Dungeon World - Reverse Dungeon RP

Aug 19, 2021 1:14 am

Jon

"Do I look like some sorta wizard?" Jon asks with a disinterested shrug, they way he pronounces 'wizard' makes it sound a lot like 'wise arse'. "You're the one with all the 'special knowledge' and stuff."

Aug 19, 2021 2:30 am

Verrain says:

"It can't be this easy, can it?" Gareth walks close to the MacGuffin and closely examines the dais for any signs of a trap in the area.

Sounds like you're trying to discern realities, roll + Wis for me

Aug 19, 2021 2:44 am

OOC:

How do we want to handle helping (is it called Aid in this game?).
By RAW we need to declare before the roll, but that can really slow down PbP since we have to wait --on each roll-- for everyone to say if they are, or are not, helping.
I usually find it better to allow people to offer to Help after the roll, and only if we see it will make a difference (if they got a 4 there is nothing we can do to either Aid or Interfere with them, so no need to bother waiting). They still need to show in the fiction how they are helping, either by stepping in (if that is the only way) or by a flashback to them being involved all along.
Honestly I usually play this way live as well. The little bit of extra tension we get from being mixed up in any negative consequences is less than the disappointment of declaring Help, rolling it, getting a 10+ and then having the prime-roller roll a 4, or a 14 and it meant nothing.

Aug 19, 2021 2:55 am

vagueGM says:

OOC:

How do we want to handle helping (is it called Aid in this game?).
I usually find it better to allow people to offer to Help after the roll, and only if we see it will make a difference (if they got a 4 there is nothing we can do to either Aid or Interfere with them, so no need to bother waiting). They still need to show in the fiction how they are helping, either by stepping in (if that is the only way) or by a flashback to them being involved all along.

I like this, allows for that move to still come into play. Though since Gareth hasn't rolled yet someone can take the aid move now.

OOC:

I forgot to write anything after quoting and editing :/

Aug 19, 2021 2:58 am

Verrain Inactive for 13 days

OOC:

I think that was an answer, but I did mean for there to be another question mark at the end of the first sentence. It was meant as a question. :)

Gareth

Aug 19, 2021 10:39 am

Here goes.

So with a focus on the MacGuffin and nearby area I ask:

• What should I be on the lookout for?
• What here is useful or valuable to me?
• What here is not what it appears to be?

Last edited August 19, 2021 10:41 am

Rolls

Discern Realities - (2d6+2)

(63) + 2 = 11

Aug 19, 2021 5:18 pm

Verrain says:

• What should I be on the lookout for?

An exit, and the target of your mission.

Verrain says:
•[i] What here is useful or valuable to me?
The McGuffin of Mysteries and those around you. The exit.

Verrain says:
•[i] What here is not what it appears to be?

You can tell that the pedestal on which the McGuffin of Mysteries sits is more than it seems. If you were to lift the Mcguffin, the pedestal would rise. As well, the dias seems to be able to turn, a thin crack showing where it would move splits a dark line that points away from the newly discovered door.

Aug 20, 2021 2:54 am

What do you do with this information

Aug 20, 2021 2:56 am

theatreofcomets Inactive forever!

OOC:

Do we assume this sort of information is relayed to the other characters?
I sometimes have players be explicit about what they don't tell the rest.

Edwyn

Aug 20, 2021 5:04 am

"It's some kind of exit, anyway," says Edwyn. Miffed at not being the centre of attention, he walks back to where it is: the McGuffin. He sings a rhyme as he goes:

"Three men came to Dungeon Deep
(the McGuffin of Mysteries for to seek)
but some kind of spell put them all to sleep!
What do you think they did?

'twas a Druid and a Bard and Ranger Jon
(and a great hairy bear he'd brought along)
and when they came to all their things were gone!
What do you think they did?"

It needs a better refrain, he thinks.

"What have you found?" he asks Gareth. "I've found an exit, but I worry if we leave this room we might not be able to return. Do you think it's safe to pick it up? It does seem too easy. Perhaps we should consult our accumulated knowledge about the McGuffin, including what Gladelf told us."

OOC:

I am not sure if this requires a move like Spout Lore - are there things Gladelf has told us? But happy to roll if it does.

