Not for nuthin' but won't he get involved in Sora's 7-9 anyway if he aids?

Oh Gods, not the hat!

Wide open: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 The wall-armor has to do with movement, and I don't think it counts here.

"Hey, so... Truce until that hocus pocus is done? I mean... Nothing personal. I'd have let you in if you weren't swinging that thing around. That's clearly why you didn't get hurt. I thought we had a thing! Otherwise, I've gotta keep harassing you, and that sounds annoying. You know me and effort." He gives the big man a plaintive expression.

Parley?: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 2) + 1 = 6
Note to self: 7th XP if it counts.

It's my "do crazy parkour" move. I just generally use it to get onto a wall because then Nathan has armor.

Hack and slash: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 2) + 2 = 6

Nathan drops into a crouch and darts across the ground, away from the circle. His three-limbed gait looks even stranger on the floor.
On a Mirror's Edge: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3) + 2 = 10

He practically cartwheels back to the throne, flipping over the back. He clings to the headboard to give himself some cover as he watches the result of the lich's efforts.
Using 1 hold to "Avoid or knock aside an enemy attack and keep moving", 1 to "Leap around, over, or through an obstacle or enemy in your path" and 1 to "Get up somewhere out of reach or out of sight"

It's up to Mini to interpret the timing of things. Whatever he finds interesting.

Nathan leaps his way up to the wall and races along it towards the foes, stepping nimbly over the wall sconces. if I read right you are planning to run along the walls to get behind the throne. If I am misreading and you want to be on the ceiling, then I will need a description of how you get up there. To my thinking if it is something other than running up the wall, which will mean you are still far away, I will probably need a roll of some sort.

All good, seemed like a long distance to travel to maybe fall and get hurt. The wall is where he was headed.

Nathan takes some time clamoring around the sconces. He clings to every crack in the masonry, sometimes with a single toe or finger, but somehow he's able to keep himself moving across the wall. Nathan also keeps his distance from the muscle so he doesn't feel threatened. As far as Nathan's concerned, that one is Sora's to deal with.
Using 1 hold each to "Leap around, over, or through an obstacle or enemy in your path" and get past the sconces.

Once he is in position at the back of the room, and if he is not being attacked, he will use his spear to pole-vault onto the throne.
Using 1 hold to "Leap around, over, or through an obstacle or enemy in your path" and get on top of the throne.

"Peekaboo!" Nathan brings his spear up, around, and down onto the lich.
Hack and Slash: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 2) + 2 = 10
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 3 1 piercing

Now, Nathan is not wall-walking, and therefore does not have armor.

Shrugging, Nathan sprints across the wall, staying above people's heads, and using the length of his spear to judge his height from the ground. Staying [Reach] +3 feet off the ground.

In his mind's eye, he practices the pole-vault he'll need to take to clear the distance from the wall to the throne. He hopes any attacks aimed in his direction come while he's on the wall, where he has the space and leverage to mitigate the attacks. He has 1 armor while wall-walking.

Mirror's Edge: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 4) + 2 = 12

Let me know if there are any obstacles between Nathan and the back of the room, or if any attacks come his way. If he still has hold when he reaches the back of the room, he'll use it to vault on top of the throne. He can't leap like that and use Death from Above (yet) So once he's there it'll just be a Hack and Slash from Close or Reach, depending on the height of the throne.

Nathan scrambles up the wall near the door. He stops at a sconce and teeters there for a second, judging the distances... "What do any of you bet I can't stick ol' Lich Master General like a pig?"

Discern Realities: 2d6 + 0 ⇒ (4, 5) + 0 = 9
What here is not what it appears to be?

Maybe a bit of a map? Is there cover on/near the walls? Is the throne near a wall? How big is the magic circle?

Nathan holds the back of the lich lynch mob, ensuring that noone gets tied up with zombies as others fumble with the doors.

Is the corridor tall enough for Nathan to be out of reach? If Nathan is high on a wall, is he getting hit by the trapdoor? Ideally, Nathan is on a wall, fighting back the falling zombies from the most promising position he could have found before the trap sprang. What danger(s) does he face in doing so? He is wielding a spear with reach.

Nathan looks at the construction of this section of tunnels, trying to decide how best to approach the lich's inner sanctum.
Can he stay out of sight on the walls or ceiling?

