War on the Skaven in Dungeon World (Inactive)

Game Master DM Mooshybooshy, "the Foolish"

Question, how do I add this to my list of campaigns?

Post something, anything, in gameplay and you'll be automatically added, even if you delete your initial post.

Huh. Interesting mechanic. Anyway, I'll post as soon as some prisoners get found.

In the meantime Emma, I'll PM you a description of what you see/what happened to you since the sack of Tollerhelm, so you have some info on the world that would make sense for who you are. Then you can post something from the perspective of the prisoner's level deeper in the mines, and that would just be something for the rest of us to enjoy out-of-character. Plus, posting that would allow you to track this campaign from the "Campaigns" tab of your profile.

I think you add the number of bonds you have with a character to any aid roll, right?

I think you add the number of bonds you have with a character to any aid roll, right?

Correct.

Huh. I didn't realize that dhice and I are bondless toward each other.

Yeah I went looking at my bonds and you weren't there, but knowing that I didn't have a high chance of success didn't change the fact that Dhice would think that he'd be helpful. So I tried. Once I see how my failure affects the story, I'll probably write a bond with Archepex that uses it. like "Archepex doesn't need my help, I just get in his way", which could be resolved by a situation where you actually do need my help. maybe I even hesitate to offer that help though, because of past experiences...

Related question for our GM: Mooshy when a 6- gets rolled do you want us to pause long enough for you to act? Every failure is supposed to push the story forward in some way, so it doesn't seem right to just assume that Dhice's attempt results in "nothing happened, everyone carry on".

If I don't immediately comment on one of your failures, just carry on and assume that I'm going to horribly injure you for it later. I keep a "karma bank" for characters that have failed rolls in non-threatening situations.

Just don't think about it. ;)

Just don't think about it. ;)

The most ominous DM statement I've heard in a while.

Archepex, I've been thinking about our characters, and with your God Amidst the Waste move, I think we can become very broken in a few levels. If you take hold person as a spell, and I get my sleep poison on a weapons hit move ...

Hold Person
Backstab (apply sleep poison)
Called Shot (head shot) for stun
Backstab (stunned guy)

That sends my DM danger senses into overdrive.

Actually, you need to reverse that. I would stun first to start combat and then hold them then you could sleep them. That's three "rounds".

And don't worry about it. I had a certain character who could do this all by himself before and Mooshy controlled me just fine.

Underestimate my ability to put you in peril...at your own peril!

Oh believe me, I have every bit of faith you can imperil us at will. It's just that with this group of yahoos, you don't have to work very hard at it, do you? ;)

Oh believe me, I have every bit of faith you can imperil us at will. It's just that with this group of yahoos, you don't have to work very hard at it, do you? ;)

Just doing my job, ma'am.

Too true, Bathilda. Of course, I'll make you eat your words once you start rolling 1d8s and they roll lower than your 1d6s...

Oh, you have no idea how often that is going to happen. My luck is horrendous unless I'm GMing, then it's usual bad for the PCs. :D

Moosh had some procedural clarifications in another game that I thought should be shared here too:

in Moosh's words:

If I don't immediately comment on one of your failures, just carry on and assume that I'm going to horribly injure you for it later. I keep a "karma bank" for characters that have failed rolls in non-threatening situations.

Just don't think about it. ;)

ALSO

For future reference, [player] and everyone else, any character that wants to do an AoE attack, like with a whirlwind or a blast of spirit magic, need simply make one roll for the damage and divide the damage by the number of targets, rounded up. This is unless otherwise noted.

ALSO

This is a good time to point out how Aid Another (or Interfere) works. When an allied player rolls a 6 or a 9, like [player] just did, you may attempt to Aid them and give them the +1 they need to bump their roll up to a 7 or a 10 ... Keep in mind, aiding another player's roll will expose you to risk if your Aid roll fails. Calculate your Aid rolls by rolling 2d6+the number of Bonds you have, resolved and unresolved, with the other player.

NOTE that aid rolls are based on both resolved and unresolved bonds. Track them!

Two questions, I haven't written any names into my bonds yet, can I make them on the fly? Also, I'm in Australia, is my timezone going to be a problem?

