[IC] Death & Taxes (Session 4)

For 1 success on the original IR roll, you can affect one ally. Who would you like to heal 1 Strain and get the +1 boost to all checks for the next 2 turns? Nera gets the +1 strain and the boost on checks for 2 turns.

For Field Commander, 3 allies can perform a free maneuver for 1 strain - out of turn, so NOW. Could be used for Nera to draw her bow, or to advance a bit and gain on the bad guys without the Athletics of Coordination check. Two others would get a free maneuver, too. Field Commander's great for foot chases!

Ah, beautiful. You also have Fleet of Paw, so the "Haste" buff from Augment isn't helpful, either. CESN, any creative buffs you might have given Nera with Augment? Maybe some temporary night vision that lets her ignore the 2 setbacks?

As for non-lethal damage: I don't think that's doable with standard arrows. My understanding is Painful Blow means you hit like normal, but you also wound the target in a way that makes them have a hard time moving. Since arrows are pointy, I think the assumption is that they do wound damage.

If you sacrifice a maneuver, I'd let you break the arrowhead off an arrow and then shoot that with an added setback thrown in, though. In that case, I could see the arrow doing strain damage and not being lethal. Alternatively, a Story Point might be used to keep a downed enemy alive.

If you hit with Painful Blow (you also upgrade the difficulty of the shot btw) you do damage, every maneuver they make afterwards is at the cost of 2 strain so eventually they'll pass out if you don't kill them outright. Don't forget you got a free boost and a free maneuver now... also one move for Hildar and Bruv (sometimes Bruce due to autocorrect) too then it's someone else's turn.
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The only thing I was thinking of doing was dropping a Curse on one of them to Paralyse them but at his range it's not possible as with the Range additional effects I'd need it'd push the difficulty up beyond the max for the spell even if I burned 2 x manoeuvres to close to Medium range

I like this break-an-arrow plan. I'm asking too many questions: Thanks to Tronus I can perform an additional maneuver in addition to the two I already get, which hypothetically lets me move closer, pull out my bow, AND prep an arrow?

You've not got your bow out, so you're looking at four maneuvers to do everything you're asking to do: 1) get bow out, 2) break arrow, 3 & 4) close distance from Long to Medium (putting you in the corn). If you want to be able to shoot, you'd have to use a regular arrow and just flip a SP to keep them alive if you kill someone. Or break all this up over two turns; you'll be keeping distance with them thanks to Swift.

sounds good. I think I counted the Ps wrong, but that works :D

Good deal. No setbacks to Nera for darkness. Seems like folks think Nera should go next, meaning that Hildar and Bruv can react to whatever happens in the final two PC slots.

This is not at all directed at you, somebox. Your misfortune is of course my misfortune here. And this sucks, but...

LOOOOOLOLOLOOLLLLOLLLO!!!???!!!

This I think supercedes the previous record most lopsided roll that I've ever seen fail. And simultaneously is definitely the most Advantage I've ever seen rolled in one roll (previous was 7).

Wow

9 Advantage! Good night. I've only ever seen that on checks where someone was spamming the Star Wars crafting system.

Just a point of order, but Nera can't break an arrowhead off AND make it to medium in one turn, even with all the buffs. Taking out the bow and breaking the head off the arrow are two separate maneuvers, and making it to medium range required two more maneuvers. SO, we can assume this was a regular arrow, and that Nera is now at medium range to these guys (and hence in the corn).

Making them trip is definitely a good use for 3 of those advantages. 6 more and they emerge from the corn? They'd still be long range to Bruv and Hildar, but at least within sight for a magic spell at medium range if the spellcasters try to close distance with them?

Should be enough for the corn to turn against the creepers in a... creepy way

Dumb question if it's 2 maneuver to move due to difficult terrain and you have swift is it one manuver to move to medium from long?

Medum to Long is normally 2 maneuvers, but difficult terrain doubles that to 4. So Swift just keeps it at the normal 2.

If we use the advantage to bump these guys out of the corn, the rest of you will be at Long range, meaning 2 maneuvers moves you to Medium (and within ranged-attack/spell distance.) I'll do that unless I hear back from somebox with another idea in the next few hours.

That looks like a good course of action, get rid of the corn element.

You also have an out of turn man for 1 strain vs 2 on your turn