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[Random Word]

Ah, true! Well, Acekara isn't stunting either, so you were just being honourable I suppose. And you were very polite to only unhorse her instead of killing her with that decisive. Would you like to retroactively claim it?

 

[jaydude]

Ah, true! Well, Acekara isn't stunting either, so you were just being honourable I suppose. And you were very polite to only unhorse her instead of killing her with that decisive. Would you like to retroactively claim it?

Thanks, but I'll manage.

 

[jaydude]

I'm off to bed now. Getting a bit burned out, and I don't want to stay up past midnight again.

 

[Random Word]

Ah, sorry, if the fight is too drawn out and boring we can end it at any time and declare Atusa the victor and move on. If your next withering hit and was followed up with a decisive it would probably have made Acekara yield.

 

[jaydude]

Ah, sorry, if the fight is too drawn out and boring we can end it at any time and declare Atusa the victor and move on. If your next withering hit and was followed up with a decisive it would probably have made Acekara yield.

It's no problem. I was thinking about asking what it would take to guarantee a victory at this point, but mainly because Atusa was starting to run on fumes here. Thanks for answering the question beforehand though.

 

[Random Word]

[Withering attack, no essence being spent, claiming one-point stunt to give me 16 dice. 10 successes.]

Acekara isn't going to do anything fancy to draw this out - her DV and soak are 6 and 10, respectively, so you can adjudicate the rest. You'll almost certainly crash her. You'll be up again, +5m, and you can go straight into finishing the fight.

 

[jaydude]

Acekara isn't going to do anything fancy to draw this out - her DV and soak are 6 and 10, respectively, so you can adjudicate the rest. You'll almost certainly crash her. You'll be up again, +5m, and you can go straight into finishing the fight.

So mind if I just have Atusa straight-up knock her to the ground and put a daiklave to her throat in my next post? Or should I keep rolling?

 

[Random Word]

Not at all. The combat system is only useful when the outcome is dramatically interesting and everyone is having fun with the mechanics. No need to roll dice when we can just skip to the next fun bit.

 

[Random Word]

Quick status check, I think Rykon is blocked on D. Rex , and other than that everyone is unblocked. Is that correct? This isn't a kick to post, I'm just making sure no one is waiting on anything from me.

While we're at it, don't hesitate to let me know if there's anything we can do to make the game more fun ('I want everyone to meet up sooner', 'I want to be Essence 5', 'I want a pony', etc).

 

[jaydude]

Thanks for the check. And no, I'm not waiting. Just spending a good bit of time working on my current post.

 

[Psychie]

I am enjoying the game so far. I am just busy in my Real Life that I am a bit distracted right now.

 

[D. Rex]

Quick status check, I think Rykon is blocked on D. Rex , and other than that everyone is unblocked. Is that correct? This isn't a kick to post, I'm just making sure no one is waiting on anything from me.

While we're at it, don't hesitate to let me know if there's anything we can do to make the game more fun ('I want everyone to meet up sooner', 'I want to be Essence 5', 'I want a pony', etc).

Alright. I'll be honest. I'm brain dead and can't think of a way to respond that I find satisfactory.

It certainly has nothing to do with the game not being fun. I was all like, "Zurah! We meet again!" And then ask all like "Jean. Where did you get this?" And then be all like, "Hmmm. It seems are bigger than I thought... we must investigate."

But then when I go to write, I stare at it blankly and start drooling because my mind emptied out each time.

 

[Rykon]

Alright. I'll be honest. I'm brain dead and can't think of a way to respond that I find satisfactory.

It certainly has nothing to do with the game not being fun. I was all like, "Zurah! We meet again!" And then ask all like "Jean. Where did you get this?" And then be all like, "Hmmm. It seems are bigger than I thought... we must investigate."

But then when I go to write, I stare at it blankly and start drooling because my mind emptied out each time.

Been dealing with brain drain and writers block a lot lately myself. Even simple posts have started taking forever, and I usually end up having to throw something out that's not my best work, but was the best I could come up with at the time. Still got the house hunt roulette in the background (I swear, houses are selling in this area within 36 hours of listing, it's nuts) with back issues being no help too.

For the game itself, I'm still enjoying it. I'll hit my stride with Jean soon enough. I'm sure plenty of folks want to meet up with the Essence 5 ponies sooner, but the journey is what makes the game rather than the destination. As long as we aren't stressing out our gracious storyteller with split storylines. I don't have a problem with things as they are.

 

[Random Word]

I understand - we're lacking a really good hook here. There's nothing that says, 'This is a problem we have to solve now and I know exactly how to do it.' It's a wishy washy, 'Oh, this seems neat. I might form a committee to formulate a plan to investigate how we might learn why we care about that.'

What if Hazel read the tea leaves in the empty cup beside her and prophesied that 'chance encounters and secrets once lost will be invaluable to the Golden Queen' or something?

Or plot could intervene and something dramatic could happen to kick the urgency up a notch. Zahur and Thamina could get in a big sorcery fight on the docks? Hmm, no, that doesn't really up the urgency for you, nor does it give you a new reason to be interested in the scroll. I'll ruminate on that.