Two questions, I haven't written any names into my bonds yet, can I make them on the fly? Also, I'm in Australia, is my timezone going to be a problem?

Yes to the first. No to the second.

I'm trying to push us towards the meeting with Emma so she can get involved in the game, probably at the expense of reasonable caution.

Cheers. Just follow the swearing. I assume that I'll know where the civilillians when you do come across me.

You should see about getting a picture for your character.

I probably should, but I'm struggling to find a decent picture that also has the scar. Maybe I'll just find something without it :/

Damn Emma, your backstory is dark! I'm really curious to learn how your lay on hands works without divine intervention.

Cheers! I did my best to avoid the orphan tropes, I hope it wasn't too cliched. As to Lay on Hands, half the time she is convinced that she blocked (or took, look at the 7-9 result) the blow earlier, or that they are just faking it and she intimidates it out of them. Other times... she doesn't like to think about it. I'm sure Mooshy will let me know!

Also, look at the human racial move (detect evil) and my alignment. Heh.

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Uh, whoa. And I thought I could do dark. You have proven me wrong.

What the hell is going on with Dhice!

Bathilda, do you still get a complication if the d6 and the d8 are the same value?

Not sure actually. The wording is if the d6 is higher than the d8, no mention of ties.

Dhice doesn't do torture scenes. I thought about having him freak out immediately, but decided to let the dice decide. On a 6- he was going to freak out BEFORE stopping the lead. On a 10+ he'd man up a little longer. On a 7-9 he stops the lead but then freaks out.

I love this game.

Ricard, could you put your moves etc. into your profile? I'm really curious to see what you can do, but I don't have that playbook.

I probably should, but I'm struggling to find a decent picture that also has the scar. Maybe I'll just find something without it :/

Voilà

Grigor, how do you load custom images in? I only noticed the default image selector (which frankly was pretty good).

Thanks so much. For backstories sake, this is her smiling gently at a pile of burning Skaven babies. Also, have I fallen into Morleys arms, or am I still tied up?

Morley McGree wrote:

Grigor, can Bathilda reroll her damage on Khad?

With respect, if someone wants to ask me for the reroll, that's cool, but let's let other people make their own combat decisions. Anyone is free to ask me as they see fit, but remember, I only get 1 per combat. I know I was a little "leader-guy" earlier, but that was to keep the plot moving.

That's fair. I was definitely overzealous and out of line.

You can't, you can only select the images provided by Paizo.

Grigor, how do you load custom images in? I only noticed the default image selector (which frankly was pretty good).

That's a great question. I don't know if you can. When Emma said she was trying to find a picture, I didn't know if we could load our own, or if we were limited to Paizo's selection. My guess is the latter is the case. Either way, I thought it was a good pic.

Ricard, could you put your moves etc. into your profile? I'm really curious to see what you can do, but I don't have that playbook.

Nope... i tried for like 10-20 mins to type it by hand but then Paizo restarted the page. So i will eventually or you can ask moosh for the sheet.

^ this. I found it less stressful to type everything in an offline document, then copy it in at the last second.

Morley McGree wrote:

Ricard, could you put your moves etc. into your profile? I'm really curious to see what you can do, but I don't have that playbook.

Nope... i tried for like 10-20 mins to type it by hand but then Paizo restarted the page. So i will eventually or you can ask moosh for the sheet.

Same thing happened to me too. Very frustrating.

Same thing happened to me too. Very frustrating.

I'm even doing that for modest posts now. Stupid forum is losing my flowery prose!

I had Dhice's shocked backpedaling WAY more explicitly detailed in the original post, which got lost.

If you're using chrome, Lazerus form recovery plugin. Never lose a post (or character sheet) again!

Just a heads up, I'll probably not be posting much this weekend. My cousin is getting married and I'm in the wedding.

Grats to your cousin! I'll write up a particularly gory Skaven kill for you to come back to on Monday.

Emma, dice rolls are like this without the "."

[dice.=Hack and Slash]2d6+MOD[/dice.]

Wow Emma, you found the perfect avatar picture.

I know right? Pure luck really :P

Hey, everyone, is there a good archer class somewhere, that isn't the ranger?

Of the default set, looks like Halfling Thief is it, pretty much.