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I think you can write a note to me, or write a note to yourself. You can also PM my inbox, or DM me on the discord.

What is the coding to send a note, that's what I don't know. I don't want to send one now, it just seems something that could be useful in this game.

And be careful using other codes/tags inside a note. I've heard some of them expose a note, but I can't remember which one(s).

I think it's the OOC tag that breaks the note. Anyways, there's also that little orange page widget on the post bar that adds the tag, to the left of the OOC tag.

@ToDream: Any thoughts about whether Sumomo will join my first scene or pass to another ninja?

Note due to how this Ninja plans to make the scene -- means I have to pass on the above -- as I highly doubt (or at least would hopefully doubt) that Lacy would have spotted my character that easily

Also I was kind of waiting for the resolution of the first post -- determination of the who it would be -- prior to my introducing my character as it seemed like Lacy's scene was not yet complete -- but then again I have not read that example that the book provides to how these things are supposed to work

Yep, that's fine. I was waiting to see who joins me in my scene before moving onto further description and resolution. My understanding is that you can invite other characters into a drama scene and they can accept or decline. Also, anyone who wasn't invited, but thinks it would make sense for their character to be part of the drama scene can request to join, but it is up to the active player to decide. That's why I extended an invite but suggested people could decline/pass. I don't want to pressure anyone into joining the scene if they don't think it makes sense for their character at the moment. So if Sumomo declines (still waiting to hear), then Takezo will decline, so then saevikas would decide if Lacy saw Minamoto. Otherwise, I guess Lacy was just seeing shadows and will continue on to the research facility to try stealing the phoenix with the strange feeling that she's being followed.

The way that Chalrytharendir is doing it is good, and pretty much how the book says it.

Yeah but they are not stating how I should go about what I am to do and/or when I am to do it ;)

Not sure what your confusion is about. I'll try to clarify the best I can.

Each person takes a turn being the Scene Player. This means that they can choose what kind of Scene they want to play (Drama or Combat), and the details of the Scene. Chalrytharendir has chosen to play a Drama Scene, and has decided that Lacy is en route to the facility. They have also decided that another player will be involved in the Scene.

The Scene itself is mostly going to be roleplaying your actions. When a good time comes, the player will choose what they want to get out of the Scene (Location, Secret, Emobond, Prize, etc). They then roll an appropriate skill to see if they get what they want. After that, they wrap up the Scene, and the next person gets to be the Scene Player, and so forth.

Okay yeah that kind of gives me a bit better road map -- so I am currently waiting for the current scene which belongs to Lacy to complete prior to beginning a scene of my own.

So if you join someone else's scene do you still get one of your own scenes during that section or does that then count as your scene and at the end of that scene you would also choose what you wanted to get out of that scene and make a roll ??

If the above is true what happens if more than one person wants the same thing out of a specific scene? Is that a contested roll?

Also if you are not in the scene can you contest the results if what they are going for is contrary to what you would want to happen?

I think only the active player gets something out of a drama scene. Any other characters are only there narratively. They can't do anything mechanically. Of course, the other player could choose to make their next scene start exactly when the last scene finished (effectively extending the scene) at which point they then get to do one mechanical action and the original character can only respond narratively.

As far as I understand, there's no way to contest the result in a drama scene, that's what fight scenes are for. But I definitely lean towards collaborative storytelling, so if there's something that I create/write that really doesn't make sense to the other players, I'm generally happy to get feedback and edit. And if there's anything we really can't agree on, then I guess that's when the GM has to make a ruling.

It just seems like it is very easy for the first person to post a scene to acquire the prize by just making an uncontested skill roll while if I am understanding this -- everyone else after that would need to make a contested fight roll to then acquire the prize -- assuming the original player is not willing to give it up -- or if not and one can simply post a drama scene stating they took the prize from another player then the last person would have the greatest advantage ???

So it seems like the order that we go in can be very important depending on what can and cannot be done in ones own scene which is, as you can tell, something I am still a bit foggy on.

I think that's true, but I think it might balance out because since it's the first scene, then there's tons of opportunity for fight scenes to get it from you before the end. You're basically painting a target on your back if you grab it first because then everyone else has lots of reason to team up against you.

Chalrytharendir is mostly right on all counts. One thing you can do to affect the results in any Scene is use a Emobond you have with someone to alter their results by +1/-1 once per scene, depending on whether your relationship is positive or negative. You can do this even when you're not at the scene physically.

It's true that whoever steals the Prize from the facility will technically have an easier time acquiring it. Part of the reason I had it as first come, first serve, was to reward whoever responded first. However, having the Prize paints a pretty big target on your back, especially when the Climax Phase comes around, and everyone wants it. To "acquire" a Prize from someone else, you need to beat them in battle and choose the Prize as your reward for winning the fight.

The order that you go in isn't that important in the long run. Since you still seem to be a bit unclear about what can be done in a scene, let me post a summary, with examples.

Drama Scene
You start off describing a scene your character is in. You can invite other characters to participate as well.
With your roll, you can get:
one LP recovered
an Emobond with another character participating in the scene
the Location of another character (does not have to be in the scene)
the Secret of another character (does not have to be in the scene)

Combat Scene:
You start off describing the scene, and who you're confronting.
Requires you to know the Location of whoever you're confronting.
Those with Emobonds with the participants can join in if they wish.
If you win, you can get:
the Location of one of the losing participants
the Secret of one of the losing participants
the ability to set one of the losing participants' Emobond towards you
the Prize, if the losing participant has it

I also dropped the book in the Discord. I'll just leave it at, if you like it, buy it.

Awesome thanks!

Great summary too. That's helpful.

Also the prize is only worth 1 merit in the scoring system. Alternatively, we could also re-word it slightly so the first person doesn't have as much of an advantage:

1 pt - Prize Held
Obtaining the Prize after a fight or holding the Prize at the end of the scenario. You can only score this point once.

That way the first person to get it needs to hold it for the whole game to get the point, else they need to fight to get it back.

No then no one is going to want to get the prize early on as then it becomes more difficult to get that 1 point

Also what are the potential points we can acquire by the end of this Story Arc ? Prize - 1 Point , ??? - 1 Point, etc...

Sorry if this was already denoted

Are you schrabbing me? 😆 I linked it in the previous post.