[IC] Death & Taxes (Session 2)

This one looks like a liar and I haven't seen him yet! *Grabs Vigilance Dice*

Truth was the planned strategy right?

So, this scene could turn into a social "combat" -- Depends on how y'all proceed. For now, someone should make a social check on this guy. Nekurr's already set the stage for a Leadership check, but it might make sense to have Tronus step in since he has points in that skill. In that case, Nekurr's wind up is worth a boost die. Helping the kid is worth another. If you show him the writ, that's worth two more boosts. 2 setbacks for stranger danger, a third for your unorthodox entrance into the village, a fourth because Nekurr's spell to repel the mosquitos won't take effect until after this scene.

Difficulty for Leadership is RRP. But let me know if you'd rather go Coercion, Deception, or Charm & we can reconfigure.

If Leadership, final roll will get +BBB (with the writ) + 4K.

If I need more success I can flip a story point for three more.

Keeping an eye out for anything untoward/unusual about the village. Especially if there are any other odd symbology that doesn't strictly speaking tie in with an aspect of Aris.

It's Natural I've taken twice not Knack for It - have just removed it and refunded the XP for the moment.

Hildar can try a Hard (PPP) Perception check with a setback for the movement of people and so on. Plus a second setback for the mosquitos.

OK, so there's no good way to do this. If someone's using Deception, I'll just have to ask everyone to be mature role-players and separate player knowledge from character knowledge. I used a combined difficulty of Nekurr's Willpower (4) with Tronus's Vigilance (1), adding a further setback for the rest of the group. You get the impression that he's telling the truth. What would you like to use the 3 threat for?

This should be good......that went as well as to be expected.

For rolls like that I'd say your best bet moving forwards would be to just hide the roll completely or leave the onus on the players to make a check if they think they are lying but even that can telegraph things if the 'bad' side of dice pool is too high

Lest it derail the game here, I'll note that the mayor rolling Deception doesn't necessarily mean he's the big bad or that he's lying about everything. It may just indicate that he's hiding some details from you for some reason.

Also, even if you suspect him (or anyone else), you'll need to find tangible proof of wrongdoing if you're to satisfy your client and employer (and the law). You'd all know that. :)

I like the "someone seems uncomfortable" idea.

Let's say the mosquito bites may impose setbacks down the road here or there unless Hildar can find relief somehow.

Not to further slow the pace down, but does Hildar get any boost die from Heightened Awareness?

Not sure if we're still in a conflict. If so, I can roll more of my feline charms ;)

So, I read Tronus and Nekurr are working together to roll both a Charm check (apologizing for the previous tax collector, saying you're not like that), then a Leadership check (but we need to see receipts right away). That lets you roll YYG+boost for both.

Difficulty for Charm is RPP+3K for the fact that you came through the swamps, so he's still wary of you, and for motivational reasons you haven't sussed out yet.

Difficulty for Leadership is RRP+3K for same reasons.