[Nightmares of the Second Age] The Daily Scribe

Ouch. Best of luck to come through the operation with no complications.
 
On the other hand, posts under the influence of pain-killers could be a whole lot of fun. Just kidding of course, hope all goes well with the surgery man, and wish you a quick recovery.
 
I don't think I'll be conscious enough for posting under the influence, but I'll see what I can do ;)
 
Before posting, I just want to make sure that all those on the ground are going to be following the Dragon Kings.
 
Yesterday was a bad day. I spent the most of it in a low power state. So I apparently missed stuff. Either way De'aneir'a will be following the DKs.
 
Just so you guys know, with as many posts to go through from this many players, I may miss a post from someone. I will do my best to avoid this, but if I do miss a post from someone, just give me a reminder bump and I'll get to it ASAP.
 
Sherwood, do these humanoids we see can pass as very ugly humans or are they identifiable as something not natural to Creation (goblins, fae, whatever)?
 
Ugly humans. They look twisted in some way, more orc-like than human now. Possibly due to generations living in the dark tunnels on the edge of the Wyld.
 
Sounds good to me. As long as the head still looks like a head, and slicing that head in two from ear to cheek makes it only sorta look like a head, everything works and I don't have to retconn anything. :3
 
BTW, Sherwood - would it be possible for you to roleplay Unyielding Ingsan for me? My early IRL ST's always had a thing about us RPing for our own NPCs, and as a result I've never really felt too right about doing it myself. If it's too much (you're already handling plenty as far as I can tell), that's okay, I'll try and manage somehow. Otherwise it would be very much appreciated.
 
Not a problem. IIRC, you left Ingsan in the stasis chamber while the rest of you went up to the surface to guard the supplies and other followers.
 
So Sherwood, going by the little contest we're about to have MahaSuchi and me, how would you rule the mechanics of it?
 
Two high powered Exalts vs. a bunch of extras? Most of them won't even be able to hit you, let alone damage you. But, there are too many of them for you to take on without the risk of taking a few hits, and there are tougher opponents there. Let me ponder this. Normal combat won't really be effective here, after all.
 
Sherwood said:
Not a problem. IIRC, you left Ingsan in the stasis chamber while the rest of you went up to the surface to guard the supplies and other followers.
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Hmm, I thought I assumed she followed us. This post had Storm telling her she could either join Aurora or the Cloud Krew if she wanted an aerial view:


http://www.rpdom.com/threads/the-ruins-of-rathess.55359/#post-760135


Its perfectly fine if she stayed with the others on foot too.

Sherwood said:
Two high powered Exalts vs. a bunch of extras? Most of them won't even be able to hit you, let alone damage you. But, there are too many of them for you to take on without the risk of taking a few hits, and there are tougher opponents there. Let me ponder this. Normal combat won't really be effective here, after all.
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Mass Combat won't be terribly good either though. BRING ON THE HORDES OF MOOKS!
 
Oops. I missed that. After all, even with my unstoppable Godly power as ST, I am only human. She will be with the Cloud. Any preference on her caste/favored weapon?
 
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To come up with a winner, we will leave it up to the dice. As you post your attacks, roll a D10, one at a time. The first one to hit 50 will be the winner of the contest. Any further attacks after that will start with me pulling out something capable of hurting you, either in the form of massed arrow fire or a demon of high enough power. After all, you need to rendezvous with the others heading to the Flying Tower and the Dragon King population.
 
Sherwood said:
Oops. I missed that. After all, even with my unstoppable Godly power as ST, I am only human. She will be with the Cloud. Any preference on her caste/favored weapon?
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See my character thread - I have a tab for her there:


http://www.rpdom.com/threads/radiant-edge-of-the-whispering-storm.55301/


tl;dr Water Aspect, Martial Artist. She's studied b0th Five-Dragon Style and Water Dragon Style, and should have a little bit in the way of War Charms as well. She's basically more-or-less equivalent to a starting (errata'd) First Age DB.

Sherwood said:
To come up with a winner, we will leave it up to the dice. As you post your attacks, roll a D10, one at a time. The first one to hit 50 will be the winner of the contest. Any further attacks after that will start with me pulling out something capable of hurting you, either in the form of massed arrow fire or a demon of high enough power. After all, you need to rendezvous with the others heading to the Flying Tower and the Dragon King population.
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Me likey, save for the demon part. I see the need though, we shouldn't go off threadjacking you for too long, now. :P


EDIT: Also, a D10 per attack, or per action? If per attack, flurries, counterattacks, and reflexive attacks (as per Final Sunset Stance, etc) will be OP (not that I mind).
 
Yes, but also regarding general defensive charms, like Bulwark stance. I read the no charm thing in terms of not enhancing accuracy and/or damage, but FSS and counterattacks can be tricky since they are a category of their own.
 
Agreed. General defensive charms are definitely cool. FSS I'm not so sure on - it depends on a few things:


- how Sherwood plans to run the mook attacks (if they just attack us in RP, but we basically ignore it mechanically because they suck, then its pointless)


- how attacks against the mooks will work (FRAs aren't useful if we're just making a single, general attack roll for Sherwood and using that D20 to determine how many heads we lop off)


Storm actually has a Permanent Charm (Shrike-Saving Discipline) that will be affected in the same way as FSS, but I could choose to not have him use the attacks as terms of the duel.
 
I think, for sake of smoothing the process of the fight and not spend too much time in a battle with extras, I suggest we do it like this. Since we are pretty even in terms of mechanical advantages and charms, let's consider that the charms, artifacts and hearthstones we have provide an equal bonus for both of us. We describe one action encompassing our attacks for let's say 1-5 min of battle, we each roll 1d10 until we reach 50 by summing our dice, not successes. Whoever reaches 50 in the least amount of dice rolled, wins, and by this time, we can say that the group we fought was decimated enough for them to scatter and for us to regroup with the others before an even greater force arrived.


Just a suggestion of course, but if you and Sherwood are ok with it, we could do it like that.
 
That basically looks like what Sherwood had, minus the attacks. I certainly don't mind that approach, though. Perhaps instead of stunt dice we can get bonus points on our D10 rolls equivalent to the stunt bonus? :P
 
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