"I'm going as long as Himnon is, since he's the only one Sora will let me hang with." Nathan slaps the older man on the back. He's pointedly ignoring Reno.

"A necro-lich versus a dragon mage? I mean, who would win in a fight, a freaking dragon, or a corpse puppet? Besides, where do you check first for escaped slaves? The closest thing in close proximity resembling a large town."

Nathan would have a place to get back to, but it would be a bad neighborhood situation. Big city, lots of shadows. Probably a bazarr/black market. There'd be lots of resources and folks looking to hire.
Spout Lore: 2d6 + 0 ⇒ (6, 4) + 0 = 10
"I've got a hole to crawl back to, but no place to take fine folk such as yourselves..."

"I believe that would require a second rope. Not that there's any shortage of supplies. My buddy Himnon could turn her into dragon armor. That's how magic works, right Himnon?"

"I could tie her to the end of the rope..."

"That's what he said!"

When Nathan is left alone, holding the end of the rope, he wraps the loose end around one arm and swings across.
Defy Danger(STR: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 6) + 2 = 14

"I could climb down... or up... but a lack of surfaces makes things difficult from a walking from A to B perspective. I've been working on some tricks with ropes, but I- Oh, okay. You can just fly." Nathan scratches his scruff. "I'll just watch from a safe distance and keep folks from falling in."

"Well, see, some people are real uptight about what kinds of fun you can have, where you can have it and with whom."

Nathan chimes in from behind Ysolde. "You see, some folks put a lot of stock into who you have fun with, and how you choose to have fun behind closed doors... or open doors... or in public-"

After a few hours of pushing bricks and tugging sconces, Nathan returns to the group somewhat less jauntily than usual. "So, if the bridge is out, should we try for that passage on the other side?"

"Awful stark world to go without a blade. Even just one for defending yourself." Nathan flips his combat knife out of his belt and rolls it across his fingers. "It's not a shield, mind, but it'll keep you and yours safe from the unforseeable." He offers the knife hilt first. "Unless you've got claws of a different sort altogether..."

"Woah, hey." Nathan kneels and closes his hand over Shy's, helping her lift the heavy blade. "Bit heavier than you thought? Just, ah, mind the blade. It's not a good sword to practice with."

"Elena is weak and in need of my protection." Can be resolved. +1 I'll make a few new ones for our new party.
Himnon may think he's above my advances, but I'll show him that our bromance will challenge the Gods in its brilliance.
Ysolde doesn't know what she's getting into with me. I shouldn't lead her on if I know I'll disappoint her.
Shyness needs to relax. I'll buy her some pipeleaf when we get to town.

Alignment: I bested the whipmaster in a contest of strength. +1

I think the three questions are best answered with Cuddles.
We learned that as well as necromancers, the world is full of many forms of animists. This world has a fixation with artificial life. +1
We overcame one such construct in the form of Cuddles the Murder Golem. +1
His companionship will prove to be the greatest treasure of all. +1

All told, +5 XP, if everyone approves...

Sounds great. Can't wait to discover how he'll disappoint.

Nathan pops his sapphire into place where the others indicate the thing's reasoning draws power, and indicates with a gesture that they should wait to replace the other stones.

To the newcomers, and little miss presumptive introduction, Nathan flashes a smile, thumbs his nose, and leans against the wall. "I mean, if dreams are your thing, I know a few plants we could experiment with."

Yeah, and it totally was in his mouth, if that means anything. If that's okay.

Nathan's mouth opens in a smile, and the glow of one of the sapphires shines through. He drops the rock into his hand and spits on the floor. "See? The armor's mostly harmless. No idea what you were so scared of, Sora."

We are a pointedly squishy lot.

Seeing the tide of combat turn, Nathan turns to bring his spear down into the armor's helmet.
Hack and Slash: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 4) + 2 = 11
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4 piercing 1

Nathan drops into an instinctive crouch when the armor moves, then tears up the wall toward the opening in the ceiling. Moving above the arc of the armor's swing.

Mirror's Edge: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4) + 2 = 7
I'll use my first of 2 hold to "get up out of reach or out of sight." Is there a place above the armor where Nathan can Reach the armor with his spear where the armor can't get Close enough for an immediate reprisal? Would you allow Nathan to use a ME hold to "Avoid or knock aside an enemy attack and keep moving" from a 7-9 H&S?