Either way, 'I'm stuck! Toss me something to make writing my next post easier' is always a valid request.

 

[D. Rex]

I understand - we're lacking a really good hook here. There's nothing that says, 'This is a problem we have to solve now and I know exactly how to do it.' It's a wishy washy, 'Oh, this seems neat. I might form a committee to formulate a plan to investigate how we might learn why we care about that.'

What if Hazel read the tea leaves in the empty cup beside her and prophesied that 'chance encounters and secrets once lost will be invaluable to the Golden Queen' or something?

Or plot could intervene and something dramatic could happen to kick the urgency up a notch. Zahur and Thamina could get in a big sorcery fight on the docks? Hmm, no, that doesn't really up the urgency for you, nor does it give you a new reason to be interested in the scroll. I'll ruminate on that.

Either way, 'I'm stuck! Toss me something to make writing my next post easier' is always a valid request.

I'm stuck! Toss me something to make writing my next post easier, please.

 

[Random Word]

Let me see what I can come up with.

 

[Random Word]

Okay, I think I've got it. Working on it today. Should also have Atusa's post done today.

 

[jaydude]

[Oh, the daughters are literally right here! Okay, I can roll with that. That says something about who they must be, that they would be brought on an expedition like this. So Atusa has a thing for pale blondes (the average local skin tone this deep into the Burning Sands is dark enough it doesn't need to tan). That implies she's got some foreign blood in her, possibly Northern. Her other parent must have been exotic, and likely the source for her supernatural elements if you opt for that.]

Truth be told, I've actually had second thoughts about the paragraph in question and scrapped it. I didn't realize you hadn't envisioned the daughters as being on the ship when I wrote it, and as for the whole "pale blonde" thing, I didn't mean to specify any preferences on Atusa's part, and I was also basing it off the fact that real-life Egypt was not entirely racially homogeneous, and the place being somewhat of a melting pot throughout history. But if that combination is unusual enough here to require a bit of explanation, I'm fine with dropping it.

As for Atusa's acceptance of his offer, I was referring to joining Khaemsawet in seeing what the Index does, rather than taking one of his daughters. But I'm definitely going to consider the latter now that you've expanded on it.

 

[Random Word]

Whoops, misunderstandings all around. Okay, how should we fix this? Should I edit out the part where Khaemwaset thinks you agreed to the offered union with one of his daughters, and you keep the option in your back pocket for the future?

You were imagining she was a Ptolemy? I think pre-Ptolemy/Roman Egypt was various mixed kinds of African, but those skin tones would have been a lot of shades of brown and black. The Ptolemies and the Romans introduced lighter shades, but even the Ptolemies weren't blonde. I didn't see it as a bad thing that this NPC had exotic blood (Could be Northern blood, or divine blood, or elemental blood, even ghost blood, etc - plenty of things could give blonde hair and paler skin) - it was just an interesting character detail to play with.

 

[jaydude]

Whoops, misunderstandings all around. Okay, how should we fix this? Should I edit out the part where Khaemwaset thinks you agreed to the offered union with one of his daughters, and you keep the option in your back pocket for the future?

Nah, you can keep it as it is. I'd hate to see all your work go to waste. And I wasn't referring to the Ptolemies specifically.

 

[Random Word]

Haha, I haven't done any work yet! I don't have to do that until you pick something. Making a political union here is a decision that doesn't come without risk. Doing it without consulting the Fayum or the Yafeu is definitely going to upset both, as it's effectively two vassals of hostile powers unilaterally signing an alliance, and you suspect Khaemwaset is counting on that. He's likely testing whether a charming young woman is enough to entice Atusa to be reckless, as well as testing how far Atusa is currently willing to go in defying the Fayum.

 

[jaydude]

Heh. I was referring to your previous post. And thanks for the info; will definitely keep it in mind.

 

[jaydude]

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So in answer to your questions, I've got the following answers:
2. Concubine. (Thinking more that Atusa will have one spouse, along with "official" concubines).
1. The Tomb Raider
3. Very supernatural. (Thinking of having her become a Night Caste further down the line, assuming that's okay with you).

 

[Random Word]

Sure, then we can have the Faqari be monogamous as far as marriage goes but permissive about secondary partners.

Yeah, having her draw her second breath as a Night Caste is fine. Solars are just coming out of the woodwork here, but you all can collect as many Celestials as you like. The more of you concentrated in one place, the more important the place must be, and the bigger the magnet for trouble, to say nothing of the trouble a large number of Celestials in one place usually manage to create for themselves.

 

[D. Rex]

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Since we are already hidden in the shadows and secluded spot, can i use my Anima effect to greater effect using a stunt?

• For five motes, the No Moon shrouds herself in a shadowy penumbra until her next turn. Vision-dependent rolls made against her suffer a −2 penalty until her next turn. This power is free at bonfire anima.

Further hiding us in shadow until we but blend in with the darkness itself.

That if it doesn't allow us to forgo a roll, that perhaps it could apply to Jean as well given how close they are pressed together?