Last edited August 20, 2021 5:05 am

Jon

Aug 20, 2021 5:26 am

Jon

"You hear that Bear. You are in a song. And it calls you 'great'." Jon says to his companion.

Only at the line does he seem to notice that their stuff is gone, but he does not appear too worried. "None of your 'things are gone'." He says to the bear, who gives him a lick that starts at his face and goes all the way around his head, leaving the short stubble all spiky and and sticky-outy in all directions.

If Jon is concerned about how they got here, he does not say anything. It was his job to lead them down here, and admitting he does not know how it happened might not get him paid. City-folk are funny that way.

"Maybe one of us should try stepping out to check?" He suggests. "If they don't come back, then..." and he is pretty sure 'they' means 'him', it could be dangerous out there, "one of you can grab the... thing-uffin? and rush out as quick as they can? You know, in case it is a trap."

When something looks to good to be true, it probably isn't. Things displayed like that on pedestals are what he usually calls 'bait'.

Jon walks over to the illusion preparing to just put his head through like he has seen others put their hands through already, see what is out there.

OOC:

Anyone stopping me?

Aug 20, 2021 6:28 am

Verrain Inactive for 13 days

vagueGM says:

OOC:

Do we assume this sort of information is relayed to the other characters?
I sometimes have players be explicit about what they don't tell the rest.

OOC:

I would say up to the individual. I like your emphasis on don't, gives more choice to the player.

Gareth

Aug 20, 2021 6:07 pm

"Let's deal with what's before us eh?" Gareth advises. "This is clearly the MacGuffin we're here for, but the pedestal will rise if it is removed. The pedestal can also we twisted." Gareth motions Jon over. "Give me a hand here Jon. Let's twist the pedestal and see what happens." He plans to move it until the dark line on the base points at the fake door.

Jon

Aug 21, 2021 12:04 am

Jon

"Er... OK." Jon says, veering off from the illusory door. He did not really want to test it. "I wish we had some string or something. Then we could tie it to the Guffthing step outside and yank it off, drag it out."
He shrugs at the coulda-woulda and looks suspiciously at the walls of the room then down at the pedestal as they prepare to move it. Mechanical things are not his forte and he does not expect any help from Bear --who understand them even less, believe it or not.

OOC:

Obviously the only question Jon can ask is:
What should I be on the lookout for?
But this really is not his strong suit

Rolls

Discern Realities - (2d6+1)

(24) + 1 = 7

Aug 23, 2021 2:04 am

As Jon looks closely at the pedestal, he sees various divots that would make nice handholds.

Aug 23, 2021 3:38 am

OOC:

Hmm...
Was that an answer to 'what should I be on the lookout for?'? It does not seem so. Unless it was a 'there is nothing to be on the lookout for', which is valid given Jon's non-technical nature.

A Note from the book (emphasis is mine):

Quote:

Discerning realities isn't just about noticing a detail, it's about figuring out the bigger picture. The GM always* describes what the player characters experience honestly, so during a fight the GM will say that the kobold mage stays at the other end of the hall. Discerning realities could reveal the reason behind that: the kobold's motions reveal that he's actually pulling energy from the room behind him, he can't come any closer.

Footnotes:
* Always here means without needing a DR roll

Aug 23, 2021 3:43 am

theatreofcomets Inactive forever!

OOC:

Still working on my answers. Let's see if this is better.

As Jon looks closely at the pedestal, he gets the sense of something counting down. The the dark line cut in half marks the beginning and end.

OOC:

Is that better?

Aug 23, 2021 10:50 pm

Verrain Inactive for 13 days

OOC:

Hey to work out my next post I need to clarify two things re my last one
1. Verrain, did you miss the post, or is Gareth ignoring Edwyn's question? It might change what Edwyn does next
2. OkumHart, did you also miss it, or did you not respond because Gareth didn't?

I'm new at this, so still working out what these interactions mean.

Aug 23, 2021 11:45 pm

theatreofcomets Inactive forever!

OOC:

You asked what I found and if I thought it was safe to pick up and I told you that the pedestal would rise if disturbed and that it could be turned. If you are asking about the third part, I guess my choice to fiddle with the pedestal is my answer to the lore sharing suggestion.

Aug 23, 2021 11:56 pm