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The dice really don't like the PCs, or NPCs, it seems.

Tell me about it.

Apologies for a delayed update. Tuesday or Wednesday!

System Updates
01

You have all advanced! And it’s a big one! You may choose between the following four options:

• Gain one additional Hit
• Gain one additional Skill
• Gain an additional Descriptor (Strong, Dextrous, Tough, Educated, Aware, Charismatic)
• Gain an additional Extraordinary Ability

However, please ground whatever advancement in the story as it has progressed so far. If you want something that is a total departure (Bertie has wings now!), let me know. We can delay the onset of the new ability until we have introduced it into the narrative.

02
Now that I’ve started using Blades In the Dark-style danger clocks (which I’ve been referring to as Tallies), I’m feeling like I have a better handle on how to use Moderate/Mixed Successes. Also, I’ve just realized that I haven’t been following my own notes on what’s a success or failure, at all! So, I’m returning to the original bands of success:

• Critical Success (12): Things go better than you expected.
• High result (10,11): Things go as you intended.
• Moderate (7-9): Mixed results negotiated between player and referee (fleeting success, partial success, failure with an upside, etc.). This will often progress a danger tally.
• Bad (3-6): Things get worse.
• Fumble (2): Unexpected bad luck strikes.

With this, I’ve also eliminated contested rolls entirely. Combat, for instance, is determined solely by your roll. A bad roll will get you injured, a good will injure your opponent, and a mixed one might result in you both being injured or neither.

I plan on only rolling a single d6 Drama Roll for things that don’t affect player agency.

03
Before we start the next chapter of this adventure, I’d like to solicit some feedback from you.
Stars: What has been working with the campaign, so far? What elements would you like to see more of?
Wishes: What is not in the campaign but you would like to see?

I was thinking of taking the athletics skill, partly because of Bertie doing a lot of running around in this part of the adventure, and partly because I got confused at one point and thought that that was the skill I had chosen last time when in fact is was unarmed combat. The other thought I had was the tough descriptor, which sort of fits with what they have physically been through. I also thought that maybe I could take minor telekinesis, a latent psi power being triggered by contact with the telepathic Ul-Mor. I'm going to have a think and consider which one to go for, although currently I'm leaning towards the latter, but I'd be interested in peoples thoughts.

I'll also have a good think about Stars and Wishes.

Oh! Also! Just as Chapter 2 began with our 50th plot update, Chapter 3 begins on our 100th!

As I am at work I can't see Kallina's sheet but I don't think she has Survival and considering what has gone on she should add the Survival skill. I will think some on the Stars and Wishes but I have been enjoying the game very much so far.

Skur Vonn has been doing a lot of techie things - so maybe educated

being on the planet - survival is a big one if i take a skill

but also abilities that fall in would be either - native resistance or relentless



game's been good so far

Kallina took Survival. Sheet updated.

I'd like to go for minor telekinesis, if that is acceptable.

shaidar wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:30 pm I'd like to go for minor telekinesis, if that is acceptable.

Wholly acceptable!

Plot update coming tomorrow!

Apologies for the late updates, lately. I have not been the master of my schedule, of late. I think the next plot update will be Saturday. Thank you for your patience!

No problem, I will be here.

No worries.

I think this week's update will land on Wednesday. Thank you for sticking in with all these delays!

No problem. We will be here.

No problem!

still here

Good news! I am hopeful that I can resume three-day-a-week, regularly scheduled posts again. Even if there are a still more hiccups over the next two weeks, come May I'll be thoroughly free.

Let's get this show back on the road!