Jorvik: A Land of Snow & Ice

Game Master DSXMachina

Oh my,... just give us time.
<Evil grin, rubs hands together,...> ;)

I haven't yet introduced the 'Autumn Courts' Knights; guess what they say?

And what they require as a tithe.

:P

"NEE!"

Uh,... I mean "NAY!" Not that! Anything but that!
:)

I'll do a Round 3 post in the morning, I am sleepy now. If you wish to post feel free - the ROAB leader will be letting loose a shotgun blast.

Hopefully the block will help.
SHotguns hurt. In any game! :)

Nighters,

Sal is tough. :/

Danny's a wuss.

But hes a wuss with a silver tongue, and very fast feet!
:)

Rags/Danny, just checking you mean your attack against the Emperor not the suited ROAB member/leader who has grabbed Min?

Yeah, Danny was insulting both of them, but I wrote most of the insults against the Emperor, so it would make sense that he is the the target.

Although, when I started I actually was thinking of the ROAB suit, since he dared to grab at the girls,... ;P

Ah the delightful conundrum that is my incessantly chattering mind.

Now if it would only shut up long enough for me to figure out how to get more money,... or this is gonna be a LONG month! ;P

I'll post the Dragon's go later tonight US-time if Kenneth/Axe don't post before. (Everyone will still get your go of course)

:P

I'm *after* the draggy, I thought? DId I miss an action?

Nah, DSX is just crazy. But we all knew that.

In other news, I started reading DF novels after joining this game and have come to a sickening realization: I essentially recreated Karrin Murphy with my character. This makes me unhappy, but I swear I didn't know! *headdesk*

WHY would that make you unhappy?

There are so many other worse characters you could have made than a scrappy, petite bad-@$$ who happens to be good with a gun! :)

See when I do that, it is with full understanding that I am making a direct clone of a favorite character from a book. Usually without trying to hide it very much. I am so jealous that YOU can do it without even reading the books! :)

Wait until you get to the collection of short stories 'Side Jobs' and read the story 'Aftermath'. THAT will show you how much a bad-@$$ Karrin is. All by herself. No wizard needed. :)

Don't misunderstand me; Murphy is an awesome character. But she's Jim Butcher's character, not mine.

When you can't plot and can't write description and can't write an action sequence, character is pretty much all you got. I'm good at characterization and like to have unique, interesting characters when I'm not GM'ing, not knockoffs of somebody else's.

I hope that with her backstory exposition, Sal will differentiate from Murphy. Geez, she doesn't even use her first name. *facepalm*

oooh defense of two 1's and two 2's; this is gonna hurt looks like

Don't misunderstand me; Murphy is an awesome character. But she's Jim Butcher's character, not mine.

When you can't plot and can't write description and can't write an action sequence, character is pretty much all you got. I'm good at characterization and like to have unique, interesting characters when I'm not GM'ing, not knockoffs of somebody else's.

I hope that with her backstory exposition, Sal will differentiate from Murphy. Geez, she doesn't even use her first name. *facepalm*

Oh I think I know how you feel.

Honestly, when I saw Sal I actually never thought of Murphy, although NOW that you've mentioned it, I can't stop seeing the similarities! ;P

Seriously, Personally, I think you did a great job. Certainly with the military background & etc she is not a cookie-cutter of Murphy by any means. And like D&D & PF, there are really only so many options we have here in DF land,...

Wizard? Your starting with Harry or Gandalf?
Fighter? Knight of the cross or Conan the barbarian?
Rogue? Thomas Wraith or Serisial? (PF Rouge archetype)
Sorcerer? Molly Carpenter or Harry Potter?
Shapeshifter/Druid? Billy the werewolf or the shapeshifter from the Hobbit?

You get my point, when boiled down to the basics, it is very easy to see the similarities of characters, instead of the differences that make them unique. IMHO. :)

I think your doing great. Keep it up!
(I actually need to put a lot more effort into doing something new instead of copying those I enjoy reading/watching so much!) ;P

oooh defense of two 1's and two 2's; this is gonna hurt looks like

Lol, good thing your a big guy! :)

I like and respect you, so I must conclude your universe of binary choices is due to a febrile state.

You outta you mind, Rags. :P

Oh, I feel that there is NO argument there Treppa! :P

That particular case was settled a LONG time ago. Out of court, of course,... ;)

I hope to soon be done with my current illness meds, and can soon go back to enjoying my late night state of semi-inebriated normalacy,... :D

Meanwhile, back in the game,.... ;P

Am I understanding this right? If we do a Defense roll, there is no 'partial' block of the attack? It's like D&D/PF, it either hits your AC or it doesn't?

So, (for example) if Danny does an athletics roll, but rolls lower than 6, he takes the full brunt of the attack. (6 shift attack, would have to choose a box to mark off and take a consequence to account for the rest)

Or, does he have to roll HIGHER than the attack roll of 6?

I really need to make/find time to read the combat section,... ;P

As I understood it, it was an attack of 6 with weapon value 5 for total 11. Your defense is subtracted from that and you take any difference as stress. Since it's physical attack, you take physical stress.

I think.

Roll high.

Ah, hah?
I think I see.

The TARGET NUMBER of the spell (to control it) was a 7 (5 shift attack +2 for the zone)

He failed to meet that number, so took damage from it himself,

But meanwhile, the spell still goes off, as a strength 5 weapons/physical attack, Since his roll was a 6, it is an 11 total.

Then as you just said above,... cool, ok, here goes nuthin'! ;)

Well, you understood more about the spell/target number than I did. I'm just glad this was physical and not mental. I don't have that much room for mental stress.

