inky says, "ok, here's a dude who does *not* have weapons +2"
inky | Hanse
inky |
inky | Great (+2): Stealth, Athletics
inky | Good (+1): Fingersmithery, Alertness
inky | Fair (+0): Socializing (Undercity), Weapons (Knives)
inky | Average (-1): Endurance, Science
inky |
inky | Master of Deception
inky | Always has a Fallback
inky |
inky | At Home in the Shadows
inky | Wanted Man
inky | Friends at the Inn
inky says, "so ok"
inky says, "Hanse is infiltrating some temple in the city in search of the Eye of the Snake"
inky says, "he disguised himself as an acolyte and cased the outer temple, and then one night he scrambled across the roof and made his way in through a skylighty sort of thing"
inky says, "he touches down on the ground softly and starts getting his bearings in the dim light (the room has a bunch of little idols in niches in the walls), when he hears a noise through a doorway"
inky says, "Hanse scrambles to climb up the wall"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 1 2 | 3 + 2 = 5
inky says, "man, poor Hanse -- he gets partway up when there's a sort of zzz-thok noise, and a strand of webbing hits him and pulls him painfully to the ground"
inky says, "he takes a point of damage and looks up to see a big-ass spider in the room"
inky says, "I think this spider is a relatively minor dude, two boxes + a -2 consequence"
inky says, "but still, it's going to be rough, especially since Hanse is tangled"
inky says, "the spider charges in as Hanse tries to roll away"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 1 5 | 6 + 2 = 8
inky says, "fangs graze his arm for another point of damage -- he just has the three consequences left, dang"
inky says, "let us say he throws a knife and hopes for the best"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 4 3 | 7 + 0 = 7
inky says, "well, one point of damage, better than nothing"
inky says, "being tangled should really impose some penalty but I'm not sure what it is -- maybe that he can't flee, which would be his natural inclination"
inky says, "the spider comes at him again"
inky says, "(and he continues to dodge)"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 2 2 | 4 + 2 = 6
inky says, "dang"
inky says, "it hits his leg, which begins to swell with venom (-4 consequence)"
inky says, "(really he should be using some fate points here, but I am just curious how this'll go)"
inky says, "(also I note in passing he's been failing with his +2 skill, and if he'd had a +2 instead of a +0 on weapons he still would have gotten a partial result there)"
inky says, "anyway, he tries to trick the spider into moving below a particularly large idol"
inky says, "(which I guess is, hmm, stealth? hiding his intentions?)"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 6 3 | 9 + 2 = 11
inky says, "well, that worked -- the spider's now there, or rather will be there once it finishes lunging at him:"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 2 5 | 7 + 2 = 9
inky says, "he has to spend his -2 consequence! battered, perhaps"
inky says, "anyway, he finally tries for another dagger attack"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 4 1 | 5 + 0 = 5
inky says, "man"
inky says, "which he can upgrade to a partial with the aspect he made, but that's only 1 point of damage"
inky says, "ok, so he's got his -6 left and nothing else, and the spider has a -2 left and nothing else"
inky says, "and the spider leaps on him!"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 6 2 | 8 + 2 = 10
inky says, "he finally manages to roll completely out of the way of an attack"
inky says, "hmm"
inky says, "seems like he's going to have to get pretty lucky to handle this"
inky says, "like, he'd need an advanced success since he's using a dagger, or some combo of success + partial"
inky says, "well, I guess step one is to scramble up the walls again"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 5 2 | 7 + 2 = 9
inky says, "he climbs up the walls, idols shattering behind him, but he does make it up"
inky says, "the spider shoots another strand at him"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 3 1 | 4 + 2 = 6
inky says, "man, which hits him and yanks him down again"
inky says, "that might fracture a bone or something"
inky says, "well, maybe in his fall he does something to aid his attack, as he hurls this last knife"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 2 5 | 7 + 0 = 7
inky says, "it does upgrade to 2 damage, at least -- the spider's leaking ooze and stuff"
inky says, "but it's rushing at him and what's going to happen"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 4 3 | 7 + 2 = 9
inky says, "...it bites him and he's out"
inky says, "anyway, Hanse probably gets tied up in the basement, but hopefully he escapes"
inky says, "in some alternate dimension, however, on arriving he is instead confronted by three temple guards"
inky says, "once again he scrambles to climb up the walls before they arrive"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 2 3 | 5 + 2 = 7
inky says, "a little better off, he makes it up but they're aware someone's in there"
inky says, "he does get the first attack as he leaps down on them, though"
inky says, "(with a free aspect use)"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 1 6 | 7 + 0 = 7
inky says, "so bumped to a full success, and one of the guards collapses, Hanse's dagger in his back"
inky says, "the other two charge in, swinging their clubs"
inky says, "(I guess he gets a bonus of +1 here)"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 4 4 | 8 + 3 = 11
inky says, "he dodges out of the way, no problem"
inky says, "probably over-confident, he stabs with his dagger again"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 4 2 | 6 + 0 = 6
inky says, "... yeah, he gets thunked on the arm and makes no contact, taking one damage"
inky says, "then they try to club him again"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 1 5 | 6 + 3 = 9
inky says, "creating a matching bruise on the other arm, out of stress boxes again"
inky says, "well, I guess this time he should try a maneuver, so he fakes an attack while palming a knife to set up a real attack later"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 5 6 | 11 + 2 = 13
inky says, "nice work, Hanse"
inky says, "...they attack"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 3 5 | 8 + 3 = 11
inky says, "but he's anticipating and dodges"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 3 1 | 4 + 2 = 6
inky says, "then he attacks -- it'd be a miss, but his real attack hits partially, at least, wounding a guard (perhaps he should have unlocked the advanced stealth success to get a +3 with this maneuver instead of a +2)"
inky says, "...they attack"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 5 2 | 7 + 3 = 10
inky says, "he's still dodging, but for how long"
inky says, "another palmed dagger"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 5 6 | 11 + 3 = 14
inky says, "...they attack"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 1 5 | 6 + 3 = 9
inky says, "they hit, this time, and he takes a consequence"
inky says, "now he attacks"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 1 4 | 5 + 0 = 5
inky says, "he takes out the guard, and there's one left"
inky says, "(who attacks, natch)"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 3 6 | 9 + 4 = 13
inky says, "but just the one and Hanse has no problems dodging"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 5 3 | 8
inky says, "a straight attack, and the guard is wounded"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 2 5 | 7 + 4 = 11
inky says, "dodges the response"
inky rolls 2 6-sided dice: 5 4 | 9
inky says, "and the guard is down"
inky says, "a rough fight, but Hanse does win"
inky says, "the + defense bonus is pretty vital, though, I gotta say"
inky says, "the spider was a lot harder"
inky says, "anyway, Hanse figures this place is too tough and clears out -- maybe he'll come back later with a whole adventuring party"