[OOC] The Wall [Clashing Waves]

He joned when Aleph opened the door on tick 4, rolling 4 successes on his Join Battle roll, and let loose his spell on that tick.


As for the appearance, I say the whole rule needs some serious tweaking, but if I take it out then Appearance becomes a major dump stat, so I'll leave it as is.
 
What about the higher of Appearance or Temperance? Cause I agree with Appearance still maintaining that usefulness, especially since Temperance caps at 5 and Appearance can go much higher (as well as there being Lunar Excellencies for it).


EDIT: Just thought about it a lot more, and I realized how complicated this deal really is. The attacker can be affected by the defender's Appearance if its higher than his/her own as much as the exact opposite can happen. Damn.
 
Yeah... it makes things extra complicated ^_^ ;;


And yes, I'm tempermant 1, and I'm bored with the entertainment, there's a difference. Not that I'm against it. xD


Also... I'm in GMT -8
 
Plus it can get super twinky. Lower your appearance to 0 and then when you attack in social combat make sure everything is an intimidation since it counts as a 5. "Please sign the treaty or I'll kill you." "Sleep with me or I'll club this baby seal", etc. Yet when you defend then take a high temperance and you can still defend yourself easily and you don't have that -3 to your DV (unless the opponent has a 8 appearance).
 
First, you can't lower your appearance to 0. Merits and Flaws are a relic of 1st Edition, and never have I met a decent ST who actually allows use of them.


I really disagree with the fact that you are using twinking as an example. It's really not good to think of things in that way.


You act like high Temperance comes without problems. Do you forget that with any Virtue at 5 you can expect to Limit Break once every few Sessions (or an equivalent time length).
 
Even if I am using twinking as an example, you can't discount game balance when making house rules. Low appearance/high temperance will be mechanically very sound and most cost effective BP wise.


Currently the balance of having a low appearance and still a high intimidate is poor defenses. If you institute house rules that avoid that counterbalance expect lots of super ugly intimidating teetotalers in games.
 
Yeah, maybe you play with that kind of people. However, I can happily say I play with people who actually care about the spirit of the game more than "LOLZ MY DICEPOOL IS HAX."


You also forget the fact that Temperance still wouldn't affect Attacks (however, considering the manner in which a defender having a higher Appearance than the attacker affects them it maybe should; this is one of the reasons this issue is so complicated).


Either way, this issue is moot. Tome has made up his decision, so its best we stop wasting our time on this.


BTW, I'm very sure that Cover does not work that way, Lane, at least with Sorcery/Necromancy. Plus, you're responding with a Move/Jump Action, and you haven't gone yet.
 
Whatever.


Also, P 146 right hand column. "Keep in mind that bonuses and penalties apply to inapplicable DV's after the reduction to zero so a character huddled behind a rock may still benefit from it's cover, and so on."


And it's a stunted defense, not a move action.
 
Unfortunately for you, this guy has a pretty awesome dicepool for this.


Now if Jukashi can resolve his attack...
 
Okay, that was unexpected. This thing is only slightly stronger than a Tyrant Lizard. I was not expecting it to almost kill an Exalt in one hit without even using it's Excellencies. But eh, it rolled well and I don't feeling like messing with the roll.


But yeah, first-circle demon. Maybe I should upgrade that to second-circle?
 
Nah... it's just a STRONG! demon... and likely has some sort of weakness that a savant would know about that would make it weaker than a kitten.
 
Question...


How are you ruling in regards to training time. And more importantly, a warstrider start up time...


5 minutes worth of ticks is going to be long... :oops:
 
Haku said:
Nah... it's just a STRONG! demon... and likely has some sort of weakness that a savant would know about that would make it weaker than a kitten.
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Actually, I think I posted it's weaknesses. Rowan made an Occult roll, and got a bunch of info. Mecury would be very effective at repelling it, and it can't enter waters that have oil floating on them. But yeah, I'm noticing that no one on Team Anathema has any dots in Medicine, at all. The best that can be done is Theran taking advantage of my offer to let people upgrade things that have an instant training time in mid-play. He could spend 6 XP and gain 2 dots as an instant thing.


As for training times... there'll be significant down-time, and I'll be offering the aforementioned advantage to things with instant training times, but for the most part you'll have just have to follow the normal rules for training. Unless or course you can write a decent bit to represent a flashback from a previous incarnation, which will speed thinsg up dramatically, maybe even eliminating training times... but DBs don't get that, do they? Instead, Team Realm will have more downtime. Like, there'll be at least a few months after they're done with the Fair Folk.
 
*Grumble grumble grumble*


I was hoping to save that for some uber upgrades, but I suppose you are be quite generous with it. So I GUESS I'll get some Medicine. :P
 
fhgwdads05 said:
*Grumble grumble grumble*
I was hoping to save that for some uber upgrades, but I suppose you are be quite generous with it. So I GUESS I'll get some Medicine. :P
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Let's be honest, you guys are gonna need at least a little medicinal knowledge to patch yourselves up. And I'll be giving out extra individual XP once this scene is over for awesome posts. Post awesome, and get some more XP.


Now, the question is, does the demon molest Five Waves, tear her to pieces, or eat her. Decisions, decisions...


Oh, and it's Theran's action.
 
Actually... Team Realm has DB charms that accelerate training times... if they had lore... xD
 
Tome said:
Now, the question is, does the demon molest Five Waves, tear her to pieces, or eat her. Decisions, decisions...
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I suggest making her VERY furious... :D


Demonblooded shark babies!
 
And they have a solar. extended down time with a siddie is dangersous :twisted:


gmt -5 is EST right? anyway Im in Jersey
 
Us solars have our own training charms though.


As for Team Anathema, Lane has Tiger Warrior Training, and its safe to assume he'll be getting Legendary Warrior Curriculum at some point :P . I'm thinking I'll probably have Theran work towards Harmonious Academic Methodology, and eventually Legendary Scholar Curriculum. :D
 
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