Dice The Redux of the Tale of a Falling Empire - OOC

[Random Word]

10 power is the max, so building more wouldn't help much. Wow this thing is tough! Maybe Kitava should tag in Berengiere. We'll see how the others do.

 

[WlfSamurai]

10 power is the max, so building more wouldn't help much. Wow this thing is tough! Maybe Kitava should tag in Berengiere. We'll see how the others do.

Oh wow! I didn't realize that there was a cap! Man. We'll have to get creative.

 

[Random Word]

Oh, right, the 'concentrated attacks' rule is Overwhelming but for Hardness, so each Withering attack lowers Hardness by 1 until a Decisive hits. So actually we should retcon things to let everyone else Wither before your Decisive so you hit harder.

 

[jaydude]

Looking at the rules, Hardness here just represents the amount of Power you need to accrue before you can make a Decisive Attack against the thing in question, and Concentrated Attacks don't do anything against Soak, so I don't think redoing this attack round so that everyone could attack before Taeran would change much.

Regarding options for reducing Soak, there's a Reveal Weakness Gambit (drop Soak by 2 for a number of rounds) that any of you could theoretically pull off once you have 3 Power, otherwise Chowlett and Ferela have Terrestrial Snake Form (Reduce Hardness and Soak of opponents with less power than you by 1) and Terrestrial Uncoiling Serpent Aura (Spend 1m on Step 3 of an enhanced Decisive attack to drop opponent's Soak by 3), and Rykon can reduce Soak by 2 once Manato's Anima is at Iconic. There's also Guard Breaking Technique (Halve Soak and round the result down), which I certainly don't mind giving to Nansho.

 

[Chowlett]

It's gonna take me a little time to get my head around this not-quite-like-full-fat-Exalted combat system, but I hope to do so later today. Are we good to post - the attack is completed after the steps 3-7 declare'n'roll, unless there's a counterattack?

 

[jaydude]

It's gonna take me a little time to get my head around this not-quite-like-full-fat-Exalted combat system, but I hope to do so later today. Are we good to post - the attack is completed after the steps 3-7 declare'n'roll, unless there's a counterattack?

Go ahead. I'm not planning to have Steelscale counter here.

 

[Random Word]

Oh, right, I was confusing Hardness and Soak. Yup, more withering attacks won't do anything in particular. So I should have given the Power to Ferala so she could snake kung-fu it to death through its soak. Lesson learned.

 

[Chowlett]

Is your reading of Uncoiling Serpent Aura:

The Exalt may make unarmed or form weapon attacks out to short range, including clashes. While in Snake Form, extend this to long range. If the Exalt initiates a grapple with this Charm, they can immediately pull the grappled opponent into close range without needing to utilize the Pull gambit.

...that it's a permanent effect, or does it need to have 1 paid each time I attack at a range longer than Close?

 

[Rykon]

Oof, I'll try and catch up soon. Having to deal with some work crunch before the end of my two weeks and a lot of new hire processes. Looking like I need to read up on Essence's combat rules a bit too.

 

[jaydude]

Is your reading of Uncoiling Serpent Aura...that it's a permanent effect, or does it need to have 1 paid each time I attack at a range longer than Close?

I'd say that part at least is permanent. If you had to spend motes, I imagine it would say so in the description.

 

[Chowlett]

Thanks (although most charms just assume a 1-mote cost. I imagine they'll tidy it up in the final copy). Post edited - attack now declared.

 

[WlfSamurai]

The combat system is taking some extra time to grok for sure. I THINK because parts of it are so close 3e's system, but other parts are completely different. It's weird.

 

[jaydude]

Chowlett
Only got round to looking at your post just no. Go ahead and make your attack roll.

 

[Chowlett]

jaydude Done - I think that by matching Steelscale's Defence I get an automatic 1 Power, plus 3 as the minimum threshold successes due to Magistrate's Law's overwhelm rating?

 

[jaydude]

At work at the moment, I'll try and check later on.

 

[jaydude]

jaydude Done - I think that by matching Steelscale's Defence I get an automatic 1 Power, plus 3 as the minimum threshold successes due to Magistrate's Law's overwhelm rating?

Just checked. And yes, you get 1 power for matching the opponent's Defense, and Defense can't reduce the number of successes to below the weapon's Overwhelming rating.

 

[jaydude]

D. Rex and Rykon , are either of you going to be able to post soon? Or shall I just skip over you this round?

 

[jaydude]

So, having not gotten a reply from either D. Rex or Rykon , I'm going to go ahead and skip you both this round. Apologies.

 

[D. Rex]

So, having not gotten a reply from either D. Rex or Rykon , I'm going to go ahead and skip you both this round. Apologies.

No its okay. I been looking at my character and keep trying to think of what I can do, but I just can't seem to get back into my character. I think it would be best for me to drop out and try again later with Essence. Sorry Jay.

 

[jaydude]

No its okay. I been looking at my character and keep trying to think of what I can do, but I just can't seem to get back into my character. I think it would be best for me to drop out and try again later with Essence. Sorry Jay.

It's fine. Hope you had fun anyway.

Everyone else, I presume you won't object to me bringing in Sherwood as a possible replacement?

 

[Sherwood]

I would certainly enjoy getting involved with this.

 

[Sherwood]

Is this using the new Exalted Essence rules?

 

[jaydude]

Is this using the new Exalted Essence rules?

Yeah, this is an Essence game.

 

[Sherwood]

I'll have to do a bit of reading to be able to get into this, then.

 

[Sherwood]

I presume that this is still going with the premise of all Dragon-Blooded Exalts?

What kind of focus do we have with our current characters, so I don't recreate the wheel of someone else's work? What do we need?