"I wonder what this room looks like with the ceiling closed... I mean, I might be able to reach down from above... Hell, I could lower a rope from the ceiling of the room above..."

Nathan stands just outside the circle, looking at the armor and sighing heavily. "Not sure I like my odds..." After a few moments of licking his lips and pacing, he turns to investigate the sapphires. He probes at them with his knife. Do they come out? He'll try to look through the crates as well. Avoiding the circle.

Discern Realities: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7
What here is useful or valuable to me? (other than the death armor)

Nathan uses his spear to get up from a crouch. "Sorry, just got done murdering a sadist with a cloak full of deathwishes, I'm a bit winded." He lights a splinter from the busted drawer on a nearby torch and prepares to light the lantern. "Anyone care to carry this? I'm not looking to paint myself a target right now. Unless our mystical friend can provide some hands-free lighting."

Nathan eyes the journal, glad to be out from the front of that particular storm. "Anyone else notice the lever? I'll take your solemn apologies and adoration now, before I'm as much a legend as the corridors below."

He doesn't pull the lever himself, but instead stays near the door.

Nathan tenses, glances obviously at a nearby wall, then chuckles nervously. "Not exactly my color, sis." He shrugs off the cloak and holds it out. "I'd make some offers of apology, but I can't think of anything I wouldn't offer anyway." His hand goes to the brim of his hat instinctively.

Removing the cloak reveals his back, which is riddled with wounds.

Yeah, probably some coincident. I know if I had wings like those I wouldn't give away this many feathers without getting some considerable perks. Surely she's not underselling such a luxurious asset. "I'm sure we'd figure something out... Oh- Believe me, sister, there's something in there worth showing off. If anything, it's been undersold."

Nathan notices the mage. "Oh, hey, Harmon? Hamill? There's a viper of a whip in there if you're interested. I've been bit one too many times for us to be on speaking terms."

That roll was to see if it dawns on Nathan that the cloak might actually be made from her feathers. An identification roll. I guess that might be "what here is not as it seems?"

Nathan peeks out of the room, hand on the latch.

When he comes out, he tucks the silver holy symbol into Reno's stinky armor. "Sora, look! We're twins." He turns about and flourishes the cloak of white feathers. "I wonder where that slob got something this fine."

Discern Unfortunate Realities: 2d6 + 0 ⇒ (4, 4) + 0 = 8

Equipment up for use by the party:
Inimical Whip (close, reach, near, 1 weight)
Bloodstained Armor (clumsy, armor 2, 1 weight)
Silver Holy symbol

H&S Reprisal: 1d8 ⇒ 7
5 HP as of this post.

Gasping for breath, Nathan peels the whip from the whipmaster's hand and throws it across the room. Then, he rolls into a sitting position on the floor. Needing a minute to cool off and catch his breath, he looks around the room.

Are there any obvious details to the room? (Dressers, cabinets, sconces, etc.) What can Nathan clearly hear from this room? (Such as an end to the combat outside)

Once he's had a breather, he checks the whipmaster (and/or the obvious features of the room) for useful items.
Loot: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (3, 3) + 2 = 8

When he's done with the obvious, Nathan checks the less obvious. He checks cracks in the wall for drafts, pulls on sconces, searching for signs of Ezio's rumored cell.

A boss with three non-trivial minions in the second encounter of the first session of play, wielding a weapon with all ranges which ignores armor and wearing some amount of armor, whereas most of us have trivial equipment and none of us is fully sure how our classes work. At what point were we supposed to understand this room had mechagodzilla in it so we could avoid it?

I'm through wasting rolls trying to fictionally position my way into a position of equal footing. One of the two of us is dying in this chamber, and I'm still not sure if this encounter is worth surviving. I don't get the feeling you're a fan of my character.

Around the time you cheered my second partial success out of ten rolls, I started to feel like this wasn't about David taking down Goliath through wit and luck, but a killing trap closing on an unnamed vermin.

How many aditional damage rolls did you want me to roll on Nathan?

Nathan blindly stabs at the prone figure until it stops moving or he blacks out.

