[IC] Death & Taxes (Session 4)

Yes, Tronus is the one with the poisoned sickle, so roll 'em up, Remnant!

Yea, as I mentioned Bruv had decided against trying to take her out.

So I believe it will be on Remnant to kick things off here?

Edit: ninja'd by the GM!

From what you've ascertained about the poison they use, it causes a deep slumber, which is what appears to have happened to her. If you're suspicious she's faking it, that's a Perception check versus RRRG + 2Blk for darkness.

I'll allow two boosts from assistance, assuming the others scan her, too... OK, so no help. 1 threat = she gets a boost on any attempts to break out from bar damage, if she does so at some point.

I keep forgetting that Nera is about, and she has Heightened Awareness, a passive +1 boost on all your Perception and Vigilance checks when she's in short range, +2 when she's engaged with you. I added a third boost to the check to see if the woman is faking, and it pushes the roll to a success. (Maybe I should have left well enough alone, as I get the impression you really don't want to engage with this threat?) At any rate, you can tell she's pretending to be asleep. But at least she's quiet, so you may still decide to leave her be for now while you explore the rest of the house.

The other option is to confront her further, but it seems you don't want to do that. Or kill her, though that will have repercussions later, as you have only circumstantial evidence that she's done anything wrong.

Can I "Aim" a Spell? Add a Boost to the check? I'd like to do that with a Maneuver if possible... Action to cast an Attack spell with the Non-Lethal and Empowered adders...

We can't leave her conscious at this point gang, so I think everyone needs to pile on some Strain if they can. And she's probably a Rival or Nemesis with different tracks, so it all needs to be in the same damage category...

Have had crap luck with casting, so here goes nothing.

Nice... we'll, that's 14 Strain maybe? And with the Advantage, keep it silent?

GM edit 1: Adversary 1, so replacing first rolled purple...

GM edit 2: Aiming on Attack spells is perfectly fine. Adding boost.

GM edit 3: But what's good for the goose, so defense and lighting effects apply.

I can't do non-lethal Attack Spells so I'm going to try dropping a Curse on her with the Paralyzed Additional Effect (2 x Diff base, +3 Diff dice)

I don't think I've used Natural yet this 'session' so I'm triggering it to re-roll that....well that could have gone better. She is Staggered and removes one Ability dice from any checks for the duration of the spell.

GM Edit 1: Adversary 1 applies here, so re-rolling the first Purple...

GM Edit 2: Hildar is still augmented by Nekurr, so adding a green...

Wow, didn't notice that Non-lethal was Skill-limited... guess it's a good thing it was Primal! 😂

Correct; Hildar can maintain both the Mask and the Curse, but he'll suffer 2 strain per round (for an extra maneuver) and can't move as long as we're in structured time.

If we're trying to add strain and she'll skip her next turn, I think I'll go for ennervate to avoid causing trouble. That's +1 strain damage when she takes strain damage against PPP, instead of -1 strain threshold for PPPP.

I'd say advantage to notice something about what is going on (maybe from the junk room) and triumph to be so lucky no one notices anything strange about the badly beaten cell and weaver? :D

She now takes +1strain whenever she takes strain damage and downgrades a die I think

GM edit: Don't forget her Adversary 1!

I was going to use my action for the second manoeuvre so I shouldn't take any strain, just means I can't do anything else whilst maintaining the two spells I thought