Wait,

are we talking game? Or RL?

:)

Yeah, Danny only has 3 physical stress boxes, no matter what I do, this is gonna leave a mark. ;P

Sorry, basically he did an invokation. The TN7 was to control it, if he failed the DC then any he failed it by would either be Backlash or Fallout.

no armor; no shield; boat on fire; at least it will be easier to swim hehe

DSX got that backward -- backlash affects the caster, fallout attacks the world....

Also, it's not just about being selfish....

Backlash is the caster keeping the power under control and hurting himself to do it -- as such all the shifts of power still happen.

Fallout, on the other hand, is the caster choosing not to take backlash, and effectively releasing the extra energies that he/she couldn't control rather than letting them hurt him or her -- so the area gets washed by uncontrolled magical energies, and that would be your fallout. However, because the caster released the energies rather than taking the hit to pour 'em into the spell, the spell itself is weakened (because the energy isn't there) -- so every shift of fallout is a shift of power the original spell doesn't have to make with the nasty...

Ooo,... Nice RP touch Sal! :)

Danny's up, I won't be able to post til tonite, (sorry) got WAY backlogged here at work.
(University classes start tomorrow, and I have tons of scheduling to enter into my work MAC before then!) :(

I know, I would award a Fate Point for that (if we were at a different stage of the adventure).

Which reminds me, if at any point you think you or anyone else should get a FP for any reason: (Cool RP, doing something fun/dangerous/In-Character) then just point it out (or pm me - if you prefer).

That's cool Danny RL trumps everything. Hope work's not too bad.

Thx DSXM, It's not TOO bad.
At least, not any worse than usual. ;P

Let em see if I can get in something worthwhile before I toddle off to bed,... ;)

So that's this arc just about concluded. We should RP through the aftermath, then we can move on to the next story. But we still need to do things like introduce Sal to Kenneth & Danny properly and such. See what happens with Min & Lin. Resolve the ROAB leader (sans shotgun), and maybe even the politicians....

But what you have been waiting for XP!

Major Milestone & Significant Milestone

Woo-freakin-hoo! ;)

Back to the drawing board! :D

So, question: Does increasing my Lore give me another rote spell and/or item slots -- or is that just at character generation?

It gives you another rote spell and/or item slots. Or else it'd encourage min-max ing of stats.

Ok, so, I brought my Lore to Superb (Bard, after all), which ups the power of my enchanted items (so I "free up" a slot from the sword, I'll figure out something appropriate to use that slot later), and gets me a new rote spell (again, I'll figure it out in a bit).

I'm thinking I'll use the other to gain a point in Burglary (most likely), which will give me a pyramid like this:

5:X
4:XX
3:XXX
2:XXX
1:XXXX

And from that shape, I'll be learning a few more 1's before I can start increasing skills I already have. :)

Beyond that, since I can't think of any supernatural abilities that cost 1 that I'd like, I'm torn between holding on to the point (to get 3 fp!) or, possibly, grabbing a fun mortal stunt -- maybe Poet (fits the bard thing), or Riposte (auto-successful attack on block), or Person of Conviction (use conviction for social stress track) -- or...

I'll keep thinking about it.

Cool. That's great, of course if after a bit you see a stunt/power you want we can work it in organically.

By the way any suggestions for improvements, or ideas of what you would like to do next (I have lots of ideas for this).

Do we want a small time skip (ala Dresden) or just a continue contiguously?

Do people want me to add/ alter the campaign tab (it needs updating of course)?

When were you planning on starting Chapter 3? Since this is a new system, I may have a few things to overhaul, with your permission O Mighty GM.

Funny, you don't look like a car company.

After we RP through the epilogue, I'm good with a small time-skip.
If needed.

What? a week, a month (kind of like last time) whatever it takes to get to the next part.
:D

Yeah, I was thinking a month (game-time) to get us to March-April of the year. In canonical Dresden Files we are still before Changes _ the Red Court is still at war with the Wizards.

Chapter 3 will be once we get through an epilogue, probably a couple of weeks IRL. Depending upon posting frequency.

Awesome! :)

Just a head's up, I'll be out of town from Jan 31 to Feb 8.

Thanks for the heads-up. Hope it's something fun.

I, unfortunately, will not be going anywhere.

Too, much, work,... (I hate overbooked spring semester) :(

Have Fun Tilnar!

Should be. Mouse ears and mountain rides! :)

Ok,
Now I'm just jealous.
:/

(But you should still have fun anyway!) ;P

Lol, I have not yet done the last XP boost. I really need to find a book somewhere so I can figure out what to do.

Last one was pretty minor, (Just a slight rearrangement if I recall)

Just make sure you don't skip THIS one! It's a biggie! :)

EDIT- I don't think I did anything the last one either,... ;P

Eeep, I'll lay out what everyone should have received XP-wise tomorrow. Feeling a bit under the weather.

Ah man, don't get sick on the Monday off!

Get better DSXM!

I finished Cold Days :)

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wow you didnt care for Death Masks; that one was very intense for me.

OK, I've read quite a few now. Somebody else at the library has most of them checked out, but I pick up one now and again when it's reshelved. My reading order goes something like: 5, 12, 11, 13, 14, 1, 6. It is sub-optimal.

I think Death Masks is so very action-packed that it was like walking in on the big chase/action scene of a movie and not knowing what the heck is going on. I found Dresden a rather insufferable wiseass and didn't like his know-it-all abilities.

Now that I've read a bunch more, Butcher actually does a nice job of showing how little Harry knows and why he cracks wise so much. Death Masks was probably the absolute worst book to introduce the series.

Yeah, it's growing on me. Sue me. :P