So, after successfully defying the danger of being attacked, and getting a 7-9 on an attempt to grapple (and possibly tie up) the whipmaster, I take damage (the thing I successfully avoided) and, what? They're still not bound? I don't understand what I gained from one and a half successful rolls. If he's bound, can he effectively use his armor? I may still be at risk for repercussions from the living whip with a hack and slash, but it would be fairly easy to find a joint in his armor, or stab him in his neck from up close if he can't move.

Thank you sir may I have another: 1d8 ⇒ 4
12 HP as of this post.

Hack and Slash: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 2 = 9
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Defy Danger(STR): 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 1) + 2 = 8

I don't decide when a wall is too high. When you introduce the room, you describe it. All you have to say is that the ceiling's too high. We don't need a number to have to remember. You can decide that on a room-to-room basis.

A relatively comfortable ceiling with fixtures like support beams I would expect Nathan could likely get up to, but nine times out of ten, he will use a wall to get up to the ceiling (his patented corkscrew maneuver). Most of Nathan's action has been in tight tunnels and small rooms with the exception of the Orc nest, where Nathan had already gotten onto the ceiling, and I stopped to ask how close I could get without alerting them. The core of this class is that he can traverse walls and ceilings almost as if they were floors. You can set obstacles, but if I don't know about an obstacle, I can't roll to overcome it.

Falling ten feet, like you said, posed a challenge which none of my moves could answer. If the walls of the whipmaster's room were covered in blades, then I'd need an extra hold to parkour safely past them. If there's no ceiling, I might not be able to drop down on someone who is too far from the wall. If I only have one hold, and someone is trying to whip it good, I can only avoid that attack, and wait to roll again.

I think the real issue here may be that Nathan's Death from Above doesn't have repercussions on a 7-9, but to be above someone I have to either start the encounter on the ceiling/high wall, or roll Mirrors Edge first, and use a hold to get up there if there is a clear path. That's two chances for a 6. It only looks OP now because I've rolled like eight 10s. I also had no business getting away from that 7 without some damage. The danger was clear, and I chose to try to complete the move anyway.

At the end of the day, Nathan's in his element, and he's still only managed to kill one goblin and keep the whipmaster occupied for a few rounds after nine rolls which each had a 10% chance of complete and total failure. That's also ignoring the fact that if any of the mirror's edge moves had been 7-9s, he wouldn't have had the hold to do all the fancy maneuvering.

I'm also sorry if I've been posting too fast.

No effect to "Kidnap them - you retreat to somewhere nearby, taking them with you"? Not even for narrative fluff? I'm sorry I didn't reference the line directly, but with that 12, I would get two actions.

Wherever they are, Nathan, knife in teeth, uses his long limbs, freedom of movement, and strength (and the fact that he's well inside the range of any described weapons) to grapple the whipmaster into submission and begin tying him down.
Defy Danger(STR): 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 6) + 2 = 10

That's a whole lot of bad stuff for a 7-9. Admittedly, that's what it'll take to have a chance putting down Nathan. I mean, he's dead as soon as he gets a 6, but until then...

Mirror's Edge: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 4) + 2 = 11
Nathan is inside the man's carefully calculated reach before the whip cracks, knife protecting his exposed neck. His feet and free hand pull at the lavishly decorated wall as he corkscrews through the room, gaining speed with each powerful step.
"Avoid or knock aside an enemy attack and keep moving", and either "leap around, over, or through an obstacle or enemy in your path", or "get up somewhere out of reach or out of sight" depending on if you need me to spend a hold to get close and/or above him. He'll lose them in a sec anyway.

Death from Above: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6) + 2 = 12
Stabbity: 1d8 ⇒ 1
Nathan lifts the whipmaster from the floor as his knife connects with thick armor, and drives the sadist down back into his bed, pinning him down with his knees. "When I get you, you stay got!" Nathan pulls the bits of rope from his belt with his free hand. "Are you gonna make this a fight?"

I'll bet there's nothing but arid desert outside. Not a wall or tree for miles. We'll never see another ceiling again.

On the topic of equipment:

Nathan just wants the chained bucket because he's going to have magic grappling hook powers soon, and eventually, magic rope weapon powers. Other than the knife, there's not much else he needs.

Armor, eventually...

He'll be very interested in any bullwhips we encounter in the whipmaster suite, magic or otherwise.