[OOC] Tavern Tales - If We Must Die, Let The Cosmos Live/General Game Discussion Thread

stjohnmccloskey · 2014-07-16 10:40:16

haha I saw it on reddit before you put it here! :P

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-16 20:27:41

Okay so Gu Long makes his actual roll. Brawn. [12, 10, 1], +2. Success.

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-17 05:30:40

LEVEL UP

Everyone gains two levels.

You gain:

Two traits each.
1 passive trait.
Dvarapala Polearms, one guan dao and one spear. They are weak magical items that grant you 1 advantage each at the start of a combat, and those who bear one will always know in which direction and general state the other is.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-07-17 06:42:48

And here I thought these pokey things were just to make Min look funny.

Trophy from Tracking, Prepare to Die from Bardic Lore, and the Duck passive from Thievery.

I also propose that one of my new piercings counts for the Trophy trait.

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-17 08:13:01

Okay. You can take one of the polearms and wear them as jewelry. They were meant to shrink down to pen size anyway.

loliwarmech · 2014-07-17 10:21:10

I'll be taking Overload from Artifice to use with my huge robot kitten mittens if that's okay. Fist of the Eastern Star from Martial Arts as well because how could I not take this.

e: Forgot my passive. I'll take You're Next! from Savagery.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-07-17 11:08:58

Also, going back to images of our characters,

Ba reminds me a lot of Kemba, Kha Regent from Magic: The Gathering

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-17 11:27:08

Neato.

Lol: You also get a passive.

CaptivePhantom · 2014-07-17 22:09:41

For my passive, I'm taking Death Grip because it seems like I'm gonna be doing a lot of grappling.

For my other two traits, I'm going to take Pierce the Veil and maybe Cantrips? Boy I hope we do a lot of Exploring cause that's apparently how I'm buildin this character.

Also, we don't each get the Door God weapons, right? Like, as a group, we're getting those two and we decide who among us will take each? If that's the case, I'll pass on it.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-07-17 22:41:37

CaptivePhantom said:
Boy I hope we do a lot of Exploring cause that's apparently how I'm buildin this character.

You and me both, man. You and me both.

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-17 22:45:38

Yeah, two folks get it.

I'll try to include more exploration soon.

CaptivePhantom · 2014-07-18 01:25:31

Kraken just informed me I can't take three Exploration traits in a row, so I'm going with Dispel, an Arcane Combat trait, and Well Studied, an Arcane Interaction trait, instead. And for Well Studied, I'm going with Monsters, Gods, and Mythic History as his 3 topics.

loliwarmech · 2014-07-18 08:03:05

Oh man, I forgot I had a heal pot with me. Could have dumped it on poor Min.

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-18 20:34:21

Anybody else want to do things before we leave?

loliwarmech · 2014-07-18 22:08:56

I need some patching up, hang on.

e: done

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-19 00:35:57

I use my trait, Noble Born, to establish an existing relationship with Astra.

CaptivePhantom · 2014-07-19 02:04:22

Hm. Might use Aura of Death here unless someone else wants to bail me out. Cause really I see Aura of Death making our relationship with Astra worse, not better, but it definitely feels like something Gui would do in this situation.

loliwarmech · 2014-07-19 03:11:44

Ba'll attempt to defuse the tension. Wouldn't want our rep ruined.

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-19 03:18:40

If you don't want to compete in the games, then yes. Use it.

If you do, then don't use it.

loliwarmech · 2014-07-19 03:22:54

Fixed pronouns. I'm bad at addressing royalty. Bowing because Ba can't curtsey without a dress.

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-19 06:26:00

Somebody make a roll to convince Astra that Er Gui should be allowed to compete.

And you must use an argument someone hasn't used yet.

loliwarmech · 2014-07-19 06:56:56

Min, you're our last hope!

Yarrun XIX · 2014-07-19 21:28:55

[12,13,11]+0

Not sure whether to add the Spirit modifier or the Mind modifier.

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-19 21:37:11

You went for a very logical approach, so I'd say "Mind".

It's moot, anyway. All the dice show success. For now. Later on I expect that we'd get variable dice rolls, where there are set range numbers that give you a wide spectrum of success and failure intensity.

