
I will admit that I was initially planning to just have a frantic rush for the docks, with the five of you all running through the city streets, slicing, spearing and blasting your way through the Aigonites. But you know me; I only plan out so much in advance, and I like to give my players a bit of creative freedom and encourage ingenuity. Plus, I'd consider it more than a little disrespectful and hypocritical of me to hear a player propose an interesting and unexpected solution to a dilemma, discuss it with them, and then veto it because it ultimately deviates too much from what I originally had in mind.
I don't think it will be a hard sell IC - it demanded a surrender when it first appeared, though only those of us who speak old realm know that, to be fair. Persuading other characters to do it will be harder than persuading them it might work. Things that don't accept surrenders don't usually bother demanding them. No one's batted an eyelash that she remembers Realm historical accounts of the last time this thing showed up.
Anyway, just say the word and this thought never occurred to Ijara. I'm not trying to make life difficult
I would absolutely be interested in such a game. And naturally, I'm happy to help you with the mechanics however much I can.
I think it's important to point out what the advantages of Essence are over 2.5e and whether those advantages actually help address the problem you're running into.
I have one player that had told me that he was out because he didn't like the 2.5e system that is back for more if I use Essence. I personally love the 3.0 rules, and how that Essence is a quick derivative of them, so we have that going for us.
I'd love to. I was disappointed that game ended.
You can certainly take move actions if you want.
Not necessarily. Aigaion didn't spawn its Aigonites until all of you regained consciousness, and right now, I wouldn't say you can be certain whether or not it's managed to take out all the ships yet. It may be that the garrison troops and Dragon-blooded have managed to protect at least some of them, especially with the five of you currently taking up much of Aigaion's attention.
I would say that right now, the main reason to believe so - for Ijara at least - is that if Aigaion has to pick between securing a territory and preventing people from escaping, it'll generally pick the former. As long as there's sufficient enough resistance to draw its focus for a while, the five of you will likely be able to slip away.
Power maxes out at 10, though in some cases when you overflow you can donate the excess to others or exchange it for anima or something.
Ijara can hurt it just fine from Long Range, so she'll still back you up while escorting the civilians if necessary.
Given that I and Sojiro don't have the full details... My goal for the scene is to cover the retreat and cripple an eye. Which should be plenty doable. Sojiro is fast enough to make an escape on his own, with passively being able to move 2 range bands per action thanks to his basic anima.From what I understand from Word of God and what Ijara has learned IC, standing and fighting is suicide. A fighting retreat seems the order of the day. If you can defeat that thing, though, by all means
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