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-20 04:36:51

Astra rolls a Mind roll to pierce Min's obfuscation. [19, 19, 8] +3.

I think this should be an opposed roll. Min, would you like to roll against?

Yarrun XIX · 2014-07-20 05:04:20

[19,16,17]+1

Yeah, I wasn't going to win that one.

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-20 05:26:33

Result posted.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-07-22 02:39:52

First thing I'm doing after we're officially out of Astra's hair is try out the Rumor Mill skill.

loliwarmech · 2014-07-22 06:07:31

[YOU MUST GATHER YOUR PARTY BEFORE VENTURING FORTH]

Fifth person, wherefore art thou?

stjohnmccloskey · 2014-07-22 12:17:11

Sorry! I can't access this site on my computer anymore for some reason. Ive been reading via e-mail. :/ i'll just post from my phone for now!

stjohnmccloskey · 2014-07-22 14:02:31

Hmmm so when you guys leave maybe I'll be proselytizing outside and will pull some impressive arcane stunt that will make you decide to invite me as your alternate?

loliwarmech · 2014-07-22 22:45:54

Works for me.

CaptivePhantom · 2014-07-23 01:44:37

Yeah that sounds pretty cool.

stjohnmccloskey · 2014-07-23 09:53:03

Hope it was alright for me to take a bit of creative license for the introduction of Yuduo (and briefly his dog Mei)! Hey kingCrackers, am I level 3 or will I match the level of the rest of the party? (I'm fine either way, it's not as though being a lower level cripples in Tavern Tales the way it does in most systems!)

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-23 12:03:48

Damn it all, I forgot. You're level 5.

Please let me know what traits you're going to take.

stjohnmccloskey · 2014-07-23 12:11:40

I'll be picking up lay on hands (hence the healing of myself, and I think that's a useful ability for an alternate!) and summon familiar to make Mei an actual crunchy entity! I suppose as a passive I'll grab healer. seems to be very useful, and I can't think of anything else that would suit him especially well!

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-23 22:08:33

Our cast. From left-to-right: Gu Long Wang, Min, Er Gui, Ba, and Tai Yuduo.

Ba's is a placeholder until she finishes her drawing.

loliwarmech · 2014-07-24 12:17:00

I made a thing

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-24 12:30:19

Update: I think we can all agree that Ba is the Coolest Motherfucker Here.

CaptivePhantom · 2014-07-25 17:17:24

Where's yours from, Kraken? Also, really awesome pics the rest of you (Loli in particular).

Also, I gotta say, if I'm like stepping on any toes with how big an asshole Gui is, I'd happily tone it down. I mean, I'd prefer to kind of do it naturally with the upcoming fights like y'all earn his respect or something, but if I need to immediately scale it back, I'm cool with that.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-07-25 19:35:51

Eh, it's alright with me. Min has a long history of working with untrustworthy and/or antagonistic clients and allies. He knows the score.

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-25 20:49:30

It's from Majin Bone, one of those anime/video game/card game thingees. I may or may not watch it.

Hard to find an image that says "White Bone Dragon," so I went with what I could find.

loliwarmech · 2014-07-25 23:03:55

captivephantom: I don't mind at all, he's fun to have around.

stjohnmccloskey · 2014-07-26 15:01:55

Doesn't bother me none! Makes the roleplaying fun!

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-27 08:11:00

Everyone deduct 5 gold coins from your inventory.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-07-27 14:12:32

Permission to sneak out at some point during the night to dig up dirt on Astra?

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-27 20:29:16

Sure, why not? Although I will insist that some of the tests you participate in will take decreases, because you didn't get enough sleep.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-07-27 20:30:46

:/

I do hate decreases....

Fine, we'll save discovering Astra's dirty little secrets for later. Now, onward to the games!

One-Winged Eagle · 2014-07-27 20:49:42

This is your cue to roleplay how you get up in the morning and prepare, folks.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-07-28 07:41:50

Making a mind-roll to identify the creature.

[3,8,10]+1

[OOC] Tavern Tales - If We Must Die, Let The Cosmos Live/General Game Discussion Thread

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